¶
Here
foloweth
the
fyrste
parte
¶
Prologue
of
saynt
Ihero●
BLessyd
be
god
our
souerayn
creatour
&
dyrectour
Infallyble
.
Whyche
woll
that
all
mankynde
sholde
be
sauyd
.
and
come
to
the
perfyghte
knowlege
of
trouche
/
Whyche
also
to
vs
hath
adressyd
our
way
for
to
goo
in
to
Egypte
/
Where
we
haue
seen
grete
thynges
&
merueyllous
.
terryble
and
profytable
to
theym
that
in
tyme
comyng
maye
come
to
the
knowlege
of
theym
/
And
the
whiche
thynges
ben
not
to
vs
allonely
cause
of
the
sechynge
of
oure
helthe
.
but
also
they
haue
giue
to
vs
occasyon
and
matere
for
to
wryte
hystory
right
couenable
to
doctryne
of
pyte
/
The
whiche
doctryne
by
the
fayth
of
thynges
passed
and
tolde
in
the
same
/
shall
shewe
waye
ryght
ample
&
large
to
theim
that
woll
walke
therin
.
And
how
wel
that
we
ben
not
couenable
ne
luffisaunt
to
telle
&
recompte
soo
grete
thynges
/
And
is
seen
not
to
be
thynge
dygne
ne
worthy
that
folke
of
lytyl
capacyte
oughte
to
entremete
to
recyte
in
theyr
soo
lytyll
&
feble
style
suche
hystoryes
whiche
consiste
in
the
excersyte
of
right
hye
vertues
/
Nevertheles
bi
cause
that
the
feruente
charytee
of
the
fretes
dwellynge
in
the
holy
mountayne
of
Olyuete
/
haue
ofte
tymes
requyred
vs
to
wryte
to
theym
and
explyke
the
lyues
of
holy
Heremytes
and
religyouses
resydent
in
the
desertes
of
Egypte
.
the
y●
grete
vertues
&
verkes
of
pytee
.
And
the
merueyllous
strengthe
of
theyr
abstynences
.
whiche
we
manyfestly
haue
seen
.
Hopynge
to
be
holpynge
in
thys
matere
.
by
the
right
holy
and
deuowte
prayers
&
orysons
of
the
layd
requyters
.
The
whyche
ben
to
vs
in
stede
of
commaundement
.
haue
entreprysed
this
werke
/
In
whiche
we
desyre
not
somoche
the
laude
of
the
style
.
as
we
hope
the
edyficacyon
in
tyme
comynge
of
theym
that
shall
rede
this
history
/
By
this
the
eche
of
theim
enflamed
by
th
examples
that
herin
ben
conteyned
shall
be
moeued
&
excyted
to
haue
errour
of
the
wicked
ordures
.
fylthes
&
vayn
labours
of
this
worlde·
and
to
excyte
hym
to
reste
.
of
conscyence
.
and
to
the
werkes
of
pyte
/
Thenne
maye
we
saye
thus
saythe
the
noble
clerke
saynt
Iherom
.
in
spekynge
of
the
sayd
holy
&
deuoute
relygyous
of
Egypte
.
whiche
we
haue
seen
And
verely
haue
seen
the
noble
tresour
of
Ihesu
Cryste
hydde
in
vessels
humayn
/
The
whyche
tresour
after
we
had
founde
it
.
haue
not
wylled
as
enuyouse
to
hyde
ne
couere
it
.
but
the
same
soo
founde
to
the
vtilyte
&
profyte
of
many
/
we
haue
wyll
to
manyfeste
&
make
comyn
/
Veritably
acertayned
that
of
soo
moche
that
many
shall
be
therby
enrychyd
.
of
so
moche
more
shall
they
mow
haue
grete
mede
&
meryte
/
¶
Thenne
at
begynnyng
of
this
narracion
we
supplye
ryght
humbly
to
our
worthy
sauy
our
Ihesu
Cryste
that
his
prompt
grace
maye
be
to
vs
presented
in
vertue
.
of
the
whiche
the
same
werkes
of
pyte
haue
ben
doon
by
the
sayd
relygyouses
of
Egypte
/
Ferthermore
we
haue
seen
in
the
sayd
countree
of
Egypte
many
holy
faders
lyuynge
in
erthe
.
not
the
lyfe
humayne
.
but
heuenly
lyf
.
as
newe
prophetes
reysed
for
to
shewe
thynges
for
to
come·
Soo
moche
were
they
full
of
vertues
/
In
the
whiche
was
all
efficace
of
verytee
.
as
well
for
to
bere
wytnesse
of
the
merytes
.
as
for
to
doo
myracles
/
And
noo
thynge
wythout
cause
hadde
they
suche
prerogatyf
of
god
/
For
he
that
in
all
contempnyth
or
despisyth
the
worlde·
and
all
his
alyaunce
/
Wherfore
sholde
he
not
haue
myght
&
puyssaunce
celestyall
&
dyuyne
/
We
haue
seen
also
some
other
the
whyche
were
soo
ygnoraunte
of
malyce
.
that
they
knewe
not
that
ony
euyll
were
done
in
the
worlde
.
ne
also
what
synne
was
/
But
they
were
all
vtterly
Inculpable
/
In
theym
was
so
grete
tranquylyte
of
courage
&
vertue
/
and
soo
extreme
affeccyon
of
bounte
.
that
not
wythoute
cause
myghte
be
sayde
to
theym
/
Pees
be
habundantly
to
the
very
louers
of
the
name
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
They
dwelled
in
deserte
dispersed
&
separate
that
one
fro
that
other
in
diuerse
●elles
&
lytyll
howses
/
But
by
very
●harite
were
they
ensembled
.
al●ed
&
vnyed
/
And
the
reyson
for
whiche
they
were
separate
was
this
/
By
cause
that
by
ydle
wyndes
vnprofitable
.
walkyng
in
theyr
vrages
.
or
by
comynycacyons
not
truytfull
.
theyr
dyuyne
&
holy
contemplacön
of
that
one
or
of
that
other
be
truwbled
or
letted
/
And
wyth
al
theyr
herte
.
and
as
ententyf
to
theyr
deuocyon
in
theyr
secrete
places
fro
daye
to
daye
they
abode
the
comynge
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
that
is
to
saye
the
dethe
.
In
the
whyche
e●he
one
shall
be
Iudged
after
his
merytes
/
And
there
lyke
as
very
knyghtes
armyd
of
all
pyeces
of
hameys
abode
the
aduersary
of
all
mankynde
the
fende
of
helle
/
They
had
no
manere
solyeytude
ne
besynesse
of
the
lyfe
naturell
ne
of
bodyly
necessytees
.
consyderynge
the
grete
promyse
charytable
of
our
redemer
/
by
that
whiche
he
promysyth
to
all
theym
that
by
very
Iustyce
wyth
all
theyr
herte
shall
take
payn
to
gete
the
reame
of
heuen·
that
they
shall
haue
no
nede
ne
necessyte
/
And
for
this
consyderacyon
many
amonge
hem
whan
they
had
ony
necessytees
they
retorned
to
god·
as
to
the
very
conduytour
infallyble
of
theym
that
renne
to
hym
.
And
anone
they
haue
that
.
whyche
they
demaunde
/
Some
of
theym
went
vppon
the
water
lyke
to
saynt
Peter
/
Some
of
theym
with
theyr
hondes
sle●ve
and
put
to
dethe
horryble
bestes
for
to
see
.
And
they
dyde
not
oonly
suche
myracles
but
other
Infynyte
/
And
suche
as
by
the
prophetes
&
appostles
had
be
done
/
Thenne
it
is
to
byleue
that
syth
the
tyme
the
world
hath
be
mayntened
as
it
is
now
by
the
holy
&
deuoute
relygy
onses
,
whyche
daye
&
nyghte
praye
for
the
vnyuersall
helthe
/
But
as
it
is
so
that
the
thynges
right
good
ben
ofte
in
lytyll
quantytee
&
right
dyffycile
/
Neuertheles
al
they
were
in
the
same
●●
.
condycōus
/
For
they
were
in
grete
multytude
.
and
also
they
were
perfyte
.
&
of
ryight
holy
lyfe
/
Some
were
nygh
dwellers
by
citees
.
and
other
places
in
champestres
/
And
other
garnisshed
wyth
vertues
were
separate
&
dysperded
in
the
desertes
/
And
as
the
excersice
of
men
of
armes
of
some
prynce
is
one
.
they
were
vnyed
in
charytee
in
theyr
tyguryes
orcelles
/
And
stedfastly
armyd
with
prayer
berynge
the
shelde
of
faythe
for
souerayne
defence
were
redi
&
apparaylled
to
fyghte
agaynste
the
aduersaryes
of
our
fragylytee
/
By
whyche
they
tooke
by
assaulte
the
reame
of
heuen
/
All
generalli
were
aoumed
and
arayed
with
vertues
swete
and
peasyble
/
But
alle
were
togydre
alyed
and
bounde
wyth
the
bonde
of
charyte
.
And
for
Ialousye
and
desyre
for
to
gete
vertues
they
led
&
dide
dyuerse
batayles
For
euery
man
laboured
and
toke
payne
.
that
one
to
be
more
swete
and
softe
.
or
more
benigne
than
the
other
/
That
one
to
be
more
peasyble
.
and
that
other
right
pacyente
/
Yf
ony
were
more
wyse
than
thother
/
Of
soo
moche
he
rendred
hymselfe
,
more
humble
/
and
seruaunte
of
alle
the
other
.
In
suche
wise
as
he
semyd
to
be
moost
ygnoraunte
/
And
soo
moche
sayth
saynt
Iherom
that
god
hath
done
to
me
suche
grace
to
see
their
conuersacyon
.
I
shall
sette
my
payne
after
that
god
shall
gyue
me
the
mynde
.
for
to
recounte
by
wrytynge
theyr
fayre
&
laudable
manere
of
lyuynge
/
To
the
ende
that
they
whiche
haue
not
seen
corporally
theym
.
maye
knowe
theyr
holy
conuersacyon
and
good
werkes
/
By
the
whyche
they
maye
ensyewe
and
lede
suche
a
lyfe
lyke
to
theym
/
And
fynably
maye
gete
by
very
pacyence
tryumphe
and
vyctorye
in
this
worlde
And
in
the
reame
of
heuen
glory
perdurable
/
Amen
/
¶
Of
saynt
Iohn
the
Heremyte
the
fyrst
chapytre
/
whiche
begynnyth
in
latyn
Primum
igitur
/
THe
noble
and
blessyd
Doctou
saynt
Iherom
Recountyth
of
saynt
Iohn
of
Egypte
.
The
whiche
was
an
holy
Heremyte
and
an
examplayre
of
alle
vertues
.
dwellynge
in
the
partyes
of
Thebaydes
in
an
Heremytage
sette
in
an
hyghe
roche
nygh
to
the
cytee
of
Lyto
/
To
whyche
Heremytage
myghte
noo
man
goo
but
in
grete
payne
and
laboure
/
The
chyrche
of
that
Heremytage
was
closed
and
shette
/
And
therin
was
the
sayde
Heremyte
soo
longe
tyme
.
that
fro
his
lx.
yere
of
age
tyl
he
was
lxxx
.
yere
olde
that
noo
persone
entred
in
to
that
chyrche
tyll
saynt
Iherom
vysited
hym
/
Neuerthelesse
to
theym
that
came
thyther
for
to
vysyte
hym
.
he
spake
to
theym
thorugh
a
wyndowe
oonly
in
confortynge
theym
/
And
gyuynge
to
theym
spyrytuell
refeccyon
/
He
was
neuer
seen
of
woman
in
the
sayd
Heremytage
/
There
were
but
fewe
men
that
sawe
hym
/
and
that
not
alwaye
/
But
att
certayn
houres
&
dayes
:
He
suffred
wel
that
a
lityll
hows
was
made
wythout
his
monastery
for
to
lodge
&
reste
theym
that
came
fro
ferre
regyons
&
countrees
for
to
see
hym
/
And
he
hymselve
allone
with
in
his
monasterye
ocupyed
hym
daye
&
nyght
without
ony
Intermyssion
with
alle
his
thoughte
&
myghte
to
denowte
o●yson
&
prayer
/
And
he
was
soo
agreable
to
god
.
that
not
allonely
he
had
the
scyence
of
thynges
presente
.
but
also
of
thynges
to
come
/
And
soo
hadd
he
the
yefte
of
prophecie
as
well
in
the
prouynces
&
cytees
nyghe
by
.
and
also
in
ferre
countrees
.
in
whyche
he
had
neuer
be
To
the
emperour
Theodos●en
he
shewed
ofte
tymes
of
his
fortunes
that
he
sholde
haue
of
his
aduersaryes
/
&
how
he
sholde
haue
vyctorye
of
some
tyraū●es
his
enmyes
¶
In
a
time
it
happed
that
the
Ethyopyens
nyght
a
cyte
namyd
Cyrene
.
the
whyche
is
the
fyrst
of
the
parties
.
The
baydes
in
the
countree
of
Ethyopye
hadd
assyeged
a
knyghte
Romayne
the
whyche
had
loste
many
of
his
peple
in
bataylle
.
some
slayne
.
&
some
take
and
broughte
in
capryuyte
The
sayde
knyghte
had
lytyll
peple·
&
grete
multytude
of
enmyes
.
feryng
for
that
cause
to
assaylle
the
Ethyopyens
/
●ame
to
the
sayd
holy
Heremyte
for
to
counseyle
what
he
shold
doo
/
The
why
the
ordeyned
to
hym
day
of
batayle
ayenst
his
enmyes
/
sayenge
to
hym
that
yf
he
soo
dyde
he
sholde
opteyne
vyctorye
.
and
haue
domynacyon
of
his
enmyes
/
As
well
of
theyr
bodyes
as
of
theyr
goodes
/
And
soo
it
happed
to
the
sayde
knighte
¶
Another
knyght
of
Rome
excercisyng
the
offyce
of
a
Trybune
came
to
the
sayd
Heremyte
.
prayeng
him
that
he
and
his
wyffe
myghte
speke
with
hym
.
To
whom
he
answerd
that
his
wyffe
myghte
in
noo
wyse
speke
wyth
hym
/
And
that
syth
he
hadde
be
Heremyte
neuer
woman
had
seen
him
ne
spake
wyth
him
/
The
sayde
knyghte
abode
styll
in
his
prayers
/
In
swerynge
yf
she
sawe
him
not
.
that
she
were
in
daungeour
of
dethe
/
And
whanne
the
sayde
Heremyte
considered
his
Inportunytee
.
and
also
her
faythe
sayd
to
hym
/
Go●
to
thy
wyffe
:
and
saye
to
her
.
that
in
this
nyghte
she
shall
see
me
But
that
she
come
not
hyther
/
But
in
her
bedde
and
in
her
howse
I
shall
speke
to
her
/
Thenne
wente
the
sayd
Romayne
/
and
consyderynge
in
his
herte
the
doubtous
answere
of
the
sayde
Heremyte
shewed
it
to
his
wife
/
The
whiche
of
the
Incertayntee
of
that
answere
was
strongely
greuyd
and
ennoyed
/
But
in
the
same
nyghte
she
slepynge
sawe
a
vysyon
of
a
man
spekynge
to
her
.
whyche
sayde
to
her
thyse
wordes
/
O
woman
of
grete
faythe
for
to
satysfye
thy
desyre
and
wyll
I
am
come
hither
for
to
speke
to
the
/
Neuerthelesse
I
admonest
and
warne
the.
that
frohens
fourth
thou
desyre
not
to
see
the
bodyly
vysage
of
the
seruauntes
of
god
/
But
allone
haue
thou
desyre
for
to
haue
contemplacyon
in
thyne
herte
of
theyr
vertues
in
good
maners
/
The
spyryte
onely
gyuyth
lyfe
.
And
the
flesshe
prouffy
tyth
in
noo
thynge
/
I
am
not
hid
come
to
the
as
Iuste
ne
prophete
lyke
as
thou
wenest
of
me
.
but
for
the
fayth
of
thy
Husbonde
and
of
the
/
I
haue
prayed
vnto
almyghty
god
for
to
gyue
to
the
helthe
of
all
thy
sykenesse
and
maladyes·
thou
shalt
be
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
And
thou
and
thy
husbonde
and
your
housholde
shall
be
blessyd
of
god
/
And
be
not
vnkynde
of
the
benefaytes
that
god
hath
gyue
to
you
/
But
drede
ye
hym
frohenforth
/
And
demaunde
not
of
hym
but
the
sustentacyon
of
your
lyfe
.
wythoute
ony
other
rychesse
/
Lete
it
suffyse
to
the
that
thou
haste
seen
me
in
slepynge
/
And
in
tyme
comynge
herafter
desyre
not
to
see
my
body
/
Thenne
whan
this
woman
was
awaked
she·
recounted
alle
the
caas
to
her
husbonde
.
In
exposynge
to
hym
very
ensygnes
of
his
vysage
.
and
clothynge
and
habyllements
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
.
with
many
other
tokenes
/
By
the
whyche
her
Husbonde
knewe
certaynly
the
sayd
visyon
to
be
true
/
Wherefore
he
sore
amerueylled
retorned
to
the
sayd
holy
fader
for
to
rendre
.
and
gyue
thankynges
of
the
thynges
afore
sayde
/
The
whyche
rendred
he
demaunded
of
hym
his
bene
dyccyon
/
And
after
came
Ioyously
home
to
his
howse
/
¶
In
a nother
tyme
a
Prouoste
or
Capytayne
of
men
of
warre
lefte
his
wyffe
nyghe
her
tyme
for
to
chylde
.
Came
for
to
see
the
sayde
holy
fader
/
And
in
the
tyme
that
he
aryued
in
the
place
where
as
he
dwelled
And
the
same
day
she
was
in
grete
peryll
for
her
chyldynge
/
Thenne
the
holy
fader
forsayde
aduertysed
the
sayde
Prouoste
.
and
shewed
to
hym
how
she
was
delyuered
of
a
fayre
sone
.
and
brought
fayre
a
bedde
.
In
sayenge
to
hym
Thou
art
bounde
to
gyue
thankynges
souerayne
to
god
/
For
thy
wyfe
whiche
was
in
grete
daungeour
.
is
delyuered
oute
of
peryll
/
But
haste
the
to
retorne
home
.
and
thou
shalte
fynde
her
hoole
and
guarysshyd
wyth
her
chylde
seuen
dayes
olde
.
Whom
thou
shalte
name
Iohn
/
And
thou
shalte
nourysshe
hym
seuen
yere
in
thyne
howse
.
wythoute
to
haue
ony
comynycacion
wyth
the
Paynyms
.
to
th
ende
for
to
kepe
hym
from
theyr
vyces
/
The
whyche
seuen
yere
so
passyd
thou
shalte
delyuere
hym
to
some
holy
relygyous
man
.
for
to
Instructe
and
teche
the
Crystyn
fayth
and
doctryne
/
And
thus
the
holy
man
as
well
to
peple
of
the
prouynces
nygh
by
him
as
to
straungers
.
yf
they
requyred
hym
gaaf
good
counseyle
.
in
repreuyng
theym
of
theyr
vyces
and
secrete
synnes
.
¶
He
prophecyed
the
famyne
to
come
/
for
the
synne
of
the
peple
.
and
other
persecucyons
comynge
.
In
excytynge
the
synners
to
penaunce
.
and
amendement
of
lyfe
.
And
as
to
Inpotents
and
Paralytyks
whan
they
were
broughte
to
him
he
blessyd
hem
wyth
holy
oyle·
of
whyche
whan
they
were
ennoynted
.
they
recouered
helthe
and
guaryson
of
all
theyr
maladyes
/
¶
A
Senatour
of
Rome
had
a
wyfe
blynde
.
whiche
exorted
him
to
lede
and
brynge
her
to
the
sayde
holy
Heremyte
/
To
whom
the
sayd
Senatour
her
husbonde
answerd
.
that
he
wolde
neuer
see
ony
wymmen
/
Thenne
she
prayed
hym
.
that
he
wolde
goo
to
hym
/
And
praye
hym
to
make
his
oryson
and
prayer
to
god
for
her
/
For
by
this
moyen
syngulerly
she
hoped
to
recouere
her
syghte
/
The
same
Senatour
came
to
this
sayde
holy
man
/
and
after
that
he
hadde
made
his
Requeste
He
blessyd
a
lytyll
oyle
/
And
sente
it
to
the
sayde
blynde
woman
/
Wyth
whyche
she
ennoynted
her
eyen
thre
dayes
And
Incontynente
she
receyuyd
her
syghte
in
gyuynge
thankynges
to
god
¶
Many
other
dedes
worthy
to
be
remembred
dyde
this
holy
man
/
¶
The
whyche
sholde
be
ouer
longe
to
wryte
¶
But
saynt
Iherom
hathe
yet
wryten
one
in
this
boke
/
By
cause
he
him self
was
there
present
wyth
syxe
other
brethern
/
The
whyche
togyder
came
for
to
see
the
sayde
holy
man
/
¶
And
after
they
were
aryued
/
And
that
they
had
salwed
eche
other
/
He
receyued
theym
wyth
grete
gladnesse
/
And
spake
to
eche
of
theym
humbly
/
In
admonestynge
theym
to
praye
to
god
wyth
hym
/
As
it
was
acustomed
to
the
holy
faders
of
Egypte
/
whanne
ony
came
for
to
vysy●e
theym
/
¶
Thenne
he
demaunded
theym
yf
ony
of
theym
were
a
clerke
/
The
why●he
answerde
to
him
●aye
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
knewe
in
spytyte
of
prophecie
that
one
of
them
was
a
Deaken
/
¶
And
by
humylytee
he
reputyd
hymself
vnworthy
to
be
with
lo
grete
and
persyghte
men
as
his
felowes
w●ee
/
And
hydde
hym
behynde
theym
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
the
sayde
Deaken
.
whyche
was
the
yongest
of
theym
.
And
shewed
hym
wyth
his
fynger
and
sayde
/
Loo
this
is
the
Deaken
The
whiche
answered
that
he
was
no
ne
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
toke
him
by
the
honde
and
kyssyd
hym
and
sayde
/
Haa
my
sonne
denye
not
the
grace
that
god
hathe
giuen
to
the.
To
the
ende
that
thou
take
none
harme
for
goode
/
And
for
humylytee
to
lye
/
¶
For
aboue
all
thynges
●●synges
oughte
to
be
eschewed
.
be
it
for
good
or
for
euyll●
The
whyche
Deken
receyuyd
benygnly
his
correceyon
/
¶
And
this
done
they
togyder
prayeng
god
/
One
of
theym
had
a
grete
Feuer·
In
suche
wyse
that
he
supposyd
to
haue
deyed
/
¶
Thenne
he
prayed
the
same
holy
man
that
he
myghte
by
hym
be
heelyd
and
guarysshyd
/
To
whome
he
answered
/
¶
My
frende
thou
desyreste
to
putte
from
the
that
thinge
whiche
is
to
the
necessarye
to
haue
/
¶
For
lyke
as
the
body
is
puryfyed
and
wasshyd
by
the
Nytree
.
Whyche
is
a
spece
of
Salte
puryfycatyff
/
or
by
other
wasshynges
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
also
is
puryfyed
and
heelyd
the
sowle
by
maladyes
and
other
Infyrmytees
corporell
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
after
that
he
hadd
enfourmed
and
taughte
hym
of
many
enscynements
and
doctrynes
.
He
blessyd
a
lytyll
oyle
/
And
gaaf
it
to
hym
to
drynke
/
By
the
moyen
of
whyche
.
he
caste
oute
sodaynly
of
his
mowthe
the
humoure
causynge
the
Feuer
/
And
retournyd
alle
hoole·
and
guarysshyd
of
his
Feuer
/
¶
This
myracle
done
thus
and
after
many
other
Instruccyons
.
and
spyrytuell
refec●yons
to
theym
gyuen
by
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
He
dyde
admynystre
to
theym
that
was
nedefull
/
for
theyr
refeccyon
corporell
/
¶
And
in
the
meane
whyle
he
wythdrewe
hym
in
to
his
Celle
/
There
beynge
solytary
by
Reason
/
¶
For
to
wryte
his
abstynence
it
sholne
be
a
thynge
merueyllous
/
For
he
neuer
ete
tofore
Euen
/
And
yf
he
therme
ete
.
it
was
ryght
lytyll
/
¶
Of
corpulence
he
was
lene
by
his
abstynence
/
And
he
hadde
but
lytyll
heere
of
his
heede
&
also
of
berde
/
As
he
that
was
in
langour
/
By
cause
he
ere
noo
thynge
wherof
his
nature
myghte
be
susteyned
/
He
beynge
of
aege
foure
score
yeres
ete
noo
mete
that
was
boylled
.
ne
by
fyre
ne
other
wyse
/
¶
Whanne
they
hadde
take
theyr
Refeccyons
they
retorned
to
him
¶
And
they
beynge
sette
tofore
hym
/
He
demaunded
for
what
cause
they
were
comen
thyder
/
The
whyche
answered
that
for
the
helthe
of
theyr
sowles
/
they
were
comen
from
Iherusalem
to
hym
/
And
also
for
to
see
hym
bodyly
.
By
cause
of
the
merueyllous
thynges
whyche
were
of
hym
to
theym
recyted
/
¶
For
more
formely
is
reteyned
and
reduced
to
remembraunce
.
that
whyche
hathe
be
seen
.
thanne
that
whyche
hathe
ben
herde
.
tolde
or
spoken
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
replenysshyd
wyth
Ioye
.
in
smylynge
answered
/
I
merueylle
of
you
my
chylderen
.
that
ye
haue
enterprysyd
soo
grete
a
waye
.
For
as
ye
maye
see
to
me
is
noo
thinge
digne
ne
worthy
of
praysynge
/
Certaynly
I
am
a
man
lytyll
and
pooer
/
Hauynge
noo
vertue
that
ye
oughte
to
desyre
/
¶
And
whanne
it
soo
were
that
after
youre
oppynyon
ye
myghte
take
in
vs
other
Hermytes
ony
goode
ensamples
Yet
shall
not
they
be
suche
ne
soo
grete
.
as
ben
thoos
of
the
holy
prophetes
.
and
holy
appostles
of
god
/
Whyche
euery
daye
ben
recited
in
the
chyrche
catholyke
/
Noo
thynge
for
to
gyue
ensample
of
good
lyffe
to
straungers
of
ferre
countreyes
/
But
to
the
ende
that
eche
persone
in
his
owne
place
and
Resydence
Haue
and
may
haue
wythin
him
that
whyche
he
oughte
to
doo
and
ensyewe
.
Certaynly
yet
I
merueylle
moche
more
of
the
entencyon
and
grete
affeccyon
of
your
labour
.
Whanne
for
the
pro●ffyte
of
youre
sowles
ye
haue
haue
go
ne
soo
longe
awaye
.
in
passynge
dyuerse
Regyons
soo
moche
daungerous
to
walke
in
/
And
we
other
ben
soo
slouth
full
.
that
we
woll
not
parte
oute
of
our
Habytacyons
accustomed
/
¶
But
to
the
ende
that
they
sholde
not
retorne
wyth
oute
to
bere
wyth
theym
some
fruyte
/
for
the
helthe
of
theyr
soules
/
He
enfourmyd
and
taughte
theym
some
enseynements
/
By
whyche
they
myghte
eschewe
the
synnes
of
thys
worlde
/
¶
Fyrste
he
defended
theym
.
that
they
sholde
not
gloryfye
theymselfe
.
to
haue
ben
in
soo
ferre
countrees
.
for
to
see
the
holy
faders
of
Egypte
/
Of
whyche
vayn
glory
or
Iactaunce
.
he
gaaf
theym
by
two
maners
/
¶
The
fyrst
whanne
ony
dyde
ony
abstynence
.
or
enlarged
by
almesse
his
goodes
to
the
poore
peple
/
And
of
the
sayd
good
dedes
is
ofte
gloryouse
/
Wenynge
to
be
more
Iuste
thanne
the
other
/
In
contempnynge
or
dyspysynge
theym
that
ben
not
lyke
to
hym
/
¶
The
seconde
maner
that
the
holy
fader
gaaf
to
theymis
thys
/
Whanne
a
man
wenyth
for
his
laboures
and
vertues
to
be
worthy
to
haue
the
Reame
of
heuen
/
And
byleuyth
to
haue
goten
the
gyftes
of
grace
.
and
that
by
his
propre
merites
.
and
not
by
the
prouydence
and
bountee
dyuyne
/
¶
Now
he
muste
byleue
that
who
some
euer
sechyth
the
glory
of
the
worlde
.
he
lesyth
his
meryte
and
rewarde
/
And
therfore
sayd
the
holy
man
/
Lete
vs
flee
vayne
glory
.
pryde
and
auaunterye
/
To
then
de
that
we
falle
not
from
heuen
in
to
helle
/
As
dyde
the
deuyll
enemye
of
nature
humayne
/
¶
And
after
he
sayde
my
chydren
be
ye
dylygente
in
eschewynge
slowthe
and
ydlenesse·
wythoute
hauynge
ony
concupyscence
ne
flesshly
voluptousytee
/
to
th
ende
yf
ony
thynge
be
agaynst
god
.
that
it
take
noo
rote
in
you
/
For
of
those
rootes
myghte
come
lytyll
braunches
/
And
in
the
ende
grete
trees
/
That
is
to
saye
vayne
and
vnprouffytable
thoughtes
/
The
whyche
whanne
they
shall
be
in
your
prayers
.
shall
gyue
to
you
heuynesse
and
lettynge
to
serue
god
deuotely
/
And
youre
thoughte
shall
be
wauerynge
and
vacaunte
in
worldly
vanytees
/
The
desyres
vnprouffytable
and
euyll
wylles
sayth
the
appostle
bryngyth
a
man
vnto
the
dethe
yf
in
our
hertes
thenne
be
ony
synnes
/
And
the
deuyll
whyche
is
prynce
of
theym
come
to
theym
as
the
y●
mayster
/
The
synnes
shall
gyue
hy
place
/
Yf
one
demaunde
wherfore
it
is
that
some
haue
noo
pees
in
theyr
cons●yences
.
It
is
by
cause
that
now
they
ben
trowbled
wyth
one
passyon
and
a
none
after
wych
a nother
.
Thenne
the
reason
to
this
for
they
haue
receyued
the
Prynce
of
trybulacyon
/
the
whiche
hathe
he
lodged
by
his
Herbeger
.
That
is
synne
/
Yf
thenne
we
wyll
that
god
be
lodged
in
our
hertes
.
We
shall
renounce
alle
concupyscence
carnall
&
flee
all
synne
To
the
ende
that
whan
the
deuyll
oure
aduersary
and
enmye
shal
come
for
to
lodge
/
He
shall
fynde
the
lodges
taken
vpp
/
and
that
we
maye
saye
The
lorde
is
lodged
wythin
/
The
varlettes
maye
not
be
here
/
And
whanne
by
vertues
we
haue
lodged
hym
/
We
alwaye
shall
haue
Ioye
.
charytee
.
pacience
.
longamynyce
/
and
shamefastnesse
/
And
we
shall
here
all
fruyte
of
lyfe
.
soo
that
we
ben
good
/
¶
And
to
this
pourpose
saythe
oure
lorde
to
his
dyscyples
in
a
parable
/
¶
A
good
tree
maye
bere
noo
euyll
fruyte
/
Ne
an
euyll
tree
noo
good
fruyte
/
And
by
the
fruyte
is
knowen
the
tree
/
¶
Some
saye
that
they
renounce
the
worlde
.
but
they
renounce
not
the
synnes
/
In
hauynge
the
herte
clene
.
and
the
soule
puryfyed
from
alle
spotte
of
synne
/
And
yf
some
tyme
thei
goo
vysyte
the
holy
men
.
to
the
ende
to
lerne
goode
wordes
and
hystoryes
.
thys
is
not
to
th
entente
to
be
the
better
.
but
for
to
recounte
theym
to
other
/
¶
And
they
ben
ouer
presumptuouse
.
by
cause
that
they
vaunt
them
to
knowe
of
theyr
propre
wytt
.
that
they
knowe
of
the
holy
and
deuowte
men
/
And
desyre
to
be
reputed
doctours
and
well
manerde
.
by
cause
they
frequented
the
good
men
As
done
Ypocrytes
and
Papelars
faynynge
wythoute
fourthe
by
theyr
conuert
maners
and
symple
habyllemens
to
be
Innocentes
lyke
vnto
shepe
/
And
wythin
fourth
they
ben
lyke
vnto
foxes
and
rauysshynge
wulues
¶
It
behouyth
thenne
to
consydre
.
that
he
is
more
to
be
praysed
that
shynith
in
vertues
and
dare
not
shew
theym
.
than
he
that
techyth
theym
/
and
woll
not
vse
theym
¶
Thus
thenne
my
chyldren
sayd
the
holy
Heremyte
.
I
counseylle
you
not
.
that
ye
vtterly
flee
the
ordres
of
preesthode
/
ne
also
that
ouermoche
ye
desyre
theim
But
I
counseyle
you
that
ye
labour
in
getynge
vertues·
and
to
leue
vyces
/
He
is
not
to
be
praysed
that
labouryth
to
haue
the
ordre
of
preesthode
/
But
he
whom
god
callyth
therto
/
¶
The
propretee
of
a
Relygyous
man
is
to
offre
to
god
pure
prayer
/
Wythoute
to
haue
in
his
herte
ony
spotte
of
synne
/
For
otherwyse
relygion
is
noo
thynge
/
¶
After
many
enseynements
and
good
doctryne
by
hym
gyuen
.
for
to
kepe
theym
from
vayne
glory
/
The
holy
man
admonestyd
theym
not
oonly
to
flee
and
contempne
delycyous
metes
/
But
also
commaunded
theim
that
they
sholde
be
well
waar
in
takynge
theyr
refeccyons
For
fallynge
in
to
desyre
.
or
appetyte
dysordynate
.
But
ete
sobrely
to
the
sustentacion
of
theyr
bodyes
oonly
/
For
in
etynge
of
brede
and
water
a
man
may
synne
/
As
to
ete
wythoute
hungre
and
thurste
for
to
accomplysshe
his
appetyte
.
in
obeyenge
to
his
dysordynat
wyll
/
¶
And
this
techith
vs
our
sauyour
for
to
kepe
vs
from
voluptuous
desyres
saynge
/
Entree
by
the
lityll
gate
/
For
the
waye
is
large
that
ledyth
to
the
dethe
/
That
is
to
saye
that
to
hym
that
woll
obeye
to
his
sensualyte
.
the
waye
is
grete
and
large
/
But
to
hym
that
woll
resiste
the
flesshely
affeccyons
.
the
yate
is
strayte
/
And
this
for
to
doo
is
besinesse
and
solicytude
necessary
/
For
who
that
gyuyth
hym
to
the
worlde
.
he
hath
In
fynyte
occasions
by
companyes
and
otherwyse
.
for
to
be
abandonned
to
synne
And
therfore
sayde
Dauyd
/
I
haue
wythdrawen
me
from
the
worlde
.
and
haue
dwellyd
in
solytude
and
in
place
secrete
:
In
abydynge
my
god
.
whyche
maye
saue
me
.
and
caste
me
from
my
pusyllanymyte
/
¶
After
that
the
holy
man
had
admonestyd
theym
that
they
sholde
kepe
theym
from
Iactaunce
&
vaynglorye
/
He
recounted
to
theym
an
hystorye
happened
to
one
of
his
bredern
nyghe
to
his
Hermytage
/
The
whiche
was
a
monke
hauynge
oonly
but
one
Cauerne
or
Caue
for
his
hous
/
he
was
moche
sobre
.
And
lyued
oonly
of
the
labour
of
his
hondes
/
wakinge
daye
and
nyghte
in
orysons
and
prayers
.
Flowrysshyng
in
al
vertues
¶
It
happened
by
successyon
of
tyme
.
that
he
was
prowde
in
hymselfe
.
gloryfyenge
his
persone
/
Wythoute
to
haue
consyderacyon
.
that
his
bountee
proceded
of
god
But
supposyd
to
haue
ben
vertuous
of
hymself
and
perfyghte
/
¶
The
enmye
of
nature
whyche
slepyth
not
.
seenge
his
pryde
on
a
daye
layed
oute
his
nett
puttynge
hymselfe
in
the
lyckenesse
of
a
woman
.
walkynge
thorugh
the
desertes
/
The
same
deuylle
in
sayde
lyckenesse
came
in
the
nyghte
.
and
knelyd
downe
on
her
knees
wythin
the
Cauerne
of
the
sayd
Heremyte
sayenge
/
●llas
my
frende
I
am
soo
wery
/
I
praye
the
that
thou
wylt
herberough
me
for
this
nyghte
/
The
nyghte
hathe
surprysed
me
/
Haue
pyte
on
me
.
for
the
wylde
bestes
shal
denoure
me
.
Yf
thou
suffre
me
to
goo
hens
from
the
/
And
b●
th●se
wordes
the
deuyll
constreyned
the
sayd
Heremyte
to
haue
pyte
of
hym
/
And
by
cause
he
was
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
By
his
swete
and
venemouse
wordes
/
he
embracyd
the
sayd
Heremyte
to
dysordynate
loue
/
In
suche
wyse
that
the
deuyll
moued
the
poore
man
to
laughe
and
to
playe
/
And
fynably
the
deuyll
approchyd
soo
nyghe·
that
he
towchyd
the
berde
.
the
necke
and
the
chinne
of
the
monke
/
And
at
laste
for
to
leue
the
cyrcumstaunces
.
whyche
is
here
noo
nede
to
recyte
.
the
monke
consented
&
purposyd
in
his
thought
to
acomplysshe
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
/
And
after
the
consentynge
he
wolde
haue
proceded
to
the
dede
/
Thenne
the
deuyll
cryed
a
terrible
crye
And
lefte
the
Monke
confuse
and
in
grete
derysyon
/
¶
Anone
after
came
a
multytude
of
deuylles
cryenge
abowte
the
hous
.
O
monke
whyche
enhaunselte
thyselfe
to
heuen
.
thou
arte
fallen
into
helle
.
¶
Consydre
that
he
that
humblyth
hym
shall
be
enhaunced
/
And
he
that
hymselfe
enhaunsyth
shall
be
mekyd
/
The
poore
monke
seenge
this
Illusyon
made
to
hym
by
the
deuyll
.
As
a
foole
and
Inconstaunt
.
and
not
thynkynge
on
god
.
whiche
is
all
god
/
And
that
pardon̄yth
lyghtly
hym
that
woll
refoume
towarde
hym
by
penaunce
:
begylyd
hymselfe
yet
more
/
For
he
lefte
his
Hermytage
.
and
ladde
fourth
a
seculer
lyffe
/
And
was
made
a
p●oye
for
the
deuyll
/
The
whiche
thynge
he
oughte
not
to
doo
/
but
he
ought
in
his
courage
to
wepe
and
wayle
in
dooynge
penaunce·
For
to
obteyne
Remyssyon
of
his
sinne
.
For
yf
he
hadd
soo
done
withoute
doubte
.
he
hadd
goten
the
ye●te
of
grace
and
pardon
of
his
wyckydnesse
/
¶
Also
the
sayd
good
Heremyte
recounted
an nother
Hystorye
of
a
man
dwellynge
nyghe
the
cytee
of
●yto
.
in
the
partyes
of
Thebayde
.
the
whiche
after
he
hadd
lyued
a
lewde
lyfe
.
and
Infamyd
as
towarde
god
and
to
the
worlde
He
wente
and
putt
hymself
in
to
a
secrete
place
.
for
●o
doo
penaunce
in
wepynge
and
teeres
.
In
whyche
he
contynued
daye
and
nyghte
for
to
haue
remyssyon
of
his
synnes
/
And
mayntened
hymselfe
soo
humbly
.
that
he
durste
not
lyfte
vpp
his
eyen
to
heuen
/
¶
After
that
he
had
thus
contynued
a
weke
in
this
penaunce
/
By
nyghte
came
the
deuylles
in
to
the
place
where
he
was
.
in
cryenge
ayenste
hym
/
What
doost
thou
here
man
Infamed
.
whiche
haste
ben
all
thy
lyfe
lewde
and
lecherous
/
Wylte
thou
be
now
chaste
and
relygious
/
Thou
whyche
haste
all
thy
lyfe
lyued
in
slythernesse
of
the
worlde
/
Weneste
thou
to
haue
space
to
doo
penaunce
condygne
for
to
haue
foryeuenesse
of
thy
synnes
/
Thou
arte
alle
redy
a
deuyll
like
to
vs
.
Retourne
and
achyeue
the
remenaunt
of
thy
lyfe
in
voluptuosytee
and
playsaunce
/
We
haue
made
redy
for
the
delyces
ynough
.
wilt
thou
flee
thyselfe
in
the
tormentes
whyche
thou
haste
begonne
/
Come
agayne
wyth
vs
in
to
the
worlde
/
Thou
shalte
haue
noo
more
payne
in
helle
thanne
thou
haste
now
/
And
all
this
the
poore
man
herde
.
as
vnmouable
wythoute
ony
thynge
to
answert
.
Anone
the
deuylles
this
seenge
buffeted
and
bete
him
wyth
dyuerse
strokes
/
And
lefte
hym
as
halfe
dede
/
But
notwythstondynge
alle
this
he
departed
not
fro
his
place
/
¶
On
the
morne
somme
of
hys
frendes
that
soughte
hym
founde
hym
tormented
thus
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
from
whens
proceded
this
afflyccyon
and
punysshment
whyche
he
hadd
receyuyd
/
And
after
that
he
had
tolde
to
theym
all
the
●●as
/
They
prayed
hym
that
he
wold
lete
and
suffre
hym
to
be
broughte
by
theim
in
to
his
howse
.
for
to
recouere
his
bodyly
helthe
To
whyche
he
wolde
not
consente
/
But
abode
stylle
in
his
propre
place
.
¶
Anone
after
.
and
the
nyghte
folowynge
the
deuylles
came
agayne
/
And
bete
hym
more
thanne
byfore
/
And
neuerthelesse
he
departed
not
/
Consyderynge
that
more
it
sholde
auaylle
hym
there
to
suffre
the
dethe
/
thanne
to
obeye
to
the
deuylles
/
¶
The
thyrde
nyghte
came
agayne
a
gretter
multytude
of
deuylles
thanne
ony
tyme
tofore
/
And
of
theym
he
was
vexed
and
beten
/
that
there
abode
noo
more
but
oonly
his
spiryte
.
Whyche
resysted
theym
/
The
whiche
they
seeynge
beganne
to
crye
wyth
an
hyghe
voyse
.
Thou
haste
ouercome
vs
.
Thou
haste
vaynquysshyd
vs
/
And
Incontynente
.
as
they
hadde
ben
huntyd
.
by
the
vertue
of
god
they
departed
/
And
after
they
neuer
retourned
to
hym
/
And
after
the
good
holy
man
prouffyted
soo
moche
.
that
he
was
replenysshyd
wyth
grace
and
vertue
.
In
suche
wyse
that
alle
the
Regyon
reputed
hym
soo
holy
.
as
yf
he
had
descended
from
heuen
.
In
sayenge
/
Loo
thys
is
the
mutacyon
or
chaunge
of
the
ryghte
honde
of
god
.
¶
And
thus
by
the
examples
afore
sayd
we
maye
know
how
humylyte
and
conuersyon
is
cause
of
alle
good
/
And
by
the
contrarye
exaltacyon
and
pryde
.
of
all
euyll
/
And
fynably
of
dysperacyon
/
¶
And
for
to
obserue
more
lyghtly
this
rule
/
The
sayd
holy
man
tolde
a nother
example
of
a
monke
/
the
whyche
dwellyd
in
a
place
more
derke
and
obscure
than
all
the
other
/
In
whyche
he
passed
his
yongthe
and
aege
in
penaunce
In
suche
wyse
that
he
was
flowrynge
in
alle
vertues
/
And
was
soo
agreable
to
god
.
that
he
beynge
in
thys
mortall
worlde
.
The
aungels
were
by
the
Commaundement
of
god
obeyenge
to
/
And
admynystred
to
hym
by
his
lyffe
/
That
is
to
wyte
Refeccyon
corporell
/
¶
For
whanne
his
nature
was
greuyd
by
hungre
/
He
entred
in
to
hys
Cauerne
/
And
there
by
prouydence
dyuyne
/
The
brede
was
redy
sette
on
the
table
/
of
moche
more
gretter
swetnesse
thanne
the
brede
materyall
/
whyche
is
made
in
the
worlde
/
And
whanne
be
hadde
taken
for
to
susteyne
nature
/
He
retourned
to
prayer
.
for
to
Rendre
and
gyue
thankynges
to
our
souerayn
lorde
god
/
¶
To
whyche
Heremyte
many
reuelacyons
of
thynges
to
come
were
shewed
/
But
after
he
fell
in
to
vayne
glory
for
his
demerytes
/
And
became
slowe
and
neclygent
in
his
prayers
/
And
prayed
not
to
god
soo
moche
deuowtely
as
he
had
ben
accustomyd
/
¶
And
as
he
was
ennoyed
to
contynue
his
prayers
.
He
therby
ranne
in
to
slowthe
and
Infamye
.
and
in
to
lecherous
thoughtes
/
And
neuertheles
he
soo
beynge
made
his
prayers
.
as
he
was
accustomyd
to
doo
/
And
entrynge
in
to
his
Caue
he
founde
brede
as
tofore
/
The
whyche
was
not
soo
fayre
.
but
fusty
and
spotted
.
Thenne
he
admerueylled
and
was
heuy
and
sory
/
By
cause
this
brede
was
not
lyke
ne
soo
good
.
as
it
had
ben
byfore
/
And
the
thyrde
daye
after
he
beynge
maculate
by
vayne
thoughtes
/
supposed
verily
in
his
mynde
to
haue
seen
the
ymage
of
a
yonge
woman
:
¶
And
thenne
hym
semyd
that
he
embracyd
and
also
kyssyd
her
.
In
makynge
fowle
attowchynges
/
¶
Thys
notwythstondyng
/
the
daye
folowyng
he
retourned
in
to
hys
prayers
/
But
SAynt
Iherom
saythe
.
that
he
saw
a nother
holy
man
moche
honourable
.
nyghe
vnto
the
regyon
of
Thebayde
namyd
Hor
/
whyche
was
fader
and
abbot
of
many
monasteryes
.
And
was
foure
score
and
ten
yeres
of
aege
/
Hauynge
a
longe
berde
and
white
heeres
.
and
Ioyous
after
the
Iugemente
of
his
face
/
And
to
th
ende
that
the
brethern
dwellynge
in
the
Foreste
had
none
occasion
for
to
goo
ferre
for
to
seche
their
bodily
necessytees
/
He
planted
in
places
nighe
the
monasteryes
trees
berynge
fruyte
.
In
whyche
places
tofore
he
dwelled
there
hadd
neuer
tree
be
planted
/
And
yf
he
was
moche
besye
for
theyr
refeccyons
corporell
/
Moche
more
wythout
comparison
had
he
more
affeccyon
vnto
the
spyrytuell
refeccyon
/
It
is
sayd
that
charytee
begynnyth
at
hymself
/
He
ete
not
of
that
whiche
his
brethern
ete
/
For
oonly
he
vsyd
rootes
and
herbes
for
his
mete
.
and
for
his
drynke
oonly
clere
water
/
yf
he
fonde
it
in
ocupyenge
hymselfe
al
day
and
nyghte
in
fastynges
and
prayers
/
¶
Whanne
he
was
come
to
maturytee
and
rypenesse
of
his
a●ge
/
An
aungell
apperyd
to
hym
in
a
vysyon
.
sayenge
to
hym
/
Many
men
to
the
obeissaunte
shall
bileue
the
/
Grete
multytude
of
peple
as
thousandes
shall
be
saued
by
the
And
after
the
angell
sayd
to
him
.
that
in
tyme
to
come
he
sholde
haue
domynacyon
.
vpon
as
many
men
as
he
had
conuerted
/
And
that
he
sholde
drede
no
manere
thynge
/
For
all
that
he
sholde
demaunde
of
god
he
sholde
opteyne
/
¶
Whan
the
holy
man
had
herde
alle
thys·
he
wente
in
to
a
●elle
the
whyche
he
hadd
made
for
hymselfe
/
And
there
he
vsyd
for
his
sustentacyon
but
coole
wortes
after
that
he
hadd
longe
fasted
And
notwythstondyng
that
he
ne
cowde
rede
ne
wryte
/
Neuerthelesse
his
brethern
whom
he
vysyted
in
places
adiacent
and
nyghe
to
his
Hermytage
.
presented
to
hym
a
booke
/
In
whyche
as
he
had
knowen
all
by
herte
he
radde
lyightly
/
He
had
puyssaunce
vpon
the
deuylles
.
in
chacynge
theym
oute
of
the
bodyes
of
men
/
And
by
vertue
of
his
prayers
he
guarysshyd
and
heelyd
theym
/
¶
Many
other
Hermytes
and
relygyous
men
came
to
him
/
Amonge
whiche
saynt
Iherom
came
.
whom
he
receyued
benyngly
.
and
prayed
hym
that
he
myghte
wasshe
his
fete
.
lyke
as
he
had
be
acustomyd
to
doo
to
his
ghestis
His
custome
was
neuer
to
receyue
hys
refeccyon
corporall
.
tyll
that
he
had
receyued
his
maker
/
¶
On
a
tyme
amonge
other
after
that
he
hadde
receyuyd
his
creatour
.
saynt
Iherom
aryued
/
He
exorted
his
brethern
and
saynt
Iherom
to
take
theyr
refeccyon
corporell
/
In
whyche
refeccyon
he
spake
of
god
and
of
his
werkes
.
wythout
to
speke
of
ony
vanytees
.
lyke
as
we
doo
.
After
the
refeccyon
take
he
recounted
many
hystoryes
of
holy
Heremytes
/
And
fyrst
of
an
holy
man
whyche
was
thre
yere
contynuelly
wythoute
etynge
of
ony
mete
/
of
this
worlde
/
but
from
thre
dayes
to
thre
dayes
.
an
aungel
broughte
to
him
heuenly
meete
/
Of
whyche
oonly
he
was
susteyned
and
fedde
.
wythoute
takynge
of
ony
other
thynge
/
¶
After
this
he
recounted
to
theim
a nother
historye
/
In
sayenge
that
he
had
seen
soo
holy
an
Heremyte
.
To
whom
the
cruel
deuylles
came
in
lykenesse
of
angels
bryngynge
a
charyott
a●urned
and
arayed
as
for
a
grete
lorde
/
In
whyche
charyott
was
one
of
the
deuylles
habyl
lyd
lyke
a
kynge
.
the
whyche
sayde
to
him
/
Come
now
hither
good
man
thy
penaunce
is
accomplysshed
/
There
is
now
nomore
to
doo
but
thou
adoure
&
worshyp
me
/
To
the
ende
that
I
enhaunce
the
in
this
charyott
.
lyke
as
Hely
was
/
But
the
good
Relygious
Heron
thynkynge
was
admerueyled
/
&
sayde
to
hymselfe
/
Eeuery
daye
I
adoure
my
god
/
And
now
he
woll
praye
that
I
adoure
hym
/
He
knowyth
well
that
I
serue
hym
day
&
nyght
wyth
all
my
power
/
I
byleue
that
this
is
not
my
god
/
And
therfore
he
said
to
the
same
deuyl
I
haue
my
kynge
whom
contynuelly
I
adoure
/
Wherfore
I
byleue
that
thou
art
not
my
lorde
souerayne
/
Thenne
the
deuylles
sawe
his
constaunce
&
humylyte
wente
all
awaye
confused
/
Saynt
Iherom
sayth
notwythstondynge
the
holy
man
Hor
in
recountynge
this
hystorye
applyed
it
to
be
happed
to
a nother
persone
than
to
hym
/
Neuertheles
the
brethern
affermyd
the
same
Hor.
to
be
it
hymselfe
/
But
by
his
grete
humylyte
.
he
atrybuted
his
perfeccyon
to
a nother
/
Whan
ony
men
came
for
to
dwell
with
him
/
he
was
soo
pyteuouse
of
them
that
he
callyd
his
brederrn
.
and
dyde
theym
for
to
make
an
hous
for
theym
.
There
some
made
mortere
.
other
made
tyles
/
And
by
cause
his
brethern
seenge
his
charytee
.
enioyed
theym
to
be
wyth
hym
/
He
dyde
not
as
some
done
in
thise
dayes
.
whiche
demaunde
grete
quantite
of
money
for
to
receyue
some
relygyous
in
theyr
hous
.
but
he
delyuerde
to
them
at
his
dyspence
and
his
brethern
hous
and
vtensyles
/
¶
On
a
tyme
it
happed
that
one
of
his
brethern
a
stonge
lyer
came
to
hym
.
the
whyche
had
rente
his
robe
/
to
the
ende
that
the
good
abbot
sholde
see
hym
nakyd
.
for
to
haue
one
newe
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
knowyng
by
Inspyracyon
his
Inyquite
&
falsenes
repreued
hym
tofore
alle
his
brethern
/
And
neuer
after
durste
he
lye
tofore
hym
/
And
for
fynall
conclusyon
.
he
was
of
soo
grete
vertues
&
me
rytes·
that
from
all
partyes
came
to
him
holy
and
deuoute
relygious
men
for
the
excellence
of
his
vertuous
lyfe
.
In
whyche
oughte
to
take
ensample
alle
men
of
Relygion
/
¶
Of
saynt
Am̄on
abbot
of
thre
thousande
monkes
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
.
Vidimus
autem
/
Caplm
iii.
REcyteth
saynt
Iherom
of
an
other
holy
fader
dwellyng
in
the
sayd
regyon
of
Thebayde
.
the
whiche
was
abbott
&
fader
of
thre
thousande
relygious
persones
of
merueylous
abstinence
.
called
Thebenesiens
.
He
commaunded
to
the
relygiouses
to
here
the
vestyment
large
of
whiche
they
couerd
theyr
heede
.
and
was
called
Scapulari
and
to
haue
an
other
vestyment
.
whyche
was
callyd
Frocke
.
whyche
in
lykewyse
couerde
their
face
whan
they
sholde
sytt
at
table
.
to
the
ende
the
one
sholde
not
repreue
that
other
if
ony
ete
more
or
lesse
/
Those
relygiouses
helde
soo
grete
scylence
in
drynkynge
&
etyng
.
that
it
cowde
not
be
knowe
that
yf
ony
persone
were
in
the
place
where
they
toke
alwaye
theyr
refeccyon
/
And
notwythstondynge
that
they
were
in
grete
multytude
/
they
were
so
secrete
in
then
werkes
.
that
the
one
knewe
not
the
abstinence
of
that
other
/
Neuertheles
they
were
more
abstynent
of
the
metes
sette
tofore
theym
.
than
to
haue
affeccyon
to
ete
ne
to
drynke
.
wythout
to
make
of
their
bely
theyr
god
/
¶
Herupon
we
oughte
to
consydre
.
that
it
is
more
grete
abstynence
to
see
mete
.
and
lytyll
to
ete
of
it
than
to
be
wythoute
me●e
.
&
not
desyre
it
/
In
lyke
wyse
they
that
ben
now
relygious
oughte
to
rule
theim
in
sobrenes
&
in
abstynence
.
in
eschewynge
enuye
regnynge
in
cloystre
/
Also
theyr
abbot
oughte
to
restrayne
theim
/
And
hymselve
oughte
fyrste
to
refreyne
hymselfe
for
to
yeue
ensample
to
his
relygiouses
¶
Of
saynt
Benon
abbot
ledynge
an
angelles
lyfe
.
begynnynge
Vidimus
&
alium
.
Caplm
iiii
.
SAynt
Iherom
recountyth
after
this
.
that
he
&
his
felowes
sawe
an
other
abbot
auncyent
the
whyche
surmounted
all
men
in
swetnesse
and
humylyte
namyd
Benon
.
of
whom
his
bredern
witnessed
that
he
had
neuer
sworne
.
ne
made
lesynge
/
Also
a
thynge
whiche
is
moche
to
be
merueyled
/
He
had
neuer
be
angry
ayenst
ony
persone
lyuynge
.
ne
neuer
had
spoke
ydle
worde
/
His
lyfe
was
soo
peasyble
.
&
of
soo
grete
humylytee
.
that
he
was
lyuynge
as
aungels
lyffe
/
And
as
saynt
Iherom
writeth
whan
he
&
his
felowes
requyred
him
to
haue
of
hym
some
wordes
edyficatyff
for
the
soule
.
wyth
grete
dyffyculte
myght
they
gete
of
him
some
shorte
wordes
.
whiche
he
recyted
to
theym
of
the
vertue
of
Clemence
&
swetnesse
/
¶
On
a
tyme
he
was
required
of
the
labourers
of
the
countree
there
by
his
monastery
to
praye
god
.
that
it
pleased
hym
to
chace
awaye
a
beeste
.
the
whyche
destroyed
all
theyr
labours
/
Anone
he
came
to
the
place
where
as
that
beeste
was
/
And
commaunded
hym
in
the
name
of
god
to
departe
and
go
fro
thens
/
And
that
he
sholde
neuer
after
do
harme
to
the
graynes
of
that
countree
/
And
Incontynent
like
as
he
had
be
chacyd
awaye
by
an
aungell
of
he●uen
.
he
fledde
awaye
/
And
neuer
after
he
retorned
in
to
that
countree
/
¶
Here
vpon
ought
to
be
noted
that
scylence
is
good
for
to
eschewe
many
sinnes
/
And
pryncypally
vnto
relygyous
persones
and
to
abbottes
/
¶
Of
the
cyte
of
Exirynque·
in
the
whiche
dwellyd
neuer
heretyke
/
begynnynge
Vidimus
autem
.
Caplm
v.
SAynt
Iherom
sayth
after
.
as
he
and
his
felowes
came
in
to
the
cytee
of
Exirynque
.
in
the
Regyon
of
Thebayde
/
wpyche
is
a
cyte
full
of
vertuous
men
.
that
noo
man
maye
recounte
/
And
there
were
so
mani
relygious
wythin
and
wythouth
the
none
myghte
nombre
/
And
so
many
monasteryes
that
they
exceded
the
houses
And
there
were
founde
xii
.
Couentes
wythoute
other
places
of
deuocyon
.
the
whiche
frequented
in
certayn
dayes
in
suche
wyse
we
fonde
.
that
there
ne
was
gate
.
tour
.
ne
soo
lytyll
a
place
in
the
cyte
.
but
there
was
therin
an
Oratory
of
relygiouses
&
monkes
syngynge
nyghte
and
daye
hympnes
&
praysynge
to
Ihesu
Cryste
/
There
was
founde
in
the
towne
neuer
Heretyke
ne
Paynym
.
All
the
towne
was
soo
full
of
Oratories
:
that
there
was
noo
dyfference
in
prayenge
.
aswell
in
the
stretes
as
in
the
chyrche
/
For
alle
were
as
one
chyrche
&
one
Oratory
/
All
the
cyteyzyns
were
good
Crysten
&
.
catholyke
men
/
For
the
pryncypall
maysters
&
gouernours
of
the
sayd
cyte
by
all
the
yates
of
the
cyte
had
also
founded
Oratoryes
.
to
the
ende
that
whan
pilgryms
or
straunge
folke
came
thyder
.
the.
relygiouses
beynge
in
them
sholde
receyue
theym
.
&
admynystre
to
theim
theyr
necessytees
/
Ferdermore
sayde
saynt
Iherom
.
that
he
cowde
not
recyte
yt.
whiche
was
done
to
him
&
to
his
felowes
whan
thei
entred
in
to
that
cytee
For
they
came
to
hem
lyke
as
they
had
ben
angels
.
doyng
to
theim
grete
honour
.
&
right
humain
seruyce
.
He
sayth
also
that
they
demaunded
of
the
bysshop
of
that
place
the
nombre
of
the
relygiouses
of
the
cyte
.
&
also
of
the
virgynes
.
The
bysshop
answerd
that
there
were
x.
M.
men
/
&
xx
.
M.
virgynes
in
the
cite
religyous
&
religiouses
.
of
whom
it
was
inpossible
to
recounte
t
honour
&
seruyce
that
they
wolde
doo
to
pilgiyms
passyng
therby
/
For
in
lykewyse
as
saynt
Ierom
writyth
thei
rent
their
mantels
&
vestyments
for
to
lede
theym
by
force
in
to
theyr
howses
/
for
to
refresshe
theim
/
In
the
cytee
were
peple
full
of
dyuers
vertues
.
there
some
in
wordes
.
other
in
abstinences·
thother
in
sygnes
&
myracles
/
Alas
now
ben
there
fewe
cytees
.
whiche
studye
to
make
monasteryes
.
but
eueryche
enforcyth
hym
to
dystroy
theim
.
It
is
grete
profyte
in
a
cite
to
pray
god
for
to
haue
ther
in
many
chirches
/
¶
Of
saynt
Theon
whythe
was
xxx
.
yere
wythout
spekynge
/
and
begynnyth
vidimus
et
alium
/
Caplm
vi
.
SAynt
Iherom
sayth
that
he
sawe
a nother
man
named
Theon
nye
to
the
sayd
cyte
in
the
waye
whyche
lyeth
towarde
the
desert
.
the
why
●he
was
an
holy
man
.
&
bad
be
enclosed
xxx
.
yere
in
his
hermytage
.
wythout
spekynge
to
ony
man
of
the
worlde
/
He
was
so
ful
of
vertues
.
that
he
was
reputed
in
the
cyte
for
a
prophete
/
And
whan
the
malades
&
seke
peple
came
thider
fro
straunge
regyons
.
vexed
&
traueyled
of
dyuers
maladyes
.
he
only
layd
his
honde
vpon
their
heedes
.
and
of
what
maldy
they
were
seke
.
anone
they
recouerd
her
helthe
/
He
was
of
soo
fayr
manere
.
soo
swete
a
vysage·
&
of
so
Ioyous
reuerence
&
so
ful
of
al
grace
that
he
semed
to
be
an
angel
/
Some
euyll
theues
entred
in
to
his
hermytage
/
supposyng
for
to
haue
fonde
there
some
money
/
But
incontynent
as
the
holy
man
putt
hymselve
in
prayer
.
the
theues
abode
at
yate
arestyd
as
they
had
be
bounde
wyth
cordes
.
On
the
morn
many
persones
came
to
hym
as
they
had
ben
acustomyd·
&
wold
haue
brente
those
theues
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
was
constreyned
to
speke
.
&
only
sayd
to
them
/
My
frendes
lete
thise
men
goo
without
doyng
to
theim
ony
harm̄
For
els
I
sholde
lese
the
grace
the
god
hathe
gyue
to
me
to
guarysshe
&
hele
the
seke
peple
.
&
they
durst
not
ayensay
hym
wherfor
god
suffred
the
the
theues
went
theyr
waye
wythout
ony
harme
/
the
whiche
thing
considred
by
the
same
theues
&
the
grete
horrour
&
enormyte
of
theyr
lyfe
.
went
&
rendred
themself
relygious
in
a
monastery
.
&
there
lyued
in
penaunce
vnto
th
ende
of
their
dayes
.
That
same
holi
man
was
instruct
&
expert
.
not
only
in
Egipcyen
tongue
&
Greke·
but
also
in
latyn
tongue
/
And
for
to
conforte
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
he
wrote
to
theim
in
a
table
the
graces
&
doctryne
:
that
he
hadd
/
His
lyfe
was
moche
strayte
.
for
the
mete
that
he
ete
was
ordeyned
&
prepared
wythoute
fyre
/
&
whan
by
nyght
he
went
in
to
desert
.
many
beettes
acompanyed
him
.
&
for
to
rewarde
hem
after
that
he
had
drawe
water
.
he
gaaf
to
them
for
to
drynke
/
And
for
experyence
herof
men
myght
see
the
paas
&
way
of
the
wylde
bestes
.
as
chieuers
.
bezes
&
other
aboute
his
hermytage
.
¶
In
this
history
we
oughte
to
note
ii
.
poyntes
/
the
one
is
that
a
man
oughte
not
to
take
vengaunce
of
his
enmye
.
whan
one
may
wel
doo
&
take
it
/
And
that
other
is
that
in
eschewyng
the
synne
of
Ingratytude
or
vnkyndnes
.
a
man
ought
to
gyue
&
rendre
thankes
to
theim
that
haue
done
to
vs
seruyce
&
good
/
¶
Of
saynt
Apolonyen
.
confessour
&
of
his
vertues
.
begynnynge
Vidimus
&
alium
¶
Caplm
vii
.
SAynt
Iherom
sayth
that
he
sawe
a nother
holi
man
named
apolonyen
in
Thebayde
.
nye
to
a
cyte
named
Hermopolis
/
In
that
whiche
cyte
as
we
rede
after
the
prophete
Ysaye
our
saupom
wyth
his
intemerate
&
holy
moder
&
Ioseph
came
for
to
dwelle
.
leuyng
the
partyes
of
Iudee
/
In
the
cyte
sawe
saynt
Iherom
the
temple
in
whiche
there
had
be
many
ydols
.
whan
our
lorde
entred
therin
.
but
at
his
comyng
all
fell
in
to
ruyne
/
The
same
holy
man
had
his
hermitage
in
a
mountain
.
aboute
whiche
were
many
monasteries
settnye
to
the
said
cyte
.
&
the
sayd
Apolonien
was
souerayn
of
v.
L.
relygious
men
ful
of
vertues
/
By
him
were
made
euery
daye
in
the
vertue
of
our
lord
many
grete
merueylous
werkes
.
Fro
the
tyme
of
his
yongth
he
was
nourysshed
in
abstynence
vnto
th
age
of
lxxx
.
yere
.
in
whiche
aege
he
was
whan
saynt
Iherom
came
to
see
hym
/
His
conuersacion
was
soo
good
that
bi
the
moyen
therof
&
of
his
merites
toward
god
.
that
his
discyples
were
also
perfyte
as
he
hymself
/
And
whan
he
had
be
by
the
space
of
xl
.
yere
in
th
ermytage
.
he
herde
a
voys
fro
heuen
sayeng
to
hym
/
O
Apolonyen
by
the
shall
be
lost
the
scyence
of
the
sages
of
Egypte
.
that
is
to
saye
/
that
they
that
ben
reputed
sage
&
wise
amonge
the
Babilonyens
&
all
their
ydolatrye
shall
be
by
the
broughte
to
nought
&
cofounded
/
Goo
in
to
the
countree
habytable
in
leuynge
thy
hermytage
/
For
thou
shalt
conuerte
the
peple
forto
serue
god
.
to
ensiewe
good
maneres
/
&
leue
their
detestable
vices
&
dampnable
ydolatries
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
prayed
to
god
that
he
sholde
not
be
tempted
wyth
noo
vaynglory
/
whan
he
shal
haue
conuerted
somoche
peple
/
The
voys
answerd
I
commaunde
the
that
thou
laye
thihonde
vpon
thy
heede
.
&
that
thou
caste
in
to
the
duste
the
whiche
thou
shalt
fynde
ther
the
whiche
thynge
he
dyde
/
And
anone
he
toke
a
lityll
Monstre
lyke
a
blacke
Ethiopien
.
&
cast
him
in
the
dust
.
The
whiche
monstre
cryed
/
I
am
the
deuyl
of
pryde
prynce
.
&
by
that
he
knew
the
he
had
lost
all
pryde·
like
as
he
had
put
it
vnder
his
fote
.
This
thinge
thus
done
the
voyse
of
heuen
sayd
to
hym
now
goo
wyth
the
men
.
for
all
that
thou
shal
aske
of
god
shal
be
graunted
to
the
wythout
fawte
.
Then
he
went
vnto
the
places
where
as
dwelled
other
heremytes
/
And
thise
thynges
happed
in
the
tyme
of
Iulyan
the
tyraunt
/
Now
he
had
a
fosse
or
a
pytt
nye
by
an
hermitage
.
in
whiche
he
abode
then
in
prayenge
god
incessauntly
/
And
att
leest
a
hundred
tymes
a
daye
he
knelyd
on
his
knees
/
&
asmany
tymes
by
nyght
There
he
lyued
more
by
heuenly
mete
/
than
by
bodily
.
His
vestyment
was
only
of
lynnen
like
the
frocke
of
a
monke
.
&
that
wherof
he
couered
his
heede
&
hys
neck
was
of
a nother
maner
lyke
a
scapulary
/
that
whiche
vestymentes
neuer
payred
in
desert
.
but
were
all
his
lyfe
al
hole
/
The
holy
man
was
in
that
place
as
a
spiryte
liuyng
in
pouerte
/
doynge
soo
many
myracles
the
no
tongue
can
recounte
.
For
his
holynes
he
was
hold
&
reputed
of
the
peple
of
the
countree
as
an
apostle·
or
an
holy
prophete
/
Al
the
religiouses
&
hermytes
of
the
regyons
adiacent
came
to
him
as
to
ther
fader
.
&
gaaf
to
him
their
soules
for
to
gouerne
/
He
taughte
hem
to
do
wel
.
to
estudie
.
&
to
abstynence
after
her
possybilyte
/
But
fyrst
in
ensewyng
the
doctryne
of
Ihu
cryst
he
obserued
theim
suche
as
he
wold
be
for
to
kepe
hem
.
to
th
ende
yt.
they
shold
not
refuse
.
but
lyue
after
his
example
/
Sometyme
the
religyous
persones
been
euyll
.
bi
cause
that
her
pastour
is
of
euyl
lyfe
.
right
at
thaposyte
.
the
good
shepeherd
makyth
his
shepe
good
&
clene
/
In
the
tyme
aforsaid
of
Iulyan
the
tyraunt
.
the
holy
man
Apolonyen
herd
say
the
one
of
his
bredern
was
hold
prisemer
/
thenne
he
&
his
bredern
came
to
vysite
him
.
&
to
conforte
hym
/
And
also
admonest
that
in
his
trybulacyon
he
shold
be
constaūt·
&
that
in
the
daugeour
that
he
was
in
he
oughte
to
reioyse
.
in
yeuyng
him
to
vnderstonde
that
in
aduersyte
the
vertue
is
shewed
/
A
Centuryon
.
the
is
to
say
a
capitain
hauynge
a
C.
men
vnder
his
charge
.
came
as
al
enraged
to
know
who
had
suffred
the
holy
man
&
his
felowes
to
entre
within
his
prison
/
And
he
put
&
closed
within
his
pryson
the
said
holy
man
&
his
felowe
.
&
commysed
many
men
to
kepe
hem
/
But
god
the
leuith
not
his
seruauntes
in
daungeour
sente
at
mydnyght
an
angel
merueylously
shynyng
/
Of
whom
alle
the
kepars
were
so
abasshed
that
they
wist
not
where
to
be
come
.
&
anone
they
kneled
downe
on
her
knees
tofore
the
holy
men
.
sayenge
that
they
sholde
goo
whan
it
pleysed
theym
For
certenly
they
had
leuer
deye
for
hem
than
to
kepe
hem
ayenst
the
wyll
of
god
In
lyke
wyse
the
sayd
Centuryon
on
the
morn
eerly
came
wyth
his
pryncypall
knyghtes
in
to
the
pryson
/
in
prayenge
the
sayd
holy
men
for
to
departe
.
&
gaaf
them
leue
for
to
goo
where
they
wolde
By
this
we
see
that
what
soeuer
infamye
that
is
done
to
the
ryghtfull.
.
yf
he
hath
fayth
&
hope
in
god
wyth
charyter
.
god
shall
helpe
hem
alway
.
Whan
the
holy
men
sawe
the
grace
the
god
had
done
to
hem
.
al
vnyed
togider
retorned
in
to
th
ermytage
thankyng
our
sauiour
&
redemptour
.
The
gode
holi
man
after
admonested
alway
his
bredern
to
resist
the
temptacions
of
the
fende
/
&
sayd
to
hem
/
Yf
ye
resyst
the
deuyll
whiche
is
heede
of
al
synne
.
ye
shall
resyste
all
vyces
/
for
who
resystith
the
herde
he
may
lyghtly
resyst
&
gainsay
the
membres
/
Wyth
this
he
exhorted
hem
to
vaynquisshe
eche
other
/
in
surmountyng
eueryche
his
broder
in
vertues
/
For
he
sayde
the
eueryche
ought
to
desire
to
be
more
perfyte
than
his
neyzbour
.
&
also
he
sayd
that
the
man
is
more
perfyte
in
vertues
that
is
not
subdued
ne
vaynquysshed
by
worldly
temptacions
:
for
to
resyst
the
sinnes
&
fowle
wylles
is
the
begynnyng
of
the
yeftes
of
god
/
And
after
he
sayd
to
hem
.
yf
ony
of
you
do
ony
myracle
/
therefor
he
oughte
not
to
glorifye
hymself
.
ne
to
repute
him
more
worthi
than
his
felowes
/
Also
he
oughte
not
shew
to
the
peple
the
god
hath
gyue
to
him
suche
grace
.
For
otherwyse
he
seduceth
.
deceyuyth
hymselve
.
&
lesith
his
reward
/
&
yf
the
sayd
holy
man
had
excellent
grace
in
doctryne
yet
more
grete
had
he
in
operacyons
.
Al
that
he
demaunded
of
god
.
was
to
him
acorded
&
graunted
.
wyth
this
many
reuelacyons
were
shewed
to
him
.
¶
Amonge
the
whiche
of
one
of
his
felowes
wyth
whom
he
had
longe
tyme
vsyd
.
his
lyf
was
shewed
to
hym
that
he
was
in
heuen
in
the
sete
of
th
apostles
.
&
in
lyke
glori
A nother
tyme
he
prayeng
for
hymself
to
god
that
it
wolde
pleyse
hym
tabrdge
his
dayes
.
&
to
brynge
hym
in
to
the
reame
of
heuen
.
God
shewed
to
him
that
he
sholde
be
yet
a
lytyll
tyme
in
the
world
for
to
be
an
example
of
vertues
to
many
other
hermytes
.
whiche
by
him
shold
be
enformyd
in
holy
conuersacion
&
as
it
was
shewed
to
hym
.
so
it
happed
/
For
after
that
came
to
hym
many
hermytes
fro
dyuers
places
&
countrees
.
whiche
ensewyd
hym
in
doctryne
&
in
vertues
.
in
suche
wyse
the
many
renounced
the
world
for
to
folowe
him
.
&
made
a
monastery
in
the
sayd
mountain
.
wher
as
they
lad
a
lyfe
comyn
/
And
those
religyous
men
wer
clene
of
body
&
of
soule
.
&
notwythstondyng
that
they
were
in
Egypt
.
where
as
habounded
synne
&
malyce
.
Yet
were
they
vertuous
&
reputed
as
angels
/
And
therby
is
verefyed
the
sayeng
of
th
apostles
.
sayeng
that
where
as
haboundith
synne
there
also
haboundeth
grace
.
Now
ought
to
be
noted
that
thabycaūts
of
the
sayde
Egipte
.
by
theyr
grete
ydolatry
worshiped
the
oxen
.
by
cause
they
laboured
the
feldes
by
whiche
they
lyued
/
&
also
they
worshypped
the
water
of
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
by
cause
it
watred
&
aroused
the
regyons
of
Egypte
/
In
lyke
wyse
they
adoured
the
erth
as
the
moost
fertyle
of
all
other
.
the
dogges
also
.
apes
.
&
dyuerse
herbes
/
And
the
reyson
whi
moued
hem
so
to
doo
.
was
by
cause
they
sayde
.
that
the
dyuers
ocupacōns
that
they
had
.
some
to
ere
the
londe
.
&
other
to
nouryssh
her
dogges
&
apes
.
other
to
plante
herbes
/
&
so
of
other
operacyons
had
be
cause
that
they
in
besines
had
be
lett
&
empesshed
that
they
went
not
wyth
Pharao
&
were
not
drowned
wyth
hym
.
whan
he
entred
in
to
the
reed
see
.
wenynge
to
haue
persecuted
the
chyldner
of
Israel
.
whyche
had
happened
to
them
.
yf
they
had
not
be
taryed
by
the
moyen
of
the
sayd
operacyons
/
And
for
asmoche
as
that
hadd
be
cause
of
her
preseruacion
&
helth
they
worshypped
hem
as
godes
/
After
this
the
afore
is
writen
of
the
doctryne
of
the
holi
man
.
now
resteth
to-see
of
his
werkes
&
operacyons
¶
Thenne
it
is
to
be
noted
that
amonge
his
other
werkes
.
he
saw
in
a
temple
of
a
cyte
nyghe
by
his
hermytage
an
ydolle·
whyche
sometyme
was
by
prestes
&
other
peple
born
in
processyon
for
to
obteyne
vberte
&
habundance
of
rayne
/
The
whiche
thyng
seenge
the
holy
man
&
moued
wyth
pyte
made
his
prayed
to
god
for
to
take
this
foule
creaunce
&
mysbyleue
fro
theim
.
His
prayer
soo
made
they
&
their
ydoll
abode
all
vnmouable
in
suche
wyse
that
they
myght
not
moue
ne
go
froward
ne
backeward
/
And
were
there
all
that
day
with
out
departyng
frothens
/
in
suffrynge
&
susteynynge
the
brennynge
of
the
sonne
/
Thenne
the
preestes
sayd
that
the
orysons
&
prayers
of
the
holy
cristen
man
that
dwelled
there
by
theyr
cyte
namyd
Apolonyus
was
cause
that
they
myght
not
moeuene
depart
thens
/
And
yf
they
were
not
lo●ourd
by
him
.
they
sholde
longe
tyme
tary
&
abyde
there
/
And
thenne
some
of
theim
sayd
.
that
it
myght
well
be
trouthe
by
cause
that
thenne
he
passed
forthe
by
.
Neuerthelesse
they
brought
many
oxen
wenynge
for
to
moue
th
ydoll
.
but
they
cowde
not
make
hym
for
to
depart
fro
the
place
.
fynably
they
sent
to
the
holy
man
.
&
promysed
by
that
yf
he
wolde
delyuer
theim
fro
the
payne
in
whyche
they
were
.
they
shold
renounce
theyr
goddes
&
byleue
in
Ihu
cryst
/
Thenne
came
the
holy
man
to
theim
.
&
made
his
prayer
.
the
whyche
made
they
were
all
delyuerd
fro
theyr
trybulacyon
/
And
for
this
miracle
some
of
theim
abode
wyth
him
in
his
hermytage
.
&
other
went
in
diuerse
places
shewyng
&
publysshynge
this
myracle
.
by
cause
wherof
they
conuerted
hem
to
the
crysten
fayth
/
And
anone
but
ryght
fewe
dwelled
in
that
regron
/
but
they
were
conuerted
to
the
fayth
¶
A nother
myracle
worthy
to
be
remembred
dyde
the
sayd
holy
man
as
here
folowyth
/
Two
townes
on
a
tyme
had
war
one
ayenst
a nother
.
bi
cause
of
the
boundes
&
lymytes
of
theyr
londes
.
of
whyche
that
one
was
crysten
&
that
other
paynym
/
By
cause
of
this
dyuysion
were
assembled
of
that
one
part
&
that
other
man
/
men
of
warre
The
whyche
thynge
seenge
the
holy
man
was
moued
by
charyte
.
enforced
hym
tacorde
&
appese
them
togider
/
Thenne
one
whiche
was
namyd
for
cheif
of
the
sayd
paynyms
/
&
cause
of
the
warr
.
sayd
that
neuer
he
wolde
acorde
vnto
the
deth
/
The
holy
man
answerde
.
thenne
be
it
soo
in
suche
wyse
as
the
demaundest
/
None
shall
deye
but
thyself
.
&
thou
shalt
haue
sepulture
suche
as
aperteyneth
to
the
/
For
thou
shalt
be
buryed
in
the
belyes
of
bestes
&
byrdes
.
&
so
it
befell
/
For
he
was
founde
dede
alone
vpon
th
erth
.
all
detrenched
&
deuoured
with
bestes·
&
all
thother
wer
abasshed
how
the
worde
of
the
holy
man
was
soo
verytable
/
And
for
that
cause
they
began
to
drede
the
god
of
the
holy
man
.
&
were
alle
conuerted
to
the
crysten
fayth
leuynge
their
ydolatrye
/
¶
Now
shal
we
speke
of
a nother
myracle
.
whiche
he
dyde
at
the
begynnynge
whan
he
rendred
hymselve
in
to
a
cauern
or
caue
wyth
certayne
bredern
/
In
an
holy
daye
of
Ester
.
he
beynge
at
the
table
wyth
his
bredern
.
after
the
seruyce
acomplisshed
.
in
stede
of
delycate
mete
he
hadd
a
lytyll
drie
brede
&
wortes
of
chool
made
with
a
lytyll
salte
only
/
And
the
seenge
the
homan
sayd
/
yf
we
ben
the
true
seruauntes
of
god
&
haue
very
fayth
.
we
shall
opteyne
bi
our
prayers
/
that
whiche
we
desyre
to
ete
in
this
holy
solempnyte
/
Thenne
the
bredern
by
humylite
answerd
that
he
alone
as
the
moost
worthy
&
vertuous
shold
make
the
prayer
/
&
so
he
dyde
at
theyr
request
in
prayeng
deuoutly
/
His
oryson
accomplysshed
.
&
after
that
they
had
answerd
Amen
/
came
sodenly
to
thate
of
their
hermitage
men
vnknowe
/
&
as
it
semyd
of
strange
countree
charged
wyth
all
metes
that
they
myghte
desyre
/
There
some
had
apples
of
dyuers
sortes·
raysyns
nottes
&
figges
in
grete
habundance
/
thother
had
hony
tofore
the
tyme
that
it
cowde
be
made
naturelly
/
mylke
grete
quantyte
.
with
hoote
brede
&
good
.
And
whan
thei
had
presented
their
ye●tes
.
incontynent
they
went
a
way
as
yf
they
had
be
sent
fro
some
grete
lorde
.
¶
Here
ought
to
be
noted
.
that
suche
thynges
were
none
in
Egipte
.
&
also
they
that
broughte
theim
were
also
vnknowe
/
&
were
not
of
the
mayntene
ne
of
the
langage
of
the
countree
/
Wherfore
it
maye
surely
be
byleuyd
that
it
was
a
very
myracle
/
Whan
the
sayd
relygious
men
had
ete
suffycyently
.
they
rendred
thanking
to
god
/
&
kept
the
residue
.
whiche
endured
for
theyr
refeccyon
fro
that
daye
of
ester
tyll
the
feest
of
pentcost
/
It
is
no
synne
thenne
to
ete
delycate
metes
/
whan
it
is
take
sobrely
/
And
by
that
one
is
not
moeued
to
synne
/
It
happed
afterward
the
one
of
his
bredern
prayed
him
to
make
a
request
to
god
.
that
it
wold
plese
hym
to
gyue
to
hym
very
humylytee
/
by
cause
he
was
proude
&
wythout
clemence
/
The
holy
man
anone
made
his
prayer
deuoutly
for
hym
.
&
incontynent
he
was
so
humble
&
meke
that
all
his
bredern
merueyiled
.
In
the
tyme
it
happed
that
there
was
grete
famine
&
hungre
in
the
parties
of
Thebayde
.
so
grete
that
they
wyst
not
what
to
ete
.
Some
wyth
theyr
wyues
came
to
the
holy
man
/
For
they
knewe
wel
that
oftymes
by
the
grace
of
god
wyth
out
mete
the
relygious
were
fedd
&
susteyned
/
And
whan
the
holy
man
saw
hem
he
doubted
no
thyng
/
but
had
confydence
in
god
.
whiche
had
ynough
for
to
nourysshe
theim
/
Now
there
he
had
thre
baskettes
with
brede
/
whiche
was
suffisaunt
for
the
bodily
sustentacyon
of
the
religyous
men
there
onely
for
one
daye
/
Whiche
baskets
&
brede
.
he
dide
do
sett
in
the
myddes
amonge
theim
/
&
the
benedyccion
made
.
by
the
grace
of
god
they
lyued
by
the
sayd
brede
/
by
the
space
of
four
monethes
all
they
that
by
the
constreynt
of
the
famyne
were
come
thyder
/
An
other
tyme
he
dide
a
lyke
myracle
/
on
the
oyles
&
in
whete
/
in
multeplyenge
aboue
the
th
erth
had
brought
forth
/
The
deuyll
seeng
this
.
sayd
to
him
.
I
wene
perfytly
that
thou
art
Helyas
or
th
apostle
of
god
/
the
holy
man
answerde
/
Wherfore
sayst
thou
suche
wordes
/
th
apostles
&
prophetes
.
were
not
they
men
as
we
ben
/
the
whiche
haue
lefte
vs
in
theyr
place
.
we
nest
thou
not
the
god
was
wyth
theim
.
and
now
he
is
wyth
vs
.
he
is
&
shall
be
almyghty
.
yf
god
be
good
.
wherfore
art
thou
euyll
.
lete
vs
remembre
the
thynges
tofore
wrytt
/
how
they
ben
worthy
of
grete
remembraunce
.
the
whiche
ben
verefied
by
the
wytnesse
of
the
holy
man
/
Thenne
restith
now
to
write
of
the
miracles
of
the
sayd
holy
man
/
whiche
saynt
Ierom
sawe
/
¶
On
a
tyme
in
the
presence
of
the
sayd
saynt
Ierom.
the
holy
man
dyde
doo
brynge
to
the
table
the
baskettes
full
of
brede
/
But
whan
he
had
distrybuted
&
sette
it
vppon
the
table
/
And
that
euery
man
had
take
his
refeccyon
the
sayd
baskettes
were
agayn
fyllyd
.
and
full
as
they
were
byfore
/
¶
A nother
tyme
the
relygious
bredern
walkyd
for
to
see
the
sayde
holy
man
.
Amonge
whom
was
saynt
Iherom
/
And
thre
dayes
tofore
the
sayd
bredern
came
to
the
place
where
as
the
holy
man
was
.
the
sayd
holi
man
shewed
to
bis
bredern
relygyous
.
that
the
bredern
were
comyng
fro
Iherusalem
in
to
theyr
hous
/
&
wha
they
knewe
theyr
approchyng·
they
came
ayenst
theym
in
syngynge
.
some
byfore
and
some
after
/
And
in
lyke
wyse
dyde
the
holy
man
the
whiche
also
wasshed
theyr
fete
.
and
dyde
to
theim
many
other
seruyces
.
lyke
as
they
were
accustomed
.
¶
And
saynt
Iherom
sayth
that
they
neuer
ete
tyll
that
they
had
receyued
theyr
maker
And
after
theyr
re●●●●
take
/
some
went
in
to
desert
/
the
other
abode
in
wakyng
/
and
ocupyeng
theymself
al
the
nyght
in
holy
scrypture
.
And
notwithstondyng
that
they
were
out
of
worldly
Ioy
.
yet
had
they
more
e●●ltacon
/
than
ony
man
lyuynge
in
the
worlde
/
For
where
as
is
Ioye
in
to
scyence
.
there
is
alwaye
Ioye
/
¶
Neuer
was
there
ony
of
theym
heuy
ne
sorowfull
/
The
holy
man
sayd
to
theim
ofte
it
is
of
necessytee
.
yf
ye
he
Iuste
&
ryghtfull
that
ye
be
alwaye
Ioyous
/
Lete
the
paynims
layd
he
wepe
and
the
hethen
men
&
synners
/
Also
knowe
ye
for
certayne
that
they
the
loue
worldly
thinges
reioyce
theim
in
getynge
londes
&
possessyons
/
We
thenne
that
gete
.
and
haue
hope
to
haue
the
glorye
eternall
.
ought
alwaye
to
be
Ioyous
/
For
the
glorye
&
goodnesse
that
we
entende
to
haue
shal
be
wythout
ende
/
And
they
that
entende
the
worldly
thynges
.
is
but
of
lytyll
endurynge
/
Wherfore
we
oughte
to
be
more
Ioyous
than
they
that
ben
worldly
.
Thus
counseylith
the
appostle
.
that
sayth
that
we
oughte
to
reioyce
vs
contynuelly
in
giuyng
thankynges
to
god
wyth
all
our
thoughte
/
¶
He
gaaf
also
counseylle
that
yf
ony
brother
relygyous
gooth
to
see
one
that
other
/
He
oughte
not
oonly
to
praye
hym
to
abyde
&
tarye
/
But
to
constreyne
him
/
Lyke
as
Abraham
in
receyuynge
the
pylgryms
Constrayned
theym
by
charyte
to
soiourne
in
his
house
/
¶
He
commaunded
also
to
his
bredern
to
receyue
theyr
maker
/
to
the
ende
that
they
sholde
not
wythdrawe
theym
fro
the
grace
of
god
/
For
in
soo
doynge
they
sholde
contynuelly
remembre
the
passyon
of
Ihesu
Cryste
In
lyke
wyse
he
commaunded
theym
expressely
to
faste
the
Wenesdaye
.
by
cause
that
the
same
daye
Iudas
machyned
the
dethe
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
And
in
lyke
wyse
the
Frydaye
/
For
that
daye
he
receyued
dethe
&
passion
/
¶
The
holy
man
blamed
moche
the
heremytes
.
whiche
had
longe
heer
&
berde
.
and
y●ons
on
theyr
neckes
/
For
he
sayd
that
they
dyde
not
that
.
but
for
the
glory
of
the
worlde
/
And
also
the
commaundemente
of
god
is
.
that
fastynge
&
prayer
be
done
pryuely
/
For
god
oonly
oughte
to
knowe
the
good
dedes
that
we
done
/
¶
And
after
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
toke
his
benedyccyon
/
And
he
delyuered
to
theym
some
of
his
burdern
for
to
conduyce
theym
thorugh
the
desertes
/
¶
Of
saynt
Ammon
t
hermyte
/
whyche
slew
a
dragon
.
&
conuerted
the
theues
.
and
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Que
an
diuimus
/
Caplm
viii
.
SAynt
Iherom
wrytyth
that
he
&
his
felowes
came
to
a
place
/
where
as
dwellid
saynt
Am̄on
in
walkyng
thrugh
the
desert
towarde
the
South
/
They
sawe
in
theyr
waye
the
trace
of
a
grete
serpent
merueylousli
of
xv
.
cubytes
of
lengthe
.
the
whiche
fered
theym
gretly
/
But
the
bredern
that
conduyted
theym
conforted
theim
in
exortynge
theim
to
haue
good
hope
sayenge
/
Ye
shall
knowe
what
is
our
fayth
.
whan
ye
shall
see
the
dragon
slayn
by
vs
/
We
haue
slayn
many
bestes
.
be
ye
no
thing
afride
.
we
haue
credence
in
god
.
whiche
hath
sayd
that
we
shall
haue
domynacyon
vpon
the
serpentes
&
dragons
.
&
vpon
all
our
enmyes
/
&
what
someuer
thynge
that
the
bredern
sayd
.
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
were
aferde
.
in
prayeng
theym
that
they
shold
goo
nomore
by
the
waye
of
the
dragon
/
but
sholde
goo
seke
a nother
waye
/
Neuertheles
one
of
hem
wythoute
drede
went
fourth
the
same
waye
/
A nother
broder
came
the
whiche
warned
hem
&
also
the
broder
that
folowed
the
dragon
that
they
shold
goo
no
ferder
.
for
he
was
so
feerfull
the
vneth
durst
ony
beholde
him
.
Finably
all
they
went
in
to
the
monasterye
of
the
broder
that
was
therby
/
the
whiche
tolde
to
them
that
nye
to
his
hous
was
a
deuoute
man
moche
famous
/
of
whom
he
was
dyscyple
.
&
by
whom
many
myracles
had
be
done
&
shewed
.
That
same
man
was
namyd
Am̄on
/
&
by
cause
some
theues
had
done
to
hym
moche
payne
.
in
robbyng
fro
him
his
brede
&
his
sustenaunce
/
commaunded
to
it
.
dragons
that
they
sholde
kepe
the
dore
of
his
monasterye
to
th
ende
that
the
theues
shold
haue
no
power
tentre
in
/
The
theues
came
lyke
as
they
were
wont
to
doo
/
&
whan
they
sawe
the
dragons
.
they
wold
haue
slayne
theim
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
aperceyuyd
that
the
bestes
were
almost
deed·
&
blamed
the
theues
sayeng
that
ther
were
of
harde
&
euyll
nature
.
for
they
dradd
not
god
ne
his
seruauntes
.
by
cause
that
they
had
putt
to
deth
the
bestes
that
he
had
commysed
to
kepe
his
hous
After
he
dide
do
entre
the
theues
in
to
his
hous
.
&
set
hem
at
the
table
&
in
tyme
while
they
ete
.
he
amonested
hem
of
the
helth
of
her
soules
/
in
suche
wyse
that
he
conuerted
hem
/
And
at
laste
thei
were
as
perfite
as
the
holy
man
whiche
had
preched
to
hem
/
¶
A nother
tyme
there
was
a
dragon
that
destroyed
alle
the
Regyons
nyghe
by
abowte
him
¶
And
the
Inhabytauntes
neyghboures
to
the
holy
man
came
to
him
/
And
broughte
to
hym
the
sonne
of
a
Heerd
man
/
The
whyche
was
as
deed
oonly
by
the
syghte
of
the
sayde
dragon
/
And
prayed
hym
that
he
sholde
praye
to
god
hertely
/
to
the
ende
that
by
hys
prayers
&
merytes
the
chylde
myght
be
reysed
to
lyf
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
blessyd
hym
.
&
gaaf
to
hym
of
the
holy
oyle
and
anone
he
reuyued
&
came
agayne
to
lyf
/
And
after
the
holy
man
went
to
the
place
where
that
forsayd
dragon
was
And
whan
he
had
fonde
.
hym
he
knelyd
down
on
his
kne●s
for
to
make
his
prayer
/
&
Incontynent
that
the
dragon
aperceyued
hym
he
came
to
hym
siflinge
.
and
enforcyng
hym
by
grete
Impetuosite
for
taproche
the
sayd
holy
man
for
to
deuoure
hym
/
But
as
he
the
drad
hym
noo
thynge
sayd
to
hym
.
The
sone
of
god
att
this
tyme
come
for
to
slee
the
/
And
incontynent
the
dragon
cleft
in
the
myddes
.
and
deyed
sodenly
/
After
he
was
deed
he
stanke
/
and
enfected
all
the
countree
/
The
habytauntes
assembled
theym
.
And
broughte
a
grete
masse
of
eithe
to
laye
on
hym
/
But
yet
they
durst
not
approche
the
place
where
he
laye
deed
.
but
that
the
holy
man
we
represent
.
¶
Herupon
we
ought
to
note
.
that
whan
ony
doo
to
vs
dysplaysure
.
we
oughte
not
to
take
vengaunce
,
but
wroughte
to
labour
for
to
conuert
our
enmye
and
aduersary
.
like
as
this
holy
man
dyde
to
the
theues
/
¶
Secondly
that
euery
man
oughte
to
labour
for
to
conserue
and
kepe
the
comyn
wele
vnto
the
deth
/
Lyke
as
this
holy
man
dyde
whan
he
aduentured
hymselfe
to
slee
the
dragon
/
¶
Of
saynt
Coprete
preest
and
Heremyte
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Erat
quidam
/
Caplm
ix
.
THere
was
an
holy
man
in
the
same
hermitage
named
Coprete
of
lxxx
.
yere
of
aege
.
the
whiche
in
his
sayenges
&
dedes
was
moche
vertuous
.
He
heled
hem
that
were
seke
.
&
chaced
the
deuylles
out
of
mennes
bodyes
.
&
dide
many
myracles
/
Some
he
dide
us
the
presence
of
saynt
Iherom
.
whiche
for
his
grete
renommee
went
to
see
him
.
and
was
of
him
moche
humaynly
receyued
After
that
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
him
prayed
that
he
wold
recounte
to
hem
of
his
faytes
&
his
dedes
.
&
also
of
his
merites
for
whiche
he
made
so
many
myracles
&
werkes
/
Thenne
he
recounted
of
hymself
&
his
predecessours
/
but
as
touchyng
hymself
he
nas
as
touchyng
to
vertues
but
a
disciple
of
chaūciens
.
And
that
sayd
he
by
humilite
/
First
he
tolde
of
a
fader
named
Mucins
.
whiche
fyrste
had
he
heremyts
in
the
sayd
hermytage
.
&
had
beg●n
fyrst
to
shewe
the
way
of
hel●h
/
but
at
he
was
heremyte
he
had
●e
the
strongest
●heyf
in
s●tree
.
&
suche
was
his
conuersacion
/
It
happed
on
a
night
that
he
supposid
to
haue
pylled
&
robbed
the
hous
of
a
vyrgine
sacred
/
And
by
cause
he
myghte
not
lyghtly
entre
in
.
he
mounted
vpon
the
couerture
&
tylyng
of
the
hous·
&
was
the
●●soo
longe
that
he
slept
there
/
He
beynge
thus
a
slepe
herde
a
voys
whiche
said
to
him
/
Lesse
euyll
man
of
thy
murdres
&
pylleries
.
&
conuerte
the
to
lede
a
solytary
lyf
/
And
yf
that
so
doo
I
shall
make
the
prynce
&
lorde
ouer
many
knyghtes
/
&
he
beynge
yet
a
slepe
in
his
dreme
/
was
shewed
to
him
a
grete
multytude
of
hermytes
/
And
the
voys
commaunded
hym
that
he
sholde
be
their
gouernour
/
After
the
sayde
theyf
awoke
&
sawe
tofore
hym
the
mayde
whiche
he
wolde
haue
robbed
.
Thenne
the
mayde
sayd
to
him
.
Alas
●m
frende
who
are
ye
.
fro
whens
come
ye
.
&
wherfore
be
ye
here
come
/
And
the
man
as
wythout
ony
entendement
answerde
noo
thynge
/
But
only
demaunded
that
she
shold
shewe
hym
the
way
to
some
chyrche
.
for
he
demaunded
only
to
be
in
a
monastery
/
The
mayde
thenne
knewe
that
this
came
fro
god
/
And
broughte
him
to
the
chirche
.
&
delyuerd
hym
to
the
preest
/
To
whom
the
sayde
man
prayed
that
he
myght
be
cristned
knelyng
downe
on
his
knees
tofore
the
preest
/
And
requyryng
place
in
whiche
he
myght
do
his
penaunce
Wyth
this
he
demaunded
the
commaundementes
.
by
the
whiche
he
might
walke
in
the
way
of
hel
the
/
The
preestes
seenge
this
were
abasshed
.
by
cause
they
knewe
hym
to
be
a
theyf
&
full
of
alle
synne
.
merueyled
of
this
thynge
/
And
this
notwystondyng
they
delyuerd
to
hym
thre
the
fyrst
verses
of
the
fyrst
psalme
of
the
psaulter
that
is
to
say
Beatus
vir
.
Sed
in
lege
dni
.
Et
erit
tanquam
lignum
/
The
whiche
verses
by
him
considred
said
.
that
they
suffysid
to
brynge
a
man
to
euerlastyng
lyf
/
After
that
he
had
be
thre
dayes
wyth
theym
he
went
in
to
an
hermitage
.
&
whan
he
was
in
desert
.
he
ete
noo
thyng
but
rotes
.
&
kept
right
dyligently
the
vertues
whiche
the
prestes
had
delyuerd
&
yeue
to
him
.
&
not
only
in
wordes·
but
also
by
effect
&
operacyons
/
And
after
this
he
retourned
to
theim
.
whiche
were
moche
abasshed
how
sodenly
he
was
become
so
vertuous
.
in
ledyng
soo
harde
&
strayte
a
lyf
/
&
they
constreyned
him
for
to
dwell
emonge
theim
/
Thenne
he
wyllyng
not
to
dysobey
soiournod
wyth
theim
a
weke·
that
whiche
passed
he
retorned
in
to
desert
/
And
was
there
vii·
yere
in
grete
abstynence
.
&
in
kepyng
holy
scrypture
/
&
ete
no
thyng
but
brede
/
&
that
on
the
son
daye
/
Whiche
brede
was
mynystred
to
hym
by
grace
diuyne
/
For
whan
he
rose
fro
prayer
.
he
fonde
the
brede
alle
redy
wythout
bryngyng
of
ony
persone
/
His
refeccyon
take
.
he
ete
nomore
tyl
the
nexte
sonday
folowyng
.
After
longe
tyme
he
retorned
fro
desert
/
&
many
were
by
him
conuerted
to
penaunce
.
Emong
whom
a
yonge
man
came
to
hym
for
to
be
his
dyscyple
/
Thenne
clad
him
the
holy
man
with
thabyte
of
hermytes
.
whiche
was
of
the
skyūe
of
a
ghote
/
&
after
enfourmyd
him
wyth
the
rules
of
heremytes
Hrewith
he
had
grete
besynesse
to
bury
the
dede
bodyes
yf
ony
had
passed
out
of
this
worlde
/
Whan
the
childe
that
was
his
discyple
saw
his
spirytuel
fader
thus
bury
the
dede
men
.
in
clothyng
theim
honestli
Thenne
sayd
he
I
wolde
well
that
my
fader
shold
clothe
me
thus
whan
I
wer
deed
And
the
holy
man
sayd
to
him
.
so
shal
I
doo
.
&
shall
yeue
to
the
asmoche
as
that
shal
saye
it
suffyseth
/
After
a
lytyll
tyme
the
childe
deyed
.
&
was
buried
with
his
fayr
fader
/
And
whan
he
had
wrapped
him
in
fayr
vestyments
.
he
demaunded
him
yf
it
suffised
/
The
chylde
that
was
tho
deed
answerd
tofore
al
them
that
were
presence
there
ye
/
&
that
he
had
ynouz
.
&
that
his
promyse
was
acomplysshed
/
Thenne
all
they
that
were
present
were
moche
admerueylled
/
After
that
the
chylde
was
buryed
.
the
holy
fader
retorned
in
to
his
hermitage
/
&
whä
he
had
be
long
tyme
there
.
he
came
ayen
to
vysyte
his
bredern
.
&
in
cominge
it
was
shewed
to
him
that
one
of
hem
was
in
deyeng
And
by
cause
it
was
late
.
he
hasted
him
for
to
see
him
at
leest
or
he
deyed
.
for
he
was
ferre
fro
the
place
where
the
seke
man
laye
/
&
that
dyde
he
considering
that
our
lord
sayth
/
that
we
ought
to
walke
whyle
we
haue
light
.
For
who
that
walketh
in
lyght
/
that
is
to
say
in
instyce
.
he
offendyth
not
god
/
&
therfore
by
cause
the
the
sonne
declu●ed
&
theuynge
came
on
.
He
commasided
to
the
sonne
in
the
name
of
god
that
he
shold
cary
&
yeue
his
lyghte
.
vnto
the
time
that
he
were
come
vnto
the
place
where
the
seke
man
was
/
And
anone
the
sonne
taried
&
abode
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
was
come
/
Thenne
the
bredern
were
abasshed
&
demaunded
at
his
comynge
frowhens
proceded
the
tarienge
of
the
sonne
/
And
he
answerd
ne
remember
ye
not
that
our
lo●ue
sayth
/
that
who
someuer
hath
somoche
fayth
as
the
greyne
of
mustard
/
of
whiche
of
one
grayne
come
&
procede
infynyte
greynes
.
&
c·
Anone
the
bredern
vnderstoden
.
that
it
was
by
his
merytes
that
the
sonne
had
be
fixed
in
his
syege
and
trone
/
And
whan
he
was
entred
to
to
the
place
where
as
the
seke
man
was
/
for
whom
he
had
so
hasted
for
to
come
.
he
fonde
hym
deed
/
And
incontynente
the
holy
man
Mucyns
kyssed
hym
.
in
demaundyng
him
/
Answere
to
me
my
broder
/
Whether
haddest
thou
leuer
●e
deed
wyth
Ihu
Cryst
.
or
to
come
&
lyue
agayn
in
this
worlde
/
And
the
b●odder
answerde
/
Alas
my
fader
wherfore
demaundest
thou
me
this
questyon
/
Thou
knowest
wel
.
that
it
is
of
necessite
.
that
I
be
wyth
my
god
/
For.
for
to
be
in
the
worlde
nys
but
myserye
/
Fader
hermyte
sayd
he
thenne
to
hym
/
Now
goo
thy
waye
thenne
my
sone
/
and
praye
for
me
Thenne
the
broder
layd
hym
downe
agayn
in
the
bedde
.
as
he
had
slepte
/
Of
whyche
thynge
they
that
were
present
were
moche
abasshed
/
For
they
knewe
well
that
he
was
a
man
of
God
&
of
holy
lyfe
/
And
this
done
the
holy
fader
cladde
the
corps
like
as
he
was
acustomyd
to
burye
theym
that
were
deed
/
&
walked
all
the
nighte
in
prayers
/
And
after
the
sayd
holy
man
went
to
vysite
a nother
broder
that
laye
on
deyenge
/
And
by
cause
that
this
broder
doubted
to
be
reproued
of
his
lyfe
tofore
god
/
Prayed
the
holy
man
that
he
wolde
gete
of
god
that
his
dayes
myghte
be
prolonged
/
to
th
ende
that
he
myght
amende
his
lyfe
/
the
holy
fader
answerd
/
What
hast
that
do
al
th●
lyf
/
Hast
thou
had
no
space
to
do
penaunce
.
thou
woldest
neuer
lasse
thy
synnes
.
but
alway
haste
augmented
hem
.
notwythstondyng
sayd
the
holy
man
i●
thou
wylt
promyse
camēde
thy
conscyence
&
satysfye
for
thy
synnes
we
shal
praye
god
for
ye.
&
they
put
been
al
to
prayer
.
&
anone
after
the
holy
man
had
prayed
the
lyfe
of
the
broder
to
be
prolonged
thre
yere
Thenne
the
holy
man
reysed
hym
out
of
his
bed
.
&
the
frere
beyng
al
hole
went
wyth
him
in
to
deserte
/
And
whan
the
iii.
yeres
were
acomplysshed
he
brought
him
ayen
in
the
place
where
he
had
take
him
.
ledyng
mo●e
the
lyfe
of
an
angel
than
of
a
man
.
Wherof
all
the
bredern
were
admerueyled
that
he
was
becom̄
in
so
perfyte
lyf
/
After
that
the
freres
wer
assembled
he
beyng
in
the
myddes
amonge
hem
/
the
holy
man
began
to
preche
of
the
penaunce
&
conuersacion
of
the
sayd
broder
al
the
nyght
And
in
makyng
the
sayd
sermon
.
lyke
as
the
broder
had
be
a
slepe
/
he
rendred
&
gaue
vp
his
spiryte
vnto
the
holy
sayntes
to
heuen
.
&
his
body
was
buryed
/
And
after
the
seruyce
done
the
holy
man
retorned
in
to
deserte
/
&
in
goynge
thyder
oftymes
he
passed
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
/
whyche
is
a
ryuer
merueylously
grete
&
depe
/
&
yet
he
neuer
entred
therin
depper
than
to
his
knees
.
whiche
is
a
thynge
moche
merueylous
/
Another
tyme
the
deuyll
presented
to
hym
tresours
infinyte
.
whyche
he
said
that
thei
had
be
longing
to
kyng
Pharao
.
&
were
hyd
in
th
erth
/
The
holy
man
Mucyns
answerd
to
him
/
the
and
thi
money
be
in
perdicyon
perpetuel
/
Oftymes
he
entred
in
to
the
hous
of
the
bredern
there
where
al
the
dores
were
shytt
&
closed
/
&
whan
he
wold
in
a
moment
he
made
a
grete
way
.
And
as
saynt
copret
recounted
of
the
holy
men
tofore
sayd
.
one
of
the
felyshyp
of
saynt
Iherom
slepte
/
&
myght
not
byleue
this
that
the
holy
man
sayd
/
&
in
slepyng
he
sawe
a
boke
full
of
lettres
of
golde
.
whiche
the
holy
fader
helde
.
In
whiche
was
wrote
all
the
he
sayd
/
With
that
he
saw
a
man
ful
of
grete
liȝt
whiche
sayd
to
him
/
Why
herest
thou
not
&
takest
hede
of
that
whiche
the
holy
fader
sayth·
Why
slepest
thou
/
Anone
he
a
woke
&
expowned
in
latyn
to
his
felowes
/
that
whiche
he
had
seen
/
After
this
came
a
labourer
holdyng
a
vessel
ful
of
erth
.
&
a
wayted
that
the
holy
man
shold
speke
to
him
/
That
seeng
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
.
prayed
him
that
he
wold
say
to
hem
what
signefied
the
vessel
ful
of
erth
The
holy
man
answerd
/
that
it
was
not
necessary
thenne
to
hem
for
to
know
it
/
dowtyng
him
to
fall
in
to
that
synne
of
vaynglory
yf
he
told
to
hem
the
sygnyficacion
/
that
whiche
neuertheles
he
declared
to
hem
by
cause
they
were
come
to
him
fro
soo
ferre
a
countre
in
sayeng
thus
.
Syth
that
we
other
faders
become
in
to
the
londe
of
Egypt
.
the
londe
hath
be
fertyle
&
full
of
goodes
.
&
tofore
al
that
was
sowen
the
wormes
ete
it
/
For
the
labourers
were
paynyms
&
infydeles
.
that
whiche
ben
by
vs
conuerted
to
the
fayth
/
&
come
to
brynge
euery
yere
of
th
erth
.
to
th
ende
that
we
sholde
blesse
it
.
&
after
they
medle
it
wyth
theyr
seedes
.
&
saye
to
them
in
blessynge
it·
Goo
forth
.
be
it
to
the
lyke
as
thou
byleuest
in
god
/
¶
He
recounted
also
a
thyng
more
merueylous
by
him
doon
to
th
exaltacion
of
the
name
of
god
.
lyke
as
it
folowyth
/
Also
as
he
descended
in
to
the
cyte
nye
to
his
hermitage
.
he
fonde
in
the
sayd
cyte
a
Manychien·
a
deceyuour
of
the
peple
.
wyth
whom
he
dysputed
of
the
fayth
.
But
by
cause
the
sayd
manychien
was
cautelous
&
subtyll
in
wordes
.
to
the
ende
that
the
herers
shold
not
be
skaundred
in
the
crysten
fayth
/
The
holy
man
sayde
.
all
ye
make
a
fyre
in
the
myddyl
of
the
place
/
in
whiche
we
shal
put
vs
tweyne
And
I
byleue
that
he
shall
be
brent
that
hath
the
worste
fayth
and
lawe
/
soo
it
was
made
.
And
incontynent
the
holy
man
toke
the
manychyen
by
the
honde
to
lede
hym
wyth
him
/
the
whiche
answerde
that
he
shold
come
after
/
And
that
it
was
reason
syth
he
had
doo
make
the
fyre
.
that
he
sholde
go
byfore
/
Then
the
holy
man
in
the
name
of
god
deuyded
the
flam̄e
.
in
whiche
he
entred
in
.
&
abode
there
the
space
of
half
an
hour
wythoute
takynge
of
ony
harme
/
&
that
seeng
they
that
were
assystent
began
to
saye
/
O
lord
god
how
moche
merueylous
werkes
&
thynges
doost
thou
in
thy
sayntes
/
Thenne
they
constreyned
the
sayd
many
chyententree
in
to
the
fyre
/
but
he
alway
reculed
&
drewe
abacke
/
Fynably
they
put
hym
therin
.
&
incontynent
he
began
to
brene
/
Yet
that
notwithstondyng
he
was
drawe
out
ayen
/
&
after
dryuen
oute
of
the
cyte
shamfully
.
in
cryenge
that
the
deceynour
shold
be
brent
all
quycke
/
A nother
tyme
he
passed
by
a
temple
wheras
the
paynym̄s
sacrifyed
theyr
god
/
&
he
sayd
to
theim
/
Wherfore
sacrefye
ye
to
thynges
infused
/
how
well
trouthe
it
is
that
ye
ben
more
worthy
than
your
goddis
.
for
ye
be
or
may
be
resonable
/
And
thus
sayenge
god
enspired
theim
&
came
after
him
in
to
desert
.
&
byleued
in
god
¶
There
was
a
paynym
whyche
robbed
cule
wortes
nye
to
th
ermytage
of
the
holy
man
.
&
bare
hem
awaye
to
boylle
in
his
hous
/
But
whan
he
had
boyllyd
hem
in
houres
.
ther
were
also
greue
as
they
were
whan
he
gadred
hem
/
Then
he
came
&
cried
mercy
to
the
bredern
.
&
so
he
was
conuerted
to
the
fayth
/
Wherfore
how
euyl
o●
synful
one
be
:
he
oughte
not
therfor
to
haue
despayr
of
his
helth·
for
yf
he
retorn̄
to
god
.
he
shal
receyue
him
to
penaunce
.
lyke
as
he
dide
the
holy
man
Mucyns
/
Of
saynt
Cyr.
Ysaye
.
&
Paule
.
whiche
begynnyth
Adhebat
adhuc
/
Caplm
x.
THe
holy
sayntes
.
Cyr.
Ysaye
/
&
Paule
wer
of
lyf
moche
solytary
&
relygious
.
As
they
iii.
togrder
went
in
a
viage
for
to
vysite
one
of
her
bredern
/
Whan
thei
had
gone
iii.
dayes
Iourney
nye
to
the
monastery
wher
he
was
they
were
constreyned
to
passe
a
riuer
.
on
whiche
was
no
bote
to
passe
with
.
then
they
sayd
lete
vs
praye
togyder
to
god
.
that
he
woll
gyue
vs
grace
to
passe
this
flode
.
to
th
ende
that
we
may
achyue
our
vyage
.
&
ther
prayer
made
god
sent
to
hem
a
bote
.
And
thei
made
asmoche
way
in
an
hour
as
they
had
doo
in
iii.
dayes
/
&
whan
they
were
aryued
alonde
/
Ysaye
sayd
.
god
hath
shewed
me
the
man
whiche
we
go
to
see
.
he
comyth
to
mete
vs
.
For
he
knoweth
our
comyng
.
Also
paul
said
god
hathe
shewed
me
that
after
iii.
dayes
he
shall
passe
oute
of
this
worlde
in
to
that
other
/
In
sayenge
thyse
wordes
and
in
walkyng
for
to
goo
to
the
monastery
.
where
as
they
hoped
to
fynde
theyr
broder
.
they
encountred
&
mett
hym
&
salewed
hem
sayeng
/
Blessed
be
god
that
this
day
hath
shewed
to
me
in
spiryte
that
.
whyche
I
see
wyth
myn
eyen
And
thenne
he
shewed
to
theim
al
their
cogytacyons
&
the
merytes
that
they
had
anenst
god
/
Anone
saynt
Poul
thus
said
God
hath
reueled
to
vs
that
wythin
thre
dayes
thou
shalt
deye
/
&
therfore
declare
to
vs
by
what
vertue
thou
hast
be
agreable
to
our
lord
.
to
th
ende
that
thou
whyche
art
redy
to
goo
to
hym
.
leue
to
thy
successours
some
rule
&
manere
.
bi
that
whiche
they
maye
haue
meryte
in
their
operacyons
Thenne
the
holy
man
answered
in
this
manere
.
I
dide
neuer
thyng
of
grete
meryte
/
But
I
haue
called
alwaye
the
name
of
god
in
my
trybulacions
/
&
the
grace
of
god
neuer
lefte
me
/
for
I
had
neuer
necessyte
/
All
that
I
wold
ete
changels
haue
brought
to
me
.
&
also
I
haue
had
by
the
bounte
of
our
lord
reuelacyon
of
many
thinges
whiche
haue
be
done
in
the
worlde
/
The
light
of
my
soule
was
neuer
quenched
.
I
haue
seen
th
angels
assystaunt
wyth
god
many
tymes
/
Also
the
rewarde
of
the
meries
of
relygious
peple
.
&
generally
of
al
the
heuenly
court
.
I
haue
seen
also
the
deuyll
&
his
complyces
put
in
fyre
perdurable
.
&
the
rightful
men
in
to
glory
eternall
/
And
after
whan
he
had
by
the
space
of
iii.
dayes
conforted
them
.
he
rendred
&
gaaf
vp
his
spyrite
to
god
/
And
forthwyth
they
sawe
the
angels
whyche
bare
his
soule
in
to
heuen
/
¶
Of
saynt
Helayn
whiche
begynnyth
in
latyn
/
Fuit
et
alius
vix
/
Caplm
xi
SAynt
Helain
syn
the
tyme
of
his
yongth
was
instruct
in
the
seruyce
diuyne
in
all
chastite
&
contynence
.
And
in
the
tyme
that
he
was
a
chylde
.
whan
the
fyre
was
fayled
in
the
chyrche
.
Incontynent
he
went
in
to
the
next
hous
.
&
brought
fyre
in
his
robe
without
brennyng
of
it
.
The
whyche
thynge
his
bredern
seyng
were
gretly
amerueyled
in
desyrynge
the
perfeccyon
of
his
lyfe
/
On
a
tyme
he
beyng
in
desert
had
desire
to
ete
ony
And
anone
after
he
saw
some
on
a
stone
/
But
he
considred
that
it
was
by
the
fallace
of
the
deuyll·
&
ete
no
thynge
therof
/
but
sayd
to
hymself
/
O
daungerous
cōcupiscence·
go
ferre
fro
me
.
for
it
is
wryten
that
we
shold
walke
in
gode
hope
&
spirite·
&
put
fro
vs
fleshly
desyres
/
After
this
he
left
that
place
.
&
went
ferder
into
desert
.
where
as
he
dyde
many
sastynges
.
&
a
terhe
fonde
an
hepe
of
aples
in
the
way
.
but
he
ete
none
.
For
he
knew
the
deuyl
had
layd
theym
there
.
and
sayd
to
hymself
It
is
wrytt
.
that
a
man
not
only
lyuyth
by
mete
.
but
also
bi
the
worde
of
our
sauyour
/
And
after
that
he
had●
fasted
yet
a nother
weke
.
an
angel
apperyd
to
him
in
sayenge
/
Ete
that
whyche
thou
shal
fynde
.
after
that
thou
shall
be
awaked
.
&
trowe
noo
thynge
that
this
is
by
the
deuyls
crafte
/
And
whan
he
aroos
he
sawe
a
fountayne
clere
and
herbes
by
.
wherof
he
ete
.
and
after
he
dranke
of
the
fountayne
/
Those
herbes
hym
thoughte
&
semyd
of
so
grete
swetnes
.
that
neuer
had
be
eten
beter
mete
ne
more
swete
/
In
that
place
he
fonde
a
caue
.
in
whyche
he
abode
a
certayn
tyme
/
And
all
that
he
demaunded
of
god
he
had
¶
On
a
tyme
he
went
for
to
vysite
his
brethern
.
&
for
to
helpe
theym
in
their
necessytee
He
bare
to
them
somoche
mete
/
that
he
bare
soo
heuy
that
he
might
vnethe
go
And
as
god
wold
he
sawe
wylde
asses
.
passynge
by
the
deserte
/
To
whom
he
made
an
exclamacion
sayenge
.
I
commaunde
you
wyld
asses
in
the
name
of
Ihesu
Cryst
&
adiure
you
that
one
of
you
come
to
me
&
receyue
my
burthen
The
whyche
wordes
sayd
one
of
the
asses
came
to
saynt
Helayne
offrynge
hymself
wyth
all
mekenesse
&
debonayrte
.
who
anone
layd
his
faidell
vpon
his
backe
&
sate
vpon
it
/
And
that
done
he
bare
hym
promptly
vnto
t
hermytages
of
the
bredern
whiche
he
went
for
to
vysite
/
¶
On
a nother
daye
/
whiche
was
on
a
Sondaye
he
came
in
a
monasterye
for
to
vysite
the
brethern
beynge
theim
.
&
in
vysitynge
he
knewe
that
they
kepte
not
the
solempnytee
in
theyr
chirche
or
chapell
as
they
oughte
to
doo
on
that
daye
/
Anone
he
enquyred
the
cause
of
the
neclygence
/
They
answerde
that
they
hadd
noo
preest
there
/
And
that
he
whyche
was
acustomyd
to
synge
there
was
beyonde
a
ryuer
.
whiche
was
bytwene
theym
&
the
celle
wherin
the
prest
dwellyd
/
To
whom
none
of
theim
durst
go
for
drede
that
they
had
of
a
terryble
serpent
named
Coquodrille
.
whiche
helde
him
abowte
the
sayd
ryuer
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
sayd
to
theym
.
Yf
ye
woll
I
woll
goo
fetche
him
/
And
incontynent
he
came
to
the
ryuage
of
the
ryuer
.
vpon
whiche
he
callid
the
name
of
god
&
anone
the
serpent
was
by
hym
/
And
he
whiche
hadde
be
acustomed
to
deuoure
men
.
yelded
him
subget
&
tame
vnto
the
holy
man
.
And
bare
hym
vpon
his
backe
ouer
the
ryuer
,
&
sette
hym
on
the
ryuage
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
departed
fro
him
&
came
to
the
preest
for
to
pray
hym
to
come
to
the
bredern
/
Now
was
the
holy
man
cladde
wyth
olde
&
fowle
clothynge
.
Of
whom
the
p●●est
whyche
neuer
had
seen
him
byfore
was
gretly
admerueyled
.
And
demaunded
of
him
who
.
&
frowhens
he
was
.
and
for
what
cause
he
was
come
thider
/
And
after
that
he
knewe
by
his
answere
that
he
was
an
holi
man
of
god
.
he
folowed
him
to
the
ryuer
/
And
the
preest
sayd
that
there
was
noo
boot
ne
vessell
to
sett
theim
ouer
/
The
holy
man
answerde
/
be
noo
thynge
in
doubte
ne
aferde
.
I
shall
make
redy
to
the
a
good
message●
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
callyd
the
serpent
.
that
whyche
approchynge
to
hym
presented
hys
backe
to
bere
him
/
And
he
mounted
theron
.
&
after
badde
the
preest
for
to
come
by
him
.
sayenge
that
he
sholde
no
thynge
be
aferde
.
But
he
seenge
the
terrible
beest
began
to
flee
&
goo
a
backe
/
The
other
brethren
whyche
were
come
thyther
see●ge
that
were
merueyllously
affrayed
/
And
after
that
the
sayde
beest
had
broughte
him
ouer
the
water
agayn
he
sayde
to
hym
/
It
is
better
to
the
cruell
beest
to
deye
now
presently
.
than
to
doo
ony
more
dysplaysure
to
the
peple
.
lyke
as
thou
haste
ben
acustomed
/
¶
The
whyche
wordes
sayde
.
he
felle
●●wne
deed
/
The
holy
man
Helayn
abode
thre
dayes
to
the
sayd
monastery
and
taughte
the
brethern
/
And
also
excyted
theym
to
●●●yste
and
wythstonde
dyuerse
〈◊〉
.
of
whyche
they
were
defoy●●●
〈◊〉
●spyracōn
dyuyne
he
〈…〉
were
replenysshyd
wyth
〈◊〉
/
Some
wyth
Ire
/
Other
〈◊〉
●●aryce
and
vayne
glory
.
And
〈◊〉
other
had
Iustyce
·
humylytee
〈…〉
.
¶
And
they
seenge
that
he
〈◊〉
their
thoughtes
began
to
amende
th●●to
/
¶
After
this
he
forse●●ge
that
certayne
brethern
sholde
come
thyder
sayd
to
the
brethern
/
Make
redy
some
wottes
for
hem
that
shal
anone
come
hyther
/
And
soo
they
dyde
¶
And
assone
as
they
were
come
he
receyued
theym
honourably
/
And
after
he
retorned
in
to
deserte
/
¶
A nother
tyme
came
to
hym
a
yonge
man
.
whiche
prayed
hym
to
be
his
dyscyple
/
The
holy
man
shewed
to
him
his
labours
whiche
he
sholde
doo
and
bere
.
yf
he
wolde
be
relygyous
/
And
how
wyth
grete
payn
myghte
he
resyste
to
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
But
of
asmoche
as
he
dyscounseyled
hym
to
leue
it
.
somoche
the
more
the
yonge
man
was
enflammed
.
and
encouraged
/
Promysynge
to
endure
and
suffre
all
in
pacyence
/
Thenne
he
delyuerde
for
all
his
richesse
to
hym
a
ca●erne
or
a
caue
faste
by
his
And
Incontynent
as
he
was
put
in
/
the
nyght
after
came
the
deuyll
/
and
tempted
hym
in
fowle
and
Infamyd
cogytacyons
/
And
wyth
that
they
enforcyd
theym
to
hurte
and
to
slee
hym
/
Thys
seenge
the
yonge
man
.
retorned
to
hys
fayre
fader
Helayn
.
whyche
comforted
hym
/
and
broughte
hym
to
his
cauerne
and
made
aboute
it
an
hedge
.
in
defendynge
the
deuylles
.
that
they
shold
not
come
nyght
to
his
lodgynge
/
And
neuer
after
dyde
they
to
hym
more
vyolence
¶
And
it
is
rad
of
hym
.
that
he
ete
neuer
but
heuenly
mete
.
and
suche
as
god
sente
to
hym
¶
On
a
tyme
his
brethern
came
to
see
hym
/
But
he
had
nothynge
to
gyue
to
theym
/
And
Incontynent
came
a
yonge
man
whiche
broughte
myraculously
that
whiche
was
necessary
for
theyr
refeccyon
/
Ferdermore
sayth
saynt
Iherom
that
saynt
Coprett
.
of
whom
is
wryten
here
tofore
brought
the
same
saynt
Iherom
/
his
bredern
&
his
felowes
in
to
a
gardyne
.
after
that
he
hadd
tolde
to
theym
all
thise
dyuyne
operacions
/
In
whiche
gardyne
he
had
palme
trees·
apple
trees
.
&
many
other
trees
.
that
he
told
them
that
he
had
planted
there
And
sayd
saynt
Coprett
that
he
had
doo
this
to
th
ensample
of
the
labourers
his
neighbours
.
whiche
were
acustomed
to
come
fetche
of
the
duste
&
pouldre
&
drye
erthe
in
the
places
.
where
as
the
holy
faders
dwelled
/
&
sewe
/
&
threwe
abrode
the
same
erthe
vpon
theyr
londe
/
Byleuynge
fermly
that
it
shold
be
therby
the
more
fertile
&
habundant
/
He
sayd
ferdermore
that
it
shold
be
grete
shame
to
the
holy
faders
there
dwellyng
.
yf
the
labourers
sholde
haue
in
theim
gretter
fayth
thanne
they
seeng
that
the
same
fayth
was
in
theim
by
the
holy
faders
confermyd
/
¶
Of
saynt
Helye
whyche
begynnyth
¶
Vidimus
&
alium
senem
/
Caplm
xii
.
SAynt
Iherom
saith
that
he
&
his
felowes
sawe
a nother
holy
fader
namyd
Helye
nye
a
cite
namyd
Anthinos·
whiche
was
Metropolytane
in
the
partyes
of
Thebayde
/
&
this
holy
fader
was
of
●hage
of
an
.
C.
&
x.
yere
or
there
aboute
/
Whiche
in
vertue
&
holy
lyf
semyd
to
be
egall
to
Helye
the
prophete
/
This
holy
man
was
moche
solitary
.
for
he
was
bi
the
space
of
lxx
.
yere
in
a
deserte
soo
horryble
that
it
maye
not
well
be
wryten
/
And
there
be
was
in
passynge
his
lyf
solytary
in
suche
wise
.
not
where
the
peple
of
the
worlde
dwellyd
/
The
waye
was
so
harde
&
sharpe
.
that
they
that
came
thyder
myghte
not
passe
it
/
the
place
where
he
lay
was
so
terryble
.
that
noo
man
myght
beholde
it
withoute
horrour
/
And
whan
it
came
soo
that
his
membres
began
to
tremble
for
a●ge
.
he
vsed
for
his
mete
a
lytyll
brede
&
oyle
olyue
moche
sobrely
¶
But
in
his
yongthe
he
had
fasted
many
tymes
a●●
hoole
weke
wythout
ony
etynge
/
The●
was
neuer
man
sawe
hym
goo
oute
of
his
hermytage
.
like
as
other
heremytes
wytnessen
/
He
had
that
ye●re
of
god
that
all
they
that
went
to
hym·
retorned
neuer
wythout
to
haue
that
whiche
they
demaunded
/
And
also
he
helyd
&
guarisshed
hem
of
all
sekenesse
&
maladyes
/
&
at
last
finysshed
in
glory
eternall
his
daye
/
¶
Of
saynt
Pithiryon
.
whiche
begynnyth
¶
Redeuntes
/
Caplm
xiii
.
IN
suche
wise
as
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
retorned
fro
the
hayde
they
sawe
a
mountayne
/
vnto
the
whyche
noo
man
myght
goo
without
grete
diffyculte
&
payne
/
In
the
sayd
mountayne
were
dyuerse
heremyte
.
of
whom
saynt
Pithyrion
was
fader
&
abbot
.
the
whiche
had
be
dyscyple
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
And
after
had
dwellyd
with
saynt
Amon.
of
whom
is
af●●r
wryten
/
¶
This
same
saynt
Pythiryon
was
of
soo
grete
vertue
/
aswell
in
helpyng
the
seke
peple
.
as
in
fyghtyng
&
resystynge
the
deuylles
/
Whiche
hadd
dowble
the
vertues
of
the
sayd
two
faders
/
That
is
to
wyte
of
the
sayd
saynte
Anthonye
.
of
whom
we
shall
speke
herafter
.
and
of
the
forsayd
saynt
Amon
of
whom
he
had
be
successiuely
dyscyple
¶
Saynt
Iherosme
was
enseyned
&
taught
of
the
sayd
saynt
Pythiryon
how
he
myght
resyste
&
eschewe
the
temptacions
of
the
deuyll
of
hell
/
¶
Who
some
euer
woll
haue
domynacyon
&
puyssaunce
vpon
the
deuylles
.
hym
behouyth
fyrst
that
he
resyste
ayenst
his
synnes
&
passyons
/
And
whan
we
shall
haue
take
a
waye
one
vyce
or
one
synne
fro
our
soule
/
the
deuyll
that
tempteth
a
man
of
the
sayde
synne
.
Incontynent
shall
departe
fro
the
body
where
it
hath
ben
.
His
lyfe
was
moche
strayte
/
For
two
tymes
in
a
weke
he
ete
but
onely
/
Ne
dranke
but
a
lytyll
browet
made
with
meele
.
wythout
to
take
ony
other
refeccyon
.
in
what
aege
he
was
/
But
our
lorde
whiche
knewe
the
Right
grete
and
synguler
deuocyon
that
he
had
in
hym
and
to
his
seruyce
.
gaaf
to
hym
aboue
nature
strengthe
and
courage
to
bere
&
susteyne
those
ryght
strayte
and
merueillous
penaunces
/
¶
Of
saynt
Eulogyon
.
whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
et
alium
Caplm
xiiii
.
AFter
this
spekith
saynt
Iherom
sayenge
/
that
he
sawe
an
other
holy
fader
namyd
Eulogyon
/
¶
The
whyche
amonge
other
graces
that
he
had
.
he
knewe
al
the
thoughtes
good
&
euyll
of
all
theym
that
in
his
presence
came
to
the
aulter
.
for
to
receyue
theyr
maker
or
creatour
/
¶
Soo
it
happed
on
a
tyme
that
some
relygiouses
wolde
receyue
theyr
sauyour
/
But
the
holy
man
kepte
theym
fro
it
,
sayenge
to
one
of
theym
thyse
wordes
/
O
myschaunte
man
arte
thou
soo
folysshe
to
come
for
to
receyue
thy
god
.
And
thou
haddest
this
nyghte
wyll
for
to
acomplysshe
the
synne
of
Fornycacyon
/
And
he
sayde
to
that
other
/
&
thou
haste
sayde
in
thyne
herte
.
that
it
is
no
more
daungeour
to
admynystre
hymselfe
to
the
table
of
Ihesu
Cryste
in
dedely
synne
.
than
in
the
astate
of
grace
/
And
that
is
alle
one
.
beynge
good
and
euyll
/
And
after
he
sayde
to
a nother
/
Thou
haste
sayd
in
thyself
that
the
sacramente
of
the
awter
maye
not
Iustefye
the
/
¶
And
thenne
sente
theym
agayne
for
to
doo
penaunce
/
Reputyng
theym
vnworthy
to
receyue
the
sacrament
of
the
awter
/
¶
Here
vpon
oughte
the
preestes
to
take
ensample
.
whan
they
prepare
and
make
theym
redy
to
saye
masse
/
And
also
alle
other
creatures
that
gone
&
purpoos
to
receyue
the
holy
sacrament
of
the
awter
/
¶
Of
saynt
Appellen·
and
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
&
alium
presbiterum
/
Caplm
xv
.
SAynt
Appellen
was
a
forgeur
of
●ren
/
And
that
whiche
was
necessary
to
the
bredern
he
forgyd
it
to
theym
/
¶
On
a
nyght
as
he
was
forgynge
the
deuyll
came
to
hym
to
lykenesse
of
a
fayr
woman
.
and
brought
him
werke
for
to
forge
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
toke
out
of
his
furnays
a
ba●●e
of
yren
and
caste
it
in
to
her
vysage
Thenne
the
deuill
made
soo
terryble
a
crye
that
all
the
bredern
were
awaked
/
&
therof
he
had
suche
a
yefte
of
god
/
that
frothan
forthou
he
myghte
take
in
his
bare
honde
wythout
to
be
brente
the
yren
alle
hote
&
hrennynge
reed
.
¶
And
whan
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
came
to
hym
he
receyued
theym
benygnely
.
and
tolde
to
theym
of
the
maners
&
lyfe
of
some
of
his
bredern
/
¶
And
fyrste
of
one
namyd
Iohn
.
the
whyche
was
moche
olde
&
auncyen
.
surmountyng
the
other
in
holynesse
of
lyfe
and
of
good
maners
/
And
tolde
to
theym
that
at
the
begynnyng
.
that
the
sayd
Iohn
came
in
to
deserte
.
He
was
thre
yere
vnder
a
toche
in
oryson
&
prayer
wythout
lyenge
on
the
grounde
¶
The
sayd
Iohn
slepte
not
but
lenynge
/
And
ete
not
but
on
the
Sondaye
/
On
whyche
day
the
preste
admynystred
to
hym
the
holy
sacrament
of
the
awter
.
of
whyche
he
lyuyd
onely
/
¶
On
a
daye
the
deuyll
wenynge
to
dysceyue
hym
.
transfigured
hymselfe
to
the
semblaunce
of
a
preest
/
And
came
tofore
hym
the
houre
acustomyd
In
faynynge
to
gyue
to
hym
the
holy
sacramente
of
the
awter
/
But
the
holy
man
seenge
that
it
was
the
deuyll
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
O
cursyd
deuyll
why
cessest
thou
not
to
trowble
the
deuoute
soules
/
How
arte
thou
soo
hardy
to
play
&
Iape
with
the
holy
sacrament
of
th
awter
/
The
deuyll
answerd
that
he
supposyd
to
haue
dysceyued
hym
.
as
he
hadd
done
a nother
/
The
whyche
after
that
he
had
obeyed
to
hym
.
he
became
folysshe
.
and
oute
of
wytte
/
In
suche
wyse
that
with
payne
and
vnethe
many
holy
men
myght
by
prayers
and
orysons
reduce
hym
agayn
vnto
his
place
.
&
to
his
former
helth
/
And
whan
the
deuyll
had
sayd
soo
.
he
vanisshed
away
fro
the
holy
man
.
¶
Of
whom
it
is
radd
that
by
ouer
longe
beynge
in
prayer
.
his
poor
fete
whyche
were
contynuelly
in
reste
were
broken
&
roten
/
And
after
that
he
had
done
this
penaunce
by
the
space
of
thre
yeere
.
th
angell
apperyd
to
hym
&
said
/
God
hath
receyued
thi
orysons
&
prayers
/
And
sendyth
to
the
worde
that
all
thy
soores
shall
be
heelyd
&
guarysshed
/
Thenne
the
angell
towched
hym
by
the
mouth
&
by
the
teeth·
and
Incontyuent
he
was
all
hoole
&
guarysshyd
/
of
al
his
soores
.
and
replenysshed
wyth
scyence
&
wyth
all
graces
in
suche
wyse
.
that
he
neuer
after
hadde
hungre
ne
thurste
/
¶
Thangell
commaunded
hym
after
that
he
shold
goo
to
other
places
.
visytynge
his
bredern
for
to
comfort
theym
.
and
tenseyne
&
teche
to
them
holy
doctryne
¶
And
on
a
tyme
it
happed
that
a
man
crokebacked
came
to
him
to
the
ende
that
he
myghte
recouere
helthe
/
&
wolde
mount
vpon
a
mare
for
to
ryde
thyder
/
the
whyche
was
gyrde
wyth
one
cengle
whyche
the
holy
man
had
made
/
For
gladly
euery
daye
in
the
weke
●auf
the
Sandaye
he
made
cengles
/
&
couerynges
of
leues
of
palme
wouen
after
the
custome
of
the
countree
/
And
so
as
the
sayd
crokebacked
was
mounted
on
the
mare
.
he
was
forthwyth
all
hoole
/
by
cause
his
fete
had
towched
the
sayd
cengle
¶
The
holy
man
was
of
so
grete
meryte
&
vertue
/
that
whan
he
sente
to
ony
seke
people
of
the
brede
whyche
he
had
blessed
wyth
his
honde
/
Yf
they
ete
therof
/
they
were
heelyd
of
all
maladyes
and
sykenesses
¶
He
had
also
this
grace
that
he
knewe
all
the
thoughtes
of
his
bredern
/
And
Incontynent
wrote
to
ther
faders
and
abbottes
.
how
there
some
ruled
theym
in
synnes
&
vnclennesse
/
And
other
prouffyted
in
scyence
and
vertues
/
Some
were
inpacyente
&
sette
noughte
by
theyr
bredern
/
The
other
were
constaunt
and
in
charyte
/
¶
He
preched
to
vs
to
torne
our
eyen
fro
thynges
transytory
.
and
to
fyxe
theym
in
goodes
in
fallyble
&
eternall
/
¶
Also
sayd
the
holy
fader
.
that
is
of
necessite
to
a
man
to
haue
courage
manly
or
vyrile
.
in
leuynge
the
maners
&
condycyons
of
euyll
chyldren
.
whyche
of
theyr
nature
ben
vicyous
.
variable
and
in
constaunt
/
¶
Of
saynt
Paphunce
/
and
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
et
alium
monasterium
/
Caplm
xvi
.
SAynt
Iherom
writith
of
a
monastery
after
.
where
in
was
an
holy
heremyte
named
Paphunce
strongly
renommed
emonge
t
hermites
of
the
desertes
/
He
had
dwellyd
in
thut
terest
or
last
desertes
of
Heracleos
.
a
cyte
renommed
in
Thebayde
/
of
whom
saynt
Iherom
sayth
.
That
on
a
tyme
he
prayed
god
that
he
wolde
shew
to
whom
of
the
sayntes
of
heuen
he
sholde
be
lyke
or
semblable
/
Thangell
of
god
answerde
to
hym
.
that
he
sholde
be
lyke
to
a
player
vpon
a
symphonye
,
the
whiche
by
the
stretes
sought
his
lyuynge
in
syngynge
/
Thenne
he
was
moche
abasshed
of
th
answere
.
&
went
forth
Incontynent
for
to
seche
hym
where
he
myght
fynde
hym
/
Whan
he
had
fonde
hym
/
he
asked
by
of
his
lyf
&
of
his
workes
/
And
he
recounted
to
him
how
he
had
alwaye
lyued
symply
in
cōmisynge
many
theftes
&
other
synnes
/
Paphunce
yet
asked
hym
more
fe●der
.
yf
in
doynge
those
theftes
he
had
euer
done
ony
operacyon
.
or
werke
vertuous
/
The
sayd
man
answerde
that
he
knewe
in
hym
noo
good
.
saue
on
a
tyme
his
felowes
.
whiche
were
theues
as
he
was
hadd
take
by
force
a
virgyn
.
whiche
was
sacred
to
god
.
and
whan
he
sawe
/
that
they
wolde
haue
defoylled
her
/
He
thrested
emonge
theym
.
&
preseruyd
her
fro
corruptynge
/
¶
After
this
he
sayde·
that
on
a nother
tyme
that
he
fonde
a
woman
maryed
walkynge
wythin
desertes
.
the
whyche
was
all
desolate
.
&
was
nye
deed
for
hungre
by
cause
she
had
not
ete
in
thre
dayes
.
Thenne
he
demaunded
her
for
what
cause
she
went
soo
alone
in
the
wodes
.
to
whom
she
answerd
.
that
her
husbond
was
prysoner
&
thre
of
his
children
by
his
euyl
gouernaunce
/
And
for
to
eschewe
that
she
sholde
not
be
take
.
she
soo
fledde
.
&
not
wythstondynge
that
she
gaaf
ouer
herselfe
to
the
sayd
theyf
.
yet
neuerthelesse
he
dyde
to
her
noo
dyshonour
.
But
gaue
to
her
.iii.
C.
shilinges
.
of
whiche
she
boughte
her
husbond
&
the
thre
chyldern
out
of
pryson
/
And
the
theyf
sayd
that
he
had
done
none
other
good
thanne
this
whiche
he
had
sayd
/
Thenne
the
good
fader
Paphunce
answerd
/
that
he
hymselfe
neuer
had
done
suche
werkes
of
charyte·
Sayeng
to
hym
more
ouer
that
god
had
shewed
to
hym
that
he
shold
haue
asmoche
Ioye
in
heuen
as
he
/
And
therfore
he
counseyled
hym
that
he
sholde
leue
his
euyll
lyfe
/
and
conuerte
hym
to
doo
well
.
And
Incontynent
he
caste
awaye
his
●oytes
&
his
symphonie
.
&
tourned
alle
his
arte
of
musyke
in
to
spyrytuell
songes
.
In
suche
wyse
that
he
was
thre
yere
in
th
ermytage
wyth
the
sayd
holy
fader
in
fastynges
&
merueylous
abstynence
/
And
at
laste
rendred
&
gaaf
his
spyryte
wyth
th
angels
in
to
heuen·
¶
And
after
the
sayd
saynt
Paphunce
put
hymself
to
doo
more
penaunce
&
gretter
than
he
dyde
tofore
/
And
yet
ayen
he
demaunded
of
god
/
to
what
man
in
erthe
he
was
semblable
.
the
voys
of
heuen
answered
to
hym
that
he
was
semblable
vnto
the
lord
of
a
Brugh
nye
to
his
hermytage
The
whiche
thyng
herde
/
he
went
Incontinent
for
to
knowe
of
the
gouernaunce
of
the
sayd
lorde
/
&
came
in
to
hys
hous
/
Anone
as
the
lorde
had
receyued
him
benygnely
/
The
holy
fader
demaunded
of
hym
of
his
merytes
.
and
vertues
/
The
whyche
lorde
wyllyng
to
he
●le
and
hyde
his
bountee
:
answered
to
hym
humbly
.
that
he
neuer
had
done
any
gode
dede
.
The
holy
fader
suffred
it
well
sayenge
.
that
he
had
reuelacyon
that
he
was
semblable
&
lyke
in
vertues
to
the
holy
heremytes
.
dwellynge
in
deserte
/
The
lorde
knowynge
the
Reuelacyon
made
of
his
lyfe
.
began
tex
pose
the
manere
of
his
lyuynge
/
the
whyche
was
gretly
to
be
merueyled
/
¶
Fyrste
he
sayd
how
wel
that
his
wyte
sythe
the
tyme
of
theyr
waryage
was
excellently
fayr
&
of
yonge
aege
/
Neuerthelesse
for
the
grete
loanges
that
he
hadd
other
tyme
recyted
of
the
louable
vertu
of
chastyte
/
He
had
to
the
same
desyred
and
persuaded
her
therto
syth
and
after
that
she
hadd
hadd
by
hym
thre
chyldren
/
That
by
the
space
of
xxx
.
yere·
durynge
the
whyche
they
had
contynuelly
ben
playsauntly
in
maryage
that
one
wyth
that
other
/
Yet
had
they
neuer
towched
flesshely
that
one
wyth
the
other
/
¶
But
at
suche
tyme
as
they
were
prycked
&
desyred
tacomplysshe
theyr
flesshly
delectacyons
/
they
haue
myghtly
wythstode
and
resysted
theym
duryng
the
tyme
aforsayd
/
as
they
yet
done
/
¶
Secondly
he
sayd
that
all
his
lyfe
he
had
not
cessed
to
lodge
pylgryms
And
that
he
hymself
went
fyrste
to
receyue
theym
in
/
He
had
neuer
dyspysed
the
poore
peple
.
but
had
benygnly
mynystred
to
theym
theyr
necessytees
/
In
doynge
Iustice
he
spared
noo
more
his
chyldren
than
the
estrangers
/
The
godes
of
other
he
neuer
retayned
/
Yf
ony
dyscorde
hadd
be
moeuyd
emonge
his
men
/
he
neuer
cessed
tyll
he
hadd
made
theym
acorded
/
Neuer
man
founde
his
seruauntes
doynge
ony
euyll
to
other
.
&
his
beestes
had
neuer
done
ony
dommage
to
the
graynes
or
corne
of
his
neygboure
¶
Who
some
euer
wolde
sowe
ony
corne
on
his
londe
.
he
wolde
neuer
for
bydde
it
hym
.
ne
also
to
gadre
&
take
the
prouffyte
/
¶
And
more
ouer
he
wolde
neuer
suffre
the
riche
to
offende
ne
hurte
ne
greue
the
poore
/
But
had
alway
studyed
to
doo
playsure
to
other
/
And
also
of
all
theym
that
had
pleeted
tofore
hym
.
he
neuer
condempned
one
/
but
had
constreyned
theym
tacorde
theymself
/
¶
And
this
seenge
the
fader
heremyte
bowynge
his
heed
/
gaaf
to
hym
his
blessynge
/
The
blessynge
of
god
of
Syon
be
yeue
&
graunted
to
the.
to
the
ende
that
thou
mayste
eternally
see
the
goodes
of
Iherusalem
all
thy
lyfe
/
¶
And
for
asmoche
said
saynt
Paphunce
that
thou
haste
acomplysshed
thy
dayes
in
vertues
werkes
&
good
maners
/
There
abydeth
one
thynge
.
whiche
is
necessary
/
That
is
that
the
leue
alle
thy
mouable
goodes
&
herytages
/
And
renounce
theim
in
folowyng
thy
lorde
&
Instructour
Ihesu
cryste
/
And
incontynent
withoute
to
dyspose
his
godes
the
sayd
lord
with
the
sayd
holi
fader
wente
soo
ferre
.
that
they
came
to
a
ryuer
where
neuer
ony
persone
had
passed
wythout
boote
/
The
holy
fader
constreyned
hym
to
entre
therin
/
And
notwythstondynge
the
water
was
moche
depe
.
Neuerthelesse
they
passed
it
lyghtly
.
wythout
to
entree
more
depe
than
theyr
sydes
/
¶
After
they
went
so
longe
that
they
came
to
the
deserte
/
Where
saynt
Paphunce
delyuerd
to
hym
a
lytyll
celle
&
a
lytyll
hous
nyghe
vnto
his
monasterye
/
In
exposynge
to
hym
the
Rules
of
holy
conuersacyon
and
the
excersyte
of
perfyghtnesse
/
¶
And
after
that
he
duely
and
suffysauntly
Instruct
/
The
sayde
holy
fader
Paphunce
wente
hys
waye
.
and
constreyned
hymself
to
lede
a
more
straytter
lyfe
than
he
had
done
byfore
/
And
also
to
doo
&
make
greter
abstynences
/
And
the
payne
that
he
had
to
for
suffred
and
the
penaunce
that
he
had
borne
&
suffred·
he
reputed
ouer
lytyll
.
Seeng
that
they
that
were
in
the
worlde
dyde
thynges
of
soo
grete
vertue
/
Lyke
as
dyde
they
two
aforsayd
/
¶
After
that
the
lord
of
whom
is
tofore
spoken
had
lyued
the
space
of
longe
tyme
in
the
hermytage
.
in
augmentynge
&
multeplyenge
his
perfeccyon
/
The
sayd
Paphunce
beynge
there
in
his
celle
or
lytill
house
sawe
the
soule
of
the
sayd
lorde
borne
by
angelles
in
to
heuen
sayenge
/
Blessyd
is
he
whom
thou
hast
chosen
/
For
he
shall
dwelle
wyth
the
/
And
by
that
knewe
the
holy
fader
.
that
the
sayd
lorde
was
sauyd
/
¶
Wherfore
the
sayd
holy
fader
constreyned
himself
to
doo
yet
more
grete
abstinences
than
he
dyde
tofore
/
And
in
lyke
wyse
prayed
he
yet
god
agayne
that
he
wolde
shew
to
hym
to
whom
he
was
semblable
amonge
the
men
/
To
whyche
request
a
voys
answerde
/
Thou
shalt
be
semblable
to
a
marchaunt
whyche
anone
shall
come
hyder
for
to
vysite
the
/
Wherfore
aryse
and
goo
to
mete
hym
/
¶
Anone
the
holy
fader
aroos
and
wente
downe
for
to
mete
the
sayd
marchaunt
.
that
whyche
came
fro
Alexandrye
.
and
brought
fro
Theybayde
many
marchaundyses
the
whyche
he
had
in
thre
shyppes
whiche
was
worth
of
theyr
money
.iii.
thou
sande
shyllynges
or
there
abowte
.
And
by
cause
he
was
a
good
man
:
&
louyd
well
relygyon·
be
broughte
to
the
sayde
holy
fader
ten
sackes
full
of
pesen
and
benes
for
to
make
wyth
potage
/
And
whan
Paphunce
sawe
hym
.
he
sayd
to
hym
/
What
doost
thou
man
of
god
/
What
lyfe
ledest
thou
in
erthe
.
or
what
consolacyon
hast
thou
wyth
theym
that
ben
celestyall
/
Leue
vnto
erthly
&
worldly
peple
the
goodes
of
the
world
.
And
doo
somoche
that
thou
be
marchaunte
&
solicytour
of
the
reame
of
heuen
.
and
folowe
thy
sauyour
/
The
whiche
shall
calle
the
in
shorte
tyme
¶
The
whyche
thynge
soo
happed
/
For
the
marchaunt
folowynge
the
good
admonycyons
of
saynt
Paphunce
made
to
be
gyue
&
dealed
his
goodes
to
poore
men
/
seruauntes
of
god
/
And
ledde
a
lyfe
solytarye
/
And
soone
after
he
passed
fro
this
corruptyble
worlde
/
in
to
the
glory
of
heuen
/
¶
And
in
lyke
wyse
after
deyed
the
holy
fader
Paphunce
/
But
yet
the
angell
shewed
to
hym
his
dethe
sayenge
/
¶
Come
thou
holy
man
blessyd
of
god
Loo
here
the
prophetes
whiche
hen
with
me
for
to
receyue
the.
The
whyche
grace
I
haue
not
shewed
to
the
byfore
/
to
the
ende
that
thou
sholdest
not
be
proude
/
¶
The
holy
man
lyued
one
day
after
.
and
recounted
this
that
sayde
is
to
some
preestes
.
whiche
were
come
thider
for
to
vysyte
hym
.
¶
And
after
he
gaue
to
theym
many
techinges
/
¶
Amonge
all
other
he
shewed
to
theym
/
that
they
sholde
neuer
despyse
other
.
of
what
estate
or
what
vocacion
he
was
.
though
he
were
vycyous
/
¶
For
in
euery
ord●e
of
mannes
lyfe
.
there
ben
two
soules
pley
saunt
to
god
.
by
doynge
some
thynges
secretly
and
vnknowen
/
¶
And
thus
may
be
concluded
/
that
the
habyte
makyth
not
the
man
pleysaunt
ne
agreable
to
god
/
but
oonly
the
clennesse
of
lyf
¶
After
that
the
sayde
holy
fader
Papounce
hadd
gyue
to
his
brethern
enseygnements
and
many
other
techynges
And
that
he
had
take
leue
of
theym
in
grete
humylyte
/
he
rendred
his
soule
to
god
/
Whyche
the
holy
angelles
bare
in
to
heuen
in
the
presence
of
the
assystences
.
In
syngyng
songes
and
dyctees
celestyall
/
¶
Of
the
monastery
of
saynt
Ysodore
begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
apud
thehaidam
/
Caplm
xvii
.
IN
Thebayde
was
a
monastery
and
couent
of
saynt
Ysodote
.
playsaunte
and
gretly
renommed
/
¶
The
relygyouses
that
were
there
wythin
hadde
moche
grete
and
large
howses
/
¶
There
were
many
pondes
.
gardynes
.
and
trees
berynge
frute
/
Wyth
this
there
were
all
thinges
necessary
for
the
bodyly
lyfe
.
In
suche
wise
that
they
hadd
noo
nede
to
goo
out
for
to
suche
their
necessytees
to
lyue
/
¶
Tofore
the
gate
of
the
sayde
Monasterye
was
an
olde
man
moche
prudente
/
the
whyche
sayd
to
all
theym
that
wold
entree
/
That
yf
they
wold
entree
ones
in
they
sholde
neuer
come
oute
/
And
that
suche
was
the
lawe
/
¶
Now
there
was
one
thynge
therin
moche
merueyllous
/
For
Incontynent
as
one
was
entred
.
the
sayde
lawe
toke
none
effecte
/
By
cause
of
his
propre
wyll
wythout
constraynt
he
was
contente
to
abyde
there
/
In
suche
wyse
that
he
was
rauysshed
in
contemplynge
his
perfeccyon
and
holynes
that
was
wythin
the
sayd
monastery
/
¶
And
that
same
olde
man
that
kepte
the
gate
hadd
a
lytyll
house·
in
whyche
he
receyuyd
all
theym
that
came
thyder
.
And
treated
manerly
and
well
.
¶
Ferthermore
sayth
saynt
Iherom
that
whan
he
arryued
there
.
he
myghte
not
entre
therin
.
But
enquyred
of
the
Portyer
the
manere
of
lyuynge
in
the
sayd
monasterye
/
The
whyche
sayd
to
hym
and
to
his
felyshipp
/
That
there
with
in
were
two
auncyente
and
olde
men
Whyche
oonly
hadd
power
to
goo
oute
and
entree
in
agayne
/
The
whiche
were
Pourueyours
.
for
to
pourueye
for
the
poore
lyf
of
the
bredern
that
were
within
/
Whyche
alwaye
weren
in
scylence
.
makynge
theyr
prayers
.
and
occupyenge
all
theyr
lyfe
tyme
in
vertuouse
ocupacyons
to
serue
god
/
¶
Yet
was
there
more
merueylles
/
¶
For
neuer
was
there
ony
of
the
Relygiouses
that
were
seke
there
wythin
/
¶
But
whan
they
sholde
deye
they
shewed
theyr
dethe
that
one
to
that
other
in
the
presence
of
theyr
felowes
/
And
rendred
theyr
spyryte
Ioyously
to
god
/
¶
Of
saynt
Serapyon
abbot
/
whyche
begynnynth
in
latyn
¶
Sed
et
in
regione
,
Caplm
xviii
.
SAynt
Iherom
sawe
in
the
regyon
A●senoitte
a nother
deuowte
Relygyous
man
.
namyd
Serapyon·
Abbot
and
fader
of
many
monasteryes
/
In
whyche
were
nyghe
by
.x.
Mill
Relygyouses
and
heremytes
lyuynge
of
theyr
propre
labours
/
And
of
that
whyche
they
wanne
in
the
season
whan
they
gadred
the
corne
&
grayne●
/
¶
And
they
gaue
to
the
sayd
Abbot
the
mooste
parte
of
theyr
gayne
.
by
whyche
they
were
nourysshed
.
and
susteyned
the
poore
peple
/
¶
The
custotome
was
suche
.
not
oonly
in
that
Relygyon
.
but
also
in
all
Egypte
.
for
to
hyre
the
sayde
Heremytes
and
relygyouses
in
the
tyme
of
Haruest
/
And
eche
of
theym
wanne
abowte
a
foure
score
mewes
or
combes
of
grayne
.
after
the
mesure
of
the
sayd
countree
of
Egypte
Some
more
and
other
lasse
.
after
that
the
seeson
was
more
habundaunt
.
plenteuous
or
sharpnesse
&
scarsytee
/
And
of
the
same
the
moost
parte
was
gyue
to
poore
peple
after
the
ordynaunce
and
dyscrecyon
of
theim
that
were
ordeyned
to
make
dystrybucion
of
the
same
corne
&
grayne
/
¶
Theyr
charytee
was
soo
grete
.
that
they
gaaf
not
oonly
to
the
pore
of
the
same
countreye
.
but
they
sente
shyppes
full
charged
&
lade
in
to
Alexandrye
for
to
gyue
to
prysoners
&
nedy
of
the
countreye
.
For
in
Egypte
were
not
poore
peple
ynoughe
for
to
gyue
in
almesse
the
sayd
corne
&
graynes
.
¶
Saynt
Iherom
sawe
also
in
the
cytees
of
Mempheos
&
Babylone
a
multytude
Innumerable
of
heremytes
.
the
whyche
were
all
full
of
vertues
&
graces
to
god
agreable
/
¶
In
that
countree
it
is
sayd
that
the
places
is
.
where
as
Ioseph
made
his
grenyres
for
the
famyne
/
And
therfore
that
place
is
called
the
place
of
the
tresours
of
Ioseph
/
Other
call
it
Pyramidas
.
by
cause
they
had
suche
credence
that
suche
where
shold
be
ther
assembled
by
Ioseph
in
that
maner
.
¶
Of
saynt
Apolonyon
Religyous
&
martyr
.
begynnyng
in
latyn
¶
Trade
hant
ergo
/
Caplm
xix
.
THe
.ii.
holy
olde
faders
of
whom
is
tofore
wryten
in
the
chapytre
precedent
Recounted
&
tolde
to
saynt
Iherom
&
his
felowes
.
that
emonge
the
sayd
heremytes
and
relygiouses
there
was
one
namyd
Apolonyon
/
Whyche
for
his
ryght
honeste
lyfe
was
ordeyned
in
the
ordre
of
Deaken
/
In
whyche
estate
he
was
strongly
persecuted
/
¶
And
durynge
the
sayd
persecucyon
.
the
sayde
Apolonyon
admonested
alwaye
his
bredern
to
receyue
martyyrdom
¶
Anone
after
he
was
take
&
put
in
pryson
/
And
he
beynge
therin
.
came
to
hym
the
persecutours
.
whiche
were
Paynyms
/
Whyche
in
mockynge
him
dyde
to
hym
many
Iniuryes
/
And
specyally
one
namyd
Phylemon
.
whyche
was
moche
amyable
&
debonayr
to
the
peple
.
&
called
hymself
seductour
&
deceyour
of
the
peple
/
And
sayd
more
ouer
the
he
was
worthy
to
be
in
the
hate
of
al
the
worlde
/
Whan
saynt
Apolonyon
hadd
herde
al
this
.
he
answerd
moche
curteisly
&
sayd
/
¶
Alas
my
frende
.
I
pray
to
god
oure
maker
.
that
he
haue
mercy
&
pite
on
the
/
And
that
he
not
Impute
to
the
th
yniuryes
&
shames
that
thou
dost
to
me
presently
/
The
whiche
answer
herde
by
Phylemon
.
he
was
heuy
&
sorowfull
in
his
hert
/
And
moued
with
suche
contrycyon
&
conpūpcion
.
that
Incontynent
he
declared
hymself
crysten
/
And
wyth
as
ardaunte
desyre
enflammed
of
grete
charyte
came
to
the
Iuge
.
to
whom
tofore
al
the
peple
he
began
to
crye
/
O
wyked
Iuge
thou
trayueyllest
Iniustly
the
poore
seruauntes
of
god
that
ben
cristen
.
For
they
ne
doo
ne
saye
ony
euyll
/
The
Iuge
herynge
thise
wordes
hadd
supposed
at
fyrst
that
he
had
proposed
suche
wordes
in
Iape
/
But
after
bi
cause
he
sawe
hym
perseuere
in
the
same
/
he
sayd
that
sodenly
he
was
bycome
a
foole
/
Phylemon
answerde
/
Herke
&
take
hede
Iuge
I
am
noo
foole
.
but
thou
art
enraged
and
out
of
thy
wytte
whanne
wythout
reason
.
and
vnryghtfully
haste
putt
to
dethe
the
good
&
true
Crysten
peple
/
Knowe
thou
that
now
I
hold
&
shall
holde
the
crysten
lawe
.
the
whiche
is
necessary
to
all
men
lyuynge
in
thys
worlde
.
¶
Thenne
the
Iuge
supposed
to
haue
repelyd
him
by
fayr
wordes
.
But
by
cause
he
sawe
hym
constaunt
/
he
menacyd
hym
wyth
Infynyte
tormentes
/
¶
The
Iuge
also
moeuyd
wyth
wrathe
agaynst
the
holy
fader
Apolonyon
/
Knowynge
that
it
was
by
his
exortacyon
.
that
the
sayd
Phylemon
had
renounced
his
lawe
.
made
hym
to
suffre
mani
tormentes
.
&
called
him
deceyuer
&
begyler
/
saynt
apolonion
said
to
him
.
ha
Iuge
knowe
thou
thy
maker
.
Certaynly
I
desyre
that
thou
and
all
the
assystents
sholde
kepe
the
errour
that
I
kepe
&
holde
/
That
is
to
saye
that
they
were
crysten
/
And
Incontynent
that
sayd
the
Iuge
commaunded
that
they
sholde
bothe
two
be
putt
in
to
a
fyre
tofore
al
the
peple
/
And
soo
doynge
they
two
togyder
began
to
praye
god
soo
hye
that
euery
man
myghte
here
in
sayenge
/
O
souerayne
god
Ihesu
cryste
our
protectour
suffre
not
the
soules
to
be
lost
that
confesse
the
openly
/
But
shewe
to
vs
euydently
our
helthe
/
And
Incontynent
thyse
wordes
sayd·
descended
a
clowde
full
of
water
.
the
whiche
quenchyd
all
the
fyre
/
Of
whiche
the
Iuge
&
the
peple
were
merueylously
abasshed
.
and
began
to
crye
in
sayenge
/
O
god
of
Cristen
men
.
now
we
confesse
that
thou
art
almyghty
and
oonly
Inmortall
/
Anone
after
came
thyse
tydynges
to
the
grete
Prouoste
of
Alexandrye
/
the
whyche
as
enraged
sente
for
to
fetche
the
sayd
Iuge
&
the
two
holy
faders
/
That
is
to
wyte
Apolonyon
&
Phylemon
.
ordenynge
that
they
sholde
be
brought
straytly
bounde
lyke
prysoners
/
But
in
ledyng
theym
the
holy
man
conuerted
theym
that
were
come
to
lede
theim
/
Whyche
all
they
togyder
presented
themselfe
as
crysten
to
the
sayd
Prouost
of
Alexandrye
/
Thenne
the
cursed
prouost
seenge
that
he
myghte
not
reuoke
theim
fro
the
cristen
fayth
.
he
made
them
alle
to
be
throwen
in
to
the
see
/
And
in
that
wyse
they
were
baptysed
in
the
water
/
Anone
after
the
see
broughte
theim
to
the
ryuage
all
hoole
&
wythout
corrupccōn
of
theyr
bodyes
/
Thenne
were
they
buryed
al
togider
in
one
sepulture
And
god
shewyth
there
euery
daye
many
dyuerse
myracles
on
theym
that
serue
&
requyre
theym
/
¶
Of
saynt
Dioscore
abbot
beginnyng
Vidimus
&
alium
/
Caplm
xx
.
AFter
spekith
saynt
Iherom
of
saynt
Dyoscore
.
whiche
hadd
in
his
monastery
nyght
vnto
Thebayde
.i.
C.
religyouses
or
there
abowte
.
To
whom
he
commaunded
expressely
that
they
shold
neuer
receyue
their
maker
.
yf
they
had
ony
synnes
in
their
conscyences
/
Not
onely
synnes
actuell
:
or
in
thoughte
.
but
also
of
theym
that
somtyme
happe
by
dremynges
.
of
whiche
they
falle
in
pollucōns
nocturnall
/
were
it
by
fantasies
or
by
operacyons
of
wymmen
or
bi
habundance
of
humours
naturell
/
And
he
sayde
yf
somtyme
suche
pollucion
came
wythout
to
haue
ony
fantasye
of
ony
woman
in
the
manere
/
that
is
noo
synne
.
But
that
he
take
therin
no
playsaunce
after
the
sayd
dreme
/
For
that
pollucyon
comyth
by
cause
of
th
abūdance
of
t
humour
whyche
is
wythin
the
body
of
the
man
.
¶
For
to
eschewe
suche
pollucyon
is
necessary
fastynge
&
to
lyue
sobrely
/
¶
He
gaaf
to
his
dyscyples
a
symylytude
suche
/
Whan
a
man
is
seke
.
And
the
Fylicyen
defendyth
to
hym
ony
mete
/
he
kepyth
his
commaundement
/
Thenne
the
relygiouses
&
all
maner
of
peple
that
will
lyue
vertuously
oughte
to
kepe
theym
to
doo
thyng
that
is
contrary
to
the
medicyne
of
the
soule
/
That
is
to
saye
that
he
muste
kepe
hym
fro
synne
:
the
whyche
makyth
the
soule
seke
/
And
in
the
ende
makyth
it
to
deye
.
¶
And
to
the
contrary
yf
we
kepe
it
clene
wythout
dedely
synne
.
we
shall
haue
Ioye
perdurable
/
¶
Of
the
monasteries
of
Nitrye
.
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Venimus
/
Caplm
xxi
.
AFter
saynt
Iherom
and
his
felowes
came
in
to
Nytrye
.
a
place
the
most
fayr
&
moost
renommed
of
Egypte
.
dystaunt
fro
Alysaundrie
xl
.
myle
or
there
about
.
whiche
ben
escryued
to
xxx
.
leukes
of
Fraunce
/
There
was
a
cyte
namyd
Nytrye
takynge
his
name
of
the
sayd
region
.
in
whiche
growyth
the
Nytre
.
lyke
or
semblable
to
sonde
/
Wherof
ben
wasshen
there
the
clothes
/
And
otherwise
it
is
called
an
esspyce
of
salte
after
Papye
/
&
it
is
made
of
water
&
of
th
erthe
in
Egypte
/
And
in
Palestine
it
is
made
of
grete
hete
of
the
sonne
/
¶
In
the
countree
were
aboute
.v.
C.
monasteryes
th
one
nyghe
vnto
that
other
vnder
one
abbot
/
Of
whom
ther
some
lyued
&
dwelled
togyder
.
other
helde
them
solytarily
eche
by
hymselfe
that
notwithstondyng
they
had
alwaye
charyte
togyder
/
¶
And
whan
saynt
Iherom
&
his
companye
approched
to
them
All
in
a
grete
companye
.
lyke
to
a
multytude
of
bees
came
ayenst
theim
bryngynge
brede
&
botelles
full
of
water
.
And
after
they
broughte
theym
all
singynge
in
to
the
chyrche
/
After
wasshed
theyr
fete
&
wiped
theim
wyth
to
waylles
/
¶
And
they
were
not
only
serued
of
bodyly
necessytees
/
But
also
they
were
Instructe
in
humylytee
&
clemence
/
¶
And
saynt
Iherom
sayth
that
he
neuer
hadd
be
in
place
where
he
had
seen
flowe
so
habundantly
charyte
&
mercy
.
¶
Theyr
Oratoryes
were
full
of
bookes
in
scyence
dyuyne
/
And
they
vsyd
none
other
thynges
in
all
theyr
dayes
/
¶
Of
a nother
place
callyd
Cecylya
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Post
hunc
vero
/
Caplm
xxii
.
THere
was
a nother
place
towarde
that
deserte
dystaunte
fro
that
place
tofore
sayd
x.
myle
or
there
abowte
/
the
whyche
was
callyd
Cecylia
for
the
multytude
of
celles
and
lytyll
houses
that
were
there
/
¶
The
custome
of
the
relygiouses
that
there
dwelled
was
suche
.
that
they
spake
not
th
one
to
the
other
but
the
saterdaye
&
sondaye
And
yf
that
one
came
not
on
that
daye
Incontynent
they
thoughte
that
he
was
seke
/
Werfore
that
one
after
that
other
wente
for
to
see
hym
/
And
broughte
to
hym
some
thynge
for
to
susteyne
&
helpe
hym
to
his
bodyly
helthe
/
They
neuer
spake
togyder
but
the
dayes
tofore
sayd
.
but
yf
it
were
in
prechynge
.
or
in
gyuynge
doctryne
/
Whan
ony
of
theim
was
gretter
Clerke
or
Inspyred
more
thanne
a nother
/
And
yf
ony
wolde
goo
dwelle
wyth
ony
of
them
/
they
were
so
replenysshed
wyth
charytee
.
that
they
lodged
theym
Incontynent
in
theyr
howses
or
cotages
/
¶
Of
saynt
Am̄onion
abbot
.
begynnynge
¶
Vidimus
quendam
/
Caplm
xxiii
.
AMonges
the
same
heremytes
&
relygyouses
saynt
Iherom
saw
one
namyd
Am̄onyon
.
to
whom
god
had
gyuen
all
plenytude
of
graces
/
&
pryncypally
he
had
merueyls
us
charyte
.
humylite
none
lyke
.
&
generally
asmoche
in
pacyence
.
clemence
&
benygnyte
/
Also
in
scyence
&
prudence
he
was
moost
perfite
of
theim
al
/
The
sayd
Am̄onyon
had
ii·
bredern
.
that
one
namyd
Eusebius
&
the
other
Eu●imius
/
that
whyche
were
not
oonly
bredern
carnalle
.
but
also
in
lyf
.
in
religyon
&
in
vertues
they
were
germayns
/
Thise
iii.
bredern
solycyted
in
theyr
tyme
the
other
bredern
as
the
moder
thynkyth
on
her
chyldern
in
helpyng
theym
not
only
to
theyr
corporall
lyfe
.
but
also
to
the
spirituell
.
as
enscynynge
theym
to
vertues
&
good
maners
/
The
same
saynt
Am̄onion
dwelled
in
a
monastery
closyd
wyth
walles
In
whiche
he
hymselve
had
made
a
pytt
And
it
happed
that
a
broder
transported
hymself
towarde
him
for
to
haue
a
lytyll
hous
to
dwell
in
th
ermytage
/
The
whyche
answerde
to
hym
that
he
hadd
none
.
but
he
made
hym
to
dwell
in
his
monastery
.
vnto
the
time
he
had
founde
one
/
¶
Sone
after
he
delyuerde
to
him
a
lytyll
one
.
the
whiche
he
fonde
nye
the
sayde
monastery
/
And
yf
by
aduenture
had
many
come
.
he
had
Incontynent
gadred
togider
his
bredern
.
and
in
lytyll
tyme
had
made
a
monastery
/
¶
Of
saynt
Dydyme
why
the
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
inter
eos
Caplm
xxiiii
.
SAynt
Iherom
recounteth
of
a nother
namyd
Didyme
.
the
whiche
was
emonge
the
faders
namyd
moche
vertuouse
&
debonayr
/
lyke
as
his
vysage
shewed
well
/
And
suche
grace
had
he
of
god
.
that
he
roode
vpon
the
scorpyons
&
other
venymous
bestes
.
whiche
were
there
in
grete
habundance
/
By
cause
of
the
grete
heete
of
the
sonne
/
And
slewe
theym
wyth
his
fete
as
lytyll
wormes
of
the
erthe
.
wythout
that
they
dyde
to
him
ony
harme
/
Wherefor
in
hym
was
acomplysshed
the
worde
of
the
prophete
sayeng
/
Thou
shalt
make
thy
Iourneye
vpon
aspydes
&
basylyks
/
And
vnder
the
fote
thou
shalte
putt
the
lyon
&
the
dragon
/
¶
Of
saynt
Crenyon
whiche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
/
Caplm
xxv
.
A
Nother
also
whiche
was
namyd
Crenyon
of
moche
auncyente
aege
.
as
of
an
.
C.
&
x.
yere
olde
/
And
was
dyscyple
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
The
whyche
amonge
all
other
vertues
that
he
had
.
he
was
humble
pe●f●ghtly
/
The
whiche
vertue
suffysed
to
gete
the
reame
of
heuen
/
And
wythout
this
vertue
none
other
vertue
maye
prouffyte
to
the
soule
/
For
by
that
all
other
vertues
ben
requyred
/
¶
Of
saynt
Orygene
.
begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Erat
autem
/
Caplm
xxvi
.
ALso
there
was
a nother
called
Orygene
Dyscyple
of
saynt
Anthonye
merueyllous
in
all
operacyons
/
His
worde
was
edyfycatyff
that
they
whom
he
endoctryned
put
in
effecte
by
operacyons
all
his
doctryne
/
¶
Of
saynt
Enagrion
.
whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vidimus
ibi
/
&
cetera
Caplm
xxvii
.
AFter
he
sawe
also
in
the
same
place
a nother
named
Enagrion
.
a
man
right
wyse
/
the
whyche
was
Instructe
of
saynt
Machairy
/
Whyche
was
strongely
possessed
wyth
all
vertues
/
¶
And
aboue
all
thynge
he
Instructed
his
brethern
to
lyue
sobrely
Sayeng
if
they
wolde
eschewe
the
fantasyes
and
Illusions
of
the
deuyll
.
that
they
sholde
not
drynke
soo
moche
water
as
they
well
myghte
drynke
/
Bycause
that
grete
repleccyon
of
water
causyth
dyuerse
fantasyes
in
mannes
body
/
By
the
moyen
wherof
the
deuyll
with
synne
entreth
more
lyghtly
/
¶
Inenfecte
the
sayd
holy
hermyte
Enagryon
and
his
brethern
ete
not
for
all
metes
but
oonly
a
lytyll
brede
and
salte
/
Wherof
they
were
more
contente
than
we
ben
of
metes
.
delycyous
and
curyouse
/
¶
Of
saynt
Machayre
Egypcyen
/
begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Narrabant
autem
/
Caplm
xxviii
.
AFter
saynt
Iherom
Recountyth
that
somme
of
the
Auncyent
faders
Recyted
to
hym
amonge
theyr
other
brethern
.
there
were
tweyne
named
Machayre
that
one
Egipcyen
&
dyscyple
of
saynt
Anthonye
&
that
other
of
Alexandrye
/
&
notwythstondyng
the
they
were
of
dyuers
regyons
yet
were
they
egall
in
vertues
.
and
soo
grete
that
thei
shone
in
edify
cacion
of
maners
&
of
good
lyf
lyke
vnto
ii
.
shynynge
steires
.
How
well
the
Machary
Egypcyen
had
by
synguler
grace
the
vertuous
maners
of
saynt
Anthonye
.
He
beynge
on
a
time
in
his
cell
or
lytyl
hous
was
perpetred
&
commysed
a
murdre
by
some
homycides
/
by
reason
wherof
he
was
acused
&
pursued
a
symple
man
Innocent
of
the
caas
The
whiche
seeng
be
mighte
none
otherwyse
escape
went
for
refuge
to
the
sayd
Machaire
.
affermyng
by
his
othe
not
to
be
culpable
of
the
caas
Thenne
thei
that
pursued
came
vpon
him
&
wold
haue
take
him
there
&
haue
ladd
hym
for
to
haue
condempned
hym
to
dethe
/
This
seeng
the
holy
man
prayed
&
requyred
theim
that
or
they
proceded
ony
ferder
ayenst
hym
whiche
sayd
hymself
to
be
Innocent
.
wold
lede
hym
to
the
place
where
as
the
man
that
was
slayd
was
buryed
/
He
beyng
come
thyder
made
his
prayer
vpon
the
buryel
/
in
prayers
god
deuoutly
that
it
wold
pleyse
hym
to
shewe
&
manyfest
the
trouth
of
this
thyng
/
Hys
prayer
made
he
commaunded
the
deed
man
in
the
vertue
of
the
passion
of
our
blessid
sauiour
Ihu
cryst
.
the
he
shold
declare
yf
he
that
was
accused
whyche
there
was
holde
&
take
had
slayne
hym
or
none
To
whom
he
the
was
deed
answerde
the
he
had
not
done
it
/
ne
therin
was
gylty
Th
acusers
heryng
this
answere
were
moche
merueyled
.
&
kneled
on
ther
knees
to
for
the
holy
fader
Machairy
.
in
prayeng
hym
humbly
the
he
shold
demaunde
of
the
deed
man
who
had
slayne
hy
/
the
holy
man
answerd
the
he
wold
not
in
●ayeng
thise
wordes
.
It
suffy●eth
to
me
that
th
ynnocent
be
delyuerd
.
For
it
longyth
noo
thyng
to
me
that
the
culpable
be
acused
/
¶
A nother
tyme
came
to
by
some
parentes
or
frendes
of
a
yonge
damoysell
.
the
whiche
b●arte
magyk
was
conuerted
in
to
a
Iument
or
a
mare
.
as
it
semyd
to
all
theim
the
lawe
her
/
Incontynent
as
he
lawe
theym
/
he
demaunded
for
what
cause
they
were
come
to
hym
Thenne
they
auswerde
that
by
their
comynge
to
hym
.
they
hoped
that
by
the
moyen
of
his
prayers
&
merytes
to
obteyne
the
sayd
damoysel
to
be
remysed
in
her
fyrste
strength
&
semblaunce
/
Thenne
he
excyted
them
to
pray
.
&
also
he
made
his
oryson
vnto
god
.
that
whiche
oryson
acheued
he
enoynted
the
mayde
/
whyche
as
sayd
is
was
lyke
a
mare
/
The
whyche
incontynent
after
ape●●d
to
the
men
in
her
fyrst
fourme
.
that
is
to
wyte
in
the
semblaunce
of
a
mayde
/
¶
A nother
mayde
whiche
had
the
membres
soo
rotes
&
infect
the
wormes
might
be
seen
cryng
hee
flesshe
vnto
the
bones
.
was
brought
tofore
this
holy
man·
to
whom
he
sayd
/
O
doughter
be
constaunt
.
for
god
hath
not
ye●e
to
the
this
sykenesse
for
to
deye
.
but
for
thy
helth
/
¶
Thenne
was
the
holy
man
Machaire
vii
.
dayes
durynge
in
prayers
.
and
enoyntyng
her
euery
daye
And
the
said
.vii.
dayes
passed
she
was
all
hoole
&
sounde
/
¶
Of
the
same
wrytyth
saynt
saynt
Iherom
.
that
an
Heretyke
Ierasitain
/
whiche
is
to
saye
in
langage
Egypcyen
heresees
by
his
art
had
deceyued
&
mocked
many
bredern
of
the
deserte
/
And
att
laste
he
came
to
the
holy
fader
Machaire
/
to
whom
he
made
many
questyons
&
argumentes
/
For
he
supposyd
to
haue
tourned
&
deceyued
hym
/
¶
The
holy
man
by
fayre
wordes
answerde
to
his
argumentes
whyche
were
subtyll
/
But
by
cause
the
the
holy
fader
saw
.
that
by
hym
the
fayth
of
the
bredern
perysshed
/
he
sayd
to
the
same
Heretyke
/
Wherfor
dysputest
thou
thus
ayenst
me
.
for
to
torn
by
thy
heresye
theym
that
herkene
the
/
¶
Lete
vs
goo
to
the
sepuleres
of
our
predecessours
whiche
ben
deed
/
To
th
ende
that
to
hym
whiche
our
lord
shall
gyue
grace
for
to
reyse
the
deed
maye
by
this
thynge
make
clere
appere
to
all
theym
that
shall
be
present
that
his
lawe
is
the
beste
/
Thenne
they
wente
to
the
sepulcres
¶
Thenne
sayd
saynt
Machaire
.
now
calle
a
deed
man
.
and
reyse
hym
/
The
Heretyke
answerd
that
it
apperteyned
to
him
fyrste
for
to
calle
to
his
god
/
Thenne
saynt
Machaire
felle
platte
downe
in
prayer
sayenge
/
O
my
souereyn
lorde
and
god
I
byseche
and
requyre
the
mekely
that
it
playse
the
in
this
houre
in
the
Reysyuge
of
this
deed
man
here
buryed
to
shewe
openly
the
whyche
of
vs
tweyne
hath
moost
rightfull
fayth
.
Not
that
I
presume
soo
moche
of
myself
/
that
my
oryson
or
prayer
be
of
the
enhaunced
/
But
for
to
encreace
and
make
open
the
holy
lawe
/
And
also
for
to
conferme
thoos
that
ben
here
presente
/
And
to
brynge
theym
oute
of
the
heresye
of
this
Heretyke
¶
Incontynent
thyse
wordes
sayde
.
He
called
the
deed
man
by
the
name
that
he
hadd
in
hys
lyfe
/
The
whyche
anone
answerd
and
rose
/
¶
And
after
that
the
brethern
vnwounde
his
couerynge
.
He
shewed
him
all
lyuyng
to
thoos
that
were
there
presente
/
The
Heretyke
this
seenge
was
moche
admerueyled
/
And
fledde
a
way
for
drede
of
al
the
bredern
/
Whiche
chaced
hym
oute
of
the
countreye
/
¶
Therfore
oughte
noo
man
dyspute
the
faythe
agaynst
the
Heretykes
.
but
yf
he
be
Inspyred
and
taughte
of
god
/
By
the
helpe
of
whom
he
maye
by
myracles
more
than
by
reasons
verytably
preue
that
whyche
he
woll
mayntene
/
¶
Of
the
vertues
of
that
other
saynt
Machayre
of
Alexandrye
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Alius
vero
sanctus
.
&c·
Caplm.
xxix.
SAynt
Machaire
of
Alexandrye
souerayn
&
more
than
all
thother
louyd
solytude
.
He
enquyred
curiously
of
the
moost
ferre
hermitages
.
tyll
that
he
was
at
the
ferthest
place
of
al
the
deserte
/
Where
he
fonde
al
plentenousnes
&
habundance
of
dyuers
fruytes
&
all
other
good
thynges
/
¶
There
were
.ii.
bredern
.
to
whom
he
prayed
that
they
shold
bryge
of
the
other
hermytes
thyder
by
cause
the
place
was
moche
fertyle
&
habundant
/
The
same
bredern
dreding
/
&
not
wythout
cause
theym
the
they
shold
brynge
to
be
deceyued
wyth
temptacions
of
the
deuyll
.
by
cause
that
in
the
same
deserte
there
were
many
deuylles
.
&
horryble
monstres
/
And
answerde
to
hym
that
they
myghte
not
be
broughte
thyder
/
but
that
they
shold
be
in
dangeour
to
be
begyled
&
deceyued
in
comynge
/
Thenne
the
holy
fader
retorned
to
his
bredern
/
To
whom
he
shewed
thyse
thynges
.
whyche
he
had
seen
/
And
by
this
cause
they
were
moeuyd
for
to
goo
wyth
hym
for
to
see
that
same
deserte·
¶
The
aeged
&
ailcyent
men
consideryng
the
daungeours
of
the
sayd
temptacyons
.
counseyled
the
yonge
men
that
they
sholde
not
goo
thyder
For
the
place
after
theyr
oppynyon
mighte
more
be
cause
to
deceyue
hem
than
to
moeue
theym
to
deuocyon
.
And
more
ouer
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
theym
that
the
places
is
full
of
delyces
.
&
yf
we
vsyd
theym
/
What
hope
oughte
we
to
haue
of
the
other
worlde
/
Whan
we
in
this
worlde
shall
lyue
at
our
playsure
/
The
yonge
bredern
herynge
thise
wordes
&
fayr
remonstraunces
.
anone
concluded
not
for
to
goo
thyder
/
The
place
thenne
wherin
as
dwellyd
the
holy
fader
Machair
was
called
Sycheon
.
to
whyche
place
was
nother
waye
ne
path
/
And
was
as
ferre
from
the
monasteryes
of
Nytrye
aboute
.
ii·
Iourneyes
/
They
had
but
lytyll
water
.
&
yet
it
was
noyous
&
bitter
to
drynke
/
¶
On
a
tyme
was
presented
to
hym
a
clustre
of
grapes
/
the
whyche
Incontynent
by
charyte
he
sente
to
one
of
his
bredern
whyche
was
seke
.
&
he
gaue
it
to
a nother
.
And
that
man
gaaf
it
a nother
.
&
he
to
a nother
/
And
fro
hond
to
honde
it
was
soo
ofte
yeuen
.
the
fynably
it
came
agayn
to
hym
fro
whom
it
fyrste
was
departed
/
And
saynt
Machair
knowynge
their
grete
loue
that
they
had
togyder
.
&
for
to
conferme
our
fayth
saynt
Iherom
rehercith
of
the
sayd
saynt
Machaire
.
the
he
herde
saye
of
the
mouthe
of
the
sayd
saynt
Machaire
/
that
the
deuyll
came
to
him
on
a
nyght
sayeng
/
Machair
aryse
thou
and
go
we
where
as
the
bredern
ben
assembled
in
prayer
/
&
incontynent
by
the
grace
of
god
he
knew
that
it
was
the
●●yll
.
and
answerd
to
hym
/
O
lyar
en●●e
of
trouth
.
answere
to
me
presently
●●at
haste
thou
to
doo
wyth
the
congrega●●
of
the
holy
bredern
/
The
deuyll
answe●
to
him
/
Knowest
thou
not
well
that
thassē
〈◊〉
of
relygyous
people
ne
theyr
dedes
〈◊〉
neuer
made
.
but
that
we
deuylles
ben
●●ed
therto
.
come
&
thou
shalt
see
our
de●●
/
Thenne
saynt
Machaire
put
him
to
●●yer
/
in
prayenge
god
that
he
wold
lete●●n
know
yf
his
worde
were
true
.
&
in
●●ynent
he
sawe
lyke
lytyl
blacke
chyl●●
goo
&
flee
by
all
the
partyes
of
the
chir●●
/
Now
was
the
custome
there
suche
.
that
〈◊〉
alone
sayd
the
psalmes
.
&
the
other
●●d·
or
they
answerd
/
He
sawe
thenne
ye●●●e
chyldern
blacke
as
ethyopiens
.
whi●●●
deceyned
&
mocked
al
the
bredern
.
In
●he
wise
whan
they
towched
some
bi●yen
.
anone
they
were
a
slepe
.
And
yf
●●●y
towched
theim
on
the
mouth
they
●●yd
to
synge
Tofor
some
thei
shewed
●●●m
in
lyknes
of
a
woman
/
and
in
ef●●●
bi
dyuers
scornes
many
bredern
were
●●●eyued
.
in
suche
wyse
that
some
myghte
●●t
abide
in
the
chirche
/
To
other
bredern
●●y
sprange
vpon
their
sholds
.
by
can
they
had
none
affeccyon
ne
thyn
kynge
〈◊〉
their
prayers
/
&
this
seeng
saynt
ma●aire
.
made
his
prayer
to
god
.
sayenge
●●y
god
aryse
thou
and
chace
a
way
the
fen●●s
.
to
th
ende
that
they
appyere
not
tofore
〈◊〉
face
/
ne
tofore
my
bredern
.
for
our
sou●●
ben
all
full
of
theyr
socrnes
.
lyke
as
●●w
I
apperceyue
/
His
orison
made
.
he
●●lled
the
one
after
that
other
al
the
bredern
/
●●fore
whom
he
had
seen
the
deuylles
/
&
●●ed
them
yf
in
makyng
their
orrsons
●●●i
had
ben
in
wyll
to
doo
ony
werkes
●●orell
.
lyke
as
the
holy
man
had
seen
/
●●ey
ansuerde
ye
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
knewe
that
the
vayn
thoughtes
that
they
had
.
came
of
the
scornynges
of
the
deuyll
.
And
to
this
purpoos
sayth
saynt
Iherom
.
that
whan
the
thoughte
of
the
man
is
wel
sett
in
the
loue
of
god
.
it
neuer
takith
ony
fantasye
whiche
is
greuous
to
hym
or
cause
of
synne
/
¶
A nother
thynge
more
merueylouus
of
the
said
saynt
Machaire
sayth
saynt
Iherom
/
That
is
to
wyte
.
that
whan
ony
of
his
bredern
came
to
receyue
the
holy
sacrament
of
th
awter
/
Yf
they
were
not
clene
in
theyr
conscyences
it
semyd
to
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
that
the
body
of
oure
lorde
retorned
to
th
awter
.
But
whan
the
good
men
came
for
to
receyue
theyr
sauyour
.
the
deuyllis
incontynent
retorned
bacwarde
&
ferre
¶
On
a nother
tyme
the
same
saynt
Machayire
.
&
that
other
Machaire
his
broder
.
of
whom
is
to fore
spoken
.
put
theim
in
a
boot
for
to
go
vysite
one
of
theyr
bredern
.
&
with
theym
were
some
noble
offycers
/
called
trybunes
right
puyssaunt
&
ryche
/
hauyng
with
theym
many
chyldern
.
grete
nombre
of
horses
&
Innumerable
quantyte
of
syluer
wyth
other
good
/
Whan
one
of
theym
sawe
theim
in
the
bote
cladde
with
pore
clo●hes
.
he
sayd
to
theim
/
Alas
bredern
that
ye
ben
happy
/
whiche
thus
despyse
the
world
.
&
in
it
soo
despysyng
were
so
vyle
&
poore
clothes
/
Verily
it
apperyth
that
ye
mocke
yourself
of
theim
of
the
worlde
Thenne
the
one
ansuerde
to
him
.
truely
thou
sayst
wel
.
for
they
that
folowe
god
by
vertues
mocke
theymself
/
But
the
contrary
we
haue
pyte
of
you
.
by
cause
that
the
worlde
deceyuynge
you
mocke
you
/
Thenne
he
that
had
aresoned
theim
whan
he
was
retorned
in
to
his
hous
gaaf
for
goddis
loue
all
the
he
had
/
And
after
became
hymself
religious
with
the
holy
heremytes
/
¶
Of
saynt
Amon
fyrst
relgious
in
Nytrie
.
whiche
begynynnth
in
latyn
¶
Inicium
sancti
/
Caplm.
xxx.
THe
fyrste
Heremyte
in
Nytrye
was
called
Amon.
the
soule
of
whom
Incontynent
after
his
dethe
was
seen
by
saynt
Anthonye
borne
by
angels
in
to
heuen
/
But
for
to
wryte
of
his
ryght
holy
lyf
we
shall
begyn
at
his
natyuyte
¶
He
was
of
noble
&
riche
frendes
.
the
whiche
ayenst
his
wyll
dide
him
to
be
maryed
to
a
noble
woman
of
the
countree
of
Nytrye
.
He
beynge
layed
a
bedde
wyth
her
the
fyrste
nyght
of
theyr
espoussaylles
.
he
made
to
her
many
fayr
exortacōns
.
in
ercytynge
her
to
the
noble
vertue
of
chastyte
and
of
vyrgynyte
vnder
suche
or
lyke
wordes
/
My
loue
by
cause
the
wythout
fawte
thynge
corrupte
shall
fynde
corrupcyon
/
And
by
the
contrary
.
thynge
not
corrupt
oughte
to
hope
incorrupcion
/
Therfore
it
is
more
auaylable
to
vs
tweyne
togyder
hoole
to
dwelle
&
entier
without
flesshly
touchynge
vs
.
than
the
one
were
corrupte
of
the
other
/
Thise
wordes
herde
by
the
dyrgyne
/
she
consented
therto
lyghtly
.
&
lyued
togyder
in
honest
chastyte
&
virgynyte
longe
tyme
after
the
deth
of
theyr
frendes
.
And
after
the
holy
man
went
in
to
the
nexte
deserte
to
his
dwellynge
.
&
assembled
many
Heremytes
/
And
the
sayd
virgyne
abode
in
her
hous
.
accompanyed
wyth
many
virgyns
/
After
that
he
had
be
a
certayn
tyme
solytarily
in
the
deserte
Some
men
broughte
to
hym
a
chylde
enchayned
/
The
whyche
had
be
byten
wyth
a
wood
honde
besechyng
hym
to
pray
for
the
helth
of
the
sayd
chylde
/
The
holy
man
ansuerde
that
he
had
not
deserued
somoche
anenst
god
.
that
shold
enhaunce
his
prayers
/
But
neuertheles
he
sayd
to
theym
that
the
helthe
of
the
sayd
chylde
was
in
theyr
hodes
/
For
whanne
they
wolde
rendre
to
a
poore
wydowe
an
oxe
whiche
they
had
robbed
fro
her
.
theyr
childe
shold
haue
helth
&
shall
be
al
hoole
/
Of
whiche
wordes
they
were
moche
abasshed
.
merueylynge
by
what
manere
the
holy
man
might
know
the
thefte
that
they
had
done
soo
secretly
/
Thenne
they
went
home
&
rendred
to
the
widow
the
ore
that
they
had
stolen
/
&
by
the
prayer
of
the
holy
man
the
chylde
was
made
hole
ayen
and
had
his
helthe
/
¶
A nother
tyme
came
some
other
to
hym
/
of
whom
he
wolde
proue
the
courages
/
¶
He
sayde
to
theym
that
he
had
grete
necessyte
of
a
tonne
ful
of
water
/
for
to
yeue
drinke
to
hem
that
disyted
him
/
And
prayed
&
requyred
theim
that
they
wolde
brynge
to
hym
a
tonne
full
/
whyche
they
promysed
for
to
doo
and
to
fulfylle
/
¶
And
after
that
they
were
departed
fro
him
.
the
one
sayd
to
his
felow
the
haste
promysed
the
water
aswel
as
I
Wherfore
thou
shalt
doo
it
be
borne
to
him
.
yf
thou
wolt
that
it
be
borne
/
For
I
haue
not
but
my
camell
.
that
whiche
shal
neuer
bere
it
/
That
other
answerde
.
thou
knoweste
wel
the
I
ne
haue
but
an
asse
/
the
whiche
maye
not
bere
soo
moche
as
thy
camell
maye
/
For
the
one
is
more
stronger
than
the
other
/
To
whom
that
other
answered
/
Doo
what
thou
wolt
.
for
I
woll
not
slee
my
camell
/
Thenne
the
other
sayd
/
&
I
shall
laye
it
on
myn
asse
that
whyche
thou
darst
not
laye
on
thy
camell
/
But
I
hope
that
the
meryte
of
the
holy
man
shall
make
possyble
.
that
whiche
is
impossyble
to
a
creature
/
The
asse
anone
after
the
he
was
charged
wyth
the
tonne
full
of
water
.
bare
it
to
the
lodgis
of
the
holy
man
Amon.
also
lightly
as
he
had
borne
noo
thynge
on
hym
/
And
thenne
the
sayd
saynt
Amon
in
receyuyng
the
sayd
water
.
sayd
to
the
gode
man
whiche
was
come
thyder
for
to
guyde
his
beest
Thou
haste
done
well
for
to
brynge
the
tonne
vpon
thyn
asse
.
for
the
camell
of
thy
felowe
is
deed
/
And
whan
that
other
was
retorned
he
fonde
.
that
it
was
true
¶
The
sayd
Amon
was
somoche
bilouyd
of
god
.
that
he
gate
of
him
singuler
graces
/
&
emong
thother
whan
he
wolde
passe
&
go
ouer
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
.
bycause
he
was
shamfaste
to
vnclothe
hymself
sodainly
he
fonde
hymself
set
ouer
the
ryuer
on
that
other
side
of
the
ryuage
/
Therfore
we
oughte
faythfully
to
byleue
/
that
to
Iuste
and
good
men
is
noo
thynge
impossyble
/
¶
Of
saynt
Pyamon
.
whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Non
autem
michi
.
&c.
Caplm.
xxxi.
SAynt
Iherom
recountyth
in
procedynge
ferder
in
this
werke
.
that
this
is
not
a
thinge
worthy
neresonable
that
ony
sholde
eschewe
or
leue
to
wryte
the
faytes
&
dedes
of
the
holy
faders
dwellynge
in
deserte
nye
the
see
Parthenie
.
nye
to
a
castell
namyd
Dyolcho
whyche
amonge
the
holy
faders
he
sawe
an
holy
man
namyd
Pyamon
.
whiche
had
the
yeft
of
all
humylyte
&
benygnytee
.
&
of
reuelacyon
/
¶
On
a
time
whan
he
sacrefysed
to
god
.
he
sawe
an
angell
nye
his
awter
.
holdynge
a
boke
in
whyche
was
wryten
the
names
of
some
relygyouses
assystent
to
his
awter
/
&
some
he
wrote
not
/
After
the
sacrefyce
done
he
axed
of
theym
of
whom
the
names
were
not
writen
/
But
by
theyr
ansuere
he
fonde
that
they
were
all
in
dedely
synne
Thenne
he
admonested
theym
to
duo
contynuell
penaunce
/
And
he
hymselfe
also
lyke
as
he
had
be
culpable
as
they
were·
wepte
&
waylled
.
And
contynued
so
longe
.
and
vnto
the
tyme
that
in
callynge
theim
vnto
the
holy
sacramente
of
th
awter
.
he
knewe
by
the
angel
that
he
had
wryten
theym
in
the
boke
/
that
they
had
done
penaunce
agreable
to
god
/
¶
A nother
tyme
he
was
beten
of
deuilles
.
that
he
might
not
remeue
fro
the
place
/
Thenne
it
happed
that
on
a
Sondaye
that
he
hadd
a
custome
to
receyue
his
maker
/
&
he
was
constrayned
to
be
horne
of
his
bredern
to
th
awter
/
Tofore
whiche
he
lyeng
flatte
on
th
erth
/
he
sawe
th
angell
the
caughte
his
honde
for
to
lyft
him
vp
/
&
forthwith
he
was
hoole
/
¶
Of
an
other
holy
fader
that
whiche
was
namyd
Iohn
.
begynnyng
in
latyn
¶
Erat
in
ipis
locis
/
Caplm.
xxxii.
THere
was
in
the
places
aforsayd
an
holy
man
namyd
Iohn
.
a nother
than
he
of
whom
tofore
is
spoken·
fulfylled
with
alle
grace
/
Emonge
al
other
he
had
one
suche
.
that
all
they
that
went
to
hym
.
of
what
trybulacyon
they
were
trowbled
.
by
his
worde
in
contynent
they
were
conforted
/
With
that
he
heelyd
many
persones
of
dyuers
dyseses
/
And
saynt
Iherom
sayth
after
al
thyse
hystoryes
by
him
wreton
.
that
for
doubte
of
grete
peryllis
&
daungers
whiche
thenne
were
in
the
waye
.
he
durste
not
goo
in
to
the
hye
regyon
of
Thebayde
by
Serene
.
wherof
it
is
wreten
here
tofore
/
In
the
whyche
regyon
lyke
as
it
is
sayd
.
there
were
many
holy
faders
more
perfyte
in
vertues
&
graces
that
in
theym
of
whan
is
made
mencyon
here
tofore
/
¶
Of
the
peryllis
that
ben
on
the
way
for
to
goo
to
the
hermytages
.
&
begynnith
in
latyn
¶
Sepcies
namque
/
Caplm.
xxxiii.
SAynt
Iherom
in
gooynge
to
the
hermitages
was
.vii.
tymes
in
daunger
/
And
in
the
eyghte
god
delyuerde
hym
/
¶
On
a
tyme
he
&
his
felowes
were
fyue
dayes
and
fyue
n●ghtes
in
gooynge
.
wythoute
to
haue
ony
thynge
to
ete·
or
to
drynke
.
for
to
susteyne
and
mayntene
their
bodyly
lyfe
/
¶
Also
they
were
in
a
valeye
out
of
whyche
yssued
a
salte
humour
/
the
whyche
by
the
hete
of
the
sonne
Incontynent
was
harded
as
yce
/
And
that
yce
tourned
in
to
salte
soo
rude
and
soo
sharpe
.
that
it
prycked
in
manere
of
nedles
/
of
whyche
the
wayes
were
soo
aspre
or
sharpe
and
soo
dyuers
.
that
not
only
the
bare
fote
men
that
some
soo
went
/
but
also
they
that
shoed
with
gode
and
stronge
shoes
were
cutte
&
broken
/
¶
The
peryll
of
whyche
waye
saynt
Iherom
myghte
vnnethe
escape
/
¶
The
thyrde
peryll
was
in
a
valeye
.
where
as
they
were
in
.
In
the
whiche
the
grounde
was
soo
softe
and
moryssh
.
that
they
entred
vp
to
the
raynes
/
They
seenge
theymselfe
soo
sonken
and
lette
wythin
th
ordure
beganne
to
praye
god
.
in
sayenge
eche
by
hymself
/
My
god
god
saue
me
/
for
the
waters
haue
enuyronned
and
closed
me
vnto
the
dethe
/
I
am
drowned
vnto
the
botom
of
the
slyme
of
the
erthe
.
and
haue
noo
strengthe
for
to
socour
my
life
/
¶
The
fourth
was
whan
thre
dayes
durynge
they
were
in
grete
Inundacyons
&
ouerflowenges
of
waters
that
were
flowed
ouer
the
bankes
out
of
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
/
¶
The
fifthe
peryll
in
gooyng
by
the
see
syde
/
where
as
they
were
chaced
of
theues
aboute
of
.x.
myle
waye
/
And
notwythstondynge
that
the
theues
dyde
to
hem
none
harme
neuertheles
they
made
theym
to
renne
/
that
they
were
almoost
deed
for
traueyle
/
¶
The
syxte
was
in
passynge
ouer
the
flood
of
Nyle
.
where
as
they
were
in
grete
&
merueylous
daunger
to
be
slayn
¶
The
seuenth
was
vpon
the
ryuage
of
a
lake
or
ponde
called
Marethse
.
for
they
were
born
by
Impetuse
&
terryble
wyndes
in
a
merueylous
yle
.
in
that
whyche
they
were
in
a
traunse
for
the
grete
colde
that
was
there
/
The
whiche
thynge
happend
to
theym
in
the
dayes
of
that
so
lempnyte
of
th
epiphanye
/
¶
The
.viii.
was
in
comynge
to
the
monasteryes
of
Nytrye
.
in
whyche
place
they
founde
a
grete
stagne
or
ponde
comynge
out
of
the
water
of
Nyle
.
in
whiche
place
were
in
fynyte
nombre
of
merueyllous
beestes
.
&
pryncypally
serpents
venemous
.
namyd
Cokadrylles
/
the
whyche
beestes
whan
the
sonne
shone
came
to
the
ryuage
of
the
sayd
stagne
.
&
laye
there
lyke
as
thei
had
ben
deed
/
And
whan
they
cam̄nye
for
to
see
them
.
wenyng
that
they
had
ben
deed
/
Incontynent
they
aroos
for
to
deuoure
theym
.
&
they
wyste
not
what
to
do
but
calle
the
name
of
god
that
whiche
Inuocacion
made
.
the
sayde
beestes
Incontynent
fledde
to
wythin
the
ponde
as
thei
had
be
chaced
bi
an
angel
of
heuen
/
¶
After
that
they
were
escaped
fro
the
sayd
places
.
they
went
to
the
monasteryes
of
Hermytes
&
Religiouses
for
yelde
thankynges
to
god
.
whiche
for
soo
grete
perylles
&
daungers
had
delyuerd
theym
/
In
consyderyng
the
sayd
perylles
maye
clerely
&
openly
be
knowen
that
saynt
Iherom
ne
the
other
gloryons
sayntes
haue
not
wythout
to
suffre
grete
&
merueyllous
paynes
&
trybulacyons
come
to
the
reame
of
heuen
/
But
desiryng
to
come
to
the
same
/
haue
ben
contente
not
oonly
to
forsake
the
vanytees
&
delectacyons
of
the
worlde
/
But
also
some
to
expose
theyr
bodies
to
bere
terryble
and
strayte
penaunces
.
And
other
to
suffre
horrible
tormentes
vnto
the
deth
abydynge
the
retrybucion
of
the
souerayn
rewarder
Ihesu
Cryste
/
To
whom
be
attrybued
glorye
/
honour
.
&
puyssaunce
eternally
/
Amen
/
¶
Here
folowen
the
lyues
and
fayttes
of
holy
faders
of
Egypte
that
dwelleden
in
Syrye
and
Thebayde
/
Lyke
as
saynt
Iherom
fonde
theym
antentyely
wreten
in
Greke
/
And
after
by
him
translated
in
to
Eatyn
/
To
whom
he
adiousted
many
other
dedes
of
the
sayde
holy
faders
/
Whyche
by
other
translatours
had
be
verytably
translated
/
And
fyrst
folowith
shortly
the
Prologue
of
saynt
Iherom
in
the
lyf
of
saynt
Poul
the
fyrste
hermyte
/
&
the
forsayd
Prologue
begynyth
in
latin
¶
Ini
multos
/
Caplm.
xxxiiii.
MAny
aske
sayth
saynt
Iherom
who
was
the
firste
hermyte
/
Some
saye
Helye·
&
other
saye
saynt
Iohn
.
whyche
began
to
prophecye
tofore
he
was
borne
/
Other
saye
saynt
Anthonye
/
But
saynt
Machaire
&
Amathas
discyples
of
saynt
Anthonye
sayen
that
a
Thebaien
named
Poul
was
the
fyrste
.
whiche
began
the
lyfe
of
an
hermyte
.
Not
only
that
in
him
was
begon
the
name
.
that
whiche
oppynion
approueth
saynt
Iherom
/
But
neuertheles
for
asmoche
as
it
semyth
to
be
a
vayn
curyosyte
for
to
wylle
&
desire
to
knowe
who
was
the
fyrst
.
&
also
that
in
that
lyeth
noo
thynge
that
is
somoche
helthfull
.
it
is
moche
better
&
more
vaylable
to
dispose
&
appli●
him
to
folow
thother
gode
maners
&
vertues
of
the
holy
faders
.
than
to
tarye
of
a
thyng
of
soo
lytyll
valewe
/
¶
Of
the
lif
of
saynt
Poul
first
hermyte
begynnyng
¶
Sub
decio
/
ca·
.
xxxv·
IN
the
tyme
of
Decyen
&
Valeryen
persecutours
of
the
fayth
of
Cryste
.
&
that
Cornelius
a●t
Rome
&
Cypryan
at
Cartage
excersyced
theyr
wood
tyrannye
/
Many
holy
&
deuoute
Crysten
men
were
martred
in
Egypte
&
in
Thebayde
.
in
suche
wise
that
the
chirche
was
for
that
cause
merueylously
persecuted
/
&
the
name
of
our
blessyd
sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
horrybly
dispysed
&
defouled
/
¶
Thenne
to
this
purpose
saynt
Iherom
recountynge
.ii.
tyran̄yes
emonge
the
other
.
commysed
&
perpetred
by
the
sayde
Cyprian
tellyth
of
a
martyr
.
whom
he
enforced
to
endure
many
tormentes
of
fyre
.
whiche
coude
neuer
hurte
hym
ne
doo
to
hym
ony
gryef
or
harme
.
the
whyche
thynge
the
sayd
Cypryan
bare
aygrely
/
¶
And
by
grete
cruelte
he
dyde
hym
to
be
enoynted
with
hony
.
and
dyde
doo
bynde
his
hondes
byhynde
his
backe
.
to
th
ende
that
the
bees
&
flyes
sholde
sore
and
longe
stynge
&
prycke
hym
/
¶
To
a nother
yonge
man
whom
he
cowde
not
ouercome
by
tormentes
/
He
dyde
doo
make
a
fetherbed
well
arayed
in
a
fayr
gardyn
full
of
reed
rooses
&
floures
de
lys
/
nye
to
afayre
rennynge
water
/
To
whiche
bed
he
made
hym
faste
.
wythout
to
do
to
hym
ony
gryef
.
in
suche
wise
that
he
cowde
not
ryse
ne
torne
on
the
one
syde
ne
on
that
other
.
¶
And
after
that
eche
man
was
departed
.
made
a
comyn
woman
.
whiche
was
excellent
&
was
perfyghte
in
bodyly
beaute
/
whyche
enbraced
him
.
and
makynge
to
his
body
foule
to
wchȳges
&
dyshonest
.
whyche
sholde
be
abhomynable
.
stynkyng
.
&
shamfull
to
reherce
.
and
all
for
to
moue
hym
to
the
synne
of
lecherye
/
¶
The
whiche
thynge
seenge
the
good
knyght
of
Ihu
Cryst
wyst
not
what
to
doo
.
to
th
ende
that
he
whyche
had
vaynquysshed
the
deuyl
by
soo
many
tormentes
were
not
ouercome
by
a
woman
/
¶
And
by
cause
he
myghte
not
putt
her
from
hym
/
ne
had
power
of
noo
membre
to
put
her
from
hym
/
He
putt
oute
as
moche
as
he
myghte
his
tongue
.
&
bote
it
a
sondie
wyth
his
teeth
.
and
spitte
it
in
the
vysage
of
the
fowle
&
ylle
woman
/
whiche
dyshonestly
kyssed
hym
.
to
th
ende
that
the
playsaunce
of
her
sholde
not
moeue
hym
to
synne
/
But
for
the
payne
and
anguisshe
that
he
felte
/
he
myghte
conserue
&
kepe
his
virgynyte
/
And
holde
it
agaynst
the
vyolence
of
the
sayde
fowle
and
euill
disposed
woman
/
¶
In
that
same
tyme
was
saynt
Poul
in
the
lowe
Regyon
of
Thebayde
.
of
the
a●ge
of
syxtene
yeres
/
¶
But
neuerthelesse
he
was
well
Instruce
in
lettres
Greke
and
Egypcyen
/
He
abode
and
dwelled
faderles
and
moderles
.
wyth
one
his
syster
thenne
maryed
¶
He
seenge
the
persecucyon
of
the
true
Crysten
men·
wente
in
to
a
towne
moche
ferre
fro
his
countree
/
And
from
thens
in
to
a
mountayne
full
of
roches
/
Att
foote
wherof
was
a
grete
and
a
merueylous
pytte
couerd
with
a
stone
/
¶
The
whyche
he
toke
awaye
and
loked
therin
.
And
founde
there
a
moche
fayre
fountayne
/
Wyth
this
there
was
in
the
sayd
mountayne
dyuerse
habitacōns
and
dwellinges
/
Wherin
he
fonde
many
maners
of
Instrumentes
/
wyth
whyche
had
be
made
in
tyme
passed
secretly
and
forged
false
money
.
Lyke
as
it
is
wretch
in
histories
of
Egypte
in
the
tyme
that
Anthonye
was
with
Cleopatra
/
¶
Saynt
Poul
louyd
thene
merueyllously
the
sayde
place
.
Eyke
as
god
hadde
gyuen
it
to
hym
/
¶
And
there
he
ladde
a
solytary
lyfe
/
In
o●cupyenge
deuowte
prayers
and
abstyn●nces
merueyllously
/
¶
His
vesture
was
oonly
of
leues
of
palme
/
And
other
mete
also
he
ete
not
/
¶
In
the
same
place
on
the
side
of
Syrye
nyghe
by
the
Sa●asyus
lawe
saynt
Iherom
an
Hermite
the
whyche
had
be
there
shytte
&
enclosed
thyrty
yere·
without
to
ete
ony
other
thynge
than
barly
breede
&
to
drynke
water
ful
of
ordure
&
fylthe
/
¶
And
a nother
wythin
a
cysterne
.
the
whyche
ete
but
euery
daye
.v.
fygges
for
his
sustentacyon
/
&
that
this
is
true
saynt
Iherom
callyth
god
&
his
angellis
to
wytnesse
/
¶
Thenne
for
tachieue
of
saynt
Poul
/
We
oughte
to
knowe
that
whan
he
was
come
to
th
age
of
.
C
xxx
yere
in
lyuynge
an
heuenly
lyf·
In
a nother
partye
was
saynt
Anthoaye
.
the
whiche
hadd
lyued
.
lxxxx
.
yeres
/
And
by
cause
that
he
was
tempted
of
vaynglory
/
wenynge
that
in
the
hermytages
hadd
none
be
better
than
he
/
By
the
wyll
of
god
it
was
shewed
to
hym
by
nyghte
that
there
was
one
more
perfyte
than
he
/
¶
And
assone
as
it
was
daye
saynt
Anthonye
departed
/
And
how
well
that
he
was
sore
feblysshyd
in
his
body
/
He
went
fourth
wyth
a
staffe
in
his
honde
/
And
putt
hymselfe
in
dylygence
for
to
seke
saynt
Poul
/
¶
For
it
was
he
of
whom
he
had
had
Reuelacyon
/
¶
And
whan
he
had
walkyd
vnto
myddaye
/
Not
knowynge
what
waye
he
sholde
take
and
holde
.
He
founde
a
Monstre
halfe
horse
and
halfe
man
/
Whom
the
Poetes
name
Centaure
/
Of
whom
he
was
gretly
abasshed
/
¶
And
he
blessyd
hym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
And
askyd
of
hym
in
what
place
saynt
Poul
enhabyted
and
dwellyd
¶
To
this
demaunde
or
askyng
the
sayd
Centaure
ansuerde
some
wordes
/
whiche
saynt
Anthonye
vnderstode
not
/
And
after
he
shewed
him
the
waye
on
the
ryght
honde
.
and
Incontynent
as
he
hadd
fledde
he
vanysshed
a
waye
fro
the
syghte
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
The
whiche
beeste
saynt
Anthonye
doubted
strongly
/
For
we
fynde
not
whether
it
was
a
monstre
or
a
deuyll
.
But
neuertheles
he
wente
forth
/
And
anone
after
in
a
valeye
full
of
stones
.
he
sawe
a
lytyl
man
hauyng
his
nosethrilles
torned
outwarde
.
the
forbede
full
of
ferdful
hornes
/
and
his
fete
lyke
to
the
fete
of
a
ghoe●
/
¶
To
whom
saynt
Anthonye
replenysshed
with
the
shelde
of
fathe
.
and
wyth
the
habergron
of
hope
as
a
good
Champyon
adressyd
hymselfe
.
questyonynge
hym
what
he
was
.
The
whyche
ansuered
/
¶
I
am
sayde
he
a
mortall
dweller
in
this
hermytage
with
the
other
/
Whyche
haue
be
there
dysceyued
by
many
temptacyons
/
¶
We
praye
the
that
thou
pray
for
vs
one
god
onely
/
The
whyche
is
descended
in
to
the
erthe
for
oure
helthe
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
herynge
thyse
wordes
wepte
and
alle
by
wette
his
fare
wyth
teeres
/
¶
For
he
reioyced
hym
of
the
glorye
of
god
/
And
of
the
contrarye
of
the
destruccyon
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
Also
he
was
moche
admerueylled
how
he
vnderstode
the
langage
&
speche
of
the
same
beeste
/
¶
And
after
he
beganne
to
smyte
with
a
staffe
vppon
the
erthe
sayenge
/
Acursyd
be
Alexandrye
/
The
whyche
adoure
and
worshyppe
for
theyr
god
th
idols
/
In
whyche
the
deuylles
enhabyte
and
dwelle
/
¶
Ha
Regyon
.
what
mayste
thou
saye
/
The
beestes
confessen
the
name
of
god
/
And
thou
worshyppest
the
deuylles
/
¶
In
sayenge
thyse
wordes
/
The
same
beeste
vanysshed
away
Lyke
as
it
hadde
flowen
in
the
ayre
/
¶
After
this
saynt
Anthonye
abode
in
his
enterpryse
.
in
folowynge
the
waye
of
wylde
beestes
/
And
not
knowynge
what
waye
he
sholde
take
.
¶
Thus
contynued
the
seconde
daye
/
wythoute
to
knowe
whether
it
were
daye
or
nyghte
/
¶
And
fynably
he
founde
a
wulfe
gooynge
vpwarde
towarde
a
mountayne
/
The
whyche
had
grete
thurste
/
¶
And
whan
he
sawe
hym
goone
vp
/
He
wente
after
vnto
a
fosse
or
a
dyche
.
The
whyche
he
behelde
/
But
neuerthelesse
by
cause
the
place
was
tenebrouse
or
derke
.
he
apperceyued
noo
thynge
/
¶
Alwaye
lyke
as
he
had
perfyght
dyleccyon
/
And
fered
noo
thynge
/
he
wente
peasybly
in
to
the
dyche
or
hoole
/
herkenynge
yf
there
were
ony
thynge
/
¶
Soo
abydynge
by
feruente
charytee
Whyche
puttynge
from
hym
alle
feere·
and
drede
/
Wente
soo
ferre
fourth
and
soo
longe
/
That
he
sawe
the
doore
of
a
place
.
In
whyche
was
saynt
Poul
/
¶
And
in
approuchynge
or
comynge
nyghe
to
the
same
/
He
knockyd
wyth
his
fote
ayenst
a
stone
.
whyche
made
a
lityll
noyse
/
¶
The
whyche
herynge
saynt
Poul
Incontynent
shytte
his
doore
¶
And
whanne
saynt
Anthonye
sawe
his
doore
shytte
/
¶
He
abode
there
by
the
space
of
syxe
houres
/
¶
And
fynably
he
sayde
to
him
thyse
wordes
/
Poul
my
broder
/
Thou
knoweste
by
Reuelacion
of
god
whom
that
I
am
/
And
fro
whens
I
come
/
And
wherfore
I
am
comyn
hyther
/
¶
I
knome
well
that
I
am
not
worthy
to
see
the
/
But
neuerthelesse
I
praye
the
open
to
me
thy
doore
/
¶
For
surely
my
frende
I
shall
neuer
departe
fromhens
tyll
I
haue
seen
that
/
Thou
susteynest
well
that
brute
beestes
Wherfor
thenne
openest
not
thou
thy
doore
to
me
that
am
a
beest
resonable
.
I
haue
sought
the.
&
haue
founde
that
/
And
haue
knocked
to
th
ende
that
thou
shold
open
the
dore
to
me
/
the
whiche
thynge
yf
thou
doo
not
I
shal
dey-here
in
abydyng
that
/
And
thus
tofore
the
dore
of
saynt
Poul·
the
blessyd
saynt
Anthonye
sorowed
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Poul
ansuerde
to
him
/
O
knyght
of
god
noo
man
threnyth
that
/
in
desyrynge
like
as
the
desirest
/
&
thou
thretnest
mein
wayllynge
&
sayenge
that
thou
shalte
deye·
yf
I
opene
not
to
the
the
dore
/
And
thus
in
smylynge
saynt
Poul
opened
the
dore
to
saynt
Anthonie
/
&
whan
it
was
opened
.
that
one
saluted
that
other
by
theyr
names
/
And
yet
hadd
they
neuer
seen
eche
other
/
And
after
that
they
embracyd
and
kyssed
togyder
a
long
whyle
/
¶
Now
lete
vs
thynke
what
welcomynges
and
thankes
full
of
deuocyon
were
thenne
bitwene
theim
tweyne
.
Certaynly
it
shold
be
longe
to
reherce
/
¶
After
saynt
Poul
began
to
saye
/
Alas
my
broder
thou
haste
taken
grete
labour
for
to
see
me
/
And
I
am
noo
thynge
but
a
wretchyd
carayne
all
roten
for
aege
/
thou
seest
a
man
the
whyche
anone
shall
be
come
asshes
or
duste
/
But
charite
enduryth
.
and
suffreth
all
manere
traueylle
.
how
grete
someuer
it
be
/
¶
Now
say
to
me
my
broder
.
how
men
ben
gouerned
in
the
worlde
/
Yf
ony
be
deceyued
by
the
temptacyon
of
the
enmye
the
deuyll
/
&
vnder
what
domynacion
is
the
worlde
gouerned
/
And
in
sayeng
suche
wordes
togyder
.
came
a
Crowe
or
a
byrde
whiche
lete
falle
a
loof
of
brede
tofore
thise
two
holy
men
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Poul
sayd
/
My
right
dere
&
byloued
broder
.
le●e
vs
thynke
on
the
goodnes
of
our
lorde
.
the
whyche
hath
sente
to
vs
our
dyner
/
Helas
he
is
moche
mercyfull
&
lowely
/
It
is
now
syth
.lx.
yeres
that
euery
daye
I
haue
had
halfe
a
loof
of
breede
.
but
now
at
thy
comyng
god
hath
multeplyed
the
por●dern
.
and
hath
sente
dowble
pytaun●e
/
Thenne
by
a
welle
or
fountayne
whiche
was
there
.
they
rendred
&
gaue
thankynges
vnto
god
/
And
after
they
were
by
two
houres
in
doynge
honoure
that
one
to
that
other·
whyche
of
theym
sholde
departe
the
brede
/
Saynt
Poul
sayd
it
was
saynt
Anthonies
parte
to
doo
it
by
cause
he
was
his
gheste
Sayenge
that
honoure
oughte
alwaye
to
be
gyuen
to
the
ghestes
/
Saynt
Anthonye
sayde
the
contrary
/
But
that
it
apperteyned
to
saynt
Poul
/
By
cause
he
was
more
auncyente
and
more
perfyghte
/
¶
For
vnto
the
perfyghte
and
vertuous
is
honoure
due
/
¶
And
at
laste
they
holdyng
the
same
breede
bytwene
theyr
hondes
/
It
was
departed
and
deuyded
by
the
grace
of
god
.
that
to
eche
of
theym
abode
his
porcyon
/
¶
And
after
that
they
had
eten
they
dranke
a
lytyll
water
of
the
fountayne
in
renderyng
and
gyuynge
graces
and
thankes
to
god
/
¶
That
done
they
putt
theym
bothe
togyder
in
prayer
.
And
woke
all
the
nyghte
in
prayenge
to
god
deuowtly
/
¶
O
deuowte
soule
.
Thynke
what
prayer
euery
man
now
makyth
on
his
partye
/
¶
They
had
noo
fantasye
of
the
worlde
In
thynkynge
what
they
sholde
ete
or
drynke
/
Clooth
.
or
to
hoose
.
or
shoo
theym
/
¶
Alas
we
that
ben
in
the
worlde
canne
not
saye
an
(
Aue
maria
)
wythoute
to
haue
lettynges
wythoute
nombre·
or
empesshements
.
As
euery
man
knowyth
in
hymselfe
/
¶
On
the
mo●●e
whanne
it
was
daye
saynt
Poul
sayd
to
saynt
Anthonye
/
It
is
longe
syth
I
knewe
that
thou
dwelledest
in
thyse
Regyons
.
¶
For
god
hath
promysed
to
me
longe
sythe
:
that
I
sholde
haue
one
his
seruaunte
wyth
me
/
But
bycause
that
in
folowynge
the
appostle
.
it
is
longe
syth
that
I
desyred
to
be
wyth
Ihu
cryst
/
thou
art
by
hym
sent
byder
to
th
ende
.
that
thou
put
my
body
whiche
is
but
erthe
within
the
bely
of
his
moder
whiche
is
the
erthe
/
&
with
his
bredern
whiche
hen
the
wormes
the
ben
of
the
erth
/
Thenne
saynt
Anthony
began
to
wayle
&
wepe
so
habundantly
that
none
can
write
.
in
prayenge
hym
that
he
myght
holde
hym
companye
in
this
mortall
waye
of
the
worlde
Saynt
Poul
ansuerde
/
Thou
oughtest
not
to
seche
that
thynge
whyche
is
in
thy
possessyon
/
but
the
strange
thynges
/
¶
It
is
necessary
to
the
to
leue
thy
careyne
and
folowe
Ihesu
Cryste
/
And
to
thyne
other
bredern
that
they
gouerne
theym
by
the
ensample
of
thy
lyfe
/
Wherfore
thou
shalt
goo
to
thyne
house
/
And
thou
shalte
brynge
the
mantell
whiche
the
bysshopp
Athanase
gaaf
to
the
for
to
couere
my
body
whan
it
shal
be
deed
/
And
thyse
wordes
sayde
saynt
Poul
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
not
for
drede
that
his
body
sholde
be
wythout
couerture
/
For
neuer
in
his
lyfe
he
had
not
couerde
it
.
but
wyth
leues
of
palmes
/
but
he
sayd
this
to
the
ende
/
that
saynt
Anthonye
sholde
departe
.
and
that
his
dethe
sholde
not
be
to
hym
sorowfull
/
¶
O
how
grete
charyte
is
soone
come
emonge
theym
that
ben
perfyghte
for
one
daye
oonly
that
they
had
ben
togyder
/
¶
Saynt
Poul
dradde
to
angre
saynt
Anthonye
/
His
requeste
herde
.
saynt
Anthonye
was
merueylously
abasshyd
how
he
knewe
that
saynt
Athanase
hadd
gyuen
to
hym
a
mantell
/
And
by
that
he
knewe
that
he
had
god
in
his
hert●●
And
therfore
he
durste
not
answere·
b●●
kyssed
hym
soo
swetly
&
soo
brotherly
/
bothe
his
eyen
&
hondes
in
weping
grete
teeres
.
that
he
myght
not
well
departe
from
him
/
¶
And
after
he
came
agayn
in
to
his
hermytage
/
And
by
cause
that
saynt
Anthonye
was
moche
feble
by
cause
of
his
abstynences
.
myght
not
soo
soone
come
as
his
courage
constrayned
hym
/
¶
And
thus
as
he
came
in
to
his
lytyll
hous
/
two
of
his
discyples
came
metynge
hym
/
And
sayd
to
hym
¶
Where
haste
thou
be
soo
longe
fader
What
haste
thou
be
soo
longe
from
vs
Helas
we
supposed
to
haue
loste
that
/
and
doubted
that
thou
haddest
ben
deed
/
Thou
arte
tyght
welcome
/
For
the
heuynesse
that
we
had
for
thy
departyng
Thy
comynge
agayne
hath
rendred
to
vs
Ioye
without
melancolye
/
¶
He
ansuerde
to
theym
/
Helas
I
am
a
poore
synar
vnworthy
to
be
namyd
Relygyouse
/
¶
I
haue
seen
Helye
and
Iohan
in
deserte
/
¶
And
verely
I
haue
seen
saynt
Poul
in
heuen
/
¶
And
Incontinente
he
tooke
in
his
celle
the
mantell
for
to
retorne
towarde
saynt
Poul
/
¶
Thenne
the
bredern
demaunded
of
hym
the
cause
why
he
was
soo
heuy
&
soo
sorowfull
/
¶
And
he
answeryd
to
theym
/
That
there
was
a
tyme
to
speke
.
And
a
tyme
to
be
stylle
/
¶
Thenne
he
toke
a
lytyll
mete
/
And
retourned
by
the
waye
that
he
came
/
Desyrynge
syngulerly
to
see
the
holy
Heremyte
Poul
.
Doubtynge
also
that
he
sholde
rendre
his
soule
to
god
in
his
absence
/
¶
And
after
fynably
he
wente
wyth
soo
grete
dylygence
as
was
to
him
possyble
/
and
in
suche
wyse
.
as
that
he
had
not
walked
but
thre
houres
/
¶
Whanne
he
sawe
〈◊〉
●●ule
of
saynt
Poul
amonge
the
an
〈◊〉
.
Appostles
/
Prophetes
.
and
marters
pure
.
clene
and
white
as
snowe
borne
vpp
in
to
heuen
/
And
Incontynente
he
felle
downe
to
the
erthe
/
And
couered
his
heed
wyth
sonde
in
sayenge
/
¶
Wherfor
Poul
leuest
thou
me
/
Helas
wherfore
goost
thou
wythoute
sayenge
to
me
adieu
/
or
farewell
/
Helas
I
haue
ouerlate
knowen
the
/
And
ouer
soone
thou
goost
/
Now
haue
I
loste
alle
comforte
Helas
if
I
had
not
seen
the
ne
knowen
I
shold
not
now
haue
the
harme
ne
euyll
that
I
haue
/
¶
O
man
of
god
.
make
thy
requeste
now
in
that
hye
place
/
where
as
the
angels
haue
borne
the
to
/
that
I
maye
by
very
faythe
goo
soone
and
folowe
the
/
¶
After
that
he
had
well
egrely
wepte
&
waylled
.
he
was
and
founde
hymself
also
lyghte
as
a
byrde
or
a
fowle
fleenge
and
not
wythout
cause
/
For
he
beynge
arryued
at
the
hermytage
of
saynt
Poul
/
He
fonde
hym
knelynge
on
his
knees
vnmoeuable
.
his
hede
beynge
lyft
vp
on
hyghe
and
his
hondes
Ioyned
in
suche
wyse
as
saynt
Anthonye
had
supposyd
as
he
had
ben
yet
alyue
/
But
by
cause
he
drewe
noo
brethe
.
he
wyste
well
he
was
deed
/
He
was
abowte
to
burye
hym
.
in
sayenge
psalmes
and
ympnes
/
lyke
as
thenne
was
the
custome
to
burye
the
faders
of
Egypte
/
He
supposyd
to
haue
putt
hym
in
to
the
erthe
/
But
he
founde
neyther
pykeys
ne
shouel
for
to
make
a
pytt
or
graue
/
Wherof
his
heuynesse
was
encreaced
.
consyderyng
that
he
myght
not
lyghtly
make
it
/
For
it
was
foure
Iourneyes
vnto
his
monastery
/
And
of
that
other
parte
.
he
thought
in
hymself
.
that
withoute
pyk●oys
and
shouel
he
myghte●e
doo
noo
thynge
/
¶
He
beynge
〈◊〉
malencolye
.
concluded
in
hymself
byde
there
tyll
he
sholde
deye
nyghe
to
the
layd
body
.
¶
And
thus
thynkynge
came
two
lyons
sodaynly
.
whyche
made
saynt
Anthonye
sore
aferde
/
But
he
anone
retorned
towarde
god
by
deuowte
orison
/
And
anone
was
assured
.
and
had
noo
more
fere
ne
drede
/
¶
And
he
behelde
the
lyons
.
whyche
began
to
waylle
.
and
lamente
by
the
corps
of
saynt
Poul
/
Lyke
as
they
had
had
vnderstondynge
resonable
/
And
after
theyr
wayllynges
/
they
made
a
depe
pytte
of
the
lengthe
of
the
holy
saynt
Poul
/
The
whyche
made
they
came
to
saynt
Anthonye
/
and
lycked
his
hondes
and
fete
Lyke
as
they
had
axyd
his
benedyccyon
for
theyr
rewarde
that
they
had
there
done
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
in
praysynge
god
sayd
/
O
my
lorde
&
my
god
wythout
the
prouydence
of
whom
one
oonly
leef
of
the
tree
fallyth
not
to
the
grounde
/
Gyue
to
thyse
lyons
that
whyche
thou
knowest
that
ought
to
be
gyuen
to
them
/
¶
And
after
blessyd
theym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
.
to
the
ende
that
they
sholde
goo
theyr
waye
/
And
after
whan
they
were
departed
.
he
putt
the
body
in
the
erthe
the
beste
wyse
he
myghte
/
And
on
the
morne
came
agayne
/
And
as
his
heyre
brought
his
robe
of
leeues
/
the
whyche
he
ware
or
Eester
daye
and
Whytsondaye
oonly
/
¶
Vpon
this
matere
for
to
excyte
theym
that
haue
soo
moche
payne
.
for
to
hope
and
to
assemble
bi
neclygent
wayes
townes
.
castelles
.
lordshippes
.
and
other
temporell
godes
in
soo
grete
quantyte
.
and
the
whyche
some
tyme
begge
in
the
ende
of
theyr
dayes
/
Saynt
Iherom
knowynge
the
holy
lyfe
of
the
sayde
gloryous
saynt
Poul
/
whyche
neuer
hadde
suffraunce
ne
Indygence
.
makyth
to
theym
suche
an
exhortacyon
/
¶
Thynke
thou
prowe
man
that
drynkest
and
etest
in
vessellis
of
golde
and
syluer
.
and
gayely
made
fayr
and
ryche
wyth
precyouse
stones
/
Thynke
that
to
the
deuowte
and
holy
man
.
Whyche
hadd
not
but
oonly
one
Robe
of
leues
of
Palme
was
heuen
opened
.
And
to
the
prowde
is
hells
made
redy
¶
Thynke
in
lyke
wyse
of
thy
sepulture
composyd
of
stones
.
of
marble
.
or
of
syluer
&
gylce
/
Or
that
is
couered
with
veluet
.
with
whiche
thou
mayst
be
brente
/
¶
Helas
the
holy
man
hadd
not
but
a
lytyll
of
erthe
/
Helas
ye
worldly
men
deporte
or
forbere
you
/
And
take
not
so
moche
payne
to
gadre
and
hepe
richesses
/
¶
Alas
how
is
a
man
soo
moche
a
foole
for
to
burye
a nother
in
clothe
of
golde
or
of
sylke
/
For
Incontynent
and
as
soone
as
a
man
whiche
hathe
lyued
euyll
and
synfully
is
out
of
this
worlde
/
He
is
but
in
wepynges
and
in
waylynges
/
¶
The
sepulcre
of
golde
ne
the
dothe
of
parement
maye
not
raunson̄e
hym
fro
the
paynes
that
he
suffreth
/
¶
Alas
poore
prowde
man
.
wolt
thou
deye
in
thy
pryde
.
that
desyrest
to
be
buryed
soo
costle
we
/
¶
Fro
whens
comyth
this
folye
/
Whan
thou
haste
be
ambycyous
in
thy
lyfe
.
and
that
hath
be
made
to
the
soo
many
vayne
honours
/
Thou
desyrest
yet
.
that
they
yet
sholde
be
made
to
thy
careyne
after
thy
deth
/
¶
And
ofte
perauenture
some
haue
fayre
and
ryche
sepulture
.
of
whom
the
soule
suffreth
harde
payne
/
¶
Here
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Anthonye
Abbot
/
Whyche
fyrste
was
broughte
in
to
wrytynge
.
and
sente
by
saynt
Anathase
to
the
bysshopp
of
Alexandrye
/
And
after
by
saynt
Enagrion
preest
translated
out
of
Greke
in
to
latyn
.
and
put
it
to
this
present
boke
.
whiche
is
made
of
holy
faders
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Igitur
Anthonius
.
&c.
Caplm.
xxxvi.
SAynt
Anthonye
born
in
Egipte
was
come
of
ryght
noble
parentes
.
as
was
of
noblesse
of
lignage
.
as
of
holy
conuersacyon
/
He
was
nourysshed
soo
solytaryly
that
he
knewe
noo
man
of
the
world
/
but
only
his
frendes
.
¶
Whan
he
was
a
lytyll
grete
that
is
to
wyte
in
his
Infancye
.
he
wolde
not
goo
play
with
lytyll
chyldern
.
but
he
went
in
to
the
chyrche
.
herynge
the
seruyce
of
god
/
And
notwythstondynge
that
the
chyldren
of
ryche
houses
had
a
custome
to
be
delicyously
nourysshed
with
dyuers
metes
/
Neuerthelesse
saynt
Anthonye
desyred
them
neuer
/
but
was
content
wyth
suche
as
men
gaaf
to
hym
/
¶
After
the
deth
of
his
frendes
he
abode
faderles
in
th
age
of
.xix.
or
.xx.
yere
.
&
with
him
dwelled
his
syster
.
whom
he
gouerned
&
taught
in
gode
dedes
&
werkes
.
&
thus
passyng
the
tyme·
vi
.
monthes
.
haunting
the
chirche
.
he
thought
how
th
apostles
left
all
theyr
substaunce
and
goodes
for
to
folowe
theyr
swete
lorde
and
mayster
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
On
a
tyme
he
beynge
in
the
chyrche
herde
one
rede
a
gospell
/
Whyche
made
mencyon
how
our
lord
sayd
to
a
Ryche
man
/
Yf
thou
wolt
be
perfyghte
selle
all
that
thou
haste
&
gyue
it
to
the
poore
.
and
come
folowe
me
.
And
for
that
thou
shalt
haue
tresour
in
heuen
/
¶
And
Incontynent
lyke
as
the
holy
scrypture
makych
mencyon
.
he
gaue
ouer
all
his
possessions
/
And
thre
hundred
mesures
or
acres
of
londe
.
whyche
apperteyned
to
hym
.
he
lefte
to
his
neyghbours
/
to
th
ende
that
he
wolde
noo
thynge
of
theyrs
.
ne
of
his
syster
/
Al
his
other
moeuable
goodes
he
solde
.
and
toke
the
money
.
and
gaue
it
to
poore
people
.
excepte
a
lytyll
whyche
he
gaaf
to
his
syster
.
whyche
was
of
●as●e
aege
&
more
f●ble
of
complec●nn
than
he
was
¶
And
after
agayne
he
retorned
to
the
●hy●●he
/
And
herde
●adde
in
the
gospel
that
noo
man
ought
to
thynke
how
he
sholde
lyue
on
the
morne
/
And
thenne
he
distrybuted
the
rysydue
of
his
godes
to
poore
peple
.
And
after
that
he
wold
no
more
retorne
home
to
his
hous
/
But
recomended
his
syster
to
the
vyrgynes
/
To
th
ende
that
by
theyr
good
ensamples
she
sholde
be
the
better
enfourmyd
in
good
maners
¶
All
his
desyre
was
to
enquyre
where
he
sholde
fynde
ony
holy
men
for
to
vysyte
theym
to
the
ende
that
he
myghte
receyue
some
fruyt
/
Like
as
the
bee
gooth
fro
floure
to
floure
for
to
gadre
some
thynge
for
to
make
his
hony
&
ware
/
¶
Emonge
the
other
there
was
one
solytary
man
not
ferre
fro
his
hous
/
Whom
he
ofte
vysyted
/
After
that
he
was
retorned
to
his
hermytage
.
he
gate
his
lyuynge
by
the
labour
of
his
hondes
/
consyderynge
that
he
whiche
labourith
not
is
not
worthy
to
ete
/
¶
Helas
he
had
somoche
ryches
whyche
he
had
gyuen
for
goddis
sake
/
For
the
honour
of
whom
.
and
in
obeyenge
his
worthy
Instruccyons
.
he
was
content
afterwarde
to
labour
/
&
to
begge
/
¶
What
shal
thou
doo
·
thou
cursyd
auaricyous
man
.
whyche
wolt
no
thynge
gyue
for
goddis
sake
/
Vneth
&
with
grete
payne
woldest
thou
nourysshe
a
poore
persone
one
hoole
daye
/
¶
Take
ensample
on
saynt
Anthonye
/
whyche
lefte
al
for
to
be
a
poore
beggar
/
Yet
of
that
he
wanne
wyth
his
grete
laboure
/
he
kepte
for
hym
but
brede
for
his
sustenaunce
/
And
the
remenaunt
he
gaaf
to
the
poore
/
He
gouerned
hym
soo
honestly
.
that
he
was
merueylously
biloued
of
all
his
bredern
/
¶
Of
al
theym
that
he
vysyted
he
helde
to
hymselfe
some
vertue
/
Of
that
one
he
wanne
contynence
&
chastytee
.
of
an
other
gladnesse
.
of
an
other
mekenesse
&
lowlynesse
:
of
a nother
studye
&
pacyence
/
And
fynably
he
had
the
fayr
vertue
of
charytee
/
whyche
is
the
maystresse
of
all
vertues
/
And
in
suche
wise
he
profited
fro
vertue
to
vertue
.
that
emonge
alle
his
bredern
there
was
none
lyke
to
hym
/
¶
The
deuyll
of
hell
enuye
to
mankynde
.
seenge
the
holy
lyfe
whyche
saynt
Anthonye
began
to
lede
.
was
enuyuous
.
and
enterprysed
to
tempte
him
/
¶
Fyrst
he
layed
tofore
his
eyen
to
th
ende
that
he
shold
departe
out
of
his
hermytage
the
noblesse
of
his
byrth
.
his
sister
whom
he
had
lefte
alone
.
th
abundance
of
his
godes
.
&
of
the
goodes
that
he
myght
gete
/
the
dyuerse
metes
that
he
might
ete
.
&
generally
he
presented
to
him
all
thynges
playsaunt
to
nature
/
¶
And
after
he
shewed
hym
how
it
was
harde
to
gete
vertue
.
seen
&
consydered
the
freelte
of
his
bddy·
And
that
he
myghte
yet
lyue
longe
tyme
/
Wherfore
thenne
sholde
he
be
thenne
longe
in
deserte
/
¶
All
thyse
thynges
putt
he
in
his
mynde
for
to
haue
reuokyd
hym
from
his
good
purpoos
/
But
this
notwithstondyng
he
ouercame
alwaye
the
deuyll
by
deuowte
prayers
and
ferme
constaunce
.
¶
Often
tymes
he
tempted
hym
in
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
.
&
that
was
by
cause
he
was
in
his
yonge
aege
But
by
longe
fastynges
and
contynuell
abstynences
he
wythstode
it
manly
/
¶
Some
tyme
by
nyght
the
deuyll
apperyd
to
hym
in
the
lykenesse
of
a
fayre
woman
/
But
Incontynente
for
to
wythstonde
it
.
he
remembred
how
hys
flesshe
sholde
rote
in
wormes
hastely
/
¶
A nother
tyme
the
deuyll
moeuyd
&
styred
hym
to
lyue
Ioyoeusly
in
lustes
of
his
flesshe
and
of
the
worlde
/
And
thenne
anone
he
wolde
bringe
to
remembraunce
the
paynes
and
tourmentes
of
helle
.
and
the
Ioyes
of
heuen
/
And
by
this
manere
he
wythstode
all
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuill
/
¶
Fynably
whan
the
deuyll
sawe
that
he
myghte
not
ouercome
the
good
holy
man
/
He
knelyd
downe
to
hym
in
the
semblaunce
or
lykenesse
of
a
lytyll
horryble
chylde
blacke
and
howlynge
/
And
also
in
cryenge
sayde
to
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
I
haue
deceyued
many
heremytes
and
holy
men
but
by
the
I
am
ouercome
and
put
vnder
fote
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
thenne
asked
hym
what
he
was
to
whom
he
ansuerde
/
I
am
the
grete
solycytour
of
Lecherye
.
the
deceyuer
of
yonge
peple·
called
the
spyryte
of
fornycacyon
.
whyche
ofte
tymes
haue
tempted
the.
&
alwaye
thou
hast
ouercome
me
/
And
whan
the
gode
knight
saynt
Anthonye
herd
this
ansuere
/
he
began
to
yelde
thankynges
to
god
.
of
this
that
he
had
put
hym
vnder
fote
.
and
sayd
/
My
god
be
thou
my
ayde
and
my
Protectoure
/
And
I
shall
neuer
fere
ne
drede
myn
enmye
.
¶
And
Incontynent
the
deuyll
whyche
was
seen
by
saynt
Anthonye
as
a
fantasme
.
vanysshed
away
/
and
he
sawe
hym
no
more
/
And
thus
was
the
fyrste
vyctory
gyuen
to
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
But
this
notwythstondynge
he
was
not
well
assured
/
For
he
knewe
by
holy
scrypture
.
that
the
deuyll
had
diuerse
maners
for
to
tempte
men
/
Wherfore
he
kepte
him
more
strongely
thenne
.
and
put
his
body
in
grete
suffraunce
.
to
th
ende
that
yf
he
had
vyctory
in
ony
thynges
ayenst
the
deuill
.
he
shold
not
be
ouercom
by
other
And
for
this
cause
he
occupyed
his
tyme
in
prayers
&
orysons
more
than
ony
of
his
bredern
heremytes
¶
The
moost
parte
he
woke
nyghte
&
daye
/
he
ete
but
one
tyme
on
the
day
.
and
that
was
after
the
sonne
gooynge
downe
/
Some
tyme
in
thre
or
foure
dayes
he
ete
not
but
ones
.
and
that
was
brede
&
salte
.
&
a
lytyll
water
/
His
bedde
was
of
Ionckes
.
and
his
vestyment
of
hayre
/
¶
Ofte
tymes
he
laye
all
naked
vpon
the
grounde
/
And
how
well
that
he
had
longe
tyme
suche
abstynences
.
yet
were
they
to
hym
noo
thynge
greuous
/
But
thoughte
alwaye
to
be
att
the
begynnynge
of
his
penaunce
in
encreacyng
alway
his
sayd
abstynences
/
¶
And
for
t
eschewe
vaynglory
/
he
dyde
payne
to
forgete
theim
/
And
in
dede
he
forgate
al
the
good
dedes
that
he
hadde
doone
:
And
enforced
to
doo
more
than
he
had
done
tofore
/
¶
He
remembred
alwaye
in
his
herte
the
prophete
Helye
.
that
sayde
/
My
god
seeth
to
whom
we
oughte
to
be
clene
and
apparayled
to
obeye
him
wyth
redy
wylle
/
¶
He
considerynge
alwaye
also
how
he
oughte
to
gouerne
hymselfe
euery
daye
whyle
he
lyued
/
And
hauynge
noo
regarde
to
the
tyme
passed
/
At
alle
houres
he
prepared
to
be
in
suche
estate
as
it
apperteyneth
to
a
veryry
Crysten
man
and
catholyque
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
thenne
thus
lyuynge
departed
from
his
hermytage
/
And
wence
ferder
from
the
cyte
/
¶
And
sence
to
one
his
kynnesman
that
in
certayn
dayes
he
sholde
sende
hym
for
to
lyue
for
the
sustentacyon
of
his
lyfe
/
whiche
kynnesman
and
frende
dyde
it
gladl●
/
¶
On
a
tyme
it
happed
that
he
hyselfe
came
for
to
v●syte
hym
/
¶
And
after
that
he
hadd
vysyted
hym
.
He
lefte
hym
allone
faste
shytte
/
¶
And
the
deuylles
came
in
grete
multytude
.
whyche
brake
vpp
the
doore
/
And
bete
hym
soo
moche
that
he
had
loste
his
voyce
/
and
his
herynge
/
¶
And
he
beynge
lefte
so
fore
hurte
and
wounded
/
that
the
payne
of
his
woundes
surmounted
all
tormentes
of
mankynde
/
¶
whanne
he
that
broughte
hym
to
ete
retourned
to
him
/
and
founde
his
doore
broken
.
and
hymself
halfe
deed
.
he
toke
hym
on
his
necke
.
and
bare
hym
vnto
his
house
/
He
beinge
there
.
the
neyghbours
&
frendes
came
to
/
and
sawe
him
almoost
dede·
beganne
merueyllously
to
wepe
/
And
so
longe
endured
that
fynably
for
gryef
they
felle
a
slepe
.
excepte
he
that
broughte
hym
/
¶
The
nyghte
beynge
come
/
saynt
Anthonye
lyfte
vp
his
hede
and
sawe
hym
that
broughte
hym
thyder
slepte
not
/
¶
Thenne
he
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
here
hym
agayn
to
his
hermytage
/
And
he
so
dyde
in
obeyeng
his
grete
prayers
/
¶
And
whan
he
was
in
his
hermytage
.
he
put
hymselfe
in
prayer
.
the
whiche
done
&
fynysshed
He
began
to
crye
wyth
an
hye
voys
in
spekynge
to
the
deuylles
/
¶
O
ye
enmyes
dampned
&
wicked
I
Anthonye
an
here
.
and
am
not
fledde
/
And
though
ye
doo
to
me
more
martyrdom
&
payn
yet
shall
ye
not
conne
departe
me
fro
the
loue
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
yet
more
ouer
he
sayd
yf
al
the
worlde
were
agaynst
me
.
I
shal
drede
noo
thynge
/
The
deuyll
seenge
that
he
had
suffred
somany
tormentes
.
merueylled
how
he
was
soo
hardy
to
retorne
/
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
callyd
his
cursed
dogges
&
sayde
/
Ne
see
ye
not
how
this
folysshe
hermyte
agryth
&
scornyth
vs
.
by
cause
he
hathe
not
be
ouercome
neyther
by
the
spyryte
of
fornycacion
ne
also
by
betynge
Ne
by
the
payne
that
we
haue
done
to
his
body
/
¶
Make
ye
redy
.
for
he
muste
by
vs
be
more
pugnisshed
than
he
was
byfore
/
He
shall
ryght
soone
●ete
what
we
ben
/
And
Incontinent
was
made
a
grete
tempeste
.
that
the
hous
was
broken
on
al
sydes
/
And
therin
entred
a
innumerable
multytude
of
deuylles
in
diuers
formes
/
Some
in
lykenesse
of
bulles
.
and
other
of
lyons
.
of
dragons
.
of
wulues
.
of
addres
.
of
serpentes
&
scorpyons
.
and
the
other
in
other
dyuerse
formes
.
as
of
liepardes
/
tygres
&
be●es
.
eche
of
hem
cried
after
his
nature
/
The
lyon
cryed
in
his
crye
.
wyllynge
to
slee
him
/
&
the
bulle
thretnynge
hym
wyth
his
hornes
.
/
and
so
euery
beeste
tormented
hym
in
his
maner
/
¶
As
towchynge
his
bodi
he
was
moche
febled
.
but
as
to
wchynge
the
soule
.
he
was
constaunt
&
a
bydynge
in
the
loue
of
god
.
&
mocked
theym
all
and
sayd
to
the
deuylles
/
Yf
ye
haue
strengthe
there
nedyth
but
one
to
assaylle
me
/
&
yet
more
ouer
he
sayde
to
theym
/
Yf
ye
ben
puyssaunt
&
god
hathe
gyue
you
power
ouer
me
.
I
am
redy
that
ye
deuoure
me
/
&
yf
he
hath
yeuen
to
you
noo
power
/
wherfore
enforce
ye
so
yourself
/
Knowe
ye
not
well
that
the
signe
of
the
Crosse
is
the
shelde
of
faythe
and
a
walle
inexpugnable
for
to
defende
vs
agaynst
you
/
¶
And
heryng
they
grunted
wyth
theyr
teeth
of
the
dyspyte
that
they
had
of
that
they
were
mocked
of
hym
.
wythout
to
haue
ony
power
ouer
hym
/
¶
Wherfore
our
lord
why
the
leuyth
not
his
seruauntes
in
daungeour
/
Seenge
the
vyctorye
of
his
gode
knyghte
saynt
Anthonye
/
came
for
to
vysyte
hym
/
Descendynge
as
a
lyghte
in
to
his
habytacyon
/
¶
After
whyche
lyghte
receyued
.
all
his
paynes
and
soores
were
heelyd
/
And
his
hous
whyche
was
al
to
broken
was
Incontynent
made
agayne
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
knewe
thenne
that
god
was
come
to
comforte
him
/
And
beganne
to
crye
/
O
my
god
/
O
good
Ihesus
where
were
thou
whan
I
was
thus
scorged
all
this
daye
why
camest
thou
not
atte
begynnynge
for
to
heele
my
woundes
and
soores
/
¶
The
voyce
ansueryd
/
Anthonye
I
was
here
/
But
I
taryed
thy
vyctorye
/
¶
And
now
bi
cause
thou
haste
strongly
foughten
.
I
shall
alwaye
helpe
the
/
And
shall
make
thy
name
be
renommed
thorugh
oute
all
the
worlde
/
The
whyche
voyce
herde
.
He
aroos
vp
.
and
was
more
stronge
and
constaunte
to
praye
god
thanne
he
was
tofore
/
¶
And
he
was
atte
that
tyme
.xxxv.
yere
olde
¶
And
after
whanne
his
vertues
began
to
growe
/
He
came
to
an
aeged
fader
whyche
dwelled
nye
to
hym
/
of
whom
is
spoken
tofore
/
Prayenge
hym
that
they
myghte
dwelle
togyder
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
by
cause
that
he
shold
not
complayne
of
his
olde
aege
/
And
also
bycause
that
he
had
not
be
accustomed
to
be
conuersaunt
wyth
ony
persone
/
Saynt
Anthonye
desyrynge
to
lyue
solytaryly
/
And
takynge
example
of
the
sayde
holy
fader
.
wente
alle
alone
vnto
a
mountayne
/
¶
And
in
gooynge
thyder
the
deuyll
whyche
cessyd
not
to
tempte
hym
.
layed
in
his
waye
a
plater
full
of
syluer
/
¶
The
whiche
saynt
Anthonye
seenge
ouerthwartly
.
in
thynkyng
that
the
sayde
plater
hadd
be
layed
there
by
the
deuylles
crafte
/
By
cause
that
in
the
waye
came
not
but
byrdes
and
wylde
beestes
/
¶
And
thenne
sayde
saynt
Anthonye
/
Goo
thou
dampned
deuyll
/
thou
and
thy
syluer
in
to
eternall
perdicyon
/
And
that
sayde
the
plater
vanysshed
awaye·
as
fume
or
smoke
departyth
from
the
fyre
/
¶
And
after
that
he
sawe
a
grete
masse
of
golde
/
And
for
fere
therof
he
fledde
to
the
mountayne
/
Lyke
as
he
wolde
haue
eschewed
a
grete
fyre
/
¶
And
after
that
he
had
passed
a
grete
flood
.
he
founde
a
castell
in
deserte
full
of
venimouse
beestes
/
In
whiche
he
abode
as
a
newe
hoost
/
¶
And
Incontynent
as
he
was
lodged
.
all
the
beestes
fledde
awaye
/
¶
Thenne
he
stopped
then
tree
with
stones
And
layed
as
moche
breed
therin
as
shold
suffyse
him
for
.vi.
monethes
/
¶
Now
it
was
soo
that
the
brede
of
Thebayde
endured
longe
as
the
space
of
a
yere
or
there
abowte
/
Neuer
after
he
wold
not
departe
ne
speke
to
man
of
the
worlde
but
twyes
only
in
the
yere
/
And
toke
his
sustentacyon
vnder
couuerture
wythoute
to
speke
to
theym
that
broughte
to
hym
the
sayde
sustentacyon
/
¶
Many
freres
desyrynge
to
see
hym
.
waked
all
the
nyghte
at
his
doore
/
the
whyche
ofte
tymes
herde
voyces
sayenge
to
saynt
Anthonie
/
Wherefor
puttest
thiselfe
in
our
habytacles
Goo
out
of
our
boundes
/
For
thou
shalt
not
mow
suffre
our
temptacyons
/
And
they
had
supposed
that
it
had
ben
men
that
hadd
entred
by
ladders
/
Wherfore
they
loked
wythin
the
caue
thrugh
the
c●euyces
/
And
by
cause
they
saw
no
persone
.
they
estemed
that
the●
were
deuilles
that
soo
spake
to
hym
/
¶
Thenne
they
were
aferde
in
suche
wyse
that
they
cryed
for
helpe
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
and
thenne
he
came
nyght
to
theym
.
&
wyth
his
worde
be
comforted
them
in
sayenge
/
¶
Blesse
ye
you
and
be
assured
.
Lete
the
deuylles
deceyue
themself
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
alwaye
lyued
in
encreacyng
his
vertue
&
prudence
/
¶
On
a
tyme
came
some
persones
to
hym
.
of
whiche
some
supposed
to
haue
founde
hym
deed
.
but
by
hymself
he
sayd
syngynge
To
my
wyll
god
enhaunsyth
hymself
And
all
his
enmyes
ben
destroyed
/
and
al
they
that
hate
hym
fleetofore
his
face
.
like
as
smoke
is
consumyd
soone
.
so
sone
faylle
they
/
And
lyke
as
ware
mel●yth
ayenst
the
fyre
soo
perysshe
they
that
ben
synnars
tofore
god
/
And
more
ouer
he
sayd
/
All
folke
haue
assaylled
me
in
the
name
of
our
lorde
.
and
I
haue
vainquysshed
theym
/
And
thus
in
that
wyldernesse
he
was
bi
the
space
of
twenty
yere
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
many
desyred
to
see
hym
for
to
folowe
his
maners
&
his
doctryne
.
came
some
in
to
his
hous
and
brake
it
by
force
/
But
whan
they
sawe
hym
they
were
amerueylled
how
he
was
soo
hoole
of
his
membres
/
For
he
was
not
swollen
by
his
longe
abydynge
enclosed
.
ne
by
his
fastynges
.
ne
by
tormentes
of
the
deuyllis
/
And
his
vysage
was
not
pale
ne
chaunged
but
he
was
as
a
yonge
persone
.
also
clene
of
all
his
membres
.
as
he
neuer
hadd
ony
harme
/
He
neuer
laughed
/
And
wyth
al
his
myght
he
kepte
hym
fro
synne
/
He
neuer
for
ony
praysyng
of
the
peple
was
the
more
prowde
/
¶
Many
by
his
prayers
were
delyuered
fro
deuyllis
&
theyr
power
.
His
wordes
were
alwaye
vertuouse·
He
comforted
the
desolate
.
He
taughte
alway
the
symple
&
Innocentes
.
he
appeasyd
alway
they
that
were
angry
To
all
he
shewed
that
no
persone
sholde
loue
ony
thynge
more
than
his
creatour
or
maker
/
¶
To
good
peple
he
shewed
the
glorye
eternall
and
the
mekenesse
of
god
/
And
how
god
the
fader
had
noo
feere
to
sende
his
sone
to
take
oure
nature
to
the
ende
for
to
redeme
vs
frothe
paynes
of
helle
/
¶
Also
he
counseyled
euery
man
not
to
leue
temporell
thynges
/
¶
On
a
tyme
in
the
conntree
of
A●senoytayns
.
as
he
wolde
goo
and
vysyte
his
brethern
and
his
felowes
/
he
passed
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
/
wythoute
hauynge
ony
harme
of
the
cokadrylles
and
other
beestes
that
were
there
/
¶
In
that
place
he
confermed
in
vertue
grete
nombre
of
his
brethern
.
In
suche
wyse
that
many
monasteryes
were
reedyfyed
/
¶
On
a
daye
he
beynge
wyth
his
brethern
/
They
requyred
hym
to
gyue
to
theym
some
Rules
for
to
gouerne
theym
in
vertue
/
Whyche
he
gaaf
to
theym
many
/
¶
Fyrst
that
they
solde
comforte
eche
other
/
And
that
whyche
they
hadde
goten
by
science
.
they
sholde
shewe
eche
to
other
/
¶
Also
that
they
sholde
neuer
haue
wyll
to
leue
theyr
estate
of
Heremyte
.
But
to
kepe
it
in
encreasynge
of
vertues
/
¶
For
mannes
lyffe
was
but
an
Instaunt
/
as
to
the
regarde
of
the
lyfe
eternall
¶
After
that
he
had
proposed
this
/
He
made
by
a
manere
of
taryenge
a
lytyll
scylence
/
¶
And
after
in
merueyllynge
of
the
bounte
and
largesse
of
god
.
he
beganne
to
saye
agayn
thyse
wordes
/
¶
O
my
brethern
consyder
ye
that
in
this
mortall
life
.
marchaundyses
and
rewardes
ben
egall
/
For
the
seller
receyueth
for
his
marchaundise
but
thynge
Iuste
of
the
byar
/
Ne
in
lyke
wyse
the
seruaunt
but
his
Iuste
deseruynge
of
his
lorde
/
¶
But
the
glorye
of
the
euerlastynge
life
maye
for
vyle
and
lytyll
pryce
be
boughte
/
¶
It
is
not
wreton
that
oure
dayes
excede
not
thre
score
and
ten
yeres
.
or
foure
score
yeres
/
And
yf
we
lyue
lenger
.
It
is
but
labour
and
sorowe
and
myserye
¶
For
in
that
aege
.
a
man
retorneth
to
the
state
of
Innocencye
/
¶
But
in
that
other
worlde
we
shall
liue
perpetuelly
/
Thenne
we
shall
not
enhabyte
the
erthe
.
but
the
heuen
/
And
the
body
that
we
shall
leue
corruptyble
we
shall
take
agayne
Incorruptyble
/
Therfore
my
brethern
be
noo
thynge
greuyd
ne
anoyed
/
For
the
shorte
passyons
of
this
worlde
ben
not
condygne
ne
worthy
to
the
perpetuelly
of
heuen
/
¶
Yf
ye
haue
lefte
ony
lityll
londe
or
possessyons
/
Be
not
dysplaysaunt
ne
sory
therfor
/
For
god
shal
yelde
to
you
for
it
an
hundred
fold
more
/
¶
They
that
shall
haue
left
the
godes
of
this
worde
for
to
serue
god
.
shall
haue
an
hundred
folde
more
in
that
other
worlde
/
¶
Also
oughte
they
to
consydre
.
that
woll
sette
theyr
herte
in
ouer
moche
louynge
the
rychesse
of
this
worlde
/
That
in
th
ende
they
shall
lede
theym
in
to
helle
/
¶
We
oughte
noo
thynge
to
loue
.
but
that
oonly
whyche
we
maye
here
wyth
vs
after
oure
dethe
/
¶
Oughte
we
not
thenne
to
loue
that
thynge
that
shall
cause
vs
to
goo
to
heuen
/
That
is
to
wyt
.
Sapyence
Chastyte
.
Iustyce
.
Fastynge
.
Prayer
.
●esynesse
on
the
poore
.
Ferme
faythe
.
Pacyence
ayenst
yre
/
And
generally
to
loue
god
and
our
neyghbour
as
ourselfe
/
¶
Consydre
that
we
ben
the
seruauntes
of
god
/
and
that
we
owe
to
hym
seruyce
.
as
to
hym
whiche
hath
created
vs
¶
Lete
vs
not
reioyce
vs
of
our
lyf
.
for
yf
we
ben
in
helthe
in
the
mornynge
/
Yet
we
be
not
sure
to
liue
to
euyn
/
And
yf
in
this
manere
we
ben
besye
for
our
helthe
.
we
shall
neuer
synne
/
¶
We
oughte
also
to
flee
hate
and
euyll
wyll
agayn
all
persones
/
And
aboue
all
thynges
loue
of
wymmen
/
¶
We
ought
promptly
and
benygnely
to
forgyue
and
pardonne
eche
other
/
¶
Tofore
oure
eyen
we
oughte
to
sette
two
thynges
/
that
is
to
wyte
the
laste
daye
of
oure
lyfe
.
whyche
is
the
dethe
/
And
the
nyghe
Iugement
of
god
/
¶
And
yf
for
the
loue
of
god
we
woll
kepe
vs
from
synne
/
Or
att
leest
for
drede
of
thyse
two
thynges
we
oughte
to
absteyne
vs
/
¶
Ferdermore
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
.
I
praye
you
my
brethern
.
loke
neuer
behynde
you
/
But
goo
alwayes
right
fourth
the
good
wayes
/
that
ye
haue
begonne
/
¶
For
he
that
puttyth
hys
honde
to
the
plough
/
And
lokyth
behynde
hym
/
He
is
not
worthy
to
haue
the
Reame
of
heuen
/
¶
Leue
the
Grekes
whyche
gone
in
to
straunge
londes
/
and
passen
ouer
the
see
.
for
to
gete
the
scyence
&
cunnynge
of
vayne
thynges
/
¶
We
haue
noo
thynge
to
doo
.
to
goo
hytherne
thyder
/
¶
For
the
Reame
and
regyon
that
we
pretende
to
haue
/
Lyke
as
god
wytnessyth
in
the
gospell
is
wythin
vs
/
¶
Ne
doubte
not
that
yf
our
soule
be
not
maculate
or
spotted
.
ne
defoyled
wyth
synne
/
That
in
her
shall
be
the
fountayne
of
alle
vertues
/
¶
Thenne
it
is
of
necessyte
that
it
be
good
/
For
it
is
created
or
made
of
a
mayster
/
whyche
is
souerayne
good
/
that
is
god
oute
Creatoure
and
Maker
/
¶
Lete
vs
consydre
the
wordes
of
oure
Sauyoure
Ihesu
Cryste
.
sayenge
¶
Doo
ye
soo
that
ye
haue
the
herte
clene
to
the
god
of
Israhell
/
¶
And
in
lyke
wyle
sayth
saynt
Iohan
/
whiche
sayth
/
¶
Doo
ye
soo
that
your
wayes
be
ryghtfull
pure
and
clene
/
Gouerned
by
the
faythe
of
god
/
¶
Now
for
to
doo
soo
it
byhouyth
vs
for
to
kepe
vs
from
the
spotte
of
synne
/
¶
We
oughte
souerainly
and
●●atly
for
to
kepe
vs
from
yee
or
w●athe
/
¶
For
whanne
the
man
is
angry
/
Wyth
ryght
grete
payne
maye
he
doo
ony
werke
agreable
or
playsaunt
vnto
god
/
By
cause
that
yre
or
wrathe
empessheth
and
lettyth
vertue
/
The
whyche
is
none
other
thynge
but
god
/
¶
Yet
after
also
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
to
the
Relygyouses
/
My
lytyll
chyldren
kepe
you
from
vayne
wordes
.
and
fro
pryde
/
¶
Some
there
ben
that
enterpryce
and
avaunte
theym
to
doo
well
/
But
they
folowe
not
the
dede
whyche
they
enterprysed
and
purposed
/
¶
Other
there
ben
that
clothe
theim
and
araye
theym
wyth
vestymentes
of
Relygyouses
/
and
folowe
Relygyon
/
to
the
ende
to
seme
and
appyere
good
/
But
within
their
hertes
they
ben
wulues
enraged
/
And
ben
werse
thanne
deuylles
¶
For
vnder
the
shadow
of
good
/
they
done
Infynyte
harmes
and
euylles
/
¶
After
the
holy
fader
saynt
Anthonye
shewed
to
theym
some
fallaces
or
disceytes
whyche
the
deuylles
done
in
dyuerse
maners
and
mockynges
/
In
sayenge
that
often
tymes
the
deuyll
sheweth
him
to
the
holy
men
in
lykenesse
of
men
/
In
blaundysshynge
theym
and
flaterynge
theym
wyth
fayte
and
swete
wordes
/
And
in
praysynge
theyr
estate
and
constaunce
/
¶
And
often
tymes
promyseth
that
/
whiche
they
may
not
gyue
/
That
is
the
glorye
and
Ioye
of
heuen
/
¶
For
to
eschewe
suche
Illusyons
and
mockynges
/
Whanne
they
ben
felte
comynge
Oughte
men
to
enseygne
and
blesse
theym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
And
Incontynent
it
shall
tourne
in
to
noughte
/
¶
For
by
the
meryte
of
the
passyon
that
our
souereyne
lorde
and
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
suffred
in
the
Crosse
/
Alle
suche
Illusyons
or
mockynges
sha●●lese
theyr
strengthe
and
vertue
/
¶
He
sayde
also
that
some
tyme
come
some
Illusyons
or
deceyuynges
.
whyche
cause
terrour
&
drede
to
theym
that
the
deuylles
admynystre
theym
.
And
that
done
they
for
to
taken
awaye
from
men
theyr
mynde
¶
But
agaynst
suche
Illusions
or
scornynges
byhouyth
to
haue
stedfaste
faythe
/
And
soo
shall
it
be
wythstonde
lyghtly
/
¶
For
to
knowe
thenne
the
dyfference
of
good
and
euyll
angellis
/
It
oughte
to
be
knowen
/
that
whanne
the
good
angell
comyth
/
Hys
chere
and
regarde
is
swete
and
amyable
or
louely
¶
And
by
cause
he
desyreth
but
peas
/
He
makyth
none
noyse
ne
clamoure
/
And
his
voyce
is
not
herde
/
¶
He
gyuyth
Ioye
and
exultacyon
to
synnars
/
¶
For
oure
lorde
is
wyth
hym
/
whyche
is
welle
and
fountayne
of
alle
good
/
Incontynent
also
as
oure
soule
seeth
hym
/
yf
it
were
to
hym
possyble
.
he
sholde
breke
the
membres
of
the
body
/
and
wold
goo
wyth
the
good
angell
whan
he
is
there
presente
/
¶
The
benygnyte
of
the
same
aungell
is
soo
grete
/
that
yf
he
caused
ony
drede
atte
the
begynnynge
for
his
grete
lyghte
.
Incontynent
he
takyth
awaye
from
the
man
all
drede
and
fere
/
¶
Ryght
soo
dyde
Gabryell
to
Zatharye
beynge
in
the
Temple
/
&
also
with
the
Shepeherdes
/
whanne
he
shewed
the
Natyuyte
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
¶
But
of
the
euyll
Aungelles
/
the
countenaunce
and
chere
is
crimynell
&
dredefull
/
¶
His
entree
horryble·
Theyr
mocyon
and
waye
is
Inconstaunte
/
As
of
fooles
or
of
theues
/
¶
And
Incontynent
as
they
ben
tofore
men
.
the
soule
fe●eth
and
dredyth
/
¶
Alle
the
fyue
wyttes
ben
trowbed
/
And
feere
of
dethe
folowyth
/
¶
Desyre
of
shrewdnes
:
Lachednesse
of
vertue
/
And
wekenesse
of
courage
.
¶
Thenne
whanne
to
the
vnderstondynge
comyth
a
thoughte
or
a
presentacyon
in
lykenesse
of
an
angell
After
the
drede
.
presentyth
hym
Ioye
Hope
in
god
.
and
charyte
/
¶
We
oughte
veritably
to
byleue
that
this
comyth
from
god
/
Whyche
sendeth
to
vs
his
ayde
and
socoure
/
¶
In
suche
wyse
Abraham
the
Patryarke
seenge
god
.
reioyced
him
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
saynt
Iohan
Baptyste
beynge
in
the
wombe
of
saynt
Elyzabeth
his
moder
/
Whanne
the
gloryous
vyrgyne
Mary
moder
of
our
Sauyoure
Ihesu
Cryste
came
to
vysyte
her
/
He
whyche
was
not
yet
borne·
reioyced
hym
merueyllously
/
¶
By
whyche
it
apperyth
that
the
good
aungell
atte
his
comynge
gyueth
consolacyon
and
comforte
/
And
makyth
the
persone
to
be
assured
.
As
he
dide
whan
he
shewed
the
ryght
Ioyeous
Natyuyte
of
our
Sauyour
Ihesu
Cryst
to
the
same
gloryous
vyrgyne
Marye
.
in
sayenge
to
her
/
¶
Marye
be
not
aferde
.
for
thou
haste
founde
grete
grace
towarde
god
/
¶
And
the
contrarye
by
apperynge
and
representacions
of
euyll
angellis
haue
be
many
tymes
deceyued
the
gentyles
and
Paynems
/
¶
But
we
Crysten
men
ben
preseruyd
.
By
cause
that
god
hath
taken
awaye
from
the
deuyl
the
domynacyon
and
power
that
he
hadde
vppon
vs
.
whanne
he
sayde
to
hym
¶
Goo
thou
abacke
Sathanas
/
It
is
wreton
that
thou
shalte
adoure
and
worshipp
thy
god
/
and
oonly
shal
thou
serue
to
hym
/
¶
By
thyse
same
wordes
whiche
god
sayde
to
the
deuyll
He
toke
his
power
from
hym
/
¶
There
is
also
gyuen
to
vs
power
to
saye
to
hym
whan
he
wolde
tempte
vs
Goo
abacke
Sathanas
¶
And
Incontynent
he
shall
be
vaynquysshed
/
And
shall
departe
from
vs
/
¶
After
saynt
Anthonye
prayed
they
that
they
shold
not
be
curyous
to
doo
myracles
/
to
the
ende
/
That
yf
they
or
one
of
theym
by
the
vertue
of
our
lorde
made
ony
/
they
sholde
not
renne
for
that
cause
in
to
dampnable
vyce
of
pryde
and
of
vayne
glory
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
he
defended
to
theym
:
that
they
sholde
not
dyspyse
that
one
the
other
.
But
exhorted
theim
that
they
sholde
payne
theymselfe
to
lede
togyder
good
lyfe
and
honeste
/
¶
Also
sayde
he
for
to
doo
and
make
myracles
is
not
in
oure
power
/
But
in
the
power
of
god
/
¶
For
he
sayth
in
the
Gospell
in
spekynge
to
his
dyscyples
/
¶
Gloryfye
ye
not
yf
the
deuylles
ben
subgett
to
you
.
but
reioyece
ye
you
that
your
names
been
wrete
in
heuen
.
¶
Here
it
is
to
be
noted
.
that
they
that
done
miracles
and
prodygees
by
arte
magyke
/
Wythoute
to
haue
the
gyfte
of
the
grace
of
god
.
whanne
they
shall
crye
to
god
¶
Haue
we
not
dryuen
awaye
the
deuylles
in
thy
name
/
And
many
other
vertues
haue
ben
done
in
callynge
the
/
and
makynge
Inuocacyon
to
god
the
blessed
and
very
Iudge
/
¶
To
theym
that
he
knowyth
that
heryth
not
hys
sygne
/
He
shall
ansuere
to
theym
/
Certayne
I
knowe
you
not
/
for
ye
ha●e
neuer
myn
enseygne
/
¶
After
god
shall
say
to
theim
/
Goo
ye
a
backe
from
me
for
ye
haue
ben
alwaye
euyll
chyldren
of
Inyquyte
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
sayd
afterward
/
By
cause
it
is
harde
to
knowe
the
comynge
of
the
good
angell
or
euyll
/
¶
We
oughte
to
praye
hym
that
it
playse
hym
to
gyue
to
vs
scyence
to
conne
dyscerne
/
¶
For
after
the
scrypture
we
oughte
not
byleue
euery
spyryte
/
¶
On
a
tyme
the
deuylles
came
to
saynt
Anthonye
/
Whyche
sayde
to
hym
.
¶
Anthonye
we
come
to
shewe
to
the
oure
lyghte
/
And
Incontynent
saynt
Anthonye
closyd
his
eyen
.
and
wolde
not
see
theym
/
But
putte
hymselfe
to
prayer
his
even
closyd
/
And
anone
the
lyghte
of
the
deuyllis
quenched
/
¶
A nother
tyme
they
came
and
songe
tofore
hym
/
And
spake
togyder
of
holy
scrypture
/
But
that
notwythstondynge
saynt
Anthonye
stopped
his
eeres
/
¶
A nother
tyme
they
made
his
monastery
to
tremble
and
shake
/
But
he
in
his
thoughte
abode
vnmoeuable
/
And
prayed
to
god
constauntly
/
¶
Ofte
tymes
they
came
spryngynge
and
syflynge
tofore
hym
wyth
an
hyghe
voyce
.
¶
But
Incontynent
as
he
retorned
to
god
.
theyr
noyce
and
tempest
torned
into
lityll
noyce
/
that
vnneth
sayde
saynt
Anthonye
myghte
here
it
.
¶
On
a
time
cam̄
one
whiche
had
his
body
wonderly
grete
and
sayde
he
had
the
vertue
of
god
/
The
whiche
demaunded
of
saynt
Anthonye
what
he
wolde
haue
of
hym
/
¶
And
whanne
he
sawe
hym
soo
grete
.
He
armyd
him
Incontynent
wyth
prayer
/
And
toke
the
sheelde
of
fayth
/
By
whyche
anone
he
became
as
lytyl
as
half
a
fote
¶
A
notherey
me
came
the
deuyll
in
fourme
of
a
Relygyous
man
&
broughte
to
hym
and
sayd
to
hym
/
It
is
tyme
that
thou
ete
/
thou
haste
ouerlonge
fasted
/
Take
corporell
refcceyon
.
to
th
ende
that
thou
be
not
seke
/
¶
Anone
after
saynt
Anthonye
byhelde
hym
.
and
sawe
that
his
face
was
pale
/
And
putt
hymself
to
prayer
/
And
thenne
the
deuyll
wente
his
waye
by
the
wyndowe
.
lyke
vnto
fume
or
smoke
/
¶
A nother
tyme
he
presented
hym
golde
for
to
dysceyue
hym
/
But
he
neuer
wolde
loke
on
it
/
¶
A nother
tyme
came
the
deuyll
&
knocked
atte
the
doore
of
his
monastery
.
&
whan
saynt
Anthonye
went
out
.
he
sawe
hym
soo
grete
.
that
him
semed
that
his
heed
raughte
to
heuen
¶
Thenne
saynt
Anthonie
demaunded
hym
what
he
was
.
and
what
thyng
he
soughte
/
And
he
ansuered
that
he
was
callyd
Sathanas
/
And
that
he
came
thyder
.
by
cause
the
Relygyouses
dyspysed
hym
/
And
alle
Crysten
men
cursyd
hym
/
¶
And
saynt
Anthonye
ansuerd
that
it
is
well
right
and
requysyte
that
all
Crysten
folke
despyse
&
curse
hym
/
¶
For
ofte
by
his
temptacyons
he
broughte
theym
in
hate
/
the
one
agaynste
a nother
/
¶
Where
vpon
the
deuyll
ansuered·
that
he
dyde
not
.
But
they
theymself
were
angry
togider
/
¶
And
more
ouer
the
deuyll
sayde
to
hym
/
That
the
myghte
and
puyssaunce
of
the
deuylles
was
faylled
by
the
moyen
of
the
passyon
of
Ihesu
Cryst
/
And
that
they
had
noo
more
noo
cytee
ne
other
place
for
to
enhabyte
in
/
By
cause
the
name
of
god
was
reclamed
and
named
in
al
townes
and
cytees
/
And
also
in
desertes
.
whyche
ben
enhabyted
by
Relygyouses
and
heremytes
/
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
hauynge
the
grace
of
god
with
him
ansuered
prudently
/
¶
I
byleue
not
that
thou
weneste
to
saye
trouthe
/
For
thou
arte
the
capitayne
of
lesynge
and
of
fallaces
¶
But
thou
art
constrayned
to
saye
this
sentence
.
whyche
is
true
/
¶
Certaynly
Ihesu
Cryste
pryued
the
of
alle
thy
strengthest
and
vertues
syth
the
tyme
that
thou
lostest
thy
beawte
of
an
aungell
by
the
spotte
of
thy
synne
/
¶
And
Incontynent
that
saynt
Anthonye
had
achyeuyd
his
prayer
/
The
sayde
deuyll
vanysshed
awaye
¶
Saynt
Anthonie
sayde
thenne
to
his
relygiouses
/
My
brethern
drede
not
the
Illusyons
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
For
god
whyche
hathe
putt
from
vs
the
deuylles
/
And
that
aybdyth
wyth
vs
/
As
longe
as
we
ben
in
grace
/
He
shall
kepe
vs
from
theyr
dyuerse
temptacyons
/
¶
Lete
vs
sette
oure
charge
to
resyste
&
wythstonde
theyr
tytulacyons
and
cauyllacyons
as
moche
as
we
maye
/
For
whanne
they
knowe
that
oure
thoughtes
ben
vayne
.
freeyll
and
Inconstaunt
They
putte
theym
in
.
to
the
bodyes
of
men
/
¶
And
as
theues
.
houndes
.
&
wulues
enraged
.
they
rauysshe
body
&
soule
/
¶
Iob
by
his
stedfaste
fayth
ouercame
the
deuyll
/
¶
And
Iudas
was
the
contrarye
/
¶
The
pryncypall
thynge
and
moost
necessarye
for
to
vaynquysshe
and
ouercome
the
deuyll
.
is
to
take
playsaunce
in
spyrytuell
thynges
/
and
to
haue
contynuelly
his
herte
to
god
/
¶
This
vertue
makith
the
deuylles
to
flee
.
as
the
smoke
vanysshyth
awaye
/
¶
Therfore
my
brethern
sayde
saynt
Anthonye
yf
ony
vysyon
come
to
vs
/
it
must
hardely
be
demaunded
.
who
is
he
that
presentyth
hym
tofore
vs
/
&
whens
he
comyth
/
¶
And
yf
it
be
the
aungell
of
god
/
The
drede
that
we
had
shall
to
urne
Incontynent
in
to
Ioye
/
¶
But
&
yf
it
be
the
deuyll
/
And
yf
he
be
demaunded
of
a
deuoute
soule
/
Incontynent
he
shall
departe
/
¶
After
that
saynt
Anthonye
had
made
his
exhortacyons
/
Eeuery
one
of
the
brethern
was
merueyllously
enioyed
/
And
after
they
enforcyd
theym
to
gete
vertues
/
¶
And
they
that
hadd
hadde
tofore
but
lytyll
faythe
were
confermyd·
and
hadd
perfy●ghte
fayth
/
¶
And
the
other
toke
awaye
all
folysshe
oppynyons
from
theyr
thoughtes
/
In
suche
wyse
that
after
they
dradde
not
ony
temptacion
of
the
deuyll
/
But
were
more
abasshed
how
saynt
Anthonye
hadde
theym
soo
highly
Instruct
or
taught
theym
to
knowe
dyfference
of
the
good
aungell
and
of
the
wyckyd
and
euyll
/
¶
In
the
tyme
that
Maxymyan
persecuted
the
Crysten
people
/
Saynt
Anthonye
lefte
his
monastery
.
sayenge
to
his
brethern
/
Lete
vs
goo
wyth
our
brethern
martyrs
/
To
th
ende
that
we
ben
martred
wyth
theym
/
Or
att
leest
that
we
see
theim
suffre
martyrdom
/
¶
By
the
whyche
wordes
it
appyereth
many
festly
that
thenne
was
saynt
Anthonye
martyr
in
wyll
/
¶
And
whanne
ony
was
broughte
tofore
the
Iudge
.
He
comforted
theym
in
sayenge
/
that
they
sholde
not
feere
the
dethe
/
But
sholde
be
constaunt
or
stedfaste
in
the
faythe
/
¶
The
Iudge
seeng
the
constaunce
of
saynt
Anthonye
&
of
his
felowes
.
was
hon●●bly
an
angryd
.
And
dyde
doo
forbede
that
noo
Relygyous
sholde
abyde
in
the
towne
but
yf
they
sholde
kepe
the
lawe
/
¶
Thenne
alle
the
Relygyouses
went
away
/
But
saynt
Anthonie
sette
noo
thynge
of
his
menaces
and
thretenynges
/
And
shewed
his
Scapularye
/
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
be
the
better
knowen
for
a
Relygyous
man
/
¶
And
on
the
moune
he
shewed
hym
in
a
whyte
vestement
tofore
the
fa●e
of
the
Tiraunt
/
To
the
ende
that
he
was
desyrynge
to
be
of
the
nombre
of
the
martyrs
/
that
whyche
by
the
wyll
of
god
was
kepte
and
preseruyd
from
the
y●e
of
the
Tyraunt
/
And
retorned
to
his
monastery
in
makynge
lene
and
castisynge
his
body
of
more
sharpe
fastynges
&
prayers
contynuelly
thanne
tofore
/
¶
Nexte
his
flesshe
he
ware
the
hayre
/
And
ther
vpon
a
vestement
of
hayre
namyd
Melote
.
¶
He
bayned
neuer
his
body
ne
neuer
wysshe
his
fete
/
But
by
necessytee
whanne
he
passed
and
wente
thorugh
the
water
/
¶
Neuer
man
sawe
his
body
naked
/
but
whanne
he
was
deed
.
¶
Longe
tyme
after
that
saynt
Anthonye
was
closyd
in
his
monastery
.
not
wyllynge
to
speke
to
ony
persone
/
¶
A
prynce
of
chyualrye
.
named
Martynyan
hadde
a
doughter
.
whyche
was
meueyllously
vexed
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
Soo
wolde
the
sayde
Maxymyan
goo
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
for
to
praye
hym
that
he
wolde
make
his
prayer
to
god
.
that
it
playsed
hym
to
heele
and
guarysshe
his
sayd
doughter
/
The
whyche
Martynyan
arryued
there
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
open
his
doore
/
¶
But
for
what
prayer
that
he
cowde
make
/
He
wolde
neuer
opene
it
/
But
went
vpon
hyghe
/
And
saynt
Anthonye
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
O
man
wherfore
demanndest
thou
ayde
or
helpe
of
me
/
Whanne
I
am
mortall
as
thou
arte
/
Yf
thou
byleue
in
Ihesu
Cryste
.
whom
I
serue
Praye
to
him
.
And
after
thy
fayth
thy
doughter
shall
be
guarysshed
and
heelyd
/
¶
The
sayd
Martinyan
gyuynge
faythe
and
credence
to
the
wordes
of
saynt
Anthonye
called
vnto
the
name
of
god
¶
And
Incontynent
his
doughter
was
heelyd
and
guarysshed
/
¶
Many
folkes
also
whyche
went
and
slepte
tofore
the
doore
of
his
sayde
monastery
were
guarysshed
of
dyuers
maladyes
¶
And
saynt
Anthonye
seenge
that
from
alle
partyes
people
came
to
hym
/
for
to
recouuere
helthe
.
He
wente
from
thens
in
to
the
hyhest
partyes
of
Thebayde
/
Where
as
he
was
not
knowen
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
by
the
occasion
of
the
grete
miracles
and
wonders
that
he
dyde
and
wroughte
by
the
vertue
of
oure
lorde
/
he
sholde
not
entre
in
to
the
synne
of
exaltacyon
and
vayne
glorye
/
And
also
that
men
shold
not
repute
nor
Iudge
hym
for
an
holy
man
/
He
tooke
of
the
breede
of
his
brethern
/
for
to
goo
in
to
the
hyghest
partyes
of
Thebayde
/
¶
And
wente
tyll
he
came
to
a
grete
ryuer
.
On
the
ryuage
or
banke
wherof
/
he
herde
a
voyce
comynge
from
heuen
/
Whyche
sayde
/
¶
O
Anthonye
whether
goost
thou
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
as
accustomyd
to
here
suche
voyces
/
Ansuered
.
that
he
wente
from
hys
monasterye
/
By
cause
that
the
people
lefte
hym
not
in
peas
/
¶
And
the
voyce
ansuered
vnto
hym
/
¶
Yf
thou
goo
thyder
as
thou
haste
enterprysed
for
to
goo
.
thou
shalte
haue
more
payne
by
the
halfe
thanne
thou
haste
hadd
¶
But
and
yf
thou
wolte
haue
peas
/
Goo
in
to
the
deserte
whyche
is
here
wythin
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
ansueryd
that
he
knewe
not
where
it
was
/
And
thenne
the
voyce
sayd
to
hym
.
that
there
were
Sarrasyns
.
whyche
haue
ben
accustomyd
to
lede
marchaundyses
in
to
Egypte
¶
Anone
after
saynt
Anthonye
aperceyued
theym
.
And
prayed
theym
to
lede
hym
wyth
theym
in
to
the
sayde
deserte
/
The
whyche
they
dyde
gladly
/
¶
And
whanne
they
had
goon
thre
nyghtes
/
they
fonde
a
moche
hygh
mountayne
/
Atte
the
foote
wherof
was
a
fayre
well
and
fountayne
/
And
aboute
the
same
was
a
lytyll
felde
in
whyche
were
palme
trees
in
lytyll
quantyte
¶
And
whanne
saynt
Anthonye
sawe
that
place
/
He
knewe
well
that
it
was
the
place
.
whyche
was
shewed
to
hym
by
the
voyce
on
the
ryuage
or
brynke
of
the
Ryuer
.
¶
Thenne
he
tooke
the
brede
of
his
felowes
/
In
recommaundyng
theym
to
god
/
And
abode
there
alle
alone
/
¶
After
that
his
brethren
hadd
knowlege
of
the
place
where
he
was
/
Thei
sente
hym
alwaye
his
pytaunce
/
And
by
cause
he
sawe
well
that
it
was
grete
payne
for
to
brynge
to
hym
his
sustentacyon
/
Sente
to
one
of
his
Religyouses
that
he
sholde
brynge
to
hym
a
shouell
or
a
spade
.
wyth
two
forkes
of
yren
.
and
some
whete
/
¶
The
whyche
brother
soo
dyde
¶
And
anone
after
/
he
founde
couuenable
londe
to
laboure
in
the
mountayne
/
The
whyche
he
sewe
wyth
whete
/
¶
And
it
multeplyed
soo
gretly
/
that
he
gadred
ynough
for
to
susteyne
his
lyffe
/
Wherof
he
was
moche
Ioyeous
and
gladde
/
Seenge
that
he
myghte
lyue
wythoute
gyuynge
to
ony
persone
ony
payne
or
traueylle
/
¶
And
bi
cause
that
some
folkes
came
thyder
/
He
augmented
and
encreacyd
his
laboure
in
the
lytyll
londe
for
to
gyue
Refeccyon
to
the
comers
to
hys
hermytage
/
¶
And
whanne
the
corne
was
grete
/
The
beestes
that
were
there
ete
it
¶
He
dyde
soo
moche
that
he
tooke
one
/
¶
And
in
spekynge
to
all
the
forsayd
beestes
he
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
Wherfore
doo
ye
to
me
dysplaysure
.
syth
that
I
doo
none
dysplaysure
to
you
/
Goo
ye
fourth
in
the
name
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
/
and
come
noo
more
hyther
/
To
the
whyche
wordes
the
sayd
beeste
and
all
the
other
obeyenge
departed
all
fro
there
abowtes
/
Thus
lyued
saynt
Anthonye
long
wythin
the
pyttes
&
fosses
in
the
same
mountayne
/
¶
And
whan
somtyme
his
brethern
sente
to
hym
oliues
.
or
of
the
oyle
.
or
other
fruyte
.
for
to
susteyne
his
olde
aege
/
he
wolde
none
/
¶
In
the
mountayn
he
had
many
bataylles
.
not
oonli
ayenst
the
flesshe
.
but
also
ayenst
the
deuylles
whyche
ofte
broughte
to
hym
suche
tempeste
.
that
it
semed
that
all
the
mountayne
were
ful
of
men
of
armes
/
¶
Who
well
consydreth
the
wonderfull
lyfe
of
saynt
Anthonye
he
is
worthy
of
grete
praysynge
/
Seenge
his
perseueraunce
in
abydyng
so
longe
tyme
in
one
place
solytary
wythout
seenge
ony
persone
/
But
on
that
one
side
wylde
&
cruell
beestes·
and
the
deuylles
on
that
other
syde
/
whyche
came
to
bete
&
tormente
hym
/
¶
And
neuerthelesse
he
was
neuer
in
wylle
to
leue
hys
hermytage
/
But
abode
alwaye
in
hys
fe●me
purpoos
to
serue
god·
considryng
the
sayeng
of
the
prophete
Dauyd
/
Who
someuer
shal
haue
very
fayth
&
stedfaste
hope
in
god
.
shal
neuer
haue
empeshement
ne
lettynge
that
may
noye
hy
/
¶
On
a
nyghte
as
he
woke
in
sayeng
his
prayers
came
aboute
hym
al
the
wylde
beestes
of
the
deserte
.
whyche
enforced
theym
for
to
byte
hym
/
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
sayd
to
theym
.
Yf
ye
haue
lycence
to
noye
me
/
come
to
me
&
deuoure
me
/
And
yf
ye
be
come
hyther
.
by
th
entysement
of
myne
aduersarye
goo
fro
me·
I
am
the
seruaunt
of
god
/
And
Incontynent
lyke
as
they
had
ben
hunted
they
fledde
awaye
/
¶
A nother
tyme
as
saynt
Anthonye
made
a
tresse
for
to
make
a
lytyll
basket
/
For
his
custome
was
to
gyue
somethynge
to
theym
that
broughte
to
him
of
theyr
goodes
/
A
beeste
hauynge
the
face
of
a
persone
.
and
the
Resydue
of
an
Asse·
drewe
from
his
hondes
the
sayd
tresse
/
And
Incontynent
as
he
sawe
that
/
He
blessyd
hym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
And
sayde
I
am
the
seruaunt
of
god
/
Yf
thou
be
sente
to
me
in
his
name
/
I
shall
not
flee
from
the
/
&
anone
he
vanysshed
a
waye
/
¶
Other
moo
grete
thynges
dyde
saynt
Anthonye
.
as
it
shall
appyere
here
after
/
¶
His
brethern
on
a
tyme
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
come
and
see
them
/
And
by
cause
that
vppon
the
waye
beynge
bytwene
his
hermytage
and
the
place
where
as
were
his
brethern
was
noo
water
/
He
dyde
doo
charge
mete
&
water
vppon
a
Camell
for
to
susteyne
the
necessytees
of
hym
and
theym
that
were
wyth
hym
/
¶
Whanne
they
were
at
the
myddyll
of
the
waye
/
theyr
water
faylled
/
¶
And
they
had
soo
grete
thurste
that
they
were
well
nyghe
deed
/
by
cause
of
the
grete
heete
that
there
was
/
¶
And
lete
theyr
Camell
goo
acte
the
aduenture
of
god
/
¶
And
the
good
saynt
Anthonye
moeuyd
wyth
pyte
wente
behynde
his
felowes
And
put
hymselfe
to
prayer
/
The
whyche
done
/
sodaynly
apperyd
a
fountayne
/
of
whyche
they
were
alle
refresshed
and
eased
¶
And
anone
after
they
sechynge
theyr
Camell
for
to
gyue
to
hym
drynke
fonde
him
casuelly
bounden
wyth
his
corde
to
a
grete
stone
/
¶
Theyr
waye
accomplysshed
&
at
ende
/
saynt
Anthonie
&
his
brethern
came
to
the
monasterye
where
as
were
his
brethern
/
¶
And
anone
they
came
hastely
to
hym
.
In
enbracynge
and
kyssynge
hym
/
Lyke
as
he
hadde
be
theyr
owne
fader
/
Anone
after
he
beganne
to
comforte
theyr
soules
/
In
praysynge
the
auncyentes
and
aeged
/
And
in
exhortynge
the
yonge
to
vertuouse
lyuynge
/
¶
And
amonge
other
thynges
he
sayde
to
theym
they
sholde
ofte
rede
the
lyues
of
the
good
auncyent
or
aeged
faders
/
To
the
ende
that
by
their
vertues
they
myghte
be
encyted
and
styred
to
lyue
well
.
And
to
wythdrawe
from
dooynge
ony
maner
euyll
/
¶
One
named
Froncho
the
whiche
was
of
Palestine
was
tormented
of
a
deuyl
in
suche
wyse
that
wyth
his
teeth
he
detrenched
and
bote
his
tonge
/
And
with
that
he
enforcyd
him
to
put
out
his
eyen
/
¶
He
was
broughte
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
to
the
ende
that
he
myghte
recouuer
his
helthe
/
Saynt
Anthonye
sayde
vnto
hym
that
he
sholde
goo
in
to
Egypte
/
And
anone
he
sholde
be
guarisshed
and
heelyd
/
¶
He
gaaf
noo
fayth
to
his
ansuere
/
But
abode
.
prayenge
that
he
wolde
heele
hym
¶
Thenne
he
sayde
that
there
he
myghte
not
be
heelyd
/
¶
Froncho
byleued
in
his
wordes
And
as
soone
as
he
came
in
to
Egypte
he
was
guarysshed
and
heelyd
/
¶
A
vyrgyne
of
the
regyon
Trypolytane
was
seke
of
a
sykenesse
the
moost
horrible
that
hath
be
seen
/
Fro
her
nose
thrylles
.
her
eyen
.
&
her
eeres
came
oute
Incessauntly
humours
&
ordures
so
stynkynge
.
that
it
was
an
horryble
thynge
to
beholde
and
see
/
For
the
sayd
fylthes
as
soone
as
they
felle
on
the
grounde
they
torned
in
to
wormes
/
¶
Her
frendes
and
parentes
desyrynge
her
helthe
and
hoping
to
obteyne
the
same
by
the
moyen
of
saynt
Anthonye
.
putt
theym
on
the
way
for
to
lede
her
to
him
/
And
in
gooynge
they
founde
sone
some
relygyouses
.
whyche
wente
for
to
see
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
And
soo
they
prayed
theym
that
they
myghte
goo
wyth
theym
/
¶
And
soo
longe
they
wente
togyder
that
they
came
vnto
a
good
man
namyd
Paphonce
/
to
whom
Maxymyen
had
doo
pulled
out
his
eyen
for
the
name
of
Ihesu
Cryst
/
¶
They
beyng
there
arryued
.
the
relygyouses
made
the
parentes
&
the
mayde
to
abide
there
with
the
good
holy
man
/
And
they
went
forthe
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
&
recounted
to
hym
the
caas
of
the
poore
mayde
/
In
prayenge
him
that
she
myghte
come
&
entree
in
to
his
monasterye
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
wolde
in
noo
wyse
that
she
sholde
entree
.
but
sayde
to
the
relygyouses
/
¶
Goo
ye
forth
thyder
.
yf
the
mayde
be
not
deed
.
ye
shall
fynde
her
all
hole
&
guarisshed
/
¶
And
yet
he
sayde
/
none
ought
to
come
to
me
for
to
recouuer
helth
/
¶
For
to
giue
helthe
to
seke
men
apperteyneth
to
the
Sauyoure
of
the
worlde
/
Neuertheles
he
sayd
.
As
I
prayed
vnto
god
.
the
helthe
of
his
doughter
was
shewed
to
me
/
¶
Thenne
they
wente
where
as
the
mayde
was
wyth
her
frendes
in
the
house
of
saynt
Paphunce
/
&
there
founde
her
alle
guarysshed
/
¶
Two
brethern
walkynge
for
to
goo
see
saynt
Anthonye
.
in
walkynge
that
one
deyed
for
thurste
.
&
that
other
laye
stratched
on
the
erthe
.
&
abode
the
dethe
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
that
knowynge
bi
Reuelacyon
of
god
.
callyd
tweyne
of
his
brethern
/
whyche
were
comen
thyde
to
hym
/
And
sayde
to
theym
thus
/
¶
Goo
ye
hastely
in
the
waye
that
ledyth
men
in
to
Egypte
/
And
also
take
wyth
you
a
botell
wyth
water
/
For
ye
shall
fynde
a
brother
deed
for
thurste
/
and
a nother
nyghe
exspyred
/
¶
The
space
of
the
waye
was
wel
a
Iourneye
thens
/
¶
Incontynent
they
wente
and
founde
alle
true
that
saynt
Anthonye
hadde
sayde
/
¶
They
buryed
the
deed
man
/
And
broughte
that
other
wyth
theim
/
¶
Yf
ony
demaunde
or
aske
wherefor
saynt
Anthonye
shewed
not
the
Reuelacyon
tofore
the
dethe
of
the
brother
/
It
maye
be
ansuered
that
the
questyon
is
inpropre
/
¶
For
the
Iugement
proceded
of
god
.
and
not
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
In
soo
moche
that
god
wolde
that
the
one
shold
deye
/
And
that
other
sholde
by
saynt
Anthonye
be
restored
to
his
helthe
/
¶
On
a
tyme
as
saynt
Anthonye
was
prayeng
to
god
sawe
the
soule
of
saynt
Ammon
religyous
in
Nytrye
borne
in
to
heuen
by
many
angellis
.
syngynge
melodyously
/
¶
A nother
accompanyed
wyth
a
good
man
namyd
Theodore
wolde
passe
the
ryuer
called
Licuim
/
And
by
cause
they
myghte
not
passe
the
ryuer
wythout
they
sholde
doo
of
theyr
clothes
&
be
all
naked
/
Saynt
Anthonye
prayed
the
sayd
Theodore
.
that
he
wolde
goo
abacke
.
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
not
see
hym
bare
/
That
notwithstondyng
saynt
Anthonye
beyng
ashamed
for
to
vnclothe
hym
.
by
the
grace
of
god
.
he
was
sette
ouer
on
that
other
syde
of
the
ryuer
/
Theodore
passed
the
ryuer
after
hym
.
&
was
moche
admerueylled
how
soo
hastely
saynt
Anthonye
was
passed
ouer
/
And
toke
hym
by
the
fete
.
&
swore
that
he
wolde
neuer
leue
hym
.
tyll
he
had
tolde
to
hym
how
he
had
passed
wythout
to
be
wete
/
Saynt
Anthonye
seenge
that
saynt
Theodore
constrayned
hym
.
and
made
him
to
swere
that
he
sholde
neuer
shewe
to
none
byfore
his
dethe
/
¶
Thenne
he
sayd
to
hym
.
that
by
the
grace
of
god
he
had
be
soo
sette
ouer
the
ryuer
myraculously
/
¶
A nother
man
namyd
Archelaus
a
knyghte
requyred
hym
to
praye
god
for
one
namyd
Polycrasse
doughter
of
Publius
.
a
deuowte
vyrgyne
.
the
whyche
had
a
passyon
in
the
stomacke
and
in
the
raynes
comen
to
her
by
ouer
moche
fastynges
&
longe
orysons
.
Saynt
Anthonye
prayed
god
for
her
.
and
Incontynent
she
was
guarysshed
&
hole
/
¶
A nother
tyme
he
was
prayed
to
goo
in
a
shyppe
with
his
brethern
.
In
the
whiche
he
alone
felte
a
fowle
stinkyng
stenche
/
All
the
relygiouses
sayd
that
the
infeccyon
proceded
of
fysshe
and
●oten
fygges
that
were
in
the
shippe
/
But
saynt
Anthonye
sayde
that
it
was
a nother
thynge
/
¶
And
thus
as
they
spake
beganne
a
chylde
to
crye
.
whyche
was
bydde
wythin
the
shyppe
/
hauynge
a
deuyll
within
his
body
.
¶
Anone
in
the
name
of
god
bi
saynt
Anthonye
he
was
chacyd
oute
of
his
body
/
¶
Thenne
knewe
alle
the
relygyouses
that
it
was
the
deuyll
that
he
felte
soo
stynkynge
/
¶
A nother
was
bronghte
to
hym
soo
seke
that
he
ete
his
superflue
digestyon
And
●e
wyste
not
whether
he
was
tofore
saynt
Anthonye
or
not
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
made
theym
to
goo
to
prayer
that
had
brought
hym
/
And
he
hymselfe
also
prayed
alle
the
nyghte
vnto
god
for
the
helthe
of
the
poore
pacyent
The
whyche
seke
man
at
the
begynnyng
of
the
daye
for
the
grete
payne
that
he
felte
/
Smote
and
bete
fowle
saynt
Anthonye
.
whyche
alle
the
nyghte
hadde
had
compassyon
nyghe
by
hym
in
prayer
/
¶
The
Relygyouses
beynge
therof
moche
angry
.
repreuyd
sharpely
theym
that
had
broughte
hym
/
¶
But
saynt
Anthonye
swetely
and
mekely
ansuered
/
that
the
yonge
man
whyche
was
lyke
hadde
not
done
it
/
¶
But
the
deuyll
whyche
by
the
commaundement
was
soo
constrayned
to
departe
from
hym
/
had
so
smeton
hym
/
¶
Anone
after
the
seke
persone
was
alle
hoole
.
and
guarysshed
/
And
came
and
enbracyd
&
kyssed
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
A
myracle
.
¶
On
a
tyme
saynt
Anthonye
beynge
in
prayer
lyke
as
he
was
alwaye
acustomed
to
doo
.
tofore
that
he
toke
his
refracōn
was
rauysshed
of
angels
/
&
was
born
more
hye
than
the
regyon
of
thayre
/
The
deuyllis
folowyng
after
stroue
by
cause
he
was
born
hyer
than
the
sayde
regyon
/
And
the
angellis
seenge
the
sayd
contradyccion
.
asked
of
the
deuyllis
wherfore
they
enforcyd
to
lette
him
seen
that
in
him
was
noo
sporte
of
synne
/
¶
Thenne
the
deuyllis
began
to
recounte
the
synnes
that
saynt
Anthonie
hadd
done
in
the
tyme
of
his
yonge
aege
/
Incontynent
the
angellis
made
theym
to
be
stylle
.
in
sayenge
that
they
shold
noo
thynge
speke
of
the
synnes
of
hys
yongthe
.
but
yf
he
hadd
done
ony
syth
that
tyme
that
he
was
relyygyous
and
professyd
&
consacred
to
god
.
that
they
shold
saye
theim
and
none
other
/
The
deuylles
accusyd
hym
of
many
fals
accusacyons
and
lyes
/
¶
And
the
angellis
seenge
that
the
deuyllis
accusid
him
oonely
of
fallaces
.
bare
vpp
saynt
Anthonye
more
hyghe
thanne
the
deuyllis
were
/
¶
And
anone
after
they
broughte
hym
agayne
to
the
place
where
they
had
taken
hym
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
consyderynge
the
multytude
of
enmyes
that
we
haue
in
this
worlde
.
&
soo
many
in
the
ayre
.
as
in
the
erthe
/
The
whyche
alwaye
a
wayte
to
hurte
vs
.
beganne
to
waylle
and
wepe
/
And
soo
contynued
all
the
nyghte
wythout
to
ete
or
drynke
/
¶
And
to
this
purpose
sayth
saynt
Poule
th
appostle
/
We
haue
not
oonly
bataylle
agaynst
the
flesshe
onely
/
But
also
agaynst
the
deuylles
.
dwellynge
in
the
Regyons
of
the
ayre
.
¶
Lete
vs
thenne
take
the
armes
of
god
To
the
ende
that
we
maye
resyste
and
wythstonde
oure
enmye
whan
he
shall
assaylle
vs
/
That
is
for
to
saye
/
That
we
lyue
wythoute
synne
/
And
soo
the
deuyll
shall
not
mowe
accuse
vs
afore
god
/
¶
The
nyghte
after
folowynge
saynt
Anthonye
herde
a
voyce
the
whyche
cryed
.
Anthonye
.
Anthonye
come
oute
/
and
see
what
that
I
woll
shewe
to
the
/
Incontynent
he
aroos
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
oute
of
his
Celle
.
lyfte
vpp
his
eyen
to
heuen
/
¶
And
soo
doynge
he
sawe
in
the
ayre
a
Monstre
soo
horryble
grete
/
that
his
heed
semyd
stretchyng
vp
to
the
clowdes
/
¶
He
sawe
also
some
hauyng
wynges
the
whiche
wolde
flee
vpwarde
on
highe
/
But
the
grete
Monstre
smote
theym
downe
with
his
hondes
.
&
threwe
theym
to
the
erthe
.
of
whom
some
he
brake
all
in
peces
/
And
other
ayenst
his
wyll
flew
vp
in
to
heuen
/
¶
And
anone
as
he
had
seen
this
.
the
voys
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
considre
wel
what
this
vision
sygnefyed
/
¶
Anone
he
knewe
well
that
it
was
the
deuyll
whyche
made
theym
to
falle
that
had
sinned
in
this
worlde
/
¶
The
other
were
gode
soules
whiche
styed
vp
in
to
heuen
.
whom
the
deuyll
myghte
not
greue
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
seenge
the
sayde
vysyon
.
and
many
other
moo
encreacyd
and
augmented
alwaye
hys
lyfe
from
good
to
beteer
/
¶
And
how
be
it
that
he
shewed
thyse
Reuelacyons
to
some
ryght
good
persones
/
He
dyde
it
not
by
noo
vayne
glorye
/
neyther
for
auauntrye
/
But
was
soo
meke
.
That
in
exhortynge
the
clerkes
.
the
Deakens
and
the
preestes
to
praye
god
/
¶
He
desyred
to
lerne
of
theym
/
And
to
that
entent
ofte
tymes
he
demaunded
or
axed
of
theym
counseylle
/
¶
To
alle
Bysshops
and
preestes
/
in
bowynge
his
hede
by
humylytee
he
demaunded
theyr
be
nedyccyon
/
¶
And
lyke
as
it
is
comynly
sayde
/
From
a
Ioyeouse
herte
procedeth
a
Ioyeouse
vysage
/
He
had
a
playsaunte
vysage
and
aggreable
to
euery
man
/
In
suche
wyse
that
amonge
an
hundred
Relygyouse
persones
.
by
his
honeste
maners
he
sholde
lyghtly
haue
be
knowen
/
Though
a
man
hadd
neuer
seen
hym
/
¶
His
face
was
alwaye
in
one
astate
.
as
well
in
prosperytee
as
in
aduersytee
/
¶
Aboue
all
other
thynges
he
hated
the
conuersacyon
of
Manychyens
/
Heretykes
scysmatikes
/
and
Ar●yens
/
As
to
theym
that
were
enmyes
and
aduersaryes
of
the
fayth
of
god
¶
And
yf
of
theyr
se●te
came
in
to
the
mountayne
/
He
made
theym
to
be
chacyd
thens
sayeng
/
That
they
were
werse
thanne
the
serpentes
of
the
deserte
/
¶
Also
the
companye
of
lyghte
/
that
is
to
saye
of
Crysten
men
/
ought
not
to
be
accompanyed
wyth
derkenesse
.
that
is
to
wyte
wyth
Heretykes
and
Infydelis
/
¶
A
woman
came
on
a
tyme
to
hym
/
Requyrynge
hym
that
he
wolde
praye
to
god
for
her
doughter
/
whyche
was
traueylled
wyth
a
deuyll
/
And
In
contynent
that
he
had
made
to
god
his
prayer
/
the
deuyll
lefte
her
doughter
peasybly
/
¶
A nother
tyme
came
to
hym
two
Phylosophers
on
hyghe
on
the
mountayne
/
The
whyche
by
subtyll
dysputacyons
supposyd
to
haue
ouercome
hym
and
dysceyued
/
¶
Whan
he
sawe
theym
.
he
Iudged
theym
to
be
Paynemes
.
and
sayde
to
theym
/
I
wonder
of
you
that
ben
soo
wyse
how
ye
come
to
me
from
soo
ferre
/
for
to
see
a
man
folysshe
/
To
whom
they
ansuerde
that
he
was
noo
foole
/
but
he
was
ryght
wyse
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
ansuered
to
theim
that
he
was
a
fole
/
by
that
they
had
loste
theyr
labour
and
waye
/
And
yf
it
soo
be
that
I
be
wyse
lyke
as
ye
saye
/
And
for
to
loue
wysdom
it
is
vtylyte
&
prouffyte
/
Folow
ye
that
ye
alowe
and
prayse
And
soo
ye
shall
doo
your
duete
/
¶
For
thoose
men
ben
to
be
praysed
whan
they
ensyewe
the
good
and
wyle
men
/
Yf
I
had
goon
to
you
.
I
wolde
haue
folowed
your
lawe
/
Thenne
syth
ye
ben
come
to
me
.
Come
and
folowe
my
fayth
and
be
ye
crystenyd
/
Thenne
the
Phylosophers
wente
theyr
waye
/
¶
Other
came
to
hym
in
mockynge
him
by
cause
he
was
noo
clerke
ne
lettred
/
To
whom
he
askyd
the
whyche
had
be
fyrste
or
the
wytte
.
or
the
scrypture
/
And
yf
the
scryptures
were
by
the
wytte
and
vnderstondynge
/
Or
yf
the
wytte
and
vnderstondynge
came
of
the
scriptures
/
¶
They
ansuered
him·
that
alle
the
scryptures
proceded
and
were
made
by
the
vnderstondynge
/
Thenne
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
/
He
that
hath
vnderstondynge
good
and
hoole
.
nedyth
not
to
be
lettred
by
scryptures
/
¶
And
in
this
manere
he
delyuered
theym
all
confused
/
¶
Constantyn
the
Emperour
and
his
two
sones
.
Constante
&
Constanciyus
wrote
to
hym
on
a
tyme
in
salewynge
hym
.
To
the
ende
that
it
myghte
playse
hym
to
wryte
some
thynge
to
theym
for
theyr
comforte
&
consolacyon
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
seenge
the
lettres
was
not
abasshed
/
ne
chaunged
noo
thynge
for
the
salutacyon
of
soo
grete
lordes
/
But
as
Inmobyle
&
canstaunt
.
not
wyllynge
to
beholde
the
sayd
lettres
.
called
to
hym
alle
his
brethern
.
and
after
sayde
to
theym
/
¶
The
kynges
of
thys
worlde
sende
to
vs
lettres
.
whiche
semeth
to
be
thynge
merueyllous
.
And
herof
we
maye
be
gladde
/
¶
For
alle
men
notwythstondyng
they
haue
dyuers
dygnytees
&
lordshyppes
ben
borne
and
deye
the
one
wyth
that
other
/
¶
And
therfore
we
oughte
to
honoure
the
scryptures
&
lettres
pryncypally
suche
as
god
hathe
wryten
to
men
/
as
ben
the
commaundementes
of
the
lawe
/
And
bi
cause
there
is
none
conuenyence
amonge
kynges
and
Relygyouses
/
I
woll
not
take
the
lettres
that
the
kynges
sende
to
vs
/
For
I
knowe
not
the
scyence
&
manere
to
salewe
theym
be
lettres
/
¶
In
the
ende
the
brethern
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
wryte
agayne
to
the
sayd
kynges
/
In
admonestyng
theym
to
flee
the
vyces
.
and
to
ensiewe
the
vertues
/
And
soo
he
wrote
to
theym
in
this
manere
/
¶
Ye
kynges
I
counseylle
you
that
ye
kepe
the
Crysten
lawe
/
But
I
praye
you
/
Wene
ye
not
that
your
puyssaunce
temporell
be
grete
/
For
that
is
but
a
lytyll
thynge
to
the
regarde
of
the
puyssaunce
of
god
/
¶
And
therfore
ye
oughte
not
to
be
prowde
/
¶
Esteme
of
yourselfe
.
that
ye
be
noo
thynge
more
thanne
other
/
For
assoone
and
as
well
shall
ye
be
Iuged
of
god
.
as
the
moost
poore
of
the
worlde
/
¶
Wyth
this
I
praye
you
that
ye
ben
pyteuous
and
debonayr
toward
your
subgettes
/
Hauynge
cure
and
besynesse
to
doo
Iustyce
as
well
to
the
poore
as
the
ryche
/
¶
Consydre
ye
that
there
is
a
kinge
aboue
you
eternall
.
not
oonly
vpon
you
but
vpon
al
mankynde
¶
Thise
lettres
seen
by
the
sayd
prynces
tofore
namyd
.
thei
were
gretly
comforted
.
¶
And
the
fame
&
renommee
of
saynt
Anthonye
was
ouer
all
the
countree
publysshed
and
knowen
/
¶
After
that
the
Paynems
&
Gentyles
were
confused
of
theyr
argumentes
And
the
kynges
comforted
by
his
lettres
/
He
retorned
in
to
the
mountayne
/
in
whyche
he
had
many
vysyons
/
by
that
whyche
he
knewe
and
by
reuelacyon
all
that
was
done
in
Egypte
/
And
sent
to
the
bysshopp
of
Egypte
.
namyd
Serapyon
/
Emonge
the
whyche
he
sawe
a
moche
pyetable
caas
/
and
worthy
of
sorowfulnes
/
whiche
was
this
/
¶
He
beynge
wyth
his
brethern
sette
/
lyfte
hys
eyen
vpp
to
heuen
wayllynge
and
wepyng
/
¶
And
a
lytyll
whyle
after
that
he
had
seen
the
reuelacyon
.
whyche
was
shewed
to
hym
/
¶
He
sette
hym
on
his
knees
.
prayenge
to
god
that
it
sholde
not
come
ne
happen
/
¶
And
soo
doyng
he
shedde
oute
grete
teeres
in
merueyllous
habundance
and
plentee
/
¶
Wherfore
the
brethern
that
were
there
present
trembled
and
quoke
/
¶
And
questyned
him
what
reuelacyon
he
hadd
hadde
/
¶
Ha
haa
my
chyldren
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
/
The
fayth
of
cristendom
shall
in
shorte
tyme
be
subuerted
/
The
men
semblable
or
lyke
to
beestes
/
Iumentes
or
fooles
/
Whiche
shall
destroye
the
godes
of
the
chyrche
/
¶
I
haue
seen
the
aulter
of
oure
lorde
enuyronned
or
closed
wyth
mulettes
/
The
whyche
wyth
theyr
fete
haue
broken
the
aulter
/
And
thyse
thynges
ben
cause
of
my
wayllynge
/
¶
Two
yeres
after
was
publysshed
and
shewed
the
cursed
secte
of
the
Heretykes
Arryens
/
The
chyrches
were
pylled
/
And
the
sacred
vessellis
vilypended
or
dyspysed
wyth
the
Sacramentes
of
the
chyrche
/
by
the
pollute
or
defoylled
hondes
of
the
Ethnycyens
&
Iu●ydelis
/
And
Paynems
dide
and
made
in
Alexandrye
sacrefyces
to
ydollis
/
made
wyth
theyr
hundes
/
In
makyng
to
theym
adoracyon
and
prayer
.
as
to
theyr
goddes
/
in
offrynge
to
them
bowes
of
palmes
/
whyche
ben
in
the
sayd
countree
a
ryghte
grete
ydolatrie
/
¶
And
the
Crysten
men
were
constrayned
to
dod
in
lyke
wise
suche
Insolences
with
the
A●yens
/
In
suche
wyse
that
there
was
noo
dyfference
bytwene
the
one
&
the
other
/
¶
The
courage
sayd
sayne
Anthonye
sholde
haue
abhomynacyon
and
horrour
to
reherse
the
horrible
and
detestable
synnes
that
were
done
/
¶
Is
it
not
a
thynge
well
abhomynable
afore
god
.
that
the
vyrgynes
and
matrones
were
shamed
and
vylonyed
/
and
were
not
ashamed
to
lese
theyr
vyrgynyte
/
¶
The
blood
of
crysten
people
was
by
cruell
occysion
shedde
wythin
the
chyrches
/
In
suche
wyse
that
the
aulters
were
alle
deyed
and
sprynkcled
wyth
the
blood
/
¶
A
lytyll
whyle
after
this
heuy
and
desolate
Reuelacyon
.
saynt
Anthonye
had
a nother
Reuelacyon
ryght
Ioyous
/
Of
whyche
he
comforted
his
Relygyous
sayenge
/
¶
My
chyldren
be
not
sorowful
/
For
after
this
persecucyon
of
the
chyrche
of
god
/
The
crysten
people
shall
be
releuyd
/
And
the
chyrche
shall
be
broughte
hoole
in
his
honoure
/
And
all
they
that
shall
kepe
well
the
fayth
.
in
this
persecucyon
.
shall
be
tofore
god
more
shynynge
thanne
the
bryghtnesse
of
the
sonne
/
¶
False
satellytees
persecutours
of
the
faythe
of
god
shall
be
chacyd
a
waye
/
And
Relygyon
shall
be
encreacyd
and
augmented
/
¶
And
therfore
my
brethren
and
frendes
take
to
you
and
haue
stronge
and
grete
faythe
/
to
the
ende
that
ye
be
in
ony
wyse
subuerted
/
¶
For
theyr
doctryne
is
not
of
the
appostle
/
But
of
the
deuyll
semblable
or
like
to
Iumentis
or
fooles
&
bente
beestes
/
¶
Soo
many
Reuelacyons
were
shewed
and
made
to
saynt
Anthonye
/
And
soo
many
men
guarysshed
&
heelyd
by
his
prayers
/
that
wyth
grete
dyffycultee
maye
not
wel
be
put
in
writynge
/
¶
And
therfore
we
oughte
well
to
consydre
the
grete
fayth
that
he
had
to
god
/
Whanne
he
suffred
by
hym
soo
grete
quantytee
of
myracles
to
be
made
/
¶
It
is
wreton
yf
we
haue
ferme
faythe
and
we
saye
to
one
mountayne
That
he
departe
and
moeue
out
of
his
place
/
It
sholde
remoeue
and
doo
it
/
¶
Noo
thynge
is
to
vs
Impossyble
.
as
ferre
as
we
demaunde
or
aske
thynges
lawfull
and
helthful
/
¶
Neuer
for
ony
prayer
was
it
of
duke
or
ony
prince
Saynt
Anthonye
abode
not
longe
oute
of
his
monastery
/
¶
And
he
sayde
to
his
Relygyouses
/
That
lyke
as
fysshes
vpon
the
drye
erthe
.
anone
deyen
Ryght
soo
the
Relygyouses
by
longe
abydyng
wyth
the
Seculers
.
anone
shal
be
deed
by
dedely
synne
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
wrote
to
Balencuis
Heretyke
Arryan
/
the
whyche
was
gouernour
of
the
countree
of
Egypte
vnder
Nestor
/
that
he
sholde
not
trowble
ne
vexe
the
Crysten
people
.
But
to
ceasse
of
his
tyrannye
/
¶
Balancuis
dyspysed
his
lettres
/
And
dyde
many
oultrages
to
the
messager
/
¶
And
wyth
that
he
commaunded
that
he
and
his
Relygyouses
sholde
receyue
his
dyscyplyne
/
¶
Anone
after
he
beynge
wyth
the
sayde
Nestor
in
the
pryncypall
towne
of
Alexandrye
.
called
Cher●um
.
An
horse
the
moste
mekest
of
all
the
other
/
And
vpon
whyche
the
layde
Nestor
.
whyche
was
lorde
of
Egypte
rode
moost
vpon
.
smote
the
sayd
Balancius
downe
to
the
grounde
/
and
ete
his
thyghe
/
And
thre
dayes
after
he
deyed
.
Wherof
alle
they
of
Alexandrye
were
admerueylled
/
And
sayde
that
it
was
by
cause
he
had
dyspysed
the
enseynementes
and
techinges
of
saynt
Anthonye
¶
Some
other
knyghtes
came
to
hym
/
the
whyche
he
admonested
to
leue
the
honoure
of
the
worlde
/
And
that
they
sholde
goo
wel
ferre
for
to
gete
blessydnesse
and
honour
eternall
whiche
neuer
shall
haue
ende
/
¶
He
counseylled
the
Iudge
/
that
for
loue
ne
hate
they
sholde
nor
Iudge
/
But
they
shold
haue
alway
the
drede
of
god
tofore
theyr
eyen
/
In
consyderyng
the
comyn
Prouerbe
/
¶
Suche
Iugement
as
they
Iuge
.
Lyke
Iugement
sholde
they
haue
/
¶
Thenne
who
that
shall
Iuge
ryghtfully
after
Iustyce
/
He
shall
haue
the
rewarde
of
Iustyce
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
after
that
he
had
lyued
an
hundred
and
fyue
yeres
.
shewed
his
dethe
to
his
Relygyouses
/
Whyche
were
therfore
so
heuy
and
sory
that
they
beganne
to
wepe
in
kyssynge
hym
and
enbracynge
by
grete
charytee
/
And
after
he
began
to
enforme
theym
with
many
eseynementes
&
doctrynes
/
And
emonge
alle
other
/
that
they
sholde
not
be
ennoyed
ne
greuyd
to
haue
begonne
the
estate
of
Relygion
/
¶
But
alwaye
sholde
be
constaunte
.
and
perseuere
in
vertues
/
¶
Secondly
he
sayde
to
theim
that
they
sholde
haue
alwaye
in
theyr
entendement
and
remembraunce
the
hour
of
dethe
/
For
by
that
they
sholde
dysspyse
the
worlde
/
¶
Thyrdly
whanne
they
sholde
see
the
Arryens
persecute
the
chyrche
/
Lyke
as
it
hathe
be
shewed
by
Reuelacyon
/
That
they
shold
haue
sted
faste
faythe
.
in
folowynge
alwaye
the
tradycyon
and
lyfe
of
holy
faders
/
¶
After
he
retorned
in
to
a
place
solytary
wyth
one
his
frende
/
And
toke
leue
of
his
Relygyouses
.
in
salewynge
theym
and
gyuynge
his
benedyccyon
/
¶
And
it
is
to
wyte
that
he
deyed
not
in
Egypte
/
Where
as
was
the
custome
to
burye
the
dede
bodyes
in
clothes
of
noble
martyrs
and
other
persones
.
wythout
to
put
theyr
bodyes
in
th
erth
¶
Of
whyche
custome
saynt
Anthonye
hadd
ofte
repreuyd
the
bysshops
of
the
countree
/
To
the
ende
that
they
sholde
correcte
theyr
subgettis
.
In
sayenge
to
theym
/
That
our
lorde
had
be
buryed
vnto
the
thyrde
daye
in
a
Tombe
closed
/
¶
For
whyche
saynt
Anthonye
dredinge
that
they
wolde
not
soo
doo
to
hym
wolde
not
deye
in
the
sayde
countree
of
Egypte
/
¶
He
seenge
the
houre
of
hys
dethe
to
be
nyghe
/
He
callyd
two
of
his
Relygyouses
.
and
sayde
to
theym
/
My
chyldren
/
God
hathe
late
boden
me
to
come
to
hym
/
Wherfore
I
goo
the
waye
that
owe
to
goo
/
That
is
to
the
dethe
/
¶
It
is
longe
tyme
syth
I
desyred
to
see
the
heuenly
thynges
.
I
recommende
me
to
your
prayers
/
¶
After
he
admonested
theym
in
this
manere
/
Knowe
ye
the
estate
that
ye
haue
taken
/
Ye
haue
seen
many
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
And
they
maye
be
ouercome
/
¶
Desire
ye
alwaye
to
be
wyth
Ihesu
Cryste
.
¶
Remembre
ye
of
myn
admonycyons
and
doctrines
/
And
flee
ye
the
cursyd
Heretykes
/
For
they
ben
enmyes
of
Ihesu
Criste
/
¶
Besye
ye
yourself
to
kepe
the
commaundementes
of
god
¶
And
see
ye
wel
to
yf
ye
loue
me
that
my
body
be
not
borne
in
to
Egypte
to
the
ende
that
it
be
not
kepte
vaynly
in
honoure
/
¶
For.
for
this
cause
I
am
to
men
to
deye
with
you
/
But
ye
shall
couere
my
body
soo
pryuely
in
the
erthe
/
that
none
knowe
my
sepulture
but
ye
oonly
/
¶
After
he
made
his
Testament
&
ordenaunce
of
his
laste
wyll
/
By
the
whiche
he
lefte
to
saynt
Athanase
bisshopp
a
vestyment
of
heyre
namyd
Melote
/
whyche
couuered
hym
from
the
sholders
vnto
his
thyes
/
¶
Vpon
the
whyche
he
had
ofte
tymes
lyen
wyth
a
mantel
.
in
maner
of
a
sclauynt
/
the
whyche
the
sayd
bysshop
hadd
gyuen
to
hym
all
newe
/
¶
Serapyon
a nother
bysshop
had
that
other
vestyment
lyke
to
the
other
/
And
the
brethern
Relygyouses
had
the
heyre
/
¶
His
Testamente
accomplysshed
he
sayde
to
theym
/
Fare
well
my
frendes
/
Anthonye
gooth
his
waye
/
He
shal
be
no
longer
wyth
you
in
this
worlde
/
¶
And
thyse
wordes
sayde
/
alle
his
brethern
Relygyous
beynge
there
present
.
And
wepynge
bytterly
for
the
occasyon
that
they
sawe
his
deth
soo
nye
kyssed
him
/
¶
And
Incontynent
he
rendred
his
spyryte
to
god
/
The
aungellis
that
were
there
receyued
it
singyng
me
lodyously
/
¶
And
notwythstondynge
that
euer
he
hadde
frequented
or
vsyd
by
the
space
of
an
hundred
yere
.
or
there
abowtes
the
desertes
/
And
neuer
had
be
bayned
ne
wasshed
/
And
that
he
had
not
ete
ony
delycate
metes
/
Yet
neuerthelesse
his
flesshe
and
skynne
was
as
precyous
&
as
fayre
/
and
more
clene
thanne
ony
myghte
be
seen
/
¶
By
the
ensample
of
him
ye
see
how
god
enhaceth
theym
.
whyche
deuowtly
serue
hym
/
¶
Notwythstondynge
that
he
hadd
dwelled
in
deserte
His
fame
&
renommee
was
soo
grete
in
Yytalye
.
in
Spayn
and
in
Fraunce
.
that
none
was
lyke
/
¶
And
in
hym
hathe
be
verefyed
the
worde
of
our
blessyd
Sauyour
and
Redemer
Ihesu
Criste
/
Sayenge
that
he
that
mekyth
hym
.
shall
be
exalted
/
As
he
hath
be
thorugh
alle
the
worlde
/
In
whyche
in
dyuerse
partyes
and
regyons
ben
yet
done
myracles
withoute
nombre
.
to
the
praysynge
and
exaltacyon
of
his
gloryous
name
/
As
well
vpon
the
bodyes
of
mankynde
/
As
vppon
the
brute
beestes
and
vnresonable
/
In
suche
wyse
.
that
emonge
alle
the
other
gloryous
sayntes
/
He
is
ryghte
deuoutly
adoured
and
prayed
vnto
/
¶
Lete
vs
thenne
praye
hym
deuowtly
that
it
playse
hym
to
praye
to
god
for
vs
myserable
synnars
/
to
that
that
his
worthy
playsure
be
to
gyue
vs
ferme
&
constaunt
wyll
and
affeccyon
.
to
dyspyse
by
his
ensample
this
present
worlde
in
suche
manere
/
that
fynably
we
may
obteyne
the
reame
of
heuen
/
¶
Thus
endyth
the
lyfe
of
the
blessyd
saynt
Anthonye
.
And
after
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Hylaryon
Heremyte
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Hilarion
ortus
Caplm.
xxvii.
SAynt
Hylaryon
was
borne
in
the
countree
of
Palestyne
.
in
a
towne
namyd
Thabatha
fyue
myle
fro
a
cyte
called
Gasa
.
or
ther
abowtes
/
¶
He
was
as
a
Rose
flourysshynge
emonge
the
thornes
/
For
his
fader
was
a
Paynem
and
serued
th
ydollis
/
But
Hylaryon
serued
god
¶
His
fader
sente
hym
in
to
Alexandrye
.
for
to
lerne
the
science
of
Gramaire
/
In
the
whyche
he
was
suffysauntly
Instructe
after
his
yonge
aege
/
But
that
more
is
of
valewe
he
lerned
the
very
scyence
of
the
faythe
of
Cryste
/
¶
For
he
byleuyd
in
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
He
beynge
a
scoler
fledde
all
vyces
and
synnes
.
despysyng
generally
alle
the
vanytees
of
the
worlde
/
And
occupyed
hymself
oonly
to
serue
god
and
holy
chyrche
/
¶
Whanne
he
herde
the
renommee
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
whyche
was
strongely
spradde
in
alle
Egypte
/
He
wente
to
see
hym
/
And
he
beinge
there
arryued
/
chaunged
his
habyte
/
And
was
there
.ij.
monethes
wyth
hym
in
contemplacyon
.
and
Ioyeng
the
grete
humylytee
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
And
as
he
receyued
humaynly
the
brethern
that
wolde
be
Relygyous
wyth
hym
/
In
lyke
wyse
as
he
was
hymselfe
harde
and
sharpe
to
correcte
theim
.
&
soo
he
was
redy
to
admonest
theym
¶
He
was
sobre
in
metes
/
And
he
was
neuer
syke
for
what
someuer
abstynence
he
dyde
/
¶
Whanne
the
holy
fader
Hylaryon
had
seen
his
holy
conuersacyon
/
He
retorned
wyth
some
Relygyouses
in
to
the
house
of
his
fader
/
Whom
he
founde
and
his
nyece
also
deed
and
departed
oute
of
this
worlde
/
¶
And
in
contynent
as
towched
of
the
holy
ghoste·
he
distrybuted
his
parte
of
theyr
godes
to
poore
folke
/
and
reserued
no
thynge
for
hymselfe
/
In
consyderynge
the
scrypture
that
sayth
/
That
he
whyche
renoucyth
not
alle
that
he
possessyth
.
maye
not
be
dyscyple
of
Ihesu
Cryste
¶
And
how
well
that
he
was
not
but
fyftene
yeres
olde
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
wente
alle
naked
abowte
seuen
myles
ferre
from
the
forsayde
cytee
of
Gaza
in
to
a
place
full
of
theues
.
And
whan
his
frendes
told
hym
the
peryll
/
to
whiche
he
wente
to
/
¶
He
ansuered
.
that
he
that
wold
eschew
the
dethe
perdurable
oughte
to
dyspyse
the
dethe
naturell
/
¶
Alle
men
merueylled
of
his
life
.
consyderynge
/
syderynge
his
aege
/
whyche
was
yet
so
tendre
/
And
neuerthelesse
endured
somothe
payne
/
¶
His
clothynge
was
oonly
of
a
sacke
and
a
mantell
of
pellycon
.
whyche
saynt
Anthonye
had
gyuen
to
hym
/
¶
The
deuyll
seenge
the
lyffe
of
this
childe
.
by
cause
he
myght
not
calle
hym
agayne
to
the
worlde
/
Tormented
hym
strongly
.
to
the
ende
to
ouercome
hym
.
and
brynge
hym
vnder
his
rule
/
¶
He
bete
hym
wyth
fystes
on
his
breste
sayenge
to
him
/
¶
Lytyll
Asse
I
shall
well
kepe
the
from
gooynge
backe
/
Thou
shalte
not
haue
oonly
barley
breede
for
to
ete
/
but
shalt
deye
for
hungre
and
thurste
/
¶
In
Somer
I
shall
make
the
to
haue
colde
/
And
I
shal
put
the
in
suche
astate
that
thou
shalte
not
remembre
but
for
to
ete
and
drynke
.
wythoute
to
thynke
on
god
/
¶
The
holy
chylde
ete
not
in
thre
or
four
dayes
.
but
a
lityll
herbes
and
fygges
¶
Yet
for
to
augmente
&
encreace
hys
penaunce
in
fastynge
he
laboured
the
erthe
/
And
made
fyscellis
wouen
wyth
Rede
and
Ionkes
/
In
consyderynge
that
he
that
takyth
noo
payne
to
labour
is
not
worthy
to
ete
/
¶
On
a
nyghte
he
herde
many
dyuerse
voyces
.
lyke
the
voyces
of
a
chylde
/
the
bletynge
of
shepe
/
the
lowynge
of
oxen
the
clamour
of
wymmen
.
the
crye
of
lions
and
many
other
dyuerse
voyces
/
¶
And
all
this
dyde
the
deuyll
whyche
supposed
to
haue
broughte
hym
out
of
his
wytte
by
the
feere
of
the
herynge
/
And
after
by
his
eyen
/
¶
And
he
anone
knelyd
downe
.
and
markyd
his
forhede
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
And
after
he
lokyd
on
that
one
syde
&
that
other
/
wenynge
to
haue
seen
the
beestes
and
the
other
thynges
/
Wherof
he
had
herde
the
voys
/
And
Incontynent
he
sawe
theym
in
a
carte
whiche
horses
drewe
rennynge
as
they
hadde
ben
wood
/
¶
Thenne
he
beganne
to
crye
and
calle
the
name
of
Ihesu
/
And
anone
the
erthe
opened
/
¶
And
alle
the
companye
soo
cryenge
and
howlynge
sonke
downe
in
to
the
pytte
of
helle
/
¶
Thenne
beganne
he
to
saye
thyse
wordes
wreten
in
the
Cantycle
of
the
cursyd
Pharao
.
whyche
sayth
thus
/
¶
The
horse
&
the
man
that
was
vpon
hym
/
God
hathe
throwen
theym
in
the
see
/
The
deuylles
goon
in
the
lykenesse
of
horse
&
chariottes
/
But
we
shall
be
borne
in
the
name
of
our
lorde
/
The
enmyes
of
hell
enuyous
of
our
Redempcyon
present
to
vs
soo
many
of
dyuers
and
cursyd
temptacyons
/
that
wyth
grete
payne
it
is
possyble
to
recyte
theym
/
¶
Often
tymes
whanne
the
blessyd
chylde
Hylary
on
slepte
/
The
deuyll
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
all
naked
shewed
hym
to
him
¶
Whanne
he
ete
he
presented
to
hym
the
remembraunce
of
dyuerse
metes
/
¶
Some
tyme
whanne
he
was
in
prayer
he
passed
byfore
hym
lyke
a
wulffe
howlynge
/
A nother
tyme
lyke
a
foxe
/
A nother
tyme
lyke
a
bataylle
of
men
armed
.
In
suche
wyse
that
one
lete
him selfe
falle
tofore
hym
.
in
demaundyng
hym
sepulture
/
¶
On
a
tyme
as
he
laye
flatte
vpon
the
grounde
.
makynge
his
prayers
to
god
/
came
the
deuyll
behynde
hym
/
Whyche
smote
hym
on
the
heles
.
and
on
the
backe
.
and
on
the
heede
sayeng
/
Aryse
thou
Hylaryon
/
Wherfore
slepest
thou
/
¶
But
not
for
alle
that
he
moeuyd
hym
noo
thynge
/
He
was
soo
moche
rauysshyd
in
his
prayers
/
¶
From
that
tyme
as
he
was
syxtene
yeres
olde
.
he
withdrewe
hym
in
to
a
lytyll
house
made
of
Ionkes
and
bowes
Wherin
he
endured
tyll
he
was
twenty
yeres
olde
.
colde
and
heete
.
Rayne
.
and
snowe
.
and
other
grete
necessytees
/
And
after
he
dwellyd
in
a nother
lytyll
houses·
whiche
was
foure
fote
brode
and
fiue
fote
hyghe
/
But
it
was
a
lytyll
lenger
thanne
his
body
/
¶
This
lytyll
hous
semed
better
a
sepulcre
than
an
house
/
¶
He
clipped
of
his
heeres
ones
a
yere
/
That
is
to
wyte
tofore
the
solempnytee
of
Ester
/
¶
He
laye
bare
vppon
a
bedde
of
Ionkes
/
and
soo
contynued
to
the
deth
/
And
neuer
was
he
couered
but
wyth
one
sacke
/
The
whyche
he
neuer
wasshed
/
Sayenge
that
in
an
hayer
oughte
not
to
be
soughte
clennesse
/
¶
He
neuer
chaunged
Robe
ne
cote
.
tyll
th
olde
was
rotyn
/
His
felycytee
was
to
remembre
holy
scrypture
/
¶
And
emonge
his
orysons
he
songe
deuowte
psalmes
to
god
as
he
hadde
be
presente
/
¶
After
that
he
was
.xxi.
yeres
olde
.
vnto
.xxvi.
he
lyued
sobrely
/
¶
And
in
thre
yere
he
ete
not
but
only
a
syxter
of
wortes
medled
in
a
lytyll
colde
water
/
In
the
other
thre
yeres
he
ete
but
breede
&
salt
wyth
a
lytyll
water
/
¶
After
seuen
and
twenty
yeres
tyll
fyue
and
thyrty
.
he
ete
not
but
sixe
vnces
of
barly
breede
And
for
his
potage
a
lytyll
coole
wortes
without
oyle
.
¶
But
whan
he
sawe
his
body
by
straytnesse
of
lyffe
became
scabby
and
ronyous
/
Alytyll
for
to
recomforte
hymself
/
he
putt
a
lytyll
oylle
in
his
potage
¶
And
he
lyued
in
this
life
sobrely
vnto
tha●ge
of
thre
and
fourty
/
without
etynge
apples
ne
other
frutes
/
¶
Whanne
he
came
vnto
the
aege
of
thre
score
&
foure
yere
.
and
the
deth
drawynge
nyghe·
He
ete
noo
more
brede
tyll
he
was
foure
score
yere
olde
.
but
oonly
ete
meele
and
scooles
brayed
/
¶
Alle
that
he
ete
and
dranke
weyed
not
all
but
fyue
vncis
/
¶
And
thus
fynysshed
he
his
dayes
in
suche
abstynences
/
¶
Alas
we
that
ete
some
more
than
thyrty
.
other
more
than
foure
score
vncis
of
weyghte
.
fyue
or
syxe
tymes
on
the
daye
.
yet
ben
not
well
contente
/
And
he
that
ete
not
but
oonly
whanne
att
the
sonne
was
gone
downe
one
tyme
on
the
daye
/
And
all
his
mete
&
drynke
weyed
not
but
fyue
vnces
/
Yet
he
lyued
vnto
the
aege
of
foure
score
yeres
/
¶
Lete
vs
thenne
be
sobre
.
vnto
the
ende
to
be
chaste
by
the
ensample
of
the
good
holy
fader
Hylaryon
.
whyche
in
his
lyffe
wolde
suffre
.
and
endure
soo
moche
euyll
and
payne
/
for
the
honour
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
He
beynge
in
the
aege
of
.xviij.
yeres
Theues
came
to
hym
.
wenynge
to
affraye
hym
by
cause
of
his
yonge
aege
.
Or
for
to
robbe
some
thynge
fro
hym
/
¶
And
how
well
they
made
grete
dylygence
to
fynde
his
lytyll
house
.
Neuerthelesse
they
went
rounde
abowte
it
an
hoole
daye
and
a
nyghte
.
&
cowde
not
fynde
it
/
And
on
the
morne
they
fonde
it
and
hym
therin
/
¶
And
they
demaunded
of
hym
this
questyon
/
Yf
the
theues
came
to
the.
what
sholdest
thou
do
thou
lytyll
man
/
He
ansuered
to
theym
What
maye
they
demaunde
or
aske
.
seen
that
I
am
all
naked
.
and
haue
none
moeuable
goodes
/
¶
Thenne
they
sayde
to
hym
/
Thou
myghtest
be
slayne
/
¶
The
chylde
ansuered
/
I
maye
well
be
slayne
truely
/
But
for
that
I
drede-not
/
For
I
am
redy
for
to
deye
/
¶
The
theues
were
moche
admerueylled
.
And
recounted
to
hym
how
they
had
soughte
him
/
¶
And
after
they
amended
theyr
lynes
¶
He
was
not
yet
but
two
and
twenty
yeres
olde
/
whanne
his
fame
&
renommee
sprange
ouer
alle
the
countree
of
Palestyne
.
by
cause
of
the
holynesse
of
his
lyffe
/
¶
And
in
that
tyme
was
a
woman
in
the
towne
of
Lent●opolytane
.
whom
her
husbonde
dispysed
and
hadde
in
hate
/
By
cause
he
cowde
not
conne
haue
of
her
in
fyftene
yeres
ony
chylde
/
¶
Wherfore
she
came
to
saynt
Helaryon
demaundynge
or
aryng
counseylle
of
hym
how
she
myghte
doo
¶
And
by
cause
that
at
the
fyrste
tyme
he
wolde
not
speke
to
her
.
but
spytte
.
by
cause
he
wolde
not
speke
/
Thenne
she
fell
downe
on
her
knees
.
sayenge
to
him
¶
Fader
Hylaryon
lete
it
playse
the
to
here
me
/
&
torne
not
awaye
thyne
eyen
from
me
/
But
beholde
me
not
as
a
woman
but
as
one
vnhappy
and
cursyd
¶
Att
laste
he
spake
to
her
.
in
demaundyng
her
the
cause
of
her
sorowe
/
The
whyche
by
her
recyted
and
opened
/
saynt
Hilaryon
sayd
to
her
.
that
she
sholde
goo
home
and
haue
alwaye
stedfaste
hope
in
god
/
¶
And
after
for
the
py●e
that
he
had
in
her
.
he
prayed
god
often
tymes
in
grete
habundaunce
of
teeres
.
soo
effectuously
that
in
the
ende
of
the
yere
.
she
had
a
childe
/
and
that
was
his
fyrste
myracle
/
¶
The
wyfe
of
one
namyd
Elypydius
comynge
to
se
saynt
Anthonie
.
abode
in
the
towne
of
Gaza
.
wyth
threof
her
chyldern
and
her
husbonde
/
In
whyche
towne
deyed
the
sayd
thre
chyldren
¶
The
moder
beynge
in
the
myddle
of
theym
thre
soo
desolate
.
that
she
wyste
not
whom
moost
to
bewaylle
/
¶
And
aduysed
her
of
saynt
Hylaryon
whyche
was
nyghe
by
/
And
tooke
the
waye
wyth
her
Chamberers
.
and
lefte
alle
her
astate
for
to
come
to
the
place
where
he
was
¶
To
whom
she
sayd
.
I
requyre
and
adiure
the
in
the
name
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
/
Of
his
gloryous
passyon
.
and
of
the
effusyon
of
hys
precyous
blood
.
that
it
playse
the
to
praye
for
my
thre
children
.
that
they
maye
by
him
be
reysed
from
dethe
/
To
the
ende
that
his
name
be
praysed
and
magnyfyed
in
the
cyte
of
Paynems
/
¶
And
also
I
adiure
the
in
lyke
wyse
that
for
thys
cause
thou
come
oute
of
thyne
Hermytage
.
And
come
in
to
the
cyte
of
Gaza
¶
Thenne
ansuered
saynt
Hylaryon
.
that
he
wolde
neuer
come
oute
of
hys
celle
/
ne
also
wolde
entree
in
to
townes
ne
citees
.
¶
She
noo
thynge
content
of
his
ansuere
fell
down
prostrate
or
flatt
to
the
grounde
.
and
beganne
to
crye
/
Hylaryon
reyse
my
chyldren
by
thy
prayers
/
the
whyche
saynt
Anthonye
hath
soo
longe
kepte
and
gouerned
in
Egipte
/
To
the
ende
that
of
the
they
sholde
be
kepte
in
Syrye
/
¶
All
they
that
were
thenne
presente
wepte
/
¶
And
how
well
he
dyfferred
his
gooynge
/
neuerthelesse
she
sayd
to
hym
:
that
she
sholde
neuer
departe
/
But
he
shold
fyrste
promyse
to
goo
vysyte
her
chyldren
wyth
her
/
¶
And
soo
he
was
constrayned
by
her
wordes
for
to
goo
thyder
/
¶
He
beynge
comen
thyder
/
And
seenge
the
chyldren
all
colde
.
as
they
whyche
had
noo
sygne
of
lyfe
/
In
the
presence
of
grete
multytude
of
people
thyder
comen
.
by
cause
of
hym
/
He
made
his
prayer
deuowtly
to
god
/
¶
The
whyche
made
the
sayde
chyldren
caste
oute
grete
habundaunce
of
water
oute
of
theyr
bodyes
/
And
after
knewe
theyr
fader
and
moder
/
and
thanked
humbly
the
good
fader
Hylaryon
/
And
beganne
to
drynke
and
ete
/
lyke
as
they
hadde
had
neuer
greyt·
ne
hadde
loste
the
lyffe
/
¶
This
myracle
was
soo
spradde
.
and
renommed
openly
in
all
the
countree
of
Egypte
&
Syrye
/
In
suche
wyse
manyfested
or
knowen
that
the
peple
came
to
hym
from
all
partyes
/
Of
whom
many
wente
in
to
Relygyon
for
to
lede
solytary
lyfe
/
¶
A
woman
namyd
Fatydya
borne
of
the
cytee
of
Rynocorne
in
the
countree
of
Egypte
.
whyche
had
be
blynde
by
the
space
of
ten
yere
/
came
to
him
in
sayenge
that
she
had
dyspended
alle
her
hauour
to
leches
for
to
recouure
her
syghte
/
¶
The
holy
man
sayde
to
her
Yf
thou
haddest
gyuen
for
goddys
sake
that
whyche
thou
haste
gyuen
to
Fisicyens
and
Leches
.
thou
sholdest
moche
sooner
haue
recouered
thy
syghte
/
For
god
sholde
haue
gyuen
it
to
the
agayne
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
she
beganne
to
crye
mercy
/
And
anone
by
his
prayers
her
syghte
was
restored
to
her
/
¶
Ther
was
a
man
in
his
tyme
namyd
Messicas
born
in
Iherusalem
.
the
whiche
was
stronger
thanne
ony
other
of
that
countreye
/
¶
For
by
his
bodyly
strengthe
he
bare
also
grete
a
burthen
or
more
thanne
an
Asse
/
¶
And
the
burthen
that
he
bare
was
estemyd
or
thoughte
at
fiftene
Muys
of
the
mesure
of
that
countree
the
burthen
that
he
bare
/
¶
It
happed
by
the
suffraunce
of
god
that
he
was
possessyd
of
a
deuyll
/
And
became
enraged
and
madde
/
In
suche
wyse
that
he
must
be
bounde
wyth
chaynes
by
the
strengthe
of
many
men
/
and
yet
cowde
they
not
holde
hym
soo
moche
for
his
strengthe
and
gretnesse
.
that
for
the
vyolence
of
the
deuyll
whyche
tormented
hym
that
he
by
extreme
woodnesse
rented
of
theyr
noses
and
other
membres
.
¶
Whanne
he
was
broughte
to
the
chyrche
.
he
foomed
att
mouthe
and
tormentrd
himself
as
a
wood
bole
¶
His
parentes
and
kynnesmen
.
to
the
ende
that
he
myght
recouer
helth
they
broughte
hym
to
this
holy
man
Hylaryon
/
¶
And
thus
as
they
were
tofore
this
holy
man
.
where
as
his
brethern
trembled
for
drede
of
his
merueyllous
gretnesse
and
woodnesse
/
The
good
holy
fader
commaunded
to
vnbynde
him
And
that
noo
man
sholde
be
aferde
of
hym
/
Soo
it
was
done
/
¶
And
myraculously
there
where
tofore
he
myght
not
beholde
/
He
became
soo
softe
that
swetly
he
kyssed
the
fete
of
the
sayde
saynt
Hylaryon
/
And
the
seuenth
daye
after
he
was
alle
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
¶
A nother
namyd
Oryon
the
moste
Ryche
and
chyef
in
auctoryte
of
the
cytee
of
Achylle
by
vnto
the
Reed
see
/
was
also
in
lyke
wyse
tourmented
of
a
legyon
of
deuyllis
/
¶
Wherfore
he
was
strongly
bounden
wyth
chaynes
by
all
the
membres
of
his
body
/
¶
Thus
as
saynt
Hylaryon
wente
wyth
his
brethern
/
The
same
Demonyak
with
his
two
hondes
bounden
wyth
yren
tooke
hym
.
and
lyfte
hym
vpp
alle
on
hyghe
from
the
erthe
/
Wherof
the
people
beynge
presente
beganne
to
crye
/
Doubtynge
that
some
Inconuenyent
mighte
come
to
hym
/
By
cause
he
was
moche
feblyd
and
weeke
by
fastynge
and
straytnesse
of
lyfe
/
¶
But
the
holy
man
beganne
to
laughe
and
strayne
the
hondes
of
the
seke
man
/
Whom
he
helde
so
subget
.
that
he
myghte
not
greue
ne
enoye
hym
/
¶
And
after
by
adiuracyons
he
moeued
the
deuylles
that
were
wythin
his
body
/
In
suche
wyse
that
by
the
mouthe
of
the
seke
man·
the
people
herde
horryble
and
dyuerse
voyces
cryenge
and
howlynge
.
lyke
straunge
beestes
/
¶
And
after
the
seke
man
beganne
to
crye
/
O
good
Ihesus
vnbynde
me
that
am
thus
poore
and
soo
meschaunt
.
and
vnhappy
/
And
I
shal
saye
thynges
whyche
were
neuer
herde
/
¶
Anone
he
was
alle
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
¶
And
a
lytyll
tyme
after
he
&
his
wyfe
put
theymself
to
goo
vnto
the
monastery
of
saynt
Hylaryon
.
in
than
kynge
hym
/
And
in
offrynge
to
hym
grete
gyftes
and
tresours
for
the
helthe
that
he
hadde
recouered
by
his
merytes
/
¶
To
whom
the
good
fader
saynt
Hylaryon
sayde
/
Haste
not
thou
radde
what
Giezey
and
Symon
magus
suffred
some
tyme
/
¶
Giezey
solde
the
helthe
made
to
Naban
by
his
mayster
Helisee
/
¶
And
Symon
wolde
haue
gyue
moche
money
to
saynt
Peter
for
to
haue
hadd
power
to
gyue
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghoste
/
¶
Thenne
Oryon
all
we
pynge
sayde
to
hym
/
Fayre
fader
take
that
I
offre
to
the
/
And
gyue
it
to
poore
people
/
¶
And
Hylaryon
ansueryd
/
Thou
shalt
distrybute
and
deale
it
better
thanne
I
/
For
thou
goost
thorugh
the
cytees
.
and
knowest
better
theym
that
ben
poore
thanne
I
doo
/
¶
It
sholde
not
be
a
thyng
propre
ne
well
besemynge
.
that
I
that
haue
renouncyd
all
temporell
thynges
.
sholde
take
the
goodes
of
a nother
/
¶
Oryon
felle
downe
to
the
grounde
prostrate
&
flatte
.
and
beganne
to
wepe
for
the
dysplaysaunce
that
he
hadde
of
that
.
that
saynt
Hylaryon
wolde
not
receyue
his
offre
/
¶
But
saynt
Hylaryon
comforted
hym
sayenge
.
My
sone
and
frende
be
not
wrothe
for
that
I
haue
refusyd
thy
money
/
It
is
for
thy
prouffyte
and
myn
/
For
yf
I
toke
it
I
sholde
offende
god
/
Thou
shalt
be
yet
tormented
of
the
deuylles
.
whyche
shall
reentre
in
to
thy
body
/
But
thou
shalt
take
it
in
pacyence
/
And
in
soo
doynge
theyr
torment
shall
be
to
the
helthfull
.
Wherfore
content
thyself
.
and
be
from
hens
forth
good
and
Iuste
/
¶
A
Massonne
namyd
Zazanus
in
hewynge
stones
was
taken
with
a
paleseye
/
And
by
his
seruauntes
was
broughte
to
saynt
Hylaryon
/
And
anone
was
●eelyd
and
guarysshed
/
¶
A
yonge
man
amorous
of
the
doughter
of
his
neyghbour
.
whyche
was
vyrgyne
/
The
whyche
by
noo
wyse
of
atowchynge
.
ne
otherwyse
cowde
deceyue
her
/
¶
And
desyryng
to
accomplyssh
his
Inordynate
wyll
on
her
.
wente
to
a
cytee
namyd
Memphyn
for
to
enquyre
&
wyte
of
a
Magycyen
dwellynge
there
.
how
by
arte
Magyqne
he
myght
deceyue
the
sayde
mayden
/
¶
And
for
to
brynge
this
abowte
he
was
a
yere
vnder
Esculapius
Magycyen
/
By
the
moyen
of
whom
were
soules
wythout
nombre
dampned
/
¶
Fynably
this
yonge
man
after
the
Instruccyon
of
the
sayd
Magycyen
wente
to
the
houses
of
the
sayde
vyrgyne
/
And
put
vnder
the
celle
or
entre
of
the
yate
certayne
ymages
of
Coper
.
sayenge
certayne
wordes
of
the
deuyll
.
whyche
he
byleued
sholde
serue
to
his
caas
/
¶
And
forth
wyth
the
sayde
mayde
became
alle
folysshe
/
And
by
grete
woodnesse
she
tooke
of
her
keuerchyef
of
her
heed
.
and
drewe
her
here
/
Straynyng
her
teeth
.
and
callynge
the
sayde
yonge
man
/
¶
She
was
broughte
to
the
holy
man
/
In
the
presence
of
whom
.
Incontynent
the
deuyll
whom
she
hadd
in
her
body
began
to
crie
and
howle
/
In
declarynge
how
by
force
&
arte
Magyke
he
was
entred
in
to
her
/
¶
After
that
he
hadh
sayde
thyse
wordes
/
he
sayde
to
saynt
Hylaryon
/
Wherfore
commaundest
thou
Hylaryon
to
me
that
I
sholde
goo
hens
and
departe
/
Knowest
thou
not
well
that
I
am
holden
vnder
the
zelle
and
entree
of
the
hous
of
the
mayde
/
And
I
am
by
art
magyke
bounden
wyth
chaynes
/
and
may
not
departe
/
but
yf
the
yonge
man
that
louyth
her·
whyche
by
his
arte
hath
bounde
me
.
vnbindeth
and
leteth
me
goo
¶
The
holy
man
sayde
to
hym
/
Thy
force
is
not
grete
.
syth
that
thou
arte
bounden
wyth
soo
lytyll
bondes
/
Saye
to
me
false
enmye
how
thou
arte
soo
hardy
to
entree
within
the
body
of
this
virgyne
/
¶
The
deuyll
ansuered
.
to
the
ende
that
I
wolde
kepe
her
a
vyrgyne
/
¶
How
sayde
saynt
Hylaryon
.
Sayest
thou
thyselfe
Conseruatour
of
vyrgynyte
.
And
thou
art
traytoure
to
chastyte
¶
Now
saye
to
me
wherfore
haste
not
thou
entred
in
the
bodi
of
the
yonge
fole
amerouse
.
¶
The
deuyll
ansuered
.
By
cause
that
an
other
deuyll
my
felowe
namyd
the
deuyll
of
loue
is
there
¶
Thyse
wordes
sayde
saynt
Hylaryon
commaunded
the
deuyll
to
voyde
oute
of
the
body
of
the
sayde
mayde
/
The
whyche
Incontynent
and
by
euydente
myracle
was
heelyd
and
guarysshyd
/
¶
After
this
saynt
Hylaryon
repreuyd
the
yonge
man
of
that
he
hadde
gyuen
sygne
of
loue
to
the
yonge
mayde
/
By
the
whyche
he
deseruyd
to
be
possessyd
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
A nother
namyd
Candydalus
.
that
whyche
was
Iudge
vnder
the
emperour
Constantyne
of
the
Prouynce
of
Germanye
/
The
whyche
after
the
historyes
stondeth
bytwene
the
countreyes
of
Saxonne
and
of
Almayne
/
And
was
brought
to
saynt
Hylaryon
in
to
the
cite
of
Gaza
in
Syrye
.
for
to
be
delyuered
from
the
puyssaunce
of
the
deuyll
.
of
whyche
he
was
tormented
euery
nyghte
/
¶
And
Incontynent
as
he
was
tofore
saynt
Hylaryon
he
was
hoole
&
guarysshed
/
¶
This
was
a
thynge
wel
merueyllouse
.
how
in
soo
ferre
countree
was
knowen
his
renommee
/
¶
That
is
to
wyte
in
Syrye
.
Palestyne
.
Egypte
.
and
Germanye
/
¶
Whanne
the
sayde
Candydalus
was
heelyd
/
He
wolde
haue
gyuen
to
saynt
Hylaryon
ten
pounde
of
goloe
/
But
he
tooke
but
oonly
a
loof
of
barley
/
Considerynge
that
who
someuer
sholde
be
nourysshed
of
suche
mete
.
sholde
consydre
golde
and
syluer
for
dounge
and
ordure
/
¶
The
holy
man
heelyd
not
oonly
the
beestes
resonable
/
But
also
brute
beestes
/
¶
A
merueyllous
grete
Camell
/
the
whyche
hadde
slayne
many
persones
/
And
in
the
ende
he
was
take
by
thyrty
men
whyche
broughte
hym
bounden
to
saynt
Hylaryon
/
¶
His
eyen
were
reed
as
fyre
.
and
scumed
in
suche
wyse
.
that
men
were
gretly
aferde
to
beholde·
him
¶
But
the
holy
man
commaunded
hym
Incontynent
.
that
he
sholde
be
loosed
and
lete
goon
/
¶
And
anone
they
that
were
there
fledde
moche
ferre
from
the
Camell
/
Excepte
one
that
abode
by
him
¶
Thenne
he
beganne
to
saye
to
the
deuyll
that
was
wythin
the
Camell
/
O
dampned
deuyll
.
thou
makest
me
noo
thyng
aferde
/
For
somoche
as
t
thou
art
in
a
grete
beeste
/
¶
For
thou
arte
as
myghty
in
a
lytyll
Fo●e
.
as
thou
arte
in
a
grete
Camell
/
¶
After
he
layed
his
honde
tofore
the
sayde
Camell
/
whyche
came
alle
wood
and
enraged
/
¶
And
anone
he
bowed
his
heede
vnto
the
erthe
/
Wherof
eche
man
was
abasshed
.
how
in
soo
lytyll
whyle
the
sayde
beeste
soo
enraged
or
wood
was
become
soo
mylde
and
came
/
¶
In
effecte
saynt
Iherom
saythe
that
he
wolde
not
wryte
alle
the
dedes
of
saynt
Hylaryon
/
For
the
tyme
sholde
not
be
shorte
/
As
he
wolde
saye
that
they
were
Innumerable
¶
Whanne
some
of
Syry●
came
to
saynt
Anthonye
he
sayde
to
theim
/
¶
Wherfore
come
ye
fro
soo
ferre
/
Haue
ye
not
my
sone
Hylaryon
wyth
you
/
The
whyche
shal
ayde
and
helpe
you
by
his
prayers
/
¶
In
the
name
of
the
same
Hylaryon
in
Palestyne
were
many
chyrches
made
¶
His
humylytee
was
merueyllouse
grete
.
¶
And
for
in
the
same
and
in
al
other
vertues
to
gyue
and
shewe
goode
ensample
to
the
holy
and
deuowte
Relygyouses
/
Often
tymes
he
wente
to
visyte
theym
in
theyr
hermytages
/
The
whyche
knowynge
his
grete
vertues
folowed
hym
well
ofte
in
soo
grete
nombre
.
that
they
were
often
tymes
wyth
hym
nighe
by
a
two
thousande
men
/
¶
Thus
as
the
holy
man
wente
vysytyng
the
desertes
of
Cades
/
¶
He
came
in
to
Heluse
a
cytee
.
where
alle
the
peple
were
assembled
for
to
doo
sacrefyce
to
the
Temple
of
Venus
/
¶
In
that
Temple
were
many
Paynems
/
The
whiche
had
ben
delyuered
of
the
deuyll
by
the
Intercession
&
prayer
of
the
holy
man
Hylarion
/
¶
And
whanne
they
apperceyued
hym
to
passe
tofore
the
temple
aforsayde
.
They
and
theyr
wyues
sprange
oute
of
the
Temple
/
and
sayd
to
him
in
langage
Syryaque
/
Bareth
/
Whiche
is
as
moche
to
saye
as
gyue
benedyccyon
to
theym
that
prayen
the
/
Mekely
he
herde
theim
/
And
prayenge
theim
that
they
sholde
not
adoure
him
by
prayers
/
but
one
god
oonly
eternell
/
¶
Merueyllous
grace
of
god
happed
to
theym
/
For
by
his
comynge
and
by
his
prayers
they
were
in
suche
wyse
enspyred
that
from
that
hour
they
made
theym
Crysten
.
And
helde
hym
for
theyr
Bysshopp
/
¶
A nother
tyme
as
he
wolde
departe
for
to
goo
vysyte
the
Relygyouses
to
hym
subgettes
/
He
sente
his
lettres
to
some
Relygyouses
in
to
lodgys
.
in
whiche
he
wolde
lodge
/
¶
And
amonge
the
brethern
there
was
one
.
whiche
was
merueyllously
scarse
and
nygardouse
/
And
wolde
noo
thynge
gyue
/
¶
Wherfore
the
other
prayed
to
the
holy
man
.
that
he
wold
lodge
in
his
hermi●age·
to
the
ende
to
correcte
this
cursyd
vyce
/
¶
He
ansuered
to
theym
/
What
wolde
ye
shold
be
done
to
hym
/
He
sholde
sklaunder
vs
/
And
we
sholde
but
traueylle
hym
/
¶
Ten
dayes
after
the
Relygyouses
had
knoulege
.
that
the
holy
man
sholde
passe
by
his
vyne
yerde
/
Sente
kepars
in
to
the
vyne
yerde
/
¶
In
commaundynge
theym
that
yf
ony
wolde
entree
in
to
it
/
That
they
sholde
caste
stones
atte
theym
/
The
holy
man
this
seenge
and
knowynge
what
there
sholde
come
therof
.
beganne
to
laughe
atte
the
folye
of
the
sayde
Relygyous
/
And
went
in
to
the
house
of
a nother
moche
lyberall
.
namyd
Sabbas
/
The
whiche
by
cause
it
was
Sondaye
/
desyred
theym
al
to
goo
ete
of
the
grapes
and
raysons
in
his
vyne
yerde
/
And
that
they
sholde
take
theyr
refeccyons
/
¶
But
saynt
Hylaryon
letted
theym
to
soo
do
Sayenge
cursyd
be
he
of
vs
that
eteth
tofore
that
he
hath
hadde
refeccyon
spirytuell
/
¶
Lete
vs
serue
god
fyrste
.
And
after
ye
shall
goo
in
to
the
vyne
yerde
And
soo
they
dyden
/
¶
Now
was
thre
thousand
that
entred
in
to
the
vyne
yerde
/
¶
And
after
that
they
had
eten
after
theyr
appetytes
/
there
was
thenne
estemyd
fruyte
ynough
for
to
gadre
an
hundred
mues
.
or
tonnes
of
wyne
/
¶
But
twenty
dayes
after
.
the
lyberall
relygyouses
gadred
there
thre
hundred
/
¶
And
that
other
that
was
skarce
and
nygardous
gadred
not
halfe
soo
moche
/
And
yet
what
he
had
gadred
.
it
tourned
in
to
vynaygre
/
And
soo
loste
it
/
¶
Saynt
Hylaryon
thenne
repreuyd
all
Relygyouses
that
were
curyous
of
thynges
transytorye
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
a nother
Relygyous
auarycyous
dwellynge
nyghe
by
the
space
of
fyue
myles
to
saynt
Hylaryon
hadde
a
lytyll
gardyne
/
Whyche
he
caused
a
man
to
kepe
¶
This
Auaricious
man
.
for
to
take
the
benyuolence
or
good
fauoure
of
the
holy
man
.
came
ofte
to
vysyte
the
brethern
/
And
pryncypally
one
namyd
Esicius
.
To
the
ende
to
haue
habytude
and
famylyertee
wyth
the
sayde
saynt
Hylaryon
/
¶
And
broughte
on
a
daye
emonge
other
thynges
grene
cooles
.
whyche
he
had
gadred
in
his
gardyne
/
And
delyuered
theym
to
the
sayde
Esicius
/
The
whyche
presented
theym
to
the
holy
man
Hylaryon
beynge
atte
table
/
¶
And
whanne
he
sawe
theym
/
Incontynent
he
commaunded
that
they
sholde
be
taken
awaye
Sayenge
that
they
were
soo
stynkyng
that
he
myghte
not
fele
the
sauoure
/
¶
And
after
demaunded
or
asked
who
hadde
broughte
theym
thyder
¶
Esicius
namyd
to
hym
the
brother
/
Smelle
ye
not
theym
sayde
the
holy
man
/
how
auaryce
is
roted
in
thyse
cooles
/
Yf
the
beestes
hadde
theym
tofore
theym
.
they
wolde
not
ete
theym
/
¶
Anone
Esicius
bare
theym
to
the
oxen
&
kyen
/
whyche
wolde
not
ete
theym
/
¶
The
holy
man
had
this
grace
/
Whanne
oonly
he
sawe
the
vestymentes
of
a
man
.
Or
that
he
had
towched
it
/
He
knewe
what
synne
that
man
hadde
commysed
/
¶
Whan
he
was
.lxiij.
yere
olde
in
contemplynge
the
multytude
of
bredern
that
were
come
to
him
in
desert
&
also
that
by
hym
Infynyte
seke
men
were
heelyd
&
guarysshed
/
¶
He
began
to
wepe
sayenge
to
his
brethern
/
Alas
my
brethern
I
haue
wel
loste
my
rewarde
.
I
supposyd
to
haue
Renounced
and
forsaken
the
worlde
/
and
I
am
retorned
.
consyderyd
the
multytude
of
you
that
be
wyth
me
.
¶
For
I
oughte
to
be
allone
in
a
pytte
or
fosse
for
to
doo
penaunce
/
And
to
lyue
solytaryly
/
¶
In
this
lamentacyon
he
was
by
the
space
of
two
yeres
/
The
whiche
passed
/
he
hadde
Reuelacyon
of
the
dethe
of
saynt
Anthonye
.
¶
The
whyche
deth
he
shewed
to
the
good
woman
of
Arystene
/
Of
whom
here
aboue
is
made
mencyon
/
And
that
it
was
true
/
Two
dayes
after
the
sayde
Reuelacyon
came
messagers
.
whiche
wytnessyd
the
sayde
dethe·
¶
Whyche
happed
at
the
houre
that
he
hadde
shewed
it
to
the
sayde
woman
/
¶
His
lyfe
was
soo
holy
.
that
euery
man
merueylled
/
¶
As
well
for
reason
of
his
myracles
.
As
of
his
abstynences
/
Scyence
.
and
humylytee
/
¶
Bysshops
.
Preestes
.
Clerkes
Relygyouses·
Matrones
.
and
other
Crysten
people
/
As
well
nobles
as
other
in
grete
multytude
went
to
hym
/
And
helde
theymself
well
happy
/
whanne
they
hadde
of
the
breed
and
of
the
●ylle
that
he
hadde
blessed
with
his
honde
/
¶
By
cause
and
aboue
alle
thynges
he
desyred
solytude
/
And
hadde
appetyte
to
be
allone
/
¶
On
a
tyme
he
purposyd
to
leue
hys
hermytage
.
and
to
goo
fewe
from
hys
brethern
¶
And
he
declared
to
some
of
theym
/
The
whyche
accordynge
to
his
wyll
.
and
to
the
ende
that
more
art
hys
case
he
myghte
passe
by
the
feldes
.
broughte
to
hym
an
asse
for
to
bere
hym
/
But
with
grete
payne
myghte
he
sytte
on
him
/
by
cause
of
his
debylite
and
of
the
grete
abstynences
that
he
made
/
¶
And
whanne
he
beganne
to
passe
by
the
desertes
of
Palestine
moo
than
ten
thousande
persones
enforcyd
theym
to
haue
supposed
to
tarye
him
/
that
he
shold
not
goo
/
But
neuerthelesse
they
cowde
not
lette
ne
tarye
hym
/
¶
And
in
smytyng
ayenst
the
grounde
wyth
his
staffe
sayde
for
to
contente
theim
/
¶
I
knowe
well
that
my
god
is
noo
lyer
/
¶
Also
I
maye
not
see
for
to
destroye
the
chyrches
ne
to
shede
the
blood
of
my
chyldern
¶
Al
they
that
there
were
present
knewe
by
his
worde
.
that
he
had
had
some
reuelacyon·
whyche
he
wold
not
shewe
But
alway
they
wold
haue
taryed
him
¶
Thenne
he
sayde
to
theym
that
he
wold
neuer
ete
tyll
they
wolde
lete
him
goo
¶
Seuen
dayes
after
he
toke
his
lene
of
his
brethern
.
In
commaundynge
theim
that
they
sholde
retorne
in
to
theyr
monasteryes
/
And
after
he
wente
in
to
Bethirion
/
¶
Fyue
dayes
after
he
came
in
to
Pelusus
.
and
there
vysyted
all
the
brethern
dwellynge
in
Lychone
/
¶
And
thre
dayes
folowynge
he
wente
in
to
a
place
named
Thobaston
.
for
to
see
Dracone
bysshopp
and
Confessour
The
whiche
hadde
ben
sente
thyder
in
●ryle
/
¶
Whanne
the
sayde
Bysshopp
sawe
him
/
he
was
strongely
comforted
wyth
his
presence
/
¶
Thre
other
dayes
after
he
wente
in
to
Babylone
.
for
to
see
Phylon
the
bysshopp
/
¶
Thyse
two
bysshops
hadde
be
sente
in
to
exyle
by
the
kynge
Constancyus
.
The
whyche
gaaf
fauoure
and
good
wyll
to
the
Arryens
Heretykes
.
¶
He
departed
from
thens
.
And
two
dayes
folowynge
he
came
to
the
castell
of
Affrodyton
/
Where
he
founde
Bysano
deaken
/
the
whiche
had
be
accustomed
to
carie
water
vpon
camellis
and
Dromedaryes
in
to
deserte
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
By
cause
there
was
none
in
the
place
where
he
abode
/
¶
He
recounted
and
shewed
to
the
sayde
Hylaryon
how
att
houre
that
saynt
Anthonye
shold
deye
/
it
was
commaunded
to
hym
.
how
he
sholde
wake
alle
the
nyghte
/
¶
Saynt
Hylaryon
and
the
sayde
Bysano
were
by
the
space
of
thre
dayes
walkynge
by
dyuerse
places
/
¶
And
in
the
ende
came
in
to
an
highe
mountayne
/
Where
they
founde
two
Relygyous
men
/
That
is
to
wyte
Ysaac
and
Plusyano
/
¶
his
Ysaac
had
wreten
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
The
good
holy
man
Hylaryon
.
wente
there
from
place
to
place
/
To
the
ende
to
vysyte
the
places
where
saynt
Anthonye
had
conuersid
and
vsed
.
and
prayed
to
god
.
and
had
done
other
vertuouse
werkes
/
And
in
vysytynge
those
places
.
he
founde
a
gardyne
.
In
whyche
saynt
Anthonye
had
planted
and
sette
many
trees
.
and
also
hadde
made
many
piscynes
for
to
water
theym
whanne
it
was
nede
/
¶
He
founde
also
the
place
where
he
lay
for
to
slepe
/
Whyche
was
noo
gretter
thanne
the
body
of
a
persone
¶
And
after
retorned
saynt
Hylaryon
wyth
two
of
his
brethern
to
the
nexte
hermytage
/
callyd
Affrodyton
/
In
whyche
place
saynt
Anthonye
lyued
a
space
of
tyme
.
solytaryly
/
¶
Now
hadd
it
not
rayned
in
that
londe
in
thre
yeres
/
Lyke
as
the
elementes
sholde
haue
complayned
the
deth
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
But
at
the
Requeste
of
saynt
Hylaryon
they
hadd
thenne
grete
habundance
of
Rayne
/
¶
After
the
whyche
a
multytude
of
serpentes
and
venymouse
beestes
roo●
vp
.
agaynst
the
peple
/
Of
the
Infeccion
of
whom
they
deyed
in
dyfferently
wythout
remedye
.
yf
Incontynent
they
had
not
be
brought
to
saynt
Hylaryon
.
whiche
gaaf
theim
oyle
blessyd
.
Of
whiche
anone
as
theyr
woundes
were
touched
were
hole
&
guarysshed
/
¶
And
by
that
cause
that
in
those
partyes
he
was
soo
moche
knowen
/
And
that
there
was
done
to
hym
ouermoche
grete
honour
.
He
went
in
to
Alexandrye
.
and
came
in
to
a
monasterye
namyd
Oason
/
¶
Ferdermore
bi
cause
he
had
not
dwellid
in
no
towne
walled
syth
he
had
be
religyous
He
went
to
Brynchion
by
Alexandrye
wyth
some
of
his
brethern
that
he
knewe
where
he
was
receyued
benygnely
/
¶
But
anone
after
by
cause
that
they
sawe
the
discyples
of
the
holy
man
make
redy
his
asse
for
to
departe
/
they
prayed
hym
wyth
Ioyned
hondes
that
he
wolde
abyde
/
For
they
hadd
leuer
haue
deyed
than
he
sholde
departe
fro
theym
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
for
to
comforte
them
.
sayd
that
he
was
constrayned
hastly
to
depart
/
To
th
ende
that
by
his
ouerlonge
taryenge
there
wyth
theym
.
he
sholde
be
cause
of
heuynesse
/
¶
Sayeng
to
theym
ferdermore
that
for
some
thynges
that
they
sholde
see
after
come
They
sholde
well
know
that
not
with
oute
grete
cause
.
he
sholde
not
departe
soo
hastely
from
theym
and
theyr
monastery
/
¶
And
the
day
after
it
happed
that
the
Pryncypall
of
the
cyte
of
Gaza
/
A
cytee
nyghe
by
wherin
dwelled
Paynems
and
enmyes
to
the
lawe
of
oure
lorde
Ihesu
cryste
/
Whyche
were
aduertysed
of
the
comynge
of
saynt
Hilaryon
to
the
sayde
monastery
/
Knowynge
that
their
lawe
was
in
waye
and
daunger
to
be
all
destroyed
by
the
moyen
of
the
sayde
saynt
Hylaryon
/
And
for
to
eschew
the
same
concluded
to
goo
to
the
sayde
monastery
.
for
to
putte
hym
to
dethe
/
¶
And
soo
Incontynent
they
wente
thyder
.
¶
And
they
fyndynge
that
soo
hastely
was
departed
from
thens
/
And
wythoute
to
be
aduertysyd·
ne
warned
of
theyr
enterpryse
and
purpose
/
Imposed
and
put
to
him
that
he
was
a
Magycyen
/
Sayenge
emonge
theim
that
that
they
myghte
cleerly
knowe
.
that
he
sawe
before
thynges
that
comen
after
/
¶
Now
it
oughte
to
be
vnderstonde
that
whanne
saynt
Hylaryon
was
departed
from
Palestyne
/
They
of
Gaza
demaunded
of
Iulyan
whyche
thenne
was
emperoure
lycence
for
to
slee
his
discyple
Esicius
/
¶
And
for
more
lyghter
to
take
him
/
they
had
wreton
to
alle
the
londes
there
abowte
¶
His
chyrche
was
thenne
dystroyed
&
beten
downe
/
And
his
Relygyouses
slayn
/
¶
The
whyche
thynge
he
had
perceyued
by
reuelacyon
/
wherfore
he
was
departed
.
by
cause
he
wold
not
see
that
dystruccyon
/
Lyke
as
tofore
is
sayde
/
¶
Saynt
Hylarion
soo
departed
from
Bruchyon
and
the
desertes
retournyd
in
to
Oason
/
Where
he
was
a
yere
or
there
abowte
.
¶
But
by
cause
his
renomee
and
fame
was
thrugh
that
londe
spradde·
He
wold
goo
to
places
where
he
sholde
not
be
knowe
/
¶
And
wente
for
to
passe
ouer
the
see
/
and
to
dwell
in
yles
where
he
sholde
not
be
knowen
¶
In
that
tyme
Adryan
whyche
was
his
dyscyple
comynge
from
Palestyne
arryued
to
hym
.
sayenge
/
That
Iulyan
the
Emperoure
was
slayne
/
And
that
in
his
place
regued
an
Emperoure
that
was
Crysten
/
¶
Whanne
the
holy
man
herde
his
purpoos
.
he
blamyd
hym
/
¶
And
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
retorne
/
But
he
and
Zazanius
one
his
discyple
went
in
to
a
shippe
for
to
come
in
to
Cecyle
/
¶
And
whanne
they
were
in
the
myddill
of
the
see
/
the
sone
of
the
maronner
was
rauisshed
of
a
deuyll
.
Whyche
entred
in
to
his
body
¶
And
by
cause
that
saynt
Hylaryon
by
force
of
coniuracyon
wold
haue
constrayned
hym
to
departe
oute
of
the
sayd
sone
.
He
sayde
to
hym
.
¶
O
seruaunt
of
god
why
suffrest
thou
not
me
to
be
in
peas
wythin
the
water
/
Gyue
me
spase
to
goo
to
the
londe
/
¶
For
yf
I
departe
here
/
I
sholde
falle
in
to
the
abysme
/
¶
The
holy
man
ansuered
to
the
deuylll
.
Yf
my
god
hath
gyuen
to
the
puyssaunce
and
power
to
abyde
/
Abyde
thou
.
And
yf
thou
haste
noo
myghte
.
I
shall
caste
the
oute
/
¶
Anone
after
the
chylde
was
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
¶
After
this
saynt
Hilaryon
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
not
be
knowen
made
the
Maronners
to
swere
.
&
other
that
were
there
.
that
they
shold
not
shewe
his
name
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
arryued
in
an
hyghe
mountayn
in
Cecyle
named
Pachumum
.
he
wold
haue
gyuen
to
the
Maronner
for
his
solaire
a
boke
of
the
gospellis
.
whiche
he
hadd
doo
make
in
his
yongthe
for
hym
and
his
dyscyple
Zazanius
/
¶
The
Maronner
seenge
that
he
had
none
other
thynge
wolde
noo
thynge
haue
/
¶
And
to
th
ende
that
he
wold
not
there
be
knowen
of
the
Marchauntes
of
the
Eest
partyes
/
He
wente
ferre
in
to
the
myddyll
of
the
lond
.
well
twenty
myle
from
the
see
/
¶
And
there
in
a
desert
he
made
of
the
broken
bowes
and
wode
fagottes
.
and
brusshes
/
and
charged
and
layd
in
the
necke
of
his
dyscyple
for
to
bere
to
the
market
in
the
nexte
towne
/
To
the
ende
that
he
sholde
brynge
breede
for
theyr
sustentacyon
/
¶
Alas
lete
vs
consydre
the
pouertee
of
this
holy
man
/
and
how
moche
euyl
he
suffred
for
to
come
to
heuen
/
we
that
haue
soo
moche
good
/
How
suppose
we
to
haue
it
/
I
byleue
that
it
shall
be
wyth
grete
payne
/
¶
And
how
well
that
the
holy
man
was
goon
in
to
a
straunge
countree
.
by
cause
he
wolde
not
be
knowen
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
anone
after
by
the
moyen
of
his
merueyllous
werkes·
Hys
fame
was
grete
thorugh
alle
the
countree
of
Cecylle
/
¶
And
the
fyrste
knowlege
of
hym
was
by
a
a
man
.
whyche
had
a
deuyll
wythin
his
body
/
the
whyche
man
was
broughte
in
to
the
chirche
of
saynt
Peter
of
Rome
/
¶
And
on
a
daye
amonge
the
other
/
the
deuyll
cryed
by
the
mouthe
of
the
seke
man
.
with
in
shorte
tyme
Hylaryon
shall
entre
in
to
Cecylle
.
the
whyche
wenyth
to
hyde
hym
/
But
I
shall
goo
to
him
.
and
shal
manyfeste
and
shewe
him
thorugh
out
the
londe
of
Cecylle
/
For
suche
is
the
playsure
of
god
/
¶
Anone
the
same
man
wyth
his
seruauntes
wente
to
the
see
.
&
came
a
londe
in
Pachumium
/
¶
And
lyke
as
the
deuyll
broughte
hym
tofore
the
hermytage
of
saynt
Hylaryon
.
And
Incontynent
was
alle
hoole
/
¶
The
whyche
curacyon
was
the
fyrste
myracle
that
he
made
in
Cecylle
/
¶
And
after
came
to
hym
Innumerable
seke
people
/
Of
whom
he
refusyd
many
grete
gyftes
whyche
they
wolde
haue
gyuen
to
hym
/
¶
Consyderynge
by
hym
that
whyche
oure
Sauyour
sayd
to
his
dyscyples
/
¶
I
haue
gyuen
to
you
grace
/
wythoute
ony
thynge
to
gyue
therfore
.
Gyue
ye
in
lyke
wyse
wythout
takynge
of
ony
thynge
/
¶
Esicius
dyscyple
of
saynt
Hylaryon
soughte
hym
in
dyuerse
places
/
And
was
there
thre
yere
in
desertes
and
mountaynes
for
to
seche
hym
/
¶
And
fynably
in
a
cyte
namyd
Mathone
he
founde
a
Iewe
/
the
whyche
sayde
to
hym
that
there
was
descended
in
to
Cecylle
a
Prophete
whyche
dyde
Infynyte
myracles
.
In
suche
wyse
that
he
was
reputed
and
taken
for
an
holy
Heremyte
¶
Esicins
asked
hym
of
his
habyte
.
of
his
tongue
/
and
of
his
aege
/
Wherof
he
cowde
noo
thynge
saye
to
hym
/
For
he
had
not
seen
hym
/
But
he
sayde
soo
by
heryng
saye
/
¶
Esicius
came
by
aduenture
in
to
Pachumium
in
a
vylage
/
In
whiche
he
demaunded
and
enquyred
for
the
holy
man
/
Whom
euery
man
tolde
where
he
was
/
For
he
was
knowen
of
theym
alle
.
for
the
grete
myracles
that
he
dyde
/
Wherof
they
hadd
grete
wonder
/
And
neuer
toke
ony
thynge
of
theym
but
a
pyece
of
brede
/
¶
Esicius
by
grete
dylygence
founde
hym
/
And
knelyd
downe
tofore
hym
/
wepynge
and
kyssynge
his
fete
/
¶
Saynt
Hylaryon
toke
and
releuyd
hym
vpp
/
And
a
lytyl
whyle
after
they
wente
in
to
a
castell
/
named
Epidarium
in
Dalmacye
.
where
by
in
a
felde
there
beynge
.
he
dwellyd
a
lytyll
tyme
/
¶
But
he
was
Incontynent
knowen
.
As
he
byfore
hadde
ben
in
other
places
and
countrees
.
where
he
hadde
conuersyd
and
dwelled
/
¶
In
the
sayde
place
was
a
dragon
merueyllously
grete
/
The
whyche
oonly
dystroyed
not
the
goodes
.
but
also
he
deuoured
and
slew
the
herde
men
that
kept
beestes
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
caused
to
be
broughte
a
grete
heepe
or
stacke
of
woode
/
And
caused
to
be
sette
fyre
therin
/
¶
And
after
made
his
prayer
to
god
.
The
whyche
made
.
the
same
dragon
in
the
presence
of
alle
the
people
came
and
brente
hymselfe
wythin
the
sayde
fyre
/
¶
In
that
same
tyme
.
and
anone
after
the
dethe
of
Iulyan
the
Emperoure
all
the
londe
trembled
/
¶
And
the
sees
sprangen
oute
of
theyr
places
.
In
suche
wyse
that
it
was
supposyd
that
the
worlde
shold
perysshe
.
and
be
drowned
by
a
seconde
deluge
or
flood
/
¶
And
the
shippes
were
lyfte
vpp
to
the
mountaynes
/
¶
And
this
seenge
the
Epydanytayns
.
came
for
refuge
and
socoures
to
the
holy
man
/
And
broughte
hym
to
the
ryuage
or
cooste
of
the
see
/
¶
The
whyche
Incontynent
after
that
he
had
made
thre
sygnes
of
the
Crosse
in
the
sonde
/
Sodaynly
the
see
descended
and
became
lowe
/
And
came
in
to
his
vsuall
custome
/
¶
Here
oughte
we
to
note
the
wordes
that
oure
lorde
sayde
to
his
Appostles
/
Whyche
ben
thyse
/
¶
Yf
ye
haue
very
faythe
/
And
ye
commaunde
to
a
moutayne
.
that
it
goo
in
to
the
see
Infallibly
and
wythoute
fayllynge
it
shall
goo
/
¶
Hylaryon
dyde
noo
lesse
myracle
.
Whanne
the
see
that
was
in
the
partyes
soo
haunsed
.
that
it
couered
alle
the
londe
/
Incontynent
was
wythdrawen
and
becomen
lowe
/
¶
Of
whyche
myracle
alle
they
of
the
cytee
were
admerueyled
/
¶
But
by
cause
that
men
beganne
to
honoure
hym
there
/
He
departed
by
nyghte
in
a
lytyl
●essell
of
the
see
/
¶
And
two
dayes
after
he
fonde
a
grete
shyppe
whiche
was
laden
/
By
the
ayde
and
helpe
of
whyche
he
wente
in
to
Cypre
/
¶
But
so
as
they
of
the
sayde
shyppe
wolde
haue
arryued
and
comen
to
an
hauen
/
¶
The
Marronners
sawe
comynge
two
shyppes
well
garnysshed
wyth
men
of
Armes
/
Whyche
men
called
Rouers
of
the
see
/
Whyche
enforcyd
theym
to
approche
or
to
come
aborde
to
theym
/
In
entencyon
to
robbe
and
pylle
theym
/
Wherfore
the
Maronners
and
the
dyscyples
of
saynt
Hylaryon
beganne
to
tremble
and
quake
for
feere
/
And
the
holy
man
dyde
noo
thynge
but
laughe
/
And
sayd
to
his
dyscyples
/
¶
Ye
ben
of
lytyll
fayth
/
Thyse
theues
here
whyche
comen
agaynst
vs
/
ben
not
in
soo
grete
multytude
as
was
Pharao
/
¶
And
neuerthelesse
he
and
his
companye
were
drowned
in
the
see
/
¶
And
whanne
the
shyppes
of
theues
were
as
nyghe
as
the
caste
of
a
stone
/
The
holy
man
sayd
/
Hola
/
Hola
/
Ye
ben
nyghe
ynough
/
¶
And
Incontynent
happed
a
merueyllous
thynge
/
For
the
shyppes
of
the
sayde
theues
retourned
bacwarde
.
wolde
the
Paciones
and
Maronners
or
not
/
¶
After
he
entred
in
to
a
cyte
namyd
Pafun
beynge
in
Cypres
a
noble
cytee
and
moche
flowrysshynge
in
Poetrye
/
Of
whyche
the
edefyces
and
buyldynges
were
some
tyme
fallen
downe
.
bycause
that
the
londe
trembled
ofte
/
¶
There
were
moche
people
tourmented
of
deuylles
.
whiche
were
within
theyr
bodyes
/
¶
But
the
holy
man
hadde
not
ben
there
enhabyted
twenty
dayes
but
that
they
cryed
with
an
hyghe
voys
/
Hylaryon
the
seruaunt
of
Ihesu
criste
is
in
this
londe
/
To
whom
we
must
all
goo
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
there
was
in
the
cyte
of
Salomnocurium
Laphyte
/
and
many
other
whyche
also
cryed
sayenge
/
That
they
muste
goo
to
the
holy
man
Hylaryon
/
But
they
knewe
not
where
he
was
/
¶
Thyrty
dayes
after
or
there
aboute
came
to
the
holy
man
Hylaryon
many
seke
men
/
vnto
the
nombre
of
two
hundred
/
Whiche
were
guarysshed
and
heelyd
in
eyghte
dayes
/
¶
He
dwellyd
two
yeres
in
that
place
there
in
abydynge
Esicius
his
dyscyple
/
Whom
he
hadde
sente
in
to
Palestyne
for
to
vysyte
the
brethern
of
the
monastery
/
¶
After
that
Esicius
was
come
agayne
to
hym
/
He
retourned
in
to
Egypte
.
in
to
a
place
namyd
Botholya
/
By
cause
that
there
ne
dwelled
ony
Crysten
man
/
And
the
place
was
soo
enhabytable
/
that
vneth
ony
man
myghte
goo
there
a
foote
/
¶
And
was
dystaunte
or
beynge
from
the
cyte
two
myles
or
there
abowte
/
¶
There
were
many
trees
and
fayre
gardynes
/
But
of
fruyte
of
theym
he
neuer
ete
¶
There
was
also
an
olde
monastery
.
the
whiche
was
alle
in
Ruyne
or
fallen
in
dekeye
/
by
the
whyche
was
herde
the
●oyses
of
some
spirytes
/
Lyke
as
there
had
ben
a
grete
excercyse
or
Rowte
of
men
of
Armes
/
¶
Wherof
the
holy
man
Hylaryon
was
ryght
Ioyeous
/
Consyderynge
the
meryte
that
he
myghte
gete
/
in
Resystynge
and
wythstondynge
the
spyrytes
that
were
soo
nygh
hym
/
¶
There
dwelled
he
fyue
yeres
/
Where
fewe
people
wente
for
to
see
him
:
for
the
grete
asprete
or
sharpnesse
of
the
place
.
And
for
the
dyffycnltee
or
doubfulnesse
of
the
waye
to
goo
thyder
/
¶
On
a
daye
the
holy
man
Hylarion
comyng
in
to
his
gardyne
apperceyuyd
a
man
Paralytyke·
or
taken
wyth
the
Palsey
beynge
tofore
the
gate
/
¶
Thenne
Escius
aryd
hym
what
he
was
/
And
who
had
broughte
hym
thyder
/
¶
He
ansuerd
that
he
was
the
Procuroure
of
the
towne
/
to
whom
the
gardyne
in
whiche
he
was
apperteyned
vnto
/
¶
Thenne
he
toke
hym
by
the
honde
and
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
In
the
name
of
god
my
frende
aryse
thou
and
walke
/
¶
A
merueyllouse
thynge
in
sayenge
thyse
wordes
.
the
membres
of
the
seke
man
were
restored
in
theyr
strength
and
helthe
/
In
suche
wyse
that
he
wente
vppon
his
fete
/
¶
Of
whyche
thynge
and
myracle
the
fame
sprange
and
spradde
there
alle
abowte
/
¶
Wherfore
the
holy
man
Hylaryon
wolde
noo
lenger
abyde
there
/
Not
for
to
departe
from
thens
for
ony
mutabylyte
or
chaungynge
of
thoughte
/
But
by
cause
he
desyred
to
lyue
solytaryly
.
wythoute
to
haue
knowlege
of
ony
persone
/
¶
Whanne
he
was
foure
score
yeres
olde
.
he
felte
himselfe
moche
feble
/
And
by
cause
that
Esicius
his
dyscyple
was
thenne
absente
/
He
made
a
cedule
or
letter
of
his
honde
/
By
the
whyche
he
lefte
to
hym
alle
that
he
hadde
/
¶
That
is
to
wyte
his
Robe
.
Whyche
was
made
of
a
sake
/
His
Frocke
.
his
Pelycon
.
and
his
Gospellis
/
¶
Alle
thyse
were
noo
grete●ychesses
/
¶
Many
deuowte
Relygyouses
of
the
cytee
of
Pafun
.
And
wyth
theym
a
notable-woman
named
Constance
.
att
prayers
of
whom
he
hadd
heeled
her
sone
and
her
doughter
/
Camen
to
hym
.
by
cause
he
was
in
dysposicyon
to
deyeed
/
And
spoken
wyth
hym
as
he
hadde
To
whom
he
requyred
.
and
neuerthelesse
commaunded
.
that
Incontynent
as
he
sholde
be
deed
.
They
sholde
putt
hym
in
to
the
erthe
in
a
gardine
nyghe
to
his
hous
/
¶
And
tofore
that
he
deyed
.
there
as
he
hadde
noo
more
charyte
he
sayd
to
his
soule
/
What
dredest
thou
my
soule
/
Goo
oute
of
my
body
/
Wherfore
arte
thou
aferde
/
¶
It
is
now
gone
thre
score
and
ten
yere
.
syth
thou
seruedeste
Ihesu
Cryste
/
And
now
thou
dredest
to
deye
/
¶
And
thus
sayenge
he
rendred
his
spyryte
to
god
/
&
Incontynent
they
buryed
him
wythin
the
gardyne
¶
Anone
after
his
dyscyple
Esicius
whyche
was
in
Palestyne
knew
his
departyng
/
And
thenne
he
came
in
to
Cypre
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
in
the
gardyne
where
as
he
was
buryed
/
He
fayned
that
he
wolde
dwelle
there
/
¶
To
the
ende
that
they
that
kepte
hym
sholde
haue
noo
suspecyon
ne
mysdemyng
that
he
wolde
transporte
and
carye
away
the
body
of
saynt
Hylaryon
/
But
he
wroughte
soo
pryuely
.
that
ten
monethes
after
that
he
stele
hym
a
waye
.
&
transported
or
caryed
hym
to
Maxymian
his
auncyen
and
olde
chyrche
.
in
the
whyche
the
same
Esicius
.
and
also
all
the
men
and
Relygyouses
there
abowte
buryed
hym
in
his
frocke
and
his
pelycon
/
Whyche
as
it
is
sayde
is
there
alhoole
/
¶
And
saynt
Hylaryon
is
yet
as
he
was
in
playne
lyfe
/
Gyuynge
out
odoures
&
sauours
merueyllously
smellynge
swete
/
¶
The
good
woman
Constaunce
/
whyche
hadde
be
acustomyd
in
curyouse
wakinges
to
passe
the
tyme
in
makinge
her
prayers
.
there
as
he
had
be
burybe
alyue
/
¶
Whanne
she
knewe
that
he
was
transported
and
taken
from
thens
She
wynge
the
grete
loue
that
she
had
to
him
:
Rendred
and
gaaf
Incontinente
her
spyryte
vnto
god
/
¶
And
yet
presently
by
this
occasyon
is
there
grete
questyon
bytwene
theym
of
Cypre
and
of
Palestyne
/
¶
By
cause
they
of
Cypresayen
.
that
they
haue
the
spirite
/
¶
And
they
of
Palestyne
sayen
to
haue
the
body
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
in
Cypre
atte
this
daye
ben
done
to
the
praysynge
of
him
moo
myracles
.
thanne
in
Palestine
/
¶
And
perauenture
for
almoche
as
he
loued
more
the
place
¶
Or
by
cause
onely
that
it
playsyth
god
that
soo
it
be
done
/
¶
Thus
endeth
this
Prossesse
of
the
ryghte
holy
and
deuowte
man
saynt
Hylaryon
/
¶
Here
folowyth
the
life
of
saynt
Malachye
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Caromas
/
Caplm
.xxxviii.
CAromas
is
a
cyte
in
Syrie
distaunt
or
beynge
of
fernesse
fro
Anthyoche
abowte
thyrty
myle
/
In
the
whyche
dwelled
Malachye
.
a
man
soo
named
/
¶
Malachye
is
a
sayeng
Syryaque
/
The
whyche
in
latyn
tongue
is
asmoche
to
saye
.
as
kynge
/
¶
This
same
Malchus
or
Malachye
was
an
holy
man
borne
of
Syrye
.
with
hym
was
alwaye
an
olde
woman
.
the
whyche
was
so
olde
.
that
she
semyd
alwaye
redy
to
deye
¶
Thei
two
were
so
contynuelly
in
the
chirche
that
they
myghte
be
lykenye
to
Zacharye
and
Elysabeth
in
deuocyon
/
¶
Saynt
Iherom
beyng
in
Syrye
.
some
cyteyzyns
of
the
same
cyte
,
axed
yf
the
sayd
Malachie
.
&
same
woman
were
maryed
.
or
kynnes
folke
/
By
cause
he
sawe
theym
soo
contynuelly
togider
/
¶
To
whom
was
ansuered
that
they
were
holy
and
deuoute
persones
towarde
god
/
Thenne
saynt
Iherom
wente
to
vysite
the
holy
man
for
to
demaunde
and
enquyre
of
his
life
/
¶
The
holy
man
Malachyas
sayd
to
him
.
that
he
was
born
of
a
place
namyd
Nyzibam
/
and
oonly
Herytour
of
his
fader
and
moder
/
¶
The
whyche
for
to
contynue
their
lygnage
.
wold
haue
constrayned
hym
to
take
the
Sacrament
of
Maryage
/
And
nothwythstondynge
that
he
was
by
his
fader
strongly
menaced
and
threrenyd
/
And
of
hys
moder
affectuously
requyred
for
to
marye
hym
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
loued
beter
to
these
the
state
of
Relygyon
.
and
to
renounce
and
forsake
the
world
/
¶
After
he
sayde
to
hym
.
that
for
doubte
of
the
Romayns
that
made
watche
vpon
the
passages
.
and
of
other
men
of
the
sayde
countree
/
He
durste
not
goo
in
to
the
Eeste
/
But
wente
hym
in
to
the
Weste
¶
He
sayde
to
hym
also
that
he
had
be
in
an
Hermytage
.
whyche
was
namyd
Calcid●s
and
stode
towarde
the
Southe
bytwene
Mynas
&
Heroas
/
¶
And
that
he
had
founde
there
good
Relygyous
vnder
whyche
werkynge
and
laborynge
he
had
lyued
longe
tyme
.
¶
After
he
was
in
wyll
to
retorne
in
to
hys
countree
/
By
cause
that
he
wyste
well
that
his
fader
was
deed
¶
And
for
this
cause
he
wold
haue
the
goodes
that
were
lefte
for
to
gyue
a
parte
to
poore
peple
/
Another
parte
to
make
a
churche
.
&
the
Resydue
for
to
susteyne
his
lyfe
/
¶
The
whiche
thinge
he
had
declared
to
his
Abbot
as
he
sayd
/
And
he
Incontynent
blamyd
hym
/
sayenge
that
it
was
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
And
alleged
and
shewed
to
hym
for
the
same
many
fayre
hystoryes
of
some
Relygyouses
.
whyche
in
lyke
caas
hadd
be
deceyued
/
¶
For
the
denyll
vnder
the
coloure
of
good
thynge
.
temptyth
alwaye
the
persone
for
to
make
him
to
accomplysshe
and
doo
some
euyll
/
¶
He
sayde
ferdermore
that
his
Abbott
hadde
sayde
to
hym
/
That
he
resembled
and
was
lyke
the
hounde
.
the
whiche
after
he
hadd
made
his
vomyte
.
Retourned
and
receyued
it
agayne
/
¶
And
for
prayer
that
the
Abbot
cowde
doo
.
he
wolde
not
consente
to
abyde
¶
How
be
it
that
he
knelyd
downe
on
his
knees
tofore
hym
/
Prayenge
that
he
sholde
not
goo
/
but
abyde
wyth
him
in
prayenge
and
shewyng
that
he
that
putteth
his
honde
to
the
plough·
That
is
to
saye
that
entreth
in
to
Relygyon
And
he
loke
backewarde
/
Is
not
worthy
to
haue
the
kyngdom
of
heuen
/
¶
Alas
sayde
Malachye
to
saynt
Iherom
.
I
was
well
melchaunte
and
vnhappy
/
Whanne
by
his
exhortacyons
I
wolde
not
abyde
wyth
hym
/
¶
Whiche
thynge
I
wolde
not
doo
/
Wenyng
that
he
sayde
soo
for
none
other
thynge
.
but
for
to
holde
hym
companye
/
&
for
hys
ryght
singuler
prouffyte
/
¶
And
to
me
departynge
and
takynge
of
hym
leue
.
He
sayde
to
me
/
¶
Ha
a
my
sone
I
oughte
well
to
be
angry
/
For
I
see
the
deuyll
whyche
markyth
the
wyth
the
signe
of
dampned
men
/
¶
And
lyke
as
the
shepe
that
lep●th
oute
of
the
folde
.
is
of
the
wulfe
rauysshed
/
Ryght
soo
was
I
and
my
companye
/
¶
For
in
comynge
from
Heroa
for
to
goo
in
to
Edysle
we
were
robbyd
of
theues
/
And
we
were
bitwene
thre
score
&
foure
score
in
a
companye
/
¶
Emonge
whom
was
taken
a
wyfe
of
one
of
my
companye
/
●
And
we
were
caryed
vpon
two
camellys
vnto
the
house
of
a
lorde
/
¶
And
in
goynge
thyder
we
ete
noo
thynge
but
rawe
flesshe
.
And
dranke
milke
of
Camellis
¶
Finably
we
arriued
and
came
to
the
house
of
the
sayde
lorde
/
Where
I
was
constrayned
for
to
saue
my
poore
lyffe
to
adoure
hym
wyth
his
wyfe
and
his
chyldren
/
¶
And
soo
dooynge
I
muste
knele
downe
on
my
knees
tofore
theym
/
¶
And
after
for
to
encreace
my
sorowes
I
was
putt
for
to
kepe
his
shepe
.
The
whyche
I
kepte
in
suche
wyse
that
they
multeplyed
in
grete
foyson
/
¶
There
I
ete
noo
thinge
but
softe
chese
and
mylke
/
¶
But
alwaye
I
prayed
to
god
and
sayde
suche
psalmes
as
I
haue
lerned
.
wyth
the
Religiouses
that
I
hadde
lefte
/
¶
The
lorde
of
whom
I
hadd
kepte
the
shepe
for
to
rewarde
me
by
cause
that
I
hadd
kepte
theym
soo
well
.
wolde
haue
constrayned
me
to
take
in
maryage
this
woman
.
the
whywhiche
was
prysoner
wyth
me
/
¶
And
by
cause
I
wolde
not
take
her
/
But
in
excusynge
me
I
sayde
that
I
was
Crysten
and
not
she
/
&
also
that
her
husbonde
was
yet
lyuynge
.
whyche
was
prysoner
with
a nother
lorde
/
¶
He
drewe
oute
a
swerde
.
and
wolde
haue
slayne
me
If
Incontynent
I
had
not
promysed
to
espowse
the
same
woman
prysoner
¶
That
nyghte
we
were
shytte
bothe
in
a
grete
pytte
/
In
whyche
I
sayd
to
myselfe
/
¶
Alas
what
hathe
it
prouffyted
to
haue
lefte
fader
and
moder
/
and
also
my
countree
/
for
to
eschewe
maryage
.
yf
now
I
marye
myselfe
/
¶
I
suppose
this
aduersytee
is
comen
to
me
bycause
I
haue
desyred
to
retourne
in
to
my
countree
¶
Ha
my
soule
what
shal
we
doo
/
Alas
I
shall
slee
myselfe
/
It
is
better
that
I
slee
myselfe
and
be
saued
.
thanne
for
to
take
a
wyfe
in
maryage
and
be
dampned
in
helle
euerlastyngly
/
¶
After
I
had
sayde
thise
wodes
I
toke
a
swerde
/
And
sette
the
poynt
agaynst
my
stomacke
.
In
sayenge
to
this
sayde
woman
/
¶
O
poore
woman
take
me
now
martyr
in
maryage
Otherwyse
shalt
thou
neuer
haue
me
to
husbonde
/
¶
Thenne
the
good
woman
prisoner
knelyd
down
on
her
knees
tofore
me
/
and
beganne
to
crye
/
Ha
my
frende
.
I
praye
the
in
the
name
of
god
slee
not
thyselfe
/
To
the
ende
that
thy
blood
be
not
cause
to
lese
myn
/
O
yf
thou
wolt
slee
thyself
/
Slee
thou
me
fyrste
/
And
soo
as
Martyrs
we
shall
be
maryed
/
¶
I
saye
to
the
for
trouthe
that
whanne
my
husbonde
shall
be
frohens
forth
wyth
me·
He
shall
neuer
touche
me
/
¶
For
from
this
houre
forthon
I
make
a
promyse
to
kepe
Chastytee
¶
Wherfore
thenne
wolt
thou
slee
thy selfe
.
yf
thou
take
me
in
maryage
/
Yf
it
soo
were
that
thou
woldeste
haue
me
otherwyse
/
I
sholde
rather
slee
myself
thanne
to
consente
to
be
thy
wyfe
/
¶
But
I
praye
the
that
thou
take
me
as
to
thy
wife
/
And
I
shal
takethe
as
my
husbonde
in
clennesse
.
in
louynge
my
soule
.
and
hatynge
my
body
/
They
shall
lyghtly
byleue
that
we
ben
maryed
/
And
also
we
shall
hastely
be
maryed
.
whan
they
see
vs
loue
that
one
that
other
/
¶
Thenne
was
I
moche
admerueylled
of
her
constaunce
and
wisdom
.
and
louyd
her
better
/
thanne
yf
she
hadd
be
my
propre
wife
/
¶
And
how
well
that
we
haue
sythen
lyued
as
husbonde
and
wyfe
togyder
longe
tyme
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
I
sawe
her
neuer
naked
.
ne
she
me
Ne
neuer
towched
the
one
the
other
/
¶
The
sayd
Malachye
recyted
and
tolde
also
to
saynt
Iherom
.
that
on
a
tyme
amonge
the
other
like
as
he
wente
to
pasture
and
fede
the
beestes
/
He
sawe
a
Molle
hylle
full
of
Auntes
/
And
longe
tyme
I
tooke
hede
to
the
manere
of
theyr
lyuynge
/
In
consyderyng
how
some
of
them
bare
for
to
susteyne
and
to
contynue
theyr
lyfe
more
gretter
paste
.
and
more
heuyer
by
the
halfe
thanne
they
were
theymselfe
/
¶
And
he
sawe
some
drawe
after
theym
.
that
whyche
they
myghte
not
bere
/
¶
Consyderyng
also
how
they
were
neuer
ydle
/
¶
And
whanne
one
of
theym
came
out
of
his
hoole
for
to
bere
to
ete
/
That
other
wolde
neuer
parte
vnto
that
he
hadde
holpen
to
dyscharge
and
vnlade
his
felowe
/
¶
The
condycyon
of
the
Aunte
is
suche
/
That
whanne
he
beryth
ony
herbe
hauynge
grayne
/
By
cause
it
sholde
not
growe
wythin
the
hoole
in
the
erth
he
takyth
awaye
the
sayde
grayne·
for
in
the
Garner
it
shold
he
Incontynent
grene
/
¶
Wyth
this
consydered
Malchus
the
sayeng
of
Salamon
/
the
whyche
sente
the
slowthfull
to
the
formices
or
Auntes
/
¶
And
in
thynkynge
on
thise
thynges
/
He
sayde
to
hymselfe
/
lyke
as
saynt
Iherom
rehercyth
/
That
he
was
the
moost
slouthfull
of
alle
mankynde
/
¶
And
by
this
cause
he
ymagyned
how
he
myghte
escape
from
the
seruytude
where
he
was
in
.
for
to
fynde
some
monasterye
/
In
whyche
he
myghte
in
seruynge
god
prouffytably
fynysshe
his
dayes
/
¶
Vppon
this
purpoos
he
retorned
home
/
And
cowde
not
hyde
from
his
wyfe
this
heuynesse
of
his
courage
/
The
whyche
after
that
he
hadd
declared
and
shewed
to
her
his
caas
/
¶
Admonested
and
counseyled
hym
to
flee
by
nyghte
¶
Thenne
sayde
the
sayd
Malachyas
.
that
he
had
in
his
flocke
two
beeres
.
the
whyche
he
wold
fyrste
slee
/
¶
And
of
theyr
two
skynnes
he
made
two
sackes
for
to
bere
the
flesshe
of
the
two
beeres
/
¶
And
whanne
thys
was
done
/
He
and
his
wyffe
awayted
that
alle
they
of
the
howse
slepte
/
And
thenne
departed
and
went
theyr
waye
wythoute
makynge
grete
noyse
/
And
after
that
they
hadde
gone
ten
myle
or
there
abowtes
/
They
founde
a
Ryuer
.
the
whyche
they
passed
prudently
/
¶
For
whanne
they
were
wythin
the
Ryuer
.
They
wente
wythin
the
same
.
in
descendynge
well
lowe
fro
theyr
fyrste
waye
for
to
take
an nother
/
To
the
ende
that
yf
ony
came
for
to
seke
them
that
they
sholde
not
fynde
the
stappes
of
theyr
fete
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
they
dradde
the
depnesse
of
the
sayde
Ryuer
they
passed
the
water
vppon
theyr
sackes
whyche
weren
full
of
theyr
beeres
flesshe
/
The
sayde
flesshe
was
soo
hurte
.
that
they
myghte
kepe
it
noo
l●nger
channe
thre
dayes
/
But
they
recompenced
it
in
drynke
/
¶
For
in
that
water
thei
dranke
for
the
thurste
that
was
to
come
/
¶
After
that
they
had
passed
the
sayde
water
/
They
●anne
in
beholdynge
alway
behynde
theim
.
for
to
knowe
yf
ony
folowed
them
/
and
more
by
nyghte
thanne
by
daye
By
cause
they
fered
the
Sa●ralyns
And
also
for
to
eschewe
the
grete
here
of
the
daye
/
¶
Yet
whanne
he
tolde
thyse
thynges
to
saynt
Iherom
/
He
sayde
that
he
was
not
yet
well
assured
of
the
grete
feere
that
he
that
tyme
hadde
/
¶
And
after
that
he
and
his
wife
hadde
gone
thre
dayes
They
sawe
two
men
come
tofore
theym
.
Rydynge
on
two
Camellis
/
And
supposyd
as
it
was
true
/
That
it
was
the
lorde
that
they
had
lefte
/
Of
whom
they
were
soo
aferde
.
that
they
abode
noo
thynge
but
dethe
/
¶
Thus
as
they
were
in
this
anguysshe
.
they
sawe
a
grete
pytte
by
theym
/
In
whyche
they
wente
to
hyde
theym
/
¶
But
wenynge
to
eschewe
a
grete
peryll
.
they
putt
theym selfe
in
a
gretter
/
For
in
the
same
pytte
were
Innumerable
venymouse
beestes
The
whyche
hadde
putt
theymselfe
in
for
the
here
of
the
sonne
/
¶
And
thenne
they
sayd
yf
god
helpe
vs
vnhappy
we
shall
be
sauf
/
And
yf
he
dispyse
vs
synnars
/
we
shall
deye
here
/
¶
After
sayd
Malachyas
to
saynt
Ierom
/
Now
thynke
fayre
fader
what
drede
we
hadde
.
whanne
we
sawe
the
lorde
&
his
seruaunte
vppon
the
brynke
of
the
pytte
/
The
whyche
we
hadde
by
aduenture
thus
founden
/
¶
In
procedynge
ferder
to
the
ende
of
his
caas
/
Malachyas
rehercyth
that
Incontynent
as
the
lord
&
his
sayde
yoman
were
comen
thyder
vppon
the
brynke
of
the
sayd
pytte
/
The
lorde
made
his
seruaunt
to
goo
downe
in
to
the
pytte
/
¶
And
bicause
he
was
trowbled
in
his
syghte
.
bicause
he
was
come
oute
of
the
clerenes
of
the
sonne
/
He
cowde
not
knowe
theym
wythin
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
entred
wythin
the
heyghte
of
thre
Cubytes
/
¶
He
beganne
to
crye
.
come
oute
ye
meschaunt
theues
.
ye
shall
annoe
be
slayn
/
¶
But
Incontynent
he
was
taken
of
a
lyonesse
by
the
then●e
and
stranglyd
hym
/
¶
The
lorde
seenge
that
hys
yoman
caryed
longe
/
And
strongly
enangred
came
to
the
sayd
pytte
/
¶
But
anone
after
he
was
entred
therin
/
He
was
in
lyke
wyse
strangled
of
a
lyon
/
¶
After
recyted
and
tolde
Malachy
as
that
whanne
he
and
his
wife
sawe
the
lorde
&
his
yoman
soo
slayne
.
they
were
aferde
that
the
beestes
sholde
slee
theim
/
And
durste
not
moeue
fro
thens
¶
But
they
were
armed
of
the
walle
of
clene
conscyence
/
¶
A
merueyllouse
thinge
/
The
brute
beestes
were
more
redy
to
defende
theym
.
thanne
they
were
theymself
/
¶
On
the
morne
tofore
day
the
sayde
beestes
departed
from
theym
And
lefte
Malachyas
&
his
wyfe
therto
/
¶
But
that
notwythstondyng
they
durste
not
goo
oute
for
the
grete
drede
that
they
hadde
/
¶
And
whanne
the
euen
came
they
wente
oute
of
the
pytte
aforsayde
/
And
founde
the
two
camelles
on
whyche
the
lord
and
his
yoman
rode
rode
vppon
/
¶
And
soo
they
bothe
anone
lyghte
vppon
theym
¶
And
the
tenthe
daye
after
they
came
to
Rome
/
There
they
beynge
comen
thyder
/
recounted
alle
theyr
caas
to
a
Trybune
romayne
/
¶
And
after
they
were
sente
to
Sabituan
duke
of
Mesopotamye
/
and
there
they
solde
theyr
camelles
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
the
Abbot
Malchus
was
deed
in
the
towne
of
Caromas
in
Syrye
/
He
dwelled
wyth
the
Relygyouses
And
sette
his
wyfe
after
wyth
the
vyrgynes
/
¶
Thynke
ye
now
ye
that
ben
chaste
and
vyrgines
.
obseruynge
and
kepinge
chastytee
and
vyrgynytee
/
That
neuer
in
that
estate
ye
shall
not
longe
be
in
captyuytee
/
¶
Ne
also
wylde
beestes
mowen
not
noye
ne
grieue
you
/
¶
And
knowen
ye
for
certayne
that
how
well
that
we
ben
alle
mortall
/
Neuerthelesse
ye
shall
neuer
see
chaste
persone
and
clene
of
herte
to
be
ouercome·
ne
put
vnder
of
his
enmyes
/
¶
Thus
endyth
this
prensent
treatyse
of
saynt
Malachye
/
¶
Here
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Poul
the
symple
heremyte
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Fuit
quidam
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
xxxix.
SAynt
Poul
surnamyd
the
symple
was
one
of
the
discyples
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
made
hymselfe
an
heremyte
.
by
cause
that
his
wife
had
gyuen
herself
to
a nother
man
thanne
hym
/
Of
whyche
thynge
whanne
he
was
aduertysed
/
he
was
merueyllously
trowblyd
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
tolde
it
to
noo
body
/
But
wente
in
to
the
desertes
¶
And
after
that
he
hadde
longe
gone
in
the
same
/
He
rendred
and
putt
hym selfe
in
to
the
monasterye
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
To
whom
in
arryuyng
there
/
He
demaunded
and
asked
fyrste
the
waye
.
by
the
whyche
he
myghte
be
sauyd
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
sayde
to
hym
That
for
to
gete
his
saluacyon
.
it
was
of
necessyte
/
that
he
sholde
doo
and
accomplysshe
alle
that
sholde
be
commaunded
to
hym
/
¶
The
whyche
answered
that
he
shold
soo
doo
/
¶
And
thenne
saynt
Anthonye
wyllynge
to
preue
hys
constaunce
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
Abyde
here
atte
this
doore
vnto
the
tyme
I
haue
prayed
god
in
myn
Oratory
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
was
there
a
nyghte
and
a
daye
all
hoole
/
But
neuerthelesse
saynt
Poul
departed
not
ne
remeued
not
/
but
he
behelde
ofte
by
the
wyndowe
what
he
dyde
wythin
/
And
knewe
that
contynuelly
he
prayed
wythoute
moeuyng
hymselfe
/
¶
On
the
morne
saynt
Anthonye
prechyd
to
hym
of
many
enseygnements
and
techynges
/
In
shewinge
to
hym
how
some
tyme
he
muste
laboure
and
refresshe
his
spyrytes
/
Wherby
he
shold
after
be
more
prompte
and
redy
for
to
praye
to
god
/
¶
Also
wyth
alle
his
thoughte
and
strengthe
be
oughte
to
kepe
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
¶
And
att
euyn
in
takynge
his
refe●cyon
he
sholde
ete
and
drynke
lytyll
And
he
sholde
drynke
but
water
/
¶
After
this
that
he
hadd
Instructe
and
taughte
him
in
alle
techynges
necessary
for
his
helthe
¶
He
delyuered
to
hym
a
lytyll
Hermytage
stondyng
thre
myles
from
hym
/
to
whyche
saynt
Anthnoye
wente
ofte
for
to
vysyte
hym
¶
And
alwaye
he
founde
hym
in
feruente
deuocyon
.
In
obseruyng
and
kepynge
the
rules
and
commaundementes
that
he
hadde
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
On
a
daye
came
to
saynt
Anthonye
some
brethern
ryght
perfighte
and
of
moche
strayghte
lyffe
/
¶
Emonge
whom
was
saynt
Poul
the
symple
/
¶
And
as
in
an
euentyde
they
spake
of
the
holy
scripture
.
In
recytynge
&
tellynge
the
dedes
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
and
of
the
prophetes
/
¶
Saynt
Poul
bi
his
syplenesse
demaunded
/
yf
god
hadde
be
tofore
the
prophetes
/
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
seenge
his
Imbesilyte
and
symplenesse
/
commaunded
that
he
sholde
holde
his
peas
.
and
departe
Incontynente
.
¶
Soo
he
departed
by
obedyence
wyth
oute
to
answere
ony
thynge
/
¶
And
whanne
saynt
Anthonye
sawe
that
he
was
soo
humble
and
obeyssaunt
/
¶
He
was
moche
admerueylled
/
¶
And
after
he
commaunded
hym
that
he
sholde
speke
/
And
that
he
sholde
saye
wherfore
he
spake
not
/
¶
To
whom
he
answered
.
that
he
hadde
soo
done
by
cause
he
hadde
soo
commaunded
hym
/
THenne
saynt
Anthonye
was
moche
Ioyeouse
and
gladde
of
hy●
ansuere
¶
And
yet
agayne
he
admonested
hym
tabyde
alwaye
and
pe●ceuere
in
obedyence
/
¶
And
ofte
tymes
he
commaunded
hym
to
doo
thynges
agaynst
reason
/
¶
As
to
drawe
water
oute
of
a
depe
pytte
alle
daye
a
longe
/
And
to
caste
it
on
the
erthe
/
And
sometyme
to
vnsowe
his
gowne
/
And
after
to
sowe
it
agayne
/
And
soo
of
many
other
thynges
/
¶
But
in
all
he
was
moche
obeyssaunte
and
lowely
/
¶
And
by
that
manere
he
came
to
perfeccyon
/
¶
And
therfore
sayde
saynt
Anthonye
Who
some
euer
woll
be
perfyte
/
He
oughte
not
to
be
mayster
.
ne
obeye
to
hys
owne
wyll
/
ben
they
resonable
or
none
¶
For
oure
Sauyoure
sayth
that
tofore
alle
thyuges
/
one
oughte
to
renounce
his
owne
wyll
/
¶
And
wyth
that
he
sayth
in
a nother
place
/
¶
I
am
not
descended
and
comen
in
to
this
worlde
for
to
doo
and
fulfylle
myn
wyll
.
but
the
wyll
of
hym
that
hath
sente
me
/
That
is
my
god
almyghty
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
the
wyll
of
the
sone
was
neuer
contrary
to
the
wyll
of
the
fader
/
¶
Also
he
that
was
Doctour
of
obedyence
whan
he
hadde
done
his
wyll
.
he
hadd
not
be
Inobedyente
/
¶
Alas
thenne
syth
that
god
wolde
not
vse
his
owne
wyll
/
But
was
somoche
obedyente
/
¶
Wherfore
ben
not
we
obedyente
to
hym
/
Wythoute
to
obeye
to
our
sensualyte
/
In
leuynge
all
thinges
contrary
to
equyte
and
reason
/
¶
The
vertue
of
obedyence
is
more
agreable
to
god
thanne
ony
sacrefyces
¶
For
this
vertue
god
shewed
moo
greter
myracles
for
saynt
Poule
than
for
saynt
Anthonye
/
¶
From
alle
Regyons
came
seke
folkes
to
hym
/
for
to
recouuer
helthe
/
¶
The
whyche
thynge
saynt
Anthonye
seenge
.
And
dredynge
that
he
sholde
be
ouermoche
lette
/
For
that
cause
he
made
him
to
goo
in
a nother
secrete
place
/
Where
as
he
myghte
not
be
founde
/
To
the
ende
that
saynt
Anthonye
sholde
receyue
theym
that
sholde
come
/
¶
And
yf
ony
fayllyd
to
recouere
theyr
helthe
by
the
prayers
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
He
sente
theym
to
saynt
Poul
/
And
anone
they
were
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
¶
Emonge
other
there
came
one
to
the
whyche
was
madde
.
and
soo
ferre
from
himselfe
/
That
by
the
reason
of
his
maladye
he
bote
alle
theym
that
came
to
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Poul
beganne
to
praye
to
god
/
And
commaunded
the
deuyll
whyche
tourmented
hym
/
that
he
sholde
departe
oute
of
his
body
.
¶
But
by
cause
the
deuyll
departed
not
.
&
wente
not
oonly
Incontynent
after
he
had
commaunded
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Poul
beganne
to
speke
to
god
as
lytyll
chyldern
done
/
sayenge
/
¶
Truely
my
god
/
I
shal
not
ete
this
daye
/
yf
thou
heele
not
this
seke
man
/
¶
And
anone
he
was
heelyd
/
¶
Alle
the
myracles
that
he
dyde
.
god
hadde
graunted
to
hym
the
power
.
for
the
grete
obedyence
that
was
in
hym
/
¶
Thenne
oughte
euery
persone
to
enforce
him
to
be
obedyent
to
god
in
obseruynge
and
kepynge
his
commaundementes
/
¶
Thus
endeth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Poule
the
symple
Heremyte
.
¶
Here
folowith
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Paula
or
Paulyne
/
And
begynnynth
in
latyn
¶
Si
cuncta
corporis
mei
membra
&c.
Caplm.
xl.
SAynt
Iherom
sayth
/
Yf
alle
my
membres
were
torned
in
to
tongues
/
And
alle
they
longen
thynge
worthy
of
praysynge
/
Yet
cowde
they
not
saye
suffysauntly
of
the
venerable
saynt
Saynt
Paula
/
She
was
noble
of
parentes
/
but
moche
more
noble
of
holynesse
of
lyfe
/
Ryche
of
patrymonye
/
But
more
ryche
for
as
moche
as
she
had
renounced
and
forsaken
the
goodes
of
this
worlde
¶
All
the
dayes
of
her
lyfe
she
complayned
to
god
sayenge
/
¶
Alas
poore
synnar
what
shall
I
doo
My
life
is
lengthed
I
dwelle
ouer
longe
in
this
corruptible
worlde
.
in
whyche
is
no
thynge
but
synne
and
fylthe
/
¶
And
for
asmoche
as
she
sayd
her selfe
a
pylgryme
in
this
worlde
.
Often
she
desyred
dethe
/
and
to
be
wyth
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
The
moost
parte
of
her
tyme
she
was
lyke
by
the
grete
abstynences
that
she
made
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
armyd
wyth
pacyence
she
sayde
/
I
chastyse
my
body
.
and
putt
it
in
seruytude
/
To
the
ende
that
by
myselfe
I
be
not
repreuyd
/
Whanne
I
repreue
other
/
¶
And
in
this
grete
pacyence
she
sawe
heuen
open
for
to
receyue
her
/
And
sayde
/
¶
Who
shall
gyue
to
me
wynges
that
I
maye
flee
.
and
reste
myselfe
in
Paradyce
/
¶
She
loued
alle
the
tyme
of
her
lyfe
the
sure
astate
of
pouertee
/
¶
For
whanne
she
deyed
she
was
more
pore
than
they
whom
she
gaaf
her
almesse
/
¶
Her
fader
was
called
Topocius
/
The
whyche
was
of
the
lygnage
of
Agamenon
/
Whyche
ten
yeres
duringe
helde
siege
tofore
Troye
the
graunte
/
And
att
laste
by
hym
it
was
destroyed
¶
Her
moder
was
namyd
Basylle
extracte
of
the
lygnage
of
Scypyons
Grekes
/
¶
This
whyche
saynt
Iherom
●ee●tyh
and
spekith
of
.
No
thynge
for
that
he
woll
saye
that
the
man
ne
the
woman
●en
to
be
praysed
.
for
asmoche
as
they
ben
comen
of
grete
parentele
and
lygnage
in
worldly
honour
¶
But
for
asmoche
as
whanne
some
ben
come
of
hyghe
byrthe
and
of
grete
place
/
And
they
dyspyse
the
Rychesses
of
this
worlde
/
They
shewe
theymself
in
soo
dooynge
to
be
of
the
very
lygnage
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
And
to
haue
towarde
hym
gre●ter
loue
/
thenne
to
theym
whyche
haue
noughte
or
lytyll
thynge
in
value
¶
And
say
that
they
renounce
and
forsake
alle
/
¶
As
some
done
whyche
putt
theym selfe
in
to
Relygyon
.
for
to
haue
prouysion
&
suretee
of
theyr
lyuyng
¶
Wythoute
to
haue
Regarde
to
oure
sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
/
Sayenge
that
who
that
shall
leue
alle
for
the
loue
of
god
.
He
shall
haue
an
hundred
tymes
more
in
the
ende
/
That
is
to
saye
the
Reame
of
heuen
/
The
whyche
is
true
in
saynt
Paulyne
/
¶
For
for
the
cytee
of
Rome
whyche
she
lefte
wyth
all
rychesses
and
vaynglorie
of
the
same
cyte
/
¶
She
is
right
merueyllous
renommed
as
emonge
many
precyous
stones
the
moost
precious
and
in
excellent
vertue
shynynge
/
¶
Lyke
as
the
sonne
gyueth
gretter
lyght
thanne
the
mone
/
in
lyke
wyse
saynt
Paula
emonge
al
holy
wymmen
moost
excellently
she
shynyth
/
¶
She
fleenge
and
eschewynge
the
glory
of
this
worlde
/
¶
And
therfore
it
is
to
be
noted
that
after
the
deth
of
her
husbonde
Toxocius
/
She
dystrybuted
and
dealed
that
one
halfe
of
his
godes
vnto
the
poore
people
/
Of
whyche
some
were
nourisshed
.
and
other
clothed
And
other
after
theyr
dethe
buryed
/
¶
And
whanne
a
poore
body
was
susteyned
and
holpen
of
a nother
thanne
of
her
/
Anone
she
was
sory
.
as
though
she
hadd
loste
moche
good
/
¶
Whan
she
had
longe
tyme
ladde
suche
holy
lyfe
/
She
wolde
not
endure
and
suffre
the
praysynge
of
the
worlde
¶
For
by
the
occasyon
of
that
she
was
of
noble
lygnage
many
lordes
came
to
vysyte
her
/
¶
Thenne
she
beganne
to
dyspyse
the
honoure
temporall
/
In
desyrynge
to
goo
to
deserte
for
to
doo
penaunce
/
¶
In
that
tyme
it
happed
that
the
bysshoppis
of
the
Eest
and
of
the
Weste
came
to
Rome
for
the
decension
and
stryfe
of
some
chyrches
.
¶
Emonge
whom
saynt
Paula
sawe
a
notable
&
a
good
man
namyd
Paulyn
Bysshop
of
Anthyoche
/
¶
And
a nother
namyd
Epysanus
bysshopp
of
the
cytee
of
Salamonye
in
Cypres
/
The
whyche
cyte
now
is
called
Constance
¶
And
the
sayd
Epifanus
was
lodged
in
her
howse
¶
And
for
the
grete
vertues
of
the
same
Bysshoppis
.
she
was
enflammed
wyth
loue
of
god
more
thanne
tofore
/
¶
And
concluded
in
herselfe
to
leue
her
house
in
suche
manere
/
That
for
chyldren
ne
for
the
noblesse
of
her
howsene
for
possessyons
that
she
had
.
she
myght
neuer
be
wythdrawen
from
her
holy
purpoos
/
¶
And
after
that
the
Wynter
was
passed
.
The
same
Bysshopps
putt
theym
to
the
see
for
to
retorne
to
their
chirches
¶
Thenne
she
wente
wyth
theym
for
to
goo
to
the
hermytages
of
saynt
Anthonye
.
and
of
saynt
Paule
Heremytes
¶
After
that
she
hadde
saylled
by
the
see
/
She
descended
atte
a
Porte
namyd
Fratre
/
And
there
came
to
her
alle
her
parentes
and
frendes
/
¶
And
that
was
more
pietous
came
thider
her
childer
.
&
whyles
they
arryued
and
came
a
londe
The
shyppes
beyng
thenne
redy
for
to
saylle
and
take
the
see
/
her
chyldren
were
atte
Ryuage
or
hauen
/
¶
The
lytyll
Toxocius
helde
vpp
his
hondes
to
hys
moder
saynt
Paula
/
And
her
doughter
Ruffine
whiche
was
redy
to
be
maried
wepte
.
and
prayed
her
that
she
wolde
tarie
&
abyde
tyll
the
weddynge
were
done
/
But
the
good
lady
garnisshed
with
ferme
constaunce
helde
vp
her
hondes
and
eyen
vnto
heuen
/
In
hauynge
more
grete
pyte
on
her
soule
.
thanne
of
her
chyldren
/
¶
To
whom
she
shewed
noo
more
affeccyon
/
thanne
yf
they
hadde
not
ben
her
chyldren
/
Ne
she
theyr
moder
/
¶
Now
oughte
it
here
to
be
noted
that
Nature
oughte
to
be
strongely
moeuyd
to
pytee
and
compassyon
whanue
she
sawe
her
chyldren
thus
strongely
wepe
after
her
.
¶
But
neuerthelesse
she
was
constaunt
and
stedfaste
.
and
retourned
not
/
¶
Alas
there
is
noo
martyrdom
more
sharpe
.
than
to
departe
from
frendes
/
¶
Alas
is
this
not
a
werke
agaynst
nature
.
To
leue
.
forsake
and
abandonne
thus
her
children
.
Ye
maye
well
thynke
that
she
hadd
grete
faythe
/
and
synguler
loue
to
god
/
¶
And
it
maye
well
be
byleuyd
that
she
was
soo
wyse
and
prudente
that
she
louyd
theym
of
a
feruente
loue
well
ordeyned
/
¶
For
tofore
or
she
departed
she
hadde
gyuen
to
theym
alle
her
good
/
¶
Alas
she
was
dysheryted
in
this
worlde
for
to
make
her
ryche
in
a nother
worlde
/
¶
The
shyppe
thenne
sessyd
not
to
saylle
.
for
ony
prayer
that
her
chyldren
made
/
¶
But
by
cause
she
myghte
not
see
theim
wythoute
some
heuynesse
.
she
torned
her
eyen
from
theym
/
and
from
the
Rynage
or
cooste
where
as
they
were
/
¶
In
effecte
the
shyppe
saylled
soo
scire
that
after
many
dayes
they
airyued
and
came
a
londe
in
thyles
of
Pounce
/
¶
And
by
cause
the
wynde
was
not
grete
.
but
ouer
calme
amonge
the
stony
see
and
many
peryllous
passages
Of
whiche
that
one
was
namyd
Cylla
/
Carthdis
.
An other
Adriaticus
.
whyche
ben
daungeours
in
the
see
.
for
the
rockes
that
ben
there
/
They
descended
and
came
a
londe
And
in
goinge
a
londe
.
she
felte
her
membres
soo
wery
and
ouermoche
trauaylled
as
she
sholde
haue
deyed
.
¶
There
she
toke
a
lytyll
refecedcōn
for
to
comfort
her
/
¶
After
that
she
had
be
in
Citharee
,
in
Rhodes
.
and
in
other
many
yles
.
She
came
in
to
the
yle
of
Cypre
/
In
whyche
place
she
soiourned
bi
the
space
of
ten
dayes
wyth
the
sayd
Bysshopp
Epyfanius
/
¶
Thenne
whanne
she
hadde
vysited
alle
the
monasteryes
there
she
toke
the
see
.
and
came
on
londe
in
Scylence
¶
After
she
came
in
to
Anthyoche
.
&
there
she
was
a
lytyll
tyme
wyth
the
bysshopp
Paulyne
/
¶
Alas
the
good
lady
whyche
woned
to
be
borne
wyth
.x.
Emuches
.
had
not
in
walkynge
all
thyse
wayes
.
and
other
here
tofore
declared
but
a
poore
Asle
.
Vpon
whiche
she
sate
¶
And
she
vysited
not
oonly
the
holy
places
in
the
yles
tofore
declared
.
but
also
she
was
in
theym
of
Syrye
&
of
Fenyce
/
¶
How
well
that
of
theym
saynt
Iherom
makyth
noo
mencyon
/
¶
For
he
hath
wreten
oonly
that
whyche
hathe
be
founde
in
holy
hystoryes
/
¶
After
that
she
had
passed
Iherico
.
Romayn
and
Colugne
/
She
entred
in
to
a
lytyll
towne
namyd
Sarepta
bytwene
Thyrye
and
Syrye
/
¶
And
by
cause
she
wente
abowte
alle
that
londe
.
it
were
a
longe
thynge
to
recounte
what
she
dyde
in
that
vyage
/
¶
Fynably
she
came
in
to
Iherusalem
.
the
whiche
cytee
hath
thre
names
/
That
is
to
wyte
Iehus
.
Salem
.
and
Iherusalem
/
Whan
she
was
comen
thider
/
The
pryncypall
of
the
cytee
/
hauynge
the
offyce
of
Proconsull
made
to
be
arayed
for
her
a
lytyll
place
like
an
hermitage
/
¶
But
tofore
er
she
soiourned
there
she
wente
to
vysite
the
holy
places
/
and
to
worshipp
the
holy
Crosse
.
wheron
oure
lorde
was
crucyfyed
for
the
Redempcyon
of
man
kynde
/
¶
Now
thynke
we
how
many
teeres
she
lete
there
thenne
falle
.
whanne
she
byhelde
by
a
merueyllouse
c●mpunccyon
/
As
yf
oure
lorde
had
yet
ben
there
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
she
came
to
the
Sepulture
/
whyche
was
not
wythout
kyssynge
and
worshyppynge
deuououtly
/
¶
After
in
to
the
mount
of
Syon
/
whiche
Dauyd
reedefied
/
where
she
sawe
the
pyler
bysprente
wyth
the
precyous
blood
of
our
lorde
/
To
the
whyche
he
hadd
be
bounden
for
to
be
beten
byfore
Pylate
/
¶
There
also
she
sawe
in
the
place
.
in
whyche
after
the
prophecye
of
Ioel.
the
holy
ghoste
descended
vppon
syxe
score
persones
/
¶
After
she
wente
to
Betheleem
/
And
on
the
ryghte
syde
of
the
waye
she
taryed
to
see
the
Sepulcre
of
Rachel
in
the
place
where
Beniamyn
was
borne
/
¶
After
she
came
in
to
the
place
where
oure
lorde
was
borne
in
the
stable
/
Where
she
beganne
to
be
in
contemplacyon
/
And
remembred
how
the
chylde
was
layed
and
wrapped
in
lytyll
clothes
by
his
blessyd
moder
/
¶
And
lyke
as
she
had
be
there
drawynge
oute
her
pappes
or
teetes
to
gyue
hym
souke
/
¶
She
sawe
also
in
her
faythe
the
thre
kynges
worshyppyng
the
lytyll
chylde
/
And
the
sterre
that
conduyted
and
ladde
theym
/
¶
Also
she
contempled
and
bywaylled
the
Innocentes
there
slayne
/
¶
And
how
the
blessyd
●vrgyne
Marye
fledde
in
to
Egypte
wyth
her
swete
sone
Ihesus
.
Whyche
Ioseph
and
she
bare
/
And
in
thise
contemplacyons
she
wepte
sayenge
/
¶
O
cytee
of
Bethleem
.
sayde
cytee
of
brede
In
whiche
is
borne
the
brede
whyche
is
descended
from
heuen
/
That
is
the
sone
of
god
/
¶
And
of
whom
Micheas
the
prophete
hathe
prophecyed
/
Thou
Bethleem
howse
of
Eufrates
thou
arte
not
the
lytyll
cytee
/
But
the
nobleste
of
the
cytees
of
Iudee
/
¶
Also
saynt
Paula
sayde
to
herselfe
Ha
vnhappy
synnar
that
I
am
.
God
hath
shewed
to
me
more
thanne
apperteyneth
to
me
/
¶
Whanne
now
I
maye
kysse
the
Crybbe
wherin
my
lorde
god
laye
after
he
was
borne
¶
Also
to
pray
in
the
place
where
the
vyrgyne
bare
.
and
was
deliuered
of
a
chylde
/
¶
Here
shall
my
body
reste
perpetuelly
.
lyke
as
Dauyd
sayth
in
the
Psaulter
in
the
hundred
and
one
and
thyrty
psalme
/
¶
Thenne
after
this
sayde
saynt
Paula
/
Now
I
am
in
the
countree
where
the
Sauyour
of
the
worlde
hath
chose
for
to
make
Redempcyon
of
mankynde
/
¶
My
soule
and
alle
my
lignage
shall
serue
hym
/
¶
And
after
she
descended
to
the
Toure
of
Ader
.
Nyghe
by
to
the
whyche
/
Iacob
dyde
doo
pastoure
hys
shepe
/
¶
And
the
Shepherdes
also
herde
the
aungellis
synge
att
the
Natyuyte
of
oure
lorde
sayenge
(
Gloria
in
excelsis
deo
.
et
cetera
)
That
is
to
saye
Glory
be
to
god
in
heuens
/
And
in
the
erthe
peas
to
men
of
good
wylle
/
¶
From
thens
she
went
to
Gaza
and
toke
the
waye
on
the
right
honde
.
and
came
to
Bethsur
and
to
Eschol
/
¶
After
she
wente
to
Sare
/
And
from
thens
she
came
in
to
Ebron
.
whyche
is
callyd
Cauatharbe
/
Whyche
is
as
moche
for
to
saye
as
the
castell
of
foure
men
/
Abraham
.
Isaac
.
Iacob
.
and
Adam
the
Graunt
/
For
after
that
whiche
is
wreten
of
Ihesus
name
the
Ebrewes
saye
that
they
were
there
buried
/
Nowythstonding
that
many
say
that
the
fourth
man
was
called
Caleph
¶
She
came
after
to
the
place
where
that
Lazare
was
reysed
in
to
the
hous
of
Mary
Mawdeleyn
and
Martha
/
¶
In
folowynge
the
same
waye
to
Iherico
/
Wenynge
yet
to
fynde
the
good
man
whyche
was
hurt
with
theues
/
Of
whom
is
made
mencion
in
the
Gospell
/
And
the
whyche
hadd
be
lefte
of
the
preestes
and
●cuites
as
dede
/
Wythoute
hauynge
pyte
on
hym
/
¶
But
a
Samarytane
putte
hym
on
his
beeste
.
And
broughte
hym
in
sauegarde
/
¶
Whanne
she
came
to
Iheryco
she
sawe
there
the
cyte
whyche
Ayel
founded
in
Ab●ram
for
his
fyrste
chylde
/
She
sawe
also
the
castellis
of
Galgala
.
And
the
mystery
of
the
Cyrcumsicyon
/
¶
The
twelue
stones
broughte
from
●●om
Iordan
.
sygnesyeng
the
foundement
of
the
twelue
Appostles
/
In
lyke
wise
the
fountayne
of
Taby
.
whiche
some
tyme
hadde
he
soo
bitter
that
noo
man
ne
persone
mighte
drynke
of
at
/
The
whyche
by
Helysee
was
corned
in
to
swetnesse
/
¶
Tofore
the
nyghte
was
passed
she
came
to
Iordan
the
ryuer
/
Vppon
the
ryuage
or
brynke
wherof
she
arested
/
¶
And
att
the
sonne
rysynge
she
remembred
the
Sone
of
Iustyce
/
And
how
the
preestes
passed
the
same
flood
/
¶
How
also
by
the
commaundement
of
Helye
and
Hely●ee
the
waters
taryed
for
to
make
to
theym
waye
¶
She
remembred
also
the
puryfycacyon
of
waters
made
by
the
baptym
of
oure
Sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
.
By
cause
that
alle
the
waters
were
fowle
and
stynkynge
of
mankynde
/
¶
A
longe
thynge
it
were
to
recounte
the
mysteryes
of
the
valeye
of
Acho●
/
In
the
whyche
were
A●aryce
and
thefte
condempned
¶
And
of
Bethel
for
the
flode
.
and
also
for
thoccasion
of
the
house
of
god
where
Iacob
slepte
.
hauynge
a
stone
vnder
his
heed
/
¶
She
passed
by
Syllo
.
and
came
to
Sychen
/
And
after
to
the
syde
of
the
mountayne
of
Gaazym
night
to
the
pytte
of
Iacob
/
And
there
she
entred
in
to
a
chyrche
.
where
god
taryed
/
And
demaunded
drynke
of
the
Samarytane
/
¶
After
from
thens
she
departed
.
and
went
for
to
vysyte
the
sepulcres
of
the
twelue
Patryarkes
.
and
Sebasten
namyd
Samarye
/
Whyche
londe
was
called
Auguste
by
kyng
Herode
to
the
honoure
of
Auguste
the
emperoure
/
¶
There
were
Helysee
.
Abdias
the
prophete
.
and
saynt
Iohn
Baptyste
/
¶
In
that
place
sawe
saynt
Paula
merueyllous
thynges
/
¶
For
she
sawe
deuylles
tofore
the
sepulcres
of
Helyzee
and
Abdyas
tourment
men
.
The
whiche
men
howled
as
wulu●s
/
barked
as
dogges
.
brayed
as
lyens
.
Syfled
as
serpentes
.
cryed
lyke
bulles
.
and
ther●e
theym
to
the
grounde
/
¶
And
fynably
she
sawe
many
myserable
&
wretchyd
wymmen
inhumaynly
hange
by
the
fete
/
¶
Thenne
she
hauynge
pyte
and
compassyon
of
theym
beganne
to
wept
tenderly
.
In
prayeng
for
theym
the
clemence
and
mekenesse
of
our
Sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
how
well
that
she
was
moche
wery
.
she
wente
vpp
in
to
the
mountayne
.
And
sawe
the
two
fosses
.
in
whyche
in
the
tyme
of
persecucyon
and
of
famyne
Abdias
the
prophere
nourysshed
an
hundred
Prophetes
wyth
brede
and
water
¶
And
after
she
wente
ferder
and
came
in
to
Nazareth
where
oure
lorde
was
nourysshed
/
Also
to
Canaam
and
Capharnaum
/
where
god
shewed
many
myracles
/
¶
And
to
the
lake
of
Thiberiadis
halowed
bi
our
lorde
/
Whyche
saylled
ouer
the
same
in
to
deserte
/
¶
In
whyche
wyth
fiue
loues
&
two
fysshes
were
fyue
thousande
men
fedde
and
susteyned
/
¶
And
twelue
baskestes
weren
fylled
wyth
the
fragmentes
and
Resydue
/
¶
And
after
she
wente
vpp
in
to
the
mounte
of
Thabor
/
In
the
whyche
god
transfygured
hymselfe
/
¶
And
from
thennes
she
sawe
the
mountaynes
of
Hermon
and
Hermonium
/
and
the
countreye
of
Galylee
/
Where
the
Excercyte
of
Cisara
was
by
Baruth
vaynquysshed
and
putt
vnder
/
¶
She
sawe
also
the
Torrent
of
the
flood
of
Cyson
/
The
whiche
deuydyth
alle
Galylee
/
And
the
castell
by
Naym
/
In
whyche
was
reysyd
the
sone
of
the
wydowe
/
¶
She
came
also
in
to
Egypte
and
in
Sochot
/
where
Sampson
made
to
sourde
or
sprynge
a
fountayne
oute
of
a
grete
tooth
of
a
Ioywe
/
And
after
she
came
to
the
flode
of
Syor
/
Whyche
is
to
saye
trowble
And
to
the
sepulture
of
Micheas
the
prophete
thenne
beynge
there
a
chyrche
¶
She
passed
also
by
Choreos
.
Gethe
●s
.
Marsea
.
Ydumeum
.
and
Lachis
/
¶
And
generally
by
alle
the
desertes
of
Egypte
/
¶
By
the
fyue
cytees
of
Egipte
/
In
whyche
is
spoken
the
langage
of
Chanaan
/
And
by
Sychen
and
Chanaos
/
Where
as
god
dyde
merueyllouse
thynges
/
¶
And
to
the
cyte
of
Noo
/
whyche
after
is
called
Alexandrye
/
¶
In
that
longe
vyage
saynt
Isodore
Confessour
acconpanyed
with
Innumerable
Relygyouse
people
came
and
mette
wyth
her
/
¶
And
how
well
that
she
reputed
or
Iudged
her
Indygne
or
vnworthy
of
soo
grete
honoure
/
Neuerthelesse
she
enioyed
for
the
honoure
of
god
/
¶
She
was
soo
feruent
in
charyte
and
in
the
loue
of
Ihesu
Cryst
.
that
she
and
her
vyrgynes
were
contente
to
abyde
togyder
wyth
alle
the
Relygyouses
of
deserte
/
¶
And
peraduenture
she
hadde
abyden
there
ne
hadd
be
the
grete
affeccyon
and
desyre
that
she
had
to
see
the
holy
places
.
and
for
the
grete
hete
that
was
thenne
in
the
countree
/
¶
She
toke
after
the
see
And
fro
Pelusio
came
anone
after
in
to
Bethleem
.
and
tooke
her
lodgynge
/
Where
as
she
dwellyd
thre
yeres
/
¶
O
gloryous
Paula
/
Marye
&
Ioseph
cowde
fynde
noo
lodgyng
.
&
thou
founde
it
well
/
¶
God
dooth
more
honoure
in
this
worlde
to
his
seruauntes
/
thanne
he
dyde
for
hymselfe
/
¶
There
dide
saynt
Paula
doo
make
many
celled
and
monasteryes
for
to
lodge
the
pylgrymes
/
¶
Hyther
to
is
wreten
of
her
pylgrymage
.
¶
Here
folowyth
of
her
dedes
and
vertues
/
THe
fayrest
of
whyche
is
humylyte
.
whyche
was
in
her
soo
perfyghtly
.
that
she
helde
and
reputed
herselfe
in
vertue
lasle
thanne
her
chamberers
/
And
nothwythstondynge
that
she
had
by
her
many
vyrgynes
/
Alwaye
in
clothynge
.
in
langage
.
and
in
walkynge
she
was
the
leest
of
alle
other
/
¶
After
that
her
husbonde
was
deed
.
vnto
her
last
daye
she
ete
neuer
wyth
man
.
what
some
euer
knowlege
or
ymagynacyon
that
she
hadde
of
his
holynesse
or
dygnyte
approued
/
¶
Ne
neuer
she
bayned
her
but
for
necessyte
of
sykenesse
/
Ne
neuer
hadde
she
also
ony
softe
bedde
.
for
what
some
euer
feuer
or
sikenesse
that
she
endured
/
But
laye
on
the
grounde
,
layenge
vnder
her
the
hayre
.
or
her
Robe
made
of
skynnes
/
¶
And
she
consyderynge
the
psalmyste
/
that
sayth
in
his
eyghte
psalme
/
¶
I
shal
wasshe
al
the
nightes
my
couche
and
my
bedde
with
teeres
/
Ryght
soo
dyde
she
/
For
nyghte
and
daye
contynuelly
she
was
in
prayers
/
¶
And
whanne
she
was
enforcyd
to
reste
from
prayer
.
by
cause
of
hurtinge
of
her
sighte
/
by
cause
she
wepte
contynuelly
/
¶
She
ansuered
sayenge
.
It
byhouyth
well
to
chastyce
and
to
defoylle
the
face
/
The
whyche
I
haue
soo
curyously
made
fayre
/
¶
Is
it
not
wel
reason
that
I
chastyce
my
body
by
penaunce
/
The
whyche
hath
ben
soo
moche
nourysshed
in
worldly
delytes
and
flesshly
playsaunces
/
¶
Longe
laughynges
and
Ioyefull
games
owe
to
be
chaunged
in
to
wepynges
and
waylynges
¶
And
for
the
clothes
of
sylke
that
I
haue
wome
/
I
shall
dooth
me
alle
my
lyfe
wyth
the
hayre
/
¶
And
in
soo
moche
as
I
haue
playsed
my
husbonde
and
the
worlde
.
I
desyre
now
to
playse
god
¶
For
to
declare
her
chastytee
and
the
vertues
of
her
.
It
sholde
neuer
be
possyble
/
Therfore
it
byhouyth
to
wryte
of
other
.
¶
There
was
neuer
none
more
debonay●
nor
meker
thanne
she
was
.
Ne
more
softe
to
theym
that
were
meke
&
humble
.
She
fledde
from
them
that
were
myghty
and
ryche
¶
And
yf
she
sawe
a
poore
body
.
He
was
by
her
susteyned
and
holpen
/
¶
Yf
she
knewe
one
that
was
ryche
.
she
admonested
and
desyred
hym
for
to
doo
well
/
¶
And
neuer
the
poore
departed
from
her
.
but
if
he
hadd
her
almesse
/
¶
In
hauynge
alwaye
in
her
remembraunce
the
worde
of
our
sauyoure
sayenge
.
That
well
happy
and
blessed
ben
they
that
accomplisshe
and
fulfylle
the
werkes
of
mercy
/
For
they
shall
fynde
god
mercyfull
/
¶
And
also
lyke
as
the
water
quenchyth
the
fyre
.
Soo
dooth
almesse
the
synne
/
¶
Wh●
that
euer
shall
doo
almesse
.
he
shall
be
made
clene
from
alle
fylthe
/
¶
Danyel
the
prophete
admonested
and
warned
Nabugodonosor
.
sayenge
thenne
to
hym
/
¶
Bye
thy
synnes
by
almesse
/
Her
money
was
not
atatchyd
not
putte
to
bye
precyous
stones
for
to
make
rynges
of
golde
to
put
on
her
fingres
/
As
now
done
burgeyses
wyues
/
But
she
torned
it
in
to
fayre
margarytes
.
That
is
to
saye
in
to
vertues
.
makynge
fayre
the
soule
.
and
noo
chynge
the
body
/
¶
It
suffyseth
not
oonly
to
doo
almesse
/
Many
there
ben
that
done
grete
almesses
/
And
semen
wythout
for
the
lyke
people
full
of
the
grace
of
god
But
they
ben
ofte
ouercomen
and
vaquysshyd
by
the
temptacyon
of
the
flesshe
/
And
wythin
forth
in
soule
they
ben
roten
and
mortefyed
/
¶
It
behouyth
not
oonly
to
gyue
houses
golde
syluer
/
ne
other
Reuenues
for
the
honoure
of
god
/
But
also
it
is
of
nececessyte
to
gyue
his
skynne
/
¶
The
good
Iob
was
not
oonly
persecuted
in
his
goodes
and
his
chyldren
.
but
also
in
his
body
/
¶
Right
soo
dyde
the
deuowte
saynt
Paula
/
For
with
this
that
she
gaaf
her
goodes
for
the
loue
of
god
/
She
gaaf
and
abandonned
her
body
to
penaunce
by
fastynges
and
prayers
.
and
to
were
the
hayre
.
and
other
mace●acyons
of
the
flesshe
/
¶
Vnneth
and
wyth
grete
payne
.
but
yf
it
were
a
daye
of
grete
feest
.
wolde
she
take
ony
oyle
for
her
mete
and
Refeccyon
/
¶
As
the
thonder
&
tempeste
is
moche
enclyned
by
his
nature
to
tormente
and
caste
downe
hyhe
places
and
mountaynes
enhaunsed
and
reysed
on
heyghte
/
¶
Right
soo
is
enuye
of
his
cursyd
Inclynacion
more
actyf
and
obstynate
to
quenche
and
brynge
to
noughte
the
loos
and
good
fame
of
vertuous
persones
and
wel
renommed
¶
The
whyche
thynge
happed
to
the
holy
and
deuowte
Paula
/
¶
Noo
thynge
to
the
detriment
and
hurte
of
her
fayr
vertues
/
But
to
the
exaltacyon
and
souerayne
perfeccyon
of
theym
/
¶
She
thenne
fructefyenge
in
good
werkes
was
enuyed
of
an
euyll
Papelart
and
Ypocryte
/
¶
Whyche
by
enuye
contynuelly
tempted
and
detracted
her
Wenynge
to
brynge
her
to
Impacyence
/
¶
But
she
dyde
ryght
prudently
and
wysely
her
vtylyte
and
prouffyte
/
For
in
gaderynge
and
hepynge
vertue
vppon
vertue
agaynst
the
sayde
detraccyons
.
she
meked
and
humbled
herself
as
moche
as
she
myghte
/
Lyke
as
she
had
be
grettest
synnar
of
alle
the
other
wymmen
¶
And
whanne
she
was
counseyled
that
the
sholde
goo
her
waye
.
lyke
as
Dauyd
.
by
cause
Saul
pursewed
hym
And
as
Iacob
for
his
brother
Esau
/
whyche
wolde
haue
slayne
hym
/
¶
She
ansuered
I
knowe
that
the
deuyll
gyuyth
alwaye
batayles
to
the
creatures
of
god
/
In
what
some
euer
place
that
they
ben
¶
And
therfore
yf
I
yede
awaye
.
yet
he
sholde
gyue
in
other
places
empesshemens
or
lettynges
and
bataylles
.
peraduenture
gretter
thanne
thyes
that
he
gyueth
me
now
/
¶
On
that
other
syde
.
by
cause
that
I
knowe
well
/
that
there
is
noo
countrey
soo
holy
.
as
this
is
of
Bethleem
/
¶
I
haue
concluded
not
to
departe
fro
the
place
wherin
I
am
/
¶
The
enmye
is
ouercome
by
pacyence
/
And
by
humylytee
.
pryde
/
¶
Sayth
not
the
holy
scrypture
/
That
who
that
shal
be
smeton
on
that
one
cheke
.
He
ought
to
profre
that
other
/
¶
The
appostles
also
went
Ioyenge
whanne
they
sholde
be
martred
.
for
the
honoure
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
Oure
sauyour
meked
hymself
in
takynge
our
nature
.
whan
he
tooke
man
kynde
/
¶
Yf
Iob
hadd
not
ben
in
pacyence
in
his
aduersytees
.
He
hadde
not
herde
the
voyce
of
oure
sauyour
in
sayenge
to
hym
/
¶
Thynke
Iob
that
I
haue
sente
the
persecucion
and
trowble
but
to
the
ende
that
thou
sholdest
be
reputed
and
holden
Iuste
/
¶
They
that
endure
trybulacyon
ben
reputed
&
thoughte
well
happy
in
the
Gospell
/
¶
She
consyderynge
thyse
thynges
/
and
for
to
fructefye
her
pacyence
.
¶
Whan
the
enuyous
Adad
some
tyme
bote
her
by
wordes
Iniuryous
and
wrongfull
/
She
sayde
wyth
the
psalmyste
/
Whan
the
synnar
adressyd
hym
to
me
for
to
doo
me
wronge
/
I
haue
restrayned
or
hydde
my
worde
.
as
I
hadde
be
muette
or
dombe
/
As
a
deef
man
I
herde
noo
thynge
/
And
as
a
dombe
man
opened
not
my
mouthe
/
¶
The
temptacyons
come
not
to
the
persones
but
for
to
preue
theym
yf
they
loue
god
wyth
all
theyr
herte
.
and
wyth
alle
theyr
soule
/
¶
She
reduced
and
called
to
her
mynde
the
worde
of
Ysaye
.
whyche
saythe
/
¶
Ye
that
ben
now
oute
from
the
pappes
.
that
is
to
saye
in
aege
/
Abyde
trybulacyon
vppon
trybulacyon
/
¶
Hope
vppon
hope
oughte
to
be
hadde
agaynste
an
euyll
and
serpentyne
tongue
full
of
venyme
/
¶
For
pacyence
is
proued
in
trybulacyon
/
¶
By
pacyence
is
goten
strengthe
By
that
vertue
is
goten
hope
¶
And
who
that
hathe
stedfaste
hope
/
shal
neuer
be
confounded
/
¶
Who
that
is
in
aduersitee
.
he
oughte
to
arme
him
wyth
strengthe
.
wyth
pacyence
.
&
wyth
hope
/
¶
But
some
tyme
they
that
ben
Impacyent
sayen
/
I
endure
ynough
/
and
take
the
beste
wyse
I
maye
in
pacyence
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
god
helpyth
me
not
/
¶
I
haue
hope
he
shall
helpe
me
/
But
it
is
longe
er
it
come
/
¶
Suche
murmurers
done
grete
wronge
.
and
be
not
pacyent
.
But
full
of
alle
Impacyence
/
¶
For
god
hath
sayde
In
tyme
due
and
oportune
I
haue
enhaunced
the
And
in
the
daye
of
helthe
I
haue
holpen
the
/
¶
It
behouyth
not
thenne
to
drede
in
ony
wyse
the
venymouse
and
wyckyd
tongues
/
¶
But
we
oughte
to
reioyce
yf
we
ben
wrongefully
blamed
in
requyrynge
alwaye
the
helpe
of
god
¶
Yet
what
some
euer
aduersytee
that
we
haue
.
Yet
we
ben
not
worthy
to
haue
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
¶
Whanne
saynt
Paula
was
moche
seke
she
sayde
that
she
was
more
stronger
thanne
whanne
she
was
hole
/
For
by
aduersytees
and
maladyes
/
her
body
gate
Inmortalytee
/
¶
And
yet
she
sayde
/
Lyke
as
the
passyons
of
Ihesu
cryste
abounded
in
me
.
In
lyke
wyse
by
Ihesu
Cryste
.
in
aboundance
cometh
to
me
consolacyon
and
comforte
/
¶
They
that
ben
felowes
of
passyon
/
shall
also
be
felowes
of
consolacyon
.
¶
In
heuynesse
.
wepynge
and
wayllynge
sange
saynt
Poul
sayenge
/
Wherefor
arte
thou
heuy
my
soule
/
Wherfore
trowblest
me
/
Haue
hope
in
god
.
For
yet
I
shal
confesse
him
as
my
god
and
Sauyour
of
my
soule
/
¶
Whanne
she
was
in
peryll
she
sayd
wyth
oure
lorde
/
Who
that
woll
kepe
his
soule
.
and
saue
it
.
he
muste
lese
it
And
who
that
woll
lese
his
soule
for
the
loue
of
god
.
he
shall
saue
it
/
¶
Whanne
it
was
sayde
to
her
that
she
was
ouer
liberall
/
And
that
bi
this
moyen
alle
her
Patrymonye
was
dysspended
.
She
ansuered
/
¶
What
prouffyteth
to
wynne
alle
the
worlde
.
yf
one
lese
his
soule
that
it
be
dampned
.
what
marchaundyse
maye
a
man
take
in
recompence
of
his
soule
/
¶
As
yf
she
wolde
saye
/
Lyke
as
the
Rychesses
of
thys
worlde
ben
cause
of
the
dampnacyon
of
the
soule
¶
She
sayde
also
I
am
borne
in
this
worlde
alle
nakyd
/
And
alle
nakyd
I
shall
retorne
/
¶
Neuer
oughte
to
be
desyred
ony
thynge
in
this
worlde
/
For
alle
that
is
in
the
worlde
is
none
other
thynge
but
fleshely
desyre
/
And
the
euyll
concupyscence
of
oure
eyen
/
¶
And
in
the
ende
alle
shall
passe
/
but
the
good
vertues
that
we
gete
in
thys
mortall
worlde
shallen
be
contynuelly
wyth
vs
and
tofore
the
dethe
/
And
in
lyke
wyse
shall
accompanye
vs
oure
euylles
and
fowle
synnes
/
¶
On
a
tyme
came
to
the
sayde
gode
lady
saynt
Paula
a
good
Relygyouse
man
.
The
whyche
sayde
to
her·
that
for
the
ryght
grete
aboundaunce
of
he●
good
vertues
/
And
that
for
the
ryghte
grete
loue
that
she
hadde
to
god
/
she
semed
to
moche
people
to
be
as
a
foole
&
Yd●ote
/
¶
And
that
for
that
cause
/
it
were
full
necessary
and
grete
nede
to
take
medycynes
for
her
brayne
/
¶
To
the
wordes
and
proposycyons
of
whyche
good
Relygyous
man
the
good
lady
ansuered
/
¶
My
brother
in
god
we
ben
alle
semblable
and
lyke
/
That
is
to
saye
in
a
place
comyn
where
as
alle
the
men
in
this
worlde
shall
be
assembled
¶
And
we
all
ben
called
fooles
for
the
loue
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
By
cause
that
we
haue
in
him
sette
our
loue
and
deuocyon
/
¶
And
therfore
I
recomfort
me
in
the
sayenges
and
wordes
of
god
our
maker
/
whyche
sayth
to
his
apposles
/
¶
For
this
cause
the
worlde
hateth
you
/
For
ye
ben
not
of
the
worlde
/
And
yf
we
were
of
the
worlde
:
the
worlde
sholde
loue
you
/
¶
The
Iewes
sayde
to
oure
swete
Sauyour
and
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
.
that
he
was
a
Samarytane
/
And
that
he
hadd
a
deuyll
wyth
in
hym
in
his
body
/
¶
And
that
in
the
name
of
Belzebub
.
whiche
is
the
prynce
of
deuyllis
.
he
chassed
and
caste
oute
deuyllis
of
the
bodyes
of
creatures
.
the
whyche
oughte
to
requyre
of
hym
hys
mercy
/
¶
After
whyche
wordes
the
gode
and
deuowte
saynt
Paula
adressyd
her
wordes
to
god
oure
Sauyour
and
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
.
In
sayenge
to
to
hym
in
this
manere
/
¶
Ha
my
god
my
Sauyour
and
Redemer
Ihesu
Criste
/
thou
knoweste
the
affeccyon
and
desyre
that
I
haue
towarde
the
/
And
the
grete
loue
that
I
bere
/
And
how
I
am
redy
and
apparaylled
to
obeye
and
accomplyssh
wyth
my
lytyll
power
al
thi
commaundementes
/
¶
Thou
wotest
&
knowest
alle
the
thoughtes
of
myn
herte
/
¶
On
that
other
syde
thou
seest
wel
and
knoweste
alle
the
Iniuryes
whyche
haue
ben
done
to
thy
seruauntes
/
¶
And
neuerthelesse
they
remembre
alwaye
the
/
¶
Yf
we
kepe
alle
thy
commaundementes
/
And
haue
our
hert
on
ony
other
thanne
on
the
/
We
ben
lyke
and
semblable
to
beestes
.
the
whyche
be
broughte
to
sacrefyce
/
¶
My
lorde
god
I
counte
noo
thynge
in
.
suche
fryuolouse
wordes
and
deceyuable
/
¶
For
I
haue
hope
that
thou
shalt
be
alwaye
min
helper
in
alle
myn
affayres
and
dedes
/
¶
And
for
that
cause
I
drede
noo
thynge
that
ony
man
doo
to
me
.
¶
For
euery
man
that
shall
honoure
the
shall
alwaye
be
comforted
/
¶
And
also
there
oughte
noo
persone
of
the
worlde
be
adradde
of
what
auctorite
or
estate
that
he
be
of
/
But
oonly
thou
/
¶
The
sayde
good
lady
saynt
Paula
also
obserued
and
kepte
good
pacyence
in
all
her
trybulacions
vnto
her
dethe
/
¶
In
consyderynge
that
alle
they
thenne
enforce
theym
to
doo
dysplaysure
to
theyr
enmyes
in
desyrynge
vengaunce
/
They
done
agayne
theymselfe
/
And
alle
theyr
ferocyte
and
wodnesse
retournyth
agaynst
theymself
/
¶
Here
after
folowyth
of
the
order
of
the
monasterye
of
the
good
lady
saynt
Paula
/
And
also
of
the
contynence
of
the
deuowte
good
and
holy
Relygyouses
/
As
well
of
theym
as
came
to
vysyte
her
as
of
other
/
And
how
she
laboured
and
dyde
payne
in
the
acquysycyon
and
purchasynge
of
theyr
helthe
of
theyr
soules
/
THe
sayd
good
and
ryght
deuoute
lady
saynt
Paula
had
ryght
grete
vertues
in
her
/
And
soo
ryght
grete
charytee
.
that
she
gaaff
for
the
loue
of
god
alle
her
goodes
/
and
abandonned
and
forsoke
alle
temporell
thynges
/
for
to
gete
heuenly
thynges
.
¶
Her
vyrgynes
were
moche
noble
.
benygne
.
softe
.
gracious
.
amyable
.
and
debonayr
or
meke
merueyllously
/
the
whiche
she
hadde
assembled
of
dyuerse
prouynces
/
Whom
the
deuowte
lady
saynt
Paula
hadde
deuided
in
to
thre
companyes
/
And
on
euery
companye
she
had
ordeyned
a
maystresse
ouer
theym
/
¶
And
notwythstondyng
that
they
were
separate
and
alone
towchynge
theyr
etynge
and
drynkynge
/
Yet
were
they
togyder
for
to
praye
to
god
/
¶
They
hadde
amonge
theym
a
sygne
to
synge
Alleluya
/
And
Incontynent
as
it
was
songe
/
She
came
the
fyrste
herselfe
for
to
moeue
the
other
virgynes
to
come
to
prayer
/
¶
On
the
mornynge
att
houre
of
Tyerce
.
att
Syxte
.
att
None
.
at
Euensonge
.
and
att
Midnyght
.
That
is
to
wite
att
houre
of
Matynes
they
songe
the
sawter
/
And
they
were
alle
constrayned
to
come
to
it
/
¶
And
euery
day
they
lerned
somwhat
of
holy
scrypture
/
¶
On
the
Sondaye
eche
companye
of
the
sayde
vyrgynes
.
wyth
theyr
maystresse
came
to
the
chyrche
to
praye
and
serue
god
att
alle
the
houres
aforsayd
/
¶
And
all
the
other
dayes
of
the
weke
they
laboured
.
and
wroughte
to
make
robes
and
other
vestymentes
for
poore
people
.
or
for
theymselfe
/
¶
And
yf
ony
were
that
came
late
at●
the
houres
for
to
psalmodye
.
or
slouthful
to
do
their
werke
.
She
corrected
them
by
softe
meanes
/
¶
And
yf
ony
of
her
sayde
vyrgynes
were
hasty
or
wrothe
/
By
good
loue
and
swetnesse
she
corrected
theym
and
broughte
theim
in
the
waye
of
helthe
/
¶
And
yf
she
were
softe
.
humble
and
pacyent
.
Alwaye
notwythstondynge
she
shewed
and
corrected
her
by
good
manere
.
noo
more
ne
lasse
thanne
yf
she
hadde
faylled
herselfe
/
¶
In
folowynge
the
wordes
of
saynt
Paul
the
Appostle
sayenge
/
What
woll
ye
that
I
doo
to
you
/
Shall
I
correcte
by
rodde
or
bi
fayrnesse
and
debonayrte
/
Alle
were
egall
/
For
they
had
none
other
thynge
but
theyr
lyuynge
and
clothynge
/
¶
And
yf
emonge
theim
were
moeuyd
ony
complaynt
or
debate
/
Bi
fayrnesse
she
broughte
theym
agayne
in
to
loue
/
¶
She
constrayned
the
vyrgynes
to
faste
to
chastyse
the
flesshe
/
¶
And
whan
they
sawe
they
hadde
payne
in
the
stomacke
/
She
answered
to
theym
that
is
●●●e
auayllyd
to
theym
to
be
euyll
disposyd
/
thanne
that
theyr
soules
sholde
be
like
by
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
¶
Yf
oony
were
more
worldly
or
more
curyously
arayed
thanne
the
other
/
¶
She
repreuyd
her
in
sayenge
/
that
the
curyous
araye
of
the
body
was
the
fylthe
of
the
soule
/
¶
And
that
neuer
from
the
herte
of
a
vyrgyn
oughte
to
procede
ony
fowle
worde
/
¶
Yf
ony
were
a
Iangeler
.
a
Lyar.
or
Chyder
/
She
warnyd
her
for
to
amende
her
¶
And
yf
she
amended
her
not
/
She
made
her
to
abide
tofore
the
chyrche
doore
for
to
pray
to
god
/
And
to
ete
and
drynke
oute
of
the
companye
of
her
systers
/
To
the
ende
that
she
sholde
correcte
herselfe
by
shame
/
¶
She
defendeth
thefte
as
Sacrylege
/
And
that
whyche
the
worldly
men
sayde
to
be
venyall
synne
/
She
reputed
and
helde
it
a
ryght
grete
dedely
synne
/
¶
For
to
recounte
of
her
clemence
and
lowelynesse
.
It
is
a
thynge
merueyllous
/
¶
Yf
her
systers
were
syke
she
serued
theym
/
And
gaaf
to
theym
to
ete
flesshe
/
¶
But
whanne
she
was
in
sykenesse
she
ete
none
/
And
in
that
pryncypally
she
was
not
lyke
to
other
.
¶
She
that
was
olde
dyde
more
abstynences
.
thanne
her
yonge
vyrgynes
/
¶
On
a
tyme
in
the
monthe
of
Iuyll
for
the
grete
hete
of
the
sonne
.
She
hadde
the
febres
or
axes
/
¶
The
physycyens
counseylled
her
that
she
shold
ete
metes
more
nutrytyf
thanne
she
had
be
accustomyd
/
And
also
that
she
sholde
drynke
wyne
/
¶
For
the
water
that
she
dranke
myghte
cause
her
to
haue
the
Ydropesye
/
¶
But
neyther
for
the
bysshopp
Epifanyus
.
ne
for
ony
other
she
wolde
not
ete
ony
other
thynge
thanne
she
hadde
ben
accustomyd
/
¶
Helas
yf
we
take
hede
to
her
lyfe
/
we
shall
fynde
that
she
made
good
commutacyons
and
marchaundyses
/
¶
And
she
wepte
in
this
worlde
.
to
the
ende
that
she
myghte
laughe
in
that
other
/
¶
She
ware
the
hayre
/
to
the
ende
that
she
myghte
haue
fayre
vestymentes
and
precyouse
in
heuen
/
¶
She
fasted
deuoutly
for
to
haue
spyrytuell
Refeccyon
.
And
she
for
soke
alle
the
goodes
of
this
worlde
.
for
to
be
Ryche
in
heuen
/
¶
And
dyspysed
the
worldly
glorye
.
for
to
haue
glory
euerlastynge
/
¶
On
a
tyme
she
wente
to
an
Heretyke
.
whiche
proposed
many
questyons
¶
The
fyrste
questyon
was
/
What
synne
myghte
a
chylde
doo
.
that
was
tourmented
wyth
the
deuyll
/
¶
The
seconde
.
In
what
aege
men
and
wymmen
shall
aryse
from
dethe
to
lyfe
/
¶
Adioustynge
to
this
demaunde
or
questyon
/
Yf
she
sayde
in
the
aege
in
whyche
we
deye
/
Thenne
it
behouyth
to
haue
nouryces
for
to
nourisshe
the
chyldren
whiche
deyed
in
yonge
aege
/
&
also
tofore
the
tyme
that
they
were
sure
of
the
pappes
/
¶
And
yf
she
sayde
that
they
sholde
aryse
in
other
aege
/
Thenne
it
sholde
not
be
Resurreccyon
/
But
oonly
transformacion
oute
of
one
body
in
to
a nother
/
¶
After
he
demaunded
yf
wymmen
sholde
aryse
as
wymmen
.
and
the
men
in
fourme
of
men
.
Or
otherwyse
/
¶
Concludynge
yf
they
aroos
in
fourme
of
men
and
wymmen
/
That
they
sholde
be
maryed
in
paradys
/
¶
And
yf
alle
sholde
aryse
in
fourme
of
men
/
That
the
Resurreccyon
sholde
not
be
of
those
bodyes
that
were
deed
/
¶
And
whanne
suche
questyons
were
to
her
proposyd
/
¶
She
recounted
theym
to
saynt
Iherom
/
¶
The
whyche
in
spekynge
to
the
sayde
Heretyke
.
and
in
enfourmynge
hym
other
questyons
.
confounded
his
in
this
manere
/
¶
Fyrst
saynt
Iherom
demaunded
hym
yf
he
byleuyd
the
Resurrexcion
generall
/
¶
The
Heretyke
ansuered
Ye
/
sowe
oughte
to
byleue
/
¶
For
it
is
an
artycle
of
the
faythe
/
¶
Secondly
he
demaunded
yf
the
same
body
that
deyed
sholde
ryse
agayne
/
¶
He
ansuered
.
Ye
For
it
is
also
trouth
/
¶
Thyrdly
he
demaunded
.
yf
the
bodyes
sholde
aryse
in
the
sexe
or
kynde
in
the
whyche
they
sholde
be
deed
/
That
is
to
wite
.
yf
the
man
shall
aryse
in
the
lykenesse
of
a
man
/
And
also
in
like
wise
the
woman
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
/
¶
To
this
demaunde
or
question
the
Heretyke
ansuered
nought
/
¶
Saynt
Iherom
sayde
after
to
him
/
¶
Syth
that
thou
wolt
not
ansuere
.
I
shall
saye
to
the
by
manere
of
ansuere
/
¶
That
yf
a
man
ryse
not
in
lykenesse
of
a
man
/
And
a
woman
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
/
Thenne
it
sholde
not
be
Resurreccyon
of
theym
that
deyed
The
whiche
Resurrexcyon
thou
grauntest
to
be
/
And
also
it
is
true
/
¶
We
haue
prouff
herof
by
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
/
The
whyche
whanne
he
was
arysen
shewed
his
woundes
whyche
he
hadde
receyued
in
the
Crosse
/
¶
And
also
whanne
saynt
Thomas
towched
him
in
his
worthy
side
/
¶
Sayd
not
oure
lorde
to
his
dyscyples
/
Beholde
and
see
my
woundes
/
To
the
ende
that
certaynly
ye
byleue
that
I
am
he
that
hathe
be
crucyfyed
.
¶
Thenne
that
syth
oure
lorde
after
his
Resurrexcyon
was
seen
and
towched
/
And
that
his
discyples
herde
him
speke
/
¶
It
aperyth
cleerly
thy
his
membres
that
he
arose
in
lykenesse
of
a
man
.
and
not
of
a
woman
/
¶
For
by
his
membres
it
apperyth
that
he
hadd
a
body
/
¶
By
cause
that
the
body
is
not
wythoute
membres
.
ne
the
membres
also
wythout
body
/
¶
Therfore
it
muste
conclude
that
the
men
shall
aryse
as
men
/
And
wymmen
as
wymmen
/
¶
As
towchinge
the
conclusyon
that
the
Heretyke
made
.
in
sayenge
.
That
maryages
oughte
to
be
made
in
heuen
/
¶
Saynt
Iherom
ansuered
that
there
sholde
be
none
/
¶
For
oure
lorde
saythe
that
after
the
Resurreccyon
generall
.
shall
neuer
be
maryage
made
/
¶
And
by
this
the
scrypture
sayth
.
that
there
shall
none
be
maryed
/
And
yf
it
be
argued
to
be
wryten
.
that
we
shall
be
lyke
to
good
aungellis
.
the
Proposycyon
oughte
to
be
vnderstonde
that
we
shall
be
semblable
or
lyke
to
theym
in
conuersacyon
and
blessydnesse
/
As
is
promysyd
to
vs
.
Not
by
nature
/
¶
Saynt
Iohan
Baptist
tofore
that
he
was
byheded
was
called
an
aungell
But
for
that
he
hadde
not
the
nature
of
aungellis
/
¶
The
symylytude
or
lylenesses
of
aungellis
is
oonly
promysed
in
holynesse
of
lyfe
/
¶
But
the
nature
not
for
that
shal
be
chaunged
/
¶
Yf
ony
argued
in
sayenge
.
that
god
ete
after
his
Resurreccyon
.
Thenne
we
shall
ete
after
that
we
were
reysed
/
¶
The
argumente
is
not
prouffytable
/
¶
For
that
whyche
was
done
was
for
the
approbacyon
and
veryfyenge
of
the
sayyd
Resurrexcyon
/
¶
He
also
whanne
he
hadde
Reysyd
the
sayde
good
Lazare
/
Whyche
hadde
be
deed
foure
dayes
.
ete
wyth
hym
/
¶
Also
the
doughter
of
the
Synagoge
anone
after
that
god
hadde
reysed
.
Commaunded
that
mete
sholde
be
gyuen
to
her
/
To
the
ende
that
they
that
sawe
thise
.
and
herde
of
thise
reysinges
sholde
.
ne
myght
not
saye
.
that
they
were
bodyes
fantastyke
/
But
were
very
bodyes
whyche
hadd
ben
deed
and
reysed
agayne
/
¶
As
towchynge
the
question
of
the
chylde
vexed
of
the
deuyll
.
whyche
had
not
synned
/
¶
And
also
in
what
aege
we
shall
aryse
/
¶
Saynt
Iherom
fyrste
sayth
that
the
Iugementes
of
god
aren
as
a
grete
swolowe
/
¶
His
scyence
is
also
to
vs
vnknowen
/
¶
Neuer
man
knewe
what
god
hathe
in
his
entendemente
and
purpoos
/
¶
Secondly
ought
to
be
noted
with
saynt
Iherom
/
That
a
man
whanne
he
is
ten
or
twenty
.
or
thyrty
.
Or
a
hundred
yere
olde
is
none
other
than
whan
he
is
but
two
or
thre
.
or
foure
yere
olde
¶
And
neuerthelesse
after
the
tradycyons
and
sayenges
of
the
chyrche
.
and
the
doctryne
of
saynt
Poul
/
we
shal
ryse
in
the
aege
of
perfeccyon
.
In
whyche
oure
lorde
aroos
fro
thyrty
to
two
and
thyrty
yeres
/
¶
And
in
whyche
aege
was
Adam
fourmyd
after
that
the
Iewes
wytnesse
/
¶
In
retournynge
thenne
to
saynt
Paula
/
And
for
to
speke
of
her
entendemente
.
sayth
saynt
Iherom
that
ofte
she
kepte
and
obserued
the
commaundement
that
sayth
(
Andi
israhel
ettace
)
That
is
to
saye
¶
Man
here
and
bestylle
/
For
the
good
lady
Paula
was
well
lyghte
to
here
/
And
slowe
to
speke
/
¶
She
was
curyous
and
besie
to
haue
bokes
of
holy
scrypture
/
And
radde
theym
gladly
/
¶
And
for
better
to
prouffyte
in
theym
/
She
constrayned
saynt
Iherom
to
expowne
to
her
the
olde
Testamente
and
the
newe
/
¶
But
whanne
for
ony
doubtes
he
differred
to
expowne
to
her
certayne
proposycyons
/
Sayenge
to
her
that
he
cowde
not
expowne
theym
/
She
wolde
not
byleue
hym
/
¶
But
by
contynuell
Interrogacyons
and
desyres
she
constrayned
him
to
expowne
theym
after
the
Sentence
moost
apparent
or
lykely
.
and
after
trouthe
and
good
sens
/
¶
Her
vnderstondynge
was
soo
grete
.
that
she
lerned
of
saynt
Iherom
the
Ebrewe
tongue
/
In
suche
wyse
that
she
songe
the
psalmes
of
the
Psaulter
in
Ebrewe
tongue
/
And
songe
noo
more
in
latyn
/
¶
After
that
we
haue
recyted
of
.
her
holy
lyfe
&
conuersacyon
.
that
is
to
saye
of
her
gloryous
departing
oute
of
this
worlde
.
¶
Whanne
the
good
lady
saynt
Paula
felte
that
she
had
no
more
hete
.
but
a
lytyll
in
her
stomack
/
¶
She
beganne
to
saye
thyse
wordes
that
folowe
in
wepynge
and
wayllynge
bytterly
.
¶
O
my
god
I
haue
desyred
the
beaultee
of
thy
heuen
and
glory
/
¶
O
lorde
that
thy
Tabernacles
and
dwellynge
places
ben
fayre
&
shynynge
/
O
lorde
god
I
haue
more
desire
to
be
in
thy
hous
.
that
is
in
the
chyrche
than
to
dwelle
with
them
of
the
worlde
¶
Anone
after
she
cessed
to
speke
&
saynt
Iherom
seeng
that
she
ansuerd
not
to
ony
thyng
that
he
demaunded
or
asked
of
her
/
¶
He
asked
why
she
ansuered
not
/
¶
And
yf
she
hadde
in
her
herte
ony
heuynesse
or
gryef
/
¶
The
goode
lady
ansuered
in
Greke
/
Naye
/
but
she
sawe
alle
Ioyousete
and
gladnesse
/
¶
After
she
spake
noo
more
/
But
sygned
her
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
¶
There
were
dyuerse
bysshoppis
.
as
well
of
Iherusalem
as
of
other
places
And
wyth
theim
were
grete
nombre
of
preestes
.
and
Innumerable
companyes
of
vyrgynes
.
and
Relygyouses
/
¶
In
presence
of
whom
she
herde
oure
lorde
/
whiche
callyd
her
sayenge
/
¶
Come
to
me
my
spowse
my
culuer
or
douue
/
¶
For
the
wynter
and
the
Rayne
ben
passed
/
¶
To
whom
she
answered
/
¶
The
flowres
ben
on
the
erthe
/
The
tyme
of
Harueste
is
come
/
I
byleue
to
see
the
goodes
of
oure
lorde
in
the
londe
of
lyuynge
people
/
¶
And
in
thus
sayenge
she
rendred
to
god
her
blessyd
soule
/
¶
But
in
soo
dooynge
the
people
beynge
presente
were
not
moeuyd
to
wepynge
ne
wayllynge
/
lyke
as
men
of
the
worlde
now
a
dayes
done
for
theyr
parentes
and
frendes
/
Whom
they
haue
soone
forgoten
/
¶
But
the
bysshoppis
sette
honde
on
the
Byer
/
The
other
herynge
lampes
and
tapres·
And
other
syngynge
deuowte
Ympnes
and
Psalmes
in
the
mydle
of
the
chyrche
/
And
in
the
sepulture
of
oure
lorde
where
oure
sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
was
buryed
/
¶
Alle
the
people
of
the
cytees
of
Palestyne
came
to
her
Entyerement
/
¶
And
soo
many
of
Relygyouses
men
and
wymmen
were
there
/
that
it
was
merueyllouse
to
see
and
behold·
¶
And
in
effecte
yf
ony
defaylled
there
that
hadde
not
ben
atte
theyr
laste
seruyce
.
They
were
reputed
.
and
holden
.
as
Sacryleges
/
¶
The
Wydowes
and
poore
Wydowes
to
the
example
of
Dorcade
sheweden
there
the
vestymentes
.
whyche
the
good
lady
saynt
Paula
hadde
made
/
¶
And
generally
alle
poore
persones
cryeden
after
her
/
As
after
theyr
mode
:
¶
Lete
vs
thynke
thenne
we
myserable
synnars
/
¶
And
pryncypally
they
that
amasse
and
possesse
grete
Ryches
&
tresours
/
¶
How
the
good
lady
Paula
abandouned
and
forsoke
alle
her
tresour
for
to
gyue
for
goddis
sake
/
¶
He
las
what
cowde
one
more
yeue
/
She
reteyned
and
kepte
noo
thynge
for
herselfe
/
¶
Thynke
marchauntes
what
marchaundyses
she
made
/
Whanne
she
chaunged
alle
her
golde
and
her
syluer
in
to
thynges
Incommutable
/
¶
She
forsoke
alle
for
to
haue
alle
.
And
she
wolde
be
ryght
poore
for
to
be
Ryche
/
¶
Saynt
Iherom
after
this
adressyd
his
wordes
to
the
doughter
of
saynt
Paula
whyche
was
moche
deuowte
/
¶
For
she
folowed
the
good
&
vertuouse
maners
of
her
holy
moder
/
¶
O
Eustochium
Reioyce
thyselfe
my
doughter
/
For
I
know
that
thou
haste
but
lytyll
good
in
this
worlde
/
But
thou
oughtest
to
enioye
the
for
thyn
holy
moder
/
¶
Whyche
by
longe
martyrdome
is
crowned
in
the
glory
of
heuen
¶
She
hathe
spared
to
the
grete
Rychesses
/
¶
For
thou
shalte
haue
by
successyon
thy
god
.
whiche
is
more
Ryche
Tresour
thanne
alle
the
golde
in
the
worlde
/
¶
Thus
in
Bethleem
where
god
was
born
deyed
gloryously
the
good
saynt
Paula
/
¶
Of
whom
the
gloryous
soule
flewe
in
to
heuen
in
to
euerlastynge
glory
and
blysse
/
¶
The
whyche
graunte
to
vs
the
eternall
god
in
one
essence
and
thre
in
persones
/
By
the
merytes
and
prayers
of
the
gloryous
sayntes
.
saynt
Paula
and
saynt
Iherom
her
singuler
and
moost
specyall
frende
in
this
worlde
and
in
the
other
/
Amen
/
¶
Thus
endeth
the
lyfe
of
the
ryght
deuoute
&
holy
woman
saynt
Paula
/
¶
Here
folowyth
the
lyfe
'
of
saynt
Pelage
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Quid
factum
est
.
&c
/
Caplm.
xli.
AMonge
you
that
woll
knowe
.
that
god
oure
maker
woll
not
lese
a
Cristen
man
/
How
grete
a
synnar
that
he
be
/
¶
Herke
.
and
ofte
rede
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Pelage
/
And
ye
shall
knowe
yf
ye
woll
retorne
to
god
our
Maker
by
penaunce
.
that
ye
shall
haue
remyssyon
/
And
in
the
ende
foryeuenesse
of
youre
synnes
/
¶
Thenne
sȳnais
ye
oughte
to
reioyce
yourselfe
of
that
ye
here
/
¶
For
it
is
alle
ayde
and
comforte
that
comyth
to
you
.
And
also
cause
of
lamentacyon
/
¶
An
holy
bysshop
of
Anthyoche
for
certayne
cause
callyd
togyder
for
certayne
causes
althe
bysshoppis
nyghe
abowte
him
/
whiche
came
to
him
to
the
nombre
of
eyghte
¶
Emonge
whom
was
an
holy
bisshopp
callyd
Nonnus
/
that
was
a
Religyous
man
of
the
monastery
of
The
benesyens
/
¶
And
bi
cause
that
he
was
of
right
holy
lyf
.
He
was
violently
and
by
stronge
honde
rauisshed
from
his
abbaye
and
electe
bysshopp
/
¶
The
whiche
Bysshoppis
assembled
.
were
commaunded
by
the
sayde
saynt
Nonnus
and
his
seruytours
/
And
they
sholde
assemble
in
the
chyrche
of
saynt
Iulyan
the
marter
/
¶
And
to
the
regarde
of
other
they
were
put
in
howses
nighe
the
chyrche
/
¶
They
beynge
there
prayed
the
sayde
holy
Bisshopp
Nonnus
that
he
sholde
saye
to
theym
some
thyng
for
the
helthe
and
comforte
of
their
soules
¶
The
whiche
thynge
he
graunted
to
theym
benygnely
/
¶
And
desyrynge
sore
to
prouffyte
hymselfe
and
theym
also
.
¶
Beganne
to
enduce
theym
.
and
teche
theym
after
the
doctryne
of
oure
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryst
/
¶
On
a
tyme
emonge
thother
as
he
preched
to
them
of
the
holy
Gospell
/
¶
He
sawe
passe
tofore
hym
vpon
a
lytyll
mulet
the
moost
excellent
Iougleresse
or
Daunceresse
that
was
in
the
cytee
of
Anthyoche
.
soo
rychely
and
worldly
ornate
and
arayed
/
That
vppon
her
was
seen
noo
thynge
but
golde
and
syluer
and
ryche
pyerrerye
/
¶
And
wyth
that
she
hadde
a
Coler
of
golde
aboute
her
necke
/
and
also
was
accompanyed
wyth
seruauntes
and
chambryeres
in
lyke
wyse
arayed
/
¶
In
passynge
thus
in
the
waye
.
she
fylled
the
ayre
wyth
merueyllouse
swete
odours
and
sauours
/
¶
Whanne
the
Bysshopps
sawe
her
soo
passe
.
consyderynge
the
beaute
of
her
/
torned
theyr
eyen
to
the
erthe
/
To
the
ende
that
they
sholde
not
by
her
commyse
or
thynke
ony
dedely
synne
/
¶
Saynt
Nonnus
behelde
her
ryght
affectuously
.
and
after
demaunded
the
other
Bysshoppis
yf
they
hadde
ony
desectacyon
o●
playsaunce
in
the
beaute
of
the
sayde
fayre
woman
/
The
whyche
answered
noo
thynge
/
¶
Thenne
the
sayde
Nonnus
beganne
to
wepe
and
waylle
.
In
suche
wyse
that
his
bosome
was
full
of
teeres
/
¶
And
yet
agayne
he
demaunded
theym
yf
they
reioyced
not
theym
in
beholdynge
of
the
same
woman
¶
And
lyke
as
afore
they
answered
not
/
¶
Thenne
he
sayde
to
theym
/
Truely
I
haue
strongly
delyted
me
.
And
her
beaute
hath
merueyllously
playsed
me
/
For
god
hathe
ordeyned
her
to
sette
her
tofore
his
seete
.
whyche
is
merueyllous
whanne
he
shall
Iudge
vs
.
and
theym
of
oure
Bysshopryche
/
¶
And
yet
he
sayd
to
his
felowes
the
Bysshoppes
/
My
ryght
well
bylouyd
frendes
.
Thynke
how
ofte
she
hathe
kembed
:
wasshed
.
&
made
fayre
herself
for
to
playse
her
amourouse
or
loues
.
whyche
thys
daye
ben
/
And
tomorn
shall
not
be
/
¶
She
appoynted
herself
soo
honestly
.
that
there
fayllyd
not
a
pynne
.
as
towchynge
to
the
world
/
¶
And
yf
she
for
to
playse
the
worlde
takith
so
moche
besynesse
¶
Alas
we
that
haue
god
oure
fader
god
kynge
of
heuen
and
of
erthe
.
what
shall
we
doo
/
¶
And
who
shall
gyue
to
vs
the
heuenly
goodes
.
whyche
maye
not
be
estemyd
nor
thoughte
/
¶
What
shall
we
doo
/
Truely
we
oughte
to
haue
souerayne
cure
and
besinesse
to
be
alwaye
arayed
&
made
fayre
wyth
clennesse
of
herte
and
of
pure
conscyence
¶
And
in
lyke
wyse
oughte
we
for
to
wake
for
to
fynde
the
wayes
and
meanes
by
the
whiche
we
maye
playse
him
in
dooynge
to
hym
seruyse
aggreable
/
¶
Thise
thinges
sayde
saynt
Nonnus
toke
his
deaken
by
the
honde
.
and
wente
in
to
the
howse
/
Whyche
was
ordeyned
for
theym
to
be
lodged
in
/
¶
After
he
wythdrewe
hym
in
to
his
chambre
.
In
whyche
he
fell
downe
to
the
grounde
/
in
wepynge
and
smytynge
his
breste
and
beganne
to
saye
/
¶
O
my
god
that
knowest
the
thynges
hidde
.
I
may
not
hyde
how
that
by
the
deceyuable
a
rayment
and
dyshoneste
clothinge
of
a
synfull
woman
/
The
beaute
of
my
soule
hathe
be
maculate
and
defoyllyd
/
In
what
manere
o
my
god
shall
I
mowe
praye
to
the
/
¶
Or
how
shall
I
mowe
Iustyfye
me
tofore
the
/
¶
Thou
knoweste
alle
my
thoughte
/
Maledyccyos
or
cursydnesse
shall
come
to
me
.
For
I
offre
to
the
sacrefyse
.
And
also
make
fewle
my
soule
b●
synne
/
The
synful
woman
thinkyth
on
no
thyng
but
to
playse
the
worlde
/
¶
And
I
haue
promysed
to
the
faythe
and
loyaulte
/
And
haue
not
kepte
it
to
the
¶
O
my
lorde
god
I
am
oute
of
thy
grace
/
¶
Alas
I
haue
noo
more
hope
of
my
good
werkes
.
but
onely
in
thy
mercy
/
¶
By
the
whiche
I
hope
and
entende
my
saluacyon
.
¶
The
good
saynt
Nonnus
abode
by
longe
space
of
tyme
in
suche
heuynesse
¶
And
the
Sondaye
folowynge
after
that
he
hadde
sayde
his
Houres
wyth
his
Deaken
/
¶
He
recounted
and
shewed
to
hym
a
dreme
/
¶
But
he
cowde
not
erpowne
it
/
¶
This
dreme
was
of
a
blacke
douue
fowle
of
moche
fylthe
/
¶
The
whyche
as
it
semyd
to
saynt
Nonnus
that
in
syngynge
his
masse
it
came
to
the
corner
of
the
awter
.
¶
And
after
came
fleenge
alle
abowte
hym
/
And
gaaf
soo
grete
a
stenche
/
That
he
myghte
not
abyde
to
fele
it
/
¶
And
after
that
he
hadd
songe
the
masse
in
comynge
oute
of
the
chyrche
/
The
same
douue
came
agayne
.
fleenge
aboute
as
she
dyde
tofore
.
In
gyuynge
to
hym
so
grete
a
stenche
that
he
myghte
not
endure
to
smelle
it
/
¶
Thenne
he
raughte
his
honde
vppon
the
same
douue
soo
dylygently
that
he
tooke
it
/
And
threwe
it
in
a
vessell
ful
of
water
/
In
whiche
she
lefte
all
her
ordures
and
fylthes
¶
And
flewh
a
waye
also
whyte
as
a
Swanne
/
And
soo
vanysshed
from
his
eyen
/
¶
And
alle
this
sayde
the
holy
man
that
he
hadde
seen
in
his
slepe
/
¶
Thyse
thynges
thus
sayde
they
tweyne
wente
in
to
the
grete
chyrche
where
as
the
Bysshopp
was
/
Whom
they
salewed
/
¶
Whanne
the
Gospell
of
the
grete
masse
was
sayde
/
The
bysshopp
commaunded
to
saynt
Nonnus
.
that
he
sholde
goo
preche
/
And
make
a
sermon
to
the
people
/
Anone
he
went
in
to
the
prechynge
stole
/
Introducynge
and
enfourmynge
the
people
beyng
there
at
the
sayde
chyrche
in
the
faythe
of
god
/
¶
And
syngulerly
preched
of
his
grete
Iugement
to
come
/
And
of
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
¶
And
by
his
fayr
Introduccyons
and
exhortacions
was
the
people
moeued
to
penannce
.
and
to
contrycyon
/
In
suche
wyse
that
alle
began
to
waylle
and
wepe
for
the
horrour
&
grete
dysplaysaunce
that
they
hadd
of
theyr
synnes
/
¶
Now
it
happed
that
this
synfull
woman
Pelage
.
whyche
had
passed
fore
by
.
and
arayed
as
afore
is
sayde
came
to
this
sermon
/
The
whyche
herynge
the
wordes
of
the
ryghte
good
holy
man
/
And
notwytstondyng
that
she
neuer
hadde
serued
god
.
but
alle
onely
the
worlde
.
¶
She
hadde
soo
grete
contrycyon
.
and
soo
bytter
dysplaysaunce
of
the
enormyte
of
her
synnes
.
that
she
foundred
alle
in
teeres
.
In
suche
wyse
that
she
semyd
that
she
mystrusted
the
mercy
of
god
/
And
hadd
none
other
countenaunce
but
contynuelly
to
waylle
and
wepe
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
she
commaunded
to
tweyne
of
her
chyldren
that
were
at
that
tyme
wyth
her
.
that
they
sholde
abyde
in
the
chyrche
/
And
take
good
hede
whyther
the
holy
man
wente
.
&
where
that
she
myghte
fynde
hym
/
¶
The
chyldren
dyde
soo·
and
folowed
the
holy
man
vnto
the
chyrche
of
saynt
Iulian
the
martyr
/
And
after
came
and
tolde
it
to
theyr
moder
/
¶
And
thenne
she
wrote
to
hym
a
lettre
in
substaunce
/
¶
To
the
right
Reuerende
holy
man
dyscyple
of
Ihu
cryst
thou
holy
man
haste
prechyd
that
thy
god
is
soo
moche
and
lowe
meked
hymselfe
.
that
he
hathe
taken
mankynde
pryncypally
for
to
saue
the
synnars
and
Plublicans
.
¶
And
he
whom
the
aungellis
dare
not
beholde
hath
wylled
to
conuerse
and
dwelle
wyth
the
synnars
in
this
worlde
/
¶
O
my
ryghte
dere
lorde
.
I
haue
ofte
herde
sayde
of
the
/
That
thy
holynesse
is
moche
grete
/
And
that
thou
ledest
a
ryght
perfyghte
lyffe
/
¶
And
how
well
that
thou
haste
not
seen
hym
thy
sayde
god
wyth
thy
bodyly
eyen
.
the
whyche
shewed
hymselfe
to
the
Samarytane
/
Neuerthelesse
thou
seruest
hym
/
Dredeste
.
&
worshyppest
soueraynly
.
As
the
Crysten
people
publisshen
and
sayen
/
Therfore
I
byseche
the
that
thou
woll
not
dyspyse
me
/
Notwythstondynge
that
I
be
a
synfull
woman
/
And
that
it
maye
playse
the
to
teche
.
and
enfourme
me
in
suche
wyse
that
I
maye
perfyghtly
knowe
myn
euerlastynge
god
/
Wythoute
whom
I
maye
haue
noo
pardon
/
ne
remyssyon
of
my
synnes
/
¶
The
whyche
letter
seen
by
saynt
Nonne
.
he
wrote
to
her
agayne
in
thys
manere
/
¶
O
woman
what
some
euer
thou
be
/
Thou
arte
knowen
of
god
/
The
whyche
also
knowyth
thy
wylle
/
I
pray
the
that
thou
tempte
not
myn
humylytee
.
in
folyly
prasynge
me
/
For
I
am
a
synfull
man
/
and
vnworthy
seruytour
and
Seruaunte
of
god
/
¶
But
yf
thou
haue
wyll
to
se
me
/
And
by
me
knowe
and
receyue
oure
good
faythe
/
¶
There
ben
in
this
cytee
other
Bysshoppis
&
notable
prelates
with
whom
thou
shalte
see
me
/
¶
For
it
is
noo
thynge
leyffull
that
thou
allone
sholde
speke
to
me
/
¶
Whan
the
poore
synfull
woman
hadde
seen
this
lettre
/
¶
She
Incontynent
departed
and
wente
in
to
the
chirche
of
saynt
Iulian
/
¶
In
the
whyche
were
present
all
the
bysshoppis
/
¶
And
she
dide
to
saynt
Nonnus
to
haue
knowlege
of
her
comynge
/
¶
Whyche
Incontynent
assembled
and
broughte
togyder
the
sayd
bysshoppis
/
¶
And
that
done
made
her
to
come
to
hym
/
¶
Anone
she
felle
downe
to
the
fete
of
the
holy
Bysshopp
saynt
Nonne
sayenge
/
¶
I
praye
the
my
lorde
that
it
playse
the
in
folowyng
thyne
doctryne
.
to
stratche
vpon
me
thy
mercy
/
and
make
me
a
Crysten
woman
/
¶
I
am
the
see
of
synne
.
and
the
swolow
of
wyckydnesse
whiche
asketh
and
requyreth
to
be
baptysed
/
¶
Saynt
Nonnus
made
her
to
stonde
vpp
/
And
sayde
to
her
/
My
frende
the
holy
Decretes
ben
suche
.
that
a
publike
and
comin
synful
woman
oughte
not
be
baptysed
/
Yf
she
gyue
not
pledge
neuer
to
retorne
to
her
synne
.
¶
This
ansuere
herde
she
felle
downe
agayne
to
his
fete
/
In
wasshynge
theym
wyth
her
teeres
.
and
wypynge
theym
wyth
her
heere
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
O
Nonnus
I
praye
humbly
to
the
god
that
my
synnes
&
wyckydnesse
be
to
the
Imputed
.
yf
thou
dyfferre
to
baptyse
me
/
¶
And
also
I
pray
wyth
this
that
thou
neuer
haue
parte
ne
porcyon
wyth
the
sayntes
in
heuen
/
yf
thou
make
me
not
now
Crysten
/
¶
And
ferder
more
that
thou
be
constrayned
to
forsake
his
lawe
/
And
adoure
and
worshyp
the
ydollis
/
yf
thou
espouse
and
wedde
me
not
this
day
vnto
hym
/
by
the
ryghte
holy
sacrament
of
baptym
¶
Thenne
alle
the
bysshoppis
and
other
that
were
there
.
sayden
that
they
hadde
neuer
seen
ony
synfull
woman
haue
more
bytter
dysplaysaunce
of
her
synnes
/
¶
Thenne
they
sente
the
Deaken
of
saynt
Nonne
vnto
the
Bisshopp
of
the
cytee
/
For
to
recyte
and
shewe
to
hym
this
caas
/
¶
To
the
ende
that
he
shold
sende
one
of
the
Abbesses
whyche
were
to
hym
subgette
/
for
to
enfourme
and
comforte
this
sayde
poore
synfull
woman
/
¶
The
Bysshopp
herynge
thyse
thynges
was
moche
Ioyefull
and
glad
¶
And
sente
thyder
saynt
Romayne
the
abbesse
.
whiche
was
chief
in
vertu
and
dygnytee
/
¶
Whyche
founde
the
sayde
synfull
woman
wepynge
in
grete
habundaunce
and
plentee
of
teeres
at
the
fete
of
the
holy
man
saynt
Nonnus
/
¶
Whiche
vnneth
myghte
make
her
to
aryse
/
¶
But
neuerthelesse
she
sayde
to
her
/
¶
My
doughter
aryse
vpp
and
confesse
and
vtter
alle
thy
synnes
/
To
the
ende
that
thou
be
baptysed
/
¶
Thenne
she
answered
/
Ha
madame
yf
I
sholde
well
examyne
and
serche
my
conscyence
/
I
sholde
fynde
that
I
neuer
haue
done
ony
good
¶
But
haue
gyuen
and
habandonned
me
to
alle
maledyccyon
and
wyckednesse
/
¶
And
knowe
that
my
synnes
ben
more
grette
in
nombre
thanne
the
grauell
of
the
see
/
¶
But
I
truste
in
god
/
and
hauynge
confiaunce
in
the
/
he
shall
efface
and
putte
awaye
alle
my
fylthes
of
synne
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
saynt
Nonnus
asked
what
her
name
was
/
To
whyche
she
ansuered
.
I
am
namyd
Pelage
/
¶
How
well
they
of
Anthyoche
call
me
Margaryte
by
cause
of
the
pyerrye
or
nyce
and
dyssolute
and
wanten
ornements
and
raymentes
of
whyche
late
I
arrayed
myn
vyle
and
detestable
caroyne
/
¶
In
makynge
of
the
same
openly
and
maddely
the
werke
and
boutye
of
the
deuyll
of
helle
/
¶
Anone
after
saynt
Nonne
baptysed
her
¶
And
namyd
her
by
her
name
Pelage
/
¶
And
after
mynystred
vnto
her
the
body
of
our
lorde
.
And
that
done
he
lefte
her
in
the
gouernaunce
of
saynt
Romayne
/
And
gaaf
to
her
his
benedyccyon
/
¶
After
saynt
Nonne
sayde
to
saynt
Iherom
/
My
frende
&
brother
we
oughte
this
daye
to
reioyce
vs
/
And
to
ete
oylle
and
drynke
wyth
spyrytuell
gladnesse·
more
thanne
we
haue
ben
accustomed
and
vsed
.
In
takinge
consolacyon
and
comforte
of
the
helthe
of
this
synfull
woman
/
And
so
concluded
to
dyne
togyder
/
¶
And
thus
as
they
toke
theyr
refeccyon
.
They
herde
the
deuyll
crye
at
theyr
gate
.
lyke
vnto
the
voyce
of
a
man
.
sayeng
/
¶
O
maledyccyon
/
O
maledyccyon
/
Wherfore
is
that
I
suffre
soo
moche
of
this
olde
man
here
/
¶
Suffysed
not
it
ynough
that
he
hathe
conuerted
thyrty
thousande
Sarrasyns
to
the
Crysten
faythe
/
¶
And
in
lyke
wyse
the
noble
and
grete
cyte
Helyopolis
.
the
whyche
adoured
and
worshipped
me
.
and
alle
they
that
conuersed
and
dwellyd
in
it
/
And
syth
hath
take
a
waye
from
me
myn
hope
/
I
shall
nomore
endure
his
machinacions
/
Acursyd
be
the
daye
that
th
olde
man
was
borne
/
¶
Suche
wordes
or
semblable
in
substaunce
cryed
the
deuyll
tofore
the
yate
/
&
yet
agayne
in
adressynge
his
wordes
to
saynt
Pelage
said
to
her
¶
Ha
mi
damoysel
thou
makest
to
me
the
payn
that
I
suffre
&
endure
/
Thou
Resemblest
to
Iudas
that
solde
his
mayster
whyche
was
one
of
the
nombre
of
his
dyscyples
/
¶
Thou
haste
in
lyke
wyse
solde
me
to
thys
olde
man
Nonus
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Nonne
sayde
to
her
/
That
she
sholde
blesse
her
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
holy
Crosse
/
whiche
she
dyde
/
¶
And
Incontynent
and
wythoute
taryenge
the
deuyll
vanysshed
away
.
¶
Two
dayes
after
she
sleped
wyth
saynt
Romayne
.
The
deuyll
apperyd
to
her
and
awoke
her
/
¶
And
after
sayde
to
her
/
My
frende
Margarete
what
thynge
haue
I
done
to
the
/
I
haue
enryched
the
wyth
golde
and
syluer
/
And
haue
done
to
the
alle
that
.
whyche
thou
haste
demaunded
o●
desired
of
me
/
¶
Wherfor
doost
thou
to
me
soo
grete
dyshonoure
to
become
Crysten
/
¶
Thenne
she
blessyd
her
and
sayde
to
the
deuyll
/
My
god
whyche
hathe
preserued
me
from
the
deuomynge
of
thyne
horryble
teeth
hathe
sette
me
in
his
heuenly
chambre
/
¶
And
yet
I
hope
that
he
shall
fyghte
for
me
agaynst
the
/
Whyche
demaundest
and
desyrest
noo
thynge
but
myn
perdycyon
/
¶
And
after
the
deuyll
came
noo
more
to
her
/
¶
The
thyrde
daye
after
that
she
was
baptysed
she
sente
for
her
sone
/
to
whom
she
sayde
/
That
he
sholde
goo
in
to
her
Garderobe
/
and
to
put
in
writynge
alle
that
she
hadde
/
As
well
golde
and
syluer
and
other
goodes
/
¶
And
that
he
sholde
brynge
all
to
her
/
wythoute
to
leue
ony
thynge
/
The
whyche
chylde
dyde
soo
/
¶
After
she
wente
for
saynt
Nonne
&
for
her
ghostly
moder
/
¶
And
whan
he
was
come
she
sayd
to
hym
/
My
lorde
and
frende
.
loo
here
the
Rychesse
of
whyche
Sathan
hathe
enryched
me
/
¶
Now
I
putte
theym
in
to
thy
power
and
dyscrecion
/
¶
And
I
aske
neuer
ony
thynge
.
But
the
Rychesse
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
The
sayde
saynt
Nonne
callyd
the
eldeste
of
theym
that
kepte
the
chyrche
/
And
delyuered
to
hym
alle
the
same
Richesses
.
In
sayenge
to
hym
/
I
commaunde
the
in
the
honoure
of
the
Trynyte
of
heuen
that
thou
neuer
entree
in
to
this
chyrche
/
Tyll
that
thou
haste
dystrybuted
alle
thyse
goodes·
As
well
to
poore
wydowes
and
orphelyns
As
to
the
suffretous
.
poore
and
nedy
/
To
the
ende
that
the
goodes
goten
by
synne
.
be
made
tresoure
of
Iustyce
/
¶
Wyth
this
the
holy
man
cursyd
&
excomyned
alle
theym
that
sholde
do●
the
contrarye
and
theyr
houses
/
yf
they
receyued
and
kepte
ony
thynge
/
¶
After
she
called
alle
her
chyldren
.
and
sayde
to
theym
/
¶
My
chyldren
I
praye
you
to
departe
you
from
this
worlde
.
to
the
ende
that
as
we
haue
ben
togyder
/
we
maye
be
in
lyke
wyse
togyder
in
heuen
.
¶
For
here
ye
maye
gete
noo
thynge·
but
synne
and
wyckydnesse
/
¶
The
eyghte
daye
after
her
baptysynge
/
the
sayde
Pelage
aroos
vpp
atte
mydnyghte
/
And
saynt
Nonne
cladde
her
wyth
the
heere
/
And
a
groos
and
cours
robe
of
a
man
/
And
after
the
sayd
daye
she
neuer
entred
in
to
the
cytee
of
Anthioche
/
¶
Whanne
saynt
Romayn
knewe
it
she
beganne
to
wepe
/
By
cause
she
had
loste
her
companye
/
And
saynt
Nonne
comforted
her
in
sayenge
That
she
hadde
chosen
the
ryght
holy
waye
.
lyke
as
the
Gospell
conteyneth
/
¶
In
the
whyche
is
founde
that
oure
lorde
preferred
Marye
Magdalene
.
ledynge
Contemplatyff
lyffe
.
tofore
her
faster
Martha
.
whyche
ladde
actyf
lyfe
¶
The
good
Pelage
in
this
habyte
dyssymyled
wente
to
Iherusalem
.
in
to
the
mounte
of
Olyuete
/
Where
oure
Redemer
prayed
to
god
his
fader
tofore
his
sorowefull
passyon
/
¶
And
there
she
made
a
lityll
house
.
where
she
determyned
to
dwelle
/
¶
A
lytyll
tyme
after
the
Bisshopp
of
Anthyoche
.
callyd
togyder
alle
the
bysshoppis
that
he
hadde
assembled
/
And
sente
eche
of
theim
in
to
his
bysshopryche
/
¶
Thre
or
foure
yeres
after
the
deaken
of
saynt
Nonne
hadde
a
wyll
to
goo
to
Iherusalem
:
for
to
vysyte
the
holy
sepulcre
of
oure
lorde
/
And
the
other
holy
places
.
in
whyche
oure
lorde
suffred
for
vs
so
many
tormentes
and
myseryes
/
¶
And
asked
leue
of
his
bisshopp
/
Whyche
lyberally
graunted
to
hym
/
¶
Chargynge
hym
for
to
enquyre
in
the
sayd
place
of
a
Relygyous
namyd
Pelage
/
Whyche
was
departed
afore
tyme
from
hym
/
¶
And
how
well
that
the
sayde
Bysshopp
named
the
sayd
Relygyous
Pelagius
/
¶
Neuertheles
he
mente
the
good
seruaunt
of
god
pelage
the
whyche
was
cladde
in
thabyte
of
a
man
&
secretely
departed
as
to
fort
is
said
/
And
for
that
cause
he
named
her
by
the
name
of
a
man
/
ymage
nynge
that
by
cause
of
her
clothynge
she
had
chaunged
her
name
/
Thys
deken
thenne
wente
to
Iherusalem
/
And
after
that
he
hadd
accomplysshed
hys
pilgremage
/
he
fonde
the
good
relygyous
in
the
mounte
of
Olyuete
in
whiche
she
hadde
be
all
waye
closed
and
shette
in
her
lytyl
hous
/
whyche
hadde
none
openyng
but
a
lytyl
wyndowe
/
at
whyche
the
sayd
deken
knocked
.
and
anone
she
opened
it
/
And
how
be
it
that
she
hadde
neuer
be
seen
but
ones
syth
that
she
had
be
in
her
grete
beaulte
and
pomperye
/
yet
neuerthelesse
she
knewe
hym
But
he
coude
not
knowe
her
by
cause
she
was
soo
deffayted
and
dysfygured
by
the
grete
abstynences
that
she
made
in
suche
wyse
that
the
bones
perced
the
skynne
/
And
hadd
her
eyen
wythin
her
hede
so
depe
and
holow
/
hat
she
semed
better
to
presente
a
dede
body
than
a
lyuynge
woman
/
She
seyeng
this
deken
she
demaunded
hym
of
whens
he
was
/
¶
To
whome
he
ansuerde
that
he
cam
fro
anthioche
/
and
was
thyder
sente
by
hys
bisshoppe
Nonus
for
to
visyte
her
/
¶
Thenne
she
sayde
to
the
same
deken
.
My
broder
and
frende
saye
to
him
that
I
praye
hym
that
yt
maye
playse
hym
to
praye
to
god
for
me
/
I
hope
that
his
prayers
ben
to
me
moche
prouffytable
/
For
he
is
a
deuoute
man
and
of
an
holy
lyf
/
And
incontynent
she
shytte
her
wyndowe
/
and
began
to
saye
her
tierce
/
And
the
deken
in
lyke
wyse
nygh
to
the
wall
sayd
wyth
her
/
and
after
retorned
in
to
Iherusalem
moche
comforted
of
the
syght
of
one
so
holy
woman
.
¶
Fro
thens
he
wente
to
vysyte
all
the
monasteryes
and
holy
places
of
the
cyte
and
for
to
see
the
relygyouse
people
Wyth
whome
he
beynge
there
he
herde
saye
thyngys
merueyllous
of
the
holy
religyous
Pelagius
/
In
deuysynge
of
whome
they
spake
of
the
sayd
Pelage
¶
For
they
supposed
that
she
hadd
ben
a
religyous
man
/
by
cause
she
fayned
her
allwaye
to
be
a
man
/
And
named
her self
Pelagius
/
¶
The
same
deken
for
the
grete
vertues
that
he
herde
saye
of
hyr
/
wold
ones
goo
to
vysyte
her
/
and
cam
and
knocked
at
her
wyndowe
/
as
he
had
don
to
fore
/
And
by
cause
that
the
sayd
Pelagyus
ansuerde
nothynge·
he
called
hym
by
hys
name
/
but
neuerthelesse
she
ansuerd
not
wherfore
he
ferynge
to
offende
hyr
retorned
thens
by
the
space
of
thre
dayes
/
the
whyche
passed
and
wenynge
that
he
hadde
be
departed
out
of
that
place
knocked
agayn
at
the
wyndowe
soo
harde
that
he
openyd
it
/
And
lokynge
in
to
the
lytyll
hous
he
sawe
pelage
whyche
was
deed
/
¶
Thenne
he
cam
in
to
Iherusalem
&
shewde
it
to
the
relygyous
people
of
the
cyte
/
the
whiche
in
grete
multitude
cam
thyder
for
to
fetche
the
corps
/
¶
And
after
that
they
hadd
brought
it
out
of
the
●elle
or
ytyll
hous
.
¶
And
by
cause
it
was
the
custome
to
enoynte
the
dede
bodyes
wyth
myr●e
/
in
enoyntynge
the
body
they
knewe
well
that
she
was
a
woman
¶
Thenne
they
began
to
synge
and
rendre
graces
and
thankynges
to
god
/
in
preysynge
and
magnyfynge
his
louer●●yn
bounte
/
for
contemplacyon
of
his
noble
●●clours
whyche
ben
hydde
not
oonly
in
holy
men
but
also
in
vertuoule
wymen
/
whyche
by
strayte
and
ha●de
penaunces
haue
goten
the
Royame
of
heuen
.
¶
And
after
they
put
the
body
in
a
ryche
tombe
garnysshid
with
gold
and
precyous
stones
.
¶
Thenne
late
vs
praye
vnto
thys
holy
woman
pelage
that
by
her
Intercessyons
and
prayers
we
maye
come
to
euerlastynge
blysse
in
heuen
Amen
/
¶
Thus
endeth
the
lyf
of
saynt
Pelage
¶
Here
foloweth
the
lyf
of
saynt
marie
Egypcyen
whyche
in
deserte
ladde
a
solytarye
lyf
.
And
begynneth
in
latyn
.
Fuit
quidam
Senex
et
cetera
/
¶
Capitulum
xlii
.
SAynt
Ierome
recounteth
.
that
in
the
countrey
of
palestyn
in
whyche
is
the
cyte
of
Iherusalem
was
somtyme
a
ryght
prudent
man
of
notable
lyf
in
dedes
and
worde
named
zozymas
¶
And
we
fynde
that
there
was
another
in
lyke
wyse
soo
named
whyche
was
an
herytyke
of
whome
at
thys
tyme
we
shalle
make
noo
mencyon
/
but
oonly
we
shalle
speke
of
hym
that
we
haue
fyrst
named
/
he
walked
thurgh
alle
palestyn●
in
vysytyng
deuoutly
alle
the
holy
places
and
monasteryes
that
were
there
/
¶
Of
hym self
he
fonde
many
maners
for
to
chastyse
the
flesshe
.
And
for
to
make
it
subgette
to
his
spyryte
/
¶
And
in
effecte
he
was
of
soo
grete
renomme
that
there
came
to
hym
from
ferre
countrees
for
to
here
his
doctryne
¶
And
euery
man
merueylled
of
his
grete
abstynences
/
¶
His
moder
in
his
Infancye
and
yongthe
put
hym
in
a
mouastery
.
In
whiche
he
lyued
by
the
space
of
fyfthy
yere
/
¶
Durynge
the
whyche
for
the
mooste
parte
he
was
gretely
persecuted
wyth
dayne
cogytacyons
and
thoughtes
/
In
resystynge
of
whom
he
hadde
in
suche
wyse
foughten
agaynste
the
deuyll
by
grete
and
harde
abstynences
/
that
hym
semyd
that
in
alle
the
Desertes
.
there
was
noo
man
that
exceded
him
in
doctryne
ne
in
penaunce
.
as
he
that
in
hys
persone
hadde
experymented
.
¶
And
in
suche
wyse
that
by
that
the
deuyll
had
made
hym
to
falle
in
to
vayne
glorye
¶
And
thus
as
he
was
in
this
same
fantasye
/
An
auncyent
fader
came
and
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
My
frende
I
wote
well
that
in
alle
thyne
operacyons
and
werkes
thou
haste
ouercome
the
deuyll
.
saut
oonly
in
this
that
thou
wenest
that
in
thise
partyes
ben
none
relygyous
persones
lyuynge
more
perfyte
thanne
thy selfe
.
ne
that
better
knowen
the
wayes
of
helthe
thanne
thou
doost
/
¶
But
for
as
moche
as
I
knowe
the
contrary
/
Yf
thou
wolte
come
wyth
me
/
I
shall
lede
the
in
to
a
monasterye
.
faste
by
the
flood
of
Iourdan
/
In
whyche
for
to
take
from
the
this
folye
/
Thou
shalte
mowe
see
of
Relygyouses
more
perfyte
thanne
euer
thou
were
/
¶
Thenne
wente
forthe
the
goode
man
Zozimas
in
folowenge
the
holy
fader
/
¶
Now
it
is
to
be
noted
that
it
was
the
aungell
of
god
.
whyche
in
the
lykenes
of
an
holy
fader
conduytted
hym
.
The
whyche
Incontynente
as
they
were
att
the
sayde
flood
vanysshed
a
waye
/
Neuerthesse
Zozimas
beynge
by
the
flood
Iourdan
herde
a
voyce
resownynge
/
¶
And
in
comynge
nyghe
to
the
same
he
arryued
atte
a
monasterye
¶
And
after
that
he
had
knocked
atte
the
gate
/
He
that
kepte
it
shewed
it
to
the
abbot
Whyche
for
contemplacyon
of
his
habyte
/
And
also
by
cause
that
he
semyd
to
be
a
man
of
holy
lyfe
.
made
hym
to
entree
in
.
and
receyued
hym
honestly
/
¶
After
that
he
hadd
made
his
oryson
The
Abbot
demaunded
of
hym
the
cause
why
he
came
to
vysyte
theym
/
And
Zozimas
answered
.
for
to
lerne
the
helthe
of
his
soule
/
¶
For
he
had
herde
say
that
grete
myracles
and
sygnes
of
vertues
were
made
there
wythin
/
¶
The
Abbot
sayd
to
hym
/
My
brother
a
man
maye
not
teche
a nother
of
hymselfe
.
yf
he
helpe
not
hymselfe
in
prayenge
god
his
conduytour
in
alle
his
werkes
/
And
therfore
I
praye
to
god
that
he
make
vs
suche
that
we
maye
obserue
and
kepe
his
commaundementes
/
¶
But
syth
it
hathe
playsed
the
to
vysyte
vs
.
thou
shal
abyde
wyth
vs
yf
thou
be
for
that
cause
come
hyder
/
¶
And
I
byleue
that
god
shall
accompanye
vs
togyder
alle
in
his
grace
/
¶
For
he
is
the
Pastour
of
Pastoures
/
Whyche
hathe
putte
hys
soule
/
That
is
to
saye
his
propre
lyfe
for
to
redeme
and
saue
vs
/
¶
Zozimas
beynge
in
this
same
monasterye
sawe
some
Relygyouses
shynynge
in
vertues
/
¶
And
in
esperyte
incessauntly
wakynge
daye
and
nyghte
in
orison
and
prayer
/
¶
And
neuer
proferred
they
one
vayne
worde
/
Ne
occupyed
theym
in
ony
thynges
temporell
/
But
as
they
hadde
ben
deed
theyr
names
were
vnknowen
/
¶
Theyr
lyfe
and
passety
me
was
of
holy
wordes
/
¶
And
for
to
susteyne
nature
ete
but
brede
and
water
oonly
/
¶
This
considerynge
Zozimas
he
prouffyted
moche
gretly
in
folowyng
theyr
holy
lyfe
/
¶
After
that
he
hadde
ben
there
a
certayne
tyme
/
The
holy
tyme
came
the
whyche
they
muste
faste
the
Lente
/
¶
Wherfore
alle
they
made
theym
redy
to
saynctefye
and
make
them
holy
agaynste
the
tyme
of
the
passyon
and
Resurrexion
of
oure
lorde
/
¶
Now
it
was
soo
that
the
yate
of
the
sayde
monasterye
was
neuer
open
/
To
th
ende
that
noo
man
sholde
entre·
whiche
sholde
lete
theym
to
praye
to
god
/
¶
For
to
knowe
thenne
how
they
proceded
in
their
fastynges
/
It
is
to
be
noted
that
the
fyrste
Sondaye
of
Lente
.
alle
togyder
came
to
the
chyrche
/
And
there
receyued
theyr
maker
in
grete
&
seruente
deuocyon
/
¶
And
after
that
they
had
done
and
accomplysshed
theyr
o●ysons
/
The
auncyentes
embracyd
and
kyssed
e●he
other
in
sygne
of
synguler
loue
/
¶
Enuye
for
to
opteyne
benefyces
and
pryouryes
for
to
haue
occasyon
to
lepe
oute
of
theyr
monasterye
was
not
lodged
there
/
¶
And
they
resembled
not
the
birde
that
fleeth
alwaye
abowte
the
cage
for
to
fynde
an
hole
.
That
is
to
say
an
Abbaye
or
Pryorye
.
for
to
flee
thorugh
the
feeldes
and
countree
/
¶
For
to
retorne
thenne
to
our
purpoos
after
that
they
hadde
kyssed
eche
other
They
prayed
humbly
to
th
abbot
that
he
wolde
make
to
god
deuowte
prayer
for
theym
/
To
the
ende
that
they
myghte
strongely
fyghte
agaynste
the
fende
/
¶
Thyse
thynges
done
alle
the
y●tes
were
opened
/
And
alle
togyder
songen
the
songe
or
psalme
(
Dominus
illuminacō
)
Psalmo
.xxvi.
¶
And
whan
they
were
oute
of
theyr
monasterye
for
to
goo
in
to
desertes
/
Two
of
the
Relygyous
men
abode
wythin
the
chyrche
/
Not
for
doubte
ne
fere
that
they
shold
lese
ony
thinge
/
But
to
the
ende
that
theyr
Oratory
sholde
not
be
without
prayer
¶
Eeueryche
of
theym
bare
.
his
necessytees
for
to
lyue
by
/
¶
Some
a
lytyll
brede
Other
fygges
or
dates
.
Or
pesen
or
benes
for
to
make
potage
wyth
a
lytyll
water
/
¶
Some
other
bare
no
thyge
but
her
mantellis
with
whiche
they
were
cladde
/
¶
And
in
the
Desertes
ete
but
herbes
that
grewe
there
/
Eche
after
his
appetyte
and
wyll
/
¶
For
beynge
there
they
ladde
suche
rule
as
they
wolde
.
By
cause
they
wente
not
one
with
an
other
/
¶
Thus
passed
they
the
flom
Iourdan
separate
and
ferre
from
the
cyte
.
in
goynge
by
the
desertes
/
¶
And
yf
by
aduenture
one
saw
a nother
come
agaynst
hym
.
he
toke
anone
a nother
waye
.
Wythoute
spekynge
one
to
a nother
/
¶
And
in
this
wyse
ladde
they
a
lyffe
moche
solytarye
/
And
theyr
fastynges
thus
contynued
tyll
palme
Sondaye
/
¶
Atte
whyche
daye
they
alle
were
retourned
to
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
And
eueryche
broughte
the
fruyte
of
his
abstynence
/
¶
Neyther
neuer
asked
they
one
of
a nother
how
they
hadde
lyued
in
the
deserte
/
To
the
ende
to
eschewe
vayne
glorye
/
¶
For
some
of
theym
ladde
a
lyfe
full
harde
and
sharpe
.
¶
And
yf
the
other
hadde
knowen
it
/
They
hadde
praysyd
hym
/
And
wolde
haue
tolde
it
eche
to
other
/
By
whyche
the
deuyll
myght
haue
tempted
theym
by
vayne
glorye
/
¶
And
by
this
it
apperith
that
they
fledoe
the
praysynge
of
men
/
Whyche
mighte
brynge
forthe
noo
prouffyte
/
¶
But
it
is
ryght
peryllous
and
dommageable
to
the
soule
/
¶
Zozimas
thenne
passyd
the
flom
Iourdan
by
the
example
of
the
other
.
and
bare
a
lytyll
brede
wyth
hym
for
to
susteyne
his
poore
body
/
¶
And
yf
he
was
sobre
in
etynge
.
Yet
he
was
more
in
slepynge
/
¶
And
soo
passynge
thorugh
the
deserte
/
Alwaye
he
desyred
to
fynde
some
holy
man
/
By
whom
he
myghte
be
the
better
enfourmyd
and
Instructe
.
thanne
he
hadde
ben
tofore
/
¶
After
that
he
hadde
walkyd
by
the
space
of
twenty
dayes
/
Aboute
the
hon
i●
of
Syxte
.
he
taryed
to
praye
and
to
make
his
orysons
to
god
/
as
he
had
be
accustomyd
/
¶
For
his
custome
was
at
the
houre
of
Tyerce
.
Syxte
.
and
None
for
to
ceasse
of
walkynge
for
to
make
his
prayers
/
¶
And
as
he
lyfte
vppe
his
eyen
.
beholdyng
on
the
ryght
syde
.
he
sawe
the
shadowe
of
a
body
of
mankynde
/
¶
Wherfore
he
was
moche
abasshed
/
Wenyng
that
it
hadde
ben
a
thynge
fantastyke
And
blessyd
hym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
¶
And
his
prayer
finysshed
sawe
a
persone
alle
nakyd
go
tofore
him
towarde
the
South
/
The
whyche
was
all
blacke
of
the
grete
hete
of
the
sonne
¶
Hauynge
her
heeres
whyte
as
wulle
whyche
henge
abowte
her
necke
/
¶
Thenne
he
moche
admerueylled
and
replenysshed
and
fulfylled
wyth
grete
Ioy
beganne
to
renne
to
the
place
where
as
the
persone
was
/
¶
The
whyche
also
in
seenge
hym
was
gretely
abasshed
/
¶
Zozimas
merueyllynge
in
him self
thoughte
that
it
was
some
holy
persone
/
¶
And
whanne
she
sawe
that
he
came
nyghe
her
/
She
beganne
to
renne
in
to
the
wood
/
And
Zozimas
alwaye
after
.
tyll
he
was
soo
nyghe
her
that
he
myghte
lyghtely
calle
her
/
And
spake
to
her
sayenge
/
¶
Wherfore
fleest
thou
tofore
a
poore
olde
man
full
of
synne
.
and
vnworthy
seruaunte
of
god
/
¶
Now
supposyd
Zozimas
that
it
had
be
a
man
/
But
it
was
saynt
Marye
the
Egypcyen
.
or
Egypciaca
.
To
whome
he
sayde
/
I
adiure
the
in
the
name
of
god
/
for
the
honour
of
whom
thou
holdeste
the
in
thyse
desertes
that
thou
tarye
and
speke
to
me
/
¶
As
soone
as
Zozimas
hadde
preferred
and
spoken
thyse
wordes
/
They
came
nyghe
togyders
/
in
a
place
where
as
ranne
a
lytyll
broke
or
water
/
¶
But
alwaye
the
same
persone
fledde
forthe
from
hym
/
¶
And
Zozimas
passed
ouer
the
water
wente
after
on
the
other
syde
of
the
broke
/
¶
And
seenge
that
he
cowde
not
attayne
ne
ouergete
her
beganne
to
wepe
.
prayenge
her
that
she
wolde
speke
to
hym
/
¶
Thenne
she
spake
and
sayde
/
Fader
Zozimas
wherfore
chacest
thou
me
Lete
me
alone
I
praye
the
in
the
name
of
god
.
¶
For
I
maye
not
tourne
my
face
towarde
the
/
For
I
am
a
nakyd
woman
/
¶
Wherfore
gyue
to
me
thy
mantel
for
to
couere
my
poore
and
my
serable
nature
/
And
thenne
I
shall
speke
to
the
/
¶
Whanne
Zozimas
sawe
that
.
she
callyd
hym
by
his
name
/
He
estemed
&
trowed
that
it
was
shewed
to
her
by
reuelacyon
of
god
/
Seen
that
she
neuer
had
hadde
tofore
seen
hym
.
¶
And
anone
he
tooke
of
his
mantell·
and
threwe
it
to
her
/
In
tournynge
his
face
a
waye
from
her
/
¶
And
anone
as
she
had
couered
herselfe
the
beste
wyse
she
cowde
.
She
sayde
to
Zozimas
/
What
weneste
thou
to
se
but
a
synfull
woman
/
¶
Zozimas
knelyd
downe
thenne
on
his
knees
and
asked
of
her
hy●
benedyccyon
&
blessynge
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
dyde
she
to
hym
/
¶
And
longe
were
they
bothe
in
this
state
on
theyr
knees
/
¶
Zozimas
sayeng
/
Dame
gyue
to
me
thy
benedy●cyon
/
¶
And
she
sayde
semblably
and
in
lyke
wyse
/
Fader
gyue
to
me
thy
benedyccyon
/
For
thou
arte
a
preest
/
And
therfore
it
apperteynyth
better
to
the
/
thanne
to
me
/
¶
Zozimas
strongely
abasshed
sayd
to
her
/
¶
Truely
my
frende
thou
art
full
of
the
grace
of
god
/
For
thou
knoweste
myn
name
and
myne
offyce
/
¶
The
spyrytuell
grace
is
not
gyuen
oonly
for
the
order
of
dygnytee
of
Preesthode
/
But
by
the
good
werkes
that
the
persone
dooth
/
¶
And
therfore
it
apperteyneth
to
the
fyrste
to
gyue
the
benedyccyon
/
¶
The
good
woman
consented
and
sayde
/
¶
Blessyd
be
the
Redemer
of
oure
soules
/
¶
Zozimas
ansuered
/
Amen
.
¶
Anone
they
aroos
vppe
¶
And
after
saynt
Marye
Egypcyen
sayde
/
I
demaunde
and
aske
the.
wherfore
haste
thou
take
soo
grete
paynt
for
to
se
a
sȳfull
woman
/
¶
Zozimas
ansuered
.
this
hath
not
be
oonly
by
my
wyll
/
But
also
by
suffraunce
of
almyghty
god
/
Yf
it
be
soo
sayd
she
.
I
praye
the
that
thou
recounte
and
telle
to
me
of
the
conuersacyon
of
the
lygnage
of
mankynde
&
of
the
prynces
and
pastours
of
the
chyrche
/
¶
In
two
wordes
Zozimas
answered
/
God
almyghty
hathe
gyuen
peas
to
alle
his
people
/
¶
But
I
praye
the
that
thou
praye
for
the
confyrmacyon
of
the
peas
.
and
for
my
synnes
/
And
she
ansuered
sayenge
/
¶
Thou
that
arte
a
preest
oughte
to
praye
for
alle
the
worlde
.
and
for
me
poore
synfull
woman
/
For
that
is
thy
vocacyon
.
¶
But
for
to
playse
the
I
shall
make
my
prayer
to
god
in
suche
wise
as
thou
haste
commaunded
me
/
How
be
it
that
I
am
an
vnworthy
sinnar
/
¶
Thenne
she
lyfte
vppe
her
eyen
and
her
hondes
to
heuen
/
And
was
longe
in
prayer
/
¶
Durynge
the
whyche
Zozimas
saw
a
thynge
moche
merueyllous
/
¶
For
be
the
grace
of
god
.
she
was
eleuate
and
lyfte
vppe
on
heyghte
a
cubyte
aboue
the
e●the
/
¶
Zozimas
seenge
this
vysyon
beganne
to
swete
and
tremble
for
feere
/
¶
And
wyste
not
what
to
saye
sauf
Lryricleyson
Wenynge
that
she
hadde
ben
a
spiryte
fantastyke
¶
The
blessed
woman
seenge
that
/
comforted
hym
sayenge
/
¶
Wherfore
tremblest
thou
/
Thynkest
thou
that
I
am
a
spyryte
fantastyke
/
¶
Wherfore
arte
thou
scandalyzyd
in
me
/
¶
Byleue
hardely
that
I
am
a
poore
synfull
woman
/
Baptysed
wyth
the
holy
sacramente
of
Baptysme
/
¶
And
am
noo
thynge
fantastyque
.
but
a
sparcle
of
fyre
/
Asshes
.
and
flesshe
/
¶
And
whanne
she
hadde
sayde
this
/
She
beganne
to
blesse
her
forhede
.
her
eyen
.
her
lyppes
.
and
her
brest
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
Sayenge
after
/
I
praye
god
that
he
woll
delyuere
vs
fro
the
hondes
of
the
fende
/
The
whyche
hathe
grete
enuye
vppon
vs
/
¶
Zozimas
herynge
her
Proposicyons
knelyd
downe
atte
her
fete
/
¶
And
prayed
her
sayenge
/
In
the
name
of
god
that
was
borne
of
the
holy
vyrgyn
.
for
the
honoure
of
whom
thou
dooste
here
penaunce
/
Saye
and
telle
to
me
what
thou
arte
.
and
of
what
place
¶
And
for
what
cause
thou
arte
come
to
dwelle
here
/
¶
For
I
requyre
not
to
haue
vayne
glorye
of
thy
vysytacyon
/
But
oonly
for
to
be
taughte
and
enseygned
of
the
Whyche
am
a
poore
synnar
/
¶
I
byleue
in
god
.
by
whom
thou
lyuest
and
cōuersyste
in
this
Deserte
/
¶
And
for
to
know
hym
I
am
come
hyther
/
To
the
ende
that
thou
telle
to
me
thy
vertues
&
abstynences
/
For
yf
it
playsyd
not
hym
that
thou
sholdeste
shewe
to
me
thy
fayttes
and
dedes
/
Neuer
wolde
he
haue
suffred
that
I
sholde
haue
seen
the
/
¶
She
answered
in
this
manere
/
Truely
my
fader
I
am
asshamed
to
saye
to
the
the
lecherye
and
pouertee
of
my
body
/
¶
I
knowe
well
that
Incontynent
that
I
shall
recounte
and
shewe
to
the
the
synnes
that
I
haue
commysed
and
done
/
Thou
shalte
flee
from
hens
/
¶
But
for
that
I
praye
the
that
thou
leue
not
to
praye
for
me
/
To
the
ende
that
I
maye
haue
mercy
atte
the
ende
of
my
dayes
/
¶
Zozimas
herkenynge
wepte
moche
strongely
/
¶
And
she
beganne
to
telle
how
she
was
born
in
Egypte
/
¶
And
how
in
forsakynge
her
fader
and
moder
.
and
theyr
fayre
Instruccyons
and
shewynges
/
she
beynge
twelue
yere
of
aege
.
transported
&
putte
her
in
to
Alexandrye
/
¶
After
that
aege
.
and
durynge
the
tyme
of
seuentene
yeres
and
more
.
she
hadde
contynuelly
made
resydence
atte
the
open
bordell
of
the
same
towne
wyth
other
comyn
wymmen
there
beynge
.
In
abandonnynge
and
vsynge
〈◊〉
be
propre
body
to
all
that
came
/
¶
And
wyth
noo
other
thynge
gate
her
lyuynge
.
in
passynge
soo
her
yongthe
.
¶
On
a
tyme
she
liuynge
in
this
folye
sawe
a
multytude
of
people
of
Lybye
and
of
Egypte
/
whiche
sayden
wolde
passe
the
see
¶
Thenne
she
asked
one
of
theym
.
whyther
they
wolde
goo
/
And
wherfore
they
made
soo
grete
haste
/
¶
To
whom
he
ansuered
.
that
shortely
sholde
be
in
Iherusalem
the
feest
of
the
Exaltacyon
of
the
holy
Crosse
/
On
whyche
god
hadde
be
crucyfyed
/
¶
And
therfore
they
made
theym
redy
for
to
goo
to
the
sayde
solempnytee
.
¶
Vppon
that
she
demaunded
and
enquyred
of
theim
yf
they
wolde
take
her
in
to
theyr
companye
.
To
whom
was
answered
ye
/
Soo
that
she
hadde
money
for
to
paye
the
Maronnar
/
¶
She
sayde
that
she
hadde
noo
thynge
/
But
yf
she
wente
in
to
the
shyppe
/
And
for
her
freyghte
she
sayd
that
shold
abandouned
to
hym
her
body
/
¶
And
this
sayd
.
she
requyred
Zozimas
that
it
sholde
playse
hym
that
she
sholde
telle
noo
more
/
For
the
ayre
and
he
were
therof
enfected
/
¶
Zozimas
ansuered
/
Ha
my
frende
saye
hardely
wythoute
hydynge
ony
thynge
/
¶
Thenne
beganne
she
to
recounte
to
Zozimas
this
that
folowyth
/
¶
Whan
the
yonge
man
hadde
herde
alle
thyse
wordes
.
he
beganne
to
laughe
and
wente
his
waye
/
¶
Thenne
she
threwe
awaye
her
spyndle
that
she
helde
/
&
wente
towarde
the
shyppe
to
saylle
fourth
with
the
other
/
¶
Thenne
sawe
she
x.
yonge
men
atte
ry●age
of
the
see
.
after
her
Iugement
good
and
honeste
/
The
other
were
thenne
goon
to
the
shyppe
/
¶
And
she
prayed
theym
that
she
myghte
goo
wyth
theym
in
to
the
shyppe
And
that
they
sholde
not
refuse
her
/
¶
And
by
many
lewde
and
fowle
wordes
she
mouyd
theym
to
laugh
/
The●e
they
tooke
her
in
to
theyr
shyppe
/
¶
As
towchynge
the
Insolences
by
her
done
in
the
sayde
shyppe
.
she
wolde
noo
more
recounte
to
Zozimas
/
But
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
be
contente
wyth
that
she
hadde
sayde
.
wythout
to
recyte
and
shewe
ony
more
/
¶
She
in
lyke
wyse
arryued
in
Iherusalem
.
was
abandouned
to
alle
synne
/
¶
And
was
not
oonly
contente
to
doo
synne
wyth
theym
of
the
shyppe
but
also
with
many
other
pylgrymes
¶
Whan
the
daye
of
the
feest
of
the
holy
Crosse
was
come
/
She
wente
tofore
the
yonge
pylgrymes
.
for
to
excyte
them
to
the
synne
of
secherye
/
¶
But
neuerthelesse
she
wente
wyth
the
other
in
to
the
chyrche
.
for
to
worshyppe
and
adoure
the
Crosse
.
And
came
vnto
the
porche
/
Wenynge
to
entre
in
/
¶
And
notwythstondynge
that
she
was
borne
wyth
grete
payne
vnto
the
yate
of
the
chyrche
/
Yet
myghte
she
not
entree
/
How
well
that
alle
the
other
entred
lyghtly
that
wold
entre
.
¶
But
by
the
power
of
god
whyche
wythstode
her
.
she
was
reiecte
&
caste
abacke
from
the
yate
/
¶
And
fyrste
she
supposid
that
the
cause
why
she
mighte
not
entree
.
was
by
cause
that
she
was
feble
.
as
wymmen
ben
.
whiche
be
not
soo
stronge
as
men
.
¶
Thenne
she
enforcyd
her
for
to
entree
more
asprely
thanne
she
dyde
tofore
/
But
all
her
enforce
auaylled
her
not
/
¶
For
she
was
ofte
reiected
and
caste
abacke
/
In
suche
wise
that
her
body
was
shouen
and
brused
/
¶
Thenne
she
abode
longe
tofore
the
gate
/
in
beholdynge
alle
the
worlde
whiche
entred
in
wythoute
ony
force
or
vyolence
/
¶
And
began
to
thynke
that
the
grete
multytude
of
synnes
whyche
she
hadd
commysed
and
done
.
was
the
cause
and
lettynge
for
whyche
she
myghte
not
entree
/
¶
And
thenne
she
beganne
to
wayle
and
wepe
bytterly
.
and
smote
her
breste
wyth
grete
contrycyon
and
dysplaysure
of
her
lyfe
/
¶
And
beholdynge
on
hyghe
.
she
sawe
an
ymage
of
the
vyrgyne
Marye·
whiche
hadd
borne
the
god
of
heuen
and
of
erth
/
sayenge
that
for
my
horryble
synnes
whyche
I
haue
done
and
commysed
.
I
am
not
worthy
to
beholde
oonly
thyn
ymage
/
For
thou
arte
a
vyrgyne
tofore
thy
chyldynge
and
after
/
¶
And
therfore
it
is
noo
thynge
Iuste
ne
ryghtfull
.
that
a
poore
and
a
lecherous
detestable
make
prayer
vnto
the
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
by
cause
thou
haste
conceyued
and
engendred
hym
that
woll
alwaye
calle
agayne
synnars
to
penaunce
/
I
byseche
the
that
it
maye
playse
to
helpe
to
conuerte
me
to
hym
/
In
gyuynge
to
me
ayde
and
comforte
for
to
entree
in
to
his
chirche
/
To
the
ende
that
I
maye
worship
and
adoure
his
ryght
worthy
Crosse
/
in
whyche
he
shedde
his
precyous
blode
for
to
Redeme
me
from
the
paynes
of
helle
/
¶
Commaunde
blessyd
lady
and
vyrgygyne
.
that
the
yate
be
open
to
me
/
And
I
promyse
to
thy
dere
sone
.
whyche
is
my
god
.
and
to
the
also
.
that
I
shall
neuer
retorne
to
synne
/
But
Incontynente
that
I
haue
adoured
and
worshipped
this
precyous
Crosse
.
I
shall
forsake
al
the
worlde
/
¶
She
recited
and
tolde
ferdermore
to
the
sayde
Zozimas
.
that
in
contynent
after
her
prayer
made
as
sayd
is
/
She
trustynge
in
the
grace
of
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
and
of
his
blessyd
moder
wente
to
the
yate
/
Where
tofore
she
cowde
not
entree
/
And
in
grete
fere
.
as
half
deed
she
entred
lyghtly
wyth
oute
ony
dyffycultee
/
¶
And
after
came
to
the
place
where
as
was
the
ryghte
worthy
Crosse
of
our
Sauyour
/
To
fore
whyche
she
knelyd
on
her
knees
/
●
And
in
feruente
deuocyon
she
adoured
lyke
to
other
/
¶
And
after
came
to
the
ymage
of
the
virgyne
Marye
moder
of
god
.
for
to
gyue
thankynges
to
her
the
beste
wyse
she
cowde
.
of
that
whiche
bi
her
Intercessyon
she
hadde
soo
grete
a
pryuylege
to
worrhyppe
his
precyous
Crosse
/
¶
In
sayenge
/
O
gloryous
virgyne
Mary
.
glorye
be
to
god
almyghty
.
whyche
by
thyne
worthy
Intercessyons
hathe
wylled
to
Receyue
me
synfull
woman
to
mercy
/
¶
What
oughte
I
more
to
doo
thanne
to
accomplysshe
that
whyche
I
haue
promysed
/
¶
And
yet
agayne
I
praye
the
that
thou
helpe
me
to
conduyte
me
and
sette
me
in
the
way
of
saluacyon
.
for
to
the
I
yelde
me
.
as
to
her
whiche
may
helpe
&
socour
me
¶
Anone
she
herde
a
voyce
whiche
sayde
to
her
/
Woman
passe
ouer
the
flom
Iourdan
/
And
thou
shalte
fynde
there
thyne
helthe
and
reste
of
thyne
soule
/
¶
Inconcynent
she
prayed
the
blessyd
lady
that
she
wolde
be
alwaye
helpynge
atte
her
nede
/
And
soo
wente
from
the
cytee
/
¶
And
in
gooynge
she
founde
a
man
whyche
gaaf
to
her
.iii.
pens
.
with
whyche
she
bought
her
thre
loues
of
brede
/
¶
And
after
askyd
of
hym
that
solde
the
brede
:
whyche
was
the
waye
to
goo
to
flom
Iourdan
/
¶
And
whanne
she
knewe
the
gate
by
whiche
she
sholde
goo
/
Alle
the
daye
she
wente
wepynge
and
waylynge
/
¶
And
from
the
houre
of
Tyerce
vnto
the
houre
of
Syxte
.
and
abowte
the
sonne
gooynge
downe
She
wente
and
arryued
atte
a
chyrche
of
saynt
Iohan
Baptyste
by
the
sayde
flom
Iourdan
/
In
to
whiche
chyrche
she
entred
for
to
make
her
prayers·
The
whyche
accomplysshed
she
descended
in
to
the
flode
aforsayd
&
wisshe
her
face
&
her
body
wyth
the
holy
water
of
the
sayd
flom
Iourdan
¶
And
after
that
she
had
admynistred
the
holy
sacrament
of
th
aulter
.
she
ete
halfe
a
loof
.
&
the
same
nyghte
she
lay
all
nakyd
vpon
the
erthe
/
¶
On
the
morn
she
made
her
prayer
to
the
glorious
virgyn
Mary
/
prayeng
her
that
she
wolde
adresse
her
for
to
goo
.
where
as
sholde
be
good
for
her
helthe
¶
Fynably
she
was
come
to
the
place
where
as
Zozimas
hadde
founde
her
/
¶
And
as
she
sayde
she
hadde
ben
there
fourty
yere
/
¶
Zozimas
ferthermore
demaunded
&
questioned
of
her
what
thynge
she
had
eten
/
¶
She
answered
.
two
looues
and
an
halfe
of
brede
/
Whyche
were
bycomen
as
harde
as
stones
as
soone
as
she
was
passed
ouer
the
flom
Iourdan
/
¶
Zozimas
sayd
to
her
/
Haste
thou
thus
passed
thy
lyfe
soo
longe
tyme
wythoute
payne
or
sykenesse
/
¶
She
ansueryd
My
fader
I
dare
not
telle
the
the
perylles
that
I
haue
endured
/
¶
Zozimas
sayde
.
Leue
noo
thynge
.
but
saye
alle
/
¶
Truely
my
fader
sayd
she
I
haue
be
seuentene
yere
that
I
hadde
contynuelly
desyre
to
ete
and
drynke
suche
mete
/
as
I
ete
in
the
worlde
/
¶
And
by
cause
I
myghte
not
haue
it·
I
was
in
soo
grete
heuynesse
that
I
myghte
not
endure
it
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
the
flesshely
thoughtes
and
deuyllyssh
songes
came
to
my
mynde
/
By
the
whyche
I
was
gretely
tormented
/
¶
But
Incontynent
I
wepte
and
smote
my
breste
.
in
sayenge
to
fore
myne
eyen
the
promyse
that
I
hadd
made
to
god
and
to
the
blessyd
vyrgyne
Marye
/
¶
Whanne
I
departed
from
the
chyrche
of
Iherusalem
/
Pryncypally
I
came
for
socour
to
the
holy
vyrgyne
Marye
¶
And
in
wepynge
and
lamentynge
I
prayed
her
to
haue
consolacyon
&
comforte
/
¶
Towchynge
the
flesshely
temptacyons
that
came
soo
moche
tofore
me
that
I
can
not
expresse
ne
telle
¶
For
they
made
me
soo
enflamed
of
my
fyrste
synne
.
that
I
myghte
not
bere
it
/
¶
But
whan
I
was
in
thyse
passyons
.
I
fell
downe
to
the
erthe
for
to
wepe
and
waylle
abundantly
/
¶
And
in
soo
dooynge
I
knewe
spyrytuelly
that
the
blessyd
vyrgyn
Marye
whyche
had
holpen
me
came
for
to
socoure
me
/
And
I
neuer
lyfte
vppe
myne
eyen
from
the
erthe
tyll
I
was
out
of
thise
cursyd
thoughtes
/
In
hauynge
alwaye
myn
herte
to
our
lady
.
Tresorye
of
grace
.
comfortresse
of
desolate
/
¶
And
the
very
adresseresse
of
theym
that
ben
out
of
the
waye
/
¶
Zozimas
after
demaunded
of
her
.
●aste
thou
had
noo
mete
ne
clothing
.
The
holy
Egypcyen
ansuered
/
I
haue
eten
the
two
loues
and
an
halfe
.
as
I
haue
tolde
/
¶
And
the
resydue
of
the
tyme
I
haue
ete
herbes
of
the
deserte
¶
By
cause
that
my
clothynge
was
all
to
torne
&
in
pyeces
.
I
haue
lefte
theym
.
and
am
alle
nakyd
/
¶
Lete
vs
thynke
here
how
many
alte
racōns
.
as
well
by
raynes
and
grete
coldes
.
as
by
extreme
hetes
of
the
sonne
that
she
endured
/
¶
Thynke
we
also
how
many
carnall
temptacyons
she
threwe
fro
her
/
Whyche
ben
somoche
dyffycyle
to
ouercome
to
theym
that
haue
ben
accustomed
therin
more
thanne
ony
other
temptacyon
/
¶
After
she
sayd
to
Zozimas
/
Alas
my
frende
I
am
nourysshed
and
cladde
only
wyth
the
worde
of
my
god
.
whyche
hath
done
to
me
so
many
graces
/
The
whyche
sayth
.
that
one
lyueth
not
oonly
by
brede
.
but
also
by
his
worde
.
whiche
quykenyth
more
than
the
bodily
mete
/
¶
Zozimas
herynge
that
she
spake
of
holy
Scrypture
sayde
to
her
¶
Moder
haste
thou
lerned
the
bokes
of
Moyses
/
The
Psaulter
.
and
other
holy
scrypture
/
¶
She
thenne
smylynge
sayde
to
hym
Fader
byleue
me
certaynly
.
that
syth
I
passyd
the
flom
Iourdan
.
I
sawe
neuer
man
lyuynge
but
the.
ne
other
beest
of
the
worlde
/
¶
I
neuer
lerned
booke
Ne
neuer
herde
the
Psaulter
radde
ne
songen
/
¶
But
the
worde
of
god
whyche
hathe
soo
grete
vertue
hathe
enformyd
myn
entendement
/
¶
And
thys
suffiseth
to
the.
that
I
haue
tolde
to
the
¶
And
from
hens
forthe
praye
for
me
poore
synfull
lecherous
woman
/
¶
And
whanne
she
hadde
sayde
thyse
wordes
/
Zozimas
kneled
downe
on
his
knees
.
and
beganne
to
saye
/
¶
Blessed
be
the
oonly
god
that
dooth
thynges
so
merueylous
.
and
in
soo
many
persones
¶
Blessyd
be
thou
my
god
.
whyche
haste
shewed
to
me
the
goodes
that
thou
doost
to
theym
that
dreden
the.
and
kepe
alle
thy
commaundementes
/
¶
Verely
my
god
thou
leuest
neuer
theym
that
sechen
for
to
serue
the
/
¶
The
good
woman
suffred
hym
not
to
lye
on
the
erthe
/
¶
But
prayed
hym
that
he
wold
neuer
shewe
that
she
had
sayde
to
man
lyuynge
/
¶
And
after
sayd
to
him
/
My
fader
goo
now
forth
on
thy
waye
in
peas
/
¶
And
wythin
a
yere
herafter
I
shall
come
agayne
.
&
shewe
me
to
the
/
Yf
god
gyue
vs
the
grace
¶
Wyth
thys
I
praye
the
to
doo
that
whyche
I
shall
ordeyne
/
¶
By
cause
that
in
your
monasterye
whanne
ye
make
your
holy
fastynges
.
whyche
is
called
Lente
/
Youre
custome
is
to
goo
in
to
Deserte
eche
by
hymself
for
to
kepe
his
fastynge
.
¶
Whan
that
tyme
shall
come
.
thou
shalt
not
goo
oute
of
the
chyrche
.
but
kepe
the
monasterye
/
¶
Zozimas
was
more
abasshyd
thanne
tofore
.
of
that
she
knewe
the
rule
of
the
monasterye
/
and
began
to
crye
¶
O
my
god
glorye
be
gyuen
to
the
/
I
know
that
thou
gyuest
more
grace
with
oute
comparyson
to
theym
that
serue
the
truely
thanne
they
demaunde
or
aske
/
¶
The
holy
Egypcyen
reprysed
his
worde
and
sayde
/
Fader
herken
/
¶
For
whanne
thou
woldest
departe
from
the
monastery
.
Thou
shalte
not
mowe
.
¶
But
the
holy
Thursdaye
of
Cene.
thou
shalt
take
the
precious
body
of
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
.
and
his
precyous
blood
in
lyke
wyse
in
an
holy
vessel
and
shalte
come
to
me
on
that
other
syde
of
flom
Iourdan
.
withoute
to
passe
ouer
/
¶
And
thenne
by
the
grace
and
mercy
of
my
god
and
of
thyne
.
I
shall
receyue
hym
benygnely
/
¶
For
I
neuer
receyued
hym
syth
I
was
admynystred
in
the
chyrche
of
saynt
Iohan
in
Iherusalem
/
¶
I
praye
the
that
thou
dyspyse
not
my
requeste
/
But
doo
as
I
haue
sayde
to
the
/
¶
Wyth
this
thou
shalte
saye
to
Iohn
Abbot
of
thyne
monasterye
:
that
there
ben
some
thynges
to
be
corrected
in
his
chyrche
and
Abbaye
the
whyche
I
wol
not
tell
to
the
now
/
¶
But
neuertheles
thou
shalte
aduertyse
hym
to
take
hede
to
his
Relygyouses
/
¶
Thyse
wordes
sayd
the
goode
woman
retourned
in
to
her
caue
and
dwellynge
place
accustomed
.
¶
The
good
Zozimas
retornyng
to
his
monastery
.
kyssed
the
grounde
where
as
she
hadde
markyd
/
In
praysynge
god
/
And
sayde
non
thynge
alle
that
yere
of
that
he
hadde
seen
/
¶
For
by
cause
he
durste
noo
thynge
saye
/
He
enterteyned
wyth
his
brethern
whanne
they
were
retourned
from
the
Desertes
after
theyr
custome
/
¶
Alle
the
yere
syghed
Zozimas
.
somoche
desyre
hadde
he
that
it
were
passyd
¶
Whanne
the
tyme
was
come
that
the
brethern
sholde
departe
.
for
to
goo
in
to
Deserte
.
to
make
theyr
fastynges
as
they
hadde
ben
accustomyd
/
¶
Zozimas
was
taken
with
a
feuer
/
And
therfore
he
abode
in
the
monasterye
/
¶
Thenne
he
remembred
that
she
had
sayde
to
hym
.
whanne
he
wolde
haue
gone
wyth
the
other
.
he
myghte
not
¶
The
daye
of
the
Cene
comen
/
And
after
that
alle
the
brethern
were
retourned
from
Desertes
/
¶
Zozimas
in
obeyenge
that
whyche
that
the
goode
lady
saynt
Marye
Egypcyen
hadde
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
He
tooke
a
chalys
and
the
precyous
body
and
blood
of
oure
Sauyoure
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
after
he
putte
fygges
and
Dates
in
a
lytyll
panyer
.
and
in
a
lytyll
potte
.
potage
wyth
water
/
¶
And
soo
wente
forth
as
he
hadde
ben
cauz●e
vnto
the
rynage
of
the
flom
Iourdan
/
In
abydynge
the
good
woman
Marye
Egypcyen
/
¶
And
notwythstondyng
that
it
was
longe
●●
she
came
thyder
/
Yet
Zozimas
slepte
not
/
Ferynge
that
she
hadde
ben
there
tofore
his
comynge
/
¶
Wherfore
he
wepte
.
and
prayed
god
in
sayenge
/
My
god
whyche
haste
wylled
to
yeue
to
me
the
grace
to
se
this
holy
woman
/
I
byseche
the
that
it
maye
pleyse
the
to
graunte
to
me
agayn
that
I
maye
yet
ones
se
her
/
¶
And
in
prayenge
and
makynge
hys
orysons
.
came
to
hym
a nother
fantasye
/
¶
And
after
he
sayd
/
Alas
what
shal
I
do
whan
she
shall
come
/
how
shall
she
come
ouer
the
Ryuer
.
¶
Alas
I
haue
noo
Boote
to
rowe
her
ouer
/
Alas
that
I
am
vnhappy
/
¶
And
thus
sayenge
the
holy
woman
came
and
taryed
on
that
other
syde
of
the
flom
Iourdan
/
¶
Whanne
Zozimas
sawe
her
he
was
replenisshed
wyth
Ioye
.
and
thanked
god
/
Alwaye
thynkynge
how
she
myghte
come
ouer
wychoute
boote
/
¶
And
he
beholdynge
her
what
she
dyde
.
He
sawe
her
make
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
vppon
the
water
/
¶
And
after
she
beganne
to
walke
vppon
the
water
/
In
passynge
ouer
as
stedfastly
as
she
hadde
walked
vppon
drye
londe
.
¶
She
beynge
yet
vppon
the
water
sayd
to
Zozimas
/
What
doost
thou
faynt
fader
whyche
arte
preest
and
seruaunte
of
god
kepynge
the
holy
thynges
/
¶
And
thus
sayeng
she
came
vnto
the
other
ryuage
of
the
flood
.
where
as
was
the
holy
man
/
Whom
she
salewed
righte
humbly
/
¶
Thenne
he
answered
.
I
was
soo
admerueylled
of
this
myracle
that
I
was
in
maner
of
a
aslepe
/
Now
I
knowe
/
that
alwaye
it
is
trouth
that
god
saythe
.
whyche
hathe
promysed
to
theym
that
puryfye
theym
by
penaunce
/
That
they
ben
agreable
to
hym
¶
Alas
I
knowe
now
/
how
well
I
be
lasse
in
perfeccyon
thanne
they
that
ben
in
this
place
/
¶
And
I
helde
me
the
moost
perfyghte
in
my
former
monastery
.
¶
This
done
the
holy
Marye
Egypcyen
sayde
to
hym
that
he
sholde
begynne
the
Symbole
(
Quicunque
vult
saluus
esse
)
et
cetera
.
¶
After
they
sayde
the
orayson
Domynycall
/
That
is
to
saye
the
Pater
noster
/
The
whyche
achyeued
she
kyssed
the
holy
fader
Zozimas
/
¶
And
after
receyued
the
holy
sacrament
of
the
aulter
her
maker
and
●●res
/
¶
And
after
lyfte
vppe
her
hondes
to
heuen
and
sayde
/
¶
O
my
god
suffre
now
thy
honde
mayde
and
poore
seruaunte
in
peas
after
thy
worde
/
¶
For
myn
eyen
hathe
seen
thy
helthe
.
¶
After
she
sayd
to
Zozimas
.
Goo
now
in
to
thy
monasterye
.
and
lyue
in
peas
wyth
god
/
¶
And
whanne
this
yere
shall
be
passed
.
thou
shalte
come
agayne
vnto
the
lytyll
Broke
where
I
fyrste
spake
to
the
/
And
yet
thou
shalte
see
me
agayne
.
yf
it
playse
to
my
god
/
¶
Zozimas
answered
/
Wolde
god
that
I
myghte
alwaye
be
wyth
the
/
¶
My
moder
I
praye
the
that
thou
mote
ete
a
lytyll
of
the
mete
that
I
haue
broughte
to
the
/
¶
Thenne
she
toke
thre
graynes
of
his
Lentylle
.
and
put
it
in
her
mouthe
.
sayenge
/
¶
It
suffyseth
to
haue
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghost
for
to
susteyne
the
soule
vndefoylled
of
synne
/
¶
Thenne
sayde
Zozimas
pray
for
me
/
And
remembre
myn
Infelycyte
/
¶
Zozimas
tooke
her
by
the
fete
.
in
prayenge
her
that
she
wolde
haue
the
state
of
the
poore
synnars
and
hymself
for
recommended
/
¶
Thyse
thynges
thus
done
.
the
good
woman
made
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
vppon
flom
Iourdan
.
and
went
vppon
the
water
as
she
dyde
tofore
/
¶
Zozimas
dredefull
and
Ioyeous
retourned
agayn
in
to
his
monasterye
/
¶
But
he
was
dysplaysed
by
cause
he
hadde
not
asked
her
name
/
¶
The
yere
passed
he
came
agayne
in
to
the
place
afore
sayde
/
¶
And
byholdynge
on
alle
sydes
yf
he
myghte
se
her
.
¶
But
he
cowde
fyude
none
apparaunce
nor
knowlege
.
¶
And
lyftynge
vppe
his
eyen
to
henen
made
his
prayer
sayenge
/
¶
O
my
god
playsyth
it
that
to
shewe
to
me
the
Aungell
.
to
whom
alle
the
worlde
is
not
worthy
to
be
compared
or
lykened
/
¶
And
thyse
wordes
thus
proferred
and
vttred
/
he
saw
ouer
the
sayde
broke
a
clerenesse
shynyng
as
the
sonne
/
¶
Vnder
whyche
bryghtnes
laye
deed
the
body
of
the
holy
Egypcyen
/
Hauynge
the
face
towarde
the
Eest
And
her
hondes
Ioyned
vppon
her
breste
/
Thenne
Zozimas
aroos
and
wente
vnto
the
sayde
body
/
¶
By
whyche
he
wepte
a
longe
whyle
/
wasshynge
her
fete
wyth
his
teeres
wythout
towchynge
ony
other
parte
of
her
body
/
¶
Thynkynge
in
hymselve
that
he
was
not
worthy
to
towche
her
/
¶
But
by
the
prouydence
of
god
he
founde
a
letter
in
whyche
was
wreton
this
that
folowyth
/
¶
Fader
Zozimas
putte
in
sepulture
the
poore
body
of
Marye
Egypcyen
.
To
the
ende
that
in
soo
dooynge
thou
rendre
to
the
erthe
that
whiche
is
hys
/
And
poulder
to
poulder
/
in
prayenge
god
for
my
soule
/
¶
Zozimas
was
moche
admerueylled
.
In
thynkynge
how
thyse
lettres
hadde
ben
wreten
/
Neuerthelesse
he
reioyced
hym
of
that
he
knewe
her
name
/
And
praysed
and
thankyd
god
.
¶
And
dyssposyd
hym
for
to
make
and
begynne
to
dygge
a
pytte
or
a
Sepulture
to
burye
her
in
/
¶
But
for
as
moche
as
he
hadde
neyther
pykeys
ne
shouell
for
to
make
it
/
¶
He
founde
a
lytyll
bowhe
.
wyth
whyche
he
began
to
delue
in
the
erthe
/
The
whyche
was
soo
harde
/
that
he
was
a
long
space
of
tyme
.
wythoute
to
make
ony
thynge
.
¶
Fyrste
he
was
olde
and
feble
¶
Secondly
the
grounde
was
harde
.
¶
Thyrdly
he
was
strongely
ennoyed
and
wepte
contynuelly
/
¶
And
in
lyke
wyse
resystynge
.
he
byhelde
the
corps
of
the
good
Marye
Egypcyen
/
He
sawe
a
merueyllouse
grete
Lyon
.
whyche
lycked
the
fete
of
the
blessyd
corps
/
¶
Thenne
he
was
somwhat
aferde
/
For
neuer
tofore
hadde
he
seen
suche
a
beeste
.
¶
Also
she
hadde
sayde
to
hym
that
she
hadde
none
seen
in
alle
the
tyme
that
she
hadde
ben
in
deserte
/
¶
Thenne
Zozimas
blessed
hym
with
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
.
in
beholdynge
the
sayde
lyon
/
Whyche
made
to
hym
a
sygne
of
salutacyon
/
¶
That
seenge
Zozimas
commaunded
hym
to
make
the
sepulture
for
the
good
holy
woman
/
The
whyche
he
dyde
accordynge
to
the
quantyte
of
her
body
/
And
after
in
way
lynges
and
wepynges
Zozimas
couerde
the
sayde
body
.
whiche
was
alle
nakyd
in
lyke
wyse
as
he
hadde
founde
it
in
the
presence
of
the
sayde
lyon
/
Whyche
anone
after
departed
/
¶
And
Zozimas
retorned
in
to
his
monastery
.
and
recounted
and
tolde
to
his
brethern
the
caas
in
suche
wyse
as
it
happed
/
Wherfore
they
were
moche
admerueylled
/
¶
And
after
that
tyme
they
solempnysed
and
worshypped
the
daye
of
her
departynge
oute
of
this
worlde
/
¶
The
Abbot
Iohan
corrected
theim
whyche
hadde
trespassed
and
synned
lyke
as
saynt
Marye
Egypcyen
had
sayde
to
the
sayde
Zozimas
/
¶
The
whyche
lyued
in
the
sayde
monasterye
vnto
the
aege
of
an
hundred
yeres
/
¶
After
whyche
tyme
he
deyed
in
reste
/
And
his
soule
wente
in
to
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
¶
To
whyche
he
brynge
vs
that
deyed
on
the
Crosse
/
Amen
/
¶
Thus
endyth
the
lyfe
of
the
holy
&
blessyd
woman
saynt
Marye
Egypcyen
/
¶
And
nexte
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Maryne
/
Begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Fuit
frater
quidam
/
et
cetera
Caplm.
xliii.
SOmtyme
a
seculer
man
whiche
hadde
but
one
oonly
doughter
/
whom
he
delyuerd
to
gouerne
to
one
of
his
frendes
/
And
after
he
put
hym self
in
relygyon
/
where
he
dyde
wyth
a
good
wyll
/
alle
that
th
abbot
commaunded
hym
/
After
that
he
hadd
be
there
a
longe
space
of
tyme
/
he
ofte
remembryd
his
doughter
/
insuche
wyse
that
he
becam
alle
melancolyus
/
¶
Thabbot
seenge
his
corage
chaunged
/
and
that
he
was
not
so
Ioyous
as
he
had
be
accustomed
/
demaunded
him
the
cause
of
his
heuynesse
/
¶
Thenne
he
ansuerde
in
wepynge
/
that
he
hadde
lefte
in
the
cyte
an
oonly
sone
.
whome
he
moche
loued
.
and
for
that
cause
he
was
melancolyous
/
and
also
by
cause
he
wyst
not
how
he
dyde
/
The
abbot
sayd
to
hym
/
Goo
&
fetche
hym
and
brynge
hym
hyther
to
th
ende
that
he
may
duelle
wyth
the
/
And
neuerthelesse
the
sayd
relygious
hadde
no
sone
.
but
oonly
a
doughter
.
as
afore
is
sayd
/
the
whyche
hadde
to
name
Maryne
/
but
he
wold
not
telle
soo
to
the
abbot
/
by
cause
he
hadd
concluded
to
bringe
her
in
/
in
abyte
dyssymyled
/
And
went
to
the
cyte
/
whyche
was
dystant
fro
his
monastery
xxxii
.
myle
or
there
aboute
/
And
brought
his
doughter
clad
lyke
a
man
/
and
callyd
hyr
Maryn
/
In
whyche
estate
she
was
theryn
vnto
the
age
of
riu●·
yere
.
and
was
suffycyently
Instructe
/
as
welle
in
letture
as
otherwyse
in
the
waye
of
helthe
/
hir
fader
shewed
hyr
how
vyrgynyte
was
a
fayre
estate
moche
agreable
to
god
/
In
prayeng
her
ryght
affectuously
to
kepe
hit
well
/
and
that
she
sholde
be
ware
and
wyse
from
the
grynnes
of
the
fende
.
And
that
she
sholde
neuer
late
be
knowen
that
she
was
a
woman
/
she
comen
to
the
age
of
xvii
.
yere
/
her
fader
deyed
and
departed
out
of
the
worlde
.
¶
After
she
becam
moche
obeyssaunt
to
th
abbot
and
to
alle
them
of
the
monastery
/
in
suche
wyse
that
she
was
merueyllously
loued
of
th
abbot
and
of
all
the
relygyous
wenynge
allewaye
that
she
hadde
be
a
man
.
¶
The
sayd
monastery
hadde
.ii.
oxen
and
alytyll
carte
seruynge
for
the
relygious
for
to
fetche
their
necessytees
at
the
see
whyche
was
by
theim
a
thre
myle
of
.
¶
On
a
tyme
the
abbot
called
Maryn
/
and
asked
hym
why
he
wente
not
somtyme
lyke
as
the
other
brethern
dyde
for
to
fetche
vytayllys
for
the
couente
.
Maryn
whiche
was
moche
oberssaunt
wente
incontynent
thyder
/
Now
it
is
to
be
noted
that
on
the
waye
there
was
a
man
named
Paudoux
.
in
whos
hous
the
sayd
Maryn
otherwhyle
abode
alle
nyght
wyth
his
other
brethern
/
Whan
it
was
soo
late
that
they
myght
not
retorne
to
the
monastery
.
And
hit
happed
that
the
doughter
of
the
sayd
Paudoux
was
wyth
chylde
goten
by
a
man
of
warre
¶
The
fader
seyenge
hys
doughter
grete
wyth
chylde
began
to
repreue
her
angrely
and
thretened
her
for
to
knowe
who
hadde-goten
it
/
¶
Thenne
by
th
ynstruccyon
of
her
loue
.
ansuerde
that
Maryn
the
relygyous
hadde
doon
it
¶
The
fader
thenne
accompanyed
wyth
hys
frendes
cam
to
th
abbot
/
¶
recounted
to
him
the
caas
.
Wherof
th
abbot
was
gretely
admerueylled
And
sente
anone
for
Maryn
/
And
demaunded
of
hym
yf
he
hadde
commysed
thys
grete
synne
/
Maryn
began
to
wepe
&
sayd
Fader
Abbot
I
haue
gretely
synned
/
the
whyche
dyspleasyth
me
sore-Wherfore
I
praye
you
that
ye
wyll
charge
me
wyth
penaunce
suche
as
ye
shall
thynke
to
be
apperteynynge
to
the
correccyon
of
my
grete
offense
/
¶
Thabbot
in
a
grete
furye
droof
him
out
of
the
monastery
/
to
fore
whyche
wythout
entrynge
in
agayn
she
was
by
the
space
of
foure
yere
/
lyeng
vnder
the
gate
vpon
the
bare
ground
/
makyng
there
sharpe
penaunce
for
the
synne
whyche
she
hadde
not
commysed
/
And
whanne
the
brethern
wente
for
prouysyon
of
the
couent
/
she
asked
of
them
brede
for
the
loue
of
god
and
suche
penaunce
she
endured
by
the
space
of
iiii
.
yere
in
whiche
tyme
she
endured
not
oonly
grete
indigen●es
/
But
also
many
rebukes
and
shames
/
as
well
of
the
parente●
and
frendes
of
the
doughter
whiche
hadde
leyde
to
by
the
sayd
caas
/
as
of
other
folke
thyder
comynge
/
whyche
called
her
paper
la●d
and
ypocryte
And
yet
that
worse
is
/
¶
After
that
the
sayd
doughter
hadde
leyen
in
a
certayn
tyme
for
to
no●●●ysshe
her
chylde
whyth
her
pappes
/
¶
She
brought
the
chylde
to
hym
sayenge●
holde
Maryn
take
thys
chylde
/
and
nourysshe
it
lyke
as
thou
haste
made
it
.
¶
She
receyued
it
benygnly
/
And
two
yere
duryng
she
nourysshed
it
swetely
with
suche
as
was
gyuen
to
hi●
for
the
loue
of
god
/
¶
The
relygyouse
brethern
seyeng
her
grete
pacyence
and
humylyte
/
moeued
wyth
grete
pytee
and
compassyon
prayde
th
abbot
that
it
wold
playse
hym
in
preferrynge
mercy
tofore
the
rygour
of
Iustyce
to
calle
agayn
brother
Maryn
/
whyche
thynge
he
wolde
in
no
wyse
doo
/
hauynge
allwaye
ayenst
hym
merueyllous
indygnacyon
bycause
of
the
sayd
trespaas
/
¶
Fynably
he
beynge
vaynquysshyd
by
contynuel
prayers
of
hys
brethern
/
called
him
in
agayn
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Maryn
I
haue
grete
conscience
/
seen
the
grau●te
of
thy
synne
/
yet
I
admytte
the
neuertheles
to
come
in
for
to
playse
my
brethern
whyche
haue
humbly
prayde
me
for
the
many
tymes
/
I
suffre
that
thou
and
thy
myserable
chylde
whyche
hast
goten
in
aduoultrye
be
lodged
her
wythyn
as
straunge
persones
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
thou
art
not
worthy
for
to
felawshyppe
and
commynyke
wyth
the
brethern
.
but
in
doynge
to
them
scruple
lyke
as
the
caas
shall
requyre
/
I
ordeyne
that
thou
be
allwaye
subgette
to
make
clene
all
the
places
of
here
wythin
/
&
take
&
here
awaye
the
fylthe
and
vnclene
thynges
/
And
also
in
lyke
wyse
to
fetche
water
for
to
wasshe
the
pottes
&
disshes
and
to
helpe
the
nedes
of
the
brethern
/
¶
The
whyche
penaunce
she
accepted
wyth
good
wyll
and
good
herte
/
and
so
longe
she
contynued
that
●he
departed
out
of
this
world
fro
lyf
to
deth
/
¶
Thys
thynge
pronounced
by
the
brethern
to
theyr
abbot
/
Whyche
sayd
to
them
/
My
brethern
ye
knowe
well
the
enormyte
of
hys
synne
of
whyche
he
hath
not
made
condygne
penaunce
/
And
therfore
it
is
not
decent
ne
couenable
that
he
be
buryed
in
our
monastery
But
neuertheles
seen
his
obedyence
/
I
am
content
that
ferre
in
the
maner
accustomed
he
buryed
by
you
out
of
the
monastery
/
The
brethern
for
to
doo
that
whyche
was
permytted
to
theym
came
in
to
the
lytyll
chambre
where
he
was
deed
/
¶
And
in
dyspoyllynge
and
takynge
of
his
clothes
for
to
ennoynte
hym
/
They
knewe
that
she
was
a
woman
.
And
were
merueylously
abasshed
¶
And
began
to
waylle
bytterly
wyth
grete
abundaunce
of
teeres
/
¶
And
Incontynent
camen
and
shewed
to
the
abbot
/
Who
for
this
thynge
was
gretely
●oenyd
.
and
towchyd
of
a
merueyllous
contrycyon
and
dysplaysure
/
¶
And
telle
there
to
the
grounde
.
Smytynge
wyth
his
hondes
agaynst
his
brest
and
his
heed
sayenge
/
¶
O
gloryous
Mary●e
I
byseche
the
that
of
the
afflyccy●●s
whyche
I
haue
gyuen
to
the
/
that
thou
accuse
me
not
tofore
god
/
For
by
ygnoraunce
I
haue
done
it
/
¶
Alas
yf
thou
haddest
tolde
to
me
the
trouth
/
I
had
neuer
commysed
towarde
the
thys
merueyllous
faw●e
/
¶
After
that
he
hadde
moche
lamented
and
waylled
.
he
dyde
doo
burye
her
solempnly
wythin
the
chyrche
of
the
monasterye
/
¶
And
that
same
daye
came
she
whiche
hadde
vntruely
accused
her
of
the
caas
.
for
whyche
she
hadde
done
soo
grete
penaunces
/
The
whyche
vexed
and
tormented
of
the
deuyll
confessyd
openly
her
synne
/
Declarynge
the
name
of
hym
whyche
hadde
goten
the
chylde
/
¶
Alle
the
Relygyouses
persones
of
the
monasteryes
nyghe
by
aduertysed
of
this
mysterye
/
In
the
honoure
of
the
glorious
vyrgyn
came
to
the
monastery
wyth
theyr
Crosses
and
tapres
lyghte
and
brennynge
/
in
syngyng
ym●●●s
and
psalmes
/
In
praysynge
the
name
of
god
/
To
whom
they
thanked
and
rendred
graces
of
that
whiche
had
playsed
hym
for
the
edifycacyon
of
theyr
soules
to
shewe
to
theym
this
merueyllous
fayte
.
¶
And
after
in
the
sayde
monasterye
were
shewed
and
done
many
myracles
by
the
prayers
of
the
holy
vyrgyne
saynt
Maryne
/
¶
Thus
endyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Maryne
/
¶
The
lyfe
of
saynt
Eufrosyne
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Fuit
vir
.
et
cetera
.
Caplm.
xliiii.
IN
Alexandrye
was
a
man
named
Pafunce
moche
honourable
.
and
kepynge
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
He
toke
a
wyfe
whyche
was
of
moche
honeste
lyfe
/
As
she
that
was
extracte
of
noble
parentes
&
vertuous
/
¶
But
she
was
barayn
&
steryle
.
and
moche
sorowfull
.
by
cause
she
had
noo
chyldren
ne
lygnye
/
¶
The
good
Pafunce
was
moche
soroufull
bi
cause
he
had
noo
chyldren
/
that
myght
succede
to
his
possessyons
/
His
wyfe
hadd
grete
solycytude
to
nourysshe
the
poore
people
.
¶
She
seruyd
god
daye
&
nyghte
.
Contynuelly
she
prayed
hym
.
that
it
myghte
playse
hym
to
gyue
her
a
chylde
by
generacyon
.
pryncypally
by
cause
that
her
husbonde
was
soo
dysplaysaunt
that
he
mighte
haue
none
¶
And
he
hymself
semblably
prayed
/
and
forcyd
hymself
to
finde
some
deuowte
man
that
wolde
praye
god
for
hym
that
he
myghte
obteyne
his
desyre
by
the
moyen
of
his
prayers
.
And
to
that
ende
he
enlarged
to
the
poore
grete
quantite
of
his
goodes
temporall
/
On
a
tyme
he
entred
in
to
a
monastery
where
he
founde
a
good
fader
.
loued
of
god
after
the
renomme
of
the
countree
for
the
contemplacyon
of
whom
.
he
frequented
in
the
sayd
monastery
diuers
times
.
dooyng
there
his
almesse
tofore
e●he
declaryd
his
wyll
&
desyre
to
the
Abbot
ne
to
the
relygyouses
¶
Fynably
he
sayde
to
theym
that
he
had
all
his
lyfe
desyred
to
haue
generacyon
.
but
neuerthelesse
he
cowde
not
haue
it
/
¶
Thabbot
&
the
relygyouses
desyrynge
to
helpe
in
his
aduersytee
.
prayed
god
for
him
in
suche
wise
.
that
by
the
will
of
god
he
had
a
moche
fay●
doughter
.
the
whiche
after
that
she
was
.vii.
yeres
olde
was
baptysed
.
and
callyd
Eufrosyne
¶
And
whan
she
was
of
.iii.
yere
aege
.
her
moder
departed
out
of
this
worlde·
leuyng
her
husbonde
alyue
.
the
whyche
enfourmyd
the
sayd
doughter
aswell
in
letture
as
in
good
maners
/
And
in
suche
wise
prouffyted
.
that
not
oonly
her
fader
&
her
parentes
.
but
also
all
th
ynhabitauntes
of
the
cyte
.
or
the
moost
parte
merueylled
theym
:
&
also
of
her
bodyly
bewte
¶
Soo
it
happed
that
for
her
grete
vertues
&
perfeccions
she
was
of
many
desyred
in
maryage
.
but
al
were
forsaken
excepte
one
.
whyche
passed
alle
other
in
rychesse
and
in
honours
/
¶
In
ryght
yonge
aege
she
was
therto
acorded
/
¶
Whan
she
was
.xviii.
yere
olde
.
her
fader
ladd
her
to
the
monastery
where
he
had
ben
accustomed
to
praye
god
.
And
there
gaaf
grete
quantyte
of
money
/
&
sayd
to
th
abbot
/
¶
Fader
abbot
loo
here
the
fruyte
of
thy
prayer
/
Neuertheles
I
am
constrayned
to
marye
her
I
require
the
to
praye
for
her
/
¶
Thabbot
admonested
her
to
lyue
in
honeste
.
chastyte
&
pacyence
.
and
also
soueraynly
to
drede
god
/
¶
And
she
bēynge
in
this
monasterye
.
where
she
soiourned
wyth
her
fader
by
the
space
of
thre
dayes
began
to
haue
contemplacyon
in
the
good
&
honeste
conuersacyon
of
the
Relygyouses
And
thoughte
in
herself
that
wel
happy
were
thise
men
relygyouses
/
whiche
in
this
worlde
were
semblable
to
angellis
.
and
in
the
ende
of
theyr
lyfe
sholde
deserue
the
glorye
eternell
/
¶
The
thre
dayes
passed
Pafunce
requyred
atte
the
abbot
that
he
wolde
gyue
the
benedyecyon
to
his
doughter
.
And
they
wolde
retorne
in
to
the
cyte
/
¶
And
thus
sayeng
she
kneled
downe
on
bothe
her
knees
tofore
hym
in
sayenge
/
My
fader
I
byseche
the
that
it
may
playse
the
to
pray
for
me
.
to
the
ende
that
god
woll
saue
my
poore
soule
/
¶
Thise
wordes
sayde
the
Abbot
layed
his
honde
vppon
her
¶
The
god
that
knoweth
the
creatures
tofore
they
were
born
blesse
the
and
make
the
to
haue
parte
in
his
Reame
/
¶
After
that
tyme
as
ofte
as
her
fader
founde
ony
Relygyous
persone·
he
lad
hym
in
to
his
house
.
And
prayed
hym
to
praye
for
her
/
¶
The
Abbot
hadde
a
custome
to
make
feeste
and
solempnytee
the
day
that
he
was
Instituted
Abbot
of
his
monastery
/
¶
That
daye
comynge
he
sent
to
the
house
of
Pafunce
.
for
to
praye
him
to
come
to
that
solempnytee
/
¶
The
relygyous
that
came
founde
not
the
say-Pafunce
att
home
/
¶
But
it
was
tolde
hym
by
his
seruauntes
.
that
he
was
gone
oute
/
¶
Eufrosme
that
seenge
called
the
Relygyous
.
and
axyd
of
hym
many
thynges
/
¶
Fyrste
how
many
bredern
were
in
his
monastery
/
The
Relygyous
sayde
that
there
were
thre
hundred
&
two
and
fyfty
/
¶
After
she
axyd
yf
there
were
ony
dyffyculte
to
receyue
in
to
the
Relygyon
of
ony
that
wolde
rendre
him
Relygyous
/
¶
To
whom
he
answered
that
nay
/
Sayenge
that
oure
lord
god
hadde
sayd
that
who
soo
euer
wolde
come
to
hym
.
he
wolde
not
caste
hym
out
from
hym
/
¶
Thyrdly
she
demaunded
yf
they
songe
the
psalmes
alle
togyder
And
also
how
they
fasted
/
He
ansuered
that
eueryche
fasted
after
his
power
/
But
they
songe
alle
togyder
.
¶
And
also
she
asked
of
alle
the
rules
of
the
sayde
monasterye
/
And
he
tolde
alle
to
her
¶
After
she
sayde
to
the
sayde
Relygyous
that
her
wyll
was
to
lede
the
state
and
lyfe
of
Relygyon
/
But
she
dradde
moche
to
offende
her
fader
.
Whyche
wolde
doo
her
to
be
maryed
/
¶
The
Relygyous
sayde
to
her
/
My
syster
delyuere
not
thy
body
to
a
man
mortall
.
but
to
god
whyche
is
Inmortall
gyue
thy
beaulte
/
And
secretely
take
the
habyte
of
a
man
/
and
make
thyselfe
Relygyouse
in
some
monastery
.
where
some
euer
it
be
/
¶
Whyche
thynge
herynge
the
sayd
doughter
was
greteli
comforted
and
reioyced
/
¶
But
neuerthelesse
she
had
in
herselfe
some
heuynesse
/
By
cause
that
she
cowde
not
aduyse
her
by
what
moyen
she
myghte
doo
and
accomplysshe
this
thynge
/
For
she
durste
not
truste
in
ony
laye
man
/
¶
The
Relygyouse
sayde
to
her
/
Thy
fader
shall
be
thre
or
four
dayes
in
the
Abbaye
/
¶
And
therfore
sende
for
some
deuowte
Relygyouse
man
/
Whyche
ryght
gladly
shall
pourueye
for
thy
caas
/
¶
And
thus
as
they
deuysed
togyder
.
came
her
fader
/
Whyche
demaunded
of
the
Relygyous
the
cause
of
his
comynge
thyder
/
¶
The
whyche
sayd
to
hym
that
his
Abbot
prayed
hym
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
come
to
the
solempnytee
of
his
feest
/
¶
Pafunce
moche
Ioyous
of
his
comynge
wente
in
to
a
shyp
wyth
the
Relygyous
.
and
came
to
the
monasterye
/
¶
Incontynent
that
they
were
departed
/
Saynt
Eufrosyne
desyrynge
to
accomplysshe
and
fuldoo
her
purpoos
and
entencyon
.
sente
for
to
seche
a
Relygyous
of
the
monastery
of
the
Abbot
Theodocyen
/
The
whyche
beynge
comen
to
her
.
she
anone
recyted
to
hym
.
and
tolde
her
caas
and
entencyon
/
¶
And
that
whyche
she
hadde
enterprised
to
doo
and
accomplysshe
/
¶
And
thenne
he
herynge
thyse
fayre
and
deuowte
wordes
sayde
to
her
/
¶
My
loue
and
frende
god
hathe
taughte
vs
.
that
who
that
renoūcyth
not
fader
and
moder
.
theyr
chyldren
and
theymselfe
by
theyr
free
wyll
.
is
not
worthy
to
be
dyscyple
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
therfore
I
saye
yf
thou
mayst
.
thou
oughtest
to
renounce
thy
parents
and
kinnesfolke
.
for
to
ensewe
and
folowe
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
Remembre
the
not·
ne
take
noo
thoughte
for
the
herytage
of
thy
fader
.
for
there
●en
ynow
of
poore
wydowes
and
of
poore
monasteries
.
to
whom
he
may
dystrybute
and
deale
his
goodes
/
¶
Saynt
Eufrosine
ansuerd
.
I
truste
in
god
and·
in
thy
wordes
/
And
praye
the
that
thou
wol●e
praye
for
me
/
¶
And
that
Incontynente
.
thou
cutte
of
and
take
a
waye
myn
heeres
/
¶
The
Relygyouse
his
oryson
made
in
prayenge
sayde
/
¶
Oure
lorde
god
whyche
hathe
delyuered
from
perill
alle
his
sayntes
woll
kepe
and
preserue
the
from
alle
euyll
/
¶
Anone
after
he
cutte
of
her
heeres
/
And
that
done
departed
from
thens
.
yeuynge
praysinge
to
oure
lorde
god
.
and
consyderynge
in
herselfe
what
she
had
to
doo
for
to
entree
in
to
the
Relygyon
of
wymmen
.
¶
●nowynge
that
her
fader
in
sekynge
her
myghte
happely
finde
her
there
/
¶
And
therfore
in
leuynge
the
habite
of
a
woman
cladde
her
with
the
haby●e
of
a
man
/
¶
And
after
departed
from
the
house
of
her
fader
.
and
wente
in
to
the
monasterye
.
thyther
as
he
was
gone
.
¶
And
Incontynent
that
she
knewe
that
her
fader
was
departed
She
founde
the
manere
to
speke
wyth
the
Abbot
/
gyuynge
hym
to
vnderstonde
that
she
was
a
man
that
gladly
wolde
be
there
Relygious
.
and
named
her selfe
Smaradyn
/
¶
The
Abbot
receyued
her
gladly
/
and
for
as
moche
as
she
semyd
a
chylde
of
yonge
aege
.
¶
She
was
delyuered
to
be
endoctryned
and
taughte
in
the
rules
of
the
Relygyon
to
a nother
Relygious
man
.
namyd
Agapyton
/
¶
She
beynge
there
.
by
cause
she
was
moche
fayre
.
and
pryncypally
of
vysage
/
Many
of
the
Relygiouses
beganne
to
murmure
in
sayenge
/
That
it
was
a
deuyll
in
lykenesse
of
a
Relygyous
/
¶
And
that
by
her
beaulte
many
of
them
were
fall
in
synne
/
¶
Fynably
they
sayde
it
to
the
Abbot
/
The
whyche
that
knowynge
commaunded
to
Smaradyn
.
that
he
shold
make
his
prayers
alone
in
his
lytyll
chambre
/
And
that
he
sholde
noo
more
come
in
to
the
chyrche
/
¶
Whyche
thynge
she
dyde
gladly
and
helde
her
there
soo
solytaryly
.
that
alle
the
Relygiouses
merueylled
of
the
grete
constaunce
that
she
hadde
in
soo
yonge
aege
/
¶
Her
fader
Pafunce
retourned
fro
the
sayd
monasterye
/
And
whanne
he
was
comen
home
.
he
founde
nought
his
sayde
doughter
And
anone
was
surprysed
and
taken
of
a
grete
and
merueyllouse
sorowe
and
heuynesse
.
¶
And
beganne
to
aske
alle
his
seruauntes
and
chamberers
where
she
was
bycome
.
and
wh●ther
she
was
goon
/
¶
To
whom
they
ansuered
that
in
the
mornynge
she
departed
oute
of
the
house
as
they
supposyd
.
for
syth
they
hadde
not
seen
her
.
ne
knewe
not
where
she
was
bycome
.
In
contynent
and
wythout
taryeng
he
sente
his
messagers
to
alle
partyes
.
and
fro
Relygion
to
Relygyon
:
as
well
in
Alexandrye
as
in
Egypte
.
But
he
cowde
here
noo
tydynges
.
wherof
he
was
full
of
heuynesse
.
and
soo
ryght
sorowful
that
vnneth
it
maye
not
be
sayde
.
He
made
soo
lamentacyon
and
sorowe
.
that
he
sayde
thyse
wordes
/
¶
Alas
my
swete
d●ughter
myne
oonly
consolacyon
.
and
alle
the
playsaunce
of
myne
eyen
.
Whyche
is
he
that
robbed
&
toke
the
awaye
from
me
/
And
that
hath
quenchyd
my
lyghte
and
alle
myn
hope
/
¶
Alas
now
is
defoylled
the
beaute
of
thy
face
/
¶
A
cursyd
be
the
wulfe
that
hath
borne
awaye
my
shepe
/
¶
Alas
in
what
set
or
in
what
londe
maye
she
be
hydde
¶
O
londe
hyde
not
from
me
my
dou●ghter
Eufrosyne
.
But
doo
soo
moche
that
she
maye
be
rendred
to
me
agayne
¶
Suche
wordes
and
other
moche
merueyllous
and
pyteuous
sayde
Pafunce
.
in
wayllynge
soo
moche·
that
the
assystentes
and
dwellers
of
the
citee
were
excyted
and
styred
to
make
lamentacyon
and
cryes
/
¶
And
after
he
retourned
to
his
holy
Abbot
.
To
whom
in
wepyng
he
declared
the
cause
of
his
grete
sorow
and
dyscomforte
/
To
the
ende
that
he
&
his
Relygyouses
sholde
praye
to
god
that
he
myghte
haue
hasty
and
shortly
tydynges
of
his
doughter
/
¶
And
that
they
dysposyd
theym
to
faste
and
make
denowte
orysons
du●ynge
an
hoole
weke
/
But
neuerthelesse
they
herde
of
her
noo
manere
tydynges
/
¶
Saynt
Eufrosyne
prayed
in
lyke
wyse
to
god
.
that
neuer
her
conuersacyon
sholde
be
shewed
to
man
¶
After
came
the
Abbot
to
her
fader
Pafunce
and
sayde
to
hym
/
My
sone
reioyce
the
syth
we
haue
noo
reuelacyon
of
her
/
¶
We
byleue
stedfastly
that
in
what
place
that
euer
thy
doughter
be
.
she
is
in
the
honour
of
god
/
And
hathe
noo
dystrowblynge
ne
empeshement
/
¶
That
herynge
Pafunce
was
a
lytyll
comforted
/
And
after
that
he
hadde
thankyd
the
bredern
he
retornyd
in
to
his
howse
/
¶
Certayne
dayes
after
passed
the
sayde
Pafunce
retornyd
in
to
the
abbaye
/
And
recommaunded
him
to
the
bredern
In
requyrynge
theym
moche
humbly
that
they
sholde
praye
for
him
and
for
his
doughter
.
And
syngulerly
to
the
abbot
to
him
sayenge
.
¶
Alas
good
fader
my
sorowe
renewyth
from
daye
to
day
more
and
more
/
¶
Truely
I
may
noo
lenger
bere
it
wythoute
dethe
/
¶
The
Abbot
seenge
that
he
was
soo
moche
sorowfull
.
broughte
hym
in
to
the
chambre
where
as
saynt
Eufrosyne
was
.
not
knowyng
that
she
was
his
doughter
/
¶
And
callyd
the
Relygyouse
that
hadde
the
charge
of
her
.
namyd
Agapyton
/
¶
Saynt
Eufrosyne
herynge
her
fader
was
moche
abasshed
/
And
wepyng
wyth
grete
teeres
beganne
to
comforte
her
the
beste
she
mighte
.
as
she
had
not
be
of
his
knowlege
/
¶
Her
fader
beholdynge
that
her
face
was
alle
couered
with
her
habyte
.
and
gretely
chaunged
for
her
fastynges
and
abstynences
.
whiche
she
continuelly
made
.
knew
her
not
¶
After
the
lamentacyons
and
wayllynges
/
saynt
Eufrosyne
began
to
speke
to
her
fader
.
of
the
excellence
of
the
glorye
eternall
/
¶
And
how
by
abstynence
.
Charytee
almesse
.
Chastyte
.
and
also
in
lyke
wyse
by
the
vertue
of
humylytee
myghte
begoten
the
souerayne
be
atytude
or
blessydnesse
/
¶
After
she
admonested
hym
to
dyspyse
and
contempne
all
worldly
thynges
In
shewynge
to
hym
.
that
a
man
oughte
not
soo
moche
loue
his
chyldren
as
god
/
¶
But
by
cause
that
she
sawe
her
fader
in
moche
grete
trybulacyon
.
she
wolde
comforte
hym
atte
laste
.
and
sayd
to
hym
.
¶
Knowe
my
frende
for
trouthe
as
I
byleue
.
that
thou
arte
bylouyd
of
god
/
¶
And
that
yf
thy
doughter
were
in
waye
of
perdycyon
god
wolde
haue
shewed
in
what
estate
she
were
in
.
¶
I
byleue
that
she
hathe
chosen
the
waye
of
helthe
/
¶
For
he
that
forsakyth
not
alle
that
he
hathe
.
maye
haue
noo
parte
in
heuen
/
¶
Leue
thenne
thy
malencolye
.
and
be
not
cause
of
thi
perdycyon
and
losse
/
¶
Haue
pacyence
and
stedfaste
hope
/
¶
I
haue
herde
ofte
my
mayster
Agapyton
speke
of
the
/
¶
And
how
thou
haste
prayed
the
Relygyouses
for
to
haue
tydynges
of
thy
doughter
.
¶
But
I
haue
ofte
prayed
to
the
ende
that
thou
sholdeste
haue
pacyence
.
And
haue
desired
for
to
see
the
for
to
comforte
the.
wyth
the
leest
harme
that
I
myghte
/
¶
And
after
the
sayde
to
hym
/
My
lorde
and
my
frende
goo
thy
waye
I
praye
the
/
¶
And
notwythstondyng
that
she
desyred
hym
to
goo
his
waye
.
Neuerthelesse
she
wepte
and
had
compassyon
of
him
/
¶
For
nature
myghte
not
lye
/
¶
Pafuncyus
her
fader
by
her
wordes
/
was
moche
comforted
/
And
nyghe
as
moche
as
he
hadde
founde
his
doughter
/
¶
After
he
recommaunded
hym
to
the
prayers
of
the
Abbot
and
Couent
/
And
retorned
home
to
his
house
/
¶
Saynt
Eufrosyne
in
the
habyte
of
a
man
lyued
eyghte
and
thyrty
yeres
¶
And
anone
after
came
to
her
a
sykenesse
and
maladye
.
of
whyche
she
deyed
/
¶
And
dutynge
the
sayde
maladye
.
her
fader
came
to
the
abbaye
for
to
vysyte
her
/
Notwythstondynge
that
he
wende
alwaye
that
she
hadde
ben
the
Relygyouse
Smaradyn
/
¶
And
entred
in
to
the
chambre
where
she
laye
syke
.
and
founde
her
almoost
deed
/
¶
Thenne
he
beganne
to
wepe
sayeng
/
Alas
and
what
shall
I
doo
/
¶
Where
ben
the
promyses
whyche
thou
haste
made
to
me
Smaradyn
/
¶
Where
ben
the
swete
consolacyons
and
the
playsaunte
wordes
.
By
whyche
thou
promysedest
to
me
.
that
I
sholde
see
my
doughter
.
¶
Alas
I
haue
not
oonly
loste
my
doughter
.
But
also
I
shall
lese
the.
the
whyche
haste
gyuen
to
me
soo
moche
comforte
/
¶
Alas
who
shall
comforte
my
poore
olde
aege
.
and
whyther
shall
I
goo
/
¶
Who
shall
be
helpynge
to
me
in
my
heuynesse
/
Now
am
I
constrayned
to
wepe
my
dowble
euyll
and
harme
of
the
and
of
my
doughter
/
¶
It
is
eyghte
and
thyrty
yere
goo
syth
I
loste
my
doughter
/
Now
I
retorne
in
to
lyke
sorowe
.
¶
Alas
where
shall
I
now
fynde
consolacyon
and
comforte
/
¶
I
shall
descende
wepynge
in
to
helle
yf
god
haue
not
pyte
vppon
me
/
¶
Smaradyn
seenge
his
heuynesse
hadde
compassyon
on
hym
/
¶
And
recomforted
hym
sayenge
/
Wherfore
tormentest
the
thou
thus
/
Wolte
thou
flee
thyselfe
/
¶
Ne
thynkesse
not
thou
that
god
is
almyghty
for
to
comforte
the
/
Make
an
ende
of
thy
heuynesse
/
¶
Thynke
how
Iacob
wepte
for
hys
sone
Ioseph
as
deed
/
And
yet
after
oure
lorde
god
shewed
hym
to
hym
/
¶
I
praye
the
for
the
honoure
of
god
.
that
thou
leue
me
not
bi
the
space
of
thre
dayes
/
¶
Thenne
her
fader
Pafunce
supposyd
that
the
noble
Relygyous
Smaradyn
wythoute
faulte
sholde
shewe
to
him
some
thynge
in
some
manere
that
he
shall
haue
knowlege
of
his
doughter
/
¶
The
thre
dayes
passed
Incontynent
came
agayne
Pafunce
to
Smaradyn
/
And
sayd
thus
¶
My
ryght
swete
frende
the
thre
dayes
ben
now
passed
/
I
haue
taryed
.
lyke
as
thou
saydest
to
me
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Eufrosyne
knowynge
that
the
daye
approchyd
and
drewe
nyghe
in
whyche
she
sholde
deye·
sayde
to
her
fader
/
¶
My
lorde
and
my
frende
I
knowe
that
I
shal
not
lyue
longe
And
that
god
hathe
holpen
me
to
fyghte
agaynste
the
deuyll
vnto
now
/
It
restyth
oonly
that
I
gyue
the
consolacyon
of
thy
doughter
Eufrosyne
/
¶
Byleue
surely
that
I
am
she
/
And
therfore
be
constaunt
and
myghty
wythoute
in
ony
wyse
to
angre
the
¶
And
this
that
I
shewe
to
the.
ne
shewe
ne
declare
it
to
ony
man
lyuynge
/
¶
But
thou
allone
tofore
that
I
be
putt
in
the
erthe
.
shall
wasshe
me
.
To
the
ende
that
noo
man
knowe
that
I
am
a
woman
/
¶
I
haue
promysed
many
londes
and
possessyons
to
the
chyrche
here
wythin
/
¶
And
therfore
thou
shalte
accomplysshe
and
fulfyll
my
promyse
.
It
is
a
place
of
grete
deuocyon
/
¶
Praye
for
me
.
I
commaunde
the
to
god
.
and
my
body
and
my
soule
/
¶
And
in
sayenge
thyse
wordes
she
rendred
and
gaaf
her
spiryte
to
god
¶
Whanne
Pafunce
the
fader
of
the
good
lady
hadde
herde
thyse
wordes
/
seenge
that
she
was
thenne
deed
.
fell
doune
to
the
erthe
as
deed
/
¶
After
this
ranne
Agapytus
.
and
he
seenge
that
Smaradyn
was
deed
.
And
Pafunce
fallen
downe
to
the
erthe
.
casted
water
in
to
the
vysage
of
Pafunce
.
In
sayenge
/
¶
What
eylest
thou
my
lorde
and
frende
.
Aryse
vppe
/
¶
Pafunce
ansuered
.
Alas
that
I
deye
not
ryght
here
/
This
daye
haue
I
seen
thynges
enarrable
/
¶
After
he
roos
vp
and
fell
vppon
the
face
of
his
doughter
.
&
wysshe
her
wyth
his
teeres
/
¶
And
whanne
he
hadde
longe
waylled
and
wepte
vppon
the
body
/
He
sayde
wyth
an
hyghe
voyce
.
¶
Alas
my
swete
doughter
.
why
haddeste
not
thou
more
sooner
shewed
and
manyfested
thyselfe
to
me
.
To
the
ende
that
I
hadde
deyed
gladly
with
that
¶
Vnhappynesse
is
comen
to
me
.
syth
that·
thou
haste
hydde
thyselfe
soo
longe
from
me
.
¶
Alas
how
haste
thou
vaynquysshed
and
putt
vnder
thy
fete
.
the
aduersytees
of
this
worlde
.
And
now
thou
arte
in
eternall
glorye
/
¶
Agapyton
that
herynge
wente
to
the
Abbot
and
shewed
hym
alle
the
caas
/
¶
Whanne
the
Abbot
was
comen
/
In
lyke
wyse
he
began
to
wepe
wyth
Pafunce
in
sayenge
/
¶
O
Eufrosyne
spowse
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
The
tyme
is
comen
that
thou
oughtest
to
remembre
thy
brethern
/
¶
Praye
for
vs
.
to
the
ende
that
we
maye
come
to
the
porte
of
helthe
/
¶
Alle
the
bredern
there
assembled
and
seenge
this
myracle
.
gloryfyed
&
worshypped
god
in
sayeng
.
¶
Honour
and
praysynge
be
to
god
of
heuen
and
of
erthe
/
Whyche
that
makyth
not
oonly
to
men
merueyllouse
thynges
.
but
also
to
wymmen
/
¶
And
thus
as
alle
were
there
assembled
for
to
burye
the
corps
/
A
brother
whyche
hadde
but
one
eye
.
kyssed
her
.
And
Incontynent
he
sawe
clerly
wyth
that
other
eye
/
¶
Her
fader
dystrybuted
and
dealed
al
his
possessyons
and
lyuelood
to
the
sayde
chirche
and
monastery
.
And
rendred
and
became
hymself
Relygyous
in
the
same
place
and
monasterye
/
Where
as
he
lyued
ten
yeres
after
/
And
after
hys
dethe
fynably
was
buryed
bi
saynt
Eufrosyne
his
oonly
doughter
.
and
sauyd
in
heuen
/
¶
To
the
whrche
by
theyr
intercessyons
and
prayers
it
maye
playse
god
that
we
maye
all
come
atte
the
ende
of
oure
dayes
/
¶
The
whyche
graunte
vs
the
fader
.
sone
.
and
holy
ghost
/
Amen
/
¶
Thus
endyth
the
lyfe
of
the
gloryous
saynt
Eufrosyne
/
¶
Of
saynt
Frontynyan
.
Whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Quomam
sepe
desideratis
/
Caplm.
xlv.
¶
Those
ben
the
condycyons
of
theim
that
lyuen
in
the
worlde
/
¶
Lete
vs
demaunde
and
aske
fyrste
the
Reame
of
heuen
/
¶
And
lete
vs
doo
after
Iustyce
¶
And
by
this
moyen
alle
good
thynges
shall
come
to
vs
/
¶
After
that
euer
yche
of
theym
.
after
his
power
entended
to
prayer
the
beste
wyse
they
myghte
.
¶
But
the
good
fader
prayed
not
onely
for
hymselfe
.
but
for
alle
the
other
¶
Longe
tyme
after
that
they
hadde
lyued
in
the
sayde
Deserte
/
The
enmye
of
nature
.
whyche
is
alwaye
enuyouse
/
Pryncypally
of
theym
whyche
done
penaunce
/
Tempted
theym·
and
assayled
wyth
many
assaultes
/
In
suche
wyse
that
he
made
theym
alle
to
murmure
.
and
to
grutche
agaynst
theyr
Abbot
/
And
sayde
that
one
to
that
other
/
Wherfore
is
it
that
oure
Abbot
hathe
made
vs
to
come
in
to
this
Deserte
/
¶
They
that
ben
in
townes
and
castellis
:
shall
haue
as
well
heuen
as
we
.
Soo
that
they
done
good
werkes
.
¶
And
we
slee
ourselfe
here
by
fastynges
.
And
by
abstynence
we
deyen
for
hungre
/
¶
And
thus
the
moost
parte
of
theim
were
mouyd
to
retourne
to
the
worlde
/
¶
This
knowynge
saynt
Frontinyan
came
to
theym
.
and
sayde
/
Wherfore
alye
my
bredern
come
ye
hyther
with
me
for
to
murmure
and
grutche
agaynste
god
/
Knowe
ye
not
well
by
holy
scrypture
.
that
a
Iuste
man
shall
neuer
deye
for
hungre
/
¶
And
yf
he
haue
not
for
to
ete
.
God
shall
sende
hym
some
by
his
aungell
.
Lyke
as
he
hathe
doon
to
many
of
whom
we
rede
/
¶
Thynke
that
god
hathe
alwaye
his
eye
vppon
the
deuowte
soules
/
Thynke
also
how
god
nouryssheth
the
rauen̄s
wythin
theye
neest
.
whanne
the
fader
ne
the
moder
woll
not
nourysshe
them
by
cause
they
ben
whyte
/
¶
Whanne
they
ben
fyrste
hayghte
or
borne
/
¶
My
brethern
haue
ye
alwaye
the
loue
of
god
in
youre
hertes
.
And
I
assure
&
certefye
you
for
trouthe
.
that
ye
shall
neuer
haue
defaulte
of
mete
ne
of
drynke
/
¶
And
yf
it
soo
happened
/
whyche
I
byleue
shall
neuer
come
.
that
ye
sholde
haue
hungre
or
thurste
/
And
whanne
it
soo
were
/
Thenne
myghte
ye
haue
cause
to
accuse
god
of
the
wordes
that
he
hathe
sayde
in
the
gospell
/
thus
sayenge
to
hym
/
¶
O
god
we
haue
kepte
thy
commaundementes
.
And
haue
byleuyd
that
thou
haste
sayde
.
that
is
to
wyte
that
thou
shalte
nourysshe
thy
seruauntes
wyth
heuenly
mete
/
We
haue
had
in
the
hope
.
neuertheles
thou
haste
lefte
vs
/
But
I
praye
you
alle
ne
murmure
ne
grutche
noo
more
thus
in
likewyse
as
oure
faders
auncyente
dyde
in
Deserte
.
whanne
they
were
delyuered
from
the
honde
of
kynge
Pharao
/
¶
Abyde
ye
.
and
tarye
a
whyle
.
And
ye
shall
knowe
how
god
pourneyth
to
theym
that
dredyth
hym
and
louyth
hym
¶
After
thyse
wordes
of
saynt
Frontynyan
alle
they
ceaseden
theyr
murmuracyons
and
grutchynges
/
¶
And
of
that
they
hadde
soo
done
they
were
moche
sorowfull
and
dysplaysaunte
/
¶
On
a
nyghte
after
that
they
had
soo
ben
corrected
/
An
aungell
apperyd
to
a
Ryche
man
/
¶
And
sayde
thus
to
hym
/
¶
Thou
man
that
lyuest
in
grete
delyces
&
worldly
playsures
.
and
hauinge
habundaunce
of
goodes
.
and
the
poore
seruauntes
of
god
ben
in
Deserte
whyche
haue
grete
hungre
/
¶
I
aduertyse
and
counseylle
the
that
thou
aryse
vppe
.
And
that
thou
sende
theym
some
mete
for
to
ete
/
¶
Or
ellis
thou
shalte
renne
in
to
the
Indygnacyon
of
god
/
¶
The
man
slepynge
was
gretely
admerueyled
/
¶
On
the
morne
erly
he
callyd
togyder
alle
his
frendes
.
and
recounted
to
theym
alle
that
the
angel
had
shewed
to
hym
/
¶
But
he
knewe
noo
thynge
in
what
place
the
holy
faders
were
/
¶
Wherfore
he
cowde
not
do
that
the
aungell
hadde
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
On
the
morne
he
was
yet
agayn
menaced
thretened
and
beten
by
th
angell
/
By
cause
he
hadde
not
accomplysshed
and
fulfylled
his
commaundement
¶
In
lyke
wyse
as
he
dyde
tofore
he
dyde
doo
assemble
alle
his
frendes
.
for
to
haue
counseylle
how
he
myghte
doo
that
.
whiche
the
aungell
hadde
commaunded
hym
/
In
shewyng
to
theym
the
woundes
that
he
hadde
receyued
of
the
aungell
/
¶
And
notwythstondynge
none
of
theym
wyste
not
what
to
saye
/
By
cause
they
knew
not
the
place
where
the
relygyous
were
in
deserte
/
¶
Emong
the
other
there
was
one
wyse
man
.
that
counseylled
hym
that
he
sholde
lade
and
charge
thre
score
&
ten
Camellis
wyth
vytaylle
/
And
to
lete
theym
goo
there
as
they
wolde
.
withoute
to
be
ladde
ne
conduyted
of
ony
persone
/
¶
For
yf
it
were
soo
that
suche
reuelacyon
came
of
a
good
aungell
.
He
sholde
pourney
for
theym
/
And
yf
it
came
of
an
euyll
aungell
.
He
sholde
take
it
in
pacyence
/
This
counseyle
playsed
to
alle
them
that
were
presente
/
¶
And
it
was
soo
executed
in
ladynge
thre
score
and
fyue
Camellis
with
vytayle
for
the
Relygyouses
/
And
fyue
other
wyth
vytaylle
for
the
sayde
Camellis
/
¶
After
they
were
thus
laden
.
he
made
his
prayer
to
god
thus
sayenge
/
O
my
god
I
requyre
the.
as
Prouyder
of
alle
theym
that
lyuen
/
That
it
may
playse
the
to
adresse
and
to
gouerne
alle
thyse
Camellis
to
go
to
the
place
where
thy
seruauntes
ben
/
in
suche
wyse
as
it
shal
playse
the
/
And
also
to
brynge
them
home
agayne
.
yf
it
soo
playse
the.
wythoute
empesshement
or
lettynge
in
to
myn
howse
/
¶
Thenne
he
made
theym
to
departe
wythoute
ony
persone
to
goo
wyth
theym
for
to
be
theyr
guyde
/
¶
And
soo
they
wente
alonge
by
a
mountayne
by
the
space
of
foure
dayes
/
And
fynably
came
to
the
yate
of
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
they
songe
theyr
seruyce
.
they
myghte
not
here
those
sayde
Camellis
.
ne
theyr
grete
sownettes
ne
belles
/
●auf
oonly
the
Abbot
.
whyche
was
nyghe
the
gate
/
Whyche
was
fyrst
aduysed
and
hadd
knowlege
of
theym
to
his
grete
Ioye
and
exultacyon
.
By
cause
that
god
hymselfe
hadde
purueyed
to
his
nedefull
petycyon
and
prayer
¶
The
sayde
Abbot
Frontynyan
sayde
noo
worde
vnto
the
tyme
that
al
the
seruyse
was
accomplysshed
and
ended
/
¶
And
after
the
ende
of
the
sayde
seruyse
.
he
callyd
togider
alle
his
brethern
To
whom
he
sayde
/
¶
O
my
brethern
where
ben
now
youre
murmuracyons
and
grutchynges
/
¶
See
ye
now
how
god
hath
sente
myraculously
thyse
Camellis
laden
wyth
vytaylle
/
¶
Alle
they
togyder
rendred
and
gaaf
thankynges
to
god
.
In
praysynge
and
magnefyenge
his
name
/
¶
And
after
dischargeden
and
vnloded
the
sayd
Camellis·
and
wysshe
theyr
fete
/
And
that
done
.
they
gaaf
to
them
to
ete
suche
mete
as
they
hadde
brought
wyth
theym
/
¶
And
with
that
also
wente
to
the
mountayne
for
to
fetche
grasse
.
for
to
Refresshe
theym
more
largely
/
¶
On
the
morowe
the
Abbot
departed
aile
the
vytaylles
/
And
layed
agayne
on
the
Camellis
halfe
theyr
ladynge
/
To
the
ende
to
eschewe
the
sinnes
that
they
myghte
commyse
and
doo
by
ouer
grete
habundaunce
and
plentee
of
those
goodes
/
¶
And
sente
theym
to
hym
agaynt
that
hadde
sente
theym
/
¶
In
prayenge
to
god
/
that
from
alle
harme
and
euyll
he
wolde
kepe
theym
/
and
also
theyr
mayster
and
lorde
/
¶
Seuen
dayes
after
they
of
the
howse
of
the
sayde
riche
man
whyche
had
sente
forthe
the
sayd
Camellis
/
¶
One
of
theym
herde
the
sownettis
and
bellis
.
&
sawenge
theym
comynge
togyder
.
and
And
aduertysed
and
tolde
the
other
/
¶
Thenne
alle
they
alle
togyder
went
to
mete
theym
/
And
founde
theym
all
togyder
alle
hoole
/
And
not
lener
ne
in
worse
poynte
thanne
they
were
att
the
yt
departynge
.
for
alle
theyr
ferre
and
longe
Iourney
/
¶
The
ryche
man
whiche
tofore
was
heuy
.
doubtynge
the
losse
of
his
Camellis
.
receyued
theim
Ioyously
.
In
louynge
and
praysynge
the
name
of
god
/
¶
And
after
that
same
tyme
durynge
the
lyfe
of
the
sayde
saynt
Frontynyan
contynued
to
sende
to
hym
ofte
of
hys
goodes
.
as
well
for
hym
as
for
his
Relygyouses
.
by
whyche
the
sayde
hadde
noo
suffraunce
of
hungre
.
ne
necessytee
of
ony
thynge
/
And
this
thynge
happed
the
thyrtenth
yere
of
the
Empyre
of
Anthonye
Emperoure
of
Rome
/
¶
Saynt
Iherom
sayth
vppon
this
paas
/
that
who
some
euer
shal
doo
almesse
vnto
the
seruauntes
of
god
.
And
haue
towarde
theym
a
pyteuous
herte
.
In
enlargynge
to
theym
of
his
goodes
for
theyr
necessytees
.
He
shall
be
rewarded
of
god
in
this
lyf
or
in
euerlastynge
lyfe
/
¶
The
whyche
yeue
vs
the
fader
.
the
sone
and
the
holy
ghoste
/
Amen
/
¶
Thus
endyth
the
life
of
saynt
Frontynyan
.
whyche
was
a
deuowte
and
holy
Relygyous
/
¶
Here
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Symeon
heremyte
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Sanctus
Symeon
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
xlvi.
SAynt
Symeon
was
not
he
the
receyued
in
the
Temple
oure
Sauyoure
and
redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
.
¶
Fourty
dayes
after
he
was
borne
.
The
whyche
made
the
Psalme
Nunc
dimittis
/
¶
But
this
holy
man
of
whom
presentely
we
shall
rede
.
was
halowed
of
god
in
his
moders
wombe
/
¶
He
was
swetely
nourysshed
of
his
parentes
and
frendes
/
And
kepte
and
droue
the
beestes
of
his
fader
vnto
thirtene
yeres
of
his
aege
/
¶
Thnne
it
happed
as
he
kepte
those
beestes
.
that
he
apperreyued
a
chyrche
/
In
to
whyche
he
entred
leuynge
his
beestes
in
the
feldes
/
And
in
that
chyrche
thenne
was
radde
the
Epystle
of
saynt
Poul
/
¶
Incontynent
saynt
Symeon
a●yd
an
auncyent
man
.
what
sygnefyed
that
.
whyche
was
thenne
radde
/
¶
The
whyche
answered
to
hym
.
that
the
epystle
sygnefyed
/
How
a
man
oughte
to
loue
and
drede
god
wyth
alle
his
myghte
and
thoughte
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
asked
what
it
was
to
laye
to
drede
god
/
¶
The
sayd
auncyent
man
answered
to
hym
/
My
sone
why
mockest
thou
me
/
¶
The
chylde
ansuered
to
hym
/
My
fader
I
aske
the
as
hym
whiche
maye
comforte
me
.
I
am
as
a
●ude
asse
and
ygnoraunt
whiche
knowyth
noo
thynge
/
¶
And
therfore
I
praye
the
that
thou
wolte
teche
me
in
that
whyche
I
shall
demaunde
and
aske
the
The
auncyent
fader
in
heryng
thyse
wordes
taught
hym
in
this
manere
and
sayde
.
¶
My
sone
who
someuer
fastyth
and
mekyth
hymselfe
in
kepynge
the
commaundementis
of
god
.
forsakyth
fader
and
mode●
frendes
.
and
all
the
goodes
of
the
worlde
.
In
folowynge
the
doctryne
of
holy
faders
.
he
shall
haue
for
hys
herytage
the
reame
of
heuen
/
¶
Whanne
the
chylde
herde
thyse
wordes
he
knelyd
downe
tofore
him
sayenge
/
¶
Thou
arte
my
fader
and
my
moder
/
And
wyth
this
I
take
the
for
my
Dyrectour
of
alle
my
werkes
and
operacyons
/
Thou
haste
this
daye
sauyd
my
soule·
the
whyche
was
in
the
waye
of
perdycyon
.
¶
Now
I
shall
goo
in
suche
wyse
as
thou
haste
taughte
me
.
Or
god
shall
conduyte
and
lede
me
/
¶
His
wyll
of
me
be
done
/
¶
Yet
the
good
fader
enfourmyd
hym
that
he
sholde
haue
pacyence
in
aduersytee
/
¶
And
after
this
the
sayde
Symeon
wente
vnto
a
monasterye
.
of
a
ryght
perfyghte
man
.
namyd
Thymothee
.
Tofore
the
yates
of
whiche
monastery
he
taryed
fyue
dayes
wythoute
mete
and
wythout
drynke
/
¶
After
the
sayde
fyue
dayes
.
the
holy
Abbot
Thymothee
came
out
of
the
sayde
monasterye
.
And
founde
the
chylde
Symeon
/
¶
And
he
askyd
hym
of
whens
he
was
/
And
yf
he
hadde
done
ony
harme
.
by
cause
he
was
fugy●yf
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
answered
sayenge
Syre
I
haue
not
begyled
ne
trowbled
my
frendes
.
ne
none
other
persones
of
the
worlde
.
¶
But
I
desire
to
be
the
seruaunte
of
god
.
yf
it
playse
hym
/
¶
To
the
ende
that
I
may
saue
my
soule
the
whiche
is
loste
/
¶
And
therfore
I
praye
the
/
that
thou
receyue
me
in
to
thy
monasterye
for
to
serue
alle
the
brethern
therin
.
¶
Thenne
the
good
Abbot
tooke
hym
by
the
honde
.
as
he
hadde
knowen
hys
grete
deuocyon
/
And
ladde
hym
in
to
the
monasterye
/
sayenge
to
the
relygiouses
¶
Alle
ye
my
brethern
I
delyuer
to
you
this
chylde
namyd
Symeon
.
for
to
teche
and
enfourme
hym
in
the
Rules
of
oure
monasterye
/
¶
And
therfore
I
commaunde
you
that
eche
of
you
be
to
him
as
his
fader
/
For
I
byleue
that
he
shal
be
of
the
nombre
of
perfyghte
men
/
¶
The
chylde
Symeon
seruyd
the
sayde
Relygyous
by
the
space
of
foure
monethes
/
In
whyche
foure
monethes
he
lerned
the
Psaulter
.
In
lyuynge
allone
spyrytuelly
/
¶
For
the
refeccyon
that
he
hadde
wyth
the
Relygyouses
.
he
gaaf
it
secretely
to
the
poore
people
/
¶
And
notwythstondynge
that
the
brethern
toke
theyr
refeccyon
alwaye
atte
euyn
.
saynt
Symeon
tooke
noo
thynge
but
on
the
seuenth
daye
/
¶
On
a
daye
amonge
the
other
.
he
tooke
the
corde
of
the
pytte
.
by
whyche
they
drewe
the
water
/
and
bounde
it
on
his
bare
flesshe
abowte
his
raynes
and
his
sholdres
/
¶
And
soo
faste
he
bounde
it
abowte
.
that
the
corde
entred
wyth
in
his
flesshe
vnto
the
bone
/
¶
And
for
this
cause
his
flesshe
roted
.
and
was
ful
of
vermyn
The
whyche
fell
from
hym
in
suche
wise
as
the
good
Symeon
walked
¶
Now
it
happed
that
the
bredern
knew
that
he
ete
not
but
from
one
son
daye
to
a nother
/
And
they
founde
him
gyuynge
his
porcyon
to
the
poore
people
¶
And
soo
they
accused
hym
to
the
Abbot
sayenge
That
he
brake
the
rules
of
the
abbay
/
And
also
that
he
was
alle
enfecte
.
And
they
felte
hym
moche
stynkynge
/
¶
The
Abbot
made
hym
to
come
speke
to
hym
.
In
repreuynge
hym
of
his
strayte
lyfe
.
By
cause
he
ete
not
euery
daye
ones
lyke
as
he
hymselfe
dyde
/
And
there
was
noo
dyscyple
aboue
his
mayster
/
¶
And
after
he
made
hym
to
be
dyspoylled
/
And
thenne
they
founde
how
he
was
bounde
wyth
a
corde
.
And
that
it
was
the
cause
why
he
stanke
soo
/
¶
The
Abbot
was
gretly
abasshed
.
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
goo
oute
of
the
monasterye
.
But
fyrste
they
tooke
it
from
hym
wyth
grete
payne
and
smarte
/
And
dyde
doo
hele
hym
/
¶
And
that
done
he
departed
oute
of
the
monasterye
secretely
/
And
went
vnto
a
deserte
place
.
whyche
was
not
ferre
from
the
sayde
monasterye
/
Where
he
founde
a
pytte
.
whyche
was
not
vsyd
/
And
in
whyche
was
noo
water
/
but
there
were
therin
euyll
spyrytes
.
¶
The
nyghte
folowynge
was
shewed
to
the
Abbot
Thymothee
.
that
many
armyd
people
came
for
to
assyege
the
howse
for
to
haue
the
good
seruaunt
of
god
Symeon
/
¶
And
yf
they
wold
not
delyuere
hym
/
That
they
wolde
thretene
to
brenne
theym
and
all
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
Whanne
Thymothee
was
awakyd
consyderyng
this
reuelacyon
/
And
that
he
hadde
soo
blamyd
the
seruaunte
of
god
.
was
sore
aferde
.
and
recyted
to
his
brethern
the
sayde
reuelacyon
/
¶
And
how
he
was
therwyth
sore
trowblyd
/
¶
The
nyghte
folowynge
came
abowte
the
howse
moche
people
.
that
cryed
wyth
an
hyghe
voyce
/
¶
Thymothee
delyuer
to
vs
Symeon
.
¶
He
is
better
bylouyd
wyth
god
thanne
thou
/
Wherfore
haste
thou
trowbled
hym
soo
hardely
/
¶
Alle
the
heuenly
courte
is
wrothe
wyth
the
/
¶
By
cause
for
hym
god
shall
doo
merueyllous
thynges
/
whyche
man
neuer
dyde
/
¶
Incontynente
Tymothee
aroos
.
and
went
to
his
brethern
.
commaudynge
theim
that
wyth
oure
delaye
they
sholde
goo
and
fynde
Symeon
/
or
ellis
they
were
all
in
way
to
deye
wythin
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
The
brethern
anone
wente
oute
of
their
chyrche
for
to
go
seche
where
thei
myghte
fynde
the
good
Symeon
/
but
they
cowde
not
fynde
hym
/
¶
Thenne
they
retorned
to
the
Abbot
sayeng
.
that
they
hadde
serched
ouer
alle
sauf
in
the
pytte
of
the
deserte
/
¶
The
abbot
whyche
of
thise
tydynges
was
moche
dysplaysed
.
tooke
wyth
hym
fyne
of
hys
brethern
.
wyth
whom
he
transported
hym
vnto
the
sayde
pytte
.
wherin
the
good
Symeon
was
descended
/
¶
And
tofor
●r
they
wolde
goo
downe
in
that
place
.
they
made
theyr
prayers
to
god
to
haue
grace
for
to
fynde
the
good
relygyous
Symeon
/
And
that
he
wolde
kepe
theym
from
Inconuenyent
/
And
that
done
they
descended
in
to
the
pytt
¶
The
holy
man
Symeon
seenge
theym
there
sayde
to
theym
/
O
ye
seruauntes
of
god
/
I
praye
you
suffre
ye
me
to
abyde
here
.
that
I
maye
yelde
my
spyryte
to
god
/
For
I
haue
but
a
lytyl
whyle
to
lyue
/
And
my
soule
is
yet
alle
greuyd
of
that
I
haue
enfecte
your
house
/
¶
The
Abbot
ansuerd
/
Certaynly
my
frende
we
shall
not
leue
the
here
/
But
thou
shalte
come
with
vs
in
to
our
monasterye
/
For
we
knowe
that
thou
arte
louyd
of
god
/
¶
Thyse
wordes
sayde
they
broughte
hym
wolde
he
or
noo
into
theyr
chyrche
/
In
whyche
alle
they
felle
downe
to
his
fete
.
and
cryed
hym
mercy
of
the
offence
that
they
had
done
to
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
wepynge
sayde
to
theym
/
Helas
my
brethern
ye
grieue
me
to
exalte
me
thus
that
am
a
poore
synnar
/
And
ye
ben
soo
holy
faders
/
¶
A
yere
after
dwelled
saynt
Symeon
in
the
sayde
monasterye
/
And
after
he
departed
secretely
in
to
a
solytary
place
Whyche
was
not
ferre
from
the
sayde
monasterye
/
¶
And
there
edefyed
a
lytyll
cloysture
of
stones
/
And
there
dwellyd
he
thre
yeres
/
¶
In
that
tyme
beganne
his
fame
to
growe
in
the
places
nyghe
vnto
his
habytacyon
in
whyche
he
dwellyd
after
by
the
space
of
.xvi.
yeres
/
¶
Thenne
it
happed
that
his
sayde
fame
and
renommee
spradde
ouer
all
the
countree
/
¶
And
was
soo
agreable
to
the
people
.
that
they
made
to
hym
two
chyrches
.
in
whyche
he
dwellyd
yet
by
the
space
of
foure
yere
/
¶
The
whiche
yeres
passed
.
he
di●e
many
grete
miracles
.
In
helynge
by
his
prayers
many
that
were
dombe
/
Some
demonyakes
.
Blynde·
deyf
.
Lazars
.
and
other
sekenesses
/
¶
Moche
people
.
as
well
Sarrasyns
as
Persaūs
.
and
of
other
ferre
regyons
herynge
the
bruyte
of
his
vertuous
renommee
camen
to
hym
/
as
well
for
to
serue
hym
and
honoure
hym
/
as
for
to
receyue
the
faythe
catholyke
of
him
¶
He
beyng
in
the
sayd
place
.
the
deuyl
apered
to
him
in
the
forme
of
a
shynynge
angel·
beyng
in
a
charyot
whyche
was
conduyted
&
ladde
by
the
strengthe
of
horses
all
enflamed
.
the
whiche
lyghted
al
the
place
.
where
as
saynt
Symeon
was
/
To
whom
the
deuyll
began
to
saye
thise
wordes
.
Symeon
take
hede
to
that
whiche
god
sendith
to
the
by
me
/
I
am
come
hyder
for
to
ranyssh
that
in
this
charyot
/
as
was
the
gode
prophete
Helye
.
Thy
tyme
is
comen
/
Come
vppe
wyth
me
her
in
/
To
the
ende
that
thou
come
in
to
paradyse
/
¶
Where
as
ben
the
aungels
accompanyenge
the
moder
of
god
/
the
Appostles
.
and
alle
the
heuenly
courte
/
¶
And
dyfferre
it
not
/
For
I
woll
retorne
to
heuen
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
full
of
humylyte
&
prudence
.
that
somwhat
was
disceyued
made
his
prayer
to
god
in
sayenge
/
Helas
my
Redemer
.
me
that
am
a
poore
synnar
.
Wylt
thou
rauysshe
in
to
heuen
¶
And
in
sayenge
thyse
wordes
.
he
lyfte
vppe
his
ryghte
foote
and
his
honde
also
.
for
to
mounte
and
goo
vppe
in
to
the
charyott
/
¶
But
fyrste
he
made
the
signe
of
the
Crosse
vppon
the
sayd
charyot
/
¶
And
Incontynent
it
vanysshed
alle
awaye
/
Where
by
he
knewe
that
it
was
the
deuyll
.
whyche
wolde
haue
disceyued
hym
/
Wherof
he
was
moche
abasshed
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
his
righte
foote
was
ouer
redy
to
ascende
in
the
sayde
charyot
/
He
made
it
to
bere
penaunce
.
¶
For
he
was
an
hoole
yere
vpon
a
pyler
hauynge
oonly
one
fote
on
the
erthe
/
And
there
susteyned
hym
but
one
fote
/
¶
There
engendred
a
postom
in
his
legge
.
out
of
whyche
fell
downe
grete
multytude
of
vermyn
.
aswell
vppon
the
pyler
.
as
vpon
the
grounde
/
¶
Now
he
had
wyth
hym
a
yonge
discyple
namyd
Anthonye
.
whiche
after
wrote
his
lyfe
.
The
whyche
in
obeyenge
the
commaundement
of
the
sayd
saynt
Symeon
.
gadred
&
toke
to
hym
the
sayd
vermyn
that
fyll
fro
the
sayd
apostome
/
that
whyche
he
puttynge
theym
in
to
the
sore
.
sayenge
to
theym
th
example
of
Iob
¶
Take
ye
&
ete
that
god
hath
sent
to
you
/
¶
Bazylle
kyng
of
the
Sarrasyns
herynge
the
fame
of
his
holy
life
transported
hymself
for
to
se
hym
.
¶
And
he
beynge
comen
founde
hym
prayenge
to
god
.
¶
But
in
soo
dooynge
fell
downe
a
worme
from
his
sore
vpon
the
same
kynge
/
¶
The
whyche
meuyd
of
a
feruent
deuocyon
that
he
had
to
the
holy
man
.
tooke
the
same
worme
and
layed
vppon
his
eyen
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
repreuynge
hym
askyd
hym
wherfore
he
hadde
soo
doo
.
sayenge
to
hym
that
it
was
noo
thynge
but
a
worme
/
To
whom
the
same
kinge
ansuered
that
it
was
noo
worme
.
but
it
was
a
precious
stone
/
And
soo
it
was
verely
/
¶
For
by
myracle
.
and
by
the
grete
faythe
of
the
sayd
kynge
.
the
sayd
worme
in
his
honde
was
conuerted
in
to
a
precyous
stone
namyd
Margaryte
¶
And
therwith
departed
the
good
kynge
replenysshyd
in
good
faythe
/
¶
And
toke
leue
of
the
holy
fader
Symeon
/
¶
Longe
tyme
after
his
moder
herde
tydynges
of
hym
.
And
came
to
hys
chyrche
for
to
se
hym
/
¶
But
by
cause
that
wymmen
neuer
entred
in
where
as
he
was
/
The
good
holy
man
whyche
had
herde
and
well
vnderstonde
the
voys
of
his
moder
.
dyde
doo
saye
.
and
prayed
her
/
that
she
wolde
haue
a
lytyl
pacience
.
and
that
in
short
tyme
by
the
playsur
of
god
.
they
shold
eche
of
them
se
other
That
seeng
his
moder
begun
to
wepe
sayng
to
him
/
Helas
my
sone
this
is
the
receyuyng
&
rewarde
that
thou
dost
to
me
.
for
to
haue
born
that
in
my
beli
.
&
haue
yeuen
the
swete
mylke
out
of
my
pappes
.
&
after
so
swetly
haue
norisshed
/
Certain
I
haue
done
pore
nourysshyng
.
whan
in
stede
to
receyue
me
.
thou
yeuest
to
me
wepynge
&
waylynge
/
Helas
who
shold
not
wepe
that
heryth
her
sone
thus
speke
to
his
moder
/
¶
Whanne
the
holy
man
herde
the
lamentacyons
of
his
moder
/
He
began
to
wepe
as
strongely
as
she
dyde
/
And
after
he
sayde
to
her
swetely
wythoute
to
see
her
face
/
¶
My
lady
&
my
moder
wepe
no
more
.
For
I
promyse
you
that
wythin
shorte
tyme
we
shall
se
eche
other
/
¶
His
moder
not
contente
of
hys
ansuere
.
prayed
for
to
se
hym
more
than
tofore
/
sayenge
/
¶
My
sone
I
praye
the
in
the
name
of
hym
that
hath
formyd
the.
syth
that
I
haue
be
soo
long
out
of
thi
presence
.
that
now
I
maye
se
the.
or
that
I
maye
more
playnly
here
thy
voys
/
or
elles
I
am
deed
/
¶
Thynke
how
thy
fader
is
deed
for
loue
of
the
/
Helas
my
sone·
doo
not
so
that
I
deye
in
this
heuynesse
/
¶
Thyse
wordes
sayde
.
she
slepte
as
heuy
&
sore
gryeuyd
/
For
thre
dayes
&
thre
nightes
she
had
contynuelly
prayed
for
to
se
hym
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Symeon
beganne
to
praye
god
for
her
/
And
Incontynent
she
rendred
vpp
her
soule
to
god
¶
That
done
the
dede
corps
was
born
tofore
the
holy
man
/
that
whyche
made
his
prayer
to
god
for
her
sayenge
/
¶
My
god
I
praye
the
to
take
the
soule
of
my
good
moder
/
the
whyche
hath
endured
somoche
sorowe
for
me
.
&
anone
the
body
of
his
moder
began
to
moue
in
the
presence
of
all
the
assystentis
/
¶
And
after
saynt
Symeon
made
an
other
prayer
sayenge
/
My
god
whyche
syttyst
in
trone
aboue
Cherubyns
.
and
that
seest
cleerly
all
thynges
.
vnto
th
abbysmes
&
lowest
places
/
And
Adam
tofore
he
was
born
.
whyche
haste
promysed
thy
reame
to
theym
that
loue
the.
the
spakeste
to
Moyses
in
thenflāmed
busshe
.
&
gauest
thy
benedyccion
to
Abraham
Whiche
puttest
the
soules
of
good
persones
in
eternall
glorye
&
them
of
euyl
lyfe
in
perpetuell
fyre
.
¶
And
also
that
gauest
refeccyon
to
Helye
by
two
crowes
Now
receyue
the
soule
of
my
moder
wyth
the
holy
faders
.
lyke
as
onely
thou
mayst
doo
.
&
none
other
/
¶
After
this
prayer
accomplysshed
.
he
ne
lyued
but
.xvi.
yere
/
¶
In
the
tyme
nyhe
vnto
his
monastery
towarde
the
partyes
of
the
Northe
dwellyd
a
dragon
.
whyche
was
soo
venemous
.
that
there
aboute
as
he
was
grewe
noo
grasse
ne
herbe
¶
That
dragon
by
caas
of
fortune
or
otherwyse
.
was
put
in
his
right
eye
a
stake
of
a
c●byte
longe
/
&
soo
came
tofore
the
place
where
as
the
holy
man
was
.
¶
And
bi
a
sygne
oonly
that
the
sayd
Symeon
made
vpon
the
sayd
dragon
.
the
stake
fell
out
of
his
eye
/
The
relygiouses
thenne
beyng
present
seeng
this
myracle
.
with
drewe
theym
togyder
to
theyr
monastery
&
gaaf
deuowtly
thankynges
to
god
¶
The
sayd
beest
thus
guarisshed
&
helyd
as
sayde
is
wythdrewe
hym
from
theym
.
wythout
dooynge
ony
dysplaysure
in
ony
wyse
/
¶
And
after
that
al
the
brethern
relygyous
were
wythdrawen
in
to
their
chirche
the
same
dragon
fell
downe
humbly
tofore
the
dore
of
the
sayd
chyrche
.
for
to
gyue
thankynges
to
the
holy
man
Simeon
of
the
good
that
he
had
done
to
hym
by
his
prayers
/
¶
In
the
tyme
a
woman
drynkynge
out
of
a
stone
potte
.
receyued
drynkyng
in
to
her
body
a
lytyll
serpente
.
beynge
in
the
same
potte
/
Wherof
she
was
so●
greuously
seke
.
that
the
Physicyens
ne
the
Magycyens
cowde
fynde
noo
remedye
/
¶
Thenne
was
she
broughte
vnto
saynt
Symeon
/
The
whyche
Incontynent
sette
her
on
the
grounde
/
¶
And
wythoute
to
gyue
to
her
ony
medycyne
made
her
to
drynke
of
the
water
of
his
monastery
/
¶
And
as
soone
as
she
had
drunken
therof
/
The
serpente
sprange
oute
or
her
body
.
as
longe
as
thre
cubytes
or
there
abowtes
/
And
the
woman
was
all
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
¶
And
the
same
houre
the
sayde
serpente
clefte
asondre
/
And
was
hanged
vpp
in
the
same
place
by
the
space
of
seuen
dayes
for
a
perpetuell
remembraunce
/
¶
It
was
soo
that
in
the
sayde
place
there
was
no
water·
In
suche
wise
that
not
oonly
the
men
.
but
also
the
beestes
●eyed
for
thurste
¶
Thenne
saynt
Symeon
was
requyred
to
praye
god
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
theym
water
/
¶
And
Incontynent
the
grounde
opened
.
and
caste
oute
water
habundantly
/
¶
And
after
he
dide
delue
in
the
sayde
place
to
the
depnesse
of
seuen
cubytes
/
And
neuer
after
they
faylled
water
/
¶
In
that
countree
there
was
a
beeste
namyd
Parde
/
Of
whyche
beest
whan
the
lyon
hadde
to
doo
wyth
her
.
he
engendred
on
her
.
a nother
beest
callyd
a
Leoparde
/
¶
For
the
crueltee
of
that
beest
durste
noo
persone
goo
thorugh
the
feldes
/
¶
That
seenge
the
dwellars
in
that
countree
.
For
to
haue
ayde
&
comforte
came
to
saynt
Symeon
/
¶
The
whyche
commaunded
theym
that
they
sholde
sowe
and
sprynge
on
the
grounde
the
water
of
their
chyrche
.
in
the
places
where
as
the
sayde
beest
haunted
.
And
soo
they
dyde
/
And
anone
they
were
of
hym
delyuered
.
¶
And
anone
after
they
founde
the
beest
myraculously
deed
/
¶
Thenne
they
thanked
god
.
In
the
name
of
whom
saynt
Symeon
made
so
grete
&
euydent
myracles
/
¶
And
whanne
he
dide
ony
on
ony
persone
.
he
deffended
theym
that
he
sholde
neuer
shewe
ony
thynge
.
but
onely
they
shold
thanke
god
.
and
noothynge
hym
/
Gyuyng
to
theym
to
vnderstonde
.
that
god
hadd
helyd
theym
.
and
not
he
/
¶
Aboue
alle
thynges
he
forbadde
theim
that
they
sholde
not
swere
the
name
of
god
/
but
oonly
for
Iuste
cause
¶
And
for
vniuste
they
sholde
swere
by
the
name
of
Symeon
the
poore
synnar
/
¶
And
saynt
Iherom
sayth
.
that
yet
in
the
partyes
of
the
Eest
and
other
straunge
Regyons
.
they
of
the
sayde
partyes
and
regions
swere
oonly
and
comynly
the
name
of
saynt
Symeon
/
¶
A
theyf
named
Ionathas
for
the
grete
and
myscheuous
euyllis
that
he
hadde
done
.
was
soo
strongely
chacyd
that
he
was
constrayned
to
entree
in
to
the
chyrche
of
saynt
Symeon
/
And
enbracyd
a
pylar
by
the
whyche
he
stode
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
demaunded
hym
what
he
was
/
¶
And
wherfore
he
was
there
entred
/
To
whom
he
ansuered
.
I
am
Ionathas
.
whyche
haue
done
soo
moche
euyll
in
the
worlde
.
But
I
woll
repente
me
.
and
doo
penaunce
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
sayde
to
him
/
Thou
arte
ryght
welcome
my
brother
.
for
the
penitentis
is
the
reame
of
heuen
/
But
come
not
hither
for
to
tempte
me
.
ne
also
for
to
retourne
to
thy
synne
/
¶
And
thus
sayeng
came
the
offycers
of
Anthyoche
that
sayde
to
saynt
Symeon
/
¶
Delyuer
to
vs
the
theyf
Ionathas
.
or
ellys
alle
the
cyte
shall
aryse
and
moeue
theym
agaynst
the.
For
the
beestes
ben
red●
for
to
deuoure
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Symeon
ansuered
.
My
frendes
I
haue
not
broughte
hym
hyther
.
It
is
a
gretter
mayster
thanne
I
¶
And
therfore
yf
ye
maye
take
him
wyth
you
/
For
as
towchynge
to
me
I
dare
not
towche
hym
.
by
cause
I
drede
god
.
whiche
hathe
sent
hym
hyther
/
¶
Thenne
they
retornyd
and
sayde
to
the
lordes
of
the
Iustyce
/
where
they
hadde
fonde
hym
/
and
that
whyche
Symeon
hadde
sayde
to
them
Wherfore
they
durste
not
towche
hym
/
¶
The
theyf
Ionathas
whyche
thenne
was
conuerted
.
and
contynuenge
in
lamentacyons
and
wepynges
/
After
that
he
hadde
ben
there
seuen
dayes
.
in
holdynge
the
sayde
pylar
.
sayde
to
saynt
Symeon
/
¶
My
lorde
and
frende
yf
it
playse
the
I
am
redy
to
goo
hens
/
¶
Symeon
ansuered
/
Arte
thou
now
wery
to
doo
penaunce
.
And
wolt
thou
reto●ne
to
thy
malyce
accustomyd
.
Ionathas
ansuered
/
Naye
my
lorde
I
am
not
But
the
tyme
is
come
that
I
must
deye
/
¶
And
in
sayenge
thyse
wordes
.
he
yelded
vpp
his
spurte
to
god
.
Thenne
as
they
wolde
haue
buryed
hym
came
the
Iustyces
of
Anthyche
.
wenynge
to
haue
taken
hym
/
¶
saynt
Symeon
thenne
ansuered
.
¶
My
frendes
he
that
sente
hym
hythe●
comyth
to
fetche
him
wyth
all
the
celestyall
cour●e
.
The
whiche
maye
you
and
youre
cytee
make
to
sinke
in
to
helle
/
And
the
poore
Ionathas
theyf
make
to
ascende
in
to
heuen
¶
And
knowe
ye
that
I
myselfe
.
yf
I
hadde
knowen
that
god
wolde
not
haue
be
dysplaysed
wyth
me
.
I
wolde
haue
delyuered
hym
to
you
/
And
therfore
traueylle
ye
noo
more
/
¶
The
lordes
of
the
Iustyse
herynge
thyse
wordes
retorned
agayne
.
And
recounted
and
tolde
alle
that
they
hadde
seen
/
¶
A
lytyll
tyme
after
one
named
Anthony
.
Of
whom
is
tofore
spoken
.
and
the
whyche
hadde
longe
serued
saynt
Symeon
founde
hym
in
prayer
/
And
by
cause
he
had
be
soo
thre
dayes
.
that
is
to
wyte
.
the
Frydaye
.
Saterday
.
and
Sonday
.
Durynge
the
whyche
he
had
not
spoken
.
but
was
there
as
vnmoeuable
/
the
good
relygyous
Anthony
was
moche
abasshed
/
¶
And
sayde
to
hym
.
My
lorde
and
my
fader
.
it
is
tyme
that
thou
aryse
/
For
it
is
thre
dayes
now
sythen
the
people
haue
taryed
for
to
haue
thy
blessynge
/
To
whom
saynt
Symeon
ansueryd
noo
worde
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
Anthony
/
Alas
what
maye
I
haue
trespassed
to
the.
that
thou
spekest
noo
thynge
to
me
/
And
seenge
that
he
spake
not
/
He
durste
not
awake
hym
/
For
he
dradde
hym
moche
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
abode
by
hym
by
the
space
of
halfe
an
hour
/
¶
And
after
he
approchyd
nere
to
hym
/
And
layed
his
ce●e
to
his
vysage
.
for
to
knowe
yf
he
were
deed
or
a
lyue
/
¶
But
he
felte
noo
thinge
but
an
odoure
soo
swete
that
all
the
place
was
replenysshyd
wyth
all
/
¶
Thenne
knewe
he
wel
that
he
was
departed
out
of
this
worlde
/
¶
Thenne
Incontynent
he
beganne
to
kysse
hym
.
his
eyen
.
hys
berde
.
Wepynge
bytterly
.
and
sayde
.
Helas
my
lorde
and
my
mayster
Wherfore
leuest
thou
me
/
Who
shall
be
he
that
shall
gyue
to
me
doctryne
.
as
thou
hast
doon
.
¶
What
shall
I
saye
to
the
malades
and
seke
people
.
that
shall
come
hyther
to
haue
helthe
/
¶
Helas
now
I
see
the.
and
tomorne
I
shall
lese
the
/
¶
After
many
lamentacyons
the
good
Anthony
slepte
/
And
as
he
slepte
he
be●de
a
voyce
that
sayde
/
Anthony
I
shal
not
leue
the
here
in
this
place
.
ne
in
the
mountayne
in
whyche
I
am
Illumy●ed
wyth
the
grace
of
god
/
¶
Thou
shalte
goo
secretely
in
to
Anthyoche
/
to
the
ende
that
the
people
moeue
theym
not
/
And
shalt
telle
the
tydynges
of
my
dethe
/
¶
For
now
I
am
departed
lyke
as
it
hathe
playsed
to
my
Redemer
/
¶
Thou
shalte
neuer
cesse
to
pray
god
in
this
place
here
/
And
he
shall
rewarde
the
in
heuen
/
¶
Whanne
Anthony
was
awaked
.
he
merueylled
moche
sayenge
¶
O
my
lorde
and
mayster
.
remembre
thou
me
in
the
glorye
in
whyche
thou
arte
now
¶
After
he
kissed
his
fete
.
and
layed
his
hondes
vppon
his
eyen
.
sayenge
/
¶
My
lorde
I
praye
the
gyue
to
me
thy
blessynge
/
¶
And
beganne
agayn
to
wepe
sayenge
/
Helas
for
to
haue
mynde
of
the.
What
pyece
of
a
Relique
shal
I
take
of
thy
body
/
¶
And
soo
sayeng
the
body
beganne
to
moeue
.
Wherfore
he
was
affrayed
that
he
durste
not
towche
it
/
¶
And
bi
cause
none
sholde
knowe
therof
/
He
sente
secretely
one
of
hys
brethern
to
the
Bysshop
of
Anthyoche
The
whyche
accompanyed
wyth
two
other
Bisshoppis
and
also
wyth
Ardahoruis
Prynce
of
the
chyualrye
of
Anthyoche
transported
theym
thyder
.
and
dyde
laye
the
holy
corps
tofore
the
aulter
of
his
chyrche
/
¶
And
t
hystorye
sayth
that
the
byrdes
fledden
abowte
the
place
where
as
he
was
.
makynge
grete
cryes
and
chaterynge
in
manere
of
wepinge
and
waylynges
/
¶
The
people
also
and
the
beestes
assembled
in
soo
grete
nombre
.
that
they
were
estemyd
well
atte
seuen
thousande
.
demeanynge
for
his
dethe
a
merueyllouse
heuynesse
/
¶
The
mountaynes
.
the
feldes
.
trees
.
and
also
herbes
of
the
places
nighe
by
suffreden
for
his
dethe
/
¶
For
ouer
alle
there
abowte
they
were
enuyronned
wyth
a
derke
clowde
testefyenge
and
wytnessynge
the
bytternesse
that
they
hadde
.
¶
Also
the
good
Anthonye
abode
seuen
houres
the
aungell
of
god
.
shynynge
as
a
lyghtnynge
And
his
clothes
whyte
as
snowe
Wyth
whom
were
seuen
auncyent
faders
.
whiche
longe
tyme
were
by
the
corps
/
But
what
they
dyde
ne
sayd
.
knoweth
none
Lyke
as
sayth
saynt
Iherom
/
¶
Durynge
the
tyme
that
the
body
was
in
the
chyrche
.
The
Patryarke
of
Anthyoche
wolde
haue
taken
of
his
berde
.
By
cause
he
knewe
that
he
was
a
man
of
holy
lyfe
.
But
Incontynent
thonde
wyth
whyche
he
wolde
haue
towched
it
.
waxyd
drye
/
But
after
by
the
prayers
of
theym
that
were
presente
and
by
the
euydente
myracle
he
was
heelyd
/
¶
Then
sware
he
that
neyther
man
ne
woman
sholde
towche
it
/
¶
Thyse
thynges
thus
done
in
grete
solempnyte
.
torches
and
tapres
beynge
lyghte
/
The
body
was
borne
to
Anthioche
/
¶
But
whan
he
was
withdrawen
fiue
myle
to
a
place
callyd
Mere.
myghte
neuer
man
make
hym
departe
from
that
place
/
¶
There
was
a
man
that
hadde
be
fourty
yere
deyf
and
dombe
.
and
began
to
crye
/
Ha
seruaunte
of
god
thou
arte
ryght
welcome
/
Thy
comynge
hath
yeuen
to
me
heryng
and
spekynge
/
¶
I
promyse
the
yf
I
lyue
long·
that
alway
I
shall
serue
the
wyth
body
and
soule
/
¶
After
he
aroos
and
tooke
one
of
the
beestes
that
ladde
the
corps
of
the
holy
man
/
And
anone
he
was
helyd
/
The
cause
of
the
accydente
of
this
deyf
and
dombe
man
was
this
/
¶
He
hadde
ben
amerous
of
a
fayre
yonge
woman
maryed
.
the
whyche
he
had
strongely
solycited
for
to
haue
her
company
.
To
the
whyche
he
cowde
not
come
/
¶
And
after
it
happed
that
she
deyed
.
whyche
dethe
came
to
the
knowlege
of
this
man
all
enraged
for
her
loue
/
¶
And
after
that
she
was
buryed
.
he
wente
to
her
sepulture
.
and
there
deffoyled
her
.
And
forthwyth
he
was
deyf
dombe
.
&
lame
/
and
soo
abode
in
the
same
place
duryng
fourty
yere
/
¶
All
the
cyteyzyns
of
Anthioche
came
in
grete
tryumphe
.
and
mete
wyth
the
body
.
and
bare
it
in
to
the
grete
chyrche
/
¶
And
there
in
the
chyrche
.
whiche
is
namyd
Penytence
.
in
the
whiche
after
his
buryenge
.
to
the
exaltacyon
of
his
gloryous
name
ben
shewed
&
done
Infenyte
myracles
/
And
more
merueylous
than
the●
that
haue
be
done
in
his
lyfe
/
¶
Many
prynces
&
lordes
haue
layed
oute
of
theyr
tresours
to
the
layd
chyrche
for
to
haue
of
hym
some
relyke
.
But
none
myghte
●e
had
be
cause
of
the
othe
that
the
bysshopp
made
/
that
his
body
sholde
neuer
be
towchyd
¶
Of
saynt
Symeon
byleue
ye
stedfastly
.
that
who
someuer
for
the
honour
of
god
&
of
hym
shall
haue
the
lyfe
of
him
by
wrytynge
.
and
shall
rede
it
deuowtly
.
and
seruynge
hym
wyth
good
deuocyon
.
He
shall
be
rewarded
for
his
merytes
in
the
celestyall
glorye
.
¶
To
the
whiche
by
his
Int●essions
.
lete
vs
prayes
almyghty
god
.
that
we
maye
obteyne
/
Amen
/
¶
Of
saynt
Eufraxe
vyrgyn
/
Whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
In
diebus
theodo●u
/
Caplm
.xlvii.
IN
the
tyme
that
regned
Theodocyen
the
Iust
emperour
of
the
Romayns
.
There
was
at
Rome
a
Senatoure
namyd
Antigonius
the
whiche
had
a
doughter
namyd
Eufrare
/
¶
The
sayd
Antigonius
was
a
man
soo
prudent
and
of
soo
god●
counseylle
.
that
he
gouerned
after
the
lawe
of
the
Romayns
all
the
countree
of
●●●ye
/
¶
He
was
soo
moche
humayn
that
he
had
compassion
of
eche
persone
and
admynystred
to
the
poore
all
they●
necessytees
/
¶
The
emperour
louyd
hym
not
oonly
by
cause
he
was
his
kysnesman·
but
also
by
cause
he
was
of
right
good
&
prouffytable
counseylle
/
¶
He
h●
bounded
in
rychesse
&
goodes
temporal
asmoche
as
ony
man
of
the
cyte
/
And
he
had
a
wyfe
descended
of
the
propre
&
very
lygnage
of
Emperours
the
whiche
also
was
called
Eufraxe
a
woman
Iuste
&
mercyful
.
and
garnysshyd
with
alle
other
vertues
/
¶
Antigonius
after
thenne
certayne
tyme
that
god
had
sente
hym
his
fayre
doughter
Eufraxe
.
Thynkynge
the
saluacyon
of
his
soule
/
Deuysed
wyth
his
wyfe
Eufraxe
of
holy
wordes
&
deuowte
/
¶
And
emong
alle
other
he
sayde
to
her
/
¶
Eufraxe
my
syster
and
loue
thou
knoweste
that
this
lyfe
is
transitory
.
and
maye
no
lenger
dure
thanne
foure
score
yere
/
Thou
knoweste
also
that
the
worldly
rychesses
.
and
the
vanytee
of
this
worlde
arn
noo
thynge
but
a
lytyll
wynde
/
¶
But
the
rychesses
of
heuen
ben
alwaye
durable
&
perpetuel
/
¶
Now
my
syster
thou
oughtest
to
knowe
.
that
all
they
that
louen
dysordynatly
the
honoures
of
thys
worlde
.
ben
pryued
from
the
goodes
of
heuen
/
¶
And
ofte
the
rychesse
&
worldly
possessyons
ben
cause
of
the
confusyon
.
and
vtterly
dystruccyon
of
theim
that
haue
theym
/
¶
His
wyfe
herynge
thyse
wordes
sayd
to
hym
/
What
playsyth
that
that
we
doo
/
Commaunde
thy
good
playsure
and
I
shall
accomplysshe
it
¶
For
thy
wyll
is
myne
.
That
whyche
thou
wolte
.
I
woll
/
¶
Antigonius
ansueryd
We
haue
a
doughter
god
be
thankyd
/
And
we
oughte
to
be
contente
that
one
wyth
that
other
wythout
to
haue
affectyon
to
lyue
emonge
the
voluptuosytees
of
this
worlde
/
¶
Thenne
his
wyfe
lyfted
vpp
her
hondes
to
heuen
in
sayenge
/
O
my
lorde
&
loue
blessyd
be
our
lorde
that
hath
made
the
worthy
to
knowe
thyne
helthe
/
¶
Truely
my
loue
I
haue
many
tymes
prayed
god
/
that
he
wolde
humble
the.
and
torne
thyne
entendemente
to
wyll
to
flee
thy
flesshely
concupyscences
&
worldly
/
But
I
neuer
durste
declare
to
the
ony
thynge
therof
.
for
the
grete
fere
&
gode
loue
that
I
had
to
the
/
¶
And
for
asmoche
as
thy
wyll
is
suche
/
Lete
vs
departe
of
our
temporell
goodes
to
the
ende
that
they
be
not
cause
to
make
vs
descende
in
to
helle
/
¶
Other
holsom
reasons
.
the
lady
gaaf
to
Antigonius
her
husbond
.
the
whiche
herof
praysynge
.
&
thankynge
god
with
all
his
herte
.
Dystrybuted
the
gretest
parte
of
his
goodes
to
the
poore
people
/
¶
And
after
lyued
not
but
one
yere
wyth
his
good
lyfe
holy
&
vertuouse
in
perfyghte
deuocyon·
chastytee
&
contynence
/
¶
Of
his
dethe
was
moche
sorowfull
the
emperour
.
whyche
was
of
hys
kynne
and
also
alle
the
Romayns
for
the
grete
vertues
that
were
in
hym
/
And
also
for
the
pyte
that
they
hadd
of
his
wyfe
Eufraxe
.
whiche
had
not
b●
but
.ij.
&
iij
monethes
wyth
hym
/
¶
After
that
he
was
buryed
.
the
good
lady
Eufraxe
toke
her
doughter
also
namyd
Eufraxe
And
presented
her
to
the
Emperour
.
&
to
her
frendes
.
sayenge
.
¶
O
souerayne
emperour
.
and
ye
alle
my
lordes
&
frendes
I
put
in
to
your
hondes
this
poore
Orphelyne
.
Humbly
you
supplyenge
.
that
in
fauoure
&
contemplacyon
of
the
gode
&
very
loue
that
ye
had
to
her
fader
Antigonius
.
it
wolde
playse
you
to
doo
her
to
be
Instructe
and
taughte
in
gode
maners
&
vertues
.
And
to
be
to
her
gode
faders
&
conduytours
/
¶
The
lordes
herynge
this
pyteuous
requeste
.
were
in
contynent
moeuyd
to
wepynge
&
waylynge
/
¶
And
a
lytyll
after
that
they
had
resprysed
theyr
spyrytes
.
the
emperour
desyred
&
counseylled
the
good
lady
that
she
sholde
consente
to
the
maryage
of
her
fayr
doughter
/
&
of
one
of
the
Senatours
the
rychest
of
alle
the
other
/
¶
To
the
whyche
she
accorded
/
And
the
sayde
doughter
receyued
ernest
of
the
maryage
/
¶
But
after
by
cause
that
the
sayde
doughter
atte
that
tyme
that
the
sayde
Maryage
was
treated
/
was
but
fyue
yere
olde
/
And
that
the
senatoure
was
greuyd
to
abyde
tyll
that
she
were
suffysaunte
of
aege
.
for
to
accomplysshe
the
sayde
maryage
/
¶
He
concluded
to
demaunde
the
moder
to
his
wyfe
/
¶
And
for
to
come
to
his
entencyon
/
He
sente
notable
ladyes
to
the
Emperesse
for
to
labour
that
the
moder
wolde
take
to
husbonde
the
sayde
Senatour
/
The
whyche
thynge
the
sayde
Emperesse
and
the
sayde
ladyes
supposyd
to
haue
made
and
accomplysshed
it
¶
But
the
good
lady
wydowe
wolde
neuer
in
that
maner
leue
her
●e●e
to
here
it
/
But
repre●yd
theym
angrely
.
In
shewynge
to
theym
the
grete
Inconuenyent
in
whyche
they
wolde
brynge
her
That
is
to
wyte
in
desyrynge
her
to
leue
the
way
of
helthe
.
for
to
take
the
worldely
waye
.
for
to
brynge
her
to
eternal
dampnacyon
/
And
emonge
other
wordes
she
sayde
to
the
emperesse
/
¶
A
madame
.
to
what
thynge
woll
ye
Induce
me
.
Alas
whanne
I
was
wyth
my
husbonde
that
was
.
I
kepte
chastytee
.
And
ye
labour
to
me
that
I
sholde
folowe
the
amorouse
wymmen
.
I
shall
neuer
doo
it
/
¶
The
emperour
induertysed
of
the
enterpryse
of
his
wyfe
.
was
euyll
contentent
wyth
her
.
sayenge
thyse
wordes
¶
Come
hyther
my
wyfe
.
ye
be
wel
presumptuous
to
woll
breke
the
maryage
whyche
hath
be
soo
honestely
begonne
¶
Ne
knowe
ye
not
that
oure
cosyn
&
kynnes
woman
Eufraxe
woll
lede
a
solytary
lyfe
/
¶
Haue
ye
now
forgoten
the
loue
that
ye
had
to
her
husbonde
whan
he
lyued
/
Woll
ye
now
doo
hym
Iniurye
/
¶
Alas
yf
ye
haue
louyd
hym
whyle
he
lyned
.
ye
oughte
after
his
deth
to
loue
his
wyfe
.
whyche
is
soo
good
and
Iuste
/
¶
The
emperesse
herynge
thyse
wordes
was
soo
moche
trowbled
.
that
she
was
two
houres
wythoute
spekynge
.
and
semyd
to
be
deed
/
¶
The
good
Eufraxe
knowynge
thyse
tydynges
/
was
in
lyke
wyse
wrothe
.
Doubtynge
that
it
sholde
be
layed
to
her
.
that
she
sholde
be
cause
of
the
dyscencyon
of
the
emperoure
&
of
his
wyfe
.
in
suche
wyse
that
she
myghte
be
in
daunger
of
deth
¶
And
in
waylynge
&
wepynge
she
sayd
to
her
doughter
¶
Lete
vs
goo
in
to
Egypte
my
dere
doughter
.
we
haue
there
many
londes
and
possessyons
.
whyche
I
shall
leue
vnto
the.
For
alle
that
I
haue
is
thyne
/
And
soo
they
wente
in
to
the
londe
of
Egypte
/
¶
They
●eynge
there
arryued
.
vysyted
her
londes
&
possessyons
.
And
fynably
came
in
to
the
partyes
of
Thebayde
.
where
they
dyde
many
almesses
to
the
monasteries
&
relygyons
/
¶
And
emonge
all
other
they
came
to
a
Relygyon
of
wymmen
in
a
towne
wherin
were
an
hundred
&
th●●ty
monasteryes
of
relygyouses
/
¶
There
some
ete
no
apples
ne
fygges
.
ne
dranke
no
wyne
.
The
other
ete
noo
oyle
ne
other
lycour
.
Other
fasted
an
hole
day
Other
wysshe
noo
fete
/
And
whanne
ony
spake
to
theym
they
were
abasshyd
¶
They
laye
on
the
erthe
.
and
ware
euery
daye
the
heyt
/
¶
And
yf
by
aduenture
one
of
theym
were
syke
/
there
was
noo
medycyne
gyuen
to
her
.
¶
But
the
sykenesse
that
she
hadde
.
was
reputed
for
a
benedyccion
of
god
.
¶
They
wente
neuer
out
of
the
monasterye
.
but
they
hadde
a
Portiere
.
the
whyche
gaaf
ansuere
to
alle
theym
that
came
thyder
/
Eufraxe
knowynge
the
honeste
and
deuowte
conuersacyon
of
the
sayde
Relygyouses
vysyted
theym
ofte
.
And
gaue
them
lyght
to
the
chyrche
.
for
to
doo
the
seruyce
of
god
/
¶
On
one
daye
emonge
the
other
Eufraxe
spake
to
th
abbesse
.
and
to
the
pryncypallis
of
the
monasterye
.
And
sayde
to
theym
/
My
good
ladyes
I
woll
yeue
to
you
twenty
or
thyrty
pounde
of
golde
of
reuenue
.
for
and
to
the
ende
.
that
it
wolde
playse
you
to
praye
god
for
Antigonius
and
his
doughter
.
the
whyche
I
presente
you
tofore
youre
faces
/
¶
The
Abbesse
ansuerd
/
My
dere
and
ryght
playsaunt
lady
.
youre
seruauntes
haue
noo
nede
of
youre
rentes
and
reuenues
/
¶
For
for
to
dyspyse
worldly
goodes
they
haue
put
theymselfe
in
to
this
monasterye
.
and
woll
be
poore
in
thys
worlde
for
to
be
ryche
in
that
other
/
¶
But
to
the
ende
that
ye
be
the
more
content
.
we
praye
you
that
it
may
playse
you
to
gyue
to
vs
some
oylle
and
candellis
for
to
accomplisshe
the
seruyse
of
god
.
And
that
shall
comforte
vs
more
than
other
goodes
/
¶
Thus
dyde
Eufraxe
.
in
prayenge
theym
humbly
that
they
wolde
praye
deuowtly
for
her
husbonde
and
her
doughter
/
¶
On
a
daye
it
happed
as
the
good
moder
brought
her
doughter
wyth
her
in
to
the
abbaye
/
¶
The
Abbesse
for
to
knowe
the
wyll
that
the
lytyll
doughter
Eufraxe
hadde
.
askyd
her
fyrste
yf
she
louyd
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
The
doughter
ansueryd
that
ye
.
and
all
the
sisters
in
lyke
wyse
/
¶
The
Abbesse
after
sayde
to
her
in
manere
/
for
to
passe
the
tyme
.
My
loue
syth
that
ye
loue
vs
wel
Woll
ye
dwell
with
vs
for
to
serue
god
¶
The
chylde
ansuered
.
that
yf
it
were
not
for
drede
of
her
moder
.
she
wold
neuer
departe
from
theym
/
¶
Yet
agayn
the
Abbesse
sayde
to
her
/
My
doughter
whom
loue
you
better
youre
husbonde
or
vs
/
She
ansuered
.
I
knewe
hym
neuer
.
ne
he
me
.
But
I
knowe
you
and
loue
you
.
¶
And
ye
whom
loue
ye
best
of
vs
.
or
hym
or
me
/
And
they
ansueryd
/
that
they
louyd
beste
god
theyr
maker
.
¶
The
mayde
ansueryd
.
Certaynly
I
loue
you
and
god
also
/
¶
The
goode
moder
hering
the
doughter
/
whyche
ansueryd
so
prudentely
.
seen
that
she
was
not
yet
seuen
yeres
olde
.
fell
in
to
wepynge
of
grete
habundaunce
of
teeres
/
¶
And
after
sayde
to
her
doughter
.
Come
now
hyther
my
doughter
it
is
tyme
that
we
retorne
home
to
oure
hous·
For
it
is
nyghe
euyn
and
late
/
¶
The
chylde
ansuered
that
she
wolde
abyde
wyth
the
Abbesse
.
To
whom
the
Abbesse
sayd
.
that
she
myghte
not
dwelle
there
in
their
monastery
/
but
yf
she
auowed
her
to
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
The
mayde
thenne
askyd
her
where
is
Ihesu
Cryst
.
The
Abbesse
shewed
to
her
.
the
ymage
of
the
Crucifyxe
¶
The
mayde
Incontynent
wente
and
kyssed
the
same
ymage
.
and
sayde
to
the
Abbesse
/
¶
Certaynly
madame
I
gyue
myselfe
to
my
Sauyoure
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
The
Abbesse
sayd
after
to
her
.
that
she
hadde
noo
place
for
her
.
ne
wyste
not
where
to
putte
her
/
¶
The
chylde
ansuered
that
she
wold
abyde
with
her
/
¶
Whanne
the
Abbesse
sawe
that
she
was
soo
constaunt
she
knewe
well
that
she
was
espyted
wyth
the
holy
goost
.
¶
And
sayde
to
her
moder
/
That
she
sholde
leue
her
there
in
the
sayde
monastery
.
¶
The
moder
beynge
strongely
comforted
in
her
spyryte
.
toke
her
doughter
And
ladde
her
byfore
th
ymage
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
Tofore
whyche
she
made
her
prayers
.
in
sayenge
/
¶
Looued
and
thankyd
be
thou
my
god
.
for
as
moche
as
it
hath
playsed
the
to
enspire
my
doughter
.
In
gyuynge
to
her
suche
affeccyon
/
that
she
hathe
gyuen
herselfe
to
the
in
her
yongthe
/
¶
Alas
my
god
take
the
charge
of
her
body
&
of
her
soule
syth
that
she
desyryth
to
serue
the
/
¶
After
she
tourned
her
towarde
her
doughter
and
sayd
to
her
/
¶
My
dere
doughter
.
god
whyche
hath
made
the
mountaynes
vnmoeuable
.
make
the
so
ferme
in
his
loue
.
that
the
worlde
haue
neuer
power
to
moeue
the
/
¶
And
whan
she
hadde
sayde
thyse
wordes
.
she
delyuered
her
in
to
the
hondes
of
the
Abbesse
/
In
wepynge
and
wayllynge
soo
habundantely
/
that
alle
the
Relygyouses
wepte
wyth
her
/
¶
The
daye
foloweng
the
Abbesse
clothed
her
wyth
the
vestyment
of
the
Relygyon
/
And
prayed
oure
lorde
for
her
sayenge
/
¶
O
kynge
of
kynges
whyche
haste
begonne
soo
grete
a
werke
in
this
chylde
/
I
byseche
the
mekely
that
it
maye
playse
the.
that
this
begynnynge
maye
achyeue
fro
good
to
better
/
to
the
ende
that
alwaye
she
maye
prayse
.
and
gloryfye
thy
ryght
holy
name
/
¶
The
moder
thenne
beinge
by
the
doughter
askyd
her
in
sayeng
/
¶
My
childe
louest
thou
well
this
vesture
whyche
thou
haste
now
/
The
chylde
ansueryd
.
Truely
moder
ye
/
¶
I
byleue
that
the
vestymentes
and
clothynge
of
this
Relygyon
.
ben
to
me
the
erneste
peny
for
to
haue
god
in
maryage
/
¶
Thenne
sayde
the
moder
/
I
praye
to
hym
that
thou
now
haste
chosen
to
thyne
espowse
.
that
he
make
the
worthy
to
be
chamberer
in
his
heuenly
chambre
/
¶
Thyse
wordes
sayde
.
the
good
moder
tooke
leue
of
the
Religyouses
and
kyssed
her
doughter
.
And
retourned
home
to
her
house
/
¶
Thorugh
alle
the
londe
were
the
tydynges
.
How
the
sayde
good
moder
distrybuted
her
goodes
vnto
poore
people
and
to
chyrches
/
¶
And
also
the
tydynges
came
to
the
Emperour
and
to
alle
the
Senatours
/
The
whyche
were
moche
Ioyouse
of
her
vertuouse
conuersacion
/
¶
Euery
day
she
ete
but
cole
wortes
or
pe●e
potage
.
and
but
one
time
on
the
daye
.
And
dranke
noo
wyne
/
¶
A
lytyll
whyle
after
the
Abbesse
sawe
in
spyryte
.
how
Antigonius
husbonde
of
the
same
good
widowe
prayed
god
that
she
myghte
departe
oute
of
thys
worlde
.
for
to
be
wyth
hym
in
heuen
/
¶
And
she
shewed
it
to
the
good
Eufraxe
/
The
whyche
was
therby
gretly
comforted
/
And
putt
herselfe
to
prayer
/
And
she
hadde
lyke
reuelacyon
/
¶
And
thenne
she
tooke
alle
her
goodes·
&
put
theym
in
the
hondes
of
her
doughter
/
for
to
dyspose
in
suche
wyse
that
she
myghte
gete
euerlastynge
rente
/
¶
After
she
sayde
to
her
how
oure
Sauiour
Ihesu
Cryste
hadd
called
her
for
to
goo
to
her
husbonde
in
heuen
/
¶
The
good
doughter
beganne
to
wepe
sorowfully
in
sayenge
/
¶
Allas
what
shall
I
doo
that
shall
be
now
an
Orphelyne
straunger
¶
Her
moder
comforted
her
and
sayde
/
¶
My
doughter
thou
art
wyth
thy
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
Thou
arte
noo
straunger
to
hym
/
¶
Also
thou
haste
thyne
Abbesse
.
Whyche
shall
be
to
the
a
moder
/
By
whiche
thou
shalte
be
none
Orphelyne
¶
It
byhouyth
to
my
loue
to
drede
god
and
honoure
hym
/
And
worshyppe
alle
the
systers
.
In
seruynge
theym
benyngnely
/
¶
And
thou
shalte
accomplysshe
and
perfourme
that
whyche
thou
haste
bygonne
/
¶
I
pray
the
that
thou
thynke
not
on
thy
temporell
noblesse
.
And
esteme
nor
thynke
not
that
they
.
shall
doo
to
the
ony
seruyse
/
¶
Be
poore
and
humble
in
this
worlde
/
And
thou
shalt
be
Riche
and
a
grete
lady
in
heuen
.
¶
Thou
shalte
gyue
alle
oure
possessyons
to
the
chirche
for
thy
fader
and
for
vs
tweyne
/
To
the
ende
that
we
maye
haue
mercy
tofore
god
/
¶
The
thyrde
daye
after
deyed
the
good
moder
.
And
was
buryed
in
the
monasterye
where
as
her
doughter
was
.
¶
The
Emperoure
hadde
tydynges
therof
/
And
callyd
the
Senatoure
that
hadde
promysed
to
take
the
yonge
doughter
Eufraxe
/
And
sayd
to
hym
that
she
was
a
Relygyous
/
¶
Thenne
the
Senatour
was
moche
abasshed
therof
¶
And
dide
doo
soo
moche
.
that
at
his
Requeste
and
desyre
.
the
Emperoure
wrote
to
her
.
that
she
shold
come
to
Rome
for
to
accomplysshe
and
fulfyll
theyr
maryage
.
¶
The
lettres
beynge
by
her
radde
.
she
ansuered
in
this
manere
/
¶
Lorde
Emperour
I
haue
receyued
thy
lettres
/
and
me
semyth
that
seen
the
loue
that
in
tyme
passed
thou
haste
hadd
to
my
fader
and
moder
.
¶
Yf
I
shold
of
the
demaunde
and
aske
counseylle
of
the
thynge
of
whyche
thou
haste
wryten
to
me
.
Thou
woldeste
not
counseylle
me
soo
to
doo
.
For
also
it
is
not
lawfull
.
Syth
that
longe
agoon
I
haue
gyuen
myselfe
to
my
god
Inmortall
Ihesu
Cryste
and
desyre
to
be
his
spowse
.
Wherof
I
haue
gyuen
to
hym
my
faythe
.
¶
Sholde
I
gyue
hym
ouer
for
to
haue
a
man
mortall
and
Incorruptyble
.
the
whiche
shall
be
eten
with
wormes
/
¶
Ne
knowest
thou
not
wel
.
that
if
I
be
here
this
daye
.
I
shall
not
soo
to
morowe
.
God
forbede
that
I
shold
doo
to
god
and
to
me
suche
Innyquyte
and
wyckednesse
/
¶
Wherfore
I
praye
the
that
thou
sende
noo
more
for
me
/
For
thou
shalte
lese
thy
traueylle
and
laboure
.
By
cause
that
I
knowe
to
be
to
me
inpossyble
to
leue
my
espowse
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
Wyth
this
I
praye
the
that
thou
haue
mynde
of
my
parentes
and
kynnesfolke
/
In
giuynge
for
the
helthe
of
theyr
soules
.
and
for
the
honoure
of
god
al
the
goodes
temporell
whyche
they
haue
left
to
me
/
¶
I
knowe
wel
that
my
fader
alle
his
lyfe
hathe
well
and
truely
seruyd
the.
Wherof
he
accepted
thy
loue
and
benyuolence
¶
Thenne
in
distrybutynge
his
goodes
thou
shalt
haue
remembraunce
of
hym
.
In
fauour
of
whom
yf
it
playse
the
And
I
praye
the
also
.
that
thou
wolt
put
alle
thy
bonde
men
and
prysoners
in
fraunchyse
and
playne
lyberte
/
¶
And
that
the
thou
wol
sende
for
alle
the
Receyuours
of
my
fader
/
And
quyte
and
forgyue
theym
peasibly
alle
that
they
owen
of
rentes
and
Reuenues
/
To
the
ende
that
I
maye
without
solicytude
or
besynesse
serue
my
god
and
espowse
/
¶
The
emperour
radde
thyse
lettres
many
tymes
and
al
mooste
alle
the
nyghte
/
¶
And
on
the
morne
by
tymes
he
assembled
alle
the
Senatoures
And
the
fader
of
hym
that
hadde
fyauncyd
her
.
¶
And
in
the
presence
of
theym
alle
were
the
lettres
radde
/
Whereof
alle
they
beganne
to
wepe
for
Ioye
¶
And
of
comyn
assente
they
sayde
.
Verely
lorde
Emperoure
.
Eufraxe
is
doughter
of
Antigonius
.
and
of
holy
Eufraxe
her
moder
/
Whyche
weren
of
thy
lygnage
and
generacyon
.
¶
And
now
she
shewyth
it
well
certaynly
.
For
of
an
holy
Rote
procedyth
and
comyth
fourth
gladly
an
holy
braunche
.
¶
All
they
praysyd
and
gloryfyed
god
in
prayenge
for
her
/
¶
And
after
the
Emperoure
dystrybuted
alle
the
godes
of
the
mayden
.
accordynge
to
that
she
hadde
wryten
.
¶
And
after
the
Emperoure
deyed
.
and
was
buryed
wyth
hys
parentes
and
kynnesmen
/
¶
Saynt
Eufra●e
thenne
ladde
a
moche
strayte
life
.
¶
For
at
one
tyme
was
that
she
ete
but
ones
on
the
daye
/
And
after
she
constrayned
herselfe
to
ete
but
ones
in
two
dayes
¶
And
after
that
ones
in
thre
dayes
/
¶
She
allone
made
clene
the
chambres
of
the
systers
/
Made
theyr
beddes
.
And
bare
water
in
to
the
kechyn
/
¶
The
custome
of
the
same
Abbaye
was
yf
ony
of
the
systers
were
tempted
wyth
ony
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
.
she
tolde
it
to
the
Abbesse
¶
The
whyche
prayed
and
dyde
doo
praye
god
.
to
the
ende
that
the
deuyll
sholde
departe
fro
her
/
¶
On
a
daye
it
happed
that
the
goode
Eufraxe
was
tempted
of
the
fende
/
And
for
to
resyste
&
wythstonde
hym
.
She
putt
asshes
on
her
cowche
/
¶
And
she
laye
on
them
.
and
slepte
/
The
whyche
thynge
seenge
the
Abbesse
.
knewe
that
she
was
vexed
wyth
some
temptacyon
/
¶
And
prayed
for
her
.
in
sayenge
to
god
/
¶
O
my
god
whyche
haste
created
and
formyd
this
mayde
after
thy
dyuyne
bountee
and
goodnesse
/
¶
I
praye
the
that
thou
wolt
conferme
her
in
thy
drede
/
¶
After
the
Abbesse
callyd
her
and
sayde
to
her
/
Wherfore
haste
thou
not
shewed
to
me
thy
temptacion
giuen
to
the
by
the
deuyll
/
¶
Incontynent
she
felle
downe
to
her
fete
.
And
cryed
her
mercy
In
sayenge·
¶
Pardonne
me
madame
.
For
I
durste
not
notyfye
and
shewe
it
to
you
/
¶
The
Abbesse
sayd
to
her
Mi
doughter
thou
haste
begonne
to
fyghte
agaynst
the
deuyll
/
Be
stronge
and
constaunte
.
to
the
ende
that
thou
be
crowned
wyth
Laureo●
wyth
the
vyrgynes
gloryously
.
¶
A
lytyll
whyle
after
she
was
agayn
tempted
/
And
shewed
her
temptacyon
to
out
of
her
systers
namyd
Iulyan
/
the
whyche
counseyllyd
her
.
that
she
shold
shewe
it
to
the
Abbesse
.
to
the
ende
that
she
sholde
praye
for
her
/
¶
After
she
said
to
her
/
¶
We
alle
ben
tempted
of
the
deuyll
/
But
whanne
we
haue
good
hope
.
we
ouercome
the
deuyll
our
temptatour
/
¶
Eufraxe
thankyd
her
of
her
gode
counseylle
that
she
hadde
gyuen
to
her
.
to
the
edyfycacyon
of
her
soule
and
went
to
the
Abbesse
.
And
shewed
to
her
her
temptacyon
.
¶
The
Abbesse
comforted
her
in
sayenge
/
My
doughter
fere
the
noo
thynge
but
enforce
&
put
thyself
to
wythstonde
hym
/
¶
For
it
is
the
deuyll
.
whyche
dooth
this
euyll
/
¶
And
yf
thou
wythstonde
hym
constantly
and
stedfastly
/
thou
shalte
ouercome
hym
alwayes
/
¶
Knowe
thou
my
doughter
.
that
thou
shalte
haue
many
other
temptacyons
/
for
to
resyste
and
wythstonde
.
To
whiche
yf
thou
fele
the
feble
of
spyryte
.
It
behouyth
the
to
doo
more
abstynence
.
thanne
thou
haste
done
here
tofore
/
And
in
soo
dooynge
thou
shalte
be
ryghte
well
belouyd
of
thy
spowse
Ihesu
cryste
/
¶
A nother
tyme
the
Abbesse
asked
her
how
longe
it
was
syth
she
ete
ony
mete
She
ansuered
.
thre
dayes
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
Abbesse
to
her
.
That
she
sholde
yet
abyde
a nother
daye
or
that
she
sholde
ete
/
The
whyche
she
dyde
wyth
a
good
wyll
in
rendrynge
herselfe
redy
and
prompte
in
obedyence
/
¶
Whanne
she
was
twenty
yeres
olde
.
lyke
as
her
yeres
grewe
.
so
she
augmented
and
encreacyd
her
penaunce
/
¶
She
was
fayre
and
curteyes
/
By
her
maner
she
shewed
euydently
that
she
was
descended
of
noble
folke
/
But
that
notwythstondynge
she
was
humble
and
obeyssaunt
¶
In
a
place
of
theyr
monastery
was
a
grete
multytude
of
stones
/
¶
And
the
Abbesse
for
to
proue
her
humylyte
commaunded
her
that
she
bere
theym
vnto
an
euen
.
by
the
chyrche
whyche
was
ferre
from
the
place
where
as
the
sayde
stones
laye
/
¶
Emonge
the
same
stones
there
were
grete
.
and
soo
heuy
/
That
two
of
the
Relygyouses
.
wyth
grete
payn
sholde
haue
borne
theym
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
wythoute
murmure
and
grutchynge
.
and
wythoute
callynge
ony
helpe
/
And
also
notwythstondynge
that
she
hadde
longe
fasted
/
she
bare
theym
alle
.
desyrynge
to
obeye
to
her
abbesse
/
¶
A nother
day
she
sayde
to
her
/
My
doughter
thyse
stones
that
thou
haste
borne
nyghe
to
the
chyrche
ben
not
wel
there
¶
Wherfore
thou
muste
bere
theym
vnto
the
place
where
as
thou
haste
taken
theym
¶
To
whyche
thynge
she
gladly
and
wyth
good
wyll
accorded
And
th
abbesse
made
her
to
doo
this
penaunce
by
the
space
of
twenty
dayes
for
to
proue
her
pacyence
/
Whyche
was
so
grete
that
alle
the
systers
merueylled
therof
/
¶
Some
of
theim
mocked
her
.
And
other
admonested
and
styred
her
to
perseuer
&
encrease
in
vertues
/
¶
She
contynued
this
penaunce
vnto
thyrty
dayes
.
¶
And
yet
cessed
not
the
Abbesse
.
And
she
seenge
her
grete
humylyte
sayde
to
her
.
that
sholde
retorne
and
here
noo
more
those
stones
/
sayenge
/
¶
Leue
this
crafte
my
doughter
.
and
take
mele
and
make
therof
brede
.
and
bake
it
in
the
ouen
.
to
the
ende
that
thou
serue
thi
systers
.
Wyche
she
dyde
wyth
good
courage
.
¶
On
a
daye
the
deuyll
founde
her
slepynge
.
And
he
put
this
temptacyon
in
her
mynde
/
That
the
Senatour
of
Rome
.
whyche
had
promysed
to
haue
her
.
sholde
come
with
a
grete
multytude
of
men
of
armes
for
to
take
her
out
from
her
monastery
/
Wherof
it
happed
.
that
she
being
in
her
bed
began
to
crye
with
an
hyghe
voyce
soo
sharpely
.
that
alle
her
systers
awoke
/
¶
For
whyche
cause
they
came
to
her
.
And
awoke
her
/
Demaundynge
and
questyonyng
wherof
proceded
the
cause
of
the
grete
crye
that
she
made
¶
Eufraxe
thenne
recyted
Incontynent
her
dreme
/
¶
And
thenne
alle
her
systers
put
theym selfe
to
prayer
for
to
praye
god
for
her
/
¶
Now
lete
vs
thynke
what
systerhede
was
there
/
In
soo
moche
that
they
ne
louyd
.
not
oonly
togyder
corporally
/
¶
But
more
wythonte
comparyson
spyrytuell
/
¶
Yet
agayne
the
deuyll
tempted
her
/
And
gaaf
to
her
assaulte
of
her
flesshe
/
¶
And
Incontynent
she
shewed
it
to
the
Abbesse
.
and
to
her
syster
Iulyan
/
Whyche
comforted
her
.
and
prayed
for
her
/
¶
And
after
sayd
to
her
syster
/
My
loue
it
behouyth
the
to
resyste
and
with
slonde
otherwyse
.
Or
ellis
thou
shalte
lese
alle
the
meryte
that
thou
haste
goten
/
¶
Also
yf
we
resyste
and
wythstonde
not
in
oure
yongthe
/
How
maye
we
resyste
in
oure
aege
/
¶
Eufraxe
ansueryd
to
the
Abbesse
/
Madame
yf
it
playse
you
to
commaunde
me
.
that
I
faste
an
hoole
weke
.
to
the
ende
that
I
may
ouercome
the
tende
wyth
the
helpe
of
god
.
I
w●ll
doo
it
wyth
a
good
wyll
.
¶
Iulian
sayd
to
her
/
My
loue
it
thou
mayste
doo
that
.
Thou
shalte
●e
well
happy
¶
For
in
all
oute
Relygyon
none
of
oure
systers
maye
doo
it
.
●auf
●●nly
oure
Abbesse
/
¶
Thenne
Eufraxe
demaunded
ly●ence
of
the
Abbesse
.
for
to
faste
an
hoole
weke
.
¶
To
whom
the
Abbesse
ansuered
.
That
she
sholde
doo
after
her
power
/
¶
And
that
it
sholde
well
playse
to
her
.
In
sayenge
My
●one
god
whyche
hathe
created
and
fourmed
the
conferme
the
in
thy
gode
wyll
¶
After
that
tyme
Eufraxe
ete
but
ones
in
the
wyke
/
¶
And
neuerthelesse
she
lefte
not
to
apoynt
the
chambres
.
ne
to
synge
and
doo
the
dyuyne
seruyce
/
Ne
in
lyke
wyse
to
serue
alle
the
systers
lyke
as
she
hadd
ben
accustomyd
.
as
tofore
is
sayde
/
¶
Whanne
her
systers
knewe
her
grete
humylyte
.
And
consyderynge
that
she
was
of
the
lygnage
of
the
Emperoure
of
Rome
.
They
praysed
and
honoured
her
more
thanne
tofore
/
And
prayed
god
for
her
.
to
the
ende
that
she
myght
perseuere
and
contynue
¶
Emonge
the
other
Relygyouses
there
was
one
whyche
was
amorous
.
The
whyche
as
the
euyl
pryckynges
of
the
enmye
haue
more
enuye
on
the
good
maners
thanne
of
their
semblable
or
lyke
.
Not
for
to
take
good
ensample
.
but
for
to
fynde
yf
thei
myghte
fynde
occasyon
for
to
sklaundre
theym
/
Founde
Eufraxe
in
the
kechyn
/
and
secretely
sayde
to
her
.
¶
Come
hither
my
syster
I
merueylle
me
of
the
how
thou
mayste
faste
alle
she
weke
lyke
as
dooth
oure
Abbesse
/
And
I
doubte
me
sore
that
oure
Abbesse
commaunde
vs
to
faste
lyke
as
thou
doost
/
¶
Eufraxe
ansuered
to
her
humble
sayenge
to
her
/
My
syster
doubte
●●
fer●ye
not
for
oure
Abbesse
shall
commaunde
vs
noo
thynge
.
but
that
we
may
wel
doo
/
¶
But
knowe
ye
that
I
doo
that
whyche
is
to
me
necessary
for
to
resyste
and
wythstonde
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
whyche
comen
to
me
.
¶
Germayne
●erynge
her
answere
/
And
wenynge
for
to
make
her
leue
be
fastynges
/
Sayde
to
her
In●●ryously
and
wrongefully
.
I
knowe
well
wherfore
thou
doost
soo
moche
fastynge
.
It
is
to
th
ende
that
after
our
Abbesse
shall
be
deed
/
That
thou
woldest
be
oure
abbesse
.
¶
Thenne
saynt
Eufraxe
not
wyllynge
to
excuse
her
of
that
.
that
the
forsayde
Germayne
Imposyd
to
her
/
but
knelyd
downe
on
her
knees
tofore
her
.
and
cried
her
mercy
/
In
prayenge
her
to
praye
god
for
her
/
¶
The
Abbesse
whyche
was
aduertysed
and
hadd
knowlege
by
theym
that
Germayne
hadd
tolde
it
to
.
Sente
for
her
to
fore
alle
her
systers
/
And
sayde
to
her
/
¶
O
cursyd
seruaunt
full
of
enuye
.
what
greuyth
the
this
mayde
Eufraxe
/
¶
Wherfore
wolte
thou
wythdrawe
her
from
penaunce
/
I
assure
the
that
thou
shalte
be
noo
more
wyth
the
systers
.
Thou
arte
not
worthy
to
be
in
theyr
companye
.
But
thou
shalt
lyue
alone
as
one
that
is
excomyned
or
acursyd
/
¶
Saynt
Eufraxe
thenne
knelyd
downe
on
her
knees
tofor
the
Abbesse
.
in
demaundynge
and
requyringe
pardonne
for
the
same
Germayne
/
But
not
for
all
that
.
the
Abbesse
wolde
not
pardonne
her
/
¶
And
was
soo
thyrty
daye
in
the
same
penaunce
¶
The
thyrty
daye
Eufraxe
and
her
syster
famylyer
Iulyan
came
agayne
to
praye
the
Abbesse
.
for
to
haue
pardonne
for
Germayne
/
¶
Thenne
she
was
sente
fore
.
and
corrected
.
¶
And
atte
the
requeste
and
petr●ōn
of
her
systers
was
put
agayne
in
theyr
companye
/
¶
The
deuyll
more
and
more
enforcyd
him
to
make
the
good
Eufraxe
to
falle
in
to
synne
/
And
wenynge
to
make
an
ende
of
her
/
On
a
tyme
as
she
drewe
water
out
of
a
pytt
The
deuyll
tooke
her
and
threwe
her
in
to
the
pytte
.
In
suche
wise
that
her
heed
towchyd
the
bottom
/
¶
After
she
came
vpp
on
the
water
.
And
wyth
her
bonde
caughte
the
corde
/
And
beganne
to
crye
in
sayenge
/
¶
O
my
god
helpe
me
/
¶
Th
abbesse
and
the
sisters
ranne
thyder
.
And
drewe
her
oute
of
the
pytte
¶
Whanne
she
was
oute
of
the
pytte
.
she
beganne
to
laughe
in
sayenge
¶
O
my
god
blessyd
myghte
thou
be
.
whiche
haste
gyuen
to
me
strengthe
and
courage
to
withstonde
the
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
.
whyche
soo
moche
enforcyth
him
to
ouercome
me
/
¶
Alle
the
tyme
passyd
here
tofor
I
haue
born
but
one
pott
to
the
water
/
¶
But
from
hensforth
in
dyspyte
of
hym
.
I
shall
bere
tweyne
.
&
soo
she
dyde
/
¶
The
deuyll
seeng
that
he
cowde
not
make
her
to
deye
by
synne
/
Supposyd
ofte
to
slee
her
/
and
make
her
to
deye
bodyly
/
¶
On
a
tyme
as
she
hewe
wode
for
the
kechyn
/
The
deuyll
tooke
&
held
her
arme
in
suche
a
maner
.
that
whan
she
supposyd
to
haue
smyten
wyth
her
are
vppon
the
wode
.
she
smote
her
legge
.
and
hurted
herselfe
to
grete
effusyon
and
shedynge
of
bloode
/
¶
The
gode
Eufraxe
seenge
the
bloode
rennyng
oute
of
the
wounde
by
merueylous
habundaunce
and
plentee
/
¶
Promptely
she
knelyd
downe
sayenge
/
O
my
goode
god
I
byseche
ayde
and
strength
thi
poore
seruaunte
.
whyche
suffreth
somothe
harme
for
to
serue
the
/
¶
And
anone
after
she
felle
to
the
erthe
¶
Her
syster
Iulyan
sodaynly
aduertised
.
and
hauynge
knowlege
of
this
aduenture
.
beganne
to
crye
soo
hyghe
.
that
the
abbeise
and
alle
her
systers
came
to
theym
&
beganne
to
wepe
/
¶
The
abbesse
spake
to
her
and
sayde
.
My
doughter
reioyce
the.
and
speke
to
thy
systers
/
¶
Thenne
she
tooke
her
by
the
honde
and
lyfted
her
vppe
/
¶
After
that
she
bounde
her
legge
wyth
a
piece
of
hay●e
/
¶
Whyche
was
of
suche
lynnen
clothe
as
she
was
att
that
tyme
clothed
with
/
She
was
not
doon
to
.
as
is
done
to
vs
whanne
we
ben
hurte
.
¶
For
to
vs
ben
gyuen
oynementes
.
softe
and
lynen
kyuerchyefs
.
And
yet
we
ben
not
contente
/
¶
The
Abbesse
wolde
haue
ladde
her
to
the
chirche
.
but
the
good
Eufraxe
seenge
the
wood
lyenge
there
sayde
to
her
systers
.
that
she
wold
not
goo
to
the
chyrche
.
tyll
she
had
borne
the
wood
to
the
kechyn
.
as
she
hadd
be
acustomyd
/
¶
Her
syster
Iulyan
an
●ucred
to
her
.
My
loue
ye
maye
not
soo
For
ye
be
ouersore
hurte
/
Neuerthelesse
she
wolde
none
otherwyse
doo
.
But
layd
the
wodd
on
her
necke
/
¶
The
deuyll
seenge
her
grete
constaunce
hurted
her
more
thanne
he
dyde
tofore
/
For
in
ly●●ynge
vpp
she
fell
vpon
the
wood
.
And
in
fallynge
entred
in
to
her
eye
a
stycke
soo
depe
that
the
sisters
supposid
that
she
hadde
be
loste
/
¶
Thenne
her
good
frende
Iulyan
beganne
to
crye
/
And
sayde
to
her
/
Alas
my
syster
.
I
sayde
to
the
wel
that
thou
myghtest
not
be●e
the
wood
/
¶
Eufraxe
sayde
to
her
/
My
syster
drawe
hardely
the
stycke
oure
of
myne
eye
.
for
it
is
hoole
/
Thenne
Iulian
drewe
it
oute
.
and
Incontynente
sprange
oute
grete
habundance
of
blood
/
¶
The
Abbesse
came
thyder
.
whyche
putted
oyle
vppon
the
wounde
.
and
commaunded
her
that
she
sholde
goo
lye
vppon
her
hedde
/
¶
And
commaunded
after
that
the
other
systers
sholde
doo
that
that
she
was
wonned
to
doo
/
¶
But
what
commaundement
that
the
Abbesse
made
.
Eufraxe
entremeted
alway
to
serue
god
contynuelly
and
alle
her
systers
/
¶
Notwithstondynge
that
the
blode
ranne
oute
of
her
woundes
.
¶
A nother
tyme
she
wente
vppe
in
to
a
Solyer
wyth
her
syster
Iulyan
/
¶
And
in
gooynge
vp
the
deuyll
threwe
her
downe
from
the
hyghest
grece
to
the
loweste
.
¶
Her
systers
hadd
supposyd
to
haue
founde
her
deed
/
but
she
aroos
and
came
to
theym
all
hoole
/
¶
A nother
tyme
the
deuyl
supposed
to
haue
slayne
her
.
she
beynge
in
the
kechym
/
¶
For
in
holdynge
the
potte
full
of
wortes
.
made
her
to
falle
backewarde
/
¶
And
after
threwe
boyllynge
water
vppon
her
visage
/
¶
Wherof
her
systers
were
moche
admerueylled
/
¶
But
she
beganne
to
laughe
.
Sayenge
that
she
felte
noo
thynge
but
colde
water
¶
The
Abbesse
seenge
thyse
thynges
.
assembled
and
broughte
togyders
alle
the
auncyente
systers
for
to
gloryfye
the
name
of
god
/
¶
And
thenne
they
knewe
anone
right
well
that
she
was
well
bylouyd
of
her
espowse
Ihesu
Cryste
.
¶
The
custome
of
the
countree
was
that
whanne
children
were
seke
of
ony
maladyes
or
sykenesses
.
they
broughte
theym
to
the
sayde
monasterye
/
¶
And
anone
by
the
prayers
of
the
systers
they
were
helyd
and
guarysshed
/
¶
Emonge
alle
other
there
came
a
woman
that
broughte
her
chylde
/
whyche
was
paralytyke
.
deyf
and
dombe
/
¶
The
Port●er
sawe
it
/
And
forthwyth
wente
and
tolde
it
to
the
Abbesse
/
¶
The
whyche
sente
it
to
saynt
Eufraxe
/
¶
Whom
seenge
the
chylde
tremblynge
and
quakynge
.
and
soo
seke
.
was
mo●uyd
with
pyte
and
compassyon
.
¶
And
made
her
prayers
for
the
chiylde
sayenge
/
¶
My
childe
he
that
hathe
made
the.
yeue
the
sanacyon
and
helthe
atte
thys
presente
tyme
/
¶
Thenne
she
tooke
the
chylde
beynge
alle
hoole
.
and
bare
it
in
her
armes
/
¶
And
anone
the
chylde
beganne
to
speke
.
and
to
crye
after
his
moder
.
¶
Whanne
Eufraxe
herde
it
.
she
was
a●erde
.
by
cause
it
was
tofore
dombte
.
and
myghte
not
speke
.
and
layed
it
down
on
the
grounde
/
And
In
contynent
he
wente
his
waye
to
his
moder
/
The
whyche
thynge
was
shewed
to
the
Abbesse
by
the
Portyere
/
¶
The
whyche
yet
not
knowynge
how
the
chylde
hadde
helyd
/
Came
to
the
moder
/
sayenge
to
her
angrely
.
that
she
dyde
euyll
soo
to
mocke
the
Relygyouses
/
¶
The
mode
swa●e
that
her
chylde
hadde
neuer
goon
.
spoken
.
ne
herde
.
But
syth
that
the
gode
Eufraxe
hadde
borne
it
in
her
armes
/
¶
In
the
sayde
monasterye
was
a
woman
whiche
hadde
be
longetourmēted
wyth
a
deuyll
/
¶
And
her
sykenesse
was
soo
terryble
and
merueyllous
that
contynuelly
she
scumed
.
or
cryed
soo
terrybly
and
soo
ferfull
.
that
none
of
the
systers
durste
goo
to
her
for
to
gyue
to
her
mete
.
But
from
a
ferre
in
a
vessell
bounde
to
a
corde
.
they
delyuered
to
her
and
admynystred
that
whyche
she
sholde
take
for
her
refeccyon
/
¶
On
a
tyme
amonge
the
other
/
The
Abbesse
commaunded
to
saynt
Eufraxe
/
that
she
sholde
bere
to
her
mete
/
And
soo
she
dyde
/
¶
And
in
approchynge
to
the
poore
pacyente
/
The
fende
of
helle
whyche
was
wythin
her
body
tourmented
not
her
/
And
the
poore
pacyent
dyde
al
that
she
commaunded
/
¶
And
yet
more
there
was
/
¶
Whanne
the
other
Relygyouses
wente
thyder
/
Yf
they
broughte
not
wyth
theym
saynt
Eufraxe
.
what
some
euer
they
dyde
.
she
wolde
neyther
drynke
ne
ete
¶
But
ofte
she
casted
the
vessell
atte
theyr
heedes
/
¶
It
happed
that
Germayne
.
whiche
alwaye
hadde
enuye
on
her
/
Sayd
that
she
wolde
as
well
bere
to
her
mete
.
as
saynt
Eufraxe
/
¶
Whanne
the
vnhappy
Germayne
came
nyghe
to
the
paciente
/
She
tooke
her
and
rente
alle
her
vestymentes
vnto
the
bare
flesshe
/
And
beganne
to
ete
her
membres
.
¶
Thenne
came
some
of
the
good
systers
.
and
shewed
it
to
saynt
Eufraxe
/
The
whyche
anone
ranne
thyther
.
and
toke
her
by
the
necke
&
hondes
.
And
tooke
her
awaye
from
her
/
And
after
thretened
her
to
bete
her
/
And
sayde
to
her
.
Yf
she
euer
dyde
Insolence
to
the
systers
she
shold
bete
her
wythoute
mercy
/
¶
And
thenne
the
poore
Demonyake
helde
her
stylle
by
the
worde
of
saynt
Eufraxe
.
¶
On
the
morne
after
the
seruyce
done
/
came
saynt
Eufraxe
for
to
vysyte
the
poore
pacyent
.
And
founde
that
she
hadd
rented
her
clothes
.
And
ete
that
whyche
departed
from
her
bynethe
oute
of
her
body
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Eufraxe
hauyng
compassyon
and
pyte
of
her
.
made
her
prayer
to
god
her
maker
bi
the
space
of
an
hoole
houre
.
in
wepynge
and
wayllynge
for
her
helthe
/
¶
On
the
morne
the
abbesse
sent
to
seche
saynt
Eufraxe
And
sayde
to
her
/
¶
Wherfore
haste
thou
not
shewed
to
me
that
thou
madest
thy
prayer
to
god
Redemer
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
for
this
poore
pacyente
/
¶
Eufraxe
cryed
her
mercy
.
And
sayde
to
her
/
¶
Certaynly
madame
I
praye
you
to
pardonne
me
/
¶
For
I
founde
her
in
so
pyteuous
astate
and
condycyon
.
that
I
cowde
not
lenger
tarie
wythoute
to
praye
thenne
for
her
/
The
Abbesse
after
sayd
to
her
/
¶
My
loue
I
shall
saye
to
the
one
thynge
in
secrete
/
But
kepe
that
the
fende
dysceyue
not
thou
by
vaynglorye
in
ony
manere
/
¶
I
haue
hadde
by
the
reuelacyon
of
god
.
that
god
oure
Creatoure
hathe
gyuen
to
the
puissaunce
to
chace
a
waye
the
deuyllis
oute
of
the
body
of
this
pacyent
/
¶
Eufraxyne
herynge
thise
wordes
casted
asshen
vppon
her
heed
.
and
fel
downe
to
the
grounde
sayenge
/
¶
Alas
me
whyche
am
a
poore
synnar
.
What
shall
I
doo
for
the
my
god
/
whyche
haste
gyue
to
me
puyssaunce
and
myghte
to
hele
&
guarysshe
this
poore
pacyente
/
¶
And
my
systers
haue
soo
longe
tyme
prayed
for
her
.
without
to
obteyne
and
purcha●e
her
helthe
/
¶
The
Abbesse
ansuered
My
doughter
the
tyme
hathe
abyden
the
Be
thou
suffy●ed
.
For
thy
rewarde
is
grete
in
the
reame
of
heuen
.
¶
Thenne
she
entred
in
to
the
chyrche
.
and
prayed
god
.
in
requirynge
his
ayde
/
To
the
ende
that
by
her
prayers
the
seke
syster
myghte
be
guarysshed
and
helyd
/
¶
After
the
aroos
/
accompanyed
wyth
alle
her
systers
/
and
came
to
the
pacyente
/
to
whom
she
sayde
¶
O
poore
woman
.
god
whiche
hathe
created
and
fo●urmed
the
make
the
by
his
mercy
now
hoole
and
guarysshe
the
/
¶
And
after
she
made
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
on
the
fronte
or
forhede
of
the
sayde
pacyente
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
whiche
was
within
her
body
beganne
horrybly
to
crye
/
Ha
a
muste
I
departe
from
this
myserable
body
.
wherin
I
haue
be
soo
longe
¶
And
after
sayde
to
saynt
Eufraxe
/
Wherfor
thou
payllaide
and
Infamed
suffreste
thou
not
me
here
as
I
haue
be
accustomyd
.
wythoute
to
persecute
me
¶
Eufraxe
ansuered
to
hym
.
I
persecute
the
not
.
But
it
is
my
god
and
my
maker
.
whyche
commaundyth
the
to
voyde
/
¶
The
deuyll
ansuered
/
O
meschaunte
and
Infamyd
.
I
shall
neuer
departe
hens
for
the
/
For
thou
haste
noo
myghte
to
caste
me
oute
/
¶
Eufraxe
sayde
I
knowe
well
that
I
am
poore
and
a
myserable
synnar
/
But
neuerthelesse
yf
thou
departe
not
from
her
.
I
shal
tormente
the
wyth
the
Pastoralle
staffe
of
my
lady
the
Abbesse
/
¶
Fynably
she
toke
the
staffe
.
and
smote
thre
strokes
vppon
the
pacyent
/
¶
By
the
mouthe
of
whom
alwaye
the
deuyll
ansuered
that
he
myghte
not
departe
/
¶
And
sayde
thus
.
Where
woll
thou
that
I
goo
.
Eufraxe
sayde
to
hym
.
Goo
in
to
derkenesse
and
euerlastynge
fyre
/
¶
Alle
the
systers
were
there
.
whyche
durste
not
approche
ne
come
nyghe
to
her
/
¶
After
that
she
had
longe
foughte
against
the
deuyll
She
made
her
prayer
to
god
in
sayenge
.
¶
O
my
god
I
praye
the
that
I
be
not
confounded
by
the
fende
/
But
that
it
maye
playse
the
to
preserue
me
.
in
suche
wyse
that
he
ouercome
me
not
¶
And
in
this
presente
houre
commaunde
hym
that
he
departe
and
goo
hys
waye
/
Leuynge
peasyble
this
poore
pacyente
/
¶
And
the
deuyll
Incontynent●
departed
.
scumynge
and
gryntynge
the
teeth
of
the
sayde
pacyente
/
The
whyche
att
the
same
houre
was
guarysshed
and
helyd
/
¶
Thenne
alle
the
systers
ladde
and
broughte
her
humbly
and
in
grete
reuerence
to
the
chyrche
.
Louynge
and
magnefyenge
the
name
of
oure
sauyoure
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
After
the
sayde
myracle
.
saynt
Eufraxe
humbled
and
meked
herself
more
thanne
to fore
.
And
durste
not
slepe
.
dredynge
the
temptacyon
of
the
fende
of
helle
/
¶
And
euer
she
contynued
to
fast
alle
the
weke
/
wythoute
etynge
ony
more
thanne
ones
in
the
weke
.
¶
Certayne
tyme
after
the
Abbesse
sawe
in
her
slepe
that
saynt
Eufraxe
sholde
departe
oute
of
this
worlde
.
Wherof
she
was
moche
heuy
and
sory
/
¶
Her
sisters
seenge
her
grete
heuynesse
.
Prayed
her
by
grete
humylyte
.
that
it
myghte
playse
her
to
shewe
to
to
theim
and
tell
theym
the
cause
of
her
sorowe
/
But
in
noo
wyse
she
wolde
telle
theim
.
¶
And
by
cause
.
that
more
and
more
thei
exhorted
her
to
telle
it
to
theym
/
¶
She
was
constrayned
to
saye
it
to
theim
And
declared
to
theym
in
the
manere
that
folowyth
/
¶
My
denowte
doughters
tomorne
we
must
leue
the
good
lady
Eufraxe
.
Wherof
I
am
moche
Ioyous
on
one
syde
.
By
cause
she
shall
be
in
eternall
felycyte
/
¶
And
on
that
other
syde
I
am
heuy
and
sorowfull
.
¶
For
we
shall
be
pryuated
fro
her
gracyous
syghte
corporall
/
¶
But
of
this
reuelacion
saye
ye
noo
thynge
to
her
.
leest
she
sholde
take
ony
fere
or
drede
/
¶
Thenne
alle
the
systers
made
lamentacions
soo
grete
.
that
thayre
resouned
of
theyr
wepynges
/
¶
One
of
theym
came
to
Eufraxe
wher
as
she
made
brede
wyth
Iulyan
.
and
sayde
to
her
.
My
sister
the
abbesse
and
all
the
Couent
make
for
the
soo
grete
lamentacyons
that
it
is
merueylle
/
¶
They
were
moche
abasshed
bothe
two
/
Iulyan
sayde
thenne
.
that
perauenture
the
Abbesse
myghte
haue
hadde
tydynges
.
of
the
Senatour
/
whyche
wold
come
fetche
for
to
rauyssh
her
by
force
oute
of
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
Eufraxe
ansuered
to
her
.
By
the
lyuynge
god
fro
the
loue
of
whom
.
yf
all
the
foundemens
of
the
erthe
sholde
foundre
and
faylle
/
I
shall
neuer
departe
¶
But
my
syster
Iulyan
I
praye
the
goo
see
yf
thou
mayst
knowe
in
ony
wise
the
cause
of
theyr
wepynges
and
wayllinges
.
to
th
ende
that
my
soule
be
not
trowbled
/
¶
Iulyan
wente
for
to
speke
to
the
Abbesse
/
And
she
beynge
tofore
the
yates
or
doores
of
the
Chapytre
Herkenyd
the
Abbesse
.
and
herde
how
she
recounted
her
vysyon
in
this
manere
/
¶
I
sawe
two
men
comynge
in
hyder
whyche
soughte
Eufraxe
.
And
haue
sayd
to
me
/
Abbesse
enseygne
and
counseyle
Eufraxe
.
for
she
hath
nede
/
¶
After
came
some
other
.
whyche
sayde
to
me
.
Take
Eufraxe
and
lede
her
tofore
thy
lorde
god
/
¶
Thenne
we
toke
her
.
and
wente
to
a
gate
soo
noble
and
soo
fayre
that
I
can
not
declare
/
¶
And
after
that
the
sayde
gate
was
opened
to
vs
.
We
entred
in
to
a
palays
wherin
were
made
&
solempnysed
weddynge
merueyllously
honourable
/
And
ferther
we
myghte
not
entree
/
¶
But
Eufraxe
was
taken
and
presented
afore
the
lorde
Imperyall
of
the
sayde
palays
/
And
whanne
she
was
tofore
hym
/
She
knelyd
downe
humbly
to
the
grounde
.
and
kyssed
the
fete
of
the
sayd
lorde
/
¶
And
in
the
same
place
I
sawe
ten
thousand
aungellis
wyth
Innumerable
multytude
of
sayntes
.
the
whyche
there
were
awaytynge
/
¶
After
came
the
moder
of
the
sayde
lorde
.
The
whyche
made
redy
a
moche
fayre
crowne
in
the
chambre
of
maryage
/
¶
In
whyche
chambre
the
sayd
moder
soo
fayre
/
soo
playsaunt
and
soo
amyable
made
her
to
entree
.
And
saye
to
her
in
delyuerynge
to
her
the
sayd
crowne
/
¶
Eufraxe
my
loue
/
Holde
.
Loo
here
thy
rewarde
whiche
thou
shalte
haue
.
by
cause
thou
hast
vaynquysshed
alle
thyne
enmyes
/
¶
Now
goo
thi
waye
.
And
after
ten
dayes
thou
shalte
come
agayne
in
to
the
glory
and
selycytee
of
heuen
/
¶
And
yet
sayd
more
after
the
Abbesse
.
Alas
this
daye
is
the
nynthe
daye
/
¶
And
therfore
I
byleue
that
●omorne
Eufraxe
shall
mounte
in
to
heuen
.
¶
Iulyan
whyche
herkenyd
all
thys
purpoos
.
beganne
merueyllously
to
wepe
and
waylle
.
That
she
bywepte
alle
her
body
wyth
teeres
/
¶
And
thus
wepynge
she
came
ayen
to
the
ouen
/
where
as
Eufraxe
was
knedinge
the
brede
¶
Whanne
Eufraxe
sawe
her
.
she
adui●ed
her
sayenge
/
¶
I
commaunde
the
in
the
name
of
god
that
thou
saye
me
the
cause
wherfore
thou
wepest
/
Then
Iulyan
r●counted
the
●aas
lyke
as
the
hadd
vnderstonden
/
¶
And
whanne
the
holy
lady
hadde
he●de
the
narracyon
/
She
fell
downe
to
the
erthe
alle
full
of
anguysshe
and
of
heuynesse
/
¶
Iulian
la●e
by
her
wepynge
strongely
.
¶
And
Eufraxe
sayd
to
her
/
My
syster
gyue
to
me
thyne
honde
&
lyft
me
vp
fro
heirs
And
brynge
me
where
the
fagottes
or
brusshes
he●
and
leue
me
there
¶
Take
also
the
brede
whyche
is
in
the
ouen
And
he●e
it
to
the
systers
/
¶
Iulyan
d●de
lyke
as
Eufraxe
hadde
sayde
to
her
And
tolde
noo
thynge
therof
to
the
Abbesse
/
¶
Eufraxe
beynge
layde
on
the
pament
.
And
adressynge
her
wordes
to
god
sayde
to
hym
¶
My
god
my
maker
.
Why
haste
thou
me
now
in
abhomynacyon
/
Or
wherfore
dyspyses●e
thou
me
/
whiche
am
a
pore
pylgrym
&
Orpheline
.
¶
Alas
now
is
the
tyme
in
whyche
I
ouhte
to
fyghte
agaynst
the
deuyll
myne
enmye
.
¶
I
praye
the
moche
affectuously
.
&
as
moche
as
I
maye
that
thou
be
to
me
pyteuouse
.
And
lete
me
lyue
yet
by
the
space
of
a
yere
/
To
the
ende
that
I
maye
by
waylle
.
and
lamente
my
synnes
/
For
yet
neuer
in
my
lyfe
haue
I
done
suffysaunt
penaunce
/
¶
Alas
they
that
ben
in
helle
may
not
prayse
the.
But
oonly
they
that
ben
lyuynge
/
¶
One
of
the
sisters
herde
Eufraxe
wepe
.
And
wente
Incontynent
to
the
Abbesse
for
to
shewe
to
her
what
she
hadd
herde
/
¶
The
Abbesse
blamyd
the
systers
.
Bi
cause
she
hadde
deffended
that
none
sholde
telle
her
therof
/
¶
And
commaunded
that
Eufraxe
sholde
be
broughte
to
her
/
The
whiche
thynge
so
done
/
The
Abbesse
demaunded
her
/
My
doughter
what
eylest
thou
that
wepest
thus
/
¶
Madame
I
wepe
bi
cause
that
thou
knowest
my
dethe
.
And
neuerthelesse
thou
haste
tolde
to
me
noo
thynge
therof
/
Yf
I
hadde
knowen
it
/
I
wolde
haue
by
wepte
the
grete
synnes
of
whyche
I
am
maculate
and
defoylled
.
¶
Alas
madame
haue
pyte
on
me
.
and
praye
to
god
wyth
me
that
he
gyue
to
me
yet
a
yere
of
respyte
to
doo
penaunce
/
¶
Thenne
the
Abbesse
ansueryd
to
her
/
Certaynly
my
doughter
god
oure
Redemptour
rewardeth
well
in
heuen
/
But
I
praye
the
that
thou
wolt
praye
for
me
.
To
the
ende
that
by
thy
merytes
and
prayes
I
maye
haue
wyth
the
partyeypacyon
in
the
heuenly
glorye
/
¶
Anone
after
the
stronge
feuer
tooke
the
good
lady
Eufraxe
/
¶
And
that
seenge
the
systers
bare
her
in
to
the
Oratorye
/
And
there
kepte
her
tyll
euen
/
¶
The
euyn
comen
/
the
Abbesse
commaunded
to
her
Religyouses
that
they
sholde
goo
and
take
theyr
Refeccyon
/
alle
sauf
Iulyan
/
whyche
abode
wyth
the
Abbesse
.
¶
And
they
two
shytte
the
doore
to
theym
.
and
abode
wythe
Eufraxe
.
¶
Thynke
ye
that
here
this
hystorye
.
what
lamentacyons
they
made
togyder
/
¶
Iulyan
sayde
/
My
lady
my
syster
.
my
frende
.
and
my
dere
felowe
/
I
praye
the
remembre
me
/
And
lyke
as
I
haue
alwaye
holden
to
the
faythful
companye
here
in
erthe
.
that
I
maye
accompanye
the
in
heuen
/
And
praye
to
god
that
I
maye
deye
wyth
the
/
¶
Alas
I
haue
soo
moche
louyd
the
bodyly
&
spyrytuelly
.
and
now
thou
leuest
me
/
¶
The
morne
comen
/
the
Abbesse
sent
for
alle
the
relygyouse
systers·
To
th
ende
that
they
sholde
come
and
take
leue
of
saynt
Eufraxe
/
¶
Incontynent
as
they
were
comen
they
sayde
to
her
/
O
oure
good
syster
.
haue
in
heuen
mynde
of
thy
systers
.
¶
And
after
came
the
other
whom
she
hadde
guarysshed
and
helyd
by
her
prayers
and
Intercessyons
soo
moche
desolate
and
tormented
that
vnneth
she
myghte
speke
/
¶
She
kyssyd
the
hondes
of
saynt
Eufraxe
.
whyche
hadd
chaced
and
put
oute
the
deuyl
of
her
body
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
Eufraxe
ansuered
not
to
the
wordes
that
she
sayde
to
her
/
The
Abbesse
sayde
to
her
/
¶
My
doughter
my
loue
.
thou
spekest
not
to
thy
syster
.
whyche
is
soo
moche
sorowfull
and
desolate
/
¶
Thenne
she
sayde
/
Wherfore
syster
wepest
thou
.
Lete
me
alone
.
for
I
deye
.
Praye
to
god
wyth
alle
thyne
herte
.
and
he
shall
saue
the.
Also
praye
for
me
/
For
atte
this
hour
suffryth
my
soule
a
grete
bataylle
/
¶
Thenne
the
Abbesse
and
alle
the
systers
put
theim
in
deuowte
prayers
.
Durynge
the
whiche
.
the
good
Eufraxe
beynge
in
the
aege
of
thyrty
yeres
rended
to
god
her
benygne
spyryte
/
¶
And
after
was
buryed
by
the
deuowte
systers
in
the
tombe
of
her
moder
/
In
louynge
the
name
of
god
of
that
they
hadde
an
espowse
soo
holy
.
and
soo
agreable
to
god
/
¶
The
good
Iulyan
whyche
hadde
he
mastresse·
and
after
felow
of
saynt
Eufraxe
.
was
thre
dayes
longe
vppon
the
tombe
.
wepynge
there
grete
habundance
of
teeres
.
wythoute
thynkynge
to
ete
or
drynke
/
¶
The
fourthe
daye
she
came
to
the
Abbesse
.
and
sayd
to
her
.
Madame
praye
for
me
/
For
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
by
the
Intercessyon
of
his
●izte
holy
spouse
Eufraxe
hathe
somoned
me
to
his
weddynge
/
¶
And
the
fyfthe
daye
she
deyed
.
And
was
buryed
by
saynt
Eufraxe
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
twenty
dayes
after
the
dethe
of
saynt
Eufraxe
The
Abbesse
was
bi
the
prayers
of
the
sayde
Eufraxe
somoned
to
her
maryage
/
¶
And
dyde
doo
assemble
all
the
sisters
for
to
chese
an
other
Abbesse
/
And
they
chose
one
namyd
Theogenye
/
¶
And
after
that
she
was
made
Abbesse
/
She
callyd
her
and
sayde
/
My
sister
thou
seest
that
the
sisters
haue
made
good
wytnesse
of
the.
And
therfore
I
commaunde
the
in
the
name
of
the
Trynite
.
that
thou
thinke
not
on
temporel
godes
ne
on
vayne
playsaunce
of
this
worlde
/
Ne
suffre
thy
systers
be
occupied
on
erthly
thynges
.
But
make
theym
to
excersyse
fastynges
.
prayers
.
and
other
vertuouse
werkes
/
To
the
ende
that
they
maye
by
theyr
merytes
gete
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
¶
After
she
sayde
to
her
systers
.
Ye
my
good
systers
haue
seen
the
holy
conuersacyon
of
the
ryght
deuowte
Eufraxe
/
Doo
ye
lyke
as
she
hathe
doon
/
to
then
de
that
ye
maye
accompanye
her
in
heuen
/
And
haue
wyth
her
the
fruycyon
of
euerlastynge
blessydnesse
/
And
whan
she
hadde
thus
sayde
.
she
entred
in
to
her
Oratorye
/
and
shytte
the
dore
/
And
after
defended
.
that
none
sholde
entere
tyll
on
the
morne
.
¶
On
the
morn
they
came
vnto
the
sayde
Oratorye
.
and
founde
that
she
hadde
rendred
her
spyryte
to
god
.
¶
And
they
buryed
and
sayed
her
solempnely
by
the
sayde
holy
saynt
Eufraxe
/
¶
And
after
that
tyme
there
were
non
moo
of
theym
buryed
in
theyr
sepul●ure
/
¶
Ma●ty
Demonyakes
we●en
guarysshed
vppon
the
combe
.
where
the
deuylles
cryed
¶
O
Eufraxe
what
shall
we
doo
/
Thou
doost
vs
more
harme
after
thy
dethe
thanne
in
thy
lyte
¶
By
th●se
thynges
we
oughte
to
enforce
vs
to
ensyewe
by
vertuous
werkes
the
ryght
persyghte
lyte
of
saynt
Eufraxe
And
in
soo
dooynge
fynably
we
shall
haue
the
glorye
eternall
.
The
whyche
by
her
Intercessyons
we
maye
gete
.
Amen
.
¶
Thus
fynysshyth
the
story
of
saynt
Eufraxe
/
¶
Of
saynt
Machan●
Romayne
whiche
was
founde
nyght
by
Paradys
terrestre
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Gloriam
et
magnificentiam
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
xlviii.
After
the
reporte
and
wytnesse
of
thre
deuoute
relygyous
men
Theophyle
.
Serguis
.
&
Thymus
.
We
shall
see
of
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Machaire
/
¶
The
sayd
thre
relygyous
men
mette
togyder
by
a
monasterye
in
Mesopotamia
in
the
countree
of
Sy●t
bytwene
two
floodes
/
Of
whyche
that
one
is
named
Eufraxes
.
and
that
other
Tygris
/
¶
The
Abbot
of
the
sayd
monastery
was
callyd
Asclypyon
.
the
whiche
receyued
theym
benygnely
.
for
to
make
there
theyr
professyon
.
after
the
rule
of
the
sayde
monasterye
/
¶
Longe
tyme
after
that
they
hadde
lyued
comȳly
wyth
the
brethern
/
¶
On
a
daye
aboute
nyne
of
the
clocke
in
the
mornynge
.
they
mette
togyder
vpon
the
Ryuer
of
Eufrates
.
in
disputynge
of
the
conuersacyon
.
and
of
the
grete
laboure
of
the
brethern
of
the
sayde
monastery
/
¶
And
thenne
came
to
Theophile
a
thought
.
Whyche
he
sayde
to
his
two
felowes
.
Sergius
.
and
Th●mus
¶
My
brethern
I
shall
saye
to
you
/
Truly
it
play
syth
me
/
and
I
haue
grete
desyre
to
walke
.
and
goo
soo
ferre
vnto
that
I
maye
fynde
the
heuen
and
the
erthe
Ioyne
togyder
/
¶
The
other
sayd
/
We
haue
holde
the
alwaye
companye
/
And
yet
we
shall
not
leue
the
/
For
thy
maners
and
thy
wordes
playse
vs
.
We
shall
goo
with
the.
and
not
forsake
the
vnto
the
dethe
¶
Thyse
wordes
sayde
.
they
departed
from
thens
.
¶
And
after
that
they
had
gone
by
the
space
of
ten
dayes
Iourney
They
arryued
and
came
to
the
cyte
of
Iherusalem
/
And
worshypped
the
places
where
our
lorde
Ihesus
Cryst
had
be
.
¶
His
Crosse
.
his
sepulture
.
and
other
sayntuaryes
¶
And
after
came
to
Bethleem
.
in
whiche
place
they
also
worshipped
the
cribbe
where
in
oure
lorde
hadde
layen
.
and
were
also
in
the
place
where
the
aungelus
spekynge
to
the
Shepeherdes
songen
Gloria
in
excelsis
deo
the
whyche
place
standyth
two
myle
from
Bethleem
¶
And
after
they
wente
vpp
in
to
the
mounte
of
Olyuete
Where
as
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
ascended
in
to
heuen
whanne
he
was
receyued
in
a
clowde
the
daye
of
his
gloryous
Ascencyon
/
¶
They
came
agayne
in
to
Iherusalem
.
And
there
adoured
and
worshyped
god
.
¶
And
after
they
departed
as
people
gyuynge
ouer
&
refusynge
all
delyers
temporell
.
Wythoute
to
haue
ony
regarde
ne
thoughte
to
the
worlde
/
¶
The
fyfthe
daye
they
passed
the
Ryuer
of
Tygris
/
And
entred
in
to
the
londe
of
Perse
.
¶
They
came
in
to
a
grete
felde
namyd
Assya
/
In
whyche
saynt
Mercure
martyr
slewe
Iulyan
the
Apostata
/
¶
After
they
reentred
in
to
a
cyte
namyd
Catyssefodo
/
In
whyche
the
bodyes
of
the
thre
chyldren
.
Anany
as
.
Azaryas
.
and
Mysaell
ben
buryed
/
¶
And
there
they
soiourned
many
dayes
/
¶
Foure
monethes
after
they
passed
the
londe
of
Perse
/
And
entred
in
to
the
londe
of
Inde
/
And
aryued
in
an
howse
in
whyche
noo
man
dwellyd
/
¶
And
there
they
abode
two
dayes
/
¶
And
the
thyrde
daye
they
sawe
come
to
them
a
man
and
a
woman
armyd
/
Of
whom
they
had
grete
drede
/
¶
But
by
cause
that
the
sayd
man
and
woman
hadde
supposyd
that
the
relygyouse
men
had
ben
spyrytes
or
espyes
.
and
retorned
agayne
/
And
assembled
almost
a
thre
thou
sande
Ethyopyens
/
The
whyche
arryued
there
.
and
bylette
the
house
al
aboute
.
where
as
they
weren
on
theyr
knees
prayenge
to
god
/
¶
And
the
other
sette
fyre
atte
the
foure
corners
of
the
howse
¶
The
whyche
thynge
knowen
by
the
religyous
men
were
moche
aferde
and
not
wythoute
cause
/
And
sprongen
out
in
to
the
myddes
of
theym
.
in
callynge
the
name
of
Ihesu
Cryste
Sauyoure
of
alle
the
worlde
/
¶
The
sayde
Ethyopyens
after
that
they
hadde
longe
parlemented
togyder
in
theyr
langage
whiche
.
the
sayd
freres
vnderstode
noo
thynge
/
¶
Fynably
they
lad
theym·
and
broughte
theym
in
pryson
obscure
and
derke
/
¶
Alas
whanne
they
weren
in
pryson
none
gaaf
to
them
nother
mete
ne
drinke
/
And
had
noo
comforte
of
ony
man
liuynge
.
But
beganne
to
wepe
.
and
requyred
the
mercy
of
god
/
¶
Whanne
the
cursyd
Ethyopyens
sawe
that
they
were
in
contynuell
prayer
/
They
lete
theym
goo
oute
:
In
chacynge
and
betinge
theym
vylandusly
&
rygoryously
wyth
grete
staues
.
tyll
they
were
oute
of
theyr
prouynce
/
¶
And
they
sayd
that
thei
were
foure
score
dayes
wythoute
mete
.
And
herof
the
Recytour
callyth
god
to
wytnesse
/
The
whyche
for
the
honour
of
god
we
oughte
pyteuously
to
byleue
¶
Fynably
they
departed
oute
of
theyr
Regyons
/
And
wente
towarde
the
countreye
of
the
Eest
.
Where
they
founde
a
felde
delycyous
alle
full
of
trees
berynge
sauourous
fruyte
and
merueyllouse
swete
Wherof
they
thankyd
god
/
And
ete
alle
theyr
fylle
of
the
fruytes
of
the
sayde
trees
/
And
after
passed
the
sayde
londe
of
Iude.
And
entred
in
to
the
londe
of
Chanane
¶
Whanne
they
sawe
the
vysages
of
the
Inhabytauntes
of
the
sayde
countreye
/
They
were
moche
admerueyled
¶
In
that
countree
the
men
dwelled
with
the
wymmen
in
caues
beynge
vnder
the
Ro●hes
.
They
dyde
to
theym
noo
dysplaysure
.
For
god
kepte
theym
/
¶
After
they
wente
an
hundred
dayes
towarde
the
Eest
.
and
entred
in
to
the
londe
of
Epythrens
.
There
as
the
men
haue
not
but
a
●ubyte
of
lengthe
/
The
whyche
whanne
they
sawe
the
thre
relygyous
men
.
they
fledde
for
fere
/
¶
After
they
came
towarde
the
mountaynes
hyghe
and
merueyllous
terryble
On
whyche
the
sonne
shynyth
not
.
Ne
on
theym
growen
noo
trees
ne
herbes
/
But
there
ben
many
serpentes
.
Aspy●es
.
Basylycoks
.
and
dragons
on
theym
.
And
other
Infinyte
bestes
merueyllous
and
venymous
/
The
whyche
they
hadde
neuer
byfore
seen
/
¶
God
beynge
theyr
helpe
.
they
were
there
by
the
space
of
twenty
dayes
emonge
the
same
beestes
wythoute
hauynge
ony
harme
.
sauf
oonly
that
they
herde
theyr
ferdefull
syflyyges
/
¶
After
they
descended
in
to
a
place
the
moost
teryble
and
terdfull
the
euer
they
hadd
seen
full
of
roches
.
some
lowe
and
the
other
hyghe
/
¶
And
Iourneyed
by
the
space
of
seuen
dayes
in
the
sayde
Regyon
/
In
the
whyche
they
rested
theim
by
cause
they
myghte
goo
no
ferther
/
¶
And
the
seuenth
day
there
came
an
herte
.
whyche
passed
tofore
theym
.
Whom
they
folowed
in
grete
traueyll
and
payne
¶
For
they
founde
more
sharper
roches
thanne
tofore
.
And
neuerthelesse
they
passed
that
terryble
countree
/
¶
And
after
they
founde
a
scide
full
of
Olyphauntes
/
the
whyche
bi
goddis
grace
dyde
to
theym
none
harme·
But
they
loste
theyr
waye
.
And
there
beganne
to
wepe
in
callynge
to
their
ayde
the
name
of
oure
lorde
.
¶
And
a●
they
walked
nyne
dayes
wythout
way
and
wythoute
to
haue
mete
or
drynke
.
¶
After
by
the
ayde
of
god
they
arryued
in
a
felde
haboundynge
in
fruyte
¶
And
after
they
entred
in
to
a
countree
.
where
the
sonne
ne
the
mone
dyde
not
shyne
.
but
there
were
derke
tenchrees
and
obscu●ous
/
¶
Thenne
they
fell
prostrate
to
the
erthe
/
In
prayenge
and
requyrynge
the
grace
of
god
/
And
there
they
were
seuen
dayes
sore
troubled
with
oute
mete
or
drynke
.
and
wythout
seenge
of
ony
lyghte
/
¶
They
beyng
in
contynuell
prayer
.
came
a
culuer
or
a
doune
fleenge
abowte
theym
for
to
moeue
theym
to
goo
ferther
/
They
rend●ynge
graces
to
god
aroos
vpp
.
and
folowed
the
sayde
doune
.
tyll
they
came
in
to
a
place
.
where
as
was
thus
wreton
on
a
large
stone
)
Who
that
woll
entree
in
to
this
londe
.
he
muste
take
the
waye
on
the
lyfte
honde
/
For
on
the
ryght
syde
there
is
noo
thynge
but
roches
and
valeyes
.
And
the
countree
is
Inhabytable
●
¶
This
scrypture
hadd
made
Alexandre
the
grete
in
fightynge
agaynst
Da●e
the
kynge
of
Perse
/
¶
Thenne
they
wente
on
the
lyfte
syde
many
Iourney
is
/
And
fourty
dayes
after
they
came
in
to
a
place
where
as
was
soo
grete
a
stenche
and
fylthe
that
vneth
they
myghte
lyue
/
But
dradde
to
deye
sodaynly
/
¶
They
recomended
theyr
soules
to
god
/
For
they
supposed
neuer
to
haue
departed
from
that
stynkynge
place
.
And
a
lytyll
whyle
after
they
espyed
a
lake
full
of
serpentes
castynge
fyre
.
the
whyche
made
merueyllous
howlynges
and
waylynges
wythin
the
sayd
lake
.
wherof
the
resownaunce
or
sowne
was
soo
porryble
that
it
semyd
it
wente
vppe
to
heuen
/
¶
They
herde
after
a
voys
fro
heuen
the
whiche
sayd
.
Knowe
ye
that
this
place
here
that
ye
see
.
is
the
place
where
they
that
renye
and
forsake
god
be
crucyfyed
&
tormented
/
¶
The
whiche
voys
herde
.
they
smote
on
theyr
brestes
/
¶
And
in
grete
drede
of
god
they
passed
the
sayd
lake
/
And
descended
bytwene
two
mountaynes
ryght
hyghe
.
In
the
myddle
of
whom
they
sawe
a
man
ferdfull
of
longe
stature
.
as
of
an
hundred
cubytes
.
bounde
and
chayned
wyth
grete
chaynes
of
yren
/
¶
Two
chaynes
he
had
on
one
of
his
sydes
at●atched
to
one
of
the
mountaynes
And
two
other
chaynes
in
lyke
wyse
fyxed
to
that
other
mountayne
/
¶
Wyth
this
he
hadde
a
grete
fyre
.
whyche
enuyronned
and
was
abowte
him
on
alle
sydes
¶
And
the
same
monstre
cried
soo
horrybly
.
that
the
voys
myght
be
herde
fourty
myle
ferre·
¶
And
whanne
he
saw
the
sayd
Relygyouses
come
/
He
cryed
more
thanne
tofore
/
Wherfore
it
was
noo
merueylle
though
they
were
aferde
¶
And
they
couered
theyr
faces
.
&
passyd
on
that
other
syde
of
the
same
mountayne
.
¶
After
they
passed
in
to
a nother
place
full
of
roches
and
caues
merueyllously
depe
/
And
thenne
they
sawe
a
woman
.
whyche
had
noo
thynge
but
her
heere
hangynge
vnto
the
grounde
/
vppon
whyche
was
a
dragon
/
¶
And
whanne
the
sayde
woman
wolde
speke
the
same
dragon
bote
her
tongue
.
And
putt
his
heed
wythin
her
mouthe
/
And
yf
they
were
abasshed
afore
.
yet
weren
they
more
after
¶
Wyth
this
herde
they
voyces
in
the
sayde
Cauernes
.
whyche
cryed
and
sayde
/
O
Ihesu
Cryste
the
sone
of
god
omnipotent
.
Haue
pyte
.
Haue
pyte
on
vs
/
¶
Thenne
the
sayde
Relygyous
putt
theym
to
prayer
.
and
prayed
god
that
he
wolde
take
theyr
soules
/
For
they
had
seen
his
Iugemens
.
whyche
ben
moche
to
be
fered
and
redoubted
/
¶
From
that
place
they
departed
.
and
anone
after
they
founden
a nother
place
full
of
trees
.
lyke
to
fygge
trees
.
Vppon
whyche
trees
they
sawe
in
four
me
of
byrdes
many
beestes
.
Whyche
cryed
in
sayeng
wyth
an
hygh
voys
/
¶
O
oure
Sauyoure
and
Redemer
.
whyche
haste
fourmed
and
created
.
forgyue
to
vs
oure
synnes
.
Gyue
to
vs
mercy
as
thou
arte
mercyfull
.
For
we
haue
synned
vppon
alle
the
face
of
the
erthe
/
¶
Thenne
the
sayde
Relygyouses
beganne
to
make
theyr
prayer
to
god
that
they
myghte
haue
reuelacyon
of
that
.
whyche
thei
hadde
seen
.
By
cause
that
they
myght
not
knowe
it
/
¶
They
herde
thenne
a
voyce
whyche
sayde
to
theym
/
Goo
on
youre
waye
/
For
it
apperteyneth
not
to
you
to
knowe
the
dyuyne
secretes
/
¶
And
soo·
they
wente
forthon
.
and
founde
a
place
moche
playsaunte
and
delectable
/
¶
In
whyche
were
foure
men
hauynge
faces
fayre
and
merueyllously
playsaunte
/
¶
Also
vppon
theyr
hedes
eche
a
crowne
aourned
&
sette
with
precyous
stones
¶
And
in
theyr
hondes
they
helden
grete
palmes
alle
of
golde
.
and
also
swerdes
all
nakyd
/
But
with
this
they
hadde
afore
theym
a
grete
fyre
moche
grete
and
enflammed
:
¶
The
sayde
Relygyouses
seenge
thyse
beganne
to
crye
in
sayenge
/
¶
O
lordes
and
seruauntes
of
god
.
haue
pyte
on
vs
/
To
the
ende
that
thyse
swerdes
and
this
fyre
doo
vs
none
harme
/
¶
Thenne
they
ansuered
to
them
.
frendes
drede
ye
noo
thynge
/
But
goo
ye
the
way
whiche
hath
be
shewed
to
you
by
god
/
The
whyche
hathe
sette
vs
in
this
place
for
to
kepe
the
passage
vnto
the
daye
that
he
shall
come
to
Iuge
the
vnyuersall
worlde
/
¶
After
they
passed
and
went
fourty
dayes
wythout
ony
mete
.
but
they
dranke
oonly
water
.
¶
And
as
they
wente
they
herde
melodyouse
songes
and
armonyous
as
of
Infenyte
nombre
of
people
/
Symphonysynge
more
swetter
thanne
ony
other
Instrumentes
/
¶
After
they
felte
an
odoure
more
swete
thanne
bame
.
and
also
thanne
ony
other
spyces
aromatyke
in
al
the
worlde
/
¶
And
by
the
vertue
of
those
armonyes
and
swete
sauours
they
slepte
/
Anone
after
they
awoke
.
¶
And
in
beholdynge
byfore
theym
/
They
sawe
a
chirche
decorate
and
ornate
aboue
alle
puyssaunce
humayne
/
For
it
semyd
alle
to
be
made
of
crystall
/
¶
In
that
chyrche
was
an
awter
moche
well
arayed
/
By
whyche
and
by
a
fountayne
there
beynge
.
sourded
and
sprange
a
water
whyte
as
mylke
/
Abowte
whyche
fountayne
weren
people
whyche
songen
songes
of
Cherubyn
/
¶
Now
for
to
dyscryue
the
fourme
of
the
sayde
chyrche
/
The
partye
wythout
for
the
on
the
syde
of
the
South
was
of
the
colour
semblable
or
lyke
to
a
precyous
stone
namyd
Prasym
.
The
partye
towarde
the
North
was
redde
as
blodde
/
And
towarde
the
Eest
white
as
mylke
¶
There
was
also
vpon
the
same
chirche
many
sterres
.
more
shynynge
thanne
they
that
shyne
in
this
worlde
/
¶
The
sonne
shone
and
was
more
hoter
seuen
tymes
thanne
in
oure
londe
/
The
mountaynes
and
the
trees
were
wythoute
comparyson
more
hygher
thanne
they
of
this
Regyon
/
And
the
fruytes
of
the
sayde
trees
were
moche
fayrer
.
and
also
moche
swetter
/
¶
The
songe
of
the
byrdes
that
flewe
there
resowned
vppe
to
heuen
¶
The
erthe
of
that
place
had
two
colource
/
Of
whom
that
one
was
whyte
and
that
other
reed
/
¶
Thyse
relygyouses
thenne
alle
abasshed
.
salewed
the
enhabitauntes
of
that
place
.
and
wente
forthe
theyr
waye
/
¶
And
they
wente
an
hundred
dayes
wythoute
mete
.
But
of
water
they
dranke
ynough
/
¶
And
sodaynly
they
sawe
come
towarde
theym
a
multytude
of
men
&
wy●●men
.
whiche
were
but
a
cubite
bye
.
whyche
made
theym
sore
aferde
/
But
they
sette
theyr
lyues
in
the
honde
of
god
.
&
wente
agaynste
theym
/
¶
And
Incontynent
by
the
vertue
of
god
they
fledde
¶
Thenne
the
sayde
Relygyouses
toke
their
refeccyon
of
herbes
whiche
they
founde
in
that
place
.
And
rendred
than
kynges
to
god
.
whyche
hadde
delyuerde
theym
from
soo
many
perylles
/
¶
And
after
by
the
wyll
of
god
they
founde
a
fayr
waye
to
walke
in
/
by
whyche
they
wente
many
Iourneyes
/
And
in
walkynge
they
founde
a
caue
playsaunte
ynoughe
/
and
clenly
wythin
/
In
to
whyche
they
entred
/
¶
After
that
they
were
wythin
.
they
marked
theym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
.
But
thei
founde
there
noo
persone
¶
And
by
cause
they
founde
the
place
soo
clene
.
they
ymagyned
that
some
man
dwellyd
there
/
And
soo
abode
there
tyll
euen
.
for
to
knowe
yf
he
that
dwellyd
there
wolde
come
/
They
beynge
there
wythin
slepten
/
¶
And
after
that
they
were
a
waked
.
they
went
oute
of
the
caue
.
And
Incontynent
they
saw
a
man
hauyng
hys
heeres
as
whyte
as
snowe
/
The
whyche
couered
alle
his
body
/
¶
Whanne
the
sayde
man
sawe
theym
.
he
fell
downe
to
the
grounde
/
¶
And
after
he
aroos
&
sayde
to
theym
.
Yf
ye
ben
on
goddis
halfe
/
Marke
ye
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
.
Or
ellis
goo
ye
youre
waye
oute
from
me
in
the
name
of
god
/
whyche
sayden
to
hym
.
that
he
sholde
noo
thynge
be
aferde
/
And
that
they
were
the
seruauntes
of
god
as
he
was
/
This
seenge
that
good
man
.
was
longe
in
his
prayers
¶
And
notwythstondyng
that
he
had
be
longe
in
that
place
.
Yet
was
his
face
as
shynynge
as
the
vysage
of
an
aungell
/
¶
His
browes
couered
hys
eyen
bi
force
of
olde
aege
.
The
vngles
or
nayles
of
his
fete
and
hondes
weren
merueyllously
longe
.
His
berde
and
his
heeres
couered
also
alle
his
body
/
And
his
skynne
was
as
harde
as
the
shelle
of
a
lymace
/
¶
The
sayde
holy
man
also
wepynge
demaunded
of
the
thre
Relygyouses
pylgryms
of
whens
they
were
/
And
wherfore
they
weren
thyder
come
/
and
of
the
estate
of
mankynde
.
And
yf
the
Sarrazyns
and
Ethnycyens
persecuted
more
the
faythe
/
¶
The
sayde
pylgrymes
recounted
to
hym
all
theyr
aduersytees
/
And
how
they
soughte
to
fynde
the
place
.
where
as
heuen
and
erthe
Ioyned
togyder
/
¶
The
holy
man
sayde
thenne
to
theym
that
fro
the
place
where
as
they
were
.
it
was
no
ferre
waye
to
paradyce
terrestre
/
But
noo
man
myghte
goo
thyther
.
But
yf
the
aungellis
bare
hym
.
lyke
as
a
voyce
hadde
sayde
to
him
whanne
he
hym selfe
wolde
haue
goon
thyther
/
¶
He
tolde
to
them
also
as
the
aungell
had
tolde
to
hym
.
that
it
was
but
twenty
myles
to
the
place
where
as
Adam
was
created
and
fourmed
.
and
to
the
sayd
paradice
terrestre
.
Where
as
the
erthe
Ioynyth
to
heuen
/
¶
The
sayde
pylgrymes
herynge
thyse
wordes
.
were
moche
enioyed
/
And
entred
in
to
the
caue
wyth
the
sayde
holy
man
/
¶
Whanne
the
euen
was
comen
he
prayed
theym
and
sayde
:
That
they
sholde
not
holde
theym
wythin
the
sayde
caue
/
By
cause
that
there
were
wyth
in
a
lytyll
space
therby
two
lyons
.
whyche
camen
euery
nyghte
to
lye
wyth
him
¶
And
he
fered
theym
sore
.
leest
they
sholde
doo
to
theym
ony
harme
or
dysplaysure
/
¶
Anone
after
they
sawe
the
sayde
two
lyons
come
.
But
the
good
holy
man
wente
and
mette
wyth
theym
/
And
deffended
and
forbadde
the
sayd
lyons
to
doo
theym
ony
greyf
/
The
whyche
deffence
made
.
they
soiourned
there
surely
/
¶
On
the
morne
they
asked
of
the
holy
man
.
of
his
estate
and
conuersacyon
/
and
also
of
his
name
/
And
of
what
place
he
was
/
¶
To
whom
he
ansuered
/
Fyrste
that
he
was
namyd
Machaire
/
And
was
borne
atte
Rome
.
sone
of
a
noble
Romayne
flourysshynge
in
good
renomme
and
fame
thorugh
oute
alle
the
empyre
/
¶
After
he
recounted
to
theym
of
his
lyfe
and
conuersacyon
.
and
the
cause
wherfore
he
was
departed
from
Rome
.
¶
And
beganne
to
recyte
&
shewe
to
theym
/
That
he
beynge
yonge
/
his
fader
wolde
haue
maryed
hym
.
and
in
dede
was
fyaunced
and
trouth
plyghted
.
and
a
daye
accepted
to
be
wedded
¶
Atte
whyche
daye
after
that
al
thynges
necessary
for
the
weddynge
were
made
redy
/
And
the
lordes
Romayns
boden
for
to
goo
to
the
celebracion
and
so
lempnytee
of
the
sayde
weddynge
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
the
same
preparacyons
and
ordynaunces
/
And
that
the
houre
approchyd
and
drewe
nyghe
Secretely
he
departed
from
the
house
/
of
his
fader
.
And
hydde
hym
in
the
●ous
of
a
woman
a
widowe
wyth
whom
he
was
famylyer
/
¶
In
her
house
he
was
seuen
dayes
hydde
wythoute
to
be
seen
of
ony
persone
of
the
cyte
of
Rome
/
¶
That
same
wydowe
wente
euery
daye
in
to
the
hous
of
his
fader
.
And
knewe
alle
the
was
sayde
of
hym
syth
he
came
to
her
house
And
shewed
alle
to
the
sayde
holy
man
¶
His
fader
seenge
that
he
mighte
not
fynde
him
was
moche
angry
and
also
his
moder
wyth
alle
theyr
frendes
/
¶
The
eyghte
daye
after
whyche
was
Sondaye
.
he
tooke
leue
of
the
sayd
wydowe
.
and
wente
openly
thorugh
the
strete
/
¶
And
in
gooynge
he
founde
in
his
waye
.
a
man
moche
olde
/
whom
he
salewed
demaundynge
whether
he
went
and
yf
he
wolde
holde
hym
companye
¶
To
whom
the
olde
man
ansuered
that
he
wolde
doo
as
it
sholde
playse
hym
/
¶
And
soo
they
wente
togyder
oute
of
Rome
in
sechynge
theyr
mete
fro
dore
to
dore
/
¶
And
longe
tyme
they
wente
togyder
by
the
wayes
.
the
whyche
the
threpilgryms
tofore
namyd
hadde
holden
/
¶
And
after
the
good
Machaire
recyted
that
whan
he
came
a
.xxx.
myle
nyghe
to
the
place
where
as
he
was
/
and
recyted
thyse
thynges
.
that
same
olde
man
whyche
had
acompanyed
hym
syth
he
departed
from
Rome
vanisshed
a
way
and
wyste
not
where
he
became
/
¶
Thenne
was
saynt
Machaire
sore
trowbled
.
In
soo
moche
he
wyste
not
what
to
doo
/
¶
But
layed
hym
downe
on
the
erthe
/
and
there
wayled
and
we●te
habundauntly
/
¶
And
he
beynge
in
this
poynte
wayllynge
and
wepynge
.
The
same
man
that
was
in
his
companye
/
apperyd
to
hym
agayne
.
and
sayde
/
¶
Ryght
dere
brother
angre
the
noo
thynge
/
¶
For
I
am
the
Aungell
Raphaell
sente
from
god
.
for
.
and
to
helpe
the
in
thy
necessytees
/
¶
And
knowe
the
that
by
the
commaundement
of
god
I
haue
brought
the
hyther
¶
Oure
lorde
hathe
alwaye
holpen
the
In
gyuynge
waye
prosperouse
/
By
the
whyche
thou
haste
passed
alle
the
der●e
places
/
And
theim
where
as
ben
the
tourmentes
of
soules
/
Now
thou
art
in
lyght
/
And
therfore
thou
oughtest
now
to
drede
noo
thynge
.
But
goo
forthe
in
the
waye
that
thou
haste
begonne
/
¶
Thyse
thynges
thus
sayde
.
the
aungell
departed
from
hym
/
Thenne
reprysed
and
tooke
agayn
saynt
Machaite
his
strengthe
.
and
wente
forthon
/
¶
And
ryght
soone
after
he
founde
a
wylde
asse
/
The
whyche
he
adiured
in
the
name
of
god
that
he
sholde
adresse
and
gouerne
hym
the
waye
.
by
whyche
he
myghte
surely
goo
/
¶
After
the
sayne
coniuracyon
.
the
asse
wente
forth
by
a
lytyll
path
/
And
soo
folowynge
hym
saynt
Machaire
wente
wyth
hym
two
dayes
/
¶
And
the
thyrde
day
he
founde
an
herte
without
comparyson
more
greter
thanne
ony
of
the
countree
/
¶
The
sayde
asse
seenge
the
sayde
herte
/
hadde
grete
drede
.
and
left
the
holy
man
.
whyche
was
thenne
sore
trowblyd
.
By
cause
he
myghte
not
know
ne
see
ony
wayne
pathe
.
¶
He
thenne
soo
abasshyd
that
he
wyst
not
what
to
doo
/
He
adiured
the
herte
that
hadde
be
cause
to
make
hym
to
lese
his
guyde
/
That
he
hymselfe
sholde
guyde
him
.
and
lede
hym
surely
¶
And
Incontynente
the
sayde
herte
came
to
hym
.
lyke
as
a
good
came
beest
/
¶
And
in
a
strayte
waye
he
beganne
to
goo
to
fore
the
good
holy
man
/
In
lokynge
be
hynde
hym
yf
he
folowyd
hym
alwaye
¶
And
soo
they
wente
togider
thre
dayes
/
¶
The
fourthe
daye
they
founde
a
dragon
merueyllous
:
whyche
laye
alonge
in
the
waye
/
¶
And
whanne
the
herte
sawe
the
dragon
.
he
fledde
a
waye
.
and
the
good
man
abode
alone
/
And
wyste
not
what
to
doo
.
but
to
calle
on
the
name
of
god
/
And
felle
downe
prostrate
to
the
erthe
for
to
make
his
prayer
/
¶
After
he
blessyd
him
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
/
¶
And
commaunded
in
the
name
of
god
the
sayde
dragon
that
he
sholde
doo
to
hym
none
harme
.
ne
lettinge
/
¶
And
thenne
it
haped
by
myracle
.
and
agaynst
the
comyn
vsage
of
nature
.
that
the
dragon
spake
.
and
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
Come
on
hardly
.
come
on
well
happy
and
seruaunte
of
god
Machaire
.
¶
The
aungell
Raphaell
shewynge
me
thy
face
.
hathe
commaunded
me
that
I
sholde
come
to
the
/
for
to
lede
the
to
the
place
whiche
is
arayed
for
the
by
the
commaundement
of
god
/
¶
It
is
foure
dayes
sythe
I
haue
abyden
for
the
wythoute
mete
or
drynke
/
¶
In
this
nyghte
I
haue
seen
the
in
a
clowde
ryght
shynynge
/
And
haue
herde
a
voyce
whyche
sayde
to
me
that
I
sholde
haste
me
for
to
lede
the
and
conduyte
.
Bi
cause
thou
were
not
ferre
frome
/
¶
Wherfore
come
on
promptely
&
folowe
me
.
And
drede
the
noo
thynge
/
¶
For
by
the
ayde
and
helpe
of
god
I
shall
lede
the
to
the
place
.
Whyche
by
hym
is
made
redy
to
the
/
In
whyche
thou
oughtest
to
loue
and
prayse
god
/
Thyse
wordes
sayde
by
hym
that
semyd
to
be
a
dragon
/
Sodainly
he
transfygured
and
chaunged
hymselfe
in
to
lykenesse
of
a
yonge
man
/
As
the
same
holy
fader
sayd
/
&
brought
him
vnto
the
holy
place
.
where
he
recited
al
thise
thynges
/
And
where
as
the
sayde
pylgryms
had
founden
hym
/
¶
And
he
sayde
yet
ferthermore
.
that
he
beynge
arryued
in
the
sayde
caue
/
The
sayde
yonge
man
vanysshed
awaye
/
¶
And
thenne
he
humbly
thanked
god
.
in
gloryfyenge
hym
of
the
graces
that
he
had
done
to
hym
/
In
preseruynge
hym
fro
the
grete
daungers
.
wherin
he
hadde
ben
.
er
he
was
comen
vnto
the
sayde
place
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
sayde
that
he
hadde
be
ofte
tempted
of
the
deuyll
/
Whyche
ofte
came
to
vysyte
hym
.
for
to
gyue
to
hym
empesshement
and
lettynge
in
his
contemplacyons
.
¶
And
emonge
his
other
temptacyons
.
he
hadde
presented
hym
a
lytyll
bende
.
to
swadle
a
lytyll
chylde
brynge
in
his
cradle
/
The
wyche
bende
the
holy
man
hadde
taken
.
and
putt
it
in
his
caue
forgetynge
to
blesse
hym
.
ne
to
make
prayer
in
takynge
it
/
¶
A nother
tyme
he
hadde
layed
tofore
his
caue
a
payr
of
shoes
of
a
woman
/
whyche
semblably
and
in
lyke
wyse
he
hadde
taken
and
layed
bi
the
layd
bende
/
¶
And
the
thyrde
tyme
the
deuyll
apperyd
to
hym
in
lyckenesse
of
a
woman
.
cladde
wyth
ryche
habyllements
.
And
was
aourned
&
arayed
wyth
precyous
stones
/
¶
Whanne
the
sayde
holy
man
sawe
that
/
Not
ymagynynge
that
it
was
the
deuyll
.
spake
to
her
famylyerly
.
&
demaunded
what
she
was
/
And
how
she
was
comen
in
to
his
●aue
/
¶
Thenne
she
as
heuy
and
sorowfull
beganne
to
wepe
and
caste
out
gre●e
syghynges
/
¶
The
holy
man
seeng
that
she
wepte
.
mouyd
of
pyte
and
compassyon
beganne
to
wepe
wyth
her
/
¶
And
thenne
the
deuyll
beganne
to
speke
to
hym
sayenge
.
O
holy
man
seruaunte
of
god
.
I
am
the
doughter
of
a
noble
Romayne
/
whyche
some
tyme
was
fyaunced
and
trouthplyght
in
maryage
to
a
noble
man
of
Rome
¶
But
whanne
the
day
was
comen
.
in
whiche
we
sholde
haue
made
the
maryage
.
He
to
whom
I
shold
haue
be
spowsed
and
maryed
wente
his
waye
secretely
.
that
neuer
syth
was
seen
/
¶
And
whanne
I
sawe
that
he
was
departed
from
Rome
And
that
his
parentes
and
kynnesmen
and
frendes
soughte
hym
in
grete
heuinesse
/
I
was
not
Ioyous
.
But
the
same
nyghte
departed
also
pryuely
.
wyth
oute
takynge
leue
of
ony
persone
.
And
haue
passyd
as
well
by
mountaynes
and
valeyes
.
as
by
many
other
dangerouse
places
without
guydynge
of
ony
lyuynge
persone
/
¶
And
thus
alle
allone
am
I
comen
hyther
/
¶
Saynt
Machaire
wenynge
that
she
was
his
wife
/
Toke
her
swetely
by
the
honde
and
ladde
her
in
to
his
caue
/
¶
But
the
deuyll
contynuelly
wepte
/
Wherfore
the
holy
man
was
the
more
redy
to
byleue
that
it
hadde
ben
his
wyfe
/
And
wepte
semblably
and
in
lykewyse
wyth
her
/
¶
After
theyr
lamentacyons
and
wepynges
the
holy
man
tooke
akehornes
&
herbes
.
and
wolde
haue
made
her
to
ete
.
wenynge
that
she
shel●e
cesse
her
sorowe
/
¶
Now
the
holy
man
Machaire
vnderstode
not
the
cautelles
and
dysceytes
of
the
deuyll
/
The
whiche
atte
begynnynge
were
ouer
subtyll
and
straunge
for
to
be
vnderstonde
¶
And
soo
they
deuyseden
longe
wyth
in
the
sayde
caue
.
that
one
syttynge
by
that
other
/
¶
And
in
spekynge
togyder
the
forsayde
woman
towchyd
his
hondes
.
by
manere
of
flaterye
.
As
now
many
done
for
to
moeue
the
men
to
vs
●●●ouse
and
fowle
synne
of
lecherye
/
¶
And
in
thus
dooynge
the
poore
man
without
to
blesse
hym
ne
comaundynge
him
to
god
.
fell
a
slepe
/
As
yf
he
hadde
be
traueylled
of
many
labours
/
¶
Now
it
happed
in
slepynge
.
by
th
art
or
subtyltee
and
shrewdenesse
of
the
deuyll
/
That
he
dremyd
to
be
wyth
hys
wyfe
and
to
haue
her
companye
.
in
suche
wyse
.
that
whanne
he
awoke
.
he
founde
hymselfe
alle
dyscoueryd
and
ponished
o●
defoylled
/
as
he
hadde
flesshly
done
wyth
his
wyfe
/
¶
Thenne
knewe
he
that
it
was
the
deuyll
.
By
cause
that
after
he
hadde
slepte
.
he
sawe
ne
apperceyued
her
noo
more
/
¶
Thenne
he
beganne
to
lamente
and
make
sorowe
.
and
make
many
exclamacyons
and
cryes
to
god
.
In
requyrynge
hym
humbly
of
pardonne
and
mercy
/
¶
Now
it
is
to
be
noted
that
the
two
lions
whyche
he
hadde
founde
in
his
caue
whanne
he
there
fyrste
arryued
.
After
he
hadde
done
this
synne
.
forsoken
hym
and
departed
fro
hym
.
The
whyche
thynge
by
hym
knowen
.
And
for
the
grete
dysplaysaunce
that
he
hadde
for
his
synnes
.
He
put
him
agayne
to
prayer
Prayenge
god
that
he
wolde
enseygne
and
shewe
hym
/
what
suffysaunt
penaunce
he
oughte
to
doo
/
And
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
sende
agayne
to
hym
his
two
lyons
/
¶
And
Incontynente
after
by
the
wyll
of
god
whyche
herde
his
requeste
and
petycyon
.
wolde
reduce
and
brynge
hym
to
the
waye
of
he●the
.
The
sayde
lions
retourned
/
and
beganne
promptely
to
make
a
fosse
.
or
a
pytte
of
the
largenesse
&
depnesse
suffysaunt
to
the
comyn
stature
of
a
man
¶
The
holy
man
that
seenge
/
thoughte
that
god
wolde
:
that
he
sholde
doo
his
penaunce
in
the
sayd
pytte
/
¶
And
commaunded
the
lyons
that
they
sholde
couere
hym
in
the
same
/
And
so
they
dyde
/
¶
He
beynge
in
the
sayd
pytte
by
the
space
of
thre
yere
/
Happed
that
by
the
grete
Inundacion
and
flowynge
of
waters
the
whyche
descended
there
.
the
sayd
caue
was
broken
.
And
a
parte
fell
vppon
his
heed
.
in
suche
wyse
that
by
the
moyen
of
the
sayde
rumpure
and
brekynge
where
as
he
hadde
not
seen
noo
lyghte
in
thre
yere
.
He
sawe
the
sonne
clerely
shyne
and
gyuynge
lyghte
/
¶
Thenne
he
tooke
the
herbes
.
whyche
he
founde
besyde
hym
.
and
ete
of
theym
/
¶
The
lyons
after
came
agayne
.
And
they
seenge
the
caue
broken
and
dysconuerte
.
They
dyffeated
the
pytte
/
and
brought
hym
oute
alle
hoole
wythoute
ony
gryef
or
brusure
/
¶
Thenne
he
came
oute
of
the
fosse
or
pytte
/
And
rendred
than
kynges
of
that
he
hadde
lyued
soo
longe
wythoute
seenge
of
sonne
ne
mone
And
also
wythoute
to
haue
ony
harme
of
his
body
he
was
delyuered
from
the
same
caue
/
¶
And
knelyd
downe
to
the
grounde
.
and
was
fourty
dayes
and
fourty
nyghtes
wythoute
moeuynge
hymselve
.
Lyke
as
he
hadde
he
Inmobyle
in
gloryfyenge
the
name
of
god
/
¶
The
sayde
fourty
dayes
passyd
.
He
came
agayne
in
to
his
caue
.
¶
And
there
he
sawe
foure
aungellis
whyche
shone
soo
merueyllously
that
alle
the
caue
was
enlumyned
¶
And
in
the
myddle
of
theym
was
our
lorde
and
Redemer
Ihesus
Cryste
in
fourme
of
a
man
.
Holdynge
in
his
honde
a
rodde
of
golde
/
&
made
a
sowne
so
strongly
resownyng
lyke
the
voys
of
ten
men
/
¶
The
same
noble
companye
songen
longe
/
¶
And
whanne
theyr
songe
was
accomplysshed
and
fulfyllyd
/
Thre
voyces
togyder
ansuered
(
Amen
)
¶
And
Incontynent
oure
Sauyour
Ihesu
Cryst
wyth
his
aungellis
whiche
acompanied
him
vanysshed
awaye
.
and
wente
in
to
heuen
/
¶
And
after
in
a
voys
descended
a
douue
wythin
the
sayde
caue
/
And
Incontynente
was
herde
a
noyce
romblynge
as
thundre
/
and
also
lyghtnynges
Innumerable
/
¶
He
herde
also
many
voyces
from
heuen
.
whyche
songen●
Sanctus
.
Sanctus
.
Sanctus
.
Dominus
deus
/
&c
Thenne
the
holy
man
herynge
and
seenge
the
sayde
woundres
.
was
alle
taken
in
a
traunce
.
and
rauysshed
in
spyryte
.
And
felle
downe
to
the
erthe
.
On
whyche
he
was
ryght
dayes
wythoute
moeuynge
honde
ne
fote
/
The
whyche
passyd
he
awoke
/
¶
And
thenne
he
knewe
that
god
hadde
sanctefyed
and
halowed
that
place
/
And
giuen
there
his
benedyccyon
and
blessynge
/
And
thenne
he
recu●ned
in
to
the
sayd
caue
and
praysed
the
name
of
god
/
in
gyuyng
to
hym
thankynges
and
louynges
of
his
vysytacyon
.
And
that
his
grace
hadde
made
hym
worthy
to
haue
his
companye
/
¶
Atte
the
tyme
of
the
same
vysyon
:
He
was
in
the
aege
of
fourty
yere
.
And
hadde
dwellyd
but
seuen
yeres
in
the
sayd
caue
¶
Whanne
he
hadd
recounted
and
tolde
alle
thyse
thynges
to
the
thre
Relygyous
pylgrymes
/
That
is
to
wyte
Theophyle
.
Sergius
and
Thimus
/
¶
He
Instructe
and
shewed
to
theym
the
maner
.
how
they
myghte
voyde
the
cursyd
temptacyon
and
decepcyon
of
the
deuyll
of
helle
/
In
sayenge
to
theym
.
that
they
sholden
remembre
and
haue
in
mynde
alwaye
how
the
deuyll
hadd
dysceyued
hym
subtylly
/
¶
And
after
he
admonested
and
desyred
them
to
abyde
wyth
him
.
Or
yf
it
playsed
to
theym
not
to
abyde
there
.
that
they
sholde
retourne
in
to
theyr
monasterye
/
¶
Alle
thyse
consydered
by
the
thre
Relygyouses
/
they
were
moche
abasshed
and
fell
downe
to
the
erthe
in
gloryfyenge
the
name
of
god
/
Whyche
oonly
dooth
soo
many
merueyllous
thynges
/
¶
And
also
they
rendred
to
hym
thankynges
of
that
he
hadde
broughte
theim
to
the
knowlege
of
the
holy
man
/
¶
Theyr
oryson
fynysshed
they
prayed
to
the
glorious
saynt
Machaire
that
he
wolde
praye
for
theym
to
the
Sau●our
of
the
worlde
/
That
he
wolde
saue
and
kepe
theym
in
retournynge
in
theyr
abbaye
/
To
the
ende
that
by
all
the
monasteryes
where
as
they
sholde
goo
They
myghte
also
well
recite
and
tell
that
whyche
they
hadde
seen
/
For
to
ercyte
and
moeue
alle
Relygyous
men
to
lyue
vertuously
/
¶
For
they
byleuyd
f●●mely
that
god
hadd
broughte
theym
to
the
sayde
place
/
for
and
to
the
ende
to
knowe
the
holy
man
/
And
also
for
to
shewe
and
manyfeste
his
holy
lyfe
and
conuersacyon
/
¶
The
holyman
Machaire
made
humbly
thenne
his
prayer
to
god
for
theym
¶
And
after
gaaf
to
theym
his
blessynge
And
after
kyssed
theym
in
recom●undynge
theym
to
god
/
¶
To
the
ende
that
they
myghte
make
theyr
voyage
in
peas
after
his
good
playsure
&
wyll
¶
Fynably
he
commaunded
his
two
lyons
that
they
sholde
conduyte
theym
tyll
they
were
passed
the
derke
places
:
where
as
they
were
seuen
dayes
and
seuen
nyghtes
.
wythout
departinge
from
the
place
.
lyke
as
it
is
tofore
wryten
/
¶
The
whyche
lyons
after
that
by
sygne
they
had
taken
leue
of
the
holy
man
broughte
theym
vnto
the
place
.
where
as
Alysaundre
hadd
made
the
wrytynge
makynge
mencyon
of
the
wayes
.
lyke
as
it
is
declared
tofore
¶
And
whan
they
came
to
the
sayde
place
.
the
lyons
lytyll
humbled
theym
/
and
toke
leue
of
theym
/
And
retorned
to
the
holy
man
/
¶
And
after
they
wente
wyth
the
grace
of
god
soo
longe
.
that
they
entred
in
to
the
londe
of
Perse
.
wythoute
to
haue
ony
lettynge
/
And
camen
to
the
cyte
of
Catessodo
.
In
whyche
ben
the
thre
childre
that
were
put
in
the
furnays
of
fyte
nyghe
by
Babylone
/
And
after
they
passed
the
Ryuer
of
Tygre
.
¶
And
the
fyftenth
daye
after
they
reentred
in
to
Iherusalem
.
And
there
vysyted
the
holy
places
.
as
they
hadde
done
byfore
/
¶
And
fynably
they
came
agayn
in
to
theyr
monasterye
/
In
whiche
whanne
they
were
arryued
/
recounted
alle
that
whyche
they
hadd
seen
/
And
pryncypally
of
saynt
Machaire
/
And
thenne
alle
the
Relygyouses
glorifyeden
the
name
of
god
/
To
whom
be
gyuen
laude
and
glorye
eternall
.
Amen
/
¶
Yf
ony
woll
repute
this
hystorye
far
apocryphum
tofore
or
he
Impute
ony
blame
to
the
rude
and
vncunnynge
translatoure
.
whyche
supplyeth
moche
affectuously
.
that
fyrste
he
see
saynt
Ierom
in
his
wrytyng
/
in
the
boke
of
the
lyfe
of
holy
faders
.
Vppon
the
whyche
hath
be
made
this
presente
translacyon
.
in
suche
wyse
as
the
Intytulacyon
conteynyth
of
this
presente
hystorye
/
to
the
ende
that
the
gretter
fayth
be
therto
yeuen
and
adiousted
.
¶
Here
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Pastumyen
.
whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Qm̄
desidero
.
&c·
Caplm.
xlix.
IHesu
Cryste
oure
Sauyour
.
lyke
as
hath
wryten
saynt
Iherom
hathe
not
manyfested
nor
shewed
his
Reame
ne
his
glorye
oonly
to
grete
and
excellente
clerkes
of
this
worlde
.
But
to
symple
and
ygnoraunt
of
alle
scyence
&
cunnynge
/
¶
As
now
now
ye
shal
see
in
the
lyf
of
saynt
Pastumien
/
The
whiche
was
of
the
lygnage
and
kynred
of
Mempheus
.
that
was
a
paynem
/
And
was
in
his
yongthe
moche
symple
.
and
vncunnynge
of
lettres
.
¶
Not
defoyllyd
wyth
vyces
of
Paynems
But
lyued
by
enbraydynge
and
weuynge
of
cordes
of
Ionkes
/
¶
He
neuer
pronounced
fowle
worde
oute
of
his
mowthe
.
¶
And
yet
whanne
he
was
in
the
worlde
.
He
fledde
besyly
and
ofte
the
conuersacyon
of
wymmen
/
¶
Euer
more
he
lyued
in
charitee
.
and
hadde
peas
wyth
euery
persone
.
wythoute
to
moeue
with
his
neyghbour
ony
discorde
ne
dyscencyon
.
Applyenge
hymselve
to
alle
vertuous
werkts
.
Notwythstondynge
that
he
was
not
yet
Crysten
¶
He
beynge
in
the
aege
of
thyrty
yere
God
wolde
take
from
hym
the
corrupcyon
of
synne●
for
to
make
him
to
haue
the
lyfe
eternall
/
¶
On
a
tyme
the
aungel
came
and
sayd
to
hym
/
Pastumyen
haste
thou
not
knowen
god
of
heuen
/
And
he
ansuerde
.
Naye
/
And
that
oonly
he
dyde
hys
●●at●
.
But
yf
god
were
in
heuen
or
not
he
hadde
not
herde
saye
.
¶
For
he
was
not
a
clerke
for
to
knowe
the
thynges
dyuyne
and
celestyall
/
¶
The
aungell
thenne
sayde
to
hym
/
Now
praye
god
/
and
he
shall
gyue
to
the
sapyence
/
To
whom
ansuered
the
holy
man
/
that
he
cowde
not
praye
/
¶
For
he
knewe
not
what
prayer
was
/
¶
Thenne
the
aungell
toke
a
leyf
of
the
Laurell
tree
.
and
sette
a
prayer
theron
.
sayenge
to
hym
/
That
he
sholde
ete
it
/
¶
And
how
wel
that
it
semyd
hym
bytter
Yet
neuerthelesse
it
gaaf
hym
the
fourme
and
manere
to
praye
god
/
¶
The
sayde
holy
man
Incontynent
ete
it
/
¶
And
it
was
bytter
to
hym
in
his
mowthe
.
But
alle
his
herte
was
replenysshyd
wyth
swetnesse
.
¶
Thus
thenne
he
began
to
prayse
and
magnefye
the
name
of
god
.
¶
The
aungell
after
towchyd
his
lyppes
/
And
toke
from
him
the
bytternesse
of
his
mouthe
.
¶
And
anone
after
saynte
Pastumyen
knew
hyghe
thynges
of
holy
scrypture
.
lyke
as
he
hadde
estudyed
therin
alle
his
lyfe
/
¶
After
the
aungell
sayde
to
hym
that
he
sholde
sette
his
knees
to
the
grounde
and
his
face
in
to
the
Eest
.
¶
And
that
Incontynent
he
sholde
haue
wythoute
defawte
alle
that
he
wolde
demaunde
of
god
/
¶
Soo
he
dyde
.
And
that
done
he
beganne
to
saye
I
shal
loue
&
prayse
all
my
lyfe
the
name
of
god
.
whyche
is
soo
benygne
to
teche
theym
to
know
that
ben
ygnoraunce
.
¶
And
byscyence
Infusyd
makyth
sodaynly
by
theym
his
name
.
his
lawe
and
his
glorie
to
be
manyfested
/
¶
O
my
god
my
maker
thou
haste
sente
to
vs
fro
heuen
thy
propre
sone
for
to
redeme
vs
from
the
paynes
and
trybulacions
of
helle
by
his
sorowfull
passyon
/
¶
In
the
name
of
the
same
thy
sone
whyche
is
god
and
man
I
require
the
and
praye
as
humbly
as
I
can
or
maye
that
to
me
whyche
am
here
in
darkenesse
woll
gyue
lighte
and
clerenesse
.
¶
My
god
my
redemer
/
thou
wotest
and
knowest
.
that
I
cowde
not
say
one
worde
that
was
to
thy
praysynge
.
yf
thou
haddest
not
taughte
me
/
¶
Now
I
byleue
stedfastly
that
the
blynde
by
yllumynacyon
and
lightnyd
seen
cleerly
/
¶
The
deyf
haue
herynge
.
the
dombe
haue
spekynge
/
The
crokyd
go
on
right
/
¶
Poore
and
symple
of
vnderstondynge
haue
knowlege
of
grete
scyences
and
enseignementes
.
¶
And
also
the
poore
and
myserable
synnars
ben
of
the
called
¶
Alas
my
god
my
maker
what
was
I
¶
What
myghte
ne
what
●●●gthe
haue
I
hadde
by
whyche
I
that
was
soo
symple
.
was
worthy
to
be
called
of
the.
for
to
prayse
the.
magnyfye
.
and
serue
.
By
whyche
I
dare
require
&
demaunde
for
to
be
puryfyed
and
clensy●
of
my
spottes
and
fylthes
of
synne
¶
I
haue
lyued
alwaye
lyke
vnto
the
Paynyms
.
whyche
ben
as
brute
beestes
¶
And
now
I
knowe
that
the
synnars
shall
neuer
haue
Ioye
after
theyr
dethe
yf
they
conuerte
theym
not
to
the
fayth
¶
And
for
soo
moche
as
thou
whyche
acte
my
Redemer
wylte
not
that
I
be
loste
by
my
poore
freyltee
/
¶
I
supplie
the
that
it
maye
playse
the
to
enseygne
and
teche
me
better
and
better
/
To
the
ende
that
I
maye
knowe
the
as
my
only
Sauyour
&
protectour
/
And
as
righte
puyssaunt
kynge
soueraynly
regnynge
in
heuen
and
in
erthe
/
Whyche
better
thanne
ony
other
mayste
enfourme
me
in
thyne
holy
lawe
.
¶
And
fynably
wyll
gyue
to
me
the
glorye
eternall
/
¶
And
from
thens
forth
on
Pastumyen
besyed
hym
in
deuowte
comtemplacyons
/
Alwaye
awaytinge
that
the
angell
of
god
sholde
come
agayne
to
him
¶
But
that
notwithstondynge
he
wente
agayne
to
his
crafte
/
whyche
was
as
tofore
is
sayde
to
make
cordes
of
Ion●es
/
¶
And
fynably
the
aungell
apperyd
to
hym
and
sayde
/
Pastumyen
wolt
thou
that
I
lede
the
to
a
preest
/
Whyche
shal
baptyse
the
in
the
name
of
the
fader
&
of
the
sone
and
of
the
holy
ghoste
/
To
whom
he
ansuered
that
it
was
the
grettest
Ioye
that
myghte
come
to
hym
/
And
that
he
desyred
none
other
thynge
¶
Anone
the
aungell
tooke
him
by
the
heeres
/
and
bare
hym
vnto
a
place
where
as
was
an
an
holy
man
named
Prisce
/
To
whom
the
Aungell
commaunded
that
he
sholde
enseygne
:
and
teche
hym
the
faythe
and
lawe
/
And
to
lyue
as
a
good
Crysten
/
¶
The
holy
fader
seenge
the
grete
bryghtnesse
of
the
aungell
.
Sodaynly
he
was
abasshed
in
suche
wyse
that
he
felle
downe
for
fere
/
But
the
aungell
releuyd
hym
and
comforted
hym
sayenge
.
¶
Be
not
aferde
/
for
I
am
the
seruaunte
of
god
as
thou
arte
/
¶
And
in
sayenge
thise
wordes
the
aungell
chaunged
his
fourme
vnto
the
semblaunce
or
lickenesse
of
a
man
clad
wyth
whyte
.
and
of
a
playsaunt
face
/
¶
After
agayne
he
sayde
to
hym
/
Doubte
the
noo
thynge
/
I
come
to
the
for
to
shewe
to
the
fro
god
/
That
it
is
his
playsure
that
thou
take
to
the
this
goode
man
Pastumyen
/
And
that
thou
enfourme
hym
in
the
faythe
of
holy
chyrche
.
To
the
ende
that
he
maye
deserue
the
glorye
eternall
/
¶
And
Incontinente
the
aungell
departed
/
¶
Saynt
Prysce
thenne
toke
Pastumien
.
And
enfourmyd
hym
in
the
faythe
/
And
to
faste
and
to
doo
other
vertuous
werkes
/
¶
After
he
baptysed
hym
.
and
this
done
he
made
a
prayer
vnto
oure
lorde
sayenge
thus
.
¶
O
sone
of
god
I
yelde
to
the
humbly
thankynges
of
thys
that
it
hathe
playsed
the.
by
thyne
holy
ghoste
to
reconcyle
me
to
god
thy
fader
And
thou
haste
redemyd
me
from
eternall
dethe
/
The
whyche
dethe
suffren
perpetuelly
alle
they
that
byleue
not
in
thy
name
/
Alas
I
knowlege
now
that
alle
thynges
.
the
lasse
oughte
to
obeye
the
gretter
.
And
the
symple
to
theym
that
ben
wyse
/
¶
The
seconde
commaundement
that
ye
oughte
/
for
to
kepe
is
subieccyon
To
the
ende
that
in
reuerent
drede
ye
maye
serue
god
wyth
a
chaste
herte
pure
and
clene
/
¶
The
thirde
is
that
ye
oughte
to
lyue
sobrely
and
Iustly
.
in
hauynge
compassyon
on
youre
soules
and
of
others
/
¶
The
fourth
that
ye
oughte
to
chastyse
youre
bodyes
by
fastynges
and
abstynence
after
your
possybylyte
/
For
to
the
spyryte
desyrynge
to
gete
vertue
.
it
is
a
synguler
delectacyon
and
playsaunce
.
to
be
and
enhabyte
in
a
body
lene
by
penaunce
/
¶
The
fyfthe
is
for
to
be
ofte
in
oryryson
and
prayer
in
ens●ewyng
the
doctryne
of
the
appostle
.
whyche
commaundyth
vs
to
praye
god
wythoute
ceassynge
/
For
after
his
doctryne
alle
they
that
contynuelly
faste
and
pray
to
god
Lyghtly
they
putt
vnder
by
the
vertue
of
the
faythe
alle
the
cautels
and
subteltees
of
the
deuyll
of
helle
/
And
causyth
also
to
resyste
and
wythstonde
alle
vyces
and
synnes
/
¶
Fyrst
and
pryncypally
to
pryde
/
For
of
that
synne
proceden
alle
euylles
.
And
euery
daye
as
one
seeth
by
experyence
/
Pryde
is
the
orygynall
roote
of
al
synnes
/
¶
By
pryde
ben
the
aungellys
caste
downe
in
to
helle
/
By
cause
that
Adam
desyrynge
to
knowe
the
good
&
euyll
.
ete
of
the
fruyte
forboden
in
transgressynge
and
brekynge
the
commaundement
of
god
/
¶
By
this
concupiscence
he
deseruyd
and
bounde
him
and
alle
his
posterytee
and
ofsprynge
vnto
the
dethe
eternall
/
Wherof
we
hadde
neuer
be
quyte
.
yf
the
blessyd
sone
of
god
.
by
his
grete
mercy
.
and
by
his
worthy
dethe
and
passyon
hadde
not
quyted
&
redemed
vs
/
¶
The
vertue
opposyte
and
contrary
to
pryde
is
Humylytee
roote
of
alle
good
/
And
the
begynnyng
and
get●nge
of
al
vertues
.
wythoute
the
whyche
was
neuer
none
ne
neuer
shall
persone
be
perfyghte
/
¶
And
the
cause
that
most
moeuyd
oure
blessyd
Sauyoure
to
take
oure
humanyte
in
the
wombe
of
the
vyrgyne
of
the
Intemerate
and
moost
clene
and
ryght
blessyd
vyrgyne
Marye
.
that
was
her
humylytee
.
For
in
soo
doynge
is
wryten
in
the
Cantycle
/
God
hathe
beholden
the
humylytee
and
mekenes
of
his
hondmayde
(
Qu●a
respexte
humilitatem
ancille
sue
&c
)
¶
After
the
holy
man
Pastumien
commaunded
theym
that
they
sholde
haue
charytee
fraternall
togyder
in
hauyng
perfyghte
faythe
/
Sayenge
that
the
princypall
Rule
and
mooste
grettest
charge
that
Religyouses
oughte
to
haue
.
is
for
to
haue
one
wyth
a nother
perfyghte
loue
and
charytee
/
Wythoute
the
whiche
none
Relygyouses
in
the
cloystre
maye
not
well
gouerne
theymselfe
/
¶
Whan
many
brethern
ben
togyder
wythoute
loue
.
eche
entendyth
to
his
synguler
prouffyte
/
And
soo
theyr
comynte
is
deuyded
/
¶
Soo
euery
reame
and
other
gouernement
of
multytude
and
of
subgettes
.
yf
it
be
deuyded
.
wythoute
doubte
it
is
desolacyon
/
¶
Alas
now
the
mooste
parte
of
Relygyouses
in
this
present
tyme
entende
to
be
Abbottes
.
Pryours
and
to
offyces
.
Desyrynge
to
be
oute
from
theyr
brethern
/
¶
Lyke
as
the
byrde
sechyth
.
but
to
escape
oute
of
the
cage
/
¶
And
who
sholde
demaunde
or
wyte
the
reason
wherfore
.
I
trowe
that
there
sholde
be
defaulte
to
haue
loue
wyth
theyr
brethern
/
¶
For
by
cause
that
thei
ben
ouermoche
replenysshyd
and
fulfyllyd
wyth
the
dampned
vyce
of
Pryde
.
they
can
not
be
compatyble
and
felyshypped
wyth
the
other
/
But
woll
be
alone
¶
A
lorde
god
well
is
chaunged
the
tyme
that
the
holy
faders
fledd
in
to
deserte
sedynge
there
a
solytary
lyfe
.
for
to
renounce
and
leue
the
worlde
/
and
to
lede
a
lyfe
contemplatyf
/
¶
And
as
it
is
sayde
the
Relygyouses
whanne
they
be
closyd
in
an
abbay
.
where
as
they
haue
ben
put
for
to
be
oute
of
the
worlde
/
They
thynke
on
none
other
synne
but
to
opteyne
and
gete
pryeryes
and
other
benefyces
/
Whether
it
be
by
synne
or
no
synne
.
to
the
ende
to
retorne
agayne
to
the
worlde
/
For
the
whyche
thynges
all
deuocyon
is
loste
/
¶
Perauenture
yf
the
Pryours
were
vnyed
and
onyd
wyth
the
abbayes
/
And
that
suche
Relygyouses
had
none
occasyon
for
to
departe
with
oute
lycence
/
It
sholde
be
better
.
and
lightlyer
for
theyr
helthe
/
thanne
for
to
seke
theyr
lodges
from
vyllage
to
vyllage
/
¶
It
hath
be
seen
in
tyme
passed
that
the
chyldren
of
kynges
for
to
serue
god
haue
renounced
and
vtterly
forsaken
all
theyr
rychesses
/
¶
But
now
whan
there
ben
many
in
a
noble
house
/
they
ben
made
Abbottes
.
tofore
that
they
ben
relygyouses
.
¶
Noo
thynge
for
deuocyon
But
to
the
ende
for
to
enryche
theym
wyth
goodes
and
rychesses
of
the
chyrche
for
to
lyue
atte
theyr
playsure
God
knowyth
what
shall
be
the
ende
ANd
folowynge
thenne
the
doctryne
and
tethynge
that
Pastumyen
gaaf
to
his
Religyouses
¶
He
commaunded
theym
ferthermore
to
loue
not
oonly
the
one
that
other
.
But
to
loue
god
pryncypally
wyth
all
theyr
herte
/
That
was
the
fyrste
commaundement
.
that
god
gaaf
to
Moyses
in
the
moutayne
of
Synay
/
¶
But
wyth
the
same
commaundement
must
be
Ioyned
the
lone
.
that
we
oughte
to
haue
that
one
wyth
a nother
/
¶
Whanne
alle
Relygyouses
louen
eche
other
/
and
god
pryncypally
and
fyrste
/
Yet
muste
they
haue
the
vertue
of
obedyence
/
¶
Loue
wythoute
obedyence
is
noo
thynge
.
¶
For
lyke
as
the
grasse
lettyth
the
corne
to
fructefye
and
encreace
/
In
lyke
wyse
who
that
is
in
obedient
and
fastyth
and
prayeth
/
bryngyth
fourth
noo
fruyte
for
fawte
of
obedyence
/
¶
After
he
commaunded
theym
to
excercyse
the
nyghtes
in
prayers
/
¶
For
by
nyghte
the
deuyll
makyth
moo
lettynges
to
deuowte
persones
.
thanne
he
dooth
in
the
daye
.
Lyke
as
the
Gospel
saythe
/
¶
Who
woll
doo
euyll
.
Hatyth
lyghte
/
¶
And
to
this
purpoos
sayth
the
Gospell
.
Awake
.
awake
.
For
ye
know
not
the
howre
whanne
the
theyf
of
the
soules
woll
come
/
¶
He
commaunded
theym
also
that
they
sholde
wryte
in
a
Table
of
theyr
conscyences
all
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
And
that
ofte
they
sholde
laye
the
clothe
for
to
take
refeccyon
spyrytuell
.
in
sauourynge
and
etynge
the
ten
loues
composyd
of
the
ten
commaundementes
of
the
fayth
¶
The
twelue
artycles
of
the
lawe
/
And
the
werkes
of
mercy
/
¶
More
ouer
he
sayde
/
O
ye
my
brethern
/
whyche
desyre
to
be
very
obedyent
and
charytable
to
loue
eche
other
/
byleue
ye
after
the
sentence
of
Baruth
the
prophete
whyche
sayth
/
that
ye
ben
now
the
felowes
of
god
/
¶
And
in
a nother
place
the
holy
scrypture
sayth
well
happy
●en
the
peasyble
.
For
they
ben
the
sones
of
god
/
¶
Now
they
that
ben
peasyble
ben
obedyent
and
charytable
/
¶
They
thene
that
shall
desyre
in
this
corruptyble
world
to
enioye
the
fruytes
of
heuen
/
He
muste
renounce
and
forsake
his
propre
wyll
.
in
hauynge
perfygh●e
charyte
/
¶
After
he
commaunded
theym
.
yf
they
hadde
amonge
theym
ony
dyscencyon
.
or
debate
/
that
Incontynente
it
sholde
be
appeasyd
/
For
god
oure
lorde
dwellyth
ne
abydeth
but
in
one
place
of
peas
/
¶
And
the
contrarye
where
as
is
dyssencyon
.
the
deuyll
regnyth
.
¶
And
ferthermore
he
deffended
them
that
they
neuer
sholde
be
angry
ne
wrothe
ne
to
theyr
brethern
.
ne
to
straungeres
/
¶
And
that
for
ony
gayne
of
the
worlde
that
they
myghte
gete
.
They
sholde
not
o●cupye
theym
wyth
temporell
thynges
.
But
oonly
in
werkes
spyrytuell
.
By
the
whyche
they
myghte
lyghtely
gete
the
herytage
of
the
Reame
of
heuen
/
¶
And
whanne
ony
temptacyons
sholde
come
to
theym
.
the
whyche
with
grete
payne
the
ymyghte
eschewe
/
¶
He
admonested
theym
to
torne
to
god
/
In
lyf
tynge
theyr
hondes
to
heuen
.
And
sayenge
¶
O
my
god
I
pray
the
that
it
playse
the
to
helpe
me
/
And
to
enforce
my
poore
freyltee
.
to
the
ende
that
I
maye
vaynquysshe
and
surmounte
my
mortall
enemye
/
¶
And
he
sayde
that
anone
after
oure
prayer
made
to
god
.
Comen
his
aungellis
to
oure
ayde
for
to
comforte
vs
/
¶
And
for
to
proue
thys
thynge
to
be
true
.
He
tolde
thenne
to
theym
.
that
on
a
tyme
.
he
beynge
on
a
mountayne
came
tofore
hym
a
grete
companye
of
deuyllis
in
lyckenesse
of
men
humayne
.
And
bi
cause
that
by
the
will
of
god
he
knewe
well
that
they
were
deuylles
/
He
all
resoluyd
/
And
wythoute
hauynge
ony
drede
.
kneled
downe
on
the
erthe
.
in
prayenge
god
.
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
make
the
same
deuylles
to
departe
/
¶
And
Incontynent
they
vanysshed
awaye
as
a
fume
or
a
smoke
tofore
the
wynde
/
¶
Many
other
temptacions
the
deuylles
made
to
hym
.
But
god
delyuered
hym
alwaye
by
the
deuowte
prayers
that
he
made
/
¶
Therfore
in
concludynge
he
sayde
to
his
Relygyouses
/
My
chyldren
be
ye
ferme
and
stable
in
the
faythe
.
in
resystynge
the
deuylles
temptacyons
/
And
that
ye
ben
clymynge
by
feruente
charyte
to
the
loue
of
god
/
The
whyche
in
soo
dooenge
.
he
shall
to
you
be
alwaye
a
protectour
/
And
by
his
helpe
ye
maye
gete
the
reame
of
heuen
/
¶
Thus
endyth
the
storye
of
the
ryght
holy
man
Pastumyen
.
¶
Here
folowyth
of
saynt
Onuffryen
Heremyte
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
Beate
memorie
paphoncius
.
et
cetera
/
Caplm.
l.
SAynt
Phaphunce
hauynge
desyre
for
to
vysyte
alle
the
Relygyouses
that
weren
in
the
hermytages
.
for
to
accomplysshe
the
helth
of
his
body
more
lyghtly
his
waye
.
bare
wyth
him
a
lityll
water
and
brede
/
¶
And
whanne
he
hadde
walked
by
the
space
of
foure
dayes
.
his
vytaylle
faylled
him
/
And
became
all
confusyd
and
halfe
deed
.
By
cause
he
was
soo
feble
that
he
hadde
neytheyr
foote
ne
legge
that
myghte
susteyne
hym
/
by
cause
he
had
neyther
to
ete
ne
to
drynke
/
¶
But
neuerthelesse
he
was
by
the
helpe
of
god
made
alle
hoole
and
guarysshed
/
And
hadde
as
moche
strength
.
as
though
he
hadde
well
eten
and
dronken
/
¶
And
thenne
beganne
to
walke
agayne
.
And
contynued
soo
foure
dayes
without
mete
and
drynke
¶
The
sayd
foure
dayes
passed
/
by
cause
he
felte
hymselfe
feble
/
He
was
constrayned
to
lye
downe
on
the
erthe
.
as
he
hadde
be
deed
/
¶
And
he
lyenge
on
the
erthe
.
Sodaynly
sawe
by
hym
a
man
in
merueyllous
glory
.
ferdfull
and
terryble
in
shynynge
/
Worthy
of
prasynge
in
beawte
/
Longe
of
corpulence
.
and
right
clere
of
regarde
/
Whom
Paphunce
seenge
hadde
grete
fere
.
but
anone
after
he
comforted
hym
/
¶
For
in
approchyng
towched
his
lyppes
and
his
houdes
/
And
restored
and
gauf
to
hym
strengthe
/
¶
And
Incontynent
aroos
vpp
and
walkyd
seuentene
dayes
.
after
.
tyll
he
came
to
a
place
where
as
god
wolde
brynge
hym
.
¶
To
whyche
place
he
came
and
saw
a
man
as
he
rested
.
hauynge
his
face
terryble
all
coueryd
wyth
heer
lyke
as
a
brute
beest
/
¶
And
fro
the
raynes
downe
alowe
he
hadde
a
vestement
of
leues
and
of
herbes
/
¶
Whanne
Paphunce
sawe
thys
man
soo
deformyd
/
He
was
sore
abasshyd
/
And
not
wythoute
cause
/
¶
For
he
hadde
neuer
seen
suche
lyckenesse
of
man
ne
of
woman
.
and
wyst
not
what
to
doo
.
But
fledde
in
to
a
mountayne
.
whyche
was
nyghe
to
that
place
.
And
there
hydde
hym
vnder
the
braunches
of
the
trees
/
He
was
soo
sore
aferde
/
¶
And
there
he
beganne
to
syghe
merueyllously
.
¶
Knowynge
that
by
cause
of
his
aege
and
abstynence
.
he
myghte
goo
noo
ferther
/
¶
This
man
seenge
that
Paphunce
was
fledde
tofore
him
/
and
that
he
was
aferde
came
nyghe
to
hym
.
And
callynge
and
cryenge
with
an
hyghe
voys
sayd
to
hym
.
¶
O
man
of
god
come
doune
from
the
moyntayne
/
And
be
not
aferde
/
For
I
am
a
man
mortall
as
thou
arte
/
¶
Whanne
Paphunce
herde
thyse
wordes
he
was
gladde
and
comforted
/
And
tooke
agayne
hys
mynde
and
courage
.
and
anone
came
downe
from
the
place
where
he
had
ben
/
¶
And
after
that
he
hadd
salewed
the
holy
man
He
fell
downe
on
his
knees
tofore
him
¶
The
holy
man
anone
defended
him
that
he
sholde
not
knele
to
hym
sayenge
so
hym
/
A●yse
thou
my
frende
thou
arte
the
seruaunte
of
god
namyd
Paphunce
.
loued
of
alle
the
sayntes
of
heuen
/
¶
Thenne
Paphunce
aroos
vpp
.
Notwythstondyng
that
he
was
wery
aswel
for
his
longe
fastynges
.
as
for
his
olde
aege
¶
After
he
made
hym
to
sytte
by
hym
.
Desuynge
to
knowe
his
name·
his
conuersacyon
and
manere
of
lyuynge
.
¶
He
sayde
to
him
/
Knowe
thou
seruaunte
of
god
that
by
longe
Iourneyes
I
haue
walked
in
thise
desertes
and
haue
endured
grete
hungre
and
thirste
/
But
now
my
vyage
is
accomplysshyd
and
fulfylled
.
¶
And
I
fele
a
solace
in
my
membres
/
Lyke
as
they
were
all
fyllyd
and
quyte
of
alle
payne
/
And
therfore
I
praye
the
my
lorde
and
my
frende
for
the
hononore
and
loue
of
hym
.
For
the
name
of
whom
thou
hast
dwellyd
in
thise
desertes
thou
tell
me
whens
thou
arte
.
and
thy
name
/
¶
And
also
whanne
thou
camyst
in
to
this
place
to
enhabyte
here
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
the
grete
affeccion
of
his
desyre
.
and
also
the
traueylle
that
he
hadde
taken
.
to
fynde
.
Ansuered
to
hym
of
that
he
hadde
askyd
.
And
demaunded
hym
in
sayenge
to
hym
.
Fyrste
that
his
name
was
Onuff●en
.
Secondly
that
it
was
thre
score
and
ten
yeres
that
he
hadde
dwellyd
in
that
deserte
/
Lyuynge
wyth
brute
beestes
.
etynge
grapes
and
herbes
in
the
mountaynes
and
valeyes
And
syth
that
he
came
thyther
he
hadde
neuer
seen
man
ne
woman
sauf
him
onely
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
sayde
that
in
his
yongthe
he
had
be
nourysshed
in
a
monasterye
namyd
Her●mopolyn
in
the
prouynce
of
Thay
/
In
whyche
monasterye
were
an
hundred
Relygyouses
/
¶
After
he
declared
to
hym
how
the
relygyouses
of
the
sayde
monasterye
lyueden
in
e●ynge
and
drynkynge
alle
togider
.
And
dyde
then
penaunces
that
one
lyke
to
that
other
/
¶
And
that
whiche
was
playsaunt
to
that
one
.
was
to
that
other
agreable
And
yet
that
was
more
They
hadde
alle
one
wyll
.
One
herte
.
And
one
thoughte
/
¶
In
the
sayde
monasterie
was
so
grete
ta●ytu●ytee
and
scylence
amonge
the
Relygyouses
.
that
none
durste
ones
speke
wythoute
a
Iuste
cause
/
¶
He
beyng
in
this
sayde
monasterye
.
herde
recounte
the
lyfe
of
an
holy
fader
namyd
Helye
/
¶
And
how
he
hadde
lyued
in
grete
abstynence
in
deserte
.
in
grete
straytnesse
of
lyfe
/
¶
And
how
he
hadde
many
preuyleges
aboue
the
power
of
man
kynde
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
of
saynt
Iohn
Baptyst
whyche
ladde
soo
holy
&
merueylouse
lyfe
in
deserte
.
tyll
that
he
had
baptysed
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
in
the
flo●
Iordan
/
¶
Thenne
herynge
.
tolde
of
the
Relygyouses
the
gloryouse
lyues
of
theym·
and
many
other
/
¶
The
sayde
Onuffryen
requyred
of
the
sayde
brethern
.
that
thei
wolde
saye
to
hym
.
Yf
the
auncyent
holy
faders
of
the
deserte
had
ben
more
stronge
thanne
they
or
more
feble
/
¶
They
ansuered
that
they
hadde
ben
more
stronge
.
For
wythoute
mannis
comforte
and
wyth
oute
mete
and
drynke
they
lyued
in
deserte
¶
But
they
sayde
.
that
in
spekynge
as
they
hadde
ben
the
holy
faders
of
the
sayd
desertes
.
We
haue
consolacion
the
one
of
an
other
/
¶
For
whanne
we
haue
hungre
.
we
fynde
the
mete
redy
/
Whanne
we
ben
seke
/
We
thynke
Incontynent
and
done
penaunce
to
gete
vs
helth
¶
We
haue
fayre
houses
and
grete
edyfyces
/
And
they
that
ben
in
deserte
haue
noo
consolacyon
/
¶
They
haue
hungre
.
colde
.
and
hete
.
And
in
al
tribulacyons
haue
noo
socours
but
of
god
¶
And
therfore
whom
some
euer
woll
dwelle
there·
Hym
behouyth
to
be
constaunt
and
stedfaste
for
to
endure
al
suche
penaunces
/
¶
Yet
more
the
deuyll
gyuyth
to
theym
wythoute
comparison
more
settynges
and
temptacions
for
to
dyuerte
theym
from
theyr
good
wyll
/
that
to
theym
comynyke
by
the
worlde
/
¶
But
whanne
they
haue
very
faythe
Alwaye
they
ouercome
the
fende
by
armes
spyrytuell
/
¶
The
aungellis
comforte
theym
ofte
/
And
delyuer
to
theym
that
is
necessary
for
theym
/
¶
For
it
is
wryten
/
that
they
that
shall
putt
theyr
hope
in
gode
.
Shall
haue
the
vertue
of
strengthe
for
to
endure
all
thynge
/
wyth
fethers
as
an
Egle
for
to
flee
to
heuen
/
¶
And
yet
more
.
they
that
shall
haue
thurste
.
shall
drynke
in
the
fountayne
eternell
/
¶
And
the
herbes
that
they
shall
ete
.
shall
gyue
to
theym
also
grete
swetnesse
as
hony
/
¶
Whanne
the
Relygyouses
ben
tempted
of
ony
temptacyons
/
They
oughte
to
putt
theym
to
praye
god
.
lyftyng
theyr
hondes
to
heuen
¶
And
Incontynente
the
angellis
descende
and
come
downe
for
to
helpe
theym
to
fyghte
agaynste
the
deuyll
/
¶
Thus
also
saythe
the
prophete
Dauyd
.
That
in
the
ende
the
poore
people
shall
not
be
forgeten
.
ne
theyr
pacyente
shall
not
perysshe
/
¶
And
also
god
enhauncyth
alwaye
the
poore
of
spyryte
And
delyueryth
theym
from
alle
trybulacyons
.
¶
Fynably
the
same
faders
sayde
to
that
ryght
holy
man
saynt
Onuffryen
That
the
Aungelles
contynuelly
serue
the
Iuste
and
good
.
Whyche
arne
pe●fyghte
in
the
loue
of
god
/
¶
And
theyr
sowles
ben
Illumyned
and
kyndled
wyth
the
lyghte
of
grace
and
of
trouth
¶
Saynt
Onuffryen
whanne
he
hadd
herde
the
fayr
Instruccyons
of
thyse
holy
faders
.
Hadde
the
herte
all
embraced
wyth
grete
desire
for
to
doo
penaunce
.
and
to
fyghte
agaynste
the
deuyll
/
In
suffrynge
all
pouertee
.
to
the
ende
that
he
myghte
come
to
the
glorye
eternall
/
¶
And
thoughte
in
himselfe
to
accomplysshe
and
perfourme
the
counseyll
of
the
sayde
prophete
Dauyd
.
¶
Techynge
and
sayenge
that
it
is
a
good
thyng
to
Ioyne
hymselfe
for
the
loue
of
god
/
And
to
sette
in
hym
his
hope
/
¶
Whanne
saynt
Onuffryen
hadde
althyse
thynges
consydered
.
He
tooke
a
lytyll
brede
and
a
fewe
pesen
or
benes
to
make
potage
wyth
alle
.
for
to
lyue
abowte
a
foure
dayes
.
¶
After
he
departed
by
nyghte
secretely
out
of
his
abbaye
/
makynge
his
prayer
to
god
.
That
it
myghte
pleyse
him
to
enseygne
and
shewe
the
place
where
he
sholde
doo
his
penaunce
/
¶
And
came
in
to
a
mountayn
.
The
whyche
he
passed
ouer
for
to
come
in
to
deserte
.
¶
And
he
beynge
there
arryued
and
to
men
sawe
in
a
place
tofore
hym
a
grete
lyghte
The
whyche
as
hym
semyd
came
strayghte
to
him
/
Wherof
he
was
at●●de
¶
And
supposyd
that
it
had
sygn●fyed
that
be
sholde
retorne
in
his
monast●rie
/
¶
In
the
sayde
lyghte
he
sawe
a
man
ryght
playsaunte
sayenge
to
hym
.
that
he
sholde
noo
thynge
be
aferde
.
for
he
was
an
aungel
commysed
and
sent
by
god
.
and
departed
for
to
gouerne
and
lede
hym
in
the
deserte
/
¶
And
after
he
layde
to
hym
/
See
that
thou
haue
thy
herte
ryght
and
Iuste
/
And
be
thou
laboryous
in
good
werkes
.
for
the
aungell
sayde
I
shall
not
leue
the
vnto
the
dethe
¶
Atte
the
houre
wherof
I
shall
presente
the
to
the
mageste
of
god
.
¶
After
that
they
hadde
walked
abowte
seuen
myle
they
aryued
and
came
in
to
a
caue
fayre
ynough
/
In
whyche
saynt
Onuffryen
founde
a nother
holy
man
/
¶
And
seenge
hym
/
he
fell
platt
downe
to
the
erthe
.
Demaundynge
of
hym
humbly
his
benedyccyon
and
blessynge
.
The
whyche
demaunded
/
the
same
holy
man
tooke
hym
vpp
/
And
kyssed
him
in
token
of
peas
.
¶
After
he
sayd
to
hym
thou
shalte
be
my
brether
in
this
deserte
/
¶
And
therfore
come
and
entre
in
.
in
the
name
of
god
.
Whiche
yeue
to
the
grace
to
haue
to
hym
●euerente
drede
.
In
suche
wyse
that
alle
thyn
operacyons
and
werkes
be
to
hym
greble
/
¶
Wyth
this
brother
he
abode
many
dayes
forto
enquire
of
his
vertues
and
of
his
manere
of
lyuynge
.
The
whiche
gaaf
to
hym
many
enseynemens
&
●●hortacyons
how
he
sholde
lyue
solytaryly
and
bi
what
meane
he
sholde
resyste
and
wythstonde
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
Some
dayes
he
made
hym
to
arise
and
to
goo
oute
of
his
caue
.
sayenge
to
hym
My
sone
it
is
tyme
that
thou
goo
bens
.
for
thou
mayst
not
dwelle
here
/
But
thou
shal
goo
in
to
a nother
●ue
.
In
whiche
thou
shalte
dwelle
all●ne
/
¶
And
yf
thou
be
stronge
and
stedfaste
in
the
faythe
.
Thou
shalt
put
vnder
thy
fete
alle
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
They
tweyne
togyder
walkyd
foure
dayes
/
And
the
fifthe
they
arcyued
in
a
place
called
Calidonia
.
by
whyche
were
palmes
habundantly
/
¶
Whan
ther
weren
in
the
sayde
place
.
He
sayde
to
hym
.
¶
Now
come
hyther
my
frende
●●
here
the
place
that
god
hathe
prepared
&
made
redy
for
the
to
serue
hym
and
to
doo
thy
penaunce
/
¶
After
that
they
were
they
arryued
/
The
holy
man
was
wyth
hym
by
the
space
of
thyrty
dayes
.
In
enfourmynge
hym
alwaye
/
¶
And
shewynge
to
him
the
Rules
and
maners
of
lyuynge
holy
it
/
in
kepynge
the
commaundementes
of
the
chyrche
/
¶
After
alle
thyse
thynges
/
the
sayd
holy
man
made
his
prayer
to
god
for
saynt
Onuffryen
/
¶
And
after
tooke
leue
of
hym
.
And
wente
agayne
in
to
his
caue
/
¶
Saynt
Onuffryen
kepte
hym
.
and
abode
in
this
sayde
place·
in
doynge
strayte
penaunce
/
¶
And
the
holy
Heremyte
whyche
hadde
brought
hym
thyther
.
came
for
to
vysyte
hym
euery
yere
.
For
to
knowe
of
the
conuersacyon
of
his
lyuynge
/
¶
And
on
a
tyme
amonge
the
other
in
gooynge
as
he
was
accustomyd
for
to
vysyte
saynt
Onaffryen
/
¶
He
fell
to
the
grounde
and
gaaf
vppe
his
ghoste
to
god
/
Wherof
saynt
Onuffryen
was
merueyllously
trowbled
and
vexyd
/
¶
Fynably
after
that
he
hadde
longe
wepte
vppon
the
corps
.
He
buryed
it
in
the
same
place
/
In
the
mooste
honeste
wyse
that
was
to
him
possyble
after
hys
lytyll
power
¶
Paphunce
whyche
was
also
walkinge
by
the
desertes
Whanne
he
had
herde
alle
this
that
saynt
Onuffryen
had
recounted
and
shewed
to
hym
/
He
sayd
to
hym
¶
Ha
holy
fader
I
knowe
that
many
labours
and
paynes
thou
hast
endured
in
this
deserte
/
¶
Certayne
my
broder
sayd
the
holy
man
Thou
mayst
byleue
that
I
haue
hadd
soo
moche
pouertee
in
this
deserte
/
That
ofte
tymes
and
for
the
mooste
parte
I
estemyd
my selfe
to
be
atte
the
terme
of
my
dethe
/
¶
felte
noo
strengthe
in
me
.
¶
Some
tyme
of
the
daye
I
haue
ben
brente
wyth
hete
of
the
sonne·
¶
In
the
nyghte
I
haue
be
wasted
with
vapours
and
humyditees
of
the
erthe
¶
Many
tymes
I
haue
hadde
grete
hungre
and
grete
thurst
¶
And
shortely
to
saye
I
canne
not
declare
the
merueyllous
sorowes
and
afflyccyons
that
I
haue
endured
/
¶
But
I
haue
hope
that
god
shall
rewarde
●e
my
rewarde
/
In
gyuynge
to
me
spyrytuell
rychesses
.
whyche
encreace
&
augment
euery
daye
.
and
neuer
m●nysshe
¶
And
for
to
notefye
to
that
the
bounte
of
god
whyche
neuer
leuyth
his
seruauntes
.
He
hathe
sente
to
me
ofte
tymes
by
one
of
his
aungellis
brede
and
water
/
Of
whiche
and
also
of
dates
.
whyche
growe
nighe
by
to
my
caue
.
and
of
some
herbes
I
haue
had
suffisauntely
my
bodyly
ref●ccyon
/
¶
After
this
he
sayd
to
the
holy
man
Paphunce
/
My
frende
yf
thou
wolt
accomplisshe
the
wyll
&
commaundemente
of
god
.
Note
and
marke
that
he
him selfe
hath
sayde
.
that
we
sholde
not
haue
ony
cure
or
besynesse
to
ete
.
ne
to
drynke
.
ne
also
of
our
vesture
ne
clothynge
/
¶
For
god
our
fader
wotyth
and
knoweth
all
the
whiche
to
vs
is
necessary
/
&
therfore
yf
in
seruynge
hym
well
we
demaunde
of
him
the
reame
of
heuen
.
withoute
ony
faulte
we
shall
haue
all
those
thynges
that
to
vs
ben
necessary
/
¶
After
Paphunce
asked
of
saynt
Onuffriē
if
he
receyued
oft
his
maker
.
&
how
he
receyued
hym
.
¶
To
whom
he
ansuered
.
that
the
Saterdaye
and
the
Sondaye
.
th
aungell
of
god
brought
to
hym
the
ryghte
precyous
body
and
blood
of
oure
lorde
/
¶
And
knowe
ye
for
certayn
sayde
saynt
Onuffryen
.
That
alle
they
that
vertuously
vsentheyr
lyffe
in
desert
and
wyldernesse
ben
parteners
of
suche
Ioye
as
I
haue
/
¶
Alle
thyse
thynges
herde
and
consydered
by
the
holy
man
Paphunce
¶
He
was
soo
perfightely
reioyced
.
that
he
remembred
noo
more
of
all
the
sorowes
and
euylles
that
he
hadde
endured
and
suffred
in
the
desertes
/
¶
Soo
moche
hym
semyd
the
worde
of
the
sayde
holy
man
was
swete
.
and
pleysaunt
.
Wherefore
he
myghte
wyth
the
psalmyste
well
say
/
¶
O
my
god
thy
wordes
ben
to
me
more
swetter
than
hony
,
o●
other
sauours
and
swete
lycour
/
¶
Saynt
Onuffryen
after
broughte
hym
vnto
Celydoyne
.
thre
myle
nyght
to
the
mountayne
where
he
hadde
founde
hym
¶
And
whanne
they
were
in
the
place
where
he
dwellyd
/
Onuffryen
&
he
togyder
put
them
in
oryson
and
prayer
/
The
whyche
done
/
Onuffryen
sayd
to
Paphunce
/
¶
O
seruaunt
of
god
I
see
and
knowe
that
thou
arte
in
daunger
of
dethe
/
Yf
thou
take
not
thy
refeccyon
A●yse
thou
and
ete
/
¶
Paphunce
wolde
not
ete
ne
drynke
.
But
att
laste
he
was
constrayned
by
the
sayd
Onuffryen
for
to
ete
brede
/
¶
They
tweyne
thenne
togyder
dranken
and
eten
/
¶
And
after
passed
fourth
alle
the
nyghte
wythout
slepynge
.
In
spekynge
contynuelly
the
wordes
of
god
/
¶
On
the
morninge
erly
saynt
Paphunce
beholdynge
the
holy
man
Onuffryen
sawe
his
vysage
.
whyche
was
also
pale
and
dyffeated
as
of
a
deed
man
/
¶
Thenne
he
demaunded
what
thynge
he
hadde
/
The
holy
man
ansueryd
to
hym
and
sayde
/
¶
My
brother
&
frere
Paphunce
be
noo
thynge
aferde
/
and
knowe
thou
that
bi
the
wyll
of
god
thou
arte
comen
vnto
this
place
/
To
the
ende
to
burye
me
.
&
laye
my
body
in
the
erthe
/
¶
Anone
my
soule
shall
departe
fro
my
body
.
&
shall
be
borne
in
to
the
heuenly
Reame
/
¶
My
brother
I
knowe
thy
desire
and
thy
wyll
/
¶
And
therfore
whanne
thou
shalte
be
retournyd
in
to
Egypte·
I
praye
the
that
thou
remembre
me
and
of
my
name
/
¶
And
to
the
ende
that
thou
and
alle
thy
brethern
be
desyrynge
to
haue
of
me
remembraunce
.
I
shall
saye
to
the
the
prerogatyues
and
specyall
gyftes
that
I
haue
obteyned
of
my
lorde
and
god
Rededemer
of
alle
the
worlde
/
¶
Fyrste
euery
persone
that
shall
make
to
hym
Immolacyon
or
sacrefyce
be
●
in
messes
or
otherwyse
.
in
soo
dooynge
haue
mynde
of
my
name
.
He
shall
be
preserued
and
kepte
from
alle
frawdelous
decepcyons
.
and
temptacyons
dyabolyke
and
worldly
/
¶
And
att
laste
be
shall
haue
partycipacion
wyth
the
aungellis
in
the
reame
of
heuen
/
¶
And
yf
ony
haue
noo
power
to
make
the
sacrefyce
/
And
in
gyuynge
oonly
for
the
loue
of
god
and
of
me
an
asmesse
to
some
poore
man
.
Wythout
fa●●e
I
shall
praye
for
hym
in
heuen
.
to
then
de
that
god
make
him
worthi
to
haue
part
of
his
excellent
glori
.
¶
&
yet
yf
he
may
not
doo
neyther
that
one
ne
that
other
In
gyuynge
a
candell
.
or
in
makynge
a
lytyll
oblacyon
.
As
encencynge
wyth
●●ence
.
or
other
offrynge
/
Certaynly
I
shall
soo
make
prayer
to
god
.
To
the
●●●e
that
he
haue
euerlastynge
Ioye
/
¶
Paphunce
herynge
thyse
alle
thyse
●●ynges
.
made
to
hym
this
demaunde
●●
question
.
Now
fader
yf
some
or
ony
persone
haue
noo
power
to
doo
ony
of
thyse
thre
thynges
/
By
what
moyen
maye
he
doo
for
to
be
in
thi
recommendacyon
and
prayer
/
To
the
ende
that
as
what
trybulacyon
he
be
in
/
thou
make
thyne
oryson
for
hym
/
¶
The
holy
man
ansuered
/
My
brother
and
frende
yf
it
happed
as
thou
sayst
/
That
the
suppliaunt
haue
noo
facultee
ne
power
to
doo
ony
of
the
thynges
aforsayd
.
Yf
he
knele
downe
on
his
knees
.
In
lyftynge
his
hondes
Ioyned
to
god
and
sayenge
deuowtly
thre
tymes
the
(
Pater
noster
&
Aue
maria
)
in
the
honoure
of
the
glorious
Trinyte
of
heuen
/
and
remember
my
name
/
Surely
I
shall
doo
soo
moche
anenste
the
same
ryght
holy
Trinyte
that
he
shall
haue
parte
in
the
rea●e
of
heuen
.
with
all
the
sayntes
that
ben
there
/
¶
Or
yf
ony
be
in
doubte
or
hesytacyon
of
the
thynges
tofore
sayde
He
maye
rede
saynt
Iherom
in
his
boke
whyche
he
hathe
composyd
in
latyn
Intytulyd
of
the
lyfe
of
faders
/
Of
the
whyche
hath
be
made
this
present
trāssacyon
.
as
in
other
places
hathe
be
sayd
And
there
he
shall
see
alonge
this
that
is
sayde
here
tofore
/
¶
In
retournynge
to
purpoos
.
the
holy
Paphunce
was
gretely
content
wyth
the
wordes
of
saynt
Onuffryen
¶
And
for
asmoche
as
he
reputed
the
same
place
where
as
they
weren
to
be
holy
/
he
prayed
to
the
sayd
Onuffryen
that
he
wolde
gyue
him
lycence
to
dwelle
there
after
his
dethe
/
The
whyche
thynge
the
good
holy
fader
wold
not
But
commaunded
hym
that
he
sholde
retorne
in
to
Egypte
/
And
there
perseuere
in
goode
werkes
/
For
in
the
ende
he
sholde
haue
felycyte
eternall
/
¶
Whanne
Paphunce
hadde
herde
his
ansuere
.
He
knelyd
doune
tofore
the
holy
fader
Onuffryen
.
and
sayde
to
hym
this
that
folowyth
.
¶
Alas
my
dere
fader
&
frende
I
knowe
.
and
byleue
that
alle
that
thou
shalte
demaunde
of
god
.
For
the
loue
of
whom
thou
haste
be
.
lxx
yeres
in
this
deserte
thou
shalte
lyghtly
obteyne·
¶
Thenne
gyue
to
me
now
thy
blessynge
.
To
the
ende
that
I
be
also
perfyghte
as
thou
/
¶
The
holy
fader
ansuered
/
My
brother
Paphunce
be
not
angry
For
thy
demaunde
shall
be
obteyned
/
Be
thou
stedfaste
in
the
faythe
in
seruynge
god
wyth
all
thyne
herte
.
and
wyth
alle
thy
thoughte
/
And
by
this
moyen
thou
shalte
haue
eternall
lyfe
/
¶
I
praye
to
oure
lorde
that
thou
be
kepte
alwaye
of
his
worthy
aungellis
in
alle
thy
cogytacyons
and
wylles
.
To
the
ende
that
thou
be
clene
and
puryfyed
tofore
the
face
of
Ihesu
Cryste
¶
Whanne
the
holy
man
hadde
sayde
alle
thyse
wordes
.
He
knelyd
downe
to
the
grounde
/
And
in
wepynge
sayde
¶
O
my
god
now
in
to
thyne
hondes
myghte
puyssaunce
and
streyngthe
I
commende
my
spyryte
/
And
thyse
wordes
sayde
sodaynly
came
a
grete
lyghte
/
whyche
enuyronned
alle
his
body
/
¶
Thenne
after
came
many
aungels
to
grete
multytude
/
whyche
songen
songes
melodyous
.
Wherof
alle
the
ayre
resowned
.
And
bare
the
soule
vnto
the
reame
of
heuen
/
¶
Paphunce
whyche
herde
those
aungellis
synge
/
Beganne
to
wepe
and
drowne
in
teeres
.
sayeng
/
Alas
I
haue
well
cause
to
make
lamentacyon
.
whanne
wyth
soo
grete
payne
I
haue
founde
the
holy
man
Onufryen
.
And
hane
be
soo
lytyll
whyse
wyth
hym
/
¶
After
whanne
he
hadde
longe
waylled
&
wepte·
He
departed
his
garment
in
to
two
partes
/
And
of
that
one
he
cladde
hymselfe
/
And
in
that
other
he
wounde
the
body
of
the
holy
man
.
&
putte
it
in
a
Sepulture
of
stone
whiche
was
there
/
¶
Paphunce
seenge
that
he
was
there
alone
.
wepte
more
thanne
he
dyde
byfore
/
¶
And
supposyd
to
haue
entred
in
to
the
caue
of
the
holy
man
/
But
whanne
he
was
atte
the
entree
a
grete
parte
of
the
roche
fell
downe
/
By
whyche
he
knewe
that
god
wolde
not
.
that
he
sholde
vse
the
resydue
of
his
lyfe
in
the
sayde
place
/
¶
And
soo
thenne
he
came
agayne
in
to
his
monastery
in
Egypte
/
Where
as
he
recounted
this
bistorye
lyke
as
tofore
is
wreton
/
¶
And
the
holy
man
saynt
Onuffryen
deyed
the
twellyfth
daye
of
Iuyn
.
the
day
of
saynt
Barnabe
the
appostle
/
¶
Here
folowyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Abraham
the
Heremyte
.
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Cupio
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
li.
¶
Soo
it
happed
that
the
tyme
to
halowe
the
Sacrament
of
maryage
approched
and
drewe
nyghe
/
But
by
cause
that
he
wolde
not
abyde
thereby
and
persyste
/
His
parentes
and
kynnesmen
were
angry
wyth
hym
soo
gretely
that
for
the
greyf
that
he
hadde
of
theyr
heuynesse
.
He
concluded
in
hymself
to
procede
forthe
therin
/
¶
Thenne
the
mariage
of
theym
solempnysed
/
And
he
beynge
in
his
chambre
.
and
layed
a
bedde
wyth
his
spowse
and
wyfe
/
¶
Sodaynly
there
came
vpon
him
a
feruent
wyll
for
to
departe
.
and
goo
oute
of
the
cyte
/
¶
And
soo
departed
from
thens
.
that
he
was
well
two
myle
from
the
cyte
/
Where
he
founde
a
lytyll
house
.
Wherin
noo
man
frequented
nor
vsyd
/
And
entred
in
.
and
kepte
hym
there
a
certayne
tyme
prayenge
and
makinge
deuoute
prayers
to
god
/
¶
Whanne
his
parentes
and
kynnes●es
knewe
that
he
was
goon
.
they
were
moche
angry
/
And
for
to
seche
hym
they
sente
messengers
thorugh
alle
the
●●untrer
/
Whyche
soughte
hym
by
the
space
of
ryghtene
dayes
/
¶
And
att
las●e
some
of
theym
in
retornynge
.
entred
in
to
this
lytyll
house
/
Where
they
founde
him
on
his
knees
prayenge
to
oure
lorde
.
¶
Whanne
the
holy
man
sawe
theym
by
hym
.
And
they
beholdynge
hym
.
he
sayde
to
theim
/
¶
Wherfore
be
holde
ye
me
soo
/
Prayse
ye
wyth
me
the
name
of
god
/
Whyche
hathe
delyuered
me
from
the
ordure
and
fylth
and
wickydnesse
of
the
worlde
/
Praye
ye
hym
for
me
.
that
he
woll
gyue
me
myghte
&
strengthe
for
to
bere
the
faytes
of
penaunce
.
whyche
I
haue
begonne
/
¶
After
he
prayed
theym
that
they
wolde
doo
to
him
none
empesshement
ne
lettynge
And
that
noo
more
they
shold
come
for
to
vysyte
hym
there
/
¶
Thenne
tooke
they
theyr
leue
and
wente
theyr
waye
/
And
Incontynent
the
holy
man
stopped
all
the
holes
and
openynges
of
hys
lytyll
house
.
excepte
a
lytyll
wyndowe
whyche
he
stopped
not
.
to
the
ende
that
by
the
same
he
myghte
receyue
his
sustentacyon
bodyly
/
¶
And
fro
than
forthou
he
dwellyd
there
longe·
excercysynge
hymself
wyth
vertuous
werkes
.
and
lyuynge
in
clenuesse
and
chastyte
.
In
deuowte
fastynges
.
orisons
.
lamentacyons
and
wepynges
in
alle
humylyte
/
¶
His
renome
beganne
to
growe
and
to
sprede
thorugh
alle
the
countree
/
By
whyche
many
deuowte
persones
came
contynuelly
and
wythout
cessynge
there
as
he
was
.
As
well
for
to
haue
of
hym
consolacyon
in
theyr
sorowes
and
aduersytees
.
as
to
be
Instructe
and
taughte
in
doctryne
&
example
of
good
lyfe
/
¶
Now
god
had
gyuen
to
hym
suche
a
grace
.
that
alle
the
wordes
that
he
spake
.
were
soo
merueyllously
agreable
to
theym
that
herde
hym
/
¶
And
lyghted
theim
.
as
the
rayes
of
the
sonne
lyghte
the
worlde
/
¶
Twelue
yere
after
his
conuersacyon
to
god
deyed
his
fader
&
moder
/
Whyche
lefte
to
hym
golde
and
syluer
a
merueylous
quantyte
of
the
whiche
he
beyng
aduertised
sent
anone
Incontynent
.
to
one
his
famylyer
frende
.
that
he
sholde
dystrybute
it
for
goddis
sake
to
pore
orphanes
.
and
to
other
symple
myserable
persones
.
To
the
ende
that
the
thoughte
that
he
myghte
haue
therof
.
sholde
not
empesshe
ne
lette
hym
in
his
deuocyons
.
orysons
and
contemplacyons
¶
He
was
aduertysed
that
it
was
soo
done
.
Wherof
he
was
gretely
comforted
.
as
he
that
after
grete
traueylle
/
founde
hymselfe
in
reste
and
peasyble
tranquyllyte
/
¶
He
appetyted
not
oonly
to
flee
the
worlde
.
But
also
the
goodes
of
fortune
/
¶
And
for
alle
erthely
goodes
he
hadde
but
one
robe
or
gowne
.
Cours
and
vnthryfty
clothe
full
of
grete
heer
.
Wyth
a
lytyll
dysshe
in
whyche
he
ete
and
dranke
/
And
a
lytyl
pay
lett
wheron
he
laye
.
¶
His
custome
was
to
loue
as
moche
the
poore
as
the
Ryche
/
And
the
vylayne
/
as
the
noble
/
¶
And
generally
in
alle
the
estates
of
the
worlde
he
louyd
asmoche
one
as
a nother
/
¶
Yf
he
corrected
ony
he
dyde
it
not
wyth
rude
wordes
/
But
in
grete
benygnytee
and
swetnes
¶
Alle
they
that
herde
hym
speke
.
or
so
kyd
on
hym
/
Alwaye
more
and
more
they
desyred
to
see
hym
/
¶
Neuer
chaunged
he
the
Rule
that
he
hadde
begonne
¶
And
was
continuelly
by
the
space
of
fyfty
yere
wythoute
to
haue
ony
reporte
to
the
worlde
/
¶
Right
nyghe
to
the
cyte
where
he
hadde
be
nourysshyd
there
was
a
towne
where
as
dwellyd
paynems
and
Sarrasyns
/
Vnto
whom
had
ben
sente
many
Deakens
and
preestes
by
some
souerayne
Bysshops
for
to
conuerte
theym
vnto
the
Crysten
faythe
/
But
alle
they
were
retorned
wythoute
to
haue
done
ony
fruyte
/
¶
For
the
sayde
Paynyms
weren
obstynate
in
theyr
ydolatrye
/
¶
And
it
happed
that
the
pryncypall
of
the
sayde
Bysshops
.
beynge
wyth
his
clerkes
hadde
knowlege
of
the
holy
man
Abraham
/
¶
And
sayde
to
theym
that
it
was
nedefull
to
sende
him
in
to
the
sayde
towne
.
For
by
his
pacyence
and
holy
lyfe
he
myghte
co●uerte
theym
/
¶
The
same
Bysshopp
thenne
desyrynge
to
encreace
oure
holy
faythe
accompanyed
wyth
his
clerkes
came
in
to
the
lytyll
house
of
this
holy
man
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
there
arry●●d
/
he
salewed
hym
.
After
he
admoneste●
and
desyred
hym
to
goo
in
to
the
sayde
towne
sayenge
/
¶
O
my
frende
I
knowe
that
thou
arte
agreable
to
god
.
whyche
neuer
refusyth
to
the
noo
thynge
that
thou
of
hym
demaundest
/
¶
Also
thou
knoweste
ynough
the
Paynems
dwellynge
in
this
nexte
towne
.
And
how
we
can
not
fynde
manere
to
conuerte
theym
.
¶
Wherfore
it
byhouyth
that
thou
goo
for
to
admonest
and
styre
theym
●●ke
as
god
shall
enseygne
and
〈◊〉
the.
¶
The
holy
man
was
moche
●●●●bled
of
the
offyce
that
the
bysshopp
●●de
gyue
to
hym
.
And
ansuered
to
hym
.
¶
O
my
lorde
I
pray
that
the
thou
〈◊〉
suffre
me
to
bywepe
my
wyckidnesse
&
that
I
departe
not
from
here
.
¶
I
we●e
well
sayde
the
bisshopp
that
thou
●●ste
lefte
the
worlde
.
and
renounced
alle
erthely
goodes
.
for
the
blysse
of
heuen
.
¶
But
neuerthelesse
yf
thou
haddest
al
the
vertues
of
the
worlde
.
and
thou
haue
none
obedyence
.
they
sholde
no●●●ge
prouffyte
the
/
¶
The
holy
man
ansuered
to
hym
/
Alas
my
lorde
I
and
〈◊〉
other
thynge
but
a
deed
bounde
.
What
thynkeste
thou
to
be
my
lyfe
/
Wherfore
sayste
thou
soo
moche
good
of
me
/
¶
Thenne
sayde
to
hym
the
bysshopp
.
I
saye
the
to
be
seruaunt
of
god
.
Whyche
sechest
in
this
place
where
thou
arte
in
but
thy
helthe
oonly
/
But
thou
goo
where
I
woll
sende
the.
Thou
shalt
be
cause
of
the
helthe
of
Infenite
persones
by
the
grace
that
god
shall
gyue
to
the
¶
Ne
thinke
not
oonly
to
doo
thyn
helthe
/
But
also
that
whyche
bylongyth
to
thy
neyghbours
/
And
thenne
shalte
thou
haue
very
charyte
/
¶
And
by
this
moyen
thou
shalte
gete
more
grete
meryte
anenste
god
.
In
so
moche
as
thou
shalt
bryng
wyth
the
many
soules
in
to
heuen
/
¶
The
holy
man
herynge
the
bysshop
And
desyrynge
as
very
obedyente
to
conferme
hym
to
his
good
playsure
.
ansuered
to
hym
.
that
he
was
alle
redy
to
go
where
as
it
sholde
playse
hym
/
¶
Wherfor
the
bysshopp
seenge
his
ryght
good
wyll
.
layed
his
honde
vppon
his
heed
/
and
constytuted
hym
a
preest
/
And
after
he
broughte
hym
to
the
sayd
towne
¶
And
in
entrynge
in
the
whiche
he
sayd
/
O
my
god
ryght
pyteuous
I
byseche
the.
that
it
maye
playse
the
to
beholde
my
grete
pouertee
.
Freelte
.
Imbecyllyte
and
the
debylyte
of
myn
ygnoraunce
/
¶
Enlarge
vppon
me
thy
grace
.
And
that
now
thou
helpe
me
to
gloryfye
thy
holy
name
.
¶
Whanne
he
was
arryued
there
.
seenge
theyr
folysshe
ydolatrye
/
He
moeuyd
with
pyte
.
beganne
to
waylle
and
wepe
In
makynge
his
prayer
to
god
inlthys
manere
/
O
my
god
whiche
arte
oonly
wythout
synne
.
Now
I
prayse
the
that
it
playse
the
to
haue
mercy
on
thise
myserable
synnars
/
¶
Helas
my
god
thyse
ben
thy
creatures
.
they
ben
the
werke
of
thyn
hondes
.
Suffre
theim
not
to
be
loste
/
¶
Thyse
thynges
thus
sayde
.
byholdynge
that
he
myghte
not
haue
theym
by
prompte
predycacyon
.
¶
He
sente
to
his
famylyer
frende
.
that
he
shold
selle
alle
his
patrymonye
/
whyche
was
of
grete
reuenue
and
that
he
shold
send
hym
the
moneye
therof
.
Whiche
he
soo
dyde
/
¶
And
wyth
the
moneye
that
he
receyued
/
dyde
doo
make
a
fayre
chyrche
.
Honestely
arayed
.
and
made
fayre
the
beste
wyse
that
he
myghte
.
¶
Durynge
the
tyme
that
the
chyrche
was
in
makinge
.
From
daye
to
day
he
walked
by
the
temples
of
th
idols
of
the
sayde
towne·
Makynge
in
his
herte
prayer
to
god
and
noo
thynge
to
ydollis
/
¶
And
after
that
the
sayde
chirche
was
achyeued
and
made
.
He
made
in
the
same
his
orison
sayenge
/
¶
O
my
god
whyche
haste
by
thy
presence
and
predycacyon
dystroyed
alle
ydolatrye
of
the
worlde
.
Whanne
atte
thy
natyuyte
the
ydollis
of
the
temples
felle
downe
.
thou
seest
the
peple
of
this
towne
ferre
from
thy
very
faythe
.
Settynge
theyr
hertes
and
thoughtes
to
serue
the
deuyll
.
in
makynge
to
hym
hommage
/
¶
Vouchesauf
thou
now
my
god
in
suche
wise
to
ensumyne
theym
.
that
they
maye
leue
theyr
symylacres
and
ydolatryes
.
To
the
ende
that
they
maye
knowe
the
one
oonli
god
of
heuen
and
of
the
erth
/
¶
Incontynent
his
oryson
achyeued
and
ended
as
he
had
hadde
an
hundred
thousande
men
wyth
hym
he
entred
in
the
temple
of
the
Paynems
ydolatrers
.
and
brake
and
dyde
to
falle
downe
theyr
aulters
and
ydolles
/
¶
And
they
seeng
his
manere
of
doinge
.
as
houndes
enraged
bete
and
hurte
hym
.
in
suche
wyse
that
he
was
all
full
of
woundes
and
of
hurtes
.
And
soo
came
agayne
in
to
his
chirche
.
¶
And
how
well
he
was
hurte
and
tormented
/
He
thoughte
noo
thynge
on
his
woundes
.
But
all
the
nyghte
wyth
all
his
herte
prayed
to
god
deuoutly
for
the
conuersyon
of
the
poore
Infydelis
and
ydolatrers
/
The
morne
comen
.
thiwente
in
to
his
chyrche
.
Where
they
founde
hym
in
oryson
and
prayer
.
But
they
cowde
not
doo
to
hym
ony
harme
ne
dysplaysure
/
¶
And
beholdynge
the
ornamentes
and
decoracyon
of
the
sayde
chyrche
.
Sodaynly
they
tooke
playsure
to
see
and
beholde
theym
..
In
suche
wyse
that
thoue
&
the
other
came
chyder
euery
daye
in
maner
of
passe
tyme
/
By
cause
the
sayd
chirche
semyd
to
theym
moche
honeste
and
playsaunt
/
¶
On
a
daye
amonge
the
other
he
prayed
theym
.
and
admonested
to
leue
theyr
ydollis
And
that
they
sholde
knowe
theyr
maker
.
Whyche
myghte
saue
theym
and
dampne
theym
.
In
makynge
to
theym
many
fayre
exhortacyons
for
to
endure
theym
in
the
saythe
But
in
herynge
that
thee
were
more
enraged
thanne
tofore
/
¶
And
bete
hym
somoche
.
that
they
supposyd
to
haue
slayne
hym
.
And
after
they
bounde
him
wyth
i●
corde
.
And
drew
hym
oute
of
theyr
●●te
.
and
lefte
hym
in
the
felde
.
where
he
abode
soo
bounden
vnto
mydnyghte
¶
Thenne
he
retorned
towarde
god
.
to
whom
in
wayllynge
and
wepynge
he
sayde
/
O
my
god
.
why
haste
thou
forsaken
thy
poore
seruaunte
.
Alas
my
Sauyour
.
Now
behold
thou
wyth
pyte
thy
poore
dyscyple
/
And
gyue
to
me
strengthe
to
fyghte
agaynst
thise
Infydeles
/
¶
Wyth
this
my
god
I
praye
the.
that
it
may
playse
the
to
gyue
to
theym
a
lytyll
of
thy
grace
/
To
the
ende
that
thei
knowe
the
as
theyr
god
.
¶
His
prayer
achyeued
.
he
retourned
to
his
chyrche
.
&
sayde
his
psalmes
and
orysons
accustomyd
/
¶
The
Paynems
in
lyke
wise
as
they
hadde
ben
accustomed
retorned
in
to
his
chyrche
.
¶
But
whan
they
sawe
that
he
was
retourned
.
wythoute
mercy
they
bete
hym
more
thanne
tofore
.
and
drewe
hym
agayne
oute
of
the
cyte
/
¶
The
holy
mas
was
by
the
spa●e
of
thre
yere
suffrynge
all
suche
paynes
as
the
sayde
Infydelis
dyde
to
hym
/
But
alle
theyr
tormentes
and
hungre
&
thurste
he
bare
pacyentely
.
wythoute
trowblynge
hymselfe
/
¶
And
soo
moche
as
they
martred
him
.
Soo
moche
more
be
louyd
theym
/
¶
And
alwaye
he
admonessed
the
moost
auncyent
of
theym
as
his
faders
.
How
be
it
they
were
agaynste
hym
moche
furyous
.
And
the
yonge
men
as
his
brethern
/
and
the
adolocentes
as
his
chyldren
/
¶
And
notwythstondynge
alle
this
.
They
alle
mockyd
hym
/
¶
Now
it
happed
vpon
a
daye
.
that
by
the
grace
of
god
.
alle
they
of
the
towne
assembled
.
for
some
of
theyr
affayres
&
besynesses
/
¶
And
after
that
they
had
delybered
and
concluded
.
They
beganne
to
speke
of
the
holy
man
Abraham
.
in
woundrynge
how
pacyentely
he
endured
wythoute
murmure
alle
theyr
repreues
and
Iniuries
that
they
dide
to
him
¶
And
ferthermore
they
sayde
that
he
was
necessary
for
to
endure
for
the
honoure
of
his
god
.
Whom
he
prechyd
to
be
onely
lorde
of
heuen
and
of
erthe
.
¶
They
thoughte
also
how
he
hymselfe
alone
hadde
broken
and
distroyed
al
theyr
ydollis
.
Withoute
that
theyr
goddis
hadde
done
to
hym
ony
greyf
or
lettynge
/
¶
And
fynably
concluded
that
his
fayth
was
true
/
And
that
they
oughte
to
byleue
alle
that
he
sayde
/
For
he
was
the
very
seruaunte
of
god
/
¶
And
this
conclusyon
thus
made·
alle
togider
vnto
the
nombre
of
a
thousande
.
or
there
abowte
came
in
to
his
chyrche
/
And
wyth
one
voys
beganne
to
saye
.
Glory
rybe
to
god
of
heuen
/
whyche
hathe
sente
to
vs
his
seruaunte
for
to
delyuere
vs
from
oure
erroure
/
The
holy
man
thys
seenge
was
replenysshed
all
wyth
gladnesse
/
¶
And
adressynge
to
theym
his
wordes
sayd
to
theym
.
¶
O
my
faders
my
brethern
and
mi
children
drawe
ye
nyghe
to
me
/
And
giue
glory
and
honour
to
god
oure
maker
/
Whyche
by
hys
grace
hath
Illumyned
you
in
suche
manere
as
ye
maye
lyghtely
knowe
hym
/
¶
And
to
the
ende
that
ye
ben
clene
for
alle
the
spottes
of
Ydolatrye
.
I
praye
you
to
byleue
in
hym
/
¶
And
loue
hym
wyth
alle
youre
herte
and
alle
your
thoughte
.
As
him
whiche
that
is
very
god
And
oonly
lorde
of
alle
the
worlde
.
whiche
is
withoute
ende
and
begynnynge
/
Inestymable
.
Inenarrable
.
Incomprehensible
.
Almyghty
.
Giuer
of
light
.
Louer
of
men
.
Terrible
to
synnars
.
And
swete
to
Iuste
and
rightwys
men
/
¶
Byleue
also
on
the
sone
.
whiche
is
the
sapyence
and
wysdom
of
the
fader
.
and
of
the
goly
gooste
/
Whiche
quycke
nyth
all
thynges
/
To
the
ende
that
ye
that
are
poore
.
Whyche
ben
noo
thynge
ellis
but
erthe
maye
be
purified
and
enhauncyd
to
the
reame
of
heuen
.
¶
Alle
they
ansueryd
that
they
byleued
lyke
as
he
hadde
sayde
/
¶
And
Incontynent
he
baptysed
theym
all
.
in
the
name
of
the
fader
.
and
of
the
sone
.
and
of
the
holy
gooste
/
¶
After
that
they
were
baptysed
.
euery
daye
he
taughte
and
endoctrined
them
in
the
gode
holy
scriptures
.
In
spekynge
of
the
Ioyes
of
heuen
.
and
of
the
paynes
of
helle
/
¶
After
he
excyted
theym
to
gete
the
vertues
of
Faythe
.
Hope
.
Charyte
.
Prudence
.
and
other
.
¶
And
for
to
enduce
to
gete
theym
he
lyued
wyth
theym
lyke
an
aungell
.
In
makynge
to
theym
dyuerse
predicacyons
.
the
whiche
he
contynued
an
hole
yere
/
¶
And
after
that
he
knewe
theym
confermed
in
the
fayth
/
¶
One
tyme
amonge
the
other
.
he
beynge
atte
houre
of
mydnyghte
in
contemplacyon
Made
vnto
oure
Sauyour
Ihesu
cryste
suche
a
prayer
sayenge
.
O
thou
Illumyner
of
alle
the
worlde
.
whiche
haste
enlumyned
this
lityll
people
.
and
haste
losyd
them
from
the
bondes
of
the
deuyll
in
gyuynge
to
theim
scyence
for
to
knowe
the
/
I
humbly
requyre
the
my
god
that
thou
wolt
kepe
theim
vnto
the
ende
.
holdynge
theim
in
thyne
holy
fayth
To
the
ende
that
they
maye
doo
suche
thynge
alway
.
that
maye
be
to
the
agreable
And
to
me
also
by
thy
mercy
it
be
not
imputed
that
I
departe
from
them
¶
For
my
lord
god
thou
knowest
that
doo
it
to
th
ende
that
I
be
not
wythdrawen
from
dooenge
penaunce
.
¶
His
orison
accomplysshed
and
made
an
ende
.
He
made
thre
tymes
the
sygne
of
the
Crosse
vppon
the
sayde
towne
.
And
departed
thens
.
¶
And
wente
in
to
a
place
where
as
noo
body
dwellyd
/
¶
On
the
morne
the
Inhabytauntes
&
dwellers
of
the
sayde
towne
came
in
to
his
chirche
like
as
they
were
acustomed
But
they
fonde
hym
not
.
Wherof
they
were
moche
sorowfull
and
angry
.
And
wente
wepynge
and
wayllynge
sechinge
him
/
¶
And
wenynge
to
fynde
him
soughte
him
in
many
places
/
But
thei
cowde
not
after
he
was
departed
fynde
hym
.
¶
After
worde
of
his
departynge
came
to
the
bysshopp
.
Wherof
he
was
as
moche
dysplaysaunt
as
they
were
/
¶
And
for
as
moche
as
shepe
wythout
Pastoure
ben
in
daunger
of
the
wulfe
/
He
wolde
not
leue
theym
wythout
a
conduytour
and
guyde
/
¶
Soo
came
he
hymselfe
in
to
the
sayde
towne
for
to
comforte
theim
.
¶
And
after
that
the
sayde
bisshopp
hadde
the
moost
sonyngly
that
he
cowde
comforted
theym
¶
He
choos
some
of
the
moost
notable
men
amonge
theim
whom
he
constytuted
in
holy
ordres
.
makyng
some
of
theym
preestes
.
and
some
deakens
.
¶
And
yf
they
hadde
ony
trybulacyons
or
empesshements
in
theyr
cons●yences
They
wente
to
the
sayde
men
soo
●a●●ed
/
¶
The
holy
man
Abraham
whanne
he
knewe
how
the
bysshopp
hadde
gyuen
to
theym
socours
for
theyr
helthe
/
He
rendred
thankynges
to
god
/
In
louynge
and
gloryfyenge
his
name
.
And
helde
hym
close
in
a
lytyll
hous
.
There
prayenge
and
thankinge
god
in
grete
Ioye
and
cru●tacyon
.
¶
O
man
of
grete
perfeccyon
.
In
what
manere
maye
ony
man
prayse
thy
charyte
and
thy
grete
constaunce
.
Whanne
for
the
helthe
of
thyn
neyghbours
.
thou
haste
endured
soo
many
euilles
.
And
neuerthelesse
thou
haste
not
lefte
to
make
thy
prayers
and
saye
thyne
orysons
accustomyd
.
¶
Thou
haste
not
varyed
for
alle
theyr
menaces
and
tormentes
.
But
haste
perseuered
vnto
the
ende
/
¶
O
charytable
man
whiche
haste
put
thy
body
in
daunger
of
thyne
enmyes
for
to
make
to
theim
helthe
.
¶
Well
mayste
thou
be
felowe
to
saynt
Stephen
the
fyrste
martyr
.
whiche
prayed
to
god
for
theym
.
that
mart●rd
him
¶
The
enmye
of
alle
good
men
seeng
the
conuersacion
of
the
holy
man
.
and
also
that
for
tribulacyons
he
cessed
not
from
his
good
purpoos
But
alway
he
puryfied
hymselfe
.
as
golde
in
the
fr●nays
.
Came
to
assaylle
him
on
a
tyme
atte
mydnyghte
.
as
he
was
in
his
prayer
.
And
concluded
to
tempte
hym
by
suche
temptacyons
.
That
he
sholde
noo
more
be
in
wyldernesse
.
But
sholde
retorne
in
to
the
worlde
.
¶
Thenne
came
the
deuyll
sodaynly
wyth
a
grete
lyghte
.
clere
as
the
sonne
.
Wherwyth
he
enlumyned
alle
the
lityll
hous
/
¶
And
in
the
lyghte
was
a
voys
whiche
sayde
/
¶
O
holy
man
Abraham
thou
shalte
be
well
happy
.
For
in
alle
thy
werkes
thou
haste
be
true
.
And
haste
alle
done
after
my
wyll
/
¶
The
holy
man
knewe
that
it
was
the
deuyll
.
Ansuer●d
with
an
hyghe
voys
.
¶
Goo
hens
thou
wicked
and
peruerted
admynystrer
of
malice
.
Comest
thou
now
hither
for
to
tempte
me
wyth
vayne
glorye
/
¶
I
knowleche
that
I
am
a
grete
synnar
/
¶
And
thou
weneste
that
I
repute
myself
Iust
¶
Awaye
and
goo
cursyd
spyryte
in
to
the
vttrest
derkenesse
/
In
to
whyche
thou
arte
condempned
/
¶
By
the
grace
of
my
blessyd
god
I
shall
noo
thynge
fere
thy
falaces
/
and
dysceytful
mockynges
and
lesynges
/
¶
The
name
of
Ihesu
Cryste
whom
I
honour
and
loue
.
shall
be
my
deffence
and
walle
agaynst
the.
whanne
thou
shalte
come
for
to
assayle
me
/
¶
And
Incontynente
the
deuyll
departed
/
¶
The
deuyll
came
agayn
and
broughte
wyth
hym
a
clubbe
for
to
breke
downe
his
lytyll
hous
.
¶
And
whan
he
had
made
open
that
one
syde
/
The
deuyll
sayd
faynynge
that
he
had
with
him
many
euill
knaues
.
To
whom
he
sayde
/
Come
hyther
my
frendes
.
haste
you
.
lete
vs
entree
in·
And
slee
this
papelart
/
¶
The
holy
man
beganne
to
saye
:
O
my
god
alle
folke
haue
enuyronned
me
But
thy
name
be
praysed
.
by
whiche
I
shall
ouercome
theym
.
And
shall
brynge
vnder
my
fete
alle
myne
enmyes
/
And
Incontynent
the
deuyll
vanisshed
awaye
/
¶
A
lytyll
whyle
after
the
deuyll
retournyd
/
And
putt
fyre
in
to
a
lytyll
matte
on
whyche
he
knelyd
makynge
his
prayers
¶
And
whanne
he
sawe
the
fyre
withoute
feer
he
quenchyd
it
sayenge
/
¶
I
shall
by
the
myghte
of
god
walke
vppon
aspydes
and
venymouse
beestes
/
And
trede
vnder
my
fete
the
lyon
and
the
dragon
.
and
alle
the
power
of
myne
enmye
/
¶
For
my
god
shal
gyue
to
me
alwaye
ayde
and
strengthe
for
to
fyghte
agaynst
the
/
¶
Sathanas
seenge
that
he
was
condempned
of
the
holy
man
cryeed
wyth
an
hygh
voyce
sayenge
/
¶
I
shall
vaynquysshe
the.
and
make
the
to
deye
and
euyll
dethe
/
For
I
shall
fynde
soo
many
cautelles
and
discepcyons
that
thou
shalte
not
cunue
endure
theym
/
¶
It
happed
on
a
daye
lyke
as
the
holy
man
sholde
ete
/
The
deuyll
transformed
hym
in
to
the
fourme
and
shappe
of
a
lytyll
childe
/
¶
And
entred
in
to
the
lytyll
house
/
And
supposyd
to
haue
torned
the
plater
vpp
sodoune
/
¶
The
holy
man
toke
hym
by
the
honde
and
helde
hym
faste
tyll
he
hadde
taken
his
refeccyon
/
¶
Anone
after
the
deuyll
went
his
waye
/
¶
And
a
lytyll
while
after
retourned
and
broughte
a
candelstyk
.
vnder
whiche
was
a
candell
lyghte
.
And
presented
tofore
the
holy
man
/
whyche
tooke
his
refeccyon
/
¶
And
the
deuyll
syngynge
sayd
/
Well
happy
ben
the
walkers
of
this
worlde
that
walken
wythoute
spotte
of
synne
/
¶
And
sange
soo
many
verses
of
the
psalme
that
begynnyth
(
Beati
immaculati
i
via
qui
ambulant
in
lege
dni
)
But
the
holy
man
ansuered
noo
thynge·
tyll
that
he
hadd
taken
his
refeccyon
/
¶
And
whanne
he
hadde
taken
his
refeccyon
.
he
armyd
wyth
constaunce
spake
to
the
deuyll
sayenge
thyse
wordes
/
¶
Thou
hounde
Infamyd
ryght
myserable
and
lyar
of
alle
lyars
/
syth
that
thou
knoweste
theym
that
ben
happy
&
humble
seruauntes
of
god
.
Wherfore
ye
ueste
thou
to
theym
heuynesse
and
lettynges
that
they
may
not
doo
theyr
penaunces
suche
as
they
desyred
/
¶
The
deuyll
ansuered
that
the
cause
wherfore
he
trowbled
the
seruauntes
of
god
/
was
to
th
ende
that
they
sholde
leue
theyr
gode
conuersacyons
.
and
abandonne
and
gyue
theym
to
synne
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
sayde
to
hym
/
Thynkeste
thou
spyrite
Infamyd
.
that
they
that
ben
ferme
in
the
loue
of
Ihu
Cryst
may
be
deceyued
by
thy
suggestions
.
Thou
deceyuest
none
.
but
theym
that
ben
vnhappy
And
ben
contente
to
doo
thy
wyll
/
And
that
worse
is
they
done
payne
to
synne
mortally
/
¶
Thou
knowest
whan
the
seruauntes
of
god
ben
assaylled
of
the
/
That
by
one
prayer
that
they
make
to
god
.
thou
arte
constrayned
to
flee
/
And
Incontynent
as
the
holy
man
hadd
sayd
thyse
wordes
/
The
deuyll
fledde
awaye
as
a
raye
or
beme
of
the
sonne
.
¶
Yet
agayne
fyue
dayes
after
came
the
deuyll
.
And
made
in
the
ayre
a
noyse
/
as
he
hadde
hadd
a
grete
multytude
of
people
/
That
one
sayeng
to
that
other
¶
Lete
vs
goo
and
throw
Abraham
into
a
dyche
.
and
putte
hym
to
dethe
/
¶
The
good
holy
man
whanne
he
herde
thyse
wordes
sayede
/
¶
The
enmyes
of
god
haue
gone
rounde
abowte
me
as
flyes
or
bees
.
and
ben
enforcyd
agaynst
me
as
fyre
in
thornes
¶
Alle
be
done
in
the
name
of
god
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
/
For
by
the
puyssaunce
dyuyne
I
shall
vaynquysshe
the
cursyd
deuyll
/
¶
After
that
the
enmye
had
herde
thyse
wordes
of
the
sayde
good
holy
man
/
He
beganne
to
crye
.
sayenge
/
Helas
.
Helas
.
I
knowe
noo
more
by
what
manere
ne
by
what
moyen
the
to
dysceyue
.
I
knowe
now
that
I
am
dysceyued
/
Neuerthelesse
I
shall
neuer
departe
fro
the
vnto
the
tyme
thou
rendre
thyself
to
be
my
subgette
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
ansuered
to
hym
.
Maledyccyon
come
to
the
/
Glory
be
gyuen
vnto
god
.
and
noo
thynge
vnto
the
/
¶
Thou
knoweste
that
our
sauyoure
and
redemptour
Ihesus
gyuethe
to
alle
his
true
seruauntes
strength
to
fyght
agaynst
the.
and
knowlege
of
thy
dysceyuable
temptacyons
and
mockynges
.
for
to
kepe
them
from
thy
mortall
and
dampnable
grynnes
.
¶
By
many
assawtes
was
assailed
the
holy
man
Abraham
of
the
deuyll
oure
enmye
.
But
of
what
some
euer
temptacyon
that
he
was
tempted
wyth
.
He
neuer
fered
ne
doubted
/
but
hadde
alwaye
stedfaste
faythe
/
¶
And
of
soo
moche
more
as
he
was
tempted
.
vexid
.
and
traueylled
of
the
deuyll
/
Of
soo
moche
more
he
augmented
his
charytee
towarde
god
/
Wherfore
fro
day
to
day
encrecyd
his
grace
/
¶
And
by
that
lyghtly
by
the
helpe
of
god
.
he
suppedyted
and
put
vnder
fote
the
deuyll
/
¶
Whanne
the
holy
man
apperceyued
that
the
tresoure
of
grace
was
to
hym
ottroyed
and
gyuen
.
He
took
thre
precyous
stones
/
Of
whyche
the
fyrste
was
Faythe
.
The
seconde
Hope
/
And
the
thirde
Charyte
.
To
the
ende
that
by
thyse
thre
.
the
other
vertues
mighte
be
decorate
and
made
fayre
/
¶
His
charyte
was
soo
grete
.
that
it
stratched
not
oonly
to
good
men
/
For
whom
he
prayed
affectuously
/
to
the
ende
that
the
deuyll
sholde
not
greue
ne
noye
theym
/
But
also
he
desired
the
conuersyon
of
the
euyll
peple
.
in
prayenge
in
lyke
wyse
for
theym
.
And
in
wepynge
grete
habundaunce
of
teeres
/
¶
To
the
ende
that
god
wolde
dyuerte
theym
from
theyr
euyll
lyfe
/
and
tourne
theym
to
the
waye
of
helthe
/
¶
He
neuer
laughed
/
And
neuer
after
his
conuersion
wysshe
his
feete
ne
his
hondes·
ne
his
vysage
/
Estemynge
euery
daye
that
he
sholde
deye
.
/
¶
He
had
his
vysage
not
lyke
the
floure
that
neuer
dryeth
/
¶
And
in
seenge
hym
by
his
vysage·
he
sholde
be
Iuged
to
be
a
vessell
full
of
alle
vertues·
¶
Alwaye
he
was
Ioyeous
wythoute
heuynesse
/
¶
And
for
that
cause
atte
houre
of
his
dethe
he
was
Iuged
neuer
to
haue
doo
penaunce
soo
moche
was
his
visage
fayte
and
rodye
/
¶
And
that
more
is
.
in
fyfty
yere
he
chaunged
not
his
garment
of
hayre
/
Whiche
he
toke
and
hadde
worne
syth
he
beganne
to
doo
penaunce
fyrste
/
By
the
whyche
thynges
it
apperyd
euydently
that
he
was
strongely
the
frende
of
god
/
¶
A nother
myracle
dide
the
holy
man
Abraham
in
his
olde
aege
/
He
hadde
a
cosyn
germayn
/
Whiche
departed
oute
of
this
worlde
.
and
deyed
.
leuynge
after
hym
a
doughter
seuen
yere
of
aege
/
¶
The
frendes
of
the
sayde
chylde
secuge
that
she
had
neyther
fader
ne
moder
/
broughte
her
to
the
holy
man
/
where
as
she
was
enclosyd
nyghe
by
to
a
wyndowe
.
whyche
was
on
the
syde
of
his
lytyll
house
.
And
by
the
same
wyndowe
he
taughte
to
her
the
Psaulter
.
&
other
holy
scryptures
/
¶
And
there
in
soo
dooyng
and
sayenge
Ympnes
and
psalmes
they
were
longe
togyder
/
In
suche
wyse
/
that
in
alle
abstynences
the
yonge
mayde
ensyewed
her
vncle
Abraham
/
The
whiche
seeng
the
good
way
and
wyll
by
her
begon
/
He
deuowtely
&
wythoute
cessynge
prayed
god
for
her
/
To
the
ende
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
her
suche
grace
that
she
neuer
solde
retourne
to
the
worlde
.
And
that
her
thoughte
sholde
haue
none
affeccyon
to
worldly
thynges
/
¶
For
he
hadde
therof
grete
doubte
.
by
cause
that
her
fader
hadde
lefte
to
her
grete
plentee
of
goodes
temporell
/
¶
The
whyche
goodes
Abraham
seenge
her
grete
prudence
and
perfeccyon
.
made
theym
to
be
dystrybuted
to
the
pore
people
/
In
prayeng
god
that
the
deuylles
by
theyr
subtyll
suggestyons
myghte
haue
noo
power
to
chaunge
her
from
her
good
purpoos
/
¶
Soo
contynued
longe
tyme
the
goode
mayde
in
the
rule
that
her
vncle
had
gyuen
to
her
/
¶
And
she
hadde
in
her
soo
grete
constaunce
.
that
in
twenty
yeres
he
founde
not
her
varyable
/
But
obeyssaunte
as
a
yonge
lambe
or
shepe
/
¶
Durynge
this
tyme
.
the
deuyll
whiche
slepyth
not
.
ymagyned
many
subtyll
meanes
.
by
whyche
he
myghte
dysceyue
theym
/
¶
And
by
cause
he
cow
●e
in
noo
wyse
come
to
his
entente
/
He
dyde
do
begyle
and
disceyued
her
by
a
myserable
Relygyous
/
The
whyche
were
ofte
to
vysite
the
sayd
good
man
Abraham
.
Faynynge
soo
to
doo
for
the
saluacyon
of
his
soule
/
¶
But
the
cursyd
Relygyous
man
tempted
of
the
deuyll
vnder
the
shadow
of
deuocion
.
He
wente
for
to
defoyle
the
sayd
vyrgyn
/
And
soo
longe
he
contynued
by
the
space
of
a
yere
.
that
he
drewe
her
oute
of
her
Oratorye
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
in
suche
caas
the
lasse
to
knowe
and
expresse
is
beste
and
mooste
honeste
/
It
suffyseth
to
wryte
that
the
poore
doughter
was
defoylled
/
¶
And
that
after
the
synne
commysed
and
done
/
she
became
soo
sorowfull
and
desolate
.
that
vneth
maye
be
expressyd
and
wryten
her
lamentacyons
and
waylynges
.
¶
And
thenne
she
beganne
to
tere
her
heer
.
and
to
bete
her
breste
and
her
vysage
.
Enforcynge
her selfe
for
to
slee
herselfe
by
dyspayr
.
¶
And
thus
in
lamentynge
and
bewaylynge
.
she
bewaylled
merueylously
her
vyrgynyte
soo
loste
/
¶
And
ferthermore
/
She
sayde
Alas
me
poore
synnar
I
haue
loste
alle
the
tyme
in
whyche
I
haue
done
penaunce
/
Alle
myne
orysons
/
Fastynges
.
and
good
operacyons
and
werkes
ben
by
me
synnar
loste
.
¶
O
ye
teeres
and
w●pynges
maye
not
redememe
/
¶
O
my
vncle
whyche
is
soo
moche
soo
perfighte
What
shame
and
dyshonoure
haue
I
done
to
the
/
¶
Certaynly
I
now
fere
me
that
the
wrathe
of
god
shall
hastely
falle
vppon
me
/
that
am
made
Illusyon
and
mocked
of
the
deuyll
¶
Alas
what
shal
prouffyte
me
from
hensforth
to
do
penaunce
/
It
were
better
for
me
to
deye
thanne
to
lyue
/
¶
O
very
god
.
What
synne
haue
I
done
.
Alas
my
maker
how
haue
I
commysed
and
doon
agaynst
the
suche
offence
How
haue
I
be
soo
blynde
in
my
thoughte
Ne
how
haue
I
be
soo
ygnoraunte
ne
had
noo
knowlege
of
that
whiche
I
oughte
to
do
Ne
where
or
what
shal
come
of
me
.
¶
Alas
where
ben
the
goode
mony●sons
and
warnynges
that
mine
vncle
sayd
and
warned
me
of
whan
I
was
vyrgyne
And
that
I
hadde
purposyd
to
haue
kepte
my
soule
Inmaculate
and
vndefoylled
to
Ihesu
Cryste
my
spowse
/
¶
Alas
I
am
not
worthy
to
beholde
the
heuen
.
for
I
am
deed
as
towchynge
the
worlde
/
¶
And
as
towarde
god
I
dare
not
retorne
to
my
wyndowe
/
by
whiche
I
sprange
and
came
oute
/
¶
Alas
how
I
that
am
full
of
Inyquyte
&
wyckydnesse
.
shall
I
be
hardy
ynough
to
speke
to
myne
vncle
/
I
suppose
yf
I
retourne
to
my
lytyll
howse
/
Incontynent
yf
I
come
and
approche
and
come
nyghe
to
the
wyndowe
.
by
myracle
shall
fyre
to
me
that
shall
brenne
me
/
¶
After
thyse
pyteous
by
wayllynges
the
poore
synnar
oute
of
her
wytte
as
deed
and
ferre
from
her
helth
went
her
way
in
to
a nother
cyte
/
and
chaunged
her
habyte
/
And
after
went
to
an
hous
where
as
dwellyd
comyn
wymmen
.
¶
Now
it
happed
that
her
vncle
knewe
her
synne
/
by
a
reuelacyon
whyche
was
suche
/
¶
In
his
slepe
he
dremyd
that
he
saw
a
dragon
merueylous
grete
and
so
fer●ful
that
he
durste
not
beholde
it
/
The
whiche
in
syflynge
enforcyd
him
to
approche
&
come
nyghe
his
chambre
or
lytyll
hous
/
And
hym
semyd
ferthermore
that
in
comynge
nyghe
the
same
place
the
same
dragon
founde
a
doune
.
the
whyche
he
deuowred
/
And
after
he
had
deuowred
it
.
he
retornyd
thither
fro
whē●
be
came
¶
And
whan
the
holy
man
Abraham
a
woke
He
beganne
to
wepe
estemynge
that
the
deuyl
wolde
sette
scysme
&
dyuysion
in
the
chirche
.
or
that
many
crysten
men
sholde
be
torned
fro
the
holy
fayth
.
¶
And
so
the
good
holy
man
wyste
not
what
to
doo
.
sauf
to
praye
to
god
.
that
it
myghte
playse
hym
to
lete
hym
haue
knowlege
what
the
sayd
vysyon
betokened
¶
And
two
dayes
after
he
had
a nother
dreme
lyke
/
And
hym
semyd
whanne
the
sayde
dragon
came
nyghe
to
his
house
.
he
putt
his
heed
vnder
his
fete
.
&
was
deuyded
in
two
partyes
/
¶
After
the
whyche
vysion
the
holy
man
sawe
wythin
the
bely
of
the
sayd
dragon
the
sayde
doune
.
whyche
he
had
deuoured
.
And
him
semyd
that
the
douue
was
alyue
/
And
thenne
Incontinent
the
holy
man
put
his
honde
in
the
sayde
bely
/
And
drewe
oute
the
doune
a
lyue
/
¶
Thenne
he
a
woke
after
that
/
&
wenynge
to
haue
founde
his
nyece
Marye
in
her
Oratorye
.
Came
smytynge
atte
her
wyndowe
.
and
called
her
two
or
thre
tymes
¶
And
by
cause
that
syth
ii
.
dayes
he
had
not
herde
her
in
her
oratory
and
prayers
.
He
ymagyned
and
bileued
that
the
vysyon
was
of
his
nyece
Wherfore
he
fell
downe
to
the
grounde
in
makynge
merueyllous
lamentacyons
and
wayllynges
.
and
sayd
.
¶
Alas
what
is
now
happened
to
me
/
My
doughter
is
now
prysoner
in
the
pryson
of
the
deuyll
/
O
cursyd
wulfe
rauysshynge
.
Thou
haste
rauysshed
my
shepe
/
O
sauyour
of
all
the
worlde
gyue
to
me
a
gyfte
.
That
is
that
my
shepe
maye
come
agayne
in
to
her
folde
.
tofore
er
I
deye
/
To
the
ende
that
in
perpetuell
ennoye
I
finysshe
and
ende
not
myn
olde
aege
/
¶
My
god
dyspyse
not
my
prayer
But
hastely
goode
lorde
enlarge
vpon
me
thy
grace
.
to
th
ende
that
she
maye
be
deliuered
from
the
golette
of
the
dragon
.
¶
The
poore
doughter
was
two
yere
liuynge
in
lubrycyte
and
lecherye
.
bounden
with
the
boundes
of
the
deuyll
.
and
englotted
in
his
bely
/
¶
Durynge
the
whyche
two
yere
.
the
holy
man
Abraham
prayed
contynuelly
to
god
.
That
it
playsed
hym
to
reduce
and
bryng
her
agayne
to
penaunce
/
¶
I
thyse
two
yeres
the
holy
man
sende
a
famylyer
frende
of
his
for
to
serche
and
seche
in
what
place
she
myghte
be
The
whiche
wente
and
fonde
her
.
and
brought
worde
where
she
was
.
and
had
seen
her
in
an
open
house
wyth
comyn
wymmen
/
¶
The
holy
man
anone
dyde
doo
opene
his
house
.
and
wente
oute
of
it
secretely
/
To
the
ende
that
he
sholde
not
be
knowen
he
toke
the
habyte
of
a
seculer
man
/
And
dyde
on
a
grete
hode
.
and
mufflyd
his
vysage
.
by
cause
he
wolde
not
be
knowen
/
¶
Now
lete
vs
consydre
the
comparyson
and
simylytude
of
the
fyrste
Abraham
.
And
of
the
seconde
.
of
whom
this
presente
hystorye
makyth
mencyon
/
¶
The
fyrste
wente
in
to
the
batayle
agaynste
foure
kynges
/
And
rescowed
and
brought
home
his
neuewe
Loth
Whyche
was
prysonner
/
¶
The
seconde
wente
also
to
bataylle
agaynste
the
deuyll
.
For
to
redeme
his
nyece
.
whyche
was
prysonner
.
and
kepte
and
holden
in
thraldom
and
capty●●te
of
synne
.
to
whyche
she
was
submysyd
and
gyuen
/
¶
For
to
retorne
thenne
to
this
present
hystorye
.
the
holy
man
Abraham
thus
habilled
and
arayed
as
sayd
is
.
lepe
vpon
an
horse
that
he
had
borowed
for
to
make
this
vyage
And
so
longe
rode
by
his
Iourneyes
.
that
he
arryued
in
the
house
where
as
his
nyece
was
.
And
he
beynge
comen
thider
by
cause
he
sawe
her
not
amonge
thother
yonge
wymmen
whiche
were
there
demaunded
of
the
hooste
yf
there
wythin
were
ony
yonge
woman
namyd
Marye
/
¶
The
whiche
hooste
wenynge
that
the
holy
man
were
come
for
to
commyse
and
perfourme
his
lecherye
.
Ansuerd
to
hym
that
there
with
in
was
suche
one
.
Whyche
he
sayd
was
as
fayre
as
one
myghte
see
/
Gentyll
&
honeste
of
body
/
And
that
she
hadde
in
her
body
none
deformyte
/
¶
The
whyche
wordes
herynge
the
holy
man
was
merueylously
Ioyous
/
And
prayed
him
that
she
myghte
come
forth
.
For
he
wolde
ete
and
drynke
wyth
her
.
¶
Incontynent
the
hoost
brought
her
tofore
her
vncle
.
prowdely
and
worldely
arayed
&
cladde
.
As
comynly
ben
thyse
vnthryfty
comyn
wymmen
/
¶
The
holy
man
whanne
that
he
sawe
her
in
that
estate
.
was
moche
heuy
and
sorowful
/
But
neuerthelesse
he
dissymyled
his
angre
the
beste
wyse
he
myghte
withoute
to
make
ony
knowlege
.
Dredinge
that
she
shold
haue
knowen
hym
.
●eest
Incontynent
she
shold
withdrawe
her
.
and
hydde
herselfe
/
¶
After
they
wythdrew
theim
in
to
a
lytyll
chambre
.
where
as
they
beganne
to
ete
/
And
in
takynge
theyr
refeccyon
togyder
.
the
holy
man
began
to
playe
wyth
her
.
in
beholdynge
her
benygnely
and
louyngly
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
in
soo
dooynge
she
hadde
some
remembraunce
of
her
vncle
.
She
that
was
sette
tofore
hym·
and
knewe
hym
not
.
Aroos
sodeinly
and
came
and
collyd
hym
wyth
bothe
her
armes
.
hauynge
remembraunce
of
tyme
passed
.
In
whiche
she
hadde
in
soo
grete
and
perfyghte
deuocyon
towarde
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
knowleged
to
him
her
courage
.
the
whyche
she
mighte
noo
lenger
hyde
.
¶
And
began
Incontynent
to
wepe
and
to
sorowe
.
in
castynge
oute
of
her
eyen
grete
habundance
of
teeres
.
and
in
cursynge
her
myserable
and
wretchyd
lyfe
/
¶
Thenne
the
hoosteler
alle
abasshyd
beganne
to
saye
/
Ha
lady
Mary
what
causyth
you
to
wepe
now
.
It
is
two
yeres
syth
ye
came
hyther
/
and
I
saw
you
neuer
angry
/
¶
To
whom
she
ansuered
/
Alas
I
had
be
well
happy
yf
I
had
be
deed
thre
yeres
goone
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
her
lamentacyons
and
wepynges
.
beganne
to
say
to
her
/
¶
Ha
ha
my
doughter
.
thou
were
right
now
soo
Ioyouse
/
And
now
thou
wepest
the
synnes
that
thou
haste
done
/
I
praye
the
leue
this
purpoos
/
And
make
me
goode
thyere
/
¶
How
moche
is
the
grete
goodnesse
of
oure
lorde
whiche
neuer
woll
lese
the
synnars
.
But
by
his
grete
mercy
woll
calle
theym
agayne
/
¶
The
poore
Marye
seenge
the
holy
man
/
How
be
it
she
hadde
in
her
ymagynacyon
and
demynge
.
that
it
was
a nother
whyche
resembled
and
was
lyke
hym
/
¶
Neuerthelesse
she
hadde
neuer
byleued
that
it
hadde
ben
he
.
Consideryng
that
he
that
was
a
man
of
ryghte
holy
lyfe
.
And
wold
neuer
haue
entred
in
to
that
place
somoche
dyshonest
¶
Now
lete
vs
consydre
fro
whens
came
this
contrycyon
soo
sodayne
to
this
poore
synnar
/
Truely
we
oughte
to
byleue
that
it
proceded
fro
the
benigne
mercy
of
god
.
Whiche
beholdynge
the
grete
wayllynges
and
deuowte
orysons
.
whiche
the
holy
man
Abraham
made
for
her
that
he
sholde
not
lese
his
paynes
ne
laburs
/
¶
The
holy
man
thenne
requyred
of
t
hoost
.
that
he
sholde
make
theim
gode
there
/
As
took
to
hym
a
pyece
of
golde
.
whic●
was
of
good
valewe
that
he
had
broghte
wyth
hym
/
For
he
was
comen●om
ferre
for
the
loue
of
the
pore
Maye
/
¶
O
merueyllous
prudence
O
di●●ecōn
inenarrable
.
the
good
holy
man
ad
be
fyfty
yere
wythout
etynge
of
ony
rede
/
Neuerthelesse
for
to
with
drawe
is
nyece
from
that
place
publyke
.
he
●as
contente
to
ete
flesshe
&
to
drynke
●●ne
¶
After
that
they
had
supped
the
pore
doughter
Marye
prayed
the
holi
mn
to
goo
to
bedde
.
to
the
whiche
he
agred
&
acorded
/
¶
But
whan
he
sawe
theedde
soo
wel
arayed
&
hye
lyfte
vppe
fr●
the
grounde
.
he
was
moche
abasshed
Notwythstondynge
he
sate
therupon
/
¶
After
came
to
hym
Marye
for
to
draw
of
his
hosyn
&
shone
/
And
by
cause
t●e
doore
was
open
of
the
chambre
he
cō●aunded
that
she
shold
goo
shette
it
fyrte
/
After
that
she
had
shett
the
door
.
he
made
her
to
come
to
hym
/
&
toke
her
by
the
ho●de
.
as
he
wolde
haue
kyssed
her
/
The
ho●
man
whyche
myghte
noo
lenger
hyder
&
couer
his
thoughte
demaunded
her
/
¶
Come
hyther
my
doughter
knowest
tho●
me
noughte.
.
Am
not
I
he
that
so
longe
haue
nourysshed
the.
O
mi
doughter
what
hast
thou
done
.
Who
hath
plunged
them
synne
.
Where
is
now
thyne
angelyke
habyte
/
Where
ben
now
thy
longe
and
worthy
prayers
.
Alas
thou
were
a●haūsed
vpp
in
to
heuen
.
And
now
thou
arte
descended
in
to
helle
/
¶
Whe●●ore
my
doughter
Incontynent
as
thou
haddest
commysed
the
synne
camest
thou
not
to
me
/
and
lete
me
haue
knowlege
therof
.
certes
I
wold
then
haue
done
●enaunce
for
the.
Alas
what
dredest
thou
.
noo
man
may
be
wythout
synne
but
oonly
god
our
souerayne
protectour
¶
In
heringe
thise
wordes
Mary
became
as
vnmouable
¶
And
whan
the
holy
man
sawe
that
she
ansuerd
not
again
.
he
sayd
yet
to
her
/
Marye
my
ryghte
doughter
whiche
arte
of
my
blood
speke
to
me
if
it
playse
to
the.
and
take
consolacyon
&
comforte
/
For
I
promyse
to
the
that
I
shall
take
thy
synne
vpon
me
.
And
shall
take
on
me
the
penaunce
for
to
rendre
acounte
.
and
dyscharge
the
tofore
god
the
ryght
mercyfull
redemer
of
alle
the
worlde
/
¶
There
were
they
two
togyder
to
mydnyghte
in
she
wynge
of
the
good
holy
man
to
Mary
his
nyece
the
grete
mercy
of
god
¶
And
after
that
she
had
longe
herde
hym
.
she
beganne
to
speke
in
wepynge
grete
teres
.
&
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
A
my
fader
&
my
vncle
I
am
not
worthy
to
be
present
tofore
thyne
eyen
/
Alas
how
may
I
haue
remyssyon
/
What
prayer
shall
I
make
to
god
.
that
am
soo
horryble
defoyled
&
maculate
of
so
many
sinnes
/
¶
Thenne
yet
the
holy
man
for
to
comfort
her
ansuerde
sayeng
/
¶
My
doughter
and
my
loue
.
Thyne
Inyquytees
be
vppon
me
and
noo
thynge
vpon
the.
I
haue
prayed
to
god
that
it
maye
playse
to
take
the
punysshment
on
me
.
And
truely
I
make
noo
doubte
but
that
he
shall
soo
doo
Therfore
come
with
me
.
&
retorne
we
to
oure
place
in
whiche
we
haue
lyued
soo
longe
togider
vertuously
/
thou
shalt
se
Effren
thy
frende
whiche
is
ful
of
sorow
of
thy
perdycyon
/
Haue
no
mystruste
of
the
merci
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
How
be
it
that
thy
synnes
ben
gretter
in
enormyte
thanne
the
grete
mountaynes
and
hylles
/
Yet
his
mercy
is
moche
more
grete
/
¶
Take
thenne
hope
in
consyderynge
/
That
it
is
noo
newe
thinge
to
falle
in
to
synne
But
it
is
a
ryght
grete
daunger
to
abyde
therin
longe
/
¶
Whanne
one
is
falle
in
it
.
I
byleue
fermely
that
the
fende
whyche
hathe
the
feble
in
fallynge
.
He
shall
fynde
the
stronge
in
releuynge
&
rysynge
/
¶
My
doughter
thou
seest
that
I
am
aunceyen
and
olde
/
Wherfore
I
praye
the
that
thou
haue
pyte
on
myn
olde
aege
.
And
that
thou
come
out
of
this
publyk
place
.
and
retorne
in
to
thy
first
lodgynge
for
to
doo
there
thy
penaunce
¶
God
woll
not
that
the
synnars
sholde
deye
eternall
dethe
.
but
desyreth
that
they
sholde
lyue
perpetuelly
¶
Thenne
she
sayde
to
hym
.
¶
Yf
thou
knowe
well
my
fader
that
I
maye
doo
suffisaunt
penaunce
in
suche
wise
that
I
maye
deserue
to
haue
remyssyon
of
my
synnes
I
woll
well
that
we
retourne
where
it
shall
playse
the
/
¶
In
suche
deuyses
and
lamentacyons
was
Marye
all
the
nyghte
atte
the
feet
of
the
sayde
holy
man
her
vncle
/
¶
To
whom
also
she
said
.
alas
my
lord
what
shall
I
mowe
gyue
or
rewarde
the
for
thy
good
grace
and
mercy
that
in
so
grete
desyre
and
affeccyon
thou
purchasyst
to
me
/
¶
On
the
morne
by
tyme
whan
they
sholde
departe
and
goo
theyr
way
She
sayd
to
hym
/
Myne
vncle
I
haue
spared
&
haue
here
wythin
a
lytyll
golde
and
other
vestures
saye
to
me
what
it
playsyth
the
that
I
shall
doo
wythal
To
whom
the
holy
man
sayd
I
woll
my
me●e
.
that
thou
leue
here
in
this
place
Infamyd
all
those
godes
that
thou
hast
goten
by
synne
and
Infamye
for
they
benot
worthy
to
be
yeue
for
go●
is
sake
to
the
poore
people
/
¶
Soo
thene
they
departed
from
that
dyshoneste
p●ce
/
And
soo
moche
exployted
theyr
●ye
/
that
fynably
they
came
to
the
place
here
afore
she
hadd
be
nourisshyd
/
An
was
remysed
in
to
her
lytyll
chambre
clad
wyth
her
olde
cote
/
¶
Thynke
now
what
sorowe
&
complaintes
they
made
after
that
/
me
wepynge
euery
daye
the
holy
ma
for
the
synne
of
his
nyece
.
Lyke
as
h●
had
commysed
hymself
/
and
shewed
●e
grete
enormyte
therof
more
bytter
thanne
he
durste
haue
done
.
or
he
hade
broughte
her
thyther
/
¶
O
merueyllus
and
Inestymable
charyte
.
that
●●
to
redeme
the
soule
of
his
niece
.
he
wa●●ontent
to
bynde
hymself
to
doo
penaun
for
her
/
Who
shall
be
he
that
wythout
wayllynge
&
wepynge
shall
rememb●
the
merueylous
lamentacyons
that
they
dyde
after
her
reduccion
fro
synn
to
penaunce
/
¶
Who
is
also
he
th●
wold
not
rendre
also
thankynges
to
god
of
suche
a
conuersyon
/
¶
She
was
after
that
of
soo
honeste
a
lyfe
and
conuersacyon
That
many
notable
pe●sones
from
diuers
places
came
to
her
●or
to
be
conforted
in
theyr
aduersytees
●●y
the
moyen
of
her
prayers
and
orisons
.
¶
Ten
yere
after
lyued
the
deuout
●holy
man
Abraham
.
The
whiche
seenge
the
grete
penaunces
●●
his
nyece
.
lo●yd
her
better
&
more
herte●
than
he
hadd
done
byfore
/
&
of
her
vertuous
lyfe
rendred
contynuelly
thankynges
right
deuoutly
to
god
/
¶
And
whan
he
had
attayned
tha●ge
of
lx.
yere
/
and
his
●●
yere
fyfty
.
¶
They
rendred
theyr
soules
to
god
whiche
gaaf
to
theym
his
glorye
&
felicyte
eternall
/
The
whiche
gyue
to
vs
.
the
fader
the
sone
and
the
holy
goost
/
Amen
/
¶
Of
saynt
Pachomyen
abbot
.
and
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Dominis
noster
thuns
.
&c.
Caplm.
lii.
IN
recitynge
of
saynt
Pachomyen
and
of
many
other
sayntes
.
and
holy
faders
.
¶
Saynt
Iherom
sayth
in
substaunce
/
¶
Oure
lorde
Ihesus
fountayne
of
all
sapyence
and
lighte
of
very
doctryne
sone
of
god
the
fader
/
by
the
vertue
and
puyssaunce
of
whom
alle
hathe
ben
created
and
made
.
wyllynge
to
shewe
our
poore
freelte
of
the
enormyte
of
synne
.
whiche
is
soo
moche
enclyned
to
vs
hathe
shewed
by
his
right
worthi
pite
&
mekenes
many
wayes
and
maners
to
seche
our
helthe
.
¶
Considre
we
thenne
the
grace
that
he
gaaf
to
Abraham
oure
auncyent
fader
.
Whanne
in
obeyenge
to
his
commaundement
.
he
wolde
haue
offred
Ysaac
his
fyrste
sone
.
¶
He
was
content
with
the
obeyssaunce
of
Abraham
.
whiche
hadde
mede
and
meryte
of
his
sacrefyce
/
¶
And
yet
abode
his
sone
alyue
.
All
the
prophetes
whyche
haue
hadde
soo
many
reuelacyons
/
And
that
knew
that
god
myghte
not
lye
.
haue
shewed
to
vs
that
there
sholde
come
a
medycyne
.
or
leche
whiche
sholde
heele
alle
our
sores
&
woundes
That
is
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
.
Whiche
by
his
passyon
hath
bought
and
redemed
vs
from
the
paynes
of
helle
/
¶
He
is
soo
humble
that
neuer
he
dyspisyth
oure
petycyons
/
Soo
that
they
ben
resonable
and
helthfull
.
And
also
that
they
ben
demaunded
wyth
a
contryte
and
humble
herte
.
¶
Considre
we
also
the
grace
that
we
haue
whanne
by
the
sacrament
of
baptym
we
ben
regenerat
and
purifyed
of
origynall
sinne
of
oure
fyrste
fader
Adam
/
¶
And
also
we
haue
herde
the
appostles
whiche
haue
endoctryned
vs
in
the
holy
faythe
/
whyche
we
holde
and
kepe
/
¶
Whanne
the
same
oure
faythe
beganne
to
be
publysshed
.
The
deuyll
oure
grete
enmye
supposyd
by
his
temptacyons
to
haue
broughte
to
noughte
alle
Cristyante
.
But
soo
as
we
reden
many
sayntes
by
prayers
&
other
afflyccyons
lyghtly
putt
them
vnder
/
¶
Some
Paynems
emperours
Romains
after
the
passion
of
our
lorde
enforcid
hem
to
persecute
crysten
men
of
whom
many
went
in
to
Egypte
.
the
whiche
vnto
the
deth
endured
grete
martyrdom
for
the
honoure
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
from
daye
to
daye
the
chirches
were
augmented
.
edefyed
and
made
in
the
name
of
the
martyrs
.
¶
Some
other
forsoke
the
worlde
/
And
vseden
alle
theyr
lyfe
in
wyldernesse
in
desertes
/
As
of
many
is
wryton
here
tofore
/
¶
The
some
were
cladde
with
heyrof
ghotes
/
¶
Other
dyde
penaunce
in
fastynge
an
hoole
weke
wythoute
etynge
:
Endurynge
alle
theyr
lyfe
in
colde
and
hete
.
and
other
necessitees
Innumerable
/
¶
And
in
soo
doinge
haue
opteyned
of
our
lorde
synguler
prerogatyues
As
it
hathe
ynough
be
declared
in
the
lyues
of
holy
faders
here
tofore
wreton
¶
How
and
in
what
tyme
Relygyon
was
Instytuted
.
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
E●at
p●ide
tempus
/
Caplm.
liii.
DVrynge
the
persecucyon
whyche
themperours
of
Rome
made
so
crysten
men
dwellyd
in
the
deserte
saynt
Anthony
.
where
as
he
ladde
a
lyfe
semblable
in
perfeccyon
vnto
the
lyfe
of
Helye
.
Helyser
.
&
saynt
Iohn
Baptyste
/
¶
Of
the
maners
&
conuersacyon
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
Saynt
Anathase
bysshopp
of
Alexandrie
hath
made
many
grete
&
fayre
wytnesses
.
Whiche
ben
thynges
moche
prouffytable
to
alle
people
of
deuocyon
to
see
theym
.
and
in
theym
to
haue
contemplacōn·
¶
Also
the
sayd
Athanase
hath
wreton
of
saynt
Ammon
&
of
his
merytes
.
as
here
tofore
is
wreton
&
recyted
.
And
semblably
of
saynt
Theodore
.
the
whiche
holy
faders
were
the
fon̄dement
&
begynnynge
of
Religyon
/
And
of
whom
in
theyr
lyuynge
the
grete
fame
flourysshed
in
dyuers
Regyons
.
¶
In
that
tyme
were
a
few
religious
people
in
Thebayde
.
But
after
the
persecucyon
of
Dyoclesyan
and
Maxymyan
emperours
&
tyrauntes
Inhumayn
.
Many
persones
of
dyuers
settes
folowed
the
lawe
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
For
some
went
into
desert
.
and
other
in
to
Religyon
/
And
thenne
began
the
chirche
to
flourysshe
&
multeplye
.
¶
How
the
sayd
Pachomien
wolde
be
Crysten
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Peridem
tempus
/
Caplm.
liiii.
IN
the
same
tyme
dwelled
Pachomien
in
Thebayde
the
whiche
was
a
Paynem
.
Holdynge
the
law
in
whiche
his
fader
and
moder
hadde
enfourmyd
hym
.
But
after
by
the
grace
of
god
he
wolde
be
Crysten
And
how
wel
that
in
his
adolescēnt
he
was
Paynem
/
as
tofore
is
sayde
Neuerthelesse
he
was
moche
vertuous
¶
And
also
syth
his
conuersion
he
prouffyted
merueyllously
in
acquysicōn
of
vertues
.
In
suche
wise
that
by
the
moyen
of
his
righte
holy
lyffe
he
was
moche
renōmyd
in
dyuers
countrees
and
Regions
in
lyke
wyse
as
more
amply
shall
be
declared
herafter
.
¶
How
in
his
yonge
aege
be
distroyed
the
Ydollis
/
&
begyn̄ith
in
latyn
/
¶
Her
enim
.
&c
/
Caplm.
lv.
THis
sayde
Pachomyen
in
hys
yonge
aege
.
beynge
yet
a
chyld
was
broughte
by
his
parentes
as
to
a
temple
of
ydolatrye
.
beynge
by
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
.
for
to
adoure
and
sac●rfye
the
ydolles
/
¶
The
preest
sacrylege
wold
make
sacrefyce
whanne
they
were
come
after
theyr
dampnable
and
wycked
lawe
/
¶
But
the
deuyll
wolde
not
gyue
ansuere
as
he
hadd
be
accustomyd
to
doo
.
Wherof
the
folysshe
preeste
was
moche
abasshed
/
¶
And
fynably
the
deuyll
shewed
to
the
cursyd
preest
/
that
the
goddis
wolde
yeue
none
ansue
●t
.
but
yt
Pachomyen
were
expulsid
oute
of
the
same
temple
/
¶
His
parentes
were
moche
angrye
whanne
they
sawe
hym
constrayned
to
departe
from
theym
.
And
wiste
not
what
they
sholde
do
¶
A nother
tyme
he
beinge
replenysshyd
wyth
the
grace
of
god
/
As
one
gaaf
him
to
drynke
of
the
wyne
that
had
be
sacrefyed
to
the
ydolles
/
Incontynente
he
casted
it
vppe
agayne
by
manere
of
vomyte
.
Lyke
as
it
hadde
be
poyson
.
Notwythstondyng
that
he
was
not
yet
Crysten
/
¶
How
the
sayde
Pachomyen
was
taken
for
to
goo
on
werre
.
And
begin̄yth
in
latyn
¶
Eodem
tempore
.
et
.
cetera
Caplm.
lvi.
IN
the
same
tyme
Constantyn
obteynynge
the
Empyre
of
rome
dide
constrayne
all
the
yonge
men
of
his
countree
for
to
habylle
&
put
theim
in
armes
for
to
serue
hym
in
his
warre
/
Emonge
whom
he
was
reteyned
to
wages
/
¶
The
sayde
Pachomyen
whyche
thenne
was
in
the
aege
of
twenty
yeres
/
After
that
he
was
put
vppon
the
see
/
The
wynde
aroos
/
And
made
theym
to
arryue
in
a
cyte
in
whyche
dwelled
Crysten
men
/
¶
Whanne
they
of
the
cyte
sawe
theym
come
.
lyberally
they
receyued
theym
/
And
honestly
they
admynystred
to
theym
alle
theyr
necessitees
/
¶
Pachomyen
seeng●●●yr
charite
and
humanytee
enquyred
●●
his
felowes
.
what
men
they
were
/
Whyche
ansuered
to
hym
that
they
were
crysten
men
/
And
that
theyr
custome
was
to
be
soo
humble
and
charytable
to
alle
the
worlde
Hopinge
to
haue
therfore
rewarde
of
their
god
.
¶
Pachomyen
herynge
this
was
moche
heuy
in
his
herte
for
that
he
myght
not
haue
none
other
knowlege
of
them
¶
Wherfore
he
made
his
prayer
to
god
in
sayenge
/
O
god
almyghty
whyche
haste
made
heuen
&
erthe
graunte
thou
to
me
my
prayer
.
That
is
.
that
it
playse
the
to
giue
me
perfighte
knowlege
of
thy
name
/
And
that
I
be
delyuered
of
the
oblygacyon
in
whyche
I
'am
bounde
.
And
I
shall
be
thy
seruaunt
alle
the
tyme
of
my
lyfe
/
¶
And
I
promitte
to
the
that
I
shall
renounce
the
worlde
for
to
beye
the
onely
/
He
thenne
retornynge
frothe
warre
wyth
his
felowes
they
passyd
by
dyuerse
countrees
and
Regyons
in
whiche
some
tyme
Pachomyen
was
tempted
wyth
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
/
But
neuertheles
rmēbryng
of
the
promise
that
he
hadd
made
to
god
.
he
resisted
the
temptacyon
.
And
wolde
neuer
commise
the
sayd
synne
Desyrynge
for
the
loue
of
oure
lorde
to
lyue
chastely
/
¶
How
Pachomyen
receyued
the
holy
Sacrament
of
baptim
/
And
bgynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Igitur
constantinus
.
&c
Caplm.
lvii·
IT
happed
that
Constantyn
the
Emperour
of
Rome
after
that
he
was
Crysten
.
And
that
by
the
faythe
&
credence
that
he
hadde
to
god
He
hadde
opteyned
vyctorye
agaynste
his
aduersaryes
.
Concluded
for
to
dyscharge
his
subgettes
of
the
grete
exaccyons
and
charges
that
they
bare
by
cause
of
men
of
warre
.
And
to
gyue
theym
leue
and
to
sende
theym
home
.
And
soo
he
dyde
/
¶
Pachomyen
thenne
seenge
hymselfe
delyuered
of
his
seruyce
.
Incontynent
came
in
to
a
towne
called
Smobostrum
beynge
beyonde
the
partyes
of
The
haydes
/
¶
And
there
in
the
chirche
in
acomplysshinge
the
promyse
that
he
made
to
god
Promtly
he
was
baptysed
But
a
merueyllous
thynge
happed
after
his
baptesme
/
¶
For
in
the
same
nyghte
that
he
was
crystened
.
he
sawe
in
his
dreme
/
How
in
to
his
ryght
bonde
descended
a
dewe
.
the
whiche
myraculously
conuerted
in
to
hony
/
¶
After
he
herde
a
voys
whiche
sayde
to
hym
.
O
Pachomyen
considre
wel
this
that
is
happed
to
the.
For
this
is
the
sygne
of
the
grace
that
god
hathe
gyuen
to
the
/
¶
Pachomyen
was
after
enflammed
wyth
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghoste
/
And
rendred
hymselfe
wyth
the
relygyouse
men
.
for
to
lerne
the
state
of
holy
and
perfyghte
life
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomien
desirynge
to
be
Heremyte
or
Relygyous
/
wente
to
the
holy
fader
Palemon
.
dwellynge
in
deserte
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Andiuit
autem
/
Caplm.
lviii.
AFter
that
Pachomyen
herd
say
that
in
desertes
was
an
holi
man
named
Palemon
moche
deuoute
.
contynuelly
seruynge
god
:
He
wente
to
hym
.
and
knocked
atte
his
doore
/
¶
And
he
opened
halfe
his
doore
/
and
demaunded
of
hym
what
he
wolde
.
●●
what
he
soughte
.
¶
Now
the
holy
man
Palemon
was
terryble
to
beholde·
By
cause
that
by
longe
tyme
lyuynge
solytaryly
he
hadde
ladde
a
strayt
lyfe
and
harde
in
the
deserte
/
¶
Pachomyen
ansuerde
to
hym
moche
humbly
/
Fayre
fader
I
come
to
the
by
the
commaundemente
of
my
god
.
to
the
ende
that
I
●e
made
and
constytuted
Relygios
¶
The
holy
fader
sayde
to
him
.
Thou
mayst
not
be
Relygyous
here
/
It
is
not
a
lytyll
thynge
to
be
made
Relygyous
But
he
oughte
well
rypely
to
thynke
the
holy
conuersacyon
in
whiche
he
oughte
to
liue
/
¶
For
many
haue
ben
in
desertes
sayd
the
holy
fader
whiche
haue
not
perseueryd
in
theyr
begynnynges
/
¶
Pachomyen
ansuered
.
that
the
maners
in
all
persones
ben
not
semblable
/
¶
And
therfore
he
prayed
hym
/
that
he
wolde
receyue
hym
.
And
by
succession
of
tyme
he
sholde
knowe
his
courage
and
affecyon
/
¶
The
holy
fader
sayde
to
hym
/
My
frende
I
haue
sayde
tofore
.
that
here
thou
mayste
not
be
Relygyous
/
And
therfore
goo
in
to
some
Monastery
of
Relygyon
/
¶
And
whanne
thou
haste
h●●d
in
chastyte
and
contynence
in
obeyenge
the
rules
of
Religyon
/
Thenne
shalte
thou
come
agayne
to
me
.
&
gladly
I
shall
receyue
the
/
¶
But
take
hede
what
I
shall
saye
to
the
/
And
waye
it
well
tofore
thou
procede
ony
ferther
/
And
I
shall
saye
to
the
what
thou
shalte
doo
to
gete
the
helthe
of
thy
soule
/
I
lyue
here
compentli
ynough
/
¶
For
my
custome
is
to
ete
oonly
brede
and
salte
.
I
vse
none
oyle
ne
wyne
/
And
I
wake
ordynarily
tyll
mydnyghte
/
And
somtyne
all
the
nyghte
/
Bisye
some
tyme
in
prayer
.
A nother
tyme
in
contemplacion
.
Or
otherwise
ocupienge
myselfe
.
in
some
helthfull
werke
/
¶
Pachomyen
whanne
he
had
all
herde
.
Lyke
as
the
dyscyples
ben
abasshed
in
the
presence
of
theyr
mayster
/
So
he
was
somwhat
abasshed
in
herynge
the
wordes
of
the
holy
man
.
But
this
notwythstondynge
he
trustynge
in
the
grace
of
god
.
he
purposyd
alle
to
endure
/
¶
And
ansuered
to
the
holy
man
.
Fayre
fader
/
I
haue
ferme
affyaunce
in
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
.
In
whom
I
byleue
fermely
.
That
he
shall
gyue
to
me
strengthe
and
myghte
to
doo
the
penaunces
that
thou
haste
shewed
to
me
/
and
that
in
the
same
by
the
ayde
of
thy
prayers
I
shall
perseuere
constauntly
alle
the
tyme
of
my
lyfe
/
¶
How
Palemon
the
Heremyte
gaaff
to
Pachomyen
the
habyte
of
Religyon
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Tunc
sanc●●s
Palemon
/
Caplm
.lix.
PAlemon·
seenge
the
faythe
of
Pachomyen
fynably
receyuyd
hym
.
And
gaaf
to
hym
the
habyte
of
Relygyon
.
And
dwelleden
togyder
dooynge
grete
abstynences
wyth
deuoute
orysons
and
prayers
.
passyng
there
the
tyme
of
theyr
lyf
/
¶
Some
tyme
they
made
robes
of
heyre
.
not
oonly
for
the
enterteynynge
of
theyr
lyfe
/
But
also
for
to
socoure
the
poore
/
¶
Whanne
they
were
in
prayer
/
And
that
Palemon
sawe
somtyme
Pachomyen
a
slepe
/
by
cause
of
the
laboure
that
he
tooke·
For
to
eschewe
that
he
sholde
not
slepe
made
hym
for
to
bere
sonde
from
one
place
to
a nother
And
by
the
moyen
of
that
excercyte
.
He
beynge
heuy
of
slepe
.
made
hym
to
eschewe
the
slepe
.
whiche
is
the
nourysshment
of
all
vyces
and
synnes
.
¶
After
he
admonested
hym
that
he
sholde
be
alway
constaunt
and
perseuerynge
in
his
good
purpoos
/
And
of
alle
thynge
dyde
the
good
Pachomyen
hys
prouffyte
.
receyuynge
humbly
&
benygnely
his
charges
.
&
correccyon
of
the
sayde
holy
man
Palemon
/
By
whiche
he
augmented
fro
day
to
daye
the
perfyghte
loue
&
charite
that
he
had
to
the
mageste
dyuyne
/
¶
Here
folowyth
of
his
abstynence
.
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Per
idem
tempus
&c.
Caplm.
lx.
IN
the
same
time
happened
the
solempnite
of
Ester
.
the
whiche
is
halowed
in
grete
deuocion
&
&
spirytuell
Ioye
of
al
good
&
true
crysten
people
.
By
cause
that
in
the
same
daye
many
haue
a
custome
to
reioyce
themself
sobrely
.
¶
The
holy
man
Palemon
commaunded
to
Pachomyen
that
he
sholde
thynke
of
theyr
refeccyon
for
the
souper
/
¶
Now
as
tofore
is
sayde
theyr
custome
was
to
ete
oonly
brede
&
salte
/
and
to
drynke
water
.
But
for
the
reuerence
of
the
solempnyte
of
the
daye
.
Pachomyen
sette
on
the
fyre
of
thise
wyld
coles
wyth
other
herbes
.
¶
Whanne
Palemon
had
made
his
prayers
.
he
came
in
to
his
chambre
for
to
take
his
refeccyon
the
whiche
he
fonde
all
redy
/
For
it
was
thenne
euen
/
¶
He
perceyued
that
Pachomyen
for
the
solempnyte
of
the
sayd
daye
had
made
redy
coles
wyth
oyle
the
whiche
thinge
seenge
the
holy
man
Palemon
for
a
displaysure
beganne
to
rubbe
his
face
wyth
his
hondes
in
sayenge
suche
wordes
/
¶
O
my
god
&
my
maker
thou
haste
hadde
soo
moche
harme
&
payne
on
the
crosse
.
Sholde
I
ete
oyle
.
certaynly
I
sholde
none
ete
/
¶
Pachomyen
seenge
that
he
was
angry
set
it
downe
in
sayenge
that
he
had
made
it
lyke
as
he
had
commaunded
/
¶
And
that
he
myghte
well
ete
a
lytyll
/
Neuerthelesse
Palemon
wolde
none
ete
/
but
was
contente
wyth
a
lytyll
brede
and
salte
¶
And
after
sayde
graces
to
god
lyke
as
he
was
acustomyd
/
¶
Of
a
proude
relygyous
man
whiche
came
for
to
vysite
theym
.
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vna
vero
dierum·
&c
Caplm.
lxi.
IT
happed
on
a
daye
the
a
proude
religyous
man
&
superstycyous
came
for
to
vysite
theym
/
Now
had
they
made
a
fyre
for
to
warme
theim
.
For
gladly
denoute
persones
beynge
occupyed
in
contemplacyon
arne
sooner
colde
than
they
that
done
other
ocupacyons
and
werkes
temporell
.
Yf
they
ben
not
kept
and
conserued
of
god
¶
The
brother
beynge
wyth
theym
.
seinge
the
fire
beganne
to
saye
/
Yf
one
of
you
haue
very
fayth
.
lete
hym
lye
vpon
thise
hote
coles
.
and
saye
his
(
Pater
noster
)
al
a
longe
.
and
I
byleue
certaynly
that
he
shall
not
brenne
/
Palemon
whyche
knew
his
surquydrye
sayd
to
him
.
Broder
saye
noo
more
suche
ydle
wordes
&
oute
of
reason
.
For
it
sholde
more
auaylle
the
to
be
stille
.
I
se
well
wel
that
thou
arte
full
of
pryde
&
of
●lacyon
/
¶
The
brother
wold
not
be
correte
for
ony
thynge
that
Palemon
sayd
to
him
.
but
was
more
wollen
in
pride
than
tofore
/
And
wythout
necessyte
layed
hymself
vpon
the
hote
coles
/
¶
And
by
suffraunce
of
god
it
happed
that
the
deuyll
prynce
&
mayster
of
all
prowde
peple
for
more
to
dysceyue
hym
in
tyme
comynge
.
kepte
hym
from
brennynge
/
¶
And
after
he
departed
from
theym
more
fyers
&
proude
than
he
had
be
tofore
/
¶
On
the
morowe
he
came
agayne
to
the
sayde
holy
men
.
And
ayen
sayd
to
theym
in
repreuynge
theym
by
his
pryde
sayenge
.
Habrethern
where
is
your
faythe
/
The
deuyll
seenge
his
elacion
knewe
that
lyghtely
he
sholde
make
hym
to
falle
in
to
what
synne
that
he
wolde
/
¶
And
chaunged
him
in
lykenesse
of
a
ryght
fayr
woman
aourned
&
arayed
worldli
.
and
came
and
knocked
att
the
doore
of
the
prowde
relygyous
.
And
he
opened
it
And
whan
he
was
wythin
sayd
to
him
¶
O
my
good
brother
I
shall
telle
the
wherfore
I
am
come
hyther
/
It
is
trouth
that
I
am
bounde
to
many
my
credytours
the
whiche
for
fawte
of
goode
it
to
me
not
possyble
to
paye
&
satysfye
¶
And
yf
by
aduenture
they
fonde
me
.
I
myghte
renne
in
to
grete
dommage
/
Wherfore
I
am
come
hyther
for
to
hyde
me
.
to
th
ende
that
they
shall
not
fynde
me
/
Wherfore
I
praye
the
in
good
charyte
that
thou
wolte
suffre
me
to
so
iourne
here
a
lytyll
tyme
for
to
eschewe
this
Inconuenient
.
And
god
whiche
hathe
adressed
me
to
come
to
the
for
refuge
shall
thanke
the
/
¶
The
relygyouse
man
was
moche
proude
/
wherfore
god
gaaf
hym
not
the
grace
to
knowe
that
it
was
the
deuyll
that
spake
to
hym
/
¶
And
soo
receyued
hym
to
his
dampnacōn·
for
Incontynent
the
deuyl
tempted
hym
to
the
synne
of
lecherye
.
Thenne
he
lyghtly
suffred
to
be
ouercome
/
and
wolde
haue
enbraced
the
deuyll
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
/
¶
And
thenne
the
deuyll
threwe
hym
downe
to
th
erthe
/
and
lay
there
longe
as
he
had
be
deed
.
But
after
certayne
dayes
he
came
agayn
to
hymself
in
his
good
mynde
.
and
knowleged
his
synne
.
And
wente
and
tolde
it
the
holy
fader
Palemon
/
sayenge
.
A.
A
holy
fader
I
am
cause
of
my
perdicyon
Thou
warnedest
me
well
.
but
I
poore
vnhappy
hane
despysed
thy
wordes
.
Wherfore
I
praye
the
that
thou
wolte
praye
god
for
me
.
to
th
ende
that
I
may
haue
remission
of
my
synne
.
¶
Palemon
&
Pachomyen
seenge
his
lamentacyon
cowde
not
holde
them
fro
wepynge
for
pyte
&
compassion
that
they
had
of
him
¶
But
the
deuyll
seenge
that
his
contrycyon
was
not
consonaunt
to
his
wordes
.
the
whiche
were
fayned
&
ful
of
ypocresie
.
broughte
him
Incontynent
oute
of
theyr
presence
/
¶
And
soo
thenne
the
poore
myserable
ranne
thorugh
the
desertes
as
a
foole
oute
of
his
wytte
/
And
fynably
came
in
to
a
cyte
namyd
Panos
/
And
there
as
enraged
.
threwe
hymselfe
in
to
a
depe
caue
full
of
hote
water
.
In
whiche
sodainly
he
deyed
/
¶
How
Pachomyen
went
thorugh
the
desertes
.
And
begynnith
in
latyn
¶
Igitur
pachomius
/
Caplm.
lxii
PAchomyen
after
wente
bare
fote
thorugh
the
deserte
.
and
bi
mountaynes
.
Endurynge
pacyently
the
pryckynges
and
hurtes
of
thornes
.
whereof
his
feet
were
swollen
and
moche
so●e
/
¶
And
he
enioyed
in
hymselfe
reducynge
to
remembraunce
.
how
our
lorde
hadde
in
his
feet
and
his
hondes
holes
per●yd
by
fo●e
of
grete
naylles
recourbled
&
blout
/
Whyche
were
more
greuous
than
yf
they
hadde
ben
sharpe
pryckynge
¶
Alle
his
herte
and
desire
was
for
so
dwelle
in
place
solytarye
for
to
praye
god
by
grete
desyre
/
To
the
ende
be
and
alle
the
worlde
myghte
be
preseruyd
and
kepte
from
the
trawdes
.
decepcyons
and
temptacyons
of
oure
en●●ye
the
sende
of
helle
/
¶
How
a
vo●●
from
heuen
spake
to
Pachomyen
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Quodam
vero
tempore
.
et
cetera
/
Caplm.
lxiii.
IT
happed
on
a
tyme
that
saynt
Pachomyen
entrynge
in
a
towne
namyd
Thebayde
ferre
ynough
from
his
hermytage
/
In
whiche
towne
whan
he
entred
dwelled
noo
persone
¶
He
putt
hymselfe
in
prayer
/
and
was
there
longe
/
¶
Soo
herde
he
a
voys
from
heuen
.
whyche
sayd
to
him
Pachomyen
abyde
in
this
place
where
thou
arte
.
And
edefy●
here
a
monastery
Many
shall
come
to
the.
desirynge
to
prouffyte
by
thy
Instytucyons
¶
And
thou
shalte
gyue
to
theym
the
rule
whiche
I
shall
desyner
to
the
/
¶
After
that
appyered
the
aungell
whyche
broughte
to
hym
a
table
.
in
whiche
was
wryten
the
rule
whiche
be
sholde
te●he
all
theym
that
sholde
come
to
the
sayde
place
for
to
be
relygyous
vnder
hym
/
¶
The
whyche
rule
yet
kepen
the
Tabenesiens
.
¶
Saynt
Pachomyen
ryght
affectuously
alle
that
.
whyche
th
angell
had
broughte
to
hym
/
¶
And
after
came
agayne
to
the
holy
fader
Palemon
/
To
whom
he
recyted
alle
that
whiche
was
happed
to
hym
.
In
prayenge
hym
that
he
wolde
goo
with
him
to
the
place
.
where
the
aungel
had
spoken
to
hym
as
sayd
is
/
¶
Palemon
whiche
was
humble
&
wolde
not
trowble
his
dyscyple
/
went
in
to
the
towne
wyth
him
/
And
there
ariued
Incontynent
after
the
commaundement
of
god
made
a
lytyll
hous
/
In
the
whyche
longe
tyme
they
prayed
to
god
deuowtely
/
Bysechynge
hym
that
they
myghte
perfourme
the
chirche
.
lyke
as
the
angell
had
warned
Pachomien
.
¶
Longe
tyme
after
Palemon
sayd
to
Pachomyen
.
Now
I
knowe
that
the
grace
of
god
is
descended
vpon
the.
&
that
thou
arte
dysposyd
for
to
dwelle
in
this
place
where
thou
arte
/
Wherfore
I
praye
thou
that
we
make
this
paccyon
&
couenant
togyder
.
That
durynge
all
the
tyme
of
oure
lyfe
we
be
not
separate
in
courage
ne
deuyded
/
But
by
vysitacyon
fraternall
we
gyue
consolacyon
eche
to
other
The
whyche
paccyon
they
made
and
entrehelden
/
For
after
ofte
tymes
they
vysited
eche
other
/
¶
Of
the
deth
of
saynt
Palemon
.
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Inter
he●
venerabilis
.
&c
/
Caplm.
lxiiii.
A
Lytyll
tyme
After
Palemon
strongly
enfebled
of
nature
by
the
extreme
abstinences
that
he
made
felle
in
a
grete
maladye
/
by
cause
of
the
whyche
well
ofte
he
ete
wythoute
drynke
.
And
somtyme
he
ete
not
/
But
his
refeccyon
was
eyther
to
ete
or
to
drynke
oonly
/
¶
Some
brethern
came
thither
for
to
vysite
him
/
And
prayyed
hym
to
enforce
to
take
refeccyon
suffisauntly
for
to
susteyne
his
body
/
But
the
holy
man
herynge
theyr
requeste
toke
oonly
mete
for
to
comforte
his
membres
.
Whiche
were
moche
enfeblysshed
by
his
sayd
abstynences
.
But
neuertheles
that
auayled
noo
thynge
/
¶
For
his
maladye
was
to
him
more
greuous
whan
he
ete
more
thanne
he
was
accustomye
.
¶
And
therfore
he
wolde
not
ete
but
after
his
appetyte
.
and
suffred
pacyently
his
maladye
.
Consyderyng
that
many
marters
had
ben
despieced
in
to
pyeces
.
¶
Some
hadd
theyr
heedes
smyten
of
.
The
other
haue
ben
brent
in
fire
.
And
alwaye
they
perseuered
vnto
th
ende
for
the
loue
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
And
the
holy
man
sayd
he
had
by
theyr
examples
farye
&
ample
matere
of
pacyence
.
And
that
he
ought
not
for
a
lytyll
maladye
corrumpe
by
gormandyse
his
lytyll
penaunces
and
fastynges
acustomyd
/
¶
He
sayd
ferther
that
they
had
gyuen
hym
more
payne
by
the
metes
that
he
had
eten
in
his
maladye
.
thanne
the
abstynences
that
he
made
.
And
soo
retourned
to
his
fyrste
penaunce
/
¶
And
a
moneth
after
in
perseuerynge
in
fastynges
he
deyed
&
rendred
his
soule
to
god
¶
But
tofore
his
dethe
came
to
him
saynt
Pachomyen
.
whiche
behelde
him
as
his
fader
in
kyssynge
&
enbracynge
him
As
he
had
sayd
to
hym
.
fare
well
.
And
after
he
buryed
his
body
in
the
erthe
/
&
his
soule
was
enhaunced
gloryously
with
changellis
in
to
the
Ioye
&
glory
of
heuen
/
The
whiche
graunt
to
vs
the
fader
the
sone
the
holy
ghost
/
Amen
/
¶
How
the
sayde
saynt
Pachomyen
&
one
his
brother
namyd
Iohn
conuerseden
togyder
.
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Quo
pe●●o
/
Caplm.
lxv.
AFter
the
saynt
Palemon
was
bi
saynt
Pachomyen
buryed
.
the
same
saynt
Pachomyen
came
agayne
in
to
his
monastery
where
god
hadde
Instytuted
to
hym
/
¶
And
after
came
to
him
his
broder
germayn
named
Iohn
.
whiche
longe
tyme
hadde
sought
hym
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
his
brother
was
moche
Ioyous
.
for
sith
he
had
be
Crysten
he
had
seen
none
of
his
frendes
.
¶
The
gode
Iohn
dwellyd
with
his
brother
/
&
yf
they
were
bredern
carnally
.
yet
were
they
moche
more
bredern
spyrytuelly
/
They
two
had
but
one
will
&
one
selfe
desyre
.
Nyghte
&
daye
they
thoughte
on
the
faythe
of
oure
lorde
.
renouncynge
all
worldly
rychesses
.
¶
They
wanne
theyr
lyuynge
only
wyth
makynge
of
celles
/
&
yf
they
had
ony
thyng
superflue
of
theyr
labour
/
Incontynent
it
was
dystrybuted
vnto
poore
for
thono
in
of
god
/
¶
All
theyr
clothyng
was
of
one
vesture
made
of
lynnen
clothe
/
As
the
Relygiouses
were
then
robes
/
¶
But
the
holy
man
Pachomien
ware
thayre
.
for
to
kepe
his
body
in
seruytude
/
&
whanne
sometyme
be
slepte
by
nyghte
.
He
laye
not
on
the
erthe
.
but
lenynge
/
Ferynge
that
yf
he
laye
downe
.
that
he
sholde
reste
ouer
moche
atte
his
case
.
&
therby
he
myght
falle
in
some
●ynne
or
euyll
temptacion
/
¶
Of
the
grete
repentaunce
and
dysplaysaunce
that
had
the
sayde
Pachomyen
for
Indygnacyon
and
angre
that
he
hadde
agaynst
his
brother
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Inter
hec
et
cetera
Caplm.
lxvi.
Saynt
Pachomyen
bi
the
grace
of
god
dyde
encreace
the
place
where
he
&
Iohn
his
broder
dwellyd
.
to
the
ende
that
they
that
shold
come
to
dwell
in
the
sayde
place
lyke
as
th
angell
had
shewed
.
sholde
fynde
place
for
to
dwell
in
/
¶
Iohn
whiche
was
th
elder
was
wrothe
with
him
.
by
cause
he
made
th
edefice
so
grete
.
&
sayd
to
him
.
My
broder
leue
this
that
thou
haste
begon
.
it
is
a
thynge
superfluous
to
make
so
large
this
place
that
we
dwelle
in
/
The
holy
man
Pachomyen
hering
thise
wordes
.
ansuerd
to
him
noo
thyng
.
but
endured
in
his
courage
.
how
wel
that
he
was
euyll
content
wyth
him
.
estemyng
to
be
eniuryed
bi
the
wordes
aforesayd
/
The
nyght
folowynge
Pachomyen
descended
in
to
a
lowe
place
that
he
had
begon
to
edefye
.
&
fell
downe
place
in
prayer
wepinge
&
waylyng·
by
cause
that
for
thoccasōn
aforsayd
he
had
be
wrothe
ayenst
his
broder
/
&
in
his
lamentacions
he
sayd
/
Helas
maledyccion
is
happed
to
me
.
I
walke
yet
in
obeyenge
to
the
flesshe
/
Lorde
god
haue
pyte
on
me
.
to
the
ende
that
I
perisshe
not
/
&
also
that
by
decepcion
of
the
deuil
I
be
not
deceyued
Alas
lord
yf
I
be
withdrawe
fro
thy
grace
/
&
the
deuyl
fynde
ony
vyce
in
me
he
shal
subdue
me
sore
in
his
vile
seruytude
.
for
it
is
wryten
that
he
that
is
of
ony
put
vnder
he
is
made
his
serfe
or
bonde
man
/
And
yet
ayen
it
is
wryten
that
he
that
shall
haue
entyerly
kepte
&
obseruyd
the
lawe
/
&
after
in
one
only
synne
shall
haue
offended
he
shall
be
as
towarde
god
reputed
of
all
culpable
.
&
out
of
his
helthe
/
Notwythstondyng
my
lorde
god
I
byleue
that
thy
mercyes
ben
soo
grete
.
that
they
shall
helpe
me
how
someuer
poore
&
myserable
synnar
I
be
/
For
soo
haue
ben
thyne
seruauntes
by
thy
sure
proteccion
preserued
fro
the
power
of
the
deuyll
.
&
in
th
ende
enlumyned
wyth
thy
glorye
&
felycite
eternall
¶
Thenne
haue
I
hope
by
that
.
thou
shalte
giue
me
knowelege
of
thy
name
That
after
my
dethe
I
shall
be
of
the
nombre
of
theym
that
shall
be
sauyd
/
¶
Ellis
my
lorde
god
yf
thou
gyue
me
not
scyence
and
cunnyng
lyke
as
thou
haste
promysed
to
me
/
I
shal
not
cunne
teche
ne
enseygne
the
relygyous
people
whyche
thou
haste
commysed
and
gyuen
the
charge
and
gouernaunce
to
me
Seen
and
consydered
that
I
haue
not
curyously
ouercome
the
voluptuosytee
and
passyons
of
the
flesshe
/
¶
Ne
also
obseruyd
and
fulfyllyd
thy
ryght
worthy
lawe
wyth
vndefoylled
thoughte
.
as
I
oughte
to
doo
/
¶
Wherfore
I
am
not
worthy
to
be
ruler
and
gouernour
vnder
thy
honde
of
so
many
relygyous
men
.
whyche
shall
come
to
me
/
¶
And
therfore
my
lorde
my
Sauyoure
and
my
Protectour
I
beseche
the
that
it
maye
playse
the
to
pardonne
and
forgyue
me
.
In
grauntynge
to
me
absolucyon
of
all
my
synnes
/
¶
The
holy
man
was
alle
the
nyghte
contynuelly
in
wepynges
and
lamentacyons
/
In
suche
wyse
that
his
robe
or
vesture
and
his
body
was
alle
bayned
and
bydewed
in
teres
and
water
/
And
how
wel
that
he
was
replenysshed
and
endowed
wyth
alle
vertue
.
Neuertheles
he
Rendred
hym selfe
alle
obeyssaunte
to
his
brother
germayne
vnto
his
deth
and
endynge
of
his
lyfe
/
Whyche
happed
soone
after
.
¶
In
buryenge
&
makynge
sepulture
of
whom
he
was
an
hoole
nyghte
/
wepynge
vpon
his
body
.
makynge
for
him
prayers
and
deuoute
orysons
.
how
well
that
his
soule
was
in
heuen
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomyen
resysted
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
And
begynnith
in
latyn
¶
Tūcinfatigabilis
.
&c.
Caplm.
lxvii.
SAynt
Pachomyen
Incontynent
as
one
afflyccyon
came
to
him
Sodaynly
by
the
grace
of
god
he
putt
it
abacke
/
For
he
was
alwaye
in
the
deede
of
god
/
¶
Now
who
someeuer
dredith
god
.
He
employeth
him
in
good
werkes
ofte
remembrynge
on
the
paynes
of
helle
.
Lyke
as
fyre
whiche
is
eternall
/
¶
And
on
the
wormes
whiche
wroten
the
dampned
soules
.
Whiche
neuer
shall
deye
/
¶
The
deuyll
enuyouse
of
alle
good
/
supposyd
to
haue
bendyd
his
grynnes
to
haue
caught
and
taken
hym
in
some
synne
/
¶
But
neuerthelesse
by
cause
he
was
armyd
wyth
the
shelde
of
stedfaste
faythe
.
He
ouercame
alwaye
his
aduersarye
/
¶
Of
the
Illusyons
that
the
deuyl
made
to
the
sayde
Pachomyen
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Quadam
vero
die
.
&c.
Caplm
lxviii
.
ON
a
daye
as
the
holy
Pachomyen
came
fro
sayenge
of
his
deuoute
orysons
&
prayers
a
goode
waye
fro
his
lytyll
celle
.
lyke
as
he
had
be
acustomyd
.
came
tofore
him
many
deuyllis
in
grete
nombre
sayeng
one
to
a nother
.
lyke
as
they
had
be
tofore
a
Iuge
Make
place
to
the
seruaunt
of
god·
but
the
holy
man
hauynge
in
our
lorde
ful
hope
dispised
all
theyr
machinacōns
.
lyke
as
it
had
be
barkynge
of
dogges
/
&
whan
the
deuillis
sawe
the
grete
constaunce
of
him
they
enforcid
theim
to
bete
downe
that
is
undement
of
his
edefyce
whyche
he
begon
/
Thenne
began
to
say
the
holy
man
O
my
god
whihe
art
only
refuge
&
the
defence
of
our
good
people
.
whom
thou
comforteste
in
alle
theyr
trybulacyons
/
yf
our
enmyes
meue
and
take
the
erthe
awaye
tofore
v●
.
ye
for
that
we
fere
ne
drede
theym
no●
.
¶
And
Incontynente
theyr
Impetuosyte
sessed
.
and
as
a
fume
or
smoke
vanysshed
awaye
/
¶
But
yet
they
came
agayne
after
as
wood
houndes
/
¶
And
in
the
same
wyse
an
other
tyme
as
he
came
from
his
prayer
/
The
deuyll
apperyd
to
him
in
lykenes
of
a
capon
.
makynge
a
crye
soo
merueylous
/
That
alle
the
place
redounded
/
The
whyche
thynge
seenge
the
holy
man
/
he
blessyd
hym
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
holy
Crosse
/
And
bleugh
agaynst
the
deuyll
.
And
Incontynent
he
departed
/
¶
And
thus
he
helde
him
as
as
a
stronge
tour
inexpugnable
.
tofore
his
enmyes
/
¶
Ofte
tymes
he
moche
thanked
god
.
as
here
after
shall
be
shewed
/
And
after
the
deuyll
shewed
hym
to
hym
in
lykenesse
of
a
fayre
woman
.
Enforcinge
hym
by
lokes
dyssolute
.
&
subtyll
yllusyons
.
to
excyte
and
moeue
hym
to
the
dyshoneste
&
detestable
synne
of
lechery
¶
But
the
holy
man
seenge
tofore
hys
cursyd
temptacyons
.
And
for
to
eschew
theym
closyd
his
bodily
eyen
.
Openynge
the
syght
of
his
entendement
towarde
god
.
Whiche
enseyneth
vs
to
gete
the
vertue
of
strengthe
and
of
charyte
sayenge
to
the
ryghtfull
men
/
¶
My
frendes
drede
ye
not
.
For
I
am
wyth
you
for
to
kepe
you
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomien
was
greuously
beten
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Alia
quoque
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
lxix.
THe
deuyll
tooke
hym
a nother
tyme
/
and
bete
hym
soo
moche
that
he
was
constrayned
by
feblenesse
to
lye
downe
fro
the
mornynge
to
the
euenynge
wythout
to
cunne
speke
/
But
notwythstondyng
that
he
made
noo
mencyon
by
wordes
of
god
.
Neuertheles
his
herte
woke
and
callyd
vppon
hym
.
as
he
whiche
neuer
leuyth
the
good
in
temptacyons
/
¶
Thenne
came
there
a
religyous
man
named
Appollo
for
to
vysite
hȳ·
to
whom
the
holy
man
expowned
his
decepcōns
of
the
deuyll
.
&
how
he
had
be
beten
¶
The
holy
fader
Appollo
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
/
A
holy
fader
it
is
nede
that
that
thou
take
in
the
gode
courage
to
resiste
theyr
bataylles
/
for
yf
the
deuyll
whiche
knoweth
our
feble
courages
.
in
the
hope
by
his
dysceyuable
temptacions
he
myghte
ouercome
the.
lyghtly
sholde
he
put
vs
vnder
whiche
ben
thy
humble
dyscyples
.
And
sholde
enforce
hym
to
brynge
vs
in
dyspayr
/
Wherfore
he
desyreth
to
ouercome
the.
But
god
shall
gyue
the
strengthe
to
resyste
hym
.
To
the
ende
that
we
take
ensample
of
the.
¶
And
knowe
thou
that
yf
thou
falle·
And
that
the
deuyll
vaynquysshe
the
/
Thou
sholdest
be
cause
of
the
ruyne
of
vs
alle
/
¶
Saynt
Pachomyen
herynge
thise
conclusyons
was
moche
stronger
thanne
he
was
tofore
/
And
toke
courage
merueyllously
.
in
prasyng
the
name
of
god
/
¶
After
he
prayed
the
holy
man
Appollo
that
he
sholde
not
departe
fro
hym
/
After
the
sayd
tyme
Appollo
vysited
the
sayd
holy
man
Pachomyen·
but
he
lyued
not
longe
after
/
And
was
buryed
bi
the
sayd
saynt
Pachomyen
wyth
ympnes
and
deuocion
as
in
suche
●aas
is
a
customed
/
¶
Of
the
suretee
and
puyssaunce
whyche
saynt
Pachomyen
●p●●yned
of
god
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Tantam
vero
/
Caplm.
lxx.
Sith
the
sayd
tyme
saynt
Pachomyen
was
soo
ferme
and
constaunt
in
oure
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
.
That
wyth
his
feet
he
wente
vpon
the
serpentes
and
scorpyons
.
wythoute
te
be
hurte
/
¶
And
whanne
some
tyme
he
muste
nedes
passe
ouer
the
flood
the
serpentes
namyd
Cocodrylles
.
whyche
deuoureden
the
men
.
hare
him
to
what
porte
he
wolde
goo
.
Wythoute
dooynge
to
hym
ony
oppressyon
and
noyaunce
/
¶
Alle
thynges
noyenge
the
creatures
dyde
to
hym
honoure
and
worshyppe
/
¶
Wherof
he
rendred
to
oure
lorde
god
thankynges
sayenge
/
Blessyd
be
thou
my
god
whyche
haste
not
dyspysed
my
humylytee
and
mekenesse
/
¶
And
whyche
haste
not
suffred
me
to
be
disceyued
by
the
frawde
and
dysceyte
of
myne
enmye
.
¶
And
I
beinge
aferde
thou
haste
adressed
to
me
the
waye
of
helthe
/
By
the
whyche
I
shall
mowe
eschewe
the
vtter
derkenesse
/
And
to
knowe
the
whyche
arte
very
lyghte
and
glory
yet
durable
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomyen
prayed
god
that
he
neuer
sholde
slepe
.
To
the
ende
that
he
myghte
the
lyghtelyer
resyste
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Cunque
se
,
vsde●er
.
&c
/
Caplm.
lxxi.
SAynt
Pachomyen
seenge
that
the
deuyllis
persecuted
him
soo
sharpely
that
he
neuer
myghte
haue
rest
.
He
prayed
to
god
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
hym
this
pryuelege
.
that
he
neuer
myghte
slepe
.
to
th
ende
that
nyghte
&
daye
he
myghte
in
wakinge
ouer
come
the
machynacōns
&
decepcions
that
the
enmyes
of
helle
layed
agaynst
hym
To
the
whiche
he
desyred
to
resyste
as
the
stronge
&
valyaunt
champyon
whiche
sayth
/
¶
Alle
the
tyme
of
my
lyfe
I
shall
persecute
myn
enmyes
.
and
I
shal
neuer
lesse
vnto
the
tyme
that
they
ben
in
my
subieccyon
.
I
shall
gyue
to
them
somoche
payne
/
that
they
maye
abyde
in
noo
place
.
And
I
shall
make
theym
to
falle
vnder
my
feet
.
syth
that
god
gyueth
me
strength
for
to
goo
in
batayle
ayenst
them
/
&
I
shal
neuer
cesse
to
pray
.
to
th
ende
that
the
wyll
of
our
lord
be
acomplysshed
¶
How
th
angell
spake
to
Pachomyen
famylierly
/
&
begynnyth
¶
Quodam
vero
tempore
.
Caplm.
lxxii.
IT
happed
that
the
holi
man
beenge
in
prayer
.
the
angell
came
to
speke
to
hym
&
sayde
.
¶
Pachomyen
thou
knowest
the
wyll
of
god
to
be
suche
.
that
in
seruynge
hym
wyth
pure
thoughte
.
thou
gouerne
al
them
that
ben
or
shall
be
vnder
the
after
the
rule
whiche
is
delyuered
to
the
/
¶
Now
had
he
receyued
longe
tyme
tofore
a
table
.
in
whiche
was
wryten
this
that
folowyth
/
¶
The
rules
of
the
religyous
hermytes
delyuered
by
an
angell
to
saynt
Pachomyen
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Singulis
iuxta
vires
.
Caplm
lxxiii
FYrste
it
was
commaunded
to
saynt
Pachomyen
.
that
he
shold
suffre
his
Relygyouses
to
ete
&
drynke
after
theym
comple●yon
/
And
that
he
sholde
make
theym
to
labour
/
after
that
they
ete
lytyll
or
moche
¶
Also
he
sholde
not
defende
them
for
to
faste
.
And
to
theym
that
shold
ete
beste
he
sholde
Impose
moost
grettest
charge
/
But
to
the
feble
&
wryke
he
sholde
commyse
the
lytyll
charges
¶
Also
the
aungell
charged
hym
that
he
sholde
make
for
his
Religyouses
dyuers
habitacōns
In
whiche
sholde
dwelle
thre
togider
.
&
theyr
mete
sholde
be
made
redy
in
one
place
onely
.
And
that
alle
togyder
sholde
take
theyr
refeccyon
.
And
that
in
the
nighte
they
sholde
take
&
were
an
habyllement
of
lyūen
.
whyche
shold
strayn
theyr
raynes
.
&
with
that
they
sholde
haue
skynnes
of
ghotes
.
And
that
wythout
vestymentes
or
clothes
.
they
sholde
not
ete
drynke
ne
slepe
/
But
whan
they
wold
receyue
the
sacramente
of
the
awter
.
a●synge
&
saye
masse
.
they
myghte
all
d●
of
sauf
oonly
theyr
gewne
.
And
whan
they
sholde
take
their
refeccyons
.
that
eche
of
theim
sholde
couer
his
hede
with
his
gowne
.
to
the
ende
that
none
of
theym
sholde
se
a nother
ete
/
¶
Also
that
none
of
theym
sholde
speke
whyle
they
ete
.
By
cause
they
sholde
not
torne
theyr
mynde
on
other
parte
.
¶
And
ferthermore
that
they
synge
or
saye
euery
day
in
the
mornynge
twelue
Orysons
.
and
as
moche
atte
euyn
.
and
in
lyke
wise
at
mydnyghte
twelue
/
¶
And
how
well
the
Pachomyen
sayde
to
the
aungell
that
it
was
well
lityll
yf
they
sayd
not
moo
prayers
.
neuerthelesse
the
aungell
sayd
to
him
that
he
wolde
not
commaunde
theim
ony
more
.
To
the
ende
that
they
that
shold
be
feble
&
lytyll
deuoute
mighte
lyghtly
doo
it
wythout
exculacōn
of
their
feblenes
.
But
they
that
were
mighty
&
stronge
were
not
to
be
excusid
by
this
lawe
in
manere
.
but
that
they
were
●ounde
to
say
more
¶
Whan
th
angel
had
der●●red
al
this
aforsayd
.
sodenly
he
vanysshed
away
fro
him
.
&
the
holy
man
whyche
fonde
hymself
certayn
of
the
sayd
visyon
the
whiche
he
had
seen
thre
times
rendred
graces
to
god
/
¶
And
after
he
enduced
his
relygiouse
monkes
to
lyue
after
ye●hangell
had
shewed
vnto
hym
/
&
with
that
he
gaaf
vnto
them
many
other
doctrynes
And
emonge
all
other
he
sayd
to
theim
.
that
sith
they
were
religyouse
it
were
necessary
to
them
to
leue
the
worlde
.
their
parentes
.
&
also
themself
.
to
th
ende
that
they
myght
lyghtly
bere
the
crosse
&
folow
theyr
gode
master
our
sauyour
&
redemer
tilman
criste
/
And
by
his
gode
wordes
&
ensamples
all
the
relygyous
bare
byfore
theym
the
frnytes
of
holy
penaunce
For
how
well
that
he
was
right
olde
/
Yet
for
that
absteyned
he
not
to
doo
.
&
notwythstondynge
he
dyde
many
abstynences
.
and
more
than
ony
of
the
other
/
Yet
he
toke
vpon
hym
the
besynesse
&
charge
of
all
thother
in
seruynge
theym
after
his
power
/
¶
Att
the
houre
whan
they
oughte
to
ete
he
couered
the
tables
.
and
serued
theym
lyke
as
the
custome
was
in
theyr
relygyon
/
In
lyke
wyse
he
laboured
the
gardins
.
sewe
the
seedes
for
cabochis
&
colewortes
/
&
watred
theym
/
¶
And
yf
ony
knocked
att
the
doore
of
the
chyrche
.
he
was
the
fyrste
redy
to
open
it
/
¶
He
serued
theym
that
were
seke
.
and
admynystred
to
theym
theyr
necessytees
/
¶
In
doynge
thyse
thynges
he
gaaf
ensample
of
humylyte
to
all
his
dyscyples
/
and
occasyon
to
serue
not
oonly
to
theyr
auncyents
and
elders
.
but
also
to
theym
that
came
after
theym
to
the
Relygyon
/
¶
Also
he
admonested
to
excercyse
them
after
theyr
vocacyon
&
callynge
/
And
commaunded
theym
to
make
contynuelly
pray●es
.
and
estudye
hesyly
in
especyall
in
the
holy
gospelles
/
to
the
ende
that
therby
they
myght
acustome
theym
gladly
in
the
commaundementes
of
god
And
to
loue
hym
aboue
all
thynges
hertely
.
And
payne
theym
for
to
acomplysshe
theim
in
getynge
of
vertues
for
fynably
to
obteyne
the
Ioye
&
felycyte
eternall
/
¶
Of
thre
men
that
came
to
saynt
Pachomyen
.
and
begynnyth
in
latyn
Ex●●nt
autem
.
Caplm
lxxiiii
.
IT
happed
that
thre
men
/
that
one
namyd
Postentesus
.
that
other
Surys
.
and
the
thyrd
Oblys
came
for
to
vysyte
the
holy
heremyte
Pachomyen
.
the
whyche
by
his
wordes
&
by
ensamples
of
holy
lyf
moued
theym
to
doo
penaunce
/
¶
And
whan
they
had
contempled
his
bountee
.
that
one
of
theym
sayd
to
the
other
/
¶
Certainly
we
knowe
now
that
they
erre
openly
.
that
saye
that
the
chyldern
ensiew
&
folowe
the
maners
of
theyr
faders
&
moders
/
and
saye
not
wel
/
For
oftymes
of
euyll
fader
&
euyll
moder
descende
ryght
good
chyldren
:
as
it
aperyth
by
this
holy
man
Pachomyen
.
whiche
is
soo
Iuste
.
that
in
his
lyf
he
neuer
brake
ony
of
the
commaundements
of
god
/
And
neuerthelesse
he
is
extracte
&
descended
of
the
lignage
of
Paynyms
&
ydolatours
all
contrary
to
the
lawe
of
god
/
And
ayenst
theim
that
haue
folysshe
ymaginacōns
.
sayenge
that
thei
haue
good
to
doo
.
well
or
euyll
/
For
yf
they
ought
to
be
sauyd
.
they
shall
be
sauyd
/
And
yf
they
oughte
to
be
dampned
thei
shal
so
be
/
Thyse
ben
fooles
and
enraged
/
For
we
fynde
in
holy
scrypture
.
our
blessyd
sauyour
to
haue
sayde
/
¶
Come
to
me
ye
that
ben
charged
wyth
many
euylles
.
and
I
shall
dyscharge
you
/
And
in
this
sayenge
.
he
excepted
not
one
/
¶
Also
he
woll
not
the
dethe
of
a
synner
/
And
therfore
euery
one
oughte
to
perseuere
in
his
goodnesse
to
his
lyues
ende
/
¶
Thyse
thre
men
came
ayen
afterwarde
to
the
holy
man
.
prayeng
him
that
he
wold
telle
theym
the
cause
wherefor
he
toke
that
payne
vpon
hym
to
serue
all
his
religyouses
/
Wherat
he
answerde
.
sayenge
to
theym
in
this
wyse
/
¶
Whan
men
woll
lerne
a
mare
or
some
other
beest
for
to
bere
a
grete
burthen
.
they
gyue
her
firste
a
lytyll
charge
And
after
by
contynuance
men
encrease
her
burthen
/
For
who
sholde
fyrst
gyue
her
almoche
as
she
myghte
bere
.
she
haply
wolde
not
endure
with
it
.
but
sholde
be
rebell
/
¶
All
thus
muste
I
doo
to
my
bredern
.
whyche
god
hath
gyue
me
to
kepe
in
a
good
rule
/
¶
Fyrste
I
gyue
theym
a
lytyll
charge
.
And
after
by
example
I
shewe
to
theym
how
they
oughte
to
doo
.
whan
they
haue
seen
the
burthen
that
I
haue
borne
nowe
/
I
haue
be
longe
●●fore
theym
in
this
monastery
/
And
they
ben
come
theim
but
a
while
agoon
/
Wherfore
I
oughte
to
bere
a
more
charge
than
they
done
now
/
¶
How
he
resceyued
many
one
to
the
state
of
Relygyon
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Regulas
igitur
et
cetera
.
Caplm
lxxvi
AFterwarde
by
the
grace
of
god
that
benygnly
callyth
euery
one
to
doo
penaunce
/
came
many
deuowte
persones
to
the
holy
man
.
for
to
lyue
solytaryly
wyth
hym
/
Amonge
whyche
came
Pawle
/
a nother
Pachomyen
.
and
one
namyd
Iohan.
the
whyche
lyued
there
a
holy
lyfe
and
honeste
wythout
ony
spotte
of
synne
/
After
this
he
stablysshed
some
for
to
haue
the
gouernaunce
and
rule
of
the
monastery
/
And
pryncypally
the
moost
vertuouse
&
humble
aboue
the
other
/
¶
And
sayd
the
holy
man
.
that
lyke
as
a
sp●●cle
of
fyre
that
fallith
amonge
an
kepe
of
sheuys
of
corne
may
not
be
but
with
grete
paynt
quenchyd
.
And
often
tymes
it
is
seen
that
it
brennyth
all
the
hoo●e
hepe
/
In
lyke
wise
yf
in
a
relygyon
be
some
Relygyouses
that
chaunge
there
thoughtes
to
that
cursyd
vyce
of
ambycyon
/
Desyrynge
to
be
fyrste
and
princypall
in
the
Ordre
/
And
to
haue
there
grete
offyces
/
¶
Yf
from
theyr
hert
thus
enflammed
they
putt
not
awaye
soone
the
bronde
of
this
euyll
suggestion
rihtlyghtly
/
They
lese
Incontynente
that
they
haue
soughte
by
longe
tyme
afore
¶
And
for
this
cause
the
holy
man
wolde
not
consente
nor
suffre
that
the
one
sholde
haue
ony
lordshyp
or
premynence
ouer
the
other
/
And
namly
vpon
a
solempne
.
feeste
/
¶
And
to
the
ende
that
this
Inordinate
affeccyon
were
take
fro
theym
.
and
wyll
to
precede
that
one
the
other
/
He
made
a
preest
to
come
that
was
not
of
that
monasterye
.
for
to
doo
there
the
offyce
and
seruyce
.
that
sholde
admynystre
theym
the
sacramentes
/
¶
And
more
ouer
he
sayd
.
that
it
is
better
to
lyue
in
charyte
and
in
humylyte
.
than
in
dysordynate
worshypp
/
¶
And
yf
some
clerke
or
preest
came
to
hym
for
to
be
Relygyous
.
He
made
to
hym
honour
after
his
astate
/
and
lyke
as
it
aperteyneth
to
a
man
of
the
chyrche
/
¶
Of
the
humylyte
of
saynt
Pachomyen
.
To
the
chapitre
that
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Omnes
autem
et
cetera
/
Caplm
lxxvi
.
THe
humylyte
of
the
holy
fader
Pachomyen
was
so
grete
.
that
al
the
seruauntes
of
god
he
honoured
and
louyd
¶
To
the
olde
to
the
seke
.
and
to
the
lytyll
he
dyde
all
ghostely
and
bodyly
seruyses
/
Counseyllynge
and
comfortynge
theym
for
the
saluacyon
of
theyr
soules
/
¶
And
soo
he
seenge
that
the
nombre
of
his
Relygyouses
encreaced
/
he
made
and
constytued
some
of
theym
his
Coadiutours
and
helpers
/
And
other
he
ordeyned
as
Pryours
for
to
helpe
hym
to
saue
theyr
soules
/
And
techynge
theym
the
Rules
to
hym
gyuen
by
the
angell
¶
He
constrayned
theym
all
to
be
very
obedyent
:
and
to
haue
the
drede
of
god
in
their
hertes
¶
And
whan
he
that
had
the
gouernaunce
and
charge
of
the
werkes
of
the
monastery
was
fayllynge
in
ony
thynge
/
The
good
holy
fader
Pachomyen
toke
the
charge
vpon
hym
/
And
amended
the
fawte
.
as
seruaunt
of
all
the
other
.
Not
for
to
seme
meke
by
vaynglory
/
But
by
very
affeccyon
and
goode
loue
/
¶
Of
the
charytee
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
To
the
chapytre
whyche
begynnyth
¶
Quodam
vero
tempore
et
cetera
Caplm
lxxvii
.
SAynt
Pachomyen
was
moche
pytefull
.
and
charytable
/
He
seenge
that
in
the
places
beynge
night
to
his
monastery
were
many
folke
that
ocupyed
them
in
none
other
wise
but
to
kepe
the
beestes
/
wythoute
comynge
to
chyrche
/
And
wythoute
receyuynge
of
theyr
creatoure
/
Came
to
one
namyd
Pyceryen
.
bysshopp
of
the
Cen●●ryens
/
And
gaaf
hym
counseyle
that
he
sholde
doo
buylde
a
chirche
in
the
same
place
/
where
as
thyes
Pastours
or
Shepherdes
dwellyd
/
to
the
ende
that
they
sholde
be
for
this
cause
more
enclined
.
and
deuowte
to
praye
god
/
And
to
receyue
there
theyr
ryghtes
and
sacramentes
of
the
chyrche
/
And
thus
made
the
bysshopp
to
be
doon
/
¶
But
by
cause
that
there
were
noo
clerkes
not
yet
.
that
dyde
the
seruyce
of
the
chyrche
/
He
and
some
of
his
Relygyouses
came
to
vysyte
theim
/
And
shewed
theym
some
hystoryes
of
the
holy
scrypture
/
¶
And
by
this
he
excyted
and
mouyd
the
good
persones
to
deuocyon
Soo
that
by
hys
doctryne
many
were
conuerted
to
the
fayth
.
And
his
charyte
was
spradde
aswell
vpon
the
mysbyleuyd
peple
.
as
vppon
the
Crysten
folke
/
¶
For
whan
he
sawe
ony
men
or
wymmen
that
were
Heretykes
.
or
oute
of
the
true
byleue
.
He
wept
/
Prayenge
god
for
theym
that
he
wolde
torne
theym
/
¶
Of
the
cōdempnacōn
of
some
scryptures
of
Origenes
/
The
chapytre
begynnyng
¶
Per
idem
tempus
et
cetera
Caplm
lxxviii
THe
same
tyme
Achanase
that
perfight
was
and
replenisshed
of
all
vertues
.
was
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
/
The
whyche
as
he
vysyted
the
chyrches
/
prechynge
the
Crysten
faythe
/
Came
to
the
place
where
saynt
Pachomyen
was
/
¶
Whyche
knowynge
of
his
comynge
acompanyed
of
alle
his
religiouses
/
Came
wyth
grete
gladnesse
agaynst
the
sayd
Achanase
.
syngynge
Ympnes
and
orysons
/
And
was
receyued
of
hym
and
of
his
Relygyouses
ryght
gladly
/
¶
But
the
good
holy
fader
Pachomyen
shewed
not
hymself
to
hym
/
But
bydde
hym
amonge
hys
Relygyouses
/
By
cause
that
the
bysshopp
of
the
Centiryens
.
of
whom
i●
spoken
aboue
had
sayd
moche
good
of
hym
vnto
saynt
Athanase
.
whiche
had
be
strongly
persecuted
of
the
Heretykes
Arryens
/
¶
And
by
cause
the
sayd
holy
man
Pachomyen
was
very
deuowte
&
a
good
Crysten
man
.
Also
that
he
knewe
well
the
persecucyons
that
the
sayd
Athanase
hadd
suffred
by
the
Arryens
This
Pachomyen
whyche
wyth
alle
his
myghte
bare
and
mayntened
the
true
Crysten
folke
/
Approuyd
strongly
the
condycyons
and
holy
lyuynge
of
saynt
Athanase
/
And
hertly
leuyd
hym
/
And
hadde
the
obstynate
Heretykes
in
fore
grete
Indygnacyon
/
And
pryncypally
Orygenes
.
that
was
chaced
oute
of
the
chyrche
by
Eraclius
bysshopp
of
Alexandrye
/
¶
Orygenes
by
his
false
doctryne
hadd
gyuen
many
vntrueful
techynges
contrary
to
the
holy
scrypture
/
¶
For
lyke
as
they
that
woll
gyue
poyson
to
drinke
.
putt
hony
amonge
it
for
to
haue
awaye
the
euyll
taast
.
and
the
bytternesse
therof
from
the
tonge
/
to
the
ende
that
it
maye
be
dronke
more
lyghtly
/
¶
Soo
dyde
the
sayd
Orygenes
.
the
whyche
sayde
and
broughte
forthe
fayre
and
honeste
proposicyons
But
he
corrupted
theym
by
false
exposycyons
.
that
was
cause
of
the
losse
of
moche
Crysten
peple
/
¶
Wherfore
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
deffended
.
not
only
to
his
Relygyouses
that
they
sholde
not
rede
in
none
of
this
Orygenes
bokes
/
But
also
he
wolde
that
yf
some
other
dyde
rede
theym
.
they
sholde
not
here
theym
by
noo
meanes
.
What
someuer
sentence
it
were
/
¶
One
tyme
amonge
his
bokes
he
founde
of
the
sayd
Orygenes
volumes
/
Whyche
Incontynent
he
dyde
caste
in
to
a
water
sayenge
/
Yf
it
were
not
by
cause
that
the
name
of
god
is
wrytt
in
the
bokes
of
Orygenes
.
I
shold
brenne
theym
all
/
¶
By
this
apperyth
the
charyte
whyche
he
hadd
to
the
holy
byleue
and
faythe
of
Crystendom
/
¶
Whanne
some
Religyous
blamyd
his
felawe
.
he
wolde
not
here
hym
/
But
fledde
from
hym
as
moche
as
he
cowde
/
Consyderynge
the
worde
of
the
Psalmyste
sayenge
/
I
shall
persecute
hym
that
shall
bakbyte
his
euyn
crysten
/
¶
And
he
sayd
that
a
good
persone
shold
neuer
speke
none
euyll
worde
¶
And
to
this
purpoos
he
alledged
many
historyes
.
Princypally
of
one
Machayre
.
whiche
in
blamynge
Moyses
was
Incontynente
punysshed
by
the
honde
of
god
/
¶
Of
the
monastery
that
saynt
Pachomien
dide
buylde
for
his
suster
.
and
beginnyth
in
latyn
¶
Comperit
igitur
Caplm
lxxix
.
THe
suster
germayne
of
the
sayde
holy
man
Pachomyen
desyrynge
to
see
hym
.
wente
to
his
monastery
/
Wenynge
to
her
that
he
as
gladde
of
her
comynge
.
sholde
receyue
and
treate
her
humaynly
/
But
he
sent
worde
to
her
by
the
Porter
/
that
he
was
hoole
and
sounde
/
But
he
wolde
not
see
her
wyth
his
bodily
eyen
/
And
more
ouer
that
yf
she
wolde
forsake
the
worlde
.
and
serue
god
/
He
shold
doo
buylde
a
howse
for
to
lodge
her
.
wher
she
sholde
doo
penaunce
/
And
that
he
dowted
not
yf
she
wolde
begyn
to
lyue
there
a
holy
lyffe
Reguler
that
many
other
wymmen
sholde
yelde
theymselfe
to
serue
god
wyth
her
/
¶
And
she
heringe
thyse
wordes
from
her
brother
.
She
was
replenysshed
att
herte
wyth
so
grete
compunccyon
and
suche
contrycyon
that
she
promysed
to
serue
god
alle
her
lyfe
/
¶
Wherfore
the
holy
man
seenge
that
she
was
all
redy
torned
.
gaue
graces
&
thankynges
to
our
lord
¶
And
after
he
commaunded
his
brethern
that
they
sholde
make
her
a
chapell
ferre
ynoughe
from
his
monastery
/
¶
So
it
happed
soone
after
by
the
grace
of
god
that
from
al
prouynces
&
countrees
came
wymmen
that
yelded
theymself
to
Religyon
with
the
sayd
syster
of
saynt
Pachomyen
The
whyche
he
admonested
to
resyste
alwayes
ayenst
the
fleshly
temptacyons
¶
And
in
lyke
wyse
after
the
cunnynge
that
god
had
yeue
him
He
foreyd
him
to
excyte
theym
to
vertues
&
good
maners
/
Prayenge
god
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
preserue
theym
in
his
grace
/
¶
More
ouer
he
gaaf
to
theym
suche
and
lyke
rules
as
his
Relygyouses
dyde
kepe
/
Sauf
that
they
sholde
not
were
noo
gretes
fellis
/
And
yf
ony
Relygyous
had
a
syster
.
or
some
other
kynne
.
whyche
she
wolde
vysyte
/
She
sholde
not
goo
there
.
but
that
she
toke
wyth
her
one
of
the
eldeste
of
the
Relygyon
/
¶
And
they
oughte
not
to
speke
togyder
/
but
in
the
presence
of
the
Abbesse
.
or
elles
of
some
of
th
eldest
Relygyouses
/
¶
Nor
she
sholde
not
bere
ne
gyue
noo
thynge
oute
of
theyr
howses
¶
For
the
Religyouses
aswell
the
men
as
the
wymmen
oughte
not
fro
that
tyme
to
haue
noo
thynge
of
theyr
owne
¶
And
yf
by
aduenture
they
sholde
of
necessytee
make
some
reparacōns
.
they
chose
the
moost
perfyghte
and
of
moost
honeste
conuersacyon
for
to
see
that
that
was
of
nede
sholde
be
doo
/
But
they
ete
not
dranke
wyth
the
other
/
¶
And
whan
by
the
wyll
of
god
some
Nonne
derparted
from
lyfe
to
dethe
/
Her
felowes
broughte
her
vnto
the
ryuage
of
a
ryuer
that
parted
the
two
monasteries
And
thenne
came
the
monkes
agaynste
theym
there
/
whyche
toke
the
corps
of
the
Nonne
for
to
be
buryed
wythin
theyr
chyrche
/
And
the
wymmen
of
the
Relygyon
retorned
to
theyr
abbaye
/
¶
Of
the
conuersacyon
of
Theodore
/
To
the
chapytre
whiche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Her
talis
/
Caplm
lxxx
.
THorugh
alle
the
countree
and
abowte
it
.
the
conuersacyon
of
saynt
Pachomyen
was
soo
re●ōrned
.
that
many
act
the
example
of
him
forsoke
the
worlde
.
for
to
lyue
a
relygyous
lyfe
/
¶
And
amonge
the
other
a
yonge
chylde
namyd
Theodore
.
borne
of
the
londe
of
Egypte
.
extract
and
come
of
noble
parentes
/
Crysten
folke
and
of
the
aege
of
xiiii
.
yere
or
there
abowte
/
From
the
whyche
aege
vpon
a
Twellyfth
day
.
that
some
Egepcyens
made
grete
feest
and
grete
diners
.
The
gode
Theodore
seenge
the
house
of
his
fader
and
moder
full
of
goodes
/
sayde
by
grete
conpunccyon
of
herte
in
hymselfe
/
¶
What
prouffytyth
the
vnhappy
yf
he
getyth
alle
the
goodes
of
thys
worlde
.
and
he
lesyth
the
Ioye
of
paradyse
/
¶
None
wyth
grete
payne
the
woll
vse
at
his
pleysure
of
the
goode
of
this
worlde
.
can
not
gete
the
heuenly
glory
¶
This
thynkynge
in
his
herte
he
beganne
to
wepe
and
syghe
.
Sayenge
to
our
blessyd
Sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
O
god
almyghty
thou
knowest
alle
thynges
secrete
/
Thou
knowest
that
I
loue
not
soo
moche
worldly
thynge
as
thyselfe
/
I
praye
the
my
god
that
it
playse
the
to
kyndle
my
poore
symple
soule
.
so
that
she
that
is
maculate
with
synne
be
not
dampned
/
But
she
whyche
was
boughte
wyth
thy
bytter
passyon
he
attendaunte
and
redy
in
al
her
werkes
to
worshypp
and
loue
the
perpetuelly
/
¶
And
durynge
the
tyme
that
he
was
in
his
oryson·
and
that
he
wep●e
in
this
wyse
.
came
his
moder
to
hym
that
sayde
.
¶
My
sone
what
is
he
that
hath
made
the
thus
sory
/
Thy
fader
&
I
haue
soughte
the
longe
tyme
in
grete
heuynesse
for
to
come
take
thy
refeccyon
wyth
vs
/
¶
He
answered
my
moder
go
your
wayes
.
I
may
not
ete
now
.
¶
And
fynably
forgetynge
hymselfe
.
and
awaytynge
abowte
deuowte
contemplacyons
.
he
wente
not
to
dyner
/
¶
From
the
tyme
of
his
chyldehode
.
&
that
he
wente
to
scole
he
ete
noo
meetetyll
euyn
was
come
/
¶
Some
tyme
he
fasted
two
dayes
wythoute
ony
meete
/
¶
He
was
two
yere
wythoute
delycate
meetes
.
lyuynge
in
perfyghte
contynence
/
¶
And
fromthens
fourth
he
purposyd
to
leue
the
worlde
.
and
yelded
hym selfe
to
be
shorne
a
monke·
And
forsoke
and
lefte
all
temporell
goodes
/
And
after
putt
hymselff
wyth
some
Relygiouses
.
lyuynge
holily
&
deuoutly
wyth
theym
in
grete
drede
&
loue
of
god
/
¶
How
Theodore
was
receyued
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
To
the
chapytre
begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Quodam
vero
Caplm
lxxxi
.
IT
happed
one
daye
amonge
other
.
that
the
brethern
and
relygyouses
of
the
monastery
where
as
was
Theodore
/
after
deuowte
orysons
dysputed
of
the
olde
Testamente
of
the
Arke
of
Noe.
of
the
rodde
of
Aaron
/
And
of
the
tables
that
were
gyuen
to
Moyses
in
the
mountayne
of
Synay
.
where
the
body
of
saynt
Katheryne
lyeth
/
And
thenne
one
of
the
same
Relygyouses
sayde
.
that
many
tymes
he
had
herde
speke
of
it
well
alonge
to
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
/
And
wyth
this
they
rehercyd
of
him
.
and
of
his
holy
lyuyng
merueyllouse
thynges
¶
Theodore
heringe
this
that
they
sayd
of
him
thise
Relygyouses
Prayed
to
god
in
his
herte
.
and
sayde
¶
My
god
yf
it
be
true
that
my
brethern
say
of
saynt
Pachomyen
.
gyue
me
grace
that
I
maye
see
hym
/
To
th
ende
that
I
may
kepe
alle
thy
commaundementes
and
afterwarde
to
be
sauyd
/
As
thou
haste
promysed
to
theym
that
shal
loue
and
drede
the
/
¶
Certayne
dayes
after
came
to
the
sayde
monastery
a
man
namyd
Pecusus
that
came
for
to
enquyre
of
the
good
behauynge
and
deuocyon
of
the
sayd
Relygyouses
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
Theodore
was
enfourmyd
that
he
went
to
the
monastery
of
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
/
He
prayed
him
be
sily
to
take
hym
in
his
companye
/
This
Pecusius
seenge
his
affeccyon
entreated
hym
mekely
.
and
brought
hym
vnto
the
sayd
monastery
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
¶
Thenne
this
Theodore
comynge
nyght
the
sayd
monastery
.
thanked
god
of
that
it
had
playsed
hym
to
here
his
prayer
soo
redyly
/
For
he
desyred
noo
thynge
so
moche
as
to
see
saynt
Pachomyen
/
¶
And
as
they
were
come
to
the
gate
he
and
his
felowe
/
ther
fonde
him
there
/
Soo
beganne
Theodore
to
wepe
sore
in
the
presence
of
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
.
of
the
grete
Ioye
that
he
had
to
see
him
/
The
holy
man
sayd
to
hym
My
sone
.
thou
art
well
symple
to
wepe
soo
/
For
I
am
a
synnar
as
thyselfe
/
How
well
that
god
hath
take
me
in
to
his
seruyce
/
And
in
sayenge
this
he
broughte
hym
wythin
his
monastery
/
¶
And
whan
he
sawe
the
grete
multytude
of
religyouses
that
were
there
/
his
herte
was
enflammed
and
take
of
a
loue
soo
perfyghtly
/
that
he
was
as
in
a
Ialousye
to
vse
his
lyfe
in
that
place
/
¶
He
was
dyscrete
and
prudent
in
hys
wordes
&
werkes
plenteuous
in
humylyte
in
compuccōn
of
herte
and
in
operacyons
vertues
.
as
in
fastinges
.
watchynges
.
&
orysons
in
whiche
he
spende
his
tyme
contynuelly
.
¶
And
wyth
this
he
comforted
the
sory·
and
the
synnars
by
humbly
correccyon
frendly
he
admonested
and
warned
/
¶
How
Theodore
refusyd
to
see
hys
moder
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Deuique
tam
preclaram
/
Caplm
lxxxii
.
SAynt
Pachomyen
whan
he
sawe
the
holy
Conuersacyon
of
Theodore
.
he
louyd
him
with
all
his
herte
.
¶
The
moder
of
this
Theodore
hauynge
knowlege
that
he
was
wyth
the
sayd
saynt
Pachomyen
came
anone
there
for
to
see
hym
beryng
with
her
lettres
fro
many
bysshops
/
By
the
whyche
they
wrote
well
pressyly
that
her
sone
sholde
be
delyuerde
to
her
agayne
¶
Soo
came
she
fyrste
to
the
monastery
of
the
wymmen
/
that
was
nigh
ynouh
the
monastery
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
&
by
cause
that
the
wymmen
went
neuer
to
his
monastery
/
She
wrote
vnto
him
that
he
sholde
sende
her
hyr
sone
agayne
/
And
with
this
she
sente
hym
the
lettres
that
the
bysshops
wrote
vnto
hym
that
they
sholde
doo
soo
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
the
sayde
lettres
.
sente
for
Theodore
/
To
whom
he
exposyd
the
tenour
of
the
same
/
And
commaunded
hym
to
goo
his
waye
aswell
for
to
please
his
moder
.
as
for
to
obeye
the
bysshoppes
commaundement
/
Theodore
answerde
vnto
saynt
Pachomyen
/
Ha
my
fader
I
demaunde
the
yf
now
I
leue
the
astate
of
Religyon
.
whyche
is
so
moche
fruytfull
/
And
wythout
whyche
wyth
grete
payne
ony
canne
not
be
sauyd
/
Shall
I
not
be
therof
repreued
at
the
daye
of
dome
afore
god
/
¶
We
haue
in
the
gospell
/
that
who
some
euer
shall
loue
his
fader
or
moder
more
than
god
/
He
shall
not
be
worthy
to
be
made
his
seruaunt
/
Saynt
Pachomien
answerd
/
My
sone
.
if
thou
seme
that
thou
doost
agaynst
thy
conscyence
to
speke
wyth
thy
moder
/
I
woll
well
that
thou
abyde
here
/
But
also
yf
thou
be
otherwyse
dysposyd
/
I
wyll
not
kepe
the
by
force
.
¶
The
rule
of
the
very
Relygyouses
is
for
to
forsake
alle
togyder
the
worlde
.
and
to
flee
all
worldly
conuersacyons
/
¶
And
therfore
he
that
wolde
saye
my
fader
&
my
moder
arn
my
blode
I
ought
to
loue
them
/
He
must
take
hede
to
saynt
Poul
that
sayth
/
Whosōeuer
that
shal
be
ouercom
by
the
flesshe
.
he
shal
be
seruaunt
to
the
flesshe
/
And
in
effecte
euery
body
becomyth
thrall
vnto
hym
of
whom
he
letyth
hymselfe
to
be
broughte
vnder
fote
/
¶
His
moder
seenge
that
she
myghte
not
speke
with
him
purposed
to
dwell
wyth
the
virgynes
that
had
theyr
place
nyghe
the
sayde
monastery
where
her
sone
was
a
Relygouse
.
Hopynge
by
goddis
grace
that
she
sholde
see
hym
amonge
the
other
Relygyouses
/
And
also
that
in
this
dooynge
she
sholde
purchase
some
mede
to
the
saluacyon
of
her
soule
/
durynge
the
tyme
that
she
were
in
the
monastery
wyth
the
sayde
vyrgynes
/
¶
And
by
this
that
is
sayde
apperyth
openly
/
that
to
kepe
some
tyme
Rygoure
in
the
worshypp
of
Ihesu
Cryste
and
not
for
noo
praysyng
ne
vaynglory
.
is
ofte
cause
of
grete
goodes
to
theim
agaynst
the
whiche
men
ben
Rigorouse
.
How
be
it
that
for
a
shorte
space
of
tyme
it
semyth
theym
that
men
haue
offended
theym
/
¶
Of
many
reprouyd
Relygyouses
/
To
the
chapytre
begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Igitur
sicut
/
Caplm
lxxxiii
.
AAfter
that
we
haue
seen
of
the
maners
and
vertues
of
many
vertuouse
and
holi
Freres
.
consequently
we
shall
see
the
necligence
of
some
reprouyd
Relygyouses
that
folowen
after
theyr
flesshely
appetyte
oute
of
al
good
rule
/
The
whyche
gaaf
grete
malencolyes
to
saynt
Pachomyen
/
By
cause
that
for
noo
manere
of
monycyon
ne
warnynges
that
he
made
to
theym
.
they
wolde
not
retorne
theym
/
Wherby
the
holy
man
was
wonderfully
sorowful
and
heuy
/
¶
And
complaynynge
hym
to
god
.
he
sayd
/
¶
O
my
god
that
haste
lordshypp
ouer
alle
the
worlde
/
Thou
commaundest
vs
to
loue
oure
euyn
crysten
/
And
therfore
my
god
that
knowest
my
wyll
and
the
secrete
of
my
conscyence
/
I
praye
the
that
thou
wolt
not
dispyse
my
oryson
.
The
whyche
ofte
I
haue
made
vnto
the
for
thyse
wretchydfull
Relygyouses
.
to
the
ende
that
thou
haue
of
theym
pyte
and
mercy
.
in
gyuynge
to
theym
thy
drede
reuerently
/
And
grace
to
knowe
thy
dyuyne
puyssaunce
.
for
to
obeye
and
serue
the
/
Hauynge
in
the
only
wythout
ony
other
the
stedfaste
hope
of
theyr
saluacyon
/
¶
Truely
my
soule
is
feblyd
and
tourmented
soo
moche
.
and
all
my
w●ttes
trowblyd
.
of
theyr
abhomynable
lyuynge
and
Innyquyte
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
they
wold
not
amende
theym
/
He
made
yet
agayne
prayers
vnto
god
for
theym
/
And
after
gaaf
to
theym
certayn
smale
&
easy
rules
.
to
lerne
theym
to
honour
&
praye
god
/
To
the
entente
that
lytyll
and
lytyll
they
myghte
accustome
theym
to
doo
well
/
And
amende
theyr
lyfe
/
¶
Ferdermore
seenge
that
they
coude
not
accomplisshe
theyr
delectacyons
and
playsures
wythstondynge
the
contynuell
denyenge
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
That
suffred
theym
neuer
goo
oute
of
the
monastery
.
for
to
playse
theyr
wyckyd
wylles
/
They
for
loke
the
monastery
.
and
ensyewed
the
deuyll
theyr
lorde
and
mayster
/
¶
And
after
that
the
other
Relgyouses
were
more
desyrous
in
the
loue
of
god
thanne
afore
/
¶
For
thus
as
the
corne
whanne
it
is
weded
from
the
euyll
herbes
groweth
and
multyplyeth
the
better
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
whanne
in
a
felyshypp
of
folke
peasyble
are
some
vycyouse
men
/
It
is
of
necessyte
to
throwe
theym
oute
from
the
other
/
¶
And
by
this
it
is
seen
that
to
a
man
gyuen
to
the
worlde
.
auayllyth
hym
not
to
be
a
Relygyous
/
For
his
professyon
shall
doo
hym
noo
prouffyte
.
yf
he
be
neclygente
to
kepe
the
Rules
of
his
Relygyon
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
a
prayer
prouffyteth
not
that
is
made
for
theym
that
ben
aslepe
in
theyr
synnes
yf
they
helpe
not
to
awake
theymself
/
¶
How
Relygyouses
of
other
monasteryes
comynge
to
vysyte
the
monastery
of
saynt
Pachomien
were
not
receyued
in
to
the
sayd
place
amonge
the
dwellers
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Confessor
&c.
Caplm
lxxxiiii
THere
was
a
preest
named
Denys
.
that
was
Confessour
Prouysor
and
admynystratour
of
of
the
chyrche
of
the
Centyryens
/
And
well
byloued
of
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
/
¶
The
whyche
Denys
knowynge
and
aperceyuynge
that
this
holy
man
defferred
and
putt
of
for
to
gadre
wythin
his
monasterye
wyth
hys
brethern
.
the
Relygyouses
that
camen
to
hym
from
other
monasterys
/
But
made
theyr
necessytees
to
be
admynystred
to
theym
by
theymselfe
.
and
wythoute
the
gates
of
his
monastery
/
Reproued
hym
sharply
in
sayenge
to
hym
/
That
he
dyde
not
well
to
doo
soo
/
¶
The
holy
man
tooke
and
resceyued
benygnely
his
correcyon
/
And
answeryd
to
hym
¶
My
brother
and
frende
.
god
knowyth
my
wyll
.
and
myn
entencyon
/
And
also
he
knowyth
wel
how
I
desyre
the
saluacyon
of
alle
soules
/
And
none
I
wolde
despyse
ne
prouoke
to
wrathe
/
¶
I
knowe
also
that
god
hath
sayde
in
hys
gospell
/
That
thys
that
men
shall
doo
to
the
leest
of
his
seruauntes
/
He
shall
take
it
in
lyke
wyse
as
it
were
doon
to
hymselfe
/
¶
And
therfore
wyte
it
.
that
I
doo
not
soo
for
to
contempne
theym
ne
dyspyse
theym
/
But
oonly
by
cause
that
I
knowe
some
Relygyouses
in
my
chyrche
soo
symple
that
they
sholde
not
conne
putte
dyfference
bytwene
theyr
ryght
honde
and
lyfte
honde
/
¶
And
yet
some
other
there
ben
also
that
bere
not
the
habyte
of
relygyon
/
Wherfore
me
semyth
good
and
nedeful
that
they
that
ben
comyng
to
vs
from
other
places
be
receyued
honestly
in
a nother
house
by
ours
/
¶
And
whan
they
woll
come
to
the
chyrche
to
serue
god
.
they
maye
come
there
wyth
vs
/
And
after
the
seruyce
dyuyne
doon
.
to
retourne
in
to
theyr
lodges
/
for
to
doo
there
theyr
secrete
Oracyons
or
other
vertuouse
werkes
after
theyr
deuocyon
¶
The
preest
hering
his
answere
was
contente
of
hym
/
And
wente
agayne
awaye
.
all
recomforted
and
wyth
gode
counseylle
/
¶
How
the
gowne
of
saynt
Pachomyen
heelyd
folke
of
the
blody
Flux
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Mulier
et
cetera
Caplm
lxxxiiii
.
IN
the
cyte
of
the
Centiryens
a
woman
had
hadd
&
suffred
by
a
longe
space
a
syckenesse
callyd
the
blody
Flux
/
Soo
came
she
to
the
good
preest
aboue
namyd
/
And
by
cause
he
was
famylier
frende
of
saynt
Pachomyen·
Prayed
hym
humbly
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
sende
for
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
that
was
in
his
chambre
.
sayeng
that
he
had
certayn
necessary
thynges
to
telle
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Pachomyen
came
to
the
sendynge
of
the
sayd
preest
/
And
whan
he
was
come
with
in
the
chirche
.
he
made
his
prayer
&
after
he
salued
the
good
preest
Denys
/
&
as
they
spake
togyder
.
the
poore
woman
hauynge
a
stedfast
byleue
in
god
the
sayth
in
the
gospel
/
Haue
confydence
&
thy
fayth
shall
saue
the.
tooke
fro
behynde
of
the
vestyment
that
the
holy
fader
had
vpon
his
heed
.
&
touched
it
wyth
grete
drede
/
wherof
it
happed
merueilousli
that
she
was
anone
heelyd
hoole
&
sounde
/
Soo
fell
she
downe
vpon
her
knees
afore
saynt
Pachomyen
&
thanked
god
of
th●●
that
he
made
soo
grete
myracles
bi
his
seruauntes
that
haue
to
hym
a
stedfast
hope
¶
The
deuoute
preest
knowyng
yt●o
man
hoole
praysed
the
name
of
god
/
&
went
agayn
homewarde
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomyen
by
his
de●●nay●te
was
cause
of
the
good
lyfe
of
a
Relygyous
/
And
it
begynnyth
in
latin
¶
Aliquando
vero
et
cetera
Caplm
lxxxv
.
CErtayne
dayes
after
a
Relygiouse
that
wold
be
a
preest
.
was
broughte
to
saynt
Pachomien
by
one
his
frende
/
that
was
mynystre
at
abbot
of
many
Relygiouses
/
¶
And
the
whyche
mynystre
or
abbot
was
ofte
vexed
by
the
same
Relygyouse
/
For
by
cause
he
wolde
not
conferme
ne
graunte
the
clerkely
sheerynge
/
The
whiche
thenne
he
defferred
longe
/
by
cause
it
semyd
hym
not
the
sayd
Relygyouse
to
be
able
ne
suffysaunte
for
to
be
promoted
there
vnto
/
¶
Fynably
by
cause
he
cowde
noo
lenger
resyste
to
his
Importunyte
/
Brought
hym
to
saynt
Pachomyen
/
trustynge
that
he
sholde
well
contente
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Pachomyen
whanne
he
had
vnderstonde
the
entencyon
of
the
sayde
Abbot
He
sayd
to
him
¶
My
brother
thou
art
come
to
me
for
as
knowe
the
wyll
of
god
/
I
counseyle
she
that
thou
gyue
to
him
that
that
he
askyth
/
And
by
aduenture
thus
dooynge
his
soule
shall
be
delyuerd
fro
the
thraldom
of
the
deuyll
¶
For
some
tyme
the
wyckyd
soo
constytued
in
offyce
or
benefyte
tourne
theymselfe
and
take
good
maners
/
¶
And
therfore
the
wyll
of
god
is
.
that
we
shall
haue
pyte
the
one
of
that
other
/
¶
The
answere
well
vnderstonde
/
the
sayde
Abbot
confermyd
and
gaaf
hym
that
that
he
askyd
.
¶
After
that
the
sayde
Religyous
was
constytued
to
a
clerke
.
he
beganne
all
togyder
to
bowe
to
alle
good
condycyons
/
And
afterward
he
came
agayne
to
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
/
and
knelynge
downe
afore
hym
sayde
/
¶
O
man
of
god
I
knowe
that
thou
arte
moche
agreable
to
god
/
whanne
he
dooth
graunte
the
power
for
to
dyscerne
&
know
of
the
saluacyon
of
men
/
¶
Thy
bounte
hath
vaynquysshed
my
malyce
/
For
yf
thou
had
not
be
pytuouse
and
swete
I
sholde
haue
lefte
the
habyte
of
Relygyon
.
and
sholde
haue
gone
agayne
to
the
worlde
to
fynysshe
my
dayes
wretchydly
/
Wherof
blessyd
be
thou
of
god
/
by
the
whyche
thou
haste
gyuen
saluacyon
to
my
soule
/
¶
The
holy
fader
toke
hym
vpp
from
the
erthe
and
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
My
brother
I
praye
the
that
thou
contynue
alwayes
in
werkes
behouynge
and
apperteynyng
to
thy
dygnytee
/
And
soo
kyssed
hym
/
And
commended
hym
to
god
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomyen
delyuered
a
woman
soore
traueylled
of
the
deuyll
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Adhuc
autem
&
cetera
/
Caplm
lxxxvi
.
SAynt
Pachomyen
beynge
yet
in
the
sayd
place
.
came
a
man
to
hym
that
prayed
hym
swetely
that
he
wolde
haue
pyte
of
his
doughter
/
the
whyche
was
vexed
and
traueylled
wyth
the
deuyll
/
¶
The
holy
man
entred
within
his
monastery
.
and
left
this
man
at
the
gate
/
And
after
he
sente
hym
worde
by
the
Porter
.
that
he
not
his
Relygyous
were
not
wonte
to
vysyte
ony
wymmen
/
¶
And
yf
he
had
ony
of
her
Rayments
that
he
shold
sende
it
to
hym
/
And
it
sholde
be
halowed
and
blessyd
/
And
after
in
puttynge
the
same
vpon
her
/
yf
he
had
in
god
faythfull
byleue
and
hope
/
His
doughter
by
the
grace
of
god
myghte
be
delyuered
of
the
sende
.
and
broughte
to
good
recouerynge
of
helthe
/
¶
The
fader
broughte
the
gowne
of
his
sayd
doughter
And
whan
the
holy
man
sawe
it
/
He
sayde
to
hym
that
it
was
not
hers
/
The
fader
answeryd
.
and
sayd
it
was
¶
Thenne
sayde
the
good
holy
fader
to
him
/
¶
By
cause
I
knowe
that
she
kepe
not
her
chastyte
/
Therfore
I
sayde
.
that
it
was
not
her
gowne
/
For
she
oughte
to
lyue
chastely
/
Soo
must
she
promyse
to
lyue
in
contynence
/
And
after
god
shall
helpe
her
/
¶
The
fader
questyoned
his
doughter
/
And
she
answerde
that
the
wordes
of
the
holy
man
were
true
/
¶
But
notwythstondynge
she
promysed
.
that
she
sholde
neuer
retourne
to
her
synne
/
¶
Thenne
toke
saynt
Pachomyen
an
oyle
and
blessed
it
.
And
gaue
it
to
her
fader
/
¶
And
after
that
she
was
enoynted
wyth
the
same
oyle
.
she
was
hoole
and
sounde
/
And
so
she
lyued
afterward
holyly
in
grete
chastytee
and
contynence
/
¶
How
he
helyd
a
childe
that
was
traueylled
wyth
the
fende
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Tali
igitur
et
cetera
Caplm
lxxxvii
.
AFter
this
a nother
man
that
had
his
sone
seke
.
hauinge
the
deuyl
in
his
body
.
purposyd
to
lede
hym
for
to
recouere
his
helthe
to
the
monasterye
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
But
he
cowde
not
/
For
the
deuyll
letted
hym
/
Wherfore
he
desyred
me●●
the
holy
man
that
he
wolde
praye
goo
for
his
sone
.
and
he
dyde
soo
/
And
〈◊〉
he
sente
hym
a
lytyll
of
halowed
brede
And
commaunded
that
men
sholde
gyue
it
hym
to
ete
afore
all
other
mete
¶
The
Spyryte
dampned
that
was
wythin
the
body
of
the
forsayde
chylde
.
wold
not
suffre
him
to
ete
of
it
.
how
well
that
he
lete
hym
ete
of
the
other
brede
his
fylle
/
¶
Thenne
the
fader
wenynge
to
make
his
sone
ete
of
this
halowed
brede
.
brake
the
crommes
in
his
honde
/
But
it
auayled
not
/
For
he
wolde
not
take
it
in
his
mouthe
¶
The
fader
aduysed
him
that
he
sholde
lete
his
sonne
faste
longe
/
And
after
he
gaaf
to
hym
of
the
sayd
breed
/
And
thenne
for
grete
hungre
he
ete
of
it
/
¶
Soone
after
he
felle
a
slepe
.
and
was
heeled
.
and
all
togyder
delyuered
of
the
passyon
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
Soo
came
he
and
yelded
graces
and
thankynges
to
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
.
in
gloryfyenge
the
name
of
god
.
that
dooth
soo
many
myracles
by
his
seruauntes
/
¶
Alwayes
the
holy
man
for
noo
myracle
that
he
dyde
in
the
name
of
god
/
neuer
gloryfyed
hymselfe
for
it
¶
And
wherof
he
is
more
to
be
praysed
/
Whan
he
made
some
requeste
to
god
.
notwithstondynge
it
were
not
graunted
to
him
Men
sholde
neuer
haue
knowen
in
him
any
sygne
of
sorowe
or
dysplaysure
/
But
sayd
by
his
grete
mekenesse
.
that
god
wolde
not
graunte
hym
that
whiche
he
axed
/
By
cause
that
his
askyng
myghte
be
contrary
to
his
saluacyon
/
ne
to
the
saluacyon
of
theym
.
for
whom
he
prayed
/
Notwythstondynge
that
he
trowed
to
askt
that
that
was
good
for
the
soule
/
¶
Of
the
Conuersion
of
saynt
Syluayn
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Taliter
igitur
et
cetera
/
Caplm
lxxxviii
.
SAynt
Syluayn
wyllyng
to
torne
hym
out
of
the
fylth
of
synne
for
take
clene
pouertee
/
Came
and
yelded
hymselfe
to
saynt
Pachomyen
/
whiche
frendly
receyued
him
But
this
notwythstondynge
he
wolde
not
kepe
the
Rules
of
the
Relygyouses
¶
For
it
was
ouer
harde
a
thynge
to
hym
for
to
forgete
his
euyll
customes
/
of
the
tyme
passed
/
By
the
whyche
he
peruerted
many
brethern
/
And
bowed
theym
to
his
wycked
wylle
.
¶
Some
Religyouses
were
ryghte
sory
of
that
they
sawe
the
other
Relygyouses
consentynge
to
the
detestable
wyll
of
Syluayn
/
¶
Soo
came
they
and
shewed
it
to
the
holy
fader
Pachomien·
that
whiche
prayed
god
for
the
sayd
syluayn
.
to
the
ende
he
sholde
haue
contrycyon
for
hys
synne
:
and
that
he
shold
doo
penaunce
But
for
noo
prayer
he
wolde
not
plyene
consente
therto
/
And
for
this
cause
they
all
wolde
haue
chaced
him
out
of
the
monastery
/
The
holy
fader
defferred
it
&
ladd
hym
wyth
hym
/
And
syn
after
corrected
hym
with
swete
wordes
techyng
hym
alwayes
in
the
crysten
fayth
/
Wherof
it
happed
syn
that
the
poore
Syluayn
/
as
by
synguler
grace
amended
his
wycked
lyfe
.
&
had
it
in
so
grete
dysplaysure
.
that
he
was
neuer
wythoute
teeres
in
all
his
werkes
/
¶
Some
seenge
his
grete
contrycyon
.
shewed
vnto
hym
that
he
angred
hymself
to
bytterly
.
and
exorted
hym
to
be
moderate
in
his
wepynges
.
takynge
in
hym
attemperaunce
/
but
he
answerde
that
he
cowde
not
/
For
his
hert
was
soo
sore
taken
wyth
grete
dysplaysure
/
that
he
myght
not
conteyne
himself
/
And
morouer
by
cause
he
cowde
not
absteyne
hymself
fro
wepynge
/
as
well
at
the
borde
as
elles
where
/
The
bredern
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
wepe
in
makynge
his
holy
orysons
.
&
not
at
the
table
/
For
it
was
noo
place
p●op●e
ne
couenable
to
wepe
ne
weyle
/
And
that
a
relygyous
myght
wel
haue
sorow
&
dysplaysure
for
his
synne
by
hymself
alone
.
wythout
to
shewe
it
thus
openly
/
And
admonested
hym
to
abstene
himself
therof
/
by
cause
the
brethern
myghte
not
ete
.
whan
they
sawe
hym
wepe
soo
/
¶
Suche
and
semblable
wordes
they
sayd
to
hym
.
for
to
constreyne
hym
to
telle
the
cause
.
for
whiche
he
contynued
soo
longe
in
his
weyllynges
and
lamentacions
/
¶
And
thenne
he
sayd
to
theym
/
My
brethern
.
why
sholde
not
I
wepe
in
Ioyenge
myselfe
of
the
grace
that
my
god
hath
doon
to
me
/
¶
I
was
wonte
to
be
full
of
synnes
.
and
soo
many
benefaytes
are
now
gyuen
vnto
me
for
the
saluacyon
of
my
soule
/
¶
Dathan
and
A●yron
ben
contynuelly
in
my
remembraunce
/
To
the
confusyon
of
the
whyche
.
by
cause
they
were
defoyled
and
poluted
wyth
synne
And
wolde
haue
towched
the
holy
sacrefyce
.
The
erthe
opened
and
swalowed
theym
in
/
¶
And
I
that
haue
despysed
soo
moche
my
saluacyon
.
I
fere
yet
ryght
soore
suche
a
sentence
of
god
/
Alas
though
I
sholde
wepe
and
weylle
myn
Innyquyte
al
my
lyfe
dayes
.
and
that
I
were
in
contynuell
lamentacyons
/
Yet
sholde
I
be
vnworthy
to
haue
the
felycyte
eternall
/
¶
The
good
●yluayn
contynued
in
his
humylytee
and
contynence
soo
that
he
was
more
perfite
than
all
the
other
/
¶
And
saynt
Pachomyen
seenge
his
holy
conuersacyon
sayd
in
the
presence
of
all
the
other
suche
wordes
.
¶
My
brethern
I
calle
god
to
wytnesse
.
the
angelles
.
and
all
the
●urt
of
heuen
.
that
syth
oure
monasterye
was
founded
I
haue
not
knowen
noo
brother
of
ours
.
that
hath
be
soo
moche
obeysaunt
to
me
.
as
hath
one
about
al
the
other
/
The
brethern
thoughte
that
it
hadd
be
Theodore
.
or
Pe●ronyen
●or
Orose
/
¶
Theodore
prayed
saynt
Pachomyen
that
he
wolde
tell
.
what
he
was
that
he
loued
soo
moche
/
But
the
holy
man
defferred
to
tell
it
hym
/
Neuerthelesse
whan
he
saw
that
Theodore
can
streyned
hym
soo
sore
/
He
sayd
to
hym
¶
Yf
I
crowed
that
he
sholde
ar●yse
hymselfe
in
vaynglory
therfore
.
I
sholde
neuer
declare
it
to
hym
/
but
by
cause
I
knowe
that
the
vertue
praysed
.
often
tymes
encreacyth
.
and
that
he
shall
be
more
humble
for
it
than
he
was
byfore
¶
Also
to
the
ende
that
other
take
ensample
at
hym
.
I
shall
name
hym
vnto
the
/
Soo
I
telle
the.
that
how
be
it
thyselfe
and
thy
semblable
haue
bataylyd
strongly
ayenst
the
deuyll
.
soo
that
by
the
grace
of
god
/
ye
haue
ouercome
.
&
brought
hym
vnder
your
fete
/
Neuerthelesse
Syluayn
yonge
of
aege
.
that
thy
bredern
and
thyselfe
wolde
put
oute
of
our
monastery
.
hathe
foughte
in
suche
wyse
ayenst
hym
.
that
he
hath
this
gyfte
of
god
.
that
the
deuyll
dare
neuer
shew
hymself
afore
his
face
/
And
by
his
grete
humylytee
he
hath
ouercome
hym
in
all
thynges
/
¶
Ye
other
haue
confydence
in
youre
vertues
/
But
he
.
the
more
that
he
batayllyth
.
he
yeldyth
hymselfe
the
more
meke
&
vnprofytable
/
And
yf
thou
demaunde
why
he
wepte
soo
contynuelly
/
I
telle
the
that
it
is
by
cause
he
is
perfyghtly
meke
/
And
for
this
cause
he
canne
not
forbere
his
teeres
/
¶
Soo
wite
it
that
there
is
noo
vertue
.
that
makyth
the
deuyll
more
confuse
/
than
the
vertue
of
very
and
perfyghte
humylyte
¶
The
good
Syluayn
was
bi
the
space
of
viii
.
yere
in
befightyng
his
enmye
Sathan
/
And
after
he
deyed
/
And
saynt
Pachomyen
wytnessyd
.
that
at
his
passynge
were
present
many
angels
.
that
wyth
grete
Ioye
bare
his
soule
awaye
in
to
the
glory
that
euer
shall
laste
/
the
whyche
by
his
prayers
we
maye
purchace
.
Amen
¶
How
the
holi
man
commaunded
that
a
deed
body
shold
be
vnclothed
of
his
vestimentes
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Eodem
vero
tempore
/
Caplm.
lxxxx
.
IN
the
cyte
of
Panos
was
a
bisshopp
.
named
Varus
that
was
right
deuowte
&
feruent
in
the
loue
of
Ihesu
Cryste
:
the
whiche
herde
speke
of
the
conuersacoyn
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
Soo
wrote
he
to
hym
many
lettres
by
that
whiche
amonge
other
thinges
he
desyred
&
prayed
him
to
come
towarde
hym
.
for
to
gyue
hym
counseyle
&
ayde
to
buylde
a
chyrche
nygh
to
his
cyte
/
And
for
to
lodge
there
some
Religyouses
that
were
of
good
lyfe
&
of
conuersacion
good
/
In
obeynge
to
the
whiche
requeste
he
toke
on
his
waye
towarde
the
sayd
bisshopp
/
And
as
he
was
come
nye
a
monastery
.
whiche
he
vysited
by
the
waye
.
he
mett
wyth
many
Relygyouses
that
conueyed
the
corps
of
one
of
theyr
bredern
that
was
deceased
.
whiche
his
frendes
bare
to
the
erth
.
clothed
with
riche
raymentes
.
whiche
were
after
the
maner
doynge
.
that
the
seculer
had
there
acustomyd
/
Whan
they
sawe
saynt
Pachomyen
come
.
they
taryed
Incontynent
for
to
praye
hym
that
he
wolde
make
deuowte
prayers
&
orysons
to
god
.
aswel
for
the
deed
.
as
for
them
.
whiche
he
dide
gladly
/
And
his
orison
done
he
commaunded
that
men
sholde
take
awaye
fro
the
Relygious
that
was
deacessed
the
rayments
of
the
whyche
he
was
clothyd
/
It
was
done
as
he
commaunded
/
And
Incontynent
in
the
presence
of
theym
all
he
made
the
vestyments
to
be
brenned
And
after
he
made
the
corps
to
be
borne
to
the
graue
wythout
ony
syngynge
of
ony
psalmodye
/
¶
The
relygiouses
&
also
the
frendes
of
the
deed
seeng
his
commaundement
to
be
contrary
to
theyr
custome
.
were
sore
abasshed
/
And
notwythstondyng
his
commaundement
they
prayed
him
that
he
wold
suffre
the
sayd
relygiouses
to
saye
the
orysons
&
psalmodies
in
suche
caas
acustomed
/
To
the
whiche
peticion
the
holi
man
wold
not
consent
/
Wherof
the
frendes
seenge
his
wyll
blamyd
hym
askynge
hym
wherof
the
foly
came
/
The●
after
sayd
the
relygiouses
/
What
is
that
man
but
he
oughte
to
haue
pite
on
a
deed
body
/
though
it
were
his
enmye
.
What
woll
thenne
doo
Pachomien
.
a
beest
vnresonable
wold
not
be
soo
vnkynde
/
What
maye
men
saye
/
that
it
were
to
vs
a
grete
repreyf
yf
we
dyde
this
that
he
sayth
/
Wold
god
that
we
hadd
neuer
come
here
/
&
that
Pachomyen
had
neuer
be
relygyous
we
sholde
not
haue
had
suche
a
shame
.
so
sayd
they
to
him
ayen
We
pray
the
fayr
fader
that
it
woll
playse
the
to
consent
the
men
synge
ouer
this
corps
as
it
is
of
custome
/
The
holy
man
answerd
Certes
my
bredern
ye
thynke
not
but
to
the
thynges
visible
/
&
I
consydre
th
ynuysible
/
the
worshyp
that
ye
wold
doo
to
him
sholde
soner
be
to
him
more
cause
of
tormente
&
laboure
than
other
helpe
or
reste
/
&
th
yniurye
that
ye
saye
I
woll
doo
to
hym
shal
be
cause
of
his
sauacyon
/
Wherfor
I
wol
not
procure
ne
assent
that
men
make
honour
to
the
body
that
is
all
redy
deed
.
but
to
his
soule
whiche
is
Inmortall
.
God
that
is
fontayne
of
al
sapyence
/
sayth
in
his
gospel
.
Who
soeuer
shal
synne
ayenst
the
holy
ghost·
he
shal
neuer
haue
remyssion
in
this
worlde
nor
in
the
other
/
By
this
is
gyue
vs
to
vnderstonde
that
there
be
some
synnes
.
of
the
whiche
men
haue
pardon
after
the
deth
thrugh
the
prayers
of
other
/
&
therfor
I
pray
you
that
ye
do
as
I
haue
told
you
/
For
god
is
almyghty
to
take
him
in
to
the
felycyte
eternall
at
oure
prayers
&
without
his
presence
/
And
thus
they
made
him
to
be
buryed
in
a
mountayn
there
they
were
wont
to
bery
.
¶
How
the
holy
man
Pachomien
saw
the
angels
bere
awaye
the
soule
of
a
relygyous
in
to
paradys
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Moratus
est
/
Caplm
lxxxxi
.
IN
the
sayd
cyte
of
Panos
&
in
the
monasteries
abowte
.
by
the
commaundement
of
the
bysshop
of
the
sayd
cyte
.
duryng
the
space
of
ii
.
yere
dwellyd
saynt
Pachomyen
.
acompanyed
of
two
relygyous
/
Hangyng
the
whyche
tyme
he
taughte
the
peple
.
excytynge
the
folke
to
drede
god
.
&
to
fight
ayenst
the
deuyll
by
vertuous
werkes
/
¶
In
this
meane
whyle
was
shewed
to
hym
.
that
a
relygyous
of
one
of
hys
monasteryes
was
take
wyth
a
greuous
sykenesse
.
and
was
askynge
after
hys
laste
blessinge
/
And
Incontynent
he
came
to
theym
that
had
brought
him
thise
tydynges
/
&
toke
his
way
wyth
theym
for
to
goo
vysite
this
poore
relygious
/
¶
Whan
he
was
come
thre
myle
nye
the
monastery
/
he
herde
in
the
ayre
a
songe
moche
melodyous
/
And
heuynge
his
sighte
toward
heuen
.
he
sawe
the
soule
of
the
sayd
relygyous
borne
by
the
angels
in
a
carte
compassed
wyth
a
merueyllous
lighte
/
The
felowes
of
the
holy
man
that
herde
noo
thynge
.
seeng
that
he
had
his
vysage
towarde
the
Eest
/
&
had
fyxed
his
sight
soo
longe
thyderwarde
.
askyd
him
why
he
taryed
soo
longe
in
one
place
/
Sayenge
to
hym
that
he
sholde
come
fourth
a
pace
as
goodly
as
he
myghte
/
to
th
ende
he
sholde
socour
the
poore
pacyent
/
Wherat
he
answerd
.
we
shall
doe
noo
thynge
there
/
For
I
see
his
soule
wyth
th
angels
that
bere
it
in
to
heuen
/
¶
The
whyche
wordes
sayde
●●re
of
the
sayd
felyshipp
went
to
the
sayd
monastery
.
and
enquyred
the
houre
of
the
dethe
of
the
sayd
relygyous
/
And
by
his
Inquysicion
/
he
fonde
that
the
same
relygious
was
deceased
in
the
same
hour
that
the
same
holy
man
had
said
it
/
¶
How
some
wer
brent
by
fire
dyuyne
by
cause
they
letted
the
buyldynge
of
a
monastery·
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Sanctus
ergo
/
Caplm
lxxxxii
.
THe
holy
man
Pachomyen
acompanyed
of
some
of
his
relygyouses
.
went
towarde
the
said
bisshop
of
Panos
.
that
receyued
hym
honourably
makynge
grete
solempnyte
of
hys
comyng
/
And
after
many
deuoute
wordes
sayd
bitwene
theim
.
the
bysshop
gaue
him
certayn
grounde
&
places
for
to
buylde
monasteryes
after
his
good
dyscrecyon
/
He
began
to
buylde
one
.
rounde
aboute
the
whiche
he
caused
to
be
made
a
grete
wall
.
to
th
entent
the
men
shold
not
entre
in
it
lightly
/
So
happed
that
some
wyckyd
shrewes
tempted
by
then
mye
of
helle
came
to
this
place
/
wenynge
to
breke
that
that
was
begon
/
But
the
angell
of
god
sodaynly
enbracyd
them
wyth
fyre
dyuyne
&
wasted
theym
as
small
as
asshes
/
And
after
this
the
freres
builded
there
at
theyr
wyll
And
no
man
was
not
syth
soo
hardy
.
that
durst
lette
theym
in
makynge
theyr
edifyces
¶
The
holy
man
after
they
were
achieued
.
ordeyned
there
relygyouses
.
to
the
whyche
he
preposed
&
gaaf
for
abbot
the
holy
man
Samuell·
that
was
right
wise
.
meke
&
recicatyf
/
But
neuerthelesse
by
cause
that
the
sayde
monasteryes
were
buylded
in
the
feldes
.
the
holy
fader
wolde
dwelle
there
tyll
that
he
cowde
knowe
/
that
ther
that
he
had
ordened
for
to
dwell
there
were
somwhat
dysposed
to
receyue
the
grace
of
our
lorde
Ihu
cryste
/
¶
Of
the
Inquys●cyons
of
a
philosophre
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Interea
/
Caplm
lxxxxiii
.
HAngynge
this
tyme
was
a
philosophre
in
the
sayd
cyte
of
Panos
that
wolde
enquire
&
wyte
of
the
conuersacyon
of
the
religyouses
/
So
he
saw
some
.
to
that
whiche
he
sayd
Call
me
your
fader
abbot
.
I
w●ll
apose
&
dyspute
wyth
hym
of
some
necessary
thynges
/
¶
The
holy
man
seenge
that
it
was
a
philosophre
.
he
wold
not
goo
.
but
sente
to
hym
Cornylle
&
Theodore
his
relygyouses
/
To
whom
he
commaunded
that
they
shold
answer
prudently
to
his
questyons
&
answers
/
Whan
they
were
come
to
the
phylosophre
.
he
began
to
say
Ye
haue
grete
rendmee
&
are
wyse
and
prudent
/
And
soo
ye
kepe
besily
the
rules
of
your
relygyon
/
&
therfore
I
woll
appose
you
of
that
ye
rede
euery
daye
Wherat
Theodore
answerde
him
/
Now
saye
what
thou
wolt
/
¶
Thenne
the
philosophre
askyd
hym
yf
he
had
scyence
ynough
for
to
answer
to
the
questyons
that
he
sholde
aske
hym
/
And
Theodore
sayd
vnto
him
.
that
he
sholde
declare
that
whiche
semyd
hym
good
/
¶
The
phylosophre
askyd
him
.
Who
was
.
that
neuer
was
born
.
&
yet
he
deyed
/
Who
was
that
was
born
.
&
yet
deth
cowde
neuer
ouercome
him
/
Who
was
that
was
deed
.
&
yet
he
neuer
rootyd
/
¶
The
holy
man
Theodore
answerde
/
O
phylosophre
thy
questyons
ben
lyghte
to
soylle
.
and
lyghte
to
be
answerde
/
¶
As
to
the
fyrste
.
I
answere
the
that
it
was
Adam
/
To
the
seconde
it
was
Enoch
whyche
is
in
paradyce
in
erthe
/
And
to
the
thyrde
I
saye
/
that
it
was
the
wyfe
of
Loth
that
was
torned
in
to
a
masse
of
salte
/
the
whyche
is
yet
there
as
she
was
soo
torned
.
for
the
confusyon
of
them
that
wolde
not
byleue
it
.
¶
And
therfore
sayd
Theodore
/
My
frende
thynke
noo
more
to
suche
folysshe
scyences
/
For
the
scyence
of
this
worlde
is
but
folye
afore
god
/
But
worshypp
&
byleue
the
god
that
we
byleue
/
¶
Whan
the
phylosophre
had
herde
his
answere
.
he
was
sore
merueyled
/
And
after
that
he
aposed
hym
nomore
/
¶
Of
the
abstynence
of
the
relygyouses
/
And
begynnynth
in
latyn
¶
Prouide
pachomius
/
Caplm
lxxxxiiii
.
THe
holy
fader
Pachomyen
after
he
had
be
longe
in
the
said
monastery
.
nyghe
by
the
sayde
cyte
/
He
went
to
a nother
that
was
gouerned
vnder
one
of
his
dyscyples
/
The
relygyouses
well
glad
of
his
comynge
came
ayenst
hym
in
grete
Ioye
/
&
amonge
theym
was
a
yonge
chylde
.
the
whyche
seenge
the
holy
fader
.
began
to
crie
:
&
sayd
/
¶
O
fader
abbot
syth
that
thou
departed
from
oure
monastery
.
we
haue
not
ete
noo
caboshe
.
nother
other
potage
/
the
holy
man
sayd
to
him
/
My
sone
angre
not
thyselfe
/
For
I
shall
make
some
to
be
soden
for
the
/
¶
He
went
from
thens
to
the
chyrche
.
where
he
made
his
prayer
/
The
whyche
done
he
went
to
the
coke
&
asked
him
.
how
longe
it
was
ago
that
he
made
ony
potage
for
the
freres
&
he
answerde
that
it
was
well
ii
.
monethes
paste
/
Thenne
axyd
the
holy
man
of
hym
.
why
he
had
not
entreated
hys
brethern
after
the
rule
that
he
had
yeue
hym
/
Wherat
the
coke
answerde
mekely
.
that
he
had
done
so
.
but
that
whyche
he
sodde
&
made
redy
was
loste
.
by
cause
none
ete
therof
but
only
the
smale
relygyouses
/
And
to
th
ende
he
shold
not
be
ydle
he
with
some
relygiouses
had
made
aboute
.l.
peces
of
mattes
/
¶
The
holy
man
commaunded
hym
that
all
the
sayde
mattes
sholde
be
brought
afore
hym
/
&
Incontynent
that
they
were
sette
there
in
an
hepe
.
he
made
fyre
to
be
put
among
theym
/
¶
And
thenne
sayd
to
the
sayd
coke
&
to
the
other
bredern
/
Lyke
as
ye
haue
dyspysed
the
rule
that
I
had
gyue
to
you
Soo
haue
I
bren̄ed
your
labours
.
to
the
ende
that
ye
shall
knowe
what
labour
ye
doo·
whan
ye
hate
&
dyspise
the
commaundements
that
ben
yeue
to
you
by
youre
fader
abbot
for
the
sauacyon
of
your
soules
¶
Wite
it
that
they
that
for
consideracyon
of
the
godly
thynges
absteyne
themselfe
to
doo
thys
that
is
in
theryr
power
/
they
deserue
grete
mede
of
god
/
&
by
the
contrary
.
he
that
absteynyth
hymself
to
doo
that
thynge
.
whyche
is
to
hym
defended
&
forbode
.
not
only
for
the
defence
&
in
terdyccōn
.
but
by
some
constraynyng
.
for
noughte
he
wayteth
for
ony
rewarde
the
refor
/
¶
But
they
that
haue
many
metes
byfore
theym
.
&
there
as
they
haue
goode
appetyte
to
ete
of
theim
.
&
absteyne
theymselfe
therfro
for
the
loue
of
god
/
they
deserue
grete
mede
/
And
so
do
not
they
that
forbere
theym
only
.
by
cause
that
they
haue
none
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomyen
sawe
&
corrected
by
reuelacyon
of
god
the
euyl
thouztes
of
th
anachorites
that
were
relygiouse
heretykes
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Hec
cum
pachomius
/
Caplm
lxxxxv
.
IN
this
meane
tyme
he
correctinge
by
wordes
some
of
his
relygyouses
.
the
porter
came
to
him
&
shewed
him
how
many
religyouse
he
remytes
desyred
to
speke
wyth
him
/
So
he
commaunded
that
they
sholde
be
lete
in
/
&
brought
afore
hym
/
¶
After
that
they
were
entred
.
&
by
him
honestly
&
reuerently
receyued
.
and
theyr
orysons
done
in
the
chyrche
.
they
were
brought
fro
chambre
to
chambre
.
&
sawe
all
the
oratoryes
of
the
bredern
/
¶
And
after
prayed
the
holy
man
that
they
myght
speke
with
him
secretly
/
He
brought
theim
in
to
his
owne
chambre
/
In
the
whyche
by
longe
space
.
&
in
manere
of
a
collacyon
or
refeccyon
spirytuell
.
they
disputed
bytwene
hem
of
the
holy
scryptures
/
And
hangynge
the
sayd
collacyon
or
disputacyon
.
the
holy
man
felt
&
smellyd
a
wonderful
stenche
&
so
abhomynable
.
that
wyth
grete
pain
he
might
endure
it
/
But
neuertheles
by
cause
hym
semyd
by
theyr
wordes
that
they
were
wyllyng
to
speke
of
the
holy
scryptures
he
suffred
the
stenche
.
&
wolde
not
enquere
wherof
it
came
/
And
they
contynued
in
this
disputacyon
somoche
&
so
longe
that
the
nyghte
drewe
nye
.
where
by
thise
heremytes
were
constreyned
to
depart
/
¶
Incontynent
after
saynt
Pachomyen
sett
hymself
to
prayer
&
besoughte
our
lorde·
that
he
wolde
shewe
to
hym
from
whens
this
stenche
cam̄
that
he
had
felt
/
Soo
was
it
shewed
to
hym
by
the
grace
of
god
.
that
theresies
in
whiche
thei
were
obstynatly
abydyng
causyd
them
soo
stynkynge
.
Of
the
whiche
thynge
the
holy
man
this
knowynge
.
went
anone
after
theym
.
&
so
besily
spedde
his
way
that
he
ouertoke
theym
/
And
this
done
he
askyd
theym·
yf
they
had
not
studyed
in
the
bokes
of
Orygenes
/
Wheratt
they
answerd
naye
/
¶
And
after
he
sayd
to
them
/
I
ensure
you
that
al
they
that
shall
redde
the
thynges
by
him
wryten
&
that
shal
seke
&
gyue
fayth
therunto
they
shall
haue
hell
for
theyr
dwelling
places
the
whiche
thynge
I
ensure
you
to
be
true
.
&
ye
shall
knowe
it
/
Therfor
yf
ye
woll
see
for
the
sauacyon
of
your
soules
.
caste
all
the
volumes
of
Orygenes
in
to
the
ryuer
/
¶
After
he
retorned
to
his
monastery
.
&
fonde
his
relygiouses
in
prayer
/
¶
Of
the
Reuelacyon
that
saynt
Pachomyen
hadd
of
the
gouernynge
that
his
religyouses
sholde
holde
after
hys
dethe
/
And
also
the
Prelates
that
were
to
come
after
hym
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Monachis
vero
.
et
cetera
Caplm
lxxxxvi
.
SAynt
Pachomyen
vpon
a
tyme
that
his
religiouses
toke
their
refeccyon
.
he
closed
hymself
with
in
his
oratory
.
seruynge
there
god
in
deuowte
oryson
vnto
thour
of
mydnyghte
/
Besechynge
hym
that
he
wold
shewe
vnto
him
what
thastate
&
rule
of
his
relygiouses
shold
be
.
that
that
was
to
come
to
theym
/
And
who
shold
hold
his
monastery
after
his
deth
/
So
was
to
hym
shewed
of
god
that
the
sayd
monastery
sholde
be
encreacyd
/
&
there
sholde
be
relygyouses
that
shold
lyue
deuoutly
&
holily
.
and
also
other
that
shold
be
neclygent
of
theyr
sauacyon
/
¶
After
he
sawe
wyth
his
ghostly
tye
a
grete
nombre
of
religyouses
in
a
valeye
sore
derke
&
depe
/
Wherof
some
wold
haue
styed
the
mountayn
.
&
thother
ran
a
trauers
.
&
letted
theym
soo
that
they
cowde
not
depart
fro
the
botom
of
the
sayd
valey
/
Some
forcyd
theim
to
clym̄e
vp
.
but
anone
they
fell
doune
ayen
to
the
lowest
parte
of
the
valeye
/
Some
other
wepte
byneth
/
And
some
came
vpp
.
the
whiche
gaue
thankes
to
god
of
the
peryll
that
they
were
passyd
/
¶
And
therfore
the
holy
man
thought
that
there
shold
be
some
relygiouses
blynde
/
that
whiche
sholde
not
knowe
theyr
astate
/
The
other
sholde
bere
the
habyte
of
relygyon
.
but
they
sholde
not
doo
the
werkes
that
longe
therto·
namly
they
that
sholde
haue
the
rule
ouer
theym
.
sholde
not
knowe
theimself
/
Wherof
shold
folowe
grete
scismes
&
diuysions
in
the
chyrche
/
¶
Then
saynt
Pachomyen
full
sory
in
grete
heuynesse
.
made
his
callyng
vnto
god
/
saeng
.
O
my
god
almyghty
.
yf
thise
thinges
happe
to
come
soo
/
Why
hast
thou
graunted
that
soo
many
torments
shold
be
edefied
&
done
/
¶
Alas
yf
the
prelates
ben
euyll
.
what
shall
the
relygiouses
doo
that
shall
be
in
theyr
gouernaunce
/
Truely
whan
a
blynde
ledith
the
other
.
they
fall
in
the
pitte
bothe
atones
¶
Alas
that
I
am
well
vnhappy
.
I
haue
well
laboured
in
vayn
/
My
god
alas
remember
the
of
the
labours
that
I
haue
take
in
buildynge
soo
many
monasteries
to
t
honour
&
reuerence
of
thy
holy
faythe
/
¶
Thou
knowest
that
syth
the
tyme
that
I
receyuyd
t
habite
of
relygyon
.
I
haue
meked
me
afore
the·
¶
And
sayeng
thises
wordes
he
herde
a
voys
that
sayd
to
hym
/
Pachomyen
prayse
not
thiself
for
thou
hast
nede
of
the
grace
of
god
.
&
not
onely
thiself
but
also
al
his
creatures
/
Anone
he
caste
hymselfe
to
the
grounde
/
and
made
to
god
this
requeste
/
¶
O
mi
god
almyghty
I
beseche
the
that
thy
mede
fulnesse
come
downe
now
vpon
me
to
th
ende
that
I
liue
&
distourne
not
away
fro
me
thy
medefull
face
/
For
thy
trouthe
&
mercy
hath
euer
receyued
me
mekely
/
I
knowe
syre
that
all
thynges
resen
&
fall
.
but
yf
they
be
holde
vp
with
thyn
ayde
&
defence
/
¶
And
in
sayeng
this
oryson
descended
vpon
him
a
multytude
of
angels
.
amonge
whom
was
a
chylde
crowned
with
thornes
/
&
seeng
this
vysion
/
The
holy
man
Pachomyen
was
lyft
vp
by
the
sayd
angels
well
hyghe
fro
the
grounde
in
to
thayre
/
the
sayd
to
hym
/
Pachomyen
by
cause
that
thou
hast
axed
the
medfulnesse
of
god
mekely
.
thou
shalt
haue
it
euyn
now
/
Beholde
the
very
redemer
Ihesu
cryst·
that
hath
be
sent
in
to
this
world
.
&
crucifyed
for
the
sauacyon
of
mankynde
/
berynge
in
his
heed
a
crowne
of
thornes
/
¶
Then
sayd
the
holy
man
.
o
my
god
.
haue
I
not
crucyfyed
the
/
And
god
swetely
answerde
to
him
/
Naye
.
not
thyself
.
but
thy
parentes
.
Neuertheles
comfort
thiself
/
For
thy
posterytee
shall
abyde
vnto
th
ende
of
the
worlde
/
All
they
that
after
the
shall
come
soo
that
they
lyue
in
deuowte
abstynence
shall
be
delyuerde
of
the
paynes
of
helle
/
And
all
they
that
folowe
the
&
shall
folowe
herafter
.
shal
shyne
in
the
lyghte
euerlastyng
/
And
the
sayd
our
lorde
ascended
agayn
to
heuen
.
compassed
wyth
soo
grete
a
bryghtnesse
that
noo
tonge
mighte
telle
/
¶
An
exhortacion
for
to
wythstonde
the
deuyll
/
Begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Tunc
pachomius
&c.
Caplm
lxxxxvii
.
THe
holy
fader
after
this
gadred
his
bredern
.
and
made
togyder
a
seruyse
well
solempne
/
¶
And
after
the
endynge
of
the
same
.
they
came
all
abowte
hym
for
to
here
his
holy
prechynge
/
¶
Soo
he
exhorted
them
for
to
batayle
wyth
all
theyr
strengthe
&
vertues
ayenst
the
deuyll
soo
courageously
that
they
sholde
not
be
ouercome
Shewynge
to
theym
that
they
that
duringe
theyr
lyfe
had
be
slouthfull
&
neclygent
.
sholde
neuer
haue
but
wepynge
&
wayllynges
/
¶
After
he
sayd
to
theym
My
chyldren
lete
vs
not
lese
our
dayes
in
vayne
.
but
in
eschewyng
the
dangerous
vice
of
ydlenesse
.
lete
vs
labour
&
seke
vertues
for
to
saue
our
soules
/
I
telle
you
plainly
thise
wordes
/
For
yf
ye
knewe
the
rewardes
that
ye
shall
haue
in
heuen
.
yf
ye
ouercome
the
deuill
/
And
to
the
contrary
the
grete
tormentes
that
ye
shall
suffre
in
helle
.
if
ye
be
ouercome
of
him
ye
sholde
neuer
cease
nother
daye
ne
nyghte
but
forge
armours·
speres
&
sheeldes
/
And
euer
ye
sholde
be
armyd
&
dysposyd
to
goo
to
the
felde
of
bataylle
ayenst
hym
/
¶
Torne
your
dayes
thenne
better
&
better
.
&
meke
yourself
.
to
th
ende
that
whan
your
soules
shall
depart
fro
the
body
.
that
thenn●ye
haue
noo
cause
to
accuse
it
/
¶
What
profyteth
to
a
man
to
reyse
hymself
by
vaynglory
.
syth
that
we
ben
but
asshes
/
¶
Alas
why
are
we
proude
/
I
wold
fayne
wyte
syth
that
we
be
but
erthe
&
asshes
/
fro
whens
may
come
our
pryde
/
¶
Wepe
we
my
bredern
wepe
we
our
grete
synnes
.
durynge
the
tyme
that
we
haue
space
&
tyme
to
doo
soo
/
¶
Alas
lete
vs
consydre
the
short
tyme
that
we
haue
here
to
abyde
/
And
kepe
ourself
besily
in
wythstondyng
the
temptacions
of
the
deuill
.
in
suche
wyse
that
we
haue
the
Ioye
whiche
is
wythout
ende
/
¶
The
deuyll
watchyth
contynuelly
for
to
take
vs
by
stelth
/
Watche
we
thenne
lyke
as
he
dooth
/
to
the
ende
that
he
sleeth
vs
not
by
treyson
/
¶
Lete
vs
all
●●ye
haue
afore
our
●yen
our
last
day
whiche
is
the
deth
.
&
we
shall
neuer
do
synne
/
¶
For
who
shall
thynke
well
vpon
thise
thynges
.
he
shall
haue
the
hert
meke
.
&
the
thought
pure
&
clene
.
And
soo
shall
dispyse
pryde
&
vaynglory
Hauynge
awaye
from
his
thoughte
the
curyosytee
of
the
erthly
thynges
.
that
are
perysshyng
&
corruptyble
/
¶
Chastyse
we
thenne
our
flesshe
by
fastynges
&
abstynences
/
And
constrayne
our
sensualyte
to
obeye
in
all
thynges
to
reason
.
in
restreynynge
our
inordynat
wylles
.
in
suche
maner
that
we
ben
not
enclyned
ne
redy
to
doo
euyll
.
but
besy
to
lyue
vertuosly
/
wythout
to
trespace
one
only
mynute
/
but
that
it
be
done
to
the
seruyce
of
god
To
th
ende
that
after
the
shorte
paynes
&
wretchydnesse
of
this
worlde
.
we
maye
haue
the
Ioyes
vnspekable
/
To
that
whyche
for
to
come
.
lete
vs
put
our
eyen
to
teeres
&
wayllynges
.
in
watchyng
euer
more
in
good
werkes
/
¶
For
yf
we
doo
otherwyse
/
certaynly
we
shall
haue
paynes
wythout
nombre
/
¶
But
&
we
woll
thynke
well
to
it
.
we
shall
be
the
temple
euerlastyng
of
god
.
&
in
vs
shall
dwell
the
holy
ghoste
.
wherby
the
deuyll
shall
not
gyue
vs
so
many
assawtes
/
but
that
we
shall
be
more
stronger
than
he
/
For
we
shall
haue
good
defence
.
that
is
the
kynges
of
kynges
.
the
whyche
suffreth
neuer
the
Iuste
to
perysshe
/
¶
After
that
he
had
conforted
his
relygiouses
.
he
made
a
lytyll
oryson
/
prayeng
god
that
he
wolde
conferme
theym
in
peas
.
&
kepe
theim
in
his
worthi
grace
/
And
this
do
●●
he
departed
fro
theym
/
¶
How
saynt
Pachomyen
by
his
merytes
knewe
the
thoughtes
of
men
/
Beginnyng
Cumque
ꝑgerēt
/
Caplm
lxxxxviii
THus
as
saynt
Pachomien
was
gooynge
towarde
a nother
monastery
.
namyd
Thebennense
with
Theodore
.
Corneylle
.
and
many
other
/
He
restyd
hym
in
the
myddes
of
the
waye
.
as
he
wolde
haue
spoke
with
some
of
a
secrete
matere
/
¶
And
he
beynge
as
rauysshyd
/
He
knewe
att
his
ghostly
eye
.
that
the
relygyouses
of
his
monastery
had
broken
one
of
his
commaundementes
that
he
had
enioynyd
theym
to
kepe
/
¶
The
whyche
commaundement
was
.
that
they
that
made
the
brede
.
sholde
not
speke
noo
vayne
thynge
in
makynge
the
oblacyons
/
¶
And
for
to
veryfye
that
.
that
he
knewe
of
it
in
his
thoughte
/
He
sente
Theodore
/
that
was
admynystratour
of
the
sayde
monastery
for
to
examyne
hym
of
that
the
bredern
had
sayd
at
euen
makynge
thyse
offrynges
/
Soo
came
there
Theodore
&
knewe
that
they
had
broke
this
cōmaūdement·
wenyng
that
the
sayd
brekynge
was
no
grete
synne
.
by
cause
that
the
sayd
commaundement
semyd
to
be
of
no
grete
thyng
/
¶
Theodore
shewed
it
to
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
that
sayd
to
hym
/
How
be
it
that
the
ordenaunces
that
I
haue
yeue
to
them
for
to
kepe
.
ben
manly
in
asmoche
as
I
that
am
a
man
haue
enioyned
them
to
kepe
them
/
Neuertheles
they
consydre
not
the
peryll
that
may
come
to
him
that
dispysith
one
of
the
leest
commaundementes
that
arre
ordeyned
for
to
be
kept
for
the
worshypp
of
god
/
¶
It
is
not
founde
in
holy
scripture
that
the
childern
of
Israell
beynge
afore
the
cyte
of
Iherico
kept
duryng
vii
.
dayes
the
scylence
that
was
to
theym
boden
&
ordeyned
for
to
kepe
/
And
after
the
vii
dayes
passed
the
sayd
scylence
soo
kept
.
they
toke
anone
the
sayd
cyte
of
Iherico
/
The
whyche
thynge
was
to
theim
graunted
of
god
.
by
cause
they
dispysed
not
tho●
denaunce
or
commaundement
that
had
be
gyuen
to
them
by
his
seruaunt
in
the
honour
of
hym
¶
Anone
after
saynt
Pachomyen
came
there
as
the
religyous
were
that
made
mattes
soo
began
he
to
werke
with
hem
&
in
this
doynge
came
there
a
yonge
religyous
nouyce
that
was
sette
for
to
serue
him
.
The
whiche
sayd
to
him
fader
Pachomyen
.
thou
doost
not
as
our
fader
Theodore
dooth
The
holy
man
Pachomyen
herynge
the
wordes
of
this
nouyce
.
swetly
&
louyngly
prayed
him
.
that
he
sholde
shewe
him
how
he
shold
doo
/
And
after
that
he
had
shewed
to
hym
the
maner
how
he
shold
make
the
mattes
.
he
contynued
abowte
it
.
werkynge
wyth
the
other
.
forcyng
hymself
to
do
as
he
was
taught
by
the
chylde
/
Wherby
he
gaaf
grete
ensample
of
mekenesse
to
all
hys
bredern
.
In
somoche
that
he
bare
the
correccyon
of
the
sayd
nouyce
/
The
whyche
yf
he
had
be
proude
.
he
wolde
not
haue
endured
.
but
to
the
contrary
sholde
haue
rebukyd
hym
for
it
fyersly
/
¶
How
the
deuyll
shewed
himself
to
saynt
Pachomyen
.
Begynnynge
¶
Alio
vero
tempore
/
Caplm
lxxxxix
.
THe
holy
man
after
this
vpon
a
daye
putt
hymselfe
in
to
a
secrete
place
/
The
deuyll
anone
came
to
hym
in
disguysed
araye
.
&
greted
him
honourably
/
the
holy
man
thought
anone
that
it
was
some
wycked
spyryte
/
For
whan
the
gode
spiryte
cometh
to
a
man
.
al
heuines
departeth
fro
him
.
&
his
seeng
is
free
of
all
drede
.
and
is
full
of
merueylous
Ioye
.
and
soo
departen
fro
●●
al
worldly
thoughtes.
.
In
stede
of
whiche
comyth
to
hym
an
affeccyon
&
a
desire
of
the
souerayn
thynges
/
soo
sayd
he
in
hymself
/
¶
Syth
that
this
vysion
is
happed
to
me
.
I
haue
be
troubled
in
mi
mynde
/
He
rose
&
anone
blessed
hymself
with
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
/
¶
And
wyth
his
h●nde
he
wende
to
take
the
deuyll
that
was
in
his
presence
.
and
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
O
cursyd
deuyll
goo
fro
me
.
thy
vysion
&
thy
craftes
ben
but
dysceyuable
Thou
hast
not
adoo
wyth
the
seruaunt
of
god
/
¶
And
incontynent
as
duste
he
wente
awaye
sayenge
Ha
Pachomyen
yf
thou
hadd
obeyed
me
.
I
sholde
haue
yelded
the
my
subgett
/
But
the
vertu
of
the
souerain
god
is
togrete
.
this
notwithstondyng
I
shall
befyghte
the
wythoute
ceasynge
.
to
th
ende
that
I
maye
acomplysshe
my
werke
wythout
delaye
.
Soo
toke
the
holy
man
him
to
yeue
thankyng
to
god
of
the
grete
fortunes
&
yeftes
that
he
dyde
to
hym
euery
daye
/
¶
How
the
myghte
of
the
deuyll
was
shewed
to
the
holy
man
Pachomien
.
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
In
hoc
eciam
&
cetera
/
Caplm.
C.
THe
holy
man
Pachomyen
goynge
by
nyghte
wyth
Theodore
to
the
sayd
monastery
.
had
suche
a
vysion
/
¶
A
deuyll
apperyd
vnto
him
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
more
hi●
than
other
ben
comȳly
/
And
wyth
this
she
shewed
to
be
of
soo
grete
bewte
of
body
&
of
visage
.
that
it
semid
as
a
thynge
inpossyble
to
bebrought
forth
/
The
sayd
Theodore
that
also
sawe
hym
was
sore
trowbled
wyth
alle
in
his
mynde
/
But
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
haue
hope
in
god
.
and
that
he
shold
not
abasshe
hymself
/
¶
Thenne
they
sette
theymself
to
prayer
.
&
besought
our
lorde
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
by
his
godly
vertu
to
take
away
this
vysion
fro
theim
/
Neuertheles
cam̄
the
deuyll
more
nere
hem
in
that
self
likenes
.
&
byfore
him
were
a
grete
nombre
of
deuylles
/
Thenne
sayd
the
deuyl
to
the
holy
men
Pachomien
&
theodore
/
Why
do
ye
pray
god
ayenst
me
in
vayn
.
ye
can
not
alway
withstond
me
/
For
I
haue
myghte
&
power
of
god
to
tempte
hem
that
I
woll
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
axed
of
him
what
he
was
fro
whens
he
came
.
&
whiche
of
hem
he
wolde
tempte
.
to
whom
he
answerd
/
I
am
the
myghty
deuyl
.
hauyng
lordshipp
vpon
a
grete
nombre
of
deuylles
/
Iudas
was
sometyme
deceyued
by
me
.
&
cast
out
of
the
company
of
th
apostles
.
I
am
she
that
soweth
in
erth
the
sede
.
of
the
whiche
all
persones
that
taast
of
it
are
in
daungeour
to
deye
/
¶
And
that
more
is
.
god
hath
gyue
me
myghte
for
to
tempte
his
seruauntes
wythout
ceassynge
/
So
am
I
commaunded
by
the
court
of
helle
for
to
putt
the
in
her
daungeour
.
Neuer
man
ouercame
me
.
but
thyself
/
Thy
doctryne
yeuyth
me
subget
both
to
the
yonge
and
to
the
olde
.
and
namely
to
a
hepe
of
folysshe
relygyouses
that
thou
hast
gadred
togyder
/
The
whyche
by
thyne
example
are
obstynate
ayenst
me
/
as
folke
vnable
to
be
ouercome
/
¶
For
of
al
the
wyles
of
the
deuyll
they
haue
ben
tempted
.
&
yet
they
cowde
not
be
ouercome
And
all
this
euyll
comyth
to
vs
by
the
sone
of
god
/
that
hath
be
made
a
man
.
of
the
whiche
ye
other
haue
soo
grete
myghte
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
to
him
the
holy
fader
Pachomyen
/
Thou
comyst
thenne
for
to
tempte
me
only
.
seenge
that
that
thou
hast
tolde
me
/
¶
Wherat
the
deuyll
answerd
to
hym
.
I
am
come
for
to
warre
ayenst
the
&
Theodore
.
and
ayenst
all
tho
that
ben
thy
lyke
/
But
I
may
not
towche
you
.
by
cause
that
my
strengthe
is
only
to
tempte
you
/
¶
So
axed
him
the
holy
man
/
why
he
hadd
no
myghte
ouer
theyr
bodyes
/
And
he
answerde
that
yf
he
towchyd
theym
they
sholde
haue
more
mede
of
god
for
it
.
for
the
grete
victory
that
thei
sholde
wynne
/
And
pryncypally
thyselfe
Pachomyen
.
that
hast
be
worthy
to
see
with
thy
bodyly
eyen
the
Ioye
of
heuen
¶
With
this
he
thretned
the
sayd
relygyouses
.
sayeng
that
after
the
decesse
of
the
holy
man
/
the
deuylles
sholde
doo
al
at
theyr
wyll
wyth
them
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
that
myghte
not
forbere
thyse
wordes
sayd
to
hym
/
Go
vnhappy
wretche
/
What
canst
thou
tell
of
the
thinges
that
ben
to
come
.
the
religyouses
that
shall
lyue
after
vs
shal
be
more
perfyte
than
we
ben
/
And
the
deuyll
answerde
/
I
knowe
now
.
that
thou
hast
made
a
lye
/
That
hast
thou
thyself
prynce
of
lesynge
sayd
the
holy
man
/
Thou
canst
noo
thyng
knowe
of
that
that
is
to
come
For
none
knowyth
it
but
god
oonly
.
to
whom
all
thynges
passed
&
to
come
are
present
/
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
sayd
to
hym
stedfastly
that
it
was
trouthe
.
but
by
the
thynges
passed
he
had
some
crowynge
of
those
that
were
to
come
/
¶
Soone
after
the
holy
man
axyd
hym
/
yf
it
is
soo
that
thou
ceasest
not
to
tempte
the
gode
men
and
that
by
thy
craftes
ouer
subtyll
.
that
by
cause
of
the
losse
of
the
soules
/
Wherof
comyth
.
that
thou
can
not
bringe
vnder
fote
the
very
seruauntes
of
god
/
¶
And
he
answerde
/
I
haue
tolde
that
by
the
Incarnacyon
of
the
sone
of
god
all
our
strengthe
hathe
be
broughte
vnder
/
¶
We
cease
not
to
gyue
troubles
&
lettinges
to
the
seruauntes
of
god
.
¶
And
whan
we
knowe
that
they
consent
to
some
temptacions
thenne
we
assayle
hem
more
strongly
than
euer
we
dyde
/
bryngyng
a
for
hem
foule
thoughtes
somoche
tyl
we
haue
brought
hem
subget
to
our
wyll
&
thought
.
&
the
contrary
yf
they
obeye
not
by
no
wise
to
our
entysȳges·
but
contynue
stedfastly
in
ther
vertuous
werkes
.
anone
depart
all
temptacions
fro
ther
hertes
&
thouȝtes
¶
But
we
haue
not
that
mighte
to
tempte
all
persones
so
sharply
as
we
shold
wel
doo
.
For
some
there
ben
that
coude
not
suffre
all
our
temptacyons
/
¶
And
yf
it
were
soo
that
god
wold
lete
vs
continue
Many
are
in
thy
keping
that
shold
fall
ofte
.
the
whyche
be
preseruyd
&
kepte
by
thy
prayers
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Pachomyen
began
to
crye
with
a
hye
voyce
sayeng
.
cursyd
serpents
&
e●u●yous
.
and
that
cease
neuer
to
yeue
infynite
lettynges
to
the
seruantes
of
god
.
tyll
that
the
might
of
god
bryngyth
you
downe
/
¶
He
maye
well
calle
hymselfe
happy
that
canne
wythstonde
to
your
cursyd
entysynges
/
After
he
coniured
in
the
name
of
god
al
this
multytude
of
deuylles
that
soone
went
awaye
as
the
smoke
dooth
/
The
nexte
daye
in
the
mornyng
he
callyd
to
hym
his
bredern
.
&
rehercyd
to
theim
al
that
he
had
seen
in
the
nyghte
of
the
deuilles
.
And
to
theym
that
were
absent
he
made
it
to
wryte
by
wrytynge
.
warnynge
theym
that
they
shold
euer
wythstonde
ayenst
their
temptacyons
/
The
whiche
relygiouses
seenge
the
grace
the
god
had
do
to
the
holy
fader
abbot
&
to
theym
/
they
were
confermed
in
the
fayth
.
¶
And
afterwarde
wythstode
more
besily
ayenste
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
.
encreacynge
euer
in
vertuous
werkes
/
¶
How
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
helyd
a
man
that
was
bytte
of
a
Scorpyon
/
And
begynnyth
in
latin
¶
Interea
&c.
Caplm
C.i.
A
Brother
beynge
in
his
prayers
was
bytten
of
a
Scorpyon
in
the
foote
/
Soo
that
the
venym
was
come
vp
all
redy
to
the
herte
¶
And
how
well
he
suffred
grete
sorowe
and
payne
/
He
contynued
alwayes
his
prayers
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Pachomyen
seenge
his
grete
stedfastnesse
.
made
to
our
lord
a
deuowte
oryson
for
him
¶
And
Incontynent
his
helthe
was
to
hym
restoryd
/
¶
How
sykenesse
prouffiteth
oft
to
the
saluacyon
of
the
soule
/
Begynnynge
¶
Tali
quoque
/
&c·
Caplm
C.ii.
SAynt
Theodore
in
his
yonge
aege
bare
often
grete
sykenesse
in
his
heede
.
whiche
was
cause
to
hym
of
sharpe
sorowes
/
Soo
prayed
he
to
saynt
Pachomyen
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
praye
goo
for
his
helthe
/
¶
To
whom
he
answerd
/
My
childe
thou
ought
to
byleue
that
the
passyons
that
we
suffre
.
come
not
to
vs
but
by
the
wyll
of
god
.
&
therfor
haue
pacyence
in
thy
sores
.
&
god
shall
yeue
the
helth
whan
it
playsith
him
/
¶
Be
thou
remembred
of
Iob
that
was
somoche
perfyte
&
pacyente
the
whyche
in
all
his
passyons
.
he
blessyd
the
name
of
god
/
¶
Certaynly
it
is
a
good
thynge
of
abstynence
.
and
contynuyng
in
prayer
/
¶
But
alwaye
the
seke
axyth
a
grete
rewarde
.
whan
he
is
fonde
pacyent
and
of
stedfast
courage
.
¶
And
by
cause
that
we
haue
spoken
of
that
men
of
stedfast
courage
/
I
haue
thought
to
the
profyte
of
many
one
to
shewe
the
merueylous
stedfastnes
and
suffraunce
of
a
man
.
that
is
somoche
to
be
commended
that
it
maye
as
to
this
excede
all
manly
praysynge
/
¶
Of
the
pacyence
of
Zacheus
:
that
was
a
relygyous
.
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Zacheus
quidam
monachus
/
Caplm
C.iii.
SOmtyme
was
a
religyous
namyd
Zacheus
that
whyche
after
grete
contynence
.
bi
cause
of
a
grete
sykenesse
that
god
sende
hym
.
was
had
in
an
hous
f●●re
fro
his
biedern
/
In
that
hous
he
ete
but
only
brede
&
salt
.
But
notwythstondyng
the
sayd
departyng
he
was
contynuelly
in
the
chirche
at
al
houres
of
the
day
/
His
custome
was
euery
nyght
afore
he
yede
to
bed
to
reed
some
histories
of
the
holy
scripture
.
&
after
be
armyd
him
with
the
signe
of
the
crosse
.
&
slept
tyll
mydnyght
/
To
the
whiche
houre
he
rose
/
ocupyeng
hymself
in
oryson
fro
that
same
houre
vnto
marynes
/
¶
And
to
this
surplus
for
teschew
ydlenesse
.
he
wroughte
mattes
wyth
suche
grete
myghte
&
dylygence
.
that
in
weuynge
of
theym
.
he
claaf
&
brake
al
his
hondes
that
the
blode
came
out
soo
sharply
he
drewe
the
cordes
/
¶
One
of
the
bredern
seenge
his
hondes
thus
broken
asked
hym
why
he
was
soo
gredy
in
his
werke
.
seenge
that
he
was
so
greuyd
wyth
sykenesse
.
Sayeng
moreouer
to
hym
/
Thynkes
thou
my
broder
yf
thou
wroughte
wythout
to
force
thyselfe
soo
moche
.
that
thou
sholdest
be
holden
fo●
ydle
as
toward
god·
Truely
naye
/
For
he
knowyth
well
not
oonly
thy
myght
but
also
that
thou
arte
sore
greuyd
with
sykenesse
/
Wherfor
I
ensure
the
that
it
is
not
nede
that
thou
werke
soo
contynuelly
as
thou
doost
/
Thenne
answerd
Zacheus
/
My
broder
it
is
possyble
that
I
coude
forbere
me
therof
/
The
broder
beryng
his
answere
sayd
to
hym
/
Syck
that
it
playsyth
the
to
doo
thus
/
at
leest
suffir
that
thy
hondes
be
enoynted
with
oyle
to
the
ende
that
thou
mayst
helpe
thyself
more
longer
wyth
theym
/
Zacheus
in
grauntynge
to
his
requeste
enoynted
his
hondes
for
to
recouere
helthe
/
¶
The
whyche
thynge
seenge
the
holy
fader
Pachomyen
.
he
sayde
vnto
hym
/
¶
Now
come
hyther
broder
.
thinkeste
thou
that
the
oyle
that
thou
haste
putte
in
thyne
hondes
canne
helpe
the
for
to
haue
helthe
/
Haste
thou
more
truste
in
this
enoyntynge
vysyble
.
thanne
in
god
that
is
Inuysible
/
¶
Byleueste
thou
not
that
he
whiche
is
soo
medeful
hath
remembraunce
of
vs
without
that
we
doo
pray
for
our
helth
/
Whan
him
shall
playse
he
shall
sette
an
ende
to
our
sorowes
&
passyons
¶
Certaynly
we
ought
to
beleue
that
the
sykenesses
that
we
suffre
shal
be
cause
to
make
vs
haue
euerlastyng
rewardes
in
the
glory
of
paradyce
/
Thenne
Zachius
answerd
/
Alas
my
fader
pardonne
me
.
and
praye
god
for
my
wretchydnesse
.
to
th
ende
that
it
●oll
pleyse
him
for
to
pardonne
me
my
synne
/
And
from
that
houre
he
toke
suche
a
dysplaysure
of
the
synne
that
he
thought
to
haue
done
in
vsynge
of
the
sayd
oyle
.
that
he
contynued
in
lamentac●●●
&
wepynges
a
hoole
yere
/
&
wyth
this
he
fastyd
two
yere
/
And
in
fastyng
he
toke
a
smale
refeccion
/
¶
The
holy
fader
Pachomien
knowyng
his
grete
pacyence
/
Whan
he
wolde
excyte
his
Religyouses
to
be
stedfast
&
pacyent
.
he
layed
to
theym
the
good
fader
Zacheus
.
the
whiche
gate
&
deserued
by
his
right
grete
forberyng
to
haue
heuen
at
the
ende
of
his
dayes
/
¶
Of
the
deth
of
saynt
Pachomyen
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Certus
itaque
pachomius
/
Caplm
C.iiii.
SOne
after
a
solempnite
of
Ester
.
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
felt
hymself
sore
seke
&
feble
.
with
him
was
Theodore
that
full
besily
seruyd
hym
/
And
he
beynge
in
this
grete
sykenes
.
he
had
alway
the
face
well
colouryd
&
mery
.
&
ii
.
dayes
bifore
that
he
deyed
.
he
assembled
all
his
bredern
/
In
the
presence
of
whom
he
made
suche
a
proposicion
/
¶
Ryȝt
dere
bredern
I
knowe
the
god
wol
call
me
.
&
that
I
shall
sone
goo
oute
of
this
world
after
the
holy
faders
/
So
I
beseche
you
hertely
.
that
ye
woll
remember
you
alwaye
of
the
rules
&
charges
that
I
haue
yeue
&
done
to
you
afore
this
tyme
/
&
that
ye
woll
kepe
yourself
wel
fro
the
secte
of
tha●ryens
&
of
thother
ouerleders
&
denyers
of
the
fayth
of
Ihu
Cryst
/
but
acompanye
&
haunte
wyth
theym
the
drede
god
&
that
loue
him
perfytly
/
I
see
the
tyme
of
my
life
that
comyth
to
an
ende
.
&
my
dethe
is
nye
/
And
therfore
chose
in
my
presence
a
pastour
that
shall
be
fader
&
techer
of
the
saluacyon
of
your
soules
And
asmoche
as
I
can
know
Petronyen
semyth
me
wyse
ynough
for
to
teche
you
.
&
to
kepe
you
fro
euyll
doynge
.
but
what
someuer
I
saye
of
it
.
ye
may
chose
after
your
good
discrecyon
him
that
shal
seme
you
good
/
¶
They
all
togyder
amonge
theym
chose
Petronyen
swetly
.
and
wyth
theyr
good
wyll
/
the
whiche
was
constaunt
&
stedfast
in
the
fayth
meke
of
conuersacyon
/
Wyse
of
vnderstondynge
.
and
perfyghte
in
condycyons
/
¶
Saynt
Pachomyen
knowynge
that
this
Petronyen
was
that
tyme
syke
in
the
monastery
of
the
Thebenesyens
.
prayed
deuoutly
our
lorde
for
his
helthe
/
&
to
the
Relygyouses
that
were
absent
was
sent
worde
.
that
they
shold
come
to
the
decease
of
theyr
fader
abbot
Pachomyen
/
The
whiche
in
blessynge
hymselfe
wyth
the
vertuous
sygne
of
the
Crosse
.
deceassed
vpon
the
Translacyon
daye
of
saynt
Nycholas
.
in
the
moneth
of
Maye
And
yelded
his
soule
in
the
hondes
of
an
angell
of
heuen·
that
was
come
for
to
receyue
it
/
¶
And
att
his
dethe
were
present
dyuers
Religyouses
in
grete
nombre
.
whyche
all
the
nyghte
contynuelly
sayd
psalmes
aboute
his
body
.
And
on
the
morowe
he
was
buryed
in
the
mountayn
where
his
graue
was
ordeyned
¶
Soone
after
was
the
holy
fader
Petronien
sent
for
by
some
that
brought
him
But
he
was
yet
sore
feble
.
&
lyued
not
long
after
Pachomyen
Leuyng
his
successour
a nother
holy
fader
.
namid
orsiscū
/
¶
Of
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Crysten
the
relygyous
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Cuidam
cenomanensis
/
Caplm
C.
●●
FOlowynge
the
manere
that
is
begon
/
restyth
to
wryte
&
she●
of
saynt
Cristen
.
borne
of
the
countree
of
Mayne
.
the
whiche
in
his
yonge
aege
was
Heremyte
in
that
ch●rche
bysshopryche
.
of
Tours
.
in
a
place
callyd
Gastineton
¶
He
was
in
his
yonge
●●yes
sore
pricked
&
styng●ed
of
the
syke
of
the
flesshe
/
But
by
fastynges
&
abstynences
he
made
lent
&
subdued
his
body
.
in
suche
manere
that
he
rendres
&
brought
it
.
in
thraldom
/
¶
Durynge
the
tyme
of
Lent
he
fasted
wythoute
drynke
.
but
oonly
one
daye
of
the
weke
/
In
wynter
for
to
bryng
his
flesshe
the
mere
downe
&
lowe
/
he
put
hymself
in
colde
water
to
the
necke
/
¶
And
he
beyng
on
a
tyme
in
the
water
.
he
herde
a
voce
towarde
the
Weste
that
sayd
vnto
hym
O
Crysten
all
this
that
thou
doost
profyteth
the
no
thynge
/
For
the
god
that
thou
callest
vpon
shall
not
helpe
the
to
haue
that
thou
askest·
But
&
thou
〈◊〉
retourne
to
me
.
I
shall
make
the
haue
thy
will
Incontynent
.
¶
Crysten
knewe
that
it
was
the
voyce
of
the
deuyl
/
So●
toke
hymself
to
pray
god
humbly
that
he
wold
helpe
hym
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
¶
After
this
he
purposed
to
vse
his
lyf
in
pylgrymages
.
●s
vysytyng
the
holy
places
/
And
fynably
he
toke
a
staffe
.
and
soo
longe
he
wente
barefote
.
that
he
came
nye
a
chyrche
.
in
whiche
he
kneled
on
his
knees
.
prayenge
our
lord
that
he
wold
gyue
him
goode
counseyle
for
to
perfourne
that
whiche
he
had
begon
/
And
Incontynent
he
smelled
a
merueyllous
stenche
nye
ha●
In
smellyng
of
the
whyche
he
knewe
that
it
was
the
deuyll
that
had
tesyd
him
to
leue
his
bredern
&
the
habyte
of
relygius
.
¶
Soo
gaaf
he
thankynges
to
god
&
retoured
ayen
to
his
abbaye
/
¶
One
daye
vpon
the
feest
of
saynt
Steuen
he
aslepe
in
the
chyrche
.
in
the
tyme
that
men
radde
thise
wordes
¶
Et
lapidauerunt
stephanum
/
whiche
makith
mencyon
of
the
stonynge
of
saynt
Steuen
/
¶
And
after
sodainly
he
woke
.
sayeng
&
cryeng
with
an
hye
voys
/
Ha
I
am
well
neclygente
to
slepe
at
this
hour
.
whan
men
stonyd
saynt
Se●uen
.
he
was
in
oryson
prayenge
god
for
theym
that
stonyd
hym
/
And
I
vnhappy
sholde
now
praye
hym
/
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
praye
god
for
me
/
¶
Thenne
he
beganne
to
praye
saynt
Steuen
/
And
on
the
morne
as
he
was
is
the
Refectoire
with
his
bredern
for
to
take
his
refeccyon
.
or
euer
he
had
take
ony
mete
.
he
herd
a
voys
that
said
to
him
¶
Cristen
the
waytest
after
erthly
metes
&
thynkest
not
vpon
the
fyrst
martyr
saynt
Steuen
that
prayeth
god
for
the
/
¶
Thenne
he
lyfte
vp
his
eyen
towarde
heuen
.
&
sawe
saynt
Stephen
that
prayed
for
him
/
as
the
voys
had
shewed
to
hym
/
Soo
departed
he
&
went
in
a
secrete
place
where
he
made
his
prayer
/
Sayenge
/
O
my
lorde
saynt
Steuen
the
fyrste
martyr
.
what
thankes
shall
I
ye●e
to
the.
I
haue
no
thynge
of
myn
owne
that
I
myghte
gyue
the
/
But
from
hens
f●rthon
I
promyse
the.
that
for
the
loue
of
the.
I
shall
neuer
were
sherte
of
lȳuen
.
but
of
wulle
only
/
¶
This
Cristen
on
a
tyme
as
he
was
layed
vpon
a
bed
of
strawe
/
he
felte
the
strawe
meue
vnder
hym
.
Soo
wente
he
&
shewed
it
to
his
fader
abbot
/
But
therfore
ceased
not
the
sayd
moeuynge
of
the
strawe
vnder
him
¶
Fynably
he
torned
all
the
strawe
vp
sodowne
and
founde
noo
thinge
/
After
he
toke
vpp
one
of
the
bordes
of
the
flour
/
vnder
whiche
he
funde
a
grete
some
of
money
.
that
he
bare
thenne
to
his
mayster
/
The
whyche
made
Incontynent
all
his
bredern
to
be
assembled
/
And
in
their
presence
he
denounced
acursyd
him
that
had
hydde
the
sayd
syluer
/
¶
And
there
was
a
Conuers
that
was
afore
a
Carpenter
/
The
whyche
whan
he
had
herde
caste
the
sayd
sentence
.
confessynge
to
haue
gradred
there
the
sayd
tresour
/
came
openly
&
askyd
penaunce
&
absolucyon
of
his
sinne
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
fader
dealed
the
said
pens
to
the
poore
And
to
the
Carpenter
he
enioyned
certayn
penaunce
for
the
sauacion
of
hys
soule
/
¶
Of
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
Patryarke
and
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
.
after
that
it
is
rehercyd
in
the
lyfe
of
the
faders
by
saynt
Leonce
.
in
his
tyme
bysshop
of
Naples
/
To
the
chapytre
begynnyng
in
latyn
¶
Cunque
peruenissem
&c.
Caplm.
C.vi
.
FOr
to
haue
a
begynnynge
to
telle
&
shewe
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Iohn
the
Almener
.
It
is
to
be
knowen
.
that
a
man
of
holy
conuersacyon
.
namyd
Zacharye
.
for
to
vysyte
ii
.
martyrs
holy
.
the
one
namyd
Kirrus
.
&
the
other
Iohn
.
came
in
to
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
/
In
whiche
place
this
Zacharye
beyng
there
wyth
many
deuoute
&
perfyte
men·
takynge
togyder
theyr
refeccyon
bothe
bodyly
&
ghostly
.
came
by
aduenture
amonge
theym
a
poore
man
that
askyd
an
almesse
/
the
whiche
sayd
that
of
late
he
had
be
prysoner
to
the
Persycus
¶
And
neuerthelesse
they
of
whom
he
askyd
theyr
almesse
excusyd
theym
/
And
gaaf
hym
noo
thynge
sayenge
that
they
had
noo
syluer
to
gyue
him
/
Wherfore
the
poore
departed
fro
theym
without
ony
almesse
¶
Thenne
one
of
that
felyshypp
ranne
after
hym
.
&
secretly
gaue
hym
a
lytyll
crosse
of
syluer
.
that
he
bare
vpon
hym
/
Sayenge
to
the
poore
that
he
had
none
other
thynge
to
gyue
hym
/
¶
Zacharye
seeng
the
secrete
medefulnesse
of
this
man
was
sore
merueylled
/
&
shewed
it
to
one
namyd
Men̄e
ye●ate
nexte
hym
.
and
the
whiche
was
mynystratour
of
the
sayd
Iohn
the
Almoner
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
Men̄e
beholdyng
this
Zacharye
that
somoche
was
merueylled
of
the
largeuesse
of
hym
/
that
had
gyue
his
crosse
.
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
Zacharye
.
merueylle
not
thyself
of
the
almesse
that
this
man
hath
done
/
For
he
hath
lerned
toyeue
moche
more
for
god
dys
sake
of
Iohn
that
Almoner
/
to
whom
he
was
Almoner
wel
the
space
of
.x.
yere
&
that
hath
taughte
hym
this
doctrine
/
¶
This
Iohn
the
Almoner
dide
infynyte
almesse
/
For
he
had
of
god
many
temporel
goodes
/
that
he
gaaf
to
the
pore
.
wythout
ony
thynge
for
to
kepe
for
hymselfe
/
¶
And
sometyme
whan
he
had
gyue
somoche
that
he
had
nomore
to
gi●e
He
all
sory
went
to
some
Tauerner
or
other
marchaunt
.
of
whom
he
borowed
some
moneye
for
to
gyue
/
¶
And
as
he
borowed
thus
.
he
sayd
that
it
was
for
them
of
his
house
that
had
grete
hungre
/
And
he
bounde
hymself
to
the
persone
that
sent
him
for
to
serue
hym
a
certain
space
of
tyme
.
tyll
that
this
moneye
were
payed
ayen
/
¶
And
assoone
as
he
had
borowed
if
he
gaue
it
to
the
poore
for
goddis
take
.
&
charged
theim
that
they
shold
tell
noo
thynge
/
¶
Zacharye
heryng
that
●
is
sayd
was
noo
thynge
abasshyd
&
to
hym
sayd
ayen
/
¶
O
my
broder
.
yf
thou
had
seen
the
grete
almesses
as
I
haue
.
thou
sholdest
be
moche
mōr
merueyle●
And
yf
thou
woll
come
to
my
house
.
I
shall
telle
the
what
I
haue
knowen
of
hym
/
¶
Thenne
Zacharye
wente
wyth
this
Men̄e
/
And
after
theyr
fode
taken
ghostly
&
bodyly
Men̄e
began
to
reherce
the
lyffe
&
the
vertues
of
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
/
¶
Sayeng
fyrst
the
he
neuer
sware
the
name
of
god
nor
of
his
sayntes
/
¶
Thenne
Zacharye
axyd
after
ynke
&
paper
.
for
to
wryte
by
orde●
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
/
¶
How
the
sayd
saynt
Iohn
ordeyned
to
the
poore
folke
of
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
theyr
sustentacyon
and
dayly
fode
●dynately
.
callynge
theym
his
lordes
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Promotus
ergo
/
Caplm.
C.vii.
AFter
that
he
was
chosen
bysshop
.
aswell
by
the
wyll
of
men
as
by
synguler
grace
of
god
/
¶
The
fyrste
dede
worthy
of
grete
remembraunce
that
he
dyde
was
this
/
that
he
sente
Incontynent
all
his
dyspensatours
&
caterers
to
make
prouysyon
/
&
sayd
to
theym
/
¶
O
my
bredern
it
is
not
noo
ryght
thynge
to
haue
sorowe
&
care
for
ony
persone
afore
the
dyscyples
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
His
dyspensatours
or
catereu●
herynge
thise
wordes
and
not
knowynge
what
he
meaned
.
herkenyd
hym
besyly
.
for
to
doo
this
that
he
sholde
commaunde
theym
/
¶
Soo
sayd
he
to
theim
ayen
/
Goo
thrugh
all
the
cyte
&
brynge
in
wrytyng
the
nombre
vnto
the
last
of
all
my
lordes
that
ben
in
this
towne
/
Tho
dyspensatours
that
vnderstode
not
what
persones
he
callyd
his
lordes
.
wyst
not
what
they
shold
do
/
Thenne
he
expowned
his
wordes
/
sayenge
/
¶
They
that
ye
call
poore
&
nedy
.
I
saye
&
holde
theym
to
be
my
lordes
.
&
for
suche
we
oughte
to
take
theym
/
For
they
shall
helpe
vs
to
gete
the
reame
of
heuen
¶
After
that
to
hym
were
reported
&
shewed
by
wrytynge
thise
poore
that
were
in
nombre
moo
than
.vii.
M.
v
C.
he
commaunded
that
they
sholde
haue
dayly
theyr
ordynary
fode
for
the
sustencyon
of
theyr
lyues
/
¶
How
he
stablysshyd
in
the
cyte
weyghte
&
mesure
equall
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Iustum
vero
/
Caplm
·
C·viii
:
THe
nexte
morowe
after
that
he
was
chosen
to
be
a
bysshop
/
he
sent
thrugh
all
the
cyte
of
Alexandrie
his
Stywardes
&
other
.
hauyng
the
rule
&
polycye
of
the
sayd
cyte
/
To
whom
he
commaunded
that
in
one selfe
mesure
&
weighte
all
manere
of
marchaundyses
sholde
be
solde
wrytynge
in
thys
manere
thrugh
all
the
regyon
/
¶
Iohn
humble
&
lytyl
seruaunte
of
the
seruauntes
of
our
lorde
to
all
theim
that
ben
lyuinge
vnder
our
pouertee
/
&
that
by
the
suffraunce
of
god
are
submytted
to
our
rule
&
gouernaunce
/
Herke
after
the
sayeng
of
saynt
Poule
in
his
pystle
/
¶
Obeye
to
your
prelates
.
&
yelde
yourself
subgettes
to
theym
/
For
certaynly
they
wake
as
that
they
muste
yelde
acounte
of
your
soules
/
¶
My
lytylnes
byleuyth
that
yf
ye
obeye
to
the
wordes
of
god
/
ye
shall
haue
your
petycyons
.
not
only
of
men
.
but
of
god
¶
And
bi
cause
I
know
this
that
I
wryte
to
you
to
be
trouthe
/
I
praye
you
of
your
charite
.
that
ye
doo
noo
thyng
contrary
to
the
commaundements
that
I
haue
done
to
you
.
but
be
obeyssaunt
/
¶
It
is
writen
in
his
holy
scripture
that
god
hath
in
hate
the
grete
balaunce
and
the
lytyl
/
¶
After
this
my
warnyng
yf
ony
goo
ayenst
my
biddynge
.
touchyng
the
weighte
&
the
mesure
/
Wyte
he
that
al
his
godes
shall
be
dealyd
to
the
pore
¶
How
he
corrected
theym
that
receyuyd
ony
yeftes
.
&
begyn̄ith
in
latyn
¶
Relatum
est
autem
/
Caplm
·
C.ix.
IT
was
shewed
to
the
sayd
saynt
Iohn
.
that
some
bought
men
&
after
solde
theym
ayen
to
an
hyer
pryce
than
they
had
bought
them
Soo
made
theym
al
to
be
assembled
.
&
without
grete
blame
or
rebuke
.
shewed
theym
that
it
was
euyll
done
/
&
syth
toke
theym
more
moneye
than
they
had
bestowed
in
this
marchaundyse
.
And
charged
theym
that
they
shold
not
doo
in
tyme
comyng
suche
dedes
/
&
after
this
some
left
theyr
takyng
of
theyr
pryce
so
grete
that
they
were
wont
to
take
aboue
the
comyn
taxe
of
theyr
marchaundyses
/
¶
How
he
gaaf
lycence
&
leue
to
them
that
wold
come
to
hym
.
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Discens
vero
&c.
Caplm.
C.x.
Saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
knowyng
that
some
of
his
subgettes
suffred
many
wronges
of
theyr
enmyes
/
&
were
aferde
to
come
to
hym
for
to
complayne
.
by
cause
of
his
seruauntes
that
contynuelly
assysted
hym
/
¶
He
for
the
same
cause
dyde
make
a
chayre
&
i●
.
benches
byfore
the
chyrche
.
vpon
the
whyche
the
Wenesdaye
&
the
Frydaye
in
comynge
fro
the
sayd
chyrche
he
restyd
hym
.
&
deuysed
wyth
some
notable
persones
.
&
other
while
he
helde
the
holy
gospels
in
his
hondes
/
And
there
were
certayn
his
deputes
.
to
whom
he
gaf
power
&
leue
to
stonde
nyghe
hym
/
the
whiche
had
the
charge
to
kepe
the
rightes
of
the
chyrche
.
¶
And
yf
ony
body
came
to
complayne
/
they
shewed
it
to
the
said
saynt
Iohn
/
the
whiche
commaunded
the
chap●tre
sholde
be
callyd
&
assembled
for
to
purueye
therto
/
And
they
thus
assemblyd
.
he
proposyd
vnto
theym
sayenge
.
¶
Yf
we
men
haue
lyght
dedes
to
the
only
god
.
that
is
aboue
all
nature
for
to
make
to
him
our
requestes
.
&
whan
we
pray
hym
deuoutly
.
we
gete
that
we
aske
:
In
lyke
wyse
we
ought
to
doo
to
theim
that
come
to
vs
.
bryngyng
in
our
mynde
the
worde
of
god
.
sayeng
/
¶
Wyth
suche
a
mesure
as
ye
mesure
ye
shall
be
mesured
/
&
also
in
recordyng
the
sayeng
of
the
prophete
.
that
shewyth
to
vs
/
That
lyke
as
we
doo
we
shall
be
done
vnto
/
For
thise
causes
the
holy
bisshop
made
that
thei
came
to
him
to
be
spedd
of
theyr
matere
without
ony
delay
¶
And
one
tyme
emonge
other
he
was
one
daye
tyll
.v.
of
the
clocke
beynge
in
the
same
place
where
he
was
wont
to
sytt
herynge
the
questions
of
his
peple
/
And
by
cause
no
body
came
there
the
daye
that
wold
require
of
hym
ony
thyng
.
he
departed
&
retorned
in
his
house
wepyng
/
¶
So
were
his
folke
gretly
merueylled
wherof
came
this
wayllynge
.
&
none
durste
axe
him
the
cause
why
.
but
to
a
holy
man
namyd
Sophronyen
.
that
herof
famylyerly
axyd
him
The
holy
man
answerd
that
he
was
●●●che
of
this
that
none
was
come
speke
with
him
wherby
he
had
spende
the
day
without
to
haue
done
ony
mercyfull
dede
/
¶
Now
it
is
trouth
as
it
is
sayd
about
that
the
cause
whi●he
helde
him
in
the
open
place
.
was
by
cause
he
sholde
acorde
al
maner
folke
/
that
in
manere
of
processe
or
otherwise
had
ony
discorde
or
euyl
wylthe
one
ayenst
thother
/
the
whiche
oft
tymes
he
acorded
&
peasyd
atte
his
owne
propre
costes
/
¶
Sophronyen
thenne
sayd
to
hym
.
certaynly
my
lord
thou
art
wel
happi
/
For
the
subgets
that
thou
hast
in
th●
gouernaunce
are
by
thy
meanes
soo
prasyble
&
soo
kynde
.
that
they
haue
noo
cause
to
haue
ony
hate
or
rancour
the●e
ayenst
thother
&
by
this
he
saw
&
knew
that
this
was
the
cause
that
none
was
came
to
hym
that
daye
/
Wherof
he
gaue
thenne
〈◊〉
●●ynges
to
our
lorde
/
&
at
this
example
.
¶
We
rede
that
Constancius
whiche
was
Emperour
.
&
sone
of
Heracle
had
this
custome
&
maner
at
Rome
.
in
peasynge
of
the
Romayns
/
¶
How
the
holy
bsshop
receyued
mekely
the
folke
that
were
fled
for
to
schewe
the
madnesse
of
theim
of
Percy
&
begin̄ith
¶
Cu●us
sancti
/
Caplm.
C.xi.
HAngynge
the
tyme
that
the
holy
bysshop
&
Patryarke
Iohn
the
Almoner
being
in
Alexandrie
they
of
Percy
had
werre
ayenst
the
Syrryens
in
the
reame
of
Syrrye
.
the
whiche
reame
&
the
subgettes
of
the
same
/
●er
brought
to
thraldom·
by
the
Percy●on
/
¶
Wherfore
many
of
the
sayd
Sir●●●ns
/
the
bare
full
vnpacyently
that
they
were
brought
in
bondage·
came
&
yelded
the
ymself
in
the
subieccyon
of
the
sayde
Patryarke
/
The
whiche
he
receyued
mekely
&
swetly
/
in
comfortyng
theim
not
as
in
tharldom
&
fleers
.
but
as
his
bredern
/
They
that
were
hurt
&
sike
.
he
made
to
be
heelyd
/
&
after
suffred
theym
goo
where
as
they
semyd
good
.
¶
Some
of
his
seruauntes
the
grutchyd
the
grete
almesses
that
were
done
out
of
his
howse
.
reported
&
shewed
to
the
holy
Patryarke
.
how
some
Sirryens
clothyd
with
clothe
of
golde
&
of
other
precyous
raymentes
were
come
to
his
house
to
fetche
an
almesse
/
¶
But
not
wythstondynge
that
he
was
swete
of
vysage
&
of
speche
.
yet
he
lokyd
vpon
theym
as
wroth
sayeng
¶
Knowe
ye
not
wel
the
god
hathe
commaunded
/
that
men
shall
gyue
to
all
theym
.
that
shall
aske
vs
/
And
by
cause
that
the
goodes
that
I
yeue
be
not
min
but
they
ben
goddis
/
therfore
I
woll
in
gyuyng
theim
kepe
his
commaundement
¶
Yf
ye
thynke
that
the
almesse
mynisshe
in
gyuyng
theym
to
theym
that
ben
rychely
clothed
.
ye
haue
lytyll
faith
/
I
bileue
that
yf
all
the
worlde
were
beggers
.
&
that
they
came
to
Alexandrye
.
that
the
godes
of
the
chyrche
sholde
not
mynysshe
therfore
/
And
by
this
he
comforted
hys
seruauntes
/
And
the
poore
for
this
cause
grutchyd
&
noysed
ayenst
the
other
/
¶
Of
the
shappe
of
a
woman
that
apered
to
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
Patryarke
of
Alexandrye
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Cumque
illis
&c.
Caplm.
C.xii.
THe
sayd
saynt
Iohn
rehercyd
ones
to
the
hope
of
them
that
gladly
gyue
for
goddis
sake
.
that
he
beynge
on
a
nyghte
a
slepe
.
sawe
in
dremynge
a
ryght
fayre
and
clere
woman
.
and
shynynge
as
the
sonne
/
And
crowned
with
a
crowne
of
lawrer
/
In
musynge
of
her
grete
bewte
he
a
woke
/
¶
And
him
semyd
that
he
sawe
her
in
dede
stondynge
byfore
hym
/
¶
Soo
he
blessyd
hym
Incontynent
.
And
spake
to
her
.
After
askynge
what
she
was
/
¶
To
whom
she
answerde
all
smylinge
that
she
was
the
moder
of
the
doughter
of
the
kynge
/
¶
And
after
sayd
to
hym
/
My
frende
yf
thou
wolt
loue
me
I
shall
presente
the
byfore
the
souerayne
emperour
/
For
none
hath
there
soo
grete
power
as
I
haue
/
¶
Thenne
after
she
vanysshed
a
waye
from
his
syghte
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
Iohan
supposyd
after
his
aduys
.
that
it
was
compassyon
or
almesse
that
was
appered
byfore
hym
in
lykenesse
of
a
woman
/
By
cause
she
hadd
on
her
heed
a
fayre
crowne
of
lawrer
/
¶
For
certaynly
the
grete
compassyon
&
benygnytee
that
god
hath
to
the
poore
synners
/
He
hathe
made
his
ryght
dere
and
swete
chylde
Ihesu
Cryste
to
take
our
kynde
flesshe
/
and
suffre
soo
many
euylles
for
vs
/
¶
The
holy
man
after
this
vysyon
aroos
/
wythout
to
a
wake
ony
body
.
and
wente
to
the
chyrche
/
¶
And
ingoynge
thyder
he
founde
a
poore
euyll
clothyd
man
/
and
as
deyenge
for
colde
¶
Soo
toke
he
of
his
gowne
.
and
gaue
it
hym
for
to
clothe
hym
wyth
all
/
And
after
retornyd
wythoute
to
entree
in
to
the
chyrche
/
Puttyrige
in
hymselfe
a
doubte
whether
the
aduysion
that
he
had
seen
were
of
god
or
non
/
¶
And
in
retornynge
to
hys
howse
warde
.
he
met
wyth
a
man
clothyd
wyth
whyte
vestyments
/
that
gaaf
hym
an
hundred
penyes
/
Sayenge
that
he
sholde
dystrybute
theym
where
it
playsed
hym
/
¶
And
by
cause
hym
semyd
that
he
had
be
ouer
hasty
and
redy
to
receyue
the
sayde
penyes
.
doubtynge
to
be
dysceyued
/
He
wente
to
haue
delyuered
theim
ayen
to
hym
that
gaaf
theym
to
hym
/
¶
But
he
cowde
not
.
by
cause
the
other
was
vanysshyd
away
/
¶
Soo
had
he
thenne
some
vnderstondynge
and
knowlege
that
this
vysion
was
come
to
hym
of
god
/
¶
Of
a
pylgryme
that
wolde
tempte
saynt
Iohan
the
Almoner
/
Begyn●nynge
in
latyn
¶
Adori●ue
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.xiii.
IN
the
sayd
cyte
of
Alexandrye
was
a
straunger
.
whyche
herynge
the
grete
fame
of
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
wolde
tempte
him
for
to
vnderstonde
the
certayntee
therof
/
And
for
to
doo
this
he
put
of
his
raymentes
&
toke
euyll
clothes
abowte
hym
/
And
after
came
byfore
hym
there
as
he
wente
towarde
the
place
where
the
syke
peple
were
kept
&
dressed
/
¶
For
his
custom
was
to
goo
to
the
hospytalles
twies
in
the
weke
.
for
to
vysite
there
the
syke
folke
that
were
there
/
¶
This
valyaunt
man
stranger
sayd
to
him
/
O
my
lord
gyue
to
me
your
almesse
poore
prysoner
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
commaunded
the
men
sholde
yeue
to
hym
vi
.
pens
¶
Whan
he
had
receyued
the
fyrst
almesse
.
he
chaunged
his
habyte
and
Incontynent
went
ayen
tofore
hym
in
sayenge
.
¶
Alas
syre
haue
pyte
of
me
poore
syke
man
/
The
holy
man
ones
ayen
commaunded
to
the
Almoner
that
he
sholde
gyue
hym
vi
.
pens
of
golde
/
¶
After
that
he
had
taken
theym
to
the
Papelarde
.
he
said
all
soft
to
the
holy
man
that
he
had
had
twyes
his
almesse
/
Wherat
the
holy
man
answerd
noo
thynge
/
feynyng
as
he
had
not
herde
him
/
¶
Thirdly
he
came
agayn
in
a nother
chaungeable
clothynge
/
for
to
haue
yet
a nother
almesse
/
And
thenne
the
Almoner
drew
the
holy
man
by
the
gowne
for
to
gyue
hym
to
knowlege
that
it
was
he
that
had
had
twyes
his
almesse
that
daye
/
But
the
holy
man
commaunded
the
men
sholde
gyue
hym
twelue
pens
of
syluer
sayenge
to
his
Almoner
/
Doo
the
I
commaunde
the
/
For
by
aduenture
it
is
god
that
temptyth
me
/
¶
Of
a
Maryner
&
of
the
tynne
that
was
tornyd
to
syluer
/
Begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Nauclerus
quidam
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.xiiii
.
A
Marynar
straunger
/
that
by
tempest
of
the
see
.
or
otherwyse
had
loste
all
his
goodes
/
Besechynge
humbly
to
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
.
that
he
wolde
sprede
vpon
him
his
mercy
/
Hauynge
pyte
vpon
hym
as
he
had
vpon
the
other
/
¶
Soo
he
gaaf
him
v.
pounde
of
golde
.
that
he
put
forthe
in
marchandise
.
and
after
retorned
vpon
the
see
.
where
he
loste
all
.
excepte
oonly
his
shippe
.
the
whiche
was
saued
¶
Soo
came
he
ayen
to
the
sayd
holy
man
/
&
prayed
hym
as
aboue
/
Thenne
he
said
to
him
/
¶
My
broder
thou
had
dest
some
syluer
euyll
goten
that
thou
hast
medled
wyth
that
of
the
chyrche
.
Therfore
thou
hast
loste
all
/
Neuerthelesse
he
gaue
hym
agayne
x.
pounde
of
golde
/
Soo
went
he
agayen
to
the
see
/
Where
he
had
the
wynde
soo
contrary
that
all
his
shyppe
was
perysshyd·
&
abode
noo
thynge
sauf
but
the
men
/
The
whyche
thynge
seenge
the
Mary
ner●he
wolde
haue
slayne
hymselfe
for
sorowe
/
But
god
preseruyd
hym
there
fro
/
And
shewed
his
wrath
&
angre
to
the
holy
Patryarke
/
The
whyche
Incontynent
sente
for
hym
/
¶
The
Maryner
coueryd
wyth
asshes
/
and
his
clothes
all
to
torne
.
lyke
as
they
are
wont
to
doo
in
the
londe
.
came
to
the
sendynge
of
the
Patryarke
/
The
whyche
in
beholdynge
vpon
hym
sayd
to
hym
¶
My
frende
god
haue
pyte
and
mercy
vpon
the
/
I
trowe
/
that
from
hensforth
.
thou
shalte
not
haue
none
euyll
fortune
/
¶
Thy
shippe
is
perysshyd
bicause
it
was
goten
by
wronge
/
¶
And
thenne
he
made
to
be
gyuen
to
hym
one
of
the
shyppes
of
the
chyrche
/
that
he
made
be
fylled
wyth
ten
thousande
r●sers
of
whete
/
¶
And
this
done
the
Marynar
wente
to
the
see
as
he
was
acustomyd
/
But
he
saylled
twenty
dayes
&
twenty
nyghtes
that
he
wyste
not
whether
he
drewe
to
/
¶
Durynge
the
whiche
tyme
the
gouernoure
of
the
shyppe
/
as
he
rehercyd
to
the
Marynar
/
sawe
nyghe
hym
the
holy
Patryarke
/
that
sayd
to
hym
/
Marinar
doubte
no
thinge
.
thou
sayllest
well
/
¶
After
the
twenty
dayes
.
they
londed
in
Britayne
.
where
soo
grete
necescyte
of
corn
was
.
that
they
of
the
londe
for
grete
derth
suffred
grete
hungre
/
Wherby
they
were
receyued
in
grete
Ioye
&
reuerence
/
¶
The
folke
of
the
londe
asked
of
the
Marynar
yf
he
wolde
selle
his
where
for
redy
moneye
or
take
Tynne
for
it
¶
And
after
he
had
remembred
vpon
theyr
askynge
/
He
toke
redy
money
for
the
halfe
/
And
for
the
other
halfe
he
take
fyne
Tynne
/
And
after
wyth
a
grete
gladnesse
retornyd
in
to
Alexandrye
And
were
longe
tyme
art
the
hauen
callyd
Penthapolis
/
To
the
whyche
hauen
the
maister
Marynar
of
the
shypp
had
a
felowe
:
To
whom
he
gaaf
in
a
sacke
fyfthy
pounde
of
hys
Tynne
¶
But
he
wyllynge
to
make
a
prou●
yf
it
were
good
/
This
his
sayd
felowe
founde
that
it
was
ryght
fyne
syluer
/
Soo
he
broughte
it
agayne
/
¶
Thenne
the
Marynar
sayd
to
hym
/
I
promyse
the
it
is
taken
me
for
fyne
Tynne
/
But
I
shall
telle
the
/
I
trowe
he
that
hath
tornyd
the
water
in
to
wyne
.
By
the
prayers
of
the
holy
Patryarke
.
ha●
the
tornyd
my
Tynne
in
to
syluer
/
¶
And
for
to
shewe
verily
that
it
〈◊〉
Tynne
.
he
broughte
his
felowe
to
the
shippe
where
the
remenaunte
of
the
sayd
Tynne
was
/
¶
And
whanne
they
were
entred
in
to
the
sayd
shyppe
.
they
●●de
that
al
the
forsayd
Tynne
was
conuerted
and
chaunged
in
to
syluer
¶
But
the
myracle
well
to
be
consyderyd
and
markyd
.
was
not
lesse
to
merueyllyd
.
thanne
thoos
that
god
made
/
¶
The
one
was
whanne
he
multeplyed
fyue
loues
and
two
fisshes
to
the
sustentacion
and
foode
of
fyue
thousande
men
/
¶
The
other
whanne
he
tourned
the
waters
of
Egypte
in
to
bloode
/
¶
A nother
tornynge
the
rodde
by
the
honde
of
Moyses
in
to
a
serpent
/
¶
And
a nother
whanne
many
martyrs
beynge
in
the
fyre
for
to
be
brente
/
He
tourned
that
fyre
in
a
dewe
/
¶
And
therfore
made
god
this
chaungyng
and
tournynge
of
Tynne
in
to
syluer
.
for
to
make
this
good
Marynar
his
seruaunt
rycher
/
In
grasstynge
to
hym
his
mercy
/
¶
Of
a
Ryche
man
that
was
fallen
in
grete
pouertee
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Descendente
sanctissimo
.
&c.
Caplm.
C.xv.
THe
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
the
Almoner
.
on
a
Sondaye
gooynge
to
the
chyrche
came
byfore
hym
a
poore
man
.
that
some
tyme
hadd
be
ryche
/
And
had
hadde
moche
goode
/
But
he
had
be
robbyd
of
theues
that
had
lefte
hym
noo
thynge
/
wherof
he
myghte
mayntene
his
poore
lyfe
¶
Soo
was
he
constrayned
to
begge
his
brede
for
goddis
sake
/
And
askyd
of
the
sayd
saynt
Iohan
the
Almoner
his
almesse
/
¶
The
whyche
hauynge
compassyon
of
his
wretchyd
falle
/
And
by
cause
he
hadde
somtyme
noble
fader
and
moder
.
ordeyned
that
his
Almoner
sholde
gyue
hym
the
somme
of
fyftene
pounde
of
golde
/
¶
But
the
sayd
Almoner
complaynyng
the
grete
almesses
that
the
said
saynt
Iohan
made
was
moche
dysplaysed
and
aggreuyd
of
that
he
muste
voyde
out
of
hys
hondes
.
and
take
to
this
poore
man
so
grete
a
somme
of
moneye
/
¶
And
for
this
cause
he
went
Incontynent
to
speke
wyth
the
Stiewarde
.
that
was
wonte
to
gyue
accountes
of
alle
the
moneye
that
eche
daye
were
spente
and
alowed
for
the
necessaryes
of
the
sayde
saynt
Iohan
/
¶
And
to
whom
eche
one
made
his
acountes
/
and
yelded
his
Rekenynge
of
the
moneye
that
was
taken
by
his
hondes
for
to
be
tornyd
to
the
sayd
dedes
and
necessaryes
/
They
two
togyder
spekynge
and
comynynge
of
thys
forsayd
matere
.
bi
the
temptacyon
of
the
cursyd
spyryte
Mammona
the
tempted
theym
of
the
brennynge
and
Insacyable
synne
of
couetyse
.
purposid
&
concluded
that
of
the
sayd
xv.li.
of
golde
.
shold
be
taken
out
x.
li.
and
but
v.li.
gyuen
to
the
sayd
poore
man
.
the
whyche
thyng
was
soo
done
/
¶
Now
it
is
trouth
that
theyr
lorde
saynt
Iohan
the
Almoner
was
sore
famyd
&
renommed
the
he
gladly
dyde
grete
almesse
/
¶
Wherfore
many
notable
lordes
&
other
persones
.
desirynge
to
playse
hym
/
and
somwhat
to
content
his
sauourous
appetyte
.
and
the
deuocyon
that
he
hadd
to
recomfort
the
poore
seruauntes
of
god
/
They
gaaf
&
sende
oft
tymes
to
hym
grete
som̄es
of
money
for
to
gyue
for
goddis
sake
.
aswell
for
the
helthe
of
the
soules
of
some
dede
.
as
for
the
prosperitee
of
them
that
were
on
lyue
/
¶
And
thus
a
ryche
&
notable
wydowe
.
that
had
a
chylde
&
noo
more·
came
towarde
the
sayd
holy
man
/
¶
The
whyche
wydowe
for
some
pytenous
consyderacōus
her
monyge
purposyd
for
to
do
certayn
a●messes
by
the
sayd
holy
manes
honde
/
¶
And
for
to
doo
this
she
toke
him
a
lytyll
wrytynge
that
she
hadde
wryten
wyth
her
owne
honde
/
By
the
whyche
she
lete
hym
vnderstonde
that
she
wolde
haue
dealed
to
poore
folke
the
some
of
.v.
C·
li.
¶
And
in
receyuynge
&
openynge
of
the
sayd
wrytyng
by
the
sayd
holy
man
He
knewe
by
the
wyll
of
god
.
that
she
had
be
wyllynge
for
to
doo
her
sayd
almesse
vnto
the
some
of
xv
.
hundred
pode
/
¶
Soo
dyde
be
calle
the
sayd
wydowe
/
And
in
the
presence
of
his
sayde
Almoner
and
Styewarde
/
whyche
in
lyke
wyse
by
the
shewynge
of
god
/
he
knewe
to
haue
wythholde
to
theyr
behouffe
ten
pounde
of
the
fyftene
pounde
that
he
afore
had
ordeynyd
to
be
yeue
to
the
poore
man
that
had
he
robbed
/
¶
He
charged
the
same
wydowe
that
she
sholde
tell
hym
trouthe
/
Whyche
she
promysed
hym
to
doo
soo
/
Now
herke
sayd
he
my
frende
.
by
the
faythe
that
thou
owest
to
god
.
Haste
not
thou
had
late
a
wyll
to
make
a
gretter
almesse
than
of
fyue
hundred
pounde
.
She
answerde
Ye
/
And
that
she
herself
had
wryten
the
writynge
that
she
had
delyuerde
vnto
hym
/
And
she
was
well
certayne
that
by
the
sayd
wrytyng
she
had
declared
that
her
wyll
was
to
yeue
fyttene
hundred
pounde
for
goddis
sake
to
poore
peple
/
¶
But
by
cause
that
sone
after
as
she
wolde
haue
take
the
sayde
wrytynge
.
she
had
seen
as
she
lokyd
in
●●
.
that
where
she
had
wryten
that
her
wyll
was
to
giue
an
almesse
of
fyftene
hundred
pounde
to
the
poore
peple
she
founde
but
fyue
hundred
pounde
oonly
in
nombre
/
And
for
this
cause
she
had
restrayned
her
fyrst
wyll
/
And
had
purposyd
&
thoughte
that
she
sholde
gyue
oonly
the
sayd
fyue
hundred
pounde
/
Supposynge
by
the
retornynge
&
chaunge
of
the
sayd
wrytynge
.
the
wyll
of
god
to
be
/
That
she
sholde
not
gyue
but
this
fyue
hundred
pounde
/
And
that
she
shold
kepe
the
remenaunt
for
her
sone
/
¶
Thyse
wordes
soo
spoken
And
after
that
she
had
delyuered
to
saynt
Iohan
the
sayd
fyue
hundred
pounde
/
And
was
gone
from
hym
/
He
sayd
to
his
sayde
Stiewarde
and
Almoner
/
¶
I
praye
to
god
that
he
call
you
and
aske
you
ones
acompte
of
a
thousande
pounde
that
this
wydowe
hath
with
holde
.
as
ye
be
bounde
to
yeue
hem
ayen
¶
For
and
yf
he
had
taken
to
the
poore
man
the
xv.li.
that
I
hadd
ordeyned
for
hym
/
And
wherof
ye
haue
wythholde
.
x.li
.
our
lord
shold
haue
suffred
.
that
this
wydowe
sholde
haue
gyuen
to
the
poore
peple
the
same
thousand
pounde
that
she
hath
wythholde
in
her
honde
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
Almoner
&
Styewarde
knowynge
theyr
mysdedes
prosternyd
or
●aste
theymself
at
his
fete
&
requyred
hym
mercy
&
amendement
.
and
they
sholde
neuer
doo
suche
a nother
offence
/
¶
Of
Niceta
Patrice
&
ruler
of
the
comyn
w●ele
in
Alexandrye
/
Begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Intuens
niceta
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.xvi.
IN
Alexandrye
was
a
Prouost
or
ruler
of
the
cyte
.
namyd
Nyceta
.
fulfylled
of
the
deuyll
.
the
whyche
came
to
argue
and
repreue
the
holy
Patryarke
saynt
Iohan
/
Sayenge
to
hym
/
¶
Syre
ye
waste
all
the
londe
.
For
ye
deale
to
freely
the
syluer
that
is
broughte
to
you
/
Better
it
were
that
ye
sholde
putt
it
to
the
comyn
tresour
/
¶
The
holy
man
wythoute
to
angre
hymself
answerde
to
hym
/
Haa
my
lorde
it
is
not
leyffull
.
that
the
goodes
gyuen
to
the
god
in
heuen
.
be
torned
or
appropred
to
the
erthely
thynges
/
¶
But
and
yf
semith
the
to
be
doo
/
Goo
thou
vnder
my
bedde
.
and
take
the
tresoure
of
Ihesu
Cryste
that
is
there
/
So
doo
therof
thy
wyll
/
¶
Thenne
this
Patrice
that
hadd
the
rule
and
gouernaunce
of
the
comyn
wee
le
in
Alexandrye
.
made
alle
to
be
laden
/
And
lefte
hym
noo
more
than
to
the
nombre
of
an
hundred
penyes
of
golde
/
¶
And
as
he
was
comynge
downe
from
the
sayd
Patryarkes
chambre
/
He
mette
wyth
men
of
Affryque
.
the
whiche
bare
certayne
bot
telles
full
of
golde
/
Vpon
some
of
the
whiche
was
wryten
/
Hony
ryght
good
And
vpon
the
other
/
Hony
wythoute
smoke
/
¶
The
sayde
Patryce
or
Ruler
whan
he
sawe
thise
superscrypcōns
sente
worde
to
the
sayd
holy
man
that
he
sholde
sende
hym
some
honne
/
¶
And
he
that
was
so
moche
humble
and
meke
.
sente
hym
the
bottell
.
vpon
whyche
was
wryten
Honee
right
good
wyth
a
letter
wherin
was
wryten
this
that
fofolowyth
.
¶
Our
lorde
that
hath
sayd
I
shall
not
leue
the.
Is
wythout
lesynge
/
And
he
is
very
god
.
the
whyche
gyueth
bothe
mete
and
lyfe
/
¶
And
noo
man
corruptyble
can
not
by
ony
wyse
constrayne
him
/
And
therfore
to
god
I
commende
the
/
¶
And
after
he
commaunded
to
theym
that
bare
the
sayd
battelles·
that
they
sholde
make
theym
to
be
openyd
afore
theym
/
And
that
they
sholde
saye
that
all
the
other
that
they
had
seen
were
full
of
syluer
/
¶
The
whyche
thynge
done
/
Whanne
the
sayde
Patrice
sawe
that
he
sente
hym
but
one
bottell
alone
/
he
was
sore
we
othe
agaynst
hym
/
And
after
he
radde
his
lettre
.
¶
And
whanne
he
sawe
that
worde
.
That
man
corruptyble
canne
not
constrayne
god
/
He
was
full
sory
and
dysplaysaunt
of
that
he
hadd
done
/
¶
And
Incontynent
came
agayne
to
the
holy
Patryarke
/
And
toke
hym
agayne
alle
that
he
had
hadde
of
hym
¶
And
wyth
this
he
gaaf
hym
of
hys
owne
thre
hundred
penies
of
golde
/
Requyryng
hym
by
grete
contrycyon
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
penaunce
for
his
synnes
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
was
sore
merueyllyd
of
his
conuersyon
soo
sodaynly
sore
/
¶
And
seenge
his
repentaunce
comforted
hym
wyth
mery
wordes
/
And
from
that
tyme
ther
were
soo
grete
frendes
togyder
.
that
the
sayd
Nicera
Patrice
of
Alexandrye
made
hym
his
Godsypp
/
¶
Of
the
scarnesse
and
derthe
of
scorne
and
suche
goodes
/
¶
And
of
a
man
that
required
to
be
made
Deaken
.
and
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Qui
Abraham
&c.
Caplm
:
C.vii.
GOd
that
tempted
Abraham
for
to
knowe
his
obeyssaunce
/
Towchynge
the
offrynge
vp
of
hys
sone
Ysaac
/
¶
In
lyke
wyse
be
tempted
the
good
Patryarke
Iohan
as
herafter
folowyth
/
¶
It
is
rehercyd
here
aboue
.
how
the
Assiryens
that
had
be
sore
oppressyd
of
the
Percyens
For
to
eschewe
theyr
woodnesse
.
forsoke
and
lefte
theyr
owne
londe
/
And
many
of
theim
came
to
Alexandrie
for
to
be
socoured
in
theyr
pouertee
by
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohan
/
¶
They
beynge
in
Alexandrye
.
happed
there
a
grete
derthe
and
scarcitee
of
corne
.
thorugh
the
occasyon
of
the
flode
of
the
ryuer
of
Nyle
that
bedewyth
and
watreth
the
londe
had
be
soo
mynysshyd
&
lessed
of
water
.
that
it
myghte
not
yeue
hys
moyst●es
&
ouer
flowēges
acustomyd
to
the
erthe
.
¶
Soo
had
act
that
tyme
the
Patriarke
gyuen
for
goddis
sake
to
the
poore
peple
alle
hys
tresour
.
and
wyste
not
where
to
borow
more
nother
golde
nor
syluer
/
Wherof
he
was
ryght
sory
.
and
namely
by
cause
he
myghte
nor
contynue
his
almesse
/
as
he
had
of
custome
/
¶
He
sett
hymself
to
praye
.
&
contynued
in
his
orysons
longe
tyme
¶
In
the
sayd
cite
was
a
man
bygame
/
that
is
to
wyte
.
the
whiche
by
cause
he
knewe
that
the
holy
man
was
in
grete
necessytee
.
wolde
constrayne
him
to
make
him
a
deaken
in
his
chirche
/
And
by
cause
he
sholde
not
haue
durst
speke
to
hym
therof
.
he
sent
hym
a
letter
.
by
the
whyche
he
besoughte
hym
that
he
wolde
make
hym
deaken
in
his
chirche
/
to
the
ende
that
in
seruynge
god
wyth
him
he
might
haue
remyssōn
of
his
synnes
.
&
he
sholde
gyue
hym
.ii.
C.M.
Rasers
of
whete
.
wyth
a
.
C.
&
four
score
pounde
of
money
/
¶
His
lettres
seen
.
the
Patryarke
sent
for
hym
&
after
made
to
go
oute
of
his
chambre
all
his
folke
that
were
there
/
By
cause
that
he
wolde
not
repreue
hym
by
for
theim
/
¶
After
that
they
were
gone
.
the
holy
Patryarke
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
My
frende
thy
proffer
is
moche
necessary
.
seeng
the
tyme
of
the
derthe
that
we
haue
now
/
But
neuerthelesse
it
is
defoylled
with
the
synne
of
Symonye
.
¶
In
the
olde
testament
men
offred
not
the
bestes
to
god·
were
they
grete
or
lytyll
/
but
yf
they
were
pure
&
clene
/
¶
For
of
those
that
were
bespotted
man
dyde
neuer
offrynge
/
¶
And
therfore
god
had
not
agreable
the
sacrefyce
of
Caym
/
¶
And
as
towchyng
my
bredern
.
or
euer
thyself
or
I
were
god
had
p●rueyed
and
nourysshyd
theym
/
And
he
shall
yet
doo
soo
to
theim
and
to
me
as
I
hope
/
¶
For
all
they
that
kepe
the
commaundements
of
god
/
shall
not
haue
nother
nede
nor
pouerte
.
but
all
plentee
&
habundance
of
goodes
/
¶
Our
lorde
that
multeplyed
the
.v.
loues
of
barley
/
maye
well
multeplye
also
.x.
Rasers
of
whete
that
are
in
my
Garnere
/
¶
And
therfore
my
frende
I
shall
tell
the
for
an
answere
.
that
whiche
is
wryten
in
that
tes
of
th
apostles
/
That
is
that
thou
shalt
not
haue
in
the
chirche
nother
part
nor
porcion
¶
And
as
he
sayd
thise
wordes
came
Incontinent
tidynges
to
the
holy
Patriarke
.
how
two
shyppes
of
the
chirche
were
londed
wythin
the
hauen
.
and
came
out
of
Cecyle
lade
wyth
whete
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
thankyd
oure
lord
sayeng
/
My
god
I
thanke
the
that
thou
wolde
not
haue
suffred
that
I
shold
haue
solde
thy
grace
for
ony
nede
that
I
haue
had
/
¶
Certaynly
my
god
I
byleue
stedfastli
.
that
thou
shalt
neuer
forsake
in
the
grettest
nede
theym
that
shall
obeye
the
/
&
that
wyth
good
herte
shall
fulfylle
thy
commaundements
/
¶
Of
two
clerkes
that
dyde
falle
in
to
synne
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Quibusdam
/
Caplm.
C.xviii
TWo
yonge
Clerkes
.
hauynge
questyon
togyder
.
smote
wrongefully
eche
other
/
¶
And
for
this
cause
by
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
they
were
denouncyd
acursyd
/
¶
That
one
of
theym
tweyne
knowleged
his
synne
/
But
the
other
abydynin
his
obstynacy
dyspysed
the
sayd
sentence
of
cursynge
/
¶
For
he
was
well
gladde
to
haue
occasyon
for
to
flee
the
chyrche
.
&
to
abyde
in
his
wyckydnesse
/
And
neuerthelesse
he
thretenyd
the
sayde
Patryarke
to
dysplayse
hym
in
hys
persone
/
¶
And
men
sayde
comynly
.
that
it
was
he
that
had
born
to
the
Patryce
Niceta
the
money
of
the
chyrche
that
was
taken
vnder
the
bedde
of
the
sayd
Patriarke
/
And
that
had
be
yelden
again
afterwarde
.
as
it
is
sayd
afore
/
¶
The
malyce
of
this
outrageous
acursyd
man
was
shewed
to
the
holy
Patryarke
.
but
this
notwythstondyng
he
had
of
hym
pyte
/
And
remembred
the
worde
of
the
apostle
saynt
Poul
.
sayenge
/
Who
is
he
that
is
seke
&
not
I
/
¶
Now
was
the
charyte
of
the
sayd
Patryarke
soo
grete
/
the
whan
he
sawe
one
in
synne
.
he
wepte
vpon
hym
/
And
as
to
hym
was
aduys
.
he
felte
well
his
sykenesse
/
¶
He
thenne
made
the
sayd
acursed
man
to
be
callid
to
hym
/
And
wa●tyd
him
of
his
conscyence
.
as
he
was
wonte
to
warne
his
other
subgettes
/
¶
But
whan
he
sawe
his
euyll
frowardnesse
.
and
that
he
was
made
harde
in
his
synne
/
He
lefte
and
forsoke
hym
as
a
rotyn
membre
/
¶
This
neuerthelesse
vpon
a
Sondaye
.
the
sayde
Clerke
beynge
yet
in
his
frowardes
As
the
holy
Patryarke
came
to
the
awter
for
to
offre
his
sacryce
vnto
god
/
after
his
custome
/
¶
He
remembred
hym
of
the
counseylle
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
that
sayd
/
¶
Whanne
thou
shalt
brynge
thine
offrynge
vnto
the
awter
/
And
that
thou
shalt
thynke
that
thy
brother
hathe
some
euyll
wyll
and
hate
agaynste
the
/
Thou
oughtest
to
leue
that
.
that
thou
woldest
offre
to
god
/
And
goo
to
hym
thyne
enmye
for
to
reconcyle
the
wyth
hym
/
¶
Wherfore
the
holy
Patryarke
willynge
to
doo
soo·
sente
Incontynent
for
the
sayde
acursyd
man
/
And
made
the
messager
praye
that
he
sholde
come
to
speke
wyth
hym
vnder
surete
/
And
whanne
he
was
come
/
This
holy
Patryarke
knelyd
on
his
knees
afore
him
And
beloughte
hym
of
mercy
/
¶
Wherof
it
happed
that
the
sayd
acursyd
persone
had
knowlege
of
his
sinne
.
and
he
hymselfe
requyred
mercy
/
¶
Thorugh
his
humylyte
was
the
prowde
frow●de
man
mekyd
in
his
pryde
/
¶
And
by
his
charytee
.
was
the
hate
of
the
sayde
acursyd
man
paste
/
¶
And
fynably
he
dyde
penaunce
of
the
sinne
that
he
had
done
/
And
had
of
it
grete
contrycyon
&
dyspleysaunce
/
¶
Of
the
noyse
that
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
had
agaynst
the
Ruler
Niceta
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
De●mquidam
/
Caplm.
C.xix
.
NEuer
to
haue
noyse
with
a nother
it
is
angels
lyfe
/
Sometyme
to
stryue
the
one
wyth
the
other
it
is
mannes
lyf
/
Euermore
to
haue
noyse
&
hate
it
is
a
deuyls
lyfe
/
¶
To
this
purpose
is
to
be
noted
.
that
the
holy
Patriarke
/
for
some
right
of
the
lawe
Cyuyl
had
on
a
tyme
questyon
wyth
the
sayd
Patrice
Niceta
/
The
questyon
was
suche
.
that
the
Patrice
wold
haue
certain
trybute
to
be
put
&
sett
of
newe
vpon
the
peple
of
the
londe
/
The
whiche
thynge
the
sayd
Patryarke
wolde
not
consente
/
by
cause
that
the
poore
folke
sholde
haue
be
hurte
therby
ouer
sore
/
¶
And
for
the
grete
varyaunce
that
fell
therby
.
they
departed
from
eche
other
with
wrath
the
one
agaynst
the
other
/
¶
Soone
after
att
after
none
/
aboute
fyue
of
the
clocke
/
The
sayd
holy
Patryarke
.
thynkinge
in
hymself
.
that
the
wyse
man
oughte
neuer
.
to
angre
hymself
for
noo
maner
cause
that
it
be
.
sente
his
Archedeaken
to
the
said
ruler
Niceta
.
&
sent
him
only
thise
wordes
¶
Dne
sol
ad
occasūest
/
That
is
asmoche
for
to
say
.
my
lorde
the
sonne
is
nygh
to
goo
vnder
/
After
that
Niceta
had
herde
thise
wordes
.
he
cowde
not
hold
his
countenaunce
.
but
as
fulfylled
wyth
the
fyre
of
the
holy
ghoste
came
to
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
.
the
whiche
whan
he
sawe
hym
.
he
sayd
to
him
/
¶
Alas
thou
arte
welcome
the
sone
of
the
chyrche
&
obeyssaunt
to
her
commaundements
/
Thenne
they
dyde
enbrace
eche
other
in
token
of
grete
loue
.
After
the
whyche
enbraginces
the
holy
Patriarke
began
totake
the
worde
.
&
said
to
hym
in
this
wyse
/
¶
My
lord
I
praye
the
byleue
me
/
For
by
cause
I
knowe
the
sore
trowbled
.
I
wolde
well
haue
spoke
with
the
/
&
for
none
other
cause
.
I
counseylle
&
warne
the
the
in
tyme
to
come
thou
byleue
nomore
noo
reportes
of
false
tales
&
flaterers
¶
For
yf
thou
woll
lene
thyne
eeres
vnto
suche
.
they
shall
gyue
the
a
cause
many
euylles
to
begynne
/
And
they
shall
counseylle
the
that
thynge
.
whyche
shall
not
be
nother
leyffull
good
ne
prouffytable
/
¶
For
I
haue
founde
myselfe
dysceyued
therby
oftentymes
/
¶
Wherfore
to
theyr
reportes
.
sayenges
.
flaterynges
.
and
false
accusacyons
.
men
oughte
neuer
to
gyue
credence
nor
faythe
/
¶
Thenne
the
Patryce
consyderynge
the
mekenesse
and
the
fayr
ensamples
of
the
sayd
Patryarke
.
answerde
.
that
he
sholde
neuer
byleue
suche
men
/
Nor
sholde
not
gyue
faythe
&
byleue
to
theyr
flaterynges
ne
to
theyr
wordes
/
¶
But
he
sholde
dyspyse
theym
and
sette
theym
alle
atte
noughte
/
¶
And
by
this
manere
meanes
was
peasyd
that
questyon
that
was
bytwix
theym
for
the
cause
aboue
sayde
/
¶
Of
Gregori
the
neuew
of
t
holy
Patryarke
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Iste
memoriabilis
/
Caplm
C.xx
.
BYtwene
one
namyd
Gregory
whiche
was
neuew
of
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
&
a
Tauerner
of
Alexandrye
moeuyd
a
grete
debate
/
In
whyche
this
Gregory
openly
was
sore
wronged
.
by
shamefull
wordes
to
him
sayd
by
the
sayd
Tauerner
/
the
whiche
Gregory
consyderyng·
the
he
that
was
neuew
of
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
had
be
thus
dyspysed
or
fowle
spoken
vnto
openly
.
&
of
a
man
Infamyd
.
began
to
wepe
right
sore
/
And
the
holy
Patryarke
seenge
the
secrete
dysplaysaunce
&
sorowe
that
his
neuewe
made
/
wolde
know
what
was
the
cause
/
Grogory
herupon
examined
coude
not
for
his
grete
an●e
dyscharge
nor
shewe
his
courage
in
●●wyse
.
nor
speke
wyth
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
/
¶
Neuertheles
some
that
had
herde
&
seen
the
debate
.
tolde
hym
a
parte
how
it
was
/
The
holy
Patryarke
willyng
to
he
le
fyrste
his
neuew
or
euer
he
sholde
enquyre
ferder
of
the
trouth
of
the
befall
.
sayd
to
hym
for
to
comfort
hym
suche
&
lyke
wordes
in
substaunce
/
My
neuew
I
am
gretely
merueyllyd·
&
sore
euyll
apayd
how
that
foole
hath
be
so
holde
to
open
his
mouth
ayenst
the
/
Byleue
thou
me
.
I
ensure
the.
that
I
shall
doo
this
daye
a
thynge
wherby
all
Alexandrye
shall
merueylle
/
¶
And
after
seenge
his
anger
&
heuinesse
tempred
&
peasen
kyssed
his
sayd
neuew
&
sayd
/
My
swete
frende
yf
in
folowynge
this
mekenesse
of
me
.
thou
woll
be
my
neuew
/
I
praye
the
that
thou
woll
be
vtterly
agreable
&
content·
for
to
endure
&
suffre
almanere
repreyffes
&
wronges
of
al
persones
/
¶
Certaynly
it
is
true
that
the
knowlege
&
kynred
comyth
more
of
vertues
.
than
it
doth
of
blood
/
And
how
wel
the
be
myn
owne
neuew
/
Neuertheles
for
more
grete
sybbe
&
kynred
to
haue
with
me
/
I
praye
the
that
thou
be
good
&
vertues
in
alle
thy
dedes
prayenge
to
god
that
he
woll
helpe
&
socoure
the
in
all
thyne
aduersytees
&
that
euer
he
make
the
to
encrease
in
good
werkes
/
¶
Now
they
beynge
present
wende
that
the
said
Tauerner
sholde
haue
be
scorged
&
bete
ch●u●h
the
towne
for
the
repreuynge
of
the
holy
Patryarkes
neuewe
/
But
by
his
grete
mekenesse
.
he
dyde
the
contrary
/
For
he
commaunded
that
he
that
toke
trybute
ouer
alle
the
Tauerners
.
sholde
take
in
tyme
comynge
noo
trybute
of
hym
/
¶
And
thus
he
was
made
free
for
the
grete
wronge
that
he
had
done
to
hys
●●●we
¶
Thenne
knewe
those
present
that
this
was
that
he
wolde
haue
sayd
that
he
shold
doo
suche
a
thynge
wherof
all
Alexandrye
sholde
merueyle
/
¶
Of
the
Dyacōn
of
the
sayd
holy
patryarke
namyd
Damyen
/
Begynnynge
in
latyn
¶
Nunciatum
est
.
et
cetera
Caplo·
C.xxi.
&
.xxii.
IT
was
shewed
to
the
sayd
holy
Patriarke·
that
one
of
his
deakens
namyd
Damyen
hadde
conceyued
hate
&
euyll
wyll
ayenst
a nother
/
¶
And
it
happed
that
vpon
a
sondaye
.
this
deaken
wythoute
to
be
reconcyled
to
hys
enmye
.
wolde
receyue
hys
Creatoure
/
And
to
be
admynystred
by
the
honde
of
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
/
And
presented
hymself
afore
hym
for
this
cause
¶
The
Patryarke
seeng
his
presumcion
.
rebukyd
him
byfore
the
clergye
.
of
the
hate
that
he
bare
to
his
euin
crysten
/
And
sayd
to
hym
or
that
he
sholde
receyue
the
blessyd
sacrament
of
the
awter·
he
wolde
he
sholde
reconcyle
him
to
his
aduersary
/
For
otherwyse
he
sholde
not
admynystre
to
hym
the
precyous
body
of
our
lord
/
¶
Thenne
the
deaken
taken
wyth
grete
shame
.
to
haue
be
thus
corrected
afor
so
many
folke
.
durst
not
dysobeye
hym
/
And
promysyd
that
he
shold
neuer
haue
in
Indignacyon
to
him
that
he
had
hated
soo
sore
.
but
shold
take
hym
from
thens
forth
in
grete
loue
/
¶
And
thenne
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
seenge
his
contrycyon
&
repentaunce
admynystryd
mekely
hym
the
sayd
holy
sacrament
/
¶
For
reason
of
the
whiche
correccyon
.
his
subgets
from
the
tyme
for
the
dradde
to
haue
hate
&
rancour
the
one
ayenst
the
other
/
Ferynge
leest
they
sholde
be
corrected
in
suche
wyse
/
Wherby
it
apperyth
that
a
good
pastour
.
whan
he
knowyth
in
his
folke
&
amonge
his
subgets
a
wyckyd
synnar
obstynate
/
&
that
he
maye
not
brynge
hym
to
good
lyfe
by
secrete
&
kynde
exhortacyons
/
he
oughte
to
rebuke
hym
sharply
&
openly
.
to
the
ende
he
be
constrayned
by
force
&
sharpnesse
/
¶
Of
the
tombe
of
saynt
Iohan
the
Almoner
.
the
whyche
he
wolde
not
suffre
to
be
full
made
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Diffinicionem
/
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.xxiii
.
IN
olde
tyme
whanne
an
Emperour
was
crowned
/
they
that
made
the
tombes
brought
him
foure
or
fyue
peces
of
marble
of
diuers
colours
/
And
askyd
hym
of
whyche
he
wolde
his
tombe
sholde
be
made
/
And
by
this
was
to
him
shewed
that
he
muste
ones
deye
/
And
that
he
ought
to
thynke
for
his
soule
.
and
to
rule
wel
his
empyre
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
that
this
wold
haue
in
mynde
.
commaunded
that
his
tombe
sholde
be
bygonne
in
the
place
where
the
other
Patryarkes
were
buryed
.
But
he
wolde
not
haue
it
ful
made
.
to
the
ende
that
they
that
sholde
see
it
.
shold
haue
occasyon
to
tell
him
that
he
sholde
doo
make
it
vp
.
in
bryngyng
him
to
mynde
.
that
he
knewe
not
/
what
houre
he
sholde
deye
/
And
by
this
meane
trowed
to
haue
contynuell
remembraunce
of
his
deth
.
aslonge
as
he
was
alyue
/
Wherby
of
lyght
he
eschewed
to
synne
dedely
.
¶
Of
the
ye●tes
that
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
sent
to
the
Patryarke
of
Iherusalem
for
a
socoure
agaynst
the
Paynyms
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Domino
&c.
Caplm.
C.xxiiii
.
THe
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
seenge
the
dystruccion
of
the
temples
of
Iherusalem
the
whyche
sholde
be
made
by
the
Persyens
for
the
synnes
of
the
peple
.
sente
to
the
Patriarke
of
Iherusalem
a
thousande
penyes·
a
thousande
sackes
full
of
where
and
a
thousande
hogges
heedes
of
beeues
&
pe●sen
to
make
potage
wyth
/
A
thousande
pounde
of
yren
.
a
thousand
tonne
of
wyne
and
a
thousande
Egiptyens
.
cunnynge
&
good
werke
men
in
makynge
and
buyldynge
of
chyrches
/
¶
And
he
wrote
to
the
sayd
Patriarke
in
this
manere
/
O
very
dyspensatoure
of
Ihesu
cryste
/
I
byseche
the
gyue
me
pardonne
that
I
goo
not
to
the
/
Truly
I
wold
it
were
couenable
that
I
myight
goo
thider
for
to
buylde
in
the
place
of
the
Resurreccyon
of
Ihesu
Cryst
/
¶
Notwythstondyng
I
praye
the
that
thou
take
as
for
a
thynge
of
noughte
the
gyfte
that
I
sende
to
the
/
But
pray
god
oonly
that
he
gyue
me
that
preuylege
to
be
wryten
in
the
boke
of
lyf
/
¶
How
a
marchaunt
gaaf
to
saynt
Iohan
the
Almoner
a
ryche
couerlet
for
to
couere
ouer
his
sory
bedde
/
&
begynnyth
¶
Arripuit
scuns
/
Caplm.
C.xxv
.
IN
Alexandrye
was
a
grete
marchaunte
/
the
whiche
knowyng
that
Iohn
the
holy
Patryarke
slepte
on
a
sory
bedde
and
was
couered
with
a
couerlet
of
wull
.
sent
him
a nother
couerlet
.
of
the
price
&
valew
of
xxxiii
.
pe●●
of
golde
.
Prayenge
hym
as
it
had
not
be
for
his
honestee
to
haue
a
bedde
soo
euyll
apparayled
.
that
he
wolde
laye
it
vpon
his
bedde
.
hauyng
hym
in
a
remembraunce
/
The
holy
Patryarke
graunted
to
the
request
of
the
said
marchaunt
.
couered
hym
wyth
alle
the
nyghte
folowyng
.
¶
And
as
his
chambrelayns
dyde
reherce
&
shewe
.
he
sayd
all
nyght
in
hymself
/
Where
is
he
that
shall
dare
saye
that
the
Patryarke
Iohn
is
meke
fyth
that
he
is
heelyd
wyth
a
couerlett
.
worth
.xxxvi.
pens
of
golde
.
and
the
pore
peple
dey
for
colde
/
¶
How
many
is
there
now
that
chattre
her
teeth
for
colde
.
whyche
haue
no
clothes
to
couer
theymselfe
wyth
/
¶
How
many
holy
faders
in
wyldernesse
goo
euery
nyghte
to
bed
wythout
supper
&
wythout
lyghte
.
ha●ynge
dowble
passyon
.
the
one
of
colde
thother
of
hungre
/
¶
How
many
is
there
that
sholde
holde
theymself
well
fedde
wyth
the
leues
of
the
coole
wortes
that
men
cast
out
of
my
kechin
.
¶
How
many
is
there
that
wold
haue
of
the
broth
that
my
coke
castyth
a
waye
.
And
that
wolde
well
haue
of
the
wyne
of
my
celler
/
¶
How
many
pylgryin̄s
is
there
in
this
towne
that
wote
not
where
to
lodge
/
And
that
chaunge
not
theyr
clothes
.
be
it
wynter
or
somer
/
How
many
is
ther
that
syth
a
monyth
or
two
ete
nother
oyle
nor
other
lycour
/
And
thiselfe
poore
Iohn
hast
thou
an
hope
to
haue
playsure
euerlastȳg·
and
thou
etest
&
drinkest
of
the
best
breede
.
wyne
&
fysshe
.
and
lyest
in
a
bedde
well
apparayled
/
And
a
thyng
that
is
more
excedynge
.
thou
ha●e
a
ryche
couerlet
.
vnder
the
whiche
thou
art
warmed
.
Certaynly
who
that
lyueth
in
suche
delyces
.
wyth
grete
payne
he
may
gete
the
lyf
euerlastyng
.
Alas
Iohn
remembre
in
thyself
of
the
sharpe
worde
proferred
&
sayde
to
the
euyll
Ryche
man
.
that
was
suche
/
¶
Thou
wyckid
ryche
haste
had
many
goodes
in
thy
lyfe
.
&
the
poore
/
many
sorowes
.
the
whyche
thou
dispysed
in
puttyng
theim
fro
the
as
foule
&
vyle
/
Therfor
now
thou
arte
wyth
good
ryght
tormented
/
&
the
poore
comforted
in
euerlastynge
Ioye
/
¶
Whan
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
had
consydred
all
thyse
thynges
/
he
concluded
in
hymself
.
that
the
nyghte
folowynge
he
sholde
not
beele
hym
wyth
the
sayd
couerlet
that
the
sayd
marchaunt
had
sente
hym
/
but
he
dyde
consydre
the
more
better
&
couenable
a
thinge
it
were
that
an
.
C.lxxxiiii
.
pore
men
.
the
whiche
he
callyd
his
lordes
shold
be
heelyd
wyth
.
than
hym
alone
/
¶
It
is
trouth
that
in
Alexandrye
folke
made
couerlets
of
Rede
.
wherof
men
had
four
for
a
peny
/
and
the
couerlet
that
was
gyuen
to
him
had
coste
.xxxvi.
pens
of
golde
/
The
next
daye
he
sent
it
to
be
solde
/
&
it
happed
that
he
that
had
yeue
it
to
the
sayd
Patryarke
.
boughte
it
for
the
sayd
some
.
&
sente
it
ayen
to
the
sayd
Patryarke
/
that
made
it
to
be
solde
thre
tymes
/
and
the
marchaunt
thre
tymes
sent
it
ayen
.
prayenge
hym
that
he
sholde
heele
hymself
wyth
.
&
that
he
sholde
haue
hym
in
remembraunce
/
¶
The
holy
man
toke
it
supposynge
a
thynge
to
be
leyffull
&
couenable
to
fynde
a
meane
.
by
the
whyche
men
may
.
for
the
sauynge
of
the
ryche
.
yeue
theyr
moneye
for
goddis
sake
Pryncypally
whan
they
ben
couetous
folke
&
wythout
mercy
/
For
by
this
meane
men
wynne
ofte
theyr
soules
/
and
also
grete
mede
wythall
/
¶
And
for
to
approue
his
entencyon
.
he
toke
for
a
witnesse
saynt
Typhanye
that
subtylly
toke
the
money
of
saynt
Iohn
the
Patryarke
of
Iherusalem
.
And
dealyd
it
to
the
poore
peple
/
¶
Of
a
chaunger
namyd
Peter
.
that
made
hymself
to
be
solde
by
his
seruaunt
.
as
a
bonde
man
.
for
to
socoure
the
pore
peple
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Dignum
&c.
Caplm.
Cxxvi.
THe
holy
Patriarke
rehercyd
often
a nother
befall
well
lyke
the
other
.
that
is
conteyned
in
the
chappytre
byfore
sayd
/
Whyche
he
sayde
it
was
happed
in
Affryque
/
As
one
of
his
seruauntes
beynge
his
atourneye
in
Cypre
had
tolde
hym
.
The
whyche
was
a
faythful
&
a
true
man
to
the
hour
of
his
dethe
/
&
the
whiche
had
dwelled
in
the
sayd
londe
of
Affryque
wyth
a
ryche
man
that
kept
a
chaunge
/
¶
And
he
sayde
that
vpon
a
tyme
amonge
other
.
there
as
his
dwellynge
place
was
the
poore
folke
were
gadren
at
the
son
syde
in
the
strete
.
and
tolde
the
one
to
the
other
the
houses
where
they
moost
ofte
had
almesses
.
&
praysed
theym
moche
/
¶
And
in
lyke
wyse
they
nombred
the
houses
where
they
had
noo
thinge
.
and
sayd
moche
euyll
of
theym
/
Soo
sayde
one
of
theym
that
he
ofte
had
almesse
of
a
chaunger
that
dwellyd
nexte
hym
The
whyche
Chaunger
was
mayster
of
the
sayd
Patryarkes
seruaunt
.
as
he
sayd
/
¶
That
other
poore
man
answered
that
neuer
by
him
nor
by
none
other
of
his
house
.
was
not
gyue
hym
noo
almesse
/
Thenne
a nother
of
the
sayd
pore
folke
sayde
to
theym
/
What
woll
ye
gyue
me
yf
I
canne
doo
somoche
.
that
I
gete
almesse
there
/
¶
Alle
the
poore
people
beynge
there
at
the
sonne
syde
.
knowynge
the
couetyse
&
the
colde
charite
of
the
Chaunger
/
made
a
wager
wyth
the
sayd
poore
man
.
Sayenge
that
he
cowde
not
gete
noo
thinge
of
hym
.
And
he
to
the
contrary
sayd
/
he
shold
haue
somwhat
of
him
/
¶
Soo
came
he
to
the
dore
of
the
sayd
Chaungers
place
.
And
wayted
whan
he
shold
come
out
/
And
as
bi
aduenture
the
sayd
Chaunger
was
gone
afore
out
of
his
sayd
hous
and
was
comynge
homewarde
ayen
/
And
after
him
were
asses
comynge
loden
with
loues
of
brede
made
of
Rye
for
his
meyne
/
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
poore
man
seenge
the
sayd
Chaunger
&
the
brede
of
rye
that
was
brought
to
his
place
wyth
hym
askyd
him
thre
or
foure
tymes
an
almesse
for
goddis
sake
/
¶
The
chaunger
as
noyouse
to
here
hym
soo
ofte
calle
after
hym
for
an
almesse
.
lokyd
abowte
hym
/
yf
he
myghte
fynde
a
stone
for
to
caste
at
hym
/
but
he
fonde
none
.
&
then
he
toke
a
loof
of
brede
.
that
whiche
by
grete
dyspyte
he
caste
at
his
heed
/
And
this
seenge
the
poore
man
toke
vp
the
brede
and
went
agayn
to
his
felowes
.
&
shewed
it
vnto
theym
.
sayenge
it
was
yeuen
hym
there
/
¶
It
happed
two
dayes
after
that
the
sayd
Chaunger
felle
syke
/
&
wende
well
to
haue
deyed
/
And
in
the
sykenesse
he
had
a
vysion
.
whyche
was
suche
/
That
he
muste
gyue
acounte
of
all
his
dedes
/
the
whyche
he
sawe
in
a
balaunce
/
Soo
came
byfore
hym
two
grete
companyes
.
wherof
the
one
was
a
grete
meyne
of
blacke
&
dredfull
persones
.
and
sore
ferdfull
for
to
see
.
and
the
other
felyshyp
was
al
whyte
&
full-gracyons
&
playsaunt
for
to
behold
/
They
that
were
whyte
sayd
amonge
theym
.
that
in
all
his
werkes
he
neuer
dyde
ony
goode
dede
.
But
oonly
an
almesse
that
he
had
done
two
dayes
afore
and
yet
it
was
ayenst
his
wyll
/
But
the
blacke
folke
poynted
and
shewed
him
euylles
wythout
nombre
by
him
commytted
&
done
.
as
well
by
the
synne
of
Couetyse
as
of
other
/
¶
And
thenne
the
sayd
whyte
folke
.
desyrynge
to
saue
hym
fro
daungeour·
commaunded
hym
that
he
sholde
encreace
his
almesse
.
and
also
that
he
shold
amende
his
lyf
/
Or
elles
the
blacke
persones
sholde
euermore
tormente
hym
¶
After
he
was
awaked
he
knew
his
vysion
to
be
true
/
For
he
hadd
seen
therby
al
that
he
euer
he
dyde
in
his
youth
vnto
that
houre
And
the
sayd
blacke
persones
hadd
broughte
the
balance
for
to
weye
his
mysdedes
/
but
the
other
had
noo
thynge
to
brynge
wyth
theym
excepte
only
the
almesse
that
he
had
do
as
by
constraynynge
.
and
agaynst
hys
wyll
/
¶
Thenne
he
sayde
in
hymselfe
/
Alas
my
god
/
somoche
thou
arte
meke
/
¶
Yf
thou
grauntest
that
only
an
almesse
whyche
I
haue
gyue
spytefully
.
to
be
vnto
me
somoche
worthe
.
as
to
delyuer
me
out
of
the
power
of
the
deuyls
.
How
moche
good
doth
an
almesse
that
is
gyuen
wyth
mekenesse
&
deuocyon
/
¶
And
from
that
tyme
fourth
the
sayd
Chaunger
was
soo
grete
gyuer
of
almesses
&
so
free
.
that
he
spared
not
his
owne
body
/
¶
Ones
in
a
mornynge
it
befell
as
he
went
toward
the
chaunge·
that
he
founde
a
Marynar
/
the
whyche
by
fortune
had
be
perysshed
&
was
lefte
as
nakyd
as
he
was
come
out
of
his
moders
bely
/
The
whyche
knelyd
on
bothe
his
knees
afore
the
said
Chaunger
.
and
askyd
his
almesse
/
¶
The
Chaunger
seeng
his
pouerte
toke
of
his
gowne
.
that
was
the
beste
that
he
hadd
.
and
gaaf
it
hym
/
The
pore
man
that
durst
not
were
soo
good
a
gowne
.
went
Incontynent
and
solde
it
to
an
Vpholster
/
¶
Whan
the
Chaunger
goynge
forth
by
.
knewe
his
gowne
that
heng
at
the
Vpholsters
dore
.
and
all
redy
was
there
to
selle
.
he
was
sore
wrothe
&
angry
/
¶
Soo
went
he
in
to
his
chambre
for
to
wepe
&
sayde
.
alas
that
I
am
vnhappi·
I
was
not
worthy
that
the
poore
man
sholde
haue
be
clothed
with
my
vesture
/
¶
Fynably
he
felle
a
slepe
/
And
whyle
he
slepte
he
sawe
ouer
his
heede
a
fayre
&
a
playsaunt
childe
.
that
bare
a
crosse
&
the
gowne
that
the
sayd
Chaunger
had
gyuen
for
goodis
sake
/
Whyche
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
My
frende
why
wepest
thou
/
The
Chaunger
answered
/
Haa
my
lorde
I
wepe
.
by
cause
that
of
the
goodes
that
thou
gyuest
vs
/
Whan
somtyme
we
gyue
theym
to
the
pore
folke
.
they
bystow
theym
in
euyll
vsages
/
¶
Thenne
he
shewed
hym
his
gowne
.
sayenge
/
My
frende
.
knowest
thou
not
this
gowne
/
wyth
whyche
I
am
clothed
/
I
thanke
the
/
For
certaynly
I
was
sore
acolde
at
that
tyme
thou
gaue
it
to
me
/
¶
The
Chaunger
consyderynge
the
wordes
that
the
chyld
sayd
vnto
him
/
began
to
prayse
the
poore
peple
in
this
wise
/
¶
Syth
that
the
poore
folke
represent
the
persone
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
Cryste
.
I
purpose
that
from
this
hour
forthon
.
I
shall
do
as
the
poore
peple
of
god
doon
/
¶
And
thenne
he
sente
hastely
his
Notary
.
the
whyche
he
had
boughte
after
the
custome
that
men
were
boughte
that
tyme
/
¶
And
whan
he
was
come
to
hym
.
he
delyuered
hym
x.
pounde
of
golde
.
sayenge
that
yf
he
dyde
not
his
commaundement
he
sholde
selle
hym
to
the
straungers
&
Sarrasyns
/
¶
The
sayd
Chaunger
commaunded
hym
.
that
he
sholde
brynge
hym
to
Iherusalem
and
that
he
sholde
selle
hym
to
a
Crysten
.
And
that
he
sholde
gyue
suche
moneye
as
he
sholde
haue
for
hym
to
the
poore
folke
¶
The
whyche
thyng
the
Notary
wolde
not
doo
.
but
by
cause
that
the
Chaunger
thretnyd
hym
.
be
feryd
hymself
to
be
solde
/
¶
Soo
broughte
he
his
mayster
vnto
Iherusalem
/
And
as
they
were
comyn
thyder
the
Notary
founde
a
frende
of
his
.
that
also
was
a
Chaunger
.
To
whom
he
prayed
for
to
bi●
his
subget
.
the
whiche
was
a
gode
&
a
true
seruaunt
¶
To
whom
this
Chaunger
answered
.
that
he
had
not
money
ynough
redy
for
to
paye
him
/
And
the
Notary
sayd
vnto
hym
/
Certaynly
I
make
the
sure
yf
thou
take
hym
.
that
god
by
hym
shall
gyue
the
his
blessynge
¶
Thenne
the
Chaunger
bought
him
for
as
moche
as
our
lorde
was
solde
/
That
it
to
wyte
.
the
somme
of
thyrty
pens
/
¶
Whan
he
had
solde
hym
and
delyuered
hym
.
he
wente
ayen
to
Constantynople
/
And
wythout
to
vtter
his
sale
gaaf
for
goodis
sake
the
moneye
that
he
had
receyued
for
hym
.
as
he
dyde
promyse
hym
for
to
doo
/
¶
Thenne
Peter
the
Chaunger
thus
solde
seruyd
the
Chaunger
his
mayster
in
all
thynges
to
hym
possyble
/
¶
He
wasshed
hys
clothes·
scouryd
the
dysshes
/
And
dyde
all
that
a
good
seruaunt
oughte
to
doo
And
wythin
that
de
made
grete
abstynences
/
¶
The
Chaunger
seenge
his
manere
of
lyuynge
.
&
also
that
he
was
well
encreased
in
goodes
syth
the
sayd
Peter
was
come
to
hym
.
wolde
nomore
kepe
hym
as
a
seruaunte
.
but
as
hys
brother
/
¶
And
neuerthelesse
by
his
grete
humylyte
&
goodnesse
he
made
hym selfe
to
be
beten
and
wronged
of
the
other
seruauntes
of
the
house
/
and
sayde
noo
thynge
there
agaynst
/
¶
Wherfore
they
helde
hym
for
a
foole
/
And
as
many
tymes
and
ofte
as
he
was
trowbled
of
theym
.
he
hadde
suche
a
vysion
as
the
same
that
he
had
seen
afore
in
Affryque
.
of
the
chylde
that
apperyd
to
hym
wyth
his
gowne
whyche
he
had
gyues
for
goddes
sake
/
And
shewed
hym
the
thyrty
pens
.
wherfore
he
hadd
be
solde
/
Sayenge
vnto
hym
/
¶
Peter
haue
pacyence
.
and
endure
yet
a
lytyll
.
awaytinge
after
the
rewarde
of
thy
labours
/
¶
That
tyme
came
oute
of
his
countreye
many
Chaungers
to
Iherusalem
the
cyte
.
for
to
worshypp
the
holy
pl●●s
/
The
whiche
Chaungers
were
●●ty●ed
of
the
sayde
Peters
mayster
for
to
〈◊〉
to
dyner
wyth
hym
in
his
house
/
¶
And
whan
they
were
sette
at
the
table
/
They
sayd
the
one
to
the
other
/
beholdyng
the
sayd
Peter
/
¶
How
wel
is
the
seruaunte
like
vnto
Peter
the
Chager
/
Peter
dyde
hide
hys
vysage
as
moche
as
he
cowde
/
¶
Thise
sayd
Chaungers
yet
agayne
thynkynge
euer
vpon
the
sayd
Peter
.
sayde
to
Zoyle
the
Chaunger
that
had
prayed
theym
to
dyner
Certaynly
Zoyle
a
grete
thynge
is
happed
vnto
the
/
For
yf
we
erre
not
.
thou
hast
in
thy
seruyse
a
grete
man
/
and
of
a
ryche
house
They
were
not
yet
certayn
of
his
very
knowlege
/
By
cause
his
face
was
soo
sore
chaunged
/
As
well
for
the
payne
that
he
tooke
in
the
kechyn
/
As
for
the
fastynges
and
abstynences
that
he
made
/
¶
And
after
that
they
had
deuysed
longe
.
One
of
theym
sayde
/
Certaynly
it
is
mayster
Peter
the
Chaunger
/
I
woll
/
see
hym
better
anone
/
¶
The
emperour
of
Constantynople
is
sore
heuy
that
he
knowyth
not
where
he
is
become
/
¶
The
gode
Peter
vnderstode
thise
wordes
/
he
lete
goo
the
dysshe
that
he
bare
:
and
ranne
downe
to
the
gate
/
¶
To
the
whyche
gate
was
a
man
that
of
his
byrth
was
bothe
deyff
and
dombte
/
The
whyche
man
kepte
the
sayd
gate
.
¶
And
whanne
the
sayd
Peter
came
to
him
.
he
sayd
to
him
/
My
frende
in
the
name
of
god
open
the
gate
/
¶
Thenne
this
man
bothe
deyff
&
dombte
.
that
neuer
had
herde
.
nor
spoken
afore·
vnderstode
Peter
Incontynent
And
to
hym
spake
twyes
.
sayenge
/
Well
mayster
/
¶
Thenne
he
opened
the
gate
/
And
the
sayde
Peter
fledde
awaye
/
¶
The
whyche
thynge
seenge
this
dombte
man
.
came
to
his
mayster
.
And
vnto
him
rehercyd
the
myracle
in
presence
of
all
they
that
were
at
the
table
/
¶
Wherof
they
were
gretly
merueyled
and
sore
abasshyd
/
¶
And
more
ouer
sayd
to
theim
/
I
praye
you
lete
me
god
after
Peter
/
For
surely
he
is
a
grete
seruaunte
of
god
/
¶
He
badde
me
open
the
gate
in
name
of
our
lorde
/
And
thus
he
ranne
awaye
/
¶
Oute
of
hys
mouthe
came
a
grete
flamme
.
that
hathe
towchyd
myn
teres
/
And
Incontynent
the
heryng
and
the
speche
was
yeuen
vnto
me
/
¶
They
all
thenne
roos
from
the
table
.
and
wente
after
hym
.
But
they
cowde
not
see
hym
noo
morere
/
¶
The
mayster
knowynge
the
vertues
of
Peter
/
And
the
place
wherof
he
was
come
.
wonderfull
sory
of
that
he
had
boughte
hym
to
be
his
bondman
/
¶
And
yet
more
by
cause
that
he
hadd
sette
hym
to
the
offyce
of
his
kechyn
/
Seenge
that
he
was
soo
holy
a
persone
And
pryncypally
they
that
callyd
him
foole
and
from
his
wytte
/
Whan
they
had
knowlege
of
it
.
they
were
sore
troublyd
wyth
alle
/
And
bare
therfore
grete
penaunce
/
¶
The
whyche
hystory
rehercyd
often
the
holy
Patryarke
/
for
to
moeue
the
hertes
of
the
Crysten
to
gyue
gladly
almesses
of
theyr
goodes
for
goddis
sake
to
poore
folke
/
¶
Of
saynt
Cerapyon
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Omnibus
,
et
cetera
/
Caplm.
C.xxvii
.
THe
holy
Patriarke
Iohn
that
was
cladde
wyth
alle
vertues
/
reherced
&
shewed
gladly
many
good
hystoryes
/
And
pryncypally
of
theym
.
that
deuowtely
dyde
theyr
almeses
/
¶
One
daye
amonge
other
it
happed
.
that
he
reherced
and
shewed
of
saynt
Scrapyon
/
otherwyse
callyd
Sydomyen
/
¶
How
that
on
a
tyme
amonge
other
in
goynge
by
the
waye
.
he
had
gyuen
hys
mantell
to
a
poore
man
/
¶
And
after
as
he
wente
forthe
on
his
waye
.
He
founde
a nother
poore
man
/
that
was
al
trowbled
for
colde
/
To
the
whyche
poore
man
he
gaaff
his
gowne
/
And
abode
all
nakyd
/
Beryng
only
a
boke
of
gospels
/
¶
Soo
was
he
anone
mette
of
a
man
/
that
askyd
hym
Who
had
thus
dyspoylled
hym
/
¶
To
whom
in
shewynge
the
sayde
boke
of
gospels
.
wyth
his
fynger
he
answeryd
in
this
manere
/
¶
The
same
hath
done
it
/
As
he
wolde
saye
that
she
〈◊〉
of
the
sayd
gospels
hadde
constraynyd
hym
to
gyue
for
goddis
sake
bothe
his
mantell
and
his
gowete
/
¶
It
happed
after
one
tyme
amonge
other
.
that
he
solde
the
sayde
gospels
/
And
in
lykewyse
gaaf
the
moneye
that
he
had
for
it
for
goddis
sake
¶
Soo
after
his
clerke
vnknowynge
that
his
mayster
had
solde
the
sayd
boke
/
questyoned
of
hym
where
were
his
gospels
/
¶
And
the
sayd
holy
man
answered
hym
mekely
in
this
wyse
/
Truely
my
sone
god
hath
commaunded
that
men
sholde
selle
all
that
they
haue
.
for
to
gyue
to
the
poore
for
goddis
sake
/
¶
And
therfore
haue
I
solde
the
same
gospels
/
And
the
moneye
therof
.
I
haue
gyuen
for
his
loue
to
the
poore
peple
/
¶
A nother
thynge
a
more
wonderful
dede
done
of
the
sayd
holy
man
/
A
pore
woman
wente
towarde
hym
/
sayenenge
to
hym
in
this
wyse
/
That
she
&
her
chyldren
by
grete
pouertee
and
●●ede
deyed
for
hungre
/
¶
The
sayd
holy
man
seenge
that
he
hadde
noo
thynge
to
gyue
to
this
poore
woman
.
but
oonly
hymselfe
/
¶
And
consyderynge
yf
she
wolde
selle
hym
to
the
Grekes
/
She
sholde
well
haue
money
for
hym
¶
For
the
Grekes
had
a
custome
that
they
boughte
men
and
wymmen
straungers
fro
theyr
nacyon
/
¶
And
sayde
vnto
her
thyse
worde●
.
/
¶
My
frende
I
haue
noo
thynge
to
gyue
the
/
But
I
shalt
lern
the
how
them
shalt
haue
moneye
.
for
to
socour
the
and
thyne
at
thy
nede
/
¶
Thou
shalt
sell
me
to
the
Grekes
.
and
shalt
take
the
moneye
for
●●
¶
The
poore
woman
herynge
thyse
wordes
was
alle
asharayd
/
But
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
he
enfourmed
her
soo
that
she
〈◊〉
●●●ente
for
to
selle
hym
/
And
in
〈◊〉
she
solde
hym
to
Marchauntes
of
G●●ke
¶
Wherof
it
happed
by
the
will
of
god
.
That
wythin
a
shorte
tyme
af●●
he
torned
all
the
Grekes
to
the
crysten
faythe
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
this
consyderynge
sayd
to
hymself
/
¶
Alas
I
wen●●
to
haue
doone
some
good
.
for
to
gy●●
that
.
that
god
had
gyuen
/
But
I
ge●●
not
soo
grete
Rewarde
.
as
doone
my
〈◊〉
that
gyue
not
only
theyr
goodes
.
but
also
put
theyr
owne
bodyes
for
the
compassyon
and
pi●e
that
they
haue
of
theyr
neyghbours
/
¶
We
other
thenne
that
are
bywrapped
wyth
many
synnes
.
and
yt●●ue
neyther
ourself
nor
our
goodes
/
ought
wel
to
drede
the
rightwysnes
of
god
/
And
therto
we
sholde
wel
take
hede
.
consyderyng
that
by
almesses
we
may
sa●e
ourself
lyghtly
/
¶
How
the
holy
Patryarke
wolde
not
herken
to
the
acusacions
that
men
made
agaynst
the
Relygyouses
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Semper
quidem
Caplm.
Cxxviii·
THe
holy
Patryarke
lefte
neuer
noo
Relygyouses
to
haue
ony
nede
/
Soo
that
thei
were
of
holy
conuersacyon
/
And
also
wolde
not
here
speke
nor
herken
to
theym
that
sayd
euyll
by
theym
/
¶
Wherof
it
happed
ones
.
that
a
Relygyouse
that
wente
from
strete
to
strete
.
sekynge
his
brede
wyth
a
fayre
yonge
mayde
/
Mette
wyth
some
euyl
folke
/
The
whyche
came
and
shewed
to
the
holy
man
/
How
that
the
sayd
Relygyouse
went
thrugh
the
cyte
/
And
how
he
shamyd
all
other
Relygyouses
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
weninge
to
correcte
the
synne
of
the
sayd
Religious
made
the
sayd
mayde
to
be
rebukyd
.
and
departed
from
his
felyshypp
/
¶
And
soone
after
was
the
Relygyouse
sore
beten
.
and
casten
in
pryson
/
¶
The
nyghte
folowynge
apperryd
to
the
sayde
Patryarke
in
his
slepe
a
Relygyous
.
that
shewed
him
his
backe
al
rotyn
.
and
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
O
Patryarke
it
is
thy
wyll
that
it
be
soo
done
/
I
promyse
the
that
thou
haste
atte
this
tyme
erryd
as
a
man
/
And
byleue
that
I
saye
/
For
the
lyfe
&
the
dethe
are
nyghe
me
/
And
this
sayenge
he
wente
awaye
/
¶
The
nexte
daye
folowynge
in
the
mornynge
eerly
the
holy
Patryarke
sente
for
the
forsayde
Relygyouse
.
for
to
vnderstonde
yf
he
cowde
know
whether
it
was
he
of
whom
the
forsayd
Vysyon
was
apperyd
&
shewed
vnto
hym
/
¶
And
whanne
he
was
broughte
byfore
hym
/
Seenge
hys
vysage
pale
.
he
was
all
ashamyd
/
¶
After
by
cause
he
wolde
see
his
backe
/
for
to
wyte
yf
it
was
rotyn
as
that
other
that
he
sawe
in
a
vysion
/
Prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
vnclothe
hym·
and
that
he
sholde
not
be
ashamyd
/
¶
The
poore
relygyous
had
all
his
ly●nes
soo
sore
that
he
had
almost
noo
power
to
re●eue
hym
/
Neuerthelesse
wyth
moche
payne
vnclothed
himself
/
¶
And
it
was
founde
that
he
had
noo
membres
manly
and
his
backe
was
all
rotin
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
Patryarke
sent
all
his
seruauntes
out
of
the
chambre
.
and
callid
to
him
the
sayd
religyous
/
And
askyd
him
why
he
ladd
that
mayde
wyth
hym
/
Sayeng
to
hym
that
all
folke
&
pryncypally
religyouses
oughte
to
kepe
hemself
from
sklaundre
&
shame
/
and
aboue
all
thinges
fro
companye
of
wymmen
/
¶
The
relygyous
answerde
that
it
was
not
longe
agoo
.
that
he
was
in
the
cite
of
Gazam
And
as
he
wolde
haue
come
thens
/
after
leue
taken
of
his
abbot
Cirus
.
the
sayd
mayde
.
whyche
was
a
Sarrasyn
was
come
to
hym
abowte
euen
.
&
had
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
not
leue
her
by
cause
she
wold
be
Crysten
/
He
thenne
consyderynge
her
good
wyll
.
and
ferynge
to
offende
god
/
Yf
by
his
neclygence
she
had
not
contynued
in
her
holy
purpoos
.
Hopyng
also
that
the
deuyll
sholde
not
dysceyue
hym
by
her
.
Had
taken
on
his
way
wyth
her
.
and
had
born
her
felyshypp
vnto
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
/
Where
he
had
existned
her
.
and
sought
a
place
for
to
haue
her
in
to
relygyon
/
And
this
doynge
they
asked
theyr
breede
thorugh
the
cyte
/
The
holy
Patryarke
seenge
the
holy
affeccyon
that
he
had
to
the
soule
of
the
good
mayde
.
beg●●
for
to
crye
/
¶
Alas
how
many
good
seruauntes
of
god
〈◊〉
is
the
worlde
vnknowen
/
¶
And
after
he
gaaf
hym
a●
hundred
pens
/
But
the
relygyous
wolde
none
take
/
Sayeng
that
it
was
not
that
he
soughte
/
¶
And
that
all
relygyouses
that
ben
of
good
fayth
haue
noo
nede
of
syluer
/
¶
And
yf
that
they
haue
nede
/
Men
maye
well
saye
that
they
haue
noo
fayth
/
¶
Thenne
the
Patryarke
bowed
his
knees
byfore
hym
and
recommended
hym
to
god
/
¶
And
after
loued
.
maintened
.
and
lodged
the
relygyouses
more
tenderly
than
he
hadd
done
afore
/
¶
And
after
for
the
grete
affeccyon
and
feruent
loue
that
he
had
to
them
.
dide
buylde
an
hospytall
without
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
.
that
he
namyd
the
hospytall
of
Relygyouses
/
¶
How
the
holy
Patriarke
vysited
the
〈◊〉
in
●ourynge
to
theyr
dethe
warde
¶
And
of
hym
that
was
broughte
pry●●●er
in
Perse
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Mortalitate
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.xxix
.
A
Grete
dethe
happed
in
Alexandrye
in
the
holy
Patriarkes
dayes
/
Durynge
the
whiche
dethe
/
For
to
purchace
gretter
mede
/
And
also
for
to
shewe
a
token
of
mekenesse
to
all
other
/
He
wente
and
vysyted
the
lyke
/
and
helped
to
wynde
them
whan
they
were
decessed
/
¶
And
often
for
to
haue
a
contynuell
mynde
of
dethe
/
He
●●syd
theyre
eyen
after
that
they
were
deed
/
¶
And
after
made
deuowte
prayes
and
orysons
.
for
the
helthe
of
theyr
poore
soules
/
¶
And
for
to
shewe
that
prayers
and
orysons
that
ben
doone
deuowtely
.
profyten
to
the
deed
/
Here
after
is
rehercyd
a
fayre
hystory
of
a
man
the
whyche
was
taken
and
broughte
prysoner
in
to
Perse
/
And
was
putt
in
a
pryson
that
is
callyd
Lethe
/
Whyche
is
as
moche
for
to
saye
.
as
Forgetynge
Or
to
be
putt
oute
of
Remembraunce
.
¶
Some
that
fledde
from
thens
for
to
goo
in
to
Ethypre
/
Passed
by
the
howse
of
the
frendes
of
the
sayd
prysonere
/
And
they
were
questyoned
yf
they
had
not
mette
nor
seen
theyr
kynnesman
/
¶
Wherat
they
answeryd
.
that
wych
theyr
owne
hondes
they
hadd
buryed
hym
/
¶
Alwayes
it
was
not
the
same
/
But
it
was
a nother
that
was
well
lyke
hym
/
¶
And
for
to
certefye
the
better
that
it
was
he
.
they
namyd
the
monyth
and
also
the
daye
that
he
deyed
¶
The
sayd
frendes
bi
cause
they
wende
thise
mennes
sayenges
to
be
true
.
dyde
do
make
thre
seruyses
euery
yere
for
theyr
sayde
kynnesman
/
¶
That
is
to
wyte
.
one
att
the
feeste
of
the
Epyphanye
.
that
we
calle
Tweluyfthdaye
/
the
other
vpon
the
holy
Sondaye
.
that
is
Trynyte
Sondaye
.
And
the
thyrde
at
the
feeste
of
Pentecost
.
otherwyse
called
Wytsondaye
.
¶
It
happed
that
foure
yere
after
.
the
sayd
prysoner
came
ayen
To
whom
his
frendes
rehercyd
&
tolde
hym
/
That
by
cause
men
had
reported
to
them
that
he
was
deed
.
they
made
for
him
vpon
thise
dayes
.
and
euery
yere
the
sayd
seruyses
/
¶
The
whyche
thyng
by
hym
herde
of
theym
/
He
affermyd
to
theym
for
a
trouthe
/
That
he
beynge
wythin
the
sayde
pryson
/
euery
yere
.
and
the
same
dayes
.
came
to
hym
a
man
alle
in
whyte
.
that
loosyd
hym
his
chaynes
wherwyth
he
was
bounde
And
preseruyd
hym
from
theym
that
kepte
him
/
And
after
went
beryng
hys
chaynes
att
his
necke
wythout
the
knowlege
of
ony
man
/
¶
Wherfore
he
concluded
that
oryson
prouffytyth
moche
to
the
prysoners
vpon
the
Turkes
and
Sarrasyns
/
And
pryncypally
to
theim
that
ben
deed
/
¶
Of
hym
that
prayed
for
his
sone
.
and
for
his
shyppe
that
was
vpon
the
see
/
by
cause
it
sholde
not
perysshe
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
/
¶
Quod
in
actibus
aplorum
/
Caplm.
C.xxx
.
SVche
a nother
thynge
we
rede
of
the
holy
Patriarke
in
the
boke
of
the
dedes
of
th
apostles·
that
many
deuowte
crystens
seenge
the
grete
compassion
that
he
had
toward
the
poore
solde
moche
of
theyr
goodes
.
&
broughte
the
money
therof
to
the
holy
man
for
to
be
dreased
by
him
to
the
poore
/
¶
Amonge
the
other
was
one
.
that
had
only
but
.vii.
pounde
of
golde
&
an
halfe
/
that
whiche
some
he
brought
to
the
sayd
holy
man
.
sayenge
that
it
was
all
the
golde
that
he
had
in
his
possessōn
/
¶
And
as
he
toke
him
this
golde
.
He
sayd
that
he
had
only
a
sone
of
.xv.
yere
of
aege
.
the
whyche
wyth
a
shyppe
was
gone
in
to
Affryque
¶
And
bi
cause
he
was
in
grete
thoughte
&
malencolye
of
that
he
came
not
ayen
soo
soone
as
he
was
acustomyd
.
besoughte
hym
that
he
wold
pray
god
that
he
wolde
saue
hym
his
sone
&
brynge
his
shyppe
ayen
to
port
salw
/
the
holy
Patryarke
was
merueylled
of
the
goodnes
and·
kindnesse
of
this
marchaunt
.
that
had
gyue
all
his
golde
att
o●●
almesse
/
¶
Soo
toke
he
soone
the
sayd
golde
.
and
put
it
vnder
a
table
halowed
prayenge
god
deuoutly
for
the
helthe
of
his
sone
&
of
his
shippe
/
¶
Thirty
dayes
after
came
tydynges
that
hys
sone
was
dysceased
.
but
thre
dayes
after
the
sayd
tydynges
.
his
shyppe
came
.
and
also
his
sone
.
that
neuertheles
was
drowned
in
comyng
wythin
the
hauen
&
the
goodes
wythin
the
shyppe
lost
/
&
there
abode
oonly
but
one
lytyll
boote
/
All
this
befall
was
reported
to
the
sayde
holy
Patryarke
And
how
the
fader
was
more
sory
only
for
the
deth
of
his
sone
.
than
for
the
losse
of
his
goodes
/
the
holy
man
consideryng
his
grete
sorow
durste
not
make
hym
come
afore
hym
/
¶
But
neuertheles
he
sent
hym
worde
that
he
shold
take
his
Infortune
in
pacyence
.
bi
cause
our
lorde
made
no
thynge
wythout
a
cause
.
all
be
it
that
we
knowe
not
the
same
.
or
wyll
not
knowe
it
/
And
therfor
he
leuyth
neuer
those
that
do
ony
good
.
but
rather
whan
they
suffre
ony
aduersitees
or
trybulacyons
.
yf
they
retourne
to
hym
soone
or
late
.
they
ben
conforted
/
¶
Soone
after
the
good
marchaunte
sawe
in
his
dreme
a
man
lyke
vnto
the
holy
Patryarke
.
the
sayd
to
him
/
My
broder
.
why
trowblest
thou
thiself
.
&
takest
soo
moche
heuynesse
/
Hast
not
the
prayed
me
.
that
thy
sone
mighte
be
sauyd
/
Certaynly
thy
prayer
is
harde
.
for
surely
yf
he
lyued
.
he
were
in
daunge●ur
to
be
dampned
.
for
the
euylles
that
he
sholde
haue
done
/
¶
I
ensure
the
yf
i●
had
not
be
by
the
gyfte
that
thou
beste
doone
to
me
/
They
of
the
shyppe
〈◊〉
haue
be
perysshyd
.
and
so
sholde
not
thy
sone
haue
escaped
fro
euerlastynge
dampnacyon
¶
The
marchaunt
then
w●ll
conforted
awoke
.
&
came
to
the
holy
Patryarke
.
for
to
shew
him
the
caas
&
thanked
hym
of
his
prayer
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
Patryarke
heuyng
his
hondes
to
heuen
sayd
/
O
my
god
I
thanke
the
that
thou
gladly
herest
&
enhauncest
the
prayers
of
the
poore
synnars
/
After
he
sayd
to
the
marchaunt
/
¶
My
frende
byleue
not
that
this
vysion
is
come
to
the
by
my
prayers
.
but
only
by
the
grete
fayth
that
thou
hast
had
to
our
lorde
/
¶
Of
a
coueytous
bisshopp
.
the
whiche
●●●yd
moneye
Inordynatly
&
ouermoche
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vrgehat
&c.
Caplm.
C.xxxi
.
OFt
tymes
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
went
to
vysite
the
pore
that
were
in
a
place
called
Cesarium
In
whyche
place
he
had
do
make
mattes
&
beddyng
for
to
lay
theim
vpon
in
Wynter
/
¶
Wyth
hym
on
a
tyme
amonge
other
vysityng
the
sayd
poore
folke
was
a
bysshop
namyd
Troyle
.
whiche
made
thenne
to
be
broughte
wyth
hym
by
one
his
Attourneye
.
xxx.li
.
of
golde
:
for
to
bye
certayne
plate
to
serue
at
his
borde
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
that
knew
well
his
Intencyon
/
sayd
vnto
hym
in
spekynge
of
the
poore
peple
/
Troyle
I
pray
the
loue
the
bredern
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
After
whyche
wordes
thus
sayd
by
the
Patryarke
.
and
well
markyd
by
the
sayd
bysshopp
/
As
all
ashamyd
commaunded
to
hym
that
bare
his
golde
that
he
sholde
gyue
it
to
the
poore
/
And
after
that
they
came
ayen
to
the
cyte
/
and
as
they
were
in
the
waye
/
the
bysshopp
Troyle
that
was
right
sory
that
he
hadd
gyuen
agaynste
his
wyll
the
sayde
.xxx.
pounde
of
golde
.
angred
hymself
soo
sore
for
it
that
a
stronge
feuer
toke
hym
so
feruently
that
he
was
from
hymselve
.
And
the
holy
Patryarke
whan
he
was
come
to
his
hous
&
was
set
at
the
table
.
sent
for
the
sayd
bysshop
for
to
come
to
dyner
&
take
his
refeccyon
wyth
him
.
but
he
answerde
that
he
myght
not
goo
/
&
that
the
feuer
was
soo
stronge
vpon
him
that
he
myght
not
ryse
from
his
bed
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
knowyng
hym
thus
syke
.
thoughte
it
was
for
grete
malencolye
that
he
toke
for
his
golde
that
he
had
gyuen
ayenst
his
wyll
¶
And
by
cause
he
knewe
this
bysshopp
to
be
sore
vexed
&
tormented
:
And
for
this
cause
he
myghte
not
take
his
refeccyon
/
¶
He
wente
to
the
bedde
where
he
laye
syke
.
and
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
Troyle
be
of
goode
there
&
comfort
And
reioyce
thyselfe
att
my
comynge
/
Dydest
thou
ymagyne
otherwyse
whan
I
tolde
the
that
thou
shold
gyue
thy
gold
to
the
poore
peple
but
that
it
was
my
wyl
to
gyue
vnto
the
ayen
all
togyder
/
Truely
my
wyll
was
soo
.
Holde
here
is
thy
hoole
some
whyche
I
beynge
to
the
/
And
whan
he
sawe
in
the
holy
mannes
hondes
all
his
golde
.
he
fonde
hymself
aswel
dysposyd
of
his
comynge
/
as
though
he
had
brought
a
good
medycyne
/
wherof
he
sholde
haue
recouered
his
good
heele
/
And
so
the
holy
man
toke
him
his
golde
ayen
/
¶
But
in
this
doynge
he
askyd
him
a
letter
of
his
honde
.
how
he
forsoke
the
meryte
that
he
myght
haue
gote
in
gyuynge
his
money
for
goddis
sake·
the
whiche
bysshopp
made
to
hym
a
wrytyng
wherof
the
tenour
was
suche
/
¶
O
my
god
yeue
to
my
maister
Iohn
.
Patryarke
of
the
grete
cyte
of
Alexandrye
the
meryte
of
the
xxx
.
li.
of
golde
that
I
had
gyuen
to
the
poore
/
peple
For
I
haue
receyued
theym
ayen
/
The
sayd
holy
Patriarke
kepte
well
the
sayd
wrytyng
.
and
broughte
the
sayd
bysshop
to
dyner
wyth
him
/
To
whom
after
fewe
dayes
.
to
th
ende
he
were
stired
to
socour
gladly
the
poore
peple
/
Oure
lorde
gyuer
of
rewardes
.
wold
shewe
in
a
dreme
what
rewarde
he
had
lost
/
So
saw
he
in
this
dreme
a
grete
palays
▪
so
costelew
&
soo
fayr
builded
that
al
mankynde
cowde
haue
discerne
it
/
And
amonge
the
grete
rychesses
of
the
same
palays
was
the
gate
all
of
fyne
golde
/
Vpon
whyche
was
wryten
/
This
palays
is
euerlastynge
/
&
the
reste
of
Troyle
/
¶
And
as
he
was
redyng
the
sayd
superscripcion
.
came
sodenly
a
notable
persone
.
as
a
cha●brelayn
.
acompanyed
of
many
seruaunters
/
To
whom
he
hadde
that
they
sholde
take
awaye
the
same
superscrypcion
/
And
that
they
shold
●●te
in
that
place
/
that
whyche
the
s●●ersyn
kynge
hadd
ordeyned
The
whiche
thynge
they
dyde
/
And
theyr
wrytynge
was
this
/
¶
It
is
the
palayes
euerlastynge
of
Iohn
the
Patryarke
.
and
archebysshopp
of
Alexandrye
.
boughte
by
hym
for
.
xxx.li
of
golde
/
The
whyche
vysyon
the
sayde
bysshopp
rehercyd
aforsayd
Patriarke
¶
And
from
that
●●me
forthe
he
was
.
a
grete
almesse
yo●●
Hauinge
euer
more
after
strongly
compassyon
of
the
poore
/
¶
Of
the
shyppes
of
the
chyrche
/
And
how
al
the
goodes
that
were
the●●
were
lost
/
Whyche
chapytre
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Dominus
qui
diuician
.
&
cetera
Caplm.
C.xxxii
.
TRue
it
is
that
our
lord
whiche
toke
from
Ioh
all
his
goodes
for
to
preue
〈◊〉
pacyence
/
〈◊〉
for
to
gyue
vs
ensample
to
haue
it
〈◊〉
alle
oure
aduersytees
/
Toke
also
from
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohan
all
his
godes
/
¶
For
as
the
shippes
of
his
chirche
were
in
the
see
.
laded
with
all
the
●●●ur
of
the
chirche
.
att
a
place
namyd
●●hyra
/
The
Patrons
of
the
said
shippes
of
the
chyrche
were
constrayned
.
〈◊〉
eschewe
the
lyckely
peryll
and
gret●●
daungeour
of
theyr
owne
persones
and
vesselles
to
caste
alle
theyr
goodes
in
to
the
see
/
¶
And
Incontynent
that
they
were
come
in
to
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
Ferynge
to
be
trowbled·
vexed
and
not
in
pryson
/
Wente
alle
to
the
chyrche
for
to
kepe
there
the
fraunchyse
and
●●
betters
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
heryng
〈◊〉
●●ynges
/
and
the
cause
why
they
●nderstande
/
wrote
to
theym
wyth
hys
〈◊〉
●onde
.
sayenge
/
Bredern
be
not
say
not
angre
not
yourself
Our
lorde
hath
take
from
vs
his
goodes
as
it
hathe
playsyd
hym
.
His
good
playsure
be
done
/
Come
surely
oute
of
the
chyrche
〈◊〉
●●●nysour
.
god
shall
puruey
for
vs
〈◊〉
one
daye
to
the
other
/
The
daye
folowyng
the
cyteyzyns
wolde
haue
come
to
hym
for
to
comforte
hym
/
But
he
came
ayenst
theym
.
and
beganne
to
saye
to
theym
/
¶
O
my
chyldern
be
not
angry
for
the
losse
of
the
shyppes
/
Certaynly
I
am
for
my
synne
the
cause
of
the
destruccyon
/
by
cause
I
was
proude
of
the
al●esses
that
I
haue
done
in
tyme
passe
/
Ymagynynge
to
haue
had
mede
to
yo●●
that
●
was
your
owne
/
And
the
●●●oce
god
sendyth
me
now
this
fortune
for
to
meke
myselfe
/
¶
Almesse
oft
playsyth
the
hert
of
man
.
and
makith
to
gloryfye
hymself
wythout
rayson
/
Wherfor
it
oughte
to
be
done
secretly
&
in
humylyte
/
¶
It
is
no
fortune
to
haue
grete
goodes
in
this
worlde
/
Pouerte
is
more
sure
for
to
fynde
the
waye
of
saluacyon
/
¶
The
holy
scrypture
sayth
that
pouertee
mekyth
the
persone
/
And
Dauid
in
his
psalme
sayth
to
this
purpoos
/
I
am
gladde
my
god
that
thou
haste
mekyd
me
.
to
th
ende
that
I
shall
lerne
thy
Iustyfycacōns
&
also
the
wayes
of
saluacyon
/
Alwayes
the
holy
man
sayd
this
/
¶
I
byleue
truly
that
the
god
that
was
in
Iobs
dayes
is
yet
almyghty
.
the
whiche
shall
not
fayle
vs
at
oure
nede
.
not
for
the
loue
of
me
/
But
for
to
helpe
and
socour
the
pore
nedy
/
For
he
sayd
hymself
/
Thou
that
arte
Iust
&
good
I
shall
not
leue
the
/
And
moreouer
god
commaundyth
vs
to
seke
fyrste
his
reame
&
his
Iustyce
.
promysyng
to
vs
that
all
thynges
leyffull
&
good
that
we
shal
aske
him
.
shall
be
graunted
to
vs
/
¶
Ye
knowe
how
to
Iob
very
pacyent
/
he
gaue
more
goodes
ayen
than
euer
he
had
loste
afore
/
And
the
whyche
Iob
after
that
he
was
stablisshed
ayen
in
his
godes
and
in
his
astate·
was
more
medefull
than
he
had
be
afore
/
¶
Of
a
seruaunt
.
to
whom
he
gaaf
.ii.
pounde
of
golde
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Ad
extremam
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.xxxiii
.
THe
holy
Patryke
knowynge
one
of
his
seruauntes
to
be
fallen
in
grete
pouertee
.
gaaf
him
two
pounde
of
golde
.
soo
secretly
that
noo
body
knewe
of
it
/
¶
The
seruaunte
sayde
vnto
hym
/
¶
Alas
my
lorde
I
shall
neuer
dare
come
byfore
thy
face
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
as
a
wyseman
answerde
to
hym
wordes
worthy
of
praysyng
.
sayenge
/
My
frende
I
haue
not
yet
shedde
my
bloode
for
the.
lyke
that
god
dyde
for
vs
/
&
hath
commaunded
vs
to
doo
it
/
¶
Of
a
duke
that
refusyd
to
leue
fyfty
pounde
of
golde
/
Begynnyng
in
latyn
¶
Districtis
/
Caplm.
C.xxxiiii
.
A
Man
was
that
ought
moche
money
and
cowde
not
paye
it
What
for
cause
that
his
marchaundyse
was
not
soo
prosperous
vnto
hym·
as
it
was
wonte
to
be
.
as
also
by
cause
that
the
ryuer
of
Nile
had
fayled
that
tyme
for
to
dewe
the
grounde
/
As
it
was
wont
to
doo
euery
yere
¶
This
man
went
to
a
duke
&
prayed
him
that
he
wolde
lende
hym
fyfty
pounde
of
golde
vpon
a
pledge
that
was
worth
twyes
asmoche
/
The
duke
denyed
hym
fyrste
his
askynge
/
But
neuertheles
he
promysed
hym
after
that
he
sholde
haue
theym
/
¶
This
man
was
constrayned
for
to
paye
there
as
he
owed·
And
this
hangynge
he
aduysed
hymself
that
he
sholde
goo
to
his
socours
.
there
as
all
other
were
receyued
.
that
is
to
wyte
to
the
holy
Patryarke
/
¶
Soo
came
the
poore
man
vnto
him
.
and
shewed
hym
his
pouerte
/
But
or
he
had
tolde
al
his
befall
The
holy
Patryarke
that
of
his
nature
was
pitefull
and
myghte
not
see
peple
wepe
but
he
must
wep
also
toke
his
gowne
of
.
&
gaue
it
hym
.
&
constrayned
the
pore
to
take
it
wyth
him
/
The
nyghte
folowynge
/
the
duke
that
had
refusyd
to
lene
to
the
poore
man
the
sayd
somme
.
sawe
in
his
dreme
many
folke
makynge
offrynges
and
oblacyons
vpon
an
awter
/
And
for
one
peny
that
they
offred
.
they
receyued
an
hundred
/
¶
And
wyth
theym
was
the
god
holy
Patryarke
behynde
the
backe
of
the
same
duke
/
¶
There
came
a
man
that
shewed
hym
a
sacke
beynge
nyght
by
theym
/
sayenge
to
hym
in
this
manere
¶
Take
an
offrynge
that
is
wythin
this
sacke
and
goo
offre
it
to
the
awter
And
thou
shalte
haue
an
hundred
for
it
/
¶
The
duke
was
neclygent
to
doo
as
he
hadde
hym
/
Neuerthelesse
the
good
holy
man
that
was
there
nyght
by
hym
.
all
Incontynent
wente
and
toke
it
and
offred
it
And
was
yeuen
to
him
for
it
as
to
the
other
an
hundred
tymes
as
moche
as
he
had
offred
/
¶
Whanne
the
duke
was
awakyd
.
He
cowde
not
vnderstonde
his
dreme
/
¶
Soo
sent
he
Incontynent
for
him
that
had
desyred
moneye
of
hym
/
And
wold
haue
the●e
lente
hym
asmoche
as
he
dyde
aske
/
¶
To
whom
the
sayd
man
answeryd
Truely
my
lorde
the
holy
Patryarke
hath
fulfylled
myn
askynge
byfore
you
Ye
haue
loste
your
rewarde
/
The
duke
whan
he
had
vnderstonde
thise
wordes
had
mynde
of
his
dreme
.
and
sayde
/
¶
Truely
thou
tellest
me
trouth
.
he
bare
the
offrynge
afore
me
that
I
wolde
not
bere
/
¶
Cursyd
be
he
that
may
●el
doo
it
.
and
woll
not
/
¶
After
he
rehercyd
his
dreme
to
dyuerse
folke
/
And
〈◊〉
that
tyme
forth
.
wyllyng
to
recouer
the
tyme
and
the
rewarde
that
he
had
lo●●
afore
sorely
by
his
ouer
grete
neclygence
he
dysposyd
himself
to
be
large
and
rewarded
and
gaue
towarde
the
poore
peple
in
dealynge
freely
and
wyth
go●de
courage
grete
habundance
of
al●mes●
and
charytees
/
Wherof
he
was
by
our
blessyd
Sauyour
&
Redemer
Ihu
Cryste
rewarded
to
the
hundred
folde
in
the
Ioye
and
blessydnesse
o●
euerlastynge
glory
/
¶
Of
a
woman
that
forbare
wronges
other
sone
in
lawe
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vergente
/
Caplm.
Cxxxv.
THe
holy
patryarke
gladly
and
often
went
to
vysyte
the
chyrche
of
the
vyctoryous
martyrs
saynt
Cyr
&
saynt
Iohn
/
¶
One
tyme
as
he
was
gooinge
thyder
.
he
mette
with
a
woman
whiche
was
sore
trowbled
.
the
prayed
hym
t
auenge
her
of
many
wronges
that
she
sayde
were
done
to
her
by
her
sone
in
lawe
/
One
of
the
seruauntes
of
the
sayde
Patryarke
.
whyche
trusted
of
his
gode
wyll
sayd
vnto
hym
/
Syre
leue
this
woman
/
Whan
thou
shalt
retorne
thou
shalt
doo
to
her
right
/
The
holy
man
answerd
to
him
/
Thou
knowest
well
yt.
we
goo
for
to
pray
/
And
how
sholde
god
here
vs
yf
we
herde
not
fyrste
this
woman
/
And
therfore
the
holy
man
went
not
fro
that
place
.
till
that
she
had
shewed
vnto
hym
alle
her
befall
.
&
that
he
vtterly
had
conforted
her
/
¶
Of
saynt
Iohn
&
saynt
Sophronyon
/
Whyche
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Advolūtatem
igitur
.
&c.
Caplm.
C.xxxvi
.
GO●
that
woll
sende
to
the
wyll
dothe
holy
Patryarke
euer
ferme
to
the
heuenly
thynges
.
sent
vnto
hym
●o
holy
men
/
that
is
to
wite
Iohn
&
Sophronyon
for
to
be
his
counseylers
/
To
whom
benygnely
he
obeyed
as
to
his
faders
&
techers
¶
Thise
.ii.
holy
faders
meaninge
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghost
.
disputed
many
tymes
ayenst
the
Seueryens
and
other
heretykes
/
In
so
moche
that
they
preserued
fro
theyr
Infeccion
many
monasteryes
&
chyrches
/
As
done
the
good
pastours
that
rescue
theyr
shepe
fro
the
rauisshyng
vulues
.
For
whyche
thyng
the
holy
man
had
them
in
grete
honour
&
reuerence
/
¶
A
sermon
made
by
the
forsayd
holy
Patriarke
ayenst
the
beters
of
folke
folowyth
/
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Si
vero
alicubi
.
&c·
Caplm.
C.xxxvii
.
YF
the
holy
man
wyst
or
knew
that
one
had
smyten
a nother
He
went
wyth
grete
humylyte
vnto
hym
/
●
desyred
him
sayenge
/
My
sone
it
hath
ben
reported
to
me
.
as
to
a
syn̄ar
.
that
by
the
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
that
arte
cruell
&
rude
to
thy
chyldern
or
seruauntes
.
I
praye
the
ceasse
thy
wrathe
/
so
that
it
ne
haue
no
place
wythin
that
/
God
hath
not
gyue
vnto
vs
chyldren
for
to
noye
theim
.
but
for
to
serue
vs
.
or
for
to
cherysshe
&
nourisshe
theym
of
the
godes
that
he
hath
lent
vs
/
I
put
a
question
vnto
the
/
what
whing
hast
thou
in
thy
body
.
fote
.
honde
.
or
soule
more
than
thy
seruaunt
hath
/
Is
he
not
lyke
vnto
the
in
all
thynges
/
Thou
ought
to
knowe
that
we
ben
all
formed
&
made
at
th
ymage
of
Ihu
Cryst
/
Thy
seruauntes
thenne
are
men
as
thou
art
.
Herke
after
saynt
Poul
that
sayth
/
¶
Ye
al
that
are
crystned
.
haue
Ihu
Cryste
in
to
youre
possessyon
/
be
it
Iewe
or
Crysten
.
free
or
bonde
/
We
ne
are
but
one
in
Ihu
Cryst
/
Thenne
syth
we
ben
egall
in
Ihu
Cryst
&
that
oure
Sauyour
by
his
grete
humylytee
hath
take
our
nature
/
he
techith
vs
that
we
sholde
flee
pryde
ayenst
our
seruauntes
/
There
is
but
one
god
of
heuen
.
that
beholdyth
only
the
meke
.
&
dystroyeth
the
proude
¶
God
hath
made
the
heuens
&
then●
the
see
&
all
that
is
in
it
for
the
man
&
for
the
woman
/
And
soo
hath
he
also
worshypped
man
in
takynge
our
manly
flesshe
/
¶
Thou
art
thenne
well
acursed
the
ceassest
not
to
smyte
vpon
thy
seruauntest
/
Th
aungels
fere
man
/
&
thou
doost
dyspyse
hym
/
God
hath
be
crucyfyed
for
man
.
and
that
doost
noo
thynge
.
but
tormentest
&
crucyfyest
thy
seruantes
that
ben
men
.
I
aske
of
the
/
Woldest
that
well
at
euery
tyme
that
thou
doost
euyll
.
that
god
sholde
take
vengaunce
of
the
/
I
byleue
naye
/
¶
Euery
day
in
sayeng
thy
Pater
noster
.
thou
prayest
god
that
he
pardonne
the
thy
synnes
.
as
the
pardon̄est
to
other
.
&
netheles
thou
doost
the
contrary
/
So
oughte
●
to
dowte
.
the
lyke
as
thou
desyrest
&
wyllest
take
vengaunce
of
thy
serua●●●t
or
enmye
.
god
beholdyng
thy
prayer
toke
of
the
rygorous
vengaunce
/
¶
Of
the
chylde
Orphenym
the
whyche
was
made
ryche
/
And
begynnyth
in
la●in
¶
Audiens
.
&
cetera
Caplm.
C.xxxviii
.
SOmtyme
in
Alexandrye
was
an
Almoner
.
the
whyche
had
one
only
sone
/
The
fader
seenge
his
ende
to
drawe
nygh
.
made
his
sone
to
be
called
.
&
sayd
vnto
hym
/
My
chylde
by
cause
that
I
shall
dey
.
I
woll
make
the
well
to
haue
knowlege
of
alle
that
I
am
worthe
/
¶
Wyte
it
for
trouthe
that
of
all
goodes
&
ryches
.
I
haue
but
.
x.li
.
of
golde
/
And
therfore
chose
whether
thou
woll
be
myn
heyre
.
or
elles
that
the
blessid
moder
of
god
be
the
same
/
The
childe
had
leuer
that
the
Tresoresse
&
moder
of
Orphanes
shold
be
his
faders
heyre
than
he
hymself
.
and
suffred
that
al
sholde
be
yeue
for
goddis
sake
/
¶
The
fader
soo
deceased
.
the
childe
contynuelly
nyghte
&
daye
kept
hymself
in
the
chyrche
of
the
blessid
moder
of
god
.
makyng
to
her
deuowte
prayers
&
orysons
/
Of
the
whyche
thynge
.
the
holy
Patryarke
had
knowlege
/
that
neuertheles
made
countenan e
as
he
had
knowen
no
thynge
/
¶
Wythin
short
tyme
after
he
made
to
be
called
a
Notary
.
to
whom
he
commaunded
to
take
an
olde
skynne
of
parchemyn
.
therin
to
wryte
a
Testament
.
for
.
&
in
the
name
of
one
namyd
The
ophente
/
And
that
he
sholde
afferme
by
the
Testament
.
that
the
fader
of
the
sayd
childe
.
&
the
sayd
Patryarke
were
bredern
germayn
/
Chargynge
morouer
the
sayde
Notary
to
shewe
the
chylde
of
the
same
.
shewynge
to
hym
the
sayd
Testament
.
for
&
to
the
entent
he
shold
gyue
hym
courage
&
boldnesse
to
aske
of
the
sayde
Patryarke
ayde
&
socours
/
The
whiche
thyng
the
sayd
Notary
dyde
in
contynent
.
but
neuerthelesse
the
chylde
durste
not
goo
to
hym
.
¶
Soo
sente
he
twyes
for
hym
/
And
fynably
came
towarde
hym
.
toke
&
kyssed
hym
sayeng
Thou
arte
welcome
my
neuewe
.
And
made
to
be
knowen
that
he
was
of
his
kyn
/
¶
And
whan
he
was
grete
he
gaue
hym
an
hous
.
and
alle
thynges
that
to
hym
were
nedefull
/
And
maryed
hym
honestly
/
¶
Wherby
it
apperyth
that
god
leuyth
neuer
those
that
haue
theyr
hope
in
hym
/
¶
Of
a
begyler
that
borowed
thyrty
pounde
of
golde
of
the
holy
Patryarke
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Inpretermisse
/
Caplm.
C.xxxix
.
TRouthe
it
is
that
the
forsayde
holy
Patryarke
had
this
good
&
lawdable
custome
.
that
men
neuer
went
heuely
abasshed
from
hym
¶
Soo
it
happed
that
a
begyler
Papelarde
borowed
of
him
.
xx.li
.
of
golde
/
This
holy
man
vnware
that
he
was
of
thylke
nyce
haskers
/
begylets
.
licorous
&
false
butters
the
begyle
&
deceyue
the
worlde
.
lente
hym
gladly
wythout
ony
spekynge
therayenst
/
¶
Soo
departed
this
Papelaide
from
byfore
hym
.
mockynge
&
sayeng
.
that
he
had
lent
hym
no
thynge
/
The
Iustycers
prayed
the
holy
Patryarke
that
he
wolde
suffre
hym
to
be
had
in
to
pryson
/
¶
But
the
sayd
holy
man
sayd
to
theym
/
Frendes
be
mercyfull
as
god
our
fader
that
makyth
the
sonne
to
shyne
.
aswell
ouer
the
badd
as
ouer
the
good
.
&
to
rayne
asmoche
ouer
the
Iust
as
our●
the
vertrue
/
&
forbadd
them
to
doo
vnto
him
ony
harme
/
Wherof
they
angred
theymself
ayenst
the
holy
man
sayenge
/
Truely
it
noo
right
that
suche
a
knawe
shal
haue
thus
your
money
.
better
it
were
to
gyue
to
the
poore
/
¶
Thenne
he
answerd
vnto
theym
/
Ye
shal
doo
two
euylles
/
The
fyrst
is
that
ye
shal
be
holden
impacyent
in
our
harmes
.
and
to
other
ye
shall
be
ensample
of
impacyence
/
And
thother
euyll
shall
be
.
that
in
this
doynge
ye
shall
be
dys●
beyeng
vnto
god
.
that
sayth
/
Yf
ony
take
the
money
or
thy
substaunce
fro
the
/
aske
it
neuer
ayen
¶
Of
that
other
parte
saynt
Poul
sayth
/
Why
do
we
not
endure
&
forbere
more
pacyently
wronge
dysceyte
or
wyles
/
It
is
a
good
dede
&
almeses
to
gyue
to
theym
that
aske
do
And
better
bestowed
it
is
.
to
theim
that
aske
noo
thynge
/
But
it
is
a
souerayn
goodnes
to
gyue
our
gowne
to
theim
that
from
vs
take
awaye
our
mantell
/
And
who
that
dooth
thus
.
he
is
of
an
angelles
and
of
the
nature
of
god
/
¶
God
commaudeth
vs
that
we
so●ur
euer
our
euyn
crysten
.
of
that
we
truly
haue
goten
/
And
not
of
that
we
haue
wonne
and
goten
to
the
hurte
of
other
wrongfully
/
¶
Of
the
Abbott
Vitalyon
/
And
begynnyth
in
latin
¶
Senex
quidem
ma●nua
.
&c·
Caplm.
C.xl.
AN
olde
abbot
named
Vitalion
of
th
age
of
.lx
yere
that
dwellyd
wyth
a nother
holy
abbot
/
that
hyghte
Serydon
.
had
herde
shewed
many
good
propretees
of
the
goode
Patryarke
Iohn
/
&
of
his
holy
lyf
/
So
wolde
be
assaye
yf
he
mighte
make
him
to
falle
in
synne
.
and
namely
yf
he
were
soo
constaunt
that
he
neuer
condempned
ony
persone
/
¶
Thenne
for
to
performe
his
vnlawfull
wyll
.
he
departed
fro
his
monastery
&
came
in
to
Alexandrye
/
And
whan
he
was
come
thyder
.
he
ladde
a
playsaunt
lyfe·
as
to
men
.
but
vnto
god
ryght
agreable
/
¶
Fyrste
he
wrote
all
the
houres
playnly
/
And
that
whyche
he
cowde
wynne
.
he
gaaf
vnto
one
of
theim
.
&
sayd
to
her
/
My
frende
I
praye
the
gyue
me
this
nyght
.
that
is
to
say
that
she
sholde
abstene
herself
fro
fornycacyon
¶
The
sayd
abbot
for
to
kepe
her
fro
euyll
dedes·
abode
wyth
her
al
the
nyght
.
&
helde
hymself
in
a
corner
of
the
chambre
.
prayeng
god
for
her
tyll
it
was
day
/
On
the
morn
he
went
away
.
&
prayed
her
that
she
shold
tell
no
bodi
that
he
had
be
with
her
/
¶
Many
dayes
&
nyghtes
he
contynued
this
going
among
theim
vnto
the
time
.
that
this
was
shewed
bi
an
harlot
.
that
neuerthelesse
wolde
not
saye
that
he
was
a
lechour
.
but
he
acompanyed
theym
only
for
theyr
helthe
/
¶
The
good
abbot
prayed
god
that
his
good
purpoos
mighte
not
be
lette
by
the
sayd
dyscoueryng
/
Wherfor
the
deuyll
anone
entred
in
the
bodi
of
the
sayd
woman
.
to
th
ende
that
the
other
sholde
fere
to
saye
as
she
sayd
in
sheweng
the
lyf
that
he
lad
¶
Som̄
that
sawe
this
woman
sike
sayd
to
her
.
beholde
euyll
woman
.
thou
seest
now
how
god
punysshyth
yt.
by
cause
that
thou
hast
lyed
vpon
the
relygious
/
Thou
hast
sayd
that
he
gooth
not
wyth
thy
felowes
for
lechery
/
but
thou
hast
made
a
lye
/
Thise
thynges
notwythstondynge
the
holy
abbot
.
whan
he
had
wrought
all
daye
/
He
at
euen
desyred
none
other
but
preche
the
comyn
wymmen
/
&
sayd
to
hymself
Goo
we
goo
to
a nother
place
.
there
is
a
woman
that
taryeth
after
the
¶
Many
that
sawe
his
vsuall
comynycacyon
that
he
had
wyth
thyse
wymmen
.
blamed
him
for
it
/
but
he
answerd
vnto
theym
/
Is
not
god
aswell
wroth
wyth
the
other
as
he
is
wyth
the
relygyouses
.
they
ben
men
as
other
ben
/
¶
Some
tolde
hym
that
he
sholde
take
a
wyfe
.
&
chaunge
his
habyte
.
by
cause
he
shold
not
be
sklaundred
/
But
he
kepte
hym
well
that
he
consented
not
vnto
theyr
oppynyon
.
&
only
to
theym
he
answerd
that
they
shold
goo
fro
him
.
askynge
them
/
Are
ye
assygned
my
Iuges
.
see
to
yourselfe
.
&
lete
me
do
my
wyll
.
Fynably
he
was
accusid
to
the
holy
Patryarke
.
whiche
wold
not
byleue
lightly
that
men
reported
vnto
him
.
but
had
in
remēbraunte
the
other
relygyouse
.
that
in
lyke
wyse
had
hadde
be
accusyd
.
as
here
byfore
is
made
mencyon
/
¶
And
for
to
stynte
the
reporters
.
the
holy
Patriarke
tolde
an
hystory
of
Constantyn
the
emperour
.
to
whom
was
lyke
wyse
reported
by
an
accusar
certain
blames
in
writynge
ayenst
a
religyous
/
¶
Whan
the
emperour
saw
the
accusacyon
.
he
sente
for
the
accusar
&
him
yt●
as
accused
And
they
beynge
aforesayd
to
the
accusa●
/
Truly
yf
I
sawe
a
seculer
preest
or
a
relygious
that
dide
ony
synne
.
I
shold
hyde
hym
wyth
my
mantell
/
to
th
ende
that
his
synne
sholde
not
be
knowen
nor
seen
of
other
/
And
thus
the
holy
Patryarke
peased
the
accusars
of
the
sayd
abbot
.
¶
Durynge
the
sayd
tyme
the
seruaunt
of
god
Vitall
vsed
as
he
had
acustomed
wyth
the
comyn
wymen
/
And
wyth
this
he
prayed
god
deuoutly
&
contynuelly
.
that
after
his
deth
to
some
persone
shold
the
cause
be
shewed
.
bi
reyson
wherof
he
dyde
haunte
the
comyn
wymen
.
to
th
ende
the
peple
sholde
not
abyde
by
him
euyll
ensampled
.
as
also
they
ought
not
to
be
/
¶
For
thrugh
his
prayers
.
many
persones
that
sawe
hym
praye
god
by
nyghte
.
●euynge
his
hondes
vp
towarde
heuen
bi
feruent
deuocyon
.
kept
them self
fro
flesshly
desires
.
&
namly
many
wymen
.
by
reyson
of
him
kept
themselfe
from
the
synne
of
lechery
/
¶
It
happed
one
daye
as
in
a
mornyng
that
he
came
out
of
the
hous
of
a
comyn
woman
He
mette
wyth
a
lewde
haskarde
.
whyche
for
to
doo
the
sayd
synne
of
lechery
went
to
the
hous
there
as
the
holy
man
came
fro
/
And
at
theyr
metynge
togyder
this
Vnthryft
gaaf
hym
a
buffett
sayenge
to
hym
/
Knauysshe
ypocryte
.
why
amendest
not
thyselfe
of
thyne
ypocrysie
/
The
holi
abbot
answerd
vnto
him
I
shall
yelde
the
ones
suche
a
buffett
.
that
all
Alexandrye
shall
come
to
thy
crye
¶
A
lytyll
whyle
after
this
deyed
the
holy
abbot
Vytall
/
&
neuer
duryng
his
lyfe
was
the
cause
knowe
why
he
drewe
to
the
comyn
wymmen
/
¶
And
it
is
to
wyte
that
his
celle
or
lytyll
hous
where
he
decessed
all
alone
was
sett
in
a
place
a
lytyll
fro
the
towne
.
the
whiche
was
called
the
gate
of
the
sonne
/
¶
Anone
after
his
dethe
&
or
euer
it
was
to
oni
persone
knowen
.
the
deuyll
came
in
lykenes
of
an
Ethyopien
toward
him
that
had
smyten
hym
.
&
him
gaaf
a
grete
buffett
.
sayeng
The
abbot
Vitall
sendith
that
this
offrynge
/
The
vnhappy
bawdy
knaue
felle
down
to
the
grounde
/
foomȳge
as
a
mad
man
/
Wherof
many
men
&
.
wymmen
that
herde
the
stroke
were
sore
merueyled
by
cause
they
trowed
that
they
had
herde
the
thouder
bolte
fall
/
¶
And
truely
lyke
as
the
abbot
had
prophecyed
it
.
all
the
cyte
was
therof
moeuyd
/
&
the
cyteyzyns
came
to
the
cryeng
of
the
sayd
vnthryfte
/
Whyche
after
a
longe
space
of
tyme
that
he
had
be
in
this
penaunce
.
his
mynde
was
restored
to
hym
ayen
/
And
anone
he
●aūe
to
the
lytyl
he●us
of
the
sayd
abbot
for
to
crye
hym
mercy
.
sayeng
that
he
had
ouermoche
offended
ayenst
him
whan
he
mette
hym
&
gaaf
hym
the
buffett
¶
Many
went
thyder
with
hym
.
in
presence
of
whom
.
the
deuyll
yet
ayen
smote
the
forsayd
knaue
.
&
.
caste
him
to
the●h
And
they
that
were
come
wyth
him
entred
wythin
the
celle
of
the
sayd
Vitall
.
and
founde
hym
on
bothe
his
knees
.
as
he
shold
praye
god
.
&
wyth
this
it
semyd
theym
that
he
had
one
honde
to
the
grounde
.
wherwyth
he
wrote
thyse
wordes
/
¶
O
ye
men
of
Alexandrye
.
iuge
neuer
noo
man
nor
woman
.
but
that
ye
knowe
him
fyrst
.
&
abyde
tyll
that
god
hymself
makyth
the
Iugement
/
Thenne
the
pore
losell
confessyd
that
he
had
beten
hym
.
¶
And
thus
the
prophecye
was
in
hym
fulfylled
/
¶
All
thise
thynges
were
by
the
peple
rehercyd
vnto
the
holy
Patriarke
The
whiche
wyth
the
Clergye
&
grete
nombre
of
cyteyzyns
came
to
the
place
where
the
corps
of
the
holy
abbot
was
All
the
wymmen
in
lyke
wyse
came
thyder
.
whiche
he
had
conuerted
to
goodnes
And
bare
with
theim
tapres
&
lampes
brennynge
.
sayenge
.
Alas
we
haue
loste
our
hele
&
techynge
/
¶
Thenne
they
tolde
&
shewed
how
he
companyed
wyth
theim
.
not
for
rayson
of
synne
but
for
to
exhorte
&
styre
theym
to
doo
well
.
&
leue
theyr
lecherous
lyfe
&
malyce
/
Soo
were
they
sore
rebuked
/
that
they
hadd
not
vttred
his
holy
lyfe
/
But
they
answerde
that
they
durste
not
.
by
cause
that
one
of
theyr
felowes
whiche
had
spoken
of
him
had
be
Incontynent
tormented
of
the
deuyll
/
Wherfore
they
durste
neuer
be
soo
bolde
to
speke
therof
/
¶
The
sayd
corps
was
after
honestly
brought
to
sepulcre
/
¶
And
he
that
was
vexed
of
the
deuyll
abydynge
vpon
the
graue
/
was
by
the
grace
of
god
Incontynent
hoole
&
sounde
/
And
forsakynge
the
worlde
putt
hymself
religyous
vnder
th
abbot
Seridoi●e
.
&
desyred
that
the
lytyll
hous
that
the
abbot
Vytall
had
in
his
life
shold
be
delyuerde
vnto
him
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
after
al
thynges
by
him
well
consydred
thanked
our
lorde
god
of
that
he
had
not
synned
ayenst
the
sayd
abbot
/
by
cause
he
byleuyd
not
lyghtly
theym
that
accused
him
of
lecherye
/
¶
Many
sekynge
the
sayd
holy
abbot
Vitall
recouerde
helth
.
&
were
heled
of
dyuers
sykenesses
/
¶
Of
a
begger
whiche
in
askyng
an
almeses
of
the
sayd
Patriarke
spake
grete
wordes
ayenst
him
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Precipiens
/
Caplm.
C.xli.
A
Beggar
for
to
aske
an
almese
came
to
the
holy
Patryarke
that
made
to
be
gyuen
vnto
hym
x.
peces
of
money
:
But
this
beggar
not
content
began
to
speke
euyll
ayenst
him
spekynge
of
hym
in
his
presence
dyuerse
wronges
.
that
whiche
his
seruauntes
myght
not
endure·
but
wold
haue
corrected
him
But
the
Patriarke
wold
not
suffre
theym
doo
so
/
but
sayd
to
his
seruauntes
&
offycers
/
My
bredern
leue
the
poore
man
It
is
all
redy
.lx.
yere
paste
.
that
dayely
thrugh
my
neclygences
&
otherwyse
I
haue
done
many
offences
to
my
god·
that
whyche
he
playeth
mekely
.
in
yeuynge
vnto
me
example
/
And
for
the
loue
of
him
.
I
ought
well
to
endure
a
wrong
.
yf
it
be
done
to
me
/
¶
After
he
commaunded
the
men
shold
open
the
purs
to
the
poore
where
the
money
was
put
that
shold
be
yeue
for
goddis
sake
.
for
to
take
therof
asmoche
as
he
wolde
/
¶
Of
the
questyons
that
the
holy
Patryarke
made
vnto
the
poore
peple
.
Begynnyng
in
latin
¶
Si
vero
.
ca.
/
C.xlii.
OFte
tymes
the
holy
Patryarke
knowyng
the
some
of
his
subgettes
were
grete
almesse
gyuers
/
sent
for
theym
that
they
shold
come
vnto
him
/
And
aft
he
questyoned
theym
how
they
dyde
theyr
almesses
.
other
naturelly
or
by
constraynt
/
Some
by
symplenes
answerde
noo
thynge
/
&
the
other
gaaf
therof
certayn
reasons
&
causes
/
Amonge
whyche
.
one
of
theym
that
was
a
Chaunger
.
sayd
vnto
him
suche
wordes
.
Certaynly
my
lorde
I
dyde
neuer
noo
goode
.
but
neuertheles
that
whiche
I
haue
yeue
to
the
poore
/
that
was
for
to
folowe
that
/
In
time
past
I
haue
be
cruel
&
without
mercy
/
Wherfore
I
haue
had
many
hurtes
/
Soo
came
to
me
ones
in
mynde
that
yf
I
wexed
an
almes
gyuer
.
god
sholde
neuer
leue
me
vnpuru●yed
/
Wherfor
I
hadd
of
custome
that
I
gaaf
euery
daye
v.
pens
of
syluer
/
But
the
deuyll
tempted
me
.
&
put
in
my
entendement
.
that
the
vpens
that
I
gaaf
were
suffisaunt
for
to
nourysshe
my
meyne
/
&
by
his
temptynge
I
left
to
yeue
for
goddis
sake
/
After
warde
retornyng
to
myself
/
I
commaunded
to
my
sone
that
he
shold
robbe
me
eche
daye
v.
pens
.
&
that
he
shold
yeue
theym
for
goddis
sake
/
My
sone
hath
euer
done
the
that
I
haue
commaunded
him
.
&
ouer
this
whan
he
perceyued
the
godes
in
my
house
to
be
encreased
/
He
dyde
encrease
my
almesse
/
And
in
lyke
wyse
consydering
sayd
to
my
sone
/
My
childe
I
knowe
that
the
.v.
pens
that
the
hast
gyuen
for
goddis
sake
hath
profyten
me
moche
/
So
woll
I
that
thou
yeue
.x.
pens
frohens
forthe
/
He
answerde
to
me
smylynge
/
My
fader
pray
for
my
theftes
.
certaynly
yf
I
had
not
be
a
theyf
/
we
myghte
well
haue
deyed
for
hungre
/
&
yf
ony
theyf
were
euer
Iust
.
I
haue
be
so
/
¶
The
holy
patryarke
knowyng
of
this
thyng
/
gloryfyed
god
of
the
wysdom
of
this
childe
/
¶
Of
a
prynce
the
hated
a nother
prynce
/
begynnyth
¶
Maliciam
/
ca.
C.xliii
.
SOmtyme
was
grete
hate
bytwene
.ii.
prynces·
wherof
tho●e
was
by
the
holy
Patryarke
many
tymes
moeuyd
to
haue
agreed
with
the
other
.
but
therto
he
wold
neuer
acorde
/
¶
On
a
tyme
the
sayd
Patryarke
called
to
him
the
sayd
obstynat
prince
.
&
brought
hym
in
to
his
oratory
wyth
a
seruaunt
of
his
/
&
ther
in
theyr
presence
he
songe
masse
/
In
sayeng
that
whiche
.
&
after
the
consecracyon
&
eleuacion
of
the
precyous
body
of
our
lorde
.
where
the
Pater
nost
behouyth
to
be
sayd
.
they
.iii.
sayde
togider
vnto
thise
wordes
)
Et
dimitte
〈◊〉
his
debita
●rā
.
sicut
et
nos
dimitt●●●
debitoribus●ris
(
In
whiche
wordes
●e
pray
to
god
our
creatour
.
that
it
w●ll
playse
him
to
foryeue
our
defautes
like
as
we
foryeue
those
that
ben
done
ayenst
vs
/
And
afore
that
they
began
the
sayd
clause
.
the
sayd
Patryarke
cessed
his
speche
&
commaunded
his
seruaunt
to
kepe
his
tonge
styll
So
ended
the
prince
al
alone
the
same
clause
/
the
Patryarke
after
sayd
to
him
.
Auyse
&
see
my
broder
how
thou
spekest
ferfully
to
god
ayenst
thyself
.
In
prayenge
him
that
he
pardon
that
as
thou
pardon̄est
the
other
&
netheles
thou
doost
therof
noo
thynge
/
the
prynce
thenne
meked
hymself
.
&
promysed
to
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
that
he
shold
do
as
he
wold
haue
him
to
doo
/
¶
How
the
holy
Patryarke
constrayned
by
his
humylyte
the
proude
to
be
meke
/
&
begynnyth
in
¶
Suꝑbū
autem
.
ca·
C.xliiii
YF
the
holy
Patryarke
knewe
in
the
cyte
ony
that
was
proude
/
He
neuer
rebuked
him
openly
.
but
in
one
secrete
place
.
or
in
his
house
.
&
for
to
doo
so
he
drew
hymself
nie
him
/
&
layed
to
hym
the
mekenes
of
Ihu
cryst
/
to
him
shewing
.
how
he
that
was
god
.
had
take
our
mankynde
/
&
sometyme
sayd
/
I
merueyle
me
/
syth
that
my
god
hath
be
so
meke
.
how
man
may
reyse
himself
.
other
for
the
godes
of
fortune
.
or
whan
he
is
fayrer
than
other
been
/
or
whan
he
hath
lordshyp
ouer
some
other
/
Alas
we
herke
not
after
Ihu
cryste
the
sayth
/
My
chyldern
lerne
of
me
.
for
I
am
meke
/
&
by
this
ye
shal
doo
the
wee
le
of
your
soules
/
We
in
lyke
wyse
thynke
not
vpon
the
mekenesse
of
sayntes
/
how
they
helde
themself
to
be
erthe
.
asshes
&
wormes
of
the
erth
/
&
pryncipally
how
Ysayas
sayd
of
hymselve
/
Why
am
I
not
meke
.
Haue
not
I
be
made
of
the
fylthe
wherof
the
tyles
ben
made
/
All
the
playsure
of
this
world
passyth
to
an
ende
.
as
the
floure
or
herbe
that
fro
the
mornynge
to
the
euen
is
torned
in
haye
¶
Whan
the
Patriarke
sayd
suche
wordes
/
they
that
felt
themself
●ike
of
the
greuous
euyll
of
pryde
/
toke
the
wordes
for
theim
.
&
corrected
theimself
/
¶
A
sermon
that
the
holy
Patriarke
made
to
yeue
emsample
of
mekenes
.
begynnyth
¶
Et
hec
.
Caplm
·
C.xlv
.
FOr
to
styre
his
peple
to
mekenes·
openly
gaaf
the
holy
Patryarke
thise
exortacōns
/
My
chyldern
lete
vs
consyder
&
put
in
our
hertes
the
grete
godenes
of
god
.
&
his
grete
merci
And
certaynly
we
shal
not
desire
to
be
put
in
grete
honours
that
ben
so
dangeroous
/
But
playnly
we
shall
desyre
to
lyue
in
symple
astate
and
pouertee
/
¶
Alas
what
pouertee
cowde
we
haue
for
to
be
also
poore
as
hath
be
the
lord
our
Sauyour
and
Redemer
Ihesu
Criste
.
that
kyng
was
bothe
of
heuen
&
of
erthe
/
¶
Lete
vs
thynke
vpon
his
mede
fulnesse
&
grete
goodnesse
that
hath
be
shewed
to
vs
/
Where
as
we
neuer
shold
haue
ben
.
yf
he
bi
his
grace
had
not
formed
Adam
/
The
whyche
by
Inobedyence
caused
vs
subget
vnto
euerlasting
dethe
/
¶
And
alwayes
thrugh
his
grete
mercy
&
paynfull
passyon
.
so
moche
benygnely
he
hath
boughte
vs
ayen
¶
We
also
shall
consydre
that
at
all
times
that
we
fall
in
dedely
synne
.
the
deuyll
maye
slee
vs
.
&
brynge
in
to
helle
/
And
in
dede
he
sholde
doo
it
.
ne
were
the
perfyghte
loue
that
our
lord
hath
to
vs
¶
For
contynuelly
by
his
doughter
that
is
the
chyrche·
he
prayeth
vs
to
retorne
to
penaunce
.
to
th
ende
we
maye
haue
hys
grace
/
¶
O
moost
swetnes
.
whan
he
that
may
both
dampne
&
saue
vs
at
his
wyll
.
And
that
alle
thynges
maye
wythoute
vs
/
And
wythout
hym
we
maye
no
thynge
/
Neuerthelesse
he
prayeth
vs
that
we
woll
loue
him
/
¶
How
many
theues
&
euyll
dooers
are
in
the
worde
that
god
punysshyth
not
.
but
coueryth
theyr
synnes
/
How
many
ben
in
the
see
that
god
preseruyth
that
they
ben
not
robbed
of
the
Pyrates
/
or
drowned
in
to
the
deppest
botomes
.
But
commaundeth
the
see
that
it
suffreth
theym
to
come
to
porte
sauf
/
in
abydynge
the
amendement
of
theyr
lyfe
/
¶
How
many
receyue
the
body
of
our
lorde
in
dedely
synne
whiche
he
punysshyth
not
forth
with
/
How
many
brybers
&
theues
are
kepte
from
the
wylde
bestes
/
¶
How
many
synnars
ben
preseruyd
the
anone
after
theyr
synne
thei
ben
not
take
of
the
deuyll
of
hell
.
How
many
lurdens
lye
bi
harlottes
&
aduoutrers
.
dronkelew
.
glos●ets
.
and
other
to
all
vyces
ben
wrapped
/
&
neuerthelesse
god
abydeth
theym
to
gyue
vnto
them
his
mercy
.
yf
they
woll
aske
it
.
¶
The
Bee
fleeth
in
Somer
in
hylles
&
val●es
for
to
make
hony
swete
for
oure
monthes
,
that
haue
vttred
&
sayd
soo
many
fowle
wordes
and
shamful
/
The
floures
shewe
theim
for
to
reioyce
our
●yen
whiche
enforce
theym
for
to
loke
on
comyn
wymmen
/
Or
dysceyue
a
mannes
wyfe
/
¶
We
thenne
that
done
suche
dedes
/
And
haue
soo
many
rewardes
of
god
/
What
drede
oughte
we
for
to
haue
whan
oonly
we
consydre
the
last
hour
of
oure
dethe
/
¶
Dyuerse
ensamples
of
dethe
gaaf
the
holy
Patryarke
.
to
the
ende
that
they
that
were
prowde
&
folysshe
louers
sholde
mekely
and
lowely
obeye
theymself
for
to
haue
contrycyon
/
takynge
sorowe
for
theyr
synnes
¶
This
holy
man
sayde
.
It
suffysyth
me
for
to
be
sauyd
.
to
haue
a
contynuell
mynde
of
dethe
/
For
at
the
selfe
hour
none
shal
acompany
wyth
vs
/
but
only
our
gode
&
bad
dedes
¶
Alas
lete
vs
thynke
how
our
gode
angel
shal
be
wroth
whan
aft
our
deth
he
shall
finde
noo
gode
dedes
done
bi
vs
wherby
he
mighte
kepe
&
defend
vs
ayenst
thacusȳg
of
our
enmie
the
deuyll
of
hell
/
Alas
thenne
shall
we
pray
god
the
he
wol
yeue
vs
space
to
liue
yet
a
lytyl
while
to
doo
penaunce
.
but
to
vs
shal
be
answerd
/
Pore
creature
that
haste
euyl
spended
the
time
that
thou
hast
lyuen
thou
shalt
neuer
haue
no
respite
.
&
sayd
of
hymself
/
Alas
pore
Iohn
how
shal
thou
passe
the
way
for
to
goo
in
paradys
/
whan
afore
the
thou
shal
see
somany
enmies
&
of
horrible
accusars
byfore
the
rightwys
Iuge
/
¶
Alas
Iohn
what
fere
and
drede
shalt
thou
thenne
haue
.
whan
Inconty●●●e
after
thy
dethe
thou
shalt
be
presentes
afore
the
Iugement
of
god
¶
This
holy
man
had
euer
in
his
remembraunce
the
good
Symeon
that
had
be
so
iusce
.
And
that
whiche
whan
the
hour
of
his
dethe
was
come
/
&
that
his
soule
ascended
to
paradys
/
mette
wyth
a
grete
company
of
deuilles
in
dyuers
orders
/
Fyrst
mette
the
soule
of
the
sayd
Symeon
the
order
of
proude
deuylles
.
And
there
she
was
questioned
yf
she
had
not
be
proude
.
After
he
mette
with
the
deuylles
princes
of
sklaundrynge
/
and
in
lyke
wyse
she
was
there
askyd
yf
she
had
not
reported
euyl
of
other
/
After
this
she
met
wyth
other
deuylles
prynces
of
fornycacyon
.
the
whiche
wolde
accuse
hym
of
flesshely
dedes
.
and
flesshely
desyres
/
And
whan
the
soule
is
styed
vnto
he●uen
and
that
she
muste
nedes
yelde
acounte
afore
god
/
the
angels
gyue
her
nomore
socours
/
and
hath
thenne
noo
comfort
ne
helpe
but
of
suche
good
dedes
as
he
hath
done
in
this
worlde
/
As
to
this
tyme
the
good
Patryarke
consydered
how
the
soule
hath
noo
comforte
but
only
of
her
good
dedes
/
¶
And
for
to
moue
the
more
his
spyryte
/
he
broughte
vnto
his
mynde
the
dethe
of
saynte
H●larion
.
the
whyche
at
the
laste
houre
of
his
deth
.
sayd
vnto
his
soule
/
O
my
soule
goo
hardly
out
of
my
body
.
Lxxx.
yere
thou
hast
serued
god
/
Why
ferest
thou
now
thy
departynge
/
¶
O
wonderfull
a
thyng
/
o
moost
drede
.
o
charyte
vnable
to
be
colde
.
The
good
Hilarion
the
was
·lxxx
.
yere
.
&
al
his
lyfe
had
seruyd
god
in
doynge
grete
penaunce
.
&
neuer
had
synned
dedely
.
but
al
his
dayes
was
Ioyned
to
the
goodnesse
of
god
.
as
he
had
hadde
in
erthe
the
perfeccyon
of
an
angel
/
This
notwythstondyng
&
that
he
lyued
an
heuenly
lyfe
.
in
makyng
wonderfull
miracles
.
yet
he
feryd
the
dethe
.
&
namely
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
that
sayd
.
¶
What
shall
thou
my
soule
answere
to
the
horryble
accusars
that
somoche
ben
subtyll
/
I
fere
me
full
sore
.
that
we
shall
be
taken
at
our
answers
.
whan
the
deuyls
shall
gyue
vnto
vs
somany
accusacōns
.
As
of
leesynges
.
of
couetise
of
myssayeng
of
vnpyte
.
of
euyll
mynde·
of
hate
.
and
of
all
other
synnes
/
Thenne
shall
we
well
nede
to
haue
gode
aduocates
that
shall
speke
for
vs
/
¶
For
the
grete
fere
that
we
shall
thenne
haue
shall
kepe
vs
that
we
shall
not
answere
noo
thyng
/
And
therfore
we
must
pray
god
that
we
maye
haue
good
angels
for
to
lede
vs
in
all
our
dedes
.
whan
that
we
oonly
goo
fro
one
cyte
to
a nother
.
we
take
our
guides
/
to
th
ende
that
they
lede
.
vs
the
streight
waye
/
¶
Thenne
muste
we
well
praye
whan
we
shall
depart
from
the
erthe
to
heuen
/
that
we
be
not
ladde
from
our
streyght
waye
.
but
ledd
&
guyded
by
good
conduytours
/
Thys
holy
patryarke
layed
suche
medyacōns
afore
his
eyen
for
to
meke
hymself
/
And
who
that
sholde
well
thynke
therat
.
he
sholde
well
haue
cause
to
become
humble
and
meke
/
¶
How
he
corrected
by
fayre
wordes
&
swete
langage
theym
that
went
out
of
the
chyrche
.
after
that
the
gospell
was
sayd
/
And
begynnith
in
latyn
¶
Mittam
autem
/
Caplm.
Cxlvi
.
BY
cause
that
some
Seculers
or
laye
people
had
of
a
custome
that
they
wente
oute
of
the
chyrche
after
the
gospell
was
done
/
The
holy
Patryarke
dyde
correcte
theym
of
this
sawe●
/
¶
And
desyrynge
to
moeue
theym
vnto
deuocion
/
One
daye
amonge
other
departed
oute
of
his
palays
And
came
and
sette
hym
amonge
theym
in
the
chyrche
/
Wherof
they
were
gretely
merueylled
/
¶
Thenne
for
to
answere
to
theyr
thoughtes
sayd
vnto
theym
/
My
chyldren
it
is
exspedyent
and
nedefull
that
the
shepeherde
be
there
as
his
shepe
ben
/
And
therfore
yf
ye
abyde
in
the
chirche
of
god
there
out
.
I
shall
doo
as
ye
done
¶
For
your
loue
I
am
come
to
the
chyrche
/
And
ye
goo
there
oute
/
¶
And
alwayes
yf
I
had
wolde
I
mighte
wel
haue
songe
my
masse
in
my
chapell
of
my
bysshopriche
/
and
sholde
not
haue
come
to
you
¶
Bi
this
maner
of
meane
.
they
al
corrected
theymself
.
●●●fered
to
doo
as
they
were
acustomyd
/
¶
Wherby
men
maye
euydently
and
openly
knowe
.
that
the
good
maners
of
a
Prelate
and
his
holy
lyuynge
.
is
ofte
tymes
cause
of
the
amendement
&
correccyon
of
his
euyll
subgets
/
The
whyche
at
his
ensample
enforce
theymselfe
to
lyue
vertuously
/
By
meane
of
whyche
good
lyfe
they
gete
the
glory
of
heuen
/
Whiche
largely
is
yeuen
bi
our
blessyd
Sauyour
&
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
.
to
theym
that
fleenge
the
lykynges
and
worldly
playsures
purpoos
theym selfe
to
lyue
a
lyfe
honeste
and
holy
after
the
techynges
of
his
true
doctryne
/
¶
How
he
forbadde
that
folke
sholde
not
speke
in
the
chyrche
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Loqua
autem
.
&
cetera
/
Caplm.
C.xlvii
.
ANd
whan
the
holy
Patryarke
herde
ony
speke
in
the
chyrche
/
Incontynent
he
made
theym
to
be
putt
oute
/
And
sayd
to
theym
/
¶
Syth
that
ye
ben
come
in
to
the
chirche
for
to
praye
god
.
I
commaunde
you
that
all
your
thoughtes
be
torned
vnto
prayer
/
¶
For
it
is
writen
:
that
the
house
of
god
.
is
a
house
of
prayer
/
And
ye
Clatterers
and
Ianglers
make
therof
a
pytte
of
theues
/
¶
How
he
ordeyned
two
orders
of
Relygiouses
.
and
buylded
theym
two
chirches
/
One
in
the
name
of
oure
Lady
&
the
other
of
saynt
Iohn
.
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Vole●●s
autem
.
&
cetera
Caplm.
C.xlviii
.
THis
meane
tyme
the
holy
Patriarke
ordeyned
two
ordres
of
relygyouses
/
and
buylded
two
monasteryes
for
theim
/
One
in
the
name
of
the
moost
holy
moder
of
god
.
and
the
other
of
saynt
Iohn
/
And
dyde
doo
make
for
theym
lytyll
houses
for
to
kepe
theymself
therin
solytary
/
By
cause
they
sholde
haue
none
occasyon
to
goo
out
of
theyr
Relygyon
/
Ordeyned
also
certayne
men
in
the
cyte
that
bare
theym
all
theyr
necessytees
/
Sendyng
theim
word
that
they
shold
haue
besinesse
of
the
lyfe
spyrytuell
/
And
he
sholde
see
for
theyr
bodily
lyfe
/
And
he
wold
that
the
charge
of
the
seruyce
of
the
chyrche
bothe
bi
daye
&
by
nyght
sholde
be
put
vnto
hym
/
to
th
ende
that
whyche
they
sholde
doo
in
theyr
celles
or
lytyll
houses
sholde
be
for
the
helthe
of
theyr
soules
/
To
that
whiche
lyf
this
holy
man
by
the
sayd
entysynges
contynued
theim
/
¶
How
men
oughte
to
eschewe
the
company
of
Heretykes
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Et
hoc
beatus
/
Caplm.
C.xlix
ABoue
alle
other
thynges
thys
holy
man
defended
vnto
the
cristen
.
that
they
sholde
nother
comyn
nor
acompanye
wyth
the
heretykes
/
Sayenge
that
it
was
more
worth
to
a
crysten
to
be
alle
alone
/
than
to
be
acompanyed
wyth
an
Heretyque
/
And
more
ouer
he
sayd
.
that
lyke
as
a
wedded
man
sholde
be
punysshyd
yf
he
left
his
wyf
.
and
wedded
a nother
somwhere
in
a nother
londe
/
Soo
sholde
a
crysten
be
punysshyd
/
that
shold
leue
the
comynycacion
wyth
his
lyke
for
to
acompanye
with
the
Heretiques
/
¶
And
more
ouer
syth
that
we
ben
maryed
to
a
wyf
sure
&
chaste
.
whiche
is
the
holy
chirche
crysten
/
yf
we
leue
it
for
the
comynycacion
of
Heretiques
/
We
oughte
as
fornicatours
to
be
greuously
punisshed
&
stoned
of
the
deuyls
of
hell
/
asmoche
as
we
shold
be
yf
we
had
had
the
flesshly
company
of
a nother
woman
than
our
owne
wife
/
¶
How
the
holy
Patriarke
iuged
nor
condempned
neuer
no
body
/
Begyn̄ith
in
latyn
¶
Cum
omnibus
/
Caplm.
C.l.
Amonge
the
other
grete
vertues
that
this
holy
Patryarke
had·
namly
he
had
one
right
grete
.
whiche
was
suche
/
that
he
neuer
iuged
no
persone
.
nor
also
wold
not
here
theim
the
sayd
ony
euyl
bi
a nother
/
To
this
purpose
is
to
be
knowe
.
that
he
beynge
in
Alexdrye
.
a
yonge
man
rauisshed
a
right
fayr
regyous
mayde
.
and
ladde
her
wyth
him
vnto
Constantynople
/
This
thynge
came
to
his
knowlege
.
&
consideryng
the
loothnes
of
the
befall
.
And
for
the
grete
charytee
that
he
had
to
the
helthe
of
man
/
He
was
soo
sory
for
it
.
that
it
semyd
he
sholde
haue
deyed
/
¶
And
a
lytyl
whyle
after
that
this
caas
was
soo
happed
/
He
beynge
wyth
some
clerkes
/
and
dysputynge
of
holy
scryptures
/
came
in
his
remembraunce
the
sayde
befall
/
¶
In
spekynge
of
the
whyche
by
cause
al
those
present
.
Iuged
this
forsayd
man
a
ryght
grete
&
abhomynable
synnar
They
wolde
haue
hym
acursyd
But
the
holy
Patriarke
wolde
not
performe
the
same
Sayenge
that
ther
sholde
be
cause
of
two
euylles
/
¶
Fyrste
in
that
they
sholde
doo
as
he
sayd
ayenst
the
commaundement
of
god
.
and
sholde
breke
it
/
By
cause
it
is
wryten
.
that
we
oughte
not
to
iudge
ony
body
/
And
we
shall
not
be
Iudged
/
¶
The
second
euyll
for
that
they
wyste
not
yf
the
sayd
clerke
had
wythdrawe
the
sayd
relygyous
woman
out
of
her
monastery
/
for
to
doo
euyl
wyth
her
/
And
was
not
yet
knowen
whether
he
had
defoylled
her
or
not
/
¶
Wherfore
they
oughte
not
to
cast
vpon
hym
the
sayd
sentence
of
cursynge
/
¶
For
men
oughte
not
to
Iudge
but
this
that
men
see
to
be
euyll
done
/
¶
And
for
to
conferme
his
worde
.
he
rehercyd
of
.ii.
relygyouses
.
amonge
whom
was
one
/
whyche
passynge
thorugh
the
cyte
of
Thyre
mette
wyth
a
strompett
comyn
.
named
Porphyre
/
The
whyche
cryed
after
the
abbot
/
O
fader
saue
me
lyke
Ihesu
Cryste
saued
the
woman
synnar
/
¶
The
abbot
that
fered
not
the
speche
of
the
world
sayd
vnto
her
that
she
sholde
come
after
hȳ·
and
she
dyde
so
¶
The
same
abbot
brought
her
by
the
honde
afore
al
the
peple
out
of
the
cyte
of
Thyr
/
The
whiche
thyng
was
anone
tolde
/
But
this
notwythstondyng
the
abbott
torned
neuer
from
his
good
purpoos
/
¶
But
in
gooynge
by
the
way
the
one
wyth
the
other
/
Hopynge
this
holy
man
to
haue
her
in
to
some
monastery
of
relygyouse
wymmen
/
walked
togyder
so
longe
that
they
came
to
a
chyrche
.
at
the
entree
of
whyche
they
fonde
a
moche
fayre
chylde
that
laye
on
the
grounde
/
¶
The
whiche
this
Porphyre
moeuyd
of
pyte
&
compassyon
.
toke
&
bare
bytwyx
her
armes
.
and
sith
nourisshed
hym
in
the
sayde
abbots
monastery
/
that
whyche
soone
after
made
this
Porphire
a
woman
of
religyon
.
and
made
her
to
be
callyd
Pelage
/
¶
Afore
that
she●
was
relygyous
.
&
she
beynge
yet
in
the
sayd
abbots
monasteri
.
Marchauntes
came
thyder
of
the
cyte
of
Thyre
.
that
well
knewe
the
sayde
Pelage
/
And
seenge
that
she
had
a
chylde
.
sayd
to
her
/
¶
Haa
d●me
ye
haue
broughte
forthe
a
fayr
chylde
to
the
abbot
/
¶
Many
other
dyspytes
the
sayd
to
her
.
and
to
the
abbot
also
/
Vi.
or
vii
.
yere
after
that
the
childe
was
grete
.
the
abbot
knewe
by
the
wyll
of
god
that
in
short
time
he
shold
deye
/
&
for
this
cause
he
gaaf
to
vnderstonde
vnto
this
.
Pelage
.
that
he
must
nedes
for
certain
causes
go
vnto
the
sayd
cyte
of
Thyr
/
&
so
commaunded
her
to
make
redy
herself
thyderwarde
wyth
hym
:
and
that
she
sholde
take
her
chylde
wyth
her
/
¶
Pelage
that
wolde
not
dysobeye
hym
.
toke
the
childe
.
&
they
thre
togyder
went
in
to
the
sayd
towne
/
¶
And
whan
they
were
came
thider
.
the
abbot
laye
Incontynent
syke
in
his
bed
/
¶
Thenne
were
tydynges
shewed
thrugh
the
cyte
.
how
the
abbot
that
hadde
ladde
awaye
Porphyre
the
●●●yn
woman
was
at
poynt
of
dethe
.
And
anone
went
and
vysited
hym
more
than
a
hundred
persones
in
nombre
¶
In
presence
of
whom
.
and
also
of
Pelage
and
of
the
yonge
chylde
/
The
abbot
callyd
after
cooles
quycke
glowyng
/
¶
And
Incontynent
that
they
were
broughte
to
him
/
He
putt
theym
vppon
his
gowne
/
and
sayd
this
/
My
bredren
byleue
.
that
like
as
god
kept
somtyme
byfore
Moyses
the
busshe
brennynge
wythout
to
be
apayred
nor
brente
/
And
as
att
this
presente
houre
he
kepeth
my
gowne
from
harme
of
thise
cooles
glowynge
/
¶
Thus
for
very
certane
I
tell
you
.
that
I
neuer
knewe
the
synne
of
this
woman·
wherof
I
am
accused
/
Shewynge
to
theym
beynge
present
the
same
woman
and
the
chylde
/
¶
All
they
were
merueylled
.
and
gloryfyed
god
of
the
myracle
/
¶
And
anone
after
that
the
holy
abbot
had
taken
awaye
the
false
oppynyon
that
they
of
Thyr
had
ouer
hym
.
he
bytoke
his
goost
in
the
hondes
of
our
lorde
/
¶
For
this
cause
the
holy
Patryarke
for
said
deffended
that
folke
sholde
not
gyue
noo
sentence
ouer
the
yonge
man
that
had
broughte
the
woman
of
Relygyon
oute
of
her
monastery
.
as
it
is
aboue
sayde
/
¶
More
ouer
sayd
the
holy
Patryarke
that
how
well
men
seen
ofte
the
synners
perfourme
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
Neuerthelesse
men
ought
not
to
dyspyse
theym
.
nor
reporte
synnars
/
¶
For
men
knowe
not
what
secrete
penaunce
they
haue
done
for
to
decerue
the
grace
/
¶
And
in
like
wise
this
he
sayd
of
all
other
synnars
/
¶
Suche
ben
playsauntly
clothed
.
and
well
arayed
that
who
soo
sholde
take
his
vesture
from
his
backe
.
dame
Penaunce
vnder
his
clothes
sholde
be
founde
/
¶
Of
two
Clerkes
that
made
shone
.
&
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Duobus
clericis
&
c·
Caplm.
C.li.
DVrynge
the
tyme
that
the
forsayde
holy
Patryarke
dwellyd
in
Alexandrie
.
two
clerkes
were
there
that
made
shone
for
to
gete
theyr
liuyng
¶
Th
one
had
many
chyldern
to
fede
/
And
beside
this
he
nouryshed
his
fader
&
his
moder
/
¶
And
how
be
it
that
he
was
constrayned
to
werke
contynuelli
for
cause
of
the
grete
charge
that
he
bare
/
Neuertheles
he
serued
god
dayely
and
herde
masse
.
sayenge
many
prayers
and
orysons
/
But
that
other
hadde
his
thoughte
all
sette
vpon
his
werke
/
¶
And
not
oonly
the
dayes
that
were
suffred
and
assygned
to
doo
lawfully
all
manere
of
hondwerke
.
But
also
he
wroughte
vpon
the
sondayes
/
&
vppon
all
other
solempne
dayes
.
wherin
is
for
boden
that
noo
manere
of
hondwerke
shold
be
vsyd
/
And
namely
thrugh
the
grete
luste
that
he
sett
to
his
werke
for
lucre
of
money
.
he
slouthed
the
seruyce
of
god
.
and
herde
neuer
masse
/
¶
But
what
soeuer
payne
that
he
toke
.
he
mighte
not
liue
nor
mayntene
hymself
.
Where
by
he
fel
in
enuye
agaynst
his
felow
And
askyd
hym
how
it
myght
be
that
he
was
richer
than
he·
seenge
the
grete
charge
that
he
had
.
and
also
that
he
wrought
not
soo
moche
as
he
dyde
/
Thys
other
desyrynge
to
styre
his
felowe
towarde
god
.
and
to
serue
hym
.
sayd
vnto
hym
/
That
he
had
founde
a
tresour
in
the
grounde
/
wherof
he
was
become
ryche
/
And
that
yf
he
wolde
kepe
hym
felyshypp
and
goo
wyth
hym
.
he
sholde
gyue
hym
parte
of
that
he
shold
fynde
/
Where
vnto
he
was
agreed
/
Promysynge
to
here
hym
companye
and
to
goo
wyth
hym
where
some
euer
he
wolde
lede
hym
/
¶
Vnder
shadowe
of
whyche
promyse
.
the
seruaunt
of
god
sette
hym
many
dayes
for
goo
here
masse
/
And
soo
moche
he
vsyd
hym
therin
/
that
he
cowde
not
leue
.
but
that
he
went
euery
day
to
the
chyrche
for
to
here
masse
.
and
serue
god
/
And
afterwarde
he
wexed
so
ryche
.
that
lyghtly
wythout
nede
he
had
from
that
tyme
forthon
to
lyue
more
honestly
wythout
comparyson
than
he
dyde
afore
/
¶
Wherby
it
apperyth
that
we
ought
fyrste
to
seke
the
reame
of
heuen
/
And
god
shall
socour
vs
in
our
dedes
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
forsayde
whan
he
knewe
how
this
good
faythfull
hadd
conuerted
his
felowe
to
serue
god
/
By
cause
also
hym
thoughte
he
was
worthi
to
be
a
preest
for
was
he
●●tred
ynough
&
of
good
maners
/
he
ordened
hym
to
the
holy
order
of
preesthode
/
¶
How
the
holy
Patriarke
was
called
of
god
for
to
decesse
out
of
this
worlde
And
begynnyth
in
latin
¶
Et
quidem
Caplm.
C.lii
.
IT
happed
bi
the
suffraunce
yf
god
that
Alexandrye
was
subdued
of
theim
of
Perse
by
force
of
armes
/
The
whiche
aduersytee
ser●ge
this
holy
man
/
and
consyderynge
the
godly
counseyle
.
whiche
is
written
in
holy
scrypture
.
sayenge
/
¶
Yf
one
●egyo●
is
contrary
/
Goo
to
a nother
/
He
made
his
purpoos
to
retourne
in
to
Ethyper
.
in
the
cyte
where
he
was
borne
/
¶
The
whiche
thynge
knowynge
the
Patry●s
Niceta
requyred
him
besyly
that
he
sholde
goo
to
the
cheyf
cyte
of
the
citees
for
to
exhorte
the
emperours
to
lyue
vertuously
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
that
neuer
refusyd
noo
thynge
that
was
leyfful
&
good
to
noo
maner
of
persone
/
consented
for
to
goo
wyth
the
sayd
Patryce
/
The
shippes
were
Incontynent
made
redy
.
and
they
toke
the
see
/
¶
It
happed
by
the
wyll
of
god
that
the
shyppe
wherin
were
thise
Patryarke
&
Patrice
.
was
in
daungeour
to
be
drowned
/
The
holy
Patryarke
thenne
toke
vpon
hym
for
to
comforte
the
poore
folke
that
were
in
the
same
vessell
/
And
wyth
theym
he
called
the
grace
of
almyghty
god
¶
Soo
sawe
he
in
this
stormous
tempeste
a
man
vpryght
byfore
hym
/
Hauynge
the
face
of
a
wonderfull
brightnesse
holdynge
in
his
honde
a
ceptre
al
of
golde
/
The
whiche
man
sayd
to
hym
/
Patryarke
come
on
.
for
the
kynge
of
.
kynges
askith
for
the
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
Patryarke
thynkynge
vpon
the
sayde
vysion
/
Incontynent
he
callyd
the
Patrice
Niceta
vnto
hym
and
wyth
grete
syghes
&
teeres
he
shewed
it
vnto
hym
Sayenge
how
the
emperour
of
emperours
regnynge
in
heuen
had
callyd
hym
And
that
without
fawte
he
might
not
goo
to
th
emperour
of
the
erthe
.
to
whom
the
sayd
Niceta
wolde
brynge
hym
/
¶
The
good
Patrice
herynge
the
wordes
of
the
holy
Patryarke
.
was
moche
sory
of
his
departynge
.
and
gladde
of
his
helthe
/
Soo
sente
he
hym
ayen
there
as
he
wolde
goo
/
That
is
to
wyte
in
the
reame
of
Chypre
in
the
cyte
of
Amathanque
/
where
he
hadde
taken
his
●●tynite
/
¶
The
fourme
of
his
Testament
folowyth
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Adueniente
/
Caplm.
C
/
liii
.
AFter
that
the
holy
Patryarke
was
come
in
Chypre
in
the
cyte
namyd
Amathūque
where
he
was
borne
/
He
askyd
after
penne
&
ynke
&
for
a
skynne
of
parchemin
/
And
in
contynent
he
made
his
Testamente
to
be
wryten
in
manere
as
here
folowyth
¶
I
Iohn
.
fyrst
bonde
&
sith
afraūchised
&
made
free
by
the
dygnytee
of
preesthode
:
of
the
grace
of
god
to
me
yeuen
To
the
my
god
I
yelde
graces
.
of
that
it
hath
pleysed
the
to
enhaunce
my
prayer
to
the
wee
le
of
my
soule
/
It
is
that
att
the
houre
of
my
dethe
men
shall
fynde
in
my
tresour
but
onely
do
piece
of
money
/
¶
Whan
I
was
promoted
to
the
dignytee
of
Archebysshopp
ensacred
&
receyued
in
the
holy
chyrche
of
Alexandrye
/
The
whiche
dignytee
by
the
leue
and
Inspyracyon
I
haue
obteyned
.
I
fonde
there
tresours
wythoute
nombre
/
I
thenne
knowyng
that
the
sayd
tresours
were
bylongyng
to
god
purposed
to
yelde
vnto
him
ayen
that
that
was
his
owne
.
&
by
cause
that
now
of
all
the
sayd
tresours
is
to
me
in
remaynyng
but
only
the
pyece
of
money
forsayd
.
whyche
bylongyth
vnto
god·
I
commaunde
that
it
be
yeue
vnto
hym
ayen
in
to
the
hondes
of
the
pore
folke
his
seruauntes
/
¶
O
thyng
ryghte
gloryous
&
worthy
to
be
rehercyd
.
O
ye
riche
that
haply
haue
gadred
your
money
&
tresours
vniustely
.
the
whiche
ye
woll
kepe
&
holde
as
your
owne
.
&
noo
thynge
wol
yeue
for
goddis
sake
.
but
hyde
&
kepe
them
as
.
ye
myght
bere
theim
with
you
/
Loke
now
wyth
me
in
this
myrrour
.
consydryng
how
the
holy
Patriarke
gadred
a
tresour
that
neuer
can
be
mynysshyd
.
as
worldly
riches
is
/
¶
Certaynly
we
ought
to
bileue
that
he
is
worthy
to
be
glorified
/
For
our
lord
sayth
in
his
gospell
/
Who
soeuer
shall
honour
or
gloryfye
me
.
I
shall
gloryfye
him
/
¶
It
is
so
that
for
the
worshyp
of
our
lorde
.
&
for
to
exalte
his
praysynge
.
he
founded
many
monasteryes
.
in
whiche
he
ordened
grete
multytude
of
Relygyouses
/
that
contynuelly
gaue
lawde
&
praysynge
to
god
For
whiche
cause
is
to
him
rewarded
that
meryte
of
al
the
orisons
there
made
of
the
sayd
relygyouses
/
¶
And
to
the
ende
that
by
fable
&
lesynge
.
this
that
afore
is
of
hym
wryten
be
not
reputed
/
We
haue
therof
a
veri
knowlege
.
that
he
was
of
the
nombre
of
the
Iust
/
¶
For
after
that
he
had
yelded
his
holy
soule
in
to
the
hondes
of
our
lord
god
.
as
done
the
soules
of
the
Iuste
that
are
in
the
honde
of
god
/
His
sepulture
was
by
the
clergy
ordened
in
a
sepulcre
.
wherin
of
longe
tyme
afore
two
good
bysshops
his
Predecessours
had
be
buryed
/
¶
But
a
wonderfull
thynge
happed
there
/
For
at
the
openyng
of
the
sayd
sepulcre
.
the
two
bysshops
that
there
rested
theyr
bones
of
longe
space
dede
&
byreuyd
of
life
.
wythdrewe
theymself
fro
theyr
places
/
Makynge
honour
to
the
sayd
Patryarke
.
and
gyuyng
vnto
him
his
place
bytwene
theim
in
the
myddes
of
the
graue
/
¶
Wherby
it
is
to
vs
openly
shewed
that
our
lorde
hym
rewarded
moche
largely·
whan
he
wold
his
body
in
this
worlde
to
be
soo
openly
honoured
/
And
his
soule
aboue
in
heuen
gloryfyed
.
&
worshypfully
enhaunsed
/
¶
Of
the
woman
that
gaaf
her
synne
in
wrytynge
to
saynt
Iohn
the
Patryarke
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Aliud
autem
/
Caplm.
C.liiii
YEt
lyuynge
the
sayd
Patryarke
Iohan.
he
made
a nother
myracle
ryght
grete
.
the
whyche
begynnyth
in
his
lyf
.
and
endeth
after
his
dethe
/
¶
A
woman
of
the
sayde
cyte
where
he
was
borne
.
had
done
soo
horryble
a
synne
/
that
she
durste
neuer
confesse
it
/
Soo
it
happed
that
the
sayde
Patriarke
came
to
the
cyte
/
And
she
hauynge
knowlege
of
his
comynge
.
came
and
caste
herselfe
at
his
fete
/
sayenge
by
grete
coutrycyon
/
¶
O
reuerende
lorde
I
haue
done
a
synne
the
whyche
for
the
grete
loothlynes
of
it
I
dare
not
confesse
/
But
this
notwythstondyng
I
wote
wel
.
that
yf
it
playse
that
thou
shalt
gyue
me
therof
remyssyon
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
seenge
her
grete
contrycyon
/
He
wolde
not
correcte
her
rygoriously
/
Doubtyng
that
she
sholde
neuer
make
shryfte
therof
to
a nother
/
And
that
bi
this
she
were
in
dangeour
of
her
soule
.
but
sayd
vnto
her
/
My
frende
yf
thou
haste
that
fayth
that
I
maye
clense
thi
soule
fro
synne
.
and
that
I
maye
gyue
the
remyssyon
therof
/
Confesse
it
vnto
me
.
and
I
shall
doo
al
that
thou
requyrest
of
me
/
Wherunto
she
answerd
that
she
sholde
not
dare
telle
it
/
For
it
was
soo
dyshoneste
&
shamefull
that
it
sholde
cause
horrour
at
the
eeres
of
the
holy
man
/
¶
Thenne
he
sayde
vnto
her
Thus
thenne
yf
thou
arte
soo
shamefaste
of
the
confessyon
of
it
/
gyue
it
vnto
me
by
wrytynge
/
¶
She
yet
answered
that
she
sholde
not
dare
doo
soo
/
And
the
holy
man
yet
agayne
sayd
vnto
her
/
Thou
muste
doo
it
.
but
yf
it
seme
the
good
/
thou
shalt
close
the
letter
in
suche
wyse
.
that
noo
body
maye
see
it
/
¶
Thenne
this
woman
consentyng
to
the
wordes
of
the
holy
Patryarke
/
wrote
her
synne
wyth
her
owne
honde
And
after
closyd
the
letter
.
and
toke
it
to
hym
/
But
he
ne
lyued
but
fyue
dayes
after
that
/
¶
Soo
it
happed
by
casuell
aduenture
.
that
at
his
dethe
this
we
man
was
oute
of
the
towne
/
Whanne
she
came
agayne
.
and
knowyng
his
deceasse
/
She
ymagyned
that
her
synne
had
be
shewed
thorugh
all
the
cyte
/
by
cause
that
the
holy
man
was
deed
/
hauynge
towarde
hym
her
scrowe
/
¶
And
as
for
answere
therupon
.
she
had
none
of
/
¶
Soo
wente
she
to
his
tombe
where
he
was
buryed
/
And
there
she
kepte
herselfe
thre
dayes
wythoute
ony
mete
or
drynke
/
Makyng
there
wayllynges
wythoute
nombre
and
wepynges
/
Hauynge
alwayes
an
hope
that
the
holy
Patryarke
sholde
lete
her
vnderstonde
some
tydynges
of
her
synne
/
¶
She
often
sayd
vnto
hym
/
Alas
holy
Patryarke
I
hadd
soo
grete
an
hope
of
thy
lyfe
.
the
whyche
I
byleue
not
to
be
ended
.
¶
For
god
and
his
chyrche
.
wytnessen
vnto
vs
.
that
the
Iuste
lyue
euerlastyngly
/
And
therfore
I
byleue
that
thou
arte
not
deed
/
But
rather
arte
more
lyuynge
.
as
to
the
euerlastynge
lyfe·
than
thou
were
afore
in
this
worlde
/
¶
Alas
my
frende
.
I
ne
requyre
of
the
none
other
thynge
/
but
oonly
that
thou
wolte
lete
me
wyte
.
where
my
scrowe
is
become
that
I
toke
the
/
¶
O
my
souerayne
god
that
sayd
to
the
woman
Canan●e
That
thorugh
her
faythe
she
was
sauyd
/
¶
Syth
that
I
haue
in
the
stedfaste
byleue
.
that
thou
mayst
make
me
att
thys
tyme
acertayned
of
my
scrowe
/
I
byseche
the
/
that
thou
woll
be
playsed
I
to
haue
it
agayne
/
¶
One
a
daye
she
sayenge
suche
wordes
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
acompanyed
wyth
two
bysshops
.
wyth
the
whyche
he
was
entered
.
aroos
oute
of
his
gaue·
and
sayde
to
the
sayd
woman
/
¶
O
poore
&
nedy
woman
why
leuest
thou
not
in
rest
theym
that
ben
here
wyth
me
/
Thou
hast
wepte
soo
moche
that
we
ben
all
bedewed
wyth
thy
teeres
/
And
wyth
this
he
toke
her
agayne
her
scrowe
/
And
askyd
her
yf
she
knewe
it
/
The
whyche
wordes
sayd
.
he
and
the
sayde
two
holy
bisshops
.
layed
theymselfe
downe
agayne
wythin
theyr
tombes
/
¶
And
the
sayde
woman
openyd
her
letter
.
And
founde
therin
wryten
the
wordes
that
here
folowe
.
¶
For
the
loue
of
Iohan
my
seruaunte
thy
synne
is
enrased
oute
/
¶
O
what
is
he
that
cowde
or
myghte
reherce
the
power
of
our
lorde
.
the
whiche
is
soo
mercyfull
.
and
louely
bothe
to
men
and
wymmen
/
And
that
soo
freely
grauntyth
and
dooth
the
wyll
of
all
those
that
drede
hym
/
And
that
wyth
goode
herte
sekith
hym
/
Whyche
gloryfyeth
theym
that
loue
hym
/
And
by
myracle
magnyfyeth
theym
/
¶
The
holy
Patryarke
forsayd
was
not
only
gloryfyed
in
one
place
.
but
in
all
countrees
of
the
Eest
partyes
/
And
now
saynt
Iherom
makyth
vs
to
knowe
hym
ferdermore
in
thyse
partyes
of
the
Weste
/
¶
How
the
dethe
of
the
forsayd
holy
Patryarke
Iohan
was
shewed
to
a
relygyouse
namyd
Sauyn
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Eadem
enim
die
.
&c
/
Caplm.
C.lv.
THe
daye
that
this
holy
Patryarke
deyed
/
a
Relygyous
man
namyd
Sauyn
.
beynge
in
Alexandrye
.
sawe
by
the
wyll
of
god
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohan
/
The
whyche
accompanyed
wyth
a
grete
nombre
of
clerkes
.
was
ladde
by
one
of
theym
tofore
an
emperour
in
his
palays
/
After
he
sawe
hym
come
out
of
the
gate
/
¶
The
whyche
vysyon
bytokened
the
departynge
of
his
body
from
the
soule
Whan
he
was
out
of
the
gate
.
came
to
hym
a
fayre
lady
.
a
yonge
mayde
shynynge
bryghter
than
the
sonne
/
Hauynge
on
her
heed
a
crowne
of
Olyue
tree·
The
whiche
toke
him
anone
by
the
honde
.
and
ladde
him
forthe
/
¶
Bi
this
visyon
the
good
relygyouse
man
ymagyned
that
the
holy
Patryarke
was
passynge
oute
of
this
worlde
at
that
houre
vnto
euerlastynge
glory
.
And
this
he
gaaf
to
knowe
vnto
dyuers
persons
.
It
happed
thenne
that
oute
of
Chypre
came
many
marchauntes
in
to
Alexandrye
To
whom
was
askid
after
the
hour
of
the
Patryarkes
forsayd
dethe
/
And
by
theyr
answere
was
cleerly
knowe
.
that
the
sayd
vysyon
was
true
/
And
that
at
the
same
hour
that
as
the
Relygyouse
man
had
shewed
it
.
the
sayd
holy
Patryarke
was
deed
/
Gyuyng
stedfast
fayth
by
this
that
sayd
is
to
this
vysion
and
namly
for
cause
of
the
mayde
that
ladde
hym
by
the
honde
/
For
they
Iudged
that
is
was
Almese
/
that
afore
tyme
in
this
worlde
had
shewed
herselfe
to
this
holy
Patryarke
forsayd
in
lykenesse
of
a
mayde
/
And
had
promysyd
hym
as
here
afore
is
sayd
/
That
yf
he
wolde
loue
her
/
she
sholde
present
hym
byfore
the
souerayne
emperour
.
that
is
our
blessed
Sauyour
&
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
Of
a nother
vysion
that
a
Citeyzyn
of
Alexandrie
had
.
touchynge
the
deth
of
this
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
the
Almoner
/
&
begynnyth
¶
Cum
autem
/
Caplm.
C.lvi.
ANd
not
only
by
cause
of
the
visyon
of
the
forsayd
religyous
/
but
also
for
a
nother
vysion
that
happed
to
a
pore
man
feryng
god
.
whyche
dwelled
in
Alexandrye
.
the
enhabytauntes
of
the
same
cyte
byleuyd
.
the
Almese
&
Mercy
had
presented
the
forsayd
holy
Patryarke
vnto
god
/
This
good
pore
man
.
that
same
nyghte
that
the
holy
Patryarke
Iohn
deyed
.
sawe
by
spirytuell
vysyon
all
the
poore
folke
of
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
/
Aswell
children
faderlees
and
moderlees
.
as
wymmen
and
other
what
so
euer
persone
in
grete
nombre
/
Beryng
in
theyr
hondes
braunches
of
Olyue
tree
.
the
whyche
wente
to
the
seruyce
and
Dirige
of
the
holy
Patriarke
/
¶
Wherfore
it
was
cleerly
shewed
.
Almese
dede
presented
hym
afore
god
/
as
it
is
sayd
aboue
/
¶
How
out
of
his
sepulcre
flowed
and
ranne
oyle·
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Hymnodia
.
&c·
Caplm.
C.lvii
YF
we
had
of
the
gloryfycacion
of
the
holy
Patryarke
none
other
reason
to
shewe
.
but
the
same
that
here
folowith
/
Yet
ought
we
onely
to
be
certayne
withoute
ony
doubtfull
demynge
.
that
he
is
of
the
nombre
of
sayntes
/
¶
After
that
this
holy
body
was
enteryd
&
buryed
.
our
Redemer
.
wyllyng
to
shew
the
worthynes
of
hym·
commaunded
that
out
of
his
graue
sholde
flowe
and
renne
oyle
.
of
whose
swetnes
&
swete
smelling
sauour
by
synguler
grace
were
the
folke
beynge
present
fulfylled
.
&
namely
all
the
sike
folke
that
were
enoynted
therwyth
receyuyd
fully
theyr
helthe
ayen
/
And
not
oonly
this
myracle
happed
in
the
londe
of
Chypre
aforsayd
to
the
worshyp
of
the
sayde
holy
Patryarke
/
But
also
in
dyuers
other
.
to
the
ende
that
we
that
see
how
they
haue
contynued
and
lyued
holyly
in
this
worlde·
sett
and
applye
our
courages
to
ensewe
theym
in
theyr
dooynges
/
¶
We
shall
praye
mekely
the
gode
saynt
Iohn
the
Almoner
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
of
his
large
mekenesse
for
to
spare
for
vs
after
oure
mortall
lyfe
the
tresours
that
neuer
shall
haue
ende
that
he
hath
spared
for
hymself
thrugh
his
grete
almese
&
other
grete
werkes
.
so
that
we
ensewe
the
same
.
maye
be
wyth
him
fedde
in
the
glory
of
heuen
/
Amen
/
¶
Here
begynnyth
the
lyfe
of
saynt
Eugene
/
whose
feest
is
halowed
the
day
after
the
feest
of
the
Natiuyte
of
our
sauyour
Ihu
Cryste
/
And
begyynyth
in
latin
¶
In
septimo
igitur
.
et
cetera
Caplm.
C.lviii
.
SOmtyme
an
Emperour
of
the
Romayns
namyd
Chomodrus
for
to
rule
&
gouerne
the
cytee
of
Alexandrye
.
&
the
londe
of
Egypte
.
vnder
the
lordshyp
of
Rome
.
sent
in
to
the
same
countree
one
namyd
Phylyp
.
The
whyche
departynge
out
of
Rome
toke
his
wyfe
Claudia
wyth
hym
.
two
his
chyldern
/
namyd
Anitus
&
Sergius
/
and
a
doughter
of
his
callyd
Eugene
They
togider
came
in
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
/
This
Philyp
as
grete
Prouost
&
gouernour
there
rulynge
the
cite
and
all
the
countree
after
the
ordenaunce
of
the
lawes
of
Rome
put
out
and
broughte
downe
the
cursyd
secte
of
the
magicyens
.
that
in
grete
nombre
and
of
longe
tyme
had
by
theyr
fendly
crafte
Infected
&
poysened
alle
the
londe
/
¶
Secondly
he
commaunded
that
the
Iewes
shold
noo
more
bere
a
name
in
all
that
londe
/
And
after
he
ordeyned
that
the
Crysten
shold
abyde
&
dwelle
in
the
countree
.
but
not
wythin
the
cytees
.
But
wythout
ferre
ynoughe
from
the
same
.
There
the
sayd
Eugene
was
wonderfulli
lerned
.
aswell
in
Greke
lettres
&
latyn
as
also
in
the
scyence
of
Phylosophye
¶
She
had
a
wytte
so
quicke
&
so
sharpe
.
the
lyghte
&
stedfastly
she
helde
alle
that
she
radde
.
or
that
to
her
was
expow●●●
The
face
of
her
was
moche
playsaunt
She
was
fayr
&
praty
of
body
/
but
more
fayr
in
thought
.
&
in
chastytyte
〈◊〉
stedfaste
and
noble
/
¶
Whan
she
came
to
her
fyftenth
yere
of
aege
.
many
lordes
consyderyng
her
grete
perfeccyon
.
made
her
to
be
asked
to
her
fader
for
to
haue
her
by
maryage
/
And
amonge
thother
she
was
desyred
of
one
namyd
Aquylyen
.
the
sone
of
Aquyn
Consull
of
Rome
/
But
her
fader
that
exposyd
&
shewed
vnto
her
the
extraccion
&
nobles
of
the
sayd
Aquylyen
.
for
to
enduce
her
to
this
that
she
sholde
be
agreable
to
mary
wyth
hym
/
She
wysely
answerde
.
that
a
mayde
that
hath
a
wyll
to
mary
.
oughte
to
haue
her
husbonde
agreable
whan
she
is
noble
of
vertues
.
&
not
only
of
noble
kynrede
/
¶
For
whan
a
woman
is
wedded
she
is
constrayned
to
folowe
the
maners
of
her
husbonde
.
&
not
of
her
frendes
/
And
fynably
to
this
Aquilien
&
to
all
the
other
she
gaaf
an
answere
.
that
she
wolde
not
mary
.
but
had
in
her
purpose
that
shold
lyue
chastly
/
¶
And
bi
cause
that
Phylyppe
her
fader
had
chaced
all
the
Crysten
folke
out
of
the
cyte
.
neuertheles
she
desyrynge
to
comyn
with
theym
/
And
to
th
ende
that
her
fader
that
was
a
Panym
sholde
haue
noo
knowlege
of
it
.
nor
suspeccion
.
prayed
him
mekely
.
that
he
wolde
suffre
that
she
myghte
goo
by
manere
of
sporte
vnto
the
subarbes
of
Alexandrie
for
to
see
some
of
theyr
londes
&
herytages
there
lyenge
nye
The
whyche
thynge
was
graunted
vnto
her
of
her
fader
/
And
soo
it
happed
as
she
wente
fore
by
a
chyrche
of
the
crysten
that
she
had
herde
synge
thyse
verses
)
Omnes
dii
gencium
demonia
.
deus
autem
noster
cels
fecit
(
That
is
to
saye
.
that
the
goddes
of
the
Paynems
are
but
deuyls
/
But
the
god
that
we
Crysten
doo
worshypp
hath
made
the
heuens
&
the
erthe
/
¶
Whan
Eugene
herde
this
songe
.
she
began
to
wepe
.
sayeng
to
.ii.
Emyches
.
that
is
two
men
that
lacke
their
membres
of
mankinde
.
The
one
namyd
Prothus
&
the
other
Iacintus
.
that
were
commytted
to
kepe
her
&
serue
her
/
as
comynly
it
was
done
of
custome
to
the
doughters
&
wymmen
comen
of
goode
houses
/
¶
My
frendes
I
knowe
that
you
&
I
haue
ben
taughte
&
enformed
togyder
.
aswel
in
the
lawes
of
men
.
as
in
the
vayne
scyence
of
the
Phylosophers
And
haue
radde
the
falages
of
Aristole
.
the
ydes
of
Platon·
the
secte
of
the
Epicuriens
.
the
techynges
of
Socrates
.
&
of
the
Stoyciens
.
and
generally
all
the
doctryne
of
the
Poetes
&
Rethoryciens
But
all
thise
vayn
scyence
are
put
out
and
sette
asyde
by
that
lytyll
verse
that
I
haue
herde
synge
by
the
Crysten
)
Om̄s
du
gencium
demonia
.
&c
(
Ye
calle
me
your
lady
thorugh
the
power
of
my
fader
whyche
he
hath
ouer
you
mysusyd
/
but
I
am
your
syster
in
scyence
/
Be
ye
thenne
my
bredern
.
and
I
shall
be
your
syster
/
¶
Lete
vs
goo
to
the
Crysten
/
And
as
I
shall
commaunde
you
.
we
shall
doo
I
knowe
the
bisshopp
of
Leopolis
named
Helayn
/
In
whoos
hous
men
singe
contynuelly
.
the
holy
scryptures
/
The
sayd
bisshop
hath
vnder
him
many
holy
relygyouses
/
And
amonge
other
one
there
is
namyd
Theodore
.
the
whyche
is
leder
of
theym
that
done
the
dyuyne
seruyce
/
¶
Thorugh
his
prayers
&
his
orisons
he
makith
the
blynde
to
see
.
chacyth
the
deuylles
oute
of
the
bodyes
of
men
/
¶
Dyuerse
wretches
in
grete
sorowe
abydynge
.
by
his
prayers
aren
of
theyr
sykenesse
fully
helyd
/
And
the
desolate
recomforted
/
Wherfore
I
haue
a
synguler
desyre
to
goo
vnto
him
/
And
for
to
doo
this
.
I
woll
doo
cutte
my
heeres
.
and
clothe
myself
wyth
the
clothinge
of
a
man
/
Therfore
I
praye
you
as
my
bredern
that
this
for
to
doo
ye
wol
helpe
me
/
¶
The
sayd
kepers
knowynge
her
holy
deuocion
.
and
desyrynge
as
she
to
become
Crysten
.
gaaf
her
for
to
fulfyll
her
wyll
all
comforte
and
ayde
/
¶
Soo
lepte
she
out
of
the
chare
/
wherin
she
was
caryed
.
And
clothed
her
in
mannes
clothynge
/
And
by
the
suffraunce
of
god
Incontynent
as
they
were
come
in
the
chyrche
.
they
mett
wyth
the
sayd
bisshopp
Helayn
/
¶
The
custome
was
in
Egipte
suche
that
whanne
the
bysshopp
wente
to
vysyte
the
chyrches
.
a
grete
multytude
of
Syngers
came
wyth
theim
(
Thus
wyth
the
bysshopp
Helayn
came
mo
than
.x.
thousande
the
songe
afore
hym
sayenge
/
¶
The
way
of
the
Iuste
is
made
veryte
.
and
the
way
of
the
sayntes
of
god
is
made
redi
Eugene
this
seenge
sayde
to
her
felowes
/
¶
My
frendes
here
the
substaunce
of
thys
songe
/
Loke
how
the
god
of
the
Crysten
is
gode
to
theim
.
that
woll
holde
the
faith
of
cryst
take
hede
how
they
knowe
that
we
woll
leue
our
Ydoles
for
to
be
Crysten
/
And
for
this
cause
they
are
come
ayenst
vs
in
suche
a
grete
multytude
of
deuoute
peple·
that
synge
soo
swete
a
songe
/
¶
Lete
vs
beholde
whyche
waye
they
shall
goo
/
and
Ioyne
ourselfe
wyth
vs
.
Soo
shall
we
synnge
tyl
that
we
haue
knowlege
wyth
theym
/
Thenne
they
began
to
question
some
of
that
felyshypp
/
And
askyd
what
was
he
that
was
in
the
myddes
of
theym
rydynge
vpon
an
Asse
/
The
whyche
answeryd
that
it
was
their
bysshopp
Helayn
that
of
his
yongthe
was
a
Crysten
man
/
And
of
soo
grete
meryte
towarde
god
That
of
his
yonge
aege
he
made
dyuerse
myracles
/
¶
In
berynge
of
fyre
in
his
gowne
.
whyche
was
noo
thynge
perysshed
by
it·
and
other
also
wonderfull
/
¶
Amonge
the
other
Religyouses
one
namyd
Eutropius
rehercyd
to
Eugene
and
to
her
felowes
/
How
wyth
in
few
dayes
passed
that
a
magicien
namyd
Zaree
was
come
thyder
/
And
had
shewed
.
that
the
sayd
bysshopp
was
a
false
Crysten
man
/
And
that
falsly
he
sayd
he
was
sente
by
Ihesu
Cryste
for
to
dysceyue
the
peple
/
¶
The
whyche
Magycyen
was
full
of
wyles
.
and
subtyll
/
And
torned
many
from
the
fayth
and
byleue
of
holy
scripture
/
¶
For
the
whyche
thynges
.
the
pryncypall
Cyteyzyns
of
Eliopolis
were
come
to
the
bysshopp
Helayn
/
And
had
tolde
him
how
the
forsayde
Magycyen
sayd
hymselfe
was
sente
of
god
.
and
not
he
.
¶
And
for
this
cause
they
wold
haue
constrayned
the
sayd
Bysshopp
to
receyue
him
as
his
felowe
/
Or
elles
to
ouercome
him
as
a
Dysceyuour
and
begyler
in
ouercomynge
his
Magycall
argumentacyons
/
¶
And
vpon
this
was
a
daye
chosen
and
sette
/
Vpon
the
whyche
in
the
myddes
of
the
cytee
were
come
togyder
the
Bysshopp
and
Zaree
the
Magycyen
.
The
whyche
trustynge
in
his
cursyd
ymagynacyons
.
hoped
to
haue
torned
&
ouercome
of
lyght
the
peple
from
the
faythe
of
Ihesu
Cryste
our
Sauyoure
/
¶
But
the
good
Bisshopp
Helayn
hymselfe
byleuynge
in
the
fayth
of
our
Sauyour
hadde
sayde
to
the
peple
beynge
presente
/
¶
O
Cristen
peple
ye
shall
knowe
this
daye
whyche
spyrytes
ben
of
god
.
and
whyche
ben
not
/
The
Magycyen
that
was
moche
subtyl
sect
all
his
cure
to
putt
the
bysshopp
vnder
fete
by
force
of
Argumentes
/
¶
Wherfore
the
bisshopp
wysely
consyderynge
the
Instruccyon
of
saynt
Poul
.
sayeng
to
his
dyscyple
Thymothee
/
¶
I
forbydde
the
to
dispute
by
Paraboles
.
For
suche
Argumentes
serue
oonly
.
but
to
subuerte
thoos
that
here
theym
/
¶
For
to
eschewe
Incouenient
that
sholde
haue
now
falle
to
the
grete
hurte
of
the
Crysten
peple
/
Herynge
the
Sophystycall
dysputacyons
of
the
sayde
Zaree
/
Requyred
afore
all
the
peple
a
grete
fyre
to
be
kyndled
/
And
that
they
both
togyder
sholde
entre
.
therin
/
And
he
that
sholde
not
be
brente
.
sholde
calle
hymselfe
ryghtfully
the
very
Seruaunte
of
god
/
And
his
lawe
to
be
taken
as
the
beste
/
The
whyche
requeste
was
to
alle
beynge
presente
ryghte
agreable
¶
Wherfore
a
grete
fyre
was
anone
kyndled
/
And
that
done
the
Bysshopp
requyred
the
Magycyen
that
he
sholde
entre
in
to
the
fyre
/
The
whyche
thynge
he
refused
.
Sayenge
to
the
bysshopp
Helayn
that
it
was
reason
syth
that
he
had
fyrste
purposyd
/
That
also
he
oughte
to
entree
fyrste
wythin
the
fyre
/
¶
Soo
blessyd
hymselfe
this
holy
Bysshopp
wyth
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
.
and
entred
in
the
myddes
of
the
fyre
/
Abydynge
wythin
the
same
the
space
of
halfe
an
houre
/
And
thenne
came
heloute
of
the
fyre
wythout
ony
hurte
of
his
body
.
nor
his
clothes
perysshed
in
ony
manere
/
¶
The
peple
seenge
this
wonderfull
myracle
.
wolde
compelle
the
sayde
Magycyen
to
entree
within
the
fire
after
hym
/
But
he
trowed
to
haue
fledde
awaye
/
Aad
this
notwythstondyng
he
was
take
.
&
by
force
was
putt
in
to
the
fyre
.
of
whiche
Incontynent
he
was
be
clippedd
&
taken
all
aboute
.
¶
The
holy
man
this
seeng
lept
in
to
the
fyre
ayen
.
and
wythdrewe
therfrom
the
sayd
Magycyen
.
as
half
dede
/
¶
Wherof
of
al
theim
of
the
Regyon
he
was
moche
honoured
and
taken
in
grete
reuerence
¶
Whan
Eugene
had
vnderstonde
well
all
that
Eutropius
had
rehercyd
vnto
her
of
the
holy
bysshopp
forsayde
/
She
that
as
aboue
it
is
sayd
was
clothyd
in
manes
clothynge
.
felle
downe
to
the
fete
of
the
sayde
Eutropius
/
Gyuynge
hym
to
vnderstonde
.
that
she
.
Iacintus
and
Prothus
were
thre
bredern
/
Whyche
had
purposyd
to
lyue
and
deye
oonly
Ioyned
togyder
in
the
Crysten
relygyon
/
¶
Soo
prayed
she
hym
.
that
he
wolde
presente
theym
vnto
the
sayde
bysshopp
Helayn
/
For
they
wolde
requyre
of
hym
.
seenge
theyr
sayde
purpoos
/
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
doo
somoche
for
theym
that
they
sholde
neuer
be
departed
the
one
from
the
other
.
Then
to
them
sayd
Eutropius
.
that
thei
sholde
tary
tyl
that
he
had
be
in
the
chirche
And
whan
he
sholde
see
his
houre
couenable
/
He
sholde
reherce
vnto
the
bysshopp
all
thees
thynges
/
¶
Whan
the
holy
bisshopp
was
come
almoste
to
the
chyrche
.
The
relygyouses
came
ayenst
him
syngynge
suche
a
songe
/
O
god
we
haue
receyued
in
the
myddes
of
thy
peple
thy
mercyfulnes
/
And
anone
euery
body
entred
in
to
the
chyrche
/
&
songe
togyder
the
houres
of
the
daye
vnto
Sexte
¶
Also
entred
therin
Eugene
&
her
felowes
/
¶
The
bysshopp
after
this
wolde
take
his
reste
a
lytyll
/
And
in
that
slepe
/
he
had
a
vysion
.
by
the
whyche
to
hym
was
shewed
that
he
wolde
goo
to
th
ymage
of
a
hethen
woman
.
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
make
sacrefyce
vnto
her
/
&
thenne
in
this
vysion
hym
semyd
that
he
sayd
to
theym
that
kepte
it
&
that
were
abowte
her
/
I
praye
you
lete
me
speke
wyth
your
goddesse
.
and
they
graunted
hym
the
same
/
Thenne
he
wente
to
her
&
sayd
/
¶
O
poore
woman
knowe
that
thou
art
a
creature
of
god
.
come
downe
&
suffre
nomore
that
men
worshipp
the
/
Whan
the
goddesse
had
vnderstonde
his
purpoos
.
she
came
downe
to
the
bysshopp
.
to
whom
she
sayd
/
¶
My
frende
I
shall
neuer
leue
the
tyll
that
thou
haue
restored
me
vnto
my
maker
/
Al
this
visyon
sawe
the
holy
bysshopp
/
&
whanne
he
woke
.
Eutropius
.
to
whom
Eugene
had
spoken
came
towarde
him
/
whiche
thoughte
yet
vpon
his
vysion
/
He
sayd
to
the
bysshopp
/
Syre
here
are
in
youre
chyrche
thre
yonge
chyldren
that
are
bredern
the
whiche
of
one
assent
haue
purposyd
to
forsake
the
Paynym
lawe
/
&
desyre
to
be
of
the
nombre
of
the
Crysten
/
And
to
this
entent
they
haue
folowed
the
longe
this
daye
/
Desyryng
to
haue
space
&
tyme
that
they
might
speke
wyth
the.
for
to
haue
of
our
fayth
a
very
knowlege
/
¶
The
holy
bysshopp
yelded
graces
vnto
our
lord
of
that
spyrituelly
he
had
shewed
to
him
this
thynge
or
euer
it
was
happed
/
¶
Soo
sente
he
for
theym
/
And
as
they
were
come
afore
hym
.
he
toke
Eugene
by
the
bonde
/
gyuynge
teeres
out
of
his
eyen
.
And
drewe
theym
asyde
/
After
he
askyd
theym
of
theyr
names
.
of
what
nacyon
/
&
of
what
frendes
they
were
/
¶
Eugene
answerde
that
they
were
brethern
.
born
in
Rome
.
and
that
she
was
called
Eugenius
:
and
her
bredern
were
callyd
the
one
Prothus
and
the
other
Iacintus
¶
And
thenne
the
bysshopp
knowyng
by
the
forsayd
vysyon
the
sayd
Eugene
to
be
a
vyrgyn
/
He
sayd
vnto
her
/
Veryly
wyth
good
righte
thou
arte
callyd
Eugenius
/
¶
For
thou
bereste
the
very
courage
of
a
man
in
vndertakynge
a
werke
.
whyche
is
vertuouse
/
The
trouthe
wherof
hathe
ben
vnto
me
shewed
this
daye
by
my
god
/
that
by
a
vysyon
hath
shewed
the
vnto
me
/
And
the
whiche
that
I
haue
thus
presently
knowen
hathe
made
redy
in
the
his
house
right
agreable
.
By
cause
thou
haste
purposyd
thy
vyrgynytee
to
be
reseruyd
vnto
hym
/
In
dyspysynge
alle
worldly
delectacyon
/
¶
Wyte
it
that
for
to
kepe
the
chastyte
thou
shalt
suffre
many
eueles
/
but
that
same
my
god
.
whom
thou
haste
fully
&
hooly
gyuen
thyself
shall
not
leue
the
/
¶
After
this
holy
bysshop
Helayn
torned
his
worde
to
Prothus
&
to
Iacintus
.
and
sayd
to
theym
/
¶
Ye
that
are
seruauntes
/
and
wytholden
in
thraldom
/
Ye
haue
in
your
hertes
grete
noblesse
/
I
maye
saye
to
you
that
the
oure
lorde
sayde
to
his
discyples
/
¶
From
hens
forthe
I
shall
noo
more
call
you
Seruauntes
/
But
I
shall
calle
you
my
Frendes
/
¶
More
ouer
sayde
vnto
theym
this
holy
Bysshopp
Helayn
/
My
chyldren
vnderstonde
it
that
ye
ben
well
happy
and
gracious
of
this
that
ye
haue
consented
to
the
holy
ghoste
.
in
obeyenge
and
enclynynge
to
his
holy
ma●uynges
¶
/
For
thrugh
that
meane
ye
shall
be
parteners
togyder
of
the
Ioye
of
heuen
/
¶
In
this
astate
abode
the
good
Eugene
in
the
clothynge
or
a
seculer
man
vnto
the
tyme
that
by
the
holy
bysshop
she
was
regenerate
of
the
holy
Sacrament
of
baptesme
.
And
by
hym
●n
to
a
monastery
of
relygyon
.
where
she
desired
for
to
be
/
¶
But
for
to
haue
very
knowlege
how
she
departed
pryuely
from
her
Parents
/
It
is
to
be
noted
that
in
those
dayes
.
whan
the
ladyes
wolde
goo
to
sporte
theymself
.
they
were
of
a
custome
born
in
a
chare
.
gouerned
with
some
yonge
chyldern
.
called
Emiches
.
or
more
plainly
to
speke
.
men
ghelded
.
the
whiche
beynge
wyth
theym
.
aswell
for
to
serue
theym
.
as
for
to
kepe
theym
/
¶
Now
thenne
wyth
Eugene
gooyng
to
her
sporte
.
as
it
is
sayde
aboue
.
were
Prothus
&
Iacintus
.
that
for
to
serue
&
kepe
her
abode
wyth
her
/
The
whyche
by
meane
of
her
desyrynge
were
content
to
doo
as
she
wolde
/
And
soo
in
dede
they
went
wyth
her
/
as
aboue
is
shewed
/
And
sent
home
agayn
the
lyttere
by
some
yonge
chyldren
that
had
born
theym
company
/
¶
The
moder
of
the
good
Eugene
seenge
the
yonge
chyldern
come
&
the
lyttere
was
very
gladde
/
hopynge
that
her
doughter
was
comyng
in
the
same
chare
or
lyttere
/
But
after
whan
she
knew
her
doughter
to
be
gone
/
She
began
to
crye
soo
wonderfully
that
alle
the
cyte
was
moeuyd
wyth
it
/
Eeuery
body
wept
and
wayled
the
losse
of
the
good
lady
Eugene
/
The
fader
and
the
moder
sighed
after
theyr
doughter
.
And
in
lyke
wyse
the
brethern
after
theyr
sister
/
The
whyche
for
to
fynde
was
made
dilygent
sekynge
thrugh
al
the
Prouynce
/
¶
The
dyuynours
or
southsayers
were
sente
fore
/
And
by
sacrefyces
and
dysceytes
of
the
deuyll
.
the
goddes
were
mekely
required
that
they
wolde
yeue
an
answere
where
Eugene
was
become
/
Alle
the
southsayers
sayd
that
the
goddes
had
rauisshed
her
aboue
the
heuens
/
¶
The
fader
byleuyng
this
to
be
of
trouth
.
torned
his
heuinesse
in
to
gladnesse
.
&
made
the
people
to
kepe
a
feest
of
th
answere
that
the
goddes
had
yeue
of
his
doughter
/
And
moreouer
for
to
honour
&
enhaunce
the
name
of
her
dede
/
dyde
doo
make
a
fygure
or
ymage
after
her
likenes
.
Wherto
he
gaaf
a
grete
&
merueyllous
quantyte
of
fyne
gold
The
whiche
ymage
he
adoured
&
worshypped
it
as
he
dyde
his
goddes
/
But
neuerthelesse
her
moder
Claudia
&
her
bredern
/
Anitus
&
Sergius
cowde
not
take
in
this
foly
ony
comforte
/
¶
All
thy
se●thynges
notwythstondynge
/
the
goode
Eugene
in
clothynge
of·
man
&
vnknowen
abode
in
the
sayde
monastery
wyth
the
Relygyouses
of
the
same
/
As
it
is
sayd
here
aboue
/
And
soo
well
she
studyed
.
that
in
a
lytyll
whyle
she
comprysed
alle
the
rules
of
the
Relygyon
/
¶
She
was
soo
kynde
&
louely
.
that
al
the
brethern
thought
and
helde
her
for
an
angell
/
Her
wordes
were
swete
.
and
her
mekenesse
so
grete
/
that
she
ouerpassed
all
the
other
relygyouses
.
¶
She
was
euer
the
fyrst
in
prayer
.
she
comforted
the
sorowful
.
she
shewed
herselfe
gladde
wyth
those
that
were
Ioyous
/
¶
They
that
were
full
of
wrathe
she
wyth
one
worde
made
theym
to
be
pacyent
in
theyr
behauynge
/
The
proude
by
her
example
wonderfully
she
conuerted
.
lyke
as
a
lyon
had
be
torned
by
her
in
to
a
shepe
/
¶
She
had
this
merueyllous
gyfte
of
god
that
al
persones
that
she
vysited
in
theyr
sykenesse
.
felte
at
her
comynge
to
theym
noo
sore
att
all
.
Prothus
&
Iacintus
folowed
her
contynuelly
/
&
were
obeyeng
to
her
/
The
.iii
yere
after
she
was
put
in
the
sayd
religyon
th
abbot
of
her
monastery
deyed
/
soo
they
togyder
chose
wyth
one
acorde
the
virgyn
Eugene
for
to
be
their
abbot
.
She
thenne
consydryng
that
she
was
a
woman
&
doubtyng
to
be
set
in
auctorytee
aboboue
the
men
/
Ferynge
also
of
the
other
part
to
be
seen
that
she
shold
dispyse
&
contempne
the
prayers
of
all
the
Religious
that
so
besily
desyred
her
to
take
vpon
her
the
auctorytee
of
the
abborshypp
.
sayde
vnto
theym
/
¶
O
my
bredern
I
requyre
you
in
the
name
of
god
that
the
boke
of
the
gospels
maye
be
now
presently
broughte
&
shewed
byfore
vs
alle
.
And
anone
as
it
was
brought
.
she
sayd
ayen
to
them
¶
Euer
whan
ony
religious
haue
for
to
be
done
some
eleccion
.
they
ought
bifore
all
thinges
to
desyre
&
call
the
helpe
of
our
lord
Ihesu
Cryste
/
¶
Lete
vs
see
thenne
in
this
your
eleccion
.
what
thyng
he
commaundith
for
to
be
doo
.
to
th
ende
that
we
maye
obeye
to
his
deuoute
wamynges
/
Also
to
obeye
the
commaundementes
that
shall
be
by
you
done
in
this
byhalfe
/
¶
The
holy
Eugene
toke
thenne
the
boke
of
the
gospels
.
and
began
to
torne
a
leef
&
sin
a nother
.
tyl
she
fonde
a
gospell
conteynyng
the
wordes
that
here
after
are
wryten
.
the
whiche
she
rehercyd
sayeng
/
¶
In
those
dayes
sayd
Ihu
Cryst
to
his
discyples
.
ye
know
that
the
prynces
&
lordes
oughte
to
be
.
&
are
more
grete
in
auctoritee
and
power
than
the
men
vpon
whom
they
haue
grete
lordshypp
&
myghte
/
But
this
thynge
is
not
lyke
amonge
ye
other
.
¶
For
yf
ony
of
you
woll
be
the
formeste
.
he
shall
be
the
last
And
yf
ony
amonge
you
woll
be
a
lord
he
shall
be
a
seruaunt
/
After
saynt
Eugene
sayd
to
theim
/
Therfore
my
bredern
consyderynge
all
thyse
thynges
.
&
not
wyllynge
to
saye
ayenst
you
/
I
haue
purposyd
to
take
vpon
me
the
auctorite
that
ye
gyue
me
ouer
you
/
And
pryncypally
derysyrynge
to
obeye
the
commaundement
of
god
.
ordeyne
miself
the
leste
amonge
ye
other
.
that
are
to
me
moche
dere
&
agreable
/
Of
the
whyche
answere
they
were
moche
abasshed
/
But
this
notwythstondynge
she
presumed
not
to
vse
the
dygnytee
as
the
moost
grete
aboue
all
other
/
But
mekyng
herselfe
toke
the
charge
that
the
moost
lowe
and
poore
persone
had
beyng
vnder
that
Couent
/
That
is
to
wyte
.
to
here
water
.
cleue
wood
/
And
made
her
dwellynge
in
that
self
place
where
the
Potter
dwelled
/
to
th
ende
she
shold
not
shewe
herself
gretter
than
he
/
¶
With
this
she
had
a
contynuell
thought
.
and
a
holy
cure
of
the
thynges
that
were
necessary
to
be
had
for
the
refeccyon
of
the
b●●der●
/
In
sayeng
psalmes
and
orysons
she
kepte
soueraynly
a
good
order
/
And
to
all
the
houres
of
the
seruyce
of
god
.
aswell
by
nyghte
as
by
daye
.
soo
curyously
contynued
.
that
she
thoughte
alle
tyme
to
be
loste
that
was
passed
wythout
graces
and
praysynges
to
be
gyuen
vnto
god
/
¶
In
this
holynesse
of
lyfe
she
contynued
in
suche
wise
/
and
soo
longe
That
our
lorde
graunted
vnto
her
soo
grete
habundance
of
graces
.
That
she
chacyd
out
of
mennes
bodyes
the
deuels
that
tormented
theym
/
Made
the
blynde
to
see
.
&
many
other
grete
myracles
she
dyde
/
¶
Amonge
the
whiche
a
lady
of
the
londe
of
Alexandrie
named
Melance
/
amonge
other
was
of
grete
power
.
he●
he
grete
reporte
that
euery
man
made
of
the
merueylous
vertues
of
the
holy
virgin
Eugene
.
whiche
was
take
as
a
right
holy
man
.
came
to
her
for
to
be
holpen
&
heled
of
a
grete
feuer
that
a
yere
durynge
&
more
had
vexed
her
body
right
sore·
The
whyche
Eugene
enoynted
wyth
an
oyle
&
anone
this
woman
cast
out
of
her
body
the
corrupt
humours
that
caused
wythin
her
the
feuer
.
&
all
hoole
&
so
side
wente
home
ayen
to
her
place
that
was
not
ferre
.
Where
she
toke
the
grete
goblets
&
fylled
theym
wyth
money
.
whyche
she
sente
vnto
saynt
Eugene
/
The
whyche
dispysyng
the
sayd
presents
.
sente
theym
vnto
her
ayen
forthwyth
/
Letyng
her
wyte
.
that
of
godes
she
had
ouer
moche
/
Wherfor
she
counseyled
her
that
she
shold
deale
&
depart
to
the
poore
nedy
&
nedfull
the
godes
&
presents
that
she
had
sent
to
her
/
¶
The
sayd
Melance
heryng
thyse
wordes
was
gretly
wrothe
.
&
came
toward
saynt
Eugene
/
prayeng
her
that
she
wolde
take
&
receyue
agreatly
her
presents
.
promysyng
to
gyue
her
other
more
grete·
but
in
efect
she
loste
her
tyme
.
For
saynt
Eugene
wold
not
take
theim
/
This
notwythstonding
Melance
left
not
.
but
she
come
toward
the
good
Eugene
/
&
not
knowyng
by
ony
wyse
that
she
was
a
woman
/
the
beaute
of
her
disceyued
the
sayd
Melance
.
the
whyche
trowynge
that
she
had
be
a
man
and
that
by
him
she
was
heelyd
/
Not
by
his
holynes
.
but
by
some
crafte
or
cunnynge
of
physik
.
lete
herself
fall
by
the
temptynge
of
the
deuyll
in
to
the
synne
of
flesshly
desyre
/
And
thynkynge
that
the
sayd
Eugene
had
refusyd
the
sayd
presents
.
for
couetyse
to
haue
had
gretter
.
offred
other
vnto
her
in
more
grete
habundance
than
she
had
tofore
/
Promysynge
to
gyue
hym
yet
more
of
theym
.
asmoche
as
he
wolde
aske
/
¶
And
where
she
contynued
prayenge
hym
that
his
playsure
were
to
resceyue
the
sayde
presents
/
And
sawe
they
were
refusyd
.
And
to
her
sente
agayne
by
the
goode
Eugene
/
She
ranne
in
to
a
gretter
hete
than
she
was
afore
/
¶
And
atte
thys
cause
feynyng
to
be
syke
soo
greuously
that
she
sholde
not
haue
moeuyd
herselfe
out
of
her
bedde
/
Made
saynt
Eugene
to
be
prayed
that
she
sholde
come
and
vysyte
her
.
And
she
dyde
soo
/
And
beyng
there
byfore
the
bedde
of
Melance
that
had
made
the
folke
to
goo
oute
of
her
chambre
that
were
there
feynynge
to
declare
vnto
her
some
secretes
in
confessyon
.
as
well
of
her
conscyence
as
of
her
sikenesse
.
Sayd
vnto
Eugene
suche
wordes
/
¶
My
lorde
and
my
frende
Eugene
.
pardonne
yf
it
playse
you
yf
I
ouer
famylyerly
do
declare
my
pouertee
vnto
you
/
For
I
am
therto
constrayned
.
by
the
grete
sore
whyche
opressyth
me
/
¶
Certaynly
my
lorde
the
grete
and
excessyue
loue
whyche
I
haue
conceyued
towarde
your
gracious
yongthe
The
right
excellent
beaute
of
the
whyche
dame
Nature
hath
soo
gretly
&
largely
endowed
you
.
tormentith
my
pore
herte
soo
sharply
that
it
ne
were
to
me
possible
neuer
to
haue
Ioye
ne
playsure
in
this
worlde
But
yf
it
come
to
me
of
you
/
¶
Soo
yelde
I
myself
and
al
my
goodes
to
you
alone
.
makynge
&
ordeynynge
your
goodly
persone
lorde
&
maister
ouer
my
body
.
and
of
al
my
godes
¶
Alas
my
lord
what
playsure
doo
ye
take
totorment
thus
greuousli
your
body
by
folysshe
and
vayne
abstynences
/
I
haue
Infynyte
possessions
and
ryches
.
I
haue
grete
tresours
of
gold
&
of
syluer
/
I
am
enhaunsed
in
auctoryte
of
noblesse
of
my
kin̄e
/
and
this
yere
I
haue
loste
my
childern
that
are
deceased
oute
of
this
world
/
Alas
I
pray
you
succede
to
my
goodes
in
stede
of
theym
/
&
be
alone
mayster
&
lorde
.
not
oonly
of
me
but
also
of
all
my
possessions
.
&
godes
.
The
deuoute
Eugene
hering
thise
fowle
wordes
&
dyshoneste
exhortacyons
/
answerde
to
her
in
this
manere
/
O
woman
dampned
certaynly
/
thy
name
beryth
truwitnesse
of
an
horrible
cursidnes
&
treison
/
Truely
thou
hast
made
redy
in
the
a
grete
place
for
the
deuyll
/
Dampnable
disceyuer
leue
that
wyll
that
thou
haste
to
torne
the
seruauntes
of
god
/
I
woll
well
that
thou
knowe
that
we
relygiouses
haue
wel
vsed
to
lyue
otherwise
/
¶
The
dampned
spyrytes
that
are
to
the
lyke
/
take
thy
godes
.
and
not
we
that
haue
no
appetyte
to
them
nor
woll
not
haue
theym
/
For
it
is
vnto
vs
a
pleysaunt
thing
to
begge
our
brede
wyth
our
lord
Ihu
Cryst
/
He
is
habundantly
ryche
that
is
wyth
hym
¶
O
Melance
the
wyll
of
me
is
that
suche
folysshe
concupyscences
depart
from
the
Truely
th●happynesse
that
hath
assaylled
the
shall
not
be
cause
of
thy
heele
but
of
dampnacyon
/
Thou
that
art
made
the
house
&
dwellynge
of
the
venymouse
dragon
.
shedest
&
spredest
a
wonderfull
venym
/
But
by
the
callynge
of
the
name
of
god
.
and
by
the
helpe
of
hys
mercifulnes
.
we
haue
eschewed
.
and
yet
we
shall
eschewe
th
infeccion
of
thin
abhomynable
and
horryble
poysons
/
¶
Thenne
this
cursyd
and
wretchyd
woman
/
Impacyent
of
the
repreyffe
the
the
good
Eugene
had
sayd
to
her
/
&
at
this
cause
al
enswollen
with
bytter
d●̄playsure
/
Knowynge
also
that
she
had
thus
loste
her
honoure
/
And
doubtynge
that
Eugene
sholde
telle
her
synne
for
to
quenche
her
feere
.
purposyd
herselfe
to
complayne
of
hym
afore
the
Iustyce
¶
Wherfore
Incontynent
she
went
afore
the
grete
Prouoste
of
Alexandrye
:
&
shewed
to
him
in
a
gret
wodnesse
and
hertly
dysplaysure
/
How
for
to
haue
founde
the
meanes
to
be
holpen
of
a
sykenesse
that
haue
kept
her
longe
.
she
had
suffred
a
yonge
relygyous
of
the
Relygyon
Crysten
.
that
called
himself
a
gode
Leche
.
to
come
towarde
her
for
to
hele
her
/
But
this
Relygyouse
replenysshyd
wyth
treyson
.
Wenynge
that
she
hadde
be
suche
.
as
they
were
of
whom
he
had
taken
of
a
custome
his
foule
delectacyons
.
hadd
dare
.
all
shame
layed
asyde
speke
vnto
her
shamefull
and
dishoneste
wordes
for
to
haue
moeued
her
vnto
his
abhomynable
wyll
/
and
that
worse
was
/
Yf
she
hadde
not
callyd
her
woman
abowte
her
/
He
sholde
haue
rauysshyd
her
and
defoyled
/
¶
Requyrynge
this
Melance
to
the
sayde
Prouoste
that
therof
he
wolde
doo
to
her
as
ryghte
and
reason
requyreth
/
¶
The
Prouoste
heryng
thise
wordes
.
was
enflammyd
wyth
grete
woodnesse
.
And
sente
to
the
monastery
certayne
Commyssaryes
that
charged
were
to
brynge
hym
prysonere
/
Eugene
and
alle
the
other
dwellynge
in
the
sayde
monasterye
Whyche
thynge
was
done
/
¶
And
by
cause
they
were
in
suche
nombre
:
that
they
myghte
not
be
alle
in
one
pryson
togyder
/
They
were
put
in
dyuers
places
and
vnder
dyuerse
kepers
fether●●
well
harde
&
faste
/
The
sayd
P●●●oste
after
gyuyng
credence
folysshly
to
the
●●●des
of
the
sayd
Melance
.
condempned
theym
all
for
to
deye
.
&
ordeyned
a
certayn
daye
that
some
of
theym
shold
be
take
for
to
be
deuoured
of
wylde
bestes
The
other
to
be
bren̄ed
&
thother
to
be
put
vnto
dyuers
tormentes
/
And
at
this
cause
was
thrugh
all
the
londe
grete
no
ye
of
the
execucion
that
sholde
be
done
of
the
sayd
Relygyouses
/
The
whyche
alle
the
dwellers
of
the
londe
Iudged
them
worthy
to
suffre
deth
/
¶
For
they
thoughte
that
Melance
whyche
was
come
of
a
noble
hous
/
and
of
hyghe
kynreed
/
wolde
neuer
haue
putt
vpon
theym
wythout
a
Iuste
cause
suche
a
charge
/
¶
Fynably
whan
the
daye
was
come
that
the
sayd
execucyon
sholde
be
done
.
alle
the
dwellers
of
the
townes
and
cytees
lyenge
abowte
/
came
to
Alexandrye
the
cyte
for
to
see
the
same
/
Wherof
some
sayd
theyr
opynyon
in
one
manere
.
and
the
other
sayde
otherwyse
/
¶
But
oure
lorde
god
that
neuer
leuyth
his
seruauntes
in
their
moost
nede
/
After
that
the
hangman
had
made
redy
the
torments
&
other
thinges
couenable
to
putt
to
dethe
Eugene
and
the
other
relygyouses
.
suffred
that
the
sayd
Eugene
for
to
declare
the
more
openly
her
grete
vertues
/
was
by
the
sayd
Prouostr
questyoned
/
And
for
to
make
alle
the
people
wyse
of
the
grete
malyce
of
the
forsayd
wycked
Melance
/
Thenne
the
sayd
Prouoste
namyd
Philyp
that
was
fader
to
Eugene
.
and
that
knewe
her
not
.
began
to
speke
afore
her
sayenge
in
this
wyse
/
¶
Come
hether
false
Crysten
man
and
the
worst
of
thother
Hath
thi
god
commaunded
to
the
to
be
oppressour
&
defoyler
of
the
noble
ladyes
.
Thou
art
well
shamles
and
ouerseen
/
What
folye
causyth
the
to
praye
.
&
wolde
haue
take
bi
foly
so
noble
a
lady
as
is
dame
Melance
¶
Eugene
casted
her
syght
to
the
grounde
.
&
feryng
to
be
knowe
of
her
fader
.
answerd
mekeli
/
Mi
god
whom
I
serue
hath
commaunded
the
men
shall
kepe
his
chastytee
&
vyrgynyte
/
&
vnto
all
those
that
done
soo
.
he
promysyth
euerlastyng
lyfe
.
in
his
Ioye
of
heuen
/
¶
And
now
we
maye
declare
Melance
to
be
a
lyar
.
and
forger
of
falshede
/
But
it
is
better
that
we
suffre
some
euylles
than
that
she
shold
be
atteyned
&
conuycte
of
her
synne
.
to
th
ende
that
we
lese
not
the
meryte
of
our
pacience
/
Alway
yf
you
syre
Prouost
woll
promyse
whan
she
shal
be
proued
fals
&
full
of
lesyng
.
that
ye
shal
doo
her
noo
harme
.
at
this
hour
we
shall
approue
her
synne
/
the
Prouoste
heryng
her
meke
wordes
graunted
her
request
/
¶
Thenne
Eugene
to
testyfie
the
vntrouth
of
Melance
.
required
the
men
sholde
her
woman
seruaunte
in
her
chambre
doo
come
/
The
Iuge
made
all
the
seruauntes
of
the
sayd
lady
to
be
callyd
.
&
brought
afore
hym
.
whiche
declared
by
their
othes
that
theyr
lady
Melance
wyth
good
&
Iuste
cause
had
complayned
her
of
the
Relygyous
Eugene
/
And
that
he
wolde
haue
constrayned
her
as
it
is
sayd
aboue
/
¶
The
Prouoste
herynge
theyr
deposicyons
.
sayde
vnto
saynt
Eugene
/
¶
What
wol
thou
saye
now
false
&
wyckyd
monke
/
thou
seest
how
thus
many
wytnesse
thy
cursyd
delyte
/
¶
Eugene
of
this
fals
wytnessyng
was
sore
trowbled
/
So
thought
she
in
herself
.
that
yf
shold
hyde
her
virgynytee
/
Soo
many
Relygyouses
as
were
there
prysonners
wyth
her
.
there
sholde
allisuffre
dethe
for
her
and
in
the
tyme
to
come
the
euill
&
malycyous
sholde
be
more
bolde
to
repreue
the
seruauntes
of
god
/
Of
the
other
parte
she
hadd
purposed
neuer
to
dyscouer
her
conuersacyon
.
but
oonly
to
her
spouse
Ihu
Cryste
/
Neuertheles
for
to
saue
the
lyf
of
her
relygyouses
/
and
to
th
ende
that
the
cursed
Melance
.
and
al
suche
other
.
by
falshed·
sholde
not
be
in
tyme
comynge
so
outrageous
for
to
charge
wrongfully
the
crysten
peple
/
she
thoughte
to
open
and
shewe
her
befall
that
was
soo
secrete
/
¶
Soo
departed
she
her
gowne
fro
top
to
too
.
&
shewed
that
she
was
a
woman
and
namely
that
the
Prouost
was
her
fader
.
and
Claudia
her
moder
/
and
tolde
hym
that
Anitus
&
Sergius
were
her
bredern
/
¶
This
came
anone
to
the
eeres
of
her
moder
Claudia
that
was
in
her
place
/
Wherfore
she
desyryng
to
see
her
doughter
ranne
anone
to
the
barres
where
the
Iustyce
was
/
And
there
the
Prouoste
.
she
&
her
bredern
knewe
her
/
and
began
to
wepe
&
make
grete
way
lynges
.
that
longe
were
to
be
rehercyd
¶
Anone
were
broughte
gownes
of
clothe
of
golde
vnto
her
.
of
the
whiche
she
clothed
her
as
by
force
/
After
she
shewed
to
her
fader
how
Prothus
&
Iacintus
his
two
Emiches
&
she
had
forsake
the
worlde
and
all
the
goodes
in
erthe
.
and
had
made
theymself
Crysten
/
Thenne
all
togyder
thanked
god
/
sayenge
/
¶
O
god
thy
power
is
now
gloryfyed
.
that
hath
ouercome
and
banysshyd
the
enmyes
of
thy
seruauntes
/
¶
Eugene
was
ladde
in
grete
worship
in
to
the
house
of
her
fader
/
And
the
fyre
of
heuen
came
downe
vpon
the
house
of
Melance
/
In
whyche
abode
noo
body
alyue
.
but
were
all
that
were
〈◊〉
in
brenned
and
wasted
all
in
to
asshes
/
¶
Thenne
all
the
Crysten
peple
that
had
be
put
out
of
the
sayd
Prouoste
were
called
ayen
/
And
the
chyrche
was
open
/
the
whyche
by
the
space
of
eyghte
yere
was
shytte
/
¶
The
fader
of
Eugene
Prouoste
of
Alexandrye
that
in
the
Crysten
hadd
take
awaye
theyr
fraunchyses
.
restored
theim
enteerly
vnto
theym
ayen
/
¶
And
he
himself
thrugh
the
enticynge
of
his
doughter
Eugene
made
hym
to
be
crystned
his
wyfe
also
&
all
his
seruauntes
/
¶
Alle
the
cyte
was
as
it
had
be
one
oonly
chyrche
.
soo
moche
began
there
the
name
of
the
Crysten
to
flourysshe
/
¶
Now
it
is
trouthe
/
as
often
it
happyth
.
that
the
good
are
enuyed
by
the
badde
/
that
some
wente
and
reported
vnto
Seuere
&
Anthony
bothe
emperours
of
the
Romayns
/
vnder
the
whyche
/
the
gouernaunce
of
all
Alexandrye
was
ruled
.
and
gouerned
/
How
Phylyp
the
Prouost
was
become
a
crysten
man
.
and
dystroyed
th
idols
and
buylded
chyrches
in
the
name
of
the
god
of
the
Crysten
/
And
how
he
hadd
ordeyned
newe
lawes
.
and
put
asyde
the
emperours
lawes
/
The
whyche
wrote
vnto
hym
in
this
maner
/
¶
Philyp
we
be
enformed
of
the
noueltees
that
thou
hast
done
in
Alexandrye
/
And
we
knowe
wel
that
our
fader
Com̄odius
ordened
the
to
be
there
/
Not
oonly
as
Prouoste
.
but
as
a
kynge
.
In
suche
wyse
that
in
all
thy
lyfe
thou
sholdest
neuer
be
reuokyd
therfro
/
And
noo
successour
sholde
not
be
gyuen
to
the
/
¶
Wherfore
we
desyrynge
some
thynges
to
be
multyplyed
vnto
the
benefices
of
the
same
order
/
We
sende
the
worde
of
commaundement
that
to
the
ryght
myghty
goddes
thou
doo
make
lyke
sacrefice
.
as
we
haue
acustomyd
.
or
otherwyse
thou
shalt
be
bi
reuyd
fro
thy
dygnytee
.
And
wyth
thys
thy
goodes
shal
be
vnto
vs
applyed
as
forfayted
/
¶
The
Prouoste
Phylyppe
whan
he
herde
thyse
tydynges
.
feyned
hymself
to
be
syke
.
tyll
that
he
had
caused
al
his
goodes
to
be
dealed
vnto
the
poore
for
goddis
sake
/
and
to
the
chyrches
.
And
he
hymself
weut
and
comforted
the
Crysten·
to
the
ende
they
sholde
be
more
stable
&
constaunt
.
and
not
ferynge
the
dethe
/
¶
Durynge
the
sayde
tyme
notwithstondyng
that
he
was
commaunded
to
wythdrawe
hymself
oute
of
the
offyce
of
Prouoste
/
Neuerthelesse
by
cause
none
other
was
yet
come
that
sholde
ocupye
the
sayd
offyce
.
the
peple
seruyd
and
obeyed
hym
as
theyr
Prouoste
/
And
ouer
this
the
preestes
ordeyned
hym
theyr
Bysshopp
/
¶
Soo
was
the
good
Phylyppe
a
hole
yere
well
seruynge
god
in
suche
astate
/
The
yere
expyred
was
ordeyned
to
the
office
of
the
Prouoste
one
namyd
Perennius
.
whyche
trowed
to
haue
slayn
hym
/
But
by
cause
he
was
moche
agreable
to
god
&
to
the
peple
he
cowde
not
fynde
the
wayes
therof
/
¶
Finably
he
made
to
be
put
secretly
some
subtyll
and
euyll
dryuels
that
feyned
to
be
Crysten
wythin
the
chyrche
where
as
was
the
goode
Phylyppe
.
and
slewe
hym
in
doynge
the
dyuyne
seruyce
/
¶
Thyse
vnhappy
Dreuels
&
murdrers
were
take
&
put
in
pryson
in
the
hondes
of
the
Prouoste
Perennius
/
The
whiche
Prouoste
felyng
him
self
gyltye
of
this
synne
/
And
feynyng
as
he
wolde
haue
made
them
to
be
kepte
surely
for
to
speke
wyth
theym
.
and
enquyre
of
the
trouthe
of
the
befall
.
made
theym
to
be
putt
in
to
pryson
vnder
good
kepers
/
¶
But
neuertheles
in
fewe
dayes
after
he
lete
them
goo
free
by
pardon
&
Indulgence
of
the
prynces
¶
Eugene
that
in
the
sayd
cyte
had
begon
a
Couente
of
vyrgines
.
buryed
the
body
of
her
fader
the
martyr
wythin
the
chyrche
.
where
she
helde
her
/
¶
Also
her
moder
Claudia
had
begon
an
hospytall
.
whiche
she
had
endowed
wyth
suffysaunt
rentes
&
fayr
possessyons
/
for
to
herbrugh
the
poore
pylgrymes
.
was
at
the
buryenge
of
the
sayd
blessyd
martyr
somtyme
her
husbonde
¶
Whan
his
seruyce
was
done
/
Claudia
moder
to
Eugene
&
her
chyldren
retorned
to
Rome
&
they
there
lo
come
/
one
of
the
sayd
chyldren
was
made
Senatour
of
Rome
/
the
other
Consul
of
Cartage
.
and
thother
vycarye
in
Affryque
/
¶
Eugene
hadde
many
cosyns
bothe
of
men
&
of
wymmen
dwellynge
in
Rome
that
came
to
see
her
.
desyryng
at
her
ensample
to
be
Crysten
¶
Amonge
other
saynt
Basille
a
vyrgyne
/
that
was
of
the
lygnage
of
kynges
cowde
not
fynde
the
meanes
to
speke
wyth
Eugene
for
to
be
Crysten
/
So
made
she
her
to
be
prayed
bi
a
messager
.
that
she
wolde
sende
her
some
Instruccōns
of
the
Cristen
fayth
¶
Thenne
saynt
Eugene
sente
her
two
crysten
knyghtes
/
Prothus
&
Iacintus
toward
the
sayd
Basylle
.
for
to
be
by
them
taught
in
the
faythe
of
holy
chirche
/
The
whyche
she
receyued
worshypfully
as
apostles
of
Ihu
Cryste
/
¶
All
daye
&
all
nyghte
she
was
wyth
theym
.
spekinge
of
the
holy
scrypture
/
And
by
cause
they
were
Emyches
.
therof
folowed
noo
sklaundre
/
¶
In
the
sayde
tyme
one
namyd
Cornille
was
pope
of
Rome
/
whiche
came
to
her
secretly
&
crystned
her
/
Whan
saynt
Basylle
was
confermyd
in
the
faythe
by
the
sacrament
of
baptesme
/
she
came
almoost
euery
nyght
&
visited
saynt
Eugene
.
&
all
the
wydowes
that
were
cristned
went
to
the
couent
of
saynt
Claude
the
moder
of
Eugene
&
the
virgyns
resorted
to
saynt
Eugene
/
¶
The
sayd
saynt
Cornyll
at
that
tyme
pope
.
went
euery
Saturday
&
visyted
them
/
expownyg
vnto
theim
deuoute
ympnes
&
songes
all
the
longe
nyght
vnto
the
spring
of
the
daye
/
¶
Valerien
&
Galien
in
tho
dayes
were
emperours
that
whiche
began
to
haue
the
Crysten
in
grete
Indignacyon
for
by
cause
the
saynt
Cyprien
conuerted
them
of
Cartage
/
&
saynt
Cornylle
the
Romayns
/
Soo
was
sent
Paternus
Proconsul
in
to
Cartage
for
to
bringe
the●●
to
deth
Cyprien
that
whiche
thyng
he
dyde
●
by
all
thus
he
deyed
a
martyr
¶
The
same
tyme
saynt
Eugene
knewe
by
the
wyll
of
god
/
that
saynt
Basylle
shold
be
mart●ed
for
to
kepe
her
vyrgynyte
.
the
whiche
reuelacyon
she
gaue
her
to
know
&
saynt
Basylle
answerd
to
Eugene·
that
also
she
had
vnderstond
by
reuelacyon
of
god
that
Eugene
shold
haue
a
dowble
crowne
of
martyrdom
.
one
for
the
meryte
that
she
had
gote
in
Alexandr●e
&
thother
for
shedynge
of
her
bloode
.
that
she
sholde
suffre
for
to
kepe
her
faythe
.
Thenne
saynt
Eugene
yelded
graces
to
god
sayenge
/
O
my
god
.
only
sone
of
the
euerlastyg
god
the
fader
.
that
art
come
in
to
this
vyle
world
within
the
wombe
of
the
right
holy
virgin
.
I
byse●he
the
right
humbly
.
that
it
woll
playse
that
to
graunte
vnto
altho
virgines
.
whiche
that
hast
committed
to
be
ruled
by
me
.
the
grace
that
they
maye
come
to
thy
euerlastyng
Ioye
/
¶
Eugene
after
went
wyth
her
vyrgyns
.
and
sayd
to
them
suche
or
lyke
wordes
in
substaunce
/
¶
My
sisters
the
vyneyerde
is
now
ripe
/
&
the
seeson
is
now
come
that
the
gode
vynes
shall
be
pressed
out
of
the
grapes
wyth
fete
/
but
after
that
the
vyne
shal
be
strayned
&
made
well
pure
&
clene
/
It
shall
be
presented
for
to
be
dronke
in
the
ryall
courte
of
the
kynge
/
And
therfore
sayde
god
I
am
the
vyne
.
And
ye
my
dyscyples
are
the
raysyns
/
My
systers
that
are
sprynges
&
reysyns
of
virgynytee
be
euer
redy
for
to
make
fayre
&
worshypp
the
lawe
whyche
ye
holde
.
Virgynyte
is
the
fyrst
shewing
of
gode
vertues
.
nyhe
neyghbour
to
god
lyke
vnto
angels
.
moder
of
life
frende
vnto
holynes
waye
of
suretee
lady
of
Ioye
.
leder
of
vertue
.
nourysshinge
&
crowne
of
fayth
the
socours
&
yelder
of
charyte
¶
And
therfore
my
systers
we
oughte
to
desyre
none
other
thynge
somoche
.
as
to
lyue
in
vyrgynyte
/
&
yet
no●e
grete
deuocyon
we
ought
to
haue
.
as
to
deye
for
her
in
this
byhalfe
/
¶
Ye
knowe
that
all
erthly
thynges
come
wyth
grete
Ioye·
but
after
departyng
they
are
cause
of
grete
heuynesse
&
soo
they
gyue
a
laughter
&
a
Ioy
sondayn
for
to
be
the
cause●
of
wepyng
euerlastyngly
/
For
this
lyfe
is
but
a
momente
to
the
regarde
of
the
lyfe
that
euermore
shall
last
/
And
at
the
ende
al
those
that
therupon
shall
set
theyr
affeccyon
&
loue
shall
falle
in
to
euerlastynge
dampnacion
/
¶
Thenne
my
doughters
syth
that
ye
haue
abyden
wyth
me
hitherto
haue
in
you
constance
&
perseueraunce
vnto
the
laste
ende
/
Wepe
in
this
world
to
the
entent
that
ye
shal
haue
euerlastyng
Ioye
¶
Now
I
beseche
the
holy
ghost
that
he
wyll
kepe
you
/
and
I
bileue
he
shal
preserue
you
in
your
vyrgynytee
/
¶
Desire
not
my
bodyly
presence
/
but
yf
I
haue
done
ony
good
werkes
.
folowe
me
ghostly
/
After
that
she
had
thus
preched
&
exhorted
theym
to
remember
the
heuenly
thynges
for
to
flee
the
erthly
.
she
kyssed
all
them
&
saynt
Basille
.
&
commaunded
theym
to
god
/
Thenne
Eugene
&
saynt
basylle
departed
fro
theym
¶
That
same
daye
one
of
the
wymmen
seruaunt
wyth
saynt
Basylle
forsayde
went
towarde
Pompee
.
that
whiche
had
trouthplyght
this
holy
Basille
.
&
shewed
vnto
him
.
that
she
&
her
vncle
Helain
were
become
cirsten
.
&
that
he
shold
neuer
wedde
her
.
bisyde
this
she
sayd
to
him
that
she
had
with
her
.ii.
Emiches
.
that
is
to
wyte
.
Prothus
&
Iacintus
.
that
whiche
Eugene
had
sente
to
her
for
to
torne
her
to
the
crysten
faythe
And
how
she
serued
theym
as
goddes
Inmortall
in
kyssynge
dayly
theyr
fete
¶
Pompee
as
affrayed
wente
towarde
Helayn
that
was
vncle
&
gouernour
of
saynt
Basylle
/
&
sayd
to
him
/
Wyte
it
Helayn
that
now
I
woll
make
my
wedding
&
therfor
shewe
me
Basylle
.
whiche
is
yeuen
to
me
by
th
emperour
&
all
the
Romayn
prynces
/
Helayn
answerde
/
My
frende
I
haue
nourisshed
her
duryng
the
tyme
of
her
yong●●
/
For
at
the
tyme
she
was
in
my
kepy●ge
for
the
loue
of
her
fader
that
was
in
kin̄esman
/
I
haue
done
for
her
all
that
was
in
me
possyble
.
but
neuertheles
she
is
out
of
my
rule
&
hath
her
free
choy●
/
&
therfore
yf
thou
woll
speke
wyth
her
goo
to
her
hous
/
¶
Then
was
Pompee
more
angry
than
afore
.
&
went
an●e
to
her
hous
/
So
commaunded
he
the
P●●ters
that
they
shold
goo
telle
Basylle
theyr
maystresse
that
he
wolde
speke
with
her
/
The
gode
lady
sent
him
worde
ayen
that
she
wolde
nother
see
him
nor
mete
wyth
hym
/
&
therfore
he
myghte
well
goo
home
ayen
/
¶
Pompee
was
fulfylled
wyth
wrathe
more
than
he
was
afore
.
&
thrugh
the
fauour
of
all
the
Senatours·
cam̄
tofore
th
emperours
.
&
sayd
vnto
theym
/
O
emperours
ryght
holy
socour
at
this
hour
your
subgets
Romayn
.
and
put
from
this
noble
cytee
of
Rome
the
new
goddes
that
Eugene
hath
brought
in
it
.
comyng
out
of
the
londe
of
Egypte
/
It
is
longe
syth
that
the
Crysten
are
lettynge
the
comyn
wee
le
.
For
they
done
done
other
thynge
.
but
only
mocke
with
the
holy
ceremonyes
of
our
lawe
/
They
dispyse
oure
goddes
ryght
myghty.
.
sayeng
that
they
ben
ydoles
.
rauysshynge
deuyls
/
They
chaunge
the
right
of
nature
/
they
breke
maryage
.
&
wythdrawe
vnto
them
the
yonge
doughters
In
sayenge
that
it
is
a
dangerous
thyng
that
a
byrde
shall
take
her
spouse
by
wedlocke
/
What
shall
we
doo
noble
emperours
/
by
whom
shall
the
Romayns
be
honoured
.
&
also
the
kynges
subdued
/
yf
the
wymmen
that
we
oughte
to
haue
to
be
our
wyues
be
take
awaye
from
vs
.
by
whom
we
mighte
haue
yssue
.
to
whom
we
myght
commaunde
/
Where
shal
thenne
be
the
reparacion
of
the
strengthes
of
the
Romayns
for
the
contynuaunce
of
batayles
/
¶
Whan
Pompee
had
made
an
ende
of
his
wordes
.
all
the
Senatours
began
to
wepe
ouer
saynt
Basylle
.
And
that
notwytstondynge
Galien
the
emperour
Iudged
Incontynent
that
she
sholde
take
Pompee
to
her
lorde
&
husbonde
/
Or
elles
by
wepen
he
sholde
make
her
lyfe
to
be
broughte
at
an
ende
/
And
in
lyke
wyse
Eugene
.
but
yf
she
wolde
doo
sacrefyce
vnto
the
goddes
/
And
besyde
this
he
ordened
grete
punysshment
to
be
take
thrugh
all
the
cyte
vpon
tho
that
sholde
hyde
by
ony
manere
the
cristen
peple
¶
And
after
a
messager
was
sente
to
saynt
Basylle
/
that
commaunded
her
in
the
emperour
Galiens
byhalfe
.
that
she
shold
come
speke
with
hym
.
or
elles
that
she
shold
take
Pompee
to
her
husbonde
/
The
good
vyrgin
answerde
that
she
wold
not
/
And
her
spowse
sholde
be
Ihu
Cryst
the
sone
of
the
euerlastynge
god
&
none
other
/
¶
In
sayeng
the
whiche
wordes
the
messager
percyd
thrugh
&
thrugh
the
body
.
&
slewe
her
/
¶
After
he
take
Prothus
&
Iacyntus
.
&
broughte
theym
in
to
the
temple
for
to
worshyp
the
goddes
/
And
as
they
came
thyder
●
were
makynge
theyr
prayers
to
Ihu
Cryst
.
thyd●lle
of
Iupyter
that
was
in
the
temple
was
smyten
to
many
smalle
pyeces
/
¶
Nicecius
that
was
the
tyme
Prouoste
of
Rome
made
them
to
be
byheded
at
the
fete
of
saynt
Basylle
notwythstondynge
that
she
was
deed
/
¶
After
that
he
sent
for
saynt
Eugene
&
asked
how
by
her
art
magyk
she
had
conuerted
so
grete
peple
/
The
good
lady
bolde
and
stedfast
in
the
fayth
/
answerde
holdly
sayenge
●yn
arte
is
not
magyke
But
my
byleue
is
in
that
selfe
god
that
hath
a
fader
wythout
moder
and
a
moder
wythoute
fader
/
And
the
whyche
fader
hath
engendred
him
with
out
moder
/
And
she
in
like
wise
conceyued
hym
wythoute
knowlege
of
man
/
¶
My
god
&
my
mayster
hathe
a
wyfe
a
vyrgyn
.
whyche
engendreth
a
contynuell
multytude
of
children
/
¶
His
flesshe
is
Ioyned
to
the
flesshe
of
his
wife
a
virgin·
Wythout
lettyng
ther
kysse
eche
other
.
they
shal
be
euerlasting
in
loue
/
And
soo
are
they
so
perfyte
.
that
al
virgynyte
.
all
charyte
.
&
all
ordonnez
of
body
is
there
kepte
/
¶
Nicecius
Prouoste
romayne
dredynge
the
th
emperour
shold
here
her
speke
/
for
he
doubted
moche
leest
he
sholde
be
torned
to
the
crysten
fayth
by
her
wordes·
Incontynent
made
her
to
be
broughte
in
to
the
temple
of
the
goddesse
Diana
.
for
to
doo
sacrefyce
to
the
sayd
goddesse
.
or
elles
to
suffre
deth
¶
The
good
ladi
Eugene
put
herselfe
on
bothe
her
knees
.
&
heuynge
her
hondes
towarde
heuen
sayde
/
O
my
god
the
knowest
the
secretes
of
my
conscyence
/
that
hast
kepte
my
vyrgynyte
by
thy
l●ue
that
haste
gyuen
to
me
thy
blessyd
sone
to
my
spouse
.
that
hath
made
to
regne
in
me
the
holi
ghost
.
I
pray
that
now
that
thou
wolte
be
wyth
me
presently
.
for
to
helpe
me
confesse
thy
holy
name
.
to
th
ende
that
alle
thoos
that
worshyp
this
ydoll
maye
be
confounded
wyth
theyr
sacrefyces
/
&
anone
all
the
temple
felle
downe
/
&
was
al
togyder
broken
.
excepte
the
awter
afore
the
whyche
saynt
Eugene
was
knelynge
/
¶
And
thyse
thynges
were
done
in
the
yle
of
Lych●anye
in
presence
of
a
grete
multytude
of
peple
that
ther
was
come
for
to
see
th
ende
of
saynt
Basylle
Some
began
to
calle
&
crye
layenge
that
she
was
Innocent
.
&
●other
callyd
her
Magycyen
¶
All
this
befall
was
shewed
to
the
Prouoste
.
whiche
made
it
to
be
knowen
vnto
the
emperour
/
The
whyche
commaunded
that
she
shold
be
caste
in
to
the
ryuer
of
Tibre
with
a
mylstone
at
her
necke
.
&
it
was
done
soo
/
But
assone
as
she
was
caste
in
the
grete
●●●me
.
the
stone
claue
all
in
pieces
.
&
the
g●od
lady
was
seen
walke
vpon
the
wa●●
.
to
th
ende
that
the
Crysten
sholde
knowe
/
that
the
god
that
had
sauyd
saynt
Peter
in
the
see
.
was
that
tyme
wyth
the
good
lady
saynt
Eugene
.
to
kepe
her
that
she
sholde
not
be
drowned
wythin
the
sayd
ryuer
of
Tyber
/
¶
After
Incontinent
as
she
was
had
out
of
the
streme
/
&
put
in
to
an
hote
furnayse
.
oute
of
whyche
Incontynent
that
she
was
caste
in
it
.
the
heete
wexed
cold
.
And
after
they
put
her
in
a
derke
place
.
&
the
sayd
emperour
commaunded
that
she
sholde
be
lefte
there
the
space
of
.x.
dayes
without
mete
nor
drynke
.
&
also
wythout
ony
lyght
/
But
neuertheles
.
wythin
the
place
where
she
was
thus
kepte
.
was
seen
a
grete
lyghte
soo
bryghte
.
that
al
was
lyghte
as
it
had
be
the
lyght
of
the
sonne
/
¶
After
this
god
that
neuer
faylyth
his
seruauntes
came
&
vysited
her
.
and
broughte
her
a
loof
of
brede
.
as
white
as
the
snowe
/
&
sayde
vnto
her
/
¶
Eugene
my
true
spouse
&
frende
take
the
brede
that
I
brynge
for
the
/
I
am
thy
Sauyour
that
thou
haste
loued
.
&
yet
louyth
of
all
thy
herte
/
I
shall
lede
the
in
to
heuen
vpon
suche
a
daye
as
I
came
downe
in
the
erthe
/
&
Incontynente
he
deparred
¶
Soo
it
happed
that
the
day
of
the
Nar●uyte
of
Ihu
Cryste
:
that
hang
man
was
sent
towarde
her
.
whiche
slewe
her
wythin
the
pryson
/
¶
Her
body
was
take
of
the
Crysten
.
&
buryed
in
the
waye
Latyne
.
In
the
same
place
where
she
had
buryed
many
crystens
/
Her
moder
Claudia
came
oft
to
wepe
vpon
her
graue
/
¶
And
amonge
the
other
.
she
beyng
vpon
the
sayd
graue
abowte
the
hour
of
mydnyght
saynt
Eugene
her
doughter
aperyd
vnto
her
.
clothed
in
a
gowne
of
purple
.
coueryd
wyth
fyne
gold
acompanyed
wyth
a
grete
nombre
of
virgyns
.
and
sayd
to
her
/
Reioyce
thyselfe
my
moder
.
for
god
hath
sett
me
amonge
the
glorious
sayntes
in
his
paradys
.
&
my
fader
wyth
the
Patriarkes
/
&
vpon
Sonday
nexte
comynge
thou
shalt
be
receyued
wyth
grete
Ioye
in
Paradys
/
¶
Commaunde
to
thy
childern
that
they
haue
alway
in
theyr
remembraunce
the
passion
of
Ihu
cryste
.
to
th
ende
that
they
be
parteners
wyth
vs
of
the
souerayne
Ioyes
of
heuen
/
And
as
she
parted
away·
she
gaaf
suche
a
lighte
in
the
sayd
place
.
that
noo
mannes
eye
cowde
beholde
it
/
Wherbi
men
maye
bileue
that
she
was
accompanyed
of
the
right
gloryous
Trynyte
of
Paradys
/
To
thou
whyche
be
Infynyte
glory
.
&
also
loouynge
euerlastyng
/
by
all
the
syecles
of
the
syecles
/
Amen
/
¶
Here
folowyth
of
saynt
Basille
bysshop
of
Capadoxe
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Basillius
itaque
et
cetera
/
Caplm.
C.lix
.
SAynt
Basyll
amonge
the
other
of
his
tyme
shewed
in
erthe
as
well
by
werkes
.
as
by
wordes
a
lyfe
couenable
.
ordeynynge
&
dysposyng
his
sayd
lyfe
by
ghostly
wysdom
/
¶
He
gaaf
vnto
Ihu
Cryst
his
body
&
his
soule
.
puttynge
hymself
to
dyuers
daungeours
&
perylles
for
the
fayth
of
our
lorde
.
&
repreuynge
many
errours
whyche
he
ouercame
&
broughte
downe
.
In
his
seuenth
yere
of
aege
/
he
was
of
hys
frendes
sette
to
scole
.
where
he
was
abidynge
the
space
of
.v.
yere
/
Duryng
the
whyche
tyme
.
he
almost
knewe
all
Philosophye
.
¶
After
he
departed
oute
of
Capadoce
his
naturell
countree
/
&
went
to
the
cytee
of
Athenes
.
that
thenne
was
moder
of
all
scyences
/
&
there
chastely
heued
wyth
a
Doctour
namyd
Eubole
/
Wherby
he
had
the
very
knowlege
of
all
scyences
/
For
he
studyed
full
besyly
wyth
many
excellent
men
/
¶
Gregory
the
grete
that
after
the
sayd
tyme
was
pope
of
Rome
by
the
space
of
.xii.
yere
.
In
lyen
also
&
Lybanyen
.
they
.iii.
were
discyples
of
the
sayd
saynt
Basylle
/
¶
He
made
a
promyse
vnto
god
that
he
sholde
neuer
ete
brede
nor
drynke
wyne
tyll
that
he
sholde
haue
by
the
suffraunce
of
god
knowe
the
secretes
of
ghostly
wysdom
¶
During
the
tyme
of
.xv.
yere
that
he
studyed
in
Athenes
/
He
knewe
all
Ppylosophye
.
after
the
enformyng
of
the
Grekes
/
And
fynably
he
was
ryght
experte
in
the
scyence
of
Astrologye
.
&
other
a●ter
lyberall
/
But
yet
he
had
not
lerned
the
very
wysdom
.
by
the
whyche
folke
lerne
to
knowe
their
Creatour
/
¶
Soo
it
happed
on
a
nyghte
as
he
studyed
/
that
he
was
Inspyred
wyth
the
holy
ghost
/
&
purposed
to
knowe
the
holy
scryptures
/
Wherfore
he
departed
out
of
Athenes
.
&
went
in
to
Egypte
.
In
whiche
londe
/
entrynge
the
hons
of
a
deuoute
bysshopp
namyd
Porphyre
.
the
ladde
a
lyfe
moche
solytary
/
He
requyred
him
mekely
that
he
wolde
comyn
wyth
hym
in
the
bokes
of
the
holy
scryptures
.
&
dyuyne
techynges
/
The
whiche
the
sayd
Porphire
toke
him
vnto
hym
/
and
there
he
studyed
by
an
hoole
yere
.
takynge
a
grete
delyte
&
playsure
in
the
sayd
holy
scryptures
/
&
ete
none
other
mete
but
herbes
&
dranke
water
/
¶
After
he
axed
of
the
sayd
Porphire
leue
for
to
goo
in
pylgrimage
to
Ihrl'm
.
aswell
for
to
god
worshypp
the
holy
places
.
as
for
to
knowe
the
grete
myracles
that
were
done
there
.
to
th
ende
he
shold
come
to
a
more
knowlege
of
the
fayth
/
Porphyre
seenge
hys
deuoute
affeccyon
gaue
him
leue
/
&
recommended
hym
to
the
grace
of
god
/
And
whan
he
had
done
his
pylgrymage
/
he
retorned
to
Athenes
where
he
had
studyed
a
longe
season
afore
/
¶
He
beynge
there
amonge
the
grekysshe
Phylosophers
.
he
spake
euer
to
theym
of
the
holy
scriptures
/
&
exorted
the
mysbileuyd
to
byleue
in
Ihu
Cryste
/
shewynge
vnto
theym
the
waye
of
helthe
/
&
namely
haunted
gladli
&
hourly
with
his
mayster
Eubole
/
¶
And
by
cause
he
desyred
to
rewarde
him
of
the
gode
that
he
had
done
to
hym
in
his
chyldhode
/
he
wolde
serue
hym
in
the
fayth
of
Cryst
¶
So
soughte
he
hym
for
this
cause
in
all
places
where
men
dysputed
/
&
dyde
somoche
that
he
fonde
him
in
the
subarbes
of
Athenes
.
disputyng
with
the
other
philosophers
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
herynge
his
maister
.
that
proposed
a
conclusion
fals.
rebuked
hym
of
it
/
Wherof
many
at
theym
present
were
somwhat
abasshyd
.
and
asked
what
he
was
that
soo
b●●ly
rebukyd
Eubole
/
Wherat
hymselve
answerd
that
it
was
god
.
or
elles
Basille
¶
Thenne
knowynge
that
it
was
he
.
leuynge
all
the
Pphilosophers
.
came
to
hym
&
made
to
eche
other
a
gladde
knowlege
/
Thre
dayes
they
were
togyder
dysputyng
of
dyuers
maters
/
¶
Eubole
that
had
be
mayster
to
Basylle
.
apposed
him
of
the
dyffynycion
of
Phylosophie
/
&
he
answerde
th●●t
his
fyrste
dyffynycion
was
medytacyon
contynuell
vpon
dethe
/
After
he
asked
hym
.
what
was
of
the
worlde
/
&
he
answerde
that
it
was
the
same
that
was
vpon
the
worlde
/
The
wordes
of
the
worlde
are
swete
.
notwithstondyng
that
it
shall
be
full
bytter
to
hym
that
shall
lyue
in
it
vyciously
/
But
who
that
wol
be
in
the
worlde
.
maye
not
obeye
his
sensualytee
.
&
serue
god
/
By
cause
that
none
shall
not
serue
well
two
lordes
.
And
that
the
naturell
&
manly
desyres
are
contrary
to
the
saluacyon
of
our
soules
/
And
therfore
my
mayster
&
commaunder
sayde
saynt
Basylle
/
I
praye
the
lete
vs
quycken
our
spirytes
.
that
ben
deed
by
synnes
/
And
for
to
purchace
lyfe
euerlastynge
lete
vs
folowe
the
techynges
of
th
apostles
of
the
souerayn
god
Redemer
of
all
the
worlde
/
¶
Yf
we
woll
put
payne
to
obeye
hym
notwythstondynge
that
we
ben
alle
redy
stryken
in
aege
.
Yet
shall
we
haue
asmoche
of
rewarde
by
medyacion
of
his
grace
.
as
they
that
haue
be
in
his
seruyce
from
the
tyme
of
theyr
yongthe
/
¶
For
it
is
wryten
in
the
gospell
that
as
grete
a
rewarde
had
he
that
came
at
the
hour
of
Sexte
.
as
he
the
was
come
at
the
hour
of
Prime
/
The
doctour
Eubole
herynge
the
warnynges
of
his
dyscyple
Basylle
.
began
to
saye
/
¶
O
Basylle
.
true
shewer
&
expownar
of
that
faythe
of
Criste
.
thrugh
the.
I
byleue
in
one
god
almyghty
.
In
tyme
past
that
I
knewe
.
I
dyde
shewe
the.
&
now
alle
that
is
myne
I
gyue
vnto
the.
&
putt
in
thy
possessōn
purposyng
to
lede
wyth
the
thou
remenaunte
of
my
lyfe
/
&
yf
it
playse
to
my
god
Ihu
Cryst
.
I
shall
receyue
within
shorte
tyme
the
holy
sacramente
of
baptym
/
Saynt
Basylle
answerde
.
O
my
mayster
.
blessyd
be
oure
god
that
hath
mekely
lyghtned
the
in
giuynge
to
the
wyll
&
courage
to
forsake
&
leue
the
foule
errours
wherin
thou
were
ouerthrowen
.
thrugh
the
vayn
&
worldly
science·
and
that
now
thou
knowest
his
mercy
.
¶
Syth
that
thou
woll
be
wyth
me·
I
shall
teche
the
how
we
shal
lyue
in
getynge
our
wee
le
&
in
delyueryng
ourself
from
the
lettynges
of
this
wretched
world
/
¶
Fyrst
we
shall
selle
all
that
we
haue
.
&
shall
gyue
it
to
the
poore
nedy
for
goddys
sake
.
&
after
we
shall
goo
to
the
holy
cytee
of
Iherusalem
/
The
whyche
thynge
they
dyde
/
And
clothyd
theymself
in
Raymentes
lyke
Crysten
people
/
for
to
receyue
Crystendom
/
¶
And
in
goynge
thyder
they
torned
many
Paynems
that
they
fonde
in
theyr
waye
to
the
Crysten
fayth
/
¶
How
Eubole
was
crystened
in
the
Flūme
Iourdan
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Apprehendentes
autem
.
&
cetera
Caplm.
C.lx.
THenne
whan
saynt
Basylle
&
his
doctour
Eubole
were
come
in
Ih●l'm
.
they
went
&
vysited
al
the
holy
places
&
worshiped
theim
for
the
loue
of
our
lorde
/
After
they
presented
theself
tofore
the
bisshop
of
the
cyte
namyd
Marimyen
.
&
kneled
byfore
him
bysechyge
him
that
he
wold
crysten
them
in
the
flum
Iordan
¶
The
sayd
bysshop
receyued
theim
moche
mekely
/
&
acompanyed
with
many
notable
persones
sad
theim
to
the
forsayd
flum
/
Whan
the●
were
come
to
the
bryke
of
the
same
.
saynt
basyll
sate
on
both
his
knees
/
&
besought
god
deuoutly
that
he
wold
vouchesauf
to
shewe
some
token
to
theim
of
his
grace
After
he
rose
vp
&
toke
of
al
his
clothes
for
to
entre
wythin
the
flood
.
&
thenne
the
sayd
bysshop
went
&
crystned
hym
/
Att
whiche
crystnynge
a
moche
merueylous
thynge
happed
there
/
For
a
grete
lyght
as
it
had
be
fyre
makyng
wonderful
shinyng
came
from
heuen
vpon
theim
/
&
out
of
the
fyre
flewe
out
a
whyte
doue
/
the
whiche
after
she
had
trowbled
the
water
flewe
ayen
in
to
heuen
/
Of
whiche
thynge
those
present
were
moche
merueyled
For
they
had
neuer
seen
soo
quycke
ne
soo
grete
a
lyghte
/
Soo
began
they
to
prayse
&
glorifye
the
name
of
god
.
and
pryncipally
the
bisshop
the
contynuelly
remembred
the
loue
that
saynt
Basylle
had
to
the
Redemer
of
the
world
.
They
.ii.
thenne
togyder
crystened
&
enoynted
with
the
holy
oyle
.
retorned
to
Ihrl'm
.
&
there
they
dwelled
a
yere
¶
After
the
knowlege
of
whiche
.
they
toke
theyr
waye
towarde
Anthyoche
/
&
thenne
was
saynt
Basylle
made
Deaken
/
¶
How
saynt
Basylle
beyng
a
bysshop
composed
the
masse
/
in
composyng
of
whiche
he
sawe
god
&
his
apostles
.
begynning
¶
Cōuenientes
.
&c·
Caplm.
C.lxi.
MAny
bysshops
were
assemblyd
in
Anthyoche
.
the
whyche
chose
saynt
Basylle
to
be
bysshop
And
after
that
he
was
ordened
.
he
made
his
prayer
to
god
.
bysechyng
hym
that
he
wold
gyue
him
the
gyfte
of
vnderstondynge
by
the
whyche
he
myght
to
the
exaltacyon
of
the
fayth
&
his
glorious
name
make
a
seruyce
or
offyce
to
hym
agreable
in
makynge
vnto
hym
oblacyon
of
his
precyous
blode
/
And
that
in
this
dooyng
he
myghte
receyue
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghost
¶
The
gode
Basylle
after
this
request
was
by
the
space
of
sixe
dayes
as
al
chaunged
&
wythdrawe
fro
his
thought
/
But
neuertheles
he
purposed
to
make
the
sayde
seruyce
/
¶
And
on
a
nyghte
after
the
sayd
dayes
paste
/
he
had
a
syghte
of
god
.
the
whyche
acompanyed
of
all
his
apostles
.
as
whan
he
wrote
the
wordes
that
preestes
proferon
vpon
the
breed
.
sayde
to
hym
/
Basylle
after
thy
desyre
be
thy
mouth
fulfyllyd
of
praysynge
.
to
th
ende
that
by
thy
owne
worde
thou
make
sacrefyce
vnto
me
of
my
bloode
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
that
coude
not
abyde
the
syght
departed
with
grete
fere
.
and
went
to
the
awter
where
he
began
to
saye
&
wryte
this
that
here
folowyth
/
Be
my
mouth
fulfylled
wyth
loeuynge
.
to
th
ende
that
it
synge
ympne
to
thy
Ioye
/
Wyth
this
he
made
many
other
orysons
that
ben
customably
sayd
whan
the
body
of
our
lorde
is
to
be
consecrate
of
the
preest
/
the
whiche
are
not
to
be
wryten
to
ony
laye
folke
/
Nor
to
be
had
in
comynicacion
but
only
amonge
men
of
the
chirche
/
And
after
the
consecracyon
&
eleuacion
of
the
hoste
.
whyche
was
of
brede
.
he
deuyded
it
in
thre
partes
/
of
the
whiche
he
vsyd
the
one
in
grete
drede
&
reuerence
.
the
other
he
kepte
for
to
bere
wyth
hym
/
and
the
thyrde
he
kepte
for
to
be
putt
in
to
a
doune
of
fyne
golde
.
the
whyche
he
had
doo
make
for
to
be
hanged
ouer
the
awter
.
in
by
tokenyng
of
that
same
doune
that
appered
ouer
hym
whan
he
was
crystned
in
the
flum
Iordan
/
¶
Eubole
&
man●
other
clerkes
were
thenne
afore
the
gate
of
the
temple
:
&
beholdinge
this
mystery
.
they
sawe
abowte
hym
a
wonderful
lyght
.
whyche
constrayned
them
to
fall
to
the
grounde
/
And
wyth
this
they
sawe
a
grete
multytude
of
men
.
al
clothed
in
whiche
rayments
/
the
whyche
acōpamed
hym
in
makynge
the
sayd
sacrefyce
¶
The
masse
done
saynt
Basyll
gooyng
out
of
the
chyrche
/
al
them
present
worshipped
him
.
&
puttynge
byfore
him
theyr
knees
to
the
grounde
made
hym
more
grete
honour
than
they
had
be
acustomyd
/
And
att
this
cause
he
askyd
theym
what
it
was
that
had
moeued
theym
to
come
there
.
&
also
the
cause
why
they
made
hym
so
grete
honour
/
Thenne
they
tolde
hym
the
wonderfull
syghte
that
they
had
seen
/
of
the
whiche
saynt
Basylle
yelded
graces
to
god
/
¶
And
certayne
dayes
after
he
gadred
all
the
peple
/
In
the
presence
of
whom
he
put
the
one
of
the
sayd
thre
partes
of
the
hoste
in
to
the
sayd
douune
of
golde
.
&
hanged
it
reuerently
ouer
the
awter
/
And
this
done
.
He
for
to
comforte
the
peple
.
and
to
conferme
in
the
holy
faythe
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
made
a
moche
fayre
prechynge
/
¶
Att
whyche
was
the
grete
abbot
Of
whom
herafter
shall
be
spoken
/
¶
Of
an
Ebrew
man
that
saw
a
chylde
bytwene
the
hondes
of
saynt
Basylle
whan
he
deuided
the
body
of
our
lorde
And
begynnyth
in
latin
¶
Diuino
quidem
.
&c·
Caplm.
C.lxii.
BY
the
wyll
of
god
and
duringe
the
tyme
the
saynt
Basille
on
a
tyme
amonge
other
songe
masse
An
E●rewe
that
was
there
saw
a
chylde
bitwene
the
hondes
of
the
sayd
saynt
Basylle
/
¶
The
chylde
as
it
semyd
to
the
sayd
Ebrewe
was
by
this
Basylle
parted
&
deuyded
/
And
where
they
alle
after
the
masse
sayd
admynistred
them self
in
receyuynge
the
body
of
our
lorde
The
sayd
Ebrewe
man
put
hymselfe
amonge
the
other
Crystens
/
And
so
saynt
Basylle
admynystred
hym
an
hoste
as
to
the
other
/
And
consequently
askyd
to
be
admynystred
wyth
the
holy
chalys
.
that
semyd
him
to
be
fylled
with
blood
/
And
his
askynge
was
gyuen
to
hym
/
¶
And
he
kepynge
of
eyther
one
parte
.
bare
it
vnto
his
wyfe
.
for
to
shewe
it
to
her
.
and
to
conferme
her
in
the
vyson
that
he
had
seen
/
¶
And
the
nexte
daye
after
he
retorned
to
the
holy
bysshop
.
and
made
hymself
to
be
crystned
wyth
all
his
meyne
/
¶
Of
one
that
forsoke
god
.
and
gaaf
a
wrytynge
therof
.
sealed
wyth
his
owne
honde
/
And
begynnyth
in
latin
¶
Illudius
autem
/
Caplm.
C.lxiii
A
Holy
man
that
had
be
Chapelayn
to
saynt
Basylle
.
and
his
sucessour
in
the
bysshopryche
of
Capadoce
/
And
the
whyche
wrote
vnto
saynt
Iherom
the
lyf
of
saynt
Basylle
/
¶
Reherseth
that
a
Senatour
of
Rome
.
called
Protherius
hadd
a
doughter
.
The
whyche
he
wolde
offre
and
sacrefye
vnto
god
/
Thynkynge
that
she
shold
be
a
relygyous
woman
/
But
the
deuyll
enuyuous
ouer
all
goodnesse
¶
For
to
lette
and
wythdrawe
the
holy
purpoos
of
the
sayd
Protherius
/
enflammed
wyth
the
fyre
of
concupyscence
one
of
his
housholde
seruauntes
/
The
whyche
enamoured
hymselfe
on
his
sayd
doughter
/
¶
And
by
cause
he
knewe
for
certayne
.
that
he
was
not
her
lyke
for
to
haue
her
by
maryage
/
He
wente
to
a
mayster
of
Magyke
/
To
whom
he
shewed
his
caas
/
Sayeng
that
yf
he
cowde
lerne
him
ony
meane
by
the
whiche
he
myghte
haue
the
sayd
doughter
:
He
sholde
gyue
hym
a
grete
somme
of
golde
/
¶
The
Magycyen
or
Nygramancer
answerd
that
he
cowde
not
do
it
/
¶
But
and
he
wolde
he
shold
make
him
speke
with
the
deuyll
/
whiche
was
his
procurour
/
By
whoos
werkyng
he
sholde
well
now
haue
ryght
soone
hys
wyll
/
¶
Thenne
the
folisshe
louer
answerde
to
the
sayd
Magicyen
/
That
he
was
redy
to
doo
all
that
he
shole
commaunde
hym
/
Soo
that
he
myghte
gete
all
that
he
desired
/
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
Magycien
made
him
to
forsake
his
Creatour
And
to
forsake
his
parte
of
the
Ioyes
of
paradis
/
And
this
done
he
made
hym
to
take
hym
a
bylle
conteynynge
the
wordes
that
folowe
wryten
oonly
wyth
his
owne
honde
/
¶
My
lorde
and
my
Procurour
/
by
cause
that
I
muste
wythdrawe
oute
of
the
Crysten
relygyon·
and
bynde
myself
to
thy
wyll
.
to
the
ende
that
thy
subgettes
ben
multeplyed
/
I
sende
the
this
messager
berer
of
my
lettrers
.
whyche
is
desyrous
&
taken
wyth
the
loue
of
a
mayde
/
Werfore
I
praye
that
thou
wolt
doo
soo
moche
for
me
.
that
his
wyll
be
fulfylled
/
To
th
ende
that
by
hym
I
may
haue
Ioye
and
glory
/
And
power
to
commaunde
other
/
and
brynge
theym
in
thy
obeyslaunce
/
¶
This
letter
soo
made
the
Magycyen
delyuered
it
to
the
folysshe
louer
/
and
sayd
to
hym
/
That
att
a
certayne
hour
of
the
nighte
/
he
sholde
goo
and
put
himselfe
vpon
the
graues
of
the
Paynyms
and
Heretykes
/
And
that
there
he
sholde
holde
vp
his
letter
in
the
ayre
.
And
anone
certayne
messengers
sholde
come
to
hym
.
whyche
sholde
brynge
hym
to
the
deuyll
/
¶
Thus
dyde
this
vnhappy
wretche
/
And
sodainly
came
to
hym
a
grete
multytude
of
wickyd
spirytes
from
the
prynce
of
derkenesse
.
and
of
wyckydnesse
.
The
whyche
in
grete
Ioye
ladde
hym
tofore
theyr
prynce
/
Whyche
was
sett
vp
on
hihe
in
a
grete
chayer
/
And
abowt
hym
were
a
grete
multytude
of
deuylles
wythoute
nombre
/
In
presence
of
whom
he
presented
his
wrytynge
/
¶
And
after
that
it
was
radde
/
the
sayd
prynce
sayde
vnto
hym
/
¶
Now
come
hyther
my
frende
/
Doost
thou
byleue
in
me
/
He
answerd
ye
/
¶
Yet
agayn
questyoned
him
sayenge
/
¶
Doost
thou
forsake
Ihesu
Cryste
/
he
answerd
as
afore
/
Ye
/
Thenne
the
prynce
of
the
deuylles
sayde
to
hym
/
¶
Ye
Crysten
men
are
false
shrewes
/
For
whan
ye
haue
nede
to
be
holpen
of
me
/
Ye
praye
me
/
And
after
that
ye
haue
gote
your
desyre
.
Ye
denye
and
forsake
Incontynent
to
that
ye
haue
promysed
to
me
/
And
soone
after
retonrne
to
youre
god
whyche
is
soo
moche
good
and
swete
.
and
mercyfull
/
That
he
refusyth
not
ony
Synnar
/
¶
But
this
notwythstondynge
/
yf
thou
wolte
that
I
shall
doo
thy
wyll
to
be
performed
and
fulfilled
to
thy
behouf
&
playsure
/
Thou
muste
fyrste
gyue
to
me
a
letter
of
thyne
honde
/
By
the
whyche
thou
shalt
denye
and
forsake
the
sacrament
of
baptesme
.
and
the
crysten
faythe
/
¶
Secondly
thou
shalt
promyse
me
that
thou
shalt
serue
me
in
this
worlde
And
atte
the
daye
of
dome
thou
shalte
holde
me
felishyp
.
for
to
be
wyth
me
afterwarde
perpetuelly
in
all
the
tormentes
that
I
suffre
/
This
vnhappy
man
promysed
him
all
the
same
/
And
Incontynent
all
the
deuylles
.
maysters
of
fornycacion
were
sente
towarde
the
sayde
mayde
.
for
to
tempte
and
styre
her
to
the
loue
of
the
vnhappy
man
forsayde
¶
The
whyche
sodaynly
was
soo
take
wyche
loue
of
hym
.
that
she
myghte
no
ther
ete
nor
drynke
/
And
after
that
she
had
borne
this
woodnesse
a
lytyll
space
of
tyme
/
Fynably
she
sayde
vnto
her
fader
/
¶
O
my
fader
haue
pyte
vpon
me
/
For
certainly
I
am
sore
tormented
of
the
loue
of
one
of
thy
seruauntes
/
My
fader
I
biseche
the
shewe
now
what
a
loue
thou
haste
to
thy
chylde
/
For
yf
thou
enclyne
and
falle
not
to
my
wee
le
thou
shalte
see
me
deed
wythin
shorte
tyme
/
¶
The
fader
began
to
wepe
sayenge
Alas
what
is
falle
to
the
my
doughter
.
What
is
he
that
woll
take
fro
me
my
tresour
/
What
is
he
that
hath
defoyled
the
/
What
is
he
that
hath
put
oute
the
lyghte
of
myn
eyen
/
I
wolde
haue
maryed
the
to
the
souerayne
kinge
Ihesu
Cryst
.
and
to
hym
a●owe
thy
vyrgynytee
.
for
to
serue
hym
in
deuoute
relygyon
/
My
truste
was
to
haue
be
saued
by
the
And
thou
art
now
wered
wode
and
in
to
ydle
loue
ybroughte
.
and
leuyth
the
loue
of
thy
Creatoure
/
Truely
but
yf
thou
take
Ihesu
Cryste
to
thy
spowse
thou
shalt
put
myn
olde
aege
in
to
perpetuell
sorowe
/
¶
The
doughter
wolde
not
agree
to
the
wyll
of
her
fader
/
but
answerd
/
My
fader
yf
thou
graunt
me
not
my
desyre
.
I
ensure
the
that
thou
shalt
see
me
fynysshe
my
dayes
thrugh
bytter
anguysshe
wythin
shorte
tyme
¶
The
fader
ferynge
her
wordes
purposed
hymselfe
to
playse
her
/
And
sent
for
her
sayd
louer
.
for
to
make
the
brydale
bytwene
theym
/
¶
And
after
that
he
had
taken
to
theym
all
his
goodes
.
He
sayd
vnto
his
doughter
for
his
last
worde
to
her
/
¶
Goo
my
vnhappy
doughter
thou
shalt
repente
the
ones
of
that
thou
haste
thus
lefte
god
for
to
serue
the
deuyll
/
¶
After
that
they
were
maryed
they
dwelled
togider
a
certain
space
of
time
.
Duryng
the
whiche
.
the
folissh
louer
thus
wedded
went
neuer
to
the
chyrche
And
also
receyued
not
his
Creatoure
/
¶
Wherof
some
toke
hede
.
and
shewed
it
vnto
the
sayd
doughter
his
wife
.
sayeng
that
her
husbonde
was
not
a
Crysten
man
/
¶
Whan
the
wretched
woman
had
herde
thyse
tydynges
.
she
layed
her selfe
downe
at
the
grounde
as
cōfortlees
and
with
her
nayles
scratchyd
her
tend
vysage
.
&
bete
her
whyte
brestes
.
trowynge
to
haue
slayne
herself
for
sorowe
.
¶
After
she
sayd
suche
wordes
/
Ha
my
god
neuer
that
persone
shall
be
sauyd
that
dysobeyeth
his
frendes
/
Who
shal
sende
worde
to
my
fader
of
my
confusyon
Ha
wretchydnesse
is
wel
happed
to
me
In
what
vnhappe
am
I
come
.
whi
was
I
euer
borne
.
Alas
that
I
was
not
after
my
byrth
caught
in
to
heuen
/
&
as
she
was
thus
in
suche
sorow
.
her
husbonde
came
trowynge
to
haue
knowen
the
causes
of
her
wrath
/
¶
And
after
that
he
had
stylled
and
peasyd
her
somwhat
/
She
desyred
hym
to
goo
wyth
her
to
the
chirche
for
to
receyue
togyder
their
maker
/
¶
Thenne
the
wretchyd
man
confessyd
his
synne
vnto
his
wyfe
/
¶
The
whyche
as
hauynge
force
and
courage
of
man
ranne
vnto
saynt
Basille
.
and
sayd
to
hym
/
¶
Alas
thou
man
of
god
haue
of
me
pyte
.
poore
and
vnhappy
/
I
haue
yeuen
my
bodi
for
to
be
gouerned
by
the
deuyl
/
Haue
pyte
of
me
horryble
Inobedyent
.
that
wolde
not
obeye
my
fader
/
¶
And
after
that
she
had
reherced
&
shewed
all
the
befalle
of
her
husbonde
/
Saynt
Basylle
sente
for
hym
for
to
wyte
of
hym
yf
this
thynge
was
true
/
Wherat
he
answerd
ye
/
¶
Thenne
for
to
brynge
hym
to
penaunce
.
He
askyd
hym
yf
he
wolde
retorne
for
to
serue
Ihesu
Cryste
/
He
answerde
he
myghte
not
/
by
cause
that
he
had
promysyd
to
the
deuyll
.
that
he
shold
neuer
doo
to
hym
seruyce·
and
had
gyuen
therof
his
wrytynge
wyth
his
owne
honde
to
the
deuyll
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
his
answere
well
vnderstonde
shewed
vnto
him
the
grete
mercy
of
god
.
and
how
he
is
euer
redy
to
receyue
mekely
oure
penaunce
/
¶
The
good
doughter
knelyd
byfore
the
sayd
saynt
Basylle
.
&
sayd
to
hym
O
thou
seruaunt
of
god
haue
mercy
of
our
synne
/
The
holy
man
enquyred
of
the
sayd
husbonde
.
yf
he
had
ony
hope
to
be
sauyd
.
Wherat
he
answerde
that
ye
/
¶
This
herynge
.
he
brought
theym
in
to
a
secrete
place
wythin
the
chyrche
And
durynge
thre
dayes
.
he
kepte
hym
there
in
contynuell
prayers
.
And
oft
tymes
bothe
daye
and
nyghte
he
came
.
and
vysyted
hym
/
And
askyd
hym
how
it
was
wyth
hym
.
And
he
answered
alwayes
that
he
had
none
hope
more
of
lyfe
/
by
cause
of
the
cryenges
and
callynges
that
the
deuelles
made
dayly
and
nyghtly
abowte
hym
/
¶
Whyche
shewed
vnto
hym
the
wrytynge
that
he
hadde
made
vppon
his
promyse
to
the
prynce
of
helle
/
Sayenge
vnto
him
¶
Goo
vnhappy
man
.
thou
arte
come
vnto
vs
/
And
not
we
to
the
/
What
we
neste
thou
for
to
do
/
¶
The
holy
man
comforted
hym
.
and
moeuyd
and
styred
hym
in
sayenge
to
hym
/
That
he
sholde
euer
haue
stedfaste
faythe
and
good
hope
in
god
.
¶
He
gaue
hym
a
lytyll
mete
/
And
blessyd
hym
wyth
the
signe
of
the
Crosse
/
¶
And
after
he
made
hym
to
entree
in
his
place
where
he
was
byfore
/
¶
Whanne
he
hadde
ben
there
●i
the
space
of
fourty
dayes
/
The
holi
man
came
to
him
/
And
examyned
hym
how
he
dide
/
¶
He
answered
that
he
was
in
good
suretee
/
For
that
nyghte
he
had
seen
the
sayd
saynt
Basylle
.
that
bataylled
for
hym
agaynst
the
deuylles
/
And
that
he
hadde
ouercomen
theym
/
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
broughte
hym
streyght
to
his
chambre
where
his
slepynge
place
was
/
¶
And
the
nexte
daye
by
the
mornynge
.
he
gadred
togyder
all
the
Clergye
.
and
other
folke
of
deuocyon
/
To
whom
saynt
Basylle
declared
and
shewed
this
that
folowyth
/
¶
My
chyldren
ye
knowe
that
I
am
your
Pastour
/
And
that
I
muste
yelde
acompte
of
your
soules
/
I
hadd
lost
a
shepe
/
The
whyche
god
hath
sente
agayne
to
me
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
the
good
Pastour
for
to
quyte
his
conscyence
oughte
to
praye
contynuelly
for
his
shepe
/
I
enioyne
and
commaunde
you
that
ye
bothe
day
&
nyght
be
wyth
me
for
to
praye
god
.
to
th
ende
that
this
shepe
soo
come
ayen
to
me
may
purchace
his
saluacyon
/
¶
Soo
began
they
al
togider
to
praye
god
.
wyth
wepynge
&
syngyng
)
Kyrieleyson
(
After
the
gode
pastour
toke
the
pore
man
by
the
honde
.
&
broughte
hym
in
to
the
chyrche
/
¶
The
deuyll
vnto
whom
he
had
done
hommage
.
&
all
his
company
.
came
to
the
assemble
/
trowynge
to
haue
take
the
poore
syn̄ar
out
of
the
holy
bysshops
hondes
/
&
soo
began
he
to
crye
wyth
an
horryble
voyce
.
sayeng
/
O
thou
holi
man
of
god
helpe
me
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Basylle
torned
his
wordes
vnto
the
deuill
&
sayd
to
him
What
askest
thou
the
deuyll
dampned
.
&
the
worste
of
alle
other
wicked
tendes
/
It
suffyseth
the
not
that
thyself
&
all
th●
company
be
dampned
.
but
art
abowte
full
belye
thrugh
your
cursed
temptacyons
for
to
make
the
pore
creatures
of
god
to
false
wyth
you
in
hell
/
The
deuyll
answerde
/
Basylle
the
doost
me
w●●ge
to
my
grete
harme
/
for
I
&
my
felowes
here
well
the
voyces
of
theym
the
synge
Kyncleyson
/
Saynt
Basylle
answerd
/
God
dooth
this
to
thi
harme
&
not
I
/
The
deuyll
yet
agayn
sayd
to
hym
/
Basylle
thou
doost
me
grete
wronge
/
for
this
synnar
is
come
to
me
.
&
not
I
to
hym
/
He
hath
forsake
his
Creatour
in
my
presence
/
&
therof
he
hath
gyue
to
me
his
writynge
wyth
his
honde
wryten
.
for
a
wytnesse
of
the
same
/
the
whyche
wrytyng
I
goo
present
byfore
the
euerlastyng
Iuge
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
thenne
sayd
to
the
deuyll
/
Blessyd
be
god
/
My
people
shall
neuer
ceasse
to
praye
/
nor
shal
not
brynge
downe
theyr
hondes
.
whiche
are
heued
vpward
to
heuen
tyll
that
thou
haste
gyuen
ayen
the
sayd
wrytynge
vnto
this
poore
synnar
/
¶
Alle
this
noble
assemble
made
after
more
deuowte
prayers
.
than
afore
had
done
/
And
ceassed
not
tyll
that
the
sayde
wrytynge
was
taken
in
to
the
hondes
of
the
sayde
holy
man
/
The
whyche
after
the
receyuynge
of
it
.
he
yelded
graces
vnto
god
/
And
sayd
to
the
syn̄a●
byfore
all
the
peple
that
was
there
/
¶
My
broder
knowest
not
thou
this
letter
/
He
answerde
ye
/
And
that
it
was
wryten
with
his
owne
honde
/
¶
Thenne
saynt
Basille
brake
it
in
peces
.
and
brought
him
to
the
chirche
for
to
make
Confessyon
/
Whyche
thynge
done
.
he
Receyued
his
Creatour
/
And
after
sente-hym
home
agayn
vnto
his
his
wyfe
/
The
whiche
of
his
grete
grace
she
thanked
deuowtly
our
lorde
/
¶
Of
a
woman
to
whom
her
sinnes
were
forgyuen
by
the
prayer
of
saynt
Basylle
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Mulier
quidam
.
&c.
Caplm.
C.lxiiii
.
A
Woman
ryche
&
noble
full
of
the
vanitees
of
the
world·
vsed
euyll
of
her
facultees
/
For
she
was
prodyge
&
lecherous
/
Soo
that
in
all
maner
of
her
dedes
she
was
vnagreable
to
god
/
And
as
a
sowe
dooth
laye
herself
in
a
fowle
putdel
.
soo
was
thys
woman
wrapped
in
all
fylthe
&
vnclennesse
of
flesshe
¶
And
somtyme
by
a
synguler
grace
that
god
gaaf
her
.
she
alone
to
herself
made
knowlege
of
the
grete
multytude
of
her
synnes
.
and
in
wepynge
sayd
to
god
/
Alas
my
Redemer
I
that
am
a
poore
synnar
.
how
shall
I
make
satysfaccyon
towardes
the
of
my
synnes
/
I
oughte
for
to
be
the
temple
of
the
holy
ghost
/
And
by
my
synnes
I
haue
defoylled
&
hurte
my
soule
/
I
am
the
moost
vnhappy
of
all
the
worlde
/
&
I
byleue
not
that
euer
ony
woman
syn
her
Crystendom
dyde
soo
synne
gretely
/
and
soo
abhomynable
as
I
haue
done
¶
Alacke
how
shall
I
mow
be
in
certayn
that
god
woll
receyue
my
penaunce
¶
And
whan
she
had
well
bethoughte
herselfe
vpon
her
byfall
/
God
Inspyred
her
to
thynke
vpon
the
grete
euylles
and
synnes
that
she
had
sinned
and
done
syn
her
yongthe
vnto
her
olde
aege
.
And
theym
she
broughte
in
mynde
.
&
wrote
in
a
rolle
/
And
this
done
/
she
sealed
theym
vnder
leed
/
And
after
purposed
whan
saynt
Basylle
sholde
come
to
the
chirche
for
to
synge
masse
that
she
sholde
delyuer
he
Rolle
vnto
hym
/
¶
The
whyche
thynge
she
dyde
soo
in
cryenge
wych
an
hyghe
voys
/
¶
O
holy
man
and
seruaunte
of
god
haue
pyte
of
me
moost
wretched
of
all
other
synnars
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
askyd
her
the
cause
of
her
wayllynge
/
and
she
answered
/
Alas
my
lorde
I
haue
wryten
in
this
Rolle
all
my
mysdedes
and
wyckydnesse
/
I
byseche
the
that
thou
wolt
not
loke
vpon
theim
/
But
vouchesauf
to
doo
soo
moche
for
me
by
thy
prayers
towarde
god
/
That
they
maye
be
forgyuen
to
me
/
¶
I
wote
wel
that
he
that
hathe
gyuen
me
vnderstondynge
and
wyll
for
to
knowe
theim
/
shall
enhaunse
the
prayer
that
thou
shalt
make
for
me
in
this
byfalfe
/
¶
Therfore
I
byseche
the
socour
me
now
at
my
grete
nede
/
¶
The
holy
man
toke
the
rolle
of
her
/
And
heued
his
hondes
vp
towarde
heuen
sayenge
/
¶
O
my
god
it
aperteynyth
thy
dygnytee
.
for
to
doo
that
this
poore
synfull
woman
askith
/
thou
mayste
putt
and
enrase
oute
wythin
a
moment
alle
the
synnes
of
the
worlde
/
¶
I
byseche
the
mekely
for
her
/
All
oure
synnes
are
in
a
certayne
nombre
byfore
thy
mageste
/
¶
But
thy
mercy
is
wythoute
ende
/
¶
His
prayer
thus
done
/
he
sette
the
Rolle
vpon
the
awter
/
And
there
the
holy
man
abode
.
prayenge
god
a
daye
and
a
nyghte
contynuelly
/
¶
The
nexte
morowe
he
called
vnto
hym
the
sayd
woman
in
presence
of
some
clerkes
.
and
sayd
to
her
/
¶
Woman
thou
knowest
well
that
thy
synne
can
not
be
pardonned·
but
by
the
power
of
god
the
whyche
answerde
/
¶
Holy
fader
I
by
leue
that
that
thou
sayst
/
And
therfor
I
by
seche
mekely
that
it
woll
playse
the
to
be
myn
helper
towarde
him
.
¶
Thenne
the
rolle
was
opened
.
&
at
openynge
of
it·
It
was
founde
that
all
her
synnes
were
to
her
foryeuen
.
except
do
grete
synne
.
whiche
was
not
enrased
nor
putt
oute
.
¶
The
pore
woman
was
sore
heuy
.
&
dyscomforted
.
&
felle
to
the
fete
of
the
holy
man
&
cried
/
O
man
of
god
haue
pite
vppon
me
.
and
lyke
as
thou
haste
prayed
for
all
my
synes.
Yet
ayen
pray
for
me
towarde
god
that
this
synne
maye
be
also
pardon̄ed
to
me
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
began
to
wepe
&
sayde
to
the
woman
/
My
frende
stonde
vpp
.
I
haue
as
grete
nede
of
pardonne
as
thiself
/
For
I
am
a
synner
/
He
that
hath
put
out
thyn
other
synnes
may
emase
the
same
whyche
is
lefte
behynde
/
And
therfore
yf
in
tyme
comynge
thou
kepe
the
commaundements
of
god
He
shall
not
only
forgyue
the
this
lyue
/
But
wythall
he
shall
gyue
the
the
lyf
eternall
in
euerlasting
blysse
/
Thou
shall
goo
in
to
the
Hermytage
.
where
a
man
is
namyd
Effrem
.
to
whom
thou
shalt
take
thy
rolle
.
And
Ie●●st
in
god
that
by
his
prayers
thou
shalt
be
delyuerd
of
the
same
synne
and
shalt
haue
of
it
a
full
absolucyon
.
to
the
saluacyon
of
thy
soule
/
¶
The
woman
walked
solonge
thrugh
the
wyldernesse
that
she
fonde
the
holy
man
Effrem
Soo
begane
she
to
knocke
att
his
do●e
cryenge
¶
O
holy
man
of
god
haue
pite
of
me
/
Effrem
that
bi
the
knowlege
of
god
.
knewe
the
cause
why
she
was
come
.
answerde
vnto
her
/
¶
Woman
goo
thou
th●
way
for
I
am
a
synnar
as
the
arte
/
Wherby
I
haue
nede
of
the
mercy
of
god
as
thou
hast
/
The
woman
thenne
cast
to
hym
her
rolle
sayeng
/
O
holy
fader
the
bisshop
Basylle
sendeth
me
to
the.
gyuynge
to
me
a
hope
.
that
thurgh
thy
prayers
the
greetest
of
my
synnes
shall
be
foryeuen
vnto
me
¶
Effrem
sayd
vnto
her
/
Naye
my
doughter
naye
/
He
that
by
his
prayers
hathe
gote
remyssyon
of
thin
other
synnes
may
yet
do
that
the
same
synne
for
that
whiche
thou
comest
toward
me
shall
be
pardon̄ed
vnto
the
/
¶
Torne
ayen
lyghtly
towarde
him
.
to
the
ende
that
thou
mayst
speke
wyth
hym
byfore
his
deth
/
The
woman
retorned
anone
/
But
whan
she
entred
in
Cezaree
the
cyte
.
she
mett
the
corps
of
saynt
Basille
that
men
brought
to
his
graue
/
¶
Thenne
she
made
grete
cryenges
sayeng
/
Ha
poore
vnhappy
what
shal
thou
doo
now
/
O
holi
man
of
god
.
whi
haste
thou
sent
me
to
the
holy
fader
Effrem
.
syn
that
thou
myghte
gete
remyssyon
of
my
synne
/
I
byleue
it
was
by
cause
I
sholde
not
gyue
the
man
lettyng
at
thy
dethe
/
¶
The
poore
synful
woman
layed
her
rolle
vpon
the
corps
of
the
holy
man
/
The
whyche
thynge
knowen
of
one
of
the
prestes
that
was
at
the
buryenge
of
hym
he
wolde
see
&
rede
the
same
rolle
/
And
opened
it
in
dede
/
But
he
fonde
noo
thynge
wryten
therin
/
¶
Thenne
he
sayd
vnto
the
woman
/
¶
O
woman
what
desyrest
thou
Thy
rolle
is
wythoute
ony
scrypture
Thou
knewe
not
the
Indulgence
that
god
had
done
to
the
/
¶
All
the
peple
seenge
this
myracle
.
beganne
to
thanke
god
that
hath
gyuen
myghte
to
the
quirke
.
to
enrase
and
put
oute
by
pardonne
the
synnes
fulfilled
and
done
by
the
wretchyd
synnars
/
¶
Of
Ioseph
the
Hebrewe
/
Whyche
Hystorye
is
ann
dexed
to
the
sayde
chapytre
/
IOseph
the
Hebrewe
was
some
tyme
a
leche
well
expert
in
the
craft
of
Physike
.
and
so
sure
that
in
tastynge
the
poulse
of
what
someuer
persone
.
he
wyste
to
saye
.iiii.
or
.v.
dayes
afore
the
decesse
of
the
syke
the
very
hour
that
he
shold
passe
out
of
this
worlde
/
And
by
the
grete
experyence
that
he
had
in
medycyne
/
He
was
sore
enuyed
of
the
other
leches
/
¶
But
saynt
Basylle
that
knewe
by
reuelacyon
of
god
/
that
in
tyme
comynge
he
sholde
be
regenered
by
the
holy
sacrament
of
baptym
loued
hym
moche
/
And
ofte
comyned
wyth
hym
/
desyrynge
hym
to
forsake
his
errour
.
and
to
torne
hym
to
that
fayth
of
crystendom
/
¶
The
whyche
Ioseph
answerde
to
hym
vpon
the
same
/
that
he
sholde
deye
in
the
faythe
where
he
was
borne
in
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
replyed
ayenst
his
answere
sayenge
/
Ioseph
byleue
that
I
shall
telle
the
/
Certaynly
I
ensure
the
that
wythout
the
sacrament
of
baptym
/
nother
thyself
nor
I
shall
not
come
in
paradys
.
Haue
not
thyn
elder
faders
ben
baptysed
/
Knowest
thou
not
that
for
our
redempcyon
Iesu
Cryste
hath
take
oure
nature
in
the
wombe
of
the
vyrgyn
Mary
/
And
for
that
self
Redempcyon
he
was
crucyfyed
and
broughte
to
dethe
/
And
soone
after
he
rose
from
dethe
to
lyfe
/
and
now
he
sytteth
at
the
ryght
honde
of
hys
fader
/
And
atte
the
ende
he
shall
come
to
Iudge
and
yelde
vnto
euery
one
after
that
he
hath
deseruyd
/
¶
Thenne
it
is
Impossyble
wythout
regeneracion
of
the
water
&
of
the
holy
ghost
/
and
also
wythout
the
communyon
of
the
sacrament
of
the
awter
.
that
we
shall
be
sauyd
/
But
what
soeuer
exortacion
that
the
holy
man
made
vnto
Ioseph
/
he
wolde
take
noo
hede
to
his
wordes
/
¶
It
happed
so
the
god
/
whyche
wolde
calle
vnto
hym
the
good
saynt
Basylle
.
made
hym
know
the
houre
of
his
dethe
.
by
reuelacyon
of
god
/
And
thenne
he
sent
for
Ioseph
the
leche
forsayde
.
for
to
Iudge
the
houre
of
his
deth
/
Ioseph
after
that
he
had
tasted
the
veyne
of
saynt
Basyll
sayd
to
his
seruauntes
.
that
they
sholde
make
redy
his
wyndynge
shete
for
to
burye
him
wythall
/
and
that
he
cowde
not
lyue
longe
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
that
vnderstode
this
Iugement
.
asked
him
how
he
knewe
it
/
Wherunto
he
answerde
.
that
he
knewe
it
certaynly
by
the
felynge
of
his
veyne
/
¶
The
holy
man
sayd
vnto
him
My
frende
thou
wo●est
not
what
thou
sayst
/
Ioseph
answerde
to
hym
/
this
daye
shall
the
sonne
goo
with
the
sonne
¶
The
holi
man
sayd
vnto
him
.
And
yf
I
dey
not
tyll
to
morow
in
the
mornynge
what
shall
thou
saye
/
He
answered
.
that
it
was
not
possyble
/
And
that
wyth
grete
payne
he
sholde
lyue
yet
an
houre
/
And
therfore
he
tolde
hym
that
he
sholde
dyspose
of
his
besynesse
and
of
his
chirche
/
For
he
sholde
deye
afore
that
the
daye
sholde
faylle
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
sayde
to
hym
/
Now
come
hyther
leche
/
What
shal
thou
saye
yf
I
lyue
vnto
to
morowe
syxe
of
the
clocke
/
¶
He
answered
to
hym
.
That
he
sholde
thenne
deye
wyth
hym
/
¶
Saynt
Basylle
sayde
vnto
hym
/
Atte
leest
yf
thou
wolt
deye
take
afore
the
●he
fayth
of
Ihesu
Criste
.
and
the
sacrament
of
baptesme
/
¶
Thenne
Ioseph
promysed
hym
/
that
yf
he
lyued
as
longe
as
he
hadde
sayde
/
Wythoute
ony
manere
delaye
/
he
sholde
be
obeyssaunte
to
his
wyll
/
Thenne
the
holy
man
made
his
prayer
vnto
god
/
to
th
ende
that
he
wolde
lengthe
his
dayes
.
only
for
to
torne
Ioseph
the
Ebrewe
to
the
fayth
/
The
whyche
requeste
god
graunted
to
hym
And
in
the
mornynge
nexte
he
sent
for
the
sayd
leche
/
the
whiche
wening
that
he
hadde
be
dede
.
came
Incontynent
to
his
lodgynge
/
¶
But
whan
he
sawe
that
he
was
yet
alyue
.
he
felle
downe
at
his
fete
.
and
cryed
hym
mercy
/
Sayenge
that
there
was
no
god
soo
grete
.
as
the
god
of
the
Crystens
/
¶
And
thenne
he
forsoke
the
lawe
of
the
Iewes
.
and
toke
the
cristen
fayth
/
Desyryng
saynt
Basille
that
he
and
alle
his
meyne
myghte
be
crystned
/
¶
The
holy
man
sayde
vnto
hym
/
that
he
sholde
crysten
theym
hymselfe·
And
thenne
the
good
leche
Ioseph
toke
him
ayen
by
the
honde
/
and
towchyd
the
vayne
of
his
right
arme
/
And
after
that
he
had
felte
it
.
he
sayde
vnto
hym
/
¶
My
lorde
thy
nature
is
febled
&
wery
that
thou
shold
not
conne
goo
to
the
chyrche
/
The
holy
man
answered
vnto
hym
/
¶
We
haue
our
god
whyche
is
creatour
of
nature
.
the
whyche
recōfortyth
vs
/
¶
And
how
he
it
that
the
holy
man
had
noo
naturell
strengthe
.
yet
went
he
to
the
chyrche
.
in
whiche
the
said
Ioseph
his
company
&
Seruauntes
were
Incontynent
cristenyd
/
And
after
the
sayd
saynt
Basylle
brought
the
sayd
Ioseph
vnto
his
Do●tour
/
and
there
was
yeuen
vnto
him
a
spyrytuell
fo●e
.
in
rehercyng
vnto
hym
the
Ioyes
of
heuen
/
¶
Sone
after
the
holy
man
dyssposyd
hymselfe
for
to
synge
masse
/
¶
And
after
that
it
was
done
.
he
kyssed
all
the
Pryncypall
of
the
chyrche
&
the
lordes
of
the
towne
/
Vnto
whom
he
Recommended
ryghte
besyly
Ioseph
the
newe
Cristen
/
¶
After
he
wente
agayne
to
his
house
/
In
whyche
yeldinge
graces
and
thankes
vnto
god
.
betoke
his
soule
in
to
his
hondes
/
¶
Whan
the
good
Ioseph
in
his
scyence
had
wel
consydered
the
dethe
of
the
sayde
saynt
Basylle
.
he
sayd
/
¶
Truely
holy
fader
Basyll
/
¶
Yf
thou
hadd
wolde
.
thou
sholdest
not
as
yet
haue
deyed
¶
/
And
this
he
sayde
.
by
cause
that
he
knewe
well
that
he
had
lyued
longe
ouer
naturell
possybylytee
.
¶
The
nexte
daye
wyth
grete
honour
was
his
body
buryed
within
the
chirche
/
¶
Gregory
that
for
that
tyme
was
bysshopp
of
Nazance
.
whan
he
wyste
that
saynt
Basylle
was
discessed
/
He
came
to
his
Te●ment
and
layed
hymselfe
downe
ouer
his
body
.
makynge
vpon
it
grete
lamentacyons
/
¶
And
neuertheles
he
cryed
to
the
peple
wyth
a
highe
voys
/
¶
O
peple
reioyce
now
yourselfe
and
make
orysons
vnto
god
/
Syngyng
ympnes
and
psalmes
/
And
cease
not
to
make
remembraunce
of
the
holy
man
Basylle
/
¶
Morouer
after
the
comynge
of
the
sayd
bysshopp
.
came
there
twelue
other
the
whyche
togyder
layed
the
holy
corps
in
to
his
sepulcre
/
Whyche
was
of
Marble
wythin
the
chyrche
of
the
gloryous
martyr
Ysichrus
/
In
whyche
the
good
holy
man
Leoncius
his
Predecessour
was
was
buryed
/
¶
And
saynt
Basylle
deyed
the
fyrste
daye
of
Ianyuer
/
the
fyfthe
yere
of
the
Regne
of
the
Emperours
gouernynge
Valentis
and
Valeriani
/
¶
Here
folowyth
of
the
holy
fader
Effrem
/
And
begynnyth
in
latyn
¶
Fratres
ena●racionem
volo
facere
/
&
cetera
Caplm.
C.lxv.
SAynt
Iherom
makith
mencyon
in
the
laste
chapytre
of
the
fyrste
part
of
the
lyfe
of
faders
of
the
holy
Heremyte
Effrem
yt.
was
vnknowe
of
saynt
Basylle
¶
And
of
the
whiche
Effrem
saynt
Iherom
saythe
to
haue
had
knowlege
by
tellynge
vnto
him
made
of
certain
faders
/
¶
And
for
to
shewe
therof
.
It
is
trouthe
that
the
sayd
Effrem
was
borne
of
Syrie
/
He
beynge
in
hys
hermitage
a
frende
of
his
shewed
vnto
hym
the
perfyte
astate
of
saynt
Basylle
¶
And
for
to
haue
of
it
some
experyence
.
he
prayed
god
ryght
hertely
that
it
wolde
playse
hym
to
gyue
hym
by
reuelacyon
some
knowlege
of
the
holynesse
of
saynt
Basylle
/
Our
lorde
that
herd
his
prayer
made
to
hym
suche
a
reuelacyon
That
is
to
wyte
that
he
beynge
as
halfe
a
slepe
and
halfe
wakynge
.
he
sawe
a
pyller
of
fyre
whiche
was
so
long
that
it
retchyd
to
the
heuen
/
And
in
seenge
the
same
.
he
herde
a
voys
that
sayd
to
hym
¶
Effrem
Effrem
.
suche
as
thou
seeste
this
pyller
.
suche
is
Basylle
/
Thenne
went
he
in
to
the
chyrche
of
Cezaree
in
Capadoce
.
where
the
sayde
saynt
Basyll
was
vpon
a
daye
that
men
made
solempnytee
of
Epiphanye
/
¶
And
by
cause
that
he
vnderstode
noo
Greke
.
he
toke
an
expowner
with
hym
.
to
whom
he
sayde
whan
he
sawe
saynt
Basylle
ordeyned
in
soo
grete
honour
/
We
haue
loste
our
payn
/
For
this
Basylle
is
not
suche
as
I
haue
seen
hym
/
¶
The
same
time
saynt
Basylle
was
clothio
in
suche
ornaments
.
acompanyed
of
many
clerkes
/
¶
Soo
was
Effrem
angry
in
himself
/
Sayenge
we
Heremytes
endure
bothe
colde
&
heete
in
the
wyldernesse
.
and
haue
noo
rewarde
/
And
thys
Basylle
here
whiche
is
in
honour
proferred
is
a
pyller
of
fyre
/
¶
And
as
he
was
in
this
malencoly
.
saynt
Basylle
sente
to
the
holy
fader
Effrem
one
of
his
Archedeakens
for
to
tell
hym
that
he
sholde
come
.
for
to
speke
wyth
hym
/
¶
The
Archedeaken
came
to
the
sayd
holy
fader
Effrem
.
and
to
hym
he
sayde
/
¶
Thy
fader
Archebisshopp
of
Cezaree
sendyth
the
worde
that
thou
come
speke
to
hym
/
Effrem
answerde
to
hym
/
¶
My
frende
it
is
not
to
vs
that
thou
shold
speke
/
We
ben
not
they
that
he
wolde
haue
/
For
we
ben
Straungers
The
Archedeaken
reported
this
answere
to
saynt
Basylle
.
whyche
sent
him
ayen
to
saynt
Effrem·
&
charged
him
to
doo
his
message
in
this
wyse
/
Syre
Effrem
I
commaunde
the
to
come
to
thy
archebisshop
/
Effrem
was
moche
merueyled
.
&
gloryfyeng
the
name
of
god
answerde
to
th
archedeaken
/
Truely
Basylle
it
is
a
very
pyller
of
fyre
/
For
the
holy
ghost
spekyth
bi
his
mouth
/
Thei
neuer
had
seen
eche
other
.
but
in
spiryte
¶
Fynably
the
seruyce
ended
Effrem
came
to
saynt
Basylle
/
&
thenne
they
made
th
one
to
thother
deuoute
salutacōns
Saynt
Basyll
greted
hym
in
this
manere
/
O
fader
of
holy
Heremytes
thou
arte
welcome
/
thou
that
haste
multeplyed
the
dyscyples
of
Ihu
Cryste
thou
arte
welcom̄
Alas
good
fader
thou
haste
moche
payn
.
in
comynge
hither
for
to
see
a
poore
synner
.
god
yelde
the
mede
after
thy
laboure
/
¶
Effrem
answerd
to
hym
/
&
to
the
holy
fader
all
that
thy
herte
desyreth
/
After
he
receyued
his
maker
of
the
hondes
of
saynt
Basylle
/
And
whan
they
had
be
longe
togyder
.
Effrem
prayed
saynt
Basylle
that
he
wolde
graunte
to
hym
a
requeste
/
Saynt
Basylle
sayde
vnto
him
/
Commaunde
me
.
&
saye
what
thou
wol
For
I
am
gretely
bounde
vnto
the
forthe
traueyle
that
thou
haste
take
for
to
vysyte
me
/
¶
Effrem
sayd
vnto
hym
.
I
know
that
all
that
thou
shal
aske
of
god
shall
be
of
hym
graunted
vnto
the
gladly
/
For
it
is
wryten
that
god
dooth
fulfyll
the
wyll
of
those
that
drede
hym
.
and
shall
enhaunce
theyr
prayers
/
Therfore
I
biseche
the
that
thou
wolt
praye
hym
that
he
woll
gyue
me
that
grace
.
that
I
maye
speke
Greke
/
Saynt
Basylle
consented
vnto
his
requeste
.
sayenge
that
it
was
honeste
/
¶
Thenne
they
sett
theymselfe
to
prayer
.
&
were
so
longe
ynough
/
And
this
done
saynt
Basille
rose
vp
.
askyng
to
saynt
Effrem
why
he
made
not
hymselve
to
be
promoted
to
the
ordre
of
prestehode
.
syth
that
he
was
worthy
to
be
a
preest
/
Wherat
he
answerde
.
that
he
deferred
to
doo
the
same
.
takynge
hymself
vnworthi
therunto
.
bi
cause
he
was
to
grete
a
syn̄ar
/
Saynt
Basille
answerd
vnto
him
/
After
my
mynde
.
wold
god
thy
synnes
were
myn
.
¶
Yet
ayen
they
kneled
on
theyr
knees
to
the
grounde
/
&
anone
the
tonge
of
the
holi
fader
Effrem
was
enfourmed
to
speke
grekysshe
langage
&
redily
began
to
speke
it
.
as
he
had
be
born
in
the
myddes
of
Grece
/
¶
They
yeldes
graces
&
thankes
to
god
therfor
in
loouynge
&
praysynge
his
gloryous
name
/
And
after
they
were
thre
dayes
togyder
/
Duryng
the
whyche
space
.
he
that
Effrem
had
broughte
wyth
hym
.
for
to
be
his
Expownar
of
Greke
langage
vnto
his
moder
langage
.
was
made
deaken
/
And
the
holi
fader
Effrem
also
ordened
in
the
order
of
preesthode
/
And
after
they
commaunded
eche
other
vnto
god
yeuynge
thankes
vnto
hym
of
that
they
had
seeen
eche
other
/
¶
HEre
endeth
the
fyrste
parte
of
the
lyfe
of
Faders
.
and
after
folowyth
the
seconde
parte
/
¶
Sequitur
secunda
pars
¶
Here
foloweth
the
seconde
parte
.
¶
Here
foloweth
the
seconde
parte
of
the
lyfe
of
holy
faders
of
Egypte
conteynyng
in
dyuerse
bokes
many
laudable
exhortacyons
for
to
enduce
all
persones
/
pryncypally
men
of
Relygyon
to
lyue
solytaryly
and
well
with
some
fayre
hystoryes
excytyng
to
flee
vyces
and
ensyewe
vertues
/
as
more
largely
is
declared
in
the
table
I
sette
at
the
begynnyng
of
this
present
boke
where
the
chapytres
ben
declared
all
a
longe
/
aswell
thoos
that
are
conteyned
in
the
precedent
&
fyrst
parte
as
in
this
seconde
/
and
in
the
thyrde
&
fourth
partes
consequently
folowynge
/
and
all
togyder
translated
from
Latyn
in
to
Frensshe
out
of
the
bookes
that
therof
haue
be
made
by
the
right
deuote
&
approued
doctour
in
holy
chirche
saynt
Ierome
.
And
fyrste
the
prologue
begynneth
in
latyn
Vere
mundum
&c.
WHat
is
he
that
doubteth
/
but
that
the
worlde
is
kepte
and
preserued
by
the
meryte
of
sayntes
/
and
amonge
other
by
thoos
of
whome
the
lyfe
is
wryten
in
this
presence
volume
/
the
whiche
haue
fled
all
concupyscence
&
in
all
haue
forsaken
the
worlde
.
Reputynge
as
for
nought
alle
that
is
in
it
.
And
for
to
withdrawe
therfrom
fully
theyr
affeccyons
and
them
to
tourne
vnto
god
wolde
enhabyte
&
dwelle
in
wodes
deserte
.
Some
in
●aues
/
and
other
in
roches
&
hyghe
montayns
/
without
to
haue
hadde
ony
care
or
besynesse
of
theyr
mete
or
of
theyr
drynke
.
And
as
hauyng
theyr
oonly
confydence
in
the
medefulnes
of
god
/
they
haue
gone
without
syluer
/
without
brede
and
without
ony
other
mete
in
to
solytary
places
where
as
no
persone
haunted
nor
no
goodes
grewe
there
but
herbes
&
wylde
fruyte
.
O
thyng
wounderfull
.
They
neuer
had
honger
ne
thurst
but
haue
be
susteyned
&
fedde
oonly
of
the
grace
and
mercy
of
our
lorde
.
Soo
ought
we
well
to
loue
our
god
whan
his
wyll
is
that
thrugh
theyr
merytes
we
may
be
asswaged
of
our
euylles
by
theyr
supplycacyons
wherby
we
obteyne
the
remyssyon
of
our
synnes
.
¶
Ye
that
rede
this
presente
booke
take
noo
hede
to
the
langage
rude
and
yll
ornated
/
but
oonly
to
the
substaunce
whiche
is
frutefull
.
The
dyuyne
scyence
Requyreth
not
to
be
fulfylled
with
sophistycacyons
nor
proposycyons
ornate
or
polyshed
/
but
oonly
of
matere
of
trouthe
.
Somtyme
ornatynge
of
wordes
maketh
the
proposycion
to
be
withdrawen
fro
the
trouthe
.
The
holy
lyues
and
deuote
conuersacyons
of
the
worshypfull
Patryarkes
and
prophetes
/
as
Abraham
.
Ysaac·
and
Iacob
.
Moyses
.
Hely
and
Iohan
ben
reduced
and
shewed
by
wrytynge
/
not
oonly
to
the
ende
that
they
shall
be
gloryfyed
here
/
For
they
are
gloryfyed
of
god
in
heuen
right
hyghely
but
also
to
th
ende
that
by
theyr
vertuous
werkes
we
maye
take
doctryne
of
trouth
and
ensample
of
good
lyfe
.
¶
Dyuerse
exhortacyons
here
folowen
whiche
begynne
in
latyn
.
Quidem
sanctorum
senior
&c.
SOme
Relygyouses
persones
questyoned
one
of
the
holy
faders
of
Egypt
why
he
dyde
so
grete
abstynence
.
Wherunto
he
answered
in
this
maner
My
childern
it
is
of
necessyte
that
we
hate
all
the
reste
of
this
present
lyfe
and
all
bodely
delectacyons
and
repleccyon
of
bely
/
without
to
Requyre
ony
honours
to
be
done
vnto
vs
of
men
/
and
our
lorde
Ihesu
cryst
shall
gyue
vs
honours
celestyall
/
lyfe
with
reste
eternall
/
and
gloryous
gladnesse
with
his
angels
.
This
holy
man
sayd
that
mete
and
drynke
are
to
man
behouyng
of
necessyte
/
but
not
withstandynge
men
ought
not
to
take
theym
but
for
to
susteyne
the
body
and
not
to
the
full
bely
as
moche
as
it
coude
well
take
.
Slepe
in
lykewyse
behoueth
kyndely
vnto
man
/
but
also
we
ought
not
to
slepe
as
moche
as
the
bodye
desyreth
/
the
reason
why
is
/
bycause
whan
we
slepe
as
moche
as
nature
appetyte
is
/
the
bodye
therby
wexeth
slowthfull
wherby
he
is
not
so
redy
for
to
werke
.
And
to
the
contrarye
watchyng
yeldeth
the
thought
&
the
wytte
of
man
more
subtyll
and
more
clene
And
therfore
sayd
the
holy
faders
that
watchyng
in
good
werkes
well
ordeyned
Illumyneth
the
thought
.
And
the
watchynges
super
flu
and
Inordynat
bryng
forth
franesye
and
madnesse
and
greue
the
hede
and
the
body
full
fore
.
Semblablyyre
behoueth
vnto
man
not
agaynst
some
other
for
to
moeue
his
passyons
/
but
for
to
be
angry
agaynst
hym selfe
and
his
synnes
/
to
the
ende
that
more
easely
he
maye
put
them
from
hym
in
amendyng
of
his
lyfe
.
¶
Therfore
when
we
see
our
neyghbours
or
other
doo
ony
thyng
agaynst
the
commaundemente
of
god
/
we
ought
to
angre
oure selfe
agaynst
theym
for
theyr
synnes
/
and
suche
sharply
to
correcte
in
all
dylygence
to
th
ende
that
after
theyr
correccion
and
amendement
they
may
be
saued
and
come
to
euerlastyng
blysse
.
¶
A nother
holy
fader
beyng
in
the
myddes
of
the
desertes
lyuyng
there
in
meruayllous
abstynence
as
Inpossible
to
be
borne
/
was
enquyred
and
questioned
of
some
of
them
that
sore
meruaylled
of
his
perseueraunce
/
and
how
he
myght
endure
in
a
place
soo
drye
and
barayne
the
grete
penaunces
that
he
bare
there
.
Where
at
he
answered
that
the
pouerte
that
he
suffred
in
this
worlde
was
not
one
houre
of
the
paynes
of
helle
.
¶
And
more
he
sayd
that
it
was
behofull
to
vs
for
soo
lytell
a
tyme
as
we
haue
to
abyde
in
this
mortall
lyfe
to
do
penaunce
and
resyste
agaynst
the
desyre
of
the
flesshe
/
to
th
ende
that
we
maye
haue
the
recompense
that
neuer
shall
fayle
/
that
is
the
glorye
eternall
.
¶
God
in
dyuerse
maners
gyueth
socours
and
ayde
to
them
that
for
the
worshyp
of
hym
doon
and
accomplysshe
thynges
that
be
aboue
nature
.
And
to
this
purpose
men
fynde
that
some
tyme
was
a
holy
fader
in
Egypte
/
the
whiche
by
his
holy
conuersacyon
was
wounderfully
enuyed
of
the
deuylles
that
oftentymes
greuously
bete
hym
.
¶
And
one
daye
amonge
other
they
tourmented
hym
soo
sore
that
on
the
morowe
by
the
houre
of
pryme
he
founde
hym selfe
soo
vnable
by
feblenes
of
his
bodye
/
that
hym
semed
he
was
come
to
his
last
daye
/
aswell
by
cause
of
the
gryef
that
they
hadde
doon
vnto
hym
/
as
also
by
cause
he
had
fasted
to
longe
/
but
notwithstandyng
he
dysposed
hym
to
faste
vnto
the
houre
of
certe
.
¶
Soone
after
atte
the
same
houre
to
hym selfe
he
sayd
that
he
sholde
cary
vnto
the
houre
of
se●te
/
&
alwayes
he
deyed
for
honger
.
¶
Consequently
when
se●te
approched
/
he
purposed
to
fast
vnto
the
houre
of
none
.
And
thus
by
many
dayes
he
toke
vpon
hym
suche
penaunces
.
¶
One
daye
as
he
trowed
to
haue
taken
his
repast
he
sawe
a
grete
smoke
come
out
of
the
baskete
wherin
he
layde
his
brede
/
and
the
whiche
smoke
went
out
atte
the
wyndowe
of
his
lytyll
●elle
.
Soo
purposed
he
to
hym selfe
that
he
sholde
not
ete
that
daye
/
and
by
these
abstynences
was
the
sayd
holy
fader
soo
confe●ned
in
the
fayth
/
that
he
was
two
dayes
without
honger
ne
thrust
.
¶
And
by
meane
of
whiche
abstynences
and
the
helpe
of
god
he
restrayned
and
brought
vnder
feet
the
temptacyons
of
lecherye
and
glotonye
.
¶
On
a
tyme
certayne
brethern
went
oute
of
theyr
monasterye
for
to
vysyte
the
holy
hermytes
in
the
deserte
.
And
as
god
ledde
them
they
arryued
in
the
lytyll
house
of
the
good
holy
fader
for
sayd
/
of
whome
they
were
right
souyngly
receyued
.
And
bycause
that
he
sawe
that
the
sayd
brethern
were
wery
he
made
them
ete
before
the
houre
acustomed
&
them
presented
of
suche
goodes
as
he
hadde
.
¶
Comyng
towarde
euen
and
after
they
had
acomplysshed
theyr
orysons
/
aswell
dyurnall
as
nocturnall
/
the
holy
hermyte
departed
from
them
.
And
he
beynge
in
his
gardyn
he
herde
that
the
sayd
brethern
complaynyng
them
sayeng
the
one
to
the
other
what
is
this
/
these
hermytes
here
make
better
there
than
we
do
that
are
founded
in
our
monasteryes
.
The
hermyte
helde
his
peas
/
and
on
the
morowe
in
the
mornyng
they
toke
leue
of
hym
/
&
went
to
the
hermytage
of
a nother
that
was
not
ferre
thens
.
¶
The
hermyte
that
had
lodged
them
the
nyght
afore
&
with
whom
they
had
taken
theyr
bodely
repast
prayed
them
that
they
wolde
grete
in
his
behalue
the
hermyte
towarde
whom
they
purposed
for
to
go
/
&
that
they
sholde
telle
hym
thyse
wordes
.
Beware
that
thou
warre
not
thy
coles
.
And
they
promysed
hym
to
telle
hym
soo
.
Whan
they
were
come
vnto
him
they
gaue
him
gretyng
after
theyr
promesse
.
He
vnderstode
well
what
his
fader
hermyte
mente
by
the
gretynge
that
b●
hym
sent
.
Soo
made
he
anone
thes●
Relygyouses
that
were
come
to
hym
to
make
baskettes
and
maundes
tyll
that
euen
was
come
/
and
hym self
wrought
with
them
.
Whan
nyght
was
come
/
the
hermyte
made
his
orysons
not
oonly
after
his
custome
/
but
also
many
suffrages
he
added
therunto
.
After
this
he
sayd
to
the
brethern
that
were
come
to
him
.
My
brethern
and
frendes
/
our
custome
is
not
for
to
ete
euery
daye
/
but
syth
that
ye
be
come
this
day
we
shall
soupe
Thenne
he
toke
them
brede
and
salte
and
a
lytyll
oyle
ouer
a
fewe
coles
.
Theyr
refeccyon
thus
take
the
hermyte
sette
hym selfe
to
oryson
and
was
therat
almoost
vnto
the
daye
And
thenne
he
sayde
vnto
theym
.
By
cause
ye
be
traueled
my
bretheren
we
coude
not
saye
all
the
seruyce
that
we
are
wonte
for
to
saye
/
therfore
rest
your selfe
a
lytyll
.
¶
In
the
mornyng
when
they
were
vp
they
wold
go
theyr
wayes
but
the
hermyte
wolde
constrayne
theym
to
abyde
there
with
hym
two
or
thre
dayes
.
This
notwithstandynge
when
they
sawe
his
abstynence
they
departed
at
nyght
without
leue
to
take
of
theyr
hoste
.
The
whiche
Inconuenyent
happed
to
theym
/
bycause
they
hadde
grutched
ayenst
the
fyrste
fader
hermyte
that
well
hadde
receyued
and
fested
theym
atte
theyr
comyng
.
¶
And
by
this
hystorye
ought
to
vs
to
be
noted
that
it
is
not
alwayes
of
necessyte
to
make
good
there
to
all
persones
/
namely
whenne
they
be
vnkynde
and
vnknowyng
the
seruyces
that
men
haue
doon
to
them
/
¶
Fayth
and
parfyte
charyte
make
to
forgete
often
the
worldely
concupyscences
.
And
to
this
purpose
it
is
here
recyted
/
that
on
a
tyme
a
holy
fader
wente
for
to
vysyte
one
of
his
felowes
whiche
receyued
and
entreated
hym
moche
louyngly
and
made
mete
redy
for
him
but
they
wolde
fede
theyr
soules
afore
theyr
bodyes
.
¶
Soo
wente
they
bothe
togyder
for
to
praye
god
/
and
rad
the
psalter
and
the
prophecyes
where
they
toke
soo
grete
pleasure
that
they
where
in
theyr
orysons
styll
a
daye
&
a
nyght
¶
Thenne
they
knowyng
to
haue
suche
passed
the
daye
/
they
deuysed
togyder
in
spekyng
of
holy
scryptures
/
and
were
therat
vnto
the
houre
of
none
.
¶
After
they
toke
leue
of
eche
other
&
wente
agayne
to
theyr
celles
or
lytyll
houses
.
¶
And
he
that
had
sette
the
pot
atte
the
fyre
with
mete
/
he
was
sorowfull
&
heuy
whan
he
came
to
his
house
of
that
his
felawe
was
gone
withoute
to
haue
taken
there
his
bodely
refeccyon
¶
And
by
all
this
we
see
how
by
the
sustenaunce
spyrytu●ll
they
forgate
to
take
the
refeccyon
corporall
.
¶
Where
as
men
ought
to
thynke
dyscretly
and
by
waarly
delyberacyon
/
yf
a
thynge
is
lewfull
to
be
doon
or
euer
it
shal
be
begonne
/
is
here
recyted
that
Zenon
the
good
abbot
as
he
yede
to
Palestyne
founde
hym selfe
by
the
way
soo
wery
that
he
was
constrayned
to
laye
hym selfe
doon
vnder
a
tree
/
nygh
whiche
tree
was
a
felde
full
of
a
frute
that
we
calle
a
gourde
.
¶
So
thought
he
for
to
take
one
of
the
sayd
gourdes
for
his
refeccyon
saynge
that
in
his
goynge
he
sholde
take
noo
grete
thynge
of
value
.
¶
But
or
that
he
toke
it
he
ymagyned
that
to
take
it
withoute
leue
it
were
thefte
.
¶
Soo
he
consydered
in
hym selfe
the
tourmente
that
is
ordeyned
for
theues
whan
they
haue
robbed
ony
thynge
.
And
for
to
within
drawe
yf
he
coude
endure
suche
tourmentes
/
he
putte
hym selfe
in
the
grete
hete
of
the
sonne
/
and
there
so
Ioyned
by
the
space
of
fyue
dayes
without
to
departe
from
one
place
.
And
seeng
by
the
grete
hete
of
the
sonne
the
whiche
he
myght
not
bere
/
yet
sholde
he
lesse
endure
the
sayd
tourmentes
.
He
sayde
to
hym selfe
that
he
sholde
be
noo
theef
/
and
that
it
was
better
to
doo
his
werke
and
lyue
soberly
/
than
to
greue
ayenst
his
owne
selfe
the
mayeste
dyuyne
and
to
be
in
daunger
of
other
and
of
Iustyce
.
Consyderynge
namely
that
whiche
is
wryten
/
labour
with
thy
handes
and
doo
thy
besynes
and
certaynly
thou
shalte
haue
mete
and
drynke
suffycauntly
.
¶
Humylyte
ayenst
pryde
/
and
abstynence
ayenst
lecherye
are
vnto
vs
necessarye
.
¶
To
this
purpose
we
rede
that
somtyme
was
a
dyscyple
of
one
of
the
holy
faders
/
the
whiche
was
contynuelly
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
Neuerthelesse
by
meane
of
the
grace
of
god
/
he
resysted
ayenst
it
/
aswell
by
fastyng
and
prayers
/
as
also
by
traueyllyng
his
bodye
.
¶
The
holy
fader
his
mayster
seeyng
that
he
toke
soo
moche
payne
and
traueyll
vpon
hym
/
sayd
vnto
hym
.
¶
Yf
thou
wylte
my
sone
I
shall
praye
god
that
he
wyll
take
from
the
this
passyon
that
thou
berest
/
to
the
ende
that
thou
haue
not
soo
moche
payne
to
resyste
ayenst
the
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
The
dyscyple
answered
.
My
fader
I
knowe
that
this
to
doo
I
haue
grete
payne
/
but
also
I
hope
to
gadre
of
it
more
fruyte
.
For
the
more
that
I
fele
in
me
the
rebellyon
of
the
flesshe·
I
employe
and
enforce
my selfe
moche
more
to
faste
and
to
praye
more
/
than
I
sholde
doo
yf
I
hadde
not
the
sayde
temptacyon
.
¶
Neuerthelesse
I
beseche
the
that
thou
wylt
make
vnto
goo
this
Requeste
/
prouyded
alwayes
that
it
wyll
please
hym
to
gyue
me
force
euer
to
perseuere
in
good
werkes
.
¶
The
holy
fader
thenne
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Now
I
knowe
that
thou
arte
of
good
wyll
and
that
thou
puttest
thyne
entente
and
thyne
affeccyon
soueraynly
to
please
god
.
Soo
wete
it
my
sone
/
that
by
the
pacyence
that
thou
shalte
haue
in
resystynge
/
thou
shalt
acquyre
the
saluacyon
of
thy
soule
.
¶
And
this
wytnesseth
saynt
Powell
that
sayde
to
this
purpose
ayenst
the
deuyll
.
I
haue
ledde
good
batayll
for
I
haue
goten
the
felde
.
And
bycause
I
haue
well
kepte
the
fayth
/
from
bensforth
I
shall
enioye
the
crowne
of
Iustyce
/
and
not
I
oonly
/
but
also
althose
that
loue
god
and
wayte
vpon
hym
.
¶
Some
tyme
was
a nother
brother
that
in
lyke
wyse
was
sore
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
One
nyght
he
roose
vp
and
wente
towarde
an
holy
fader
deuoute
and
replenysshe
of
all
vertues
to
whom
he
confessed
his
caas
¶
The
holy
fader
knowyng
his
trouble
/
began
to
admoneste
hym
of
the
vertue
of
pacyence
recytyng
vnto
him
that
whiche
the
psalmyste
sayth
in
the
xxv
.
psalme
.
Thou
that
arte
in
temptacyon
Resyste
with
all
thy
strengthes
be
thou
stedfaste
and
take
good
corage
for
to
susteyne
the
commaundementes
of
god
.
The
brother
conforted
of
these
wordes
wente
ageyne
to
his
hermytage
/
and
soone
he
was
tempted
as
he
was
byfore
/
wherfore
he
retourned
agayne
vnto
the
sayd
holy
fader
whiche
recomforted
hym
as
he
hadde
done
afore
.
And
with
this
he
gaue
hym
an
hope
/
saynge
that
yf
he
perseuered
constantly
/
god
sholde
sende
hym
ayde
and
socours
.
¶
Soo
retourned
he
home
/
but
he
was
more
tempted
than
afore
/
and
came
agayne
to
the
sayd
holy
fader
and
besought
hym
that
he
wolde
praye
for
hym
.
¶
The
holy
fader
gaue
him
euer
a
good
hope
and
recomforted
hym
in
the
fayth
/
saynge
that
without
ony
fawte
the
temptour
/
that
is
to
wete
the
deuyll
sholde
goo
from
hym
all
confuse
yf
that
he
resysted
corageously
/
saynge
more
/
that
where
a
batayll
is
more
sharpe
&
there
as
men
suffre
moost
of
the
party
aduerse
/
the
vyctorye
is
there
more
noble
and
more
dygne
of
loynge
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
sayd
Ysayas
/
that
the
hande
of
god
is
euer
stronge
ynoughe
for
to
socoure
vs
/
and
his
e●re
is
euer
redy
for
to
here
vs
/
but
we
maye
not
goo
in
paradys
/
but
by
many
paynes
and
trybulacyons
¶
The
brother
seynge
all
these
fayre
admonycyons
/
wolde
nomore
retourne
to
his
hermytage
/
but
abode
with
the
holy
fader
¶
And
from
hens
forth
he
resysted
agaynst
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
of
helle
ledynge
a
lyfe
ryght
holy
and
dygne
of
praysyng
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
was
in
lykewyse
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacion
soo
strongly
that
he
myght
not
abyde
within
his
chambre
/
and
for
to
fynde
remedye
therto
he
cam
to
seke
socours
and
comforte
vnto
an
abbot
named
Ysodore
/
of
whome
he
was
somwhat
comforted
in
admonestyng
hym
to
resyste
yf
he
wolde
be
champyon
and
veray
knyght
of
god
.
¶
But
neuerthelesse
the
sayd
Moyses
prayed
hym
that
he
sholde
not
retourne
to
his
chambre
¶
Thenne
Ysodore
seynge
that
he
wolde
not
goo
a
waye
/
he
brought
him
vnto
the
hyghest
place
of
his
house
/
and
made
hym
to
loke
out
atte
a
wyndowe
towarde
the
parte
Occydentall
.
¶
And
as
he
loked
vp
to
the
ayer
/
he
sawe
a
multyde
of
deuyls
.
¶
Thenne
Ysodore
sayd
vnto
hym
that
they
were
thoos
that
tempte
the
seruauntes
of
god
.
¶
After
that
he
made
hym
to
loke
out
atte
a nother
wyndowe
towarde
the
parte
Oryentall
where
he
sawe
without
nombre
more
of
good
angels
than
he
hadde
seen
of
badde
.
¶
Thenne
Ysodore
sayde
to
hym
that
they
were
thoo
that
god
sente
for
to
socour
vs
in
all
our
necessytees
/
and
for
to
helpe
vs
to
resyste
aganst
the
deuyls
temptacyons
.
¶
And
syn
sayd
to
hym
suche
wordes
/
wyte
it
thenne
Moyse
/
that
yf
thou
wylte
helpe
thy selfe
/
thou
shalte
ouercome
the
deuyl
lyghtly
.
For
we
haue
more
of
good
angels
to
helpe
vs
to
resyste
yf
we
wyll
doo
it
/
than
there
is
of
wycked
spyrytes
for
to
tempte
vs
¶
Thenne
was
the
abbot
Moyses
comforted
/
and
wente
agayne
to
his
hermytage
vtterly
delybered
for
to
resyste
agaynst
the
sayd
temptacyon
.
¶
A
wounderfull
&
laudable
constaunce
hadde
a nother
hermyte
dooyng
penaunce
in
Sychye
for
because
that
afore
his
professyon
in
the
lyfe
heremytarye
he
had
knowen
carnaly
a
moche
fayre
woman
.
¶
The
deuyll
that
euer
shall
mowe
begyle
&
deceyue
the
frendes
and
seuauntes
of
Ihesu
Cryste
/
brought
agayne
full
ofte
in
his
remembraunce
the
same
woman
puttynge
afore
his
eyen
the
grete
beawte
of
her
.
It
happed
by
suffraunce
dyuyne
that
a nother
brother
came
oute
of
Egypte
that
shewed
vnto
hym
as
trouthe
it
was
/
that
the
sayd
woman
was
deed
.
The
whiche
thyng
herde
by
the
sayd
brother
/
he
wente
to
the
place
there
she
was
buryed
/
and
syn
toke
a
waye
the
erthe
that
was
vpon
her
and
spradde
his
mauntell
ouer
the
deed
bodye
whiche
was
all
rotyn
/
and
meruayllously
he
began
to
rubbe
and
styre
the
same
his
mauntell
ayenst
the
rotynes
of
the
sayd
womans
ker●as
.
¶
And
this
done
he
wente
agayne
to
his
hermytage
¶
And
whan
ony
temptacyon
of
the
sayd
woman
came
to
hym
/
he
putte
a
fore
his
eyen
the
sayd
stenche
and
enforced
hym selfe
to
feele
it
tyll
that
the
sayd
temptacyon
was
passed
/
saynge
to
hym selfe
.
Corrupte
careyne
take
thy
fylle
of
the
bodye
that
soo
moche
Inordynatly
thou
desyrest
.
¶
And
by
this
he
resysted
constant●ly
to
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
and
lecherye
.
¶
Who
soeuer
wyll
kepe
his
chastyte
/
be
ought
not
to
haunte
in
places
where
wymmen
be
/
all
be
they
neuer
soo
parfyte
.
¶
Two
brethern
hermytes
somtyme
departed
togyder
out
of
theyr
hermytage
for
to
goo
to
the
Cyte
nexte
by
theym
to
selle
all
that
they
badde
laboured
with
theyr
handes
in
a
yere
for
to
store
theym
of
some
necessarye
thynges
.
¶
They
come
to
an
ynne
/
and
after
that
they
hadde
sold
alle
/
one
of
them
wente
for
to
seke
theyr
prouysyons
&
necessytees
for
all
the
yere
/
and
the
other
taryed
in
the
house
where
as
they
were
lodged
.
In
whiche
house
atte
the
entysynges
and
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
he
commytted
the
abhorred
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
Whan
the
other
was
come
to
hym
agayne
/
he
tolde
hym
that
it
was
tyme
to
goo
to
theyr
home
.
¶
He
that
hadde
done
the
sayd
synne
answerd
that
he
coude
not
retourne
declaryng
vnto
hym
his
synne
/
and
that
he
was
all
desperate
for
the
same
.
¶
That
other
seeyng
that
he
was
in
daunger
to
be
dampned
/
for
yf
he
hadde
abyden
with
the
worlde
/
happely
he
hadde
be
habaundonned
/
not
oonly
to
this
vyce
forsayd
/
but
also
to
all
other
/
for
to
reduce
hym
to
the
waye
of
helthfull
penaunce
he
swore
and
affermed
vnto
hym
agaynste
trouthe
/
that
in
lykewyse
he
hadde
done
suche
an
other
synne
/
hym
gyuyng
to
vnderstande
that
it
was
better
that
they
sholde
retourne
and
do
penaunce
suche
as
the
holy
fadres
sholde
enioyne
them
/
than
thou
they
sholde
euer
contynuwe
to
do
euyll
.
¶
After
be
recomforted
hym
of
the
grete
mercy
of
god
/
to
hym
sayeng
that
he
neuer
leueth
the
synner
soo
that
he
wyll
retourne
to
hym
by
waye
of
penaunce
.
So
wente
they
both
togyder
out
of
the
cyte
.
¶
And
he
that
had
not
synned
made
lyke
penaunce
as
his
felawe
dyde
for
to
gyue
him
corage
&
good
exemple
to
requyre
&
also
for
to
haue
a
very
hope
to
obteyne
of
our
lorde
his
grace
and
mercy
.
¶
And
within
a
whyle
after
god
shewed
vnto
the
holy
faders
by
reuelacyon
dyuyne
the
trouth
of
this
befalle
/
&
that
the
one
gafe
his
bodye
to
penaunce
for
the
salualōn
of
his
felawe
/
how
be
it
that
he
had
not
done
the
synne
.
¶
Men
maye
doo
no
fayrer
almose
than
to
gyue
his
body
for
to
saue
his
euencrysten
&
to
praye
god
for
his
soule
.
¶
An
other
brother
there
was
that
semblably
was
tempted
of
the
synne
of
lecherye
/
wherfore
by
dyuerse
tymes
he
camto
one
holy
fader
that
was
dwellyng
ynough
nyghe
him
&
euer
he
besought
hym
that
he
wolde
praye
god
for
him
/
but
the
more
that
the
holy
fader
prayed
/
the
sayd
brother
to
more
besely
requyred
him
to
praye
for
hym
.
¶
And
for
this
cause
the
sayd
holy
fader
was
both
nyght
&
daye
in
oryson
for
him
/
but
it
prouffyted
him
nought
/
wherof
the
sayd
holy
fader
was
sore
dyscomforted
knowyng
that
his
oryson
was
not
herde
.
¶
But
our
lord
for
to
comforte
hym
shewed
to
hym
a
vysyon
the
cause
why
he
was
not
herde
/
&
that
it
was
by
occasyon
of
the
neglygence
of
him
for
whom
he
prayed
/
the
whiche
wolde
not
helpe
hym selfe
for
to
resyst
corageously
ayenst
the
temptacyon
of
the
deuyls
/
but
rather
toke
a
plesure
to
see
the
Illusyons
that
the
deuyll
presented
vnto
hym
puttyng
in
his
mynde
the
remembraunce
of
many
dyshonost
women
.
And
how
well
that
in
these
folysshe
Illusyons
his
good
angell
that
was
full
heuy
and
sory
as
him
semed
of
that
he
resysted
not
ayenst
the
sayd
temptacyons
/
neuertheles
he
made
no
force
for
it
.
So
sayd
he
to
the
sayd
brother
.
My
frende
but
yf
the
take
corage
of
thy self
castyng
a
backo
the
delectacyons
that
the
deuyll
presented
to
the
I
can
not
helpe
that
by
my
prayers
And
therfor
thou
must
put
thy selfe
in
oryson
&
to
fast
/
to
sygh
&
to
wepe
/
&
other
abstynences
to
do
.
Thou
knowest
that
the
leche
whan
he
wyl
gyue
to
the
pacyent
some
remedyes
ayenst
his
maladye
/
yf
the
seke
kepe
not
hymselve
from
suche
metes
that
ben
contrarye
to
his
helthe
/
with
grete
payne
the
leche
shall
he
le
him
.
¶
Also
thy selfe
the
arte
in
dedely
synne
thou
puttest
no
payne
to
recouer
the
grace
of
god
that
thou
hast
lost
/
but
doest
the
contrarye
of
that
he
commaundeth
the
to
do
thrugh
the
pleasure
that
thou
takest
in
the
temptacyons
of
the
flesshe
.
Therfor
helpe
thy selfe
/
&
god
shall
helpe
ye.
For
otherwyse
the
holy
faders
that
are
leches
spyrytual
sholde
not
conne
because
to
restore
to
thy
soule
her
helthe
.
¶
The
brother
by
these
remonstracōns
toke
at
his
herte
so
grete
contrycyon
that
he
obteyned
the
mercy
of
god
/
&
the
sclaunderous
&
wycked
passyon
of
lecherye
wente
a
waye
from
hym
.
¶
For
no
maner
of
nede
that
a
man
hath
he
ought
not
to
suffre
the
ony
yong
woman
serue
in
his
house
/
all
be
she
his
kynneswoman
or
otherwyse
.
¶
An
her
myte
beyng
in
his
hermytage
&
doynge
there
penaunce
was
by
one
his
kynnes
woman
wretchedly
deceyued
.
For
the
deuyll
styred
the
same
his
kynnes
woman
for
to
see
the
sayd
hermyte
in
his
hermytage
where
he
receyued
her
benyngly
/
&
at
this
cause
she
bode
with
him
a
space
of
tyme
/
the
whiche
tyme
/
he
knewe
her
carnaly
.
Not
ferre
from
the
same
hermytage
dwelled
a
holy
fader
right
deuoute
/
the
which
by
many
dayes
afore
the
caas
was
happed
/
when
he
put
water
in
a
vessell
of
his
owne
for
him
to
drynke
/
incōtynēe
as
he
wold
take
the
vessell
trowyng
to
haue
dronken
of
the
water
/
the
vessell
tourned
vpsodōne
in
his
hande
&
spylled
the
water
&
coude
not
drynke
out
of
it
.
Thenne
he
thought
he
wolde
shewe
this
to
his
felawe
for
to
knowe
what
it
mente
.
Soo
toke
he
his
waye
for
to
come
to
his
hermytage
/
but
he
was
beclypped
of
the
nyghte
and
constrayned
for
to
goo
lye
in
a
Temple
where
Yooles
were
.
¶
As
he
slepte
within
the
sayde
Temple
/
he
herde
the
deuyls
that
sayde
one
to
the
other
/
how
that
nyghte
they
hadde
made
an
hermyte
to
falle
in
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
with
a
womman
that
was
of
his
sybbe
.
¶
The
holy
hermyte
herynge
these
wordes
was
therof
sore
meruaylled
.
¶
On
the
morowe
acte
sprynge
of
the
daye
he
began
to
walke
forth
on
his
waye
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
was
come
there
as
his
felawe
was
.
¶
And
entryng
in
his
hermytage
he
founde
hym
trystefull
and
sore
to
the
deth
.
¶
After
his
gretynge
yeuen
vnto
hym
tolde
hym
how
his
water
dyde
spylle
oute
of
his
vessell
when
he
sholde
drynke
/
and
that
for
to
haue
his
counseyll
in
this
matere
/
he
was
come
towarde
hym
.
¶
That
other
that
hadde
done
the
sayd
synne
of
lecherye
answered
.
¶
Alas
my
brother
I
haue
gretter
nede
of
thy
counseyll
/
than
thou
of
myne
/
for
the
last
nyght
I
felle
in
to
the
fowle
dyshonest
and
abhomynable
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wherof
I
haue
offended
my
god
and
my
maker
wyckedly
.
¶
Thenne
his
felawe
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
wyst
it
well
and
shewed
hym
the
maner
/
how
he
beynge
a
slepe
within
a
Temple
of
Ydoles
hadde
herde
the
deuyls
sayeng
the
one
to
the
other
that
whiche
is
sayd
.
¶
Thenne
he
that
hadde
synned
as
withoute
hope
wolde
haue
gone
to
the
worlde
and
forsake
his
hermytage
.
But
that
other
recomforted
hym
aswell
as
he
coude
/
praynge
hym
to
abyde
styll
in
his
telle
/
and
that
better
it
was
to
sheue
oute
the
sayde
woman
to
th
ende
they
two
togyder
myghte
doo
penaunce
tyll
that
god
had
pardonned
hym
his
synne
/
the
whiche
thynge
he
dyde
/
and
syth
ledde
a
lyfe
moche
deuoute
and
holy
.
¶
Whan
men
are
ouermoche
vexed
&
trauaylled
of
the
deuyll
/
and
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
the
souerayne
remedye
is
to
occupye
hym selfe
in
prayers
and
orysons
/
or
in
temporall
werkes
/
and
flee
ydlenes
whiche
is
the
rote
of
all
vyces
.
¶
To
this
purpose
we
rede
that
an
holy
hermyte
beyng
in
a
place
named
Celya
/
the
whiche
by
the
deuyls
was
sore
tempted
for
to
acomplysshe
the
synne
of
lecherye
.
He
consydered
in
hym selfe
that
it
was
of
necessyte
that
he
sholde
sette
hym selfe
to
some
werke
by
the
whiche
his
bodye
were
strongly
trauaylled
¶
Now
this
broder
was
a
potmaker
/
so
aduysed
he
that
he
sholde
make
a
woman
of
erthe
/
&
in
dede
he
dyde
so
/
after
that
she
was
made
/
he
sayd
to
his
thoughtes
the
tourmented
him
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
that
he
had
a
woman
to
kepe
.
But
bycause
that
this
notwithstandyng
he
was
euer
tempted
as
aboue
/
he
ymagyned
to
labour
more
than
he
had
done
tofore
/
&
made
childern
of
erthe
saynge
after
to
his
thoughtes
when
they
moeued
him
to
lecherye
that
he
hadde
bothe
wyfe
and
childern
.
Morouer
for
to
ouercome
his
passyons
/
he
purposed
to
laboure
more
than
he
had
done
afore
/
sayng
that
nedes
he
muste
trauaylle
/
aswell
for
to
gete
his
wyfe
&
childern
theyr
lyuyng
/
as
also
for
to
clothe
theym
.
Fynably
he
swaged
and
traueyled
his
flesshe
/
soo
that
with
payne
he
myght
remoeue
hym selfe
.
¶
And
thus
god
seeyng
his
grete
perseueraunce
toke
awaye
from
hym
alle
these
foule
thoughtes
and
hym
replenysshed
with
his
grace
/
wherof
he
gloryfyed
and
gaue
thankes
and
laudes
to
the
name
of
oure
sauyour
and
redemptour
Ihesu
cryste
Nothyng
is
more
lyght
to
be
brought
than
is
the
temptacyon
of
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
.
¶
And
bycause
that
in
the
sayde
synne
soone
take
grete
and
Inordynate
loue
.
It
is
of
necessyte
that
the
nourysshynge
of
the
sayd
synne
be
putte
awaye
by
oryson
and
makyng
leene
of
the
bodye
.
¶
To
this
purpose
a
brother
asked
ones
to
an
abbot
named
Poemen
what
thynge
he
myght
doo
for
to
Resyste
agaynste
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wherof
he
suffred
and
endured
soo
grete
payne
that
he
lost
therby
his
entendement
and
be
came
as
furyouse
.
¶
The
holy
abbot
answered
vnto
hym
that
the
souerayne
remedye
hadde
be
founde
by
the
prophete
Dauyd
that
sayth
.
¶
I
haue
stroke
the
lyon
/
and
often
I
haue
slayne
the
beere
.
That
was
to
saye
/
that
he
toke
a
waye
the
woodnesse
and
the
enforced
angre
of
his
heed
.
That
was
the
bowyng
and
Inordynate
wylle
of
this
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
And
by
this
meane
also
by
the
labour
&
vexacyon
of
his
bodye
he
dyspysed
&
ouercame
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
Here
fynysshed
the
exortacions
how
men
ought
to
eschewe
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
Other
exortacyons
folowen
for
to
acquyre
the
vertue
of
pacyence
and
humylyte
begynnyng
in
latyn
(
Dicebant
sancti
seniores
&c.
OTher
exortacōns
wryteth
sainte
Ierom
for
to
haue
the
noble
vertue
of
humylyte
whiche
is
the
foundement
of
all
vertues
/
and
also
the
ryght
necessary
vertue
of
pacyence
.
And
fyrst
he
putteth
an
exemple
of
an
holy
hermyte
that
enhabyted
the
desertes
of
Sychye
whiche
was
boundman
and
thrall
to
some
lordes
dwellyng
in
the
Cyte
of
Alexandrye
.
This
hermyte
euery
yere
came
donne
from
his
hermytage
in
to
the
Cyte
for
to
bryng
them
the
pensyon
that
he
ought
to
them
as
the
seruaunts
done
to
theyr
lordes
/
but
the
sayd
lordes
that
towarde
hym
had
grete
reuerence
&
parfyte
loue
came
hym
ayenst
requyrynge
hym
that
he
wolde
pray
god
for
them
/
whan
he
was
come
his
custome
was
to
gyue
them
theyr
sayd
pensyon
/
and
to
putte
water
in
to
a
bassyn
for
to
wasshe
theyr
fete
as
holden
he
was
to
doo
bycause
of
his
sayd
lordshyppe
.
¶
The
sayd
lordes
that
wolde
not
that
he
sholde
serue
them
of
soo
lowe
seruyce
sayde
vnto
hym
.
¶
O
fader
right
benygne
/
doo
not
vnto
vs
soo
grete
wronges
/
as
for
to
wasshe
our
fete
.
For
surely
thou
angrest
vs
yf
thou
doo
soo
.
¶
Thenne
the
holy
fader
answered
to
them
.
The
almyghty
and
souerayne
god
Ihesu
cryste
hath
ordeyned
you
to
be
my
lordes
and
I
to
be
your
thrall
wherof
I
thanke
hym
/
and
therfore
I
ought
to
doo
to
you
this
scruyce
as
your
bounde
man
.
¶
I
praye
you
right
hertly
that
ye
wyll
take
a
worthe
this
lytell
scruyce
/
and
that
ye
receyue
the
pensyon
that
I
owe
you
.
¶
The
lordes
answered
that
they
sholde
neuer
take
pensyon
more
of
hym
.
But
he
answerde
ayenst
them
sayeng
/
yf
they
toke
not
the
sayd
pensyon
/
that
he
sholde
neuer
retourne
to
his
hermytage
/
but
sholde
serue
them
all
his
lyfe
.
¶
Thenne
they
ferynge
lest
he
sholde
be
angry
/
and
to
th
ende
he
sholde
goo
agayne
to
his
hermytage
/
they
toke
the
sayd
pensyon
/
and
gaue
it
Incontynente
to
the
poore
folke
for
goddes
sake
.
¶
Ones
vpon
a
tyme
they
questyoned
hym
why
he
brought
to
them
this
pensyon
as
a
bounde
man
syth
that
they
wolde
not
take
it
.
¶
And
he
answered
he
dyde
soo
for
to
quyte
hym
of
the
oblygacyon
where
of
he
was
bounde
to
them
/
and
also
ferynge
leste
he
sholde
lese
the
meryte
of
his
fastynge
watchynge
and
orysons
/
yf
he
payed
not
the
pensyon
that
he
ought
vnto
them
/
supposynge
in
his
mynde
yf
he
payed
it
not
/
that
the
gooddes
that
he
dyde
in
his
hermytage
sholde
retourne
to
the
prouffyte
of
his
lordes
vnder
whos
lordshyppe
his
oratorye
or
lytyll
house
was
buylde
and
sette
.
¶
Good
and
kynde
fraternyte
is
often
cause
of
deuocyon
/
but
yet
moche
more
the
goostly
fraternyte
.
¶
Two
men
were
brethern
germayn
and
goostly
brethern
/
for
they
were
bothe
togyder
relygyouses
.
¶
The
deuyll
enuye
of
all
bounte
trowed
to
haue
departed
them
one
from
the
other
and
wolde
haue
putte
dyscencyon
bytwene
them
.
¶
It
happed
ones
that
the
yongest
of
bothe
lyghted
a
candell
atte
euen
.
And
as
he
sholde
putte
it
in
the
candelstyck
/
the
deuyll
Inuysybly
made
it
to
falle
donne
to
the
grounde
and
putte
it
out
trowyng
to
moeue
noyse
&
dyuysyon
amonge
the
sayd
two
bre●heren
.
Soo
rose
vp
the
eldest
brother
in
grete
wrathe
smote
the
yongest
/
the
whiche
lyenge
atte
grounde
began
to
saye
.
¶
O
my
lorde
be
pacyente
I
shal
go
lyght
it
agayn
.
The
deuyll
seeyng
that
the
yongest
had
gyuen
soo
gracyouse
an
answere
/
and
that
by
this
meane
he
myght
not
bryng
them
in
dyfferente
/
incontynent
he
went
from
them
all
confuse
.
¶
And
the
next
nyght
the
deuyll
shewed
it
to
the
prynce
of
the
deuyls
/
saynge
that
for
the
humylyte
of
the
yongeste
Relygyouse
be
coude
not
haue
sewed
hatred
nor
dyuys●on
amonge
them
.
¶
Saynge
more
ouer
that
oure
lorde
by
occasyon
of
his
sayde
humylyte
hadde
spredde
ouer
hym
his
grace
/
wherof
he
was
sore
tourmented
.
¶
The
preest
of
the
lawe
that
herkened
the
narracions
of
the
same
deuyll
was
wounderfully
abasshed
And
consyderyng
the
grete
losse
of
the
soules
that
the
deuyll
drue
to
hym
by
the
trayne
of
Ydolatry
/
went
to
the
holy
faders
for
to
be
Instructe
of
them
in
the
doctryne
of
oure
blessyd
sauyour
&
Redemer
Ihesu
Cryste
.
Recytyng
to
them
this
that
the
deuyls
had
purposed
that
same
nyght
.
And
fynably
after
that
he
was
baptysed
he
toke
the
habyte
of
an
hermyte
.
And
syn
by
the
meane
of
the
grace
of
god
of
the
whiche
he
was
replenysshed
/
he
was
a
man
of
right
holy
lyfe
.
And
pryncypally
he
was
so
humble
/
that
all
the
faders
were
meruayled
of
his
grete
humylyte
.
And
he
affermed
that
the
vertue
of
mekenes
is
that
same
that
moost
ouercome
the
deuyls
of
helle
.
¶
Also
by
mekenes
god
our
blessyd
sauyour
and
redemptour
hath
vyctoryously
brought
vnder
fote
all
the
puyssaunce
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
More
ouer
he
certefyed
that
a nother
tyme
he
herde
the
deuyls
saye
/
that
when
they
tempte
ony
by
mocion
of
Iniurye
the
one
ayenst
the
other
/
yf
the
one
suffreth
pacyently
the
Iniuryes
that
be
doon
to
hym
/
prayng
him
that
of
Iniuryeth
hym
to
haue
pacyence
as
the
yong
hermyte
dyde
to
his
brother
/
Incontynent
the
deuyls
haue
no
more
puyssaunce
to
trouble
nor
tyse
hym
to
synne
.
¶
How
be
it
that
vertue
is
worthy
to
be
honoured
/
alwayes
the
vertuous
persone
ought
to
flee
the
places
where
men
doo
to
hym
honour
/
to
the
ende
that
the
deuyll
tempte
hym
not
by
vayne
glorye
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
to
this
purpose
recounted
to
his
brethern
/
that
in
the
ryme
that
Theodosius
was
Emperour
of
Constantynople
.
There
was
an
hermyte
that
hadde
a
lytell
house
without
the
towne
of
Constantynople
nyghe
ynoughe
to
a
place
of
pleasure
where
the
Emperours
wente
gladely
to
passe
the
tyme
by
maner
of
recreacion
.
¶
Theodosius
knowyng
of
the
sayde
hermyte
and
that
he
neuer
wente
out
of
his
sayde
house
purposed
for
to
goo
vysyte
hym
.
And
whan
he
was
nyghe
the
sayd
place
/
he
made
his
folke
to
tarye
and
wolde
goo
there
all
one
.
Soo
came
he
and
knocked
atte
the
hermytes
dore
.
The
holy
hermyte
rose
vppe
anone
and
opened
the
gate
.
After
that
the
Emperour
was
entred
there
ynne
/
he
looked
alle
aboute
the
chambre
and
he
founde
there
no
thynge
but
a
lytyll
drye
brede
.
He
prayed
the
sayde
hermyte
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
some
mete
.
¶
The
holy
man
presented
hym
Incontynente
brede
/
salte
/
and
water
.
Thenne
after
that
the
Emperour
asked
hym
how
the
holy
faders
of
Egypte
dyde
lyue
in
the
deserte
.
Where
vnto
he
answered
that
contynuelly
they
prayed
and
were
in
theyr
orysons
for
the
saluacyon
of
theyr
soules
.
¶
More
ouer
the
Emperour
asked
hym
yf
he
knewe
hym
not
.
And
he
answered
naye
.
Thenne
the
Emperour
tolde
hym
that
he
was
Theodosius
the
Emperour
of
Constantynople
.
¶
Thenne
the
hermyte
kneled
donne
on
his
knees
a
fore
hym
to
the
grounde
.
But
Theodosius
toke
hym
vp
sayeng
in
this
maner
.
Ye
Relygyouses
are
right
happy
in
this
presente
worlde
/
for
ye
lyue
without
solycytude
and
are
euer
in
peas
.
All
your
laboure
is
to
doo
the
saluacyon
of
your
soules
/
and
to
acquere
the
Royalme
of
paradyse
.
And
in
good
sothe
I
tell
the
holy
fader
that
I
that
am
Emperour
hadde
neuer
rest
/
but
I
haue
be
&
am
contynuelly
in
laboure
and
trybulacyon
/
and
be
it
in
drynkyng
or
in
etyng
.
Dame
solycytude
cometh
and
telleth
my
morcelles
.
After
the
Emperour
salued
hym
honestely
and
toke
leue
of
hym
.
The
man
of
god
consyderyng
all
the
nyght
how
the
Emperour
was
come
to
hym
/
was
a
ferde
that
many
other
lordes
sholde
come
in
lykewyse
to
hym
Wherfore
dredynge
the
grete
honour
that
they
myght
haue
done
to
hym
/
purposed
to
goo
thens
And
in
dede
he
wente
to
the
deserte
of
Egypte
with
the
other
holy
faders
/
to
th
ende
that
he
were
not
withdrawe
nor
brought
from
his
humylyte
by
the
pleasure
that
he
myght
haue
taken
in
the
vysytacyons
of
the
lordes
that
shold
haue
comen
see
hym
.
Soo
ought
we
well
to
take
hede
to
the
exemple
of
the
sayde
holy
fader
that
toke
soo
moche
payne
vpon
hym
for
to
kepe
his
humylyte
without
whiche
we
maye
not
come
to
the
euerlastyng
glorye
.
¶
Of
the
sayd
abbot
Poemen
Recounted
the
holy
faders
that
on
a
tyme
the
Iuge
of
the
prouynce
where
he
was
that
hadde
herde
many
thynges
of
his
holynesse
sente
hym
worde
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
wouchesauffe
to
receyue
hym
in
to
his
house
/
for
he
wolde
goo
see
hym
.
¶
The
holy
man
Poemen
thought
in
hym selfe
that
yf
the
sayd
Iuge
sholde
come
to
hym
/
many
other
myght
also
come
there
/
where
by
his
conuersacyon
sholde
be
knowen
the
whiche
he
hadde
kepte
soo
secretly
sythe
the
tyme
of
his
yongthe
.
¶
And
by
this
myghte
the
deuyll
thrughe
his
cautele
and
malyce
tempte
him
of
vayne
glorye
.
And
thus
he
sholde
lese
all
the
meryte
that
he
hadde
acquered
.
¶
Alle
these
thynges
consydered
/
the
abbot
Poemon
sente
worde
to
the
sayde
Iuge
that
he
sholde
not
receyue
him
This
answere
herde
the
Iuge
was
angry
and
wrothe
supposyng
that
the
holy
fader
wolde
not
receyue
hym
because
he
was
to
grete
a
synner
.
Alwayes
he
thought
in
hym selfe
by
what
maner
he
myght
best
speke
with
hym
.
So
he
aduysed
hym selfe
and
made
to
be
take
and
brought
to
pryson
the
sone
of
the
syster
of
the
sayde
holy
man
/
ymagynyng
that
when
the
sayde
saynte
Poemen
sholde
knowe
of
it
he
sholde
come
for
to
sue
his
delyueraunce
towarde
hym
/
or
ellys
he
sholde
be
contente
for
to
Receyue
hym
in
his
celle
or
lytell
house
.
¶
And
this
doon
he
sente
worde
to
the
holy
abbot
Poemen
/
that
he
sholde
not
be
wroth
for
the
prysonement
of
his
neuewe
.
For
as
soone
as
he
wolde
come
and
speke
with
hym
he
sholde
be
delyuered
oute
of
pryson
.
The
syster
of
the
sayd
holy
man
all
wasshed
in
teeres
went
to
the
deserte
for
to
telle
hym
these
tydynges
/
but
he
had
a
meruayllous
constaunce
/
for
he
nother
opned
the
dore
nor
spake
not
to
his
syster
wherfor
she
as
a
woman
from
her
wytte
began
for
to
curse
Poemen
be
cause
of
that
he
had
no
compassyon
ouer
her
sayeng
O
ryght
harde
herted
&
euyll
man
●●
thy
hert
made
of
yron
which
can
not
be
moeued
thurgh
the
teeres
of
thy
syster
Germayn
.
I
haue
but
one
oonly
sone
whiche
thou
leuest
in
daunger
onely
by
cause
that
wyll
not
obeye
to
the
petycyon
of
the
Iuge
.
The
abbot
Poemen
sent
anone
suche
or
semblable
wordes
vnto
the
Iuge
.
Syr
Iuge
.
Poemen
hath
no
childern
of
his
body
begoten
ouer
whome
he
ought
to
sorowe
ne
make
compassyon
.
The
Iuge
herynge
this
wordes
/
sent
him
a
letter
contaynyng
this
that
foloweth
.
Abbot
Poemen
yf
thou
wylte
not
come
to
speke
with
me
to
th
ende
that
thy
neuewe
may
be
delyuerd
/
wryte
vnto
me
in
forme
of
a
supplycacyon
/
&
I
shall
graunte
all
that
thou
shalte
desyre
of
me
.
Thenne
at
the
exhortacion
of
som
th
abbot
Poemen
wrote
to
hym
in
this
maner
.
Thy
noblenes
shall
make
good
informacyon
of
the
lyfe
of
my
neuewe
/
&
yf
he
hath
deserued
deth
make
hym
deye
/
to
th
ende
that
in
this
presente
worlde
he
be
punysshed
of
his
synnes
/
wherby
he
maye
eschewe
that
payne
euerlastyng
And
yf
he
hath
not
done
that
thynge
wherby
he
sholde
be
worthy
to
suffre
deth
for
it
/
make
of
hym
that
whiche
thou
maye
suffre
to
be
do
after
thy
lawes
.
¶
A nother
of
the
holy
faders
of
Egypt
named
Agathon
very
pacyent
&
humble
was
of
some
bretheren
vysyted
/
by
cause
they
desyred
to
knowe
his
grete
pacyence
&
humylyte
that
men
sayd
was
in
hym
.
And
for
to
preue
him
they
sayd
to
hym
many
grete
Iniuryes
hym
repreuyng
that
all
his
holy
faders
were
sclaundred
thrugh
his
pryde
/
&
that
by
his
exaltacyon
he
setted
all
the
other
to
nought
in
bachytyng
and
blasphemyng
them
/
With
this
they
sayd
to
hym
/
that
the
cause
why
he
blaphemed
his
felawes
/
it
was
by
cause
he
was
lecherous
.
And
to
th
ende
that
men
sholde
not
suppose
nor
deme
hym selfe
allone
to
be
lecherous
/
he
contynuelly
sclaundred
the
other
.
The
holy
man
Agathon
to
these
Iniuryes
&
other
answered
humbly
/
that
he
coude
not
denye
the
synnes
of
the
whiche
he
was
by
them
accused
/
but
knewe
to
haue
commysed
theym
&
doon
/
and
after
kneled
done
before
them
&
sayd
.
My
brethern
I
beseche
you
that
it
wyll
please
you
to
praye
god
for
me
that
am
a
ryght
wretchyd
synner
/
to
the
ende
that
by
your
orysons
my
god
wyll
pardonne
me
/
&
that
thrugh
your
merytes
I
may
haue
therof
Indulgence
&
remyssyon
.
The
brethern
Iniuryed
him
more
than
they
hadde
done
afore
/
sayeng
that
he
was
an
heretyke
.
But
the
holy
fader
thenne
answerd
.
My
brethern
I
knowlege
my selfe
a
grete
synner
/
but
the
synne
that
ye
maye
put
vpon
me
hurteth
nother
my
soule
nor
my
body
/
for
it
is
nought
in
me
.
The
sayd
brethern
after
that
they
had
herde
his
answere
/
they
casted
hem
selfe
doune
on
her
knees
before
hym
requyryng
hym
that
it
wolde
please
him
to
pardonne
them
that
whiche
they
had
surmysed
vpon
hym
/
&
praysed
hym
of
his
grete
humylyte
by
the
whiche
he
hadde
endured
all
pacyently
withoute
moeuyng
of
hym selfe
.
Thenne
sayd
Agathon
for
to
kepe
humylyte
/
of
the
whiche
groweth
Infynyte
frutes
.
I
haue
wyll
to
suffre
all
excepte
the
accusacyon
of
the
vyce
of
heresye
.
¶
Our
sauyour
Ihu
cryst
endured
all
the
Iniuryes
&
shames
that
the
Iewes
dede
to
him
for
to
yeue
vs
exemple
of
humylyte
.
¶
Also
he
suffred
the
deuyll
to
tempte
hym
.
But
whan
the
deuyll
purposed
to
make
hym selfe
to
be
worshypped
by
hym
/
he
myght
not
suffre
it
.
For
that
selfe
Iniurye
reproued
to
the
deyte
Alwayes
he
endured
vnto
the
deth
the
false
excusacyons
and
besynes
that
the
Iewes
wytnessed
ayenst
hym
/
gyuyng
vnto
vs
exemple
/
that
we
ought
to
endure
&
bere
pacyently
all
Iniuryes
and
rebukynges
.
But
as
touchyng
the
synne
of
heresye
wherof
ye
haue
accused
me
for
bycause
that
the
sayd
synne
maketh
men
to
be
departed
from
god
/
&
Ioyneth
them
with
the
deuyll
I
haue
not
mowe
for
this
cause
endure
it
.
For
yf
we
were
departed
from
god
we
sholde
not
wete
to
whome
we
sholde
praye
for
the
remyssyon
of
our
synnes
.
And
of
the
other
parte
yf
we
be
Ioyned
vnto
hym
/
he
shall
be
our
protectour
and
shall
gyue
vs
at
the
last
his
Royalme
so
that
we
do
our
deuoy●
toward
hym
.
¶
Atte
that
tyme
all
the
holy
faders
&
relygyouses
that
enhabyted
the
deserte
of
Suchye
were
assembled
in
theyr
chirche
whiche
is
sette
in
thoo
deserte
/
for
to
these
Ysaac
for
theyr
grete
preest
&
souerayne
bysshop
In
whiche
chirche
atte
certayne
dayes
they
all
●omo●yd
togyder
&
those
the
sayd
Ysaac
.
The
whiche
herynge
these
tydynges
fledde
in
to
Egypt
.
Thenne
many
of
the
brethern
fledde
after
hym
.
But
they
were
take
of
the
nyght
so
that
for
that
tyme
they
coude
not
fynde
hym
.
And
the
good
Ysaac
desyryng
to
be
ferre
fro
them
/
to
th
ende
that
they
sholde
not
fynde
hym
be
hydde
hym selfe
within
a
grete
busshe
.
The
brethern
seeyng
that
they
myght
not
goo
nomore
they
vnladed
an
asse
that
they
had
whiche
bare
theyr
vytayles
for
to
ete
by
the
waye
.
and
let
hym
go
to
pasture
where
he
wolde
.
But
a
wounderfull
thyng
happed
/
for
the
asse
wente
streyght
to
pasture
&
reste
hym selfe
at
the
busshe
where
the
holy
fader
Ysaac
was
.
And
in
the
mornyng
when
they
wolde
haue
gone
forthe
on
theyr
waye
/
they
yede
to
the
sayd
busshe
where
they
founde
theyr
asse
by
the
holy
man
whiche
they
wolde
haue
bounde
and
broughte
by
force
with
them
.
But
he
wolde
not
late
hym
be
bounde
/
but
answerde
to
them
in
grete
humylyte
.
My
brethern
I
see
well
that
it
is
the
wyll
of
god
that
I
shall
obeye
to
you
.
So
a●●
I
delybered
to
please
you
and
to
accepte
the
charge
that
ye
gyue
me
how
be
it
that
I
am
vnworthy
.
¶
Also
in
the
sayd
deserte
were
two
brethern
dwellyng
tegyder
/
the
whiche
bycause
of
theyr
pacyence
and
humylyte
were
gretly
commended
and
praysed
of
the
other
brethern
.
The
one
of
them
wyllynge
to
preue
yf
they
were
parfyte
in
mekenes
and
pacyence
wente
&
vysyted
them
/
&
he
was
receyued
of
them
honestly
&
w●th
grete
Ioye
.
After
that
they
had
done
togyder
theyr
orysons
as
they
were
wonte
/
he
that
was
come
for
to
tempte
them
lepte
out
of
theyr
celle
&
lytell
house
&
entred
in
a
lyt●ll
gardyn
where
they
gadred
some
coles
/
&
thenne
for
to
haue
angred
the
sayd
●●●thern
/
he
toke
a
staffe
&
brake
&
marred
all
theyr
coles
that
grewe
well
f●●yre
&
hyghe
except
one
cole
allone
.
But
the
brethern
seeyng
his
maner
doynge
sayd
to
hym
no
thyng
/
but
shewed
to
hym
a
mery
countenaunce
&
made
him
good
chere
.
Soone
after
they
withdrewe
to
theyr
house
for
to
say
euensonge
〈◊〉
they
had
sayd
euensong
/
they
〈◊〉
to
hym
that
had
wasted
theyr
co●●●
〈…〉
yf
a
pleaseth
the
we
shal
〈◊〉
at
the
fyre
〈◊〉
cole
that
is
left
hole
/
for
is
tyme
for
to
take
a
refeccyon
¶
Ch●●●
this
other
broder
knowynge
theyr
grete
charyte
/
humylyte
&
pacyence
/
began
to
comforte
them
sayng
I
thanke
god
our
creatour
of
the
graces
that
he
hath
gyuen
to
you
.
¶
For
I
knewe
that
the
holy
ghost
is
with
you
And
therfore
I
praye
you
my
brethern
that
vnto
the
deth
ye
kepe
euer
in
you
p●rfye
humylyte
&
pacyence
/
for
by
the
same
yt
shall
be
electe
and
chosen
grete
lordes
in
the
Ioye
of
heuen
.
¶
In
a
monasterye
was
a
relygyous
the
whiche
by
longe
season
had
be
febled
by
maladye
/
&
the
brethern
wyste
not
how
to
recouer
vnto
him
his
helth
bycause
they
hadde
noo
delycate
metes
wherof
he
coude
recouer
his
appetyte
to
mete
/
&
also
they
were
not
well
lerned
to
attende
vpon
syke
folke
.
¶
A
deuoute
woman
consyderyng
these
thynges
/
besought
the
abbot
that
he
wolde
sende
to
her
house
the
sayd
relygyous
/
saynge
that
more
easely
she
myght
fynde
&
gete
in
the
cyte
that
that
were
nedefull
for
his
helthe
to
recouer
/
than
the
relygyouses
coude
do
in
theyr
monasterye
.
¶
The
whiche
request
herde
of
the
sayd
abbot
that
desyred
ryght
moche
the
recouer
&
helthe
of
his
relygyous
/
graunted
to
the
sayde
woman
/
&
sente
to
her
house
that
sayd
Relygyous
/
to
whome
to
good
entent
●●ryng
the
space
of
thre
yere
she
admynystred
to
him
all
his
necessytees
&
made
hym
to
be
tended
right
well
.
But
because
that
he
was
so
longe
syke
with
her
/
m●●y
one
spake
of
it
/
saynge
that
it
was
not
to
be
belyued
that
this
relygyous
myght
companye
so
long
with
the
sayd
woman
without
he
sholde
synne
greuously
with
her
.
¶
The
good
relygyous
beynge
yet
syke
was
enfourmed
of
this
spekyng
/
wherfore
he
made
his
prayer
vnto
god
sayeng
.
O
my
souerayne
god
that
allone
without
other
seest
&
knoweste
the
grete
euyls
&
vexacyons
whiche
I
endure
&
the
nede
in
whiche
I
am
in
/
where
it
is
so
that
I
knowe
the
veray
rewardone
of
those
that
for
the
honour
of
the
doo
some
seruyces
to
thy
pouer
and
nedy
seruauntes
.
I
beseche
the
humbly
that
it
wyll
please
the
by
thy
grete
and
benygne
lyberalyte
to
rewarde
this
good
woman
in
the
lyue
euerlastyng
of
all
the
goodes
and
seruyces
by
her
done
vnto
me
for
the
loue
of
the
/
gyuynge
vnto
her
the
hondred
folde
rewarde
therof
/
as
thou
hast
promysed
in
the
holy
scrypture
to
them
that
shall
serue
the
truly
.
¶
The
whiche
prayer
the
same
Relygyous
contynued
longe
tyme
and
vnto
the
houre
of
his
dethe
.
¶
But
afore
that
he
decessed
in
the
presence
of
many
Relygyouses
and
other
folke
of
deuocyon
that
were
come
to
see
hym
in
that
laste
necessyte
.
He
desyred
that
the
staffe
wheron
he
lened
in
tyme
of
his
sykenesses
/
sholde
be
plaunted
and
sette
vpon
his
graue
/
in
exortyng
the
assystentes
and
other
thad
hadde
spoken
of
hym
and
of
his
good
kepar
/
that
yf
they
hadde
had
ouer
them
ony
euyll
opynyon
/
that
when
the
sayde
staffe
sholde
sprynge
and
haue
floures
and
sholde
bere
fruyte
/
they
sholde
thenne
haue
stedfast
belyue
that
he
neuer
had
synned
with
her
.
¶
And
yf
it
wexed
not
grene
beryng
fruyte
/
that
they
sholde
gyue
credence
to
the
wordes
that
men
hadde
sayd
of
hym
and
of
her
as
for
a
trouthe
.
The
whiche
thyng
was
done
soo
.
And
it
happed
myraculously
that
the
staffe
after
that
he
was
sette
vpon
his
graue
in
the
erthe
as
he
had
desyred
/
sodaynly
it
wexed
grene
with
floures
and
bare
fruyte
/
wherof
alle
the
brethern
togyder
honoured
&
gloryfyed
the
myght
of
god
.
¶
And
Saynt
Ierom
wryteth
that
he
hym selfe
sawe
the
tree
that
proceded
and
grewe
of
the
sayd
staffe
.
¶
By
this
it
appyreth
vnto
vs
well
openly
that
god
our
blyssed
creatour
kepeth
curyously
theym
that
of
good
affeccyon
and
veray
confydence
serue
hym
.
¶
And
what
some
euer
sclaunder
or
shame
that
is
done
to
vs
wrongfully
/
we
ought
to
hope
veryly
/
that
the
trouthe
by
myracle
or
otherwyse
/
shal
be
soone
or
late
knowen
¶
A
poore
man
whiche
was
vexed
and
thrauaylled
of
the
deuyll
was
brought
to
an
holy
abbot
named
Appolon
by
some
folke
the
whiche
prayed
him
thre
dayes
duryng
affectuelly
that
he
wolde
delyuer
out
of
this
Inconuenyence
the
poore
syke
.
¶
The
sayd
holy
man
atte
theyr
prayers
and
supplycacyons
answered
that
he
was
not
of
soo
grete
meryte
towarde
god
that
he
sholde
haue
gyuen
vnto
hym
ony
power
or
auctoryte
of
the
deuyls
.
¶
But
what
answere
that
he
made
to
them
/
they
more
and
more
prayed
hym
/
wherfore
he
seeyng
theyr
grete
constaunce
/
came
to
fore
the
sayd
syke
and
coniured
the
deuyll
saynge
.
In
the
name
of
god
our
creatour
.
O
spyryte
Infamed
I
commaunde
the
that
thou
departe
soone
oute
of
the
bodye
of
this
creature
.
¶
The
deuyll
thenne
answered
.
I
neuer
abode
in
place
whan
I
am
commaunded
in
the
name
of
god
to
departe
.
¶
Neuerthelesse
or
that
I
shall
goo
I
aske
the
sayde
the
deuyll
/
what
betokenen
in
the
gospell
these
wordes
/
what
are
the
wethers
/
what
are
the
sheep
/
wherat
the
holy
man
answered
in
this
maner
.
The
wethers
represente
the
Iniuste
&
wyeked
amonge
the
whiche
I
am
the
worste
because
of
my
grete
and
outrageouse
synnes
.
But
as
to
the
sheep
god
onely
knoweth
them
.
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
cryeng
with
a
lowde
voyce
sayd
.
Ha
Appolon
I
maye
not
bycause
of
thy
grete
humylyte
abyde
noo
lenger
afore
the.
And
Incontynent
he
lefte
the
pacyente
as
halfe
deed
that
he
hadde
afore
tourmented
soo
sore
/
and
yede
awaye
cryeng
horrybly
/
and
was
herde
of
all
them
that
were
presente
/
whiche
sawe
the
myracle
wherof
they
rendred
thankes
vnto
our
lorde
that
soo
grete
myracles
dothe
by
the
merytes
of
his
humble
seruauntes
¶
After
the
Rehersall
of
the
holy
faders
/
somtyme
was
a
Relygyouse
in
the
deserte
of
Sychye
/
the
whiche
desyrynge
for
to
be
Instructe
in
good
maners
for
the
saluacyon
of
his
soule
/
he
wente
for
to
see
the
holy
faders
that
dwelled
in
a
place
called
Cely●
.
And
whan
he
was
come
there
/
he
wyste
not
where
to
lodge
hym selfe
for
the
grete
multytude
of
Relygyouses
that
were
there
.
¶
The
whiche
thynge
seeyng
one
of
them
/
moeued
of
compassyon
/
delyuered
hym
a
celle
or
lytyll
house
that
he
hadde
/
and
tolde
hym
that
he
sholde
abyde
there
tyll
that
he
hadde
founde
on
other
.
¶
After
that
he
hadde
be
there
a
lytyll
whyle
many
of
the
brethern
came
and
vysyted
hym
for
to
here
and
lerne
of
hym
some
good
for
the
soule
.
For
he
hadde
that
gyfte
of
god
that
he
coude
well
teche
prudently
other
folke
.
¶
The
Relygyouse
that
hadde
lodged
hym
was
moche
enuyous
of
the
worshyppe
that
the
other
Relygyouse
made
hym
/
and
sayd
to
hym selfe
.
It
is
long
a
goo
that
I
fyrste
come
dwelle
in
this
deserte
/
and
now
the
bretheren
come
not
see
me
but
oonly
vpon
the
holy
dayes
/
and
euery
daye
they
come
to
vysyte
and
see
hym
to
whome
I
haue
taken
my
lodgys
/
the
whiche
came
but
now
late
a
goo
.
¶
Thenne
he
sente
hym
worde
by
his
dyscyple
that
he
sholde
goo
out
of
his
sayd
lodgys
.
for
he
wolde
occupye
it
.
The
dyscyple
came
to
the
holy
fader
and
shewed
hym
his
eraunde
alle
the
countrarye
saynge
.
Fader
deuoute
/
my
fader
hath
sente
me
vnto
the
for
to
wyt
how
thou
doest
/
for
he
herde
saye
that
thou
was
lyke
.
Ha
good
seruaunte
/
he
was
not
lyke
the
seruaunt
of
this
tyme
present
whiche
be
more
redy
to
bere
the
euyll
tydynges
than
good
.
¶
The
holy
fader
answered
to
the
dyscyple
/
that
he
sholde
thanke
humbly
his
fayre
fader
and
that
he
sholde
recomende
hym
to
his
deuoute
prayers
/
and
in
lykewyse
sayd
to
the
sayd
dyscyple
that
he
sholde
praye
for
hym
/
for
he
felte
his
stomake
right
sore
enfebled
.
¶
The
dyscyple
came
agayne
to
his
fayre
fader
and
sayd
to
hym
.
My
fader
he
prayeth
the
ryghte
affectuelly
that
thou
gyue
hym
space
to
auoyde
two
dayes
hangynge
the
whiche
he
shall
see
for
to
be
purueyed
of
a nother
.
¶
After
that
thre
dayes
were
passed
/
he
sente
agayne
his
dyscyple
to
telle
to
the
sayd
holy
fader
that
he
sholde
departe
/
or
ellys
he
sholde
hunte
hym
oute
with
a
staffe
.
¶
The
dyscyple
retourned
to
the
holy
fader
to
whome
he
sayd
.
Fayre
fader
I
come
here
bycause
that
my
fader
is
in
grete
payne
to
knowe
yf
thou
arte
better
atte
ease
than
thou
were
afore
/
this
thre
dayes
were
passed
/
and
therfore
telle
me
how
thou
feleste
now
thy selfe
.
¶
The
holy
man
answered
.
My
brother
I
thanke
god
hyghely
of
that
thou
haste
take
soo
moche
payne
for
me
/
for
certaynely
by
thy
prayers
I
haue
recouernd
my
helthe
.
¶
The
dyscyple
came
to
his
abbot
and
sayde
to
hym
.
My
fayre
fader
he
prayeth
the
as
moche
as
to
hym
is
possyble
/
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
haue
pacyence
tyll
sondaye
/
and
incontynent
he
shall
departe
.
¶
The
sondaye
was
come
/
and
the
Relygyous
sore
moeued
with
enuye
wente
oute
of
his
lodgyse
with
a
staffe
for
to
chace
oute
the
other
from
his
house
.
¶
Thenne
the
dyscyple
seeyng
the
furour
of
his
mayster
prayde
hym
that
he
wolde
suffre
hym
goo
afore
/
to
th
ende
yf
ony
brethern
were
with
the
other
Relygyouse
/
that
he
sholde
not
be
shamed
to
make
hym
ony
gryfe
.
¶
The
dyscyple
Incontynent
departed
and
came
to
the
deuoute
Relygyouse
and
tolde
hym
thus
.
My
fader
and
frende
.
My
fayre
fader
cometh
towarde
the
I
counseyll
the
to
goo
from
hens
ayenst
hym
/
for
he
loueth
the
oboue
all
other
.
¶
Thenne
yssued
the
good
man
out
of
the
house
well
gladde
/
and
whan
he
was
come
to
hym
he
kneled
on
his
knees
and
sayd
.
O
my
ryght
well
beloued
brother
I
thanke
the
moche
of
thy
celle
that
thou
hast
lente
me
for
goddes
sake
/
to
whome
humbly
I
beseche
that
he
wyll
rewarde
the
for
it
in
the
lyfe
that
euer
shall
last
.
¶
That
other
holy
fader
threwe
thenne
the
staffe
from
hym
and
toke
hym
in
his
armes
for
to
kysse
hym
.
¶
After
he
poynted
hymself
for
to
go
take
his
repast
with
hem
in
his
celle
forsayd
.
And
when
they
were
arryued
the
fayre
fader
abbot
demaunded
of
his
dyscyple
yf
he
hadde
done
to
the
other
his
messages
that
he
hadde
charged
hym
to
telle
hym
for
to
make
hym
to
voyde
his
lodgys
.
The
dyscyple
answered
.
Certaynely
fayre
fader
I
telle
the
that
when
thou
commaunded
me
to
go
to
hym
I
durst
not
for
the
reuerence
and
obeyssaunce
that
I
owe
vnto
the
as
to
my
fader
/
answere
ony
wordes
ayenst
the
/
but
neuerthelesse
I
neuer
tolde
hym
that
/
that
thou
hade
me
telle
hym
.
¶
The
Relygyouse
heryng
the
dyscyple
speke
/
and
knowynge
his
prudence
.
Incontynente
be
cast
hym selfe
donne
atte
his
fete
and
sayd
to
hym
.
I
promyse
the
that
from
hens
for
thou
thou
shalte
be
my
mayster
/
and
I
shall
be
thy
dyscyple
.
For
by
thyne
attemperaunce
and
the
good
drede
that
thou
hast
hadde
of
me
thou
haste
delyuered
my
soule
fro
synne
.
¶
And
by
this
we
see
/
that
seruauntes
ought
to
loue
more
the
saluacyon
of
theyr
maysters
soules
/
than
to
theyr
wycked
wylles
ayenst
theyr
sauete
/
to
obtempre
or
he
agreable
.
¶
The
holy
faders
testyfyed
to
one
named
Iohan
that
was
dyscyple
of
Pawle
the
abbot
/
that
this
Iohan
was
veraye
pacyent
humble
and
obeyssaunte
.
¶
And
whan
his
abbot
commaunded
ony
thynge
for
to
be
doo
/
how
well
that
they
were
dyffycyle
/
he
neuer
sayd
theyr
ayenst
nor
murmured
ayenst
him
.
¶
It
happed
ones
that
in
his
monasterye
men
had
grete
nede
to
haue
a
quantyte
of
dong
of
oxen
/
so
sent
the
abbot
Powle
his
dyscyple
Iohan
for
to
fette
the
sayd
donçe
where
as
he
coude
fynde
it
.
¶
The
dyscyple
Incontynent
yelded
hym selfe
redy
for
to
go
but
neuerthelesse
he
tolde
him
that
he
had
herde
many
persones
say
that
there
about
was
a
lyonesse
that
deuoured
the
folke
that
she
mette
.
Thabbot
all
playnge
sayd
vnto
him
/
go
go
care
not
for
it
yf
she
come
to
the
thou
shalt
bynde
her
&
shal
brynge
her
with
the.
This
sayd
the
good
dyscyple
Iohan
departed
&
sought
so
longe
tyll
that
he
had
founde
the
sayd
●onge
that
he
sought
/
but
the
lyonesse
came
there
the
whiche
lept
vpon
him
for
to
haue
deuoured
hym
.
The
yong
dyscyple
desyryng
to
do
that
his
mayster
had
commaunded
him
enforced
hym selfe
for
to
take
her
/
but
she
scoup
out
of
his
handes
/
he
ranne
after
her
saynge
.
O
best
tary
thy
selfe
/
my
fader
abbot
hath
tolde
me
/
that
I
sholde
bynde
that
to
th
ende
that
I
shold
brynge
the
afore
him
.
Thenne
by
suffraunce
dyuyne
the
sayd
best
taryed
her self
styl
tyll
that
she
was
bounde
/
&
fynably
suffred
herselfe
to
be
ledde
by
the
dyscyple
vnto
the
presence
of
his
abbot
/
that
whiche
seeyng
this
myracle
gloryfyed
that
name
of
god
.
And
his
dyscyple
sayd
to
him
.
My
fader●
haue
acomplysshed
&
done
that
the
thou
dedest
commaunde
me
.
Thabbot
dredyng
that
the
dyscyple
sholde
gloryfye
hymselve
of
this
werke
done
of
him
repreued
him
gretely
sayeng
.
Thou
art
an
ouermoche
foole
to
haue
brought
hether
this
ferfull
best
&
therfor
vnbynde
thou
her
to
th
ende
that
she
maye
go
where
she
lyst
her selfe
¶
One
of
the
holy
faders
sente
ones
his
dyscyple
to
fette
water
att
a
welle
whiche
was
ferre
from
his
celle
or
cotage
.
¶
This
dyscyple
forgate
to
take
with
him
the
corde
for
to
haue
his
bokette
donne
in
to
the
welle
wherof
he
was
full
sory
whan
he
founde
him selfe
without
it
at
the
sayd
welle
.
For
he
wyst
not
how
to
do
for
to
drawe
water
/
nor
he
durst
not
go
home
without
.
And
fyndyng
hymselve
thus
troubled
/
he
began
to
praye
god
on
his
knees
&
sore
wepyng
made
vnto
hym
suche
a
Requeste
&
oryson
.
O
my
god
that
haste
made
the
heuen
the
erthe
/
the
see
/
&
all
the
meruayllouse
thynges
that
be
therin
/
thou
knoweste
that
thy
seruaunt
hath
sent
me
here
for
to
bryng
him
water
.
I
beseche
the
that
thou
wyll
suffre
that
I
maye
bere
him
some
.
Soone
after
he
tourned
his
speche
vpon
the
well
sayeng
.
O
welle
gyue
socours
to
the
seruaunte
of
god
myn
abbot
that
hath
sente
me
here
for
to
brynge
hym
of
thy
water
.
And
incontynente
after
these
wordes
sayd
/
by
the
suffraunce
of
god
dyuyne
/
the
water
of
the
sayd
welle
aryesed
her selfe
vp
vnto
the
borders
of
the
welle
aboue
.
And
when
the
dycyple
had
fylled
his
vessell
the
water
wente
donne
agayne
in
her
owne
place
.
¶
And
this
done
the
dyscyple
wente
&
bare
water
to
his
abbot
thankyng
and
gloryfyeng
the
name
of
our
lorde
.
¶
Eulalius
was
a
good
Relygyouse
full
of
all
humylyte
&
of
so
grete
symplenes
that
when
ony
thyng
blameful
was
done
in
the
monasterye
where
he
dwelled
/
they
that
had
done
it
scused
them
/
sayeng
that
the
sayd
broder
Eulalius
had
done
it
.
¶
And
thenne
whan
his
elders
came
to
repreue
hym
of
the
fautes
that
wrongfully
and
withoute
cause
were
putte
vpon
hym
/
the
good
Relygyouse
by
his
grete
humylyte
kneled
on
bothe
his
knees
before
them
and
asked
them
therof
pardon
as
yf
he
him
selfe
hadde
commysed
the
sayde
fautes
.
¶
And
bycause
that
the
sayd
elders
towarde
whom
he
was
often
tymes
accusyd
/
sawe
that
he
corrected
not
hymself
for
theyr
admonycōns
/
they
folowyng
the
rules
of
the
monasterye
sette
hym
to
faste
many
dayes
for
his
penaunce
.
And
he
bare
it
alle
pacyently
obeynge
to
his
sayd
elders
&
to
all
theyr
wylles
the
whiche
trowyng
by
the
acusacōns
that
the
other
yonge
brethern
made
agaynst
hym
wherof
he
scused
not
him selfe
/
that
he
euer
sholde
perseuer
in
his
malyce
and
wyckednes
without
to
correcte
ne
amende
hym selfe
in
ony
wyse
/
went
to
theyr
fader
abbot
for
to
aske
hym
what
of
the
sayd
brother
Eulalius
was
to
be
done
/
the
whiche
they
sayd
was
Incorrygyble
.
For
the
wende
not
that
he
endured
the
sayde
penaunce
by
his
humylyte
/
but
byleued
that
he
made
all
suche
fautes
as
he
was
acused
of
.
So
sayd
they
to
the
sayd
abbot
O
fader
we
haue
as
moche
as
to
vs
hath
be
possyble
suffred
&
endured
the
grete
fautes
of
the
brother
Eulalius
/
by
whose
wyckednesse
slouth
and
neclygence
all
the
necessaryes
&
ornamentes
of
our
chirche
be
wasted
toren
and
broken
/
he
setteth
nought
by
our
correccyons
and
wyll
doo
no
thyng
for
vs
.
And
therfor
we
are
come
towarde
the
for
to
wyt
what
thy
wyll
is
to
be
done
in
this
behalfe
.
¶
The
abbot
thenne
answered
to
them
.
My
brethern
lat
vs
abyde
awhyle
and
haue
pacyence
/
and
thenne
after
we
shall
dyspose
therof
as
we
shall
see
moost
expedyent
&
lawful
to
be
doo
.
This
answere
soo
done
/
the
abbot
entred
in
his
secrete
oratorye
/
&
made
his
request
vnto
god
to
the
ende
he
wolde
Instructe
hym
what
was
to
be
done
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
/
whiche
thynge
was
to
hym
shewed
of
our
lordes
dyuyne
reuelacyon
.
¶
And
anone
he
assembled
all
his
relygyouses
/
to
whome
he
sayde
this
that
foloweth
.
¶
My
bretheren
byleue
me
.
I
ensure
you
I
loue
better
the
matte
of
Eulalius
with
his
humylyte
and
pacyence
/
than
all
the
werkes
of
those
that
murmure
agaynst
hym
and
that
dysprayse
hym
And
to
the
ende
that
ye
shall
knowe
what
meryte
he
hath
toward
god
/
brynge
me
here
all
your
mattes
&
ye
shall
see
what
I
shall
doo
.
¶
The
mattes
that
brought
and
sette
togydre
all
in
a
hepe
the
fader
abbot
made
them
to
be
fyred
And
in
effect
nothyng
abode
there
vnbrente
/
excepte
oonly
the
matte
of
the
good
Eulalius
/
the
whiche
in
the
myddes
of
all
the
other
abode
hole
withoute
ony
hurte
of
the
fyre
.
¶
All
the
brethern
seeyng
this
myracle
humbly
Requyred
him
pardon
of
that
they
hadde
spoken
&
lyed
vpon
hym
/
&
syth
bare
hym
honour
as
to
one
of
the
gretest
of
theyr
monasterye
.
¶
Eulalius
seeyng
that
men
dyde
to
him
so
grete
honour
doubtyng
to
lese
humylyte
by
vayn
glorye
or
otherwyse
departed
vpon
a
nyghte
and
yede
his
waye
to
enhabyte
him selfe
in
the
deserte
within
a
caue
for
to
eschewe
the
worshyp
and
pryde
of
the
worlde
.
¶
It
is
prouffytable
&
necessarye
that
we
knewe
the
laudable
vertue
of
pacyence
of
the
holy
fader
abbot
Anastasius
to
th
ende
that
we
consyderyng
the
same
/
&
his
meruayllous
magnanymyte
&
kyndenesse
/
we
enforce
oureself
to
be
suche
atte
his
exemple
.
¶
He
had
a
boke
of
fyn
parchemen
conteynyng
both
the
olde
and
the
newe
testamente
/
the
whiche
was
of
grete
pryce
and
value
.
For
it
was
estymed
to
be
worthe
.xviij.
shylyng
of
the
money
that
atte
that
tyme
had
cours
/
the
whiche
sholde
drawe
to
a
ryght
grete
somme
of
syluer
of
the
money
that
is
now
occupyed
in
this
londe
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
came
towarde
hym
for
to
see
hym
/
and
seyng
that
he
was
not
in
his
lodgys
/
sawe
the
sayd
boke
the
whiche
bycause
that
it
semed
hym
fayre
he
toke
it
and
bare
it
away
as
a
theef
.
Anastasius
retourned
sought
his
boke
for
to
studye
in
it
/
but
he
founde
it
not
.
¶
And
because
he
was
tolde
that
the
sayd
Relygyouse
hadde
be
in
his
lodgys
/
he
thought
that
he
hadde
robbed
it
/
and
dredynge
leste
he
sholde
forswere
hymselfe
yf
he
made
questyon
vnto
hym
of
it
/
he
durst
not
telle
hym
nothyng
of
it
.
¶
Within
a
whyle
after
the
sayd
Relygyouse
brought
the
sayd
booke
with
hym
to
be
solde
in
a
Cyte
moost
nere
to
the
monasterye
of
the
sayd
saynt
Anastasius
.
¶
And
because
that
the
marchaunt
to
whome
the
sayd
Relygyouse
wolde
haue
solde
the
sayd
booke
/
wolde
not
by
it
withstandynge
this
that
he
knewe
not
how
moche
it
myght
well
be
worth
/
he
lente
therupon
the
somme
of
.xvi.
shelynges
.
And
this
done
he
cam
to
the
holy
fader
Anastasius
for
to
shewe
hym
the
sayd
boke
&
to
wyt
of
hym
yf
it
was
well
worth
the
sayd
.xvi.
shelynges
.
¶
The
good
abbot
Anastasius
andswered
vnto
him
ye
/
&
that
it
was
a
good
boke
.
So
wente
agayn
the
marchaunt
to
the
sayd
broder
/
&
gaf
hym
for
it
certayne
pryce
of
syluer
by
a
sale
made
bytwene
them
/
&
with
this
bargayne
he
tolde
him
/
that
the
abbot
Anastasius
had
tolde
hym
that
it
was
a
good
boke
&
that
it
was
well
worthe
the
pryce
.
¶
Thenne
was
the
brother
sore
aferde
&
asked
of
the
sayd
marchaunt
/
yf
the
sayd
abbot
had
not
tolde
him
none
other
thyng
.
The
whiche
answered
that
nay
.
¶
The
brother
herknyng
after
these
wordes
was
righte
sory
and
asked
the
boke
agayne
of
the
sayd
marchaunt
.
And
syn
after
in
grete
compunccyon
yelded
it
ayene
to
the
bysshop
Anastasius
prayeng
hym
that
he
wolde
forgyue
hym
his
synne
.
¶
Anastasius
wolde
not
take
agayne
the
sayd
boke
/
but
gaue
it
vnto
him
desyryng
him
that
he
sholde
take
it
with
hym
/
but
the
broder
wolde
neuer
departe
thens
tyll
Anastasius
had
taken
it
agayne
as
his
owne
/
and
syghed
and
wepte
full
sore
askyng
pardon
of
his
synne
.
Whan
the
holy
abbot
sawe
his
compunccyon
/
he
toke
this
broder
for
to
dwelle
with
hym
/
with
whome
he
abode
all
the
dayes
of
his
lyue
.
¶
An
other
hermyte
there
was
somtyme
named
Pyot
that
whiche
abode
a
space
of
tyme
with
saynt
Anthony
/
whan
the
sayd
Pyot
was
come
to
.xxv.
yere
of
his
age
/
of
the
consentyng
of
saynt
Anthonye
/
he
wente
to
a
place
moche
secrete
and
ferre
from
all
folke
for
to
lyue
there
solytaryly
/
the
whiche
place
was
sette
betwix
the
londe
of
Nitrye
&
the
deserte
of
Sychye
/
when
he
was
come
to
the
sayd
place
/
he
was
constrayned
to
make
a
welle
for
to
haue
water
out
of
the
erthe
.
¶
And
as
he
was
deluynge
and
besy
about
it
/
he
purposed
to
drynke
of
suche
water
that
he
sholde
fynde
there
.
It
happed
that
it
was
founde
so
salte
and
so
bytter
/
that
all
thoo
that
came
there
to
see
this
holy
hermyte
were
constrayned
to
bryng
water
with
them
because
they
myghte
not
drynke
of
the
water
of
his
welle
forsayde
.
¶
Neuerthelesse
the
good
Pyot
vsed
the
same
water
duryng
the
space
of
.xxx.
yere
and
had
none
other
drynke
.
And
when
the
other
brethern
dede
telle
him
that
he
sholde
departe
from
the
sayde
place
for
to
eschewe
the
sayd
water
/
he
answered
to
them
.
My
brethern
yf
we
flee
the
bytternesses
of
this
world
/
how
trowe
ye
that
we
be
worthy
to
haue
the
Ioyes
of
paradyse
.
¶
This
Pyot
lyued
an
harde
lyfe
and
a
sharpe
.
For
whan
he
wente
to
ony
other
place
/
he
bare
with
hym
but
a
lofe
of
brede
as
blacke
as
ashys
and
of
fygges
fyue
.
¶
In
.xxx.
yere
he
neuer
wente
out
of
his
hermytage
/
nother
for
dethe
of
his
parentes
nor
for
ony
other
necessyte
.
¶
Atte
the
ende
of
.xxx.
yere
a
wydowe
his
owne
syster
sent
two
of
her
childern
to
praye
hym
that
he
wolde
come
speke
with
her
a
fore
her
dethe
/
to
whome
he
answered
that
he
wolde
not
goo
to
her
.
Wherfore
this
two
childeren
wente
towarde
seynt
Anthonye
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
commaunde
hym
for
to
goo
vysyte
his
syster
.
And
saynt
Anthonye
dyde
so
.
¶
Soo
toke
the
good
hermyte
Pyot
a nother
Relygyouse
with
him
and
obeynge
to
the
commaundement
of
saynt
Anthonye
wente
for
to
vysyte
his
syster
.
¶
When
they
were
come
atte
her
house
/
he
closed
his
eyen
by
cause
he
sholde
not
see
her
/
and
after
sayd
vnto
her
.
I
am
thy
brother
/
beholde
me
as
moche
as
thou
wylte
/
and
Incontynente
he
departed
and
wente
agayne
to
his
hermytage
.
¶
And
this
he
dyde
for
to
Instructe
the
prelates
and
abbottes
/
that
they
sholde
not
gyue
leue
to
theyr
relygyouses
for
to
see
theyr
parentes
or
neyghboures
whan
they
wolde
goo
theyr
for
the
grete
Inconuenyences
that
sholde
mowe
happen
there
by
.
¶
An
abbot
called
Iohan
dwellynge
in
a
mountayne
named
Calamys
had
in
lykewyse
a
syster
whiche
was
a
woman
of
Relygyon
/
the
whiche
hadde
tysed
hym
for
to
forsake
the
worlde
/
&
all
the
vanytees
of
the
same
.
He
was
xxiiij
.
yere
that
he
wente
neuer
out
of
his
monasterye
and
without
to
go
vylyte
his
syster
/
how
well
she
desyred
sore
to
see
hym
.
And
to
this
entent
she
sent
him
lettres
by
the
whiche
she
prayde
hym
humbly
that
he
wolde
come
&
speke
with
her
a
fore
the
endynge
of
her
lyfe
for
to
be
comforted
of
hym
att
her
last
ende
.
¶
Neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
goo
there
.
Wherfore
she
wrote
to
hym
agayne
letyng
hym
to
wyte
yf
he
came
not
vnto
her
/
that
she
sholde
be
constrayned
for
to
go
to
him
herself
The
holy
abbot
was
thenne
sore
on
angred
thynkyng
in
hym selfe
/
but
yf
he
dyde
ayenst
the
entente
and
purpose
of
his
syster
/
he
sholde
be
cause
that
/
many
other
women
atte
the
exemple
of
her
sholde
vndertake
in
lyke
wyse
for
to
goo
see
theyr
kynnesmen
that
were
of
Relygyon
/
to
the
grete
hurtynge
of
theyr
saluacyon
/
wherfore
he
loued
better
for
to
go
to
her
/
than
that
she
sholde
haue
occasyon
for
to
come
to
hym
.
¶
Soo
toke
he
two
of
his
Relygyouses
with
hym
for
to
bere
hym
company
/
and
wente
to
the
monasterye
where
his
syster
was
.
¶
And
after
that
he
hadde
knocked
atte
the
gate
/
his
syster
came
there
acompanyed
with
two
other
women
of
Relygyon
.
But
bycause
that
in
.xxiiij.
yere
they
hadde
not
seen
eche
other
she
knewe
not
her
brother
/
the
whiche
neuerthelesse
knewe
her
well
/
but
he
wolde
not
make
hym
to
be
knowen
.
¶
The
brethern
that
were
come
with
hym
asked
of
her
some
water
for
to
drynke
/
for
they
were
wery
and
chaffed
of
the
waye
.
¶
And
after
that
they
hadde
dronke
they
retourned
agayne
to
theyr
monasterye
without
ony
other
worde
to
haue
with
her
.
Wherfore
she
not
knowyng
that
it
hadde
be
he
/
and
wrote
vnto
hym
agayne
/
that
he
sholde
come
see
hyr
/
or
ellys
her
soule
perysshed
.
¶
The
abbot
her
brother
for
an
answere
sente
her
worde
/
how
that
he
hadde
be
with
her
by
that
same
token
that
she
had
gyuen
them
drynke
/
wherfore
it
sholde
suffyse
her
/
and
otherwyse
she
sholde
not
see
hym
.
¶
And
with
this
by
his
lettres
prayed
her
/
that
she
wolde
haue
hym
for
euer
Recomended
in
prayers
towarde
god
/
for
to
obteyne
more
easely
by
meane
of
the
same
the
saluacyon
of
his
soule
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
dyde
otherwyse
.
Some
folke
brought
hym
worde
that
his
syster
was
syke
/
and
anone
he
purposed
for
to
goo
to
her
that
hadde
not
sente
for
hym
/
whan
he
was
come
to
the
monasterye
where
she
was
professed
.
Incontynent
she
sent
to
him
worde
that
he
sholde
retourne
agayne
and
that
she
wolde
not
speke
with
hym
/
but
and
god
wolde
she
sholde
see
hym
in
heuen
.
¶
And
this
dyde
the
good
ladye
for
to
shewe
that
the
men
ought
not
to
be
lycenced
nor
suffred
all
be
they
parentes
or
other
what
soo
euer
they
be
to
haunte
in
the
monasteryes
where
women
of
Relygyon
be
.
¶
For
to
knowe
the
vertues
of
the
abbot
Theodorus
/
it
is
to
be
noted
that
he
was
dyscyple
of
Saynt
Pachomyen
of
whome
is
wryten
here
afore
where
it
is
touched
how
in
Thebayde
be
many
monasteryes
and
Infynyte
Relygyouses
vnder
hym
.
¶
It
happed
that
the
syster
of
the
sayd
Theodorus
for
to
see
hym
/
transported
her selfe
vnto
the
monasteryr
wherof
he
was
abbot
/
to
whome
some
of
his
Relygyouses
Incontynente
that
she
was
come
wente
and
shewed
vnto
hym
her
comynge
.
¶
The
whiche
thynge
by
hym
knowen
/
not
wyllyng
for
to
speke
with
her
/
sente
her
worde
/
that
it
myght
suffyse
her
to
knowe
that
he
was
in
good
helthe
/
and
that
she
sholde
not
care
nomore
for
to
come
see
hym
.
¶
Morouer
prayed
her
that
she
sholde
Renounce
the
deceyuable
vanytees
of
the
worlde
/
and
that
she
sholde
take
her
to
the
astate
of
Relygyon
/
to
the
ende
that
she
sholde
come
to
the
felycyte
and
beatytude
eternall
/
and
after
that
she
sholde
thynke
in
her selfe
that
yf
she
dyde
not
soo
in
kepyng
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
she
myghte
not
in
noo
wyse
be
saued
.
¶
And
to
the
this
purpose
in
hauynge
stedfast
fayth
and
hope
in
god
/
without
ony
doubte
she
sholde
lyue
euerlastyngly
.
¶
When
she
hadde
herde
his
answere
/
as
she
hadde
be
Inspyred
of
the
holy
goost
/
she
yelded
her
in
a
monasterye
of
women
of
Relygyon
where
she
was
of
ryght
holy
conuersacyon
.
¶
The
moder
of
the
sayde
Theodorus
when
she
vnderstode
these
tydynges
/
made
some
bysshopes
to
wryte
vnto
saynt
Pachomyen
fader
abbot
of
the
sayd
Theodorus
her
sone
/
that
he
sholde
commaunde
hym
for
to
come
speke
with
her
/
and
Saynt
Pachomyen
dyde
so
atte
the
requeste
of
the
sayd
bysshopes
that
had
wryten
to
hym
for
it
.
Theodorus
after
the
lettres
of
his
fadr
abbot
seen
and
redde
that
his
moder
had
broughte
hym
/
sente
her
worde
that
for
feere
to
offende
god
/
he
durste
not
speke
with
her
.
For
thus
to
doo
he
sholde
gyue
to
many
a
Relygyouse
bothe
to
men
&
women
occasyon
&
maner
to
doo
the
same
.
Wherfore
he
prayed
her
that
she
wolde
contente
herselfe
&
that
for
that
tyme
with
hym
she
sholde
not
speke
.
She
thenne
abydyng
atte
the
gate
whan
she
knewe
that
he
wolde
not
come
speke
with
her
/
purposed
to
herself
neuer
to
retourne
atte
her
house
.
Soo
wente
she
to
a
monasterye
of
virgyns
whiche
was
nyghe
ynough
by
the
sayde
abbaye
/
sayeng
in
herselfe
that
she
sholde
see
hym
some
tyme
whenne
he
sholde
goo
oute
of
it
for
the
nedefull
affayres
of
the
same
/
ymagynynnge
also
/
that
she
myght
profyte
in
the
monasterye
of
the
sayd
virgyns
for
the
holy
&
deuoute
lyfe
that
they
ledde
theyr
/
wherby
lightly
she
myght
do
her
saluacyon
in
takyng
exemple
to
the
constaunce
of
her
sone
.
¶
Saynt
Pachomyen
of
whom
is
wryten
here
afore
dyde
meruaylouse
thynges
and
was
almoost
egall
vnto
saynt
Anthonye
.
¶
He
made
on
a
tyme
his
prayer
vnto
god
that
in
a
certayn
tyme
he
myght
haue
no
lust
for
to
slepe
/
to
the
ende
that
nyght
&
daye
he
sholde
watche
for
to
fyght
ayenst
the
deuyls
tyll
that
he
had
acomplysshed
that
whiche
Dauyd
sayth
in
his
psalme
.
¶
Neuer
sayth
he
in
spekynge
of
the
deuyls
.
I
shall
not
ceasse
tyll
they
be
ouercome
.
The
whiche
Requeste
god
graunted
him
.
¶
And
this
holy
Pachomyen
sayd
/
that
the
deuyls
haue
no
myght
ouer
vs
/
so
that
we
wyll
resyst
to
theyr
temptacions
/
by
meane
of
that
grace
of
god
whiche
we
ought
to
calle
vpon
.
¶
He
sayd
also
that
many
tymes
he
had
herde
the
deuyls
when
they
recounted
theyr
controuersyes
togydre
/
&
how
on
a
tyme
one
of
them
sayd
these
wordes
.
I
gyue
oftentymes
wounderful
lettynges
&
grete
temptacyons
vnto
an
hermyte
/
but
as
so
soone
that
I
haue
gyue
hym
one
assawte
/
he
casteth
hymself
donne
to
the
erthe
&
prayeth
god
/
wherfore
I
am
constrayned
to
flee
awaye
all
confuse
¶
An
other
sayd
.
I
holde
a nother
in
my
puyssaunce
whiche
fulfylleth
folysshly
all
the
wycked
thoughtes
that
I
sette
him
afore
.
I
make
hym
often
to
chyde
&
to
braule
&
to
make
noyse
with
his
neyghbours
.
I
yelde
him
slouthfull
to
the
seruyce
of
god
.
¶
And
therfore
the
holy
man
Pachomyen
sayde
to
his
brethern
.
I
pray
you
my
children
/
that
ye
be
alwayes
redy
to
calle
vpon
the
grace
of
the
holy
g●ost
when
ony
temptacyon
shall
come
vpon
you
/
&
be
awaytyng
in
oryson
/
as
the
postle
gyueth
counseyll
/
&
watche
curyously
in
doynge
of
the
same
.
With
this
he
warned
them
to
haue
euer
in
theyr
mynde
the
name
of
Ihus
.
And
after
that
he
had
in
trute
taught
them
thus
/
they
went
ayene
to
theyr
houses
/
&
neuer
they
spake
wordes
in
vayne
the
one
to
the
other
/
but
alwayes
of
the
holy
scrypture
/
&
pryncypally
of
those
thynges
that
moeued
them
to
prayer
/
and
to
loue
&
drede
god
.
¶
Oure
lorde
gaf
a
synguler
gyfte
of
grace
to
one
of
that
olde
holy
faders
/
for
he
sawe
wonderfull
thynges
whiche
his
brethern
myght
not
see
.
Whan
the
sayd
brethern
dysputed
togyder
of
the
holy
scriptures
/
he
sawe
the
angels
that
assysted
about
them
.
And
to
the
contrary
when
they
deuysed
of
vayne
thynges
/
he
sawe
the
deuyls
in
lykenes
of
hegges
playng
amonge
them
/
&
toke
plesure
in
theyr
wordes
And
his
custome
was
atte
ony
tyme
that
he
sawe
suche
vysyon
that
he
withdrawe
hymselfe
in
to
his
chambre
/
&
there
he
wepte
full
pyteously
/
consyderynge
the
myseryes
&
wretchydnesse
in
whiche
the
deuyll
putteth
vs
thrugh
his
subtyltees
/
decepcōns
&
malycyouse
temptacyons
.
And
after
he
went
ayen
to
his
brethern
/
whiche
he
exorted
to
flee
vayne
wordes
/
&
also
folysshe
thoughtes
/
in
shewyng
vnto
them
/
that
by
the
same
we
slee
in
vs
the
grace
of
god
/
&
renne
in
to
his
Indygnacyon
/
&
of
all
the
court
of
paradyse
.
¶
Morouer
he
sayd
that
he
was
certayn
that
as
soone
&
incontynent
that
we
profer
or
within
our
thoug●te
purpose
for
to
do
ony
thyng
dyshonest
our
good
angell
departed
from
vs
/
and
Incontynent
the
hadde
angell
taketh
possessyon
of
our
soule
.
¶
After
he
warned
them
that
they
sholde
not
speke
euermoche
/
sayeng
that
in
habondaunce
of
wordes
/
men
maye
not
eschewe
synne
/
&
also
the
spyryte
is
therby
more
weeke
ton
withstonde
ayenst
the
wycked
temptacions
¶
In
the
palays
of
Theodosius
th
emperour
was
an
holy
man
named
Arsenye
that
had
two
children
/
one
was
called
Archadius
/
&
thother
Honorius
/
the
whiche
were
by
the
sayd
emperour
holden
ouer
the
font
stone
.
The
good
Arsenyen
after
that
he
had
in
his
herte
besyly
consydered
the
estate
of
this
worlde
&
the
vanytees
of
the
same
/
he
forsoke
all
&
went
to
that
deserte
of
Sychye
for
to
vse
there
the
remenaunt
of
his
lyfe
in
beyng
allone
/
&
to
be
departed
from
the
worshypes
of
the
worlde
.
He
beyng
yet
in
the
worlde
he
was
clothed
moost
precyously
of
all
other
that
were
in
the
palays
seruyng
that
emperour
.
And
when
he
was
in
the
sayd
deserie
/
he
was
that
man
among
the
other
that
more
pouerly
&
fouly
was
arayed
Vpon
a
tyme
wenyng
to
be
in
his
chambre
with
many
of
his
brethern
/
he
herde
a
voyce
that
sayd
to
him
.
Arsenye
come
out
of
thy
chambre
/
&
I
shall
shewe
that
the
vayne
werkynges
of
men
.
The
whiche
voyce
by
him
herde
/
hym
semed
that
he
lept
out
of
his
habytacyon
/
&
incontynente
he
sawe
a
grete
Ethyopyen
that
hewe
wood
&
gadred
it
in
a
hepe
/
&
after
that
he
had
gadred
moche
of
it
/
he
trowed
to
haue
lyfte
it
vpon
his
backe
/
but
he
coude
not
/
because
there
was
to
moche
of
it
.
Yet
agayne
he
hewe
more
therof
&
sette
it
vpon
the
other
.
¶
Syn
after
he
sawe
an
other
Ethyopyen
that
toke
water
out
of
a
pounde
&
putte
it
in
to
a
vessell
whiche
was
so
full
of
holes
that
it
myght
not
holde
no
water
whiche
was
sypylled
and
wente
out
atte
the
holes
.
¶
After
he
was
brought
atte
an
other
parte
where
he
sawe
a
grete
buyldyng
lyke
a
Temple
/
before
the
whiche
were
two
men
vpon
two
horses
&
eyther
of
them
bare
a
long
perche
vpon
theyr
sholders
/
and
bothe
togydre
attones
wolde
haue
entred
in
the
sayd
Temple
/
but
they
myght
not
passe
/
withstandyng
the
lettynge
of
the
sayde
perches
that
they
bare
ouerthward
when
they
wolde
haue
passed
thrughe
the
gate
.
And
nother
of
them
wolde
not
meke
hym selfe
to
the
other
/
but
eyther
of
them
wolde
be
the
fyrst
that
sholde
entre
.
¶
The
whiche
vysyons
were
to
him
by
the
sayd
voyce
expowned
in
the
maner
that
foloweth
.
Fyrst
they
that
bare
the
perches
ouerthward
/
betokened
thoo
that
haue
charge
of
relygyouses
as
abbottes
&
an
other
/
the
whiche
in
theyr
offyces
wexe
proude
&
wyll
not
humble
hymself
the
one
towarde
the
other
/
in
despysynge
the
worde
of
god
that
sayth
.
¶
My
childern
lerne
of
me
/
for
I
am
humble
and
swete
in
herte
/
and
by
this
meane
ye
shall
fynde
the
saluacyon
of
your
soules
.
¶
This
proude
folke
by
theyr
pryde
abyden
out
of
the
chirche
/
&
come
not
in
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
they
haue
no
parte
in
paradyse
.
¶
He
that
assembled
the
wood
in
a
hepe
/
sygnefyeth
those
that
do
many
synnes
/
&
when
they
trowe
for
to
retourne
to
do
penaunce
/
they
be
so
sore
laden
that
they
can
not
aplye
themselfe
to
do
ony
good
/
but
be
therto
slouthfull
&
neclygent
/
wherby
contynuelly
they
gader
&
Ioyne
synne
vpon
synne
/
&
fynably
they
be
dampned
because
that
they
wyll
not
leue
theyr
euyll
customes
.
¶
That
other
the
toke
the
water
out
a
pounde
&
put
it
in
a
vessell
full
of
holles
/
betokened
those
that
do
some
good
but
neuerthelesse
they
do
more
of
euyll
than
of
good
/
wherby
they
lese
theyr
meryte
and
consequently
the
felycyte
eternall
.
¶
An
other
abbot
named
Danyell
testyfyed
of
the
sayd
abbot
Arsenyen
/
that
he
aplyed
hym self
gladly
for
to
make
baskettes
of
leues
of
certayn
trees
/
to
the
whiche
werke
he
muste
haue
water
for
to
wete
his
leues
/
&
often
it
happed
that
the
water
wherwith
he
halpe
hymselfe
stanke
right
sore
/
wherof
his
habytacyon
was
infecte
&
marred
/
&
neuertheles
he
wolde
not
cast
a
waye
the
sayd
water
/
but
when
there
was
lytyll
of
it
/
he
put
more
to
the
same
/
wherof
some
of
his
brethern
dede
blame
him
/
askyng
why
he
cast
not
the
olde
water
awaye
&
toke
of
the
fresshe
by
it self
.
¶
To
whom
he
answered
that
in
tyme
passed
he
was
wonte
to
haue
in
his
chambre
all
maner
of
swetnesse
&
lycours
smellyng
swete
by
cause
it
shold
be
swete
of
smellyng
/
wherfore
in
stede
of
the
sayd
sauours
full
swete
smellyng
of
that
whiche
he
had
delyted
long
/
he
wolde
haue
other
that
were
rotyn
&
stynkyng
to
th
entent
that
he
sholde
not
be
repreued
nor
shent
to
haue
lyued
in
this
worlde
ouermoche
deyntely
/
bryngyng
ayen
to
this
purpose
the
horryble
stenches
&
tourmentes
of
helle
that
they
that
be
dampned
do
fele
/
&
the
hystorye
of
the
wycked
ryche
man
the
lyued
here
so
deyntely
/
the
whiche
is
now
buryed
in
the
pyete
of
helle
.
¶
An
other
brother
demaunded
of
hym
how
he
ought
to
make
his
orysons
/
sayeng
that
for
no
prayer
that
he
made
he
coude
not
haue
a
very
nor
stedfast
compunccion
/
namely
by
cause
he
vnderstode
not
the
scrypture
.
¶
The
holy
abbot
Arsenyen
answered
him
/
that
they
the
vnderstand
not
the
holy
scrypture
ought
contynuelly
to
praye
god
as
well
as
the
were
grete
clerkes
/
&
gaf
an
exemple
of
the
serpente
that
herkeneth
after
the
voyce
of
the
enchauntour
/
for
all
be
it
that
he
vnderstandeth
him
not
/
alwayes
he
yeldeth
hymselve
subget
to
the
sayd
enchauntour
.
¶
Also
they
the
proferen
the
holy
wordes
of
the
fayth
of
holy
chirche
/
all
be
it
that
they
vnderstande
no
thyng
of
it
/
alwayes
in
sayeng
them
/
they
chasse
&
put
awaye
by
the
vertue
&
strengthe
of
suche
holy
worde●
/
&
the
stedfast
byleue
that
they
haue
in
god
the
deuyls
fro
them
/
pryncypally
bycause
that
the
deuyll
maye
not
here
the
holy
wordes
that
whiche
haue
be
sayd
by
the
true
prophetes
and
holy
sayntes
.
¶
Somtyme
not
ferre
fro
the
celle
or
habytacyon
of
saynt
Machary
was
a
murdre
done
/
of
the
whiche
iniustly
was
a
symple
man
accused
/
&
when
he
sawe
that
by
auctoryte
of
the
Iustyce
men
wolde
haue
take
him
for
the
sayd
caas
.
He
fled
awaye
to
the
monasterye
of
saynt
Macharye
.
The
offycers
the
pursued
him
for
to
fynde
the
meanes
to
bryng
him
with
them
/
sayd
to
the
Relygyouse
/
that
yf
he
were
not
yelden
in
theyr
handes
/
they
&
theyr
abbot
Macharye
sholde
deye
for
it
.
¶
And
bycause
that
this
Macharye
wyst
not
how
to
resyste
/
he
requyred
the
sergeantes
that
they
sholde
bryng
him
there
as
he
that
had
be
murdred
was
buryed
/
&
they
dyde
soo
.
And
thenne
be
made
his
prayer
to
god
&
anone
he
called
the
deed
bodye
/
the
whiche
answered
/
here
I
am
.
¶
Saynte
Macharye
thenne
adiured
hym
/
that
he
sholde
telle
yf
he
hadde
be
slayne
by
hym
that
men
wolde
take
oute
of
his
monasterye
or
noo
/
wherat
he
answered
naye
/
wherof
tho
same
sergeantes
were
sore
meruaylled
/
and
kneled
before
saynt
Macharye
/
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
wyt
of
the
deed
who
had
kylde
hym
.
The
holy
man
answered
that
he
wolde
not
do
it
/
for
it
suffysed
hym
that
the
sayd
Innocente
sholde
be
delyuered
/
and
that
it
aperteyned
hym
not
make
the
malefactour
to
be
accused
/
the
whiche
myght
do
penaunce
&
saue
his
soule
.
¶
And
by
this
that
is
sayd
aboue
/
it
appyreth
ynoughe
that
men
of
the
chirche
ought
not
to
accuse
ne
knowe
of
synfull
befall
/
atte
lest
in
maner
that
deth
folowe
not
therby
.
¶
A
brother
gaue
a
grape
of
Rasyns
to
the
sayd
saynt
Macharye
the
whiche
he
sent
to
one
of
his
brethern
that
was
syke
/
the
syke
sende
it
to
an
other
/
&
thus
consequently
it
was
sente
from
celle
to
celle
so
moche
the
fynally
/
he
that
last
receyued
it
sente
it
agayne
vnto
Saynte
Macharye
.
The
whiche
when
he
knewe
that
the
sayd
grape
hadde
be
gyuen
&
sente
from
one
brother
to
the
other
/
&
namely
consyderyng
that
the
celles
&
habytacyons
were
sore
ferre
from
eche
other
/
he
thanked
god
by
synguler
affeccyon
/
of
the
grete
charytees
whiche
by
this
he
knewe
was
amonge
his
Relygyouses
.
¶
Of
hym selfe
it
is
wryten
/
that
the
deuyll
for
to
deceyue
him
/
transtygured
hym
lyke
a
monke
/
&
came
&
knocked
atte
his
dore
sayeng
.
Macharye
aryse
&
come
with
the
other
monkes
that
longe
syn
are
in
oryson
.
¶
The
holy
man
knowyng
that
it
was
the
deuyll
he
answered
to
hym
.
O
false
lyer
enuye
of
trouthe
/
what
hast
thou
to
do
now
to
brynge
thy selfe
with
the
company
of
the
deuoute
relygyouses
whiche
enforce
them selfe
for
to
praye
god
wherat
the
deuyl
answered
to
hym
.
O
Macharye
thou
knowest
not
thenne
how
that
they
neuer
doo
praye
without
vs
.
Now
come
on
thy
waye
/
&
thou
salt
see
yf
I
saye
trouthe
or
not
.
¶
Thenne
saynt
Macharye
sette
hym selfe
to
oryson
/
&
prayed
god
that
he
wolde
shewe
to
hym
yf
it
was
trouthe
that
the
deuyll
had
tolde
hym
.
¶
After
he
wente
to
the
chirche
where
the
brethern
sayd
matyns
/
&
incontynent
that
he
was
within
the
chirche
/
he
sawe
a
multytude
of
deuyls
as
blacke
as
Ethyopyens
or
men
of
Inde
the
were
with
his
relygyouses
.
To
some
they
shette
theyr
eyen
&
to
the
other
they
closed
the
mouth
to
the
ende
that
they
sholde
not
synge
/
&
afore
the
other
that
after
matyns
sette
them self
to
oryson
/
the
sayd
fendes
for
to
kepe
them
therfro
/
they
transfygured
them self
in
dyuerse
speces
of
women
.
And
what
soeuer
prayer
that
the
sayde
bretheren
made
/
thoo
same
fendes
brought
ayen
dyuerse
fantasyes
in
to
theyr
myndes
¶
Alwayes
some
of
them
were
moche
deuoute
/
and
in
suche
wyse
they
resysted
agaynste
the
temptacyons
and
mockynges
aboue
sayde
/
that
the
sayde
fendes
taryed
nor
arrected
not
nyghe
them
/
but
wente
awaye
all
confuse
.
¶
Whenne
Saynte
Macharye
hadde
seen
this
scorne
or
derysyon
/
he
began
to
syghe
and
to
wepe
&
made
suche
an
oryson
to
our
lorde
.
O
my
redemptour
I
beseche
the
right
humbly
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
gyue
helpe
and
socours
to
our
poore
soules
/
the
whiche
be
all
fulle
of
wycked
deceyuynges
.
After
he
called
togyder
all
his
Relygyouses
and
questyoned
them
of
theyr
conscyences
after
that
he
hadde
seen
the
deuylles
tempte
them
when
they
were
in
oryson
.
Some
to
hym
answered
and
sayd
that
they
hadde
be
of
purpose
to
forsake
theyr
monasterye
.
And
some
sayd
that
they
hadde
be
in
wyll
for
to
acomplysshe
the
detestable
synne
of
lecherye
.
And
the
other
answered
all
after
theyr
desyres
and
affeccyons
/
where
vpon
it
is
to
be
noted
/
that
by
the
thynges
aboue
sayd
/
we
maye
knowe
/
that
when
oure
orysons
be
not
made
with
seruent
deuocyon
towarde
god
/
this
procedeth
of
the
deceytes
that
the
deuyll
gyueth
to
vs
/
wherfor
we
ought
to
enforce
our self
for
to
withstonde
/
&
by
this
meane
he
shall
departe
a
waye
from
vs
all
confuse
.
For
when
the
thought
by
good
cha●yte
is
Ioyned
vnto
god
/
it
receyueth
not
suche
fantasyes
&
deceyt
.
And
therfore
sayd
the
psalmyste
/
that
his
raynes
/
that
is
to
saye
his
wyl
&
his
strength
were
ful
of
deceytes
/
so
that
he
had
no
helthe
.
And
it
sholde
not
be
doubted
that
we
that
be
synners
maye
make
ony
prayers
vnto
god
without
Infynyte
temptatōns
/
by
cause
that
when
they
come
to
vs
/
we
can
not
cast
them
fro
vs
/
but
we
take
therat
oumoch
&
mordynat
dampnable
plesyrs
¶
Here
folowen
certayn
salutary
questyons
that
the
holy
faders
made
to
eche
other
&
begynneth
in
latyn
.
Quidam
frater
.
¶
For
to
mene
&
make
there
the
entendement
/
&
also
to
lerne
it
for
to
answer
shortly
to
the
questyons
by
maner
of
quolibet
here
vnderneth
wryten
/
the
whiche
be
moche
holsome
&
ꝓfytable
for
the
saluacyon
of
the
soules
of
the
deuote
crysten
folke
/
aswell
Relygyouses
as
other
ledyng
the
lyfe
actyue
&
contemplatyue
/
euery
persone
ought
to
see
&
to
note
in
his
herte
the
sayd
questyons
&
answeres
vpon
them
made
as
herafter
foloweth
The
whiche
men
fynde
to
haue
besp●ken
by
the
auncyent
holy
faders
/
that
in
theyr
tyme
were
abbottes
Relygyouses
&
hermytes
ledyng
a
lyfe
moche
holsome
&
good
.
And
without
ony
doubte
among
all
other
martyrdomes
concernyng
the
soules
saluacyon
the
same
is
wounderfull
necessary
&
ꝓfytable
to
all
persones
/
the
desyre
by
good
lyuyng
to
syke
the
waye
of
saluacyon
.
¶
Thenne
for
to
entre
in
this
matre
/
be
it
noted
&
knowen
/
that
sometyme
was
a
Relygyous
that
demaunded
of
his
abbot
named
Syswyne
how
he
ought
for
to
lyue
in
his
hermitage
/
where
at
he
answered
/
that
he
sholde
ete
brede
&
salt
&
drynke
water
/
for
by
this
meane
he
sholde
not
nede
for
to
fethe
no●
make
redy
none
other
thyng
nor
to
go
fro
towne
to
towne
for
to
gete
his
lyuyng
.
And
also
he
sholde
haue
by
this
better
leyser
to
abyde
and
aply
hymselfe
to
contemplacyon
.
¶
An
other
questyoned
the
abbot
Poemen
how
and
when
he
ought
to
faste
.
The
whiche
answered
that
the
Relygyouses
ought
to
faste
euer
&
ete
lytyll
with
the
same
he
sayd
that
tho
that
faste
without
to
take
ony
mete
in
.iij.
or
.iiij.
dayes
duryng
are
demed
to
desyre
vayne
glorye
in
this
worlde
/
&
that
it
is
beter
to
fast
in
takyng
his
repast
euery
day
ones
soberly
/
that
is
to
wyt
that
men
shal
take
theyr
dyner
not
to
the
fylle
of
the
bely
/
but
so
moderatly
that
men
shall
alwayes
haue
honger
&
thirst
/
as
the
olde
holy
faders
had
the
whiche
haue
ledde
and
contynued
suche
lyue
.
¶
The
abbot
Sylnam
and
a
dyscyple
of
his
named
Zacharye
entred
one
tyme
within
a
monasterye
where
they
ete
a
lytyll
of
the
bretherns
mete
of
the
same
monasterye
/
and
as
they
wolde
haue
departed
after
dyner
/
this
Zacharye
was
a
lytyll
a
thirst
/
but
the
sayd
abbot
tolde
hym
.
My
frende
it
is
fastyng
daye
/
thou
mayst
not
drynke
.
¶
Zacharye
answered
/
what
my
fader
we
haue
ete
/
wherfore
there
is
no
daungyer
.
¶
Ha
sayd
the
abbot
/
the
mete
that
we
haue
taken
was
of
necessyte
.
For
nature
must
be
nourysshed
/
but
neuerthelesse
we
muste
kepe
our
faste
.
¶
Some
other
relygyouses
wente
to
the
abbot
Ioseph
atte
a
place
called
Panephe
to
the
entent
for
to
aske
him
counseyll
how
they
ought
to
receyue
the
brethern
that
sholde
come
see
them
/
and
yf
they
sholde
be
gladde
of
them
in
hauyng
theyr
trust
vpon
them
.
But
or
that
they
hadde
made
to
hym
this
askyng
/
the
sayd
abbot
sayd
to
one
his
dyscyple
.
Meruaylle
not
thy selfe
of
that
thou
salte
see
me
doo
this
daye
.
¶
Thenne
he
let
make
two
settes
for
them
that
were
come
to
hym
/
one
atte
ryght
honde
/
and
the
other
atte
lyfte
honde
and
made
them
to
sytte
therupon
.
¶
And
Incontynent
he
went
to
his
celle
and
toke
a
vestyment
vpon
hym
soo
olde
that
he
coude
not
well
were
it
And
thus
arayed
came
and
passed
afore
them
.
After
he
wente
ayen
to
his
celle
and
toke
a nother
moche
honest
and
passed
ayen
in
lykewyse
before
them
.
Thyrdly
he
came
afore
them
in
his
dayly
habyte
/
wherof
the
brethern
and
Relygyouses
seynge
the
same
they
were
sore
meruaylled
.
And
anone
he
cam
and
sette
hym selfe
betwixt
them
.
And
this
done
he
demaunded
of
these
Relygyouses
yf
he
was
not
chaunged
for
the
dyuersyte
of
his
habytes
/
wherat
they
answered
nay
.
Soo
sayd
ayen
the
sayd
abbot
Ioseph
.
All
thus
as
I
am
not
chaunged
for
to
haue
taken
dyuerse
habytes
/
thus
ye
ought
to
receyue
with
gladnesse
the
brethern
that
shall
come
to
you
and
to
be
mery
with
them
And
after
when
ye
shall
be
allone
by
your selfe
/
thenne
shall
ye
mowe
syghe
and
wepe
/
and
by
this
meane
ye
shall
not
be
chaunged
but
of
habytes
/
soo
that
your
conscyences
be
not
tourned
otherwyse
.
¶
Thenne
the
brethern
apperceyued
/
that
he
knewe
well
theyr
thoughtes
/
wherfore
they
kepte
stylle
theyr
questyon
and
asked
hym
nothynge
/
knowyng
that
he
had
answered
to
it
or
euer
that
it
was
proposed
.
¶
An
other
brother
sayd
that
when
a
persone
is
wonte
and
naturelly
desyreth
to
ete
moche
whiche
he
myghte
well
do
/
and
he
absteyneth
hym
there
fro
to
maystrye
his
flesshe
.
He
getteth
more
mede
in
this
doynge
/
than
he
that
eteth
lytyll
/
and
is
naturelly
contente
of
lytyll
fode
.
¶
An
other
brother
sayd
that
we
oughte
for
to
ete
agreably
that
whiche
god
gyueth
vnto
vs
withoute
to
haue
Regarde
to
ony
other
metes
/
and
also
we
oughte
to
yelde
vnto
hym
graces
of
that
that
we
maye
haue
.
¶
And
for
confyrmacyon
of
the
same
/
he
sayd
that
there
was
somtyme
an
hermyte
the
whiche
to
moche
affectuously
desyred
for
〈…〉
a
truyte●s
called
But
for
to
corr●●te
his
inordynat
appecyce
he
toke
one
&
set
it
before
his
eyen
that
he
myght
see
it
contynuelly
&
not
to
ete
of
it
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
was
so
syke
that
he
myght
not
ete
of
ony
mete
.
So
was
he
desyred
of
his
dyscyple
that
he
wolde
be
content
that
he
sholde
make
him
a
lytyll
pappe
mixted
with
honny
/
whiche
thyng
the
holy
fader
graunted
vnto
hym
.
¶
It
is
to
wyt
that
the
sayd
holy
fader
for
all
prouysyon
had
nombre
but
a
lytyll
honny
/
wherof
somtyme
he
ete
.
¶
And
also
he
hadde
some
oyle
for
his
lyght
to
be
made
of
/
whiche
honny
&
oyle
were
in
two
lytyll
pottes
moche
lyke
to
eche
other
.
So
it
happed
that
his
dyscyple
in
makyng
his
sayd
pappe
he
toke
the
potte
where
in
the
oyle
was
wenyng
to
him
to
haue
taken
the
other
where
in
the
honny
was
/
and
of
this
oyle
sore
stynknyge
he
powred
in
to
the
sayd
pappe
.
And
how
be
it
that
by
meane
of
the
sayde
oyle
the
pappe
was
of
an
ryght
euyll
taste
/
neuerthelesse
he
ete
twyes
of
it
/
&
at
the
thyrde
tyme
/
he
tolde
hym
that
he
myght
ete
nomore
therof
/
wherfore
the
dyscyple
desyryng
that
he
sholde
ete
more
of
it
.
He
sayd
to
hym
.
Ha
my
fader
it
is
soo
good
/
looke
I
shall
ete
of
it
with
you
.
Thenne
he
toke
of
the
same
for
to
ete
of
it
/
&
thus
doynge
he
knewe
that
it
was
all
stynkynge
.
¶
Thenne
he
kneled
before
the
holy
fader
&
cryed
hym
mercy
sayeng
.
Alas
my
fader
I
am
cause
of
thy
deth
/
alas
why
dydest
not
telle
me
therof
.
¶
The
abbot
answered
/
my
sone
be
not
angry
/
yf
god
had
wolde
that
I
sholde
haue
ete
it
god
wolde
haue
graunted
that
〈…〉
haue
t●ken
to
it
the
honny
&
〈◊〉
the
cyte
/
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
sayd
that
yf
Nabuzar
〈◊〉
the
prynce
of
the
t●ken
/
that
is
to
wyt
a
souerayne
〈◊〉
man
in
dressyng
of
metes
/
hadde
not
come
in
Iherusalem
/
the
Temple
of
god
sholde
not
haue
be
bren●e
by
●yre
.
That
is
to
sa
yt
/
that
yf
the
desyre
of
the
synne
of
glotonye
is
not
put
one
in
man
/
his
spyryte
may
not
be
enflamed
nor
moeued
to
fyght
ayenst
the
deuyll
.
¶
Saynte
Macharye
had
of
custome
/
that
when
he
ete
with
his
brethern
/
yf
men
presented
hym
with
〈◊〉
/
he
dranke
of
it
/
but
after
for
as
many
tymes
that
he
had
dronken
therof
/
he
absteyned
hym selfe
by
as
many
dayes
that
he
dranke
nother
water
nor
wyn
.
Notwithstandyng
he
dranke
it
Ioyously
/
hopyng
that
afterwarde
by
abstynen●e
suche
as
it
is
sayd
/
he
myght
therfore
●ere
penaunce
.
¶
And
for
this
cause
his
dyscyple
knowyng
the
grete
affeccyon
that
he
bare
in
makynge
the
sayd
abstynence
/
forbode
that
none
sholde
presente
hym
with
wyn
to
drynke
/
sayng
that
the
wyne
that
he
dranke
/
was
vnto
hym
by
cause
of
the
sayd
afflyccyon
more
cause
of
tourmente
/
than
of
substentacyon
.
¶
In
a
congregacyon
or
assemblee
of
Relygyouses
etyng
togyder
flesshe
where
the
abbot
Theodore
was
/
a
Relygyouse
among
the
other
was
there
founde
that
ete
noo
maner
of
mete
.
¶
And
by
aduenture
bycause
he
had
brought
with
hym
some
oyno●s
or
herbes
whiche
he
wolde
haue
ete
with
sa●●
.
He
called
one
of
them
that
serued
at
the
table
&
sayd
vnto
him
.
My
sone
I
ete
nothyng
that
is
●●st
nor
soden
/
but
I
praye
the
gyue
me
a
lytyll
salte
.
¶
The
souerayne
abbot
of
this
assemble
/
herynge
the
sayd
brother
/
he
sayd
vnto
the
seruaunt
/
why
gyuest
that
hym
not
that
he
asketh
/
when
thou
seest
that
he
eteth
nothyng
¶
Thenne
the
abbot
Theodore
in
rebukynge
hym
by
cause
he
had
shewed
openly
his
abstynence
/
sayd
vnto
hym
.
¶
It
had
be
better
my
brother
that
thou
had
eten
flesshe
in
thy
celle
or
habytacyon
/
than
that
thou
sholdest
haue
sayd
these
wordes
in
the
presence
of
so
many
Relygyouses
/
gyuyng
to
knowe
by
the
same
wordes
that
rather
he
sholde
haue
absteyned
hym selfe
from
etynge
of
salte
/
than
to
shewe
his
abstynence
/
whiche
he
ought
to
haue
kept
secrete
.
¶
A
brother
in
lykewyse
came
ouer
to
the
abbot
Syluayn
whiche
dwelled
in
the
montayn
of
Syna
.
He
seeyng
that
his
Relygyouses
occupyed
themself
to
temporall
werkes
sayd
to
hym
.
¶
Fader
abbot
/
why
suffrest
thou
that
the
brethern
werke
&
applye
themselfe
to
operacyons
worldly
.
Thou
knowest
well
that
it
is
wryten
that
Marye
Magdalene
hath
chosen
the
best
parte
for
herselfe
/
that
is
to
wyte
contemplacyon
.
¶
The
abbot
heryng
these
wordes
/
commaunded
that
men
sholde
take
to
the
sayd
brother
a
boke
of
contemplacyon
&
that
he
sholde
be
shett
within
a
chambre
there
contemplatyuely
for
to
apply
hym selfe
to
deuoute
oryson
.
The
whiche
thyng
was
thus
done
/
&
the
sayde
Relygyouse
was
left
within
the
sayde
chambre
all
allone
tylle
that
eueryche
of
them
had
taken
his
refeccyon
/
wherfore
he
as
wery
&
noyouse
to
be
there
so
longe
seeyng
that
he
was
not
called
for
to
ete
/
he
came
to
the
abbot
&
asked
hym
yf
he
sholde
not
ete
.
¶
The
same
abbot
for
to
repreue
hym
of
his
folysshe
repreyff
/
saye
to
hym
.
Thou
art
a
man
all
spyrytuall
that
hath
no
nede
of
mete
nor
drynke
maternall
.
¶
With
this
the
brother
yelde
hym selfe
all
confuse
knowyng
that
he
had
done
yll
to
haue
repreued
hym
as
aboue
it
is
sayd
¶
And
thenne
the
holy
fader
sayd
agayne
vnto
hym
.
O
brother
thou
knowest
now
that
Marthe
is
necessarye
vnto
Marye
and
that
by
Marthe
Marye
is
praysed
.
That
is
to
saye
that
the
lyfe
contemplatyue
hath
nede
of
the
lyfe
actyue
.
¶
There
were
somtyme
two
brethern
Relygyouses
/
euery
of
them
had
to
name
Iohan.
One
of
them
whiche
was
abbot
&
lesse
than
that
other
of
stature
tempted
with
boost
and
vayne
glorye
/
sayde
to
the
moost
that
he
wolde
lede
an
angelles
lyfe
/
&
serue
to
god
contynuelly
without
ony
other
thyng
to
do
.
¶
Soo
lefte
he
his
monasterye
and
all
that
he
had
&
wente
to
an
hermytage
where
he
kepte
hym
a
whyle
/
&
syn
Retourned
to
his
brother
/
&
knocked
atte
his
dore
/
his
brother
asked
who
was
there
that
knocked
so
.
Wherat
he
answered
that
it
was
his
brother
.
That
other
kepyng
his
dore
shette
sayd
there
ayenst
.
My
brother
is
now
with
the
angels
.
it
maye
not
be
that
he
sholde
ha●̄te
with
the
men
.
So
lefte
he
hym
atte
his
dore
all
a
hole
nyght
.
¶
And
in
the
mornyng
gyuyng
to
hym
entrynge
he
sayd
to
hym
in
this
maner
.
¶
My
brother
yf
thou
be
a
man
/
thou
must
labour
/
otherwyse
thou
canst
not
lyue
.
¶
Thenne
this
other
broder
knowe
his
grete
hoo●
cryeng
mercy
to
his
brother
/
and
toke
hym
to
his
werke
agayne
.
¶
An
other
brother
was
/
that
was
sore
subget
to
the
synne
of
blasphemye
/
&
that
whiche
ryght
sory
for
this
vyce
went
vnto
all
the
olde
faders
that
he
wyst
ony
wherfore
to
declare
vnto
them
his
mynde
therupon
.
¶
But
Incontynent
that
he
come
to
them
/
he
was
soo
shamefast
that
he
durst
not
shewe
his
synne
to
them
.
So
wente
he
oftentymes
for
this
cause
towarde
the
abbot
Poemen
/
&
neuerthelesse
he
came
ayene
without
to
telle
him
ony
thyng
therof
.
¶
But
the
sayd
abbot
seyng
hym
pensefull
&
malencolyouse
/
constrayned
hym
so
that
he
opened
to
him
his
corage
/
in
sayeng
vnto
him
that
he
was
right
sory
that
he
was
thus
enclyned
to
the
sayd
synne
of
blasphemye
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
holy
fader
counseylled
him
/
that
at
all
tymes
that
he
sholde
be
tempted
of
it
/
he
sholde
resyste
sayeng
vnto
the
deuyll
.
Sathanas
/
thy
blasphemye
be
it
vpon
the
/
for
I
ought
not
to
blame
no
bodye
.
¶
And
by
this
meane
/
the
sayd
man
resysted
to
the
sayd
temptacyon
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
sayd
that
by
foure
thynges
the
persone
falleth
in
payne
traueylle
temptacyon
and
grete
sykenesse
.
¶
The
fyrst
by
Inordynat
takyng
of
mete
&
drynke
.
¶
The
seconde
by
ouer
longe
slepe
.
¶
The
thyrde
by
holdyng
hym selfe
ydle
.
¶
And
the
fourth
by
ouer
curyousely
to
goo
arayed
.
¶
Also
the
abbot
Poemen
sayd
/
that
euen
thus
as
they
that
assyste
ony
kyng
or
prynce
/
ought
to
be
euer
redy
armed
&
garnysshed
with
glayues
for
to
kepe
&
defende
his
body
from
oppressyon
&
vyolence
/
in
lykewyse
the
soule
of
euery
crysten
man
wyllynge
to
serue
god
/
ought
alwayes
to
be
redy
&
garnysshed
of
vertues
for
to
withstande
ayenst
the
deuyll
.
¶
An
other
sayd
that
lyke
as
tryakell
putteth
away
the
venym
/
so
oryson
with
fastyng
casteth
out
&
shoueth
aba●
the
foule
thoughtes
&
vayne
thynkynges
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
alone
dwellyng
in
his
celle
/
had
vnder
him
many
relygyouses
whiche
abode
in
dyuerse
habytacyons
one
from
another
.
Vpon
a
tyme
as
he
went
out
of
his
monasterye
/
he
mette
with
the
deuyll
the
clothed
was
with
a
garment
made
of
lynnen
clothe
whiche
was
all
full
of
holes
/
&
at
euery
hole
was
hangyng
a
lytyll
potte
full
of
water
/
whan
saynt
Macharye
sawe
him
.
he
asked
him
where
he
was
bounde
for
to
go
/
wherat
he
answered
that
he
yede
for
to
tempte
his
Relygyouses
.
¶
After
he
asked
him
wherunto
serued
the
sayd
pot●
wherat
he
sayd
that
it
was
for
to
gyue
&
present
temptacions
vnto
the
relygyouses
/
&
that
yf
the
taste
of
one
of
the
vesselles
pleased
not
to
one
he
presented
him
of
an
other
&
yf
the
seconde
was
not
to
him
agreable
he
presented
him
yet
a nother
/
&
this
sayd
the
deuyll
went
his
waye
.
¶
Saynt
Macharye
taryed
there
tyll
that
he
came
ayen
whiche
soone
appered
for
him
.
Thenne
the
sayd
saynt
greted
him
sayeng
/
thou
be
saued
.
The
deuyll
thenne
answered
to
him
why
flatarest
thou
me
when
all
that
other
be
countrarye
to
me
&
wyll
not
falle
vnto
my
wyll
.
¶
Thenne
hast
that
no
frendes
sayd
saynt
Macharye
/
the
sayst
trouthe
answered
the
deuyll
/
but
oonly
one
called
Theopantus
/
that
whiche
bowed
lyghtly
to
the
temptacyons
that
I
gaue
him
.
¶
Anone
after
saynt
Machary
departed
&
went
vnto
the
hermytage
of
the
sayd
Theopantus
And
after
that
he
had
desyred
him
to
resyste
ayenst
the
temptacions
of
the
deuyll
/
he
desyred
him
for
to
fast
vnto
the
euen
were
come
/
&
that
when
suche
deceyuynges
sholde
be
presented
vnto
him
/
he
sholde
heue
vp
his
hondes
towarde
heuen
/
&
without
hardnesse
he
sholde
haue
socours
.
Anone
after
retourned
saynt
Macharye
&
with
the
deuyll
he
mett
ayen
/
to
whome
he
asked
how
the
brothern
fared
/
&
he
answered
that
they
dyde
euyll
for
him
/
for
there
was
not
one
that
wolde
obeye
hym
ony
more
.
¶
And
namely
he
sayd
/
that
he
whiche
was
wonte
to
tourne
there
as
he
wolde
haue
hym
/
was
full
chaunged
&
he
myght
nomore
tourne
hym
from
his
good
purpose
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
that
whiche
was
contynuelly
tempted
with
dyuerse
temptacions
whiche
he
myght
not
bere
/
came
vnto
an
other
relygyouses
/
&
asked
him
counseyll
how
he
myght
resyste
.
He
answered
him
that
he
had
be
neuer
shamed
or
sclaundred
/
when
he
had
vnderstande
his
answerd
he
was
euyll
apayed
with
hit
&
went
vnto
an
other
to
whom
he
sayd
that
in
askyng
counseyl
of
an
other
he
had
be
sclaundred
bycause
he
had
answered
to
hym
presumptuously
&
aboue
kynde
.
¶
The
seconde
blamed
him
gretly
saynge
that
the
fyrst
had
not
tolde
him
oonly
that
he
had
be
neuer
sclaundred
of
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
wherfore
he
sente
him
ayen
to
the
fyrst
.
¶
And
after
he
was
come
to
hym
ayen
/
he
cryed
him
mercy
sayeng
that
he
had
done
amys
of
that
he
was
departed
from
before
him
without
reuerence
/
&
with
this
he
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
expowne
vnto
his
answere
¶
Thenne
this
fyrst
Relygyouse
sayd
vnto
him
/
that
neuer
syth
that
he
was
made
monke
he
had
not
taken
his
fylle
of
brede
nor
of
water
/
wherfor
he
had
not
obeyed
the
deuyll
.
And
therfore
it
ought
to
be
noted
that
an
abstynent
man
/
is
not
so
subget
vnto
the
fende
of
helle
/
as
is
a
lykerouse
gloton
.
¶
A
broder
questoned
the
abbot
Poemen
of
his
thought
for
to
wyt
how
he
sholde
rule
them
/
the
whiche
answerd
vnto
hym
that
yf
he
kepte
him
from
fyllyng
of
bely
/
&
his
tonge
from
spekyng
/
that
he
sholde
neuer
be
ydle
and
that
his
hope
sholde
alwayes
be
sette
vpon
god
/
certaynly
he
sholde
be
saued
.
¶
Two
brethern
that
often
were
tourned
with
vayne
thoughtes
came
vnto
the
abbot
Helyas
whiche
when
he
sawe
them
so
fat
/
as
he
wolde
haue
spoken
to
his
dyscyple
he
began
to
lawhe
sayeng
/
certes
brother
I
am
ashamed
that
thou
arte
so
fatte
seen
that
thou
art
a
monke
.
A
colour
pale
&
whyte
with
lennesse
wrapped
in
humylyte
is
the
honour
of
a
monke
.
¶
A
woman
virgyn
of
the
nacyon
of
Rome
sore
dredyng
god
departed
out
of
the
sayd
cyte
&
cam
to
alexandrye
for
to
see
the
abbot
Arsenyen
.
She
beynge
within
the
towne
of
Alexandrye
/
the
archebysshop
Theophyle
wellecomed
her
with
grete
honour
/
to
whom
she
prayed
that
he
wolde
doo
so
moche
of
his
grace
that
she
myght
speke
with
the
sayd
abbot
.
The
sayd
archebysshop
made
hymselfe
her
supplycacion
vnto
the
sayd
Arsenyen
/
to
that
whiche
Request
he
wolde
not
graunte
.
And
when
she
wyste
that
he
sholde
not
come
to
her
/
as
a
woman
of
grete
stedfastnesse
/
hauyng
her
trust
in
god
purposed
in
herself
for
to
go
vnto
him
atte
his
celle
/
&
not
ferre
there
from
she
founde
him
walkynge
/
&
Incontynent
kneled
before
him
.
¶
Thenne
Arsenyen
sayd
vnto
her
/
woman
yf
thou
art
come
hether
for
to
see
my
face
oonly
/
loke
&
beholde
me
al
thy
fylle
.
Thou
ought
not
to
take
hede
vnto
my
bodye
/
but
atte
my
vacacyon
yf
it
be
good
.
The
good
virgyne
durste
not
loke
vp
soo
moche
she
was
ashamed
.
The
abbot
after
rebuked
her
of
that
she
had
come
fro
soo
ferre
ouer
the
see
for
to
see
oonly
a
man
mortall
.
¶
And
she
answerd
to
him
humbly
I
am
not
come
oonly
for
to
see
the
/
but
bycause
that
thou
shal
remembre
me
in
thyn
oracions
.
¶
The
abbot
answered
.
My
frende
I
praye
god
that
I
maye
neuer
remembre
the.
Whan
she
had
vnderstande
the
answere
of
the
holy
fader
/
she
wente
ayen
to
the
cyte
for
to
haue
deyed
for
sorowe
.
¶
The
archebysshop
conforted
her
sayeng
that
she
ought
not
to
angre
herself
/
bycause
that
many
grete
men
haue
be
deceyued
&
begyled
of
women
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
sayd
.
Yf
a
kyng
wyl
take
a
towne
for
to
be
brought
vnto
his
subgeccion
without
slaughter
of
ony
persone
/
late
him
take
a
waye
the
brede
&
the
water
or
the
vytaylles
wherof
the
enhabytantes
in
hit
do
lyue
by
.
In
lyke
wyse
also
the
passyons
&
pryckynges
of
the
flesshe
are
brought
vnder
●ote
by
fastyng
&
abstynences
.
¶
A
yong
man
that
was
ryche
purposed
him
for
to
forsake
the
worlde
.
And
how
well
that
for
to
do
this
/
he
was
goon
in
to
a
monasterye
neuertheles
his
thyn
kynges
&
worldly
thought
wolde
many
tymes
haue
withdrawe
him
therfro
.
¶
On
a
tyme
among
other
/
he
beyng
out
of
the
sayd
monasterye
/
the
deuyls
came
aboute
him
&
moeued
ayenst
him
a
grete
blast
of
wynde
&
of
dust
for
to
haue
made
hym
aferde
.
But
he
was
therof
more
stedfast
than
afore
/
for
incontynente
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
haue
none
occasyon
to
thynke
vpon
temporall
thynges
/
he
forsoke
not
oonly
all
his
goodes
/
but
also
his
owne
vestymentes
whiche
he
toke
of
and
caste
them
awaye
/
&
all
naked
wente
redely
ayen
to
the
sayd
monasterye
.
But
in
goynge
thydrwarde
/
our
lord
that
forgetteth
not
his
true
seruauntes
.
Inspyred
one
of
the
olde
Relygyouses
of
the
same
monasterye
sayeng
vnto
him
/
thou
slouthfull
man
aryse
/
and
receyue
Ioyously
my
champyon
.
Whiche
voyce
thou
herde
/
the
good
Relygyouse
rose
vp
and
yede
ayenst
the
other
that
was
comyng
all
naked
out
of
his
clothes
/
and
knowynge
the
cause
of
his
barenesse
woundred
hym
moche
&
clothed
hym
ayen
with
an
habyte
of
a
relygyouse
.
And
when
ony
came
to
the
olde
Relygyouse
forsayd
for
to
aske
him
counseyll
of
theyr
affayres
/
he
counseylled
them
as
well
as
he
coude
/
&
also
he
answered
them
vpon
the
questyons
that
they
asked
of
hym
.
But
when
men
touched
hym
of
the
nature
of
forsakyng
of
the
worlde
he
sente
them
to
the
yong
Relygyouse
and
sayd
to
them
/
comme
not
to
me
for
to
haue
counseylle
of
this
mater
/
but
goo
to
that
yonge
Relygyouse
.
For
I
neuer
dyde
Retche
nor
came
not
vnto
his
ryght
large
forsakynge
.
¶
A
man
somtyme
was
that
whiche
forsakyng
the
worlde
/
hadde
dealed
one
parte
of
his
goodes
to
the
poore
folke
and
the
other
parte
he
kepte
for
hym
/
And
after
he
came
to
saynt
Anthonye
for
to
haue
of
him
the
habyte
of
a
monke
.
When
saynt
Anthonye
hadde
knowen
hym
/
or
euer
that
he
receyued
him
to
be
a
monke
/
he
commaunded
him
that
he
sholde
goo
vnto
the
next
cyte
/
and
that
he
sholde
vnclothe
hȳs●lfe
all
naked
&
thenne
bye
some
fresshe
flesshe
atte
bocherye
/
and
that
he
sholde
couere
hym
therwith
/
&
he
dyde
so
/
wherby
it
happed
that
all
the
dogges
&
the
byrdes
folowed
hym
.
And
when
they
wolde
haue
take
the
sayd
flesshe
/
they
bot
in
to
the
mannes
flesshe
.
Fynably
he
came
ayen
to
saynt
Anthonye
&
sayd
to
him
Beholde
fayre
fader
/
how
the
dogges
haue
tered
my
skynne
all
about
for
to
obeye
to
thy
commaundemente
.
Thenne
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
.
My
frende
alle
they
that
forsaken
the
worlde
&
wyll
haue
money
/
they
shall
be
thus
tered
&
bytten
by
the
deuyls
of
helle
.
¶
An
other
brother
there
was
that
toke
counseyll
of
an
holy
fader
/
yf
he
sholde
kepe
two
shelynge
that
he
had
spared
for
to
helpe
hymselfe
at
his
nede
yf
he
were
syke
.
¶
The
holy
fader
seeyng
that
he
wolde
haue
fayne
kept
the
sayd
two
shelyng
/
he
answered
to
hym
/
ye
/
¶
After
that
he
was
gone
agayne
to
his
house
/
he
was
aferde
that
the
holy
fader
had
answered
hym
so
for
to
fulfyll
his
wylle
/
wherfore
he
wente
ayen
to
hym
/
&
questyoned
hym
as
he
hadde
done
afore
.
¶
Thenne
the
holy
fader
answered
hym
/
that
he
was
not
wyse
for
to
sette
his
trust
vpon
two
shelyng
&
that
yf
he
were
syke
/
god
sholde
purueye
for
his
sekenesse
/
for
his
goodnesse
is
so
grete
that
he
leueth
neuer
his
seruauntes
in
tyme
of
nede
.
¶
A
monke
there
was
that
no
thynge
had
of
the
worlde
but
a
boke
of
gospelles
whiche
he
sholde
for
to
gyue
to
the
poore
for
goddes
sake
/
sayeng
to
hym selfe
.
I
haue
solde
that
that
counseylled
me
daye
by
daye
/
to
selle
all
that
men
haue
and
gyue
it
vnto
poore
folke
/
bycause
that
the
same
wordes
were
wryten
in
the
sayd
booke
of
gospelles
that
he
hadde
sholde
.
¶
A
ryche
man
somtyme
offred
in
pure
gyfte
all
his
moneye
vnto
the
abbot
Agathon
/
besechyng
hym
that
he
wolde
take
it
/
but
he
refused
it
.
That
other
pursued
hym
styll
prayeng
/
yf
he
wolde
not
take
his
syluer
for
hym selfe
that
he
atte
the
leste
sholde
take
it
for
to
be
dystrybued
by
him
vnto
to
the
poore
folke
.
¶
Thenne
answered
he
that
he
sholde
do
two
euylles
/
the
fyrst
sholde
be
/
for
he
sholde
receyue
the
money
wherof
he
hadde
nought
to
doo
/
seen
that
he
gate
his
lyuynge
by
laboure
of
his
owne
handes
/
and
the
seconde
euyl
sholde
be
/
that
in
dealyng
of
the
same
he
myght
happe
to
falle
in
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
.
¶
Saynte
Powle
the
hermyte
ryghte
worshyppe
amonge
the
holy
faders
of
Egypte
/
sayd
that
a
Relygyouse
when
he
wylleth
or
desyreth
to
haue
ony
thynge
ouermoche
more
than
hym
nede
is
for
to
lyue
vpon
/
he
is
constrayned
for
to
goo
out
of
his
monasterye
/
and
in
goyeng
therout
he
fyndeth
hym
lyghtly
begyled
of
the
deuyll
.
The
whiche
thynge
consyderynge
the
sayd
Saynte
Powle
/
duryng
one
lente
he
absteyned
hym
from
gooyng
out
of
his
celle
/
all
be
it
that
he
had
not
for
all
prouysyon
but
a
lytyll
lentylle
&
raser
of
otemele
and
a
lytyll
vessell
with
water
for
to
make
some
podage
withall
.
¶
And
for
to
eschewe
the
euyll
thoughtes
that
he
myght
haue
had
in
desyryng
other
thynges
vnprofytable
/
also
to
the
ende
that
he
myght
more
stedfastely
abyde
within
his
sayd
celle
sette
hymselfe
for
to
make
mattes
.
¶
And
when
they
were
weuen
/
he
brake
them
in
peces
/
and
syn
made
them
ayen
/
and
hadde
leuer
do
so
/
than
to
goo
out
of
his
lodgys
/
for
to
fette
more
mater
to
make
other
mattes
withall
/
dredynge
the
temptacyons
and
decepcions
of
the
deuyll
that
myght
haue
hadde
come
to
hym
in
goyeng
out
/
wherby
it
is
to
vs
shewed
euydently
/
that
ther
nys
noo
thyng
more
contrarye
nor
more
hurtefull
to
the
saluacyon
of
a
Relygyouse
/
than
for
to
desyre
more
than
to
his
pouere
lyfe
nedeth
/
and
also
to
go
out
of
his
monasterye
and
haunte
among
the
worldly
people
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
beynge
in
Egypt
founde
a
theef
that
bare
a
waye
his
goodes
that
he
hadde
in
his
chambre
.
¶
And
when
he
sawe
that
he
robbed
hym
/
he
as
a
straunger
halpe
hym
for
to
bere
them
awaye
/
sayeng
suche
wordes
or
lyke
.
¶
God
hathe
gyuen
them
vnto
vs
/
he
maye
take
them
agayne
as
he
wyll
/
his
wyl
be
done
with
them
/
and
his
name
be
praysed
&
blessyd
in
all
thynges
.
¶
An
other
brother
wente
often
for
to
vysyte
and
to
see
a
holy
fader
a
veray
olde
man
of
whome
he
s●ale
his
brede
.
¶
The
holy
man
supposyng
that
this
other
hadde
nede
of
it
repreued
hym
not
therfor
wherof
it
happed
that
this
olde
fader
falle
in
soo
grete
necessyte
/
that
he
hadde
noo
brede
atte
all
for
to
ete
.
Fynally
tendynge
to
dethwarde
/
and
seeyng
that
his
laste
daye
drewe
nyghe
/
he
sente
for
the
theef
that
so
often
hadde
robbed
hym
afore
that
/
and
kyst
his
handes
sayeng
.
¶
Blessyd
be
thy
handes
/
for
by
them
I
truste
for
to
come
in
paradyse
.
¶
After
the
same
tyme
the
theef
ledde
a
holy
lyfe
and
was
parfyte
in
vertuouse
werkes
and
in
all
his
dedes
.
¶
The
abbot
Agathon
proceded
in
al
his
dedes
by
souerayne
prudence
/
and
as
well
in
werkynge
and
labourynge
with
his
handes
/
as
also
in
vestymentes
/
and
in
all
other
thynges
he
kepte
the
myddell
assyse
.
¶
His
vestymentes
were
suche
that
they
neuer
appyered
nother
to
good
no
to
badde
.
¶
Yre
or
wrath
after
that
a
holy
fader
sayth
begynneth
by
four
thynges
.
The
fyrst
by
inordynat
apetyte
to
gyue
/
and
by
brennyng
couetyse
to
take
.
The
seconde
when
one
is
obstynate
in
his
opynyon
.
The
thyrde
when
men
desyre
to
be
honoured
.
And
the
fourthe
when
one
thynketh
hymself
more
wyse
than
all
other
/
wherby
he
wyll
here
a
rule
amonge
them
.
¶
Yre
also
by
four
maners
blyndeth
the
wytte
of
man
.
Fyrst
when
one
oweth
ylle
wyll
to
his
neyghbour
.
Secondely
when
he
hathe
an
enuye
of
the
honours
&
goodes
that
his
neyghbour
hathe
.
Thyrdly
when
men
take
debate
for
a
thynge
of
nought
.
The
fourth
maner
is
when
men
●acbyte
his
euen
crysten
.
¶
And
to
the
contrarye
by
four
maners
/
men
maye
resyste
to
the
passions
that
moeue
a
man
to
yre
.
Fyrst
where
as
men
can
not
resyste
/
but
that
yre
shall
entre
in
to
the
herte
/
whiche
is
the
fyrst
thynge
where
of
men
ought
to
beware
/
they
muste
eschewe
it
and
kepe
that
it
come
not
vnto
the
face
/
&
yf
the
vysage
makeh
ony
shewe
therof
/
thenne
must
the
tonge
be
refrayned
that
she
speke
nother
Iniurye
nor
blame
/
and
yf
the
tonge
by
grete
passyon
of
yre
prononceth
ony
rygorouse
worde
/
men
ought
to
beware
that
after
that
they
procede
not
to
the
waye
of
the
dede
.
¶
Thre
degrees
are
amonge
the
men
that
touche
to
the
passyon
named
Yre
.
The
fyrste
is
when
some
man
endureth
pacyently
all
Iniuryes
/
he
forgyueth
lyghtly
the
persone
that
sayth
euyll
by
hym
.
And
this
man
foloweth
the
nature
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
The
seconde
when
a
man
wyll
not
Iniurye
no
bodye
/
&
also
he
wyll
not
be
Iniuryed
.
And
this
man
is
of
the
kynde
of
Adam
.
And
the
thyrde
when
a
man
Iniuryeth
&
hyndreth
an
other
bodye
/
and
the
same
is
of
the
nature
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
was
some
tyme
Iniuryed
of
an
other
/
wherfore
he
wente
vnto
the
abbot
Sysonyen
for
to
complayne
hym
of
the
sayd
Iniurye
that
had
be
done
to
hym
.
¶
And
how
well
that
the
sayde
abbot
shewed
vnto
hym
that
for
the
loue
of
god
he
ought
to
forbere
lyghtly
the
sayd
Iniurye
/
prayeng
hym
that
he
sholde
do
soo
puttynge
the
vengaunce
in
the
hande
of
god
/
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
therof
/
wherfore
the
abbot
seeyng
his
obstynate
mynde
/
desyred
hym
to
praye
god
with
hym
that
he
wolde
take
a
waye
from
him
this
wycked
obstynacyon
.
¶
Syn
after
this
abbot
made
suche
an
oryson
vnto
our
lord
sayeng
.
O
my
god
haue
pyte
of
the
Indygnacyon
of
this
brother
here
.
For
it
semeth
to
him
by
his
wordes
/
that
we
haue
nought
to
do
of
thy
helpe
/
for
as
moche
that
he
sayth
that
of
hymselfe
&
by
his
myght
he
can
be
auenged
.
¶
Thenne
the
brother
herynge
his
prayer
/
kneled
donne
before
the
sayd
abbot
&
cryed
hym
mercy
.
¶
An
other
in
lykewyse
complayned
hym
to
the
sayd
abbot
of
certayne
Iniurye
that
was
done
to
hym
.
¶
And
he
tolde
him
that
he
sholde
take
it
pacyently
&
that
a
man
is
neuer
Iniuryed
/
but
onely
for
his
synnes
/
&
therfore
we
ought
to
answere
to
them
that
speke
ony
harme
ayenst
vs
.
My
frende
it
is
for
my
synnes
that
thou
spekest
soo
many
Iniuryes
towarde
me
&
for
to
correcte
me
/
wherfore
I
thanke
the.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
sayd
to
his
dyscyples
.
¶
My
brethern
I
praye
you
for
your
synguler
saluacyon
the
malyce
ouercome
neuer
your
wyll
/
but
when
ony
bodye
shall
do
to
you
ony
euyll
/
yelde
hym
good
there
ayenst
/
to
th
ende
that
by
doynge
of
good
ye
ouercome
the
euyll
.
¶
To
this
purpose
is
reherced
of
a
relygyouse
the
more
that
he
was
spoken
ylle
the
gladder
he
was
for
it
saynge
.
They
that
Iniurye
vs
are
cause
of
our
perfeccyon
/
alwayes
prouyded
that
we
haue
good
pacyence
/
but
they
that
speke
to
vs
fayre
wordes
and
swete
as
done
flaterers
/
they
are
vnto
vs
the
cause
of
our
losse
.
¶
For
it
is
wryten
/
who
that
shall
blesse
you
/
certaynly
he
shall
deceyue
you
.
¶
An
other
aeged
holy
fader
was
somtyme
the
whiche
when
ony
of
his
neyghebours
hadde
done
to
hym
ony
Iniurye
/
he
hasted
hym selfe
as
moche
as
he
coude
to
rewarde
theym
with
some
good
therfore
.
¶
And
yf
the
persone
that
soo
hadde
Iniuryed
hym
/
was
dwellyng
ferre
from
hym
/
he
sente
vnto
hym
some
gyftes
.
¶
An
other
wente
for
to
haue
couseyll
of
the
abbot
Sysonyn
/
yf
ony
theues
cam
in
his
house
that
wolde
slee
hym
/
&
that
he
were
of
the
stronger
syde
/
to
wytte
yf
he
sholde
put
hymselfe
ayenst
them
for
to
slee
them
or
noo
.
Wherat
the
abbot
answered
that
he
sholde
kept
hym
well
therfro
/
but
sholde
late
god
doo
.
For
what
soeuer
happeth
to
vs
/
it
is
for
the
punycyon
of
our
synnes
.
¶
So
ought
we
to
gyue
all
vnto
the
godly
dysposyng
of
Ihesu
cryste
.
¶
To
this
purpose
it
is
founde
/
that
certayne
theues
wente
towarde
a
holy
hermyte
/
&
forced
them
for
to
doo
hym
harme
by
vyolence
.
¶
The
whiche
hermyte
for
to
eschewe
theyr
euyll
entent
began
to
crye
¶
And
thenne
the
other
hermytes
his
neyghbours
ranne
to
his
socours
&
toke
the
sayd
theues
/
&
sente
them
to
the
offycers
of
the
Iustyce
/
the
whiche
kepte
them
longe
in
pryson
.
¶
The
relygyouses
that
were
therof
enformed
were
wonderfully
wroth
that
they
were
not
otherwyse
punysshed
.
¶
So
wente
they
to
the
abbot
Poemen
&
shewed
hym
the
caas
.
¶
This
abbot
wrote
vnto
the
hermyte
in
rebukyng
hym
that
he
had
not
with
hym
the
vertue
of
suffraunce
.
¶
The
hermyte
for
bycause
of
this
was
long
tyme
in
his
celle
or
lytyll
house
that
he
wente
not
out
of
it
.
And
fynably
beyng
sory
of
the
longe
emprysonement
of
the
sayd
theues
he
wente
to
the
pryson
/
&
openly
delyuered
them
out
of
the
same
.
¶
The
dyscyple
of
a
phylosopher
/
for
certayne
offense
by
him
made
moeued
the
same
philosopher
his
mayster
to
so
grete
wrathe
ayenst
hym
/
that
he
tolde
hym
/
he
sholde
neuer
pardonne
hym
/
tyll
that
he
had
endured
&
borne
by
the
space
of
thre
yere
alle
the
Iniuryes
of
his
felawes
/
whiche
thyng
he
dyde
so
.
¶
And
at
th
ende
of
the
sayd
thre
yere
this
dyscyple
cam
to
his
mayster
ayen
&
asked
him
forgyuenes
.
And
he
tolde
him
as
in
feryng
hym
that
he
sholde
neuer
pardone
hym
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
yet
by
the
space
of
other
thre
yere
sholde
haue
gyuen
certayn
gyftes
to
those
that
scorned
&
dyde
him
euyll
.
The
dyscyple
suffred
yet
thre
yere
/
&
when
they
were
come
at
an
ende
/
he
cam
ayen
vnto
his
mayster
as
he
had
done
before
/
whiche
brought
him
vnto
Athenes
for
to
lerne
phylosophie
.
Thenne
was
there
at
the
gate
of
the
cyte
an
olde
phylosopher
/
that
made
grete
Iniuryes
to
them
that
wolde
haue
gone
within
for
to
preue
theyr
pacyen●e
.
This
odle
philosopher
thenne
seeyng
the
sayd
disciple
that
wolde
haue
entred
within
the
towne
for
to
studye
there
in
phylosophye
/
casted
at
him
many
proude
mockes
&
shamefull
wordes
.
And
bycause
that
he
suffred
them
pacyently
without
to
trouble
hymself
withall
/
the
entre
of
the
cyte
of
Athenes
forsayd
was
graunted
vnto
him
without
ony
grete
labour
.
¶
By
this
gate
maye
be
vnderstande
the
gate
of
paradyse
/
thrugh
whiche
men
may
not
passe
for
to
seke
the
glorye
of
heuen
without
that
they
endure
many
Iniuryes
¶
An
hermyte
asked
an
holy
fader
how
he
sholde
gete
heuen
/
wherat
he
answered
that
more
lyghtly
he
myght
not
come
therat
than
for
to
haue
pacyence
in
his
troubles
&
Iniuryes
/
&
that
yf
men
doo
to
hym
many
/
he
sholde
haue
more
mede
in
suffryng
of
them
/
than
in
doynge
of
ony
other
penaunce
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
was
desyred
by
certayne
Relygyouses
that
he
wold
shewe
vnto
them
some
good
ensamples
for
to
saue
theyr
soules
.
¶
And
he
commaunded
his
dyscyple
Zacharye
that
he
sholde
telle
them
som
what
.
This
dyscyple
thenne
dyde
put
of
his
habyt
&
tradde
it
with
his
fete
/
sayeng
that
a
man
myght
not
be
nor
ought
not
to
be
a
monke
but
yf
he
were
in
lykewyse
tradde
&
tormented
with
dyuerse
aduersytees
&
troubles
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
sayd
that
he
is
a
veray
relygyouse
that
in
ouercomynge
hymselve
bryngeth
vnder
his
owne
passyons
.
None
also
ought
not
to
lese
him
selfe
for
to
saue
an
other
/
&
therfor
ony
man
ought
not
to
angre
his
neyghbour
for
to
preue
his
pacience
/
for
it
happeth
oftentymes
that
a
body
in
moeuyng
of
som
other
/
he
falleth
in
to
the
synne
of
yre
.
¶
Where
certayn
relygyouses
in
the
presence
of
saynt
Anthony
/
dyd
prayse
an
other
broder
&
his
vertues
/
saynt
Anthony
after
his
praysyng
made
vnto
him
some
Iniuryes
for
to
preue
his
pacyence
/
the
whiche
Iniuryes
he
myght
not
endure
Thenne
sayd
saynt
Anthony
/
that
he
was
lyke
the
houses
that
haue
fayr
entre
&
strong
but
the
theues
may
come
in
lyghtly
atte
the
backe
syde
.
¶
Some
brethern
asked
of
the
abbot
Ysaac
wherfor
was
that
the
deuyls
fered
him
so
moche
/
&
he
answered
the
syth
that
he
was
made
religious
he
was
neuer
angry
in
him
self
/
wherby
the
deuyls
had
him
in
a
drede
¶
A
Relygyouse
cam
ones
to
the
abbot
Achyles
whiche
casted
blood
out
of
his
mouth
.
The
relygyouse
seeyng
the
same
asked
hym
wherof
proceded
this
sykenesse
/
wherat
the
abbot
answered
that
folke
hadde
reported
some
wordes
to
him
wherof
he
was
angry
/
but
notwithstandyng
he
wolde
not
shewe
it
.
So
had
he
prayed
our
lord
that
he
wolde
take
away
that
wrath
from
hym
/
&
for
this
cause
by
meane
of
the
same
prayer
he
casted
blode
out
of
his
mouth
whiche
was
cause
of
the
sleeyng
of
his
wrath
.
¶
Dyuerse
brethern
cam
to
a
holy
hermyte
/
&
as
they
where
come
nyghe
his
hermytage
/
they
founde
shepardes
that
sang
dyshonest
songes
And
when
they
were
within
the
celle
of
the
sayd
hermyte
/
they
asked
him
why
he
corrected
not
the
sayd
shepardes
.
And
he
answered
to
them
that
he
had
be
in
wyl
full
oft
for
to
do
so
/
but
he
consydered
that
yf
he
coude
not
resyste
to
the
temptacions
that
sholde
hap
to
come
to
him
by
meane
of
suche
songes
/
he
sholde
with
grete
payne
mowe
withstande
to
other
temptacyons
more
grete
.
To
this
purpose
he
sayd
/
that
he
that
shal
not
conne
refrayne
his
tonge
ayenst
his
wrath
.
In
lykewyse
with
grete
hardnesse
he
shall
bere
the
moeuynges
&
pryckynges
of
the
flesshe
.
¶
The
abbot
Iohan
beynge
with
all
his
Religyouses
/
they
shewed
vnto
him
one
after
an
other
theyr
thoughtes
/
saue
one
that
sayd
by
enuye
.
O
Iohan
my
brethern
do
as
the
common
wymmen
that
vtter
swetly
theyr
wordes
for
to
gete
loue
of
theyr
bylouers
.
To
whom
the
sayd
abbot
answered
that
his
worde
was
true
.
The
sayd
brother
more
moeued
with
enuye
than
afore
/
sayd
ayen
to
the
sayd
abbot
/
that
his
bodye
was
all
full
of
venym
/
wherat
he
answered
.
Yf
thou
knowe
that
that
is
within
my
body
as
well
as
the
doest
that
that
is
without
thou
sholdest
se
therin
moche
more
deuyls
than
thou
spekest
of
.
¶
In
Egypte
was
a
Relygyouse
sore
renommed
/
the
whiche
for
his
grete
renommee
/
almoost
all
they
of
the
Regyon
were
wonte
for
to
vysyte
hym
.
Durynge
his
sayd
renommee
/
the
abbot
Poemen
came
out
of
Sychye
for
to
dwelle
within
the
sayd
londe
of
Egypte
.
So
many
one
lefte
the
vysytyng
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
for
to
go
towarde
the
sayd
Poemen
/
wherof
the
sayd
Relygyouse
becam
moche
enuyouse
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
knowynge
this
brother
to
be
ylle
contente
of
the
men
dyde
more
of
reuerence
to
this
Poemen
/
than
to
hym
whiche
so
long
tyme
had
be
so
famouse
within
the
sayd
londe
/
was
full
sory
&
heuy
of
that
he
was
cause
of
his
angre
.
¶
Soo
gadred
he
all
his
Relygyouses
togydre
with
hym
/
&
wente
for
to
vysyte
&
see
the
sayd
brother
that
whiche
wolde
not
open
his
dore
to
them
at
the
fyrst
but
bycause
he
sawe
that
the
sayd
Poemen
was
in
his
opynyon
prayeng
that
he
wolde
make
hym
openyng
/
he
made
hym
with
his
felawes
to
come
in
.
And
after
kyssed
eche
other
/
&
were
at
the
same
houre
veray
frendes
togydre
/
soo
that
the
sayd
Relygyouse
sayde
vnto
saynt
Poemen
that
he
was
of
moche
more
perfeccyon
than
he
had
herde
telle
.
¶
An
abbot
named
Mutues
made
a
celle
some
tyme
in
a
place
called
Eracloena
where
so
grete
enuye
was
vpon
hym
of
many
one
that
he
was
constrayned
for
to
departe
out
of
it
.
¶
So
wente
be
to
a nother
place
where
in
lykewyse
he
made
a nother
dwellyng
place
for
hym selfe
to
dwelle
in
/
&
as
afore
/
he
was
there
sore
enuyed
of
a
Relygyouse
/
wherof
he
was
constrayned
to
go
there
out
as
he
was
fro
the
other
.
Soo
went
he
ayen
to
the
place
from
whens
he
was
departed
fyrst
&
shette
hymself
within
his
celle
.
¶
After
this
the
hermytes
neyghbours
to
the
same
place
of
whens
he
was
departed
fro
gadred
them selfe
togydre
and
toke
the
sayde
brother
enuyer
of
the
sayd
abbot
Mutues
for
to
brynge
hym
towarde
hym
.
And
when
they
were
come
nyghe
his
hermytage
/
they
lefte
the
sayd
brother
in
a
place
nyghe
ynoughe
to
the
same
with
the
skynnes
wherwith
they
were
clothed
/
&
this
done
they
wente
for
to
speke
with
the
sayd
abbot
.
And
when
they
were
come
at
him
/
he
opened
his
wyndowe
for
to
spek
to
them
&
asked
of
them
where
theyr
melotes
were
/
that
is
to
saye
theyr
habytes
made
of
skynnes
that
they
were
wont
to
be
clothed
withall
/
wherat
they
sayd
/
that
they
had
lefte
them
not
ferre
fro
thens
with
the
brother
that
had
be
enuyouse
ouer
him
.
¶
He
brake
thenne
open
his
dore
with
an
axe
&
ranne
towarde
the
sayd
brother
that
whiche
colled
&
kyssed
in
sygne
of
peas
.
¶
And
after
he
brought
them
to
his
celle
&
ete
with
them
/
notwithstandyng
that
he
was
not
wonte
for
to
ete
nor
drynke
atte
suche
an
houre
as
that
was
.
And
fynally
he
retourned
ayen
with
them
.
¶
The
abbot
Agathon
sayd
that
he
neuer
hadde
slept
whyle
that
he
hadde
ony
questyon
with
some
tyll
that
he
was
reconsyled
with
hym
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
he
suffred
neuer
no
Relygyouses
to
slepe
in
theyr
obstynacyon
that
had
noyse
or
debate
one
ayenst
the
other
/
tyll
that
they
were
peased
.
¶
Two
brethern
were
in
an
hermytage
whiche
hadde
neuer
debate
togydre
It
happed
soo
that
the
one
sayde
to
that
other
.
My
broder
I
praye
the
that
we
may
haue
some
questyon
togydre
as
other
haue
.
That
other
sayd
that
he
wyst
not
what
noyse
was
.
Ha
syre
sayd
his
felawe
I
shall
lerne
the
how
we
shall
chyde
and
falle
out
togydre
.
I
shall
sette
a
tyle
betwene
vs
bothe
/
and
thenne
I
shall
saye
that
it
is
myn
owne
/
and
thou
shalte
saye
that
it
is
thyne
owne
/
and
by
this
meane
we
shall
haue
stryffes
togydre
.
¶
They
dyde
putte
this
tyle
betwix
them
bothe
/
and
that
done
/
one
of
them
sayd
/
this
tyle
is
to
me
belongynge
/
that
other
answered
I
hope
it
is
myne
.
The
fyrst
sayd
nay
/
it
sholde
be
for
hym
.
The
other
answered
/
yf
it
be
thyne
thenne
take
it
and
bere
it
with
the.
And
thus
they
coude
not
haue
no
stryfe
togydre
.
¶
Saynte
Macharye
beynge
in
his
prayers
he
herde
a
voyce
that
sayde
.
¶
Macharye
thou
rechest
not
yet
vnto
the
holynesse
of
two
wymmen
that
are
in
the
next
cyte
.
¶
This
holy
man
after
this
voyce
y
herde
/
went
forthwith
to
the
sayd
cyte
/
and
soo
longe
he
soughte
after
them
that
he
founde
them
.
¶
He
was
receyued
of
them
gladly
ynoughe
.
¶
After
he
questyoned
them
of
theyr
astate
and
conuersacyon
where
of
theyr
were
sore
abasshed
because
they
hadde
sayen
euery
nyght
with
theyr
husbondes
.
¶
Notwithstandynge
the
holy
fader
questyoned
them
more
desyryngly
/
and
soo
that
they
were
constrayned
to
telle
hym
theyr
conuersacyon
.
¶
They
fyrst
of
all
sayd
to
hym
that
they
hadde
noo
sybbe
or
kyndrede
togydre
/
but
oonly
of
that
theyr
husbondes
were
brethern
germayn
/
with
the
whiche
and
by
the
space
of
.xv.
yere
they
hadde
togydre
bothe
of
them
vsed
theyr
lyue
withoute
to
speke
ony
foule
worde
the
one
to
the
other
/
and
without
neuer
to
haue
had
ony
debate
or
stryfe
/
but
durynge
the
sayd
tyme
they
had
lyued
in
peas
togydre
/
with
this
they
hadde
purposed
syn
longe
tyme
agoo
to
entre
in
Relygyon
/
and
so
they
sholde
haue
do
yf
theyr
husbondes
wolde
haue
graunted
therto
.
And
seeynge
that
they
wolde
not
be
content
that
they
sholde
do
so
/
they
had
lyued
with
theyr
husbondes
the
best
and
moost
honest
lyfe
that
they
coude
in
dyspysyng
all
temporall
thynges
/
&
desyryng
onely
the
spyrytuall
thynges
.
¶
The
holy
hermyte
seeyng
theyr
honest
lyfe
/
he
began
to
saye
thus
.
¶
Certaynly
god
accepteth
not
more
the
virgynes
nor
the
wedded
wyues
than
the
monkes
seculer
/
but
oonly
he
asketh
the
good
purpose
to
be
stedfast
in
him
and
in
his
commaundementes
.
For
of
his
goodnesse
to
al
astates
he
gyueth
inspyracyon
to
lede
a
lyfe
/
wherby
euery
persone
maye
purchace
paradyse
.
¶
A
broder
there
was
that
coude
neuer
haue
peas
with
the
other
relygyouses
/
so
purposed
he
for
to
go
dwell
alone
in
an
hermytage
/
to
th
ende
he
myght
be
in
rest
/
&
that
no
bodye
myght
angre
no
moeue
him
for
to
laugh
/
fynably
he
went
in
to
a
grete
caue
where
he
dwelled
alone
It
happed
one
daye
that
he
fylled
a
vessel
with
water
&
sette
it
on
the
grounde
/
that
whiche
vessell
forth
with
tourned
the
botom
vpsodōne
not
ones
oonly
but
thre
tymes
/
and
atte
euery
tyme
he
fylled
it
ayen
.
And
seyng
that
he
coude
not
make
him
stande
on
the
erthe
he
brake
it
for
dyspyte
in
peces
.
¶
And
thenne
he
knewe
that
as
well
when
he
sholde
be
allone
/
the
deuyll
that
angred
hym
in
Relygyon
/
myght
also
trouble
hym
in
solytary
place
.
So
retourned
he
to
his
monasterye
/
sayeng
that
it
was
necessarye
for
to
werke
&
haue
pacyence
/
&
to
aske
the
helpe
of
god
without
whiche
ony
vertue
we
can
not
come
to
.
¶
Saynt
Macharye
tolde
of
hymselfe
that
he
beyng
yong
&
dwellyng
in
an
hermytage
/
he
was
compelled
by
force
to
serue
in
the
cyte
as
clerke
/
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
dwelle
there
/
but
alwayes
went
ayen
to
his
hermytage
.
It
happed
the
same
tyme
that
the
doughter
of
a
seculer
was
grete
with
childe
.
Her
parentes
that
sawe
this
asked
her
of
whome
it
was
/
she
answered
that
the
hermyte
Macharye
hadde
done
the
dede
.
Her
sayde
kynnesmen
thenne
wente
to
the
hermytage
of
the
sayd
Macharye
&
toke
and
bete
hym
&
henge
pottes
atte
his
ne●ke
sayeng
/
here
is
the
worthy
hermyte
that
hathe
defyled
our
doughter
/
with
that
came
there
an
aeged
holy
fader
whiche
repreued
them
sharpely
because
that
they
had
soo
sore
beten
hym
that
he
was
all
moost
deed
.
And
they
that
had
the
deuyll
with
them
answered
to
hym
ayen
.
¶
Thou
seest
the
shame
that
he
hath
done
to
vs
/
thou
barest
wytnesse
of
his
trouthe
/
but
it
is
now
well
knowen
that
he
is
a
veray
ypocryte
.
Wyte
it
that
we
shall
neuer
leue
hym
in
peas
/
tyll
that
some
bodye
shall
haue
gyuen
for
him
to
our
doughter
lawfull
prouysyon
for
her
lyuyng
.
¶
The
sayd
Macharye
had
a
seruaunt
att
that
tyme
that
bare
to
the
towne
his
ma●̄des
&
baskettes
for
to
be
solde
wherupon
he
lyued
/
to
whome
for
to
eschewe
the
handes
of
the
sayd
tyrauntes
/
he
commaunded
that
he
sholde
selle
all
for
to
nourysshe
the
sayd
doughter
.
And
from
that
tyme
forthon
/
the
p●ore
hermyte
was
constrayned
to
watche
dayly
and
nyghtely
for
to
gete
the
sayd
womans
lyuyng
/
and
sayd
vnto
hymselfe
.
Now
Macharye
werke
well
/
for
thou
hast
a
wyfe
&
a
childe
whiche
thou
must
fynde
/
wherfore
thou
shalte
now
laboure
more
than
thou
dydest
afore
.
¶
But
the
holy
hermyte
awayted
euer
thou
god
sholde
helpe
hym
.
¶
The
tyme
came
that
the
sayd
doughter
sholde
be
delyuered
of
her
fruyte
where
she
was
longe
in
grete
martyrdom
with
thrawes
without
comparyson
.
The
matrones
or
myddewyfes
that
were
come
to
her
for
to
receyue
the
childe
/
questyoned
her
&
asked
her
wherof
it
came
that
she
myght
not
be
delyuered
of
her
childe
.
Thenne
the
poore
synner
confessed
her
synne
&
sayd
that
it
was
bycause
the
falsly
she
had
accused
the
poore
hermyte
/
for
she
was
with
childe
by
a
neyghbour
of
hers
a
yong
man
.
And
when
this
thyng
was
come
vnto
ye●eres
of
hym
that
brough
the
fode
aswell
to
the
sayd
Macharye
as
to
the
sayd
doughter
/
he
ranne
apas
towarde
him
&
telled
him
these
tydynges
/
wherof
saynt
Macharye
gaaf
praysynges
&
graces
vnto
our
lord
/
&
fro
thens
he
departed
for
to
go
in
to
Sychye
/
where
he
lyued
long
tyme
in
doynge
grete
penaunces
.
¶
A
brother
asked
of
the
abbot
Poemen
/
what
thyng
he
myght
doo
for
to
eschewe
yre
&
sadnesse
/
wherat
he
answered
/
that
he
sholde
not
dysprayse
/
nor
Iuge
/
nor
also
bachytte
ony
persone
/
and
yf
he
kepte
hem
therfro
/
our
lorde
sholde
gyue
hym
rest
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
sayd
of
saynte
Ysodore
abbot
that
he
oonly
more
than
ony
other
truely
knewe
his
one selfe
/
for
when
he
had
ony
thoughtes
or
Illusyons
that
he
was
an
holy
man
/
he
answered
to
hym selfe
.
Alas
I
am
not
suche
as
Anthonye
was
or
the
abbot
Pando
or
the
other
faders
that
haue
be
louers
of
god
By
this
meane
he
lost
his
fantasye
whiche
presumed
him
ouer
hyghe
/
when
the
deuyls
sayd
to
him
.
¶
Abbot
thou
hast
good
to
do
penaunce
/
for
after
that
thou
shalt
haue
lyued
well
in
grete
sharpnesse
/
thou
shall
descende
in
to
helle
.
¶
He
answered
vnto
them
.
Yet
no
force
yf
I
descende
there
.
I
hope
I
shall
not
be
brought
in
to
the
deppest
parte
therof
.
For
ye
shall
be
vnder
me
.
¶
The
deuyls
sayd
often
to
the
abbot
Moyses
that
they
coude
neuer
make
hym
to
falle
.
for
when
they
●rowed
for
to
haue
broughte
him
donne
by
despyracōn
/
he
was
araysed
to
god
warde
.
And
when
they
wende
to
haue
enhaunsed
him
by
pryde
he
brought
hym selfe
donne
by
humylyte
/
and
by
this
meane
he
brought
the
deuyls
vndre
fote
.
¶
A
brother
questyoned
ones
the
abbot
Sysonin
askynge
of
him
counseyll
what
he
sholde
doo
of
that
he
was
fallen
in
to
synne
.
¶
The
abbot
answered
to
him
that
he
sholde
put
payne
for
to
aryse
ayen
.
And
he
sayd
there
ayenst
/
that
he
had
araysed
him
selfe
ones
/
but
he
was
fallen
agayne
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
answerd
as
had
done
afore
.
And
ayen
by
many
tymes
the
sayd
broder
tolde
hym
that
often
tymes
he
was
fall
&
as
many
tyme
he
had
arysen
ayen
by
penaunce
.
¶
So
answered
vnto
him
the
sayd
abbot
that
he
sholde
not
cesse
to
aryse
hymselve
ayen
incontynent
that
he
were
by
synne
ouerthrawen
And
where
the
sayd
brother
asked
of
him
vnto
how
many
tymes
he
sholde
ryse
ayen
/
the
abbot
answered
vnto
that
tyme
that
in
good
or
euyll
werke
thou
shall
decesse
/
for
in
the
astate
as
the
man
shal
be
caught
by
deth
/
in
the
astate
shall
he
be
Iuged
.
¶
An
other
was
tempted
of
certayn
synne
by
the
space
of
.x.
yere
/
&
bycause
he
coude
nomore
withstonde
/
as
dysperate
he
wolde
go
out
of
his
hermytage
to
the
worlde
ayen
.
¶
Thenne
cam
vnto
him
a
voyce
that
sayd
.
O
man
for
to
recompense
that
of
thou
.x.
yere
in
whiche
thou
hast
myghtly
fought
/
wyte
that
thou
shall
haue
thou
crowne
of
vyctorye
.
By
this
it
appyreth
to
vs
/
that
we
ought
to
contynue
vnto
th
ende
/
for
the
more
euylles
that
we
haue
/
the
gretter
glorye
shal
we
receyue
.
¶
After
this
he
went
ayen
to
his
hermytage
&
had
no
more
the
sayd
temptacyons
.
¶
The
abbot
Anthonye
beyng
in
his
hermytage
was
tempted
long
of
slouthe
and
of
ydelnesse
/
so
sayd
he
to
god
.
My
god
I
desyre
to
be
saued
/
but
the
dyuerse
thoughtes
that
come
vpon
me
wyll
not
consent
therunto
/
wherfor
my
lorde
teche
me
what
I
ought
to
do
for
my
saluacyon
.
¶
And
soone
after
this
he
sawe
a
man
lyke
hym
as
hym
semed
/
that
weued
a
rope
/
&
after
arose
from
his
werke
and
made
deuoute
prayers
.
Suche
a
vysyon
happed
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
¶
Now
men
maye
belyue
/
that
it
was
an
angell
that
shewed
how
a
bodye
maye
withstande
to
his
passyons
.
For
when
saynt
Anthonye
sawe
this
vysyon
/
the
angell
sayd
vnto
hym
Anthonye
do
as
I
do
/
&
thou
shal
be
saued
the
sayd
abbot
when
he
had
seen
the
sayd
techyng
he
was
conforted
/
&
in
tyme
after
he
dyde
as
he
had
the
angell
see
doo
.
¶
An
other
asked
counseyll
to
an
aeged
fader
what
he
sholde
make
because
he
coude
no
maner
of
craft
/
but
oonly
ete
and
drynke
&
slepe
/
and
from
houre
to
houre
/
&
from
one
thought
to
a nother
passyng
a
waye
the
tyme
.
¶
The
olde
fader
counseylled
hym
that
he
sholde
kepe
hym
in
his
chambre
for
the
loue
of
god
&
that
he
sholde
do
that
hym
possyble
was
after
his
vnderstandynge
without
to
trouble
ne
lette
his
fantasye
with
curyouse
thoughtes
/
and
that
without
faute
he
sholde
haue
Ioye
lyke
to
saynt
Anthonye
.
¶
An
other
asked
to
the
abbot
Achylles
wherof
came
that
he
beynge
in
his
●elle
/
he
had
no
wyll
for
to
do
ony
good
werke
for
his
soule
.
¶
Achylles
answered
to
hym
/
that
it
was
because
he
had
not
seen
the
Ioyes
of
paradyse
nor
also
the
tourmentes
of
helle
/
&
that
yf
his
chambre
had
be
soo
full
of
wormes
&
of
felthe
that
he
were
there
sowced
vnto
the
necke
/
so
that
his
affeccyon
were
lette
for
to
thynke
vpon
the
tourmentes
of
helle
/
yet
sholde
he
abyde
therin
&
werke
there
by
grete
dylygence
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
demaunded
of
saynt
Anthonye
what
thyng
he
sholde
kepe
for
to
please
god
withall
/
wherat
he
answered
/
that
what
someuer
thynge
that
he
sholde
do
/
were
it
goynge
or
commyng
/
he
sholde
euer
haue
god
in
his
thought
with
the
exemples
&
doctrynes
of
holy
scrypture
/
&
with
this
where
so
euer
that
he
sholde
caste
hym
to
abyde
he
sholde
not
departe
therfrom
sodeynly
/
but
what
someuer
trouble
that
he
had
there
/
he
sholde
stedfastly
kepe
hymself
atte
it
/
sayeng
that
in
kepynge
these
thre
thynges
/
he
sholde
be
saued
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
desyred
the
abbot
Moyses
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
some
good
sore
/
the
whiche
answered
to
him
/
that
he
sholde
go
to
his
celle
or
lytyll
house
/
for
she
sholde
lerne
him
all
that
he
must
do
so
that
he
wolde
contynue
therin
his
dwellyng
place
.
And
he
sayd
also
/
that
lyke
as
the
fysshe
deyeth
incontynent
that
men
take
out
of
the
water
also
peryssheth
the
relygyouse
when
he
is
out
of
his
cloystre
.
¶
A
brother
asked
to
the
abbot
Poemen
yf
he
sholde
do
bester
his
saluacyon
in
kepyng
hym selfe
all
alone
in
his
hermytage
or
some
other
solytary
place
/
than
to
dwell
among
companye
.
¶
The
whiche
abbot
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
a
man
whiche
of
himselfe
wyll
be
corrected
maye
well
dwelle
euery
where
/
but
he
that
by
pryde
wyll
enhaunse
hymselfe
can
not
abyde
in
no
place
/
for
it
is
wryten
/
he
that
thynketh
hymself
to
be
worth
ony
thyng
where
he
is
nought
/
he
dysceyueth
hymself
.
¶
In
lykewyse
who
that
boosteth
hym
of
some
good
dede
/
yf
he
dooth
it
/
he
leseth
his
mede
.
¶
A
broder
of
Egypt
came
ones
to
the
abbot
Zenon
in
Syrye
/
the
whiche
accused
hymself
of
many
synnes
.
The
sayd
abbot
heryng
his
wordes
was
sore
merueyled
sayeng
/
the
egypcyens
hydden
theyr
●tues
&
shewe
the
vyces
whiche
they
haue
not
/
but
the
syryens
&
grekes
auaunce
them self
of
vertues
that
are
not
in
them
&
hyd
theyr
owne
synnes
.
¶
An
olde
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
he
that
is
sore
praysed
&
worshyped
of
the
worlde
leseth
the
meryte
of
his
soule
/
&
by
suche
praysynges
he
falleth
in
vayne
glory
.
And
he
that
is
scorned
of
the
worlde
shall
haue
grete
rewarde
of
god
.
¶
Yet
sayd
he
more
that
lyke
as
it
is
Impossyble
that
the
herbe
&
the
sede
sholde
come
kyndely
bothe
attones
/
also
it
is
Impossyble
to
haue
the
glorye
of
this
worlde
and
the
Ioye
of
heuen
togyder
.
¶
Item
al
thus
as
a
tresour
whiche
is
knowen
mynusheth
&
wexeth
lytyll
/
so
dothe
the
vertu
when
it
is
knowen
by
hym
that
dothe
it
.
¶
Item
as
the
waxe
fleteth
afore
the
fyre
/
so
the
soule
in
this
worlde
y praysed
takyng
therat
her
reioycyng
leseth
her
fayrenesse
.
¶
Whan
the
thynkynge
of
pryde
or
vayne
glorye
befyghteth
vs
by
demyng
that
we
be
good
/
we
ought
to
seke
in
oure
conscyences
yf
we
haue
kepte
all
the
commaundementes
of
god
and
loued
our
enemyes
.
¶
Yf
we
haue
not
be
gladde
when
oure
aduersaryes
haue
hadde
losse
of
goodes
/
&
whether
we
haue
ben
wrote
of
theyr
getynges
.
Thenne
shall
we
see
that
we
dyde
neuer
noo
good
.
¶
And
by
the
same
we
shall
eschewe
this
folysshe
presumpcyon
to
trowe
to
be
good
.
¶
A
holy
fader
after
he
was
come
for
to
see
his
felowe
he
sayd
vnto
him
.
Brother
I
am
all
redy
deed
in
the
worlde
.
¶
His
felawe
answered
vnto
him
.
My
frende
trust
on
thy selfe
tyll
that
tyme
that
thy
soule
shall
departe
out
of
thy
bodye
/
for
yf
thou
art
deed
/
the
deuyll
therfore
is
not
so
/
the
whiche
hath
without
nombre
craftes
&
subtyl
for
to
deceyue
vs
¶
An other
holy
fader
was
that
had
lyued
fyfty
yere
without
brede
&
ete
noo
thyng
but
rotys
&
dranke
a
lytyll
water
.
¶
He
sayd
ones
to
his
felawes
.
My
brethern
I
thanke
god
of
that
he
gyueth
my
grace
that
I
can
eschewe
fornycacyon
/
vayne
glorye
/
and
auaryce
.
The
abbot
Abraham
herynge
these
wordes
came
vnto
hym
/
&
asked
hym
yf
by
auenture
he
founde
a
woman
in
his
celle
whether
he
myght
well
kepe
hym
to
thynke
that
she
were
there
.
He
answered
nay
/
but
he
sholde
neuer
consent
to
haue
hyr
companye
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
Abraham
/
fornycacyon
is
not
deed
yet
in
the
but
oonly
it
is
bounde
by
the
wyll
of
god
for
it
is
possyble
that
thou
myght
synne
in
it
.
¶
In
lykewyse
he
questyoned
him
of
couetyse
/
askynge
to
hym
yf
he
seeyng
some
golde
among
some
stones
sholde
mowe
kepe
him
from
thynkyng
that
it
were
golde
/
so
answerd
he
nay
/
but
he
sholde
not
haue
apetyt
to
take
it
.
Thyrdly
he
asked
him
yf
two
men
/
of
whiche
the
one
hated
him
/
&
the
other
loued
him
/
came
to
his
house
/
whether
he
sholde
receyue
them
y lyke .
He
answered
nay
/
but
he
sholde
constrayne
his
wyll
for
to
do
as
good
chere
to
the
one
as
to
the
other
.
¶
And
what
by
these
questyons
/
as
by
his
answeres
/
the
holy
fader
Abraham
shewed
hym
clerely
/
that
our
passyons
be
neuer
deed
/
but
oonly
are
bounden
.
For
vnto
the
laste
artycle
of
the
dethe
we
all
are
in
puyssaunce
to
do
synne
/
wherfore
we
ought
not
to
prayse
oure selfe
.
¶
An
olde
hermyte
dwelled
in
a
desert
wounderfull
lowe
/
&
with
hym
haunted
full
ofte
a
seculer
man
for
to
serue
him
that
had
a
childe
whiche
in
certayn
tyme
fell
syk
/
that
whiche
thyng
seeyng
his
fader
he
prayed
the
sayd
holy
man
that
he
wolde
go
vnto
his
house
for
to
see
his
childer
to
th
ende
that
by
his
prayers
he
might
be
made
hole
.
This
holy
hermyte
graunted
him
his
request
&
wente
with
him
/
when
they
came
nyghe
the
sayd
house
/
the
fader
of
the
childe
commaunded
that
men
sholde
come
ayenst
the
holy
man
with
lampes
&
torches
.
The
hermyte
seyng
the
grete
honour
that
men
dyde
vnto
hym
/
he
vnclothed
hymselfe
all
naked
&
began
for
to
wasshe
his
clothes
in
a
water
.
¶
Thenne
the
fader
of
the
childe
sayd
to
them
that
came
ayenst
him
Tourne
ayen
home
tourne
ayen
I
see
well
that
oure
holy
man
hath
loste
his
entendement
.
After
he
asked
hym
the
cause
why
in
the
presence
of
soo
many
folke
he
had
done
so
grete
a
folye
/
saynge
that
they
sholde
wene
that
he
were
from
his
wytte
and
full
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
Thenne
answered
the
hermyte
that
none
other
thyng
he
wolde
not
here
.
¶
A
grete
lorde
that
was
Iuge
of
the
prouynce
where
dwelled
the
abbot
Moyses
wolde
goo
see
hym
.
When
Moyses
knewe
it
/
he
fledde
awaye
/
&
as
by
hap
he
mette
with
the
sayd
lord
by
the
waye
whiche
asked
hym
where
dwelled
the
abbot
Moyses
.
He
answered
him
/
why
he
sought
aboute
for
to
see
a
fole
and
a
wycked
heretyke
.
¶
The
Iuge
thenne
wente
ayen
to
the
chirche
&
sayd
to
the
clerkes
how
he
had
mette
an
hermyte
that
had
sayd
vnto
hym
that
the
abbot
Moyses
was
but
an
heretyke
.
Thenne
the
clerkes
asked
hym
what
maner
a
man
it
was
that
he
had
seen
.
He
sayd
it
was
a
man
grete
&
blacke
&
sore
olde
and
clothed
with
fowle
habytes
.
¶
Thenne
they
knewe
that
it
was
he
wherof
the
Iuge
was
sore
on
angred
&
wente
his
waye
for
dyspyte
.
¶
The
abbot
Sysoyns
dwellynge
in
the
mo●tayne
where
saynt
Anthonye
was
buryed
/
a
good
man
acompanyed
with
a
childe
of
his
wente
there
for
to
see
hym
&
for
to
receyue
his
blessynge
.
¶
It
happed
by
the
wyll
of
god
that
his
childe
deyed
by
the
waye
/
wherof
neuertheles
the
fader
angred
not
hym selfe
/
but
takyng
his
Infortune
pacyently
/
he
bare
his
childe
deed
to
the
celle
or
lytyll
house
of
the
sayd
abbot
.
And
as
he
cam
in
he
founde
him
in
his
prayers
.
So
dyd
he
sprede
afore
his
fete
his
sayd
childe
/
&
he
hym selfe
kneled
before
hym
on
his
knees
/
castyng
hym self
to
the
erthe
/
as
they
that
asked
to
the
holy
faders
theyr
blessyng
were
woū●e
for
to
do
.
¶
And
after
that
he
had
made
his
oryson
/
he
wente
out
of
the
celle
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
leuyng
his
childe
there
.
¶
And
so
it
happed
that
the
holy
fader
forsayd
tendyng
styll
to
his
prayers
&
contemplacōns
/
had
not
seen
the
sayd
good
man
/
or
atte
lest
had
not
spoken
to
hym
/
in
tournyng
hym selfe
a
backe
he
sawe
the
childe
thus
caste
afore
hym
as
afore
is
sayd
/
&
wenyng
that
he
had
be
thus
prayeng
vnto
god
He
saye
vnto
hym
suche
wordes
/
aryse
my
sone
&
go
after
thy
fader
.
And
Incontynent
after
these
wordes
/
the
childe
meruayllously
arose
&
went
towarde
his
fader
/
whiche
seeyng
hym
alyue
agayne
was
soueraynly
meruaylled
/
&
knowynge
the
grace
that
god
had
done
to
hym
/
he
gaaf
to
hym
graces
&
than
kynges
.
And
also
came
&
thanked
the
sayd
abbot
that
wyst
no
thyng
therof
wherof
he
receyued
not
vnto
hym
the
worshyp
nor
the
glorye
/
but
he
was
ful
sory
to
here
telle
of
suche
thynges
/
●o●●tyng
that
the
noyse
that
myght
aryse
therby
sholde
be
cause
to
make
hym
falle
in
to
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
/
wherfore
expresly
he
defended
vnto
the
sayd
good
man
that
he
sholde
neuer
telle
nothyng
of
it
at
lest
tyll
after
his
deth
.
¶
A
seculer
man
taken
of
the
deuyll
was
brought
somtyme
in
to
a
chirche
where
were
many
monkes
/
the
whiche
made
togydre
theyr
prayers
for
hym
/
but
neuerthelesse
the
deuyll
wolde
not
leue
hym
.
Soo
were
they
purposed
for
to
desyre
theyr
abbot
Besaryon
that
he
sholde
praye
for
hym
/
but
they
were
yet
in
a
dyffyculte
/
sayeng
that
yf
they
sholde
go
telle
hym
this
in
his
chambre
/
he
sholde
not
come
to
the
chirche
/
wherfor
beryng
this
man
towarde
him
they
dyde
sette
him
donne
by
the
waye
where
theyr
sayde
abbot
sholde
come
/
&
began
agayne
togydre
for
to
praye
god
for
the
sayd
man
.
¶
And
when
the
sayd
abbot
sholde
haue
passed
by
eche
of
them
beganne
for
to
calle
and
crye
.
O
fader
abbot
awake
this
man
.
Incontynent
the
holy
man
makyng
ouer
hym
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
commaunded
hym
that
he
sholde
aryse
&
go
out
of
the
waye
/
&
he
dyde
soo
.
¶
An
other
was
in
Egypte
that
had
a
childe
whiche
had
the
palsey
/
the
whiche
as
the
pleasyr
of
god
was
/
he
toke
&
bare
him
vnto
the
celle
of
saynt
Besaryon
/
&
sore
wepyng
lefte
hym
at
the
●ore
.
¶
This
done
the
childe
began
to
wepe
&
weyle
.
And
the
holy
man
that
loked
out
atte
the
wyndowe
sawe
hym
&
sayd
.
My
childe
who
hath
brought
the
there
/
wherat
the
childe
answered
.
Syre
it
was
my
fader
that
hath
lefte
me
here
.
¶
Thenne
saynt
Besaryon
sayd
to
hym
/
stande
vp
my
sone
&
goo
after
hym
/
and
anone
with
good
helth
he
departed
&
went
after
his
fader
.
¶
The
abbot
Mutues
sayd
/
that
the
more
that
a
man
denieth
hym selfe
a
grete
synner
/
he
is
without
comparacyon
moche
more
parfyt
and
more
nexte
god
than
the
other
be
that
do
not
soo
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
Ysaye
sayeng
/
god
called
hym selfe
wretchyd
&
abhomynable
synner
/
we
haue
in
this
worlde
but
care
/
and
contynuelly
in
daunger
to
falle
.
¶
Also
it
is
wryten
he
that
is
vp
/
lat
hym
beware
of
a
fall
/
we
rowe
in
the
see
/
euer
in
daunger
to
be
perysshed
.
Morouer
he
sayd
that
they
that
are
in
solytarye
places
rowe
in
sauete
as
lyghtned
with
the
sonne
of
ryghtwysnesse
.
¶
And
they
that
are
in
the
worlde
rowe
in
daunger
/
that
is
to
wyte
for
doubte
of
the
nyght
/
that
betokeneth
vnknowyng
/
but
not
withstandynge
it
happeth
often
to
them
that
be
seculers
/
how
be
it
that
they
rowe
in
the
derkenesse
of
the
nyght
/
that
is
to
wyte
amonge
the
wretchydnesse
and
worldly
troubles
/
that
theyr
shyppe
cometh
to
port
salue
.
¶
And
they
that
be
in
relygyon
bycause
that
they
be
assured
as
them
semeth
/
yf
they
become
neclygent
and
proude
/
they
leue
theyr
good
styre
and
ruler
/
that
is
to
wyte
mekenesse
/
wherof
it
happeth
somtyme
that
theyr
shyppe
is
drowned
in
the
see
.
¶
And
right
soo
as
it
is
Impossyble
a
shyp
to
be
sure
without
nayles
/
also
it
is
Impossyble
to
be
saued
without
mekenesse
whiche
is
neuer
angry
/
nor
wyll
neuer
consente
that
an
other
shall
be
angry
.
Mekenesse
is
to
forgyue
hym
that
hath
trespasseth
agaynst
vs
afore
that
he
repenteth
/
that
is
to
saye
as
soone
as
he
hath
done
to
vs
ony
shame
Iniurye
or
wronge
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
ones
well
erly
dyde
fette
leues
of
a
lawrer
tree
for
to
make
mattes
withall
.
And
as
he
came
homewarde
ayen
he
mette
the
deuyll
that
bare
a
sharpe
secle
wherwith
he
wende
to
haue
stryke
atte
hym
/
but
he
coude
not
.
¶
And
after
as
for
grete
dyspyte
he
cryed
lowde
&
sayd
.
O
Machary
thou
gyuest
me
moche
tourment
/
when
I
wene
for
to
trouble
&
hurte
the
I
can
not
/
and
yet
alwayes
I
go
beyonde
the
in
all
werkes
/
for
thou
etest
&
drynkest
whiche
I
do
neuer
soo
.
Thou
spekest
somtyme
/
&
I
haue
neuer
lust
to
do
so
Neuerthelesse
thou
settest
me
vnder
so
to
in
one
thyng
/
that
is
in
mekenesse
.
Thenne
the
holy
fader
dyde
sette
hym selfe
to
oryson
/
&
the
dampned
spyryte
dyde
vanysshe
awaye
.
¶
A
man
that
taken
was
of
the
deuyl
smotte
ones
one
of
the
holy
faders
of
Egypte
in
the
face
vpon
his
●o
cheke
.
And
Incontynente
the
holy
fader
proffred
hym
his
other
cheke
for
to
receyue
an
other
stroke
of
hym
.
¶
The
deuyll
seeyng
his
mekenesse
myght
not
endure
the
same
&
wente
out
of
the
sayd
lyke
mannes
bodye
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
sayde
that
alle
the
vertues
that
a
Relygyouse
myght
perfo●me
/
without
humilyte
they
can
not
prouffyte
hym
nothyng
.
For
humylyte
is
the
message●
of
charyte
.
In
hauyng
the
whiche
men
be
with
god
whiche
is
the
same
charyte
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
as
he
was
clȳmyng
vpon
the
montayn
of
Nitrye
he
badde
a
dyscyple
of
his
that
he
sholde
goo
afore
hym
.
And
in
his
waye
he
mette
with
a
preest
of
the
paynemyes
lawe
/
beryng
a
grete
logge
at
his
neck
to
whome
the
dyscyple
callynge
vpon
hym
began
to
saye
.
¶
O
thou
deuyll
where
doest
thou
renne
now
.
The
preest
that
was
angry
of
his
wrong
dyde
bete
so
sore
the
dyscyple
that
he
lefte
him
for
deed
.
Anone
after
this
preest
mette
with
saynt
Macharye
that
greted
him
sayeng
.
O
thou
man
that
delyuered
the
other
saued
mayst
thou
be
.
¶
And
thenne
the
preest
demaunded
of
hym
/
what
good
haste
thou
see
in
me
that
thou
hast
so
curtously
greted
me
.
The
holy
man
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
he
had
see
hym
renne
and
labour
in
his
waye
full
fast
/
and
he
wyst
not
where
.
And
this
sayd
he
to
the
sayd
preest
because
that
he
was
a
paynem
and
wyste
not
what
he
dyde
as
touchyng
our
fayth
.
The
preest
sayd
to
hym
.
Certes
I
am
touched
with
compunccyon
thrugh
thy
salutacyon
/
by
the
whiche
I
haue
knowen
that
thou
arte
goddes
man
/
but
I
haue
mette
with
one
I
wote
not
what
a
wretched
monke
that
hath
wronged
me
ouer
moche
.
And
also
rewardynge
by
of
his
scornefull
wordes
I
haue
gyue
vnto
hym
greuous
woundes
.
Incontynent
he
was
tourned
and
swore
that
he
sholde
not
lat
hym
go
/
tyll
that
he
made
him
a
monke
.
¶
After
they
two
wente
togydre
to
the
place
where
the
dyscyple
was
hurte
/
and
bare
hym
in
the
chirche
.
¶
Alle
the
monkes
were
glad
of
the
conuersyon
of
the
preest
/
for
by
him
many
were
tourned
.
¶
So
sayde
the
abbot
saynt
Macharye
to
this
purpose
/
that
oftentymes
proude
and
scornefull
wordes
tourne
and
tyse
the
good
folke
for
to
doo
euyll
.
Also
humble
langage
moeueth
the
euyll
folke
vnto
goodnesse
.
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
sayd
often
/
that
none
can
be
good
how
well
he
desyreth
to
be
so
/
yf
god
be
not
with
him
for
no
man
is
good
but
he
oonly
/
what
soeuer
vertue
is
in
vs
thenne
/
we
muste
euer
accuse
our selfe
and
holde
vs
for
euyll
folke
.
And
thus
mekyng
our selfe
we
shall
gette
mede
.
¶
One
tyme
the
good
saynt
Anthony
sawe
all
the
grennes
&
snares
of
the
deuyll
spredde
ouer
the
erth
.
Thenne
began
he
to
wepe
&
to
weyle
askynge
to
god
.
Alas
&
who
shall
mowe
eschewe
the
subtyll
snares
of
the
deuyll
.
Incontynente
he
herde
a
voyce
that
sayde
to
hym
.
Anthonye
humylyte
all
oonly
maye
preserue
folke
fro
the
wyckednesse
of
the
deuyll
/
to
the
whiche
the
proude
can
not
come
by
no
wyse
.
¶
An
other
tyme
as
he
was
in
his
oratorye
/
he
herde
a
voyce
that
sayd
.
Anthony
thou
hast
not
yet
knowen
the
vertues
of
a
man
that
taweth
leder
in
Alexandrye
.
And
in
the
mornyng
nexte
after
/
after
this
voyce
y
herde
/
saynt
Anthonye
toke
his
staffe
/
departed
&
ceassed
not
his
pas
tyll
he
came
atte
Alexandrye
the
cyte
Whan
saynt
Anthonye
had
founde
him
he
questyoned
him
of
his
vertues
.
Then
the
sayd
holy
man
sayd
to
hym
that
he
dyd
no
good
att
all
/
but
that
euery
mornynge
when
he
rose
fyrst
he
sayd
in
hym selfe
that
all
they
of
the
cyte
sholde
be
saued
by
theyr
Iustyce
.
And
to
the
contrarye
for
the
synnes
that
he
made
/
he
demed
that
he
was
worthy
of
euerlastynge
dampnacyon
.
And
in
lykewyse
when
he
yede
to
bedde
att
nyght
/
he
remembred
this
thyng
as
for
trouthe
.
¶
This
seynge
saynt
Anthonye
answered
to
hym
/
certaynly
my
sone
I
haue
be
longe
in
the
desertes
with
grete
besynesse
&
care
/
but
I
had
neuer
so
vertuouse
a
cōsyderacōn
.
¶
A
broder
axed
ones
to
the
abbot
Poemen
what
betokened
a
proposycyon
of
the
postle
whiche
is
suche
/
that
is
to
wyte
that
to
those
that
be
clene
without
spot
of
synne
/
all
thyng
semeth
clene
.
The
abbot
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
he
that
myght
come
therto
in
maner
that
he
coude
vnder
stande
it
well
/
he
sholde
holde
hymself
the
lowest
of
all
other
creatures
.
The
broder
sayd
there
ayenst
/
how
can
it
be
/
shall
I
holde
my selfe
for
a
gretter
synner
than
is
a
mansleer
.
¶
The
abbot
sayd
/
whan
we
see
a
mansleer
we
ought
to
consyder
/
that
by
aduenture
he
dyde
neuer
none
other
synne
/
&
we
haue
done
Infynyte
offenses
/
&
haue
be
murdred
of
ourselfe
sleeyng
ourselfe
thrugh
synne
.
¶
And
where
the
sayd
broder
asked
hym
how
this
coude
be
do
/
he
answerd
to
hym
.
The
Iustyfycacyon
oonly
of
man
is
to
repreue
&
correcte
hymselfe
/
&
then
is
the
man
Iuste
/
when
of
hymselve
he
accuseth
&
condempneth
his
synnes
.
¶
Many
Relygyouses
were
ones
with
the
abbot
Poemen
/
wherof
one
began
to
prayse
a nother
sayeng
.
Yonde
is
a
good
man
/
for
he
hath
horrour
of
synnes
.
The
abbot
then
asked
hym
/
what
horrour
of
synnes
was
to
saye
.
To
whiche
askyng
the
relygyouse
not
knowyng
what
answer
he
shold
saye
/
requyred
the
abbot
that
he
wolde
expowne
what
it
mente
.
So
the
sayd
abbot
expowned
it
sayng
that
he
that
hath
horrour
of
that
is
done
amys
/
&
the
blessyth
&
loueth
his
broder
/
he
hath
horrour
of
his
synnes
.
¶
A
broder
axed
of
the
abbot
Poemen
how
he
myght
kepe
him
that
he
sholde
not
saye
yll
of
his
euen
crysten
/
wherat
he
answered
that
he
&
his
euen
crysten
were
two
ymages
/
&
when
he
sholde
dispyse
his
/
he
sholde
Iuge
the
other
that
is
to
wyt
his
neyghbour
to
be
good
&
fayre
And
to
the
contrarye
in
praysyng
his
owne
/
he
sholde
dyspyse
that
other
his
euen
crysten
/
&
when
one
repreueth
his
owne
selfe
●esyly
he
habyteth
none
other
persone
.
And
he
that
consydereth
his
freyltee
/
he
doeth
lyke
as
he
that
dyspyseth
a
vertuous
bodye
.
¶
The
abbot
Ipictus
sayd
the
lyke
as
a
lyon
is
ferfull
to
the
wylde
asses
/
the
whiche
he
enforceth
him
to
deuoure
/
all
thus
a
Relygyouse
that
is
proued
&
knowen
for
a
stedfast
man
/
is
ferfull
&
corageouse
to
withstande
ayenst
flesshly
desyres
.
¶
Morouer
he
be
sayd
that
lyke
as
a
proude
horse
is
sodeynly
taken
by
the
brydell
lykewyse
by
fastynge
is
a
Relygyouse
refrayned
from
the
synne
of
cō●pys●ence
.
¶
He
sayd
also
that
the
bodye
of
a
monke
drye
&
lene
by
fastyng
may●eth
his
soule
from
the
lowe
thynges
vnto
the
souerayne
/
&
all
the
delec●a●ōns
sensuall
&
carnall
he
dryet
and
sleeth
.
¶
Item
the
monke
that
it
chaste
shall
be
honoured
in
erthe
/
&
crowned
in
paradyse
.
¶
Item
he
that
can
not
kepe
his
tonge
besyly
ayenst
wrathe
/
with
grete
payne
he
shall
conne
be
mayster
of
his
passyons
or
temptacyons
.
¶
Item
men
ought
not
to
speke
of
nothynge
but
it
be
vertuouse
or
longyng
to
vertue
for
after
the
comon
prouerbe
of
ye●abondaūce
of
herte
speketh
the
mouth
.
¶
He
sayd
yet
/
that
the
vyne
bereth
neuer
no
thornes
&
that
it
were
better
to
a
relygyouse
for
to
ete
flesshe
&
drynke
wyne
than
for
to
ete
his
euen
crysten
by
bakbytyng
.
¶
And
he
tolde
the
somtyme
in
Sychye
was
made
a
grete
feest
where
men
wolde
haue
gyuen
wyne
to
an
holy
fader
for
to
drynke
/
whiche
makyng
refuse
of
it
/
sayd
that
they
sholde
haue
it
a
waye
/
&
that
the
drynkyng
of
it
sholde
be
his
deth
.
¶
An
other
tyme
men
broughte
vnto
certayne
brethern
some
wyne
of
the
fyrst
makyng
out
of
the
cuppe
/
or
haply
as
for
theyr
thydes
wherof
many
of
this
brethern
dranke
.
¶
An
olde
broder
that
sawe
his
brethern
drynke
of
it
/
fledde
anone
to
his
caue
/
the
whiche
Incontynente
fell
donne
vpon
him
.
The
other
brethern
seeyng
this
Inconuenyente
ranne
therat
&
founde
hym
halfe
deed
.
Thenne
sayd
some
of
them
/
that
by
his
synne
&
vayn
glorye
he
was
gone
in
to
his
sayd
caue
.
But
theyr
abbot
sayd
to
them
/
lat
him
alone
it
is
my
sone
/
the
caue
shall
not
be
made
ayen
whyles
I
lyue
/
to
th
ende
that
the
worlde
shall
knowe
that
it
is
fall
donne
for
a
cuppe
of
wyne
.
¶
The
abbot
Iohan
sayd
that
we
that
take
hede
to
our
synnes
we
be
not
ouer
ladde
with
penaunce
/
but
when
we
condempne
some
other
forsakyng
our
owne
bodye
for
them
/
we
take
then
grete
charge
vp
our selfe
.
And
to
this
purpose
recounted
the
sayd
abbot
Iohan
/
that
somtyme
in
Sychye
were
many
holy
faders
togyder
whiche
spake
of
a
relygyouse
that
was
a
grete
synner
.
¶
The
abbot
Pyot
herkenyng
after
those
the
accused
the
sayd
relygyouse
stode
vp
&
went
&
toke
a
sacke
whiche
he
fylled
with
sonde
/
&
laded
it
vpon
his
backe
.
And
after
he
toke
an
other
lytyll
one
that
he
bare
afore
hym
/
&
thus
lad
he
began
to
go
.
He
was
axed
why
he
dyde
so
/
wherat
he
answered
/
that
the
multytude
of
the
sande
that
was
behynde
betokened
his
synnes
/
the
whiche
he
wolde
not
putte
in
his
Remembraunce
nor
wepe
for
them
/
&
the
lytyll
quantyte
of
sande
that
was
afore
hym
betokened
the
synnes
of
his
neyghbours
whiche
he
sayd
he
had
afore
his
eyen
/
more
than
his
owne
that
he
wolde
forgete
/
the
whiche
thyng
men
ought
not
to
do
.
But
to
the
contrarye
a
bodye
ought
to
putt
his
owne
synnes
before
hym
&
the
other
behynde
.
¶
The
other
abbott●
were
moche
merueylled
therof
/
&
affermed
and
sayd
that
it
was
the
waye
of
saluacyon
.
¶
The
abbot
Ysaac
beynge
in
The●ayde
founde
hym selfe
amonge
many
Relygyouses
where
he
condempned
a
broder
as
gylty
of
certayne
synne
that
he
had
done
.
After
this
he
wente
ayen
to
his
celle
where
he
founde
an
angell
atte
the
dore
that
wolde
not
suffre
hym
to
come
in
/
but
yf
he
sholde
telle
him
fyrst
what
thyng
he
sholde
do
of
his
broder
that
he
had
condempned
.
¶
Thenne
he
knewe
that
he
had
synned
&
cast
hymself
donne
to
the
grounde
.
But
the
angell
toke
him
vp
&
sayd
/
that
he
sholde
neuer
Iuge
ony
body
afore
that
he
were
Iuged
of
god
.
¶
In
a
monasterye
of
Relygyouses
was
a
monke
that
commytted
a
passyng
grete
caas
of
whiche
he
was
accused
by
his
brethern
/
but
this
notwithstandyng
he
sayd
there
ayenst
with
all
his
myght
/
&
wente
vnto
saynt
Anthonye
.
His
brethern
folowed
hym
for
to
brynge
hym
ayen
to
the
monasterye
.
¶
And
when
they
were
come
togyder
afore
saynt
Anthonye
/
they
founde
there
the
abbot
Paphonce
otherwyse
called
Cephalus
/
the
whiche
in
presence
of
them
all
sayd
suche
wordes
.
I
haue
seen
a
man
vpon
the
shorys
of
a
streme
/
the
whiche
was
in
the
myre
to
the
knees
/
some
for
to
brynge
him
there
out
are
come
to
him
/
they
be
entred
therin
to
the
necke
.
Thenne
these
wordes
y
herde
/
the
sayd
accusacours
were
all
abasshed
/
&
vnderstode
that
this
wordes
were
put
vnto
them
/
wherfore
in
humylyte
they
retourned
with
the
sayd
broder
to
theyr
abbaye
.
¶
One
of
the
sayd
holy
faders
sayd
the
when
we
see
ony
bodye
that
dooth
synne
/
we
ought
not
to
put
it
vpon
hym
/
but
vpon
hym
that
maketh
hym
for
to
do
it
/
consyderyng
that
the
deuyll
also
maye
brynge
vs
to
haue
a
falle
.
Morouer
he
sayd
that
none
was
in
the
worlde
that
wyll
synne
/
but
we
be
all
deceyued
.
¶
An
hermyte
named
Thymothee
dispysyng
a
broder
of
his
Relygyouse
/
counseylled
his
abbot
the
he
sholde
pu●
him
out
of
his
abbaye
.
After
the
whiche
puttyng
out
/
the
sayd
hermyte
fell
in
to
a
gryuouse
synne
/
of
whiche
he
made
many
complayntes
.
And
as
he
was
often
cryeng
for
mercy
vnto
our
lord
/
he
herde
a
voyce
that
sayd
to
him
.
Tymothee
this
shame
is
happed
to
the
bycause
of
that
that
thou
hast
dyspysed
thy
broder
fallyng
in
synne
.
¶
An
other
broder
was
whiche
reherced
that
he
had
seen
a
vysyon
foure
ordres
in
heuen
.
The
fyrst
ordre
was
of
folke
feble
in
the
fayth
/
but
neuertheles
they
gaue
thankes
vnto
god
.
The
seconde
of
the
hostelers
whiche
were
ordeyned
to
receyue
the
other
as
almeners
.
The
thyrde
was
of
solytarye
folke
whiche
forsake
the
worlde
as
hermytes
.
And
the
fourth
was
of
those
that
haue
withstonde
to
theyr
owne
wyll
&
were
submytted
vnto
the
subgeccyrn
of
theyr
faders
spyrytuall
/
as
relygyouses
that
make
four
vowes
And
he
sayd
that
the
last
had
more
noble
astate
than
the
other
/
&
for
this
cause
they
bare
atte
theyr
neckes
colers
of
golde
.
¶
Morouer
sayd
the
same
Relygyouse
that
in
seeyng
the
sayd
vysyon
he
demaunded
of
hym
that
shewed
it
vnto
hym
why
the
last
where
more
worshypped
than
the
other
.
He
answered
vnto
hym
that
the
hospytalers
almeners
&
hermytes
that
be
in
desertes
be
not
subget
but
to
theyr
wyll
/
but
the
other
gaue
them selfe
all
togydre
to
god
vnder
the
subgeccyon
of
other
/
wherby
theyr
meryte
is
more
greter
in
honour
.
Obedyence
is
the
saluacyon
of
euerychone
&
the
moder
of
all
vertues
/
she
openeth
the
heuens
/
she
lysteth
the
man
vnto
heuen
/
she
is
felawe
to
angels
&
the
mete
&
consolacyon
of
all
the
sayntes
whiche
by
obedyence
are
come
to
euerlastynge
glorye
.
¶
An
holy
fader
sayd
that
when
a
broder
commaundeth
an
other
for
to
do
some
good
werke
with
drede
of
god
&
with
holy
mekenesse
suche
a
commaundemente
shal
be
done
/
but
when
men
commaundeth
ony
thyng
without
to
haue
regarde
to
god
warde
but
oonly
to
his
owne
aue●orys●
.
It
happeth
often
that
he
whiche
is
so
commaunded
dooth
noo
thyng
therof
/
wherfor
it
is
to
be
noted
/
that
all
the
procedeth
of
god
begynneth
by
humylyte
.
And
to
the
contrary
that
the
cometh
of
the
deuyll
it
is
begonne
by
pryde
or
by
yre
&
by
trouble
of
other
oonly
.
¶
The
abbot
Syluayn
had
a
dyscyple
named
Marc
moche
necessarye
&
obedyent
that
whiche
was
well
loued
of
his
mayster
/
This
abbot
had
it
other
dyscyples
that
whiche
were
right
●ory
&
wrothe
of
that
th
abbot
loued
more
the
sayde
Marc
than
he
dyde
ony
other
of
them
It
happed
that
the
olde
faders
that
were
sory
of
this
vysyon
/
came
&
shewed
it
vnto
the
abbot
.
But
afore
that
they
reherced
ony
thyng
of
the
caas
/
they
went
to
all
the
chambres
of
the
.xi.
with
the
sayd
abbot
and
knocked
att
euery
dore
/
but
there
answered
no
body
.
Fynably
they
came
to
the
dore
of
the
sayd
dyscyples
chambre
/
the
whiche
incontynent
that
he
herde
his
mayster
he
lefte
an
O
that
he
had
begon
to
make
wherof
he
made
but
half
for
grete
desyre
&
hast
that
he
had
to
obey
vnto
his
mayster
.
Thenne
the
olde
faders
that
were
with
him
dyde
prayse
this
dyscyple
&
loued
him
more
then
the
abbot
dyde
¶
Two
brethern
of
fader
&
of
moder
were
in
a
monasterye
/
wherof
th
one
was
moche
obedyent
/
&
the
other
contynent
&
chaste
.
The
obedyent
dyde
all
that
to
him
was
commaunded
.
He
that
was
chaste
had
en●●e
vpon
the
other
/
&
wolde
preue
yf
he
was
veraye
obedyent
.
And
to
this
entent
he
prayed
the
abbot
that
he
myght
haue
leue
to
goo
oute
with
his
broder
.
The
abbot
gaaf
them
leue
for
to
preue
his
obedyence
/
when
they
were
come
nyghe
a
water
where
were
many
bestes
called
Cocodrylles
&
of
whiche
many
men
ben
perysshed
/
the
chast
sayd
to
the
obedyent
.
Go
fyrst
ouer
I
praye
the.
Incontynent
the
obedyent
passed
ouer
the
flood
/
&
all
the
sayd
bestes
cam
to
hym
as
they
sholde
haue
deuoured
hym
/
neuerthelesse
they
made
him
worshyp
lyckynge
his
clothes
about
hym
.
After
the
chaste
commaunded
hym
that
he
sholde
come
agayne
&
he
dyde
soo
.
Thenne
they
wente
forth
&
founde
a
corps
deed
.
The
chast
sayd
/
yf
we
had
some
olde
thyng
we
sholde
couer
this
deed
bodye
.
The
obedyent
answered
.
Lat
vs
rather
praye
god
for
hym
/
for
haply
god
shall
reyse
hym
.
So
began
they
for
to
praye
.
And
anone
by
the
grace
of
god
he
was
reysed
fro
deth
to
lyfe
of
whiche
thyng
the
chaste
boosted
him
self
and
praysed
/
sayeng
it
was
for
his
contynence
that
god
had
done
this
myracle
.
All
whiche
thynges
were
shewed
vnto
theyr
abbot
/
that
whiche
after
theyr
comyng
agayn
blamed
them
/
and
the
chaste
he
repreued
sharply
because
that
he
had
tempted
his
brother
And
to
the
ende
he
sholde
not
be
proude
or
folyshe
gloryouse
/
he
sayd
to
hym
/
that
for
the
obedyens
of
his
brother
the
deed
corps
had
be
reysed
from
deth
to
lyfe
.
¶
One
of
the
holy
faders
of
Sychye
sente
his
dyscyple
in
Egypt
for
to
fetche
a
Camell
for
to
bere
in
to
the
sayd
Egypte
the
baskettes
&
the
maundes
that
he
made
¶
The
whiche
dyscyple
desyryng
to
obeye
wente
redyly
thyder
&
brought
one
from
theis
.
But
as
he
was
commyng
ayen
/
he
founde
an
other
hermyte
by
the
waye
that
sayd
to
hym
My
childe
yf
I
had
knowen
that
thou
had
gone
for
to
fette
a
Camell
.
I
sholde
haue
prayed
the
for
to
haue
brought
me
one
.
¶
The
whiche
thyng
the
dyscyple
reported
&
tolde
vnto
his
mayster
that
sente
him
to
the
sayd
holy
man
ayen
for
to
ledde
vnto
him
the
Camell
that
he
had
brought
for
his
sayd
mayster
.
¶
And
with
that
he
had
hym
that
he
sholde
goo
with
hym
in
Egypte
for
to
helpe
hym
to
bryng
there
his
baskettes
The
dyscyple
wente
ayen
to
the
sayd
holy
fader
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayre
fader
my
fader
sendeth
the
this
Camell
for
thyn
owne
vse
after
thy
necessyte
.
For
he
is
not
redy
for
to
goo
in
to
Egypte
¶
Thenne
all
his
maundes
and
baskettes
were
laden
and
had
in
to
Egypte
.
¶
When
they
were
come
thyder
/
the
dyscyple
holped
hym
to
vnlade
.
And
when
he
wolde
haue
come
ayen
he
sayde
to
the
holy
man
.
My
fader
I
beseche
the
that
it
wyll
please
the
for
to
praye
god
for
me
.
¶
Thenne
the
holy
fader
asked
hym
where
he
wolde
go
/
wherat
he
answered
that
he
wolde
retourne
homewarde
for
to
fette
the
baskettes
of
his
fader
abbot
.
¶
The
other
holy
fader
was
thenne
moche
wrothe
and
angry
/
and
besought
the
dyscyple
that
he
and
his
fader
sholde
haue
pyte
of
him
For
theyr
grete
charyte
made
hym
lese
his
meryte
that
sayd
he
.
¶
An
other
hermyte
hadde
many
baskettes
and
maundes
redy
made
for
to
goo
to
the
markette
withall
.
¶
Soo
it
happed
as
by
aduenture
/
that
he
herde
his
neyghbour
that
sayd
.
I
wote
not
what
I
shall
do
/
the
markette
cometh
in
hande
/
and
I
haue
no
couerynges
redy
for
my
baskettes
.
¶
He
that
had
his
baskettes
and
theyr
couerynges
redy
all
Redy
made
/
he
toke
of
the
couerynges
/
and
sayd
to
his
sayd
neyghbour
/
holde
here
my
frende
some
couerynges
/
for
I
haue
more
thanne
I
nede
/
tha●
shall
be
good
for
to
couer
thy
baskettes
withall
.
¶
The
whiche
charyte
was
w●ll
in
herte
in
soo
moche
that
he
brake
his
owne
werke
for
to
fulfyll
the
werke
of
his
neyghboure
.
¶
The
a
〈◊〉
Iohan
was
so
charytable
/
that
his
grete
charyte
suffred
hym
not
to
knowe
ony
malyce
.
This
abbot
for
to
haue
occupacyon
to
his
orysons
borowed
a
peny
of
one
of
his
brethern
wherof
he
bought
some
flaxe
for
to
occupye
hym
withall
/
whan
he
hadde
bought
it
/
one
of
his
brethern
came
to
him
for
to
borowe
some
of
him
to
make
a
sacke
with
/
and
he
toke
hym
som
with
a
good
wyll
.
There
came
to
him
an
other
ayen
that
also
had
some
therof
.
And
fynably
he
leued
soo
moche
of
his
flaxe
aswell
to
the
one
as
to
the
other
/
that
there
abode
nothyng
for
him selfe
.
He
that
had
leued
hym
the
peny
desyred
him
to
paye
it
him
ayen
.
Then
had
he
nother
peny
nor
no
flaxe
.
And
here
it
is
to
be
noted
that
a
peny
was
thenne
worthe
a
s●●te
or
more
.
¶
And
because
he
wyste
not
wherof
he
sholde
take
hym
ayen
his
peny
that
he
hadde
lende
hym
.
He
purposed
that
he
sholde
go
to
the
abbot
Iames
/
hym
to
praye
that
he
wolde
paye
a
peny
for
hym
to
hym
that
had
leued
it
vnto
hym
/
because
he
was
not
of
power
for
to
pa●e
if
hymself
.
¶
It
happed
that
as
he
went
thydre
he
founde
one
peny
in
his
waye
/
but
he
durst
not
take
it
vp
.
Soo
came
he
agayn
to
his
●elle
for
to
praye
god
.
Thenne
came
there
agayn
the
credytour
for
to
aske
his
peny
of
the
symple
man
/
that
promysed
him
he
sholde
fette
it
for
hym
anone
/
wherfor
he
departed
ayen
for
to
goo
toward
the
sayd
abbot
Iames
but
because
that
he
founde
yet
ayen
the
sayd
peny
in
his
waye
/
he
durst
passe
no
ferther
/
but
retourned
ayen
to
his
lytyll
house
.
Thyrdely
came
there
the
sayd
credytour
for
to
hau
his
peny
.
Thenne
the
holy
man
answered
vnto
hym
that
without
ony
faute
he
wolde
go
fetche
it
.
And
at
the
thyrde
tyme
he
founde
yet
his
peny
/
the
whiche
he
toke
vp
thenne
/
&
bare
it
vnto
the
sayd
abbot
Iames
/
sayeng
that
he
had
founde
it
by
the
waye
/
but
neuerthelesse
he
besought
the
sayd
abbot
that
he
wolde
make
to
wyt
thrugh
out
the
cyte
/
that
yf
ony
bodye
had
lost
one
peny
that
he
sholde
come
towarde
him
&
that
he
had
founde
hym
the
whiche
thyng
was
shewed
duryng
thre
dayes
/
but
no
body
came
that
sayd
it
was
his
.
Thenne
the
sayd
Iohan
sayd
to
Iames
/
that
he
sholde
take
it
to
him
that
had
leued
hym
one
/
for
as
he
was
comyng
to
hym
for
to
haue
borowed
it
/
he
hadde
founde
it
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
sayd
/
that
we
ought
not
to
fulfylle
our
wylles
/
but
theym
of
our
neyghbours
.
And
when
men
prayed
hym
for
to
ete
more
than
his
wylle
was
/
he
wepte
/
because
that
he
constrayned
hymselfe
ouer
his
wyll
/
to
th
ende
that
he
shold
not
dysobeye
his
neyghebour
.
And
in
many
other
maners
/
he
strayned
his
wylle
to
the
wylle
of
other
.
¶
An
hermyte
somtyme
nyghe
a
monasterye
of
Relygyouses
made
many
myracles
.
¶
Ones
amonge
other
/
the
Relygyouses
wente
towarde
hym
/
and
made
him
to
ete
ayenst
his
wylle
.
And
after
they
sayd
to
hym
that
he
was
sorye
and
dyspleasaunt
because
that
he
had
eten
ayenst
his
wylle
.
¶
He
answered
that
the
contrarye
was
trouth
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
he
had
trybulacion
whan
he
dyde
his
owne
wylle
.
¶
The
abbot
Paphonce
had
of
custome
that
he
dranke
neuer
no
wyne
.
It
happed
one
daye
as
he
trauaylled
by
the
waye
that
he
was
mette
with
theues
/
of
whiche
the
pryncypall
knewe
hym
.
And
because
he
knewe
well
his
custome
to
drynke
no
wyne
/
seeyng
that
he
was
wery
of
the
waye
/
he
toke
a
cruse
full
of
wyne
&
a
glauye
in
his
hande
/
and
sayd
vnto
hym
/
that
yf
he
dranke
not
/
he
sholde
slee
him
.
¶
Thenne
the
holy
man
knowyng
that
this
thynge
came
of
the
wyll
of
god
/
&
that
it
sholde
be
the
cause
of
the
conuersyon
of
the
sayd
theef
&
of
his
felawes
/
he
toke
the
wyne
&
dranke
it
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
theef
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
pardonne
hym
that
he
had
so
constrayned
hym
.
To
whome
he
answered
.
I
haue
my
trust
in
god
/
that
because
thou
hast
gyuen
me
drynke
/
thou
shalt
haue
forgyuenesse
of
thy
synnes
&
paradyse
atte
thyn
endyng
.
And
thenne
the
theef
sayd
to
him
.
And
fro
this
houre
forthon
my selfe
trustynge
in
the
mercy
of
god
.
I
promyse
the
that
I
shall
neuer
do
noo
harme
vnto
no
bodye
/
and
by
this
meanes
was
the
sayd
theef
and
his
felawes
tourned
vnto
god
ward
and
lyued
after
honestly
.
¶
Two
hermytes
were
somtyme
where
of
one
was
older
than
the
other
.
So
requyryng
the
olde
to
the
yong
/
that
he
wolde
be
content
that
they
sholde
do
both
togydre
theyr
resydence
/
that
whiche
thynge
the
yonge
wolde
not
graunt
/
but
excusyng
hymselfe
sayd
/
that
it
was
not
his
caas
for
to
dwell
with
hym
/
because
he
was
to
grete
a
synner
.
The
olde
whiche
was
a
man
of
right
holy
lyfe
/
heryng
this
answere
/
he
had
it
not
agreable
.
For
how
well
that
the
other
relygyouse
was
yong
/
neuerthelesse
this
olde
hermyte
coude
not
byleue
after
that
he
ledde
a
lyfe
solytarye
/
but
that
he
was
of
good
lyfe
/
&
without
spotte
of
synne
/
fynably
after
many
word
is
/
they
were
contente
for
to
dwell
togydre
one
weke
/
&
when
the
seuen
nyght
was
past
/
the
olde
Requyred
&
asked
of
the
yonge
/
how
he
hadde
gouerned
hym selfe
that
weke
.
He
answered
to
hym
that
because
that
he
was
compelled
by
necessyte
to
yssue
out
of
his
owne
celle
/
he
was
falle
in
grete
temptacyon
of
synne
¶
Thenne
sayd
there
ayenst
the
olde
hermyte
/
askyng
yf
he
wolde
do
therof
penaunce
/
wherat
the
yonge
andswerd
ye
.
Thenne
the
olde
moeued
with
a
feruente
charyte
and
knowyng
his
ferme
stedfastnesse
/
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
was
content
to
make
&
bere
vpon
hymselfe
the
halfe
of
his
penaunce
.
And
for
so
moche
sholde
they
haue
nede
for
to
dwell
the
one
with
the
other
/
whiche
they
dyde
so
vnto
the
houre
of
theyr
decesse
.
¶
An
ancyente
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
whosoeuer
desyreth
for
to
be
saued
/
he
ought
curyously
to
see
that
he
doo
not
to
an
other
/
that
whiche
he
wolde
not
be
doon
vnto
.
And
how
well
that
som
doo
to
hym
ony
harme
shame
or
Iniurye
/
he
ought
not
therfore
to
do
the
same
to
an
other
.
¶
And
this
maner
of
lyuynge
is
suffysaunt
ynough
to
euerychone
for
to
haue
his
soule
therby
saued
.
¶
Two
holy
faders
brethern
germayn
/
one
called
Poemen
&
the
other
Nub
to
his
name
&
dwelled
in
the
desertes
/
&
lyued
there
a
moche
solytary
lyfe
&
relygyouse
.
Theyr
moder
affectuelly
desyryng
to
see
them
/
because
that
after
that
they
were
departed
fro
the
worlde
/
she
had
not
seen
them
/
she
wente
herselfe
towarde
them
for
to
see
and
vysyte
them
.
And
how
well
that
she
made
all
dylygence
for
to
speke
with
them
/
neuertheles
she
coude
not
fynde
the
maner
to
haue
leyser
therunto
/
fynably
she
dyd
so
moche
that
she
founde
herselfe
ones
before
the
entree
of
theyr
chappell
/
&
in
grete
lamētacōns
&
teeres
she
trowed
to
haue
made
them
speke
with
her
/
but
they
wolde
not
/
doubtyng
that
they
sholde
haply
haue
renne
in
to
some
synne
by
the
meane
.
And
as
they
had
open
the
dore
of
theyr
ce●le
or
habytacyon
for
to
goo
to
theyr
sayd
chappell
/
when
they
apperceyued
theyr
moder
they
shett
theyr
dore
ayen
vpon
them
.
Theyr
moder
this
seeyng
that
they
wolde
not
speke
to
her
/
began
for
to
wepe
atte
theyr
dore
with
grete
habondaunce
of
teres
.
And
thus
as
they
deuysed
them
takyng
counseyll
&
theyr
aduyse
togydre
/
what
thyng
they
oughte
to
do
for
to
contente
her
/
she
toke
her selfe
for
to
crye
&
weyle
more
than
she
dyde
afore
.
So
came
to
her
thenne
the
holy
fader
Poemen
/
&
without
to
open
the
dore
he
asked
her
/
why
she
that
all
redy
was
olde
/
made
suche
complayntes
whiche
myght
be
to
her
moche
greuable
.
She
herynge
&
vnderstandyng
that
it
was
one
of
her
chyldern
that
to
her
spake
she
answered
as
she
had
spoken
vnto
bothe
of
them
.
Alas
my
childern
I
beweyle
&
wepe
for
to
speke
with
you
/
because
the
syngulerly
I
desyre
to
see
you
.
Alas
why
do
ye
refuse
me
your
presence
/
what
daunger
is
ther
yf
I
see
you
/
am
I
not
your
moder
/
haue
not
I
nourysshed
you
with
this
pappes
myn
.
I
haue
wayted
so
longe
for
to
see
you
that
vnder
this
hope
I
am
come
vnto
so
olde
aege
/
that
I
am
all
dysabled
of
my
membres
/
&
for
grete
desyre
that
I
haue
to
see
you
myn
entreylles
are
all
troubled
&
sore
moeued
.
Thenne
the
holy
fader
Poemen
asked
her
whiche
of
both
she
had
leuer
other
to
see
them
in
this
worlde
/
or
ellys
fynably
in
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
wherat
she
answered
that
she
sholde
be
well
contente
not
to
see
them
in
this
worlde
/
so
that
she
myght
be
sure
that
she
sholde
see
them
after
theyr
dethe
in
heuen
.
¶
After
this
answere
/
the
sayd
Poemen
sayd
vnto
her
/
that
yf
she
myghte
withstande
her
affeccyon
and
not
see
them
in
this
worlde
.
For
certayne
she
sholde
see
them
shortly
in
the
other
worlde
.
¶
Thenne
she
herynge
the
wordes
of
her
sone
/
sayd
to
hym
Syth
that
thou
promysesse
me
for
certayne
/
that
I
shall
see
you
in
paradyse
I
loke
nomore
for
to
see
you
here
.
And
thenne
she
went
her
waye
well
appayde
and
gladde
.
¶
A
yonge
Relygyouse
named
Iohan
the
lefte
of
the
nacion
of
the
Thebayens
was
in
seruyce
with
an
holy
fader
by
the
space
of
.xij.
yere
/
whiche
olde
fader
was
called
Amon
duryng
the
sayd
tyme
greued
with
a
contynuall
syknesse
/
whiche
caused
hym
that
he
was
soo
wayward
/
that
he
neuer
gaaf
fayr
langage
nor
good
to
his
sayd
seruaunt
Iohan
/
wherby
he
sholde
be
plyaunt
and
gladde
to
serue
hym
.
¶
But
this
notwithstandynge
he
serued
hym
moche
swetely
&
kyndely
.
So
it
happed
that
when
the
sayd
holy
fader
Amon
came
to
the
last
houre
of
his
lyfe
that
his
soule
must
departe
/
where
many
holy
faders
were
present
/
he
toke
afore
them
all
the
sayd
Iohan
his
seruaunt
by
the
honde
&
thre
tymes
he
sayd
vnto
him
.
Iohan
saued
mote
that
be
.
And
thenne
he
sayd
to
the
holy
faders
that
were
with
hym
My
brethern
I
betake
you
this
good
relygyouse
/
he
is
no
man
/
but
an
angell
.
Certaynly
duryng
my
sykenes
/
he
neuer
had
of
me
a
fayr
worde
/
&
neuerthelesse
in
grete
humylyte
&
pacyence
he
hath
done
to
me
Infynyte
seruyces
/
so
recomende
I
him
to
you
asmoche
as
I
can
¶
The
holy
fader
Agathon
where
he
ones
came
to
the
cyte
that
was
moost
nygh
his
hermytage
for
to
selle
some
hande
werke
that
he
had
made
for
to
lyue
vpon
he
founde
at
the
gate
of
the
sayd
cyte
a
man
that
was
sore
lyke
whiche
was
forsake
&
lefte
of
all
men
.
The
whiche
thyng
seeyng
that
sayd
holy
fader
Agathon
he
hyred
a
lytyll
chambre
where
in
he
brought
him
&
cheryshed
him
&
kept
him
the
space
of
four
monethes
vnto
tyme
that
he
was
recouered
and
was
hole
.
And
after
retorned
this
holy
fader
in
to
his
hermytage
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
for
to
moeue
to
the
vertue
of
pacyence
a
dyscyple
of
his
that
was
sore
passyoned
&
tourmented
of
a
greuous
maladye
/
sayd
vnto
him
in
this
wyfe
.
My
sone
thou
muste
bere
pacyently
thy
soroufull
afflyccions
without
to
be
wrothe
with
them
.
It
is
a
souerayne
vertue
to
a
man
for
to
prayse
&
thanke
god
in
his
trybulacyons
&
aduersytees
.
Yf
that
be
harde
as
is
the
yron
thou
shalt
lese
thy
Rustynes
by
fyre
/
&
yf
thou
be
golde
/
thou
shalte
also
be
preued
by
fyre
/
and
from
grete
thynges
thou
shalt
come
to
thynges
more
grete
.
Yf
god
wyll
sende
vs
some
sykenesses
we
oughte
not
to
grutche
there
ayenst
/
&
yf
we
bere
them
not
with
pacyence
we
shall
haue
noo
mede
for
it
towarde
him
.
So
must
we
be
vsed
to
be
pacyent
/
prayeng
hym
humbly
that
he
wyll
sende
vs
all
that
pleaseth
hym
/
to
th
ende
that
by
the
meryte
that
we
shall
gete
in
enduryng
pacyently
the
afflyccyons
&
tourmentes
of
this
worlde
/
we
mowe
haue
the
glorye
euer
lastynge
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
that
was
often
taken
with
syknesses
/
was
ones
a
hole
yere
without
/
wherfore
he
began
to
wepe
strongly
beryng
his
helth
noyously
/
&
sayeng
to
our
lorde
suche
wordes
.
Syre
thou
hast
lefte
me
/
&
thou
woldest
not
vysyte
nor
see
me
this
yere
.
As
he
wolde
haue
sayde
/
that
god
vysytyng
his
frendes
sendeth
to
them
pouerte
&
syknes
for
to
make
them
to
be
rewarded
for
it
in
heuen
.
¶
Some
holy
faders
reherced
of
one
of
them
that
dyed
in
Sychye
/
that
they
beyng
about
him
/
they
dothed
him
as
they
were
wont
to
clothe
the
one
of
th
ordre
at
theyr
decesse
.
And
doyeng
this
they
began
to
wepe
sore
for
pyte
that
they
had
to
see
him
dey
.
He
heryng
theyr
wepyng
is
&
sorowes
opened
his
eyen
/
&
in
beholdyng
them
he
lough
thre
tymes
vpon
them
.
The
whiche
thyng
seyng
the
sayd
brethern
/
anone
after
they
asked
him
why
he
lough
when
they
wept
/
&
he
answerd
to
them
I
haue
laughed
twyes
to
mocke
you
with
all
/
the
fyrst
tyme
that
I
lough
was
bycause
that
ye
fere
deth
/
&
the
seconde
tyme
was
bycause
that
ye
knowe
well
&
can
not
Iuge
otherwyse
but
ye
must
ones
dey
&
ye
wote
not
when
/
&
yet
ye
dyspose
not
your selfe
therto
/
&
thyrdly
I
haue
laughed
reioysshyng
my selfe
/
because
that
in
leuyng
the
labours
of
this
worlde
.
I
goo
vnto
the
place
of
rest
/
&
these
wordes
thus
sayd
he
closed
his
eyen
&
swetely
he
yelded
his
goost
to
our
sauyour
Ihesu
cryste
.
¶
Thabbot
Pāmon
at
the
houre
of
his
deth
sayd
to
the
brethern
that
acompanyed
hym
.
My
brethern
because
that
syn
the
tyme
that
I
came
to
this
solytarye
place
where
I
haue
buylded
for
myn
vsage
this
lytyll
house
wherin
I
do
dwelle
.
I
am
not
remembred
that
euer
I
ete
other
brede
/
but
of
the
same
whiche
I
haue
goten
with
labour
of
myn
hondes
/
nor
to
haue
sayd
nor
tolde
vnto
this
houre
ony
vayne
worde
wherof
I
ought
to
repence
me
in
this
maner
I
go
now
to
oure
blessyd
lord
Ihesu
cryst
/
wherof
I
ought
well
to
thanke
hym
.
And
I
meruaylle
gretely
how
he
wouchesaufe
take
the
laste
of
me
/
seen
that
I
fyrst
was
occupyed
to
gete
my
lyuyng
/
&
haue
not
as
yet
begonne
to
him
ony
suffysaunt
seruyse
.
¶
The
abbot
Agathon
goynge
out
of
this
worlde
/
thre
dayes
before
his
deces
hylde
his
eyen
contynuelly
open
&
by
no
maner
he
moeued
them
not
.
The
whiche
thyng
seeyng
his
brothern
that
were
about
hym
sore
complaynyng
&
wepynge
asked
him
.
O
our
fader
telle
vs
yf
it
please
the
wherat
thou
thynkest
now
/
&
where
thou
are
atte
this
houre
.
To
whom
he
answered
.
I
am
called
tofore
the
presence
of
god
whiche
is
in
his
seete
for
to
Iuge
me
.
¶
A
as
sayd
they
to
him
ayen
/
&
ferest
thou
hym
.
To
whom
he
sayd
ayen
.
I
haue
euer
with
all
my
strength
enforced
my selfe
for
to
do
that
commaundement
of
god
.
But
neuerthelesse
I
consyder
that
I
am
a
synner
/
wherfore
I
can
not
say
yf
my
werkes
haue
be
vnto
him
agreable
.
And
how
sayd
the
holy
faders
haste
not
thou
byleue
in
thy
werkes
whiche
haue
euer
be
vertuoles
&
after
his
lawe
.
Thenne
he
answered
I
not
dare
trust
therupon
in
his
presence
/
for
there
is
to
moche
dyfference
betwix
his
Iugemente
&
the
Iugement
of
men
.
¶
The
abbot
Sysonyn
beyng
att
the
houre
of
deth
/
many
aeged
faders
that
togyder
were
come
there
for
to
see
him
apperceyued
sodaynly
his
face
whiche
shynyng
bryght
wonderfully
.
And
in
that
selfe
caas
he
sayd
vnto
them
.
My
brethern
see
to
it
/
the
holy
fader
Anthonye
cometh
to
vs
here
.
¶
Anone
after
he
sayd
ayen
.
My
brethern
/
here
is
the
companye
of
the
postles
.
And
sayeng
the
same
his
vysage
wexed
more
bryghte
.
¶
So
began
he
to
saye
ones
agayne
that
he
sawe
the
postles
that
came
there
/
and
it
semed
that
he
sholde
speke
vnto
them
.
And
whether
these
holy
faders
or
some
of
them
dyde
Requyre
hym
that
he
sholde
telle
them
to
whome
he
spake
.
¶
He
answered
that
he
spake
with
the
angell
that
came
for
to
sette
his
soule
/
and
besought
them
that
they
sholde
forbere
a
lytyll
or
they
sholde
haue
hym
awaye
tyll
that
he
shold
haue
done
some
lytyll
penaunce
.
Then
sayd
there
ayenst
the
holy
faders
to
him
/
thou
hast
no
nede
fayre
fader
to
do
ony
penaunce
.
¶
The
whiche
answered
to
them
.
Surely
my
brethern
.
I
can
not
Remembre
me
that
euer
I
began
yet
to
do
ony
suffysaunt
penaunce
.
By
the
whiche
answere
they
knewe
that
he
was
veray
parfyte
in
the
drede
of
god
¶
And
they
beynge
in
this
ymagynacyon
they
sawe
his
face
wounderfully
and
more
bryght
than
it
was
afore
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
he
to
them
/
see
see
my
brethern
our
lorde
cometh
.
And
saynge
these
wordes
he
gaaf
vp
his
gooste
in
the
handes
of
god
.
¶
The
holy
fader
Arsenyen
was
in
his
tyme
so
vertuous
&
so
moche
enflammed
with
the
loue
of
Ihesu
cryst
/
that
the
moost
parte
of
the
tyme
contemplyeng
his
worthy
deth
&
passyon
/
he
wepte
&
bewaylled
/
so
that
by
contynuaunce
of
wepynge
awaye
the
habondaunce
of
teeres
from
his
eyen
all
the
herys
of
the
lyddes
of
the
eyen
fell
of
&
neuer
grewe
ayen
/
when
he
sholde
deye
he
ordeyned
to
his
dyscyples
that
they
sholde
not
do
none
almose
nor
ony
charytable
dede
for
him
/
sayeng
that
yf
he
had
hymselfe
done
some
he
shold
fynde
it
.
&
bycause
that
these
his
dyscyples
were
troubled
of
that
they
sawe
the
houre
of
his
deth
drawe
nygh
/
he
sayd
vnto
them
.
My
childern
the
houre
of
my
deth
is
not
yet
come
/
when
it
shall
be
nyghe
I
shall
not
be
styll
/
but
alwayes
I
praye
you
/
that
yf
ye
dese
to
sorn
ony
parte
of
my
body
/
ye
shall
therof
gyue
acompte
afore
god
in
his
Iugemente
/
where
I
shal
accuse
you
therof
yf
ye
do
so
.
¶
Thenne
they
asked
hym
what
they
sholde
do
with
his
bodye
/
for
they
wyst
nothyng
of
wyndyng
of
deed
folke
.
¶
So
answered
he
thenne
to
them
.
Ye
shall
bynde
my
feet
togydre
with
a
corde
&
thenne
ye
shall
drawe
me
vnto
the
top
of
the
montayn
where
men
haue
of
custome
to
bury
that
other
.
¶
After
he
toke
hymself
to
wepe
as
he
was
wonte
to
do
all
the
tyme
of
his
lyf
.
¶
And
where
the
holy
faders
beyng
about
him
sawe
him
wepe
so
sore
/
they
asked
hym
/
what
moeued
hym
for
to
do
so
/
&
yf
he
had
ony
drede
or
feer.
To
whome
he
answerd
/
the
truly
he
doubted
moche
our
lorde
as
he
alwayes
had
done
/
namely
syth
that
he
was
made
Relygyouse
.
The
holy
abbot
Poemen
seeyng
hym
after
his
deth
sayd
suche
wordes
of
hym
.
O
holy
fader
Arsenyen
/
thou
art
well
happy
that
thou
hast
wept
so
moche
in
these
worlde
/
for
certaynly
he
that
not
haue
wept
here
/
shal
be
constrayned
to
wepe
in
the
other
worlde
.
And
it
is
Impossyble
that
a
man
maye
be
forborn
other
for
to
wepe
here
with
his
wyll
for
to
decerne
the
Ioye
euerlastyng
/
or
to
wepe
by
constraynte
in
the
tormentes
of
helle
for
the
punycyon
of
his
synnes
.
¶
Of
this
holy
fader
Arsenyen
folde
the
holy
fader
abbot
Danyell
that
how
be
it
that
he
was
gretly
lettred
&
experte
in
that
knowloge
of
holy
scrypture
/
neuerthelesse
feryn
to
renne
in
to
vayn
glorye
/
he
wolde
neuer
argue
therof
/
nor
also
wryte
no
maner
of
pystles
/
but
yf
he
was
constrayned
by
grete
necessite
for
to
do
so
/
&
when
he
founde
hymself
in
the
couent
of
that
company
of
holy
faders
he
stode
always
behynde
a
pyler
yf
ony
was
there
/
to
th
ende
that
he
shold
not
haue
occasion
to
loke
nor
speke
vnto
ony
persone
/
&
also
because
no
bodye
sholde
see
nor
spek
to
him
.
His
beholdyng
was
al
lyke
to
an
angell
/
he
had
his
herys
whyt
as
Iacob
had
/
&
also
arayed
as
he
was
/
longe
&
be●teful
of
bodye
/
&
how
be
it
always
that
he
was
sore
lene
&
drye
/
yet
came
his
herde
donne
to
the
bely
of
him
/
&
so
was
he
bowyng
foreward
bycause
of
his
grete
age
/
&
he
deyed
when
he
was
come
to
his
four
score
&
.xv.
yere
.
¶
He
hadde
dwelled
.xl.
yere
in
that
palays
of
the
noble
Theodosyen
whiche
was
fader
to
Honorius
&
Archadins
.
¶
After
that
he
dwelled
in
a
place
called
Troyn
vpon
Babylony
towarde
the
cyte
of
Nemphis
/
&
thre
yere
in
Alexandrye
.
¶
After
he
retourned
ayen
to
Troyn
forsayd
where
he
dwelled
other
two
yeres
/
&
there
he
yelded
his
goost
to
god
as
he
that
was
fulfylled
with
veray
fayth
&
with
the
grace
of
the
holy
goost
.
¶
Saynt
Athanasy
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
sent
worde
ones
to
the
abbot
Pambon
that
he
sholde
come
see
hym
.
The
whiche
obeyng
to
his
request
went
there
with
some
of
his
Relygyouses
.
And
in
commyng
toward
the
sayd
Athanasy
whiche
seeyng
some
seculers
that
were
in
theyr
waye
&
putte
not
them selfe
in
purpose
for
to
doo
nor
shewe
to
them
due
Reuerence
/
he
sayd
to
them
.
Aryse
vp
my
frendes
&
salue
these
good
Relygyouses
to
the
ende
that
they
shall
gyue
you
theyr
blessynges
/
certaynely
they
spake
often
with
god
/
&
theyr
worde
is
holy
.
And
in
sayeng
these
wordes
/
he
sawe
in
the
strete
a
poore
synner
a
comon
woman
whiche
was
curyously
arayed
¶
So
began
be
to
wepe
when
he
sawe
her
/
wherfore
it
was
asked
of
hym
by
theym
presente
what
thynge
moeued
by
for
to
wepe
.
To
the
whiche
beynge
present
●e
answered
two
thynges
whiche
I
see
cause
me
to
do
so
One
is
the
losse
of
that
poore
woman
/
&
the
other
is
that
I
take
not
so
grete
thought
nor
care
to
please
god
/
as
she
dothe
to
please
the
synners
&
dyshonest
men
.
¶
It
is
founde
wryten
of
an
olde
holy
fader
that
when
he
had
Intencyon
to
do
penaunce
of
some
synne
wherof
he
was
desceyued
&
his
sensualyte
sayd
to
him
that
he
sholde
deferre
it
to
an
other
daye
&
that
he
sholde
alwayes
come
tyme
ynoughe
for
to
repente
hym
of
it
●e
answered
that
he
sholde
not
l●ue
for
to
do
redely
his
penaunce
/
for
it
ought
for
to
be
done
hastly
/
bycause
that
we
be
not
in
surte
that
we
shall
lyue
do
daye
more
.
And
after
when
he
sholde
haue
done
his
purpose
god
sholde
do
thenne
or
the
next
daye
his
pleasure
of
hym
.
¶
An
other
of
the
holy
faders
shewed
of
a
bysshop
that
whiche
bycause
he
had
herde
telle
the
two
of
his
subgettes
were
auoutrers
/
he
prayed
our
lord
that
he
wolde
gyuen
certayn
knowloge
yf
they
were
as
fowle
bespotted
as
folke
sayd
/
&
vpon
a
daye
then
after
that
he
had
songe
masse
/
his
subgett
commyng
to
the
aulter
for
to
receyue
there
the
precyous
bodye
of
our
lorde
/
he
knewe
by
dyuyne
inspyracyon
whether
theyr
thoughtes
were
good
or
badde
/
&
namely
he
knewe
the
synners
by
theyr
faces
that
were
black
as
coles
/
&
theyr
eyen
reed
as
blood
.
And
the
other
that
were
clene
puryfyed
of
theyr
synnes
he
knewe
also
by
theyr
vysages
&
vestymentes
that
shewed
to
be
whyte
/
to
all
the
whiche
Indyfferently
be
admynystred
the
holy
sacramente
of
the
aulter
.
And
this
done
the
faces
of
some
of
them
semed
him
as
bryght
as
the
sonne
gyuyng
a
lyght
soueraynly
.
And
the
faces
of
the
other
semed
as
they
had
be
esprysed
with
a
dredefull
flame
.
But
in
gyuyng
the
sayd
sacramente
to
the
two
aduoutrers
of
whiche
is
touched
aboue
/
he
apperceyued
that
one
of
them
had
the
face
ful
bryght
and
clere
and
was
honorably
clothed
with
vesture
full
fayre
&
whyte
.
And
the
contrarye
the
other
had
a
blacke
&
an
horryble
vysage
and
after
that
they
had
receyued
that
selfe
holy
sacrament
of
the
aulter
/
he
with
the
whyte
face
/
shewed
hym selfe
to
haue
a
strengthe
of
corage
whiche
made
hym
appyere
to
be
clene
and
purged
from
all
wyckednesse
.
That
other
shewed
to
haue
his
face
taken
with
fyre
Ryghte
horryble
&
doubtable
.
This
seeyng
the
holy
bysshop
/
besought
our
lorde
that
he
wolde
teche
him
what
betokened
this
vysyon
To
whome
by
the
wyll
of
god
an
angell
dyde
appyere
whiche
sayde
vnto
hym
/
that
all
that
he
hadde
seen
was
true
/
but
as
to
hym
that
had
the
vysage
blacke
/
because
he
was
obstynate
in
his
synne
/
hauyng
a
wylle
purposyng
euer
more
to
synne
/
for
that
cause
had
he
seen
his
vysage
blacke
&
horrybly
taken
with
dredefull
fyre
.
But
that
other
his
felawe
/
that
was
lyghtened
with
a
bryght
vysage
/
bryngynge
vnto
mynde
thrugh
bytter
sorowe
/
the
synnes
that
he
had
done
&
forsakynge
them
with
grete
teeres
&
sobbynges
/
he
had
goten
and
axed
the
mercy
of
god
/
promyttyng
yf
it
pleased
hym
to
forgyue
quytte
and
pardonne
vnto
hym
his
synnes
by
hym
done
in
tyme
passed
/
that
he
sholde
neuer
retorne
for
to
do
them
ayen
.
And
for
this
cause
he
was
come
to
that
grace
whiche
this
holy
bysshop
sawe
.
And
where
this
forsayd
bysshop
meruaylled
hym selfe
of
the
souerayne
grace
of
god
/
because
that
not
oonly
he
hadde
preserued
this
synner
repentaunt
from
the
tourmentes
whiche
are
due
to
them
that
ledde
a
foule
&
wycked
lyf
/
but
also
with
the
same
/
he
wolde
make
hym
fayre
with
so
grete
honour
the
angell
sayd
to
hym
that
not
without
a
cause
he
meruaylled
/
seen
that
he
was
a
man
that
can
not
comprehende
the
bounte
of
our
lorde
/
the
whiche
is
Infynytly
good
&
kynde
to
them
that
forsaken
theyr
synnes
/
to
whome
also
when
they
do
penaunce
after
deuoute
confessyon
/
he
not
oonly
forgyueth
theyr
synnes
/
but
with
this
he
maketh
them
worthy
to
be
worshyped
.
And
in
trouth
the
angell
sayd
/
god
hath
so
derely
loued
the
synners
/
that
he
hath
sente
his
oonly
sone
/
and
ordeyned
hym
for
to
suffre
dethe
in
this
worlde
for
to
redeme
them
from
the
paynes
of
helle
.
¶
Syth
thenne
he
wolde
deye
for
them
how
be
it
that
they
were
his
enemyes
/
how
moche
shall
he
be
wyllyng
to
loue
them
when
they
shall
be
by
veray
penaunce
his
owne
childern
.
And
therfore
wyte
it
sayd
the
angell
/
that
noo
synne
of
man
can
not
ouercome
the
goodnes
of
god
/
namely
when
he
that
shall
haue
done
ony
synne
/
shal
be
wyllyng
to
putte
hym selfe
in
payne
for
to
put
out
&
slee
by
penaunce
his
wyckednesses
&
synnes
.
¶
For
our
lord
whiche
is
Infynytly
mercyfull
knoweth
well
the
feblenesse
&
wekenesse
of
the
kynde
of
man
/
the
strength
of
the
passyons
/
&
the
myght
&
malyce
of
the
deuyll
.
And
there
as
he
knoweth
the
synner
to
be
ouer
thrawen
in
synne
/
them
pardonnyng
as
to
his
childern
he
taryeth
&
abydeth
euery
day
after
theyr
amendement
&
wylfull
correccyon
&
he
hath
pyte
&
compassyon
of
theym
that
be
repentaunt
as
of
those
the
sore
●
vexed
with
sykenesse
awayten
after
the
physycyen
.
And
sodeynly
vnbynden
&
castynge
theyr
synnes
out
of
them
/
he
graunteth
to
them
Iuste
rewardes
of
theyr
penaunces
.
¶
Thenne
the
bysshop
forsayd
heryng
these
thynges
merueylled
more
than
he
had
done
afore
/
&
hertly
he
praysed
the
name
of
god
.
¶
The
abbot
Powle
surnamed
the
symple
/
purchaced
of
god
this
grace
/
that
in
lokyng
vpon
them
that
entred
in
to
the
chirche
/
he
wyst
to
say
by
theyr
vysages
yf
theyr
thought
were
good
or
bad
so
it
happed
on
a
day
that
he
sawe
many
folke
come
to
that
chirch
&
had
theyr
faces
bryght
and
clere
&
were
mery
in
theyr
hertes
/
&
with
them
were
theyr
good
angels
that
gladly
ladde
them
and
bare
them
felyshyp
.
¶
Soone
after
he
sawe
one
come
that
was
wounderfull
blacke
&
all
his
bodye
was
compassed
with
an
horryble
cloude
/
&
with
hym
were
many
deuyls
/
the
whiche
by
a
trayne
that
was
made
fast
atte
his
nose
threllys
/
they
drewe
him
here
&
there
so
that
he
wyst
not
what
he
sholde
do
/
and
after
ferre
from
hym
came
his
good
angell
whiche
was
full
heuy
and
an
angred
.
¶
The
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
good
fader
saynt
Powle
/
he
began
to
wepe
full
bytterly
&
smote
his
brest
/
&
wolde
not
entre
within
the
chirche
/
but
he
satte
hym selfe
donne
there
by
for
to
see
the
ende
of
that
man
that
he
sawe
in
soo
pyteouse
astate
.
¶
The
other
that
were
entred
within
the
sayd
chirche
&
sawe
hym
wepe
thus
/
desyred
&
prayed
him
hertely
yf
he
had
seen
in
them
ony
vycyouse
thyng
/
that
for
theyr
correccyon
he
wolde
telle
it
them
/
or
ellys
that
he
wolde
come
in
to
the
chirche
with
them
the
whiche
thyng
he
wolde
not
do
/
but
euer
contynued
in
wepynge
&
sorowes
consyderyng
the
daungerouse
astate
of
hym
that
he
had
seen
thus
withholden
&
bounde
by
the
dampned
fendes
of
helle
¶
Anone
after
the
sayde
holy
abbot
/
seeyng
all
the
companye
that
he
hadde
seen
go
within
the
chirche
come
out
of
it
after
the
absolucyon
to
them
gyuen
/
sette
hym selfe
for
to
beholde
theyr
faces
/
for
to
knowe
yf
they
were
suche
at
theyr
comyng
out
of
the
chirche
/
as
they
were
when
they
wente
ynne
.
And
pryncypally
he
casted
his
syght
vpon
the
wretchyd
synner
whiche
he
had
seen
go
with
so
grete
hardnesse
within
the
sayd
chirche
/
&
he
sawe
that
his
face
feerfull
&
blacke
was
wexed
full
fayre
&
bryght
&
all
his
bodye
whyt
/
&
that
the
deuyls
folowed
hym
fro
ferre
&
his
good
angell
by
him
that
made
vnto
him
a
moche
glad
chere
.
¶
Thenne
saynt
Powle
fulfylled
with
a
synguler
gladnesse
/
rose
vp
&
began
for
to
crye
with
a
hyghe
voyce
&
sayd
.
O
how
grete
is
the
mercy
&
mekenesse
of
our
lord
.
And
comyng
to
a nother
place
a
lytyll
nerer
he
sayd
yet
with
a
lowder
voyce
.
Come
hether
deuoute
crysten
&
see
the
werkes
of
god
/
come
&
see
how
he
wyll
that
al
folke
shall
be
saued
&
that
they
come
to
the
knowloge
of
trouthe
/
come
hether
&
worshyp
hym
with
me
sayeng
.
Lord
god
/
thou
art
that
selfe
alone
that
may
enrase
&
putte
out
our
synnes
.
And
when
they
were
alle
come
togydre
with
the
good
Powle
/
he
shewed
vnto
them
all
that
he
had
seen
afore
that
they
entred
in
to
the
chirche
/
&
also
atte
theyr
comyng
out
of
the
same
.
¶
And
after
he
asked
after
hym
that
he
had
seen
troubled
as
it
is
sayd
/
for
to
declare
vnto
hym
his
thoughtes
&
his
dedes
/
&
how
god
had
done
vnto
hym
so
grete
a
grace
&
chaungyng
from
euyll
in
to
good
.
¶
And
thenne
the
same
man
in
presence
of
all
the
assystens
began
to
telle
openly
/
how
he
was
a
grete
synner
&
hadde
hooly
gyuen
hym selfe
in
tyme
passed
vnto
many
a
grete
synne
foule
&
abhomynable
.
And
how
entryng
in
the
chirche
he
had
herde
the
wordes
of
our
lorde
/
sayeng
by
the
mouthe
of
Ysaye
the
prophete
.
¶
Wasshe
your selfe
&
be
clene
/
&
put
awaye
the
malyces
&
synnes
from
your
soules
/
for
to
be
present
purely
&
clenely
before
my
presence
/
lerne
to
do
good
/
&
seke
Iustyce
&
ryghtwysnesse
.
¶
And
yf
your
synnes
be
reed
&
enflammed
by
the
bronde
of
concupyscence
/
in
dooyng
this
the
sayd
is
/
they
shall
become
whyte
as
snowe
.
¶
And
also
yf
ye
wyll
here
me
&
do
that
I
saye
/
ye
shall
ete
of
the
goodes
of
the
erthe
.
¶
And
morouer
sayd
the
sayd
repentaunt
synner
.
I
am
a
wretched
fornycatour
whiche
is
touched
with
compunccion
thrugh
the
sayd
wordes
of
thou
prophete
/
entryng
within
the
chirche
I
haue
sayd
vnto
god
in
my
corage
.
Syre
I
knowe
that
thou
art
he
that
is
come
for
to
saue
the
synners
/
wherfore
humbly
I
praye
the
that
now
it
wyll
please
the
to
accomplysshe
in
me
vnworthy
synner
that
that
the
hast
promysed
by
the
mouthe
of
the
holy
prophete
.
And
fro
this
tyme
I
promyse
the
with
all
myn
herte
/
that
I
shall
nomore
retourne
in
to
my
synne
.
And
in
witstondyng
to
all
wyckednes
and
Iniustyce
I
thynke
me
to
serue
the
with
conscyence
pure
&
clene
.
From
this
daye
thenne
&
from
this
houre
wyll
thou
wouchesaufe
to
receyue
me
as
veray
penytent
/
worshypyng
thy
souerayn
god
hede
&
forsakyng
all
my
synnes
/
the
whiche
thyng
thou
ought
not
to
refuse
me
seen
that
I
haue
in
my self
stablysshed
&
sworen
to
kepe
all
thy
Iustyfycacyons
.
¶
And
vnder
this
promesse
the
forsayd
penytent
sayd
that
he
was
come
out
of
the
sayd
chirche
ordeynyng
in
hym selfe
neuer
to
do
synne
.
¶
The
whiche
thynges
heryng
that
sayd
good
olde
men
beyng
there
/
they
began
to
crye
to
god
warde
sayeng
in
this
wyse
.
O
lord
god
how
grete
&
praysyngly
ben
thy
werkes
/
that
hast
done
all
thynges
in
wysdom
¶
The
abbot
Iosephell
goynge
with
some
other
good
olde
faders
toward
the
abbot
Poemen
/
one
of
the
frendes
of
the
sayd
Poemen
brought
afore
his
monasterye
a
childe
of
his
/
that
Inconuenyentes
&
vexacōns
of
the
deuyll
had
the
face
all
dysfygured
/
the
whiche
frende
syttyng
with
his
sayd
childe
without
the
sayd
monasterye
wept
with
grete
habondaunce
of
teeres
.
And
one
of
the
sayd
good
olde
faders
heryng
that
weylynge
&
sorowes
of
the
fader
of
the
sayd
childe
/
was
gone
out
of
the
sayd
monasterye
for
to
wyte
who
moeued
him
for
to
wepe
so
/
he
axed
hym
of
the
cause
.
Wherat
he
answered
/
that
he
was
kynnesman
vnto
the
sayd
abbot
Poemen
/
&
was
come
there
to
the
ende
he
myght
haue
thrugh
his
meane
the
helth
to
the
sayd
childe
/
whiche
neuerthelesse
he
feered
to
haue
brought
within
the
chirche
doubtyng
that
the
sayd
abbot
Poemen
whiche
had
feere
to
haue
bruyt
&
renommee
that
he
sholde
make
myracles
/
wolde
haue
put
hym
out
agayn
Sayeng
morouer
that
he
seeyng
the
sayd
holy
faders
come
there
/
he
had
purposed
vnder
theyr
confydence
that
he
sholde
bryng
there
his
sayd
childe
.
And
after
castyng
his
wordes
towarde
the
abbot
Iosephell
forsayd
/
he
sayd
thus
to
him
¶
Holy
fader
haue
mercy
vpon
me
&
my
childe
&
make
hym
to
be
brought
therin
with
the
/
to
th
ende
that
the
holy
fader
Poemen
seeyng
him
he
wyll
praye
god
for
hym
.
¶
The
whiche
abbot
Iosephell
beryng
the
same
childe
to
the
celle
of
the
sayd
Poemen
&
vsyng
with
wyse
counseyll
presented
hym
not
at
fyrst
metyng
vnto
the
abbot
Poemen
.
For
he
wolde
not
haue
be
well
contente
yf
he
hadde
seen
that
the
sayd
Iosephell
sholde
haue
had
so
grete
trust
of
hym
/
as
for
to
haue
heled
hym
by
myracle
/
but
he
presented
hym
vnto
the
lower
brethern
&
sayd
to
them
.
¶
My
brethern
blesse
thy
childe
&
praye
god
for
hym
/
&
after
he
requyred
the
other
brothern
to
do
so
lykewyse
/
&
folowyngly
he
came
to
the
sayd
abbot
Poemen
to
whom
he
made
lyke
Requeste
.
But
neuertheles
he
wolde
not
entromytte
him
therof
And
where
all
theym
beyng
present
requyred
him
to
praye
with
theym
as
they
dyde
/
he
was
content
to
do
so
.
So
stode
he
vp
&
wepyng
prayed
with
that
other
in
this
maner
.
O
my
god
thy
wyll
be
for
to
helpe
this
childe
whiche
is
thy
creature
/
&
suffre
no
lenger
that
the
sende
haue
ony
domynacyon
ouer
hym
.
The
whiche
oryson
fynysshed
&
the
sayd
childe
blessyd
by
him
with
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
/
he
was
anone
gyuen
hole
&
sonde
vnto
his
fader
.
¶
Somtyme
one
of
the
holy
faders
was
axed
/
yf
pouerte
was
a
parfytte
good
/
the
whiche
answered
that
it
was
a
grete
afflyccyon
/
but
who
that
susteyneth
it
wylfully
all
●e
it
he
be
tormented
with
it
in
his
flesshe
/
neuerthelesse
in
beryng
the
same
he
fyndeth
the
reste
of
his
owne
soule
.
¶
A
yonge
Relygyouse
made
suche
a
questyon
to
an
olde
relygyouse
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
yf
a
brother
of
his
ought
him
a
lytyll
somme
of
moneye
&
yf
he
sholde
are
it
him
or
no.
To
the
whiche
that
olde
answered
that
he
myght
well
are
it
with
humylyte
ones
oonly
.
¶
And
the
yong
sayd
to
hym
.
Yf
he
wyll
not
paye
me
thenne
/
what
ought
I
to
do
.
¶
Thou
shalt
sayd
the
other
speke
nomore
of
it
Ye
but
sayd
the
yong
monke
.
I
shall
not
haue
power
to
breke
my
corage
but
that
I
shall
be
to
hym
hasty
or
callyng
therupon
.
Wherat
the
olde
answered
/
thou
muste
be
mayster
of
thy selfe
/
&
chyde
with
thyn
owne
selfe
oonly
/
to
th
ende
that
thou
angre
not
thy
brother
/
for
thou
ought
to
kepe
the
there
from
as
besely
as
thou
canst
/
seen
namely
that
thou
art
a
Relygyouse
.
¶
An
other
yong
broder
Requyred
one
the
was
olde
/
that
he
wolde
telle
him
how
&
by
what
maner
he
myght
gete
parfytte
mekenesse
.
Wherat
he
answered
that
he
sholde
come
to
it
lyghtly
/
yf
he
wolde
consyder
his
owne
wyckednesse
/
&
not
they
of
other
/
sayng
with
this
/
that
the
perfeccion
of
man
is
humylyte
&
of
asmoche
as
the
man
abateth
hymselve
lowe
by
humylyte
/
so
moche
more
is
he
enhaunsed
by
his
humylyte
/
for
lyke
as
the
cursed
synne
of
pryde
yf
hit
wyll
be
araysed
vnto
heuen
/
is
confounded
&
ouerthrawen
vnto
the
betom
of
helle
.
All
thus
humilyte
yf
it
descendeth
vnto
the
lowest
degre
/
it
is
then
exalted
vnto
heuen
.
¶
The
holy
abbot
Macharye
walkynge
on
a
tyme
by
the
desertes
/
founde
in
his
waye
vpon
the
erthe
the
hede
of
a
dede
man
whiche
hede
he
tourned
with
his
staffe
ouer
all
sydes
/
&
thus
doyng
be
herde
the
hede
that
sorowed
&
weyled
.
And
bycause
it
sowned
no
worde
that
be
coude
vnderstande
/
he
asked
what
made
it
so
to
complayne
.
Where
at
the
hede
answered
/
that
it
was
the
bede
of
a
preest
of
the
paynemyes
lawe
whiche
had
be
a
prynce
of
the
synagoge
of
Ydoles
that
in
the
same
place
were
reuerenced
and
worshypped
/
and
by
cause
I
knowe
the
fulfylled
with
the
holy
goost
.
I
am
moeued
for
to
requere
thy
grace
/
knowyng
that
atte
ony
tyme
that
it
wyll
please
the
for
to
praye
for
them
that
be
in
payne
/
they
shall
fele
some
consolacyon
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
holy
abbot
Macharye
sayd
to
him
Now
answer
me
/
what
is
your
comforte
/
&
what
is
your
payne
.
Wherat
the
same
hede
more
strongely
weylyng
than
tofore
began
to
saye
.
¶
Ha
holy
fader
our
payne
is
so
grete
/
that
we
be
from
the
fete
to
the
hede
thrawen
within
a
feerful
fyre
/
whiche
is
more
hyghe
than
there
is
space
betwene
the
heuen
&
the
erthe
/
&
that
more
encreaceth
our
sorowe
.
It
is
not
vnto
vs
possyble
for
to
see
eche
other
/
but
the
faces
of
euery
one
of
vs
ben
Ioyned
ouerthward
vnto
our
backes
.
¶
And
when
thou
prayest
for
vs
/
thenne
see
we
the
one
the
other
openly
/
whiche
is
vnto
vs
some
comforte
.
¶
These
wordes
sayd
/
the
holy
man
Macharye
began
to
wepe
&
sayd
.
Cursed
be
the
daye
in
whiche
the
man
hath
presumed
to
despyse
or
breke
the
commaundementes
of
god
.
¶
And
after
he
enquered
agayne
of
the
sayd
hede
/
yf
in
the
place
where
they
were
tourmented
/
were
ony
grete
paynes
.
To
whom
it
answered
that
in
that
wretched
place
were
many
one
that
were
moche
more
lowe
therin
than
the
paynemes
were
.
¶
And
where
the
holy
fader
asked
what
they
were
/
the
hede
answered
&
sayd
/
we
that
haue
had
no
knowloge
of
the
souerayne
god
haue
some
what
of
mercy
/
but
as
to
them
that
haue
knowen
hym
&
forsaken
/
they
be
vnderneth
vs
traueylled
&
tourmented
with
dyuerse
tourmentes
.
¶
The
whiche
wordes
y
herde
by
the
good
abbot
forsayd
/
&
after
that
he
hadde
shoued
the
sayd
hede
in
to
the
erthe
/
he
wente
forthon
his
waye
.
¶
An
other
brother
axed
of
an
aeged
holy
fader
/
why
men
of
Relygyon
were
oftentymes
tempted
and
befought
of
the
deuyll
of
helle
/
wherat
he
answered
.
It
is
bycause
that
we
caste
awaye
from
vs
our
armour
&
deffenses
that
are
pacyence
/
humylyte
/
debonarete
/
&
wyllefull
obedyence
.
¶
An
other
broder
requyred
the
abbot
Sysonyns
that
he
sholde
telle
hym
/
yf
the
deuyll
dyde
persyewe
soo
strongely
the
Relygyouses
that
thenne
were
/
as
they
dyde
the
other
in
tyme
passed
.
The
whiche
Sysonyns
answered
vnto
him
that
they
more
prycked
and
pursyewed
them
/
than
they
hadde
done
the
older
because
that
the
deuyll
knoweth
the
endynge
of
the
worlde
whiche
draweth
nyghe
/
where
his
tourmentes
shall
encreace
&
multyplye
in
dyuerse
maners
wherin
he
desyreth
to
acompanyed
with
Infynyte
legyons
of
synners
for
to
be
brenned
and
tourmented
with
hym
in
fyre
and
in
sulphure
where
he
wayteth
to
brenne
perpetuelly
.
And
for
this
cause
he
pursyeweth
the
folke
/
&
not
oonly
soo
besely
the
wycked
folke
whiche
he
knoweth
to
be
lyghtly
torned
to
obeye
his
cursed
&
moost
grettest
wyles
/
but
also
more
curyously
&
with
more
grete
dylygence
he
pursyeweth
the
good
folke
where
he
knoweth
them
to
be
of
more
stable
&
stedfast
corage
.
¶
Some
other
brethern
knowyng
an
other
aeged
fader
to
be
wounderfull
prudente
and
wyse
/
asked
him
by
what
meanes
he
had
goten
so
grete
wysdom
Wherat
he
answered
/
that
he
had
neuer
reteyned
nor
suffre
to
soyourne
in
his
herte
ony
euyll
thoughtes
/
by
the
whiche
he
doubted
to
haue
prouoked
our
lord
god
to
be
wroth
ayenst
hym
.
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
sayd
that
a
Relygyouse
yf
to
hym
were
possyble
ought
to
gyue
acomptes
vnto
his
elders
/
not
onely
of
all
the
passes
that
he
maketh
in
his
celle
or
in
his
monasterye
/
but
also
of
all
the
water
that
he
drynketh
&
of
euery
tyme
that
he
taketh
of
it
for
to
drynke
/
to
th
ende
he
sholde
make
hym
contente
&
certayne
of
his
lyuyng
&
gouernemente
for
to
kepe
hym selfe
that
he
shall
not
trespasse
nor
take
awaye
contrarye
to
them
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
sayd
that
the
fende
in
no
thyng
taketh
so
grete
a
gladnesse
as
he
dothe
whan
he
maye
ouer
come
a
synner
so
that
he
wyll
not
vtter
nor
shewe
his
synnes
by
confessyon
.
¶
A
y●ng
relygyouse
sayd
to
an
aeged
fader
that
oftentymes
he
questyoned
the
olde
fa●ers
to
th
ende
they
sholde
tell
hym
&
also
that
he
sholde
serue
of
them
some
good
lore
&
Instruccyons
for
his
soule
to
be
saued
but
what
soeuer
they
tolde
hym
he
coude
not
withholde
no
thynge
.
Now
had
this
olde
fader
to
who●●
he
spake
two
vesselles
that
were
empty
.
So
comaunded
●e
to
the
yong
Relygyouse
that
he
sholde
take
one
of
them
&
wasshe
it
clene
with
fayte
water
&
sette
it
ayen
in
his
place
whiche
thyng
be
made
hym
do
ones
&
ones
agayne
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
the
olde
fader
that
he
sholde
brynge
hym
bothe
the
vesselles
&
he
dyde
so
¶
And
thenne
he
asked
hym
whiche
of
them
two
was
clener
Wherat
the
yong
answered
that
it
was
that
selfe
wherin
he
had
putte
water
with
the
whiche
he
had
wasshed
it
.
The
olde
sayd
there
ayenst
.
My
sone
it
is
thus
of
our
soule
when
it
herkenneth
often
the
wordes
of
god
/
for
how
be
it
that
it
kepeth
noo
thynge
of
thoo
wordes
that
it
hereth
or
of
those
that
it
Requyreth
to
be
tolde
vnto
it
for
to
saue
the
soule
by
/
neuerthelesse
it
is
more
clene
therby
/
than
yf
it
herde
not
nor
asked
noo
thyng
of
it
/
by
this
namely
/
that
thus
doyeng
she
escheweth
euyll
thoughtes
and
ouercometh
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
An
other
sayd
also
to
an
olde
fader
that
when
a
Relygyouse
haunted
and
occupyeth
hym selfe
to
good
werkes
/
the
deuyll
commyng
to
hym
for
to
torne
hym
can
not
haue
no
power
ouer
hym
bycause
that
he
fyndeth
noo
place
for
him
.
¶
And
by
this
cause
he
departeth
and
gooth
awaye
anone
&
leueth
the
same
Relygyouse
in
peas
.
¶
To
the
contrarye
yf
he
suffreth
and
applyeth
hym selfe
in
euyll
werkes
/
the
deuyll
fyndeth
anone
a
place
for
to
kepe
him
companye
.
¶
And
all
be
it
that
the
te●hynge
of
god
wyll
often
shewe
hym
for
to
doo
good
/
neuerthelesse
withstandynge
his
obstynate
and
frowardnesse
she
departeth
from
hym
syghtely
and
seueth
hym
/
wherfore
it
is
of
nede
/
but
yf
he
wyll
be
loste
/
that
with
alle
his
herte
he
tourne
his
affeccyon
vnto
almyghty
god
.
¶
And
thus
doyeng
the
sayd
shewyng
shall
soone
come
to
him
agayne
.
¶
To
an
other
yonge
relygyouse
that
asked
of
an
auncyent
holy
fader
/
how
longe
a
monke
ought
to
labour
/
was
answered
by
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
shall
possesse
Ihesu
Cryste
/
because
that
he
that
hath
hym
in
possessyon
/
nedeth
not
to
labour
ony
ferther
.
Alwayes
he
suffreth
his
chosen
for
to
traueylle
and
labour
/
to
th
ende
that
they
shall
haue
remembraunce
of
the
labours
of
trybulacyon
/
and
that
they
by
this
meane
kepe
them
fro
synne
feeryng
lest
they
sholde
lese
so
grete
laboures
.
We
fynde
also
wryton
/
that
our
lorde
made
the
sones
of
Ysraell
for
to
traueylle
and
goo
duryng
the
space
of
.xl.
yere
thrugh
the
deserte
/
to
th
ende
that
hauyng
mynde
of
the
trybulacyons
that
they
had
there
/
they
sholde
haue
no
wyll
for
to
retourne
therat
.
¶
An
other
brother
questyoned
an
auncyent
fader
&
asked
him
the
cause
whyche
Relygyouses
at
this
tyme
presente
labouryng
gete
not
therby
some
grace
as
dyde
the
aeged
Relygyouses
.
¶
To
whome
the
olde
fader
answered
/
that
charyte
was
thenne
so
grete
/
that
euerychone
by
vertuouse
werkes
drewe
his
neyghbour
on
hyghe
/
but
now
all
the
worlde
applyeth
theym
to
ylle
/
and
euery
one
ledeth
his
neyghbour
in
to
helle
And
for
this
cause
there
nys
none
that
geteth
ony
grace
.
¶
By
an
other
yong
Relygyouse
was
requyred
vnto
an
aeged
fader
/
that
he
sholde
tell
hym
yf
he
wyst
not
that
the
holy
men
had
knowloge
of
the
grace
of
god
when
it
cometh
to
them
.
Where
at
he
answered
/
that
they
knowe
it
not
alwayes
.
¶
And
for
an
open
exemple
of
this
thyng
he
leyde
vnto
hym
/
that
ones
a
dyscyple
of
an
olde
holy
fader
/
had·
done
oo
synne
/
for
the
whiche
the
sayd
holy
fader
moeued
with
yre
ayenst
hym
/
crynge
sharply
had
sayd
vnto
him
Goo
that
thou
mayst
deye
.
¶
And
anone
this
dyscyple
felle
deed
to
the
erthe
.
And
when
the
sayd
holy
fader
see
hym
deed
he
was
touched
with
a
meruayllouse
drede
.
Soo
sette
he
hym selfe
to
praye
god
by
grete
humylyte
sayeng
.
O
Ihesu
cryste
my
lord
and
my
god
.
I
beseche
the
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
reyse
this
poore
Relygyouse
.
And
I
promyse
the
that
I
shall
neuer
speke
suche
wordes
without
grete
consyderacyon
.
And
Incontynente
after
his
prayer
y made
his
dyscyple
wexed
a
lyue
agayne
alle
sounde
and
hole
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
sayde
that
the
man
whiche
techeth
other
/
and
dooth
not
as
he
techeth
/
he
is
lyke
vnto
the
hyghe
welle
whiche
fylleth
with
drynke
theym
that
be
a
thurst
/
or
that
wassheth
the
fylth
awaye
of
euery
one
/
but
it
can
not
wasshe
hym selfe
nor
purge
the
fylthes
that
are
in
it selfe
.
¶
And
morouer
he
sayde
that
a
man
whiche
desyreth
to
be
vertuouse
ought
to
styre
and
teche
his
soule
to
kepe
and
obserue
those
thynges
whiche
his
tonge
leueth
vnto
other
.
For
it
is
a
thyng
moche
to
be
blamed
and
worthy
of
grete
Repreuyng
to
a
man
whom
he
presumeth
to
correcte
other
folke
of
some
synne
or
euyll
dede
/
wherof
he
is
hym selfe
worthy
to
be
Rebuked
for
it
.
Wherfore
it
behoueth
of
necessyte
vnto
hym
that
well
wyll
teche
or
edyfye
some
other
/
that
fyrst
he
correcte
his
owne
self
/
ensyewyng
the
doctryne
of
our
souerayne
mayster
and
techer
Ihesu
Cryste
/
the
whiche
lyuyng
vertuously
as
men
fynde
it
wryten
in
the
trouthe
and
holy
scryptures
/
shewed
fyrst
exemple
of
good
lyfe
/
and
thenne
after
he
began
to
preche
.
And
for
this
cause
his
predycacyons
were
soo
agreable
to
those
that
after
the
holy
faythe
desyred
to
lyue
/
that
they
forsake
all
worldly
thynges
for
to
ensyewe
hym
and
lyue
after
his
holy
exortacyons
whiche
were
of
a
grete
and
wonderfull
effycacye
/
pryncypally
bycause
of
the
fayre
and
ryght
honest
lyue
that
he
ledde
.
¶
An
holy
hermyte
some
tyme
yede
towarde
the
holy
fader
Poemen
whiche
receyued
hym
with
grete
gladnesse
.
¶
And
after
that
they
hadde
enbraced
eche
other
/
the
hermyte
began
to
speke
and
to
comyn
with
hym
of
holy
scryptures
/
and
namely
of
thoo
thynges
that
be
heuenly
.
¶
And
thenne
the
holy
fader
Poemen
heryng
his
proposycyons
/
and
how
be
it
that
he
was
well
settred
and
sore
experte
he
tourned
his
face
towarde
an
other
brother
as
thoughe
he
wolde
not
here
the
sayd
hermyte
nor
gyue
to
hym
ony
answere
¶
The
hermyte
thenne
seeyng
that
he
wolde
not
herken
atte
hym
by
noo
wyse
wente
out
of
the
celle
of
the
sayd
Poemen
alle
on
angred
/
and
sayd
to
his
dyscyple
.
I
am
wel
sory
to
haue
for
nought
and
without
cause
entreprysed
the
labour
of
so
grete
awaye
when
he
for
whome
I
am
come
and
that
I
desyred
soo
feruently
for
to
see
wylnyth
not
speke
to
me
.
¶
The
dyscyple
heryng
this
came
to
the
holy
fader
Poemen
and
sayd
to
hym
.
¶
Haa
fayre
fader
/
that
worshypfull
hermyte
that
now
departe
from
afore
the
/
is
come
hyther
for
to
see
the
/
and
he
hath
soo
good
Renommee
and
soo
grete
Ioye
in
his
countree
/
and
thou
wylte
not
speke
with
hym
.
¶
Thenne
answered
the
holy
fader
Poemen
.
¶
He
of
whome
thou
spekest
wyll
dyspute
of
the
souerayne
and
heuenly
thynges
.
¶
And
I
that
am
an
erthely
man
I
can
with
grete
payne
speke
of
the
thynges
that
be
erthely
.
¶
Yf
he
hadde
spoken
vnto
me
of
the
passyons
of
Relygyouses
happely
I
wolde
haue
answered
hym
therupon
/
but
yf
he
wyll
speke
of
the
heuenly
thynges
I
can
nought
answere
hym
therof
/
for
I
confesse
my selfe
not
suffysaunt
therunto
.
¶
Thenne
the
dyscyple
Retournyng
the
hermyte
sayd
to
hym
.
¶
O
man
of
god
/
our
fader
Poemen
wyll
not
speke
to
the
of
these
hyghe
questyons
/
but
when
men
speke
vnto
hym
of
the
wretchydnesse
and
passyons
that
must
be
suffred
and
endured
in
this
worlde
/
and
how
pacyently
they
muste
be
borne
/
he
speketh
therof
gladly
.
¶
The
hermyte
thenne
taken
with
sadnesse
by
the
wordes
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
came
to
hym
agayne
sayeng
.
¶
O
holy
man
/
counseylle
me
what
I
ought
to
doo
for
to
withstonde
ayenst
my
passyons
/
whiche
Reygne
ouer
me
and
kepe
me
soo
wonderfully
subgette
.
¶
The
holy
fader
herynge
his
wordes
and
beholdynge
vpon
hym
Ioyously
sayd
vnto
hym
¶
Now
thou
art
welcome
vnto
me
/
I
shall
atte
this
houre
open
my
mouth
and
shall
fylle
it
with
thy
vertuouse
goodes
.
¶
The
good
hermyte
takynge
a
corage
to
his
wordes
sayde
vnto
hym
.
¶
In
good
sothe
fayre
fader
Poemen
/
good
and
true
is
the
waye
that
thou
takest
.
And
after
that
they
hadde
a
longe
wyle
deuysed
togydre
of
many
thynges
profytable
&
necessarye
to
the
edyfycacion
&
helthe
of
theyr
soules
/
the
hermyte
yeldyng
vnto
hym
graces
and
thankes
/
retournyng
vnto
his
owne
Regyon
ayen
.
¶
Men
fynde
that
an
other
aeged
holy
fader
sayd
to
his
dyscyple
.
Yf
ony
bodye
speketh
to
the
of
holy
scryptures
or
of
ony
other
thyng
/
be
not
therfore
wyllynge
to
chyde
nor
stryue
ayenst
hym
.
And
yf
he
sayth
well
/
be
thou
of
his
opynyon
/
&
yf
he
speketh
euyll
/
thou
shalt
telle
hym
in
this
maner
.
¶
My
frende
loke
well
what
thou
sayst
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
sayd
the
postle
/
be
not
wyllyng
for
to
stryue
by
wordes
.
And
in
kepynge
thyself
fro
the
same
thou
shall
be
verayly
meke
/
&
also
thou
shalt
eschewe
the
hate
of
other
.
¶
And
by
the
contrarye
/
yf
stryuyng
and
chydyng
thou
suffre
in
thyn
opynyon
&
wyll
abyde
by
thy
worde
/
a
sclaunder
&
grete
inconuenyence
shall
folowe
therby
.
¶
Also
when
men
prayse
ouer
moche
a
bodye
him
Iustyfyeng
there
cometh
often
of
it
questyon
and
debate
.
And
therfore
my
sone
thou
ought
to
be
certayne
/
that
of
what
someuer
thyng
that
thou
takest
noyse
for
/
thou
shalte
euer
haue
some
noyouse
lettyng
for
it
/
and
neuer
shalte
thou
be
in
peas
.
¶
Soo
ought
thou
thenne
aboue
alle
thynges
to
sette
thyn
affeccyon
&
vnderstandynge
to
kepe
sylence
and
to
be
styll
.
And
by
this
meane
thou
shalte
haue
ease
of
some
thynge
.
¶
And
also
thou
muste
thynke
bothe
erly
&
late
to
that
thou
hast
to
doo
/
&
thou
shalt
not
drede
the
assawte
or
entycynge
of
thyn
enmyes
.
¶
For
as
saynte
Ierome
sayth
/
a
man
that
is
occupyeth
in
good
werke
/
is
oonly
tempted
of
one
deuyll
/
&
a
man
that
is
ydle
hathe
about
hym
more
than
a
thousande
deuyls
for
to
begyle
&
deceyue
hym
/
to
th
ende
that
he
maye
be
brought
to
dampnacyon
.
¶
And
therfore
it
is
nedefull
to
a
man
that
wyll
lyue
vertuously
to
occupye
the
tyme
holyly
/
other
to
rede
or
to
do
other
thynge
/
&
when
he
is
noyouse
to
redyng
/
he
ought
to
sette
hym self
to
oryson
/
&
from
oryson
to
retorne
for
to
rede
agayne
or
to
wede
&
plucke
the
euyll
herbes
out
of
his
gardyn
.
And
in
this
doyneg
he
shall
ouercome
his
enmyes
&
shall
withstande
all
deceytes
&
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
An
other
brother
questyned
ones
an
olde
fader
askyng
him
how
long
must
one
kepe
him
styll
.
And
the
holy
fader
answered
to
him
/
tyll
the
tyme
that
he
be
questyoned
or
aposed
/
&
in
all
place
where
thou
shall
be
/
yf
thou
kepe
sylence
/
thou
shalt
be
in
tranquylyte
and
peasyble
reste
.
THe
abbot
Poemen
techyng
his
relygyouses
sayd
/
that
all
thus
as
that
bee
whersoeuer
she
flyeth
she
is
occupyed
about
makyng
of
honny
.
In
lykewyse
a
good
Relygyouse
where
soeuer
that
he
gothe
yf
it
is
for
to
doo
some
good
werke
/
he
shall
lyghtely
fuldoo
the
swetenesse
of
good
and
vertuouse
werkes
/
when
he
shall
applye
hym selfe
for
to
knowe
the
good
dedes
and
graces
of
the
creatour
as
well
the
spyrytuall
as
tho
that
ben
temporall
.
THe
holy
fader
Mutues
and
a
relygyouse
of
his
owne
commynge
from
a
place
called
Ragythan
/
went
ones
in
to
the
partyes
of
Gebolon
.
¶
The
bysshop
of
that
londe
seeyng
the
abbot
Mutues
and
knowyng
his
grete
vertues
made
hym
for
to
come
vnto
hym
ayenst
his
wyll
ordeyned
him
to
the
holy
ordres
of
preesthode
.
¶
And
after
takyng
with
hym
his
refeccyon
corporall
/
to
hym
sayde
the
sayd
bysshop
.
¶
Holy
fader
I
praye
the
pardonne
me
that
I
haue
compelled
the
for
to
take
the
ordres
of
preesthode
.
Certaynely
I
knowe
well
that
thou
hadde
not
appetyte
nor
noo
desyre
to
suche
a
worshyp
/
but
I
desyrynge
to
receyue
thy
blessynge
.
I
haue
presumed
in
my selfe
for
to
constrayne
the
to
the
same
ordres
.
¶
To
whome
this
holy
fader
with
grete
humylyte
answered
/
that
his
corage
desyred
it
not
/
but
he
was
somwhat
carefull
of
that
he
muste
be
departed
from
his
brother
that
was
with
hym
whiche
was
noo
preest
/
and
hym selfe
alone
coude
not
acomplysshe
his
orysons
.
¶
Therto
answered
the
bysshop
and
sayd
/
that
yf
he
wyst
his
felawe
worthy
to
be
made
a
preest
/
he
sholde
ordeyne
hym
to
the
holy
ordres
of
preesthode
.
¶
The
sayd
holy
fader
answered
.
Yf
he
be
worthy
that
can
I
not
telle
certaynly
/
but
this
I
wote
well
/
that
he
is
better
and
more
suffysaunt
than
I
am
.
In
effecte
the
bysshop
consecrated
hym
to
be
a
preest
.
¶
And
in
this
astate
they
dwelled
togydre
all
theyr
lyfe
/
but
neuerthelesse
they
presumed
neuer
for
to
applye
them selfe
to
the
aulter
for
to
consecrate
nor
synge
masse
.
¶
And
the
sayd
holy
fader
sayd
.
I
trust
in
my
god
my
maker
/
and
of
this
I
calle
hym
to
a
wytnesse
/
that
I
bylyue
me
not
worthy
to
be
a
preest
nor
to
consecrate
hym
.
For
this
thyng
apperteyneth
to
be
done
oonly
by
them
that
be
Iuste
/
pure
/
and
'
clene
without
greyt
or
Infyrmyte
of
synne
.
¶
And
I
knowe
and
perceyue
well
that
I
am
not
suche
/
wherfore
yf
it
pleaseth
his
dyuyne
bounte
/
he
shal
haue
me
for
excused
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
Requyred
humbly
Saynt
Macharye
that
he
wolde
gyue
and
graunte
hym
some
good
Instruccyon
/
by
whiche
he
myghte
gete
his
saluacyon
.
¶
To
whome
he
answered
.
It
is
necessarye
to
the
Relygyouse
whiche
desyreth
to
be
saued
to
flee
the
companye
of
men
and
to
kepe
hym selfe
within
his
celle
there
for
to
wepe
ouer
his
synnes
contynuelly
/
and
with
this
he
muste
be
garnysshed
with
a
vertue
whiche
is
aboue
all
other
that
is
to
wyte
/
to
Refrayne
his
tonge
and
his
bely
.
THe
abbot
Arsenyen
dwellyng
in
the
paleys
of
th
emperour
/
he
beyng
yet
a
seculer
/
prayed
our
lord
god
sayeng
.
Syre
god
creatour
&
redemer
of
the
worlde
please
that
to
shewe
to
me
a
waye
by
the
whiche
I
maye
be
saued
.
And
he
herde
a
voyce
that
sayd
to
him
in
this
maner
.
Arseny
flee
the
companye
of
men
/
&
thou
shall
come
to
that
the
thou
desyrest
&
requyrest
.
¶
So
forsoke
he
all
worldly
thynges
/
&
wente
to
dwelle
in
a
solytary
place
/
where
dayly
he
made
to
god
a
lyke
prayer
.
And
he
herde
agayn
a
voyce
that
sayd
to
hym
.
Arsenye
flee
/
speke
not
/
rest
thy selfe
/
&
in
this
doynge
thou
shall
haue
the
pryncyples
&
begynnynges
for
to
come
to
the
waye
of
saluacyon
.
¶
Within
a
certayne
tyme
after
cam
vnto
him
a
bysshop
named
Theophyle
desyryng
to
see
him
/
&
to
here
of
him
some
good
worde
edyfycatyue
to
whome
&
to
all
theym
that
were
with
hym
/
the
holy
fader
sdyd
.
Yf
I
telle
or
teche
you
ony
thynge
that
be
to
youre
profyte
/
shall
you
kepe
it
.
Certaynly
ye
sayd
they
togydre
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
he
spekyng
of
him
self
.
I
Requyre
you
humbly
that
in
what
soeuer
place
where
ye
shall
knowe
or
here
saye
that
Arsenyen
is
/
ye
shall
not
come
nor
fynde
your selfe
there
in
no
wyse
.
¶
After
this
the
sayd
bysshop
wolde
come
there
agayn
/
soo
sente
he
fyrste
towarde
hym
for
to
wyte
yf
he
wolde
open
to
hym
his
dore
and
he
sente
hym
worde
ayen
/
yf
he
came
alone
he
sholde
gyue
vnto
him
openyng
/
but
&
he
cam
acompanyed
with
many
folke
/
he
sholde
not
fynde
him
in
his
celle
.
For
certaynly
he
sholde
departe
and
sholde
dwelle
there
noo
more
.
¶
The
whiche
thyng
y
herde
and
vnderstande
by
the
sayd
bysshop
/
he
dyfferred
his
partynge
/
ferynge
that
yf
he
sholde
haue
gone
there
/
he
sholde
haue
be
cause
to
make
hym
forsake
the
place
of
his
hermytage
.
An other
tyme
he
founde
hym selfe
with
some
of
his
bretheren
in
a
place
where
grewe
moche
rede
/
whiche
by
force
of
wynde
moeued
sore
here
and
there
betyng
eche
other
soo
that
they
made
grete
noyse
.
¶
Soo
demaunded
he
to
his
brethern
wherof
grewe
that
noyse
that
he
herde
in
that
place
.
The
whiche
answered
and
sayd
/
that
it
was
the
wynde
that
made
thus
the
rede
to
bete
the
one
ayenst
the
other
.
¶
Thenne
he
sayde
vnto
them
.
Now
my
brethern
consydere
how
moche
harde
athynge
it
is
to
lyue
in
peas
and
tranquylyte
in
this
worlde
.
Yf
ye
were
in
a
place
where
ye
sholde
here
all
oonly
a
byrde
synge
/
ye
sholde
not
haue
your
corages
nor
entendementes
with
rest
/
how
sholde
you
haue
them
thenne
peasyble
among
the
noyse
and
tempest
of
this
rede
seen
the
grete
and
wonderfull
noyse
that
they
make
bycause
of
the
wynde
that
maketh
them
this
to
smyte
eche
other
.
And
some
sayd
that
the
celle
or
dwellynge
of
this
forsayd
holy
fader
Arsenyen
stode
.xxx.
myle
fro
the
place
where
the
sayd
rede
were
.
¶
From
whiche
dwellynge
he
wente
but
lytyll
out
/
but
by
some
Relygyouses
were
admynystred
vnto
hym
his
nedes
and
necessytees
.
¶
Morouer
it
is
founde
wryten
of
hym
that
when
the
place
in
Sychye
where
in
the
holy
faders
dyde
dwelle
was
them
lefte
/
and
he
hym selfe
comyng
out
of
the
same
he
began
to
wepe
sayeng
that
the
worlde
hadde
loste
Rome
/
and
the
Relygyouse
hermytes
Sychye
.
¶
Some
brethern
goynge
out
of
Alexandrye
in
to
the
partyes
of
Thebayde
for
to
bye
there
some
flaxe
/
bycause
that
the
holy
fader
Arsenyen
dwelled
that
tyme
in
the
sayde
partyes
of
Thebayde
/
concluded
togydre
/
syth
that
they
hadde
occasyon
to
goo
nyghe
the
place
where
he
dwelled
/
that
they
sholde
goo
see
and
vysyte
hym
.
And
they
dyde
soo
.
¶
And
after
that
his
dyscyple
hadde
tolde
hym
that
they
were
come
towarde
hym
/
he
charged
hym
that
he
sholde
aske
them
the
cause
and
occasyon
wherfore
they
came
there
.
¶
Soo
broughte
he
vnto
hym
worde
agayne
that
the
cause
and
occasyon
of
theyr
commynge
was
suche
as
aboue
is
sayd
.
¶
The
good
holy
fader
Arsenyen
herynge
this
answere
/
sayd
in
this
maner
.
¶
Certaynly
syth
that
they
be
not
come
here
for
me
/
but
oonly
for
theyr
owne
affayres
.
I
wyll
not
that
they
see
me
.
¶
And
therfore
thou
shall
goo
to
Receyue
them
and
shall
serue
them
as
well
as
thou
mayst
¶
And
this
done
and
acomplysshed
/
thou
shalte
take
leue
of
them
saynge
thus
vnto
them
/
that
I
sholde
not
go
to
them
for
bycause
of
my
grete
wekenesse
and
feblenesse
.
¶
An
other
brother
desyryng
for
to
see
the
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenyen
transported
hymselfe
vnto
his
celle
&
knocked
atte
the
dore
for
to
haue
gone
in
.
¶
The
holy
fader
made
him
openyng
wenyng
to
hym
that
it
had
be
his
dyscyple
/
but
all
incontynente
that
he
sawe
it
was
not
he
/
he
casted
hymselfe
donne
to
the
erthe
/
the
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
Relygyouse
he
was
sore
abasshed
/
&
prayde
hym
humbly
that
he
wolde
aryse
/
whiche
he
wolde
not
/
but
sayd
/
that
he
sholde
not
aryse
tyll
that
the
sayd
Relygyouse
were
gone
agayne
fro
thens
/
the
whiche
neuerthelesse
prayed
and
requyred
hym
many
tymes
that
he
wolde
aryse
/
but
he
wolde
neuer
graunte
nor
consente
therto
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
were
departed
and
gone
.
¶
Sometyme
the
deuyls
of
helle
came
to
hym
and
made
hym
endure
many
trybulacyons
and
aduersytees
within
his
celle
¶
And
vpon
a
tyme
among
other
the
brethern
that
were
wont
to
bryng
hym
suche
thynges
as
he
hadde
nede
of
came
there
and
herde
this
holy
fader
that
cryed
and
sayd
to
our
lorde
.
Alas
my
god
my
fader
creatour
and
Redemer
leue
me
not
.
And
where
it
is
so
that
I
haue
not
yet
done
ony
good
that
be
worthy
to
be
presented
afore
the.
I
beseche
the
humbly
as
moche
as
I
can
/
that
after
thy
grete
mercy
and
benygnyte
/
it
wyll
please
the
atte
the
leste
to
graunte
vnto
me
that
I
maye
vndertake
the
begynnynges
of
good
lyuyng
.
¶
The
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenyen
questyoned
and
asked
ones
a
symple
brother
of
the
londe
of
Egypte
/
askynge
of
hym
how
he
feled
hym selfe
in
his
cogytacyons
and
thoughtes
.
The
whiche
thynge
seeyng
a
brother
that
was
of
vnderstandyng
more
redy
than
was
the
other
sayd
thus
to
hym
.
Fayre
fader
I
merueylle
me
of
thy selfe
that
art
so
expert
not
oonly
in
greke
tonge
/
but
also
in
latyn
tonge
/
how
thou
aposest
&
questyoned
this
brother
Rustyke
in
askynge
of
his
thoughtes
&
cogytacyons
/
wherat
he
answered
.
I
knowe
well
that
I
haue
studyed
and
lerned
suffysauntely
as
to
the
worlde
bothe
the
latyn
tonge
and
the
greke
/
but
yet
haue
I
not
conne
take
nor
lerne
the
ABC
of
this
Rustyke
.
¶
Some
olde
holy
faders
tolde
that
ones
some
persones
gaue
and
sente
vnto
the
brothern
hermytes
of
Sychye
a
quantyte
of
dates
.
And
bycause
there
was
but
a
fewe
/
they
dyde
not
sende
none
of
them
to
the
fader
Arsenyen
/
doubtyng
that
he
sholde
take
it
an
wronge
or
a
mocke
to
haue
sente
hym
so
lytyll
a
gyfte
.
¶
And
when
he
was
shewed
herof
/
he
wolde
not
goo
out
of
his
celle
for
to
goo
to
the
dole
with
the
other
brethern
as
it
was
acustomed
to
be
doo
/
but
sayd
to
them
.
Ye
haue
excomunycated
me
my
brothern
/
to
th
ende
that
ye
sholde
not
gyue
me
the
charyte
that
god
hath
sent
vnto
you
/
of
the
whiche
I
haue
not
be
worthy
to
haue
had
my
parte
.
¶
They
all
thenne
vnderstandynge
these
wordes
were
wonderfully
edyfyed
of
his
humylyte
.
So
sente
they
vnto
him
by
one
of
them
whiche
was
a
preest
his
parte
of
the
sayde
dates
/
&
brought
hym
with
him
Ioyfull
in
the
compan●e
of
the
other
for
to
take
vp
the
sayd
dole
.
¶
And
some
sayd
that
he
was
so
secrete
in
his
dedes
and
operacyons
/
that
men
coude
neuer
perceyue
ne
knowe
the
maner
of
the
conuersacyon
of
his
lyfe
.
¶
He
dwellynge
in
the
partyes
of
Egypte
bycause
he
suffred
&
bare
there
greuously
the
nedes
of
the
folke
that
towarde
hym
came
for
to
vysyte
&
see
him
/
he
purposed
for
to
gyue
vp
&
leue
his
celle
or
lytyll
house
without
to
bere
awaye
with
him
ony
thyng
that
was
in
it
.
¶
And
thus
came
he
to
his
dyscyples
wherof
one
was
named
Paranytas
/
the
other
Alexander
&
the
thyrde
Zoyle
.
Soo
sayd
this
holy
fader
Arsenyen
to
Alexander
.
Aryse
Alexander
&
dyspose
thy selfe
for
to
rowe
.
¶
To
Zoyle
he
sayd
/
come
with
me
vnto
the
flode
&
seke
a
bote
for
me
to
go
in
to
Alexandrye
&
take
also
an
ore
with
thy
brother
to
rowe
ouer
.
Zoyle
was
wrothe
of
these
wordes
&
helde
his
peas
.
And
thus
were
they
departed
one
from
the
other
.
Alwayes
he
wente
all
alone
vnto
about
the
partyes
of
Alexandrye
where
he
ley
syke
of
a
gryuous
sykenesse
.
And
his
dyscyples
that
he
had
thus
lefte
complayned
togydre
&
sayd
the
one
to
the
other
.
¶
Hathe
not
one
of
vs
made
our
olde
fader
Arseny
angry
/
the
whiche
for
this
cause
sholde
be
thus
departed
&
separed
from
vs
.
And
in
spekyng
&
deuysynge
togydre
they
coude
not
knowe
nor
ymagyne
the
cause
of
his
angre
nor
of
his
heuynesse
/
nother
also
that
euer
they
had
be
to
him
dysobeyssaunt
in
ony
thyng
.
¶
After
that
the
holy
fader
Arsenyen
was
heled
of
his
sykenesse
/
he
thought
in
hym selfe
that
he
sholde
go
vysyte
&
see
his
brethern
the
whiche
he
had
lefte
.
¶
And
after
rowynge
to
&
fro
he
came
to
a
place
the
called
was
the
stone
where
were
the
sayd
mynysters
And
as
he
walked
a
longe
the
sayd
streme
there
came
nyght
to
hym
a
mayde
of
Egypt
that
plucked
out
her
small
pappes
/
wherof
the
holy
fader
as
yll
apayde
for
it
began
to
rebuke
her
sharpely
.
Wherat
she
answered
vnto
hym
that
yf
he
were
a
monke
that
he
sholde
go
to
the
montayne
.
¶
The
holy
fader
felyng
hym selfe
stengyd
and
prycked
in
his
corage
of
the
wordes
of
the
sayde
doughter
/
dyde
note
and
toke
good
hede
to
the
same
wordes
sayeng
in
hym selfe
.
Yf
thou
be
a
monke
/
goo
to
the
montayne
.
¶
And
he
beynge
in
this
compunccyon
/
his
two
dyscyples
Alexandre
&
Zoyle
came
towarde
hym
/
whiche
in
contynente
casted
them selfe
tofore
his
fete
/
&
he
in
lykewyse
before
them
dyde
put
hym selfe
donne
to
the
erthe
/
&
began
to
wepe
all
thre
togydre
.
¶
The
holy
fader
sayd
syn
to
theym
/
haue
not
ye
herde
telle
that
I
was
syke
/
the
whiche
answered
ye
.
¶
And
why
sayd
he
are
you
not
come
to
see
me
.
¶
Wherat
Alexander
answered
/
bycause
that
thy
departynge
from
vs
had
not
be
vnto
vs
agreable
.
For
many
one
by
reason
of
the
same
haue
be
euyll
pleased
with
vs
/
sayng
that
yf
we
had
not
be
dysobeyssaunt
vnto
the
/
thou
sholdest
neuer
haue
departed
thy selfe
from
with
vs
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
Arsenyen
to
them
.
I
haue
well
knowen
that
this
sholde
be
sayd
.
But
yet
agayne
men
shall
saye
truely
that
the
doue
whiche
coude
not
f●nde
where
vpon
to
rest
her
fete
/
retorned
ayen
towarde
Noe
beynge
within
his
arche
.
The
whiche
wordes
herde
of
his
dyscyples
/
they
were
well
content
with
it
&
peased
theyr
corages
.
And
dwelled
euer
after
with
hym
vnto
the
laste
tyme
of
theyr
lyues
.
¶
The
holy
fader
Besaryon
&
a
dyscyple
of
his
walkyng
in
the
desertes
/
cam
of
auenture
vpon
a
depe
pytte
in
whiche
they
entred
&
they
founde
there
a
brother
syttyng
&
werkyng
about
the
makyng
of
a
corde
.
The
whiche
lyke
as
he
had
be
bothe
domme
&
blynde
nother
spake
nor
loked
not
vpon
them
.
¶
This
consyderynge
the
holy
fader
Besaryon
/
sayd
to
his
dyscyple
/
lete
vs
go
hens
/
for
this
olde
fader
wyll
not
speke
with
vs
.
Soo
wente
they
theyr
waye
&
wente
towarde
the
abbot
Iohan
.
And
soone
after
retournynge
to
the
sayd
pytte
/
the
sayd
holy
fader
Besaryon
sayd
.
Lete
vs
goo
there
in
on●s
agayne
for
to
speke
with
that
brother
so
shall
we
now
wyte
yf
god
had
kepte
hym
that
he
spake
not
to
vs
.
¶
And
incontynent
that
they
were
entred
within
the
sayd
place
/
they
founde
nothynge
therin
but
oonly
a
deed
bodye
.
Thenne
callyng
vpon
his
dyscyple
/
he
sayd
in
this
maner
.
¶
Come
hether
my
brother
/
lete
vs
dresse
this
corps
/
for
god
hath
sente
vs
here
therfore
.
And
where
they
besyed
them
for
to
haue
putte
a
wyndyng
shete
about
hym
/
they
founde
that
it
was
a
woman
/
wherof
they
merueylled
gretly
&
sayd
.
¶
Here
is
a
thynge
merueyllouse
to
see
how
the
women
fought
ayenste
the
deuyls
&
ouercome
them
.
¶
And
after
that
they
had
buryed
her
they
wente
awaye
&
praysed
the
name
of
god
pretoctour
and
deffender
of
all
thynges
.
¶
Saynt
Mecharye
tolde
ones
to
his
Relygyouses
/
that
towarde
hym
were
come
two
brethern
the
one
was
olde
&
the
other
veray
yong
/
the
whiche
hauyng
of
him
no
knowloge
/
but
oonly
by
●enōme
/
they
had
questyoned
hym
/
askynge
of
hym
where
was
the
celle
of
the
abbot
Macharye
.
¶
And
he
enquyryng
of
them
why
they
asked
after
it
/
they
answered
that
they
hauyng
knowlege
of
his
vertuouse
werkes
&
holy
lyfe
desyred
soueraynly
to
see
hym
.
¶
And
where
the
sayd
saynte
Macharye
confessed
that
he
was
the
man
that
they
sought
they
incontynent
fallygh
afore
his
fete
requyryng
&
besought
him
that
he
wolde
suffre
them
to
enhabyte
with
hym
/
but
he
seeyng
&
Iugyng
by
consyderynge
of
theyr
gyftes
&
habylymentes
/
that
by
habondaunce
of
rychesses
/
they
were
wanton
&
delycate
/
he
answered
that
they
myght
not
abyde
with
hym
.
The
whiche
answere
y
herde
/
they
sayd
to
hym
that
yf
they
myght
not
dwelle
with
hym
alwayes
they
had
purposed
to
seke
for
theyr
resydence
some
other
solytary
place
¶
The
holy
fader
heryng
theyr
wordes
/
thought
in
hym selfe
/
that
yf
he
departed
or
shoued
them
backe
agay●e
from
him
/
he
myght
haue
be
sclaundred
therby
.
And
consyderyng
the
grete
labour
that
they
had
take
for
to
come
to
hym
/
he
thought
that
he
sholde
gyue
them
no
cause
in
this
behalue
to
noyse
ayenste
hym
.
So
sayd
he
to
them
.
¶
Come
on
my
childern
/
&
yf
ye
maye
/
make
&
buylde
here
your
celles
&
habytacions
.
¶
They
moche
Ioyouse
of
this
answere
/
requyred
hym
/
that
he
wolde
assygne
them
the
place
where
his
pleasure
was
that
they
sholde
make
theyr
lodgyng
/
&
he
toke
vnto
them
a
tubbe
an
a●e
&
a
sack
full
of
brede
with
a
lytyll
salt
/
&
this
done
he
brought
them
vpon
a
roche
of
harde
stone
sayng
to
them
that
they
sholde
dygge
therin
for
to
make
there
theyr
habytacyon
&
lytyll
houses
/
whiche
they
sholde
couer
with
claye
/
alwayes
the
intencyon
of
saynt
Macharye
was
suche
/
that
they
sholde
be
wery
for
to
be
besy
about
that
werke
&
that
they
for
grete
werynes
sholde
leue
it
&
go
awaye
.
But
they
that
had
purposed
to
abyde
there
/
asked
of
hym
what
occupacyon
the
other
brethern
had
of
custome
to
do
there
.
And
he
answered
that
they
made
cordes
.
And
syn
pared
to
them
bothe
palmes
&
leues
&
of
the
pylles
therof
/
he
shewed
and
taught
to
them
the
maner
for
to
make
&
weue
cordes
/
&
also
for
to
make
baskettes
and
maundes
/
the
whiche
maundes
he
warned
them
to
gyue
vnto
the
seruauntes
for
to
receyue
brede
therin
.
And
thus
he
lefte
them
&
wente
his
waye
.
And
they
after
this
with
a
grete
pacyence
dyde
that
the
sayd
saynt
Macharye
commaunded
them
/
and
kepte
them selfe
within
theyr
celles
&
habytacyons
/
and
wente
not
towarde
hym
duryng
the
tyme
of
thre
yere
.
But
bycause
that
many
Relygyouses
of
ferre
Regyons
came
toward
saynt
Macharye
forsayd
/
he
meruaylled
by
how
these
two
brethern
kepte
them
so
longe
togyder
that
they
came
not
towarde
hym
/
seeyng
namely
that
after
that
he
had
lefte
them
in
that
place
he
was
not
gone
to
them
/
&
hadde
not
seen
them
but
in
the
chirche
perceyuyng
with
sylence
the
holy
sacrament
of
the
aulter
as
the
other
dyde
.
Desyrynge
thenne
to
knowe
the
trouth
of
theyr
conuersacyon
/
he
sette
hym selfe
for
to
fast
an
hole
weke
/
prayeng
our
lorde
that
his
pleasure
were
to
shewe
vnto
him
theyr
dedes
And
after
he
went
toward
them
&
incontynent
that
they
had
made
him
openyng
they
cast
themselfe
donne
atte
his
feete
&
worshypped
hym
in
sylence
full
hertely
.
After
they
sette
them
alle
thre
to
oryson
as
it
was
of
custome
/
&
after
theyr
prayers
y made
/
saynt
Macharye
sette
hym
donne
.
Thenne
the
olde
made
a
token
to
the
yonge
that
had
sette
hym
donne
theyr
&
without
ony
spekynge
made
cordes
/
that
he
sholde
goo
out
/
&
he
dyde
so
/
and
about
the
houre
of
none
he
came
agayn
.
And
the
eldest
made
to
hym
an
other
token
as
before
the
whiche
y
perceyued
departed
and
wente
out
yet
agayne
and
made
redye
suche
vytaylle
as
they
hadde
for
theyr
refeccyon
the
whiche
was
of
thre
smal
loues
that
were
baken
betwene
asshes
whiche
he
brought
vpon
the
table
and
sette
hymselfe
donne
agayne
there
makynge
with
the
other
brother
his
werke
euer
stylle
withoute
ony
spekynge
.
¶
Soo
called
them
saynte
Macharye
vnto
hym
sayeng
to
them
.
Aryse
and
come
ete
.
And
they
dyde
soo
.
And
this
saynt
Macharye
dranke
water
out
of
a
lytyll
vessell
where
out
they
were
accustomed
to
drynke
out
.
The
table
y voyded
and
the
euen
commyng
to
hande
/
they
asked
hym
yf
he
wolde
goo
his
waye
.
Wherat
he
answered
/
that
he
wolde
rest
there
/
wherfore
in
a
corner
of
theyr
celle
or
habytacyon
they
made
lyghtely
redy
a
matte
.
And
they
as
wyllynge
for
to
take
theyr
nyghte
reste
in
an
other
corn●●
they
dyde
caste
there
theyr
gyrdels
a●●
vestymentes
.
And
as
the
two
brethern
dysposed
them selfe
for
to
slepe
/
the
holy
man
Macharye
put
hym selfe
agayne
to
praye
god
that
he
wolde
shewe
him
theyr
werkes
/
&
sodeynly
the
couerture
of
theyr
celle
opened
and
apperyd
therin
a
lyght
full
bryght
that
lyghtned
all
the
place
as
it
hadde
be
fayr
none
dayes
/
the
whiche
lyght
neuerthelesse
they
perceyued
not
But
anone
after
wenynge
that
the
holy
fader
had
be
a
slepe
/
they
rose
&
blessyd
them selfe
&
after
sette
hymselfe
to
oryson
heuyng
theyr
handes
towarde
heuen
.
And
in
this
dooyng
the
sayd
holy
fader
Macharye
behelde
well
theyr
contenaunces
/
so
couertly
that
they
coude
not
perceyue
it
.
He
thenne
beholdyng
them
sawe
Incontynent
come
a
multytude
of
deuyls
in
lykenesse
of
flyes
that
wolde
tarye
&
sette
them selfe
vpon
the
eyen
&
vpon
the
face
of
the
yonge
brother
/
but
they
durst
not
goo
nyghe
the
olde
.
¶
And
anone
came
there
the
angell
of
god
armed
with
a
glauye
brennyng
as
a
brounde
of
fyre
/
the
whiche
come
about
this
yong
relygyouse
/
made
them
so
wonderfully
afrayde
that
he
threwe
them
all
out
.
And
when
the
mornyng
came
toward
/
they
leyde
themselfe
donne
ayen
vpon
the
erthe
for
to
rest
them
¶
And
thenne
saynt
Macharye
as
sodeynly
awaked
rose
vp
/
&
in
lykewyse
dyde
the
two
other
brethern
.
¶
And
the
olde
asked
hym
yf
he
wolde
that
they
sholde
syng
twelue
psalmes
/
to
that
whiche
thyng
consentyng
the
holy
fader
/
the
yong
brother
sange
fyue
psalmes
with
six
verses
&
one
Alleluya
.
And
atte
euery
verse
came
out
of
his
mouth
a
bronde
of
fyre
that
ascended
vnto
heuen
.
And
in
lykewyse
out
of
the
mouthe
of
the
olde
/
euyn
as
he
moeued
his
lyppes
for
to
synge
psalmes
there
came
as
a
lytyll
corde
enflammed
the
Retched
vnto
heuen
.
¶
Morouer
after
that
the
holy
fader
had
songen
a
lytyll
takynge
his
leue
of
them
/
he
Requyred
them
instantly
that
they
wolde
praye
god
for
hym
but
without
in
ony
wyse
to
speke
they
casted
themselfe
tofore
his
fete
.
¶
Alle
the
whiche
thynges
reherced
this
holy
saynt
Macharye
/
the
whiche
also
sayd
that
he
had
knowen
/
that
the
oldest
was
parfyte
in
the
drede
of
god
/
&
the
yong
to
be
yet
tempted
&
befought
of
the
deuyls
.
And
with
this
sayd
he
/
this
oldest
broder
within
a
lytyll
tyme
after
to
haue
be
deceassed
&
taken
from
this
worlde
in
to
paradyse
/
&
that
other
in
lyke
wyse
to
haue
folowed
hym
therunto
thre
dayes
after
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
sayd
to
his
brethern
admōnestyng
them
that
a
relygyouse
ought
pryncypally
&
souereynly
to
kepe
&
obserue
four
thynges
.
The
fyrst
is
that
he
must
kepe
his
tonge
.
The
seconde
he
must
kepe
the
commaundementes
of
god
The
.iij.
he
must
meke
hymself
.
And
the
iiij
.
he
must
stedfastly
&
perseuerauntly
the
sharpnes
of
pouerte
.
And
with
this
it
is
of
necessyte
to
a
monke
that
euer
he
must
wepe
/
hauyng
contynuall
Remembraunce
of
his
synnes
and
that
atte
all
houres
he
haue
deth
before
his
eyen
.
¶
Many
holy
faders
gadred
togyder
prophecyed
ones
of
the
laste
generacyon
/
amonge
the
whiche
one
named
Isquyrien
that
was
pryncypall
&
the
fyrst
amonge
them
sayd
.
We
fulfylle
yet
the
commaundementes
of
god
.
The
other
heryng
his
wordes
asked
hym
.
They
that
shall
come
after
vs
/
what
shall
they
do
wherat
he
answered
/
they
shall
fulfyll
haply
the
halfe
therof
/
&
so
shall
they
requyre
the
god
euerlastyng
/
soone
after
they
axed
him
/
&
after
the
same
/
the
other
that
shall
come
after
them
what
shal
they
do
.
He
answerd
yet
agayn
.
The
men
of
the
self
generacyon
shall
not
doo
noo
werkes
of
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
but
shal
forgete
them
.
And
thenne
shall
ouerflowe
all
wyckednesse
/
&
charyte
shall
be
colde
/
&
vpon
them
shall
come
greuous
temptacyons
.
¶
But
they
that
shall
be
approued
in
the
same
&
founden
stedfast
&
constaunt
/
shal
be
taken
for
better
men
than
we
and
our
faders
haue
be
/
and
also
more
approued
in
alle
theyr
werkes
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
desyryng
for
to
dwell
in
the
company
of
other
Relygyouses
Requyryng
vnto
the
holy
fader
Agathon
that
he
wolde
teche
hym
how
he
sholde
behaue
hym selfe
amonge
them
To
whiche
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
he
sholde
kepe
aboue
all
thynges
that
euen
suche
as
he
sholde
shewe
hymselve
at
his
entryng
with
them
/
he
sholde
euer
shewe
hym
that
selfe
man
/
abydynge
in
alle
humylyte
vnto
his
laste
dayes
.
¶
Some
tyme
the
Maziniens
made
warre
ayenst
them
of
Sychye
/
&
they
commyng
in
that
londe
/
slewe
many
of
the
faders
that
were
there
.
Soo
departed
ther
is
for
this
cause
the
abbot
Poemen
the
abbot
Nub
&
fyue
other
aeged
the
whiche
came
to
a
place
called
Therenetude
/
where
they
founde
a
temple
olde
&
broken
wherin
they
dwelled
by
seuen
dayes
&
tyll
that
they
knewe
where
eyther
of
them
sholde
dwelle
in
Egypt
.
The
abbot
Nub
that
was
moost
olde
of
them
all
sayd
to
them
/
that
hym
semed
to
be
good
/
that
they
sholde
dwelle
●o
weke
euery
man
by
hymselfe
alone
without
to
speke
the
one
to
the
other
/
&
they
dyde
soo
.
And
it
happed
this
hangyng
that
the
abbot
Nub
sawe
within
the
sayd
temple
the
stature
of
an
Ydole
/
&
euery
mornyng
the
sayd
abbot
Nub
rose
&
casted
stones
atte
hit
/
&
syn
atte
euen
he
Requyred
her
pardon
/
the
whiche
thynge
he
contynued
all
the
same
weke
.
And
when
the
satyrdaye
cam
that
made
an
ende
of
that
weke
/
these
holy
faders
commyng
agayne
togydre
/
the
abbot
Poemen
demaunded
of
the
abbot
Nub
why
he
had
all
that
weke
beten
thus
that
selfe
Ydole
/
sayng
to
hym
/
that
he
meruaylled
moche
/
how
he
that
was
a
dyscrete
man
&
full
of
veray
fayth
had
done
so
&
namely
of
that
he
asked
her
pardon
after
that
he
had
beten
her
/
wherat
the
holy
fader
Nub
answered
that
he
had
done
that
for
the
edyfycacyon
of
hymselfe
&
of
them
all
/
sayeng
thus
.
Haue
ye
not
seen
how
this
Ydole
whan
I
haue
beten
her
she
hath
not
grutched
nor
sayd
nothyng
there
ayenst
/
&
in
no
wyse
she
hath
not
angred
her selfe
.
And
agayne
when
I
haue
besought
her
pardon
/
she
hath
not
exalted
or
praysed
her selfe
for
it
.
Certaynly
it
is
trouthe
sayd
the
abbot
Poemen
.
¶
Now
my
brethern
sayd
the
abbot
Nub
I
shall
tell
you
/
it
semet
me
that
we
seuen
yf
we
dwelled
togydre
/
we
sholde
doo
moche
more
fruyte
/
than
yf
we
were
parted
the
one
fro
the
other
/
but
it
is
nedefull
that
this
Ydole
be
sette
tofore
our
eyen
for
an
exemple
/
in
suche
wyse
/
that
yf
the
one
of
vs
is
in
ony
wyse
wronged
/
he
myght
not
be
angry
for
it
/
&
also
yf
men
aske
hym
pardon
that
he
booste
nor
prayse
hymselfe
therof
.
And
yf
ye
wyll
not
do
so
.
I
say
after
myn
aduyse
that
it
is
best
that
euery
of
vs
goo
dwell
by
hymselfe
alone
where
he
shall
seme
him
moost
good
.
¶
The
other
heryng
his
wordes
layed
them selfe
donne
to
the
erthe
afore
hym
&
promysed
that
they
sholde
do
so
.
And
by
this
meanes
they
dwelled
togydre
by
many
yeres
in
grete
humylyte
&
pacyence
.
¶
They
toke
theyr
reste
duryng
four
houres
oonly
.
By
other
four
houres
they
songe
psalmes
/
&
duryng
other
four
houres
they
laboured
/
&
after
vnto
none
tyme
they
gadred
&
pared
palmes
&
leues
/
&
this
done
they
gadred
some
herbes
and
made
them
redy
for
theyr
mete
to
lyue
there
vpon
.
¶
Men
fynde
also
that
seuen
other
hermytes
right
aprouyd
men
dwelled
sometyme
in
an
hermytage
nyghe
the
marches
of
the
sarrasyns
/
&
had
theyr
celles
&
habytacyons
y sette
not
one
ferre
fro
the
other
/
but
also
they
were
wounderfully
Ioyned
&
knytte
togydre
by
the
bounde
of
charyte
.
The
one
of
them
was
called
Peter
that
other
Stephen
/
the
.iij
Iohan
/
&
the
.iiij.
George
/
the
fyfthe
Theodore
/
the
.vi.
Felix
/
&
the
.vij.
Laurence
.
This
hermytes
thenne
dwellyng
in
a
place
wylde
&
barayne
/
&
as
inhabytable
to
men
/
had
of
custome
that
they
cō●noued
togydre
ones
in
a
wyke
for
to
see
eche
other
.
And
for
to
do
this
vpon
the
satyrdaye
euer
aboute
the
houre
of
none
eyther
of
them
departed
oute
of
his
owne
place
for
to
come
vnto
the
place
comon
where
they
sholde
fynde
eche
other
/
&
euery
man
brought
there
with
him
of
suche
as
he
had
/
the
one
brought
some
nuttes
/
the
other
some
letues
/
an
other
some
fygges
/
&
the
other
brought
other
fruytes
and
herbes
couenable
for
theyr
lyuyng
/
&
commonly
&
pryncypally
they
eche
none
other
thyng
.
And
as
for
brede
oyle
&
drynke
yf
they
had
at
som
season
ony
/
that
was
ouer
&
aboue
theyr
customable
pytaunce
/
for
they
susteyned
theyr
owne
bodyes
oonly
of
the
fruytes
&
herbes
aboue
sayd
.
And
in
that
place
where
they
were
was
founde
no
water
&
they
dranke
none
other
thyng
but
of
the
dew
that
felle
donne
from
the
heuens
whiche
in
grete
habondaunce
fell
vpon
the
herbes
.
The
whiche
dewe
the
holy
hermytes
goyng
in
the
mornyng
thrughe
the
wood
toke
it
vp
&
dranke
it
.
¶
And
as
to
the
regarde
of
theyr
vesture
/
theyr
clothes
were
made
of
leuys
&
palmes
togydre
weued
.
And
when
they
dyde
fynde
them selfe
atte
place
where
they
sholde
commone
togydre
euery
satyrdaye
as
before
is
sayd
/
they
all
toke
ther
theyr
repast
wherof
they
gaue
graces
&
thankes
vnto
our
lord
god
.
This
done
/
vnto
the
houre
of
euynsonge
tyme
they
talked
&
deuysed
togydre
of
holy
scryptures
without
to
speke
of
ony
fables
or
vayne
wordes
nother
of
the
cure
of
besynesse
of
the
worlde
/
nor
of
the
shewynges
or
dedes
of
the
erthely
thynges
/
but
besely
they
spake
&
talked
of
the
right
desyrable
royalme
of
paradyse
/
of
the
blysse
that
is
to
come
/
&
of
the
vnspekable
glorye
of
the
Iuste
/
of
the
horryble
paynes
whiche
is
ordeyned
for
synners
/
&
of
the
rest
of
the
gloryouse
sayntes
whiche
all
redy
reioyce
them selfe
in
the
blessyd
setes
of
heuen
&
And
remembryng
these
thynges
in
theyr
myndes
/
they
gaaf
grete
sobbynges
out
of
theyr
herter
/
&
wept
with
grete
plenteuousnesse
of
teeres
.
And
after
this
that
duryng
all
the
nyght
they
had
songe
deuoute
songes
vnto
our
lorde
/
the
sondaye
folowyng
about
the
houre
of
none
they
sette
theyr
deuyses
&
talkynges
at
an
ende
for
all
that
wyke
that
was
next
comyng
/
&
eueryche
of
them
went
ayen
in
to
his
owne
celle
or
lytyll
house
where
they
beyng
alone
were
ocupyde
both
daye
&
nyght
to
the
seruyce
of
god
.
¶
They
thenne
in
this
maner
of
lyuyng
settyng
theyr
corages
&
affeccions
/
the
sarrasyns
in
grete
multytude
ranne
ouer
the
deserte
&
founde
them
there
&
hunted
them
out
/
&
yet
not
contente
with
this
they
hange
them
by
the
fete
doynge
to
them
grete
wronges
&
shamefull
dyspytes
.
¶
And
fynably
they
beyng
thus
hanged
/
the
sarrasyns
made
a
fyre
of
herbes
grene
&
bytter
vnder
them
/
wherof
they
were
so
cruelly
tourmented
/
that
of
the
bytternesse
of
the
smoke
/
they
lost
the
lyght
of
theyr
eyen
And
after
that
in
this
maner
&
other
moche
cruell
/
they
had
thus
scorged
&
tourmented
them
/
they
forsoke
&
lefte
them
as
halfe
deed
.
¶
The
abbot
Poemen
was
questyoned
by
a
Relygyouse
askyng
hym
what
be
tokenen
the
wordes
that
our
lord
sayth
in
the
gospell
whiche
are
suche
.
¶
Noo
greter
loue
can
haue
noo
man
/
than
he
alone
that
lyeth
his
soule
for
his
frende
.
¶
How
sayd
the
brother
maye
this
thyng
be
done
.
¶
To
the
whiche
askyng
the
sayd
holy
fader
Poemen
answered
.
Yf
ony
man
is
wronged
of
his
neyghbour
to
whome
he
maye
answere
in
lykewyse
ylle
agayne
and
yet
he
dothe
not
soo
/
but
where
he
is
moeued
of
corage
to
do
soo
/
he
fyghteth
ayenst
hym selfe
refraynyng
his
anger
in
suche
wyse
that
he
dothe
to
him
nother
gryffe
nor
harme
be
that
soo
dothe
leyth
his
soule
for
his
frende
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
sayd
.
Yf
the
werkes
of
a
man
be
not
accordynge
to
his
orysons
/
he
trauaylleth
hym selfe
for
nought
&
in
vayne
.
¶
And
when
some
man
prayeth
for
hym selfe
to
th
entent
that
his
synnes
be
pardonned
vnto
him
he
oughte
to
kepe
hym
well
that
he
falle
not
to
them
agayne
.
¶
Morouer
when
ony
man
purposed
in
hym selfe
neuer
to
falle
in
to
synne
ayen
/
&
that
in
this
wyll
&
purpose
he
abydeth
/
that
same
man
receyueth
god
Redely
with
grete
Ioye
.
¶
A
brother
requyred
an
olde
fader
askynge
hym
/
what
a
man
ought
for
to
do
that
he
maye
withstonde
the
temptacyons
that
shall
come
to
hym
/
&
wycked
thoughtes
that
the
deuyll
his
foo
doth
presente
vnto
hym
.
¶
Wherat
the
holy
fader
answered
to
hym
/
that
he
that
wyll
withstande
stedfastly
the
sayd
temptacyons
and
wycked
thoughtes
/
ought
to
complayne
hymselfe
vnto
the
goodnes
of
god
/
to
th
ende
that
in
socouryng
hym
it
wyll
helpe
hym
to
preserue
him
from
the
daungers
of
the
fende
.
For
it
is
wryten
/
syth
that
my
god
is
my
helper
.
I
shall
dysprayse
myn
enmyes
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
that
lyke
as
the
flyes
feere
to
come
nyghe
to
the
potte
whan
it
is
chaffed
&
sethyng
/
but
&
it
be
but
luke warme
they
sette
them selfe
therupon
&
brede
wormes
theron
.
In
lykewyse
the
deuylles
flee
the
Relygyouse
when
he
is
beclypped
&
taken
of
the
loue
of
god
/
but
&
he
be
slowe
/
that
is
to
saye
/
yf
he
loue
not
god
with
all
his
herte
&
hole
affeccion
/
they
pursyewe
&
deceyue
him
by
theyr
dampnable
&
subtyll
temptacyons
.
¶
The
abbot
Syluayn
syttyng
ones
with
his
brethern
in
a
caue
where
he
helde
hymself
was
sodeynly
rauysshed
from
his
spyryte
/
&
in
this
rauysshement
he
was
constrayned
to
falle
donne
to
the
erthe
.
¶
And
after
long
space
of
tyme
releuyng
hym selfe
out
of
the
same
rauysshyng
/
he
full
sore
began
to
wepe
.
¶
His
brethern
questyoned
hym
&
asked
what
hym
eyled
/
but
euer
he
wepte
styll
without
to
answere
them
ony
thynge
/
wherfore
the
sayd
brethern
prayed
hym
so
besely
that
he
wolde
speke
/
soo
that
by
contynuyng
of
prayers
he
was
constrayned
to
do
soo
.
And
sayd
vnto
them
/
that
he
beyng
thus
rauysshed
&
his
bodye
a
grounde
his
goost
was
broughte
to
the
Iugement
of
almyghty
god
/
where
he
had
seen
many
Relygyouses
berynge
theyr
habyte
/
to
haue
be
condempned
&
cast
in
to
dyuerse
tourmentes
.
And
a
grete
nombre
of
seculer
men
to
haue
be
sette
&
stablysshed
in
to
the
Royalme
of
paradyse
.
¶
And
this
wordes
sayd
/
he
toke
hymselfe
to
wepe
ayen
/
thynkyng
that
from
the
houre
forth
on
he
sholde
not
go
out
of
his
celle
/
the
whiche
purpose
he
enforced
hymselfe
a
longe
whyle
to
kepe
&
obserue
/
for
he
wente
neuer
out
/
but
yf
he
were
compelled
by
pryckynge
of
necessyte
therunto
&
yet
when
he
went
out
of
it
/
he
couered
his
face
with
a
hode
saynge
/
that
it
was
noo
nede
to
a
Relygyouse
for
to
see
the
lyght
temporall
/
in
whiche
was
nothyng
vtyle
or
proffytable
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
exhortyng
his
brother
/
sayd
vnto
hym
.
My
brother
thou
ought
to
thynke
euery
daye
that
dethe
is
nyghe
/
&
lyke
as
thou
were
all
redy
enclosed
within
thy
graue
/
thou
ought
not
to
haue
ony
cure
or
besynesse
of
the
thynges
temporall
/
but
thou
ought
in
thy selfe
to
be
●esy
&
curyouse
to
kepe
the
drede
of
god
/
that
it
departed
not
out
of
thy
herte
.
¶
Morouer
thou
ought
to
byleue
that
in
vertues
or
werkes
vertuouse
thou
arte
the
lest
of
all
the
other
men
/
&
thou
ought
not
to
bacbyte
/
nor
blame
ony
man
/
for
our
lorde
knoweth
all
thynges
/
&
be
peasyble
in
all
thy
dedes
&
our
lorde
shall
gyue
the
rest
.
¶
Some
Relygyouses
requyred
saynt
Macharye
that
it
wolde
please
him
for
to
teche
them
how
they
sholde
praye
god
.
To
whom
mekely
he
answered
.
My
brethern
wyt
it
that
ouermoche
of
wordes
is
not
necessarye
for
this
to
do
.
But
ye
ought
by
feruente
deuocyon
to
haue
your
handes
toward
heuen
&
saye
Lorde
god
almyghty
/
as
thou
wyll
/
&
as
it
pleaseth
to
thy
godhede
so
be
it
.
And
yf
ony
temptacyon
or
dysceyte
assaylleth
you
/
ye
ought
to
saye
.
Lorde
god
ryght
pytefull
&
meke
/
please
the
to
helpe
vs
For
thou
knowest
this
that
to
vs
is
nedefull
/
dyspose
with
vs
to
thy
pleasure
after
thy
grete
mercy
.
¶
The
abbot
Iohan
sayd
that
the
monke
or
Relygyouse
ought
to
be
lyke
vnto
a
man
syttyng
vnder
a
grete
tree
/
that
whiche
lokynge
vpon
horryble
serpentes
&
other
dyuerse
bestes
cruell
commynge
ferfully
to
hym
for
to
greue
&
hurte
hym
/
and
where
he
can
not
withstande
ayenst
them
he
gooth
anone
vpon
the
tree
/
&
thus
doynge
he
is
preserued
&
saued
from
them
Lykewyse
the
Relygyouse
ought
to
sette
him
within
his
celle
And
yf
he
seeth
that
he
can
not
withstande
ayenst
his
temptacyons
/
dysceytes
and
wycked
thoughtes
/
that
the
deuyll
his
grete
aduersary
bryngeth
forthe
tofore
hym
/
he
ought
Incontynent
by
deuoute
oryson
to
tourne
hym selfe
and
renne
ayen
vnto
our
lord
/
to
whome
all
thynges
ben
possyble
/
&
he
shall
be
saued
.
¶
He
sayd
morouer
/
that
the
good
Relygyouse
ought
to
be
lyke
a
man
hauyng
the
fyre
at
the
lyfte
syde
of
hym
/
&
the
water
atte
his
right
syde
The
whiche
when
the
fyre
taketh
him
with
a
flame
/
he
taketh
anone
of
the
water
that
is
nyghe
&
putteth
out
the
fyre
therwith
.
¶
In
lykewyse
it
is
necessarye
that
the
Relygyouse
do
the
same
atte
all
tymes
/
that
is
to
wyt
when
ony
euyll
thoughtes
shall
be
kyndled
within
him
by
the
deuyll
/
he
must
thenne
sprynge
&
caste
water
ouer
them
for
to
put
out
them
withall
.
By
whiche
water
be
vnderstande
deuoute
&
contynuell
orysons
that
he
ought
to
make
vnto
our
lorde
.
The
whiche
shall
slee
&
putte
out
this
wycked
thoughtes
.
¶
The
abbot
Zenon
beynge
in
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
yede
on
a
nyght
out
of
his
celle
&
toke
hymselfe
for
to
walke
thrugh
the
wood
soo
contynuynge
thre
dayes
&
thre
nyghtes
in
suche
wyse
that
he
felle
doune
to
the
erthe
as
halfe
deed
for
grete
werynesse
.
And
thenne
aperyd
vnto
hym
a
childe
whiche
had
some
brede
in
his
hande
/
&
sayd
to
him
Zenon
aryse
&
ete
.
Anone
he
rose
vpon
his
fete
ayen
&
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
ete
but
sette
hymselfe
to
praye
god
for
he
doubted
lest
this
apperyng
had
be
some
wycked
fantasye
.
¶
So
sayd
to
hym
ayen
the
childe
/
thou
hast
done
well
to
praye
god
now
aryse
&
ete
/
to
whom
the
holy
fader
wolde
not
consenttyll
that
he
sholde
haue
prayed
god
the
seconde
tyme
&
the
thyrde
also
.
And
where
the
childe
praysed
of
that
he
prayed
god
so
contynuelly
/
he
thenne
made
an
ende
of
his
oryson
/
and
stode
vp
&
ete
.
And
this
done
the
childe
sayd
vnto
him
Thou
hast
walked
so
longe
that
thou
art
gone
all
redy
ferre
from
thy
celle
/
but
come
&
folowe
me
.
And
the
holy
fader
dyde
so
/
&
sodeynly
he
founde
hym self
before
his
lytell
house
where
he
was
parted
fro
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
childe
to
the
holy
man
that
he
sholde
entre
his
celle
for
to
praye
god
therin
.
And
after
these
wordes
sayd
/
the
good
hermyte
entred
in
to
his
celle
/
&
the
childe
vanysshed
awaye
.
¶
The
abbot
Danyell
sayd
of
saynt
Arsenye
that
euery
satyrdaye
/
he
was
so
contynuall
in
his
orysons
that
he
cessed
not
to
praye
tyll
that
he
sawe
the
sonne
tourned
behynde
his
backe
/
&
yet
abode
therat
/
heuyng
vp
his
handes
to
heuen
tyll
that
the
mornyg
was
come
ayen
and
that
the
sonne
rysyng
smote
his
ey
syght
with
his
beames
.
And
yet
he
passed
the
other
nyght
wakyng
/
but
towarde
the
mornyng
/
when
for
to
satysfye
the
freeltee
of
his
kynde
/
he
was
constrayned
for
to
slepe
a
lytyll
/
he
called
vpon
slepe
&
sayd
/
comhether
euyll
seruaunt
.
And
thus
shettyng
his
eyen
/
he
toke
all
syttyng
a
lytyll
rest
/
&
anone
after
he
rose
ayen
.
¶
The
abbot
Lucius
beynge
within
a
grete
pytte
&
depe
/
where
he
helde
him selfe
contemplatyuely
/
came
there
ones
vnto
hym
certayne
hermytes
or
Relygyouses
that
made
themselfe
to
be
called
the
bedemans
.
To
whome
by
the
sayd
holy
fader
Lucius
was
axed
to
what
hande
werkes
they
where
wonte
for
to
occupye
them selfe
.
Wherat
they
answered
/
that
they
dyde
no
maner
of
temporall
werke
.
But
folowynge
the
doctryne
of
saynt
Paule
without
Intermyssyon
or
lettyng
they
prayed
god
Thenne
he
asked
them
ayen
yf
they
ete
not
.
And
they
answered
yes
.
Yet
he
asked
them
/
yf
they
slept
not
/
&
lykewyse
they
sayd
ye
.
And
I
aske
you
thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
abbot
/
when
ye
ete
/
or
slepe
/
who
prayeth
god
for
you
.
To
that
whiche
questyon
they
wyst
not
what
they
sholde
answere
.
Thenne
he
sayd
to
them
.
My
brethern
pardonne
me
.
I
see
well
by
your
answeres
/
that
ye
doo
not
as
ye
tell
me
/
saynge
that
ye
praye
go●
without
lettynge
/
but
I
wyll
shewe
vnto
you
/
that
in
labouryng
&
werkynge
with
myn
handes
.
I
praye
god
contynuelly
/
when
by
the
ayde
of
god
I
wyll
take
me
to
werke
.
I
do
sette
me
donne
/
&
by
me
I
do
ley
a
quantyte
of
small
palmes
of
the
whiche
I
pare
of
the
pylles
&
therof
I
make
mattes
/
&
whyle
I
am
besy
about
the
same
I
praye
saynge
to
god
in
this
wyse
.
Syre
haue
mercy
of
me
after
thy
grete
mercy
and
after
the
multytude
of
thy
grete
mercyes
forgyue
myn
wyckednesse
.
I
aske
you
/
yf
this
to
be
sayd
/
is
prayer
or
no.
And
they
answered
that
it
was
a
true
prayer
.
And
syth
ayen
the
holy
fader
Lucius
sayd
vnto
them
/
when
I
labour
thus
thrughe
out
the
daye
/
&
in
labouryng
I
praye
god
.
I
gete
with
my
labour
.xij.
or
.xv.
small
penys
/
somtyme
more
/
&
another
tyme
lesse
/
wherof
I
putte
atte
dore
of
my
celle
two
penys
for
some
poore
bodye
that
happeth
to
come
forby
fyrst
/
&
with
the
remenaunt
I
do
bye
this
that
is
vnto
me
nedefull
for
my
lyuyng
.
And
my
trust
is
/
that
he
that
taketh
my
sayd
almose
prayeth
god
for
me
when
I
ete
or
also
when
I
slepe
/
or
atte
leste
by
so
moche
space
of
tyme
as
I
putte
in
my
repast
takynge
or
in
slepyng
/
&
by
all
thus
the
grace
of
god
helpyng
.
I
trust
god
I
do
that
whiche
holy
scrypture
exhorteth
saynge
.
Praye
without
ceassynge
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
vpon
a
tyme
among
other
beryng
maundes
of
his
makyng
to
a
mart
for
to
be
solde
/
founde
hym selfe
so
sore
wery
because
of
the
longe
waye
/
that
he
was
constrayned
to
sytte
donne
vpon
the
erthe
for
to
rest
hym selfe
saynge
/
my
god
thou
knoweste
that
I
maye
no
more
go
.
And
incontynent
he
founde
hymselfe
by
a
ryuer
whiche
he
must
passe
ouer
/
whiche
was
yet
sore
ferre
from
that
place
where
he
had
sette
him
selfe
donne
afore
when
he
made
his
complaynte
.
¶
The
abbot
Ammon
departynge
from
his
celle
for
to
go
fette
water
att
a
welle
/
he
founde
in
his
waye
a
grete
serpente
basylyque
/
&
seeyng
that
he
coude
not
eschewe
/
but
that
the
saye
serpent
sholde
bryng
hym
to
dethe
/
yf
he
were
not
keped
there
from
of
the
grace
of
god
/
dyde
sette
hym selfe
donne
afore
the
serpente
forsayd
saynge
to
our
lord
in
this
wyse
.
My
god
I
knowe
that
I
must
deye
or
ellys
this
beste
.
And
these
wordes
sayd
/
this
basylyke
by
that
myght
of
god
deyed
sodeynly
all
tered
in
peces
.
¶
The
abbot
Besaryon
and
a
dyscyple
of
his
owne
walkynge
togydre
alonge
the
shores
of
the
see
/
the
sayd
dyscyple
was
sore
greued
with
grete
thurste
bycause
of
the
grete
he●e
that
was
that
daye
there
.
Soo
was
he
constrayned
to
telle
vnto
his
fader
in
god
Besaryon
that
his
grete
thurst
tormented
hym
right
sore
.
The
whiche
thyng
heryng
the
holy
fader
/
his
oryson
vnto
god
Redely
y made
/
commaunded
hym
to
take
of
the
water
of
the
see
for
his
drynke
.
And
where
he
had
dronken
of
it
/
he
founde
it
veray
swete
and
good
so
fylled
he
with
it
a
boteyll
that
he
bare
with
hym
.
¶
The
holy
fader
Besaryon
seeyng
this
sayd
vnto
him
/
why
haste
thou
fylled
thy
boteylle
with
the
same
water
.
The
dyscyple
feryng
the
holy
fader
answered
Helas
fader
I
requyre
the
of
pardon
I
haue
be
soo
sore
payned
with
thurst
/
that
I
feere
me
to
falle
therat
yet
agayne
.
¶
To
whom
the
sayd
holy
fader
sayd
.
My
sone
god
pardonne
the
the
same
/
thou
ought
to
wyte
that
god
is
euery
where
/
and
he
maye
gyue
&
graunte
the
water
good
and
swete
in
what
soeuer
place
that
he
wyll
/
soo
that
thou
haue
a
veray
loue
and
affeccyon
towarde
hym
&
toward
thyn
euen
crysten
with
veray
fayth
and
good
hope
in
kepynge
his
commaundementes
.
¶
An
olde
fader
reherced
of
a
yong
man
the
whiche
hauyng
a
wylle
for
to
be
a
man
of
Relygyon
/
was
of
his
moder
sore
letted
therfrom
/
but
neuerthelesse
she
coude
not
do
somoche
there
ayenste
that
she
myght
tourne
hym
from
his
good
purpos
sayng
that
he
wolde
saue
his
soule
/
wherby
fynably
she
consented
therunto
¶
And
after
that
he
was
receyued
in
Relygyon
/
he
passed
therin
a
parte
of
his
yongthe
in
grete
ne●lygence
of
his
soule
.
It
happed
thenne
that
his
moder
deyed
/
and
anone
after
her
dyscease
he
fell
syke
with
a
gryuouse
sykenesse
/
duryng
the
whiche
his
goost
was
rauysshed
and
borne
out
of
his
bodye
for
to
be
presented
afore
the
Iugemente
of
god
/
there
to
receyue
the
punysshemente
of
his
mysdedes
/
but
in
this
rauysshyng
/
he
sawe
his
moder
that
was
in
grete
sorowe
and
tourmentes
with
those
that
were
there
condempned
.
She
seeyng
there
hyr
son
was
wonderfully
abasshed
/
and
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Ha
my
sone
and
what
is
this
/
art
thou
here
condempned
for
to
suffre
euerlastyng
tourmentes
.
Alas
where
ben
the
fayre
wordes
/
that
thou
saydest
/
whan
thou
woldest
ayenst
my
good
wyll
entre
in
to
Relygyon
/
saynge
that
in
this
maner
thou
wolde
do
the
saluacyon
of
thy
soule
.
Heryng
the
whiche
wordes
and
seeyng
the
gryuouse
tourmentes
that
his
moder
suffred
/
he
founde
hymselfe
so
ouercome
&
so
abasshed
that
he
wyst
not
what
he
sholde
answere
.
¶
And
after
this
by
hym
seen
&
herde
his
goost
came
in
to
his
bodye
ayen
/
and
as
by
the
wyll
of
god
it
was
suffred
/
he
retorned
from
his
syknesse
vnto
good
helth
ayen
.
So
thought
he
in
hym selfe
that
this
vysyon
was
to
hym
by
god
&
his
mercy
done
/
and
for
this
cause
he
sh●tt
hym selfe
within
his
celle
/
thynkynge
to
enforce
hym selfe
there
to
his
soules
saluacyon
/
whiche
for
to
gette
/
he
made
there
grete
&
sharpe
penaunces
for
his
synnes
and
neclygences
passed
.
And
in
effect
he
was
somoche
bowed
to
wery●
and
trauaylle
his
bodye
there
by
paynes
and
afflyccyons
/
that
many
one
requyred
hym
that
he
sholde
not
take
so
moche
vpon
hym
.
And
namely
bycause
that
euer
without
seassyng
he
wept
&
syghed
/
prayed
hym
that
he
sholde
somtyme
absteyne
hymselfe
from
wepyng
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
not
lese
his
syght
by
it
/
or
that
he
sholde
renne
in
to
some
other
Inconuenyences
.
But
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
be
conforted
/
saynge
that
syth
he
myght
not
susteyne
no●
endure
the
Rebukes
of
his
moder
that
he
had
seen
in
these
wretched
and
horryble
tourmentes
/
with
more
grete
hardenesse
&
payne
he
sholde
abyde
or
endure
the
wrath
of
god
&
of
his
sayntes
atte
the
daye
of
his
grete
Iugemente
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
was
in
Egypte
moche
solytarye
/
&
that
amonge
the
other
bycause
of
his
grete
humylyte
/
was
sore
famed
.
He
had
a
syster
that
lyued
wantonly
among
men
/
the
whiche
was
cause
of
the
dampnacyon
&
losse
of
many
one
.
So
was
this
Relygyouse
oftentymes
Requyred
&
pursyewed
of
dyuerse
good
men
/
that
he
sholde
goo
towarde
her
in
the
cyte
where
she
kepte
herselfe
to
th
ende
that
by
meanes
of
his
admonycyons
he
myght
do
so
moche
that
she
wolde
forbere
&
withdrawe
her
from
suche
dampnable
wantonnesse
.
And
where
he
came
to
the
place
openly
where
she
helde
herselfe
/
a
man
of
her
knowloge
wente
hastly
towarde
her
&
sayd
.
Here
is
thy
brother
that
cometh
towarde
the
She
y moeued
with
grete
gladnesse
/
leueyng
her
louers
whiche
she
wolde
fayne
haue
pleased
/
with
her
hede
all
bare
wente
out
of
her
lodgys
for
to
renne
ayenst
her
brother
/
where
thenne
she
enforced
herselfe
for
to
haue
taken
hym
in
her
armes
&
kysse
hym
/
he
sayde
vnto
her
.
Alas
my
syster
&
my
right
dere
frende
.
I
praye
the
that
thou
wyll
haue
pyte
vpon
thy
soule
in
consyderynge
the
grete
paryll
in
whiche
thou
lyuest
where
so
many
a
wretchyd
man
thrugh
the
occasyon
of
the
is
perysshed
/
wherof
atte
the
last
thou
shalt
&
must
suffre
Infynyte
paynes
for
it
and
tourmentes
Intollerable
.
¶
She
heryng
the
wordes
of
her
brother
/
and
shakynge
horrybly
/
thynkynge
vpon
the
same
/
beganne
for
to
saye
vnto
hym
.
Alas
my
brother
/
thynkest
thou
that
after
soo
many
euylles
whiche
I
haue
done
.
I
myght
yet
come
for
to
gette
my
soules
saluacyon
/
Wherat
he
answered
.
I
ensure
the
my
frende
/
yf
thou
wyll
doo
thy
deuoyre
/
that
lyghtely
thou
shalte
be
saued
.
¶
Thenne
she
castynge
her selfe
atte
her
brothers
fete
Requyred
hym
right
besyly
that
he
wolde
led
her
with
hym
there
as
she
myght
do
penaunce
.
And
thenne
he
answered
vnto
her
.
My
syster
I
wyll
well
/
but
goo
fyrst
and
couere
thy
hede
/
and
thenne
come
after
and
folowe
me
.
To
whome
she
sayd
agayne
.
Goo
we
my
brother
goo
we
.
It
is
better
for
me
to
walke
and
goo
amonge
the
men
bare
hede
and
all
dyfformate
/
than
for
to
Retourne
to
the
synnes
abhomynable
wherat
I
haue
tysed
them
/
¶
And
as
they
sette
them selfe
for
to
walke
togydre
/
her
brother
excyted
and
warned
her
for
to
doo
penaunce
.
And
seeyng
that
some
folke
mette
them
by
the
waye
/
he
sayd
to
her
My
frende
bycause
that
euery
man
knoweth
not
that
thou
art
my
syster
/
and
to
th
ende
that
we
gyue
none
occasyon
to
folke
that
goo
by
to
thynke
or
saye
ylle
/
me
semeth
to
be
necessarye
that
thou
sette
thy selfe
a
lytyll
out
of
the
waye
tyll
that
they
be
passed
/
and
thenne
I
shall
calle
the
agayne
to
me
.
The
whiche
thynge
she
graunted
him
with
a
good
wyll
.
And
anone
after
when
hym
thought
that
they
sholde
not
mete
nomore
ony
folke
/
he
called
her
to
hym
ayen
saynge
.
My
syster
lete
vs
go
our
waye
.
And
after
that
he
had
called
her
two
or
thre
tymes
&
she
answered
hym
not
/
he
wente
there
as
she
was
behynde
an
hedge
&
founde
her
dede
/
&
founde
also
the
trayne
of
her
passes
where
she
had
tredde
all
full
of
blode
bycause
that
she
had
putte
of
bothe
her
hosys
&
shone
.
And
where
as
her
brother
hadde
shewed
this
thyng
vnto
some
of
his
brethern
Relygyouses
/
they
had
amonge
them
grete
doubte
of
her
saluacyon
/
but
our
lorde
shewed
vnto
one
of
them
/
that
bycause
that
in
walkyng
she
had
forsaken
the
flesshly
desyres
&
worldly
pleasurs
/
&
by
merueylouse
contrycyon
had
sette
herselfe
for
to
wepe
&
to
complayne
vpon
the
gryf●es
of
her
synnes
.
For
this
cause
he
had
receyued
agreably
her
deuoute
penaunce
.
¶
Saynt
Athanasye
obteynynge
the
archebysshopryche
of
Alexandrye
and
dwellyng
there
/
many
heretykes
enforced
themself
for
to
bespotte
with
theyr
errours
the
holy
fayth
of
crystendom
.
And
atte
this
cause
for
to
haue
destroyde
the
sayd
errours
/
he
made
saynt
Anthonye
to
come
in
the
cyte
/
whiche
beynge
there
/
an
olde
blynde
man
named
Dydymus
came
towarde
him
whiche
was
well
lettred
&
wonderfully
taught
in
holy
wryte
.
In
spekyng
and
dysputyng
of
whiche
saynt
Anthonye
meruaylled
moche
of
the
grete
engyne
&
vnderstandyng
that
this
blynde
man
had
theim
.
And
gyuyng
a
laude
to
the
hyghenesse
of
his
corage
/
askyng
hym
yf
he
was
not
heuy
&
sory
that
he
had
lost
his
bodely
eyen
.
¶
And
where
the
same
Dydymus
shamefast
&
dyspleased
with
it
dyde
not
answere
nothyng
to
his
askyng
¶
Saynt
Anthonye
the
seconde
tyme
and
also
the
thyrde
tyme
questyoned
hym
as
afore
/
but
he
answered
hym
nomore
than
he
had
done
att
the
fyrst
tyme
/
wherby
he
gaue
to
knowe
vnto
saynt
Anthonye
the
heuynes
that
he
bare
in
his
corage
to
haue
lost
the
bodely
lyght
.
¶
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
this
knowyng
sayd
in
this
maner
.
I
meruayll
me
how
a
man
prudente
&
sage
maye
be
sory
of
the
domage
&
losse
of
that
thyng
whiche
the
pyssemyers
the
bees
&
the
flyes
haue
where
as
they
sholde
be
gladde
of
that
thyng
whiche
the
postles
&
other
sayntes
haue
deserued
to
haue
.
Veryly
it
is
a
better
thyng
&
more
grete
to
see
with
the
spyrytuell
eyen
/
than
with
the
bodely
eyen
/
&
to
possesse
rather
suche
eyen
/
by
the
whiche
a
synne
as
lytyll
as
for
to
take
vp
a
strawe
can
not
be
done
/
than
the
eyen
that
by
one
oonly
loke
of
concupyscence
maye
make
a
man
to
falle
in
to
the
grynnes
of
deth
with
tormente
euerlastyng
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
dwellyng
in
the
desertes
of
Nytrye
whiche
was
more
sparynge
than
a
couetouse
man
/
not
takyng
hede
that
our
lorde
was
solde
for
.xxx.
penys
/
left
behynde
hym
when
he
was
deed
a
hondred
shelyng
whiche
he
had
spared
with
weuyng
of
clothes
.
The
relygyouses
his
neyghbours
that
dwelled
in
the
same
desertes
as
two
or
thremyle
one
from
an
other
/
hadde
togydre
counseyll
/
what
they
ought
for
to
doo
with
this
hondred
shelyng
.
Some
of
them
sayd
that
men
ought
to
deale
it
to
the
poore
folke
for
goddes
sake
/
some
sayde
that
it
sholde
be
gyuen
to
the
chyrche
/
and
some
sayd
that
they
ought
to
sende
it
to
the
parentes
of
the
forsayd
relygyouse
that
was
deed
.
¶
But
saynt
Macharye
/
the
holy
fader
Pambo
/
saynt
Ysodore
and
some
other
holy
faders
beynge
atte
the
same
counseyll
and
spekyng
out
of
the
mouthe
of
the
holy
goost
decerned
&
concluded
that
it
sholde
be
buryed
with
theyr
mayster
that
hadde
spared
them
/
saynge
.
Thy
moneye
be
with
the
to
thy
losse
and
destruccyon
.
And
to
th
ende
that
this
thynge
be
not
thought
cruelly
done
.
It
is
to
be
noted
/
that
by
this
was
moeued
suche
a
feere
and
soo
grete
a
drede
amonge
all
the
monkes
and
Relygyouses
of
the
londe
of
Egypte
/
that
euery
of
them
thought
a
right
grete
and
abhomynable
synne
in
a
man
to
leue
onely
oo
shelyng
after
his
deth
.
¶
A
yong
stryplyng
borne
of
Grece
became
a
Relygyouse
in
the
desertes
of
Egypt
.
And
how
well
that
he
was
sore
abstynente
and
made
lene
his
bodye
with
paynfull
fastynges
/
grete
labours
and
longe
watchynges
/
neuerthelesse
he
coude
not
putte
out
in
hym
the
mocyons
of
flesshely
concupyscence
.
And
where
this
thyng
was
shewed
vnto
the
fader
abbot
of
his
monasterye
/
he
founde
the
maner
for
to
preserue
him
therfrom
by
suche
a
meane
.
He
commaunded
to
a
grete
man
moche
hughe
and
sore
harde
/
that
he
sholde
goo
chyde
fyersly
/
and
saye
many
grete
wronges
to
the
sayd
Relygyouse
/
and
that
yet
after
grete
shame
sayd
and
done
to
hym
/
he
sholde
not
gyue
hym
leue
to
scuse
hym selfe
/
but
sholde
euer
contynue
his
blames
and
complayntes
ayenste
hym
/
the
whiche
thynge
this
man
Incontynent
fulfylled
.
And
for
to
moeue
and
trouble
more
the
sayde
yonge
Relygyouse
/
all
be
it
that
he
was
not
gylty
of
the
shames
that
he
sayd
by
hym
/
he
called
some
persones
for
to
be
presente
when
he
spake
vnto
hym
suche
shames
/
the
whiche
as
they
hadde
be
lerned
afore
helde
with
the
sklaunderar
and
bare
out
his
dede
to
the
blame
of
the
poore
Relygyouse
&
Innocente
.
Where
by
he
consyderynge
the
grete
outrage
and
shame
of
the
wronges
that
hym
were
layed
vpon
agaynste
all
truthe
/
toke
hym selfe
for
to
wepe
and
syghe
soo
sore
that
it
was
grete
wounder
.
And
contynued
his
teeres
a
longe
space
of
tyme
as
he
that
was
Replenysshed
other
fulfylled
with
moche
grete
heuynesse
and
putte
from
all
ayde
and
socoure
and
other
comforte
as
to
hym
semed
.
But
that
he
Retourned
to
god
his
creatour
and
Redemer
/
vnto
whome
lyenge
flatte
and
castynge
hym selfe
to
the
erthe
/
he
made
Ryght
sorowfull
and
bytter
complayntes
of
the
grete
wronges
Iniuryes
and
Rebukes
whiche
wrongfully
and
without
a
cause
hadde
be
putte
vpon
hym
.
And
he
contynued
this
lyfe
well
an
hole
yere
the
whiche
ended
and
acomplysshed
/
this
yonge
man
was
questyoned
and
asked
/
how
he
bare
hym selfe
touchyng
his
lecherouse
temptacyons
/
and
yf
he
was
passyoned
therwith
ony
more
bycau-of
them
.
Where
vnto
he
andswered
&
sayd
vnto
them
.
Alas
when
it
is
not
honest
for
me
for
to
haue
aptyte
to
lyue
lenger
/
&
that
I
ought
to
desyre
my selfe
deed
for
the
grete
shames
that
haue
be
layd
vpon
me
/
how
sholde
I
remember
of
ony
lecherouse
appetyte
to
be
within
me
/
as
he
wolde
haue
sayd
/
that
detraccyon
whiche
Iniustly
had
be
done
ouer
hym
/
had
taken
awaye
from
hym
all
other
cogytacyons
&
thoughtes
And
by
this
meane
the
sayd
yong
Relygyouse
was
thrugh
the
aduyse
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
saued
&
kept
from
the
sayd
temptacyons
/
&
came
syn
ayen
casely
to
the
right
waye
when
he
knewe
that
the
sayd
wronges
had
be
done
to
hym
for
to
make
hym
for
to
forgette
the
temptacyons
aboue
sayd
.
¶
Here
after
consequently
foloweth
a
lytyll
boke
or
treatyse
conteynyng
many
instruccyons
for
folke
of
Relygyon
&
other
contemplatyue
/
how
they
owe
to
behaue
them selfe
that
one
with
the
other
/
&
to
profyte
in
Relygyon
/
whiche
begynneth
in
latyn
Interrogauit
&c.
A
Relygyouse
Requyred
the
abbot
Anthonye
that
he
wolde
teche
hym
how
he
myght
sooneste
please
our
lorde
.
To
the
whiche
Relygyouse
the
same
abbot
answered
/
that
to
what
soeuer
place
that
he
sholde
goo
/
he
sholde
alwayes
haue
god
afore
his
eyen
/
and
that
in
the
thynges
that
he
sholde
doo
/
he
sholde
euer
haue
the
wyenessynge
and
prouynge
of
the
holy
wryte
/
and
that
he
sholde
not
be
vnstedfaste
/
but
in
all
places
where
he
hadde
to
dwelle
/
he
sholde
perseuerantly
abyde
therat
and
not
to
departe
sodeynly
therfrom
.
Tellyng
morouer
vnto
hym
that
in
kepyng
and
obseruyng
curyously
these
thre
thynges
/
he
sholde
purchace
his
saluacyon
.
¶
The
abbot
Pambo
askynge
of
the
abbot
Anthonye
/
how
he
ought
to
ledde
hym selfe
for
to
lyue
vertuously
.
This
anthonye
sayd
to
hym
/
trust
not
vpon
thy
holy
lyfe
.
Repente
not
of
the
thyng
that
is
passed
where
no
remedy
can
not
be
hadde
to
it
.
Refrayne
thy
tonge
from
ouermoche
and
vnprofytable
langage
&
kepe
also
that
thou
fylle
not
thy
bely
.
¶
Saynt
Gregorye
sayd
that
our
lord
asketh
thre
thynges
to
be
pryncypally
kept
by
euery
crysten
man
/
the
fyrst
that
he
haue
a
veray
fayth
&
kepe
it
with
all
his
soule
/
the
seconde
that
he
be
true
in
his
wordes
/
&
the
thyrde
that
he
be
contente
&
chaste
of
bodye
.
¶
Saynt
Euagrius
sayd
that
the
mere
that
is
dyre
&
without
craftly
sauer
as
fruytes
herbes
&
rotys
is
a
couenable
●●ete
for
men
of
Relygyon
/
&
that
suche
mete
bringeth
them
to
the
hauen
of
saluacyon
Impassyble
/
that
is
to
saye
to
the
blysse
that
euer
shall
last
without
ende
.
¶
Ayen
he
sayd
/
that
a
Relygyouse
to
whome
the
deth
of
his
fader
was
tolde
/
answered
vnto
hym
that
brought
hym
this
tydynges
.
My
frende
leue
of
&
blame
no
more
my
fader
/
saynge
by
the
that
he
is
deed
/
for
thou
sayst
not
well
/
bycause
that
I
knowe
well
that
he
is
Inmortall
.
By
the
whiche
wordes
/
the
sayd
Relygyouse
gaue
to
vnderstande
/
that
he
reputed
not
hym selfe
to
haue
an
other
fader
than
god
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
asked
to
the
abbot
Zacharye
what
werkes
ought
a
monke
for
to
do
for
to
be
holden
&
taken
for
a
veray
Relygyouse
.
And
how
be
it
that
the
sayd
Zacharye
wolde
not
answere
to
it
/
bycause
that
hym
thought
that
the
sayd
Macharye
whiche
was
his
elder
/
knewe
it
better
than
he
dyde
hym selfe
.
Neuerthelesse
he
wolde
obey
hym
/
&
sayd
as
to
his
aduyse
/
that
the
man
ought
to
be
taken
for
a
true
Relygyouse
whiche
yeldeth
hym selfe
subget
&
constrayneth
hym
to
endure
all
the
necessytees
&
wrethchednesse
of
this
worlde
.
¶
Of
the
abbot
Theodore
otherwyse
called
the
ferme
tolde
some
men
/
that
amonge
his
other
vertues
/
he
had
these
thre
whiche
here
after
be
declared
.
The
fyrst
is
/
that
he
wolde
not
kepe
nothyng
.
The
seconde
that
he
was
wōnderfully
abstynente
.
And
the
thyrde
that
he
fledde
gladly
the
companye
of
men
&
theyr
conuersacyon
.
¶
The
abbot
Iohan
Naue
/
for
to
exhorte
&
lerne
all
maner
of
folke
to
lyue
vertuously
/
sayd
that
a
man
ought
to
enforce
hym selfe
to
take
&
haue
in
hym
som
what
of
all
vertues
.
And
therfore
he
sayd
that
in
rysyng
a
mornyng
he
ought
to
dyspose
him
selfe
to
take
of
euery
vertue
the
begynnyng
/
that
is
to
wyt
to
kepe
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
to
be
pacyent
in
his
aduersytees
/
drede
&
loue
god
/
to
be
strong
in
resystyng
ayenst
the
temptacions
of
the
deuyll
/
to
be
charytable
/
humble
of
herte
&
of
thought
/
to
contynue
in
oryson
sorowyng
&
wepynge
for
his
synnes
for
to
obteyne
of
them
remyssyon
/
to
haue
a
clene
conscyence
without
enuye
or
rancour
/
to
be
domme
when
men
sholde
do
to
him
ony
wrong
louyngly
without
wrathe
/
peasyble
with
out
to
yelde
euyll
for
euyll
/
but
good
forylle
without
vayn
glorye
/
to
holde
hymselve
the
lesser
of
the
lesse
/
to
be
sobre
of
that
tonge
without
euyll
to
saye
/
clene
of
eyen
/
to
behaue
him
selfe
humbly
as
subget
vnto
euery
one
/
forsakyng
all
temporall
goodes
&
to
him
selfe
/
euer
to
fast
suffre
/
wepe
/
&
to
fyght
ayenst
the
deuyll
&
to
bere
honger
&
thurste
/
to
watche
/
to
haue
bothe
colde
and
hote
/
to
kepe
hym selfe
naked
/
&
kepe
hym selfe
close
within
hym selfe
as
within
a
tombe
or
sepulcre
lyke
as
he
were
all
redy
dede
/
&
to
knowe
that
deth
rydeth
nyght
hym
euerye
daye
.
¶
The
abbot
Ioseph
thebeyn
sayd
that
there
be
thre
ordres
or
degrees
of
vertuous
men
whiche
be
well
agreable
vnto
god
.
The
fyrste
is
when
a
man
is
taken
with
some
gryfe
or
aduersytee
/
and
durynge
the
same
/
some
temptacyons
come
to
hym
/
to
the
whiche
he
with
sayth
yeldynge
of
alle
thankes
and
graces
vnto
our
lorde
.
The
seconde
degre
is
when
all
his
dedes
are
clene
afore
god
without
to
be
entremed
led
with
besynesses
or
worldly
doynges
temporall
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
they
be
not
bespoted
with
the
fylthe
of
synne
.
The
thyrde
whan
a
man
for
the
worshyp
of
god
entrynge
in
to
Relygyon
/
gyueth
his
owne
propre
wyll
vnto
his
fader
spyrytuall
forsakyng
all
his
owne
affeccyons
&
to
the
desyres
of
this
worlde
.
¶
The
abbot
Cesyon
tolde
of
an
abbot
named
Iohan
that
was
fyrst
&
pryncypall
among
the
Relygyouses
of
his
tyme
/
&
that
had
be
a
vertuouse
man
in
his
lyue
.
Spekynge
of
the
whiche
he
sayd
that
where
he
sawe
hymselfe
atte
the
houre
of
his
deth
/
stedfastly
dysposed
hymself
for
to
departe
with
all
gladnesse
towarde
our
lorde
.
Many
Relygyouse
beyng
about
hym
&
wepynge
/
prayed
him
that
he
wolde
leue
to
them
by
maner
of
a
gyfte
of
charyte
som
good
worde
by
the
whiche
they
myght
ascende
to
the
perfeccyon
whiche
is
in
Ihesu
cryste
.
To
whom
syghyng
he
sayd
by
maner
as
he
wold
shewe
them
/
that
he
neuer
had
done
his
owne
wyll
/
&
also
he
neuer
taught
nor
warned
no
bodye
to
do
ony
good
werke
/
but
he
had
done
fyrst
the
same
hym selfe
.
¶
An
other
brother
questyoned
an
olde
fader
askyng
him
what
good
he
myght
do
wherby
he
myght
haue
at
the
laste
euerlastyng
rest
.
To
whom
the
olde
fader
answered
.
¶
God
oonly
knoweth
what
is
good
to
be
done
/
but
alwayes
I
haue
herde
saye
longe
agoo
that
one
of
our
faders
questyoned
somtyme
the
grete
abbot
Nestor
whiche
was
synguler
frende
vnto
the
abbot
Anthonye
/
&
asked
hym
what
thynge
was
to
hym
necessarye
to
be
do
for
to
be
saued
by
it
To
whom
this
Nestor
answered
/
that
all
werkes
were
not
lyke
/
laynge
vnto
him
this
that
holy
scrypture
sayth
/
that
is
to
wyt
that
Abraham
was
an
hospytaler
&
god
was
with
hym
.
Helyas
loued
rest
and
lyfe
contemplatyue
/
and
god
was
with
hym
.
Dauyd
was
humble
and
god
was
with
hym
.
Thenne
do
as
thyn
owne
corage
desyreth
after
god
/
&
kepe
well
thy
herte
from
euyll
thought
.
¶
The
abbot
named
Pastor
sayd
/
that
to
kepe
hymselfe
/
to
consydere
hymself
and
to
haue
dyscrecyon
/
these
thre
thynges
were
the
werkes
of
a
good
Relygyouse
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
axed
hym
how
a
brother
of
Relygyon
ought
to
entreate
&
behaue
hym selfe
/
wherat
he
answered
We
haue
seen
Danyell
in
whom
was
founde
no
maner
of
accusacyon
/
but
of
the
seruyce
that
he
dyde
and
made
to
his
god
.
¶
Morouer
sayd
yet
the
sayd
holy
fader
Pambo
/
that
pouerte
and
trybulacyon
are
couenable
to
a
solytarye
man
¶
And
it
is
wryten
/
that
he
that
desyreth
to
lede
suche
a
lyffe
/
ought
to
haue
the
condycyons
of
Noe
/
of
Iob
and
of
Danyell
.
For
Noe
wolde
noo
thynge
possesse
.
Iob
wolde
here
pacyently
wounderfull
trybulacyons
/
and
Danyell
wolde
dyscerne
prudentely
.
Yf
a
man
thenne
haue
in
hym
these
thre
condycyons
/
he
shall
lyghtely
dwelle
with
god
.
¶
Yet
sayd
the
sayd
Pambo
that
a
relygyouse
that
shall
haue
in
a
hate
the
delectacyons
of
the
flesshe
and
vayne
glorye
/
shal
be
lyghtly
free
and
delyuered
of
the
Illusyons
and
decepcyons
of
the
worlde
.
¶
Some
saye
of
the
sayd
abbot
Pambo
/
that
atte
the
houre
of
his
dethe
/
he
sayd
to
the
holy
men
that
acompanyed
him
suche
or
lyke
wordes
.
Syth
that
I
haue
be
in
this
solytarye
place
&
that
I
had
buylde
this
celle
where
I
dwelle
.
I
can
not
remembre
that
euer
I
ete
brede
/
but
that
I
had
goten
it
with
my
labour
.
And
also
I
haue
not
vttred
nor
spoken
ony
worde
/
wherof
I
haue
repented
me
of
.
And
thus
I
go
to
our
lorde
/
as
I
sholde
begynne
to
do
to
hym
ony
seruyce
.
¶
The
abbot
Sysoyns
sayd
/
care
not
yf
that
be
contempned
and
dyspysed
/
but
cast
thy
wylles
behynde
thy
back
&
make
thy selfe
free
&
sure
from
all
worldly
cure
to
dyspysyng
&
puttynge
them
to
nought
/
and
thou
shalt
haue
veray
reste
.
¶
The
abbot
Iames
as
he
sholde
decesse
out
of
this
worlde
/
sayd
vnto
his
Relygyouses
/
kepe
your selfe
that
ye
haunte
ne
comyn
not
with
the
heretykes
/
&
haue
no
knowloge
with
the
Iuges
temporall
/
&
be
not
curyouse
for
to
gadre
worldly
goodes
/
but
be
Redy
&
bowed
to
forsake
your
vnderstandynges
to
counseylle
your
neyghbours
/
and
your
bodyes
to
serue
them
.
¶
A
brother
questyoned
an
olde
fader
askyng
him
how
the
drede
of
god
may
come
in
a
man
.
Wherat
he
answered
.
Yf
a
man
is
wyllefull
poore
&
that
he
beware
that
he
Iuged
not
an
other
/
he
shall
thenne
haue
withoute
fawte
the
drede
of
god
.
¶
An
other
sayd
.
Yf
thou
wylt
lyue
surely
haue
with
the
humylyte
/
lacke
of
vytaylles
/
&
plente
of
teeres
.
¶
An
other
aeged
fader
sayd
.
Beware
thou
do
not
to
an
other
that
whiche
thou
woldest
not
be
done
vnto
.
And
yf
thou
hast
hate
or
euyll
wyll
ayenst
ony
bodye
that
hath
sayd
ylle
of
the
/
kepe
the
that
thou
speke
none
ylle
by
hym
for
it
/
nor
of
none
other
.
¶
Also
yf
thou
hatest
some
bodye
/
do
not
to
hym
therfore
no
thyng
that
is
wrongfull
nor
to
none
other
.
¶
Morouer
yf
thou
hate
ony
bodye
that
hath
purchassed
some
harme
vnto
the
deceyuyng
the
or
doynge
some
shame
to
the
/
or
that
taketh
awaye
thyn
owne
good
fro
the
or
that
dooth
to
the
some
other
thynge
to
the
hurte
of
the
/
doo
not
therfore
vnto
no
maner
of
persone
suche
a
thynge
.
And
who
that
shall
kepe
these
Instruccōns
it
ought
to
suffyse
for
to
gete
his
saluacyon
by
theym
.
¶
An
aeged
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
the
lyfe
of
a
good
Relygyouse
is
dylygence
/
obedyence
/
and
to
beware
that
he
Iuge
no
bodye
/
and
to
kepe
hym
from
spekyng
and
chydyng
.
For
it
is
wryten
.
Ye
that
loue
our
lorde
/
hate
malyce
.
¶
Thenne
the
lyfe
of
a
monke
is
this
.
Not
to
acompanye
with
synners
/
not
to
beholde
with
his
eyen
ony
thynge
that
is
ylle
/
and
not
to
be
curyouse
for
to
doo
/
nor
here
after
newe
thynges
/
not
to
rauysshe
with
his
handes
/
but
helpe
largely
after
his
power
/
not
to
be
proude
of
herte
/
not
to
thynke
vpon
euyll
thynges
/
and
not
to
fylle
his
bely
to
moche
.
But
doo
all
thynges
by
good
dyscrecyon
.
And
these
ben
thenne
the
condycions
that
a
good
monke
ought
to
haue
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
sayd
/
praye
god
that
he
wyll
gyue
the
a
meke
herte
and
a
wepynge
for
to
wepe
and
weyle
ouer
thy
synnes
/
the
whiche
thou
muste
euer
haue
a
fore
thys
eyen
without
to
Iuge
ony
other
/
but
be
the
subget
to
all
other
/
&
haue
none
acqueyntaunce
with
women
/
childern
nor
heretykes
.
Trust
not
vpon
thy selfe
.
Refrayne
thy
tonge
&
thy
bely
/
&
absteyne
thy selfe
from
wyne
.
¶
And
yf
ony
bodye
speke
to
the
of
ony
thynge
chyde
not
with
him
/
&
yf
he
sayth
well
/
saye
as
he
sayth
/
but
&
yf
he
sayth
euyll
/
aske
hym
yf
he
wote
well
what
he
sayth
&
force
not
thy selfe
to
chyde
nor
brault
with
hym
of
suche
thynges
that
he
hath
sayd
/
and
thenne
shall
thy
thought
be
peasyble
.
¶
Here
foloweth
a nother
lytyll
treatyse
whiche
techeth
to
fynde
the
reste
of
conscyence
.
And
begynneth
in
Latyn
.
Dixit
abbas
Anthonius
.
THe
abbot
Anthonye
sayd
/
that
lyke
as
the
fysshes
deye
anone
when
they
be
taken
out
of
the
water
whiche
is
theyr
owne
nourysshyng
/
and
are
putte
in
a
drye
place
.
In
lykewyse
the
Relygyouses
/
when
they
be
out
of
theyr
celles
and
dwellynge
places
or
when
they
dwelle
with
seculer
folke
/
they
be
lyghtly
delyuered
and
withdrawen
from
the
reste
spyrytuell
wiche
they
ought
to
haue
and
kepe
.
Thenne
it
is
of
necessyte
that
the
Relygyouses
renne
agayn
to
theyr
solytarye
places
/
as
the
fysshes
to
the
see
/
to
th
ende
that
because
of
theyr
longe
beynge
there
out
/
they
putte
not
in
forgetyng
the
kepyng
that
they
ought
to
haue
of
theyr
soules
.
&
Morouer
he
sayd
/
that
he
that
kepeth
hymselfe
enclosed
with
scylence
and
that
resteth
therat
/
he
is
preserued
from
thre
bataylles
and
grete
inconuenyences
.
Fyrst
from
euyll
to
here
.
Secondely
from
euyll
to
speke
.
Thyrdely
from
the
syghte
of
ony
thyng
that
be
noyfull
/
&
hath
not
but
one
bataylle
to
abyde
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
ayenst
his
herte
denyenge
and
goynge
ayenst
his
wycked
cogytacyons
.
¶
The
abbot
Arsenye
dwellynge
yet
in
the
paleys
of
the
Emperour
&
afore
that
he
was
Relygyouse
/
besought
ryght
humbly
&
hertly
to
god
.
that
he
wolde
sette
hym
to
the
waye
of
saluacyon
.
The
whiche
prayer
made
/
our
lord
consyderyng
the
grete
&
feruent
deuocyon
that
he
had
to
lyue
solytaryly
/
made
to
be
shewed
vnto
him
by
a
voyce
/
that
he
sholde
go
awaye
&
fle
the
companye
of
men
&
in
this
doyng
he
sholde
be
saued
/
the
same
Arsenye
leuyng
the
worlde
/
&
takyng
the
waye
solytary
&
Relygyouse
made
ayen
to
god
suche
a
prayer
as
the
fyrst
sayeng
.
My
god
please
the
to
sett
me
in
to
the
waye
of
saluacion
.
So
herde
he
a
voyce
that
sayd
.
Arseny
flee
awaye
/
kepe
thy
peas
&
rest
thy selfe
/
&
in
this
doynge
that
shalt
take
awaye
the
Rotys
of
synne
.
¶
The
archebysshop
Theophyle
that
was
a
man
of
holy
&
comendable
lyfe
one
tyme
acompanyed
of
a
Iuge
of
a
cyte
/
went
towarde
the
abbot
Arsenye
/
&
asked
hym
certayne
questyons
/
to
the
whiche
he
answered
not
.
¶
And
after
that
he
had
kept
hymself
a
lytyll
from
spekynge
/
he
demaunded
of
the
Iuge
&
the
archebysshoh
forsayd
/
yf
he
tolde
to
them
ony
thing
/
whether
they
sholde
kepe
it
/
wherat
they
answered
ye
.
Thenne
he
sayd
vnto
them
.
In
all
places
where
ye
shall
knowe
that
Arsenye
is
/
kepe
your selfe
that
ye
come
not
there
.
¶
An
other
tyme
the
archebysshop
desyryng
to
see
hym
/
sent
fyrst
to
wyt
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
yf
he
wolde
open
to
hym
the
dore
of
his
celle
.
And
he
sent
hym
worde
ayen
.
Yf
thou
wylte
come
I
shall
open
to
the
my
dore
/
but
&
I
open
it
to
the
/
so
shall
I
do
the
same
wyse
to
all
other
&
thenne
I
shall
kepe
me
here
noo
lenger
/
but
I
shall
goo
my
wayes
to
some
other
parte
for
to
lyue
there
solytaryly
¶
The
archebysshop
heryng
these
wordes
answered
vnto
the
messager
.
Syth
that
by
my
goynge
towarde
Arsenye
I
sholde
trouble
hym
or
traueylle
hym
.
I
am
purposed
neuer
to
go
there
.
¶
An
other
tyme
the
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenye
wente
for
to
vysyte
some
relygyouses
dwellyng
in
a
place
where
rede
grewe
full
thycke
whiche
was
sodeynly
moeued
by
Impetuosyte
of
wynde
.
The
whiche
thyng
seeyng
this
holy
fader
/
axed
the
sayd
Relygyouses
where
of
came
that
sodeyne
noyse
.
They
answered
that
it
was
the
wynde
that
beted
ayenst
the
sayd
rede
.
And
he
sayd
to
them
ayen
.
Certaynly
yf
a
man
setteth
with
rest
/
&
that
he
hereth
the
voyce
of
a
byrde
/
he
shall
not
haue
in
his
herte
the
rest
that
he
had
afore
.
And
how
may
you
thenne
haue
hope
vpon
tranquylyte
&
rest
in
heryng
the
noyse
of
the
rede
/
as
he
wolde
haue
sayd
/
that
a
man
that
desyreth
for
to
do
the
saluacyon
of
his
soule
/
can
not
be
to
moche
withdrawen
&
parted
from
the
charges
&
besynesse
of
the
worlde
/
whiche
are
to
hym
of
more
lettyng
/
the
more
that
he
delyteth
hym
to
lyue
solytaryly
.
¶
Men
fynde
that
his
cellle
was
departed
&
ferre
from
all
habytacyons
of
folke
.xxxij.
myle
or
there
about
/
&
wente
not
out
often
/
but
he
had
folke
that
admynystred
vnto
him
his
necessytees
.
¶
And
some
holy
fader
sayd
somtyme
that
the
londe
of
Sychye
was
destroyed
that
no
bodye
dwelled
there
/
the
sayd
holy
fader
sayd
these
wordes
.
The
worlde
hath
lost
Rome
/
&
the
Relygyouses
Sychye
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
makynge
a
whyle
his
abydyng
in
a
place
called
Canap
/
a
holy
matrone
an
olde
virgyne
born
of
Rome
the
cyte
whiche
was
moche
riche
/
&
dredyng
god
/
desyrynge
hertely
to
see
the
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenyen
/
and
came
in
to
Alexandrye
towarde
the
archebysshop
Theophyle
/
and
besought
hym
that
he
wolde
be
the
meane
towarde
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
that
his
pleasyr
were
to
graunte
that
she
sholde
see
hym
.
And
the
sayd
Theophyle
seeynge
the
grete
affeccyon
of
the
sayd
Matrone
wente
towarde
the
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenyen
/
&
made
vnto
hym
the
sayd
Request
/
to
the
whiche
he
wolde
not
consente
.
¶
So
came
Theophyle
agayne
&
made
his
report
to
the
matrone
/
whiche
not
contente
therwithall
/
made
all
thynges
redy
for
her selfe
to
goo
there
sayeng
.
I
byleue
&
haue
this
stedfaste
trust
in
god
/
that
he
shall
suffre
me
to
see
hym
/
for
all
be
it
that
in
our
cyte
of
Rome
be
many
holy
men
that
maye
comforte
me
/
neuerthelesse
for
his
grete
fame
.
I
haue
purposed
for
to
vnder
take
this
vyage
to
th
ende
that
I
maye
see
hym
.
¶
So
laboured
she
so
moche
by
her
Iourneyes
/
that
she
came
to
the
place
where
he
dwelled
¶
And
it
happed
as
our
lorde
wolde
suffre
it
/
that
for
to
haue
by
her
leyser
to
see
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
she
founde
hym
walkyng
without
his
celle
.
She
thenne
layed
herself
Incontynent
to
his
fete
/
but
neuertheles
he
toke
her
vp
agayne
anone
by
grete
dyspyte
/
&
beholdyng
vpon
her
●yerlly
he
sayd
vnto
her
.
¶
Now
yf
thou
wylt
see
me
in
the
face
beholde
me
thenne
ynoughe
here
I
am
.
¶
She
heryng
his
rygorouse
wordes
/
was
so
sore
ashamed
/
that
she
wyst
not
what
she
sholde
answere
&
namely
she
was
not
too
bolde
that
she
durst
loke
hym
in
his
vysage
.
¶
And
to
her
sayd
agayne
Arsenyen
/
My
ymagynacyon
is
that
syth
that
the
woldest
see
me
/
thou
haste
herde
speke
of
my
werkes
what
neded
the
for
to
vndertake
so
grete
awaye
for
to
see
me
/
the
whiche
that
hast
herde
saye
of
me
myght
haue
suffysed
the
Knowest
not
the
well
that
thou
art
a
woman
/
&
that
it
apperteyneth
not
to
thyn
astate
that
the
sholdest
go
from
thy
place
for
to
go
in
a
strange
place
.
I
byleue
that
thou
art
come
hether
to
th
ende
that
the
mayste
to
telle
to
the
women
of
Rome
Incontynente
as
that
shall
come
there
ayen
/
that
thou
hast
seen
me
/
to
th
entente
that
by
the
meane
the
waye
be
founde
in
the
see
for
to
make
the
women
to
come
towarde
me
¶
Thenne
she
sayd
vnto
hym
.
I
promyse
the
holy
fader
/
that
yf
it
please
god
that
I
maye
retourne
to
Rome
ayen
.
I
shall
not
tell
that
I
haue
ben
here
/
nor
I
shall
not
be
the
cause
that
ony
bodye
shall
come
to
that
/
but
I
praye
the
that
it
wyll
please
the
for
to
praye
for
me
/
&
with
this
to
haue
alwayes
remembraunce
of
me
.
¶
Wherat
he
answered
I
praye
god
that
he
wyll
put
the
soone
out
of
my
thought
.
She
heryng
these
thynges
wente
awaye
from
hym
alle
wrothe
&
sory
.
And
Incontynent
that
she
was
come
ayen
to
Alexandrye
the
cyte
because
of
the
grete
sorowe
&
heuynesse
that
she
had
/
a
sykenesse
toke
her
with
a
sharpe
fyuer
.
The
whiche
thynge
was
tolde
vnto
the
holy
archebysshop
Theophyle
.
So
came
he
towarde
her
for
to
comforte
her
.
¶
And
he
askynge
what
she
eyled
/
she
answered
to
hym
.
Alas
my
lord
wolde
god
that
I
hadde
not
come
here
.
At
my
departyng
from
that
holy
fader
I
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
woushesauf
to
haue
me
in
mynde
.
And
he
hath
answered
me
/
that
he
prayed
god
/
that
he
wolde
take
awaye
from
hym
the
Remembraunce
of
me
.
The
whiche
answere
hathe
angred
&
troubled
me
so
sore
that
I
am
in
daunger
for
to
deye
¶
Thenne
sayd
to
her
Theophyle
/
knowest
not
that
that
the
art
a
woman
/
&
that
by
woman
the
deuyll
tempteth
the
holy
men
.
For
this
cause
the
holy
man
hath
gyuen
the
this
answere
.
But
neuerthelesse
thou
ought
not
thynke
but
that
he
wyll
praye
god
besyly
for
thy
soule
.
The
good
Matrone
thenne
heryng
these
wordes
ceassed
anone
her
wrath
/
&
in
grete
Ioye
&
gladnesse
retourned
ayen
to
the
cyte
of
Rome
.
¶
The
abbot
Euagrius
sayd
that
he
that
wyll
kepe
hym
that
he
shall
not
falle
in
trybulacyon
/
&
to
kepe
his
goost
with
rest
/
ought
nought
to
haue
dyuerse
affeccyons
towarde
many
folke
.
¶
A
brother
cam
in
to
Sychye
towarde
the
abbot
Moyses
/
to
whom
vysytyng
hym
he
requyred
him
that
he
wolde
telle
hym
some
good
worde
edyfycatyue
for
to
bere
it
in
his
mynde
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
haue
remembraunce
of
hym
.
So
answered
vnto
hym
Moyses
/
that
he
sholde
go
&
kepe
him
within
his
celle
/
&
it
sholde
lerne
hym
all
thynges
that
be
good
.
¶
The
sayd
Moyses
sayd
/
that
the
man
that
fleeth
the
companye
of
men
/
is
lyke
a
grape
of
Reysyns
rype
and
swete
/
but
he
that
seketh
theyr
felysshyp
&
acompanyeth
with
them
/
is
lyke
vnto
the
grape
that
is
sowre
and
bytter
.
¶
The
abbot
Nyle
sayd
that
the
man
that
loueth
to
lyue
solytaryly
/
yeldeth
hymselfe
soo
stedfast
to
denye
&
withstande
ayenst
the
arowes
/
that
is
to
wyt
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
/
that
they
sholde
not
touche
nor
entre
in
hym
/
but
he
that
hauntyth
&
comynyth
with
the
men
is
oftentymes
daungerously
wounded
.
¶
The
abbot
pastor
sayd
/
that
to
apply
his
thought
vnto
dyuerse
thynges
/
is
the
begynnyng
of
all
euylles
/
&
more
ouer
he
sayd
/
that
to
flee
from
the
temporall
thynges
was
a
good
&
a
sure
lyue
.
Certaynly
when
a
man
dresse
hym self
nyghe
a
place
where
men
fyght
bodely
/
he
is
lyke
hym
whiche
is
vpon
a
depe
water
/
to
th
ende
that
at
suche
an
houre
as
his
aduersary
shal
seme
good
he
maye
take
hym
&
make
hym
for
to
falle
vnto
the
botom
.
But
&
yf
he
partyth
hym selfe
&
gooth
ferre
from
the
bodely
thynges
/
he
is
lyke
hym
that
is
ferre
from
the
welle
/
&
when
the
fende
wyll
cast
hym
from
aboue
to
benethe
/
for
to
do
this
he
wyll
drawe
hym
vyolently
nyghe
to
the
sayd
welle
/
god
preserued
hym
therfrom
and
gyueth
hym
socours
&
ayde
.
¶
The
abbot
Sysoyns
had
a
dyscyple
the
sayd
ones
vnto
him
.
Fayre
fader
that
thou
art
alredy
olde
/
&
that
thou
hast
dyscrecyon
&
wytte
for
to
withsaye
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
worlde
/
me
semeth
that
thou
myght
well
haunte
a
sytyll
thrugh
the
worlde
/
to
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
he
wolde
well
do
so
/
yf
he
coude
brynge
him
in
a
place
where
noo
women
were
.
The
dyscyple
hyryng
this
answere
sayd
vnto
him
ayen
/
that
he
wyst
of
no
place
but
the
women
were
there
/
but
only
in
the
solytary
places
.
Now
ledde
me
there
thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
.
¶
An
olde
matrone
whiche
was
an
abbesse
sayd
that
many
Relygyouses
beyng
in
the
montayn
/
that
is
to
wyt
in
solytary
places
/
are
perysshed
there
/
bycause
that
they
had
set
theyr
thought
&
affeccyons
vnto
thyngis
of
the
worlde
/
&
that
it
is
better
for
to
be
amonge
many
one
&
to
lede
there
wylfully
a
solytary
lyfe
/
than
for
to
be
aboue
&
apply
his
thought
to
multyplycacion
of
temporall
thynges
.
¶
An
olde
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
a
monke
ought
euer
to
bye
rest
in
suche
maner
that
he
dyspyseth
it
yf
he
see
the
ony
bodely
hurte
cometh
to
him
therby
.
¶
An
aeged
holy
fader
shewed
that
thre
grete
clerkes
moche
studyouse
gaue
them selfe
to
Relygyon
/
one
of
whiche
chose
&
toke
in
hymself
this
affeccyon
that
he
wolde
pease
&
bryng
all
persones
atte
one
whiche
he
myght
knowe
the
ought
euyll
wyll
one
to
an
other
or
that
had
ony
mater
of
plee
or
debate
the
one
ayenst
the
other
.
The
seconde
thought
/
that
he
wolde
vysyte
the
bedred
&
the
syke
.
And
the
thyrde
went
&
enhabyted
hymself
in
a
solytary
place
.
The
fyrst
thenne
besyeng
hymself
in
his
entrepryse
/
founde
so
many
noyses
&
dyfferences
/
debates
&
questyons
to
be
moeued
amonge
the
men
that
it
sholde
not
haue
ben
possyble
to
hym
for
to
pease
all
.
Wherfor
he
fulfylled
with
noyaunce
&
gryse
with
it
/
bycause
he
coude
not
satysfye
his
deliberacyon
/
●am
for
to
see
the
seconde
/
the
whiche
also
he
founde
sore
wery
&
noyouse
/
that
he
myght
not
serue
all
the
syke
folke
&
the
poore
nedy
for
the
grete
multytude
that
he
founde
of
them
euery
where
.
So
these
two
purposed
for
to
go
see
the
thirde
whiche
was
gone
for
to
lyue
solytaryly
in
the
desert
.
And
when
they
were
come
toward
him
after
that
they
had
made
knowlege
of
broderhode
vnto
eche
other
/
the
tweyne
reherced
vnto
the
thyrde
theyr
grete
trybulacyons
prayeng
him
that
he
wolde
declare
vnto
them
what
thyng
be
dyde
&
how
he
profyted
in
his
hermytage
.
To
the
whiche
oues●yon
he
dyde
not
answere
redely
.
But
after
that
he
had
kepe
hymself
styll
a
lytyll
/
he
toke
water
in
a
vessell
&
sayd
to
them
/
beholde
a
lytyll
this
water
that
is
trouble
.
And
they
began
to
loke
vpon
/
&
whyse
they
loked
soo
/
the
water
began
to
wexe
clere
by
it selfe
.
Thenne
sayd
he
vnto
them
when
he
sawe
that
it
was
fayre
&
clene
/
loke
how
sodeynly
this
water
is
puryfyed
by
it selfe
.
Thenne
they
beholden
within
it
they
knewe
theyr
owne
vysages
therin
as
it
had
be
in
a
glasse
.
Thenne
he
tolde
them
that
in
lykewyse
he
that
acompanyed
amonge
the
worlde
with
grete
payne
he
may
knowe
there
his
owne
fawtes
bycause
of
the
grete
troubles
that
be
in
the
worlde
/
but
when
he
withdraweth
hymselfe
in
to
a
solytarye
place
/
than
maye
he
knowe
lyghtly
his
synnes
.
¶
Here
foloweth
the
treatyse
techynge
how
men
ought
to
styre
them
to
compunccyon
/
and
begynneth
in
latyn
.
Dicebant
de
abbate
Arsenio
.
THe
abbot
Arsenye
/
as
some
tolde
/
all
the
tyme
of
his
lyue
syttyng
and
abydyng
within
his
celle
/
labouryng
&
werkyng
with
his
handes
/
had
euer
in
his
bosom
a
hande
keuerchyef
for
to
wype
withall
the
teeres
that
contynuelly
ranne
out
of
his
eyen
/
in
sorowyng
for
his
synnes
&
for
drede
of
god
&
of
the
paynes
of
helle
whiche
he
had
euer
in
his
mynde
.
¶
A
brother
Requyred
the
abbot
Ammon
that
he
wolde
telle
him
some
good
worde
helthfull
/
to
whom
he
answered
.
Go
to
thy
celle
&
thynke
vpon
thy
befalle
/
as
the
euyll
doers
doo
/
that
for
theyr
mysdedes
be
kept
in
pryson
.
then
questyoned
they
that
come
towarde
them
askyng
where
the
Iuge
is
/
&
when
he
shall
come
/
&
waytyng
after
the
gryuouse
punycyon
of
theyr
synnes
they
wepe
&
weyle
ouer
theym
.
¶
In
lykewyse
the
Relygyouse
ought
euer
to
be
supecte
/
&
●hyde
within
his
soule
/
saynge
.
Ha
me
wretched
/
how
shall
I
dare
fynde
me
afore
the
grete
Iugement
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
cryst
for
to
yelde
hym
accomptes
&
reason
of
my
deffautes
.
And
yf
thou
thynkest
in
thy selfe
so
/
thou
shalt
may
be
saued
thrugh
this
meane
.
¶
The
abbot
Euagrius
sayd
/
when
thou
art
within
thy
celle
gadre
thy
spyrytes
within
thy selfe
&
remembre
the
of
the
daye
of
dethe
/
&
thenne
thou
shalt
see
the
mortyfycacion
of
thy
bodye
.
Thynke
also
vpon
the
mortall
werres
of
this
worlde
/
&
be
sorowfull
for
it
.
Haue
in
hatred
the
vanytees
of
this
worlde
/
be
temperate
&
curyouse
/
to
th
ende
thou
may
euer
dwelle
in
one
maner
rest
/
&
be
not
syke
of
the
sykenesse
of
synne
.
Remembre
the
of
them
that
be
in
helle
/
&
thynke
in
thy selfe
how
theyr
soules
ben
in
that
place
/
in
what
bytter
heuynesse
/
in
what
horryble
weylyng
/
in
what
drede
in
what
batayll
/
&
in
what
waytynge
of
sorowe
/
&
that
without
withdrawyng
of
paynes
they
be
in
Infynyte
teeres
.
Be
thou
also
Remembryng
of
the
last
resurreccyon
/
&
ymagyne
the
horryble
Ingement
of
god
with
the
wonderfull
confusyon
that
the
synners
shall
suffre
in
the
presence
of
god
the
fader
/
&
of
Ihesu
cryste
his
sone
/
&
before
the
angels
/
archangels
&
postles
/
&
afore
all
the
men
of
the
worlde
/
with
this
consydere
the
tourmentes
&
the
fyre
euerlastyng
where
they
shall
be
condempned
/
the
remors
Inmortall
of
theyr
conscyences
/
the
derkenesse
of
helle
/
&
aboue
all
thyng
the
gryndyng
of
tethe
/
the
paynes
&
the
tormentes
that
be
there
.
After
consyder
&
brynge
in
to
the
mynde
the
welth
&
felycytees
that
be
promysed
vnto
the
Iuste
/
the
trust
that
they
shall
haue
in
god
the
fader
&
his
sone
before
the
angels
/
archangels
&
potestates
/
&
before
the
company
of
all
the
heuenly
courte
.
And
in
lywyse
the
gyftes
of
grace
/
the
Ioyes
&
the
rest
wherin
they
shal
be
/
the
recordacion
&
remembraunce
of
the
whiche
thynges
/
that
is
to
wyt
the
euyls
atte
do
syde
/
&
the
godes
atte
the
other
syde
/
thou
must
haue
in
thy selfe
wepyng
bytterly
.
¶
The
abbot
Helye
sayd
that
in
all
seasons
he
fered
thre
thynges
that
ben
to
come
/
the
fyrst
was
the
houre
of
dethe
/
the
seconde
when
his
soule
sholde
be
presentes
afore
god
for
to
be
Iuged
/
&
the
.iij.
what
the
sentence
sholde
be
that
sholde
be
cast
vpon
hym
.
And
therfore
the
good
archebysshop
Theophyle
when
he
was
atte
the
poynte
of
dethe
he
sayd
of
saynt
Arseny
/
that
he
was
well
happy
in
soo
moche
that
he
contynuelly
had
this
houre
byfore
the
eyen
of
his
entendement
.
¶
The
abbot
Iames
sayd
/
that
lyke
as
the
lanterne
lyghtneth
the
place
whiche
is
obscure
&
derke
.
In
lykewyse
the
drede
of
god
lyghteneth
a
man
when
he
hath
it
within
hym
.
¶
Some
brethern
asked
of
the
abbot
Machary
how
he
coude
be
so
drye
&
of
so
poore
of
bodye
/
wherat
he
answered
that
when
men
take
a
staffe
in
theyr
hande
&
with
it
they
rake
&
styre
the
brondes
that
be
a
fyre
the
same
staffe
barneth
&
consumeth
awaye
fynably
.
In
lyke
wyse
who
soeuer
shall
haue
in
him
the
drede
of
god
it
shall
consume
the
flesshe
of
a
man
awaye
vnto
the
bones
.
¶
The
holy
faders
dwellyng
in
the
montayn
of
Nitrye
sente
toward
the
abbot
Machary
that
was
in
Sychye
prayng
him
that
he
wolde
come
to
see
them
/
&
yf
he
came
not
to
them
/
they
were
purposed
for
to
go
to
him
/
bycause
that
they
desyred
for
to
see
by
afore
his
dethe
.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
montayn
where
they
dwelled
/
they
togydre
asked
hym
some
consolacyon
spyrytuall
.
Thenne
he
sayd
vnto
them
that
they
sholde
wepe
&
weyle
ouer
theyr
synnes
/
to
th
ende
that
they
sholde
not
def●ende
in
to
helle
where
men
wepe
&
weyle
euerlastyngly
.
And
they
all
togydre
at
ones
began
to
wepe
&
besought
by
that
he
wold
pray
god
for
them
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
gooyng
thrugh
Egstpt
lawe
a
woman
vpon
a
graue
/
the
whiche
bette
herself
&
wept
so
sore
that
it
semed
yf
all
the
Ioyes
of
the
worlde
had
come
to
her
that
she
sholde
not
reioyse
herself
for
it
.
So
in
lykewyse
oughte
to
doo
euer
a
Relygyouse
in
this
world
.
An other
tyme
he
passed
thrugh
the
parties
of
Dyolche
with
the
abbot
Nub
/
&
they
founde
a
woman
that
wepte
bytterly
for
the
deth
of
her
husbande
/
of
her
sone
&
of
her
brother
.
Thenne
sayd
the
abbot
Pastor
to
the
abbot
Nub
I
belyue
stedfastly
that
no
man
but
yf
he
slee
all
concupyscence
of
the
flesshe
/
&
but
he
haue
as
grete
contrycyon
as
this
woman
/
he
is
not
worthy
to
be
a
Relygyouse
.
And
this
he
sayd
bycause
that
all
her
thought
was
sette
vpon
wepyng
.
And
thus
we
ought
to
do
for
our
synnes
.
¶
A
brother
axed
somtyme
the
sayd
Pastor
some
good
conseyll
for
his
saluacyon
And
he
conscylled
him
that
he
sholde
do
as
Abraham
dyde
when
he
entred
in
the
londe
of
promysson
/
the
whiche
made
a
tombe
/
whiche
sygnyfyed
wepynges
and
sorowynge
.
¶
The
archeb●sshop
Athanasy
prayed
ones
the
abbot
Pambo
that
he
sholde
come
donne
from
his
hermytage
for
to
see
him
in
the
cyte
of
Alexandrye
.
The
whiche
commyng
donne
to
it
mette
with
a
common
woman
/
&
when
he
sawe
her
he
began
to
wepe
.
Athanasy
asked
hym
what
moeued
him
to
do
so
/
wherat
he
answered
the
two
thynges
moeued
it
.
The
fyrst
bycause
he
sawe
that
the
woman
dampned
herself
the
seconde
bycause
he
toke
not
somoche
of
payn
to
please
god
as
she
dyde
for
to
please
the
worlde
.
¶
The
abbot
Syluayn
beynge
ones
with
his
Relygyouses
/
was
rauysshed
gostly
/
so
that
he
fell
donne
that
face
to
the
erthe
&
after
that
he
had
be
there
a
longe
whyle
he
rose
vp
ayen
wepyng
full
sore
.
Soo
axed
him
his
relygyouses
what
him
eyled
fo
:
to
wepe
thus
/
but
he
answered
them
nothyng
/
&
euer
he
wept
/
they
neuerthelesse
prayed
him
somoche
that
they
constrayned
him
by
humble
Requestes
to
telle
them
that
the
they
desyred
to
wyt
of
him
/
&
in
effect
he
shewed
vnto
them
/
that
he
had
be
rauysshed
&
born
afore
god
holdyng
his
Iugement
/
where
he
sawe
many
relygyouses
that
were
condempned
to
the
euerlastyng
payne
of
helle
/
&
many
seculer
men
that
were
taken
&
receyued
for
to
go
to
the
royalme
of
heuen
/
wherof
the
poore
abbot
wept
euer
bytterly
/
&
for
this
cause
he
becam
so
solytary
/
that
he
wolde
not
go
out
of
his
celle
/
&
yf
he
was
somtyme
constrayned
to
go
out
of
it
/
he
couered
his
hede
with
a
hode
/
saynge
that
it
was
no
nede
for
to
see
this
lyght
temporall
where
no
goodnesse
was
.
¶
A
man
worthy
of
holy
memory
named
Synclyeyce
/
sayd
that
they
the
tourne
themself
from
synne
vnto
vertue
/
haue
grete
payn
atte
begynnyng
to
leue
theyr
euyll
lyfe
/
but
at
the
last
they
shall
haue
Ioye
vnable
to
be
tolde
/
euyn
so
as
they
the
kyndlen
a
fyre
haue
atte
begynnyng
grete
akyng
of
hede
with
blowyng
/
&
at
theyr
eyen
with
the
smoke
or
euer
the
fyre
be
kyndled
.
Also
we
must
haue
many
euylles
for
to
kyndle
within
vs
the
fyre
of
the
loue
of
god
.
¶
The
abbot
Ypericius
sayd
that
a
monke
ought
to
watche
daye
&
nyght
in
oryson
/
in
waylyng
&
in
compunccion
/
to
th
ende
that
thrugh
this
meane
he
haue
the
mercy
of
Ihesu
cryste
.
¶
Many
Relygyouses
seculers
cam
togyder
to
the
abbot
Felix
/
&
be
dyuerse
tymes
prayed
him
that
he
wolde
gyue
them
som
gode
doctryne
for
theyr
saluacyon
/
but
neuertheles
he
wold
not
/
but
only
sayd
vnto
them
/
now
haue
I
no
tonge
for
to
spek
.
¶
The
brethern
heryng
this
answere
were
sore
abasshed
bycause
he
wold
not
teche
them
.
Then
he
sayd
to
them
/
somtyme
that
Relygyouses
requyred
for
to
be
taught
of
the
aeged
/
&
they
dyde
that
the
was
commaunded
vnto
them
/
wherfor
our
lord
gaaf
to
the
sayd
olde
faders
tonge
&
speche
for
to
lerne
them
/
&
bycause
that
the
dyscyples
now
doo
nomore
nothyng
of
that
is
commaunded
vnto
them
/
god
hath
taken
from
the
aeged
that
worde
of
veray
doctryne
/
for
there
is
nomore
no
body
that
doth
this
that
the
olde
faders
commaunde
.
These
wordes
herde
they
all
togyder
began
to
wepe
&
syghe
askyng
mercy
/
&
that
the
sayd
abbot
wolde
praye
for
them
.
¶
A
holy
fader
sayd
when
our
lord
shall
come
to
that
daye
of
dome
/
yf
it
were
possyble
that
the
soules
that
then
shal
be
brought
to
theyr
bodyes
/
myght
be
departed
ayen
all
that
worlde
sholde
then
deye
of
the
drede
&
terrour
the
euery
one
shall
haue
atte
thou
sayd
daye
/
therfor
we
ought
well
to
wepe
in
this
world
&
do
penaunce
to
th
ende
that
at
the
same
ferfull
daye
we
may
yelde
good
acomptes
vnto
our
lord
.
¶
A
broder
axed
a
holy
fader
wherof
cam
that
he
was
harde
herted
&
that
he
fered
not
god
.
The
holy
fader
answered
to
him
that
he
sholde
haue
drede
of
god
/
yf
he
wolde
rebuke
his
soule
saynge
.
My
soule
thynke
vpon
thy
lyfe
/
for
thou
shal
be
broughte
byfore
the
myght
of
god
for
to
be
Iuged
to
be
dampned
perpetuelly
or
saued
euerlastyngly
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
seeyng
a
man
that
loughe
sayd
to
him
.
My
frende
I
meruayll
me
how
thou
darest
laugh
as
thou
doste
seen
that
afore
god
our
maker
that
daye
that
we
shall
deye
we
shall
haue
to
answer
straytly
of
all
our
werkes
/
&
yf
thou
were
well
aduysed
forgetyng
to
laughe
/
thou
sholdest
consydere
/
that
thus
as
she
shadowe
foloweth
the
body
in
what
place
that
he
is
/
also
in
what
place
that
we
be
we
ought
to
haue
a
bytter
compunccyon
of
herte
/
and
wepe
contynuelly
ouer
our
synnes
.
¶
A
brother
axed
an
holy
fader
some
holsom
worde
.
And
he
colde
hym
/
that
when
Egypt
was
punysshe
of
the
hande
of
god
/
there
was
no
house
but
euery
body
wept
that
was
in
.
¶
An
other
axed
a
lyke
questyon
/
that
is
to
wyt
what
thyng
he
ought
to
doo
for
to
be
saued
/
wherat
the
holy
fader
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
he
sholde
wepe
without
ceassyng
/
for
our
lorde
wyll
that
our
soules
be
tormented
&
scorged
by
contrycyons
&
waylynges
/
and
atte
the
last
we
shall
haue
that
we
aske
of
hym
.
And
this
wytnesseth
the
psalme
that
sayth
in
the
psalter
/
that
the
herte
contryte
and
humylyed
/
shall
neuer
be
dyspraysed
of
hym
.
Of
that
other
parte
he
sayth
in
the
gospell
.
Thoo
be
blessyd
that
wepe
in
this
worlde
/
for
they
shall
be
comforted
euerlastyngly
.
¶
Here
fynyssheth
the
treatyse
of
compunccyon
.
¶
An
other
treatyse
foloweth
consequently
of
contynence
&
●ohrenes
ayenst
glotony
and
other
vyces
.
And
begynneth
in
latyn
Fratres
aliqui
&c.
¶
The
abbot
Danyell
sayd
to
the
abbot
Arsenye
that
he
slepte
neuer
but
a
lytyll
towarde
the
mornyng
for
to
socour
nature
/
&
when
slepe
came
vpon
hym
/
he
sayd
.
O
euyll
seruaunt
/
that
nourysshed
the
man
all
oonly
with
vyces
/
why
comest
thou
when
I
call
not
the.
And
anone
after
all
syttyng
he
toke
a
lytyll
rest
&
incontynent
he
rose
ayen
.
This
Arsenyen
sayd
that
a
monke
yf
he
be
a
veray
champyon
for
to
befyght
his
enmye
/
ought
not
to
slepe
but
an
houre
of
the
daye
.
¶
The
abbot
Danyell
certyfyeth
ayen
of
the
sayd
Arseny
/
that
a
lytyll
mete
whiche
men
gaue
hȳm
suffysed
hym
for
a
hole
yere
.
And
yet
at
the
ende
of
the
yere
when
the
brethern
vysyted
him
they
ete
of
it
with
him
.
This
Arseny
for
to
correcte
hymself
&
bere
penaunce
of
the
odours
flagraunt
&
swete
of
smell
wherof
he
had
vsed
in
the
paleys
of
th
emperour
afore
that
he
was
Relygyouse
/
ones
in
the
yere
oonly
he
chaunged
the
water
of
his
vessell
wherin
he
weted
his
wekker
&
roddes
for
to
make
withall
panyers
maundes
&
baskettes
/
&
endured
the
stenche
&
the
infeccyon
of
the
sayd
water
in
stede
of
the
sayd
good
odours
that
he
had
smelled
afore
.
¶
The
abbot
Agathon
bare
within
his
mouthe
the
space
of
thre
yere
a
stone
to
th
entent
that
he
myght
acustome
hymself
to
kepe
sylence
.
The
sayd
Agathon
ones
walkyng
founde
a
boundell
of
fetches
with
theyr
hulles
/
that
whiche
boundell
one
of
his
Relygyouses
that
was
wyllyng
for
to
take
&
bere
it
with
him
ared
the
sayd
Agathon
yf
he
sholde
do
so
.
And
the
abbot
seeyng
this
/
axed
him
yf
he
had
sette
it
there
/
the
monke
answered
not
.
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
Agathon
/
why
wyll
thou
bere
awaye
that
that
is
not
thyn
/
&
that
thou
hast
not
brought
there
as
thou
wyll
take
it
.
¶
The
abbot
Achylles
bled
ones
atte
his
mouthe
/
a
monke
that
sawe
this
/
axed
hym
wherof
that
came
.
Soo
answered
to
hym
the
sayd
Achylles
/
that
the
worde
of
a
brother
had
angred
him
/
&
that
for
to
withstande
ayenst
his
wrath
he
had
prayed
god
that
he
wolde
take
awaye
from
hym
the
remembraunce
of
the
sayd
wronges
/
to
th
ende
they
sholde
not
abyde
in
his
thought
/
wherfore
our
lord
had
tourned
them
in
to
blood
&
as
he
casted
&
spued
he
was
hole
of
his
heuynesse
.
¶
The
abbot
Amoys
beyng
syke
many
brethern
sent
vnto
hym
dyuerse
metes
/
but
bycause
he
sholde
not
ete
of
them
he
shette
his
eyen
when
his
dyscyple
entred
in
to
his
chambre
beryng
the
sayd
metes
.
¶
The
abbot
Benyamyn
tolde
of
many
brethern
the
whiche
went
for
to
vysyte
a
holy
fader
in
Sychye
/
&
bare
him
a
lytyll
oyle
.
To
whom
he
sayd
that
alredy
the
space
of
thre
yere
was
passed
/
that
theymselfe
had
brought
him
some
in
a
vessell
/
the
whiche
was
yet
full
&
in
that
astate
as
they
had
brought
it
vnto
him
/
&
had
not
touched
it
syn
.
So
wondred
they
moche
of
his
contynence
/
&
how
he
had
kept
the
sayd
oyle
so
longe
.
¶
Some
brethern
reherced
of
the
abbot
Dyoscore
that
he
vsed
for
his
etynge
but
brede
of
barley
/
&
euery
yere
constrayned
hymself
to
kepe
a
stronge
rule
/
as
thrughe
a
hole
yere
he
wolde
not
see
no
bodye
.
¶
An
other
yere
he
wolde
not
speke
to
no
bodye
/
or
he
wolden
not
cast
of
oo
mete
soden
rost
or
baken
/
or
suche
lyke
abstynences
he
made
.
¶
The
abbot
Euagrius
sayd
that
who
wolde
withstande
ayenst
wrath
/
all
flesshely
desyres
must
be
fyrst
cast
&
taken
awaye
the
whiche
thyng
he
dyde
.
¶
Epyphanius
bysshop
of
Cypre
when
he
sholde
deye
he
sent
towarde
the
abbot
Hylaryon
for
to
praye
him
that
he
sholde
come
speke
with
him
/
for
he
desyred
for
to
see
him
or
euer
he
sholde
deye
.
And
after
that
he
was
come
to
hym
theyer
togydre
.
The
bysshop
made
a
byrde
to
be
presented
afore
the
sayd
saynt
Hylaryon
for
his
mete
/
the
whiche
answered
to
the
sayd
bysshop
that
syn
he
had
taken
the
habyte
of
a
monke
he
had
not
eten
no
mete
that
for
his
fode
sholde
haue
receyued
deth
.
And
the
bysshop
sayd
to
him
ayen
/
that
syn
that
he
had
taken
the
bysshopryche
in
his
hande
/
yf
ony
persone
had
hate
or
questyon
with
him
/
he
had
neuer
suffred
his
enmye
to
s●ep
in
that
astate
/
but
sholde
fyrst
haue
peased
hym
.
Also
he
neuer
slept
tyll
that
he
had
reconcylyed
hym selfe
with
his
enmye
.
Thenne
saynt
Hylaryon
sayd
to
hym
that
his
conuersacon
was
worthy
of
greter
praysyng
than
his
owne
.
¶
Some
sayd
of
saynt
Paladyon
that
he
was
.
●●
.
yere
in
his
celle
without
his
eyen
to
cast
vp
so
that
duryng
the
sayd
.
●●
yere
/
he
sawe
neuer
the
●ouffe
nor
the
coueryng
of
his
celle
.
¶
The
abbot
Zenon
as
he
walked
thrugh
the
contree
of
Palestyne
thy
selfe
nyghe
a
place
where
some
gordes
grewe
&
bycause
that
he
was
sore
hongry
he
wyllyng
to
contente
his
appetyt
wolde
ete
some
of
them
neuerthelesse
bycause
hym
thought
yf
he
ete
of
them
that
he
sholde
do
thefte
he
wolde
preue
fyrst
yf
he
myght
suffre
the
tormente
that
was
ordeyned
for
theuys
.
He
toke
of
his
clothes
&
all
naked
he
abode
there
in
the
hete
of
the
sonne
by
the
space
of
fyue
dayes
/
which
was
the
punycyon
that
men
dyde
vnto
the
theuys
And
when
he
sawe
that
he
coude
not
endure
the
sayd
hete
/
he
sayd
to
hymselfe
Syth
that
I
can
not
endure
the
payne
that
I
sholde
suffre
yf
I
were
apeched
of
this
theeft
.
It
is
better
that
I
fast
than
that
I
sholde
do
this
dede
.
¶
Iohan
the
lesse
sayd
/
that
when
a
kynge
or
a
prynce
wyll
take
a
cyte
by
force
&
bryng
in
to
his
subgeccyon
his
aduersaryes
that
be
within
/
he
fynde
the
meanes
for
to
dystourne
theyr
waters
for
to
lette
that
they
shall
haue
no
vytaylles
/
and
by
this
meane
they
be
compelled
for
to
do
as
his
wyll
is
.
And
thus
it
is
of
relygyouses
/
whan
they
restrayne
mete
from
theyr
bodyes
/
they
be
not
so
subgett
vnto
the
temptacyons
of
the
flesshe
whiche
be
enmyes
of
the
soule
/
but
they
make
them
subgete
vnto
the
soule
reasonable
.
And
yf
a
man
by
fastyng
is
tourned
to
vertue
/
the
deuyls
the
enforce
themself
for
to
bryng
him
vnder
fore
shal
be
subgett
vnto
hym
/
and
not
he
to
them
.
¶
He
sayd
ayen
that
ones
goyng
in
Sychye
where
he
was
gone
for
to
cutte
roddes
&
leues
to
occupye
hymself
therwithall
he
founde
a
heerde
or
keper
of
Camels
the
whiche
wolde
haue
troubled
hym
but
for
to
eschewe
that
he
sholde
haue
no
debate
with
hym
/
he
cast
donne
his
boundell
&
lefte
it
behynde
hym
&
so
flee
awaye
.
¶
The
abbot
Ysaac
sayd
that
he
knewe
well
a
relygyouse
/
the
whiche
helpyng
to
repe
corne
/
ared
vnto
him
for
whom
he
wrought
/
yf
he
sholde
dare
take
oon
corne
of
it
for
to
ete
/
the
whiche
y merueylled
of
the
fere
and
of
the
daūgrour
that
he
made
to
take
of
it
answered
to
hym
/
that
he
gaue
him
not
oonly
one
corne
of
it
/
but
all
the
hole
felde
.
¶
A
broder
axed
to
the
abbot
Ysodore
how
it
myght
be
that
the
deuyls
drad
him
so
sore
/
wherat
he
answered
/
that
syn
the
tyme
he
was
fyrst
yolden
in
to
Relygyon
/
he
euer
kepte
hym selfe
that
he
fell
not
in
wrathe
/
&
yf
oo
sparkell
of
synne
was
kyndled
within
him
/
he
dyde
put
it
out
incontynent
/
&
by
this
meane
the
deuyls
had
no
myght
ouer
hym
¶
And
morouer
he
sayd
/
that
he
beynge
atte
his
.xl.
yere
of
age
&
more
/
he
had
neuer
consente
to
do
synne
/
nor
he
had
not
be
ouercome
of
ony
coueytynge
of
the
synne
of
wrathe
.
¶
The
abbot
Cassanius
wytnessed
●
on
a
daye
he
went
to
vysyte
the
abbot
Iohan
whiche
by
the
space
of
.xl.
yere
had
dwelled
on
the
hyghest
of
a
montayne
with
the
abbot
Esyon
whiche
the
sayd
abbot
Iohan
loued
with
a
loue
moche
charytable
.
Soo
questyoned
he
hym
by
the
charyte
that
he
hadde
vnto
the
sayd
Esyon
/
sayng
vnto
hym
/
where
he
by
so
longe
tyme
had
lyued
with
out
to
haunte
amonge
the
worlde
/
and
without
to
haue
be
greuyd
or
troubled
of
our
persone
/
what
he
had
done
durynge
that
tyme
for
the
saluacyon
of
his
soule
/
wherat
he
answered
that
duryng
the
sayd
.xl.
yere
/
he
ete
neuer
tyl
the
sonne
was
gone
vnder
/
nor
he
had
neuer
he
on
angred
duryng
the
tyme
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
tolde
of
a
Relygyouse
named
Serapyon
whiche
helde
hym selfe
with
the
abbot
Theon
.
This
Serarapyon
after
that
he
hadde
taken
his
refeccyon
in
comon
he
toke
alwayes
of
a
custome
a
ferdynge
loffe
and
ete
it
secretely
in
the
absence
of
his
abbot
/
&
was
so
customed
withall
that
he
coude
not
kepe
hym selfe
therfro
/
but
that
after
his
repast
he
ete
euer
the
sayd
loffe
in
a
secrete
place
.
¶
It
happed
by
the
wyll
of
god
that
some
Relygyouses
came
to
vysyte
his
abbot
/
whiche
exhorted
them
all
to
haue
in
them
the
vertue
of
abstynence
/
and
of
sobryete
/
sayeng
with
this
to
them
/
that
the
deuyls
hadde
no
thyng
soo
aggreable
/
than
to
make
a
synner
that
he
shall
not
shewe
nor
telle
his
synne
by
confessyon
to
his
goostly
fader
.
For
thrugh
this
meane
/
the
shryfte
of
hym
that
soo
kepeth
his
synne
within
hym
styll
prouffyteth
hym
not
in
noo
maner
of
wyse
.
¶
The
sayd
Serapyon
heryng
these
wordes
he
ymangyned
that
god
had
done
his
synne
to
be
knowen
vnto
his
abbot
.
Soo
he
soone
after
shroue
hym selfe
vnto
his
abbot
whiche
to
him
sayd
O
my
sone
thou
art
now
out
of
thraldome
/
wyt
it
that
the
deuyls
hadde
the
in
theyr
possessyon
/
but
by
thy
confessyon
they
are
chassed
from
the
/
and
thou
art
no
more
vnder
theyr
myght
.
¶
And
as
the
abbot
sayd
vnto
hym
these
wordes
/
there
lept
out
of
the
sayd
Serapyons
bosom
a
brounde
of
fyre
that
Infected
and
poysoned
all
the
chambre
/
soo
that
all
the
place
stanke
after
brymstone
.
¶
The
whiche
thynge
seeyng
the
abbot
forsayd
/
how
be
it
that
he
was
of
it
sore
merueylled
sayd
with
a
mery
contenaunce
vnto
the
sayd
Serapyon
.
¶
O
my
dere
frende
/
thou
seest
now
by
effecte
/
how
god
thrugh
his
grete
powre
hath
delyuered
the
in
shewyng
of
them
that
thy
synne
is
forgyuen
of
his
godly
godenesse
.
¶
The
abbot
Machary
when
he
was
with
his
brethern
/
somtyme
for
to
please
them
he
dranke
wyn
with
them
/
but
neuerthelesse
he
bare
afterwarde
a
grete
penaunce
for
it
/
for
as
many
tymes
as
he
had
dronk
of
it
/
asmany
dayes
after
he
absteyned
hymself
from
all
maner
of
lycour
were
it
water
or
other
drynke
what
soeuer
it
was
.
¶
The
abbot
Machary
that
called
was
the
grete
in
Sychye
/
after
that
the
seruyce
was
done
in
the
chirche
/
he
sayd
vnto
his
Relygyouses
that
they
shold
flee
&
some
of
them
axed
hym
where
they
sholde
flee
/
&
yf
they
sholde
leue
theyr
monasterye
.
Thenne
he
putte
his
fynger
afore
his
mouth
/
&
sayd
.
My
brethern
I
doo
shewe
you
this
that
ye
ought
to
flee
/
&
by
this
token
they
knewe
that
he
shewed
them
to
kepe
sylence
without
to
speke
the
one
to
the
other
/
atte
lest
of
thynge
that
were
vayne
.
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
sayd
.
Yf
Nabuzardam
prynce
of
glotony
had
not
be
/
the
Temple
of
god
had
not
be
brente
.
Also
yf
the
man
be
not
brente
by
abstynence
from
mete
and
drynke
/
the
soule
shall
not
withstande
ayenst
the
deuyll
.
Some
reherced
of
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
/
that
when
he
was
desyred
of
his
brethern
for
to
ete
with
them
where
as
he
had
no
wyll
to
it
he
constrayned
hym selfe
to
the
same
/
&
thether
he
went
wepyng
not
for
to
ete
/
but
for
to
shewe
hymselve
toward
them
obeyssaunt
/
&
that
he
sholde
not
gyue
to
them
mater
or
occasyon
that
they
sholde
been
wroth
with
him
¶
Some
also
to
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
tolde
of
a
monke
that
dranke
no
wyne
/
&
he
sayd
vnto
them
ayen
/
the
a
Relygyouse
ought
not
to
drynke
ony
drynke
.
¶
Item
he
sayd
that
lyke
by
the
smoke
men
constraynen
the
bees
to
leue
&
forsake
theyr
honny
for
to
take
it
&
bere
awaye
/
also
repleccyon
of
bely
&
glotony
chasseth
&
putteth
aback
the
drede
of
god
from
the
soule
.
¶
The
abbot
Peter
otherwyse
called
Payen
/
he
beyng
taken
with
som
syknesse
/
wolde
neuer
drynk
no
wyn
/
but
for
all
substaunce
he
dranke
luke
water
.
Many
brothern
beyng
vpon
a
daye
in
the
montayn
where
the
abbot
Anthony
helde
him
self
/
after
that
the
masses
were
songe
/
they
founde
a
vessell
full
of
wyn
.
One
of
the
elders
toke
thenne
a
lytyll
chalyce
/
&
presented
twyes
of
the
sayd
wyn
for
to
drynke
vnto
the
abbot
Sysoy
/
whiche
toke
it
&
at
the
.iij.
tyme
he
sayd
to
him
the
presented
it
to
him
/
broder
rest
thyself
/
thou
knowest
not
yf
the
deuyll
be
in
it
or
no.
¶
A
broder
axed
of
the
sayd
Sysoy
counseyll
bycause
the
often
when
he
went
to
the
chirch
his
brederen
by
charyte
withhelde
him
for
to
ete
with
them
/
wherat
he
answered
that
it
was
a
thyng
ouermoche
daungerouse
&
peryllouse
for
the
soule
.
Abraham
whiche
dyscyple
was
to
the
sayd
Sysoy
/
axed
him
yf
he
drank
wyn
thre
tymes
vpon
the
sondaye
/
whether
that
was
to
moche
or
noo
/
he
answered
nay
/
yf
that
synne
folowed
not
therby
.
¶
The
abbot
Syluayn
and
Zachary
his
dyscyple
walkyng
on
a
daye
came
to
a
monastery
&
there
they
toke
theyr
repast
/
and
after
toke
theyr
waye
ayen
Zachary
by
the
waye
was
a
thurst
and
wold
drynk
water
/
his
abbot
sayd
vnto
him
.
My
son
it
is
fastyng
day
what
wyl
thou
do
.
The
dyscyple
answered
.
Fader
we
haue
ete
.
The
abbot
sayd
.
Ha
my
childe
/
that
was
a
refeccyon
of
charyte
with
our
brethern
/
but
neuerthelesse
we
must
kepe
our
fast
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
/
that
he
is
not
parfytly
chaste
that
laugheth
and
beheldeth
dysordynatly
notwithstandyng
that
he
dooth
not
actuelly
or
in
dede
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
.
¶
Item
he
sayd
that
as
the
oynementes
chassen
awaye
the
bestes
venymouses
&
the
venym
/
in
lykewyse
fastyng
&
oryson
chassen
fro
man
fowle
and
wycked
thoughtes
.
¶
Item
he
sayd
that
Ryche
folke
ought
not
for
theyr
rychesses
to
take
cure
nehede
to
ete
dyuerse
metes
dressed
with
dyuerse
sawses
.
For
they
sholde
be
cause
to
make
them
falle
in
to
many
synnes
/
but
must
passe
therouer
as
he
that
roweth
ouer
the
water
.
¶
The
abbot
Syson
sayd
/
syth
that
we
be
pylgrymes
in
this
worla●
/
lete
vs
kepe
our
mouth
from
many
wordes
.
¶
Ypericius
sayd
that
the
monke
ought
to
be
as
rebelle
ayenst
the
temptacyons
/
as
the
lyon
ayenst
the
asses
.
¶
Item
fastyng
is
to
a
monke
the
brydell
ayenst
synne
/
for
he
that
fasteth
not
/
but
pleaseth
his
desyres
as
an
horse
brydelesse
/
is
lyghtly
and
for
lytyll
thyng
taken
with
a
dysordynate
loue
of
wymmen
.
¶
Item
fastyng
rendreth
the
bodye
of
a
Relygyouse
lene
&
drye
/
and
arayseth
his
soule
on
hyghe
/
&
bryngeth
to
noughte
his
vayne
thoughtes
&
delectacyons
.
¶
Item
a
man
chast
here
in
erth
shall
be
of
god
worshypped
&
crowned
in
heuen
.
¶
Item
he
that
can
not
kepe
his
tonge
in
tyme
of
wrathe
/
may
not
be
mayster
ouer
his
passyons
of
his
body
ayenst
the
temptour
.
¶
Item
the
mouthe
ought
neuer
to
speke
fowle
or
euyll
worde
/
bycause
that
the
vyne
bereth
noo
thornes
.
¶
Agayne
he
sayd
that
better
it
is
to
a
monke
for
to
ete
flesshe
and
drynke
wyne
/
than
to
ete
his
brother
by
bakbytyng
.
¶
Somtyme
in
Sychye
was
a
fest
made
where
some
wyne
was
brought
vnto
an
holy
fader
whiche
sayd
to
hym
that
brought
it
.
Brother
take
awaye
that
deth
from
afore
me
/
as
he
wolde
haue
sayd
/
that
wyne
excessyuely
taken
is
deth
to
a
man
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
preest
in
Sychye
wente
ones
to
speke
with
the
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
/
and
when
he
was
comen
ayen
his
brethern
axed
hym
what
it
was
of
the
Cyte
/
wherat
he
answered
/
that
feryng
to
see
there
ony
thyng
that
sholde
moeue
hym
to
synne
/
he
had
soo
refrayned
the
syght
of
his
eyen
/
that
he
had
not
seen
there
none
other
man
but
the
bysshop
/
and
after
the
other
brother
atte
his
exemple
kept
theyr
eyen
from
lokyng
a
hyghe
.
¶
A
relygyouse
went
ones
to
see
a
broder
of
his
Relygyon
whiche
at
his
comyng
made
his
dyscyple
make
redy
a
fewe
herbes
for
to
feste
the
broder
that
was
come
/
&
hauyng
the
tyme
that
theyr
refeccyon
was
a
makyng
redy
/
they
went
togyder
in
to
the
oratory
/
&
there
they
were
vnto
the
morowe
at
the
houre
of
sexte
deuysyng
of
spyrytuell
thynges
/
&
thenne
cam
&
sayd
ayen
to
his
dyscyple
that
he
sholde
make
redy
theyr
repast
/
the
whiche
dyscyple
sayd
vnto
hym
that
it
was
made
all
redy
syt
the
daye
byfore
.
¶
Two
other
brethern
beyng
togydre
waytyng
after
theyr
wortes
were
made
redy
for
theyr
mete
/
the
one
sayd
to
the
other
/
that
they
sholde
sette
them
to
praye
god
afore
that
they
sholde
take
theyr
repast
/
soo
toke
the
one
of
them
vpon
hym
for
to
rede
the
psalter
/
and
that
other
two
bokes
of
the
prophecyes
&
the
next
daye
they
had
no
mynde
at
all
to
theyr
mete
/
but
had
forgete
that
they
sholde
ete
/
&
so
wente
they
awaye
from
eche
other
.
¶
A
brother
hauyng
honger
from
that
houre
that
he
rose
out
of
his
bed
founde
hym selfe
constrayned
for
to
ete
/
but
he
ayenst
his
wyll
constrayned
him
self
to
faste
vnto
the
houre
of
tyerce
/
&
fro
tyerce
tyll
se●te
.
Thenne
he
sette
hym
for
to
ete
/
&
incontynent
stode
vp
ayen
&
sayd
that
he
sholde
fast
vnto
none
/
atte
whiche
houre
he
made
his
prayer
vnto
god
/
&
contynuyng
the
same
he
sawe
the
deuyll
that
went
a
waye
from
him
lyke
a
smoke
wherby
he
knewe
that
by
the
same
deuyll
he
hadde
be
tempted
for
to
ete
.
¶
A
holy
fader
beyng
syke
so
that
he
coude
not
ete
was
constrayned
by
his
dyscyple
for
to
ete
a
lytyll
m●●cion
made
of
oyle
honny
&
meele
.
And
in
the
dressyng
of
it
he
poored
in
it
sayd
oyle
all
stynkyng
wenyng
to
him
to
haue
poored
in
some
honny
/
&
be
gaaf
to
his
mayster
therof
for
to
ete
/
whiche
holy
fader
knowyng
that
his
dyscyple
had
not
done
it
by
malyce
ete
of
it
thre
dayes
for
to
gyue
to
his
body
more
payne
&
sharpnesse
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
bycause
he
desyred
to
moche
affectuelly
for
to
haue
eten
of
a
concombre
for
to
correcte
&
punysshe
his
dysordynat
aptyt
/
he
dyde
hage
one
in
his
celle
/
to
th
ende
that
lokyng
vpon
it
and
not
etyng
of
it
he
sholde
bere
penaunce
vpon
hym
of
the
lust
and
desyre
that
he
had
taken
therupon
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
hauyng
a
syster
in
a
relygyon
/
was
shewed
that
she
was
sore
syke
.
So
came
he
to
her
monasterye
to
th
entent
that
he
sholde
vysyte
&
see
her
/
but
she
that
was
constante
in
fayth
&
right
holy
/
and
that
syn
she
was
betaken
to
Relygyon
was
not
wonte
to
see
ony
men
/
wolde
not
gyue
vnto
her
broder
none
occasyon
to
come
vnder
her
shadowe
for
to
comonne
amonge
women
of
Relygyon
/
wherfore
she
lete
him
wyt
that
she
wolde
nother
see
hym
nor
speke
with
him
/
&
that
he
sholde
retorne
to
his
owne
monastery
ayen
&
that
he
wolde
praye
god
for
her
/
to
th
ende
the
helpyng
the
grace
of
god
she
myght
see
hym
in
the
Royalme
of
heuen
.
¶
A
monke
walkyng
by
the
waye
mette
somtyme
an
abbesse
acompanyed
with
some
Relygyouse
wymmen
whiche
this
monke
made
grete
force
to
loke
vpon
them
for
to
knowe
what
they
were
and
of
what
monastery
/
and
for
this
cause
lefte
his
waye
&
toke
theyrs
.
To
whome
the
abbesse
sayd
/
that
yf
he
had
be
a
parfyte
Relygyouse
he
sholde
not
haue
putte
hym
in
payne
for
to
loke
vpon
them
somoche
that
he
sholde
haue
knowyng
that
they
had
be
women
/
as
she
wolde
haue
sayd
/
that
in
goyng
on
his
waye
/
he
ought
to
open
so
soberly
his
eyen
that
he
sholde
not
see
nor
apperceyue
thoos
that
cam
ayenst
hym
or
that
passed
theyr
wayes
by
hym
.
¶
An
holy
man
whiche
was
Archebysshop
of
the
Cyte
of
Alexandrye
/
and
hadde
to
name
Theophyle
requyred
som
holy
faders
Relygyouses
/
that
they
shold
come
toward
him
in
the
sayd
cyte
of
Alexandrye
/
trustyng
that
by
theyr
prayers
&
merytes
he
sholde
dystroye
some
temples
where
were
done
many
ydolatryes
within
the
sayd
cyte
&
in
the
contree
about
it
.
These
holy
faders
ones
among
other
etyng
with
the
sayd
archebysshop
were
serued
with
veell
where
of
they
ete
not
takyng
hede
to
theyr
mete
.
The
archebysshop
whiche
desyred
to
make
theym
good
there
toke
a
capon
that
was
in
his
dysshe
afore
him
and
sette
it
before
one
of
the
sayd
holy
faders
/
saynge
that
it
was
good
&
that
he
sholde
ete
of
it
.
The
holy
fader
answered
vnto
hym
.
Certaynely
I
haue
wende
to
this
houre
that
I
hadde
eten
coles
/
but
syn
I
perceyue
that
it
is
flesshe
I
shall
no
more
ete
of
it
.
After
the
whiche
wordes
sayd
the
other
Relygyouses
lefte
theyr
etynge
of
suche
flesshe
that
was
brought
before
them
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
desyred
some
for
to
ete
of
his
lytyll
loues
of
newe
brede
that
he
had
baken
hym selfe
vnder
the
asshys
.
And
when
they
hadde
ete
eche
of
them
one
of
this
small
loues
/
they
left
theyr
etyng
.
The
brother
that
had
boden
them
therunto
seeyng
the
pacyence
of
theyr
abstynence
/
and
that
they
sholde
well
haue
eten
yet
more
of
them
/
prayed
them
in
the
name
of
god
that
they
wolde
yet
ete
some
/
tyll
that
they
had
theyr
fylle
of
them
.
So
began
they
ayen
for
to
ete
of
the
sayd
loues
of
brede
to
the
nombre
of
ten
euery
man
/
whiche
thyng
they
dyde
as
veraye
Relygyouses
/
not
for
noo
necessyte
that
they
had
of
it
/
but
pryncypally
for
to
obey
vnto
the
request
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
that
therto
had
desyred
them
in
the
name
of
our
lorde
god
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
was
somtyme
syke
of
a
gryuouse
sykenesse
whiche
was
suche
/
that
out
of
his
entraylles
he
casted
blood
by
grete
plente
.
And
for
to
socoure
hym
atte
his
nede
a
Relygyouse
brought
hym
some
almaundes
/
wherof
he
made
hym
a
cawdell
whiche
he
presented
vnto
the
good
holy
fader
saynge
.
Fayr
fader
I
praye
the
that
thou
wyll
ete
this
/
for
I
hope
that
it
is
good
for
to
Restowre
the
thy
helthe
.
And
after
that
the
holy
fader
had
loked
vpon
hym
a
long
whyle
/
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Certaynly
my
brother
I
dyde
desyre
that
god
sholde
holde
me
.xxx.
yere
in
this
sykenesse
/
&
for
this
cause
he
wolde
not
obeye
to
the
Request
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
/
nother
ete
of
the
candell
the
he
had
brought
to
hym
/
&
was
constrayned
to
bere
it
ayen
with
hym
&
to
Retourne
in
to
his
celle
.
¶
An
auncyent
fader
hauyng
his
celle
ferre
within
the
desertes
/
and
departed
from
all
folke
/
was
vysyted
of
a
brother
whiche
founde
hym
sore
syke
.
So
he
wasshed
hym
his
face
that
was
all
bespoted
and
wasted
for
bycause
of
his
sykenesse
.
And
after
he
made
redy
certayne
thynges
for
hym
to
ete
that
he
hadde
brought
there
with
hym
And
the
good
olde
fader
seeyng
this
/
he
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Certaynely
my
brother
.
I
hadde
forgoten
that
men
hadde
taken
ony
solas
or
pleasures
in
etynge
.
And
after
he
presented
hym
with
a
cuppe
of
wyne
for
to
drynke
/
whiche
good
aeged
fader
beholdynge
the
sayd
cuppe
beganne
for
to
wepe
and
sayd
/
that
he
hoped
not
to
drynke
of
ony
wyne
tyll
that
dethe
sholde
take
hym
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
purposed
ones
in
hymselfe
that
he
sholde
not
drynke
duryng
the
space
of
.xl.
dayes
contynuelly
.
And
there
as
he
was
in
a
grete
necessyte
bycause
of
the
hete
/
he
dyde
fylle
a
glasse
full
of
water
/
that
whiche
he
henge
vp
before
hym
within
his
celle
.
And
when
his
brethern
asked
hym
why
he
dyde
so
/
he
answered
he
dyde
it
to
th
ende
that
in
seeyng
the
same
water
within
the
sayd
glasse
/
where
as
he
sholde
haue
a
lust
and
desyre
to
take
of
it
for
to
stynte
his
thrust
withall
&
neuertheles
sholde
not
cast
of
it
/
he
myght
by
this
meane
receyue
of
our
lorde
more
grete
Rewarde
.
¶
An
other
broder
walkyng
by
the
waye
with
his
moder
that
was
alredy
come
to
a
grete
aege
/
founde
a
stre●e
thrugh
whiche
they
must
passe
/
whiche
thyng
his
moder
sholde
not
haue
conne
doo
withstandyng
her
olde
aege
&
feblenes
Wherfore
the
brother
constrayned
for
to
haue
her
ouer
/
toke
of
his
mauntell
and
be
wrapped
her
handes
withall
/
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
not
couche
her
naked
flesshe
.
And
thus
he
toke
her
vp
on
his
necke
&
bare
her
ouer
the
sayd
streme
.
And
where
his
moder
asked
him
why
he
had
be
wrapped
her
handes
in
his
mantell
he
answered
that
he
had
done
it
/
bycause
that
he
knewe
that
the
bodye
of
a
woman
is
lykened
vnto
fyre
that
all
wasteth
.
And
for
this
cause
to
th
entente
he
sholde
eschewe
that
in
touchyng
her
naked
flesshe
the
remembraunce
of
other
women
sholde
not
be
brought
in
his
mynde
/
he
wolde
thus
be
wrappe
her
handes
.
¶
An
other
aeged
holy
fader
sayd
that
he
knewe
a
Relygyouse
whiche
was
wonte
to
fast
all
the
holy
passyon
weke
.
And
the
satyrdaye
of
the
sayd
weke
whan
he
came
to
the
masse
with
the
other
Relygyouses
he
wayted
tyll
the
masse
were
begonne
for
to
entre
within
the
chirche
.
And
the
masse
done
/
after
he
had
receyued
the
holy
sacramente
of
the
aulter
he
departed
hastly
out
of
the
chirche
/
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
not
be
constrayned
by
his
brethern
for
to
ete
with
them
/
for
he
loued
better
to
lyue
solytaryly
etynge
within
his
celle
alone
some
colles
or
beetes
soden
in
water
&
salt
than
for
to
comyn
with
them
&
ete
other
metes
.
¶
Many
brethern
in
Sychye
were
ones
called
togydre
for
to
gader
rede
&
palme
/
amonge
whiche
there
was
one
that
by
fyn
force
of
grete
abstynences
was
sore
feble
&
syke
/
and
beganne
to
coughe
&
spue
castyng
out
of
his
mouthe
some
fleemes
/
and
thus
doynge
he
happed
to
spue
vnknowyng
vpon
one
of
his
brethern
whiche
therfore
was
moeued
in
corage
to
telle
hym
that
he
sholde
leue
his
spuynge
vpon
hym
/
but
neuerthelesse
constraynynge
hym selfe
to
withstande
ayenst
his
sodayn
wylle
he
toke
with
his
handes
that
that
the
other
had
spued
vpon
hym
/
and
ete
it
and
sayd
to
hym selfe
/
telle
not
to
thy
brother
nothyng
that
maye
make
him
to
falle
in
to
heuynesse
/
but
rather
ete
that
wherat
thou
hast
horrour
and
abhomynacyon
.
¶
Here
foloweth
a nother
treatyse
ayenst
fornycacyon
.
THe
abbot
Anthonye
sayd
that
he
supposed
the
bodye
of
euery
man
to
haue
his
naturell
moeuyng
togydre
spred
in
hym selfe
.
The
whiche
naturell
moeuyng
can
not
werke
ayenst
the
wyll
of
that
herte
/
but
oonly
it
is
sygnyfyed
in
the
bodye
of
man
as
a
moeuyng
Impassyble
.
There
is
yet
an
other
moeuyng
comyng
of
the
fode
of
the
bodye
whiche
is
Refeccyon
of
metes
&
drynkes
/
by
helpe
of
whiche
that
hete
of
that
blood
causeth
this
selfe
blood
to
werke
.
And
to
this
purpose
sayd
the
postle
Beware
that
ye
make
not
yourselfe
dronke
of
wyn
that
moeueth
a
man
to
lechery
And
our
lorde
ayen
commaundyng
to
his
postles
sayd
vnto
them
.
Kepe
you
that
your
hertes
be
not
greuyd
/
that
is
to
saye
I
made
heuy
by
synne
thrugh
glotony
&
dronkenshyp
.
¶
Morouer
the
sayd
abbot
Anthonye
sayd
/
that
there
is
yet
do
other
moeuyng
to
those
that
in
conuersacyon
fyght
ayenst
vyces
/
the
whiche
moeuyng
cometh
&
procedeth
of
the
watchynges
&
of
the
enuye
of
the
deuyls
.
And
thus
it
is
to
be
noted
that
we
haue
.iij.
moeuynges
corporall
.
One
whiche
is
naturell
/
that
seconde
whiche
cometh
of
repleccion
of
metes
/
&
the
thyrde
of
the
subgeccion
of
the
deuyls
of
helle
.
¶
The
abbot
Geronces
otherwyse
called
Petrense
sayd
/
that
many
are
tempted
of
corporall
delectacyons
/
&
how
be
it
that
they
synne
not
bodely
in
asmoche
that
they
fulfyll
not
effectuelly
suche
delectacions
/
alwayes
they
synne
in
thought
/
as
those
that
kepe
by
constrayte
theyr
virgynyte
/
&
in
theyr
corage
corrupte
the
same
in
soo
moche
/
that
yf
it
were
not
by
some
drede
seruyll
the
refrayneth
them
/
they
sholde
soone
be
redye
for
to
performe
that
dysordynate
aptyt
of
theyr
corage
.
And
therfor
sayd
the
sayd
holy
fader
to
his
Relygyouses
.
My
right
welbeloued
brethern
.
It
is
a
good
thyng
&
profytable
to
do
that
the
scrypture
sayth
/
that
is
to
wyt
/
euery
one
to
kepe
his
herte
by
curyouse
kepyng
/
in
castyng
from
him selfe
by
feruent
charyte
all
dysceytes
&
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
The
abbot
Cassyan
sayd
that
he
had
herde
the
abbot
Moyses
saye
/
that
it
was
a
thyng
good
&
profytable
not
to
hyde
or
kepe
clos
his
thought
/
namely
that
it
was
necessary
to
open
&
s●ewe
them
vnto
the
auncyent
holy
faders
spyrytuell
y fylled
with
wysdom
&
dyscrecyon
/
and
not
oonly
to
thoo
that
be
called
olde
for
theyr
grete
age
.
For
many
one
consyderyng
the
grete
age
of
some
faders
/
&
not
takynge
hede
yf
they
were
wyse
or
dyscrete
/
haue
shewed
vnto
them
theyr
cogytacyons
&
thoughtes
hopynge
to
haue
therof
some
assuagyng
/
the
whiche
haue
be
deceyued
/
for
why
/
bycause
that
these
olde
faders
were
not
well
lerned
/
the
shewers
in
stede
of
comforte
and
consolacyon
/
are
come
fynally
to
the
laste
dyspeyre
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
there
was
that
sette
all
his
cure
&
besynesse
to
vse
&
lyue
holyly
.
And
where
he
was
sore
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
he
came
vnto
an
olde
fader
to
whom
he
declared
his
temptacyons
.
The
whiche
heryng
this
Relygyouse
/
and
bycause
he
was
not
well
experte
/
was
wonderfully
moeued
ayenst
hym
/
saynge
to
hym
that
he
was
myschaunt
&
wretched
/
&
not
worthy
for
to
were
the
habyte
of
a
Relygyouse
/
in
as
moche
that
he
receyued
in
his
corage
suche
thoughtes
&
teptacyons
.
¶
The
poore
brother
heryng
his
wordes
mystrust
hym selfe
&
lefte
his
celle
&
toke
on
his
waye
for
to
Retourne
to
lede
his
lyfe
among
wordly
folke
.
¶
But
it
happed
by
the
wyll
of
god
that
he
was
mette
of
Appollo
the
abbot
whiche
seeyng
him
thus
sore
troubled
&
sorowfull
questyoned
him
sayng
My
sone
I
see
well
that
thou
are
troubled
in
thy
corage
/
telle
me
I
praye
that
what
is
the
cause
of
thy
heuynesse
soo
grete
.
The
Relygyouse
acte
the
fyrst
for
the
grete
confusyon
that
he
had
taken
att
his
herte
answered
hym
nothyng
/
but
after
that
he
had
be
prayed
ones
ayen
of
the
sayd
holy
abbot
for
to
declare
vnto
hym
his
befall
.
He
shewed
it
vnto
hym
saynge
.
Alas
my
lord
it
is
trouthe
/
that
I
haue
founde
my selfe
sore
tempted
&
troubled
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wherof
I
haue
dyscouered
me
vnto
suche
an
holy
fader
/
hopynge
that
he
sholde
haue
gyue
me
so●
goo●
remedye
to
the
easyng
of
my
conscyence
/
but
his
wordes
haue
putte
me
from
all
hope
of
saluacyon
/
wherfore
all
dysperate
I
retourne
to
dwelle
in
the
worlde
amonge
the
seculer
folke
.
¶
Thenne
the
good
fader
Appollo
heryng
his
wordes
called
hym
/
&
as
a
good
goostly
fader
&
leche
spyrytuall
/
began
to
praye
hym
&
to
desyre
hym
moche
affectuelly
saynge
vnto
hym
.
My
childe
I
praye
the
here
me
speke
.
Meruaylle
nor
dyspere
not
thy selfe
/
certaynly
it
is
trouth
that
in
the
aege
&
conuersacyon
where
I
am
presently
I
fynde
my selfe
moche
troubled
&
sore
traueylled
with
suche
folysshe
thoughtes
/
be
not
therfore
of
corage
more
feble
for
cause
of
suche
temptacyons
/
the
whiche
be
not
oonly
ouercome
by
the
power
of
mankynde
/
but
pryncypally
by
the
mercy
of
god
.
And
atte
this
houre
I
praye
the
graunt
me
one
thyng
.
It
is
that
hauyng
trust
of
the
mercy
of
god
/
thou
wyll
Retourne
ayen
in
to
thyn
owne
celle
/
the
whiche
thyng
he
dyde
full
redyly
.
And
syn
Appollo
the
abbot
departyng
from
hym
/
went
vnto
the
celle
of
the
forsayd
olde
fader
to
whome
the
sayd
Relygyouse
had
shewed
his
thoughtes
&
temptacyons
&
wherof
he
had
brought
hym
in
dysperacyon
.
And
he
beyng
nyght
by
it
/
he
prayed
god
humbly
in
grete
habondaunce
of
teeres
/
saynge
.
Lorde
god
that
for
the
profyte
of
thy
seruauntes
/
sendest
to
them
nedefull
temptacyons
.
I
beseche
the
right
humbly
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
tourne
in
this
aeged
fader
the
batayll
&
temptacyon
that
this
yonge
brother
suffreth
/
to
th
ende
that
in
his
presente
olde
aege
he
lerne
by
veraye
experyence
/
that
whiche
he
coude
not
●erue
by
longe
processe
of
tyme
/
&
that
by
this
meane
he
may
haue
compassyon
of
thoos
that
he
trowbled
with
suche
temptacyons
.
The
whiche
oryson
fynysshed
by
the
sayd
holy
fader
Appollo
/
he
sawe
a
spytyte
of
helle
as
black
as
an
Ethyopyen
beyng
nygh
by
the
celle
of
the
sayd
olde
fader
shotyng
atte
hym
many
arowes
&
dartes
/
with
whiche
y perced
/
he
soone
as
dronk
of
wyn
resyd
&
felle
donne
here
&
there
&
coude
not
stande
vpon
his
fete
.
And
where
he
myght
noo
more
bere
nor
endure
this
persecucyon
/
he
was
constrayned
to
yssue
out
of
his
celle
&
to
go
the
same
waye
that
the
sayd
yonge
Relygyouse
fyrste
went
when
he
wolde
retourne
to
the
worlde
ayen
.
¶
The
abbot
appollo
knowyng
this
befall
/
came
ayenst
hym
/
&
in
commyng
neir
him
sayd
/
whether
goost
thou
my
brother
.
I
see
well
that
thou
art
troubled
/
tell
me
the
cause
playnly
of
thy
trouble
.
The
olde
fader
knowyng
that
this
holy
abbot
wyst
som
what
of
his
befall
/
was
ouercome
&
taken
with
soo
grete
shame
that
he
coude
not
speke
nor
answere
to
hym
nothyng
.
¶
And
morouer
sayd
the
sayd
Appollo
to
hym
.
Retorne
retorne
to
thy
celle
/
&
knowe
from
hensforth
thyn
owne
greyff
&
feblenes
&
thynke
in
thy self
/
that
thou
hast
be
vnknowen
of
the
deuyll
/
&
of
hym
dyspysed
vnto
this
houre
.
For
that
whiche
thynge
that
hast
not
meryted
nor
dyscerned
after
thy
vertues
to
haue
ony
bataylles
or
wrastlynges
ayenst
hym
.
¶
I
saye
morouer
/
that
thou
art
he
the
one
daye
alone
hathe
not
mowe
bere
ne
susteyne
the
temptyng
or
entycyng
of
hym
.
And
this
thyng
is
happed
to
the
/
bycause
that
in
receyuyng
the
yonge
Relygyouse
within
thy
celle
&
heryng
his
thought
of
the
whiche
he
trowed
to
haue
be
conseylled
of
the
where
as
thou
sholdest
haue
gyuen
vnto
hym
a
good
corage
&
haue
warned
hym
by
wordes
consolatyue
to
resyst
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
the
hast
brought
hym
in
to
fynall
dysperacyon
/
not
hauyng
remembraunce
of
the
ryght
wyse
commaundement
/
by
the
whiche
it
is
commaunded
to
vs
/
that
we
shall
take
of
the
fendes
handes
those
that
he
conduyteth
&
leddeth
to
dethe
.
¶
And
an
other
that
sayth
.
Be
not
neclygente
to
bey
&
saue
thoos
that
thou
knewest
to
be
in
daunger
to
be
slayne
.
Also
thou
hast
not
had
in
thy
mynde
the
parable
of
our
blessyd
sauyour
Ihesu
cryste
saynge
/
that
men
ought
not
to
breke
altogydre
a
sonder
the
rede
whiche
is
brused
or
crased
nor
putte
out
the
wood
that
maketh
smoke
.
Certaynly
the
infyrmyte
of
mankynde
sholde
neuer
haue
puyssaunce
to
bere
the
spyenges
and
wayntyng
of
the
fende
nor
to
put
out
or
withholde
the
fyre
of
nature
sederyng
yf
our
lord
god
by
whos
helthfull
prouydyng
all
thynges
are
ordeyned
thrughe
his
godly
strength
/
kept
&
conserued
it
therfro
.
Lete
vs
thenne
pray
god
togydre
/
that
it
wyll
please
hym
to
torne
the
flayell
whiche
he
hath
cast
ayenst
the.
For
it
is
he
that
maketh
the
pacyent
folke
to
sorowe
&
that
restoreth
them
to
theyr
helth
/
his
hande
smyteth
/
&
after
it
heleth
/
he
meketh
the
proude
/
he
exalteth
theym
that
be
humble
/
he
sleeth
&
quyckeneth
/
he
maketh
the
synners
to
descende
in
to
helle
/
&
bryngeth
them
out
ayen
.
And
in
sayng
these
thynges
/
the
sayd
abbot
Appollo
ended
his
oryson
/
&
anone
the
sayd
olde
fader
was
delyuered
of
the
temptacyon
that
to
hym
was
put
.
And
the
sayd
Appollo
counseylled
hym
/
that
he
sholde
aske
&
requyre
of
god
a
dyscrete
tonge
&
worde
Instructyue
to
be
vnto
hym
gyuen
/
to
th
entent
that
he
myght
haue
knowloge
whan
and
how
he
sholde
leue
or
counseylle
a
good
worde
.
¶
The
abbot
Syrus
of
Alexandrye
y questyoned
of
a
Relygyouse
vpon
this
that
he
sayd
/
that
he
had
no
thought
or
temptacyons
of
fornycacyon
/
answered
vnto
him
.
yf
thou
haue
not
ony
thoughtes
or
temptacyons
/
thou
mayst
not
haue
no
hope
.
For
it
must
be
supposed
that
thou
hast
in
the
some
werkynges
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
he
that
by
thought
fyghteth
not
ayenst
the
synnes
&
dooth
not
ther
ayenst
he
synneth
bodely
/
&
he
that
synneth
bodely
hath
nother
gryesses
nor
vnrest
of
thoughtes
.
¶
An
aeged
fader
questyoned
a
yonge
Relygyouse
askyng
to
hym
yf
he
was
wonte
to
speke
with
wymen
/
wherat
he
answerd
●ay
.
And
morouer
he
sayd
to
him
My
thoughtes
are
as
paynters
newe
&
olde
/
the
whiche
with
some
Remembraunces
trowble
&
traueylle
me
of
the
lykenesse
of
women
.
The
olde
fader
sayd
to
him
.
Thou
ought
not
to
drede
that
dede
/
but
thou
ought
to
flee
theym
that
he
quyck
that
is
to
saye
the
consentyng
&
the
synne
in
execucyon
of
the
dede
And
for
to
do
this
thou
ought
to
sprede
&
make
thyn
orysons
/
that
is
to
say
to
tarye
longe
about
the
makynge
of
them
.
¶
The
abbot
Mathoys
sayd
/
that
a
Relygyouse
commyng
towarde
hym
/
among
other
thynges
had
tolde
him
/
that
of
werse
condycyon
is
he
whiche
bakbyteth
or
speketh
wrongfully
behynde
ones
back
to
the
harme
&
hurtyng
of
hym
of
whom
he
speketh
than
he
that
doth
commyse
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wherat
the
olde
fader
had
answered
vnto
him
/
that
this
worde
was
moche
harde
&
stronge
.
¶
The
broder
heryng
this
answer
/
requyred
him
that
he
wolde
telle
him
how
he
vnderstode
that
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
sholde
not
be
werse
than
the
synne
of
detraccyon
.
So
answered
to
him
the
olde
fader
sayng
.
My
sone
it
is
a
thyng
of
trouthe
/
that
the
synne
of
detraccyon
is
a
wycked
vyce
/
but
neuerthelesse
it
is
anone
&
lyghtly
withdrawen
&
put
out
for
oftentymes
it
happeth
/
that
the
detractour
repenteth
him
/
&
cometh
to
him
of
whom
he
hath
spoken
euyll
&
axed
him
pardon
/
&
thenne
is
his
wrath
passed
/
but
naturelly
deth
lyeth
in
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
sayd
that
all
thus
as
they
that
be
ordeyned
to
kepe
the
persone
of
a
prynce
/
ought
to
be
euer
redy
for
to
deffende
him
by
armes
from
all
oppressyons
.
Lykewyse
that
soule
vtuouse
ought
to
be
euer
appareylled
for
to
withstande
ayenst
the
temptacyons
in
lecherye
of
the
fende
of
helle
.
¶
A
yonge
Relygyouse
came
ones
to
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
&
complayned
to
him
that
he
was
sore
tempted
&
tormented
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
askyng
counseyll
of
him
/
how
he
sholde
kepe
him
ther
from
/
&
yet
he
sayd
to
him
/
that
for
this
cause
he
had
be
toward
the
abbot
Ibyssyon
that
had
answered
him
/
that
he
ought
not
in
no
wyse
suffre
suche
thought
to
soyourne
nor
abyde
longe
in
his
corage
.
Vpon
this
the
abbot
pastor
sayd
vnto
hym
&
answered
thus
/
the
werkes
&
the
dedes
of
the
abbot
Ibystyon
are
contynuelly
on
hygh
,
that
is
to
saye
that
contynuelly
he
contempled
the
heuenly
thynges
/
where
by
he
knewe
not
what
suche
temptacyons
mente
.
¶
But
an
other
thyng
it
was
of
this
Pastor
as
he
hymself
sayd
/
&
also
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
/
for
they
were
yet
subgett
to
fornycacō
.
So
thenne
it
is
nedefull
that
we
restrayne
our
belyes
&
our
tonges
.
For
the
relygyouse
that
this
thyng
shall
do
&
that
shall
dwelle
in
a
solytary
place
/
may
be
well
sure
&
certayne
that
he
shall
not
deye
of
the
seconde
deth
/
that
is
to
say
the
deth
euerlastynge
of
helle
.
¶
Some
tolde
of
the
abbesse
named
Sayre
/
that
she
strongly
tempted
of
that
wycked
&
dampnable
goost
of
fornycacyon
/
duryng
the
space
of
.xiij.
yere
/
had
stedfastly
&
perseuerantly
withstonde
/
&
in
this
doyng
she
neuer
prayed
god
/
that
this
temptacyon
or
batayll
sholde
departe
from
her
/
but
had
prayed
hym
oonly
that
it
wolde
please
hym
to
gyue
her
myght
&
stedfastnes
for
to
withstonde
theyr
ayenst
.
¶
And
morouer
was
sayd
of
her
/
that
the
sayd
goost
of
fornycacyon
temptyng
her
contynuelly
/
was
vnto
her
somtyme
more
grete
aduersary
/
bryngyng
byfore
her
the
vanytees
of
this
worlde
/
but
she
hauyng
alwayes
the
drede
of
god
byfor
her
eyen
&
in
her
corage
wich
stedfast
purpose
of
constance
&
abstynence
/
came
ones
vpon
her
bedde
takyng
herselfe
for
to
praye
god
there
.
And
in
this
dooyng
apperyd
bodely
afore
her
the
goost
of
fornycacyon
that
sayd
to
her
/
thou
hast
ouercome
me
Sayre
.
Wherat
she
answered
.
I
haue
not
ouercome
the
thou
goost
abhomynable
/
but
my
god
oonly
hath
ouercome
the
/
&
none
other
.
¶
A
brother
was
sore
stenged
&
pryeked
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
so
that
he
had
lyke
a
glowyng
stenge
brennynge
both
daye
&
nyght
within
his
herte
but
neuerthelesse
he
bataylled
there
ayenst
not
condescendyng
or
consentyng
to
his
thought
.
And
after
that
he
had
fought
longe
tyme
/
this
stenge
departed
from
hym
without
to
do
ony
gryef
vnto
him
/
by
the
meane
of
his
grete
perseueraunce
/
&
anone
he
founde
hym selfe
in
a
corage
all
spradde
of
the
grace
of
god
.
¶
An
other
broder
sore
prycked
&
vexed
with
fornycacyon
rose
by
nyght
&
went
to
an
olde
fader
to
whom
he
tolde
his
mynde
/
askyng
his
counseyll
therupon
¶
The
holy
fader
aeged
recomforted
&
counseylled
hym
so
well
that
he
went
ayen
in
to
his
celle
all
ynough
content
of
hym
/
but
neuerthelesse
he
was
yet
ayen
tempted
of
the
sayd
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wherfor
also
yet
ayen
he
wente
to
the
sayd
olde
fader
/
not
ones
oonly
but
also
dyuerse
tymes
.
And
this
notwithstondyng
the
holy
fader
auncyent
gaaf
hym
noo
angry
wordes
that
myght
bryng
nor
moeue
hym
to
wrath
or
heuynesse
/
but
louyngly
he
shewed
to
him
that
●
was
to
hym
necessary
&
prouffytable
for
his
saluacyon
/
sayng
that
he
sholde
not
gyue
ouer
hym
none
auctoryte
to
the
deuyll
/
&
that
he
sholde
not
bowe
his
corage
/
&
that
he
sholde
saye
spyttyng
atte
hym
.
Deuyll
dampned
come
to
me
/
&
do
to
me
the
worst
that
thou
canst
.
I
fere
the
not
/
for
I
shall
ouercome
the
well
.
And
he
sayd
that
when
a
man
sayth
thus
to
the
despyt
of
hym
he
departeth
awaye
from
the
persone
.
¶
Morouer
he
sayd
that
there
nys
nothyng
that
dooth
more
lettyng
to
the
dampned
spyryte
of
fornycacyon
/
than
when
he
that
is
prycked
of
him
reueleth
&
sheweth
his
stenges
&
pryckynges
/
nor
that
more
reioyssheth
hym
/
than
when
they
be
kept
close
&
secrete
&
not
shewed
vnto
some
good
persone
.
The
brother
thenne
went
his
waye
/
and
syn
cam
ayen
vnto
the
sayd
holy
fader
for
sayd
.xi.
tymes
excusyng
hymself
of
his
folysshe
thoughtes
&
euyll
mynde
.
And
synably
he
prayed
him
in
the
name
of
holy
charyte
/
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
some
good
counseyll
&
techyng
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
to
hym
.
Belyue
me
my
sone
.
I
ensure
the
that
yf
god
suffreth
my
thoughtes
of
the
whiche
my
corage
is
prycked
&
stenged
to
be
transported
vnto
the
●
sholdest
not
conne
bere
them
/
but
sholdest
hooly
be
ouerthrawen
from
hyghe
to
lowe
.
These
thynges
thus
sayd
&
prouffered
by
the
sayd
holy
fader
thrugh
his
grete
humylyte
the
pryckyng
ceassed
hooly
in
the
sayd
brother
/
&
dyde
noo
lettyng
to
hym
no
more
.
¶
Item
an
other
y prycked
with
fornycacyon
toke
hymselfe
for
to
fyght
/
&
contynued
his
abstynen●e
kepyng
his
thought
within
him
close
by
the
space
of
〈◊〉
.
yere
without
to
consent
vnto
his
concupysence
the
whiche
.xiiij.
yere
ended
bycause
that
he
founde
hymself
euer
styll
without
teasse
as
sore
oppressed
as
he
had
he
afore
one
daye
amonge
other
commyng
to
the
●hirthe
he
opened
&
shewed
vnto
all
there
beyng
present
the
greuouse
passyons
that
he
suffred
requyryng
theyr
helpe
&
socours
.
Soo
was
it
ordeyned
that
euery
man
sholde
praye
for
him
.
The
whiche
thyng
was
done
in
deuoute
wayllynges
&
affllyecyons
.
After
that
they
had
contynued
for
him
a
weke
in
prayers
&
oracyons
/
the
pryckyng
that
prycked
hym
within
forthe
was
vtterly
put
out
in
hym
and
brought
to
nought
.
¶
An
olde
hermyte
spekynge
of
the
thoughtes
of
fornycacyon
sayd
.
Thou
that
arte
enclyned
to
slepe
.
Yf
thou
wyll
be
saued
/
aryse
&
werke
&
gyue
to
thy
poore
body
traueyll
&
afflyccyon
/
seke
&
thou
shalt
fynde
/
wayte
&
smyte
atte
the
dore
/
&
it
shall
be
open
to
the.
¶
Thou
hast
somtyme
seen
and
apperceyued
in
this
worlde
some
men
strong
as
wastelers
that
haue
fought
with
cruell
bestes
as
to
the
heres
&
to
the
lyons
&
other
/
the
whiche
boostyng
them selfe
to
sore
and
spekyng
ouermoche
/
haue
shewed
them selfe
strong
/
and
by
theyr
hardynesse
and
worthy
corages
they
haue
be
crowned
lyke
men
vyctoryouse
.
¶
And
somtyme
as
a
man
that
is
beten
&
hurt
of
two
other
men
/
he
comforteth
hymself
in
his
woundes
/
and
ouercometh
thoos
that
smyteth
hym
.
¶
Now
consydere
thenne
what
and
how
grete
vertue
of
strengthe
by
excercyse
of
his
bodye
he
hath
geten
/
as
he
wolde
saye
/
that
it
hath
be
to
suche
a
vyctoryouse
man
a
moche
grete
praysyng
/
to
haue
ouercome
two
other
men
.
¶
And
after
he
sayd
.
Be
thou
thenne
strong
and
constaunce
and
god
shall
befyght
the
fende
for
the.
¶
Of
this
thought
of
fornycacyon
an
other
aeged
fader
sayd
.
Be
thou
lyke
him
that
passeth
by
the
cokes
or
thrugh
a
tauerne
&
taketh
the
sauour
&
smell
of
euery
mete
or
of
drynke
that
be
solde
there
/
&
there
soo
entreth
in
who
so
euer
wyll
for
to
ete
&
drynke
of
the
same
/
&
he
that
wyll
not
therof
gooth
by
his
wayes
therfrom
withstondyng
ayenst
the
dysordynate
appetyt
/
that
he
hath
had
there
thrugh
the
smellynge
or
sauour
that
he
hath
felte
there
/
the
whiche
he
putteth
abake
.
¶
In
lykewyse
thou
ought
to
do
/
&
in
castyng
a
bake
from
the
this
sauour
&
stenche
of
fornycacyon
/
thou
ought
to
aryse
thy selfe
&
praye
god
saynge
.
O
god
almyghty
helpe
me
.
And
this
shall
thou
do
also
ayenst
thyn
other
euyll
thoughtes
Thou
ought
to
knowe
that
we
haue
not
the
strength
ne
the
myght
to
pluke
nor
enrase
out
of
our
hertes
/
but
we
maye
well
wrastell
and
fyght
ayenst
them
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
that
we
endure
&
suffre
suche
maners
of
temptacyons
by
our
grete
slowthe
&
neclygence
.
For
yf
we
dyde
thynke
&
consydere
that
god
dwelled
&
enhabyteth
within
vs
when
we
be
in
the
astate
of
grace
/
we
sholde
not
ordeyne
no
strange
vessell
within
vs
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
we
sholde
not
gyue
none
occasyon
to
the
fende
of
helle
to
lodge
hym
there
by
synne
/
puttyng
our
lorde
awaye
.
Certaynly
our
lorde
dwellyng
within
vs
&
with
vs
/
he
besyly
beholdeth
&
kepeth
our
lyfe
.
And
therfore
we
that
bere
him
&
contemple
hym
in
our
entendementes
&
corages
/
ought
not
to
contempne
nor
dyspyse
hym
/
but
in
worshyppyng
hym
halowe
our selfe
/
as
he
is
ryght
holy
&
worthy
.
Lete
vs
thenne
be
constaū●
&
stedfast
vpon
the
stone
/
that
is
to
saye
in
our
lorde
Ihesu
cryst
/
whiche
is
the
stone
&
the
foundemente
of
our
fayth
/
and
lete
vs
befyght
the
wycked
spyryte
/
&
saye
euery
one
in
hym selfe
that
that
the
holy
prophete
Dauyd
sayth
in
his
spalter
.
They
that
trust
in
god
and
that
be
stedfast
&
constaunt
/
as
the
montayne
of
Syon
/
whiche
is
among
all
other
the
hyghest
&
the
strongest
/
&
the
whiche
shall
be
neuer
dysmoeued
/
shall
not
be
ouercome
of
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
/
but
shall
come
at
the
last
to
Iherusalem
the
souerayne
Cyte
whiche
is
tokenyd
vysyon
of
peas
.
¶
A
yonge
Relygyouse
questyoned
an
aeged
fader
sayng
thus
.
Yf
a
Relygyouse
renneth
in
to
some
synne
/
he
is
scorged
and
tourmented
in
spyryte
/
as
he
that
that
leueth
to
do
his
proffyte
and
falleth
in
to
pouerte
/
and
seeyng
his
astate
thus
chaunged
/
he
ceasseth
not
to
labour
and
traueyll
tyll
that
he
cometh
vp
ayen
from
his
pouerte
/
and
that
he
be
sette
ayen
in
his
fyrst
astate
¶
And
he
that
come
from
the
worlde
to
take
and
lyue
a
solytary
lyfe
/
he
is
lykened
vnto
hym
that
forsaketh
and
dyspyseth
his
enmye
/
and
begynneth
to
prouffyte
for
hym selfe
.
¶
Thenne
he
axed
hym
how
he
ought
to
lede
him selfe
for
to
eschewe
to
these
inconuenyences
.
¶
The
olde
fader
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
a
monke
whiche
is
assayled
and
tempted
of
the
fende
/
is
lyke
a
house
whiche
is
in
daunger
for
to
falle
donne
/
but
and
yf
in
his
temptacyons
/
he
ledeth
hymself
sobrely
withstondynge
ayenst
them
/
he
buyldeth
the
house
vp
ayen
whiche
was
in
waye
for
to
fall
and
he
fyndeth
maters
good
and
proffytable
to
the
buyldyng
ayen
of
the
same
/
as
good
and
strong
prayers
for
to
sette
and
make
withall
the
foundementes
/
and
sande
to
make
morter
withall
and
other
thynges
that
be
necessary
to
the
forsayd
buyldyng
.
And
in
this
house
thus
strongly
buylded
he
profyteth
.
But
he
that
delueth
not
in
the
erth
for
to
sette
the
foundementes
/
&
is
vnpurueyed
of
suche
thynges
that
be
nedefull
to
the
reedyfyeng
of
the
sayd
buyldyng
/
but
lyueth
vnder
a
hope
he
passynge
forth
the
tyme
/
yf
his
house
by
some
wyse
happeth
to
be
fulmade
/
that
is
a
thyng
harde
and
strong
for
to
be
done
and
in
grete
aduenture
.
¶
And
all
thus
it
is
of
a
Relygyouse
/
the
whiche
after
that
he
is
fallen
in
temptacyon
/
yf
he
torned
hym selfe
to
godwarde
/
than
maye
he
haue
a
grete
appetyt
to
buyldyng
/
that
is
to
wyt
/
to
thynke
vpon
godes
lawes
to
rede
psalmes
/
to
labour
&
to
praye
&
to
do
suche
thynges
that
be
the
foundementes
&
buyldynges
of
holy
Relygyon
.
But
he
that
begynneth
of
newe
/
&
that
is
newe
in
conuersacyon
/
he
fyndeth
this
maner
of
buyldyng
ryght
straunge
vnto
tyme
he
hath
lerned
these
thynges
.
¶
A
brother
Relygyouse
whiche
was
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wente
towarde
an
other
holy
fader
well
famed
/
&
prayed
hym
that
he
wold
wonthesauffe
for
his
lernyng
&
shewyng
that
he
had
a
loue
&
charyte
towarde
hym
/
to
praye
god
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
some
comforte
for
to
withstande
ayenst
the
sayd
temptacyon
whiche
thyng
the
holy
fader
dyde
.
¶
And
an
other
tyme
after
came
the
sayd
Relygyouse
ayen
/
makyng
vnto
this
olde
fader
suche
an
other
Request
whiche
he
graunted
hym
&
prayed
our
lord
for
hym
saynge
.
My
god
I
praye
the
that
it
wyyll
please
the
to
shewe
vnto
me
wherof
this
euyll
temptacyon
cometh
to
this
brother
/
that
he
fyndeth
therin
nother
ende
nor
Reste
/
how
be
it
I
haue
prayed
the
soo
longe
for
hym
.
¶
And
anone
after
our
lorde
made
hym
vpon
his
request
suche
a
reuelacyon
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
that
he
sawe
the
sayd
yong
relygyouse
syttyng
ydle
without
ony
werke
that
he
made
/
the
goost
of
fornycacyon
by
hym
&
playng
with
hym
.
And
at
the
other
syde
of
him
was
the
angell
of
god
that
was
sente
vnto
hym
for
his
helpe
whiche
was
wrothe
&
not
contente
/
that
he
cast
not
hymselve
donne
to
the
erthe
for
to
praye
god
/
but
toke
delectacyon
&
pleasure
in
his
thoughtes
bowyng
all
his
affeccyon
vnto
the
same
.
¶
The
holy
fader
knowyng
that
the
cause
grewe
more
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
than
otherwyse
/
dyde
celle
hym
that
he
was
well
enformed
that
he
was
hymselfe
cause
of
the
contynuacyon
of
his
temptacyon
/
bycause
he
dyde
sette
his
wyll
to
lyghtly
there
vnto
.
¶
And
syn
after
he
taught
hym
how
he
sholde
withstande
from
hens
forth
ayenst
suche
temptacyons
.
Fynably
the
brother
takyng
a
corage
by
the
prayers
and
doctryne
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
founde
hymselfe
peasyble
of
the
sayd
temptacyon
.
¶
The
dyscyple
of
an
olde
fader
was
ones
tempted
of
fornycacyon
.
The
holy
fader
seeyng
his
dyscyple
fyght
with
grete
labour
and
payne
/
axed
hym
/
yf
he
wolde
that
he
sholde
praye
god
for
hym
/
that
he
wolde
releue
hym
from
this
vnrestfulnesse
/
wherat
the
dyscyple
answered
.
¶
Ha
my
fader
I
see
well
&
consydere
/
that
yf
I
haue
grete
labour
and
payne
for
to
withstonde
.
I
lese
not
my
lone
nor
my
rewarde
.
I
knowe
well
thus
dooyng
that
by
the
weyght
of
my
labour
I
prouffyte
/
wherfore
it
is
not
nede
to
praye
god
for
to
take
awaye
this
temptacyon
fro
me
/
but
I
wyll
well
&
I
praye
the
so
/
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
praye
god
that
he
wyll
gyue
me
myght
&
stedfastnes
/
by
the
whiche
I
may
euer
fyght
corageously
there
ayenst
.
The
holy
fader
answered
vnto
hym
.
Now
I
knowe
my
sone
that
thou
art
well
dysposed
for
to
proffyte
gretly
&
that
thou
shalt
passe
vs
in
all
vertues
.
¶
Men
reherse
of
an
olde
fader
/
that
came
in
to
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
that
he
had
a
childe
so
yonge
that
he
was
not
yet
wended
from
the
brest
/
&
from
his
yonge
age
he
was
with
his
fader
norysshed
in
the
monastery
where
he
kepte
hymselfe
/
soo
that
he
wyst
not
what
wymmen
were
.
And
when
he
was
become
a
man
/
the
deuyls
shewed
hym
by
nyght
dyuerse
formes
to
the
lykenesse
of
wymmen
/
whiche
thynge
he
tolde
vnto
his
fader
/
that
was
sore
marueylled
of
it
.
And
it
happed
that
he
went
ones
with
his
fader
in
to
Egypt
/
and
by
the
waye
he
sawe
some
women
whiche
he
shewed
to
his
fader
sayng
that
they
were
the
same
that
by
nyght
came
vnto
him
in
Sychye
/
wherat
his
fader
answered
to
hym
/
that
they
were
the
monkes
of
the
worlde
&
that
they
wered
an
other
habyte
/
&
the
hermytes
an
other
.
And
thenne
the
holy
fader
woundred
sore
/
how
the
deuyls
shewed
in
Sychye
suche
ymages
of
wymmen
/
&
anone
after
they
went
ayen
to
theyr
hermytage
.
¶
An
other
relygyouse
in
Sychye
well
named
&
sore
withstondyng
the
temptacyons
/
was
sore
tempted
of
the
spyryte
of
fornycacyon
/
that
brought
often
in
his
corage
the
remembraunce
of
a
fayr
woman
whiche
he
had
knowen
he
beynge
in
the
worlde
/
&
gendred
within
him
a
marueyllouse
temptacyon
/
duryng
the
whiche
it
happed
after
the
wyll
of
god
/
that
a
Relygyouse
comyng
out
of
Egypte
came
in
to
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
&
went
to
see
the
sayd
Relygyouse
/
vnto
whom
among
other
thynges
he
shewed
/
how
this
woman
was
deed
And
incontynent
that
this
was
comen
to
his
knowloge
/
he
trussed
a
vestymente
of
his
owne
/
&
by
nyght
he
departed
secretly
out
of
his
hermytage
/
&
after
walked
soo
longe
tyll
he
came
to
the
place
where
he
had
herde
saye
that
she
was
buryed
.
And
when
he
was
come
there
/
he
began
to
delue
in
the
erthe
ouer
her
graue
/
and
rubbed
&
froted
his
sayd
habyte
or
vestement
in
to
the
rotyn
blood
&
in
to
the
stenche
of
the
corps
of
the
sayd
woman
.
And
when
he
was
comen
ayen
to
his
hermytage
/
he
layed
the
sayd
stynkyng
vestement
afore
his
face
/
and
in
correctyng
and
Rebukyng
his
thought
/
sayd
to
hym selfe
.
O
cursed
thought
corrupte
and
Rotyn
/
here
is
the
desyre
that
thou
dedest
aske
/
take
it
and
fylle
thy selfe
with
it
.
And
in
this
maner
in
smellyng
of
that
sauour
and
stenche
he
chastysed
hymself
sleeyng
and
brynghyng
vnto
nought
his
dysordynate
desyre
.
¶
A
lay
man
desyryng
to
be
a
Relygyouse
came
ones
in
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
and
brought
with
hym
a
childe
of
his
owne
that
late
hadde
be
wened
fro
the
brest
.
And
when
he
was
out
of
childhode
and
in
the
aege
of
yougthe
the
deuyls
toke
vp
them
for
to
fyght
with
hym
/
and
so
cruell
they
were
that
he
was
constrayned
by
theyr
temptacyons
to
telle
his
fader
that
he
wolde
be
noo
more
hermyte
/
but
wolde
goo
lyue
with
the
worlde
/
saynge
that
he
coude
no
lenger
bere
the
desyrynges
of
the
flesshe
.
¶
His
fader
comforted
and
sayd
to
hym
the
best
that
he
coude
/
but
nought
auaylled
his
comforte
.
For
his
sone
sayd
there
ayenst
that
he
coude
no
more
abyde
the
same
/
prayng
hym
that
he
wolde
lete
hym
goo
to
the
worlde
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
his
fader
to
him
.
My
sone
I
praye
the
obey
me
yet
ones
/
take
with
the
.xl.
loues
of
brede
and
leues
and
rotes
for
to
lyue
.xl.
dayes-and
goo
thy
wayes
ferre
within
the
deserte
soyournyng
there
by
the
space
of
the
sayd
.xl.
dayes
/
abydyng
that
god
shall
doo
his
pleasure
of
the.
¶
The
childe
obeyng
to
his
fader
arose
and
went
in
to
the
depest
of
the
desertes
kekyng
hymself
there
by
the
space
of
.xx.
dayes
contynuelly
labouryng
about
the
makynge
of
mattes
to
kepe
his
bodye
occupyed
/
and
ete
drye
brede
.
And
after
the
sayd
.xx.
dayes
were
passed
/
he
sawe
a
wonderfull
werke
of
the
deuyll
comyng
vpon
hym
/
for
sodaynly
dyde
appyere
afore
hym
in
the
lykenesse
of
a
woman
whiche
was
blacke
as
an
Ethyopyen
abhomynable
in
syghte
/
and
soo
Infecte
with
stenche
/
that
he
myght
not
endure
nor
suffre
her
by
him
but
shoued
her
aback
from
hym
.
And
she
telled
hym
.
I
am
she
that
feyne
my selfe
within
the
hertes
of
men
/
to
whome
I
gyue
a
swete
shewe
/
but
withstondyng
thyn
obedyence
and
the
labour
that
thou
herest
whiche
letteth
me
god
wolde
not
suffre
that
I
sholde
folowe
or
tourne
the
/
though
I
haue
be
constrayned
to
shewe
the
my
power
.
¶
Thenne
he
kneled
donne
and
gaue
thankynges
vnto
our
lorde
.
And
syn
after
came
to
his
fader
agayne
and
sayd
to
hym
.
My
fader
I
wyll
no
more
goo
to
the
world
.
For
I
haue
seen
now
the
deceyuynges
of
the
deuyll
and
his
fowle
stenche
.
¶
His
fader
also
hadde
well
seen
his
sayd
vysyon
/
and
he
sayd
so
to
hym
.
¶
Ha
my
sone
yf
thou
had
abyden
in
that
deserte
.xl.
dayes
as
I
hadde
telle
the
that
thou
sholdest
doo
/
thou
sholdest
haue
seen
greter
thynges
¶
An other
olde
fader
helde
hym selfe
in
an
hermytage
ferre
/
he
had
a
kynneswoman
that
of
longe
tyme
hadde
grete
desyre
for
to
see
hym
/
wherfore
she
made
serchyng
after
the
place
where
he
dwelled
/
&
syn
after
she
toke
her
waye
towarde
his
hermytage
.
¶
She
walkyng
mette
in
her
waye
some
caryers
that
ledde
many
Camell
/
with
whome
she
acompanyed
her selfe
/
and
wente
soo
longe
by
her
Iourneys
that
she
came
with
them
in
to
the
desertes
/
where
she
tyssed
and
tempted
by
the
wycked
spyryte
/
made
suche
dylygence
for
to
fynde
the
hermytage
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
/
that
she
came
soone
and
knocked
atte
the
dore
/
shewyng
and
gyuyng
to
knowe
by
tokens
and
wordes
what
she
was
/
and
namely
Requyred
hym
that
he
wolde
not
withsaye
the
openyng
of
his
dore
to
her
/
seen
that
she
was
his
kynneswoman
/
and
also
the
good
and
holy
affeccyon
and
desyre
that
she
hadde
vnto
hym
whiche
was
her
nyghe
kynnesman
.
¶
Thenne
the
Relygyouse
heryng
her
wordes
/
and
knowyng
that
she
was
of
his
sybbe
and
lygnage
/
opened
to
her
his
dore
and
lete
her
in
/
where
she
abode
certayne
dayes
with
the
sayd
relygyouse
.
It
is
trouthe
that
ferther
within
the
deserte
dwelled
an
other
solytary
Relygyouse
to
the
whiche
hangyng
the
tyme
that
this
woman
was
with
that
other
relygyouse
/
it
happed
two
or
thre
tymes
/
as
he
wolde
haue
taken
his
repast
/
and
namely
when
he
wolde
drynke
of
the
water
that
he
hadde
putte
in
a
drynkyng
vessell
/
that
the
sayd
vessell
tourned
in
his
honde
the
botom
vpwarde
and
so
spylled
his
water
wherof
he
meruaylled
sore
.
The
whiche
thynge
seeyng
this
Relygyouse
he
sayd
to
hym selfe
as
he
was
Inspyred
of
god
.
Truly
I
shall
goo
see
my
brethern
in
theyr
hermytages
/
and
I
shall
telle
them
this
that
soo
often
is
happed
to
me
of
my
water
¶
He
toke
on
his
waye
anone
and
spedde
soo
moche
that
on
a
daye
for
fawte
of
other
lodgys
/
he
was
constrayned
to
entre
and
lodge
hym selfe
within
an
olde
Temple
that
was
in
his
waye
where
the
ydoles
hadde
be
worshypped
some
tyme
.
¶
And
he
beynge
there
in
the
nyght
tyme
/
he
herde
many
deuyls
wherof
some
sayd
to
the
other
/
that
they
hadde
made
a
Relygyouse
that
nyght
to
falle
in
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
Heryng
the
whiche
wordes
/
the
sayd
relygyouse
was
sore
trowbled
in
his
corage
.
And
as
soone
as
the
daye
was
come
/
he
toke
his
waye
in
soo
grete
dylygence
that
he
came
to
the
hermytage
of
that
other
Relygyouse
of
whome
the
deuyls
made
theyr
boost
/
the
whiche
he
founde
moche
sorowfull
and
heuy
.
¶
Soo
dyde
he
shewe
ryght
well
to
hym
that
that
was
happed
vnto
hym
of
his
water
/
and
how
dyuerse
tymes
it
was
spylled
by
it selfe
when
he
wende
for
to
haue
dronke
of
the
same
.
Askynge
of
hym
what
myght
be
the
cause
that
it
soo
happed
.
¶
Thenne
the
other
Relygyouse
sayd
vnto
hym
.
¶
O
my
brother
thou
art
welcome
syth
it
hath
please
the
for
to
come
hether
for
to
shewe
vnto
me
thyne
Inconuenyences
.
¶
Truly
brother
myn
.
I
haue
well
more
nede
of
thy
good
counseylle
and
comforte
/
than
thou
hast
of
myn
.
For
but
late
agoo
/
I
am
fallen
in
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
Thenne
answered
to
hym
his
felawe
.
Veryly
my
brother
I
haue
wel
knowen
therof
this
nyght
.
¶
Alas
and
how
answered
that
other
.
¶
Certaynely
sayd
he
in
slepynge
within
the
Temple
of
ydolles
/
whiche
lyeth
by
the
waye
hetherwarde
bytwene
thyn
lodgys
and
myn
.
I
haue
herde
the
deuyls
that
spaken
of
the
and
were
wonderfull
gladde
of
the
same
synne
/
in
whiche
they
haue
the
ouerthrawen
.
And
anone
the
poore
broder
sayd
vnto
hym
as
by
dysperacyon
.
¶
Ha
my
brother
I
am
nomore
worthy
to
be
nor
acompanye
whith
the
holy
hermytes
&
Relygyouses
of
the
hermytages
/
certaynly
I
wyll
now
goo
presentely
for
to
vse
wretchydly
my
lyfe
with
the
folke
of
the
worlde
.
¶
Thenne
the
good
relygyouse
requyred
hym
by
good
charyte
that
he
sholde
not
abyde
in
that
foly
/
drawyng
his
trust
aback
from
the
grete
mercy
of
god
/
but
sholde
take
a
good
corage
and
purpose
hym selfe
for
to
lyue
euer
a
Relygyouse
lyfe
/
lyuyng
so
lytaryly
in
the
desertes
/
as
he
was
wonte
to
do
in
tyme
passed
/
&
that
he
sholde
forsake
&
leue
that
cursed
woman
/
for
it
was
thrugh
the
entytynge
of
the
deuyll
that
she
was
come
there
.
These
wordes
herde
/
the
poore
Relygyouse
repented
hym
of
his
synne
by
veray
contrycyon
&
grete
penaunce
whiche
he
contynued
longe
/
&
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
founde
hym selfe
better
than
he
was
/
&
in
rest
of
conscyence
.
¶
An
aeged
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
thre
thynges
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
to
putte
hym selfe
from
the
besynesse
&
solycytudes
/
to
be
transyble
&
to
thynke
in
his
herto
vpon
his
synnes
engendre
in
a
Relygyouse
the
vertue
of
charyte
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
moeued
a
questyon
to
an
aeged
holy
fader
askyng
him
Yf
it
happeth
that
a
Relygyouse
falleth
in
to
some
synne
/
soo
that
the
other
Relygyouses
be
therby
sklaundred
/
what
remedye
shall
they
soke
vpon
the
same
.
Answeryng
to
the
whiche
questyon
/
the
sayd
holy
fader
folde
the
hystorye
that
fol●weth
saynge
.
Atte
a
monasterye
in
Egypte
dwelled
a
dyaken
well
famed
&
rendured
/
in
whom
tyme
happeth
that
a
man
of
courte
/
by
a
Iuge
hauyng
power
of
the
londe
was
banysshed
or
in
suche
wyse
trowbled
that
he
was
constrayned
to
withdrawe
hymself
/
whiche
with
all
his
meny
came
to
the
monastery
where
the
sayd
dyaken
dwelled
/
this
courtire
in
the
sayd
monastery
soiournyng
/
the
sayd
dyaken
atte
the
sayd
instygacion
entycyng
of
the
deuyll
commysed
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
and
adulterye
with
this
courtyers
wyfe
/
wherof
grete
sclaunder
&
confusyon
moeued
among
the
relygyouses
there
/
wherfore
he
moeued
by
grete
shame
&
contrycyon
/
wente
secretly
vnto
an
olde
fader
&
declared
to
him
his
befall
/
prayng
hym
that
he
wold
gyue
hym
counsell
to
helpe
hym
that
he
myght
aryse
from
his
greuous
synne
.
And
talkyng
togyder
/
the
olde
fader
ledde
hym
in
to
a
secrete
celle
that
he
had
ferre
within
the
deserte
/
the
whiche
celle
seeyng
this
dyaken
/
he
prayed
the
sayd
holy
fader
/
that
he
sholde
burye
hym
quycke
therin
/
&
that
he
sholde
neuer
telle
to
no
bodye
where
he
was
.
So
entred
he
within
this
dwellyng
that
was
derke
&
obscure
/
&
there
he
made
an
harde
&
a
vertuouse
penaunce
by
a
longe
&
a
grete
space
of
tyme
/
duryng
the
whiche
happed
in
the
londe
of
Egypte
a
grete
dreought
&
scarsenesse
bycause
that
the
water
of
Nub
that
was
thenne
veray
small
myght
not
wete
the
countree
as
she
had
acustomed
/
Wherfore
the
people
began
to
make
deuoute
prayers
/
letanyes
and
orysons
prayng
our
lorde
that
he
wolde
haue
pyte
of
them
and
to
sende
them
some
water
for
the
mayntenynge
of
theyr
poore
lyues
.
And
in
makyng
thyse
sayde
prayers
.
It
was
shewed
vnto
an
holy
hermyte
by
the
wyll
of
god
/
that
the
water
of
the
sayd
flood
sholde
not
were
nor
growe
vnto
the
tyme
that
the
dyaken
whiche
was
hydde
within
the
celle
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
in
the
desertes
of
Egypt
/
sholde
come
for
to
praye
with
the
other
for
to
haue
the
sayd
water
.
The
whiche
Reuelacyon
this
holy
fader
Incontynente
shewed
to
all
the
other
faders
/
whiche
anone
wente
towarde
the
sayd
dyaken
&
brought
hym
out
of
the
sayd
celle
.
And
syn
after
sett
hymselfe
to
prayers
and
orysons
with
them
/
&
soone
after
the
sayd
water
grewe
&
encreaced
in
so
grete
habondaunce
that
the
derthe
ceassed
/
wherby
they
had
goodes
suffysaunt
.
And
they
that
had
be
afore
sklaundred
and
shamed
by
hym
/
were
well
praysed
syn
of
hym
for
his
grete
and
harde
penaunce
/
wherof
they
praysed
and
gloryfyed
the
name
of
god
.
¶
Two
brethern
Relygyouse
wente
ones
to
a
cyte
whiche
was
nyghe
theyr
hermytage
for
to
selle
there
theyr
werke
that
they
had
made
for
to
gete
theyr
lyuyng
.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
sayd
cyte
/
after
that
they
were
departed
the
one
fro
the
other
for
to
spede
more
soone
theyr
dedes
/
one
of
them
fulfylled
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
His
brother
came
soone
ayen
towarde
hym
/
&
tolde
hym
that
they
sholde
retorne
to
theyr
celles
/
wherat
the
poore
synner
answerd
/
that
he
sholde
not
retourne
thyther
/
&
why
sayd
the
other
/
bycause
I
am
not
worthy
to
be
there
ony
more
/
bycause
that
syn
that
thou
departed
from
me
.
I
haue
folyshly
&
dampnbly
done
the
wretched
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
Thenne
his
brother
desyryng
to
wynne
his
soule
&
kepe
from
dampnacyon
/
sayd
to
hym
in
this
wyse
.
In
good
sothe
my
brother
/
as
moche
is
happed
vnto
me
syn
I
lefte
the
/
and
therfore
we
shall
not
dyspere
our selfe
/
but
we
shall
Retourne
ayen
to
our
celles
for
to
wepe
there
ouer
our
synnes
and
do
penaunce
/
and
god
thrugh
his
mercy
shall
forgyue
vs
our
trespasses
.
And
incontynent
that
they
were
gone
ayen
/
they
shewed
vnto
the
auncyent
faders
that
/
that
was
happed
vnto
them
/
&
they
gaue
them
suche
penaunces
as
they
semed
good
.
¶
In
this
dede
is
well
to
be
consydered
the
grete
charyte
of
the
broder
that
had
not
synned
/
but
for
to
gyue
his
broder
a
corage
to
Repente
hym selfe
he
was
content
to
accuse
hymself
of
a
synne
that
he
had
not
done
&
to
do
for
him
as
grete
penaunce
as
that
he
had
done
it
/
wherfor
god
seeyng
his
labour
and
good
affeccyon
/
within
fewe
dayes
after
he
declared
to
one
of
the
olde
faders
/
that
in
fauour
and
contemplacyon
of
the
grete
charyte
of
hym
that
had
not
synned
/
but
desyryng
the
helthe
of
his
brother
/
had
done
as
grete
penaunce
as
he
/
he
had
quyted
&
forgyuen
hym
his
offense
.
Wherby
it
may
be
sayd
veryly
of
hym
that
dooth
in
this
maner
/
that
without
doubte
he
putteth
his
soule
in
plege
for
the
soule
of
his
brother
.
¶
An
other
brother
came
to
an
olde
fader
/
saynge
that
by
a
brother
of
his
he
hadde
be
Induced
to
soo
grete
varyablenesse
and
vnstedfastnesse
in
ledyng
hym
in
dyuerse
places
syn
here
syn
there
/
that
he
was
therby
soore
scorged
&
trowbled
in
his
corage
.
¶
The
good
fader
heryng
his
wordes
sayd
to
hym
.
My
brother
bere
pacyently
the
euyll
of
thy
brother
/
and
god
that
shall
see
thy
good
corage
/
&
that
thou
doost
thy
deuoyre
for
to
calle
him
ayen
swetly
to
a
good
lyf
/
shall
adresse
hym
vnto
the
in
tyme
couenable
.
¶
Certaynly
when
a
bodye
hath
conceyued
in
him
som
euyll
thought
it
is
not
a
thyng
to
be
called
lyghtly
ayen
by
sharpe
&
bytter
wordes
/
for
one
deuyll
put
not
out
that
other
/
but
by
swetenes
&
mekenes
men
may
lightly
&
soone
reuoke
a
grete
synner
.
For
our
lorde
hath
this
maner
to
drawe
vnto
hym
the
men
by
swetenes
.
And
after
shewed
vnto
hym
/
that
two
brethern
had
be
in
Thebayde
/
one
of
whiche
was
so
sore
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
that
for
to
accomplysshe
it
in
dede
he
purposed
to
retorne
ayen
to
dwell
in
the
world
but
the
other
heryng
his
folyshe
intencion
/
began
to
wepe
sore
&
sayd
to
hym
.
My
broder
I
shall
not
sete
the
go
fro
me
for
to
go
lese
thy
labour
&
thy
virgynyte
.
The
other
answered
that
he
sholde
no
more
dwelle
in
the
hermytage
/
saynge
to
him
that
yf
he
wolde
bere
hym
company
he
sholde
come
ayen
with
hym
/
&
yf
he
wolde
not
/
he
sholde
not
come
ayen
¶
His
broder
heryng
his
wordes
went
for
to
take
counseyll
of
an
aeged
fader
for
to
wyt
of
hym
what
he
myght
best
do
for
to
kepe
hym
.
¶
To
whom
this
fader
counseylled
that
he
sholde
goo
with
his
brother
/
&
that
god
that
knewe
his
good
wyll
&
the
payne
the
he
sholde
take
for
to
withdrawe
him
ayen
/
shold
not
suffre
that
he
sholde
falle
in
synne
¶
So
went
he
to
the
worlde
with
his
broder
&
they
passyng
by
a
strete
/
god
consyderyng
the
labour
of
the
good
brother
that
by
good
charyte
&
for
grete
necessyte
folowed
his
brother
for
to
kepe
him
that
he
sholde
not
be
lost
/
toke
from
hym
the
concupyl●ence
that
so
made
him
go
out
of
the
right
waye
.
And
incontynent
he
sayd
to
his
brother
that
they
sholde
go
to
theyr
hermytage
&
that
hym
thought
that
he
had
synned
all
redy
with
some
woman
Alas
sayd
he
and
what
haue
I
goten
therby
as
he
wolde
haue
sayd
/
that
he
had
entreprysed
a
waye
sore
daūgerose
and
damynable
.
So
they
retourned
to
theyr
celle
&
lyued
there
solytaryly
as
they
were
wonte
to
do
afore
.
¶
An
other
brother
sayd
to
an
olde
fader
/
what
ought
I
for
to
do
for
to
kepe
me
from
the
fowle
thoughtes
of
lecherye
that
tourmente
me
.
Wherat
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
a
woman
whan
she
wyll
wene
her
childe
and
kepe
him
fro
the
brest
/
she
putteth
vpon
her
pappes
some
thyng
bytter
.
And
when
the
childe
wyll
take
the
pappe
for
to
drawe
it
as
he
is
acustomed
/
and
feleth
the
bytternesse
that
is
there
vpon
/
he
forsaketh
it
anone
.
¶
Lykewyse
when
suche
folyshe
thoughtes
and
temptacyons
shall
happe
to
come
vpon
the
/
consydere
the
fylthe
and
stenche
that
ryseth
therof
/
the
gryuouse
offense
that
thou
sholdest
doo
ayenst
god
yf
thou
dydest
the
synne
/
and
the
horryble
payne
that
thou
sholdest
suffre
euerlastyngly
yf
thou
deydest
sodeynly
in
that
astate
/
the
whiche
thyng
falleth
euery
daye
to
many
one
.
¶
An
other
brother
questyoned
an
other
aeged
vpon
a
lyke
●aas
and
synne
the
whiche
answered
vnto
hym
that
he
neuer
was
prycked
nor
stynged
with
that
synne
.
¶
The
brother
heryng
his
answere
was
wounderfully
sklaundred
with
it
and
gretely
ashamed
.
And
soo
wente
to
an
other
fader
/
and
tolde
hym
what
the
other
hadde
sayd
to
hym
/
wherof
he
was
ylle
contente
/
bycause
hym
thought
that
his
answere
was
aboue
nature
.
For
hym
semed
to
be
Impossyble
but
that
he
sholde
haue
be
often
tymes
trowbled
with
the
temptacyon
of
the
sayd
synne
.
¶
The
olde
fader
sayd
vnto
him
the
man
of
god
hath
not
tolde
that
thoos
wordes
symply
&
vnauysydly
/
but
for
to
haue
the
declaracyon
therof
/
thou
shal
go
ayen
to
him
&
shal
praye
hym
/
that
he
wyll
pardonne
the
/
the
euyll
thynkyng
the
thou
hast
had
vpon
his
persone
/
&
morouer
that
he
wyll
expowne
vnto
the
the
vertue
of
his
wordes
.
This
brother
thenne
cam
ayen
to
the
holy
fader
forsayd
/
&
repentyng
hymselve
/
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Good
fader
please
the
to
forgyue
me
my
foly
/
in
asmoche
that
I
am
departed
fro
the
without
leue
to
be
taken
of
the
/
&
morouer
I
beseche
the
/
that
thou
wyll
expowne
vnto
me
/
how
it
can
be
that
thou
hast
neuer
be
prycked
nor
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
Thenne
the
olde
fader
answered
vnto
hym
.
My
brother
I
shall
tell
it
the.
I
ensure
the
the
syn
I
dyde
yelde
me
fyrst
to
Relygyon
.
I
haue
not
ete
soo
moche
of
brede
ne
dronken
so
moche
of
water
that
I
coude
saye
that
euer
I
toke
ones
my
fylle
with
it
.
¶
Also
in
lykewyse
I
neuer
slepte
as
longe
as
myn
appetyte
desyred
/
&
so
I
haue
kept
myselfe
from
metes
/
wherof
some
other
be
wonte
to
vse
.
And
in
this
maner
trauayllynge
my
bodye
.
I
haue
brought
hit
so
lowe
that
it
was
not
suffred
me
that
I
sholde
fele
the
pryckynges
of
the
flesshe
.
¶
Thenne
wente
awaye
the
brother
takyng
leue
of
the
holy
fader
/
&
syn
profyted
moche
in
conuersacyon
&
amendemente
of
lyfe
by
the
ensample
of
the
sayd
aeged
fader
.
¶
An
other
broder
moeued
a
questyon
vnto
an
other
fader
auncyente
/
saynge
.
Fayre
fader
what
owe
I
to
doo
.
I
cannot
chaunge
my
thought
from
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
wherof
I
am
so
sore
tourmented
/
that
I
maye
not
haue
an
houre
oonly
ony
rest
.
¶
The
olde
fader
answered
to
hym
.
My
sone
when
the
deuyls
presented
the
some
lecherouse
thought
is
in
thy
herte
wherof
he
feleth
him
somwhat
prycked
/
thou
oughtest
not
to
speke
therof
nor
to
thynke
vpon
it
in
thy
corage
/
for
it
longeth
to
the
deuyls
for
admynyster
wylyly
suche
thoughtes
/
&
all
be
it
so
that
they
be
sore
curyouse
&
besy
for
to
put
them
in
to
the
hertes
of
the
persones
/
alwayes
it
is
not
to
them
possyble
for
to
make
them
abyde
therin
/
but
yf
they
wyll
hemself
/
wherfor
thou
ought
to
knowe
&
not
fere
/
but
the
thou
mayst
receyue
or
forsake
them
whan
thou
wylt
.
And
to
this
purpose
maye
be
applyed
this
that
the
Madyanitees
dyd
when
they
made
fayre
&
clad
theyr
thoughters
/
&
put
them
in
the
syght
&
byfore
the
presence
of
the
childern
of
Israell
.
For
they
constrayned
not
none
of
them
for
to
haue
doo
carnaly
with
the
sayd
wymmen
/
but
they
that
folysshly
dyde
sette
theyr
loue
vpon
them
/
dyde
what
they
wolde
with
them
/
&
thenne
the
Madyanites
angred
&
moeued
ayenst
them
that
had
defoyled
theyr
doughters
/
thretned
the
other
/
but
they
toke
vengeaunce
of
the
fornycatours
/
whiche
they
broughte
all
to
deth
.
And
thus
hast
thou
for
to
do
of
the
lecherouse
temptacions
in
castyng
them
from
the
/
to
th
ende
that
they
be
not
cause
of
the
deth
.
¶
Thenne
answered
the
broder
.
Good
fader
ye
counseyll
me
right
well
/
but
what
shall
ye
answere
to
me
of
that
I
am
weyke
and
soo
feble
that
this
passyon
ouercometh
me
.
¶
Thou
must
sette
all
thyn
affeccyon
sayd
the
holy
fader
to
withstonde
.
And
when
the
deuyls
shall
enforce
them
for
to
moeue
thy
herte
for
to
thynke
euyll
or
to
speke
some
ylle
answer
them
not
in
no
wyse
/
but
aryse
for
to
praye
god
&
doo
penaunce
saynge
.
O
sone
of
god
haue
mercy
vpon
me
.
Ha
good
fader
sayd
the
brother
.
I
shall
do
well
this
/
atte
lest
I
am
well
in
a
thought
to
do
soo
/
but
I
haue
not
in
myn
herte
no
maner
of
compunccion
.
For
I
can
not
vnderstande
the
vertue
of
the
wordes
of
the
oryson
that
thou
tellest
to
me
.
Well
sayd
the
holy
fader
yf
thou
vnderstandest
nothyng
of
it
/
thou
shalt
thynke
oonly
therupon
.
For
I
haue
herde
saye
the
abbot
Pastor
/
&
also
other
olde
faders
this
worde
/
that
is
to
wyte
that
the
enchauntour
knowyng
not
perfyghtly
what
betoken
the
wordes
by
the
meanes
of
whiche
he
maketh
his
incantacōns
/
but
alwayes
he
knoweth
that
by
suche
wordes
spoken
to
the
serpent
that
hereth
them
/
that
selfe
serpent
is
incontynent
enchaunted
.
Lykewyse
how
well
that
we
knowe
the
vertue
of
the
wordes
that
we
put
forth
in
our
orysons
/
always
the
deuyls
when
they
here
them
they
aferde
therof
and
by
the
vertue
and
drede
of
the
same
/
they
goo
from
vs
.
¶
Some
ancyent
sayd
that
the
thought
of
fornycacyon
is
as
freylle
&
as
lyght
for
to
breke
as
paper
.
For
yf
the
happeth
to
come
vpon
vs
&
that
we
refuse
her
and
cast
her
behynde
vs
/
she
is
of
lyght
ouercome
.
It
is
thenne
nedefull
that
we
haue
dyscrecyon
in
our
thoughtes
&
cogytacyons
/
by
the
whiche
we
haue
to
knowe
/
that
they
that
consente
to
them
ought
not
to
haue
thus
dooyng
ony
hope
to
be
saued
/
but
they
that
withstande
ayenst
them
may
&
owe
to
wayte
for
theyr
rewarde
the
crowne
of
vyctory
in
the
Royalme
of
heuen
.
¶
Two
brethern
sore
assaylled
&
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
not
hauyng
afore
theyr
eyen
the
drede
of
god
nor
the
memory
of
the
helthe
of
theyr
soules
/
as
foles
and
out
of
wytte
forsoke
and
lefte
theyr
hermytages
/
and
ledyng
eche
of
them
a
comon
woman
with
them
/
went
and
accompanyed
certayne
space
of
tyme
among
the
worldly
folke
.
¶
And
after
that
they
had
thus
wantonly
lyued
/
one
of
them
shewed
to
the
other
theyr
vnhappy
and
wycked
lyuyng
/
and
sayd
to
hym
suche
wordes
.
Lete
vs
consydere
and
take
hede
what
goodes
we
lese
/
that
lyuyng
soo
wyckedly
we
leue
the
lyfe
of
angels
for
to
accompanye
and
vs
to
defoyle
in
soo
stynkyng
a
fylthe
/
the
whiche
shall
be
cause
vnto
vs
for
to
go
in
to
broundes
and
tourmentes
that
euer
shall
last
.
I
praye
the
my
brother
lete
vs
goo
agayne
to
the
hermytage
and
doo
penaunce
for
the
synnes
that
we
haue
done
soo
presumptuously
.
¶
The
whiche
thyng
they
purposed
and
were
delyvered
for
to
doo
.
And
folowyng
theyr
delyberacyon
came
to
the
desertes
where
as
they
founde
the
aeged
holy
faders
/
to
whome
ryght
humbly
and
in
grete
contrycyon
they
besought
that
they
wolde
receyue
them
to
penaunce
as
they
dyde
.
¶
And
after
that
they
hadde
made
an
hoole
confessyon
of
all
theyr
synnes
/
the
auncyent
faders
dyde
shytte
theym
within
theyr
celles
/
where
as
they
were
by
the
space
of
a
yere
where
as
they
made
to
be
admynystred
to
them
a
lytyll
brede
and
a
lytyll
water
for
to
susteyne
theyr
lyffe
withall
/
as
moche
to
the
one
as
to
the
other
.
For
also
they
were
bothe
y lyke of
face
and
of
aege
.
¶
And
after
that
/
that
they
hadde
done
theyr
penaunce
and
that
they
were
loos
agayne
and
lete
out
of
theyr
celles
/
the
holy
fader
seeyng
the
one
of
them
to
be
wonderfull
pale
&
heuy
/
&
that
other
moche
boystouse
&
gladde
/
they
wondred
sore
vpon
/
withstandynge
that
to
eyther
of
them
/
&
as
moche
to
the
one
as
to
the
other
/
there
lyuyng
indyfferently
had
be
admynystred
vnto
them
/
wherfor
they
moeued
a
questyon
vnto
hym
that
soo
pale
and
heuy
was
/
askyng
hym
what
dedes
he
had
had
in
his
thoughtes
duryng
the
tyme
of
the
penaunce
that
he
had
ben
in
his
celle
/
wherat
he
answered
.
¶
In
good
sothe
sayd
he
.
I
haue
had
euer
in
Remembraunce
the
paynes
&
tourmentes
that
I
haue
deserued
/
and
in
whiche
I
was
aferde
to
come
/
for
the
grete
abhomynable
and
vyle
synnes
that
I
haue
done
.
And
for
this
cause
&
for
the
grete
drede
that
I
toke
therof
.
I
am
become
thus
drye
and
lene
by
the
contynuelly
ensyght
that
I
had
therupon
.
In
son
moche
that
my
bones
haue
perced
and
yet
perce
my
flesshe
as
ye
see
.
And
after
they
questyoned
the
other
sayng
.
And
thou
brother
what
thought
haddest
thou
in
thy
celle
.
The
Relygyouse
answered
.
I
rendred
contynually
graces
and
thankes
vnto
my
god
of
that
it
had
pleased
hym
to
delyuer
me
out
of
the
fylthes
and
vnclennesse
of
this
worlde
/
and
from
the
paynes
and
tormenees
euerlastyng
/
in
callyng
me
ayen
to
this
angels
lyfe
.
And
in
Remembryng
my selfe
of
the
grete
mercyes
of
my
god
.
I
wexed
gladde
in
my selfe
as
yet
styll
I
do
.
The
whiche
wordes
herde
of
the
sayd
aeged
faders
/
they
Iuged
that
theyr
penaunce
was
lyke
and
semblable
towarde
god
/
and
thanked
them
.
¶
An
auncyent
holy
fader
was
in
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
the
whiche
fylle
in
a
grete
sykenesse
/
and
for
to
Releue
hym
therfrom
/
many
brethern
besyed
them
curyously
for
to
serue
and
admynyster
vnto
hym
all
his
necessytees
as
well
as
they
coude
.
¶
This
holy
fader
consyderyng
the
payne
and
traueyle
that
they
toke
and
bore
about
hym
/
thought
in
hym selfe
for
to
goo
in
to
Egypte
/
notwithstandyng
his
sayd
sykenesse
and
gryeff
and
sayd
to
the
abbot
Moyses
that
for
to
dyscharge
these
brethern
of
the
paynes
and
veracyons
that
he
gaaf
vnto
them
he
wolde
goo
there
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
sayd
vnto
hym
My
brother
yf
thou
wyll
belyue
me
thou
shall
not
goo
there
/
for
yf
thou
goo
there
/
thou
shall
not
come
agayn
without
thou
shalt
fulfylle
there
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
¶
The
olde
fader
wrothe
of
this
answere
sayd
agayne
to
hym
/
why
sayst
thou
so
my
brother
/
thou
knowest
well
seen
that
my
body
is
alredy
deed
/
that
this
is
not
well
sayd
of
the
by
me
/
and
thou
shewest
in
that
saynge
/
that
thou
settest
lytyll
by
me
and
of
my
saluacyon
.
Forsothe
syth
that
I
haue
purposed
to
go
there
.
I
shall
not
dyfferre
but
I
shall
goo
.
¶
So
he
departed
&
went
in
to
Egypt
&
incontynent
that
he
was
come
there
many
honourable
persones
dwellyng
in
dyuerse
places
all
ynough
nygh
his
resydence
/
for
the
loue
that
they
ought
vnto
hym
&
to
his
right
honest
conuersacion
/
they
offred
themself
to
him
&
made
to
him
grete
seruyces
/
&
among
that
other
came
there
a
good
virgyne
that
besyed
her
for
to
serue
hym
/
admynystrynge
vnto
hym
suche
thynges
that
were
nedefull
for
his
sykenesse
.
And
within
a
whyle
after
he
commyng
ayen
somwhat
to
his
helth
/
was
so
wonderfully
tempted
of
the
fende
of
helle
/
that
he
entycyd
the
same
virgyne
/
in
suche
maner
that
she
consented
that
he
sholde
haue
her
company
flesshely
/
&
wexed
grete
in
dede
of
his
werke
.
She
y moeued
to
questyon
of
theym
that
dwelled
in
the
places
about
/
of
whom
she
had
conceyued
she
answered
that
it
was
of
the
dede
of
the
olde
fader
/
but
they
belyued
it
not
.
And
he
hym selfe
sayd
that
he
had
done
the
same
.
The
tyme
of
chyldyng
cam
to
hande
that
she
had
a
childe
/
whiche
the
holy
fader
forsayd
prayed
that
he
sholde
be
kept
/
&
after
that
he
was
wened
fro
the
brest
/
the
sayd
olde
fader
seeyng
that
a
solempne
feste
sholde
be
shortly
halowed
in
Sychye
/
he
toke
this
childe
&
bare
hym
to
the
chirche
afore
a
grete
multytude
of
Relygyouses
The
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
sayd
relygyouses
they
began
all
to
wepe
/
wenyng
to
them
that
he
had
be
madde
&
taken
from
his
wyete
.
He
sayd
thenne
to
them
.
My
brethern
see
you
this
childe
it
is
the
childe
of
inobedyence
.
I
pray
you
that
in
consyderyng
the
grete
mysbehauyng
whiche
I
haue
done
in
myn
olde
dayes
ye
wyll
take
hede
vnto
your selfe
to
th
ende
that
ye
●enne
not
in
to
so
daungerouse
&
dampnable
waye
/
as
the
same
where
I
am
renne
vnto
/
and
that
it
wyll
please
you
to
praye
god
for
me
that
it
wyll
please
hym
of
his
grete
mercy
&
bounte
to
pardonne
&
forgyue
me
my
greuouse
synnes
and
offenses
.
From
thens
he
departed
&
went
to
his
celle
ayen
where
he
made
meruayllouse
&
grete
penaunce
for
the
same
synne
/
by
meane
of
the
whiche
he
brought
him
selfe
ayen
thrugh
the
grace
of
our
lord
to
the
astate
of
holy
conuersacyon
and
good
lyuyng
.
¶
A
brother
was
somtyme
tempted
of
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
by
dyuerse
fendes
of
helle
/
the
whiche
chaungyng
in
to
dyuerse
maners
of
fayre
wymmen
duryng
the
space
of
.xl.
dayes
contynually
befought
&
tempted
him
for
to
withdrawe
hym
to
do
and
acomplysshe
the
horryble
&
fowle
synne
of
lechery
.
But
he
withstode
theyr
temptacyons
&
dysceytes
so
manly
and
so
stedfastly
/
that
they
coude
not
moeue
hym
for
to
do
or
fulfyll
the
sayd
synne
.
Wherfor
our
lorde
seeyng
his
good
corage
/
by
the
whiche
he
had
bataylled
so
well
/
dyde
gyue
vnto
hym
this
grace
/
that
he
suffred
neuer
more
syth
that
tyme
ony
here
of
flesshly
concupyscence
.
¶
An
other
there
was
in
the
lowe
partyes
of
Egypt
the
whiche
was
moche
solytary
/
&
among
the
other
well
renāmed
/
for
he
kept
hymself
alone
in
the
chirche
in
a
place
desert
.
He
beyng
●here
/
by
the
suggestyon
&
temptacyon
of
the
deuyll
/
a
woman
or
dyshonest
&
of
euyll
fame
that
had
herde
telle
many
wonderfull
thynges
of
the
sayd
Relygyouse
moeued
a
questyon
to
som
men
that
talked
of
hym
/
and
sayd
to
them
what
thyng
wyll
you
gyue
me
/
yf
I
can
deceyue
hym
in
so
moche
that
he
shall
haue
my
bodely
company
in
fulfyllynge
the
synne
of
lecherye
.
¶
They
heryng
these
wordes
/
&
trustyng
that
she
coude
not
do
that
she
sayd
/
submytted
themselfe
to
gyue
her
some
what
/
as
they
sholde
agree
togyder
/
the
whiche
couenaunte
made
/
she
vpon
an
euyn
feynyng
herselfe
walkyng
towarde
some
pelgrymage
&
that
she
had
lost
her
waye
/
came
to
the
celle
of
the
sayd
good
holy
man
/
&
smote
so
atte
his
dore
that
he
was
constrayned
to
open
it
/
&
seeyng
this
woman
he
was
sore
troubled
&
abasshed
/
and
sayd
thus
to
her
/
woman
/
how
art
thou
comen
hether
.
And
thenne
wepyng
feynyngly
she
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
bycase
she
had
lost
her
waye
&
wyst
not
where
she
sholde
go
bycause
she
mette
no
body
by
the
waye
/
she
was
come
there
/
prayng
him
that
for
to
kepe
and
preserue
her
from
daunger
&
inconuenyence
/
he
wolde
in
way
of
good
charyte
receyue
her
for
that
nyght
/
whiche
thyng
he
dyde
/
&
closed
her
within
a
lytyll
closett
or
cotage
whiche
was
a
lytyll
from
his
celle
.
Soone
after
she
began
to
crye
&
calle
saynge
.
Alas
fayre
fader
the
bestes
eten
me
here
.
I
praye
the
open
me
thy
dore
.
The
good
holy
fader
heryng
this
crye
he
was
more
moued
&
troubled
than
he
had
be
afore
/
&
feryng
the
wrath
of
god
sayd
vnto
hym selfe
.
Alas
&
wherof
may
come
to
me
this
trouble
/
neuerthelesse
hauyng
of
her
compassyon
/
he
opened
his
dore
&
toke
her
within
hym
.
And
incontynent
the
wycked
fende
of
helle
began
to
prycke
&
to
shotte
ayenst
hym
the
arowes
of
concupyscence
/
&
to
peerse
&
stynge
his
herte
with
the
thought
of
this
woman
.
And
where
he
thought
in
hymselve
that
it
was
the
deuyll
that
thus
tempted
&
stenged
hym
/
he
began
to
saye
.
I
see
now
well
that
these
tenebrouse
&
derke
thoughtes
come
of
the
fende
of
helle
.
And
by
contrarye
thoos
that
be
clere
and
bryght
come
of
the
sone
of
god
.
And
sayng
this
wordes
he
lyghted
a
candell
/
and
when
his
desyre
enflammed
hym
or
ellys
that
by
the
same
desyre
he
was
taken
with
the
stynkynge
delectacyon
of
lechery
/
he
sayd
in
this
wyse
.
I
wote
&
knowe
well
that
they
that
done
suche
synnes
descenden
&
falle
in
to
the
horryble
tourmentes
of
helle
.
Wherfore
I
wyll
preue
by
my selfe
/
yf
by
the
fyre
of
this
candell
I
may
by
ony
wyse
suffre
the
payne
of
the
fyre
of
helle
.
And
this
sayng
he
putte
his
fynger
in
to
the
flame
of
the
candell
/
and
bycause
that
he
felte
it
not
brenne
for
cause
of
the
grete
brounde
of
lecherye
with
the
whiche
he
was
enflammed
wonderfully
/
he
contynued
all
that
nyght
brennyng
hym selfe
atte
flame
of
the
sayd
candell
/
so
that
in
this
doyng
/
tyll
the
morowe
in
the
mornyng
he
brente
&
bruled
all
his
fyngers
.
Thenne
the
wretchyd
&
vnhappy
woman
seeyng
that
the
sayd
holy
man
dyde
/
brought
herself
in
grete
fere
&
drede
&
vnmouable
as
a
stone
.
Thenne
came
therby
that
morowe
next
thoos
yong
persones
to
whome
she
had
promysed
that
she
sholde
do
so
moche
that
he
sholde
synne
with
her
flesshly
/
&
they
axed
to
this
holy
man
yf
there
was
not
a
woman
come
vnto
hym
vpon
euen
byforn
/
wherat
he
answered
ye
/
&
poyntyng
her
with
the
fynger
sayd
to
them
.
Yonder
ye
maye
see
her
a
slepe
/
&
they
went
in
trowyng
to
haue
waked
her
out
of
her
slepe
/
&
they
founde
her
deed
.
And
they
sayd
ayen
to
the
holy
man
as
all
aferde
/
that
she
was
decessed
.
Thenne
he
dysceueryng
him
selfe
from
a
noughty
mauntell
that
he
had
on
shewed
vnto
them
his
handes
all
brente
sayng
to
them
.
See
my
frendes
what
this
doughter
of
the
deuyll
hath
done
to
me
this
nyght
/
she
hath
dystroyed
&
wasted
awaye
my
fyngers
And
after
he
sayd
to
them
that
he
founde
in
holy
scrypture
our
lord
to
haue
sayd
that
men
ought
not
to
yelde
euyll
for
euyll
/
wherfore
Incontynent
he
began
to
praye
god
for
her
/
&
his
prayer
made
she
anone
came
to
lyue
ayen
.
And
from
that
tyme
she
tourned
her
euyll
lyfe
/
&
spende
the
remenaunt
of
the
same
lyuynge
chastly
and
holyly
.
¶
An
other
brother
tycyd
&
sore
tempted
of
the
sayd
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
one
tyme
among
other
he
went
to
a
towne
in
Egypt
where
the
dwellers
of
the
same
worshyped
the
ydolles
.
And
he
seeyng
there
the
doughter
of
the
preest
of
the
lawe
pagane
/
was
taken
of
the
loue
of
her
/
so
that
he
came
him
selfe
towarde
her
fader
/
&
requyred
him
that
he
wolde
gyue
her
to
him
to
a
wyfe
.
Wherat
the
preest
answered
that
he
sholde
not
gyue
her
to
hym
tyll
he
had
had
the
counseyll
of
his
goddes
therupon
.
So
yede
he
to
speke
with
the
deuyll
whiche
he
worshypped
&
sayd
to
him
.
My
god
here
is
a
monke
that
wyll
take
my
doughter
to
his
wyfe
/
I
requyre
&
beseche
the
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
teche
&
telle
me
yf
I
ought
to
gyue
her
vnto
him
/
or
what
I
ought
to
do
in
this
byhalfe
.
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
yf
he
wolde
make
him
to
fulfylle
thre
thynges
/
the
fyrst
is
to
forsake
his
god
/
the
seconde
to
for
sake
his
crystendom
/
and
the
thyrde
to
forsake
&
leue
his
Relygyon
.
In
this
dooyng
/
&
not
ellys
/
he
sholde
graunte
and
gyue
vnto
hym
his
doughter
to
be
his
wyfe
.
The
preest
thenne
his
answere
vnderstonde
&
herde
/
retorned
towarde
the
monke
/
&
to
him
sayd
&
shewed
that
he
sholde
gyue
him
his
doughter
yf
he
wolde
do
these
thre
thynges
/
wherof
the
monke
was
well
content
of
this
answere
.
¶
And
after
that
he
had
promysed
him
to
do
that
he
had
sayd
to
hym
/
hym
thought
by
lykenesse
that
he
sawe
as
a
whyte
doue
come
out
&
departe
from
his
mouth
&
floughe
to
the
heuen
.
And
after
this
the
preest
wente
ayen
to
the
deuyll
/
&
tolde
him
how
the
monke
had
promysed
hym
for
to
do
&
fulfyll
these
forsayd
thre
thynges
.
Thenne
the
deuyll
defended
hym
/
that
neuerthelesse
he
sholde
not
gyue
his
doughter
vnto
that
monke
/
for
his
god
hadde
not
yet
forsaken
hym
/
but
was
yet
to
his
helpe
So
came
ayen
the
preest
to
him
&
sayd
/
that
he
was
not
yet
dysposed
for
to
gyue
hym
his
doughter
/
bycause
that
his
god
helpeth
hym
yet
/
&
was
not
departed
from
hym
.
¶
The
Relygyouse
herynge
these
wordes
sayd
to
hym selfe
.
Yf
my
god
sheweth
to
me
his
goodnesse
so
grete
/
all
be
it
that
I
vnhappy
&
wretchyd
haue
forsaken
him
/
&
my
baptesme
&
my
Relygyon
/
&
yet
where
I
haue
done
one
so
grete
and
horryble
a
synne
/
hath
wolde
&
wyll
yet
helpe
me
now
.
Alas
&
why
sholde
I
go
from
him
Thenne
he
retournyng
to
hymself
ayen
chaunged
his
euyll
purpose
&
cam
ayen
to
the
hermytage
toward
an
aged
holy
fader
/
to
whome
he
tolde
and
reherced
all
these
thynges
/
the
whiche
y
herde
the
holy
fader
enioyned
hym
that
he
sholde
holde
hym
and
fast
the
space
of
thre
wekes
duryng
within
a
pytte
that
was
within
the
sayd
hermytage
/
and
this
hangyng
he
sholde
pray
for
hym
.
And
this
dyde
the
relygyouse
with
a
good
wyll
.
And
syn
the
olde
fader
departed
from
hym
/
&
prayed
our
lorde
for
him
sayng
.
O
my
god
I
pray
the
ryght
humbly
/
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
gyue
me
the
soule
of
this
poore
&
wretched
synner
/
&
to
receyue
agreable
his
penaunce
/
the
whiche
oryson
&
request
our
lorde
herde
.
And
whan
the
fyrst
weke
of
the
thre
was
atte
an
ende
he
yede
towarde
the
Relygyouse
doynge
penaunce
/
and
questyoned
hym
/
askyng
to
hym
how
he
felte
hymselfe
/
&
yf
he
hadde
seen
ony
thyng
wherby
he
sholde
haue
a
hope
to
be
saued
/
wherat
the
sayd
relygyouse
answered
ye
/
saynge
morouer
that
in
the
hyghenesse
of
heuen
he
had
seen
a
doune
/
beynge
sore
hyghe
ouer
ayenst
his
hede
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
to
him
the
holy
fader
Take
euer
a
besy
kepe
of
thy selfe
/
&
praye
god
besyly
/
and
so
wente
from
hym
vnto
the
ende
of
the
seconde
weke
that
he
came
ayen
towarde
hym
as
he
had
done
afore
.
And
axed
hym
yf
he
had
seen
ony
thyng
/
&
he
answered
that
he
had
seen
the
sayd
doune
comyng
nygh
his
hede
.
So
commaunded
him
the
holy
fader
that
he
sholde
euer
haue
a
good
thought
/
&
that
he
sholde
contynue
to
praye
god
.
Fynably
the
thyrde
weke
fynysshed
he
came
ayen
to
hym
&
questyoned
as
afore
yf
he
had
seen
ony
thyng
more
/
to
whom
he
answered
sayng
.
I
haue
seen
the
doune
whiche
is
come
&
hath
sette
her selfe
vpon
my
hede
/
and
moeuyng
my
hande
trowyng
to
haue
taken
her
/
she
raysed
her selfe
incontynent
and
is
entred
in
to
my
mouth
.
¶
The
whiche
thyng
herde
/
the
holy
fader
began
to
yelde
graces
vnto
our
lorde
.
And
after
sayd
to
the
relygyouse
.
My
frende
thou
mayst
by
this
vysyon
knowe
clerely
/
that
god
hath
receyued
agreably
thy
penaunce
.
And
therfore
from
hens
forth
take
hede
to
thy self
/
and
see
that
thou
falle
not
ayen
in
synne
.
¶
The
Relygyouse
answered
.
Ha
my
fader
I
thanke
the
of
thy
good
counseylles
/
for
by
the
same
thou
hast
be
the
cause
to
make
me
haue
the
mercy
of
god
/
but
yf
it
be
thy
pleasure
/
thou
shalt
be
content
/
that
from
hens
forthon
and
vnto
the
deth
I
shal
dwell
with
the
/
the
whiche
thyng
the
holy
fader
graunted
hym
.
¶
An
olde
relygyouse
named
Thebeyen
tolde
that
he
was
the
sone
of
preest
paynem
sacryfyeng
ydoles
/
and
that
he
beyng
a
yong
childe
&
in
the
Temple
with
the
other
lytyll
childern
/
he
sawe
many
tymes
his
fader
sacrefye
to
the
ydoles
/
and
one
tyme
among
other
he
entred
secretly
within
the
Temple
where
he
sawe
Sathan
syttyng
in
auctoryte
with
all
his
chyualry
whiche
of
a
grete
multytude
of
deuyls
beynge
about
hym
/
one
of
the
whiche
come
fyrste
and
presented
hym
afore
hym
/
worshyppyng
hym
with
grete
Reuerence
/
to
whome
Sathan
asked
fro
whens
he
came
.
And
he
andswered
to
hym
/
that
he
came
from
a
Prouynce
whiche
he
named
/
where
as
he
by
subtyll
meanes
hadde
moeued
and
raysed
grete
warres
dyuysyons
and
bataylles
vnto
wonderfull
shedyng
of
mannes
blood
the
whiche
thynge
I
am
come
for
to
shewe
it
vnto
the.
¶
Thenne
Sathan
asked
hym
/
how
longe
he
was
about
the
ymagynyng
of
soo
worthy
a
werke
done
by
hym
.
Wherat
he
answered
.
.xxx.
dayes
/
whiche
answere
y
herde
/
Sathan
commaunded
that
he
sholde
be
well
bounde
and
scorged
/
saynge
haste
thou
wasted
soo
longe
tyme
about
soo
fayre
a
dede
.
Thenne
came
an
other
that
in
lykewyse
worshypped
Sathan
And
he
asked
hym
fro
whens
he
cam
.
The
deuyll
answered
hym
.
I
was
late
in
the
see
where
I
haue
moeued
grete
stormes
/
by
meane
of
whiche
I
haue
done
perysshe
many
shyppes
/
and
there
grete
trowbles
I
haue
also
made
wherof
grete
slaughter
of
men
hath
ensued
.
So
am
I
now
come
for
to
shewe
it
vnto
the.
Sathan
asked
hym
as
he
dyde
to
the
other
/
how
longe
he
was
about
the
same
.
And
he
answered
that
he
had
done
it
in
.xx.
dayes
.
Alwayes
Sathan
made
them
to
be
scourged
&
beten
as
the
other
was
/
sayng
that
he
hadde
be
ouer
longe
tyme
about
the
same
.
After
this
came
the
thyrde
that
made
hym
Reuerence
as
the
other
had
done
/
&
tolde
hym
that
he
came
from
a
Cyte
that
he
named
/
in
whiche
and
atte
certayn
weddynges
that
were
made
there
he
hadde
moeued
wonderfull
noyses
and
debates
where
many
men
and
wymmen
hadde
slayne
eche
other
and
namely
the
spouse
hadde
be
slayue
there
/
saynge
morouer
that
he
had
moeued
and
done
all
this
grete
myschyef
there
in
.x.
dayes
oonly
.
Sathan
neuerthelesse
made
hym
to
be
beten
&
welcomed
as
the
other
were
afore
/
bycause
he
hadde
be
to
longe
about
the
makyng
of
the
same
.
Fynably
came
a
fore
hym
the
fourth
that
worshypped
hym
as
the
other
had
done
/
and
layed
vnto
hym
how
he
came
from
the
desertes
where
he
hadde
soyourned
and
vaked
the
space
of
.xl.
yere
for
to
haue
made
a
monke
to
falle
in
to
synne
/
&
duryng
the
sayd
tyme
he
coude
neuer
brynge
hym
doune
to
doo
it
vnto
that
nyght
/
but
the
same
nyght
he
hadde
ouercomen
hym
/
for
he
hadde
made
hym
do
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
.
The
whiche
thyng
heryng
the
wycked
Sathan
/
he
rose
Incontynence
from
his
sette
and
came
and
kyssed
hym
in
his
feerfull
and
horryble
vysage
/
and
syn
toke
a
crowne
from
his
hede
and
sette
it
vpon
the
hede
of
the
wyked
tende
/
and
made
hym
sette
donne
in
a
sete
by
hym
/
saynge
thus
to
hym
.
Thou
art
a
valyaunt
deuyll
/
thou
haste
fought
worthyly
and
hast
done
a
grete
thyng
After
all
the
whiche
thynges
thus
herde
and
seen
/
the
sayd
Relygyouse
beynge
yet
a
yonge
childe
as
he
sayd
/
he
concluded
and
sayd
to
hym selfe
/
that
the
ordre
of
monkes
was
a
grete
and
a
worthy
thynge
.
Soo
lefte
and
forsoke
he
from
the
same
houre
bothe
fader
and
moder
and
all
worldely
possessyons
/
and
wente
to
the
desertes
where
he
made
hym selfe
a
monke
.
¶
An
other
relygyouse
there
was
that
hadde
be
a
seculer
and
a
wedded
man
the
whiche
after
his
conuersyon
to
the
astate
of
Relygyon
/
was
sore
tempted
and
prycked
of
the
synne
of
concupyscence
desyryng
euer
his
wyfe
to
be
with
hym
/
the
whiche
thynge
he
reherced
and
shewed
vnto
the
faders
whiche
seeyng
and
knowynge
this
man
to
be
experte
and
able
to
werke
/
and
he
dyde
often
more
grete
labours
than
he
was
charged
to
doo
/
dyde
sette
hym
for
to
doo
grete
and
paynfull
werkes
/
to
th
entent
that
his
bodye
myght
be
febled
and
weyked
so
that
he
sholde
not
be
soo
soone
moeued
ayenst
his
spyryte
And
it
happed
by
the
suffraunce
of
god
that
a
holy
fader
came
in
to
Sychye
where
the
sayd
Relygyouse
helde
hym selfe
.
And
as
he
was
come
to
his
celle
and
founde
it
open
/
he
wente
and
passed
by
/
meruayllyng
sore
that
noo
bodye
came
out
of
it
ayenst
hym
/
wherfore
he
retourned
Incontynenet
/
and
stode
styll
byfore
the
dore
of
this
habytacyon
/
and
feeryng
that
by
aduenture
the
brother
that
dwelled
there
hadde
be
syke
/
he
thought
to
entre
there
in
/
and
founde
the
sayd
brother
sore
syke
and
ylle
atte
ease
.
Soo
he
asked
hym
what
hym
eyled
/
to
whome
for
an
answere
he
reherced
and
tolde
/
how
he
was
come
and
descended
from
the
state
of
a
seculer
man
to
the
astate
of
Relygyon
.
And
bycause
that
the
deuyll
tempted
hym
of
the
Remembraunce
of
his
wyfe
/
he
hadde
gone
towarde
the
holy
faders
to
whome
he
hadde
reherced
and
shewed
his
caas
.
The
whiche
for
to
take
awaye
from
hym
this
fantasye
or
temptacyon
/
they
hadde
or
deyned
and
sette
to
hym
dyuerse
and
sore
grete
charges
.
And
where
he
wolde
doo
and
fulfylle
the
same
/
he
hadde
founde
hym selfe
soo
feble
that
he
coude
not
performe
them
/
and
alwayes
this
temptacyon
lefte
hym
not
/
wherof
he
was
moche
noyouse
and
dyspleasaunt
.
¶
The
holy
fader
heryng
these
wordes
was
wrothe
and
sory
therfore
/
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Certes
my
brother
/
the
faders
and
myghty
men
haue
well
sette
to
the
charges
wherof
thou
art
agryued
/
but
neuerthelesse
yf
thou
wylt
belyue
my
lytyll
counseyll
thou
shalt
yet
doo
otherwyse
.
And
as
for
me
I
counseyll
the
that
thou
leuest
all
hande
werkes
/
and
for
to
bryng
the
vp
thou
shalt
take
a
lytyll
mete
as
the
tyme
requyreth
/
and
after
gadryng
thy
strengthes
togydre
thou
shalt
sette
thy selfe
a
lytyll
to
doo
the
werke
of
god
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
thou
shalt
sette
the
to
praye
god
/
and
shall
sette
in
hym
all
thy
thought
.
For
by
suche
labour
thou
shall
mowe
ouercome
this
temptacyon
And
for
to
enforme
the
/
our
bodye
is
lyke
a
gowne
or
other
raymente
/
the
whiche
yf
hit
be
dylygently
treated
and
kept
as
it
ought
to
be
/
may
the
better
serue
vs
/
but
yf
he
be
euyll
kept
/
and
that
we
be
neclygente
to
dyspose
hym
as
it
apparteyneth
/
it
rotyth
and
wasteth
.
¶
The
brother
heryng
this
counseyll
dyde
as
the
holy
fader
hadde
tolde
hym
/
and
within
fewe
dayes
the
sayd
temptacyon
lefte
hym
.
¶
There
was
a nother
relygyouse
moche
solytaryly
/
and
gretly
stronge
in
conuersacyon
/
whiche
dwelled
in
the
montayne
towarde
the
partes
of
Anthynoe
/
of
whoos
holy
wordes
and
vertuouse
werkes
many
prouffyted
gretly
Soo
was
the
deuyll
of
helle
for
his
holy
lyfe
and
conuersacyon
moeued
to
enuye
ayenst
hym
/
as
he
is
wonte
to
be
enuyouse
ayenst
the
holy
and
vertuouse
men
.
And
waytyng
for
to
deceyue
hym
dyde
bryng
in
to
his
mynde
suche
an
ymagynacyon
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
that
vnto
hym
whiche
was
of
suche
conuersacyon
/
was
nother
leyfull
nor
good
to
lete
hym selfe
be
serued
or
to
suffre
his
necessytees
to
be
admynystred
vnto
hym
by
other
men
/
whiche
he
ought
to
serue
hymself
and
admynystre
vnto
theym
that
was
necessary
to
them
.
And
yf
he
myght
not
or
wolde
not
do
to
them
noo
seruyce
/
at
the
lest
he
ought
to
serue
his
owne
selfe
/
and
not
lette
them
from
theyr
vertuouse
werkes
to
be
done
by
them
for
theyr
saluacyon
/
wherfore
he
dysposed
hym
for
to
go
to
the
next
Cyte
by
for
to
selle
there
some
panyers
and
maundes
that
he
hadde
made
/
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
bye
of
the
moneye
that
he
sholde
haue
therof
suche
thynges
that
were
nedefull
for
his
lyuynge
without
to
gyue
ony
body
traueyll
or
charge
wherfore
he
myght
be
letted
by
.
And
how
be
it
that
in
this
his
purpose
was
some
lykenesse
of
good
/
neuertheles
the
deuyll
that
was
enuyous
of
the
rest
and
tranquylyte
of
the
conscyence
of
the
sayd
relygyouse
/
and
of
the
byhoyffull
tyme
that
he
hadde
to
the
seruyce
of
god
/
to
the
prouffyte
and
saluacyon
of
many
one
hadde
brought
tofore
hym
this
folysshe
ymagynacyon
pretendyng
of
all
partes
to
take
hym
in
his
grymes
and
to
make
hym
falle
in
synne
whiche
semed
hym
not
to
be
possyble
or
atte
the
lest
harde
or
not
to
be
done
lyghtly
but
yf
he
made
hym
to
companye
and
haunte
with
the
folke
of
the
worlde
.
Thenne
this
Relygyouse
folowyng
his
purpose
whiche
serued
hym
good
&
Iuste
/
departed
from
his
dwellyng
place
and
cam
to
the
Cyte
for
to
doo
that
that
he
hadde
supposed
for
to
doo
.
And
bycause
that
euery
body
hadde
hym
in
grete
merueylle
for
his
holy
lyfe
by
cause
of
the
whiche
he
was
sore
famed
and
named
among
the
worldly
folke
/
he
helde
hym selfe
there
more
longe
than
it
was
nede
for
hym
to
doo
not
takyng
hede
to
the
sleyghte
and
wyckednes
of
the
fende
/
whiche
in
spyeng
&
lokyng
for
an
houre
conuenyent
and
necessary
for
to
deceyue
hym
/
presented
vnto
him
the
syght
of
a
yonge
doughter
full
fayre
/
wherof
he
was
Incontynent
taken
with
the
fyre
of
concupyscence
.
And
thrugh
the
besynesse
and
couenable
tyme
that
the
deuyll
gaaf
to
bothe
partes
/
they
wente
togydre
/
soo
that
they
knowe
eche
other
flesshely
.
And
after
the
dampnable
synne
fulfylled
/
knowynge
this
Relygyouse
to
haue
be
deceyued
/
he
departed
and
came
to
the
deserte
/
the
deuyll
alwayes
folowyng
of
nyghe
/
vnto
tyme
that
he
cam
to
a
water
where
he
lete
hym selfe
falle
donne
by
the
shorts
/
and
thynkyng
that
the
deuyll
sholde
be
gladde
of
his
myshappe
or
fallyng
/
he
wolde
dyspere
hymselfe
/
namely
bycause
he
sayd
that
he
had
angred
our
lorde
and
his
holy
angels
/
and
hadde
done
grete
sklaunder
and
shame
to
the
holy
faders
/
and
namely
to
many
that
hadde
vsed
the
Cytees
/
and
were
yet
dwellyng
there
without
to
haue
be
ouercome
by
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
And
lokyng
that
he
was
not
worthy
to
lyken
and
compare
hymself
to
one
of
them
/
was
full
sore
troubled
in
his
corage
/
and
remembred
not
hymselfe
of
the
bounte
and
mercyfulnesse
of
god
/
that
gyueth
vertuouse
corage
to
thoos
that
deuoutely
tourne
them selfe
to
hym
.
He
thenne
blynded
and
not
seeyng
the
Remedye
of
his
synne
/
he
wolde
haue
caste
and
drowne
hymself
within
the
sayd
flode
to
th
ende
he
sholde
reioysshe
perfytly
the
deuyll
of
helle
.
And
of
the
sorowe
and
grete
tourmentyng
of
his
corage
he
was
meruayllously
●yke
and
febled
of
his
bodye
wherof
he
was
in
suche
wyse
dysperate
/
that
yf
the
grete
mercy
of
god
had
not
gyuen
hym
counseyll
&
helpe
afterward
/
he
sholde
haue
deyed
without
repentaunce
to
the
grete
Ioye
&
parfytte
gladnesse
of
the
wycked
fende
of
helle
.
Fynably
he
thynkyng
in
hym selfe
to
retourne
vnto
god
/
by
grete
labour
of
penaunce
&
in
teerys
&
sobbynges
him
to
beseche
to
haue
mercy
of
him
retourned
ayen
to
his
habytacyon
&
monasterye
.
And
as
soone
that
he
was
come
there
/
closed
his
dore
/
shettyng
the
same
as
he
had
be
decessed
&
deed
.
And
there
he
sette
hymselfe
to
wepe
makyng
for
his
synne
right
humble
supplycacyons
&
deuoute
prayers
vnto
our
lorde
.
And
fastyng
&
contynuyng
in
watchynges
&
grete
traueylles
febled
&
wekyd
wonderfully
his
bodye
/
but
it
was
not
yet
in
his
corage
that
he
had
done
suffysaunt
penaunce
.
And
when
ony
brethern
came
towarde
hym
for
to
aske
hym
counseyll
of
some
thyng
profytable
/
&
prayde
hym
to
open
his
dore
/
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
open
it
to
them
/
sayng
that
it
laye
not
in
hym
to
do
it
/
bycause
that
by
othe
he
had
strayned
him
selfe
from
openyng
his
dore
a
yere
duryng
/
&
to
make
there
all
that
whyle
fruytfull
penaunce
/
but
he
prayed
them
that
they
wolde
praye
god
for
hym
.
And
all
be
it
that
they
were
sklaundred
in
hym
&
ylle
content
of
that
they
had
herde
saye
of
him
bycause
they
helde
hym
to
be
honourable
&
a
vertuouse
Relygyouse
/
neuerthelesse
he
enforced
not
hymself
for
to
lay
vnto
them
ony
excusacōns
/
but
sette
al
his
entent
&
affeccyon
to
abyde
&
contynue
in
fastynges
&
deuoute
orysons
that
he
dyde
a
hole
yere
durynge
makyng
his
penaunce
.
Hangyng
the
whiche
tyme
&
on
the
resurreccyon
nyght
of
our
lorde
/
this
holy
fader
desyryng
to
knowe
yf
his
synne
was
forgyuen
to
hym
/
he
toke
a
newe
lanterne
&
garnysshed
it
with
a
lampe
&
after
dyde
sette
it
within
a
newe
cawdron
and
couered
it
with
a
lydde
.
And
this
done
/
he
sette
hym selfe
to
oryson
sayng
.
O
my
god
right
mercyfull
&
pyteouse
that
wyll
&
desyreth
euery
one
to
be
saued
&
to
come
to
the
knowloge
of
thyn
stedfast
trouth
/
I
atte
this
houre
come
vnto
the
to
helpe
/
as
to
the
veray
sauyour
of
thy
good
&
trewe
seruauntes
/
&
notwithstandyng
that
I
haue
offended
the
sore
/
obeyng
and
pleasynge
to
the
fende
of
helle
/
so
that
obeynge
him
I
am
falle
to
deth
euerlastyng
.
Always
my
god
/
bycause
I
wote
&
knowe
that
by
thy
grete
mercy
thou
art
alwaye
redy
&
wyllyng
to
haue
pyte
of
the
wycked
folke
/
&
of
thoos
that
be
not
mercyfull
/
when
they
tourne
themself
ayen
towarde
the.
I
beseche
the
my
god
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
haue
pyte
of
myn
humylyte
/
as
thou
mayst
do
it
/
for
to
the
is
nothyng
Impossyble
.
And
suffre
not
the
my
soule
the
whiche
thou
hast
created
and
made
after
thyn
owne
symylytude
whiche
is
alredy
by
synne
brought
to
the
gates
of
helle
/
falle
nor
entre
therin
/
but
as
thou
art
mercyfull
&
pyteouse
of
thy
meke
nature
departe
with
her
thy
grete
mercy
.
And
in
that
stedfast
fayth
&
bylyue
that
I
haue
of
thyn
endles
myght
/
by
the
whiche
the
daye
of
the
generall
resurreccion
is
comen
/
thou
shalt
not
oonly
reyse
the
bodyes
/
that
thou
hast
alredy
formed
/
&
that
now
be
deed
/
&
also
all
thoo
that
are
to
be
born
&
shall
yet
be
by
the
created
it
wyll
please
the
to
here
my
right
humble
request
&
prayer
/
hauyng
pyte
of
my
goost
longe
syn
deed
/
&
of
my
soule
soo
moche
vnhappy
defoyled
&
spotted
with
the
fylth
of
synne
/
&
in
lykewyse
of
myn
abhomynable
bodye
whiche
I
haue
so
moche
dysguysed
&
made
foule
/
that
I
may
nomore
lyue
/
bycause
namely
that
I
haue
not
had
in
the
stedfast
belyue
.
Alas
syre
pardonne
me
by
penaunce
my
synne
whiche
is
double
/
aswell
bycause
of
the
brekyng
of
thy
commaundementes
/
as
of
dysperacion
/
&
quyckenyng
my
contrycion
/
commaunde
syre
that
this
lanterne
be
kyndled
with
thy
fyre
/
to
th
ende
that
takyng
trust
of
thy
mercy
&
Indulgence
duryng
the
other
parte
of
the
tyme
that
thou
shall
gyue
me
grace
to
lyue
in
this
worlde
.
I
may
curyously
&
dylygently
kepe
as
I
ought
to
do
thy
worthy
commaundementes
/
&
without
to
departe
from
thy
drede
by
all
the
dayes
of
my
lyfe
I
may
serue
the
deuoutly
.
And
on
the
sayd
Resurreccyon
nyght
of
our
lorde
sayng
these
wordes
with
grete
shedyng
of
teeres
he
arose
from
his
oryson
for
to
see
yf
the
sayd
lanterne
sholde
be
kyndled
/
so
he
toke
of
the
syde
from
the
sayd
cawdron
but
he
founde
it
in
suche
astate
as
when
he
dyde
put
it
there
wherfore
yet
ayen
layeng
flatte
his
vysage
to
the
erthe
he
prayed
god
sayng
.
O
my
lorde
&
my
god
.
I
wote
well
that
thou
hast
ordeyned
that
I
sholde
fyght
ayenst
the
deuyll
to
th
ende
/
I
myght
be
crowned
/
but
I
haue
not
be
stedfast
ne
constaunt
in
asmoche
that
for
the
delectacyons
of
the
flesshe
.
I
haue
chosen
to
be
tormented
in
helle
.
Syre
please
the
to
pardonne
me
.
I
confesse
yet
ayen
to
thy
dyuyne
bounte
my
fylthe
&
wyckednesse
/
&
not
oonly
byfore
the
same
I
confesse
it
/
but
also
byfore
thy
holy
sayntes
&
blessyd
angels
/
&
theym
I
sholde
confesse
byfore
all
men
/
yf
I
trowed
not
to
sclaunder
or
moeue
them
to
shame
in
my
persone
.
My
god
haue
mercy
vpon
me
&
wyll
quycken
me
to
th
ende
that
I
may
lerne
the
other
.
And
in
this
maner
prayng
thre
tymes
the
deuoute
Relygyouse
penytent
/
he
was
of
god
exalted
&
herde
/
&
had
veray
knoweloge
therof
by
that
he
rose
&
cam
to
his
lanterne
whiche
he
founde
brennynge
full
bryght
/
wherfore
reioysshyng
hym selfe
he
was
comforted
with
a
hope
/
&
wondred
full
sore
of
the
grete
grace
the
god
had
done
to
hym
pardonnyng
vnto
him
so
benyngly
his
synne
/
&
fullyng
his
desyre
after
his
petycion
&
sayd
I
yelde
vnto
the
graces
my
lord
and
my
god
/
of
that
it
hath
pleaseth
that
in
this
presente
world
to
haue
mercy
of
me
poore
synnar
&
Indygne
of
thy
grete
mysery
cordye
I
gyuyng
to
all
synners
by
this
newe
token
confyance
&
trust
of
the
self
mercy
&
forgyuyng
the
myserable
soules
that
thou
hast
created
for
to
come
to
thy
glorye
.
In
this
maner
perseueryng
this
holy
man
in
his
confessyon
&
yeldyng
graces
&
thankes
vnto
our
lord
/
the
daye
came
that
he
toke
so
grete
reioysshyng
/
that
he
forgate
hym selfe
to
take
his
repast
&
fode
corporall
.
And
all
the
dayes
of
his
lyfe
he
kepte
besyly
the
lyght
of
the
sayd
lanterne
puttyng
oyle
therto
when
it
neded
&
takyng
good
hede
that
it
sholde
not
go
out
/
&
from
hens
forth
the
holy
goost
enhabyted
in
him
/
by
the
helpe
of
whiche
he
profyted
soo
/
that
he
was
reputed
&
holden
for
an
holy
man
&
of
grete
renommee
/
&
to
whom
a
lytyll
afore
his
decesse
was
shewed
the
daye
that
he
sholde
departe
out
of
this
world
to
the
royalme
of
heuen
.
¶
An
other
treatyse
foloweth
/
wherin
is
conteyned
that
folke
of
Relygyon
ought
not
to
possesse
nothyng
/
&
begynneth
in
latyn
(
Frater
quidam
&c
)
A
Yonge
man
somtyme
desyrynge
to
be
a
Relygyouse
/
forsoke
the
worlde
and
gaaf
thou
that
he
had
to
the
poore
/
except
some
small
goodes
that
he
reserued
to
hymselve
for
his
helpe
&
after
came
vnto
saynt
Anthonye
requyryng
him
that
he
wolde
receyue
him
to
the
astate
of
Relygyon
.
Saynt
Anthony
knowyng
that
whiche
is
sayd
/
sayd
vnto
him
.
Yf
thou
wylt
that
I
shall
receyue
the
to
be
a
monke
/
thou
must
go
to
the
next
cyte
here
by
/
&
that
thou
bye
flesshe
/
&
this
done
that
shall
make
fast
the
sayd
flesshe
to
thy
flesshe
naked
/
&
then
thou
shall
come
to
me
ayen
in
that
astate
/
&
thenne
I
shall
do
that
thou
desyreth
of
me
.
The
yong
man
desyryng
sore
for
to
do
that
Saynt
Anthonye
hadde
charged
hym
wente
and
bought
flesshe
and
fastned
it
atte
his
bare
flesshe
/
as
he
hadde
ordeyned
hym
to
doo
.
And
gooyng
ayen
towarde
hym
the
dogges
and
the
byrdes
folowed
hym
whiche
by
grydynes
and
glotony
to
ete
of
the
sayd
flesshe
rented
and
knawed
his
owne
skynne
in
dyuerse
places
of
his
bodye
.
And
thus
he
retourned
to
Saynt
Anthonye
whiche
seeyng
his
skynne
thus
tourne
and
gnawen
/
he
sayd
to
hym
that
in
lykewyse
are
tourne
and
gnawen
by
the
fende
of
helle
and
by
his
temptacyons
/
they
that
forsakyng
the
worlde
wyll
withholde
and
possesse
theyr
moneye
or
other
temporall
goodes
.
¶
The
abbot
Danyell
reherced
of
the
holy
fader
Arsenye
/
that
a
grete
offycer
Romayne
came
ones
to
hym
/
and
brought
hym
the
testamente
of
a
Senatour
whiche
was
of
kynne
to
the
sayd
Arsenyen
/
and
that
by
this
testamente
hadde
made
hym
his
heyre
leuynge
vnto
hym
many
fayre
herytages
and
grete
lyuelode
.
The
holy
fader
Arsenye
takynge
this
testamente
wolde
haue
broken
it
and
rented
in
peces
/
the
whiche
thynge
seeyng
the
sayd
offycer
/
dyde
caste
hym selfe
doune
byfore
hym
/
besechyng
hym
that
he
sholde
not
doo
soo
/
bycause
that
yf
he
hadde
not
conne
exhybe
and
shewe
the
same
ayen
there
as
it
apperteyned
/
he
sholde
haue
lost
his
hede
.
¶
Thenne
the
holy
fader
Arsenye
toke
it
agayne
to
hym
/
saynge
thus
.
Euery
bodye
knoweth
well
that
I
am
deed
longe
tyme
agoo
afore
hym
that
hath
made
this
testamente
/
the
whiche
is
but
late
decessed
/
and
how
maye
he
thenne
haue
made
me
his
heyre
/
by
the
whiche
wordes
he
vnderstode
for
to
saye
/
that
from
the
tyme
that
he
gaaf
hymself
to
be
a
monke
or
Relygyouse
he
dyde
holde
him
for
deed
as
to
the
worlde
/
&
that
he
ought
neuer
to
haue
nor
appropre
to
him
selfe
ony
thyng
worldly
or
temporall
.
The
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenye
was
ones
syke
in
Sychye
/
&
had
grete
nede
of
a
lytyll
moneye
for
to
releue
him
from
his
sykenesse
.
So
was
he
constrayned
to
aske
it
for
goddes
sake
/
&
receyuyng
the
same
he
sayd
.
Lorde
god
I
yelde
vnto
the
graces
of
that
it
hath
pleased
the
to
make
me
worthy
that
in
thy
name
&
for
to
forther
&
helpe
my selfe
out
of
my
necessyte
&
Indygence
I
haue
asked
and
receyued
an
almose
.
¶
Some
reherce
of
the
abbot
Agathon
that
he
&
some
of
his
monkes
&
dyscyples
were
longe
tyme
about
the
makyng
of
a
celle
for
to
make
there
theyr
resydence
&
place
to
dwelle
in
.
And
after
that
they
had
made
an
ende
of
it
and
had
dwelled
therin
a
whyle
/
the
abbot
Agathon
sawe
some
thyng
that
to
his
aduyse
was
not
prouffytable
for
him
&
sayd
to
his
Relygyouses
/
that
they
sholde
departe
from
the
place
&
go
with
him
for
to
enhabyte
an
other
/
wherat
they
angry
and
wroth
answered
suche
wordes
or
in
substaunce
.
Ha
fayre
fader
yf
ye
had
afore
determyned
in
your
corage
for
to
departe
from
hens
as
ye
now
do
shewe
it
/
why
haue
ye
made
vs
bere
&
susteyne
so
grete
payne
and
labours
in
edyfyeng
this
celle
wherat
we
haue
be
so
longe
/
they
that
shall
see
our
departyng
thus
sodayn
shall
be
sclaundred
in
vs
/
&
shall
blame
vs
of
the
vyce
of
inconstaunce
/
and
shall
mocke
vs
/
sayng
that
we
can
not
abyde
in
no
place
.
¶
The
sayd
holy
fader
Agathon
/
seeyng
the
sayd
Relygyouse
beynge
wayllefull
and
dredefull
/
sayd
to
them
.
My
brethern
ye
wote
not
what
ye
saye
.
For
yf
there
be
some
that
wyll
speke
euyll
by
vs
/
also
shall
there
be
some
other
that
shall
be
edyfyed
by
the
same
/
and
shall
speke
good
of
vs
/
and
they
shall
mowe
saye
/
thoos
be
good
&
deuoute
relygyouses
whiche
for
the
loue
that
they
haue
had
to
god
they
are
departed
and
haue
haboundonned
all
theyr
goodes
.
And
therfore
who
that
wyll
come
with
me
/
lete
hym
come
/
for
certaynly
I
ensure
you
that
I
wyll
departe
.
Thenne
they
prosterned
themselfe
before
his
fete
donne
to
the
erth
prayenge
hym
that
he
wolde
graunte
to
them
that
they
myght
bere
hym
companye
whersoeuer
he
wolde
goo
.
¶
The
abbot
Euagrius
sayd
that
there
was
somtyme
a
brother
whiche
hadde
nor
possessed
nothyng
saufe
oonly
a
boke
of
gospellys
/
the
whiche
neuertheles
he
solde
/
&
to
the
poore
nedy
he
gaaf
the
moneye
that
he
receyued
for
it
/
sayng
a
worde
whiche
is
dygne
of
memorye
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
that
he
had
solde
the
worde
that
commaunded
that
men
sholde
selle
all
that
they
haue
&
gyue
it
to
the
poore
.
¶
The
abbot
Theodore
otherwyse
called
the
ferme
/
had
thre
good
bokes
&
veyle
to
be
redde
.
So
was
he
requyred
of
some
Relygyouses
to
lene
them
his
bookes
.
Wherfore
he
wente
towarde
the
abbot
Macharye
/
and
sayd
to
hym
suche
wordes
or
semblable
.
My
broder
I
come
towarde
the
/
to
th
ende
that
thou
gyue
me
counseyll
.
it
is
trouth
that
I
haue
in
bokes
wherin
I
rede
gladly
/
for
in
redyng
therin
me
semeth
that
I
do
my
ꝓfyte
by
it
&
neuertheles
I
am
desyred
of
certayn
brethern
to
leue
them
vnto
them
for
to
ꝓfyte
in
lykewyse
therby
/
so
wote
I
not
what
I
ought
to
do
/
wherfore
yf
it
please
the
thou
shall
telle
me
thyn
aduyse
/
where
at
this
Macharye
answerd
/
that
it
was
a
good
occupacyon
to
rede
holy
scryptures
&
to
employe
him
to
do
good
/
but
for
a
Relygyouse
/
the
gretest
thyng
of
all
his
werkes
/
is
that
he
shall
not
possesse
nothyng
/
the
whiche
answere
herde
he
toke
his
leue
of
the
sayd
Macharye
/
&
from
that
houre
he
went
&
solde
his
bokes
/
&
gaaf
to
the
poore
nedy
the
penys
that
he
had
receyued
for
it
.
¶
One
of
the
aeged
faders
reherced
of
the
holy
fader
Iohan
whiche
was
of
perse
/
that
among
his
good
werkes
&
vertues
he
was
of
depe
symplenesse
&
innocencye
.
He
dwellyng
&
makyng
his
resydence
in
Arabye
whiche
is
nygh
Egypte
/
he
borowed
ones
one
shelyng
of
a
brother
Relygyouse
for
to
bye
flockes
for
to
occupye
hymselve
with
.
And
after
that
he
had
bought
some
/
cam
to
hym
a
brother
/
prayng
hym
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
a
fewe
of
his
flockes
/
for
to
make
a
vestemente
to
his
vsage
.
And
he
gaaf
it
hym
gladly
.
¶
An
other
came
anone
to
hym
that
desyred
him
for
some
of
it
for
to
make
a
couerlet
/
&
he
toke
it
hym
.
¶
Lykewyse
came
to
hym
many
other
to
whome
he
gaaf
of
it
gladly
.
And
syn
after
cam
towarde
him
the
Religyouse
that
had
leued
him
the
shelyng
wherof
he
had
bought
the
sayd
flockes
&
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
paye
hym
ayen
/
to
whom
he
answered
that
he
sholde
go
his
wayes
&
that
he
sholde
paye
it
hym
within
a
shorte
whyle
.
And
bycause
that
he
had
noo
moneye
to
paye
hym
/
he
wente
towarde
the
abbot
Iames
the
dyspenser
for
to
praye
him
that
he
wolde
lene
or
gyue
hym
a
shelyng
/
but
in
his
waye
thytherward
he
founde
●o
shelyng
/
whiche
he
touched
not
/
&
syn
made
his
oryson
to
god
that
he
wolde
kepe
him
from
euyll
temptacyon
.
And
so
done
he
wente
ayen
to
his
celle
/
where
the
sayd
Relygyouse
cam
to
hym
ayen
whiche
asked
his
shelyng
that
he
had
lened
hym
/
&
complayned
ouer
him
sore
that
he
toke
it
hym
not
ayen
.
Thenne
the
good
Iohan
sayd
to
hym
prayng
that
he
wolde
haue
pacyence
for
a
whyle
/
&
he
sholde
haue
it
shortly
ayen
.
So
toke
he
his
waye
ayen
towarde
that
sayd
abbot
Iames
for
to
borowe
of
him
the
sayd
shelyng
.
And
in
his
waye
he
founde
yet
the
sayd
shelyng
in
the
sayd
place
as
he
dyde
afore
/
wherfore
without
to
touche
it
/
he
made
his
prayer
to
god
as
he
had
done
byfore
/
&
retorned
ayen
to
his
celle
without
to
goo
ony
ferther
And
yet
cam
towarde
hym
that
other
Relygyouse
whiche
was
more
worse
pleased
with
hym
than
he
was
afore
/
bycause
he
had
not
his
shelynge
.
The
holy
fader
Iohan
sayng
thenne
to
him
abyde
me
yet
a
lytyll
/
&
I
shall
bryng
it
vnto
the
/
departed
on
his
waye
&
cam
there
as
he
had
seen
the
shelyng
/
&
seyng
it
yet
styll
in
the
selfe
place
where
he
had
seen
hym
afore
/
he
made
his
prayer
vnto
god
/
and
syn
he
toke
it
vp
&
so
wente
he
forth
towarde
the
sayd
abbot
Iames
/
to
whom
he
sayd
.
Fayre
fader
in
my
waye
hytherwarde
I
haue
founde
this
shelyng
/
yf
it
be
thy
pleasure
in
shewynge
thy
charyte
thou
shalt
do
to
be
publysshed
&
knowen
to
all
man
/
that
it
is
founde
for
to
wyt
yf
ony
body
hath
lost
it
And
the
abbot
dyde
soo
/
and
neuerthelesse
noo
body
came
that
chalenged
it
for
his
owne
/
wherfore
the
holy
fader
Iohan
sayd
to
the
abbot
Iames
.
Good
fader
yf
noo
bodye
hath
not
lost
it
.
I
pray
the
that
thou
wyll
take
it
to
that
Relygyouse
to
whom
I
owe
●o
shelynge
/
&
thou
shalt
do
to
me
a
synguler
pleasure
.
For
late
I
came
towarde
the
for
to
praye
the
that
thou
sholdest
lene
me
one
for
hym
/
and
in
my
waye
I
dyde
fynde
the
same
that
I
haue
taken
vnto
the.
And
thenne
the
abbot
meruaylled
full
sore
/
how
the
sayd
holy
fader
Iohan
/
seen
that
he
was
constrayned
to
paye
ayen
the
shelyng
vnto
his
credytour
/
had
borne
it
vnto
hym
streyght
waye
when
he
had
founde
it
.
And
yet
of
him
was
wonder
sayd
/
that
yf
ony
body
cam
to
him
for
to
borowe
ony
thyng
/
he
neuer
toke
it
hym
hymselfe
/
but
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
take
what
he
wolde
and
bere
it
with
hy
.
And
in
lykewyse
yf
men
broughte
hym
ony
thyng
ayen
that
he
had
lened
to
them
/
he
neuer
receyued
it
/
but
sayd
to
hym
that
brought
it
ayen
/
that
he
shold
putte
it
yf
it
semed
him
good
there
as
he
toke
it
afore
when
he
borowed
it
.
And
yf
they
brought
it
not
ayen
/
he
complayned
not
therupon
.
¶
Some
oldo
faders
recounten
/
that
ones
atte
a
congregacyon
or
assemble
of
monkes
dwellyng
in
dyuerse
celles
/
amonge
whiche
was
pryncypall
that
abbot
Ysaac
/
cam
a
brother
that
had
on
a
lytyll
scapulary
whiche
was
ouer
fyn
&
ouer
lytyll
.
To
whom
the
sayd
abbot
Ysaac
sayd
.
Here
is
the
habytacyon
of
monkes
/
and
thou
a●t
worldy
as
a
seculer
man
/
thou
mayst
not
be
here
.
And
syn
sayd
to
the
other
brothen
suche
wordes
Our
faders
and
the
abbot
Poule
vsed
of
olde
vestementes
twyes
sowed
and
patched
in
dyuerse
places
.
And
now
ye
vse
of
vestymentes
precyouse
that
be
not
appropred
to
folke
of
Relygyon
.
And
therfore
go
awaye
from
hens
/
for
ye
deserte
&
dyffame
this
place
.
And
whan
in
tyme
of
heruest
they
wente
for
to
repe
corn
for
to
gete
there
theyr
prouysyon
for
theyr
lyuyng
.
He
sayd
to
them
/
that
he
gaaf
them
no
commaundementes
to
kepe
/
bycause
that
he
knewe
well
/
that
when
he
sholde
gyue
them
ony
/
they
sholde
not
kepe
them
.
¶
The
abbot
Cassyan
sayd
that
a
Senatour
of
Rome
named
Symelicius
wyllyng
to
forsake
the
worlde
/
toke
his
richesses
&
dystrybued
them
to
poore
folke
for
goddes
sake
/
sauffe
some
thynges
that
he
kept
for
his
owne
vse
/
not
wyllyng
perfytly
in
all
thynges
receyuyng
the
humylyte
of
the
forsakers
nor
the
rule
of
the
lyf
in
common
of
theym
that
lyued
in
the
monasteryes
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
Basylle
a
man
of
holy
memory
hadde
sayd
in
this
wyse
.
Thou
hast
lefte
to
be
a
Senatour
in
Rome
/
but
nethelesse
thou
hast
not
made
thyself
a
veray
relygyouse
.
¶
A
broder
sayd
to
the
abbot
Pyscamode
that
it
was
a
thyng
that
greued
hym
/
for
to
selle
that
that
he
made
by
labour
of
his
owne
handes
/
&
atte
this
cause
he
asked
hym
what
he
sholde
do
with
the
werkes
that
he
made
.
The
whiche
abbot
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
the
holy
fader
Sysoyns
&
the
other
aeged
faders
were
wonte
to
selle
the
werkes
that
they
made
with
theyr
handes
/
and
that
this
greued
nor
letted
them
not
in
no
maner
of
wyse
.
And
more
ouer
he
sayd
to
him
/
yf
he
wolde
not
selle
theym
that
he
myght
well
saye
the
pryce
of
euery
thyng
wrought
that
he
delyuered
&
yf
he
wolde
deducte
or
abate
ony
thynge
therof
/
he
myght
do
it
.
And
thus
he
sholde
mowe
fynde
in
sellynge
the
peas
of
his
conscyence
.
This
brother
asked
hym
ayen
/
yf
by
ony
other
meane
than
for
to
werke
&
labour
he
myght
haue
his
necessytees
suffysauntly
/
he
wolde
wyte
yf
it
was
nede
that
he
sholde
werke
/
wherat
the
olde
fader
answered
vnto
hym
/
that
how
well
that
he
had
suffysauntly
to
lyue
vpon
without
to
labour
/
soo
ought
he
not
for
that
to
be
ydle
/
but
ought
euer
to
be
occupied
about
somwhat
wherof
good
myght
procede
.
¶
A
brother
questyoned
the
abbot
Serapyon
sayng
that
he
sholde
telle
hym
a
worde
oonly
of
his
mouth
.
Serapion
answered
to
hy
/
&
what
haue
I
to
telle
the
/
thou
hast
born
awaye
the
thynges
that
longed
to
wydowes
and
orphanes
and
hath
layed
them
in
a
wyndowe
.
And
this
he
sayd
bycause
he
had
seen
that
wyndowe
full
of
bokes
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
was
ones
asked
yf
nought
to
haue
was
a
good
so
parfytte
as
men
sayd
/
wherunto
she
answered
/
that
it
was
a
parfytte
good
to
thoos
that
myght
be
content
of
noughte
to
possesse
.
¶
And
morouer
she
sayd
that
they
that
myght
lyue
in
this
astate
hauyng
pacyence
with
the
same
/
how
well
that
they
hadde
bodely
troubles
/
alwayes
they
sholde
possesse
the
rest
&
peas
of
theyr
soules
.
For
lyke
as
the
stronge
raymentes
when
the
foller
fulleth
them
&
tourmenteth
them
often
vnder
his
fete
.
In
this
dooyng
they
be
wasshed
&
wex
whyte
.
¶
Lykewyse
the
soule
that
is
stronge
&
constaunt
thrughe
voluntary
pouerte
is
confermed
in
perfeccyon
of
vertues
.
¶
The
abbot
Ypericius
sayd
that
wylfull
pouerte
was
the
veray
tresore
of
a
monke
or
relygyouse
.
And
to
this
purpose
he
excyted
the
brethern
to
the
tresore
in
heuen
/
saynge
that
it
was
the
worlde
perpetuell
where
the
good
ought
to
rest
with
on
ende
.
¶
Amonge
the
other
holy
faders
dwellyng
in
Iherusalem
there
was
one
named
Phylagrius
the
laboured
/
to
th
ende
that
oonly
in
labouryng
he
sholde
lake
noo
brede
for
to
susteyne
his
bodye
withall
.
Ones
amonge
other
he
beyng
in
the
comon
place
where
he
wolde
haue
solde
the
werkes
that
he
had
made
with
his
handes
/
a
certayn
persone
let
falle
by
a
hap
a
lytyll
sack
wherin
were
a
thousande
shelynges
/
whiche
this
olde
fader
Phylagrius
founde
&
toke
vp
and
nethelesse
he
departed
not
fro
the
place
where
he
had
founde
it
/
but
helde
hym
there
/
sayng
in
hym selfe
that
he
that
had
lost
theym
ought
necessaryly
to
come
there
for
to
fynde
it
ayen
.
And
anone
after
he
that
had
lost
this
lytyll
sack
came
there
for
to
seke
after
it
.
the
whiche
the
sayd
holy
fader
dyde
calle
vnto
hym
a
syde
and
toke
it
ayen
vnto
hym
with
all
that
was
in
.
And
he
that
had
lost
it
prayed
the
holy
fader
that
he
wolde
take
a
parte
of
the
moneye
but
he
wolde
not
therof
.
Thenne
that
other
began
to
crye
&
saye
openly
how
this
holy
fader
had
founde
his
sack
/
&
had
delyuered
it
vnto
him
ayen
without
to
take
ony
thyng
of
it
.
The
holy
man
heryng
these
wordes
fled
pryuely
away
from
among
the
peple
&
yssued
out
of
the
cyte
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
not
be
knowen
&
honoured
of
that
he
had
done
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
was
questyoned
of
a
yonge
brother
for
to
wyte
of
hym
what
thyng
he
ought
to
do
for
to
be
saued
.
Thenne
the
holy
fader
dyspoyled
him
selfe
from
his
owne
vestyment
/
&
gyrded
well
his
raynes
/
and
syn
sayd
stretchyng
his
armes
&
handes
abrode
/
that
in
this
maner
a
monke
ought
to
be
naked
from
all
seculer
maters
/
&
to
crucyfye
hym selfe
ayenst
the
temptacyons
and
worldly
thoughtes
.
¶
A
broder
Relygyouse
prayed
an
aged
holy
fader
that
he
wole
agreably
receyue
of
him
certayn
some
of
money
that
he
wolde
gyue
him
for
to
helpe
him
self
at
his
nede
but
he
wolde
not
receyue
it
/
bycause
that
the
werkes
that
he
made
with
his
handes
were
suffysaunt
for
the
entreatenyng
of
his
lyue
.
The
sayd
broder
persystyng
in
his
request
/
prayed
him
more
than
afore
that
yf
he
wolde
not
receyue
that
some
of
money
for
an
ayde
to
his
aflaytes
/
at
the
lesse
that
he
wolde
receyue
the
same
for
to
be
by
him
dystrybued
to
poore
folke
/
wherat
the
holy
fader
answerd
him
/
that
this
were
to
him
opprobre
&
double
synne
to
receyue
it
/
the
one
bycause
that
in
receyuyng
the
same
money
for
him
/
he
sholde
do
so
without
necessyte
/
&
the
other
that
in
dealyng
it
to
poore
folke
he
sholde
mowe
falle
in
to
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
.
¶
Some
grekes
transported
ones
them selfe
in
to
the
cyte
of
Ostrace
for
to
deale
there
certayn
almoses
/
&
for
to
do
the
same
they
called
vnto
them
the
generall
ꝓcuratours
of
the
chirche
/
to
th
ende
that
they
shold
lerne
&
shewe
to
them
thoos
that
were
more
nedy
.
Soo
they
arrected
&
ledde
them
to
a
poore
lazer
/
to
whome
they
gaue
an
almose
/
but
he
wolde
not
take
it
sayng
that
he
had
no
nede
of
it
in
asmoche
that
he
coude
gete
somwhat
for
his
lyfe
to
be
susteyned
with
/
in
makyng
of
mattes
of
rodes
&
palme
whiche
he
wrought
with
his
handes
/
wherof
he
toke
syluer
for
to
bye
brede
competently
for
his
lyuyng
/
&
after
they
went
from
this
lazer
&
ledde
the
sayd
grekes
to
the
house
of
a
poore
wydowe
whiche
was
a
lauender
&
a
wassher
of
lynen
clothes
that
had
many
poore
childern
/
and
where
they
knocked
at
her
dore
/
cam
there
one
of
her
doughter
that
was
so
euyll
clothed
&
poorely
arayed
/
that
her
fleshe
was
seen
bare
&
naked
in
dyuerse
places
whiche
tolde
them
that
her
moder
was
not
with
in
.
The
grekes
seeyng
the
Indygence
&
pouerte
of
this
wydowe
&
of
her
childern
/
&
namely
for
pyte
that
they
had
of
this
poore
mayde
that
to
the
dore
cam
/
they
gaue
her
a
gowne
&
money
whiche
she
wolde
not
take
/
sayng
that
her
moder
had
tolde
her
that
she
sholde
sette
her
trust
in
god
/
&
that
he
wolde
that
they
sholde
haue
theyr
lyuyng
in
the
maner
as
they
had
it
/
&
that
morouer
for
the
daye
she
had
founde
werke
ynough
/
wherof
they
myght
easely
lyue
&
passe
forth
the
daye
/
&
in
sayng
these
wordes
cam
home
this
wydowe
the
moder
of
this
mayde
/
to
whom
they
prayed
to
take
this
almose
whiche
her
dought
had
refused
/
but
she
wolde
not
/
sayng
that
she
had
god
whiche
was
her
procuratour
&
he
that
oonly
hadde
the
cure
and
the
charge
of
her
and
of
all
her
childern
.
And
more
ouer
she
sayd
to
theym
/
that
they
wolde
take
hym
awaye
from
her
.
Thenne
they
knowyng
her
grete
fayth
gloryfyed
&
thanked
our
lorde
.
¶
A
venerable
man
vnknowen
transported
hymselfe
ones
in
the
dysertes
of
Sychye
beryng
there
with
hym
grete
quantyte
of
golde
&
of
syluer
/
&
prayed
the
souerayne
fader
abbot
of
the
hermytages
/
that
he
sholde
deale
this
quantyte
of
golde
&
syluer
vnto
the
brethern
of
thoos
hermytages
/
that
whiche
answered
to
him
/
that
the
brethern
had
no
nede
.
And
where
he
dyde
praye
hym
many
tymes
to
do
the
same
/
seeyng
that
he
wolde
not
graunte
him
his
request
.
He
sette
a
corffe
byfore
the
gate
of
the
chirche
&
therin
a
grete
some
of
moneye
to
the
syght
of
euery
one
.
The
whiche
thynge
seeyng
the
sayd
fader
abbot
/
he
sayd
vnto
all
in
generall
that
yf
ony
amonge
them
had
nede
of
moneye
that
they
sholde
take
of
it
out
of
the
sayd
corffe
/
but
there
was
not
one
that
touched
it
nor
that
loked
ones
vpon
the
corffe
.
¶
And
after
the
holy
fader
abbot
sayd
to
the
sayd
almener
.
My
frende
ye
ought
to
be
contente
/
for
god
hath
receyued
agreably
your
oblacyon
/
go
thenne
your
wayes
&
deale
it
to
the
poore
.
The
whiche
wordes
herde
he
departed
wounderfully
edyfyed
of
theyr
wel
ruled
suffysaunce
.
¶
An
other
offred
vnto
an
olde
holy
fader
whiche
was
a
lazer
certayn
somme
of
moneye
/
sayng
to
hym
that
he
sholde
take
it
for
to
helpe
hymself
withall
/
sayng
that
he
had
well
nede
of
it
/
his
olde
aege
&
maladye
well
consydered
.
The
poore
syke
answered
to
hym
.
Alas
my
frende
it
is
thre
score
yere
ago
that
god
of
his
benygnyte
hathe
euer
nourysshed
me
/
and
now
thou
wylt
take
hym
awaye
from
me
.
Syn
that
tyme
that
I
haue
be
syke
as
I
am
.
I
haue
not
had
no
pouerte
nor
Indygence
.
For
my
god
hath
alwayes
fedde
me
/
therfore
I
praye
the
that
thou
wylt
be
contente
of
me
lyke
as
that
I
had
taken
thyn
almose
.
For
certaynly
I
wyll
not
haue
it
.
¶
Some
auncyent
holy
faders
recyted
of
a
good
man
that
was
a
gardener
&
soore
laboryouse
.
And
all
that
he
coude
get
with
his
labour
he
spende
it
all
in
almoses
/
&
wolde
neuer
reserue
to
his
owne
behouffe
ony
thyng
therof
/
but
oonly
asmoche
as
suffysed
to
bye
with
his
brede
cotydyan
The
deuyll
of
helle
enmye
of
humayne
nature
seeyng
the
grete
&
parfytte
charyte
of
this
poore
gardener
/
&
enuyous
of
the
meryte
that
he
acquyred
in
makyng
the
sayd
almoses
tempted
him
subtylly
for
to
make
hym
to
leue
or
to
mynusshe
these
almoses
that
he
made
/
gyuyng
to
him
to
vnderstande
/
that
he
began
to
come
in
to
age
/
&
that
he
myght
well
hap
to
falle
in
some
sykenes
or
debylytacōn
of
his
bodye
/
thrugh
the
whiche
he
sholde
falle
in
grete
pouerte
/
seeyng
namely
that
where
he
myght
no
more
werke
nor
labour
/
he
sholde
haue
nothyng
to
helpe
hymself
with
at
his
nede
.
So
thought
he
in
hymselve
to
spare
&
sette
asyde
some
moneye
/
&
in
dede
he
spared
soo
moche
that
he
fylled
a
boteylle
with
money
.
It
happed
after
this
that
he
felle
in
a
malady
bycause
of
one
of
his
fete
whiche
was
all
Infected
&
rotyn
.
And
for
to
puruey
&
remedye
to
this
sykenes
he
made
some
medycyns
&
cyrurgyens
to
loke
to
his
fote
/
the
whiche
this
dooyng
/
&
gyuyng
vnto
him
dyuerse
maners
of
oynementes
consumed
&
wasted
all
his
moneye
that
he
had
spared
And
neuerthelesse
they
coude
not
gyue
hym
no
remedye
.
And
fynably
a
right
experte
mayster
in
cyrugye
came
to
see
hym
/
the
sayd
vnto
him
/
yf
he
made
not
his
fote
to
be
cutte
of
/
hit
sholde
poysone
&
infecte
all
his
bodye
/
wherfore
on
euyn
was
delyberacyon
taken
to
do
&
accomplysshe
the
same
.
And
the
same
this
poore
man
thynkyng
vpon
his
befall
/
&
knowyng
the
fawte
that
he
had
commysed
&
done
in
leuyng
his
almoses
to
be
do
by
him
as
he
was
wonte
/
for
to
spare
the
moneye
whiche
was
alredy
inutylly
spende
/
began
for
to
wepe
&
sygh●
full
sore
/
repentyng
hymself
that
he
had
so
offended
god
&
the
poores
/
&
began
to
saye
thus
.
O
my
god
I
beseche
vnto
thy
benygne
bounte
that
thou
wyll
not
take
hede
vpon
my
grete
ingratytude
towarde
the
/
but
please
that
to
haue
remembraunce
of
the
lytyll
almoses
that
I
haue
done
for
thy
sake
in
tyme
passed
the
tyme
that
I
dyde
labour
in
my
gardyn
/
&
wherof
I
dyde
fede
thy
poore
seruauntes
.
And
sayng
the
same
the
angell
of
god
descended
afore
him
whiche
sayd
to
hym
.
Come
hether
good
man
I
praye
the
telle
me
where
the
hope
that
thou
haddest
in
thy
moneye
is
now
which
so
curyously
thou
had
spared
&
kept
The
good
man
herkenyng
after
these
wordes
answered
.
Alas
syre
I
haue
syned
pardonne
it
me
/
&
from
hensfortho●
I
shal
nomore
do
so
.
Thenne
the
angell
of
our
lord
touched
his
fote
whiche
was
anone
hole
/
&
redyly
he
stode
vp
/
&
went
to
labour
in
his
gardyn
as
he
was
wonte
to
do
.
He
beynge
in
his
gardyn
the
cyrurgyen
cam
to
the
house
of
this
good
man
bryngyng
with
him
his
yrons
&
instrumentes
for
to
haue
cutte
of
his
fote
with
/
but
men
tolde
him
that
he
was
rysen
in
the
mornyng
erly
&
was
gone
for
to
werke
&
labour
his
gardyn
.
The
whiche
thyng
herde
/
&
beleuyng
the
same
the
sayd
cyrurgyen
/
he
wente
towarde
the
poore
man
whiche
he
founde
deluyng
that
erthe
his
fete
ouer
the
spade
.
And
seeyng
in
him
the
trouth
of
that
was
tolde
him
/
&
the
grete
socours
that
our
lord
had
gyuen
to
him
/
he
began
to
gloryfye
&
to
prayse
the
dyuyne
puyssance
.
¶
A
Relygyouse
questyoned
an
aeged
holy
fader
askyng
of
hym
yf
he
wolde
well
that
he
sholde
holde
&
kepe
towarde
him
the
value
of
two
shelyng
for
to
helpe
&
socour
to
hymselve
ayenst
syknes
yf
ony
happed
to
come
vpon
him
.
The
olde
fader
knowyng
the
affeccyon
that
the
sayd
Relygyouse
had
to
reserue
&
kepe
this
two
shelyng
/
sayd
that
he
wolde
well
that
he
sholde
do
so
.
Thenne
this
Relygyouse
retourned
to
his
celle
&
thynkyng
vpon
the
answere
that
the
olde
fader
had
done
to
him
cam
vnto
him
dyuerse
cogytacyons
&
thought
the
tormented
him
all
his
corage
&
sayd
to
hymselve
/
wenest
thou
myserable
man
that
the
olde
fader
hath
tolde
the
trouth
certeynly
I
can
not
say
whether
he
sayd
it
in
ernest
or
no
/
&
in
effecte
for
to
pease
his
corage
/
he
departed
ayen
out
of
his
celle
&
went
ayen
towarde
hym
repentyng
hymselve
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Good
fader
I
praye
that
in
the
name
of
god
that
it
wyll
please
the
to
telle
me
trouth
touchyng
that
the
I
haue
asked
to
the
/
that
is
to
wyte
yf
I
sholde
kepe
my
two
shelyng
or
no
for
to
ayde
to
my
necessyte
/
for
I
fynde
me
sore
tourmen●ed
of
thought
&
cogytacyons
whiche
come
to
me
bycause
of
the
same
wherat
the
olde
holy
fader
answered
to
him
.
Certes
my
broder
bycause
I
dyde
see
the
wyll
that
thou
haddest
for
to
kepe
them
to
the
ward
.
I
dyde
telle
the
that
thou
sholdest
kepe
them
/
but
neuertheles
I
wyll
well
that
thou
knowe
/
that
it
is
not
well
done
to
kepe
or
withholde
towarde
hym selfe
more
than
it
nedeth
for
the
bodye
/
&
yf
thou
withholdest
these
two
shelynge
/
doubte
not
but
that
thy
hope
shal
be
sette
therupon
.
And
yf
by
aduenture
they
be
lost
/
syn
that
thy
hope
was
torned
therupon
/
god
shall
nomore
haue
a
cause
to
remembre
&
thynke
●pon
the.
And
therfor
we
ought
to
fixe
&
tourne
all
our
hope
&
thought
oonly
in
god
/
&
thus
dooyng
he
shall
see
that
we
shall
be
holpen
&
socoured
in
oure
affayres
&
necessytees
.
¶
An
other
lytyll
treatyse
herafter
consequently
foloweth
of
the
vertue
of
force
&
of
pacyence
/
and
it
begynneth
in
latyn
(
Sanctus
abbas
Anthonius
&c
)
SAynt
Anthonye
the
abbot
he
beyng
in
his
hermytage
was
meruayllously
vexed
&
his
corage
sore
perturbed
&
confuse
by
the
occasyon
of
dyuerse
thoughtes
&
cogytacions
the
cam
ouer
hym
/
&
began
to
say
to
our
lorde
.
Alas
syre
I
wolde
fayne
be
saued
/
but
the
dyuerse
thoughtes
&
fantasyes
whiche
come
me
ouer
/
letten
me
totally
from
the
gettyng
of
my
saluacyon
.
Alas
syre
what
ought
I
to
doo
in
this
trybulacyon
/
or
how
shall
I
mowe
saue
my selfe
.
And
after
he
yssued
out
of
his
celle
&
sawe
a
man
that
satte
&
wrought
/
whiche
anone
after
rose
&
cessed
his
labours
&
sette
hymselve
to
praye
&
make
oracion
vnto
god
/
&
thenne
after
he
wente
ayen
to
his
werke
&
toke
labour
to
hande
makyng
mattes
or
maundes
&
soone
after
went
to
oryson
ayen
as
he
dyde
afore
.
It
is
to
wyte
that
this
man
was
an
angell
that
had
tourned
him
selfe
in
that
forme
of
a
man
/
&
the
whiche
hadde
be
sente
from
our
lord
vnto
saynt
Anthonye
for
his
correccyon
/
&
for
to
gyue
him
a
good
cautele
&
awaye
for
to
resyst
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
So
herde
he
the
voyce
of
this
angell
the
sayd
vnto
him
.
Anthonye
werke
&
labour
as
I
do
/
&
thou
shalt
be
saued
Saynt
Anthony
heryng
these
wordes
was
moche
reioysshed
takyng
in
this
vysyon
a
veray
hope
of
his
saluacyon
/
&
he
began
to
do
as
he
had
seen
the
angell
do
/
&
thus
doyng
he
founde
the
salute
that
he
sought
.
¶
A
relygyous
sayd
to
the
abbot
Agathon
that
he
had
be
sente
for
/
for
to
come
to
a
place
that
was
not
vnto
hym
well
agreable
/
bycause
he
hoped
not
to
be
there
without
batayll
nor
in
peas
of
his
conscyence
/
but
nethelesse
he
was
purposed
to
go
theder
for
to
obey
to
that
was
to
him
commaunded
/
how
be
it
that
he
fered
&
redoubted
sore
to
go
the●
for
the
cause
abouesaid
¶
The
abbot
Ammoras
sayd
that
he
had
dwelled
.xiiij.
yere
in
the
desertes
of
Sychye
prayng
god
there
nyght
&
day
the
pryncypally
he
sholde
gyue
him
vertue
&
strength
for
to
ouercome
the
passions
of
yre
¶
The
abbot
Besaryon
sayd
/
that
he
had
soyourned
by
.xl.
dayes
amonge
the
thornes
without
slepe
.
¶
An
other
solytary
broder
that
was
in
his
werkes
sore
synguler
was
bycause
of
the
same
oftentymes
in
his
corage
/
wherfore
he
went
towarde
the
abbot
Theodore
called
the
ferme
/
&
tolde
him
how
he
was
thus
sore
troubled
often
.
To
whom
he
sayd
.
My
sone
thou
must
humble
thy
corage
&
put
thyselfe
vnder
the
other
brethern
/
&
thus
thou
shalt
mowe
in
lykewyse
dwelle
with
them
.
This
Relygyous
went
incontynent
to
the
montayne
/
&
dwelled
there
with
the
other
a
certayne
whyle
/
&
thenne
he
cam
ayen
towarde
the
sayd
abbot
Theodore
/
&
sayd
to
him
that
in
conuersaunt
with
the
men
/
he
coude
not
fynde
there
no
rest
/
wherat
the
holy
fader
answered
yf
thou
canst
not
haue
peas
by
thyself
alone
nor
with
the
relygyouses
/
why
hast
thou
made
thyselfe
a
monke
.
Hast
not
thou
done
so
for
to
bere
&
susteyne
trybulacyon
I
praye
that
telle
me
how
longe
thou
hast
borne
the
habyte
of
a
relygyon
.
And
he
answered
vnto
him
that
duryng
.viij.
yere
he
had
borne
it
.
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
the
holy
fader
.
Bylyue
me
of
that
I
shall
telle
the.
I
haue
lyued
.lxx.
yere
in
relygyon
/
but
I
founde
neuer
a
day
there
of
rest
/
&
thou
wylt
haue
it
in
.viij.
yere
that
thou
hast
be
there
.
¶
An
other
broder
moeued
the
sayd
abbot
Theodore
askyng
to
him
/
yf
it
was
a
sure
thyng
to
dwelle
in
a
place
where
an
other
was
falle
sodaynly
.
And
he
answered
vnto
hym
.
Yf
heuen
were
in
a
daunger
to
falle
donne
so
that
it
sholde
touche
the
erthe
/
yet
sholde
not
Theodore
be
aferde
of
it
.
The
whiche
questyon
the
sayd
Relygyous
dyde
moeue
vnto
hym
/
desyryng
to
wyte
what
he
sholde
answere
vnto
him
therupon
/
bycause
that
namely
he
had
herde
saye
/
that
this
Theodore
had
prayed
to
god
/
that
he
sholde
take
awaye
from
him
drede
&
doubte
seruyle
from
his
corage
.
¶
Some
sayd
of
the
abbot
Theodore
of
saynt
Lucye
&
of
a
Nonne
of
Alexandrye
/
that
duryng
fyfty
yeres
they
made
in
theyr
celles
contynuall
resydence
without
to
haue
ones
departed
out
of
the
same
/
reducyng
in
to
memorye
that
grete
&
meruayllous
constaunce
of
theyr
olde
faders
that
had
be
thus
constaunt
.
And
when
ony
fantasyes
or
cogytacyons
came
to
them
vpon
for
to
go
or
transporte
them selfe
in
to
some
straunge
places
/
they
concluded
togyder
for
to
go
there
saynge
in
this
maner
.
When
the
wynter
is
passed
we
shall
go
to
suche
a
place
/
&
commyng
the
somer
in
hande
/
they
sayd
/
when
the
somer
shal
be
almoost
atte
an
ende
we
shall
go
to
suche
a
place
.
And
thus
from
yere
to
yere
&
from
terme
to
terme
they
prolonged
theyr
suche
delyberacōns
/
so
longe
that
they
dwelled
styll
in
theyr
sayd
habytacyons
as
constaunt
&
ferme
duryng
the
tyme
of
fyfty
yeres
as
aboue
is
sayd
.
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
sayd
of
that
abbot
Iohan
the
lytyll
/
that
he
had
prayed
god
that
he
wolde
take
away
from
hym
all
his
sensuall
passyons
/
in
suche
wyse
that
he
were
sure
that
he
sholde
neuer
doo
no
synne
.
And
hauyng
this
ymagynacyon
/
the
god
had
graunted
him
his
prayer
/
he
sayd
to
an
olde
relygyous
that
he
founde
hymself
peasyble
in
his
corage
/
&
not
hauyng
within
hym
no
repynyng
or
bataylle
.
Thenne
this
olde
Relygyous
sayd
vnto
him
.
I
counseyll
the
that
thou
go
praye
god
/
that
he
wyll
make
thy
passyons
to
be
moeued
in
the.
For
to
haue
mater
to
fyght
with
them
resystyng
ther
ayenst
For
in
this
doyng
the
soule
prouffyteth
.
The
whiche
prayer
the
sayd
abbot
Iohan
made
.
And
when
he
sawe
hymselve
thus
assaylled
as
afore
/
he
prayed
noo
more
god
that
he
sholde
take
from
him
his
sayd
passyons
/
but
prayed
him
oonly
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
the
vertue
of
force
&
of
constaunce
/
for
to
susteyne
them
&
resyste
to
the
same
.
¶
The
abbot
Macharye
the
grete
transported
ones
hyselfe
to
the
montayne
towarde
the
abbot
saynt
Anthonye
/
&
knockyng
at
his
dore
/
saynt
Anthonye
cam
that
made
hym
openyng
&
asked
to
the
sayd
Macharye
what
he
was
/
wherat
he
answered
that
he
was
Macharye
/
the
whiche
answere
herde
saynt
Anthonye
entred
ayen
within
his
celle
/
and
as
by
despyte
/
he
shetted
his
dore
ayen
afore
his
face
/
&
lefte
the
sayd
Macharye
without
.
And
syn
after
saynt
Anthony
seeyng
that
pacyence
of
this
Macharye
he
opened
his
dore
ayen
to
him
&
made
him
good
chere
sayng
.
Ha
my
brother
thou
art
welcome
.
It
is
longe
agoon
that
I
had
grete
desyre
to
see
the
/
for
the
good
&
laudable
reporte
that
I
haue
had
euer
of
thy
vertuous
condycyons
.
And
after
that
they
had
talked
&
deuysed
togydre
/
the
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
admynystred
vnto
him
of
his
goodes
entreatyng
him
amyably
/
&
makyng
vnto
him
all
the
seruyces
of
hospytalyte
to
him
possyble
.
For
the
sayd
Saynt
Macharye
bycause
of
the
longe
waye
that
he
had
done
he
was
sore
trauaylled
&
wery
.
And
thenne
commyng
the
euen
towarde
/
saynt
Anthonye
whiche
was
neuer
ydle
dyde
laye
his
roddes
&
palmes
in
water
for
to
wete
them
that
he
myght
werke
withall
about
his
baskettes
&
maundes
.
And
saynt
Macharye
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
delyuere
to
hym
moo
roddes
for
to
water
for
to
put
to
werke
as
he
had
doon
.
But
saynt
Anthonye
desyryng
that
he
sholde
rest
/
answered
to
hym
that
he
had
no
moo
.
And
neuerthelesse
he
made
for
him
a
greter
ferdell
or
bondell
the
whiche
he
watred
for
to
put
to
werke
.
And
thus
in
spekyng
of
the
helthe
.
of
theyr
soules
/
they
began
to
werke
for
to
tyssue
the
sayd
roddes
&
palmes
to
make
mattes
/
the
whiche
so
made
/
they
lete
doun
by
a
wyndowe
in
to
a
depe
pytte
.
The
morne
folowyng
saynt
Anthonye
descended
&
went
doun
in
to
the
pytte
/
sawe
&
behelde
the
grete
multytude
of
mattes
whiche
saynt
Macharye
had
made
/
he
meruaylled
strongly
&
after
wente
&
kyssed
the
hondes
of
saynt
Macharye
/
in
sayeng
that
out
of
his
handes
cam
grete
vertue
.
¶
On
a
tyme
the
sayd
saynt
Macharye
wente
doun
fro
that
desertes
of
Sychye
in
to
a
place
called
Therenutin
/
in
whiche
place
he
was
surprysyd
with
slepe
/
&
was
constrayned
to
slepe
in
a
sepulture
where
of
olde
tyme
had
be
acustomed
for
to
burye
the
bodyes
of
paynems
.
And
for
to
rest
hym
he
leyde
his
hede
vpon
a
deed
bodye
/
as
it
had
ben
a
pylowe
or
quysshon
.
The
deuyls
thenne
seeyng
the
grete
affyaunce
that
he
had
in
god
/
were
sore
troubled
/
&
wyllyng
to
fere
&
make
the
sayd
saynt
Machary
a
gaste
One
of
them
began
to
calle
a
woman
sayneg
.
Nonne
come
&
bayne
the
with
vs
.
In
answeryng
to
whom
an
other
deuyll
whiche
had
entred
in
to
the
bodye
vpon
whiche
saynt
Macharye
rested
/
and
laye
vpon
it
with
his
hede
/
sayd
to
the
deuyll
that
called
hym
.
I
maye
not
/
for
I
haue
a
pylgryme
vpon
me
/
whiche
letteth
me
to
go
thyder
.
The
holy
man
Macharye
heryng
these
wordes
was
nothyng
affrayed
/
but
trustyng
veryly
alwaye
in
god
sayd
to
the
deed
corps
.
Aryse
thou
and
goo
forth
yf
thou
mayst
.
The
whiche
answerd
heryng
the
deuylles
began
to
crye
with
an
hye
voys
sayeng
Ha
Macharye
thou
hast
vaynquysshed
and
ouercome
vs
.
And
these
wordes
sayd
/
they
fledde
awaye
all
confused
.
¶
The
abbot
Mathoys
sayd
/
whan
I
wyll
doo
ony
thyng
lyghtly
/
anone
I
thynke
how
gryeuous
it
is
/
and
anone
it
fleeth
awaye
from
me
and
is
fynysshed
.
¶
Some
reherce
of
the
abbot
Mylet
/
how
he
dwellyng
&
makyng
resydence
in
the
desertes
of
per●e
two
childern
of
the
Emperour
of
the
Persyens
on
a
tyme
among
other
as
they
had
be
accustomed
/
wente
for
to
hunte
and
for
to
take
some
beste
more
lyghtly
/
dyde
do
hange
there
theyr
cordes
and
nettes
a
brode
whiche
comprysed
.xl.
mesures
in
length
and
brede
.
And
in
huntyng
in
the
sayd
place
/
the
holy
fader
saynt
Macharye
with
his
two
dyscyples
beynge
nygh
by
the
corde
was
there
founden
by
the
sayd
chyldern
&
theyr
people
the
whiche
seeyng
the
sayd
saynt
Macharye
to
be
meruayllously
rowgh
/
&
had
a
face
terryble
&
ferdfull
to
beholde
/
werof
the
syght
of
him
meruayllously
abasshed
/
and
began
to
aske
and
demaunde
of
hym
yf
he
were
a
man
or
some
espyryte
.
To
whom
he
answerde
that
he
was
a
synfull
man
whiche
byleued
on
the
sone
of
god
the
whiche
had
receyued
deth
on
the
crosse
&
passyon
for
the
saluacyon
of
mankynde
/
and
hym
worshypped
with
all
affeccyon
/
as
to
hym
oonly
to
whom
was
due
adoracyon
&
honour
.
And
heryng
his
answere
they
sayd
that
they
wyste
not
what
he
sayd
/
and
that
they
had
none
other
goddes
but
the
sonne
/
the
fyre
/
and
the
water
/
and
that
it
byhoued
that
they
adoured
theym
/
and
sholde
make
to
theym
sacrefyce
.
Saynt
Macharye
answered
to
theym
that
he
neuer
sholde
soo
doo
/
by
cause
that
the
sonne
was
a
planete
/
and
the
fyre
and
water
two
clementes
/
whiche
had
noo
puyssaunce
ne
power
but
suche
as
was
gyuen
to
theym
at
theyr
creacyon
of
god
theyr
maker
.
And
by
this
and
other
reasons
Saynt
Macharye
shewed
to
them
that
they
erred
meruayllously
Wherfore
he
admonested
theym
to
conuerte
theym
to
god
whiche
had
created
theym
and
all
other
thynges
.
The
same
childern
and
theyr
folke
heryng
these
wordes
of
saynt
Macharye
began
to
mocke
hym
in
sayeng
.
Sayst
thou
not
that
thy
god
hath
ben
crucyfyed
/
yes
sayd
saynt
Macharye
.
And
yet
I
saye
more
/
that
it
is
he
whiche
by
his
deth
mortefyeth
synne
&
sleeth
eternall
deth
.
After
the
whiche
wordes
soo
sayd
/
they
dyde
to
Saynt
Macharye
and
to
his
dyscyples
many
tormentes
wyllyng
to
constrayne
hem
to
make
sacrefyce
to
the
sonne
/
to
the
fyre
/
and
to
the
water
/
as
to
theyr
goddes
/
whiche
they
vtterly
refused
and
wolde
not
doo
it
.
For
whiche
cause
after
dyuerse
tourmentes
they
smote
of
the
hedes
of
the
two
dyscyples
of
saynt
Macharye
/
but
they
wolde
not
soo
promptly
putte
hym
to
deth
by
cause
they
wolde
put
hym
to
more
tourmentes
and
soo
they
dyde
.
And
among
other
they
sette
hym
in
the
myddle
of
a
place
where
they
establysshed
to
shote
at
hym
/
as
he
had
be
a
butte
.
And
they
shotte
many
arowes
/
some
in
his
backe
and
other
in
his
brest
.
In
suffryng
the
sayd
tourmente
saynt
Macharye
sayd
to
the
two
childern
.
False
and
vntrewe
tyrauntes
Inhumayne
/
for
as
moche
as
I
see
that
of
one
accorde
and
consentement
ye
be
determyned
to
shede
th
ynnocent
blood
/
and
to
putte
to
deth
myserably
the
poore
seruauntes
of
god
.
I
wyll
aduertyse
you
and
notefye
/
that
to
morn
at
this
hour
your
moder
shall
be
without
childern
/
and
shall
be
pryued
fro
the
syght
of
you
/
and
that
ye
shall
more
hurte
and
gryeue
your selfe
/
and
shall
with
your
arowes
shede
your
owne
blood
to gydre
.
The
sayd
childern
dyspysyng
the
wordes
of
the
sayd
saynt
Macharye
and
mocked
hym
.
On
the
morn
they
wente
on
huntynge
as
they
dyde
to
forn
/
And
it
happed
that
an
herte
was
taken
in
theyr
cordes
/
the
whiche
notwithstondyng
escaped
.
Thenne
they
rode
after
with
all
dylygence
to
th
ende
that
they
myght
take
hym
/
and
in
shotyng
theyr
arowes
ayenst
hym
they
slewe
eche
other
/
lyke
as
saynt
Macharye
had
sayd
to
theym
.
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
sayd
that
a
Relygyous
man
is
veryly
knowen
to
be
a
monke
in
his
temptacyons
/
that
is
to
wyte
whan
he
resysteth
theym
constantly
and
myghtyly
.
Yet
sayd
the
sayd
abbot
beyng
in
Sychye
on
a
tyme
to
his
relygyouses
.
My
brethern
ye
knowe
well
that
we
be
hyther
come
for
to
labour
.
Now
I
see
well
that
here
is
no
maner
labour
/
wherfore
I
determyne
that
we
goo
to
some
other
place
/
where
we
may
fynde
to
labour
/
to
th
ende
that
in
soo
dooyng
we
may
fynde
rest
as
who
wolde
saye
/
that
the
grettest
batayll
that
a
relygyous
man
may
mene
ayenst
hym selfe
/
is
to
be
ydle
.
For
in
werkyng
many
euyll
thoughtes
&
cogytacyons
ben
eschewed
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
in
spekyng
to
his
monkes
/
yf
ye
conuerse
in
the
monasterye
with
the
other
/
chaunge
not
you●●ace
/
for
ye
destroye
your
selfe
yf
ye
soo
doo
.
And
in
lyke
wyse
as
an
henne
yf
she
leue
her
egges
without
to
couere
theym
/
she
shall
neuer
haue
chykens
/
for
they
may
not
be
formed
for
lacke
of
hete
.
Right
soo
in
lykewyse
the
relygyous
man
or
woman
that
transporteth
hym selfe
from
one
place
to
an
other
/
in
leuyng
the
place
of
his
Relygyon
shall
neuer
fructefye
in
vertuous
werkes
.
For
he
or
she
is
all
colde
in
the
vertue
of
fayth
for
as
moche
as
he
transporteth
and
chaungeth
his
owne
place
.
¶
Ferthermore
he
sayd
/
that
whan
the
deuyll
may
not
make
to
falle
in
to
synne
a
Relygyous
persone
or
other
by
the
pryckynges
of
pouerte
/
he
admynystreth
to
hym
habundaunce
of
Richesses
for
to
make
hym
synne
by
the
moen
of
theym
.
And
in
lyke
wyse
/
whan
he
maye
not
excyte
hym
by
Iniuryes
and
repreues
/
he
maketh
to
be
mynystred
to
hym
praysynges
and
vayne
glorye
.
And
there
where
he
procureth
to
a
persone
that
he
haue
all
the
cases
of
his
bodye
/
and
may
not
begyle
and
seduce
hym
by
delectacyons
and
worldly
pleasaunces
.
Thenne
he
enforceth
hym
to
make
hym
falle
by
aduersytees
and
molestacyons
whiche
he
maketh
to
come
contrarye
to
his
wylle
.
And
ofte
to
theym
that
he
wyll
tempte
/
he
maketh
to
come
vpon
theym
some
sekenesses
and
maladyes
/
by
the
whiche
he
maketh
the
Relygyouses
ferdfull
/
and
troubleth
in
theym
the
charyte
that
they
haue
towarde
god
/
But
how
well
that
the
bodye
be
tourmented
by
hote
feures
enflamed
with
thrust
Insacyable
/
he
that
suche
afflyccyons
susteyneth
and
endureth
ought
to
haue
in
his
remembraun●●
&
mynde
the
eternall
fyre
/
and
the
vnspekable
tourmentes
of
helle
/
And
in
consyderyng
theym
well
he
shall
not
be
slowe
ne
feble
to
suffre
the
aduersytees
of
this
worlde
but
shall
bere
theym
with
grete
corage
in
hym selfe
/
enioyeng
of
that
whiche
our
lorde
by
suche
aduersytees
vysyteth
hym
/
in
hauyng
in
his
mouth
the
wordes
of
Dauyd
in
the
psaulter
whiche
ben
these
.
My
god
whiche
chastyseth
his
synners
/
hath
by
his
grace
chastysed
me
/
and
hath
not
condempned
me
to
deth
.
And
yf
the
Relygyous
thus
tourmented
be
a
synner
and
in
ruste
as
the
yron
/
he
shall
lose
his
ruste
by
the
fyte
of
aduersyte
.
And
yf
he
be
Iuste
beryng
his
maladyes
and
aduersytees
pacyently
fro
grete
perfeccyon
/
he
shall
be
promoted
to
more
gretter
.
And
yf
he
be
stedfast
/
he
shall
be
puryfyed
to
the
confusyon
of
the
deuyll
/
whiche
is
gyuen
to
a
man
for
to
tempte
hym
with
the
pryckynges
of
his
flesshe
.
Thenne
he
ought
to
enioye
hym
/
in
consyderyng
to
whom
he
is
made
semblable
.
For
yf
he
be
tempted
with
flesshely
concupyscence
/
and
yf
he
withstande
it
constantly
/
he
shall
haue
meryte
/
and
deserue
lyke
to
the
meryte
of
Saynt
Poull
the
Appostle
.
Yf
we
be
chastysed
by
hote
feures
/
or
by
rygour
of
colde
/
we
ought
to
haue
Remembraunce
of
the
scrypture
that
sayth
/
we
haue
passed
by
fyre
and
water
.
And
ther
resteth
noo
thynge
/
but
that
we
be
putte
in
a
place
of
reste
/
we
ought
also
to
hope
syth
that
we
haue
born
the
tourmentes
/
that
we
shall
haue
after
consolacyons
and
comforte
Also
in
makyng
and
dooyng
vertuouse
werkes
we
ought
to
crye
with
the
prophete
Dauyd
in
sayeng
.
I
am
poore
/
nedy
/
and
sorowfull
.
And
he
that
pacyently
shall
suffre
suche
trybulacyous
.
Infallybly
he
shall
be
in
souerayne
degree
of
perfeccyon
.
Thenne
in
these
excersyces
lete
vs
proue
our
werkes
in
fyghtyng
constantly
ayenst
our
enemye
/
whome
we
haue
contynuelly
tofore
our
eyen
.
And
yf
the
maladye
be
to
vs
gryeuous
/
therfore
late
vs
not
be
angry
/
but
notwithstandyng
the
sekenesse
or
hurte
bodely
late
vs
take
hede
to
praye
to
god
and
thanke
hym
.
Certayne
all
thynges
be
to
vs
necessarye
for
to
destroye
and
bryng
to
noughte
the
bodely
dyseases
.
And
fastynges
and
labours
ben
to
vs
ordeyned
ayenst
the
soule
thoughtes
and
temptacyons
.
Yf
thenne
our
sekenesses
breke
and
bruse
our
vycyous
affeccyons
and
superflue
/
we
ought
to
praye
god
that
they
abyde
and
contynue
in
vs
for
our
amendemente
and
correccyon
/
and
that
he
gyue
to
vs
courage
and
affeccyon
to
bere
and
suffre
theym
pacyently
.
Certaynly
lyke
as
by
grete
and
sharpe
medycyne
a
sekenes
is
heled
.
Ryght
soo
by
maladyes
of
the
body
ben
cutte
of
and
withdrawen
the
bodely
vyces
.
And
it
is
a
grete
vertue
whan
in
gryeuous
maladyes
/
one
hath
humble
pacyence
.
And
by
soo
dooyng
and
gyuynge
to
god
thankynges
/
the
sayd
pacyente
is
redyly
addressyd
and
sente
to
god
/
yf
we
lese
our
bodely
eyen
/
we
ought
not
take
it
gryeuously
/
but
we
ought
to
endure
it
pacyently
.
For
belesyng
of
theym
/
we
lese
the
Instrumente
whiche
maye
make
vs
to
enhaunce
in
pryde
.
And
in
contrarye
wyse
/
by
the
eyen
of
our
entendemente
and
vnderstandyng
/
we
maye
the
more
lyghtly
beholde
and
haue
contemplacyon
in
the
glorye
of
our
lorde
/
yf
we
haue
lost
our
heryng
and
be
deef
/
we
retche
not
/
for
therby
we
haue
lost
the
opportunyte
of
heryng
or
to
herkene
vayne
wordes
.
Yf
our
bodely
hondes
haue
ony
passyon
/
or
by
sekenesses
be
enfebled
/
we
ought
to
haue
our
spyrytuell
hondes
more
redy
to
vertuous
werkes
/
yf
the
sekenesse
enfeblyssheth
our
bodye
in
soo
dooyng
yf
it
be
vycyous
/
it
dysposeth
hym
to
withstande
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
.
And
yf
he
be
vertuous
/
his
vertue
and
helth
encreaceth
.
They
that
in
this
worlde
commyse
and
doo
ony
cryme
or
trespa●s
openly
/
whan
they
be
taken
they
be
wyll
they
or
not
putte
and
sette
in
pryson
for
to
be
punysshed
of
theyr
mysdedes
/
the
whiche
punycyon
/
yf
they
bere
it
pacyently
maye
be
cause
of
theyr
saluacyon
.
We
thenne
that
haue
doon
and
commysed
many
horryble
and
grete
synnes
towarde
our
god
and
maker
/
whiche
with
his
precyouse
blood
hath
redemed
vs
/
and
that
by
cause
of
the
sayd
synnes
we
ben
in
daunger
to
renne
in
to
dampnacyon
eternall
/
we
ought
for
to
eschewe
the
same
with
good
wyll
to
enprysone
vs
and
to
punysshe
and
to
correcte
our
selfe
/
consyderyng
that
in
soo
doyng
we
maye
gete
the
glorye
eternall
/
and
to
eschewe
the
horryble
tourmentes
of
helle
/
whiche
euer
shall
suffre
the
myserable
synners
that
deyen
in
dedely
synne
/
whan
we
faste
we
ought
not
to
seke
occasyon
to
saye
that
the
fastyng
hath
soo
moche
enfebled
vs
that
we
haue
ronne
therby
in
to
some
maladye
.
For
often
tymes
it
happeth
that
they
that
faste
not
renne
in
to
suche
and
lyke
sekenesses
as
well
as
they
that
faste
/
yf
we
haue
begonne
to
doo
some
good
/
we
ought
neuer
to
leue
it
without
to
fulfylle
it
/
what
someuer
lettyng
the
fende
gyueth
vs
.
For
by
our
pacyence
he
shall
be
destroyed
.
And
for
to
perseuere
with
constaunt
corage
to
withstande
his
temptacyons
we
ought
to
rule
vs
by
example
of
the
maronners
/
the
whiche
in
dysposyng
theym
to
sayle
yf
they
haue
wynde
that
to
theym
be
propyce
.
Incontynente
they
reyse
vp
theyr
saylles
/
and
putte
theym
to
the
voyage
.
But
yf
that
in
theyr
sayllyng
come
vnto
them
ony
wynde
contrary
/
for
all
that
they
forsake
not
sodaynly
theyr
shyppe
/
but
suffre
a
lytyll
ayenst
the
tempeste
.
And
repugne
to
theyr
power
ayenst
it
vnto
the
tyme
that
they
fynde
the
tyme
well
dysposed
to
performe
surely
and
lyghtely
theyr
voyage
.
We
thenne
that
be
recountred
and
foughten
with
/
by
the
wycked
and
dampned
spyryte
.
Addresse
we
in
our
corage
the
precyous
crosse
of
our
sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
in
stede
of
the
saylle
.
And
with
out
ony
daunger
or
peryll
we
shall
ouersaylle
the
peryllous
and
myserable
see
of
this
worlde
.
¶
Some
recyten
of
a
virgyne
named
Sayre
the
whiche
was
reputed
of
holy
and
praysed
Remembraunce
/
the
whiche
dwelled
by
the
space
of
sixty
yere
vpon
the
ryuage
of
a
Ryuer
/
durynge
the
whiche
tyme
she
neuer
lyfte
vp
her
syght
for
to
be
seen
.
¶
The
abbot
Yperycius
sayd
that
we
sholde
alwaye
synge
and
haue
in
oure
mouth
ympnes
and
spyrytuell
songes
/
in
thynkynge
contynuelly
on
god
and
in
his
meruayllous
werkes
.
For
by
suche
cogytacyons
and
thynkynges
is
aswaged
and
alleged
the
grete
heuynesse
and
burthen
of
temptacyons
that
comen
on
vs
/
of
the
whiche
thynge
we
haue
an
euydent
example
.
¶
A
man
longe
gooyng
and
trauayllynge
wereth
wery
/
but
in
blowynge
and
takyng
his
bre●h
dymynyssheth
somwhat
his
trauayll
/
and
the
grete
charge
of
his
waye
.
¶
The
abbot
Yperycius
sayd
/
that
it
is
of
necessyte
that
we
be
armed
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
for
they
come
in
many
maners
/
and
in
withstandyng
theym
whan
they
assaylle
vs
we
shal
be
by
the
sayd
resystaunce
be
approued
constaunt
&
ferme
.
¶
An
olde
auncyent
fader
sayd
/
that
yf
vpon
a
man
cometh
a
temptacyon
/
and
he
withstande
it
not
constantly
/
thenne
shall
other
temptacyons
assaylle
hym
on
all
partes
/
whiche
the
fende
his
enemye
shall
mynystre
to
hym
/
and
make
hym
dredefull
and
to
murmure
ayenst
god
.
To
this
purpose
is
reherced
an
example
.
¶
A
brother
beyng
in
his
celle
whiche
was
tempted
of
a
temptacyon
/
and
desyryng
to
withstande
the
same
/
yf
ony
sal●wed
or
grette
hym
/
doubtyng
to
renne
in
to
synne
yf
he
spake
to
ony
persone
/
he
wolde
not
salowe
hym
/
ne
receyue
hym
in
to
his
celle
.
And
by
cause
of
his
grete
solycytude
and
straytenesse
he
was
so
estraunged
from
other
that
some
tyme
/
yf
he
had
nede
of
brede
/
men
gaaf
hym
none
.
And
as
men
came
from
heruest
/
noo
man
bad
hym
to
ete
/
how
well
that
he
hadde
be
accustomed
to
be
boden
of
theym
that
came
.
And
also
in
the
tyme
of
heruest
whiche
is
an
hote
season
he
coude
not
soo
moche
repe
and
labour
/
that
in
the
ende
he
coude
haue
ony
brede
in
his
celle
.
But
what
someuer
necessyte
that
he
had
he
rendred
alwayes
thankynges
vnto
god
/
and
had
alwaye
a
constaunt
and
strong
corage
to
supporte
the
necessytees
and
aduersytees
/
wherfore
our
lorde
seeyng
the
grete
pacyence
of
this
holy
man
toke
awaye
from
hym
the
batayll
of
temptacyons
/
for
in
socouryng
hym
in
his
necessytees
.
¶
Of
a
tyme
amonge
the
other
/
he
sente
to
hym
a
man
/
whiche
knocked
at
his
dore
/
and
brought
to
hym
a
grete
quantyte
of
brede
vpon
a
Camele
comyng
fro
Egypte
.
The
whiche
thynge
seeyng
the
holy
fader
/
began
to
wepe
sayeng
.
Ha
my
god
I
see
well
by
the
goodes
that
ouer
largely
thou
sendest
to
me
/
that
I
am
not
worthy
to
bere
the
trybulacyons
whiche
thou
sendest
to
thy
seruytours
.
And
whan
his
trybulacyons
and
aduersytees
were
passed
/
his
brethern
in
theyr
celles
and
in
the
chirce
receyued
hym
/
byddyng
hym
for
to
reste
with
theym
.
But
for
all
that
he
moeued
not
moche
/
but
sayd
that
neyther
for
aduersyte
ne
prosperyte
/
one
ought
not
to
enhaunce
hymselfe
/
ne
also
yelde
hym
feyntfully
.
For
none
knoweth
whan
ne
how
longe
th
aduersytee
or
the
prosperyte
shall
endure
.
And
ought
not
to
deferre
ony
good
werke
whan
it
is
begonne
/
but
enforce
hym
tachyeue
it
/
and
to
be
vertuous
/
and
not
thynke
that
it
be
labour
or
payne
temploye
hym selfe
to
gete
vertue
.
¶
An
other
Relygyous
brother
demaunded
an
auncyent
fader
sayeng
.
Fayr
fader
what
ought
I
to
doo
with
my
vayne
cogytacyons
and
thoughtes
/
whiche
oonly
one
houre
suffre
me
not
to
be
in
reste
in
my
celle
.
To
whome
the
auncyent
fader
answered
.
My
sone
I
counseyll
the
/
that
thou
retourne
to
withstande
the
temptacyons
whiche
shall
come
vpon
the
/
and
take
labour
on
the
/
and
excercyse
thy
bodye
in
some
handy
werke
/
and
with
that
thou
praye
god
Incenssauntly
/
in
fixynge
and
leyeng
on
hym
thy
thought
/
in
maner
that
none
seduce
the
to
yssue
out
of
thy
celle
.
And
to
this
purpose
he
reherced
how
that
there
was
a
yonge
seculer
childe
desyryng
affectuously
to
be
a
Relygyous
.
And
as
he
requyred
&
prayed
his
fader
humbly
/
that
it
pleased
hym
to
suffre
and
lete
hym
entre
in
to
relygyon
.
His
fader
wolde
not
enclyne
to
his
Request
.
But
fynably
after
that
many
of
his
kynnesmen
&
frendes
that
knewe
thaffeccyon
of
the
childe
/
he
was
soo
sore
pressyd
and
requyred
that
he
consented
therto
.
Thenne
the
childe
renounced
all
worldly
thynges
/
and
put
hym selfe
in
a
monastery
in
whiche
he
made
hymselfe
relygyous
And
that
doon
he
began
perfyghtly
to
do
all
that
was
requysyte
&
the
ought
to
do
a
vertuous
man
beyng
in
relygyon
/
as
to
fast
and
do
many
other
abstynences
And
in
effecte
he
absteyned
to
ete
two
hole
dayes
in
the
weke
/
&
in
the
other
dayes
he
ete
but
ones
oonly
.
The
whiche
abstynences
seeyng
his
abbot
/
meruaylled
gretly
of
his
grete
vertues
/
and
praysed
&
thanked
humbly
our
lorde
.
Alwaye
after
a
certayne
tyme
/
the
sayd
relygyous
man
desyryng
to
lyue
more
solytaryly
than
he
dyde
amonge
the
other
Relygyouses
/
requyred
&
prayed
his
abbot
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
lycence
to
go
dwelle
in
deserte
in
an
hermytage
.
To
whom
the
abbot
answered
.
A
my
childe
thynke
not
at
that
/
for
thou
mayst
not
bere
ne
susteyne
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
/
ne
the
grete
labours
that
behoueth
a
man
to
haue
in
lyuyng
solytaryly
.
Remembryng
also
thy
yonge
age
/
thou
shalt
not
mowe
here
the
fraudes
malyces
and
decepcyons
of
the
deuyll
of
helle
.
And
that
werse
is
yf
thou
be
in
deserte
by
hym
assayled
or
tempted
of
ony
euyll
temptacyons
/
thou
shalt
not
fynde
about
the
ne
nyght
to
the
ony
that
may
gyue
to
the
ony
comforte
or
consolacyon
.
The
Relygyous
yong
man
heryng
these
remonstrances
.
And
notwithstondyng
theym
/
he
Requyred
his
abbot
more
Instauntly
than
to fore
that
he
wolde
lete
him
go
And
the
abbot
seeyng
that
he
myght
not
reteyne
hym
/
he
prayed
to
our
lord
Ihesu
cryste
for
hym
/
and
gaaf
to
hym
leue
.
After
this
he
prayed
th
abbot
that
it
myght
please
hym
to
depute
some
of
his
monkes
that
coude
shewe
to
hym
the
waye
.
And
how
walkyng
he
oughte
to
conduyte
hym selfe
.
The
abbot
accordyng
to
his
Request
assygned
to
hym
two
monkes
whiche
wente
with
hym
.
And
after
that
they
by
certayne
Iourneys
walked
thrugh
the
desertes
/
they
became
wery
and
trauaylled
by
the
occasyon
of
the
grete
hete
/
and
were
constrayned
to
lye
on
the
grounde
/
and
for
grete
watche
they
slept
a
lytyll
They
thus
slepyng
came
to
theym
an
Eygle
whiche
smote
theym
with
his
wynges
.
And
that
doon
he
fledde
a
lytyll
tofore
theym
and
taryed
on
the
grounde
.
The
two
Relygyous
monkes
whiche
conduyted
the
yonge
brother
beyng
awaked
by
the
touchynge
of
the
sayd
Eygle
/
sayd
that
he
sholde
aryse
and
shewed
to
hym
the
same
eygle
/
and
tolde
to
hym
that
it
was
an
angell
/
desyryng
that
he
sholde
goo
and
folowe
after
hym
.
The
whiche
anone
aroos
and
flewe
a
quarter
of
a
myle
tofore
the
relygyous
brother
and
after
rested
on
the
grounde
.
And
the
yonge
monke
by
his
eye
folowed
after
soo
moche
that
he
came
to
hym
/
the
whiche
of
fleeyng
/
and
walkyng
after
contynued
by
the
space
of
thre
houres
/
the
whiche
passed
/
the
Eygle
flewe
awaye
on
the
ryght
honde
of
the
Relygyous
whiche
folowed
hym
/
and
retourned
after
towarde
hym
.
But
neuerthelesse
he
folowed
hym
soo
longe
that
he
myght
aperceyue
hym
.
And
after
that
he
had
lost
the
syght
of
hym
/
lokyng
tofore
hym
he
sawe
thre
trees
of
palme
/
and
a
welle
by
theym
/
where
nyghe
by
was
a
lytyll
caue
or
hole
.
Thenne
he
sayd
to
hym selfe
/
that
it
was
a
place
/
whiche
our
lorde
had
prepared
for
hym
to
lyue
in
solytaryly
.
And
after
entred
in
to
the
caue
/
and
concluded
in
hym selfe
to
make
resydence
.
In
the
whiche
he
contynued
six
yere
entyerly
/
without
seeyng
of
ony
persone
.
And
without
etyng
of
ony
other
mete
or
drynke
/
but
dates
and
water
of
the
sayd
welle
.
But
the
deuyll
enuyous
of
his
deuoute
and
vertuous
lyfe
/
and
desyryng
to
tourne
hym
to
dampnacyon
/
came
to
hym
in
lykenesse
of
an
aged
fader
hauyng
a
dredfull
and
sterne
vysage
/
whome
seeyng
the
yong
Relygyous
man
was
gretely
abasshed
/
and
recommaunded
hym selfe
vnto
god
and
aroos
for
to
come
to
hym
.
The
deuyll
for
to
deceyue
hym
sayd
.
Brother
I
praye
the
/
lete
vs
fyrst
make
our
prayers
vnto
god
/
and
after
prayer
soo
made
by
the
sayd
relygyous
.
The
deuyll
in
arysyng
asked
hym
how
long
he
had
be
in
that
place
soyournyng
.
To
whom
the
relygyous
man
answerde
that
he
had
be
there
.vi.
yere
.
I
meruayll
sayd
the
deuyll
/
how
it
may
be
that
thus
longe
tyme
I
haue
not
knowen
that
thou
were
my
neyghbour
/
but
within
four
dayes
hytherward
that
to
me
is
comen
in
myne
ymagynacion
/
that
ther
was
some
holy
man
dwellyng
nyghe
by
me
.
And
so
I
concluded
to
serche
&
to
come
to
that
for
to
deuyse
&
talke
with
the
for
the
helth
of
my
soule
.
And
this
I
telle
to
the
my
brother
/
that
we
prouffyte
nothyng
holdyng
vs
in
our
celles
&
caues
.
For
we
lyue
as
bestes
/
&
receyue
not
the
body
of
our
lord
Ihesu
cryst
/
wherfor
I
doubte
&
fere
strongly
but
that
we
be
astraunged
from
him
that
so
longe
absteyne
vs
fro
the
holy
sacrament
.
But
I
shall
tell
the
what
I
thynke
my
broder
.
Ther
is
from
hens
about
a
two
myle
a
monasterye
/
wherin
ben
many
prestes
whom
we
may
go
see
euery
weke
ones
/
or
in
.xv.
dayes
/
&
there
we
shal
receyue
the
worthy
body
of
our
lord
Ihu
cryst
/
&
the
doon
we
maye
retourne
in
to
our
celles
.
This
deuyllysshe
suasyon
was
agreable
to
the
relygyous
yongman
And
the
sondaye
comen
/
the
deuyll
came
ayen
to
him
sayeng
that
they
sholde
go
to
the
sayd
monastery
/
&
that
it
was
tyme
to
departe
/
&
so
they
wente
forth
.
And
in
gooyng
the
fonde
a
relygyous
man
of
the
sayd
monasterye
.
After
that
the
yong
man
had
made
his
prayer
in
that
place
/
he
arose
&
lokyng
about
him
he
fonde
not
him
that
was
come
with
him
/
the
whiche
was
vanysshed
awaye
.
And
thought
in
hymself
that
he
was
goon
out
of
the
monastery
for
some
necessyte
/
&
he
abode
for
him
longe
&
seeyng
that
he
cam
not
/
he
wente
makyng
dylygence
to
fynde
him
.
And
after
enquyred
of
the
monkes
after
hym
in
askyng
theym
/
yf
they
had
seen
ony
olde
fader
comen
in
to
the
chirche
/
the
whiche
relygyous
men
answerd
to
him
that
they
had
seen
none
but
him
oonly
.
Thenne
the
yong
religyous
man
knewe
well
that
it
was
the
deuyll
/
&
began
to
saye
in
hym selfe
.
Loo
by
what
subtylte
&
malyce
the
deuyll
hath
made
me
to
go
out
of
my
cell
/
but
neuertheles
I
sette
not
moche
therby
.
For
I
am
comen
hyther
for
to
do
&
accomplysshe
a
good
werke
/
that
is
to
wyte
for
to
receyue
the
precyous
body
of
my
sauyour
Ihesu
cryste
/
whom
I
shall
receyue
yf
it
please
hym
/
and
after
retourne
in
to
my
celle
.
The
masse
sayd
&
done
in
the
sayd
monasterye
.
And
after
that
he
had
receyued
the
holy
sacrament
/
the
sayd
yong
man
wolde
haue
retourned
in
to
his
celle
/
but
th
abbot
reteyned
&
wolde
not
suffre
hym
to
go
/
tyll
that
he
had
taken
his
refeccyon
.
And
whiche
refeccyon
taken
&
graces
sayd
to
god
/
he
toke
leue
of
the
sayd
abbot
&
of
his
relygyous
monkes
for
to
go
in
to
his
celle
.
And
in
retournyng
the
deuyl
cam
to
him
ayen
in
the
forme
&
lykenesse
of
a
yong
seculer
man
.
And
by
a
maner
fayned
for
to
come
to
his
dampnable
Intency
on
began
to
beholde
hym
ententyuely
from
the
toppe
of
the
hede
vnto
his
fete
.
And
sayeng
these
wordes
that
the
yong
Relygyous
man
myght
well
here
.
Is
this
he
that
hath
so
longe
be
sought
or
is
it
he
not
.
And
in
sayeng
these
wordes
/
he
contynuelly
behelde
more
ententyfly
than
he
dyde
before
.
For
whiche
cause
the
brother
seeyng
that
/
sayd
to
hym
what
moeued
the
thus
to
beholde
me
.
To
whome
the
deuyll
answered
.
I
byleue
fayr
fader
that
ye
knowe
me
not
/
wherof
I
am
not
sore
abasshed
ne
admeruaylled
/
for
ye
can
not
well
knowe
me
/
seen
the
longe
tyme
that
ye
sawe
me
/
neuerthelesse
I
knowe
you
well
/
for
I
am
next
neyghbour
to
your
hous
.
And
ferthermore
he
named
his
fader
&
his
moder
/
&
a
syster
that
he
had
by
theyr
names
/
&
theyr
seruauntes
also
in
sayng
to
him
/
was
not
your
fader
called
thus
&
your
moder
by
this
name
/
&
your
syster
in
this
wyse
/
and
thus
theyr
seruytoues
.
My
frende
I
assure
you
/
that
your
moder
&
syster
deyed
thre
yere
agoon
.
And
your
fader
departed
out
of
this
worlde
but
late
.
And
he
hath
ordeyned
you
his
heyre
&
made
you
his
excecutour
for
to
dyspose
well
his
goodes
for
the
helth
of
his
soule
/
he
coude
not
leue
ne
sette
they
in
a
better
hade
than
in
yours
whiche
be
an
holy
man
/
&
that
haue
gyuen
ouer
&
forsaken
the
worlde
&
all
worldly
goodes
for
to
walke
&
folowe
the
waye
of
Ihesu
cryste
/
hopyng
that
for
the
grete
loue
&
charyte
/
that
ye
haue
to
hym
/
ye
shall
be
bely
&
dylygent
for
to
dystrybute
&
gyue
in
almesse
by
good
&
type
dyscrecyon
his
goodes
to
the
poore
&
nedy
seruauntes
of
god
.
And
for
this
cause
he
ordeyned
the
one
sholde
come
to
you
for
to
do
for
his
sake
this
request
/
&
in
folowyng
the
sayd
ordynaunce
many
messagers
haue
ben
in
dyuerse
places
for
to
fynde
you
/
but
they
coude
not
here
of
you
/
so
it
is
happed
that
in
comyng
in
to
these
parties
/
for
certayn
thynges
I
haue
founde
you
here
Wherfor
moeued
of
charite
&
compassion
&
consyderyg
the
grete
trust
that
your
fader
hath
in
you
.
I
haue
be
moeued
to
telle
it
you
/
&
therfore
tarye
not
/
but
for
to
fulfyll
the
wyll
&
testament
of
your
fader
/
&
go
to
his
hous
/
&
selle
all
that
he
hath
/
for
to
dele
&
dystrybute
to
poore
peple
after
his
holy
deuocyon
.
To
who
me
the
relygyous
yong
man
answerd
/
that
it
was
not
to
him
necessary
to
retorne
to
the
worlde
/
&
that
he
wolde
not
go
thyder
And
therupon
the
deuyll
replyed
ayen
sayeng
to
hym
/
that
yf
by
his
neclygence
/
the
goodes
of
his
fader
were
lost
&
dysperpled
without
to
be
gyuen
to
the
poore
people
as
he
had
ordeyned
/
he
sholde
therfor
gyue
a
rekenyng
ones
to
fore
god
.
And
forthermore
he
sayd
to
hym
these
wordes
/
what
harme
say
I
yf
I
exhorte
&
admoneste
the
that
thou
come
as
a
gode
&
trewe
dyspensatour
&
dystrybutour
to
the
poore
people
the
goodes
of
thy
fader
lyke
as
he
trusted
to
the
that
his
goodes
sholde
not
haue
ben
meschyeuously
wasted
&
consumed
by
vycyous
persones
.
See
what
charge
mayst
the
renne
in
by
thyn
estymacion
in
so
doyng
.
Thou
knowest
that
thou
mayst
in
this
thyng
gete
grete
meryte
for
the
helth
of
thy
soule
.
And
whan
thou
shalt
haue
that
doon
/
thou
shalt
mowe
retourne
ayen
in
to
thy
celle
.
Fynably
this
yong
Relygyous
man
was
by
the
deuyll
in
suche
wyse
deceyued
&
begyled
/
that
he
was
contente
to
go
home
to
the
hous
of
his
fader
/
for
to
doo
and
fulfyll
that
whiche
the
deuyll
had
sayd
to
hym
.
And
in
dede
he
departed
from
his
hermytage
/
and
with
the
deuyll
he
cam
in
to
the
cyte
/
in
whiche
he
was
born
in
the
whiche
where
tofore
er
be
cam
in
to
his
faders
hous
the
deuyll
departed
from
him
.
And
after
weuyng
that
his
fader
had
be
deed
/
entred
in
to
the
hous
for
to
do
that
whiche
he
had
entreprysed
/
but
he
founde
his
fader
a
lyue
and
in
good
poynt
/
the
whiche
knewe
not
the
yong
relygyous
/
but
asked
what
he
was
.
Thenne
this
yong
relygyous
man
sore
troubled
knowyng
that
he
had
be
euyll
seducet
&
deceyuyd
by
the
deuyll
/
coude
not
answere
to
his
fader
one
worde
.
That
seeyng
his
fader
that
he
answered
not
/
began
to
aske
ayen
of
him
whens
he
was
.
To
whom
all
confused
he
answered
that
he
was
his
sone
/
&
thenne
his
fader
asked
hym
why
he
was
retourned
from
his
hermytage
/
&
bycause
he
was
ashamed
to
saye
hym
the
trouthe
/
excused
hym
&
sayd
that
for
grete
loue
that
he
had
to
hym
he
was
come
for
to
see
hym
.
Thus
thenne
this
yong
Relygyous
man
abode
in
his
faders
hous
a
certayne
tyme
duryng
the
whiche
in
conuersyng
among
worldly
thynges
he
was
peruerted
&
in
suche
wyse
abused
by
the
fende
of
helle
that
he
fylle
in
to
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
the
whiche
thyng
comen
to
the
knowloge
of
his
fader
/
he
was
of
hym
ryght
rygourously
entreated
.
But
neuertheles
he
sette
not
therby
/
ne
dyde
therfore
no
penaunce
.
And
obstynat
in
his
synne
/
not
feryng
god
ne
the
shame
of
the
worlde
/
retorned
nomore
in
to
his
hermytage
/
but
lyued
dyssolutely
to
the
grete
peryll
&
dampnacion
of
his
soule
.
And
this
hystorye
recyteth
the
sayd
olde
fader
for
to
counseyll
&
persuade
a
yong
relygyous
man
whiche
had
asked
of
him
counseyll
how
he
sholde
resyste
his
temptacyons
/
&
that
he
sholde
neuer
departe
out
of
his
celle
for
ony
maner
temptacion
what
someuer
the
deuyll
dyde
to
hym
.
¶
Some
certayn
seculer
men
camen
in
to
deserte
vnto
a
venerable
olde
fader
/
&
asked
of
him
how
he
lyued
&
conduyted
hym
in
his
celle
or
hermytage
/
&
yf
he
was
well
content
of
his
astate
in
whiche
he
suffred
so
moche
payn
.
The
whiche
olde
fader
answered
to
them
/
that
he
had
no
cause
to
be
ylle
content
/
seen
that
in
trauayllyng
and
labouryng
he
myght
gete
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
&
esche
we
eternall
dampnacyon
/
sayng
forthermore
that
all
the
labour
and
trauayll
that
he
had
suffred
in
his
hermytage
/
and
yet
had
entente
to
suffre
&
endure
/
though
it
were
to
the
deth
/
it
were
not
suffysaunt
to
compare
to
a
Iourneye
of
the
soroufull
tourmentes
that
ben
prepared
to
myserable
synners
/
the
which
for
ther
outrageous
crysmes
&
trespaces
shal
be
perpetuelly
dampned
with
the
horryble
fendes
of
helle
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
that
the
olde
faders
transported
not
themselfe
from
one
place
to
an
other
/
but
yf
by
aduenture
and
pryncypally
for
thre
causes
.
The
fyrst
was
whan
ony
was
angry
with
his
brother
/
and
he
had
done
all
his
deuour
to
pacyfye
hym
/
and
neuerthelesse
was
not
contente
with
hym
/
In
this
caas
for
to
eschewe
the
daunger
of
his
soule
he
ought
to
departe
&
leue
the
place
.
That
other
was
whan
that
a
relygyous
man
was
ouer
moche
knowen
&
praysed
for
his
werkes
to
th
ende
that
he
eschewe
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
.
And
the
thyrde
whan
he
is
euyl
ruled
/
&
that
he
hath
commysed
the
synne
of
lecherye
.
¶
A
yong
brother
requyred
on
a
tyme
of
the
holy
fader
Arsenye
/
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
hym
counseyll
/
how
he
ought
to
by
haue
him
/
&
sayd
that
he
was
in
contynuell
afflyccyon
/
bycause
that
his
conscyence
pryckyd
him
sayng
thus
/
wherfor
fastest
thou
not
/
wherfor
labourest
thou
not
/
&
why
goost
thou
not
to
vysyte
the
seke
people
seen
that
they
ben
the
werkes
of
whiche
ben
worthy
to
be
praysed
&
to
haue
rewarde
.
The
holy
fader
consyderyng
the
suche
ymagynacyons
were
deceytes
of
the
deuyll
sayd
to
him
.
My
frende
go
ete
&
drynke
yf
thou
mayst
not
fast
/
but
aboue
all
thynges
/
kepe
that
from
goyng
out
of
thy
celle
.
For
in
perseueryng
&
there
contynuyng
thy
resydence
/
thou
shalt
come
to
the
state
of
perfeccyon
.
So
thenne
thou
broder
went
forth
/
&
whan
he
had
made
contynuell
resydence
by
the
space
of
thre
dayes
in
his
sayd
celle
/
he
founde
hymself
gretely
ennoyed
&
gryued
.
But
neuerthelesse
desyryng
to
abyde
/
he
dyde
soo
moche
that
he
founde
a
fewe
palmes
that
whiche
he
tempryd
/
&
the
next
daye
folowyng
he
made
mattes
/
&
as
he
was
in
makynge
they
/
he
had
hungre
/
&
for
to
constrayne
hymselve
to
fast
/
he
sayd
to
hymselve
/
that
he
had
a
fewe
moo
palmes
/
whome
he
wolde
dyspose
&
ordeyne
for
to
sette
a
werke
&
after
he
wolde
ete
.
After
that
be
he
had
wrought
that
he
sayd
that
yet
he
sholde
not
ete
/
tyll
that
he
had
a
lytyll
redde
&
prayd
.
And
whan
he
had
a
lytyll
redde
he
began
to
psalmodye
/
&
soone
after
he
beyng
appealed
of
his
fantasyes
/
he
toke
mete
&
began
to
ete
.
And
in
this
maner
by
the
helpe
of
god
whiche
sawe
his
good
purpose
/
he
prouffyted
in
suche
wyse
that
he
fonde
byselfe
well
dysposed
to
abyde
&
tarye
in
his
celle
/
&
to
do
the
whiche
he
ought
to
do
after
the
Instytucōns
of
his
order
/
&
trustyng
in
hymself
/
that
the
temptacions
the
shold
come
to
him
/
myght
be
belthfull
to
him
yf
be
resysted
theym
/
he
toke
in
hymselve
so
good
corage
/
that
lightly
he
ouercam
theym
&
surmounted
.
¶
An
other
aeged
fader
was
demaunded
by
a
yong
relygyous
broder
.
From
whens
it
myght
procede
/
that
a
Relygyous
persone
beyng
abydyng
&
resydent
in
his
celle
suffred
&
bare
so
grete
gryeuaunce
.
To
whome
he
answered
.
thou
hast
not
yet
seen
ne
well
consydere
in
thy
thought
the
generall
resurreccyon
to
come
/
ne
hast
not
enbraced
the
tormentes
the
thenne
shall
be
made
redy
to
theym
that
shall
be
thenne
perpetuelly
tormented
.
Certaynly
yf
thou
haddest
well
seen
&
consydered
theym
/
it
sholde
nothyng
greue
ne
ennoye
the
to
be
in
thy
celle
/
&
suppose
yet
that
it
were
so
full
of
wormes
that
thou
sholdest
be
therin
vnto
thy
necke
thou
sholdest
endure
it
/
and
be
neuer
ennoyed
.
¶
Some
Relygyous
persones
hauyng
compassyon
of
the
grete
trauayll
and
payne
/
that
in
ouermoche
labouryng
an
holy
fader
suffred
they
prayed
hym
a
lytyll
for
to
rest
/
and
leue
somoche
to
trauayle
.
To
whom
he
answered
.
My
childern
I
praye
you
to
byleue
me
of
that
I
shall
now
saye
to
you
.
I
assure
you
that
the
holy
fader
Abraham
/
whiche
all
his
lyfe
contynued
in
grete
lakours
for
to
gete
the
souerayne
helth
of
his
soule
/
whan
he
shall
see
the
grete
&
excellent
yeftes
of
god
in
the
eternall
glorye
/
he
shall
repente
hym
&
shall
be
moche
desplaysaunt
of
that
he
hath
not
take
on
hym
more
greter
labours
&
payne
that
he
hath
yet
had
.
¶
An
other
brother
asked
an
auncyent
holy
fader
/
how
he
sholde
byhaue
hym
with
his
cogytacyons
&
thoughtes
whiche
made
him
so
doubtfull
&
inconstaunt
that
he
was
incontynuell
trybulacyon
.
To
whom
the
aeged
fader
answered
.
My
frende
holde
&
kepe
the
in
thy
celle
/
&
sette
nought
though
dyuerse
thoughtes
assayllen
the
/
for
thou
shall
not
perysshe
yf
thou
kepe
the
therin
.
And
yf
thou
yssue
&
go
out
as
well
shall
they
assaylle
the
without
as
within
.
And
lyke
as
the
femall
asse
whiche
is
bounde
/
goeth
not
after
her
yonge
fole
/
whiche
goth
at
large
where
it
wyll
&
renneth
all
about
/
alwaye
it
cometh
ayen
to
the
moder
.
In
lykewyse
the
temptacion
foloweth
alwaye
the
relygyous
&
so
lytary
persone
.
And
how
well
that
he
be
assaylled
&
be
made
to
varye
/
yet
hath
he
no
cause
to
perysshe
/
for
seen
that
he
departe
not
out
of
his
celle
/
&
that
for
the
loue
of
god
he
enfore
hym selfe
to
abyde
&
constantly
reiecte
theym
behynde
hym
.
¶
Ther
was
an
olde
holy
fader
whiche
had
no
water
nygh
to
hym
by
.xij.
englysshe
myle
.
And
on
a
tyme
in
goynge
to
the
fountayne
for
to
drawe
and
fetche
water
/
he
founde
hymself
soo
feble
that
whan
he
was
there
/
vnneth
&
with
grete
payne
he
myght
retourne
home
.
And
consyderyng
in
hymself
the
grete
trauayll
that
he
had
for
to
goo
&
come
so
ferre
he
sayd
in
hymselfe
these
wordes
what
nede
is
it
for
to
go
so
ferre
&
with
so
grete
payne
for
to
fetche
water
/
certaynly
I
shall
no
more
come
so
ferre
/
but
I
shall
come
&
dyspose
me
to
come
hyther
&
dwelle
here
at
myn
ease
.
And
after
that
he
had
so
sayd
/
he
sawe
a
yonge
man
as
him
semed
that
folowed
hym
/
&
in
folowyng
nombred
&
acompted
his
steppes
&
paas
.
The
olde
fader
that
seeyng
asked
him
what
he
was
/
to
whome
he
answered
to
him
that
he
was
an
angell
of
god
/
whiche
had
sente
hym
thyder
for
to
nombre
his
paas
&
to
gyue
to
him
his
rewarde
.
The
whiche
answere
herde
by
the
olde
fader
/
he
toke
in
hymselve
strength
of
corage
/
&
in
hope
to
gete
the
gretter
rewarde
for
the
payne
that
he
toke
in
gooyng
to
fetche
the
water
at
the
sayd
well
/
he
wente
to
make
his
habytacyon
more
ferther
than
it
was
afore
.
Some
olde
faders
by
maner
of
Instruccyon
sayden
/
yf
ony
temptacyons
come
vpon
the
in
the
place
where
thou
dwellest
/
thou
oughtest
not
for
that
to
leue
it
/
for
yf
thou
so
do
/
in
what
someuer
place
that
thou
shalt
go
/
thou
shalt
fynde
to
fore
the
that
whiche
that
thou
supposedest
to
flee
&
eschewe
/
but
thou
oughtest
to
be
pacyente
in
resystynge
it
vnto
the
tyme
that
the
temptacyons
be
goon
/
to
th
ende
that
thy
departyng
he
not
cause
of
sklaunder
to
other
.
¶
An
other
Relygyous
brother
there
was
whiche
amonge
his
felawes
was
not
peasyble
/
but
oftentymes
was
moeued
&
prouoked
to
wrath
&
yre
/
wherfore
he
concluded
in
hym selfe
on
a
tyme
that
he
wolde
goo
dwelle
in
a
solytary
place
alone
/
that
thenne
whan
I
shall
be
without
companye
ther
shall
be
noo
persone
that
shall
saye
ony
thyng
to
mene
to
whom
I
ought
to
saye
ony
thynge
.
Thenne
after
lycence
goten
he
departed
fro
his
monasterye
/
he
wente
&
dwelled
allone
in
a
caue
.
And
after
that
he
had
dwelled
a
lytyll
whyle
/
he
sette
on
the
grounde
a
lytyll
potte
whiche
he
had
fylled
with
water
/
&
sodaynly
the
potte
fylle
doun
in
suche
wyse
that
the
water
was
shedde
/
and
the
Relygyous
persone
seeyng
that
/
fyllyd
his
potte
ayen
and
anone
fylle
doun
as
it
dyde
to fore
and
yet
he
fyllyd
it
the
thyrde
tyme
/
and
the
water
was
shedde
agayne
.
Thenne
he
was
sore
moeued
in
furye
&
yre
that
he
coude
not
be
content
/
but
in
his
angre
&
passyon
toke
the
pot
&
threwe
it
ayenst
the
grounde
&
brake
it
in
peces
And
after
whan
his
passyon
was
passed
he
knewe
that
the
spyryte
of
wrath
&
deuelysshe
mocked
with
hym
/
wherfor
seeyng
that
in
solytude
&
beyng
allone
as
well
as
in
companye
he
was
alwaye
ouer
come
of
this
yrous
passyon
/
wherfor
he
concluded
that
he
sholde
retourne
&
abyde
with
his
brethern
/
knowyng
that
euery
where
&
ouer
all
/
labour
is
necessarye
&
pacyence
.
And
for
to
haue
the
sayd
pacyence
/
euery
man
ought
to
labour
by
the
helpe
of
god
.
¶
An
other
Relygyouse
persone
asked
of
an
holy
fader
to
gyue
to
hym
some
remedye
vpon
that
he
coude
not
do
ony
good
werke
the
apperteyned
to
doo
to
a
right
good
&
vertuous
relygyouse
/
but
was
deteyned
and
bywrapped
in
suche
slouth
&
neclygence
/
that
he
was
contente
to
passe
the
tyme
in
etyng
&
drynkyng
&
in
slepyng
.
And
aboue
this
ther
cam
on
him
Infenyte
thought
foule
&
dyshonest
of
whiche
he
was
so
afflycte
&
tormented
that
yf
he
began
ony
good
werke
/
anon
he
lefte
it
/
&
was
transported
fro
thoughte
to
thought
/
in
suche
wyse
that
he
had
in
him
neyther
stedfastnes
ne
constaunce
.
The
aeged
fader
sayd
to
him
.
Broder
go
&
abyde
in
thy
celle
/
&
do
that
the
mayst
without
perturbacion
.
Certaynly
/
that
lytyll
good
that
the
enforcest
the
to
do
now
shal
be
to
the
as
medeful
for
to
be
saued
as
were
to
the
abbot
Anthonye
the
grete
good
werkes
that
he
made
whan
he
was
in
th
ermytage
.
And
with
this
I
haue
in
god
this
trust
&
affyaunce
/
that
who
someuer
for
t
honour
&
loue
of
his
name
kepe
him
solytaryly
in
his
celle
/
&
enforceth
hym
to
kepe
his
conscyence
/
he
shall
fynde
hymself
in
the
place
of
saynt
Anthonye
.
¶
An
auncyent
fader
was
asked
of
a
yonge
Relygyous
persone
/
how
he
myght
kepe
hymselve
from
sklaunder
/
whan
he
sawe
ony
relygyous
persone
retorne
vnto
the
worlde
.
To
whom
he
answerde
that
a
Relygyous
persone
that
wyll
be
constant
&
not
varye
/
in
seeyng
a
relygyous
persone
retorne
in
to
the
worlde
/
ought
to
beholde
&
consyder
a
chaas
or
cours
of
houndes
the
renne
after
an
hare
.
Amonge
the
whiche
oftentymes
ther
is
one
/
the
whiche
all
alone
seeyng
the
hare
/
foloweth
after
in
rennyng
with
all
dylygence
.
The
other
houndes
that
see
the
hounde
renne
/
how
be
it
that
they
haue
not
apperceyued
the
hare
/
yet
somtyme
renne
after
the
hounde
&
folowe
him
aferre
/
&
neuerthelesse
they
persyste
not
but
retorne
&
abyde
behynds
.
This
notwithstondyng
the
hounde
whiche
hath
seen
the
hare
/
&
leueth
not
the
syght
of
him
alwaye
pursueth
him
vnto
that
he
hath
taken
him
/
&
torneth
not
from
his
course
ne
from
his
entencyon
.
For
he
taketh
none
hede
ne
retcheth
not
though
they
abyde
behynde
or
yf
they
retourne
/
for
th
affeccion
that
he
hath
to
pursue
his
praye
in
pursuyng
of
the
whiche
/
he
fereth
neyther
to
tumble
ne
to
falle
/
but
alwaye
relyeueth
hymselve
&
passeth
forth
without
feryng
of
hedges
or
busshes
/
how
be
it
that
somtyme
he
be
hurte
with
thornes
that
he
fyndeth
in
his
waye
/
netheles
be
setteth
not
therby
tyll
that
he
hath
taken
the
hare
.
¶
In
lykewyse
the
relygyous
persone
or
other
that
seketh
oure
lorde
Ihu
cryste
/
that
is
to
wyt
he
that
desyreth
by
good
werkes
to
obteyne
his
grace
Incessantly
applye
his
entente
to
be
scourged
&
tourmented
by
penaunce
/
&
passe
lyghtly
all
the
sclaundres
that
may
come
to
hym
/
vnto
the
tyme
that
he
come
to
the
glorye
celestyall
/
&
in
comyng
to
the
same
he
take
Ihesu
cryste
at
that
cours
/
that
is
to
wyte
in
rennyng
after
hym
/
&
in
folowyng
him
by
good
maners
.
And
thenne
that
he
come
to
the
same
Ioye
/
he
take
his
praye
whiche
is
the
fruycyon
of
his
precyous
vysyon
/
in
the
whiche
delyteth
all
the
court
celestyall
.
¶
An
other
aged
fader
sayd
that
lyke
as
a
tree
whiche
is
ofte
dysplaunted
&
transported
from
one
grounde
to
an
other
may
bere
no
fruyte
.
Lykewyse
the
relygyous
persone
that
ofte
goth
from
one
place
to
an
other
may
not
prouffyte
ne
doo
ony
werke
that
is
helthfull
.
¶
Ther
was
a
relygyous
persone
whiche
fonde
hym
strongly
oppressed
and
tempted
to
leue
his
monastery
.
And
for
as
moche
as
he
myght
not
well
withstande
it
/
he
declared
to
an
olde
fader
askyng
hym
herupon
some
remedye
/
the
whiche
counseylled
hym
that
he
sholde
go
to
his
celle
/
&
that
he
sholde
leye
his
bodye
to
wedde
that
he
sholde
not
go
out
.
And
in
so
doyng
he
sholde
payne
hymselve
to
cast
his
thoughtes
away
&
say
to
his
body
that
he
sholde
thynke
all
that
he
wolde
sauf
oonly
that
he
go
not
out
of
his
celle
.
And
in
so
doynge
the
sayd
Relygyous
vaynquysshed
the
sayd
temptacyon
.
¶
An
other
aged
fader
sayd
that
the
celle
of
a
relygyous
persone
is
lykened
to
the
fornays
or
chemyney
of
Babylon
where
the
thre
childern
Sydrac
.
Mysaell
/
and
Abdenago
fonde
the
sone
of
god
whiche
kepte
theym
from
brennynge
.
Or
ellys
to
the
busshe
/
pyler
/
or
cloude
in
whiche
god
spack
to
Moyses
.
¶
A
relygyous
persone
was
tempted
contynuelly
by
the
space
of
.ix.
yere
for
to
forsake
the
company
of
his
brethern
.
And
to
that
ende
euery
daye
he
dyde
of
his
pylche
or
skynne
in
the
whiche
after
his
rule
he
hadde
be
accustomed
to
lye
&
slepe
in
.
And
whan
it
was
euyn
he
sayd
to
hym selfe
.
I
shall
departe
&
go
hens
to
morn
/
&
on
the
morn
I
shall
abyde
yet
this
daye
for
the
loue
of
god
And
whan
he
had
contynued
thus
in
this
varyacyon
by
the
space
of
.ix.
yere
in
doyng
euery
daye
as
sayd
is
/
our
lorde
toke
awaye
from
hym
that
temptacyon
.
¶
An
other
Relygyous
by
force
of
temptacions
fonde
him
selfe
so
troubled
that
he
lost
&
lefte
the
rule
of
relygyon
.
And
lyuyng
dyssolutely
/
as
he
wolde
somtyme
sette
hymselfe
to
do
well
&
come
agayn
to
lyue
Relygyously
/
his
temptacyons
letted
hym
/
wherfore
he
had
grete
sorowe
.
And
in
bewaylyng
the
tyme
that
he
had
lost
&
wasted
in
lyuyng
myschaūtly
sayd
in
hym selfe
.
Alas
whan
shall
I
fynde
my selfe
in
suche
astate
as
I
was
wonte
to
be
.
And
in
makyng
suche
sorowe
he
purposed
to
amende
him selfe
.
But
neuertheles
he
had
a
corage
so
slouth
/
that
he
coude
not
ne
wolde
take
ayen
his
relygyous
lyfe
/
wherfore
on
a
daye
he
transported
hym
vnto
an
holy
aged
fader
/
to
whom
he
reherced
all
his
myserable
lyfe
/
&
how
he
coude
not
put
hym
to
lyue
well
.
The
aged
fader
knowyng
his
myschaunt
caas
for
to
reduce
hym
to
good
lyfe
/
recounted
to
hym
suche
an
example
as
foloweth
.
¶
Ther
was
a
man
somtyme
/
whiche
had
a
fayr
pyece
of
londe
/
the
whiche
he
lefte
by
his
grete
neclygence
tourne
in
to
so
grete
ruyne
that
hit
was
ouer
charged
&
growen
with
thystles
/
thornes
/
and
grete
buysshes
.
Thynkyng
on
this
caas
/
a
certayne
tyme
after
he
concluded
that
he
wolde
sette
ayen
in
value
the
same
pyece
of
londe
.
And
sayd
to
his
sone
that
he
sholde
go
see
in
what
astate
it
was
/
&
that
he
sholde
make
dylygence
to
wede
&
take
away
the
thystles
&
buysshes
/
&
refresshe
it
.
Thenne
he
faynyng
to
wyll
obeye
his
fader
/
went
to
the
sayd
pyece
of
londe
.
And
as
he
behelde
the
grete
multytude
of
thornes
buysshes
&
thystles
that
grewe
theron
/
he
fonde
hym selfe
so
slouth
&
feble
of
corage
/
that
he
coude
not
begynne
to
werke
/
sayneg
in
hym selfe
thus
.
A
lorde
god
how
shall
it
be
to
me
possyble
to
stubble
&
make
clene
this
pyece
of
londe
here
.
Certaynely
I
shall
neuer
conne
make
an
ende
therof
/
and
leyde
hym selfe
doun
on
the
grounde
by
slouthe
&
latchesse
/
&
began
to
slepe
.
And
so
contynued
many
dayes
without
doynge
of
ony
labour
.
And
the
fader
desyryng
to
see
what
his
sone
had
done
in
the
sayd
loude
.
On
a
daye
he
wente
thyder
/
&
fonde
that
he
had
nothyng
laboured
/
&
asked
hym
why
he
had
noothyng
done
.
And
he
answered
to
hym
wenyng
to
sense
hym
/
that
whan
he
was
come
&
had
seen
the
grete
habundaunce
of
thystles
&
thornes
/
he
coude
not
enterpryse
soo
grete
labour
/
&
for
that
cause
he
leyed
hym
doun
&
slept
.
His
fader
heryng
his
answere
/
repreued
hym
of
his
slouth
&
latchednes
/
&
sayd
to
him
that
he
sholde
begynne
to
labour
/
&
sholde
not
do
but
a
certayn
one
daye
/
&
as
moche
an
other
daye
/
vpon
whiche
he
soo
dyde
in
obeyng
the
commaundement
of
his
fader
.
And
whan
he
sawe
in
labouryng
that
it
began
to
amende
/
he
toke
therin
grete
pleasyr
/
that
in
short
tyme
/
it
was
refresshyd
&
made
clene
.
In
lyke
wyse
my
brother
sayd
the
olde
fader
.
It
byhoueth
to
the
a
lytyll
&
lytyll
to
werke
/
&
in
so
dooyng
the
corage
shall
not
faylle
the
/
&
god
by
his
holy
grace
shall
restore
the
in
to
thy
former
astate
This
heryng
the
relygyous
man
toke
leue
of
the
holy
fader
in
thankyng
him
mekely
&
in
good
pacyence
.
And
with
grete
constaunce
made
resydence
in
his
celle
/
&
began
to
werke
lyke
as
the
holy
fader
had
instructe
&
taught
him
.
And
in
this
maner
fyndyng
reste
/
he
was
promoted
by
our
lorde
to
right
deuoute
&
vertuous
lyfe
.
¶
There
was
an
olde
fader
the
whiche
had
be
accustomed
to
be
ofte
enfebled
by
sekenes
.
And
it
happed
that
it
was
the
pleasyr
of
god
that
duryng
an
hole
yere
he
was
hooll
&
in
good
poynt
without
to
be
touched
ne
gryeued
with
ony
bodely
sekenes
.
And
consyderyng
in
hymselve
that
he
was
in
ouer
grete
helth
he
entred
for
this
cause
in
a
grete
melancolye
/
of
the
whiche
he
was
strongly
tourmented
/
&
wepte
sayeng
that
god
had
lefte
&
forgoten
hym
bycause
that
he
vysyted
him
no
more
with
sekenes
.
¶
An
other
aged
holy
fader
sayd
that
an
other
broder
was
by
the
space
of
.lx.
yere
so
sharply
tempted
of
euyll
&
dyshonest
temptacyons
that
he
myght
nomore
withstande
ne
resyste
theym
.
And
thynkyng
on
his
caas
of
the
fere
and
drede
that
he
had
/
he
ranne
in
to
dyspayr
/
&
Iugyng
hym selfe
to
be
dampned
sayd
in
hym selfe
.
Now
see
I
well
/
that
my
soule
is
lost
for
euer
.
And
syth
that
it
is
soo
that
ther
is
noo
remedye
I
am
a
fooll
and
abuse
my
well
my selfe
to
abyde
and
kepe
me
here
.
Come
therof
what
it
shall
I
wyll
retourne
to
the
worlde
/
and
sette
hym selfe
on
the
waye
for
to
goo
.
And
anone
he
herde
a
voys
that
sayd
to
him
.
Poore
man
why
ther
goost
thou
/
herkene
to
me
/
and
byleue
that
I
shal
saye
to
the.
I
wyll
that
thou
wyte
/
that
the
temptacyons
that
thou
hast
these
.ix.
yere
born
and
suffred
/
were
fayre
crownes
for
to
crowne
the
in
the
euerlastyng
glorye
.
And
therfore
I
exhorte
the
and
admoneste
that
thou
retorne
in
to
thy
celle
/
and
do
alwaye
penaunce
and
I
shall
releue
the
of
thy
euyll
thoughtes
.
By
the
whiche
example
that
one
ought
neuer
to
despayre
of
the
mercy
of
god
/
and
also
one
ought
to
haue
good
hope
of
retrybucyon
whan
he
is
tempted
of
euyll
thoughtes
/
soo
that
he
enforce
hym
to
withstande
theym
with
all
dylygence
.
For
in
so
doyeng
he
deserueth
to
be
excellently
crowned
in
the
Royalme
of
heuen
.
¶
In
the
partyes
of
The
bayde
there
was
an
aged
holy
fader
whiche
dwelled
in
a
depe
fosse
or
caue
/
with
whom
dwelled
one
his
discyple
well
approued
in
holy
lyfe
and
conuersacyon
.
Now
this
holy
fader
hadde
a
custome
euery
daye
/
and
also
at
euen
to
enseyne
and
teche
his
dyscyple
/
&
to
admoneste
hym
to
helthfull
and
prouffytable
werkes
for
his
soule
.
And
after
they
put
theym
togydre
to
praye
to
god
and
make
deuoute
prayers
.
And
that
doon
the
holy
fader
gaaf
hym
leue
to
go
&
slepe
a
lytyll
&
rest
hym
.
¶
On
a
tyme
amonge
the
other
it
happened
that
some
persones
seculer
well
aduertysed
of
the
holy
lyfe
of
the
sayd
fader
camen
for
to
see
him
for
to
haue
in
theyr
aduersyters
some
consolacyon
And
after
that
he
had
conforted
theym
&
were
departed
from
him
/
he
called
his
dyscyple
to
talke
with
him
for
his
helth
lyke
as
he
had
be
acustomed
to
do
/
&
bycause
it
was
late
in
spekyng
to
him
he
fyll
a
slepe
.
But
that
notwithstandynge
/
his
dyscyple
departed
not
taryeng
tyll
the
olde
fader
sholde
awake
for
to
deuyse
with
him
&
to
make
theyr
prayers
after
theyr
custome
.
As
thenne
the
sayd
holy
fader
slepte
/
his
dyscyple
abydyng
a
longe
whyle
by
him
was
tempted
to
go
to
his
reste
nethelesse
he
with
stode
the
temptacyon
/
&
concluded
to
abyde
and
tarye
tyll
the
holy
fader
was
awaked
/
&
notwitstondyng
this
delyberacyon
he
was
thus
tempted
vnto
.vij.
tymes
/
&
all
.vij.
tymes
he
withstode
it
suche
wyse
that
he
surmounted
that
sayd
temptacion
.
Soo
it
happed
that
the
mydnyght
passed
the
holy
fader
awoke
/
&
sawe
his
dyscyple
syttyng
by
him
/
whom
he
asked
why
he
wente
not
to
slepe
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
had
no
wyll
to
go
/
bycause
he
had
gyue
him
no
lycence
.
And
wherfore
sayd
that
holy
fader
hast
thou
not
awaked
me
/
bycause
sayd
the
dyscyple
that
I
dredde
to
trouble
or
do
ony
gryef
to
ye.
These
wordes
sayd
/
they
began
to
say
theyr
matynes
/
that
whiche
sayd
&
achyeued
/
the
holy
fader
lete
his
dyscyple
go
.
The
sayd
holy
fader
thenne
beyng
allone
in
his
couche
was
rauysshed
in
spyryte
.
And
in
this
rauysshement
he
sawe
a
vysyon
/
in
the
whiche
appyered
a
fayr
yonglyng
whiche
shewed
to
him
a
playne
place
in
glorye
/
in
whiche
amonge
other
setes
/
ther
was
one
excellent
/
wherin
satte
no
persone
/
&
vpon
the
sete
there
were
sette
.vij.
crownes
ryche
&
sumptuous
/
the
whiche
seeyng
the
holy
fader
asked
hym
that
shewed
theym
to
him
to
whom
they
belonged
.
And
he
answered
to
hym
/
that
they
were
bylongyng
to
his
dyscyple
/
&
that
our
lord
for
the
retrybucion
of
his
holy
lyfe
&
good
conuersacion
had
gyuen
theym
to
him
/
&
had
assygned
his
place
in
that
fayre
syege
on
whiche
were
the
crownes
.
The
whiche
thynges
heryng
the
holy
fader
was
meruayllously
abasshed
/
&
all
ferdfull
called
his
dyscyple
&
asked
him
what
thynge
he
had
done
that
nyght
.
To
whom
he
answered
.
Fayre
fader
pardone
me
yf
it
please
you
I
haue
nothyng
doon
.
The
holy
fader
estemyng
that
the
dyscyple
by
his
humylyte
wolde
not
confesse
that
he
asked
of
hym
/
sayd
to
hym
/
byleue
me
.
I
shall
not
leue
the
in
peas
/
yf
the
saye
not
to
me
what
thyng
that
hast
doon
or
thought
this
nyght
.
To
whome
the
dyscyple
wyst
not
what
to
answere
bycause
he
had
done
noo
thyng
.
Neuerthelesse
he
aduysed
hym selfe
to
telle
him
the
wyll
that
he
had
in
this
maner
.
My
fader
I
requyre
the
of
pardone
/
certaynly
I
haue
nothyng
done
sauf
oonly
this
nyght
as
thou
sleptest
.
I
beyng
besyde
the
/
bycause
it
was
late
I
had
be
mened
&
constrayned
by
my
vayne
thoughtes
and
cogytacyons
not
oonly
one
tyme
/
but
vnto
the
.vii.
tyme
for
to
haue
lefte
the
slepyng
and
haue
goon
to
reste
me
.
But
neuerthelesse
for
as
moche
as
I
had
no
leue
of
the
/
as
I
haue
be
accustomed
.
I
had
not
wylled
to
go
/
but
in
obseruyng
&
kepyng
myn
obedyence
towarde
the
/
and
in
betyng
doun
myn
affeccyons
/
dyde
constrayne
my selfe
to
holde
companye
with
that
vnto
the
tyme
that
thou
were
awaked
.
The
holy
fader
heryng
these
wordes
anone
vnderstode
by
the
vysyon
that
he
had
/
that
at
euery
tyme
that
the
dyscyple
had
resysted
his
temptacyons
he
had
obteyned
a
crowne
of
god
/
&
therfore
he
had
graunted
to
hym
vij
.
crownes
of
golde
that
he
had
seen
in
the
sayd
vysyon
/
but
neuertheles
he
sayd
nothyng
ne
shewed
it
to
his
dyscyple
for
his
vtylyte
&
prouffyte
/
doubtyng
that
yf
ony
had
tolde
him
therof
/
he
paraduenture
myght
falle
in
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
/
by
whiche
he
myght
left
that
meryte
that
he
had
goten
whiche
tofore
is
sayd
neuertheles
he
coude
not
kepe
him
from
recytyng
to
some
olde
faders
his
spyrytuell
frendes
to
th
ende
to
gyue
knowleche
that
for
suche
lytyll
werkes
whan
they
ben
constantly
done
&
in
good
perseueraunce
/
god
whiche
is
so
lyberall
&
grete
rewarder
promyseth
fyrst
to
vs
so
gretely
for
to
crowne
vs
with
so
many
crownes
in
the
glorye
souerayne
.
Thenne
is
it
good
&
moche
puffytable
to
euery
crysten
man
to
refreyne
his
passyons
&
constrayne
hym
to
lyne
vertuously
for
the
honour
of
god
.
For
as
sayth
the
holy
scrypture
/
the
Royame
of
heuen
wolde
be
goten
by
force
/
&
the
whiche
ben
constraunt
&
coragyously
assayllen
rauysshe
it
&
taken
it
by
vyolence
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
solytary
whiche
dwelled
allone
/
was
on
a
tyme
strongly
seke
.
And
bycause
that
he
had
no
persone
to
serue
him
was
constrayned
to
aryse
for
to
take
suche
refeccyon
as
he
fonde
in
his
ralle
/
&
so
he
dyde
certayne
dayes
after
his
possybylyte
.
Fynably
he
becam
so
feble
that
he
myght
nomore
helpe
him selfe
.
Soo
.xxx.
dayes
duryng
he
was
in
this
pouerte
.
Our
lord
seeyng
his
right
grete
pacyence
/
&
that
none
of
his
brothrn
had
none
remembraunce
of
him
/
therfor
he
sente
his
angell
whiche
admynystred
&
serued
him
duryng
.vij.
dayes
in
all
thynges
that
to
him
was
necessarye
.
Atte
laste
some
of
the
brethern
of
the
holy
fader
remembred
him
/
whiche
had
theyr
celles
&
habytacyons
nygh
to
hym
/
&
had
not
in
longe
tyme
seen
him
/
concluded
for
to
go
&
see
hym
for
to
wyte
yf
he
had
ony
necessyte
.
And
whan
they
were
come
to
his
celle
&
knocked
atte
that
dore
for
to
entre
in
.
The
angell
anone
departed
from
hym
.
And
the
holy
fader
seeyng
the
began
to
crye
to
the
sayd
brethern
/
he
lyeng
in
his
couche
&
sayd
to
theym
My
brethern
I
pray
you
go
your
waye
.
They
heryng
his
answere
&
desyryng
to
knowe
how
he
dyde
lyfte
vp
the
dore
from
of
that
hengis
/
&
entred
in
And
after
asked
hym
why
he
so
cryed
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
had
be
.xxx.
dayes
seke
duryng
that
whiche
noman
had
vysyted
him
.
And
after
the
.xxx.
passed
our
lord
had
sente
him
his
angell
whiche
had
entreated
him
moche
swetely
in
seruyng
to
him
by
the
space
of
.vij.
dayes
/
&
this
is
thenne
the
vij
.
daye
/
but
as
soone
as
he
herde
you
atte
dore
he
departed
from
him
.
And
in
sayeng
these
wordes
he
rendred
&
gaaf
vp
his
soule
to
god
/
the
same
brethern
beyng
present
.
The
whiche
meruallȳg
theym selfe
gloryfyeden
the
name
of
god
in
sayeng
/
that
he
neuer
faylleth
theym
that
setten
in
hym
theyr
hope
.
¶
An
aged
fader
sayd
/
yf
thou
be
taken
&
suffrest
payne
of
ony
hodely
sekenesse
/
therfor
gyue
not
thy selfe
as
ouercomen
&
consydere
that
yf
god
wyll
that
thou
be
enfebled
in
thy
bodye
/
he
doth
it
for
thy
vtylyte
&
prouffyte
.
Therfore
thou
oughtest
not
take
it
grutchyngly
ne
dyspleasauntly
/
knowest
thou
not
well
that
he
hath
ofte
cure
&
dylygence
for
to
purueye
in
thy
necessytees
after
that
thou
hast
nede
for
thy
helth
/
wetest
thou
not
well
also
that
thou
mayst
not
lyue
without
him
.
Bere
thou
thenne
pacyentely
the
Infyrmytees
that
he
sendeth
to
the
/
in
prayeng
him
humbly
that
it
please
him
to
gyue
to
the
that
whiche
is
expedyent
&
necessary
.
And
also
that
thou
do
alway
his
wyll
/
without
ony
thyng
to
do
contrarye
/
&
holde
the
solytaryly
&
in
pacyence
in
thy
celle
etyng
in
charyte
that
whiche
thou
mayst
gete
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
recyted
that
he
beynge
in
the
cyte
of
oxirinque
on
a
saterday
at
euyn
/
ther
cam
moche
poore
people
for
to
aske
almesse
of
deuoute
creatures
/
they
beyng
&
slepyng
in
a
comyn
place
/
where
as
one
amonge
the
other
whiche
had
a
vnthryfty
matte
/
of
whiche
vpon
halfe
wherof
he
laye
/
and
of
thother
halfe
he
couered
him
for
the
colde
whiche
was
thenne
extremely
grete
/
the
same
poore
creature
beyng
constrayned
to
aryse
for
to
make
his
vryne
/
complayned
in
hym selfe
of
the
grete
colde
/
in
sayng
to
our
lorde
.
My
god
I
thanke
the
of
the
goodes
that
it
pleaseth
the
to
do
to
me
.
How
many
ryche
men
ben
now
in
this
worlde
that
for
theyr
trespases
or
other
caas
to
theym
happed
be
now
prysoners
/
&
haue
theyr
legges
fethered
in
stockes
&
in
grete
feteres
of
yron
/
the
whiche
gryeue
&
ennoye
them
/
and
haue
noo
leyzer
to
do
&
to
make
theyr
aysement
whan
they
nede
.
And
as
touchyng
to
me
/
thou
hast
do
so
moche
good
to
me
that
I
am
franke
&
free
as
an
Emperour
stratchyng
my
fete
to
my
ease
/
&
walkyng
where
as
it
please
me
.
And
these
wordes
sayd
the
holy
fader
that
had
herde
theym
.
Incontynent
departed
&
came
&
reherced
theym
his
brethern
whiche
were
therby
meruayllously
well
edyfyed
.
¶
An
other
broder
asked
on
a
tyme
an
olde
fader
in
demaundyng
him
what
he
sholde
do
/
yf
he
were
in
ony
place
solytary
what
someuer
trybulacyon
or
temptacyon
cam
vpon
him
/
the
whiche
he
well
fered
as
he
sayd
/
seen
that
he
had
no
persone
that
myght
conforte
him
or
that
he
myght
truste
to
/
ne
to
whom
he
myght
declare
his
aduersyte
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
.
My
broder
it
behoueth
to
the
alwaye
to
byleue
stedfastly
in
god
And
yf
thou
trust
in
him
&
praye
to
him
&
requyryng
in
good
charyte
/
he
shall
conforte
the
by
his
angell
whiche
he
shall
sende
to
the
with
his
grace
.
And
further
more
he
sayd
to
him
that
on
a
tyme
he
herde
saye
/
that
in
Sychye
suche
a
caas
was
happed
of
a
relygyous
persone
solytary
that
suffred
many
temptacyons
/
&
had
noon
Relygyous
by
hym
to
whom
he
myght
trust
ne
to
confesse
him
to
/
wherfore
oftymes
he
dysposed
him
to
go
his
waye
/
but
bycause
he
had
ofte
resyste
it
on
a
nyght
among
that
other
appyered
to
him
the
grace
of
our
lorde
in
the
lykenes
of
a
virgyne
/
whiche
prayeng
him
affectuously
sayd
to
him
thus
.
My
frende
goo
not
out
of
thy
celle
/
but
sytte
here
with
me
.
For
of
the
thyng
that
thou
hast
herde
shall
come
to
the
none
euyll
/
the
whiche
relygyous
broder
gyuyng
fayth
to
her
wordes
/
concluded
to
abyde
/
&
anone
his
herte
was
alledged
.
¶
Here
foloweth
an
other
lytyll
treatyse
conteynyng
that
no
thyng
sholde
be
doon
for
exaltacyon
or
vayne
glorye
.
SAynt
Anthonye
beyng
in
deserte
was
on
a
tyme
aduertysed
that
a
Relygyous
persone
whiche
had
alwaye
be
reputed
vertuous
had
done
a
myracle
by
elacion
or
vayne
glorye
in
this
maner
/
he
seeyng
some
aged
faders
walkyng
&
gooyng
with
grete
payn
/
commaunded
some
wylde
asses
whiche
were
about
by
theyr
way
that
they
sholde
transporte
them
toward
theym
&
bryng
theym
to
him
.
The
whiche
myracle
the
sayd
olde
faders
notefyeden
to
Saynt
Anthonye
/
whiche
sayd
to
theym
suche
wordes
or
lykewyse
in
substauene
.
This
monke
to
myn
aduyse
is
lykeneth
to
a
shyppe
laden
with
alle
goodes
/
of
the
whiche
is
noman
certayn
yf
it
shall
come
to
porte
salewe
.
Certayne
tyme
after
Saynt
Anthonye
seeyng
byfore
in
spyryte
of
reuelacyon
or
otherwyse
this
yonge
Relygyous
man
to
be
soone
departed
by
deth
fro
th
aduersytees
of
this
worlde
/
&
began
sodaynly
to
waylle
&
wepe
&
drawe
his
heer
&
make
merueyllous
lamentacyons
/
that
whiche
thyng
seeyng
his
dyscyples
/
&
not
knowyng
the
cause
of
his
wepynges
&
wayllynges
axed
him
wherfor
he
wepte
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
a
grete
pyler
of
the
chirche
was
thenne
falle
/
in
sayeng
to
theym
furthermore
.
Goo
ye
towarde
the
relygyous
broder
/
whiche
made
that
other
daye
the
myracle
of
the
wylde
asses
&
ye
shall
see
in
what
astate
he
is
now
The
same
dyscyples
obeyng
to
saynt
Anthonye
wente
forth
theyr
waye
&
camen
to
this
yong
relygyous
man
/
whome
they
fonde
lyeng
vpon
a
matte
&
wepyng
bytterly
the
grete
synne
that
he
had
doon
.
And
he
seeyng
the
dyscyples
of
saynt
Anthonye
sayd
to
theym
.
I
pray
you
my
brethern
saye
to
the
olde
fader
that
he
wyll
praye
to
god
for
me
/
that
it
may
please
him
to
gyue
me
respyte
of
.x.
dayes
&
I
hope
that
duryng
them
I
shall
do
so
moche
that
he
shall
be
contente
of
me
.
Notwithstandyng
be
departed
&
deyed
fyue
dayes
after
folowyng
.
¶
Some
Relygyous
persones
somtyme
made
to
saynt
Anthonye
many
grete
&
lowable
reportes
of
humylyte
of
one
of
theyr
brethern
/
wherfore
saynt
Anthonye
desyryng
to
knowe
yf
he
were
suche
as
they
sayden
/
called
the
same
relygyous
man
&
sayd
to
him
many
grete
Iniuryes
/
that
whiche
he
myght
not
pacyently
bere
/
&
sayd
to
him
that
he
was
lyke
to
an
hous
that
whiche
byfore
outwarde
is
moche
ornate
&
enryched
of
sumptuous
werke
/
but
behynde
all
vnshytte
&
so
ruynous
that
the
theuys
haue
left
nothyng
that
ought
is
worth
.
¶
Many
aged
faders
sayen
of
the
holy
faders
Arsenye
&
Theodore
called
the
stedfast
/
that
aboue
all
thynges
they
hated
vayne
glorye
worldly
.
Alwaye
Arseny
whan
ony
Relygyouses
camen
to
him
/
he
hasted
not
to
go
ayenst
theym
.
But
Theodore
dyde
the
contrarye
.
¶
A
preest
named
Eulogius
whiche
was
dyscyple
of
saynt
Iohan
archebysshop
of
Alexandrye
was
of
a
meruayllous
abstynence
/
for
he
fasted
two
dayes
in
the
weke
without
to
ete
ony
thyng
/
&
ofte
he
fasted
the
surplus
of
the
weke
in
etyng
ones
oonly
on
the
daye
&
ete
but
brede
&
salte
.
And
for
this
cause
&
for
his
other
vertues
/
he
was
moche
praysed
&
alowed
of
the
people
.
On
a
tyme
he
cam
to
the
abbot
Ioseph
in
a
place
named
Panese
/
wenyng
that
the
sayd
Ioseph
ladde
a
lyfe
more
strayt
than
he
.
The
sayd
Ioseph
receyued
him
in
grete
Ioye
/
made
to
him
for
good
loue
&
charyte
to
prepare
his
refeccyon
the
moost
honestly
that
he
myght
.
And
seeyng
the
dyscyples
of
Eulogius
that
he
had
other
mete
than
that
whiche
he
had
taken
to
ete
/
sayden
that
Eulogius
ete
not
but
brede
&
salt
.
But
neuertheles
the
abbot
Ioseph
whiche
wolde
not
that
euery
man
knewe
his
grete
abstynences
preuely
ete
of
the
mete
that
he
had
ordeyned
for
Eulogius
.
And
duryng
thre
dayes
that
the
sayd
Eulogius
&
his
dyscyples
soyourned
with
the
holy
abbot
Ioseph
/
they
neuer
apperceyued
that
the
sayd
Ioseph
ne
his
dyscyples
psalmodyed
or
made
ony
prayers
.
But
neuerthelesse
they
prayden
&
sayd
theyr
psalmes
secretely
/
wherfore
Eulogius
&
his
dyscyples
departed
with
out
to
be
suffysauntly
edyfyed
.
And
as
they
walked
it
pleased
to
god
that
the
weder
chaunged
&
becam
derke
in
suche
wyse
/
that
for
this
cause
they
were
constrayned
to
retourne
to
the
fader
Ioseph
.
And
whan
they
knocked
at
the
yate
of
the
monasterye
they
herde
the
sayd
Ioseph
&
his
brethern
whiche
songen
and
psalmodyed
.
They
herked
a
long
whyle
theyr
psalmodye
/
&
after
that
they
had
longe
herked
/
fynably
they
knocked
atte
yate
/
whom
ayen
the
holy
fader
receyued
moche
Ioyously
.
The
dyscyples
of
Eulogius
for
the
grete
hete
had
brought
a
lytyll
botell
/
in
whiche
they
put
water
of
the
whiche
the
holy
fader
Ioseph
was
wonte
to
drynke
/
&
they
gaue
the
same
to
Eulogius
for
to
drynke
for
to
afresshe
him
but
whan
he
felte
and
had
tasted
it
/
he
wolde
not
drynke
it
/
bycause
he
felte
by
the
taste
that
it
was
salt
.
And
for
to
saye
the
trouthe
it
was
not
swete
/
for
they
were
waters
of
the
see
&
of
the
ryuers
medled
togydre
.
And
this
thyng
in
his
corage
/
he
requyred
the
holy
man
Ioseph
that
he
sholde
enseygne
&
teche
him
his
maner
of
lyuyng
sayeng
/
how
is
it
holy
fader
so
/
that
whan
I
cam
fyrst
hyther
ye
songe
not
ne
psalmodyed
/
&
now
syth
we
departed
ye
haue
bygonne
to
do
it
.
And
furthermore
whan
I
wolde
haue
dronken
of
your
water
.
I
fonde
that
it
was
salt
.
To
the
whiche
questyon
the
abbot
Ioseph
answered
/
that
whiche
of
all
his
Relygyous
brethern
were
ony
thyng
troubled
by
errour
sholde
medle
salt
water
with
the
fresshe
.
Thenne
Eulogius
not
content
with
this
answeer
/
and
wyllyng
to
knowe
of
that
he
asked
prayed
hym
ayen
that
he
sholde
saye
to
hym
/
fro
whens
it
proceded
that
the
sayd
water
was
salt
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
sayeng
/
that
this
lytyll
buurage
was
in
stede
of
wyne
the
charyte
had
pourueyed
to
theym
/
but
that
water
was
the
ordynary
drynke
that
the
relygyous
brethern
dranke
/
by
whiche
wordes
he
taught
Eulogius
how
he
ought
to
haue
dyscrecyon
in
his
thoughtes
/
&
dryue
awaye
from
him
all
mutabylyte
of
corage
/
&
that
he
sholde
make
hym selfe
comyn
with
the
other
brethern
etynge
fro
thens
forthon
all
metes
that
were
sette
tofore
hym
.
Also
he
taught
hym
how
he
sholde
secretely
praye
.
And
these
thynges
by
him
consydered
he
sayd
to
Ioseph
/
that
certaynly
he
knewe
his
werkes
&
also
of
his
dyscyples
to
be
doon
in
parfyght
charyte
.
¶
The
abbot
Zenon
whiche
hadde
be
dyscyple
of
the
abbot
Syluayn
sayd
/
that
a
relygyous
man
ought
neuer
to
desyre
to
dwelle
in
a
place
gretly
renommed
/
ne
with
a
man
hauyng
a
grete
name
/
ne
sette
or
make
ony
fondemente
for
to
buylde
to
hym selfe
a
celle
or
habytacyon
.
¶
On
a
tyme
cam
a
broder
to
th
abbot
Theodore
called
the
stedfast
&
soyourned
thre
dayes
with
hym
/
prayeng
him
that
he
wolde
saye
to
hym
some
worde
of
edyfycacyon
.
But
he
wolde
saye
no
thyng
to
hym
.
And
seeyng
the
sayd
relygyous
that
he
had
no
wyll
to
saye
ony
thyng
to
hym
/
departed
full
heuy
&
sorowfull
.
The
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
dyscyple
of
the
sayd
Theodore
/
demaunded
wherfor
he
wolde
not
saye
to
hym
some
good
worde
/
to
th
ende
that
he
had
not
departed
euyll
contente
of
hym
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
he
wolde
saye
nothyng
to
him
bycause
he
was
a
grete
marchaunt
and
entermeter
/
the
whiche
enquyred
and
demaunded
to
knowe
some
newe
thyng
for
to
gloryfye
hym selfe
in
the
wordes
of
an
other
.
¶
An
other
broder
asked
the
sayd
Theodore
in
enquyryng
hym
of
some
thynges
/
of
whiche
he
wolde
neuer
entermete
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
I
am
abasshed
how
thou
presumest
to
aske
me
of
suche
thynges
.
Thou
resemblest
to
him
whiche
yet
had
not
fonde
the
shyppe
/
ne
put
his
maryners
therin
/
ne
also
begonne
to
rowo
nor
saylle
.
And
yet
is
comen
to
the
porte
or
Cyte
where
he
had
dysposed
to
come
/
whan
thou
hast
fyrst
doon
some
thyng
/
thenne
mayst
thou
well
speke
.
¶
Thabbot
Cassyen
sayd
that
a
broder
whiche
had
lerned
to
trotte
from
place
to
place
cam
on
a
tyme
towarde
the
holy
fader
Serapyon
/
the
whiche
holy
fader
after
some
wordes
wyllyng
to
praye
god
or
to
psalmodye
with
the
sayd
broder
bad
hym
begynne
/
&
he
wolde
folowe
.
To
whiche
exhortacion
the
sayd
broder
wolde
not
enclyne
/
sayeng
by
faynt
humylyte
that
he
was
a
synner
and
vnworthy
to
bere
the
habyte
of
a
monke
.
And
after
the
sayd
holy
fader
wolde
wesshe
his
fete
/
but
the
broder
excusyng
him
as
he
dyde
byfore
wolde
not
suffre
hym
.
Fynably
he
made
hym
take
his
refeccyon
with
hym
.
And
in
soo
doyng
he
began
to
admonest
him
sayng
My
sone
yf
thou
wylt
prouffyte
/
it
byhoueth
the
contynuelly
to
make
resydence
in
thy
celle
/
&
to
take
hede
of
thy selfe
/
&
employe
that
to
werke
/
for
it
is
not
lawfull
ne
expedyent
to
go
so
moche
as
it
is
to
be
resydent
/
the
whiche
broder
heryng
these
wordes
was
so
moche
in
despyte
&
moeued
in
yre
ayenst
the
sayd
holy
fader
that
sodaynly
he
apperceyued
by
his
vysage
that
by
the
cause
he
chaunged
his
colour
.
&
began
to
saye
to
him
.
Ha
my
sone
thou
saydest
late
that
thou
were
a
synner
/
in
accusyng
thy selfe
as
vnworthy
to
lyue
/
&
now
by
cause
I
warne
that
in
good
charyte
to
lyue
well
/
thou
art
angry
with
me
&
oughtest
thou
to
do
so
/
certaynly
I
telle
to
the
that
yf
thou
wylt
be
very
&
humble
relygyous
/
thou
must
lerne
&
bere
corageously
the
charges
&
burthens
that
by
other
shall
be
leyd
on
the
/
&
not
to
saye
&
grudge
in
thy selfe
to
thynke
ony
rygorous
or
haynous
wordes
.
For
suche
condycyons
ought
not
to
be
fonden
ne
to
domyne
in
ony
relygyous
man
wyllyng
to
come
to
felycyte
&
beatytude
eternall
.
The
broder
consyderyng
these
wordes
that
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
him
/
he
departed
&
dyde
grete
penaunce
&
amended
his
lyfe
.
¶
Thabbot
Moyses
beyng
in
the
hermytages
of
the
deserte
of
Sychye
was
aduertysed
that
the
Iuge
of
the
prouynce
cam
towarde
hym
for
to
see
hym
&
vysyte
/
wherfore
he
desyryng
teschue
that
he
sholde
not
see
him
/
departed
from
his
hermytage
/
&
put
hym selfe
in
the
way
of
the
palus
of
Egypt
/
in
whiche
way
the
sayd
Iuge
accompanyed
with
some
of
his
seruauntes
mette
hym
/
&
axed
of
hym
where
was
the
celle
of
the
abbot
Moyses
/
the
whiche
answered
him
/
wherfore
axe
ye
after
him
/
he
is
a
man
folysshe
&
an
heretyke
.
The
Iuge
arryued
at
the
comyn
chirche
of
the
sayd
hermytages
/
&
sayd
to
the
clerkes
that
he
fonde
there
/
how
for
the
grete
renommee
of
the
abbot
Moyses
desyryng
to
see
hym
he
was
come
thyder
.
And
that
in
comyng
he
mette
an
olde
fader
gooyng
in
to
Egypt
whom
he
asked
where
was
the
celle
of
th
abbot
Moyses
/
&
he
answered
me
in
this
maner
/
wherfor
sekest
thou
hym
/
he
is
an
heretyke
.
The
clerkes
heryng
these
wordes
of
the
sayd
Iuge
were
moche
troubled
&
dyspleasaunt
/
but
neuertheles
they
asked
what
man
was
the
olde
fader
that
had
so
euyll
&
synystryly
spoken
of
the
sayd
abbot
Moyses
.
To
whom
the
Iuge
answered
he
is
longe
&
black
&
clad
with
a
lewde
vestement
.
Thenne
they
knewe
that
it
was
th
abbot
Moyses
whiche
had
so
spoken
of
hym selfe
/
&
sayd
to
the
Iuge
that
he
had
sayd
those
wordes
to
th
ende
that
the
Iuge
sholde
not
knowe
him
/
wherfore
the
sayd
Iuge
retorned
without
spekyng
more
to
him
&
without
to
see
hym
ony
otherwyse
than
sayd
is
.
¶
An
other
brother
asked
the
holy
fader
Mathoys
sayeng
to
him
.
Fayre
fader
yf
I
go
&
be
resydent
in
ony
place
how
ought
I
to
gouerne
me
in
the
same
/
yf
thou
wylt
surely
dwelle
in
ony
place
/
kepe
the
well
for
getyng
a
name
or
renome
of
ony
partycular
thyng
as
to
saye
that
thou
wylt
not
conuerse
in
the
companye
of
brethern
for
to
lede
a
lyfe
more
solytary
/
or
that
thou
ete
not
one
thyng
or
other
.
By
suche
thynges
a
man
geteth
to
hym
a
name
&
fame
.
And
after
he
muste
suffre
thys
portunyte
of
the
people
/
whiche
is
a
thynge
moche
greuous
yf
he
be
a
man
that
desyreth
to
lyue
vertuously
&
solytary
.
¶
The
grete
abbot
Nesteron
&
one
of
his
relygyouses
walkyng
in
the
desertes
sawe
to fore
theym
a
grete
dragon
/
for
whom
to
eschewe
incontynent
they
fledde
/
the
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
sayd
relygyous
sayd
to
the
sayd
abbot
/
that
he
was
aferde
.
To
whom
he
answered
nay
that
he
was
not
/
but
it
was
to
him
expedyent
to
flee
/
seeyng
the
dragon
.
For
in
so
doyng
he
fled
the
speryte
of
vayne
glorye
/
as
who
sayth
that
yf
by
the
moyen
of
some
cōiuracōns
diuine
that
he
had
made
to
the
dragon
they
had
passed
by
him
without
that
he
had
doon
to
theym
ony
harme
/
they
myght
haue
ronne
in
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
/
wherfor
for
to
kepe
him
therfro
/
it
semed
to
him
better
&
more
auayllable
to
flee
fer
from
him
than
to
coniure
him
.
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
sayd
that
a
Relygyous
man
that
wyll
well
edyfye
other
for
to
gyue
to
theym
good
example
/
ought
to
kepe
&
obserue
the
thynges
whiche
he
wyl
be
kepte
&
obserued
by
other
.
And
forthermore
he
sayd
that
he
meruaylled
of
many
men
that
haue
no
shame
that
wyll
be
parfyght
by
wordes
/
wherin
theyr
dedes
they
be
moche
lasse
.
¶
Thabbot
Adelphus
whiche
was
bysshop
of
Nyl
went
on
a
tyme
in
to
a
montayn
for
to
see
the
holy
fader
Sysoy
.
In
a
mornyng
the
sayd
bysshop
wolde
departe
fro
him
/
but
th
abbot
Sysoy
volde
fyrst
make
him
to
breke
his
fast
/
how
wel
that
it
was
thenne
a
fastyng
day
/
&
thus
as
they
leyd
the
table
for
to
ete
/
cam
vpon
theym
two
brethern
/
to
whom
the
holy
fader
ordeyned
to
gyue
theym
potage
/
bycause
that
they
cam
fro
labour
.
The
holy
bisshop
Adelphus
seeyng
the
refeccyon
to
be
redy
.
sayd
a
parte
to
the
fader
Sysoy
/
that
he
sholde
deferre
a
lytyll
to
ete
/
tyll
that
the
two
brethern
were
gone
/
to
th
ende
that
they
sholde
not
saye
that
he
brake
his
faste
/
notwithstandyng
the
wordes
that
th
abbot
Sysoy
sayd
to
his
relygyouses
that
they
sholde
gyue
to
theym
the
potage
that
he
had
do
sette
on
the
fyre
for
the
sayd
bysshop
Adelphus
.
The
whiche
brethern
seeyng
&
receyuyng
the
potage
axed
of
the
relygyous
that
serued
theym
yf
ther
were
ony
straungers
in
the
celle
of
the
sayd
abbot
Sysoy
.
And
yf
the
sayd
abbot
brake
his
faste
in
the
mornyng
with
theym
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
ye
/
the
whiche
answere
herde
they
were
moche
angry
and
began
to
saye
.
God
forgyue
you
the
faute
that
ye
do
/
in
suffryng
our
abbot
to
ete
at
this
hour
.
Ne
knowe
ye
not
well
that
he
hath
ben
many
dayes
without
labour
/
as
who
sholde
saye
/
that
he
ought
not
to
breke
his
faste
/
seen
that
he
laboured
not
.
The
bysshop
Adelphus
heryng
these
wordes
repented
him
&
was
dyspleasaunt
of
that
whiche
he
had
sayd
to
th
abbot
Sysoy
for
to
make
breke
hym
his
fast
sayeng
.
Fader
abbot
pardone
me
/
for
that
I
haue
sayd
&
thought
is
a
thyng
humayne
/
but
in
commaundyng
to
gyue
the
potage
thou
haste
done
a
thynge
dyuyne
.
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
th
abbot
Sysoy
.
yf
god
gloryfye
not
a
man
/
his
glorye
shall
neuer
be
stable
.
¶
The
abbot
Amenas
sayd
to
the
abbot
Sysoy
that
he
sholde
applye
him
to
rede
the
scryptures
/
to
th
ende
to
lerne
to
aorne
&
make
fayr
his
wordes
/
&
for
to
be
redy
answere
to
all
askynges
that
sholde
be
made
to
him
.
Sysoy
sayd
that
it
was
no
nede
to
rede
for
to
make
his
wordes
fayre
/
but
a
man
ought
vertuously
pourueye
hym
of
holynesse
in
his
wordes
/
by
clennes
of
conscyence
/
as
who
wolde
say
/
that
a
man
that
lyueth
vertuously
can
not
speke
euyll
ne
ylle
.
¶
The
abbot
Symeon
beyng
in
desertes
.
A
Iuge
of
a
prouynce
came
for
to
see
hym
.
And
in
comyng
he
fonde
the
sayd
Symeon
/
whiche
by
the
ayde
and
helpe
of
his
gyrdell
was
clōmen
on
a
palmyer
for
to
make
it
clene
.
And
asked
hym
not
knowyng
that
it
was
he
Where
was
the
olde
fader
Symeon
that
dwelled
there
solytaryly
.
And
he
answered
that
there
was
noman
there
solytary
/
the
whiche
answere
herde
by
the
Iuge
/
he
departed
.
¶
An
other
tyme
cam
an
other
Iuge
for
to
see
him
/
of
whiche
thyng
his
dyscyples
were
aduertysed
/
&
cam
sayeng
to
him
.
Fayr
fader
make
you
redy
/
for
here
cometh
a
grete
man
for
to
see
you
&
for
to
haue
your
blessyng
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
Symeon
answered
.
Now
well
well
.
I
shal
make
me
redy
/
&
wente
&
toke
an
olde
sacke
wherwith
he
couered
his
hede
&
his
sholdres
/
&
holdyng
in
his
hande
brede
&
chese
sette
him
doun
&
ete
at
the
dore
of
his
celle
as
he
had
ete
no
mete
thre
dayes
byfore
.
The
Iuge
&
his
people
arryued
there
seeyng
his
contynaunce
sette
nothyng
by
hym
.
And
retourned
sayeng
as
by
mocquery
/
is
this
the
monke
solytary
of
whome
we
haue
herde
saye
so
many
thynges
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
that
in
lyke
wyse
that
as
a
tresour
that
is
publysshed
and
shewed
is
ofte
mynysshed
and
dyspendyd
.
In
lyke
wyse
euery
vertue
after
that
it
is
publysshed
/
lyghtly
is
put
awaye
and
fynysshed
.
And
all
in
lyke
wyse
as
waxe
whiche
is
nygh
the
fyre
is
molten
.
In
lyke
wyse
the
soule
whiche
is
praysed
becometh
vayne
/
&
leseth
the
rygour
of
vertue
.
He
sayd
furthermore
that
all
in
lyke
wyse
as
it
is
Impossyble
a
thyng
to
be
in
one
tyme
bothe
herbe
&
seed
.
So
it
is
Impossyble
that
they
that
haue
glorye
mondayn
&
delyte
theym
therin
maken
ony
fruyte
for
to
haue
the
heuenly
glorye
.
¶
In
a
hye
fest
halowed
among
the
relygyouses
of
the
hermytages
/
in
the
whiche
they
had
a
custome
to
take
theyr
refeccyon
in
the
chirche
.
One
relygyous
man
among
the
other
called
one
of
the
seruaunt
in
sayeng
that
he
ete
no
boyled
mete
/
but
oonly
brede
&
salt
/
the
whiche
thyng
herde
by
the
sayd
seruaunt
/
he
called
an
other
in
sayeng
to
him
openly
with
an
hye
voys
Bryng
some
salt
to
this
broder
here
/
for
he
eteth
none
other
thyng
.
And
one
of
the
olde
faders
heryng
the
arose
vp
&
cam
to
the
Relygyous
that
a●ed
for
salte
/
&
sayd
to
him
that
it
had
be
more
expedyent
to
haue
eten
flesshe
in
his
celle
than
to
haue
herde
the
wordes
that
had
be
sayd
of
him
to fore
so
many
relygyous
people
/
as
who
sholde
saye
that
he
ought
to
be
ashamed
/
to
haue
herde
recyted
of
hym
after
his
owne
worde
that
he
ete
noo
thyng
but
brede
&
salte
.
For
yf
he
had
be
vertuous
none
ought
to
apperceyue
it
.
¶
On
a
tyme
vnto
an
aged
fader
were
come
som
straungers
/
to
whom
for
theyr
refeccyon
he
had
do
make
good
potage
&
it
happed
that
the
same
tyme
came
to
him
a
broder
moche
abstynent
/
&
that
ete
no
brede
/
they
syttyng
atte
table
&
begonne
to
ete
/
he
brought
chiches
for
hymselve
&
ete
theym
in
the
company
of
the
other
/
&
after
that
they
were
rysen
fro
the
table
/
an
aged
fader
called
secretly
the
broder
&
sayd
to
him
/
Broder
whan
thou
shalt
come
herafter
to fore
ony
men
/
kepe
the
well
fro
shewynge
to
him
/
or
from
letyng
him
apperceyue
thyn
abstynence
or
conuersacion
/
&
yf
thou
wylte
do
ony
strayt
abstynence
/
kepe
that
in
thy
celle
&
go
not
out
.
The
sayd
relygyous
heryng
these
wordes
/
&
enclyned
to
theym
/
&
determyned
to
lyue
lyke
to
the
other
/
&
to
ete
suche
mete
as
sholde
be
brought
in
to
the
company
of
other
relygyous
folke
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
sayd
that
the
humayne
ꝓuydence
takath
awaye
&
cutteth
from
hym
all
fattenesse
&
yeldeth
hym
drye
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
yf
thou
wylt
holsomly
lyue
/
it
behoueth
the
in
fleeyng
the
worlde
to
flee
fro
the
men
in
mockyng
the
sayd
worlde
&
the
men
that
ben
therin
/
&
to
repute
&
fayne
thyself
to
be
a
fooll
.
¶
An
other
lytyl
treatyse
rechyng
how
noman
ought
to
Iuge
ony
other
.
A
Relygyous
monke
beyng
vnder
the
charge
and
congregacyon
of
the
abbot
Helye
happed
on
a
tyme
a
temptacyon
or
a
cause
for
the
whiche
he
was
putte
out
of
the
congregacyon
.
And
he
wente
vp
to
a
montayne
vnto
the
holy
abbot
saynt
Anthonye
.
And
after
that
he
had
abyden
by
a
certayne
tyme
/
he
sente
hym
ayen
to
the
congregacyon
from
whens
he
was
departed
/
but
incontynent
that
his
felawes
sawe
hym
/
they
put
hym
out
ayen
/
wherfore
yet
efte
ones
he
retourned
vnto
the
sayd
fader
Anthonye
layeng
to
hym
that
they
wolde
not
receyue
hym
.
And
for
that
cause
the
holy
fader
sente
to
theym
suche
a
parable
A
shyppe
hath
be
in
daunger
for
to
be
perysshed
in
the
see
/
where
she
hath
left
the
charge
that
she
bare
/
and
with
grete
labour
&
payne
she
hath
be
brought
vnto
londe
/
ye
thenne
my
brethern
wyll
ye
drowne
and
do
perysshe
the
shyppe
that
hath
be
delyuered
.
They
knowynge
by
these
wordes
/
that
the
sayd
holy
abbot
Anthonye
had
sente
hym
ayen
to
theym
/
and
anone
agreably
they
receyued
hym
.
¶
A
relygyous
monke
had
commysed
a
synne
/
for
the
whiche
he
was
constrayned
by
a
preste
to
auoyde
out
of
the
chirche
.
The
abbot
Besaryon
at
that
tyme
beyng
present
arose
vp
and
wente
also
out
/
sayeng
to
hym
that
he
was
a
synner
/
as
was
the
sayd
Relygyous
monke
.
¶
The
abbot
Ysaac
dwelled
in
the
desertes
of
Thebayde
/
and
sawe
on
a
tyme
amonge
the
other
in
the
congregacyon
of
the
relygyouses
/
among
whom
he
sawe
one
that
was
culpable
of
a
synne
/
for
the
whiche
he
Iuged
the
sayd
relygyous
.
And
in
retornyng
in
to
his
hermytage
/
wenyng
to
entre
in
to
his
celle
/
he
fonde
th
angall
of
god
whiche
letted
him
to
entre
/
sayeng
that
he
wolde
not
suffre
him
to
entre
in
.
And
the
sayd
abbot
asked
of
him
the
cause
.
And
he
answered
him
/
that
god
had
sente
him
for
to
aske
of
him
whyther
he
wolde
sende
that
broder
whiche
he
had
Iuged
/
&
anone
th
abbot
kneled
doun
on
his
knees
/
in
repentyng
him
of
that
whiche
he
had
sayd
/
&
requyryng
of
th
angell
that
he
wolde
pardone
hym
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
sholde
aryse
/
&
that
god
pardoned
hym
/
but
he
aduertysed
him
that
fro
thens
forthon
he
sholde
beware
&
kepe
him
from
Iugyng
of
ony
persone
/
byfore
that
god
had
Iuged
.
¶
In
the
desertes
of
Sychye
was
fonde
culpable
one
of
the
Relygyouses
that
dwelled
there
for
th
offence
or
synne
of
whom
byhoued
all
the
olde
&
auncyent
faders
assemble
togydre
/
&
by
delyberacyon
they
sent
for
th
abbot
Moyses
/
prayeng
hym
that
he
wolde
come
to
theym
/
the
whiche
thyng
he
wolde
not
doo
/
wherfore
the
pryncypall
among
theym
sente
to
hym
/
prayeng
him
ayen
that
he
wolde
come
to
theym
all
/
whiche
had
concluded
to
abyde
for
him
/
the
whiche
thyng
by
hym
vnderstanden
/
toke
an
olde
walet
or
sack
full
of
sonde
/
the
whiche
he
bare
vpon
his
backe
/
&
so
cam
in
this
astate
vnto
the
sayd
aged
faders
.
The
whiche
comen
tofore
theym
/
they
axed
hym
what
thyng
it
was
that
he
bare
.
And
he
answered
to
theym
.
These
ben
my
synnes
that
renne
after
me
/
the
whiche
I
may
not
bere
/
&
ye
make
me
to
come
hyther
for
to
Iuge
the
synnes
of
an
other
They
heryng
these
wordes
/
tolde
to
him
nothyng
of
the
synne
of
the
relygyous
brother
/
but
voluntaryly
pardonned
hym
.
¶
The
abbot
Ioseph
asked
on
a
tyme
th
abbot
Pastor
in
requyryng
hym
how
he
myght
make
hym selfe
a
very
monke
.
To
whom
th
abbot
Pastor
answered
in
this
maner
.
Yf
thou
wylt
in
this
worlde
&
in
the
other
fynde
ony
rest
examyne
thy selfe
in
all
thyn
affayre●
in
sayeng
to
thy selfe
/
what
am
I
and
with
this
kepe
the
well
fro
Iugyng
of
ony
other
.
¶
An
other
broder
asked
on
a
tyme
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
in
demaundyng
hym
yf
I
see
my
brother
commyse
ony
synne
/
shall
it
be
well
done
for
me
to
hyde
it
.
The
holy
man
answered
to
hym
.
As
ofte
&
as
many
tymes
as
we
hyde
the
synne
of
our
brethern
/
god
hydeth
ours
And
also
whan
we
dysclose
them
/
god
dyscloseth
ours
.
¶
A
relygyous
in
playne
congregacyon
of
monkes
/
dyde
an
open
offence
.
And
nygh
to
the
place
where
the
caas
happed
was
a
relygyous
monke
solytary
/
whiche
thenne
by
longe
tyme
had
kept
resydence
in
his
celle
without
in
ony
wyse
to
go
out
.
¶
Thabbot
of
the
same
congregacyon
transported
hymselfe
towarde
the
sayd
relygyous
solytary
/
in
shewyng
to
hym
the
synne
of
the
other
relygyous
monke
/
&
asked
hym
what
he
ought
to
do
therin
.
To
whom
he
sayd
/
that
he
sholde
put
hym
out
of
the
companye
of
thother
.
The
whiche
thynge
done
/
the
poore
synner
wente
&
put
hym
in
a
caue
/
where
be
waylled
&
wept
longe
for
his
synne
.
And
it
happed
that
his
brethern
&
felawes
goyng
towarde
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
/
fonde
the
sayd
monke
sorowfull
wepe
/
wente
doun
in
to
the
caue
/
and
fonde
hym
there
moche
heuy
and
desolate
.
And
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
go
vnto
the
sayd
solytary
Relygyous
man
/
but
he
wolde
not
/
sayeng
that
he
neuer
wolde
departe
fro
the
place
where
he
was
in
/
and
that
he
had
concluded
to
deye
therin
.
The
same
brethern
thenne
comyng
towarde
the
abbot
Pastor
/
reherced
to
hym
how
they
had
founden
the
poore
penytent
/
moche
heuy
and
despleasaunt
and
bytterly
by
wepynge
his
synne
.
¶
The
abbot
pastor
consyderynge
his
grete
contrycyon
/
prayed
theym
that
they
sholde
goo
and
saye
to
hym
that
he
sente
for
hym
/
that
he
sholde
come
and
speke
with
hym
/
whiche
they
soo
dyde
/
and
he
came
anone
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
seeyng
hym
so
contryte
/
aroos
and
kyssed
hym
.
And
in
reioycyng
hym selfe
with
hym
/
prayed
him
that
they
sholde
take
togydre
theyr
refeccyon
.
And
after
the
sayd
abbot
sente
one
of
his
brethern
to
the
sayd
relygyous
in
sendyng
to
hym
that
for
the
good
Renommee
that
he
herde
saye
of
his
persone
/
he
hadde
desyred
of
longe
tyme
to
see
hym
/
how
be
it
that
for
the
slouthe
and
latchesse
of
theym
bothe
they
hadde
not
yet
seen
eche
other
.
And
prayed
hym
that
yf
he
had
thenne
ony
leysyr
/
that
he
wolde
trauaylle
to
come
to
hym
to
the
ende
that
they
myght
see
eche
other
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
relygyous
whiche
had
be
accustomed
to
lyue
solytaryly
that
he
neuer
yssued
out
of
his
celle
/
ymagyned
and
sayd
in
hym selfe
/
that
yf
god
hadde
not
Inspyred
the
holy
abbot
Pastor
to
sende
for
him
to
come
to
him
/
he
was
not
aduysed
to
haue
done
it
/
wherfore
incontynent
he
came
to
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
/
whiche
moche
humaynly
receyued
hym
.
And
after
that
they
had
deuysed
togydre
of
many
helthfull
thynges
/
the
sayd
Pastor
sayd
to
hym
thyse
wordes
or
semblable
.
Two
men
were
in
a
place
/
and
eche
of
theym
had
in
his
celle
a
deed
brother
/
that
one
of
theym
leuyng
his
deed
brother
cam
to
the
celle
of
his
felawe
bewepyng
the
deth
of
the
other
/
by
the
whiche
wordes
he
gaaf
to
vnderstonde
to
the
sayd
relygyous
/
that
in
forgetyng
his
synnes
/
he
was
ouer
rygorous
to
punysshe
the
synne
of
that
other
.
Thenne
the
same
relygyous
reducynge
to
his
mynde
that
whiche
he
had
done
sayd
to
hym
.
O
vertuous
man
Pastor
thou
art
in
heuen
on
hye
/
&
I
am
a
lowe
in
th
erthe
.
¶
An
other
brother
that
sayd
hymself
to
be
moche
dredefull
asked
of
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
how
he
myght
withstande
it
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
he
sholde
not
despyse
nor
condempne
ony
man
/
and
that
he
sholde
not
be
aduersarye
to
ony
persone
.
And
in
this
doynge
/
god
sholde
gyue
hym
reste
and
sholde
holde
hym
in
his
celle
without
perturbacyon
.
¶
In
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
was
on
a
tyme
made
certayn
congregacyon
of
relygyous
men
/
amonge
whom
was
put
forth
and
spoken
of
a
brother
/
whiche
was
culpable
of
some
synnes
.
The
abbot
Pyor
beyng
in
the
sayd
congregacyon
/
helde
his
peas
&
sayd
nothyng
And
whan
euery
man
had
sayd
that
hym
semed
good
/
he
departed
fro
them
And
after
he
came
ayen
/
and
brought
vpon
his
back
a
grete
sack
full
of
sonde
.
And
to fore
he
bare
a
lytyll
of
the
same
sonde
in
a
lytyll
bagge
or
walet
.
The
other
holy
faders
and
relygyouses
seeyng
that
/
demaunded
hym
what
he
wolde
do
with
that
sonde
.
And
he
answered
theym
that
it
whiche
was
on
his
backe
in
soo
grete
habundaunce
/
sygnefyed
his
owne
synnes
whiche
he
had
put
behynde
hym
/
not
for
to
Remembre
theym
/
and
hadde
forgeten
theym
in
suche
maner
that
he
coude
not
sorowe
nor
wepe
for
theym
.
And
that
whiche
he
bare
before
hym
in
soo
lytyll
quantyte
/
sygnefyed
the
lytyll
synnes
of
this
Relygyous
broder
/
that
he
sayth
he
hath
sette
to
fore
hym
/
that
is
to
saye
in
his
remembraunce
&
mynde
/
and
he
sayd
that
in
leuyng
to
correcte
his
owne
synnes
/
whiche
he
sayd
to
be
grete
/
he
excercysed
hym selfe
in
the
correccyon
of
theym
of
the
sayd
relygyous
that
were
soo
lytyll
whiche
I
ought
not
to
do
sayd
he
.
But
I
ought
to
sette
myne
owne
synnes
to
fore
me
and
thynke
on
th
amendement
and
correccyon
of
theym
/
and
praye
god
that
he
wolde
forgyue
theym
me
.
The
whiche
wordes
herde
by
the
holy
faders
/
they
all
sayd
that
this
waye
was
salutarye
and
helthfull
.
¶
An
olde
auncyent
fader
sayd
that
a
man
how
well
that
he
were
chaste
ought
not
for
to
Iuge
a
fornycatour
.
for
in
commysyng
the
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
he
breketh
the
lawe
.
In
lykewyse
dooth
he
that
Iugeth
.
For
our
lorde
whiche
hath
sayd
/
thou
shalt
doo
noo
fornycacyon
.
In
lykewyse
sayth
thou
shalt
not
Iuge
an
other
.
¶
A
curate
or
other
preest
admynyster
of
a
chirche
/
came
on
a
tyme
vnto
a
solytary
relygyous
man
/
prayeng
hym
that
he
wolde
mynystre
the
sacrament
of
the
aulter
to
hym
/
the
whiche
he
dyde
gladly
dyuerse
tymes
.
And
anone
after
came
to
the
solytary
monke
a nother
that
accused
of
a
synne
the
sayd
preest
/
the
whiche
comyng
to
the
sayd
solytary
man
for
to
be
comyned
as
he
had
be
acustomed
.
And
he
myght
neuer
do
so
moche
that
the
sayd
Relygyous
solytary
man
wolde
ones
open
his
dore
/
wherfore
the
preest
seeyng
that
/
anone
departed
.
And
incontynent
the
sayd
solytary
monke
herde
a
voys
whiche
sayd
to
him
these
wordes
.
The
men
haue
take
from
me
my
Iugement
.
After
whiche
voys
herd
/
he
was
rauysshed
in
a
vysyon
in
suche
wyse
that
hym
semed
that
he
sawe
a
pytte
of
golde
in
whiche
ther
was
good
water
.
And
with
this
he
sawe
a
lepre
or
lazar
that
drewe
vp
of
the
same
water
/
&
put
it
in
a
vessell
.
And
how
be
it
that
the
sayd
solytary
monke
desyred
to
drynke
therof
/
neuerthelesse
he
dranke
not
/
bycause
that
he
the
haled
it
vp
was
a
lepre
.
And
the
sayd
voys
sayd
agayn
to
him
/
wherfor
drynkest
not
thou
of
this
water
/
what
lettyng
doth
he
to
the
the
draweth
it
/
he
draweth
it
vp
oonly
&
putteth
in
his
vessell
without
ony
corruptynge
or
wastynge
the
sayd
water
.
Thenne
the
solytary
retornyng
to
him
selfe
/
&
consyderyng
the
vertue
of
the
same
vysyon
/
called
ayen
the
preest
/
&
mynystred
to
hym
as
he
dyde
tofore
.
¶
In
a
monastery
of
relygyon
were
somtyme
two
brethern
ledyng
a
moche
fayr
&
holy
lyfe
.
Eche
of
theym
by
his
merytes
deserued
to
see
&
knowe
his
felawe
to
be
in
the
grace
of
god
.
And
it
happed
on
a
tyme
that
one
of
theym
on
a
fryday
in
the
mornyng
yssuyng
out
of
his
monastery
sawe
a
relygyous
monke
whiche
ete
pryuely
/
&
he
asked
him
in
beholdyng
him
how
he
ete
seen
that
it
was
not
tyme
of
etyng
.
On
the
morn
whiche
was
that
daye
in
whiche
after
theyr
custome
that
they
songe
masse
/
he
was
in
that
chirche
with
his
broder
&
the
other
relygyouses
that
whiche
his
broder
in
beholdyng
knewe
the
grace
whiche
god
before
had
gyuen
hym
was
departed
from
him
/
wherof
he
was
moche
sorowfull
.
And
whan
he
was
come
in
his
cell
/
he
asked
him
what
thyng
he
had
done
/
sayeng
to
him
that
he
had
not
seen
the
grace
of
god
in
him
as
he
had
tofore
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
supposed
not
to
haue
commysed
ony
ylle
/
neyther
in
dede
ne
in
thought
/
yet
ayen
his
broder
asked
him
/
yf
he
had
spoken
ony
ydle
worde
.
And
in
Remembryng
hymself
of
that
he
had
sayd
the
daye
before
saye
to
hym
/
yesterdaye
I
repreued
a
relygyous
man
/
whom
I
fonde
etyng
in
the
mornyng
/
&
I
trowe
that
it
be
the
synne
that
I
haue
commysed
in
as
moche
as
I
haue
repreued
him
without
to
knowe
what
necessyte
he
hadde
But
I
praye
the
my
broder
/
that
thou
wylt
labour
with
me
in
prayng
god
duryng
these
.xl.
dayes
that
he
wyll
pardone
and
forgyue
me
my
synne
.
The
whiche
thyng
they
dyde
/
&
the
sayd
two
wekes
passed
/
the
broder
sawe
the
grace
of
god
comyng
ayen
vpon
his
sayd
broder
/
by
the
whiche
they
were
gretely
conforted
and
thanked
god
.
¶
Here
foloweth
an
other
treatyse
shewynge
how
one
ought
to
haue
dyscrecyon
.
THe
holy
abbot
Anthonye
sayd
that
some
ther
be
that
trauaylle
&
tourmente
theyr
bodyes
by
grete
&
sharpe
abstynences
.
And
sayd
that
in
so
doyng
bycause
they
had
no
discrecyon
they
deserued
noo
meryte
ayenst
god
.
Some
brethern
cam
on
a
tyme
to
him
for
to
telle
to
hym
some
fantasyes
whiche
they
had
had
/
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
saye
to
theym
yf
they
were
true
/
or
yf
they
were
mockes
of
the
deuyll
.
Now
had
they
atte
departyng
fro
theyr
hermytages
/
brought
an
asse
with
them
whiche
was
deed
on
the
waye
.
The
whiche
thynge
forseen
by
saynt
Anthonye
byfore
they
arryued
to
hym
/
he
went
agayn
hem
&
axed
of
theym
/
how
theyr
asse
was
deed
.
Thenne
in
answeryng
to
hym
they
asked
how
he
myght
knowe
that
he
was
deed
.
And
he
sayd
to
theym
that
the
deuylles
had
shewed
to
him
Thenne
they
tolde
to
hym
that
for
the
fantasyes
that
ofte
cam
to
theym
/
of
the
whiche
the
some
were
true
/
&
the
other
not
true
/
they
were
come
to
him
/
to
knowe
how
they
ought
byhaue
theym
to
th
ende
that
they
myght
kepe
theym
fro
errour
/
of
whiche
they
helde
theym
content
by
th
example
of
the
asse
/
by
the
whiche
he
shewed
to
theym
that
suche
fantasyes
comen
of
the
deuyll
.
¶
An
hunter
on
a
tyme
huntyng
wylde
bestes
in
a
foreste
cam
&
fonde
saynt
Anthonye
dysportyng
with
his
relygyous
dyscyples
/
wherof
the
hunter
was
in
hymself
euyll
content
.
The
whiche
thynge
saynt
Anthonye
wyllyng
to
shewe
to
him
that
somtyme
it
is
necessary
to
a
prelate
to
condescende
him
to
his
subgettis
he
sayd
that
he
sholde
sette
his
bolte
in
his
bowe
/
&
drawe
his
bowe
/
whiche
he
so
dyde
.
And
after
he
bad
hym
drawe
depper
his
bowe
/
&
so
he
dyde
/
&
yet
he
bad
him
drawe
more
strongly
.
And
as
he
wolde
haue
drawen
/
he
answered
him
/
that
yf
he
drewe
more
than
reson
/
he
myght
well
breke
his
bowe
in
pyeces
/
thenne
sayd
to
him
saynt
Anthonye
/
that
in
lyke
wyse
was
it
of
theym
that
alwaye
laboured
in
the
seruyce
of
god
.
for
yf
the
brethern
laboured
more
than
mesure
/
anon
they
sholde
be
wery
&
trauaylled
/
&
myght
not
bere
the
payne
/
therfore
it
is
nede
in
lyke
wyse
to
forbere
somtyme
rygour
.
The
hunter
heryng
these
thynges
was
gretely
touched
with
compunccion
/
&
prouffuted
moche
by
the
wordes
of
saynt
Anthonye
.
And
after
departed
&
went
his
waye
/
&
his
relygyouses
confermed
in
the
excercyte
of
vertues
wente
in
to
theyr
places
.
¶
A
certayne
broder
requyred
th
abbot
Anthonye
that
he
sholde
praye
to
god
for
hym
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
yf
thou
hast
noo
charge
ne
besynes
of
thy selfe
in
prayeng
god
that
he
kepe
the
fro
synne
/
he
shall
haue
no
pyte
of
the
/
ne
more
shall
I
also
.
¶
An
other
tyme
sayd
the
sayd
saynte
Anthony
of
some
folke
that
he
knewe
to
be
feble
&
hertles
.
God
suffreth
not
this
people
here
to
haue
ony
warre
or
bataylles
/
bycause
that
he
knoweth
that
they
be
feble
&
may
not
be
it
.
¶
Thabbot
Euagrius
sayd
to
th
abbot
Arsenye
that
he
meruaylled
moche
/
how
it
myght
be
/
that
in
soo
grete
a
multytude
of
relygyouses
as
were
there
&
that
had
so
grete
scyence
&
Instruccyon
/
&
had
noo
vertues
.
Sayeng
furthermore
that
the
labourers
&
werke
men
in
Egypte
were
endowed
with
Infynyt
vertues
/
and
sayd
that
many
relygyouses
were
not
vertuous
/
by
cause
they
applyed
ouer
ententyfely
theym selfe
to
worldly
thynges
/
but
the
labourers
&
werke
men
of
Egypt
had
goten
the
vertues
by
theyr
owne
&
propre
labours
.
¶
The
holy
fader
Arsenye
sayd
that
a
Relygyous
straunger
dwellyng
in
a
straunge
prouynce
/
yf
he
wyll
be
in
rest
&
tranquyllyte
/
he
ought
not
to
entremete
with
ony
worldly
thyng
.
¶
Thabbot
Marke
sayd
to
the
holy
fader
Arsenye
that
it
was
a
good
thyng
whan
a
Relygyous
man
taketh
some
cōsolacōn
in
his
celle
.
And
that
he
had
seen
a
relygyous
man
/
the
whiche
had
but
one
oonly
plante
of
a
coole
in
his
gardyn
/
&
he
had
plucked
it
vp
/
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
not
take
therof
ouer
grete
pleasyr
/
or
ouer
grete
delectacyon
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
Arsenye
answered
/
that
the
holy
fader
Marke
sayd
well
/
how
well
that
it
is
necessary
to
some
man
to
byhaue
hym selfe
after
his
excercytacōn
.
For
yf
the
same
persone
that
had
dysplanted
&
pulled
vp
the
sayd
coole
/
yf
he
had
not
in
him
this
vertue
to
endure
it
/
he
had
noon
other
thyng
to
do
/
but
to
plante
it
ayen
.
¶
Thabbot
Peter
whiche
was
dyscyple
of
th
abbot
Loth
sayd
that
he
was
on
a
tyme
in
that
celle
of
that
holy
fader
Agathon
where
as
cam
to
him
a
relygyous
persone
sayeng
/
that
he
had
wyll
to
dwelle
with
the
relygyouses
/
&
for
the
cause
he
prayed
him
that
he
wolde
saye
how
he
ought
byhaue
him
among
theym
.
To
whom
the
sayd
fader
answered
/
that
it
was
necessary
/
that
for
the
fyrste
daye
he
entred
he
shold
take
suche
&
so
good
maner
of
lyuyng
/
that
he
sholde
neuer
chaunge
it
/
&
that
he
sholde
take
in
hymselve
no
trust
of
his
werkes
.
The
holy
fader
Macharye
to
this
purpose
asked
hym
/
what
dooth
trust
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
it
is
lykeneth
to
the
grete
hete
/
the
whiche
whan
it
brenneth
/
maketh
euery
man
to
flee
from
hym
.
And
also
it
corrupteth
the
fruytes
of
the
trees
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
Macharye
/
trust
is
an
euyll
thyng
.
The
fader
Agathon
answered
/
that
it
is
noo
worse
passyon
than
is
confyaunce
/
the
whiche
is
moder
of
all
other
passyons
And
it
is
a
thyng
couenable
&
necessary
to
a
relygyous
persone
/
that
he
applye
hym selfe
to
vertuous
werkes
/
&
that
he
take
not
in
him
selfe
confyaunce
of
the
same
werkes
/
how
be
it
also
that
he
be
resydent
allone
in
his
celle
.
¶
We
fynde
that
for
the
dyscrecyon
of
th
abbot
Agathon
.
Some
desyryng
to
see
hym
&
to
experyment
/
yf
he
were
a
man
moderat
&
pacyent
/
&
not
subget
to
angre
or
to
yre
/
cam
&
transported
theym
to
hym
/
&
sayd
to
him
many
Iniuryes
in
this
maner
.
Thou
art
th
abbot
Agathon
/
&
of
the
we
haue
herde
saye
/
that
thou
art
a
grete
fornycatour
/
&
replenysshed
with
all
pryde
&
ambycion
To
whom
he
answered
/
it
is
true
/
where
of
it
me
dyspleaseth
.
After
they
sayd
to
him
/
thou
art
Agathon
/
the
grete
rayller
full
of
Ryotous
wordes
&
of
detraccyon
And
he
yet
answered
that
he
was
so
.
And
furthermore
they
sayd
.
Thou
art
an
heretyke
/
heryng
the
whiche
Iniurye
/
he
sayd
without
troublyng
ne
moeuynge
him
selfe
in
wrath
/
that
he
was
none
heretyke
.
And
they
seeyng
his
grete
pacyence
/
asked
hym
wherfore
he
had
suffred
&
endured
so
longe
so
grete
Iniuryes
/
as
were
the
fyrste
/
in
confessyng
theym
to
be
true
.
And
he
had
not
in
lyke
wyse
suffred
the
last
Iniurye
.
To
whiche
askyng
he
answered
/
that
as
to
the
regarde
of
the
sayd
fyrst
Iniuryes
he
had
attrybuted
to
hymselve
/
&
was
prouffyte
to
his
soule
to
haue
endured
theym
.
But
as
touchyng
to
the
last
/
by
the
whiche
they
accused
him
of
the
right
enorme
synne
of
heresye
/
consyderyng
that
this
synne
is
the
pryncypall
that
departeth
a
man
from
the
companye
of
god
.
And
that
for
nothyng
he
wolde
not
be
separate
fro
him
/
therfor
he
wolde
not
endure
it
.
They
heryng
his
right
honest
answere
were
moche
meruaylled
of
his
right
grete
dyscrecyon
/
&
departed
from
hym
moche
well
edyfyed
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
Agathon
asked
that
whiche
labour
was
more
grete
whether
to
kepe
his
body
/
or
to
kepe
his
soule
.
He
answered
that
the
bodye
was
lykened
to
a
tree
.
And
sayd
that
to
kepe
his
bodye
/
was
as
moche
as
to
kepe
the
leues
of
the
tree
.
But
to
kepe
the
soule
is
as
moche
/
as
to
kepe
the
fruyte
.
And
therfore
it
is
wryten
that
euery
tree
not
beryng
good
fruyte
shall
be
hewen
doun
&
put
in
the
fyre
to
brenne
/
it
behoueth
vs
for
the
conseruacion
of
our
fruyte
to
haue
besy
solycytude
of
the
kepyng
of
our
soule
.
And
in
so
doyng
to
haue
constaunce
in
our
good
thoughtes
&
cogytacyons
.
Also
alwaye
we
haue
nede
of
couerture
&
ornement
whiche
is
labour
corporall
.
¶
Thabbot
Agathon
well
dyscrete
&
sayge
for
well
to
entende
&
vnderstonde
/
nothyng
slouthfull
for
to
labour
/
&
suffysaunt
in
all
thynges
.
And
moche
strongly
ententyfe
&
besy
in
labouryng
with
his
poore
handes
/
and
moche
sobre
in
etyng
&
vestymentis
.
¶
In
a
chapytre
generall
where
as
were
assembled
all
the
relygyouses
of
Sychye
for
the
determynacyon
of
a
certayne
cause
.
After
the
delyberacyon
of
the
same
cam
to
theym
th
abbot
Agathon
/
whiche
sayd
to
the
sayd
relygyouses
/
that
they
had
not
well
ordeyned
.
The
whiche
heryng
these
wordes
sayd
to
hym
/
who
art
thou
that
thus
spekest
.
To
whom
he
answered
.
I
am
the
sone
of
a
man
.
Certaynly
it
is
wryten
.
O
ye
sones
of
men
yf
ye
speke
veryly
Iustyce
.
Iuge
ye
ryght
wysely
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
Agathon
sayd
that
yf
a
man
yracundyous
were
so
vertuous
that
he
myght
reyse
the
deed
bodyes
yet
it
sholde
not
please
god
bycause
of
his
yre
.
¶
On
a
tyme
cam
to
th
abbot
Achylles
thre
olde
faders
/
amonge
whom
there
was
one
whiche
was
moche
obstynate
in
an
ylle
opynyon
.
The
other
tweyne
eche
after
other
requyred
the
abbot
Achylles
that
he
wold
make
a
nette
for
to
fysshe
/
to
th
ende
that
theyr
monasterye
sholde
haue
remembraunce
of
him
.
And
he
answered
to
theym
that
he
wolde
none
make
That
other
after
made
to
hym
lyke
request
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
gladly
he
sholde
make
it
for
hym
The
other
tweyne
som
what
hauyng
Indygnacyon
of
that
he
had
refused
to
make
the
sayd
nette
/
&
neuertheles
he
had
condescended
to
make
it
to
that
other
whiche
was
opynate
.
And
asked
hym
/
what
had
moeued
hym
to
make
it
sooner
for
hym
than
for
them
.
To
whom
he
answered
.
I
haue
answered
to
you
tweyne
that
I
wolde
not
make
it
/
&
that
it
was
not
my
pleasyr
/
for
as
moche
as
I
knowe
well
/
that
ye
be
neuer
angry
ne
wroth
.
But
to
this
man
I
haue
graunte
to
make
it
/
bycause
that
yf
I
had
not
accorded
to
hym
to
make
it
.
I
sholde
haue
gyuen
to
hym
occasyon
to
saye
that
by
you
or
by
other
I
had
be
aduertysed
of
his
euyll
opynyon
/
&
for
that
cause
I
haue
wylled
to
make
to
hym
the
sayd
nette
/
and
began
to
cutte
of
the
corde
for
to
make
the
sayd
nette
to
th
ende
for
to
appease
his
corage
/
&
that
he
shold
not
perysshe
in
that
heuynesse
.
¶
Some
rehercen
of
an
aged
holy
fader
whiche
had
ben
duryng
fyfty
yere
without
etyng
of
ony
brede
/
and
with
out
drynke
sauf
a
lytyll
water
/
the
whiche
sayd
that
he
hadde
quenchyd
and
mortefyed
in
hym
fornycacyon
/
auaryce
/
and
vayne
glorye
¶
The
holy
fader
Abraham
aduertysed
that
he
had
sayd
these
wordes
/
asked
him
yf
he
had
sayd
theym
.
The
whiche
answere
/
ye
/
and
for
to
shewe
that
he
had
euyll
sayd
The
same
Abraham
made
to
hym
suche
a
demaunde
.
I
put
caas
that
thou
entrest
in
to
thy
celle
.
And
in
gooyng
in
thou
foundest
a
woman
vpon
thy
matte
/
Wenest
thou
to
kepe
the
well
fro
thynkyng
what
she
is
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
/
nay
/
But
he
sholde
repugne
well
to
his
thought
that
he
sholde
neuer
touche
her
.
Thenne
sayd
Abraham
to
hym
/
thenne
thou
haste
not
slayne
fornycacyon
.
For
the
passyon
is
yet
lyuyng
/
but
it
is
bounden
.
And
yet
he
sayd
to
hym
/
yf
in
gooyng
by
the
waye
thou
sawest
stones
and
pyeces
of
pottes
/
among
the
whiche
thou
sawest
and
apperceyuedest
some
to
be
of
fyne
golde
/
now
sholde
it
seme
to
the
/
that
thou
myghtest
repute
suche
and
no
better
than
the
stones
.
He
answered
nay
/
but
he
myght
well
withstande
it
to
his
thought
in
suche
maner
/
that
he
wolde
not
take
ne
gadre
theym
.
¶
And
furthermore
Abraham
sayd
to
hym
/
yf
it
be
reported
to
the
of
two
brethern
/
that
the
one
loueth
the
well
/
and
speketh
honestly
of
the
/
and
that
other
hateth
the
and
hath
the
in
euyll
wyll
/
and
speketh
euyll
in
detraccyon
of
the
and
of
thyn
honour
.
I
aske
the
yf
they
bothe
came
to
the
/
sholdest
thou
receyue
theym
egaly
&
with
lyke
corage
.
He
answerd
nay
/
but
he
wold
well
constrayn
hymselve
to
doo
as
moche
good
to
hym
that
wolde
hym
euyll
/
as
to
hym
that
loued
hym
well
.
And
thenne
sayd
the
abbot
Abraham
/
the
passyons
lyuen
yet
/
but
they
be
som
what
bounden
&
withdrawen
by
the
strayt
lyuyng
of
holy
men
.
¶
One
of
the
holy
faders
recounted
that
ther
was
an
olde
relygyous
man
lyuynge
vertuously
&
labouryng
in
his
celle
The
whiche
cladde
hym
with
a
matte
On
a
tyme
he
transported
hym
vnto
the
holy
man
Ammon
.
The
whiche
seeyng
hym
to
be
cladde
with
a
matte
/
sayd
to
hym
that
the
vesture
was
not
him
vtyle
ne
prouffytable
.
The
sayd
relygyous
man
sayd
that
he
was
moche
molested
and
trauaylled
with
thre
cogytacyons
and
thoughtes
/
the
whiche
he
declared
to
him
to
be
suche
/
that
is
to
wyt
that
it
constrayned
him
to
departe
from
his
place
/
and
to
go
in
to
an
hermytage
.
That
other
was
that
it
excyted
him
to
go
in
to
a
place
so
straunge
that
none
sholde
knowe
hym
.
And
the
thyrde
/
that
it
admonested
hym
to
enclose
him
in
his
celle
in
suche
maner
that
he
sholde
not
see
ony
persene
/
and
that
from
two
dayes
in
to
two
dayes
he
sholde
not
ete
.
To
whom
th
abbot
Ammon
answered
that
it
was
not
expedyent
to
do
ony
of
the
thre
thynges
/
but
he
counseylled
hym
that
he
sholde
be
resydent
in
his
celle
as
he
had
be
accustomed
/
&
ete
euery
daye
a
lytyll
/
hauyng
alwaye
in
his
herte
the
worde
of
the
publycan
the
whiche
is
conteyned
in
the
gospell
/
and
that
in
so
doyng
he
may
be
saued
Thabbot
Danyell
sayd
/
that
whan
a
man
shall
kepe
his
herte
in
verdure
/
he
shall
make
his
soule
drye
.
Furthermore
sayd
the
same
abbot
Danyell
that
whan
the
bodye
is
strongly
nourysshed
it
maketh
the
soule
to
become
drye
/
&
whan
by
abstynence
it
becometh
drye
/
it
maketh
the
soule
to
be
well
nourysshed
.
Yet
reherceth
the
sayd
Danyell
that
the
abbot
Arsenye
beyng
in
Sychye
had
a
monke
whiche
alwaye
stale
and
robbed
that
whiche
the
olde
faders
hadde
.
The
abbot
Arsenye
desyrynge
to
kepe
hym
fro
dooyng
suche
theftes
/
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
not
be
fynably
dampned
yf
he
perseuered
.
Brought
him
in
to
his
celle
sayeng
to
hym
/
that
he
sholde
take
all
that
were
nedefull
to
hym
/
and
that
he
sholde
gyue
hym
leue
to
take
all
/
forseen
alway
that
he
sholde
noo
more
stele
ne
robbe
ony
thyng
.
And
in
dede
he
gaaf
to
him
golde
and
syluer
/
and
all
that
he
hadde
in
his
power
.
But
neuerthelesse
he
coude
not
gyue
to
hym
soo
moche
/
that
he
coude
kepe
hym
from
stelyng
.
The
olde
faders
seeyng
that
he
wolde
not
amende
ne
kepe
hym
fro
stelyng
/
puttynge
hym
out
of
theyr
companye
in
sayeng
/
yf
to
ony
brother
cam
ony
bodely
sekenes
he
muste
thynke
on
it
and
suffre
it
.
But
and
yf
he
be
a
theef
/
and
that
he
be
warned
to
withstande
hym
fro
robbyng
/
and
he
wyll
not
doo
it
/
It
behoueth
to
putte
hym
out
.
For
he
dooth
the
detryment
of
his
soule
.
And
all
they
that
dwell
with
hym
ben
troubled
with
his
vyce
.
¶
Thabbot
Euagrius
atte
begynnynge
of
his
conuersacyon
/
transported
hym
vnto
an
olde
fader
/
and
requyred
hym
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
hym
some
good
Instruccyon
and
to
helpe
hym
that
he
myght
be
saued
.
The
olde
fader
answered
to
hym
/
yf
thou
be
with
ony
persones
/
kepe
the
from
spekyng
tyll
thou
be
requyred
.
Euagrius
touched
with
conpunccyon
by
that
worde
/
repented
hym
to
haue
ouer
soone
spoken
.
And
sayd
to
the
olde
fader
/
that
he
hadde
redde
many
bookes
/
but
he
hadde
not
founde
suche
Instruccyon
/
and
concluded
to
prouffyte
well
therwith
/
and
departed
from
hym
.
The
sayd
abbot
Euagrius
sayd
that
thre
thynges
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
ofte
to
rede
/
to
wake
/
and
to
praye
god
/
yelden
stedfast
and
constante
the
thought
that
is
wauerynge
and
erryng
by
vayne
cogytacyons
and
thoughtes
.
Furthermore
he
sayd
that
abstynence
ob
mete
/
labour
/
and
besynesse
/
lassen
&
maken
colde
the
brennyng
of
concupyscence
.
And
to
psalmodye
with
longanymyte
/
that
is
to
saye
besyly
and
contynuacion
in
vertuous
werkes
/
and
to
haue
a
pyteous
herte
.
But
he
muste
doo
all
these
thynges
in
tyme
couenable
and
oportune
/
and
by
mesure
and
attemperaunce
.
For
yf
Inportunatly
and
without
mesure
they
be
done
/
they
prouffyte
not
longe
.
And
the
thynges
that
lytyll
whyle
endure
/
ben
more
noyous
than
prouffytable
.
¶
I
habbot
Effren
passyng
on
a
tyme
his
waye
/
at
th
ynstygacyon
of
an
euyll
felawe
/
cam
after
hym
a
poore
myserable
comyn
we
man
/
and
began
to
flatere
hym
/
desyryng
to
drawe
him
to
consente
to
knowe
her
flesshely
Or
atte
lesse
yf
she
myght
not
make
hym
to
do
soo
that
she
sholde
prouoke
and
moeue
hym
to
yre
.
For
neuer
man
lawe
hym
thyde
ne
wroth
to
ony
persone
.
And
be
seeyng
the
sayd
woman
approuchyng
to
hym
he
sayd
to
her
My
frende
come
and
folowe
after
me
/
and
whan
they
were
in
a
place
publyke
&
comyn
where
as
moche
people
frequented
/
he
called
her
and
sayd
that
she
sholde
come
to
hym
/
and
so
she
dyde
.
And
thenne
after
sayd
to
hyr
/
now
my
frende
lye
doun
here
to
th
ende
that
I
doo
that
whiche
thou
desyrest
.
She
seeyng
the
grete
multytude
of
people
that
were
there
/
sayd
to
hym
.
Ha
fayre
fader
we
be
not
in
a
place
propyce
to
doo
it
/
seen
the
grete
multytude
of
people
that
is
here
/
for
here
we
sholde
be
confounded
.
How
my
doughter
answered
the
holy
fader
Effren
/
yf
thou
hast
shame
that
the
men
sholde
see
the
/
how
moche
more
oughtest
thou
be
ashamed
to
be
seen
of
god
/
whiche
shewed
the
thynges
hydde
in
derkenesse
.
She
heryng
these
wordes
and
all
confused
vaynquysshed
by
the
same
/
retourned
without
to
accomplysshe
her
dampnabell
wyll
.
¶
On
a
tyme
cam
to
the
abbot
Zenon
some
brethern
that
asked
hym
sayeng
Fayre
fader
what
sygnefye
the
wordes
that
be
wryten
in
the
boke
of
Iob
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
that
the
heuen
is
not
clene
ne
the
worlde
/
as
to
the
regarde
in
the
presence
of
god
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
Zenon
/
that
the
bretheren
had
lefte
theyr
synnes
/
and
were
curyous
and
besy
to
enquyre
of
heuenly
thynges
.
As
who
sholde
saye
/
that
it
was
a
curyous
demaunde
and
lytyll
necessary
/
and
that
it
had
ben
to
theym
more
prouffytable
to
thynke
on
the
edyfycacyon
of
theyr
conscyences
.
Neuerthelesse
he
sayd
to
theym
th
ynterpretacyon
of
the
sayd
wordes
in
this
maner
That
is
to
wyte
/
bycause
that
god
onely
is
clene
and
not
defoyled
with
ony
vyce
For
that
cause
it
is
sayd
/
that
the
heuen
ne
the
worlde
be
not
clene
in
his
presence
/
that
is
to
saye
to
the
regarde
of
his
purete
&
clennes
.
¶
Thabbot
Theodore
the
ferme
sayd
yf
thou
hast
amytye
or
frendshyp
wish
some
/
the
whiche
yet
by
Inconuenyent
or
synne
of
fornycacyon
/
thou
oughtest
to
stratche
thyn
hande
to
hym
for
to
reyse
hym
vp
yf
it
be
possyble
.
That
is
to
saye
to
enforce
thy selfe
by
swete
or
rygorous
admonycyons
for
to
make
hym
leue
his
synne
/
but
yf
thou
see
hym
to
be
obstynate
in
rennyng
in
to
ony
errour
in
the
fayth
.
And
that
he
wyll
not
retrne
to
a
good
waye
/
thou
oughtest
Incontynent
to
cutte
of
and
caste
away
his
amytye
behynde
the
/
to
th
ende
that
parauenture
by
comenynge
ouer
longe
with
hym
/
he
drawe
the
not
to
the
bottom
of
the
swolowe
/
that
is
to
saye
to
euerlastyng
dampnacyon
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
Theodore
cam
on
a
tyme
to
th
abbot
Iohan
whiche
was
a
gheldyng
of
his
natyuyte
/
that
is
to
saye
that
he
neuer
had
ony
genytours
.
And
in
spekyng
to gydre
/
the
abbot
Theodore
sayd
to
hym
/
whan
I
was
in
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
the
werke
of
the
soule
was
our
propre
werke
/
the
werke
of
our
hondes
was
our
propre
passyng
.
As
who
wolde
saye
that
the
hermytes
or
relygyouses
that
thenne
were
in
Sychye
toke
hede
pryncypally
and
moost
longe
to
orysons
and
contemplacōns
.
And
whan
somtyme
they
laboured
with
hondy
werkes
/
it
was
oonly
in
passyng
a
lytyll
tyme
for
to
eschue
ydlenes
.
But
presently
the
werke
of
the
soule
/
that
is
to
saye
all
werkes
vertuos
and
helthfull
ben
left
and
put
a
backe
/
and
entende
not
to
laboure
/
but
for
thentenement
of
the
bodye
and
to
satysfye
his
dysordynat
concupyscence
.
¶
On
a
tyme
an
aeged
fader
cam
vnto
th
abbot
Theodore
/
and
as
all
admeruaylled
sayd
to
hym
.
Loo
see
one
of
our
brethern
/
whiche
is
retourned
to
the
worlde
.
To
whom
the
sayd
Theodore
sayd
/
that
he
therof
ought
not
to
meruaylle
.
But
whan
he
herde
saye
that
ony
relygyous
had
soo
well
withstanden
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
/
that
had
escaped
without
to
be
of
hym
deuoured
/
thenne
he
ought
to
meruaylle
.
As
yf
he
hadde
sayd
/
that
it
is
a
thynge
dyffycyle
aboue
all
other
thynges
/
and
worthy
of
grete
admyracion
whan
a
man
how
well
that
he
be
vertuous
can
so
moche
doo
that
the
deuyll
may
not
doo
dampne
hym
.
¶
Yet
sayd
the
sayd
Theodore
that
many
in
this
worlde
haue
chosen
temporall
reste
/
by
the
whiche
wordes
may
be
knowen
that
he
wolde
saye
to
be
Impossyble
to
haue
in
this
worlde
certayne
reste
or
consolacyon
temporall
/
without
fyrst
to
haue
reste
in
his
conscyence
.
¶
On
a
tyme
some
auncyent
faders
transported
theym
to
the
hermytages
of
Sychye
with
the
whiche
wente
the
abbot
Iohan
Naue
.
And
it
happed
that
in
etynge
on
a
tyme
to
gydre
one
of
the
moost
auncyentes
aroos
whiche
was
a
preest
/
the
whiche
entremeddled
to
gyue
to
theym
that
satte
atte
table
a
lytyll
vessell
wherin
was
water
for
to
take
after
theyr
appetyte
.
But
eueryche
of
theym
hauyng
regarde
to
the
auncyent
of
this
holy
fader
/
whiche
was
holden
venerable
/
refuseden
to
accepte
his
seruyce
/
reserued
oonly
th
abbot
Iohan
the
lytyll
/
the
whiche
whan
it
cam
to
his
tourne
/
he
presented
to
hym
the
vessell
/
and
Incontynant
he
receyueded
it
/
wherof
the
other
meruaylled
.
And
some
sayd
to
hym
that
they
were
abasshed
moche
/
how
he
whiche
was
leste
of
all
/
hadde
presumed
to
vse
the
seruyse
of
one
soo
notable
a
man
.
That
is
to
saye
that
he
is
aeged
and
vertuous
.
To
whom
he
answered
in
this
maner
.
Whan
I
aryse
fro
the
table
for
to
gyue
to
my
bretheren
water
to
drynke
.
I
reioyce
me
whan
they
drynke
all
/
to
th
ende
that
I
may
gete
of
god
some
rewarde
.
Now
I
receyue
his
water
and
accepte
his
seruyse
/
to
th
ende
that
I
be
cause
that
he
deserue
some
meryte
.
And
also
to
th
ende
that
he
be
not
som
what
angry
/
yf
he
had
not
some
of
vs
/
that
wolde
haue
his
seruyse
acceptable
.
And
whan
he
had
so
sayd
/
they
meruaylled
all
of
his
dyscrecyon
.
¶
The
abbot
Pastor
axed
on
a
tyme
th
abbot
Ioseph
in
demaundyng
hym
whan
some
temptacyons
assayllen
a
persone
/
yf
he
ought
atte
begynnyng
withstande
theym
/
or
yf
he
ought
to
lustre
theym
in
to
his
thought
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
he
sholde
late
theym
entre
/
and
after
he
sholde
fyght
with
theym
and
withstande
theym
.
Anone
after
the
abbot
Pastor
retourned
in
to
Sychye
where
as
he
made
his
resydence
.
And
certayn
tyme
after
a
Relygyous
man
comen
fro
Thebayde
in
to
Sychye
in
spekynge
of
th
abbot
Ioseph
to
some
Relygyouses
/
sayd
that
he
hadde
asked
hym
/
how
he
ought
to
conduyte
hym
in
his
temptacyons
/
and
yf
he
ought
promptely
resyste
and
withstande
theym
/
or
ellys
receyue
theym
and
fyght
ayenst
theym
.
And
that
the
sayd
Ioseph
had
sayd
that
he
sholde
kepe
hym
that
he
receyued
theym
not
/
but
Incontynente
to
caste
theym
fro
hym
.
¶
Thenne
the
abbot
Pastor
herynge
these
wordes
of
the
sayd
relygyous
persone
/
and
knowyng
that
the
sayd
abbot
Ioseph
hadde
counseylled
hym
to
doo
the
contrarye
/
departed
fro
Sychye
/
and
went
to
Panese
where
as
the
sayd
Ioseph
helde
theym
.
And
whan
he
hadde
arryued
and
entresalued
eche
other
.
The
sayd
Pastor
sayd
to
hym
suche
wordes
.
My
brother
I
shall
saye
to
the
wherfore
I
am
come
here
.
I
haue
grete
desyre
to
see
the
/
and
with
this
thou
knowest
I
haue
manyfested
to
the
some
of
my
cogytacyons
and
thoughtes
.
And
I
demaunde
of
the
on
a
tyme
/
yf
to
the
temptacyons
that
comen
to
me
.
I
ought
incontynent
resyste
and
withstande
them
in
castyng
theym
behynde
me
/
or
yf
I
in
ony
wyse
ought
to
receyue
theym
/
and
thenne
after
to
caste
theym
fro
me
.
To
whiche
thou
saydest
and
answeredest
/
that
I
sholde
not
redyly
cast
theym
fro
me
/
but
sholde
receyue
theym
and
after
that
I
had
foughten
ayenst
theym
to
caste
theym
fro
me
.
Now
I
haue
sythyn
well
herde
saye
of
one
of
our
brethern
of
Sychye
comyng
fro
the
/
that
thou
haste
counseylled
hym
all
otherwyse
to
doo
.
Therfor
I
am
comen
to
knowe
of
the
that
thou
saye
to
me
for
to
content
my
fantasye
.
¶
Thenne
th
abbot
Ioseph
sayd
to
hym
.
My
broder
thou
knowest
that
I
loue
the
/
certaynly
that
doost
the
answered
Pastor
/
whan
the
requyredest
me
to
gyue
the
counseyll
in
this
mater
Vnderstodest
thou
not
that
I
gaaf
to
the
as
I
wolde
haue
gyuen
to
my selfe
Certaynly
yes
sayd
Pastor
.
Certaynly
sayd
Ioseph
.
Myn
aduyse
is
suche
/
that
yf
thou
or
I
gaaf
place
to
temptacyons
whan
they
assaylled
vs
/
and
after
that
we
fyght
ayenst
theym
/
thenne
we
haue
the
more
meryte
/
than
yf
incontynent
we
cast
theym
away
without
to
fyght
ayenst
them
.
In
thus
dooyng
we
be
the
more
proeued
/
and
therfore
I
spack
&
counseylled
the
as
I
wolde
haue
done
to
my selfe
/
but
euery
man
hath
not
the
constaunce
to
mowe
withstande
the
temptacyons
whan
they
delyuer
to
them
ouer
grete
entree
.
Therfore
to
hym
/
to
whom
I
sayd
the
contrarye
.
I
sayd
it
for
his
moost
surete
/
&
by
cause
I
knewe
him
not
ne
what
strength
he
had
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
Pastor
sayd
that
on
a
tyme
that
he
transported
hym selfe
in
to
the
lowe
partyes
of
Eracleos
vnto
the
sayd
abbot
Ioseph
/
the
whiche
had
in
his
monasterye
a
moche
fayr
fygge
tree
.
And
on
a
frydaye
in
the
mornyng
the
sayd
Ioseph
and
Pastor
deuysyng
togyder
/
the
sayd
Pastor
behelde
the
sayd
fygge
tree
.
And
Ioseph
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
ete
of
the
fygges
that
ther
were
But
by
cause
it
was
fastyng
daye
/
he
wolde
not
ete
.
Neuerthelesse
he
prayed
hym
in
the
name
of
god
that
he
wolde
telle
to
hym
the
cause
wherfor
he
wylled
him
to
ete
/
seen
that
it
was
fastyng
daye
.
And
how
be
it
that
he
ete
not
as
sayd
is
/
neuerthelesse
yet
he
was
ashamed
that
he
had
not
do
that
the
sayd
Ioseph
had
commaunded
hym
doubtyng
to
haue
done
euyll
in
as
moche
as
he
had
not
obeyed
to
his
comaundement
/
ymagynyng
that
he
had
done
it
without
cause
.
Thabbot
Ioseph
answered
him
that
the
olde
faders
at
the
begynnyng
had
not
acustome
to
commaunde
the
yonge
relygyouses
ony
thyng
/
that
it
were
lawfull
to
do
/
but
to
the
contrarye
commaunded
them
to
do
thynges
that
semed
to
be
vnprouffytable
&
not
decente
ne
couenable
.
And
whan
they
sawe
that
they
were
redy
to
do
all
the
/
whiche
was
commaunded
to
theym
were
it
good
or
euyll
Thenne
they
commaunded
theym
nothyng
but
that
whiche
was
reson
.
And
so
ought
they
to
do
bycause
they
knewe
that
in
all
thyng
they
were
obeyssaunt
.
¶
A
broder
asked
the
sayd
abbot
Ioseph
in
demaundyng
hym
what
he
had
to
do
vpon
that
whiche
he
sayd
/
that
he
myght
not
bere
ony
temptacyons
/
ne
labour
/
ne
gyue
almesse
.
Thabbot
answered
hym
yf
thou
mayst
not
do
ony
of
these
thynges
at
the
lest
kepe
thy
conscyence
clene
from
all
euyll
towarde
thy
neyghbours
/
&
in
this
maner
thou
shalt
be
saued
.
For
god
axeth
noo
thyng
but
the
soule
without
synne
.
¶
Thabbot
Ysaac
of
Thebayde
deffended
his
brethern
/
that
they
sholde
not
bryng
ony
childern
in
to
theyr
monastery
/
sayng
that
in
Sychye
by
th
occasyon
of
childern
.iiij.
chirches
had
ben
deserted
.
¶
Thabbot
Longyn
sayd
on
a
tyme
to
th
abbot
Lucius
that
he
had
thre
thought
the
greued
him
/
that
one
was
that
he
wente
in
to
an
straunge
countree
.
And
the
sayd
Lucius
answered
to
him
/
yf
thou
reteyne
not
thy
tongue
/
in
what
someuer
place
that
thou
goost
thou
shalt
not
be
a
straunger
/
but
yf
thou
refrayne
it
thou
shalte
be
there
a
pylgryme
/
After
the
sayd
Longyn
sayd
to
him
The
seconde
admonesteth
me
to
faste
two
dayes
contynuell
without
etyng
.
The
holy
fader
answered
to
hym
.
Certaynly
my
brother
/
whan
by
force
of
fastyng
thou
becomest
so
croked
that
thy
hede
boweth
to
thy
fete
.
Yet
for
all
that
shall
not
thy
fastyng
be
agreable
to
god
/
yf
it
be
not
done
with
a
pure
entencyon
/
thenne
is
it
nede
to
make
suche
fastynges
as
ben
agreable
to
god
and
to
kepe
the
fro
euyll
thoughtes
.
Yet
ayen
sayd
th
abbot
Longyn
.
That
other
thought
is
that
I
kepe
me
from
hauntyng
with
the
men
.
And
the
sayd
Luctus
answered
to
him
/
yf
thou
canst
not
correcte
thy
lyfe
in
conuersyng
with
other
.
In
lyke
wyse
thou
canst
not
correcte
thy selfe
lyuyng
allone
solytaryly
.
¶
Thabbot
Macharye
sayd
yf
we
put
in
our
remembraunce
/
that
is
to
saye
/
yf
we
forgete
not
/
&
pardonne
the
offenses
that
ben
doon
to
vs
by
the
men
we
take
awaye
&
cutte
fro
our
thought
the
vertue
to
haue
remembraunce
of
our
lorde
.
But
yf
we
haue
remembraunce
of
the
euylles
that
the
deuylles
excyten
vs
/
we
shall
be
vertuous
&
Inuyncyble
.
¶
Thabbot
Mathoys
sayd
that
the
deuyll
knoweth
not
by
what
passyon
or
synne
he
maye
pryncypally
ouercome
or
subdue
the
soule
.
And
therfore
he
soweth
in
vs
euyll
thoughtes
/
but
he
can
not
take
theym
awaye
ayen
.
Somtyme
be
soweth
fornycacyons
/
and
semblably
other
passyons
.
And
in
the
wherin
he
seeth
the
soule
to
be
moost
enclyned
thenne
moost
ardauntly
he
mynystreth
that
to
him
.
But
yf
he
knewe
certaynly
the
temptacyon
to
whiche
the
soule
sholde
be
moost
enclyned
/
be
sholde
not
admynyster
to
him
so
many
temptacyons
.
¶
Some
rehercen
of
th
abbot
Nathere
whiche
was
dyscyple
of
th
abbot
Syluayn
/
whiche
made
resydence
in
his
celle
in
the
mount
Syna
/
he
lyued
only
with
thynges
whiche
were
necessarye
for
his
bodye
.
But
after
that
he
was
made
bysshop
of
the
Cyte
of
Pharan
/
he
made
moche
more
abstynence
than
he
hadde
doo
byfore
/
the
whiche
thyng
seeyng
his
dyscyple
sayd
to
hym
.
My
lord
whan
we
were
in
the
desertes
/
we
tourmented
not
our
bodyes
by
strayt
&
harde
afflyccyons
lyke
as
we
do
now
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
whan
we
made
in
th
ermytage
our
dwellyng
/
we
were
in
a
place
solytary
&
in
rest
.
And
for
that
cause
I
wolde
well
gouerne
my
poore
bodye
to
th
ende
that
I
ranne
in
to
noo
sekenes
.
But
now
we
ben
in
the
worlde
/
conuersyng
with
worldly
thynges
/
where
we
haue
moo
occasyons
to
synne
than
we
had
before
/
the
whiche
it
behoueth
necessaryly
to
cutte
of
and
cast
awaye
/
wherfore
it
is
nede
to
vs
to
lyue
the
more
sobrely
.
And
on
that
other
parte
yf
of
aduenture
I
were
seke
.
I
sholde
fynde
here
/
whiche
sholde
better
helpe
me
/
than
I
sholde
in
th
ermytage
/
by
whiche
I
shall
not
lese
the
purpose
of
relygyon
.
¶
A
broder
dwellyng
in
an
hermytage
nygh
vnto
th
abbot
Pastor
/
sayd
to
hym
on
a
tyme
/
that
he
was
sore
troubled
/
&
that
he
wolde
forsake
his
place
and
go
in
to
an
other
.
Thabbot
Pastor
demaunded
hym
what
moeued
hym
to
doo
soo
.
He
answered
that
he
herde
saye
of
a
brother
beyng
there
some
thynges
/
by
whiche
he
was
not
well
edyfyed
.
Thabbot
answered
to
hym
that
they
were
not
true
/
he
replyed
to
hym
ayen
that
they
were
.
For
the
brother
whiche
had
reported
theym
to
him
was
verytable
&
true
.
Thabbot
sayd
yet
ayen
that
the
relygyous
was
not
true
/
for
yf
he
had
be
suche
/
he
hadde
neuer
reported
suche
thynges
.
our
lord
heryng
the
voys
of
the
sodomytes
cryeng
to
him
for
theyr
synne
wold
not
byleue
it
/
but
descended
&
wolde
see
it
with
his
eyen
.
The
relygyous
answered
the
right
so
he
had
seen
it
.
Thabbot
Pastor
heryng
these
wordes
/
began
to
loke
on
the
grounde
/
&
toke
vp
a
strawe
/
&
askyng
him
what
it
was
that
he
helde
/
the
relygyous
sayd
that
it
was
a
strawe
.
After
he
loked
vp
on
hye
towarde
the
coueryng
of
his
celle
/
&
lokyng
shewde
to
hym
a
balke
or
a
beme
/
&
he
asked
him
what
it
was
.
And
he
answered
that
it
was
a
balke
that
susteyned
the
weyght
&
charge
of
the
celle
.
Thenne
sayd
to
him
th
abbot
.
My
broder
hardyly
sette
in
thyn
herte
&
byleue
that
thy
synnes
be
suche
&
also
heuy
as
is
the
balke
/
&
the
synnes
of
whom
thou
spekest
synystryly
ben
lyke
&
as
lyght
as
the
strawe
.
Sysoy
heryng
this
worde
was
moche
admeruaylled
of
his
grete
dyscrecyon
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Holy
fader
as
moche
as
I
may
I
blesse
&
prayse
the.
Certaynly
thy
wordes
ben
vertuous
as
precyous
stones
.
¶
On
a
tyme
prestes
of
the
relygyon
came
in
to
a
monastery
nygh
by
/
in
whiche
also
was
th
abbot
Pastor
.
And
thyder
cam
th
abbot
Anub
/
the
sayd
to
him
that
he
sholde
praye
thoo
prestes
to
take
with
theym
in
charyte
suche
as
god
had
gyuen
to
theym
.
Thabbot
Pastor
beyng
long
without
meuyng
him
or
to
make
to
him
ony
answere
.
Thenne
the
sayd
abbot
Anub
was
angry
&
went
out
of
the
monastery
they
that
were
by
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
axed
wherfor
he
had
gyue
none
answere
to
th
abbot
Anub
/
bycause
sayd
he
that
I
haue
no
cause
so
to
do
/
ye
knowe
well
that
I
am
deed
/
&
a
man
that
is
deed
speketh
not
/
&
therfor
though
I
be
here
with
you
/
ye
ought
not
to
repute
me
lyuyng
.
¶
A
relygyous
of
a
monastry
of
th
abbot
Pastor
wente
on
a
tyme
a
pylgremage
/
&
arryued
in
a
place
where
as
dwelled
a
solytary
relygyous
/
the
whiche
was
moche
loued
of
all
theym
there
about
.
And
for
his
vertues
cam
ofte
for
to
vysyte
him
.
The
same
broder
in
dyuysyng
with
hym
/
receyued
to
him
some
of
the
vertues
of
the
sayd
Pastor
.
And
for
that
cause
the
sayd
relygyous
desyred
sore
to
see
hym
.
And
after
the
sayd
relygyous
was
retourned
in
to
his
monasterye
whiche
was
in
Egypte
.
Certayne
tyme
after
/
the
sayd
solytarye
man
departed
for
to
go
thyder
/
and
so
longe
walked
that
he
cam
in
to
the
place
/
where
that
the
other
relygyous
had
tolde
hym
where
he
sholde
fynde
hym
.
And
whan
the
sayd
relygyous
sawe
the
solytary
monke
/
he
was
moche
Ioyous
&
made
to
hym
good
chere
.
And
after
the
sayd
solytary
monke
prayed
him
for
saynt
charyte
that
he
wolde
shewe
to
hym
his
abbot
Pastor
/
whiche
he
dyde
&
brought
him
vnto
his
sayd
abbot
saynge
to
hym
.
O
venerable
fader
loo
here
is
a
solytary
relygyous
man
/
whiche
in
his
prouynce
is
moche
honoured
&
praysed
of
all
men
/
the
whiche
desyryng
to
see
the
for
the
good
renommee
that
he
hath
herde
of
the
is
comen
oonly
hyther
to
see
yt.
After
that
they
were
entresalued
/
th
abbot
Pastor
receyued
him
Ioyously
/
&
after
they
had
rested
theym
togydre
/
began
the
sayd
solytary
to
speke
of
holy
scrypture
&
of
spyrytuell
&
heuenly
thynges
/
but
th
abbot
Pastor
gaaf
to
him
none
answere
/
&
the
solytary
relygyous
seeyng
that
he
spak
not
/
all
wroth
departed
from
him
And
to
the
broder
that
had
brought
hym
thyder
sayd
in
this
maner
.
I
haue
well
taken
in
vayn
&
for
nought
this
waye
that
I
am
comen
to
this
holy
fader
for
to
see
hym
&
to
speke
with
him
/
&
that
he
dayneth
not
to
speke
to
me
.
The
relygyous
heryng
the
complaynt
of
the
other
/
transported
him
selfe
to
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
&
sayd
to
him
.
Fader
abbot
this
notable
relygyous
whiche
hath
so
grete
a
fame
in
his
countree
is
comen
hyther
for
to
see
that
&
thou
wylt
not
speke
to
him
.
Thabbot
answered
to
hym
.
I
am
not
a
man
for
to
speke
to
hym
/
he
speketh
not
but
of
bye
&
of
heuenly
thynges
.
And
I
whiche
am
a
man
can
not
speke
but
of
lowe
&
erthely
thynges
/
yf
he
had
spoken
of
the
passyons
of
the
soule
/
certaynly
I
sholde
w●ll
haue
answered
him
/
but
to
hye
&
spyrytuell
questyons
I
can
not
answer
for
I
knowe
theym
not
.
The
broder
after
that
he
had
herde
this
answer
/
retourned
to
the
other
solytary
man
/
&
sayd
to
by
that
the
abbot
Pastor
sayd
to
hym
.
He
thenne
touched
of
compunccion
/
retorned
vnto
the
sayd
abbot
/
&
axed
hym
what
thyng
he
had
for
to
do
/
of
that
his
passyons
surmounted
hym
.
Thabbot
beholdyng
by
sayd
.
Now
thou
art
ryght
welcome
/
now
I
shall
open
my
mouth
to
the
And
yf
I
can
ony
good
worde
I
shall
saye
it
vnto
the.
Fynably
after
many
fructuous
colacōns
bytwene
theym
sayd
The
sayd
solytary
relygyous
fonde
him
selfe
well
edyfyed
/
began
to
saye
.
Certaynly
I
haue
founden
here
the
ryght
waye
of
charyte
.
And
in
gyuyng
graces
&
thankynges
to
god
whiche
had
gyuen
to
him
the
grace
to
see
one
so
holy
a
man
/
retourned
in
to
his
regyon
.
¶
An
other
brother
sayd
on
a
tyme
to
th
abbot
Pastor
that
he
had
commysed
a
grete
synne
/
for
the
whiche
he
wolde
bere
penaunce
duryng
thre
yere
.
The
holy
fader
sayd
to
him
/
that
it
was
moche
Thenne
sayd
the
broder
/
commaunde
thou
that
I
do
it
oonly
one
yere
/
he
answered
lyke
as
he
dyde
tofor
that
it
was
moche
They
that
were
present
at
these
wordes
sayden
that
it
suffysed
vnto
.xl.
dayes
The
holy
fader
yet
sayd
that
it
was
moche
/
&
furthermore
sayd
.
I
byleue
that
yf
a
man
repente
hym
with
a
contryte
herte
/
&
that
after
his
repentaunce
he
do
no
more
thyng
wherof
he
ought
to
repente
/
that
god
shall
receyue
his
penaunce
how
be
it
that
it
be
but
thre
dayes
.
¶
Thabbot
Amon
requyred
on
a
tyme
that
he
sholde
saye
to
him
what
counseyl
was
best
to
gyue
for
to
eschewe
dyshonest
thought
/
&
the
desyres
the
engendren
in
the
herte
of
a
man
.
Thabbot
Pastor
axed
by
maner
of
answere
/
that
is
to
wyt
thou
yf
the
axe
may
gloryfye
hyself
of
his
cuttynge
/
but
yf
it
were
put
to
werke
&
yf
ther
were
not
mynystred
to
it
wode
for
to
be
hewen
&
cutte
.
Certaynly
sayd
he
no.
And
in
lyke
wyse
maye
be
sayd
of
folysshe
thought
&
desyres
dysordynat
/
yf
thou
gyue
to
theym
no
mater
obtemperyng
to
the
same
/
they
may
not
ouercome
the.
¶
A
lyke
askyng
made
th
abbot
Esaye
to
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
/
to
whom
he
sayd
thus
.
As
a
crosse
full
of
vestement
/
yf
it
be
longe
kepte
without
openyng
/
the
sayd
vestement
shall
rote
&
destroyed
Ryght
so
folysshe
thought
/
whiche
engendren
in
our
herte
/
yf
we
accomplysshe
theym
not
by
successyon
of
tyme
/
they
shall
mynusshe
&
come
to
nought
.
¶
Thabbot
Ioseph
asked
on
a
tyme
the
abbot
Pastor
of
the
same
thyng
/
to
whom
he
answerd
/
the
lyke
as
a
serpent
enclosed
in
his
caue
/
or
a
scorpyon
in
a
vessell
stopped
by
longe
tyme
ben
suffocate
&
slayn
/
in
lyke
wyse
the
euyll
thought
is
the
whiche
by
the
subtylyte
of
the
euyll
fende
of
helle
ben
growen
&
multyplyed
/
a
lytyll
&
lytyll
they
dymynysshe
by
the
pacyence
of
him
that
suffreth
theym
/
in
resystyng
theym
with
all
his
corage
.
¶
Thabbot
Iohan
asked
of
th
abbot
Pastor
how
he
byhaued
him
in
fastyng
And
he
answered
to
him
/
that
he
that
wolde
faste
/
ought
euery
daye
to
withdrawe
a
lytyll
of
his
mete
/
in
suche
maner
that
he
sholde
not
be
full
.
And
thenne
the
abbot
Ioseph
sayd
to
hym
.
Thenne
whan
thou
were
yonge
thou
fastest
not
two
dayes
without
to
ete
euery
weke
.
The
holy
fader
answered
.
Byleue
me
yf
thou
wylt
.
I
haue
fasted
two
dayes
/
&
thre
dayes
/
&
a
weke
all
hooll
.
But
the
olde
faders
haue
assayed
&
proeued
all
these
thynges
.
And
they
haue
fonde
/
that
it
is
a
good
thyng
to
ete
euery
daye
ones
&
a
lytyll
lasse
.
And
they
haue
shewed
to
vs
this
regulier
way
whiche
is
moost
facyle
&
lyght
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
Pastor
sayd
that
a
relygyous
ought
not
to
dwelle
in
a
place
/
where
he
seeth
ony
to
haue
euyll
wyll
ayenst
hym
/
for
he
shall
not
conne
prouffyte
there
.
¶
A
brother
cam
to
th
abbot
Pastor
&
sayd
that
he
sholde
labour
&
sowe
his
felde
that
he
had
.
And
the
grayne
&
corn
that
he
sholde
gadre
/
he
sholde
dystrybute
it
to
the
poore
people
.
The
holy
fader
answered
him
/
that
he
dyde
a
ryght
good
werke
/
and
so
departed
with
this
good
purpose
/
&
was
besy
to
doo
more
almesse
than
he
had
done
byfore
.
The
abbot
aduertysed
of
this
thyng
asked
of
th
abbot
Pastor
/
yf
he
fered
not
that
god
sholde
be
angry
with
him
for
to
haue
counseyll
hym
so
to
do
/
bycause
that
him
semed
that
in
suffryng
hym
so
to
labour
/
he
departed
him
fro
his
propre
vocacion
.
whiche
was
for
to
praye
to
god
.
Thabbot
Pastor
heryng
these
wordes
sayd
nothyng
.
And
two
dayes
after
he
sent
to
the
broder
&
made
him
to
come
to
him
.
To
whom
in
the
presence
of
the
abbot
Anub
he
spake
in
this
maner
.
My
broder
what
thyng
was
it
that
thou
askedest
of
me
that
other
daye
/
whan
I
thought
on
other
thyng
.
The
relygyous
sayd
to
him
.
Fayr
fader
I
sayd
to
the
/
that
I
laboured
&
sewe
a
felde
that
I
haue
/
&
that
the
grayn
&
corn
that
I
gadred
therof
.
I
dystrybuted
to
the
poore
people
.
Thenne
sayd
to
him
the
abbot
Pastor
.
I
suppose
that
in
so
sayeng
thou
haddest
spoken
in
the
persone
of
thy
broder
/
whiche
is
a
laye
man
.
Certaynly
to
do
so
is
not
the
werke
of
a
monke
.
He
thenne
heryng
these
wordes
was
moche
angry
&
sayd
.
I
can
do
none
other
werke
.
And
I
can
not
kepe
me
fro
sowyng
of
my
felde
.
These
wordes
sayd
he
retourned
.
Thabbot
Anub
heryng
his
answere
was
moche
dyspleasaunt
of
that
he
had
sayd
/
&
sayd
to
th
abbot
Pastor
.
O
my
broder
I
praye
the
to
pardonne
me
.
The
sayd
abbot
Pastor
answered
to
him
.
That
tyme
that
the
relygyous
spake
to
me
of
this
mater
.
I
knewe
&
consydered
well
/
that
this
werke
was
not
couenable
to
a
relygyous
man
/
but
I
answered
to
him
after
the
good
affeccyon
of
his
corage
/
the
whiche
I
had
excyted
to
the
prouffyt
of
saynt
charyte
.
Now
he
is
retourned
heuy
&
alway
he
dooth
the
sayd
werke
.
¶
The
sayd
Pastor
sayd
yf
a
man
haue
commysed
ony
synne
/
&
he
denyed
sayeng
I
haue
not
doon
it
&
thou
repreuest
him
not
.
In
so
doyng
the
brekest
his
good
corage
/
but
yf
thou
saye
to
him
.
My
broder
be
not
angry
.
And
kepe
that
from
hensforth
from
doyng
euyll
/
thou
oughtest
with
this
to
excyte
his
corage
to
do
penaunce
.
Also
the
sayd
holy
fader
sayd
the
experyence
is
a
good
thyng
/
for
by
that
ben
the
men
after
more
constant
&
the
more
stedfast
He
sayd
furthermore
whan
a
man
techeth
&
warneth
ony
man
to
do
a
thynge
/
that
he
wyll
not
do
it
hym selfe
/
he
is
lyke
a
pytte
the
refresshyth
all
theym
that
come
to
hym
/
&
that
with
his
water
wassheth
&
maketh
clene
all
ordure
&
fylthe
/
but
he
purgeth
not
hym selfe
/
&
is
full
of
fylth
&
vnclennesse
.
Also
he
sayd
that
he
is
a
man
that
knoweth
hym selfe
.
¶
Item
he
sayd
that
yf
thre
men
ben
togydre
/
of
whiche
that
one
is
in
rest
/
that
other
is
seke
&
thanketh
god
/
&
the
thyrde
admynystreth
to
the
other
two
with
pure
&
clene
wyll
/
these
thre
ben
as
of
one
corage
.
¶
Item
he
sayd
the
shrewdenesse
putteth
out
neuer
other
shrewdenesse
.
And
therfor
yf
one
do
to
the
harme
/
thou
oughtest
to
do
well
to
him
/
to
th
ende
that
thy
good
dede
destroye
his
malyce
.
¶
Item
he
sayd
that
the
relygyous
that
is
full
of
noyse
/
is
no
monke
.
He
that
rendryth
&
dooth
euyll
for
euyll
/
is
no
monke
.
And
he
that
is
yrous
&
angry
is
no
monke
.
¶
A
broder
on
a
tyme
cam
to
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
&
sayd
to
him
the
many
cogytacyons
&
thoughtes
cam
in
his
corage
/
whiche
made
him
almost
to
perysshe
Thenne
th
abbot
made
to
despoyle
him
all
naked
&
sette
him
in
the
playn
ayer
&
after
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
opene
a
brode
his
bosom
/
&
take
the
wynde
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
myght
ne
coude
do
it
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
/
yf
thou
mayst
not
do
that
/
noo
more
mayst
thou
defende
the
fro
the
thoughtes
&
cogytacyons
/
but
that
they
wyll
assayle
the.
But
it
is
in
thy
power
to
withstande
theym
.
¶
An
other
broder
cam
&
asked
hym
how
he
sholde
dyspose
hym
of
an
herytage
that
was
lefte
to
hym
/
he
answered
to
hym
.
Go
thy
waye
/
&
come
ayen
within
thre
dayes
/
&
I
shall
telle
the
what
thou
shalt
doo
.
The
thre
dayes
passed
he
cam
ayen
to
the
holy
fader
/
lyke
as
he
had
ordeyned
.
Thenne
he
sayd
to
hym
/
what
shall
I
saye
to
the
/
yf
I
saye
to
the
/
gyue
it
to
the
chirche
/
the
mynystres
of
the
same
shall
make
good
chere
therwith
.
Yf
I
saye
to
the
/
gyue
it
to
thy
kynnesmen
and
frendes
thou
shalt
haue
no
rewarde
ne
retrybucyon
.
But
yf
I
saye
to
the
that
thou
gyue
it
to
the
poore
people
/
thou
shalt
dyspose
it
surely
.
Goo
thy
waye
thenne
&
doo
that
thou
wylt
.
¶
A
broder
asked
of
the
abbot
Pastor
yf
he
sawe
ony
thyng
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
yf
he
ought
to
speke
/
he
andswered
to
hym
that
it
is
wryten
/
he
that
speketh
of
ony
thyng
to fore
that
he
hath
herde
it
he
is
a
fooll
/
&
renneth
in
to
repreef
&
vylonnye
.
Therfore
yf
thou
be
asked
thenne
speke
/
&
yf
not
/
holde
thy
peas
.
¶
The
sayd
holy
fader
sayd
furthermore
that
th
abbot
Amon
sayd
that
ther
is
a
man
whiche
all
the
tyme
of
his
lyfe
bare
an
are
/
and
may
noo
hewe
doun
the
tree
.
And
ther
is
an
other
that
hath
the
vsage
to
hewe
/
&
with
a
fewe
strokes
he
smyteth
doun
the
tree
/
by
whiche
are
he
vnderstondeth
dyscrecyon
.
¶
An
other
broder
askyng
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
/
sayng
that
he
suffred
in
dwellyng
with
his
abbot
the
grete
hurt
of
his
soule
/
&
asked
him
whether
he
ought
to
dwelle
&
abyde
with
hym
.
Thabbot
Pastor
knowyng
that
his
abbot
dyde
to
hym
wronge
/
meruaylled
him
of
that
the
Relygyous
asked
hym
yf
he
ought
lenger
dwelle
with
hym
/
to
whome
he
answered
/
yf
thou
wylt
/
abyde
there
.
The
whiche
answere
herde
/
he
departed
fro
the
sayd
Pastor
/
&
retourned
&
dwelled
with
the
sayd
abbot
as
he
dyde
byfore
/
And
after
he
retourned
ayen
to
the
sayd
Pastor
and
sayd
to
hym
that
it
greued
his
soule
.
Neuertheles
the
sayd
Pastor
answered
nothyng
to
hym
/
wherfore
yet
he
retourned
ayen
to
his
abbot
.
Fynably
he
cam
the
thyrde
tyme
/
&
sayd
to
the
holy
fader
/
that
he
wolde
abyde
noo
lenger
with
hym
.
And
thenne
the
holy
fader
Pastor
answered
to
hym
.
My
sone
thou
hast
doon
thy
deuour
.
Go
thy
waye
&
be
no
lenger
with
hym
/
in
sayeng
furthermore
/
that
a
man
that
seeth
his
soule
to
be
in
daunger
/
ought
not
to
aske
what
he
ought
to
do
for
to
eschewe
it
/
whan
he
seeth
clerely
that
he
may
do
it
.
Somtyme
some
enquyre
of
the
aeged
faders
thynges
doubtous
&
derke
for
to
knowe
/
that
whiche
they
knowe
well
/
&
for
to
be
the
better
edyfyed
of
theyr
conuersacōns
.
But
of
the
open
synnes
/
they
ought
not
to
aske
/
but
they
ought
incontynent
to
destroye
&
throwe
them
behynde
theym
.
¶
Abraham
whiche
was
dyscyple
of
the
abbot
Agathon
/
asked
of
th
abbot
Pastor
in
demaundyng
hym
/
wherof
it
proceded
that
the
deuylles
foughten
so
strngly
/
to
whom
the
holy
fader
Pastor
answered
.
Sayst
thou
that
the
deuyls
fyght
with
vs
/
whan
we
accomplysshe
our
euyll
wylles
/
for
our
euyll
wylles
ben
the
deuyls
the
trouble
&
tormente
vs
to
th
ende
that
we
accomplysshe
theym
.
¶
A
broder
asked
the
abbot
Pastor
in
demaundyng
him
/
how
a
relygyous
man
ought
to
kepe
redydence
in
his
celle
or
habytacyon
.
To
whom
he
answered
for
to
kepe
resydence
in
his
celle
as
to
that
may
be
knowen
&
spoken
openly
/
is
none
other
thyng
but
to
labour
with
his
hondes
/
ete
ones
on
the
daye
/
to
kepe
scylence
&
to
take
contemplacion
in
heuenly
werkes
/
but
to
prouffyte
in
the
same
preuyly
&
secretly
/
is
that
euery
man
haue
drede
of
god
/
shame
to
fore
him
whersomeuer
he
go
/
&
in
suche
wyse
to
kepe
&
obserue
the
hours
of
his
seruyce
temporall
/
that
in
this
doyng
he
be
not
neclygent
to
thynke
on
spyrytuell
thynges
.
And
yf
it
happe
the
one
haue
not
to
do
in
some
handy
werke
.
It
byhoueth
hym
for
t
eschewe
ydlenes
to
put
hymself
in
the
seruyse
of
god
&
to
employe
the
tyme
without
ony
perturbacion
.
And
the
conclusyon
of
all
these
thynges
is
to
seche
the
companye
of
good
and
deuoute
relygyous
persones
lyuyng
&
conuersyng
holyly
/
and
flee
the
companye
of
theym
that
ben
euyll
and
shrewes
.
¶
Two
Relygyous
persones
cam
on
a
tyme
vnto
th
abbot
Pambo
that
one
of
theym
asked
him
sayeng
.
Fayr
fader
I
faste
two
dayes
togyder
in
the
weke
/
&
ete
not
but
two
lytyll
myches
baken
vnder
the
asshes
.
Semest
thou
that
in
thus
dooyng
I
shall
be
saued
/
or
yf
I
be
deceyued
and
begyled
.
And
that
other
brother
sayd
to
hym
.
I
gete
by
the
labour
of
my
handes
euery
daye
two
pens
/
of
whiche
I
reteyne
that
one
for
my
lyuyng
/
&
that
other
I
dystrybute
in
almesse
/
ought
I
be
saued
/
or
am
I
deceyued
.
And
after
these
wordes
they
prayed
him
affectuously
that
he
wolde
gyue
theym
an
answere
.
Neuertheles
he
wolde
not
do
it
.
Four
dayes
after
the
sayd
two
brethern
relygyous
hauyng
wyll
to
departe
&
go
fro
him
.
Some
of
the
clerkes
&
dyscyples
of
the
sayd
abbot
Pambo
/
prayed
theym
that
they
wolde
not
be
dyspleased
of
that
theyr
abbot
had
not
answered
to
theyr
askynges
/
&
that
god
sholde
rewarde
theym
.
And
ferthermore
they
sayd
that
his
custome
was
suche
/
that
he
spake
not
lyghtly
/
yf
god
had
not
Inspyred
him
what
he
sholde
saye
.
Thenne
at
theyr
departyng
they
entred
in
to
the
celle
of
the
sayd
abbot
Pambo
/
&
in
takyng
of
him
leue
/
they
recomaunded
theym
to
his
holy
faderhede
/
in
prayeng
hym
/
that
it
myght
please
him
to
praye
god
for
theym
.
Thenne
he
axed
theym
yf
they
wolde
departe
/
&
they
answered
ye
.
And
in
beholdyng
theym
in
his
mynde
/
&
consyderyng
theyr
werkes
he
began
to
wryte
in
the
erthe
in
sayeng
these
wordes
.
Pambo
fasted
two
dayes
hole
in
the
weke
/
&
eteth
two
lytyll
loues
baken
in
the
asshes
/
is
he
therfor
a
monke
/
nay
and
after
he
wrote
sayeng
Pambo
receyueth
of
his
werkes
.ij
pens
&
dystrybuteth
in
almes
/
is
he
therfore
a
monke
/
certaynly
nay
.
And
after
that
he
was
styll
a
lytyll
he
sayd
to
theym
that
the
werkes
that
they
dyde
were
good
But
yf
they
kept
theyr
conscyences
ayenst
theyr
neyghbours
in
soo
doyng
they
sholde
be
saued
.
And
with
these
wordes
that
sayd
relygyous
beyng
well
edyfyed
/
departed
&
retorned
in
grete
Ioye
¶
An
other
broder
Relygyous
asked
the
sayd
abbot
Pambo
/
how
he
myght
do
that
the
euyll
spyrytes
/
that
is
to
saye
the
deuylles
of
helle
defended
hym
to
do
ony
good
werke
to
his
neyghboures
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
he
sholde
saye
nomore
so
/
for
in
tho
wordes
he
made
god
a
lyer
/
but
he
sayd
to
him
absolutely
these
wordes
I
wyll
not
do
mercy
/
&
sayd
that
god
purueyeng
for
our
caas
ayenst
the
sayd
enemyes
of
helle
/
had
sayd
these
wordes
.
That
is
to
wyte
.
I
haue
gyuen
to
you
power
to
marche
vpon
the
serpent
&
scorpyons
/
&
to
trede
theym
vnder
your
fete
.
And
in
lyke
wyse
I
haue
gyuen
to
you
power
vpon
the
strength
of
th
enemye
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
fader
to
the
Relygyous
/
why
defoulest
not
that
the
stynkyng
and
foule
enemyes
.
¶
Thabbot
Paladius
sayd
that
it
is
of
necessyte
/
that
the
soule
that
wyll
lyue
&
conuerse
accordyng
to
the
wyll
of
Ihesu
cryste
/
to
lerne
in
the
fayth
tho
thynges
whiche
he
knoweth
not
/
&
also
that
he
shewe
&
teche
manyfestly
that
whiche
he
had
lerned
.
And
yf
the
soule
do
not
eueryche
of
these
two
thynges
there
as
she
may
do
it
/
it
may
be
sayd
of
suche
a
soule
that
she
is
withholden
with
a
maladye
enraged
.
For
the
fyrst
pryncypall
&
begynnyng
to
departe
him
selfe
fro
god
/
is
to
haue
ennoye
&
greuaunce
to
shewe
&
teche
the
good
that
he
can
.
And
whan
we
haue
appetyte
that
the
soule
alwaye
loue
god
.
¶
An
other
relygyous
axed
of
th
abbot
Sysoy
wherfor
it
was
that
his
passyons
myght
not
departe
from
him
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answere
/
that
it
was
bycause
that
the
vessellys
of
the
same
passyons
were
within
him
/
as
who
sholde
saye
he
receyued
theym
ouer
lyghtly
.
And
furthermore
he
answered
him
that
he
sholde
gyue
to
theym
theyr
wages
the
they
were
worthy
to
haue
/
&
they
shall
goo
theyr
waye
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
that
they
whiche
by
grete
labours
/
&
in
peryll
of
the
see
gadre
&
assemble
temporall
rychesses
&
haue
grete
thynges
.
Thenne
they
desyre
to
gete
yet
more
&
repute
lytyll
or
nothyng
that
they
haue
.
And
the
worse
is
they
sette
all
theyr
entent
&
affeccyon
to
haue
&
gete
thoo
thynges
that
they
haue
not
.
But
we
our selfe
whiche
ought
to
enforce
vs
to
prouffyte
in
relygyon
/
haue
no
charge
or
besynesse
of
thynges
that
is
to
saye
of
vertues
that
we
ought
to
gete
/
&
also
we
wyll
not
possesse
theym
whiche
ben
to
vs
necessary
for
to
gete
that
loue
of
our
lord
.
Yet
sayd
that
good
lady
Syncletyce
that
the
ther
be
two
maner
of
heuynesses
/
that
one
is
to
the
soule
vtyle
&
prouffytable
/
that
other
corrupteth
&
is
ryght
dōmegeable
.
Thenne
the
heuynesse
whiche
is
prouffytable
is
that
/
whan
by
cause
of
our
synnes
we
wayle
&
wepe
for
theym
/
&
for
thyngnoraūce
of
our
neyghbours
/
&
also
in
feryng
that
we
fall
not
fro
our
good
purpose
/
to
th
ende
that
we
may
come
to
the
perfeccyon
of
all
bounde
/
&
this
is
the
veray
spece
of
heuynesse
.
That
other
heuynesse
the
corrupteth
the
soule
/
is
that
whiche
the
fende
sendeth
to
vs
without
ony
reason
/
that
whiche
th
olde
faders
calle
it
ennoye
or
greuaunce
/
&
therfore
it
is
necessary
to
vs
to
cast
it
away
with
all
dylygence
/
in
makyng
to
god
contynuell
prayers
psalmodyes
&
orys●●s
.
¶
Yet
sayd
the
holy
lady
Syncletyce
/
that
the
fende
by
his
euyll
cautell
excyteth
somtyme
theym
that
ben
contemplatyfe
to
make
grete
&
inmoderate
abstynences
.
And
otherwhyle
he
putteth
in
to
theyr
ymagynacyon
that
whiche
is
but
resonable
/
to
be
harde
&
dyffycyle
to
bere
/
whan
thenne
we
wyll
dyscerne
th
abstynence
dyuyne
&
holsome
fro
the
whiche
is
tyrānyke
&
dyabolyke
/
we
ought
to
obserue
&
kepe
the
thynges
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
that
in
all
tyme
we
haue
one
vnmutable
rule
in
fastyng
/
&
that
we
determyne
not
sodaynly
to
faste
four
or
fyue
dayes
contynuell
/
&
after
we
to
fyll
the
bely
with
grete
multytude
of
metes
/
for
that
reioyceth
moche
strongly
our
enemye
&
aduersary
the
deuyll
/
for
alway
that
whiche
is
done
without
mesure
/
gooth
to
corrupcyon
/
lete
vs
not
thenne
sodaynly
caste
awaye
our
armour
/
to
th
ende
that
we
be
not
founde
naked
in
the
bataylle
/
&
by
this
nakednes
taken
lyghtly
&
put
to
deth
.
Now
our
armour
ben
our
bodyes
/
&
the
knyght
is
our
soule
/
wherfore
it
behoueth
vs
to
be
dylygent
&
kepe
vs
that
we
be
redy
to
socour
that
one
&
that
other
.
¶
On
a
tyme
two
olde
faders
camen
fro
the
partyes
of
Peluse
vnto
the
abbesse
Sarre
/
&
in
comyng
thyder
they
sayd
that
it
was
nede
to
meke
theymself
/
that
is
to
say
/
to
purpose
to
her
some
wordes
whiche
sholde
gyue
to
her
cause
of
humylyte
.
They
thenne
arryued
to
her
in
deuysyng
togyder
the
one
of
them
tweyne
sayd
to
her
/
that
she
sholde
take
hede
&
be
well
ware
/
that
she
enhaunsed
ne
lyfte
vp
her self
in
her
corage
/
&
that
she
sholde
not
be
proude
in
auauntyng
sayng
that
to
her
whiche
was
a
woman
were
comen
solytary
relygyouses
.
To
whom
prudently
she
answered
that
how
be
it
that
she
was
a
woman
of
sexe
femenyne
/
neuertheles
she
had
the
corage
of
a
man
as
she
wolde
saye
that
she
was
not
so
indyscrete
for
tenhaūce
her self
by
ouer
moche
vaūterye
.
And
morouer
the
sayd
abbesse
sayd
to
theym
/
yf
I
requyred
of
god
that
euery
man
sholde
haue
of
me
good
reputacyon
eyther
were
of
me
well
edyfyed
.
I
sholde
do
so
moche
that
I
wolde
be
founde
doynge
penaunce
tofore
theyr
yates
/
but
I
seche
not
this
vayne
glorye
/
but
praye
god
that
my
corage
&
my
werkes
be
reputed
of
lytyll
estymacion
ayenst
all
men
.
¶
Thabbot
Ypericius
sayd
that
he
is
veryly
wyse
that
by
his
werkes
/
&
not
by
worded
ensygneth
&
techeth
other
.
¶
On
a
tyme
cam
a
noble
man
of
Rome
&
be
cam
&
made
hymself
relygyous
in
a
chirche
of
Sychye
/
whiche
had
had
tofore
a
palays
moche
gretly
renommed
/
&
had
a
seruaunt
whiche
mynystred
to
him
his
necessytees
.
The
preest
hauyng
the
pryncypall
mynystracyon
of
the
same
chirche
/
consyderyng
that
this
relygyous
man
had
be
in
his
tyme
delycatly
nourysshed
/
was
dylygent
to
sende
to
him
suche
good
as
god
had
sent
to
him
/
or
had
brought
to
the
chirche
.
And
as
he
had
dwelled
&
ben
resydent
in
Sychye
by
the
space
of
.xxv.
yere
he
becam
a
man
contemplatyf
dyscrete
&
well
rendermed
.
Thenne
it
happed
that
one
of
the
relygyouses
of
Egypt
among
other
well
famed
/
heryng
the
renōme●
of
the
sayd
relygyouses
cam
for
to
see
hym
hopyng
to
see
him
right
harde
&
sharpe
lyfe
.
The
whiche
in
entryng
in
to
his
celle
/
humbly
salewed
him
/
&
after
theyr
prayers
made
lyke
as
was
theyr
custome
/
they
rested
&
satte
togyder
/
the
relygyous
of
Egypt
seeyng
him
cladde
with
vestyment
more
softe
&
better
than
were
the
other
relygyouses
/
&
hymselve
had
but
a
matte
of
Ionkes
/
&
an
hyde
or
skyn
vpon
him
a
lytyll
quysshon
of
grasse
vnder
his
hede
/
&
his
fete
bare
with
smale
hosen
/
he
was
in
hymselve
astonyed
/
bycause
that
the
other
relygyouses
of
the
place
had
not
be
accustomed
in
suche
wyse
to
lyue
but
hadden
alwaye
done
&
born
/
as
yet
&
bare
more
sharpe
&
rigorous
abstynence
The
relygyous
Romayn
hauyng
the
grace
of
contemplacion
&
preuydence
knewe
th
estymacion
that
the
relygyous
of
egypt
had
of
him
/
&
sayd
to
his
seruaunt
that
he
shold
make
redy
some
maner
mete
well
dressed
for
to
feste
the
holy
fader
that
was
come
thyder
/
the
whiche
seruaunt
in
obeyng
his
mayster
set
on
the
fyre
a
fewe
coole
word
that
he
had
/
whan
they
were
soden
&
hour
competent
was
comen
for
to
take
theyr
refeccyon
/
they
toke
suffycyently
ynough
&
dronken
wyn
/
thenne
the
sayd
Romayn
was
pourueyed
for
to
susteyne
his
body
whiche
was
enfebled
by
sekenes
/
the
euen
comen
they
psalmodyed
.xij.
psalmes
/
&
after
they
slept
/
&
at
mydnyght
in
lyke
wyse
they
psalmodyed
/
the
relygyous
of
egypt
arysyng
erly
in
the
mornyng
&
takyng
his
leue
of
the
relygyous
Romayn
sayd
to
him
.
My
fader
to
god
I
commaunde
the
/
&
so
departed
not
well
edefyed
of
the
sayd
Romayn
/
&
as
he
was
a
lytyll
which
drawen
/
the
sayd
romayn
wyllyng
to
take
awaye
fro
the
relygyous
egypcyen
the
synystre
opynyon
the
he
had
of
him
sent
for
him
ayen
by
his
seruaunt
/
&
whan
he
was
retorned
/
he
receyued
him
in
grete
Ioye
.
After
he
asked
him
of
what
ꝓuynce
he
was
&
of
what
cyte
/
to
whom
he
answered
that
he
was
of
the
ꝓuynce
of
egypt
/
but
he
had
be
in
no
cyte
/
&
after
he
axed
him
of
what
craft
he
was
before
he
was
relygyous
&
in
what
place
he
dwelled
/
&
he
answered
that
he
kept
the
feldes
&
kept
resydē●e
there
/
he
axed
him
also
where
he
slepte
/
&
he
answered
in
the
feldes
/
he
axed
more
vpon
what
bedde
he
laye
/
wherto
he
answered
/
where
sholde
I
take
a
bedde
whan
I
was
in
the
feldes
/
as
who
sayth
he
had
none
to
lye
on
/
&
he
axed
thenne
how
he
slept
/
&
he
answered
vpon
the
bare
erth
/
yet
he
axed
what
mete
he
ete
&
what
wyn
he
dranke
/
&
he
answered
as
tofore
/
what
mete
&
drynke
sholde
a
man
fynde
in
the
feldes
/
how
lyuest
thou
thenne
sayd
the
Romayn
.
The
egypcyen
sayd
I
ete
drye
brede
and
yf
I
ete
ony
shalte
thyng
.
I
dranke
water
/
thenne
sayd
the
Romaym
the
this
was
a
grete
labour
/
&
yet
he
axed
of
him
yf
he
had
ony
bayne
wherin
he
myght
wasshe
him
/
&
he
sayd
nay
/
but
whan
he
wolde
wasshe
him
it
was
in
a
ryuer
whan
he
wolde
.
And
after
that
the
olde
Romayn
had
knowen
of
the
sayd
relygyous
of
egypt
/
all
the
thynges
aforsayd
/
aswell
the
maner
of
his
fyrst
lyuyng
as
of
his
labour
/
wyllyng
to
ꝓuffyte
with
him
/
tolde
to
him
the
lyfe
the
he
lyued
the
tyme
that
he
was
seculer
/
in
sayeng
thus
.
My
broder
I
wyl
wel
notefye
to
you
how
I
myserable
synner
whom
thou
seest
am
born
in
the
grete
renommed
cyte
of
rome
/
&
in
the
same
haue
had
a
grete
name
in
the
palays
of
th
emperour
.
The
whiche
wordes
heryng
thegypcien
was
in
his
herte
touched
with
grete
compunccion
/
consyderyng
that
the
lyfe
that
he
ladde
was
moche
dyfferent
from
that
whiche
he
had
ladde
byfore
/
&
with
grete
cure
&
besyues
he
herde
the
other
thynges
that
he
sayd
that
whiche
also
sayd
to
him
that
he
had
had
in
Rome
grete
&
magnyfyke
rychesses
as
well
in
houses
sūptuouses
as
other
possessyons
&
reuenues
/
golde
syluer
&
Infenyte
moeuable
goodes
/
&
in
contynuyng
&
haboundyng
in
the
sayd
goodes
was
comen
&
had
yolden
hymselve
in
that
lytyll
celle
&
in
the
solytary
place
where
he
was
.
Furthermore
he
sayd
to
him
/
that
he
had
had
beddes
apparaylled
&
●orned
with
golde
/
&
garnysshed
with
ryche
couertures
/
for
the
whiche
god
had
gyuen
to
him
this
lytyl
couche
of
Ionkes
whiche
that
he
had
/
&
the
hyde
or
skynne
wherupn
he
rested
.
But
in
stede
of
his
robes
&
vestymē●
whiche
were
wont
to
be
ryche
&
right
precyous
/
he
vsed
poore
&
symple
habylement
wherwith
he
was
clad
.
In
his
dyners
&
bankettes
he
dyspended
&
consumed
grete
sommes
of
moneye
/
&
in
stede
of
them
he
vsed
herbes
&
cooles
/
&
dranke
a
lytyll
cuppe
of
wyn
he
had
also
a
grete
sequely
&
rowte
of
worldly
&
galaunt
seruauntis
/
in
stede
of
whom
our
lord
had
enspyred
one
oonly
of
his
seruauntes
to
mynystre
&
serue
him
/
&
in
stede
of
solempne
baynes
in
whiche
he
had
be
accustomed
to
bayne
in
/
he
weesshe
his
feet
in
a
lytyll
water
/
&
also
vsed
smale
hosen
/
for
to
support
a
lytyll
the
maladye
that
he
had
in
his
legges
/
And
furthermore
in
stede
of
floy●
harpes
/
melodyous
Instrumē●●
/
&
delycyo●s
songes
of
musyke
/
in
whiche
he
moche
delyted
in
his
dyuers
&
bāket●
/
he
psalmodyed
on
the
daye
.xij.
psalmes
/
&
in
the
nyght
in
lyke
wyse
as
so
moche
/
&
for
penaunce
of
his
synnes
passed
/
he
toke
but
lytyll
rest
/
whiche
he
reputed
to
be
vnprouffytable
seruyce
to
god
/
&
whan
he
had
sayd
all
these
thynges
/
he
prayed
humbly
the
relygyous
egypcyen
/
that
seen
his
Infyrmyte
&
maladye
/
that
in
him
he
sholde
not
be
slaundred
.
The
egypcyen
heryng
these
thynges
and
consyderyng
his
lyfe
&
celle
after
the
sayd
holy
fader
romayn
/
began
to
saye
.
Alas
to
me
my
serable
wretche
where
shall
I
bycome
/
whan
I
beholde
my
lyfe
/
&
thy
lyfe
thou
holy
man
.
I
fynde
it
moche
&
gretly
dyfferente
/
for
in
leuyng
the
trybulacyons
&
grete
labours
that
I
bere
&
endure
in
the
worlde
I
am
come
to
come
solytary
in
relygyon
/
where
I
haue
founde
more
rest
than
trauayll
/
&
I
haue
now
that
I
had
not
tofore
/
that
is
to
wyte
a
peasyble
&
casy
lyfe
without
ony
greuaunce
.
But
thou
romayn
thy selfe
by
propre
wyll
hast
forsaken
Infenyte
pleasances
&
worldely
delectacyons
/
art
come
to
lyfe
in
this
relygyous
lyfe
/
whiche
shall
seme
to
worldly
people
/
to
be
to
the
grete
trybulacyon
/
for
as
moche
as
in
stede
of
the
sayd
pleasaunces
&
delectacyons
/
thou
hast
chosen
to
lyue
in
humylyte
&
pouerte
.
These
wordes
sayd
/
the
sayd
relygyous
egypcyen
moche
well
edyfyed
of
him
/
&
for
his
prouffyte
cam
after
oftymes
to
vysyte
hym
knowyng
that
he
was
a
man
of
grete
prudence
/
&
that
coude
well
dyscerne
the
thynges
doubtous
/
as
he
that
was
full
of
the
grace
of
the
blessyd
holy
goost
.
¶
An
olde
fader
sayd
that
it
was
not
of
necessyte
to
vse
so
many
wordes
/
as
men
vse
now
presently
/
but
the
werkes
ben
necessaryly
requyred
/
that
is
to
say
/
that
it
be
houeth
not
so
moche
to
seche
&
serche
the
wordes
whiche
haue
not
fruyt
/
but
the
werkes
whiche
ben
ꝓfytable
&
fruytful
¶
A
yong
relygyous
man
axed
somtyme
of
the
olde
relygyous
faders
/
yf
ony
was
pollute
/
whan
he
thought
or
dremed
some
foule
thought
or
dyshoneste
.
To
the
whiche
askyng
/
after
that
the
sayd
holy
faders
had
longe
dysputed
amonge
theym
some
sayd
ye
/
&
some
sayd
nay
/
alledgyng
/
that
yf
eche
man
the
thought
suche
thynges
was
pollute
/
they
that
be
ygnorauntes
&
ydiot●
/
&
to
whom
oftymes
cou●●
many
temptacions
with
grete
dyffyculte
shall
mowe
be
saued
.
But
they
sayden
to
be
a
thyng
moche
helthfull
/
whan
in
thynkyng
on
vycyous
thynges
/
it
be
resysted
with
all
his
force
in
suche
maners
that
it
be
not
bodely
accomplysshed
.
The
broder
whiche
made
this
askyng
heryng
theyr
dyfferent
answers
/
the
whiche
semed
not
to
be
suffysaunt
for
to
content
him
/
he
wente
to
an
other
holy
fader
better
approuued
/
whom
he
prayed
to
be
by
him
a
certayn
of
the
trouth
of
this
thynge
.
The
holy
fader
answered
to
him
/
that
euery
persone
after
his
mesure
shall
rendre
acompte
before
he
shall
be
rewarded
.
By
this
answer
the
broder
beyng
in
more
doubte
than
he
was
byfore
/
prayde
him
the
more
largely
he
wolde
expowne
it
to
him
/
thenne
the
holy
fader
expowned
it
to
him
by
suche
a
symylytude
.
There
were
two
Relygyouses
of
whom
the
one
was
more
vertuous
than
the
other
/
&
departed
fro
theyr
monasterye
for
to
goe
to
do
some
of
theyr
affayres
/
&
it
happed
that
the
more
vertuous
man
in
passyng
his
waye
or
otherwyse
founde
a
fayr
vessell
of
golde
/
whiche
was
so
ryche
&
so
precyous
that
for
the
grete
rychesse
&
precyosyte
he
was
tempted
to
take
it
and
bere
it
awaye
/
but
neuerthelesse
the
relygyous
for
the
grete
vertue
that
was
in
him
promptly
&
without
grete
dyffyculte
a●
paynt
threwe
&
reiected
the
sayd
temptacion
/
&
toke
not
the
sayd
vessell
/
certaynly
notwithstandyng
that
he
had
be
so
tempted
he
is
nothyng
pollute
.
That
other
relygyous
cam
after
whiche
was
not
so
vertuous
as
the
fyrst
/
&
founde
the
same
vessell
/
&
in
beholdyng
it
he
was
tempted
to
take
it
lyke
as
the
other
was
/
but
he
resysted
not
so
constantly
the
temptacyon
but
abode
more
lenger
in
that
euyll
purpose
by
that
the
he
had
not
the
corage
so
soone
ne
so
constantly
to
resyste
it
as
that
other
.
Neuertheles
he
constrayned
hymself
in
suche
wyse
that
he
toke
it
not
/
lykewyse
may
be
sayd
that
he
was
not
pollute
/
&
as
touchyng
to
the
retrybucion
&
rewarde
/
it
may
be
sayd
that
in
so
moche
that
he
had
had
more
payne
to
refrayne
his
dysordynate
affeccyon
fro
thaccomplysshement
of
the
euyll
purpose
/
of
so
moche
he
ought
to
haue
the
more
meryte
.
An
olde
fader
sayd
that
he
whiche
executeth
his
wyll
after
his
sensuall
apetyte
/
is
not
in
the
grace
of
god
/
netheles
yf
he
synne
ygnorauntly
/
he
may
retorne
to
our
lorde
by
penaunce
/
but
he
the
wyll
folowe
his
wyll
/
whiche
is
not
after
god
/
&
wyll
not
enquyre
of
good
&
Iuste
persones
/
how
he
ought
to
conduyte
him
in
thobseruacōn
of
his
worthy
&
lowable
cōmaūdemēn
but
reputeth
hymselve
so
wyse
/
that
he
wyll
not
ne
dayneth
not
to
vse
the
counseyll
of
other
/
vnneth
and
with
grete
payne
cometh
he
to
the
waye
of
helth
.
¶
An
olde
fader
was
axed
of
a
relygyous
man
what
sygnefyeth
the
wordes
whiche
ben
redde
in
the
gospell
sayeng
/
that
the
waye
the
ledeth
to
lyfe
is
short
&
strayt
/
the
whiche
olde
fader
answered
sayeng
thus
/
the
waye
strayt
&
short
is
suche
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
thou
a
man
be
ferme
&
constaunt
/
in
resystyng
vyolently
to
his
cogytacyons
&
thought
/
in
suche
wyse
that
for
the
loue
of
god
/
&
in
obeyng
to
his
cōmaūdemē●
/
he
smyte
of
&
caste
awaye
from
him
all
his
euylles
&
dampned
wylles
.
And
to
this
purpose
is
founden
in
holy
wrytte
/
in
the
actes
of
the
blessyd
apostles
/
that
they
sayd
to
our
sauyour
Ihesu
cryst
.
Syre
we
haue
forsaken
all
thynges
&
haue
folowed
the.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
/
the
lyke
as
th
order
of
the
relygyon
is
more
honourable
than
the
order
of
seculers
.
In
lyke
wyse
a
relygyous
straunger
that
is
to
saye
dwellyng
in
a
straunge
place
&
ought
fro
his
byrthe
ought
to
be
the
myrrour
of
other
in
well
doyng
in
all
maners
to
straunge
relygyouses
&
nedy
for
he
ought
better
to
knowe
theyr
indygences
than
he
that
neuer
was
forth
out
of
his
celle
.
An
other
aged
fader
sayd
that
yf
a
werke
man
dwelle
in
a
place
where
ther
be
none
other
werke
men
/
he
maye
not
theyr
prouffyte
.
For
the
vertue
of
a
werke
man
consysteth
in
that
/
the
he
enforce
him
to
werke
/
&
that
in
werkyng
he
mynysshe
not
/
that
is
to
saye
/
yf
he
make
it
not
better
/
atte
leste
that
he
make
it
not
worse
in
the
ende
than
at
the
begynnyng
.
In
lyke
wyse
a
slouthfull
man
yf
he
dwelle
with
a
good
werke
man
/
he
ꝓuffyteth
/
or
yf
he
ꝓuffyteth
not
at
leste
he
dooth
nought
.
An
other
sayd
that
a
man
whiche
haboundeth
in
wordes
/
/
&
putteth
them
in
effecte
by
good
werkes
/
is
lykeneth
to
a
tree
that
wexeth
grene
by
thabondaūce
of
fayr
leues
/
&
bereth
no
fruyt
.
In
lyke
wyse
also
as
a
tree
charged
with
fruyt
wexeth
grene
whan
that
it
is
garnysshed
with
fayr
leues
/
right
so
a
man
that
is
fructuous
by
vertuous
werkes
/
rendreth
hymselve
grene
&
delectable
by
his
good
wordes
/
whiche
excyteth
&
admonesteth
other
to
do
well
by
his
example
.
An
other
aged
fader
sayd
that
on
a
tyme
a
relygyous
persone
whiche
had
commysed
a
synne
moche
grete
/
was
after
strongly
dyspleasaunt
in
his
corage
to
doo
it
/
wherfore
moeued
of
compunccion
/
&
desyryng
to
do
penaunce
went
to
an
olde
fader
/
&
with
out
to
confesse
him
the
he
had
done
the
sayd
synne
axed
him
suche
an
askyng
/
yf
a
relygyous
had
commysed
suche
a
synne
/
myght
he
recouer
the
way
of
helth
.
The
olde
fader
whiche
was
not
moche
dyscrete
heryng
him
/
answered
&
sayd
to
him
/
ha
broder
thou
hast
lost
thy
soule
/
that
whiche
answere
herde
by
the
relygyous
/
he
sayd
as
dyspayred
/
syth
that
he
was
lost
/
he
had
no
more
to
do
for
tabyde
in
religyon
/
&
therfore
he
retorned
in
to
the
worlde
.
Netheles
in
gooyng
he
concluded
to
go
&
manyfeste
his
synne
to
an
other
holy
fader
named
Syluayn
/
that
whiche
was
a
man
vertuous
&
replenysshed
with
grete
dyscrecyon
.
Comyng
thenne
to
him
the
sayd
relygyous
/
he
durst
not
saye
to
him
his
syne
but
in
this
maner
/
that
he
had
asked
the
other
olde
fader
.
Lykewyse
he
asked
the
same
olde
abbot
Syluayn
/
the
whiche
in
asweryng
to
hy
/
began
to
telle
of
holy
scrypture
in
sayeng
/
the
a
man
was
not
all
dampned
of
his
synne
for
reson
of
his
thought
oonly
.
The
relygyous
heryng
his
answere
/
&
takyng
in
him
corage
&
hope
/
confessyd
his
synne
to
the
sayd
abbot
Syluayn
/
that
whiche
his
confessyon
herde
as
a
good
leche
/
ga●e
to
his
soule
a
right
good
remedye
whiche
he
toke
out
of
holy
scryptures
sayeng
/
that
alwaye
he
had
remedy
by
the
meane
of
penaunce
that
whiche
was
establysshed
for
theym
that
by
very
contryedern
&
charyte
conuerted
theym
to
our
lord
.
And
the
same
abbot
enioyned
to
him
helthful
penaunce
whiche
he
accomplysshed
&
dyde
with
right
grete
corage
&
was
afterward
of
right
good
&
holy
lyfe
.
And
it
happed
after
some
yeres
passed
that
the
sayd
abbot
Syluayn
/
as
by
aduenture
passed
by
the
place
where
as
dwelled
the
olde
fader
/
whiche
by
his
rygorous
answere
had
put
the
sayd
relygyous
in
desperacyon
/
&
tolde
to
him
that
whiche
was
happed
in
sayeng
to
him
/
that
the
same
relygyous
by
the
moyen
of
his
contrycyon
&
penaunce
had
in
suche
wyse
ꝓuffyted
in
vertuous
werkes
/
that
he
was
among
his
brethern
as
a
sterre
shynyng
&
Il●umynyng
theym
/
that
whiche
thyng
ought
to
be
noted
/
specyally
by
theym
the
haue
power
to
correcte
the
synnes
of
other
/
to
th
ende
that
they
ought
to
beware
to
bryng
theym
in
despayr
by
faulte
of
dyscrecyon
/
&
amyably
to
enduce
theym
to
helthfull
penaunce
.
¶
An
other
sayd
that
we
be
not
dampned
of
our
thought●s
&
cogytacyons
for
so
moche
as
they
brynge
vs
vnder
/
&
entre
within
vs
but
yf
we
vse
euylles
&
resyste
them
not
/
they
be
thenne
cause
of
our
dampnacion
/
&
oftymes
it
happeth
that
by
theym
whan
we
do
&
obeye
theym
/
we
lese
our
good
vertues
/
&
by
theym
also
whan
we
resyste
theym
/
we
recouere
theym
&
obteyne
a
gloryous
crowne
.
¶
A nother
aged
fader
sayd
that
a
relygyous
ought
not
to
haue
ony
famylyaryte
with
seculer
peple
/
ne
knowleche
with
wȳme●ne
to
truste
in
a
childe
.
¶
An
other
broder
axed
an
olde
fader
in
sayeng
to
him
that
many
temptacions
cam
vpon
hym
/
&
he
wyst
not
how
to
witstande
hem
/
&
prayed
him
that
he
wolde
teche
him
how
he
myght
ouerco●●●●cym
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
〈◊〉
not
to
resyste
ayenst
all
/
but
ayenst
one
pryncypally
/
sayeng
to
hym
fourthermore
/
that
amonge
grete
nombre
of
temptacions
/
ther
is
one
that
is
alwaye
the
chyef
/
that
is
to
sayd
the
moost
euyll
/
that
is
to
saye
the
werst
of
all
the
other
/
&
that
he
to
whom
suche
euyll
tēptacō●s
presente
theym
in
so
grete
nombre
ought
dylygently
to
thynke
&
consydere
in
hymselve
/
that
he
ought
tenforce
to
ouercome
theym
&
caste
theym
awaye
from
hym
/
&
in
the
dooyng
/
all
the
other
shall
goo
awaye
&
departe
lyghtly
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
excytyng
his
brethern
to
resyste
theyr
temptacions
sayd
to
theym
these
wordes
.
I
praye
you
my
brethern
/
that
lyke
as
ye
haue
refrayned
&
restrayned
your
euyll
operacyons
.
In
lyke
wyse
ye
refrayne
&
restrayne
your
euyl
wylles
&
thoughtes
.
¶
Also
sayd
an
other
holy
fader
/
that
he
that
wyll
dwelle
in
desertes
/
or
in
th
ermytage
/
ought
to
be
dyscrete
for
to
teche
in
suche
maner
that
he
haue
noo
nede
to
he
taught
/
&
that
he
suffre
not
by
defaute
of
wytte
ony
dommage
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
was
asked
of
a
relygyous
persone
/
how
&
by
what
werke
he
myght
gete
the
grace
of
god
/
or
by
fastynges
/
or
by
wakynges
/
or
hauyng
an
herte
pyteous
.
To
whom
the
olde
fader
answered
/
that
he
myght
fynde
&
gete
the
grace
of
god
/
in
dooyng
those
thynges
that
he
sayd
/
forseen
that
he
dyde
theym
in
good
dyscrecyon
.
He
sayd
to
him
furthermore
/
that
many
had
gyuen
to
theyr
bodyes
grete
afflyccyons
/
of
whiche
they
had
brought
forth
no
fruyt
/
bycause
that
they
had
done
theym
without
dyscrecyon
.
And
yet
he
sayd
/
yf
affectuously
we
faste
/
we
lerne
all
the
holy
scrypture
/
and
lete
vs
sette
all
our
thought
&
affeccyon
to
be
trewe
as
Dauyd
.
And
yf
in
dooyng
all
the
thynges
/
we
haue
not
that
whiche
god
wylled
that
we
had
/
that
is
to
wyte
charyte
&
humylyte
/
our
fastynges
&
other
operacyons
be
stynkyng
&
abhomynable
tofore
god
.
¶
Ther
was
an
other
broder
beyng
resydent
in
his
celle
whom
the
deuylles
wolde
begyle
/
&
whiche
appyered
to
hym
in
lykenes
of
angellys
/
warnyng
him
that
he
sholde
be
a
serchour
or
enquyrer
for
his
other
brethern
.
After
whiche
apparycōn
/
he
transported
hymselfe
towarde
an
olde
fader
/
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayr
fader
I
am
come
hyther
to
the
for
to
haue
thy
counseyll
.
For
the
angellys
haue
appyered
to
me
in
grete
lyght
/
excytyng
me
to
go
for
my
brethern
in
enqueste
to
seche
theym
.
The
holy
fader
answered
to
him
.
My
sone
take
none
hede
/
for
they
be
deuyllys
whiche
wyll
deceyue
the
/
but
yf
they
come
ony
more
vnto
the
/
saye
to
theym
/
dampned
enemyes
I
haue
nothyng
to
do
with
you
for
to
here
you
/
ne
haue
ye
no
more
to
do
with
me
.
I
shall
well
aryse
whan
I
wyll
for
to
do
my
thynges
wyll
ye
or
not
.
The
same
broder
thenne
concludyng
to
obserue
thynstruccōn
&
commaundement
of
the
olde
fader
/
retorned
in
to
his
celle
/
&
the
nyght
folowyng
/
the
deuyllys
lyke
as
they
had
be
accustomed
camen
to
solycyte
&
excyte
him
to
do
that
as
it
is
afore
sayd
/
but
he
answered
theym
lyke
as
he
was
taught
by
the
holy
fader
.
Thenne
they
sayd
to
him
these
wordes
/
this
euyll
man
begyleth
that
as
thou
shall
apperceyue
.
In
fewe
dayes
after
the
sayd
broder
transported
him
towarde
the
sayd
fader
〈◊〉
to
borowe
some
moneye
of
him
.
And
whan
he
axed
him
/
that
other
how
〈◊〉
he
had
it
/
answered
to
him
that
he
had
●●ne
/
ne
none
wolde
lene
him
/
&
he
retor●ed
to
his
celle
/
where
the
sayd
tendes
tempted
hym
as
they
dyde
tofore
/
&
sayden
to
hym
that
he
whiche
had
letted
hym
to
do
that
the
they
had
admonested
hym
to
do
/
had
deceyued
him
/
&
that
he
was
but
a
lyar
/
&
he
whiche
had
refused
to
lene
him
moneye
/
sayeng
that
he
had
none
/
how
be
it
that
he
had
ynough
to
lene
him
/
wherfore
he
myght
knowe
that
he
was
a
lyar
.
The
broder
thenne
rysyng
erly
on
the
morne
cam
to
the
sayd
olde
fader
&
tolde
to
hym
all
that
he
had
herde
/
the
whiche
answered
to
him
that
it
was
trouthe
that
he
had
the
moneye
but
he
wolde
not
lene
it
him
/
bycause
that
he
knewe
well
/
yf
he
had
lente
it
hym
that
he
shole
haue
euyll
vsed
it
to
the
hurte
of
his
soule
/
&
for
the
cause
he
had
leuerlye
/
&
in
lyeng
to
breke
one
of
the
cōmaūdemē●●
of
god
/
than
to
be
cause
to
make
him
to
breke
ten
/
in
lenyng
hym
the
moneye
/
by
whiche
they
bothe
myght
happely
haue
ronne
in
myscyef
&
grete
trybulacyon
.
And
after
sayd
to
him
that
he
sholde
nomore
gyue
heryng
to
the
deuylles
whiche
wolde
begyle
hym
.
The
relygyous
broder
conforted
by
the
wordes
of
the
olde
fader
retorned
in
to
his
celle
/
was
better
content
than
he
was
before·
¶
Thre
relygyous
brethern
camen
to
an
olde
fader
in
Sychye
/
the
one
of
theym
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
had
so
moche
studyed
the
olde
testament
&
the
newe
/
that
he
had
al
reteyned
it
in
his
mynde
.
And
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
hym
that
he
had
well
acquyted
hymselve
/
&
the
he
had
replenysshed
all
the
heuen
with
wordes
.
That
other
sayd
that
with
●●honde
he
had
wryten
all
a
longe
〈◊〉
newe
testament
.
And
he
answe●●
him
that
he
had
fylled
all
the
wynde●●
with
papyer
.
And
the
thyrde
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
had
be
solytary
in
his
celle
/
that
the
grasse
was
growen
in
the
entre
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
had
putt
awaye
from
him
the
vertue
of
hospytalyte
.
¶
Some
faders
recyten
of
an
olde
vertuous
man
that
whiche
oftymes
whan
ony
man
cam
to
him
for
to
aske
ony
good
Instruccyon
for
to
be
well
edefyed
in
his
conscyence
He
sayd
to
him
of
good
affeccyon
.
Now
syth
that
thou
comest
to
me
for
to
haue
counseyll
of
me
.
I
shall
saye
to
the
for
to
gyue
to
the
good
counseyll
what
thyng
we
haue
to
do
/
thou
muste
ymagyne
that
I
am
here
as
god
syttyng
in
his
Iugement
/
for
to
decyde
&
Iuge
the
doubtous
causes
that
thou
askedest
.
Now
aske
thou
what
thou
wylt
/
&
I
shall
answere
to
the
/
yf
thou
sayest
haue
mercy
on
me
I
shall
answere
to
the
in
the
persone
of
god
/
yf
thou
wylt
I
haue
pyte
on
the
/
haue
thou
pyte
&
mercy
on
thy
brethern
/
&
in
so
dooyng
I
shall
haue
mercy
of
the
/
&
yf
thou
wylt
that
I
forgyue
the
/
forgyue
thou
thy
neyghbour
/
wylt
thou
thenne
saye
the
god
be
cause
to
dampne
the
/
or
to
saue
the.
Certes
nay
.
But
it
is
in
vs
to
be
saued
yf
we
wyll
be
saued
.
¶
Some
other
sayd
of
an
olde
fader
beyng
in
his
celle
/
the
whiche
was
moche
penyble
in
labour
/
that
on
a
tyme
in
labouryng
in
his
celle
/
an
holy
man
cam
to
hym
.
And
as
he
entred
he
herde
that
he
spack
&
chydde
as
ther
hadde
ben
moo
men
with
hym
sayeng
.
Ha
how
for
one
oonly
worde
haue
I
lost
all
these
thynges
.
That
other
beyng
withoutforthe
wende
that
he
had
chydd●●th
an
other
/
&
knocked
at
his
dote
for
to
go
in
and
to
appease
theym
/
&
he
entryng
in
&
seeyng
that
ther
was
none
but
he
allone
/
asked
him
where
he
was
to
whom
he
had
chydde
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
he
chydde
to
hymselve
/
bycause
that
he
had
late
reteyned
in
his
mynde
.xiiij.
volumes
of
bokes
And
as
he
yssued
out
of
his
celle
a
lytyll
/
he
had
herde
a
worldly
worde
/
whiche
had
made
hym
to
forgete
all
that
whiche
he
had
estudyed
/
and
complayned
hym
of
that
whiche
in
comyng
for
to
doo
the
seruyse
dyuyne
/
that
worde
oonly
that
he
had
herde
/
cam
to
hym
in
his
mynde
/
and
for
that
cause
he
dyde
chyde
ayenst
his
thoughtes
as
sayd
is
.
¶
An
other
sayd
to
an
olde
auncyent
fader
/
that
somtyme
whan
he
was
heuy
of
slepe
/
he
myght
not
aryse
atte
hour
couenable
for
to
do
his
seruyse
/
&
whan
he
sawe
the
hour
passed
/
he
was
ashamed
&
dyspleased
that
he
coude
not
done
saye
his
seruyce
/
and
asked
how
he
ought
to
do
The
olde
fader
answered
to
hym
.
Yf
this
Inconuenyent
happe
to
hym
ony
more
to
slepe
vnto
the
mornyng
/
that
neuertheles
whan
he
a
woke
/
he
sholde
aryse
/
and
shette
his
dore
&
wyndowes
/
that
is
to
saye
/
he
sholde
caste
from
hym
all
occupacyons
temporall
/
&
doo
his
seruyce
.
For
it
is
wryten
that
the
daye
&
the
nyght
be
ours
/
and
in
all
tyme
we
ought
to
gloryfye
oure
lorde
god
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
that
therben
some
men
that
eten
moche
/
and
yet
they
haue
grete
hunger
.
And
also
there
ben
some
that
eten
ryght
lytyll
/
and
haue
none
hunger
/
but
ben
full
.
And
alwaye
they
haue
●oost
meryte
and
thanke
/
ben
they
that
ete
and
haue
hungre
/
&
more
than
they
that
eten
lytyll
and
ben
full
.
¶
An
other
olde
auncyent
fader
sayd
/
yf
it
soo
happed
that
bytwene
the
and
an
other
were
moeued
ony
Ryotous
wordes
/
and
thy
aduerse
partye
denyed
to
haue
sayd
the
sayd
worde
/
beware
and
kepe
the
well
to
enforce
the
ayenste
hym
sayeng
that
he
hadde
sayd
it
.
For
in
soo
dooyng
/
thou
sholdest
moeue
hym
more
strongly
in
yre
,
and
shall
mowe
saye
to
the
that
he
hadde
sayde
it
/
where
it
were
better
that
the
questyon
were
suspended
in
sayeng
that
he
had
neuer
spoken
it
.
¶
A
Relygyous
man
asked
and
demaunded
of
an
olde
auncyent
fader
/
sayeng
.
I
haue
a
syster
whiche
is
ryghte
poore
/
yf
I
wolde
doo
to
her
ony
almesse
/
is
it
not
all
one
/
as
thoughe
I
dyde
it
to
ony
other
poore
persone
.
The
olde
auncyent
fader
answered
to
hym
/
nay
/
by
cause
that
the
blood
excyted
hym
to
do
more
to
her
/
than
to
ony
other
persone
/
and
in
soo
dooyng
he
myght
erre
/
in
estemyng
the
almesse
to
be
better
employed
on
his
syster
/
than
to
the
other
persone
/
the
whiche
sholde
be
yet
more
poorer
than
his
sayd
syster
.
¶
An
other
olde
auncyent
fader
sayd
/
that
a
relygyous
ought
neuer
to
herkene
ony
people
that
chyden
/
ne
sclaundred
eche
other
.
¶
An
other
sayd
/
beware
that
thou
herkene
not
/
ne
to
receyue
agreably
all
tho
thynges
that
ben
sayd
to
the
/
ne
gyue
to
euery
worde
thy
consentyng
.
¶
An
other
s●●d
that
a
man
sholde
be
slouth
&
〈◊〉
bylue
/
&
prompte
&
redy
to
〈◊〉
●e
trouthe
.
¶
An
olde
〈◊〉
●yent
fader
sayd
/
that
yf
a
relygyous
persone
beyng
resydente
in
his
celle
/
purpose
for
to
doo
ony
good
werke
/
and
in
that
purpose
he
haue
ony
varyacion
in
his
corage
in
●uche
wyse
that
the
loue
that
he
ought
to
haue
to
god
be
soo
cooled
that
he
putte
not
in
effecte
the
same
purpose
/
thenne
assyste
&
presente
theym
to
him
the
deuylles
whiche
trouble
him
in
suche
wyse
/
that
they
make
him
to
vnderstonde
the
contrarye
/
that
whiche
semeth
to
theym
good
.
¶
An
other
relygyous
sayd
that
at
the
begynnyng
the
relygyon
was
Instytued
/
that
alwaye
&
as
ofte
that
thou
relygyouses
of
ony
maner
relygyon
assembled
theym
for
to
speke
of
ony
helthfull
thyng
for
theyr
soules
/
they
departed
theym
eche
of
theym
a
parte
/
&
so
departed
prayed
to
god
/
that
he
wolde
to
they
the
grace
to
determyne
well
to
his
honour
&
praysyng
the
thyng
for
whiche
they
were
assembled
/
but
now
in
these
presente
dayes
/
whan
we
gadre
&
assemble
togyder
.
we
occupye
vs
in
noyses
&
debates
/
&
drawe
eche
other
in
to
the
depnesse
of
helle
.
¶
An
other
sayde
that
yf
our
soule
be
conduyted
&
ruled
by
sobrenes
/
lyghtly
it
shall
mowe
kepe
our
body
fro
synne
And
yf
in
suche
wyse
we
may
not
conduyte
vs
atte
lesse
waye
we
ought
to
enforce
vs
with
all
our
power
&
strenght
to
kepe
vs
from
euyll
vsyng
our
tonge
to
th
ende
that
we
haue
not
so
grete
occasyon
to
synne
.
¶
An
other
sayd
that
for
to
praye
god
&
to
knowleche
his
be
nefaytes
that
he
doth
to
vs
/
&
is
necessary
for
to
that
ende
be
we
in
this
worlde
/
&
it
suffyseth
not
to
teche
other
to
do
wel
by
wordes
oonly
/
but
it
behoueth
vs
to
excyte
theym
examples
of
good
maners
.
For
it
is
a
straunge
thyng
to
saye
with
the
mouth
/
that
a
man
wyll
not
put
in
effect
by
werkes
.
¶
An
other
sayd
that
it
be
houeth
of
necessyte
to
the
relygyous
that
wyll
solytaryly
lyue
in
his
celle
to
haue
alwaye
some
maner
werke
to
occupye
him
selfe
/
yf
he
purpose
to
serue
god
/
for
the
deuyll
cometh
oft
for
to
put
him
fro
his
good
purpose
.
Nethelesse
whan
he
fyndeth
him
besyly
&
vertuously
labouryng
be
it
in
dyuyne
seruyse
or
other
good
werke
/
he
is
constrayned
to
departe
by
cause
he
fyndeth
none
occasyon
/
that
he
may
tarye
with
him
/
but
yf
of
aduenture
by
force
of
temptacions
/
&
for
defaulte
to
persyste
in
good
werkes
he
falle
in
synne
in
suche
wyse
that
he
haue
vpon
him
power
and
domynacyon
/
yet
he
ought
not
therfore
to
haue
dyspayr
.
For
oftymes
cometh
to
him
the
holy
goost
/
to
th
ende
to
reduce
him
to
good
waye
/
by
whiche
he
ought
to
enforce
him
to
opene
the
waye
by
good
werkes
to
th
ende
that
the
deuyll
by
his
malyce
make
him
to
retorne
back
.
¶
On
a
tyme
the
relygyouses
of
Egypt
cam
to
the
hermytages
of
Sychye
/
for
to
see
the
olde
faders
the
dwelled
there
.
They
beyng
arryued
&
comen
after
that
they
had
frequented
among
theym
/
they
knewe
that
they
were
moche
feble
of
ouer
longe
fastyng
.
And
they
after
theyr
fastynge
/
toke
theyr
refeccyons
/
&
for
theyr
grete
abstynences
they
were
Inmoderate
in
etyng
/
wherof
the
relygyouses
of
egypte
were
admeruaylled
.
Theyr
souerayne
abbot
that
knowyng
&
wyllyng
to
take
awaye
the
sclaundre
/
concluded
in
him
self
to
preche
/
&
in
dede
preched
of
this
mater
in
the
chirche
of
Sychye
in
saynge
to
his
relygyouses
/
that
they
sholde
faste
and
augmente
theyr
abstynences
They
of
Egypte
that
were
comen
thyder
wolde
haue
departed
/
but
the
sayde
abbot
reteyned
theym
and
desyred
theym
to
faste
in
lyke
wyse
.
And
they
were
contente
to
doo
soo
by
two
longe
hole
dayes
endurynge
/
wherof
they
were
sore
greued
&
febled
.
But
they
of
Sychye
whiche
had
begonne
theyr
fastyng
sooner
than
the
other
/
fasted
an
hole
weke
/
&
whan
the
satyrdaye
was
comen
the
relygyouses
of
egypt
token
theyr
refeccyons
with
theym
of
Sychye
/
in
so
doynge
for
as
moche
as
the
sayd
relygyouses
of
Egypt
enforced
theym
to
ete
hastely
&
gredyly
/
one
of
the
olde
faders
of
Sychye
toke
the
hande
of
one
of
theym
sayeng
that
he
sholde
ete
sobrely
as
relygyous
men
ought
to
ete
/
the
other
put
his
handes
fro
him
&
sayd
that
he
shold
lete
him
be
in
peas
for
he
deyed
almost
for
hungre
/
&
thenne
replyed
the
olde
fader
to
him
in
sayeng
.
Yf
ye
of
egypt
in
fastyng
but
.ij
dayes
onely
/
haue
suffred
this
faste
inpacyently
/
wherfor
&
by
what
reason
haue
ye
wondred
on
the
brethern
of
Sychye
though
they
take
with
good
appetyte
theyr
refeccyons
/
after
that
they
haue
fasted
an
hole
weke
without
etyng
of
ony
thyng
/
lyke
as
they
haue
ben
acustomed
to
do
or
dynaryly
.
The
other
heryng
these
wordes
/
&
consyderyng
by
theyr
grete
abstynences
/
the
grete
abstynences
of
the
other
/
were
sory
&
dyspleased
of
that
they
had
sayd
&
dyden
therfor
penaunce
/
&
so
well
edefyed
of
the
Sychyens
they
retorned
with
grete
Ioye
vnto
theyr
celles
&
habytacyons
in
Egypt
.
¶
A
seculer
persone
renouncyng
the
worlde
toke
thabyte
of
a
monke
/
&
went
to
t
hermytages
&
enclosed
hymselve
in
a
celle
sayeng
that
he
wolde
be
solytary
.
Certayne
olde
faders
his
neyghbours
aduertysed
that
he
had
auaunted
him
to
lede
a
solytary
lyf
/
camen
to
him
&
put
him
out
/
&
after
constrayned
him
to
go
about
the
celles
of
the
brethern
&
do
penaunce
of
the
folysshe
wordes
that
he
had
spoken
in
requyryng
eche
of
theym
that
they
wolde
pardonne
him
/
&
that
he
was
not
solytary
but
late
had
take
the
begynnyng
of
the
lyfe
of
a
relygyous
persone
.
¶
Some
olde
faders
sayden
/
yf
thou
see
a
yong
adolescente
of
his
presumptuous
wyll
wolde
stye
vp
in
to
heuen
/
that
is
to
saye
enhaunce
hymselve
in
presumpcyon
&
vayne
glorye
/
thou
oughtest
to
take
&
reteyne
him
by
the
fote
/
that
is
to
saye
/
to
correcte
hym
sharply
in
refraynyng
his
folysshe
affoccōns
/
&
to
make
hym
to
tumble
to
th
erthe
/
that
is
to
saye
in
humylyte
/
for
he
ought
not
ne
apperteyneth
hym
soo
to
doo
.
¶
A
broder
sayd
vnto
an
olde
fader
/
that
he
desyred
a
good
broder
after
his
wyll
for
to
dwelle
with
him
.
To
whom
the
olde
fader
answered
/
to
hym
thou
sayst
well
my
lorde
.
That
other
affermed
that
it
was
all
his
desyre
/
not
knowyng
that
the
olde
fader
was
ylle
content
with
his
folye
.
Thenne
the
olde
fader
seeyng
that
the
sayd
relygyous
estemed
/
that
the
sayd
olde
fader
toke
his
wordes
in
good
partye
/
sayd
to
him
these
wordes
or
lykewyse
.
Thenne
yf
thou
fondest
a
relygyous
persone
accordyng
after
thy
wyll
/
woldest
thou
dwelle
with
him
.
Certaynly
that
wolde
I
answered
the
yong
relygyous
.
Thenne
answered
the
olde
fader
to
him
/
that
it
is
not
thenne
to
th
ende
/
that
thou
sholdest
folowe
his
wyll
/
but
that
he
sholde
folowe
thyne
/
&
that
thou
sholdest
reste
thy selfe
in
hym
/
the
broder
by
these
wordes
knewe
what
the
olde
fader
mente
/
&
fylle
doun
to
the
grounde
offryng
hymselve
to
do
penaunce
therfor
sayeng
.
Fayr
fader
I
praye
that
that
ye
forgyue
me
my
folye
.
Veryly
I
me
gloryfyed
strongly
of
that
whiche
I
supposed
to
haue
well
sayd
/
where
as
I
vnderstode
not
well
my selfe
.
¶
Two
brethern
germayn
renounced
the
worlde
/
of
whom
he
that
was
the
lasse
of
age
had
fyrst
begonne
to
ensyewe
thestate
of
relygyon
.
A
lytyl
tyme
after
the
they
wer
relygyous
/
cam
to
theym
an
olde
fader
for
to
vysyte
theym
/
to
whom
they
presented
a
bacy●e
for
to
wasshe
his
feet
/
&
he
that
was
yongest
of
age
offred
him
to
wasshe
his
feet
.
Thenne
the
olde
fader
helde
his
handes
&
put
him
awaye
/
&
suffred
him
that
was
oldest
for
to
do
to
him
that
seruyse
/
how
be
it
that
the
fyrst
comyng
to
the
monastery
had
ben
acustomed
to
do
it
/
the
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
brethern
that
were
there
assystent
sayd
to
him
.
Reuerende
fader
this
broder
whiche
is
yonger
of
age
hath
ben
relygyous
tofore
the
other
.
I
retche
not
sayd
the
olde
fader
.
I
wyll
take
awaye
the
fyrst
entryng
fro
the
yonger
/
&
I
wyll
gyue
it
to
him
that
is
moost
of
age
.
¶
An
olde
fader
sayd
/
the
ꝓphetes
haue
togydre
wryten
the
bokes
seruyng
to
our
doctryne
.
Our
faders
ben
comen
after
whiche
haue
put
to
many
thynges
/
&
after
ben
comen
theyr
successours
whiche
haue
recommaunded
theym
to
theyr
remembraunce
/
that
is
to
saye
that
they
haue
wel
studyed
theym
/
&
fynably
they
ben
comen
of
the
generacyon
that
we
ben
of
/
whiche
haue
wryten
theym
in
skynnes
of
parchemyn
and
that
done
they
haue
lefte
them
lyestylle
in
theyr
wyndowes
.
¶
An
olde
fader
sayd
that
the
stocke
that
the
relygyouses
vsen
to
were
/
is
the
sygne
of
Innocencye
that
other
habyte
of
whiche
they
couer
theyr
sholdres
&
bynden
theyr
heedes
/
is
the
sygne
of
the
crosse
/
&
the
gyrdell
by
whiche
they
gyrde
theym
is
the
sygne
of
strengthe
/
&
therfore
sayd
he
that
they
ought
to
be
conuersaunt
after
the
sygnefyaunce
of
theyr
habyte
/
sayeng
that
in
dooyng
all
thynges
by
good
desyre
/
they
shall
neuer
faylle
.
¶
Here
after
foloweth
an
other
lytyll
treatyse
techyng
how
a
man
ought
to
lyue
sobrely
.
And
begynneth
in
Latyn
.
Frate●
quidam
.
A
Broder
moeued
of
deuocyon
prayed
th
abbot
Arsenius
that
he
wolde
saye
some
doctryne
or
techyng
.
To
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
/
what
someuer
thyng
that
thou
doest
/
enforce
the
alwaye
that
thy
wyll
&
thought
be
rewled
after
the
wyll
of
god
/
in
suche
wyse
that
the
werkes
of
withoutforth
/
●e
fyrst
withinforth
ruled
after
the
Iugement
of
right
&
reason
/
&
the
sayd
holy
abbot
sayd
/
yf
we
aske
for
god
/
we
shal
fynde
hym
/
&
yf
we
kepe
hym
/
he
shall
dwelle
with
vs
.
For
as
the
gospell
sayth
Aske
&
ye
shall
haue
/
knocke
&
it
shall
be
opened
to
you
.
¶
Thabbot
Agathon
sayd
that
a
relygyous
man
ought
not
to
suffre
the
his
conscyence
remorde
ne
grudge
of
ony
thynge
.
The
sayd
abbot
had
be
.iij.
dayes
duryng
his
eyen
open
whan
he
sholde
deye
the
whiche
seeyng
his
brethern
/
touched
him
&
askyng
.
Abbot
where
art
yu.
To
whom
he
sayd
.
I
am
in
the
presence
of
the
grete
Iuge
for
to
receyue
my
salayre
after
my
mery●
&
deseruynges
/
how
fayr
fader
/
ye
haue
lyued
alwaye
after
the
lawe
of
god
/
wherfor
drede
ye
/
thenne
answerd
th
abbot
.
Alas
my
childeren
I
knowe
not
yf
euer
daye
of
my
lyfe
I
dyd
ony
werke
pleasaunt
to
god
/
for
I
am
of
frayl
cōdycōn
/
thenne
after
sayd
the
brethern
/
hast
that
not
very
trust
&
affyaunce
that
the
werkes
that
be
done
in
charyte
/
bryngen
a
man
all
strayt
to
heuen
.
To
whom
he
answered
all
that
we
do
is
on
certayn
vnto
the
tyme
that
we
come
tofore
the
grete
Iuge
/
&
therfor
I
presume
not
of
my
werkes
/
for
the
Iugement
of
god
/
&
they
of
the
men
ben
well
dyfferent
/
&
as
they
wolde
furthermore
haue
axed
him
of
some
thynges
/
he
sayd
to
theym
/
kepe
ye
charyte
among
you
/
&
speke
nomore
to
me
/
&
anone
after
he
rendred
&
yelded
vp
his
soule
to
god
/
&
in
his
deth
appered
a
sygne
/
by
whiche
he
shewed
in
his
spyryte
/
that
he
reioyced
him
as
he
had
saluwed
his
frendis
And
this
ꝓceded
of
that
whiche
he
had
well
kept
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
without
the
whiche
none
may
come
to
the
porte
of
helthe
.
¶
It
is
recounted
of
th
abbot
Ammoys
/
that
whan
he
went
to
the
chirche
/
he
wolde
neuer
his
dyscyple
come
nygh
him
/
&
yf
by
aduenture
he
approched
him
for
to
axe
him
ony
thyng
.
Anone
he
sayd
to
him
the
he
sholde
with
drawe
him
ferre
fro
him
/
sayeng
the
in
spekyng
of
thynges
ꝓuffytable
/
men
may
somtyme
speke
of
vayne
thynges
&
peryllous
for
the
soule
/
&
therfor
it
is
better
to
be
styll
and
speke
not
/
than
to
speke
euyll
.
¶
We
haue
also
of
saynt
Iohan
baptyst
/
that
in
th
age
of
his
youth
he
fledde
in
to
deserte
/
to
th
ende
the
he
sholde
not
defoylle
him
selfe
with
euyll
spekyng
.
Thabbot
Ammoys
asked
of
th
abbot
Asee
.
Fayr
fader
how
seest
thou
me
Thabbot
Asee
answered
as
an
angell
And
after
that
yet
ayen
the
sayd
abbot
Ammoys
asked
ayen
.
How
seest
thou
me
now
/
th
abbot
Asee
answered
/
me
semeth
now
sayd
he
the
I
see
sathanas
/
for
incontynente
that
thou
warnedest
me
for
to
make
my
salewyng
/
it
semed
that
thou
smotest
me
with
a
glayue
thrugh
the
herte
.
By
this
is
shewed
that
the
proude
&
euyll
persones
may
not
endure
/
tyll
that
some
man
correcte
theym
of
theyr
vyces
.
¶
Thabbot
Alones
sayd
the
yf
a
man
saye
not
in
his
herte
.
I
my selfe
&
god
oonly
ben
in
this
worlde
/
a
man
shall
not
haue
reste
in
his
conscyence
/
&
that
he
vnderstode
thus
.
In
the
worlde
arn
but
two
maners
of
lyuyng
/
the
one
is
to
lyue
after
the
lawe
of
god
/
&
that
other
after
the
worlde
.
¶
The
same
abbot
Moyses
sayd
that
a
man
yf
he
wyll
/
may
in
a
daye
deserue
by
good
operacyons
so
moche
/
that
he
shall
wynne
heuen
at
th
ende
.
¶
Thabbot
Bysaryon
in
his
deyeng
gaaf
to
his
brethern
one
suche
a
techynge
or
enseygnement
.
My
brethern
sayd
he
/
a
relygyous
persone
ought
to
be
the
very
lyght
of
other
/
by
good
lyfe
&
by
good
example
.
For
it
is
wryten
in
the
gospell
/
ye
ben
the
lyght
of
the
worlde
.
¶
Thabbot
Danyell
&
th
abbot
Ammoys
on
a
tyme
walked
togyder
/
thenne
sayd
th
abbot
Ammoys
.
Fayr
fader
whan
shall
we
go
in
to
thy
celle
/
th
abbot
Danyell
sayd
/
who
is
he
that
may
take
away
god
fro
vs
/
ther
is
no
persone
that
may
take
him
fro
vs
/
for
whan
we
were
in
our
celles
/
he
was
with
vs
/
&
now
that
we
be
out
of
our
celles
/
in
lyke
wyse
he
is
with
vs
.
¶
Thabbot
Euagrius
sayd
it
is
a
grete
thyng
to
praye
god
without
to
haue
ony
lettyng
/
but
it
is
a
gretter
thyng
to
synge
&
psalmodye
without
to
haue
ony
enpesshement
or
lettyng
.
This
same
abbot
also
sayd
/
remember
the
alwaye
of
thy
last
ende
/
&
of
the
grete
Iugement
of
god
/
&
the
shalt
neuer
offende
god
.
¶
Thabbot
Theodore
sayd
yf
god
punysshe
vs
for
the
neclygences
that
we
do
in
syngyng
&
psalmodyeng
/
we
shall
neuer
be
saued
.
¶
Thabbot
Theonas
sayd
that
our
thought
is
so
moche
enpesshed
&
lette
by
worldly
thynges
that
we
ben
full
of
concupyscences
/
but
we
ought
to
withdrawe
vs
by
the
grace
of
god
.
¶
Some
brethern
camen
ofte
for
to
tempte
an
holy
abbot
named
Iohan
the
short
bycause
he
ledde
a
strayt
lyf
/
&
for
to
gyue
to
him
occasion
to
speke
they
sayd
to
him
.
Blessyd
be
god
/
it
hath
rayned
suffysasstly
this
yere
/
in
so
moche
that
the
palmes
ben
well
aroused
&
watred
/
&
begynne
to
burgene
&
bryng
forth
leues
grene
&
pleasaunt
.
Thenne
answered
the
holy
abbot
/
my
childern
right
so
is
it
of
the
holy
goost
whan
he
descendeth
in
to
the
hertes
of
men
he
arouseth
&
watreth
theym
&
maketh
them
to
bryng
forth
leues
in
the
drede
of
god
/
&
maketh
theym
to
renewe
by
the
plenytude
of
grace
.
Some
brethern
sayd
that
the
same
abbot
had
made
a
raylle
in
his
gardyn
/
but
bycause
of
his
contemplacion
/
he
knewe
not
that
it
grewe
tyl
that
it
was
of
a
grete
heyght
ayenst
the
walle
/
&
had
thenne
leuys
well
grete
.
¶
Ther
was
sometyme
in
Sychye
an
olde
man
of
good
lyfe
/
but
he
was
moche
forgetefull
/
the
whiche
for
to
axe
coūs●yl
of
his
affayres
/
went
to
Iohan
the
short
&
whan
he
was
ther
/
the
holy
abbot
gaaf
to
him
counseyl
vpon
that
whiche
he
axed
/
&
so
retorned
/
but
anon
as
he
was
in
his
celle
he
had
forgoten
the
whiche
had
be
sayd
to
him
/
&
retorned
ayen
&
axed
counseyll
as
tofore
/
but
assoone
as
he
was
departed
fro
the
place
he
forgate
it
/
&
for
shame
he
durst
not
retorne
for
drede
lest
he
sholde
lette
the
sayd
abbot
.
Yet
netheles
he
retorned
&
sayd
to
the
sayd
abbot
.
Fader
the
knowest
well
that
I
am
moche
forgetefull
/
wherfor
I
am
aferde
to
come
ofte
to
the
for
lettyng
of
the.
To
whom
the
sayd
abbot
sayd
/
lyght
this
c●̄dell
/
so
he
dyde
/
&
after
he
sayd
/
now
lyght
yet
all
thyse
candellys
with
the
fyrst
candell
/
&
in
lyke
wyse
he
dyde
.
After
he
axed
him
the
lyght
of
this
candell
is
it
ony
thyng
lassed
to
haue
lyghted
the
other
/
the
olde
man
answered
nay
fayr
fader
/
&
thenne
sayd
th
abbot
to
him
.
In
lyke
wyse
am
I
not
lassed
ne
angry
whan
thou
comest
to
me
for
to
counseyl
the
/
&
therfor
without
to
make
ony
dyffyculte
come
alwaye
hyther
whan
the
shal
haue
nede
/
&
thus
by
the
pacience
of
theym
both
/
the
forgetefulnes
went
his
waye
/
&
by
this
it
appyereth
that
they
of
the
contree
conforted
eche
other
gladly
.
¶
A
broder
febled
by
sckenes
sayd
to
the
sayd
abbot
Iohan
the
shorte
that
he
was
strongly
seke
/
&
therfor
he
axed
whan
his
brethern
called
him
to
labour
/
yf
he
ought
to
go
or
nay
/
in
sayeng
o●
the
one
syde
I
haue
auowed
obedyence
/
that
excyted
me
to
go
thyder
/
&
on
that
other
syde
the
greuaunce
of
my
maladye
agaynsaieth
me
.
The
holy
man
answered
me
.
Caleph
the
sone
of
Ienophone
sayd
to
Ihus
the
sone
of
Nane
.
I
was
.xl.
yere
olde
whan
I
was
brought
in
to
this
contree
.
&
now
I
am
well
.lxxx.
yere
olde
/
&
not
withstondyng
yet
am
I
strong
for
to
entre
in
to
bataylle
&
to
fyght
/
&
for
soo
moche
do
thou
semblably
/
&
entre
in
to
labour
yf
thou
mayst
with
thy
brethern
/
or
ellys
entre
in
to
thy
celle
/
&
bewepe
&
waylle
thy
synnes
by
thy selfe
/
&
thenne
yf
they
fynde
the
wepyng
/
they
shall
not
make
the
to
come
out
.
¶
Thabbot
Cassianus
sayd
that
an
olde
man
prayed
on
a
tyme
to
god
/
that
whan
he
herde
vayne
wordes
that
he
myght
slepe
/
&
whan
he
herde
the
worde
of
god
that
he
myght
neuer
slepe
.
And
to
this
purpose
he
recyted
this
/
that
one
tyme
as
he
preched
to
his
brethern
/
they
slept
all
/
in
suche
wyse
that
they
vnderstode
not
his
wordes
/
but
for
to
shewe
theym
that
the
deuyll
was
cause
therof
/
he
began
to
speke
of
vayn
wordes
&
ydle
/
&
incontynent
all
his
brethern
awoke
&
very
dylygent
to
here
him
&
to
lawhe
.
Thenne
the
holy
fader
wayllyng
sayd
/
whan
I
spake
to
you
late
of
holy
scrypture
ye
slept
&
vnderstode
nothyng
/
but
whan
I
speke
of
vayn
thynges
/
eche
leyeth
to
his
ere
/
&
ye
be
more
besy
to
here
ydle
wordes
than
the
wordes
of
god
/
wherfor
my
brethern
I
admoneste
&
warne
you
that
whan
ye
ought
to
here
the
worde
of
god
/
kepe
you
from
slepyng
/
for
knowe
ye
that
it
is
the
deuyll
that
letteth
you
to
here
the
helthefull
predycacyons
.
¶
Thabbot
Pastor
beyng
in
his
yong
age
went
vnto
an
holy
man
for
to
aske
him
thre
thynges
.
But
whan
he
was
comen
thyder
he
forgate
one
of
theym
He
retourned
in
to
his
celle
/
toke
his
keye
for
to
opene
his
dore
/
&
in
takyng
it
he
remembred
the
thyng
that
he
had
forgoten
&
incontynent
without
openyng
of
his
dore
he
retorned
thyder
from
whens
he
cam
.
And
whan
the
holy
man
sawe
him
/
he
sayd
to
him
/
thou
hast
hasted
the
sore
to
come
ayen
.
The
yong
man
answered
/
as
I
opened
my
dore
I
remembred
me
of
that
I
had
forgoten
/
wherfor
without
openyng
of
my
dore
I
am
comen
to
the
hastely
.
Thenne
sayd
to
him
the
holy
man
thou
shalt
be
one
tyme
a
very
pastour
/
&
shalt
be
renommed
thrugh
all
Egypt
.
¶
Thabbot
Ammon
cam
to
th
abbot
Pastor
sayeng
/
yf
my
neyghbour
come
in
to
my
celle
/
or
yf
I
go
in
to
his
/
ought
I
to
retourne
with
him
.
The
holy
man
sayd
/
that
sholde
be
well
done
/
for
yongth
hath
nede
of
grete
warde
&
kepyng
/
the
abbot
Ammon
sayd
afterward
/
&
what
sholde
the
olde
men
do
.
Pastor
answered
the
olde
men
now
constaunt
/
wherfor
they
haue
not
so
grete
nede
of
ward
&
takynge
hede
to
/
&
thenne
sayd
the
abbot
Ammon
yf
I
wyl
speke
to
my
neyghbour
/
ought
I
to
speke
of
scripture
/
or
ellys
of
thou
wordes
of
olde
faders
/
th
abbot
answered
/
yf
thou
mayst
not
be
styll
/
it
better
to
speke
of
the
wordes
of
the
olde
faders
than
of
scrypture
For
oftymes
it
is
daungerous
to
speke
of
scripture
to
theym
that
vnderstonde
theym
euyll
.
¶
On
a
tyme
one
axed
of
the
abbot
Pastor
how
a
man
sholde
kepe
him
from
many
fylthes
bodely
&
goostly
/
&
he
answered
/
yf
a
man
wyll
lyue
clenely
as
touchyng
the
bodye
&
the
soule
/
he
ought
to
lyue
sobrely
aswell
in
metes
as
in
wordes
/
for
a
man
glotonous
may
not
lyue
Iustly
ne
longe
/
&
after
the
comyn
sayeng
/
glotonny
maked
&
caused
m●
men
to
dey
than
the
swerd
or
glayn
¶
It
is
sayd
the
th
abbot
Pastor
made
ne
dyd
euer
ony
good
werke
/
but
yf
he
remembred
it
contynuelly
an
houre
tofore
And
thenne
after
he
achyeued
his
werke
/
wyllyng
by
this
to
shewe
/
that
in
all
werkes
/
he
ought
fyrst
thynke
on
it
/
to
fore
he
doo
it
.
¶
A
man
axed
on
a
tyme
of
th
abbot
Paysyon
/
how
he
myght
drede
god
/
to
whom
he
answered
.
Goo
&
Ioyne
the
with
a
man
dredyng
god
/
and
anone
thou
shalt
drede
as
he
dooth
.
And
herto
accordeth
the
psalmyste
.
Thou
shalte
be
holy
with
holy
men
/
&
euyll
with
euyll
men
.
The
same
holy
man
sayd
that
the
drede
of
god
is
the
begynnyng
&
the
ende
of
all
goodnes
/
wytnes
of
the
psalmyste
the
sayth
/
that
the
begynnyng
of
sapyence
is
the
drede
of
god
.
We
haue
also
example
of
Abraham
to
whom
our
lorde
sayd
after
that
he
had
made
an
aulter
for
to
sacrefyse
to
hym
his
sone
Ysaac
.
I
see
well
now
that
thou
dredest
god
.
Yet
also
the
sayd
abbot
sayd
/
the
none
ought
to
dwelle
with
men
full
of
noyse
&
debatefull
/
ne
with
theym
that
loue
stryfe
.
He
sayd
also
that
an
abbot
named
Loth
sayd
on
a
tyme
to
th
abbot
Peter
/
whan
I
am
in
my
celle
.
I
am
in
peas
of
conscyence
/
but
whan
ony
cometh
thou
to
me
recounteth
worldly
thynges
.
I
am
troubled
.
And
this
holy
abbot
sayd
whan
one
axed
him
of
worldly
thynges
.
Broder
thy
key
hath
opened
my
dore
.
And
whan
he
was
axed
what
that
was
to
saye
.
He
answered
/
yf
ony
come
to
the
that
is
in
thy
celle
&
the
axedest
hym
of
worldly
thynges
/
the
openest
the
gate
of
his
thought
/
&
hereth
ofte
thynges
that
prouffytes
to
hym
nothyng
.
¶
A
Relygyous
man
ought
whan
he
seeth
ony
broder
speke
to
hym
to
exhorte
him
to
wepe
&
bewaylle
his
synnes
.
And
in
soo
dooyng
he
shall
gyue
hym
good
doctryne
.
For
there
/
where
as
is
neuer
wepyng
ne
dyspleasaunce
of
euyll
dedes
/
there
may
be
no
pure
conscyence
¶
An
other
broder
sayd
to
the
sayd
abbot
/
whan
I
am
alone
in
my
celle
.
I
by
wepe
my
synnes
.
But
whan
ther
is
ony
with
me
/
or
ell●s
that
I
go
out
.
I
fynde
none
occasyon
to
wepe
.
Thenne
answered
to
hym
th
abbot
.
Thus
thenne
is
not
lamentacyon
alwaye
subget
to
that
but
thou
hast
it
oonly
for
a
tyme
.
After
this
the
broder
asked
hym
what
was
it
to
saye
/
the
holy
fader
answered
/
that
a
man
the
desyred
to
gete
ony
vertue
/
he
ought
to
seke
it
in
tyme
&
in
all
houres
/
yet
vnneth
shall
he
mowe
fynde
it
.
And
yf
he
serche
&
seke
well
he
shal
fynde
it
to
his
prouffyt
.
¶
A
broder
sayd
to
th
abbot
Sysoys
.
Fayr
fader
I
haue
grete
desyre
to
kepe
myn
herte
clene
from
synne
/
to
whom
the
holy
fader
answered
.
How
may
we
kepe
our
herte
clene
/
yf
our
tonge
hath
the
gate
open
/
as
who
sayth
/
that
a
man
ouermoche
spekyng
may
not
be
without
blame
/
&
thou
that
cessest
not
to
speke
euyll
/
how
wenest
thou
to
kepe
thy
conscyence
clene
fro
synne
.
¶
Thabbot
Syluayn
dwellyng
in
the
montayn
of
Syna
had
a
dyscyple
/
the
whiche
wyllyng
to
goo
in
thexpedycōn
of
some
of
his
affayres
/
prayed
the
sayd
abbot
that
he
wolde
arrouse
or
water
his
gardyn
.
The
holy
abbot
rauysshed
in
contemplacyon
toke
water
&
his
vysage
watred
the
sayd
gardyn
.
And
in
so
doynge
cam
an
other
that
asked
hym
whyhe
had
couered
his
face
.
The
whiche
answerd
that
he
had
done
it
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
not
see
the
floures
of
the
trees
the
were
there
/
that
in
seeyng
theym
he
were
not
enpesshed
ne
lette
to
leue
his
contemplacyon
.
¶
Thabbot
Serapyon
sayd
/
all
in
lyke
wyse
that
as
the
knyghtes
whiche
ben
tofore
theyr
prynce
&
captayne
in
batayll
/
ought
not
to
loke
here
&
there
for
to
flee
/
but
owen
to
fyght
vayllyantly
.
In
lyke
wyse
the
relygyouses
and
other
that
haue
gyuen
theym selfe
to
god
ought
not
to
beholde
the
worldly
thynges
/
ne
also
to
beholde
the
bodely
payne
/
for
yf
they
so
do
/
they
shal
be
herteles
&
ferdfull
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
/
we
desyre
all
to
be
saued
/
but
by
our
neclygence
we
lese
ofte
our
helth
/
&
we
wyll
do
no
payne
to
haue
&
gete
it
.
¶
Furthermore
sayd
saynt
Syncletyce
/
lete
vs
lyue
sobrely
.
For
by
the
fyue
wyttes
of
our
bodye
/
the
theues
entre
for
to
robbe
the
vertues
of
our
soule
.
And
we
see
yf
the
wyndowes
of
an
hous
be
opened
that
the
smoke
entreth
lyghtly
in
to
hit
.
In
lyke
wyse
yf
our
fyue
wyttes
be
opened
vnto
the
thynges
of
the
worlde
/
anone
our
soule
is
obfusked
by
the
smoke
of
synne
.
¶
Yet
sayd
the
same
saynt
Syncletyce
that
we
must
be
armed
on
all
partyes
ayenst
the
enemyes
/
for
they
entre
bothe
within
&
without
.
And
as
we
see
somtyme
the
shyppe
withoutforth
troubled
with
the
wawes
&
flood
of
the
water
/
&
oftymes
it
is
fylled
withinforth
without
the
flood
without
ryght
soo
is
it
of
vs
.
For
somtyme
we
synne
by
werkes
outwarde
/
and
somtyme
by
werkes
inwarde
oonly
.
It
sholde
not
be
ynough
to
a
man
of
armes
to
be
armed
on
the
hede
all
oonly
/
for
he
myght
soone
be
hurte
of
his
enemye
thrugh
his
body
.
Thus
it
suffyseth
not
ynoughe
to
resyste
the
outwarde
temptacyons
but
also
the
inwarde
temptacyons
.
In
this
partye
is
shewed
to
vs
that
ther
is
no
surete
in
this
worlde
/
in
what
sōeuer
state
it
be
.
And
of
this
wytnesseth
th
appostle
sayeng
/
see
well
to
and
kepe
hymselfe
that
stondeth
vpryght
by
vertue
/
that
he
falle
not
ne
ouerthrowe
by
synne
/
we
ben
in
this
worlde
as
the
maryners
that
knowe
not
where
they
be
/
wytnesse
of
the
psalmyst
the
sayth
that
our
lyfe
is
lyke
to
the
see
/
in
the
whiche
ben
some
partyes
full
of
stones
/
the
other
full
of
dyuerse
maner
of
bestes
.
some
ben
moche
tempestuous
.
Other
ben
peasyble
/
but
amonge
theym
that
lyue
some
saylle
by
the
stones
in
the
stonye
partyes
/
as
they
that
ben
obstynate
.
Other
by
the
partyes
full
of
dyuerse
bestes
&
monstres
/
as
they
that
be
proude
.
Other
by
the
partyes
stylle
&
peasyble
/
as
ben
the
Relygyouses
whiche
ben
out
of
the
tempest
of
the
worlde
.
Other
saylle
by
the
places
tempestyous
&
full
of
tempest
.
And
neuertheles
oftymes
it
happeth
that
the
seculers
whiche
seylle
in
the
derkenesse
of
Ignoraunce
/
for
fere
to
lese
theyr
shyppe
comen
to
the
porte
of
helth
.
And
the
relygyouses
whiche
ben
with
god
in
peas
and
tranquyllyte
/
by
neclygence
drowne
theym self
in
the
see
of
all
euyll
&
synnes
.
We
haue
here
to
note
what
and
how
we
ought
to
thynke
.
¶
An
abbot
named
Ypericius
sayd
thus
Alle
thy
thought
be
alwaye
in
god
desyryng
the
heuenly
blysse
/
&
shortly
thou
shalt
haue
it
.
Furthermore
the
same
holy
man
sayd
that
the
lyfe
of
a
monke
ought
to
be
lyke
to
the
lyfe
of
an
angell
without
ony
catche
or
spotte
of
dedely
synne
.
¶
Thabbot
Orsesius
to
vs
reherceth
that
yf
a
man
kepe
not
his
herte
from
euyl
&
abhomynable
thought
/
&
put
in
forgetyng
all
the
good
that
hath
be
sayd
of
him
.
And
sayd
after
yf
the
enemye
of
helle
fynde
ony
place
in
the
/
incontynent
he
surmounteth
that
/
for
as
the
lampe
lyghteth
&
shyneth
/
whan
it
hath
suffysaunt
of
oyle
mynystred
in
to
it
/
&
yf
it
faylle
&
haue
none
/
the
lyght
quencheth
&
gooth
out
.
In
lyke
wyse
our
herte
by
the
fyre
of
charyte
prouffyteth
/
&
without
the
same
fyre
/
it
may
do
no
fructuous
werke
And
furthermore
yf
a
mows
come
for
to
ete
the
oyle
&
she
fele
the
hete
of
the
fyre
/
she
cometh
no
ner
/
but
yf
the
fyre
be
quenchyd
in
maner
that
it
haue
none
hete
/
she
shall
caste
the
lampe
doun
&
breke
it
.
In
lyke
wyse
is
it
of
our
herte
/
for
whan
the
fyre
of
charyte
departeth
from
vs
/
the
holy
goost
gooth
his
waye
/
&
thenne
cometh
the
enemye
whiche
assaylleth
vs
/
&
in
peruertyng
all
our
good
purpose
destroyeth
the
vertue
of
our
soule
by
actuall
synne
.
But
yf
we
lyue
after
god
to
our
power
/
&
it
happe
that
we
falle
in
ony
synne
.
God
reduceth
vs
to
remembraunce
the
paynes
of
helle
/
&
by
the
holy
goost
bryngeth
vs
ayen
to
the
ryght
way
of
penaunce
/
that
whiche
may
not
be
helth
full
without
the
spyrytuell
helpe
of
god
.
¶
Two
olde
faders
spake
on
a
tyme
togydre
/
of
whom
that
one
sayd
to
that
other
.
I
am
now
deed
in
the
worlde
.
As
who
wolde
saye
that
he
had
so
mortefyed
his
bodye
by
sharpe
&
harde
abstynences
/
that
he
had
none
occasyon
to
commyse
ony
grete
synnes
.
And
that
other
sayd
/
haue
no
grete
truste
in
thy selfe
/
for
all
is
incertayne
duryng
this
lyfe
/
therfor
oughtest
to
be
constaunt
&
vygorous
ayenst
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
of
helle
/
the
seeth
alwaye
&
wayteth
for
to
deceyue
vs
.
The
maner
after
whiche
a
relygyous
man
ought
to
lyue
is
suche
A
deuoute
man
ought
alwaye
at
euen
to
thynke
how
he
hath
lyued
the
daye
/
&
what
goodes
he
hath
done
/
&
how
he
hath
loued
&
thanked
god
/
&
what
synnes
he
had
commysed
in
wepyng
&
waylyng
in
askyng
god
pardonne
&
mercy
.
And
yf
he
do
thus
he
may
saye
the
he
is
a
very
Relygyous
.
And
in
this
maner
lyued
an
abbot
named
Arsenye
.
¶
For
to
do
vs
to
vnderstonde
that
there
is
nothyng
more
precyous
than
the
tyme
sayd
an
olde
man
that
he
that
hath
lost
golde
or
syluer
or
other
worldly
rychesse
/
may
oftymes
recouere
it
/
but
he
the
leseth
the
tyme
may
neuer
recouer
it
/
for
the
tyme
passed
cometh
neuer
agayne
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
the
in
lyke
wyse
as
the
knyght
gooyng
to
batayll
thynken
syngulerly
on
theym
/
&
the
hunter
thynketh
not
but
on
his
pray
.
Alle
in
lyke
wyse
ought
it
to
be
of
a
relygyous
man
/
for
he
ought
fyrst
&
syngulerly
thynke
on
his
fayth
&
conscyence
without
to
be
ouer
besy
to
knowe
what
other
do
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
the
lyke
as
we
see
the
knyghtes
that
ben
in
an
armee
nygh
by
the
prynce
/
ben
better
kepte
/
&
that
they
may
not
be
assaylled
but
with
grete
dyffyculte
.
In
lyke
wyse
is
it
of
vs
/
for
yf
we
be
nygh
vnto
our
capytayn
the
kyng
of
heuen
/
the
fende
our
enmye
shal
not
dar
assaylle
vs
/
for
it
is
wryten
.
Approuche
ye
vnto
me
by
deuoute
oryson
/
&
I
shall
approuche
vnto
you
by
thynfuly
on
of
my
grace
.
But
some
ther
ben
the
approuche
not
/
but
vylaynesly
withdrawe
them
.
And
ther
ben
ofte
taken
of
the
aduersaryes
whiche
throwen
theym
doun
&
in
the
ende
make
theym
to
deye
.
¶
A
broder
sayd
somtyme
to
an
holy
man
that
he
had
noo
batayll
in
his
herte
.
The
holy
man
that
heryng
answered
to
hym
/
that
be
lykened
to
a
castell
the
whiche
hath
four
yates
all
open
/
&
all
they
that
wyll
entre
/
entre
in
to
it
/
&
assaylle
it
as
theym
seme
good
.
For
all
thy
fyue
wyttes
ben
werkes
to
the
to
the
temptacyons
of
the
deuyll
.
And
yf
thou
haddest
a
yate
in
thy
castell
well
shette
/
thou
sholdest
knowe
anone
the
bataylles
that
ben
without
whiche
asked
not
but
to
take
by
assault
thy
poore
soule
/
yf
we
saye
that
we
haue
no
synne
/
we
deceyue
our selfe
&
trouth
is
not
in
vs
.
It
is
founde
by
wrytyng
of
a
relygyous
/
that
whiche
whan
he
had
offended
/
abode
not
to
repente
hym
tyll
on
the
morn
/
but
dyde
the
same
daye
penaunce
sayeng
.
This
same
daye
I
shall
repente
me
/
&
to
morn
the
wyll
of
god
be
doon
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
/
yf
we
be
not
sobre
without
forth
in
conuersacyon
&
wordes
.
It
is
not
possyble
that
we
be
Iuste
&
ryghtfull
withinforth
.
¶
The
holy
faders
whiche
had
the
eye
of
vnderstondyng
enlumyned
with
dyuyne
grace
/
knowyng
clerely
the
fallaces
of
the
fende
our
enemy
/
&
therfor
they
sayd
that
Sathan
had
thre
puyssaunces
pryncypall
among
other
vpon
men
.
The
fyrst
is
that
he
maketh
to
forgete
the
synnes
the
seconde
is
neclygence
&
slouth
/
the
thyrde
is
couetyse
.
And
these
thynges
procede
the
one
of
the
other
/
for
yf
a
man
forgeteth
his
synnes
he
is
neclygent
/
thus
neclygence
procedeth
of
forgetyng
&
of
neclygence
cometh
concupyscence
/
the
whiche
reiected
/
a
man
shall
neuer
falle
in
synne
/
but
he
shal
be
preserued
by
the
helpe
of
god
.
The
moost
necessary
thyng
among
the
other
/
is
to
kepe
scylence
&
be
styll
in
folowyng
the
doctryne
of
an
olde
fader
the
sayd
.
Take
hede
as
moche
as
thou
mayst
to
scylence
/
&
thynke
on
no
vayne
thynges
/
but
take
hede
to
thy
thoughtes
with
the
drede
of
god
yf
thou
thus
do
/
thou
shalt
eschewe
&
escape
the
grynnes
of
the
fende
our
enemye
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
to
an
other
relygyous
.
The
deuyll
is
thyn
enemye
/
thou
art
in
maner
of
an
hous
/
vpon
whiche
he
cesseth
not
to
caste
by
temptacyon
all
the
ordures
&
fylthes
of
synne
that
he
can
fynde
for
to
fylle
thy
hous
&
the
dyches
of
the
same
/
to
th
ende
that
he
may
entre
lyghtly
/
but
thou
oughtest
lytyll
&
lytyll
to
reiecte
&
cast
out
those
ordures
&
fylthes
so
moche
that
the
house
of
thy
conscyence
be
clene
.
For
yf
thou
reckest
not
for
to
purge
it
/
he
shall
put
therin
so
moche
that
thou
shall
not
cunne
entre
.
But
&
yf
thou
purge
by
very
confessyon
/
thy
hous
shall
be
clene
/
&
god
shall
lodge
therin
/
&
thus
the
deuyll
shall
not
haue
there
ony
accesse
ne
place
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
that
the
horse
that
tourneth
atte
mylle
laboured
strongly
whan
his
eyen
be
hydde
&
is
blyndfelde
/
but
whan
he
seeth
he
wyll
not
tourne
.
In
lyke
wyse
they
that
ben
blynde
by
synne
/
tourne
all
about
&
to
all
that
temptacyon
bryng
theym
/
but
they
that
ben
enlumyned
of
the
holy
goost
eschewe
&
put
awaye
lyghtly
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
our
enemye
.
¶
An
other
broder
werkyng
on
a
daye
in
his
celle
/
&
make
lytyll
&
smale
mattes
/
was
in
thought
for
to
go
vysyte
an
holy
man
.
And
anone
after
cam
in
his
mynde
the
contrary
/
&
sayd
I
shall
go
see
him
within
a
certayne
tyme
.
After
he
thought
sayeng
/
yf
he
deye
duryng
this
tyme
I
shall
neuer
see
him
/
therfor
it
is
better
that
I
go
now
/
but
for
as
moche
as
my
Ionckes
ben
now
cutte
/
it
is
better
that
I
achyeue
&
make
an
ende
of
my
mattes
/
and
thus
he
was
in
contrarye
thoughtes
one
ayenst
an
other
.
Neuertheles
he
toke
his
robe
whiche
was
named
melote
/
&
departed
lyghtly
.
And
in
walkyng
he
passed
by
the
celle
of
an
other
broder
moche
wyse
/
that
whiche
seeyng
this
broder
go
so
hastely
&
faste
began
to
crye
sayeng
.
O
man
taken
with
entendement
whyther
goost
thou
so
hastely
/
retourne
&
come
to
me
/
the
whiche
he
dyde
/
&
thenne
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
hym
Retourne
in
to
thy
celle
.
Thenne
the
broder
sayd
to
the
holy
fader
/
alas
fayr
fader
I
haue
so
terryble
thoughtes
/
that
I
haue
be
constrayned
to
go
out
of
my
celle
And
this
sayd
he
retourned
in
to
his
celle
/
and
in
entryng
in
he
fyll
doun
to
the
grounde
doyng
penaunce
/
&
asked
of
god
mercy
.
Thenne
was
herde
a
meruayllous
crye
of
a
legyon
of
deuylles
/
sayeng
.
O
monke
thou
hast
ouercomen
we
ben
vaynquysshed
by
thyn
obeyssaunce
/
and
his
matte
wherupon
he
saye
flate
doun
/
was
enbraced
with
a
grete
fyre
/
&
the
deuylles
all
confused
fledde
away
as
it
had
be
a
smoke
/
&
by
the
same
the
broder
knewe
the
cautelles
of
the
fendes
his
enemyes
.
¶
In
the
regyon
of
Sychye
was
an
holy
man
the
whiche
was
strongly
greued
with
sekenesse
/
&
whan
it
cam
to
th
artycle
of
the
deth
/
all
his
brethern
presented
theym
about
him
&
clothed
him
with
his
habyte
.
After
they
began
all
to
wepe
pyteously
/
but
the
holy
man
how
well
that
he
was
pressyd
with
sekenes
opened
his
eyen
and
began
to
lawhe
that
notwithstondyng
/
the
brethern
cessed
not
to
wepe
vnto
the
tyme
that
they
sawe
him
lawhe
yet
eft
ones
/
&
yet
a nother
tyme
vnto
the
nombre
of
thryes
/
that
seen
they
cessed
to
lamente
&
wepe
/
&
asked
him
.
Fayr
fader
thou
art
soo
nygh
the
dethe
/
whiche
is
soo
moche
doubtable
/
how
mayst
thou
lawhe
&
wherfor
lawhest
yu.
I
shall
telle
you
sayd
he
.
I
haue
lawhed
thre
tymes
.
The
fyrst
bycause
that
ye
drede
ouermoche
the
deth
/
the
seconde
for
I
see
that
ther
is
none
of
you
redy
now
yf
the
deth
cam
for
to
fetche
you
/
&
thyrdly
of
the
Ioye
that
I
haue
/
consyderyng
that
I
go
fro
the
labour
of
this
worlde
vnto
the
eternall
reste
of
heuen
/
and
in
thus
sayeng
he
rendred
his
soule
vnto
god
.
¶
A
broder
cam
to
one
of
the
olde
faders
&
sayd
to
him
.
Fader
I
am
strongly
persecuted
of
dyuerse
temptacyons
/
and
I
can
fynde
no
remedy
to
eschewe
theym
The
holy
fader
answered
.
My
frende
thou
hast
despysed
the
drede
of
god
/
and
hast
throwen
it
to
the
grounde
/
the
whiche
drede
is
stronge
ayenst
temptacyons
as
the
yren
is
stronge
ayenst
theym
that
wyll
consume
it
/
and
hast
taken
in
stede
of
yren
/
whiche
is
the
drede
of
god
/
a
reed
whiche
is
not
of
ony
resyste●t
.
and
by
this
reed
whiche
tourneth
with
euery
wynde
is
vnderstonde
vnprouffytable
&
vayne
thoughtes
/
for
the
whiche
to
resyste
thou
shalt
take
the
fyre
of
the
drede
of
god
.
And
yf
the
reed
of
the
same
vayne
thoughtes
come
to
the
/
put
the
fyre
tofore
theym
/
&
anone
they
shal
be
consumed
and
brought
to
nought
.
As
who
sholde
saye
.
My
broder
&
my
frende
/
ayenst
all
suche
temptacyons
behoueth
nothyng
but
the
drede
of
god
byfore
the
eyen
of
thyn
entendement
.
¶
An
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
a
man
may
not
loue
ony
thyng
/
but
yf
fyrst
he
hate
the
contrary
of
the
same
.
And
therfore
he
that
wyll
loue
vertue
/
ought
to
hate
vyce
&
synne
whiche
is
contrary
to
vertue
.
And
thus
thenne
as
sayth
the
psalmyste
.
It
behoueth
vs
to
declyne
from
euyll
&
take
that
is
good
/
and
to
doo
it
with
all
our
herte
/
for
god
beholdeth
more
the
wyll
than
the
werke
that
procedeth
.
Adam
our
fyrst
fader
synned
in
paradyse
/
for
he
brake
the
commaundement
of
god
.
But
Iob
beyng
vpon
his
dunghyll
kepte
the
commaundementes
/
&
to
god
plesed
gretly
his
pacyence
.
And
for
somoche
/
god
ne
demaundeth
but
our
affeccyon
&
our
herte
.
And
he
hym selfe
sayth
in
the
gospell
.
My
childe
gyue
to
me
thy
herte
&
drede
me
/
and
kepe
my
commaundementes
/
and
thou
shalt
lyue
eternally
with
me
.
¶
Here
begynneth
the
treatyse
how
one
ought
to
praye
without
Intermyssyon
and
without
cessyng
/
&
begynneth
in
latyn
.
Dicebant
de
abbate
.
IT
is
all
open
and
manyfested
that
nature
humayne
/
that
is
to
saye
mankynde
/
whiche
of
hym selfe
was
capax
and
redy
to
receyue
the
euerlastyng
blysse
in
thastate
of
Innocencye
/
hath
ben
yolden
&
made
vnable
and
not
capable
of
hymselfe
to
that
blysse
/
by
the
synne
of
the
fyrst
man
Adam
/
and
hath
ben
cause
.
And
for
to
reconcyle
him
to
his
maker
.
It
was
moche
necessary
to
haue
some
moyen
the
whiche
may
not
be
founde
but
by
holy
and
deuoute
prayer
.
And
for
this
cause
was
oryson
fyrst
founden
/
of
whiche
is
treated
in
this
present
boke
/
wherin
is
fyrst
determyned
of
the
contynuacyon
of
prayer
by
one
suche
example
.
Some
holy
faders
sayden
that
th
abbot
Arsenius
from
the
saterdaye
at
euen
/
that
the
sonne
wente
doun
vnto
the
sonday
in
the
mornyng
that
the
sonne
aroos
/
he
had
his
hondes
lyfte
vp
towarde
heuen
/
&
the
hede
lyft
vp
/
&
the
herte
enflammed
in
the
loue
of
god
contynuyng
in
oryson
&
prayer
/
wherby
is
to
vs
shewed
the
good
affeccyon
of
the
olde
faders
.
¶
The
brethern
cam
on
a
tyme
to
the
abbot
Agathon
/
&
asked
hym
.
Fader
whiche
is
the
grettest
payne
amonge
the
other
.
And
he
answered
.
My
bredern
I
saye
to
you
that
I
fynde
no
suche
payne
as
to
praye
to
god
.
For
whan
a
man
dysposeth
hym
moost
to
praye
/
the
deuyll
bryngeth
tofore
hym
many
Illusyons
to
lette
hym
.
For
he
knoweth
well
that
by
orayson
&
prayer
his
power
is
enpesshed
and
brought
to
nought
/
how
well
that
in
other
operacyons
&
werkes
men
haue
payne
/
neuertheles
atte
ende
they
haue
reste
.
But
in
prayer
it
behoueth
to
fyght
vnto
the
laste
Instaunt
of
the
same
.
¶
The
abbot
Dulas
whiche
was
dyscyple
vnto
th
abbot
Bysaryon
sayd
.
I
haue
some
tyme
gone
vnto
the
celle
of
myn
abbot
/
&
haue
founden
hym
lyeng
doun
prostrate
in
oryson
abydyng
there
contynuelly
by
the
space
of
xiiij
.
dayes
And
after
called
me
to
hym
&
sayd
to
me
/
folowe
me
/
&
incontynent
we
went
in
to
th
ermytage
.
And
whan
I
was
so
retrauaylled
of
walkyng
hauyng
grete
thurste
/
thenne
I
sayd
to
him
.
Fader
I
haue
grete
thurste
/
&
the
holy
man
went
as
fer
fro
me
as
a
man
sholde
caste
a
stone
/
&
was
ther
a
lytyll
whyle
in
contemplacyon
/
and
after
cam
ayen
to
me
bryngyng
water
in
his
garment
made
of
skynnes
/
of
whiche
water
I
dranke
And
after
from
thens
we
went
in
to
the
cyte
of
Lyco
for
to
speke
to
th
abbot
Iohan
/
whom
we
salewed
at
our
comyng
sayeng
to
hym
the
cause
&
reason
why
we
were
come
to
hym
.
Thenne
began
th
abbot
Bysaryon
to
telle
&
shewe
the
reuelacyons
that
he
had
had
sayeng
.
It
hath
be
shewed
vnto
me
/
that
all
the
temples
shall
be
destroyed
/
the
whiche
thynge
in
lyke
wyse
after
happed
.
For
all
the
temples
of
th
ydoles
were
destroyed
and
brought
to
nought
.
¶
Thabbot
Euagrius
sayd
that
a
man
whiche
hath
the
corage
faylled
/
ought
to
praye
to
god
.
For
it
is
wryten
/
praye
with
the
drede
of
god
/
&
labour
contynuelly
in
suffrages
&
prayers
/
&
thou
shalt
not
fynde
thy selfe
feble
of
corage
/
but
strong
ayenst
all
temptacyons
/
we
nede
to
praye
as
wel
for
the
synners
/
as
for
the
Iuste
&
trewe
/
to
the
ende
also
that
we
be
preserued
from
the
enemyes
Inuysyble
/
whiche
seche
none
other
but
to
lett
vs
from
our
helth
/
whan
a
persone
is
taken
with
an
euyll
thought
/
he
ought
not
the
hour
to
praye
for
other
/
&
forgete
hymselve
/
but
ought
incontynent
to
fyght
for
hym selfe
by
holy
prayer
ayenst
the
same
thought
/
&
cast
it
from
him
.
And
after
he
may
praye
for
other
.
¶
An
abbot
whiche
dwelled
in
Palestyne
wrote
to
a
bysshop
named
Epyphanius
this
the
foloweth
.
Reuerende
fader
we
haue
not
despysed
the
rule
to
pray
whiche
thou
haste
delyuered
to
vs
/
but
in
kepyng
it
besyly
we
synge
pryme
/
tyerce
/
sexte
/
none
/
&
euensong
/
the
whiche
abbot
was
repreued
of
the
bysshop
/
&
the
sayd
bysshop
wrote
to
him
ayen
in
this
maner
.
After
that
answere
that
I
haue
had
of
the
abbot
.
I
knowe
well
that
in
the
other
houres
of
the
daye
/
thou
and
thy
brethern
praye
not
/
that
whiche
thyng
suffyseth
not
For
a
veray
relygyous
ought
to
praye
god
incessauntly
/
&
yf
not
with
his
mouthe
/
acte
lest
he
ought
to
do
it
with
the
herte
.
For
oryson
vocale
is
not
alwaye
requesyte
.
¶
Here
is
shewed
to
vs
that
we
may
praye
god
ouer
all
&
in
euery
place
.
For
an
abbot
named
Ysayas
seeyng
the
brethern
the
eten
togydre
made
grete
noyse
/
sayd
to
theym
/
holde
your
peas
&
make
scylence
/
for
I
see
one
of
you
brethern
etyng
with
you
/
that
whiche
perceth
&
thrylleth
that
heuens
with
his
prayer
as
yf
he
had
sayd
/
ye
lette
hym
in
makyng
this
noyse
for
he
is
rauysshed
in
deuocyon
.
And
also
how
well
that
he
eteth
alwaye
he
prayed
god
/
&
his
oryson
as
fyre
enbraced
with
charyte
gooth
vpon
hyghe
.
¶
Thabbot
Loth
cam
to
th
abbot
Ioseph
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Fader
after
my
power
I
holde
a
lytyll
rule
&
a
lytyll
harde
.
I
faste
but
lytyll
/
nor
praye
god
but
lytyll
/
&
I
thynke
not
moche
on
his
commaundement
/
ne
on
my
soule
/
without
to
take
but
lytyll
rest
/
but
alwaye
with
all
my
power
I
eschewe
euyll
thoutes
/
&
theym
I
suffre
not
to
abyde
in
me
in
ony
wyse
/
what
ought
I
to
do
in
tyme
comyng
.
And
the
holy
man
without
sayeng
ony
worde
arose
vp
/
&
stratched
vp
his
handes
to
heuen
&
deuoutly
prayed
vnto
god
/
&
incontynent
for
to
shewe
his
brennyng
deuocyon
/
his
ten
fyngres
were
enlumyned
&
brennyng
lyke
vnto
lampes
brennyng
/
&
thenne
he
began
to
say
yf
thou
wylt
be
enbraced
with
this
fyre
of
charyte
/
thou
must
do
as
I
do
.
In
this
partye
is
shewed
the
maner
of
prayeng
with
out
Intermyssyon
/
&
how
men
ought
to
praye
without
ceassyng
.
¶
Certayne
brethern
named
bedemen
camen
to
th
abbot
Lucius
whiche
dwelled
in
Hermato
/
&
whan
they
were
comen
the
holy
abbot
asked
.
My
brethern
come
hyther
&
telle
me
what
werke
do
ye
&
make
with
your
handes
.
And
they
answered
/
certaynly
fayr
fader
we
put
not
our selfe
to
ony
hondwerke
/
but
after
that
sayeng
of
th
appostle
we
praye
vnto
god
without
intermyssion
&
without
ceassyng
.
Thabbot
sayd
to
theym
/
how
my
brethern
whan
ye
ete
/
ye
praye
not
/
also
whan
ye
slepe
ye
praye
not
/
&
thus
thenne
it
is
not
trouthe
that
ye
saye
that
ye
praye
without
ceassyng
.
Thenne
that
brethern
were
all
ashamed
and
wyst
not
what
to
answere
.
Thenne
began
he
to
saye
to
theym
.
I
shall
shewe
you
how
in
werkyng
with
my
handes
I
praye
alwaye
god
.
For
whan
I
am
in
my
celle
sette
for
to
werke
I
praye
god
without
ceassyng
/
for
I
make
a
matte
/
or
some
other
thyng
/
&
in
so
doyng
I
saye
/
god
haue
mercy
on
me
after
thy
grete
mercy
/
&
put
awaye
my
wyckednes
/
after
the
multytude
of
thy
myseracōns
&
thy
grete
bounte
.
And
after
he
sayd
to
the
brethern
/
is
not
this
prayer
vnto
god
/
&
they
answerd
yes
.
And
furthermore
he
sayd
to
theym
.
I
labour
&
praye
god
alle
daye
&
all
that
nyght
/
&
I
wynne
about
xvi
.
pens
with
my
werke
/
wherof
I
take
.xij.
pens
to
lyue
by
/
&
the
remenaunt
I
gyue
for
goddes
sake
/
&
he
to
whom
I
gyue
this
moneye
/
prayeth
for
me
whan
I
ete
/
or
whan
I
slepe
.
And
by
all
thus
is
accomplysshed
in
my
that
whiche
is
sayd
that
men
owe
to
praye
without
Intermyssyon
/
wherfore
it
ought
to
be
vnderstonden
/
that
it
behoueth
to
pray
without
ceassynge
by
hym selfe
or
by
other
.
¶
Some
brethern
asked
of
the
abbot
Macharye
.
Fader
how
ought
we
praye
vnto
god
.
The
holy
man
answered
/
in
makyng
oraysons
&
prayers
is
not
requesyte
grete
habondaunce
of
wordes
/
but
we
ought
to
lyfte
vp
our
handes
vnto
heuen
&
saye
.
Lorde
god
/
lyke
as
it
shall
please
the
/
&
lyke
wyse
as
thou
knowest
what
nede
I
haue
/
so
do
thy
mercy
vpon
me
.
And
yf
in
prayeng
ony
euyll
thought
come
tofore
the
/
saye
lord
god
helpe
me
/
&
without
doubte
seen
that
he
knoweth
what
thyng
is
necessary
to
the
/
he
shall
helpe
the
and
haue
mercy
on
the.
Therfor
we
ought
to
by
leue
/
that
longe
prayer
is
not
alwaye
requesyte
ne
praysed
.
For
in
a
comyn
prouerbe
it
is
sayd
.
Shorte
prayer
perceth
heuen
.
We
haue
also
in
saynt
Mathewe
/
where
as
it
is
sayd
/
ye
shall
pray
thus
.
Pater
noster
&c.
Fader
our
whiche
art
in
heuens
&
so
forth
.
¶
Of
th
abbot
Sysoys
/
some
relygyouses
sayden
/
that
yf
he
had
soone
brought
doun
his
handes
/
whan
he
hadde
lefte
theym
vp
to
heuen
makyng
his
prayers
.
Incontynent
he
had
be
rauysshed
and
in
a
traunce
.
And
therfore
whan
ony
was
with
hym
in
prayer
/
he
made
him
to
take
doun
his
hondes
/
doubtyng
that
he
sholde
entre
in
to
a
traunce
/
or
to
be
rauysshed
/
or
that
he
shold
so
abyde
by
longe
espace
of
tyme
.
¶
An
olde
man
sayd
that
contynuell
prayer
correcteth
the
thought
of
synne
.
¶
An
other
sayd
/
that
as
it
is
not
possyble
to
a
man
to
see
his
owne
face
in
foule
and
trouble
water
/
ryght
in
lyke
wyse
it
is
not
possyble
that
a
man
maye
knowe
his
owne
fayte
and
dede
/
yf
it
be
not
gadred
in
hym selfe
without
to
haue
regarde
/
without
to
thynke
vpon
on
the
fayte
&
dedes
of
other
.
¶
An
holy
man
cam
on
a
tyme
to
the
mountayne
of
Synay
.
And
as
he
wente
he
mette
in
his
waye
a
relygyous
brother
/
the
whiche
all
wepyng
sayd
to
him
Alas
fader
we
ben
lost
in
our
countree
For
it
rayneth
not
/
&
ther
is
no
moystnes
in
the
erthe
.
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
the
holy
man
/
ye
ought
to
praye
god
for
to
haue
some
rayn
.
Thenne
answered
the
brother
.
Alas
we
haue
prayed
hym
soo
longe
/
and
notwithstondyng
it
hath
not
rayned
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
man
to
hym
/
ye
haue
not
prayed
affectuously
ne
hertly
ynough
.
And
yf
thou
wylte
wyte
and
haue
knowleche
/
come
with
me
and
lete
vs
praye
togyder
Thenne
the
holy
man
kneled
doun
on
his
knees
/
and
lyfte
vp
his
handes
in
grete
deuocyon
and
prayed
god
/
and
anone
it
began
to
rayne
.
That
seeyng
the
sayd
brother
/
was
sore
aferde
/
and
fyll
doun
to
the
fete
of
the
sayd
abbot
.
The
whiche
abbot
fleyng
the
praysynge
of
the
worlde
and
of
men
departed
anone
.
Thus
thenne
many
praye
vnto
god
/
but
they
be
not
herde
/
for
they
be
not
worthy
.
¶
Some
freres
sayden
suche
wordes
/
We
founde
on
a
tyme
some
olde
faders
whiche
prayden
god
/
with
the
whiche
we
sette
vs
doun
in
salewyng
theym
/
and
spack
with
theym
longe
of
many
thynges
.
And
thenne
after
we
wolde
haue
departed
/
and
we
made
to
theym
requeste
that
they
sholde
praye
to
god
.
Thenne
answerde
of
th
oldest
of
theym
sayeng
.
Haue
ye
not
prayde
/
we
answered
yes
fayr
fader
.
But
whan
we
entred
in
here
our
prayer
was
thenne
done
/
and
sythen
we
haue
alwaye
spoken
togydre
/
and
by
that
we
haue
not
prayde
/
for
one
may
not
praye
&
speke
one
with
a nother
.
The
sayd
holy
man
answered
.
My
brethern
pardonne
me
/
ther
is
here
one
of
our
olde
brethern
/
that
whiche
in
spekynge
with
you
hath
made
an
hondred
&
thre
prayers
Thus
thenne
to
speke
togydre
of
puffytable
thynges
and
helthfull
/
letteth
not
to
praye
/
for
that
same
is
to
pray
god
And
this
sayd
we
prayde
/
and
after
the
holy
faders
went
theyr
waye
&
leste
vs
.
¶
Here
begynneth
an
other
lytyll
treatyse
conteynyng
how
a
man
ought
to
doo
mercy
.
And
begynneth
in
Latyn
.
Preceperunt
aliquando
.
¶
Thabbot
Cassyen
sayd
whan
we
came
to
Palestyne
in
Egypte
/
an
holy
fader
receyued
vs
in
to
his
lodgys
/
we
beyng
comen
in
to
his
hous
demaunded
&
asked
him
.
Fader
wherfore
kepest
not
thou
the
rule
of
fastyng
/
whan
thou
receyuest
ony
of
thy
brethern
/
lyke
as
they
do
in
Palestyne
/
the
holy
man
answered
.
I
haue
alwaye
fasted
after
my
power
/
&
allone
with
my selfe
.
And
how
well
the
fastyng
is
prouffytable
&
necessarye
/
yet
alwaye
it
is
in
our
wyll
/
and
with
that
god
commaunded
vs
that
we
be
charytable
/
wherfor
in
receyuyng
you
&
many
other
brethern
whiche
I
see
not
oft
I
ought
to
do
dylygently
that
whiche
apparteyneth
to
charyte
/
for
whan
ye
shal
be
departed
from
me
.
I
shal
mowe
thenne
fast
as
I
dyde
tofore
/
see
we
not
that
they
that
be
boden
to
the
weddyng
of
a
spouse
they
beyng
atte
weddyng
ought
not
to
fast
/
but
the
weddyng
&
the
fest
fynysshed
they
may
well
fast
/
thus
in
your
presence
for
to
excercyse
that
werke
of
very
charyte
I
faste
not
/
but
in
your
absence
I
may
well
do
it
.
¶
Furthermore
sayd
the
same
abbot
Cassyan
.
I
&
my
brethern
went
to
an
other
holy
olde
fader
/
that
whiche
made
vs
to
ete
&
drynke
ynough
/
&
netheles
yet
he
enforced
vs
to
ete
more
.
Thenne
I
answerd
to
him
for
my selfe
&
for
the
other
.
fader
we
thanke
you
/
we
haue
eten
suffycyently
.
it
is
seefull
that
we
ete
not
so
ofte
.
The
holy
man
answered
I
haue
this
daye
leyd
the
table
sixe
tymes
to
my
frendes
that
ar
come
for
to
see
me
.
&
I
haue
sixe
tymes
eten
with
theym
/
&
yet
alwaye
haue
I
hungre
.
wherfor
I
am
abasshed
how
ye
be
so
soone
full
whiche
haue
not
eten
but
onely
ones
.
In
this
partye
sayen
the
holy
doctours
that
we
ought
not
to
folowe
this
rule
.
For
that
whiche
was
vertue
to
theym
/
is
or
shall
be
vyce
to
many
of
vs
.
¶
A
commaundement
generall
thenne
was
gyuen
in
the
royame
of
Sychye
/
that
euery
man
sholde
fast
an
hole
weke
/
&
that
the
fest
of
ester
sholde
be
halowed
in
the
same
weke
.
Now
it
happed
that
duryng
the
same
some
brethern
of
egypte
camen
to
th
abbot
Moyses
for
to
vysyte
him
/
that
whiche
made
to
theym
a
lytyll
potage
&
a
pytaunce
for
to
susteyne
theym
.
consyderyng
that
they
were
wery
&
trauaylled
of
theyr
waye
.
&
in
dyghtyng
&
dressyng
the
sayd
pytaunce
/
the
sauour
&
fumee
therof
spredde
all
about
.
thenne
the
neyghbours
not
knowyng
the
cause
.
&
redy
to
saye
euyll
sooner
than
well
/
went
to
the
prestes
&
clerkes
of
the
next
chirche
sayng
that
habbot
Moyses
that
was
reputed
so
holy
a
man
had
broken
&
vyolated
the
general
commaundement
for
he
fasted
not
that
weke
/
the
whiche
thyng
was
ynough
apparaunt
as
they
sayd
/
bycause
he
had
ordeyned
&
dressed
dyuerse
metes
.
The
pres●
knowyng
of
that
one
syde
the
good
lyf
of
the
sayd
abbot
/
&
of
the
other
syde
that
folysshe
byleue
of
the
people
answerde
/
we
shall
speke
to
hym
whan
he
cometh
to
chirche
.
&
the
saterdaye
after
whan
the
holy
abbot
was
within
the
chirche
the
prest
began
to
saye
to
him
.
O
holy
abbot
thou
hast
offended
as
touchyng
of
men
/
but
as
towarde
god
thou
hast
kepte
his
commaund
right
constantly
.
Here
may
be
noted
a
thyng
moche
necessary
to
be
kept
/
that
is
that
a
persone
of
the
chirche
in
tyme
of
fastynge
ought
not
to
ete
to
fore
the
symple
people
&
ygnoraū●
in
ony
maner
.
For
by
theyr
imprudence
&
folye
/
they
Iuge
it
in
to
euyll
/
where
he
that
so
shall
be
noted
may
do
it
lawfully
&
for
a
good
entente
/
as
for
cause
of
sekenesse
or
other
necessyte
.
¶
A
broder
cam
to
th
abbot
Pastor
the
seconde
weke
of
lente
/
&
in
declaryng
to
him
his
thoughtis
/
founde
in
him
some
rest
of
conscyence
/
thenne
sayd
the
broder
to
him
I
had
thought
to
haue
dyfferred
this
daye
for
to
haue
come
to
the
for
lytyll
thyng
.
The
abbot
asked
him
wherfor
/
the
broder
answered
.
I
doubted
by
cause
that
it
was
lente
that
the
yate
sholde
not
haue
be
opened
.
Thenne
sayd
to
him
the
abbot
we
haue
not
be
acustomed
to
shette
the
yate
/
by
the
whiche
men
entre
herin
/
but
we
desyre
more
besyly
to
close
&
shette
the
yate
of
that
tongue
.
As
who
wolde
say
that
it
is
more
vayllable
to
close
&
refrayne
his
tongue
from
spekyng
in
tyme
&
place
/
than
to
close
and
shette
the
materyall
dore
of
his
hous
.
¶
A
broder
sayd
to
th
abbot
Pastor
/
yf
I
gyue
ony
thyng
to
my
neyghbour
/
anone
the
deuyll
tempteth
me
with
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
/
wherfor
I
drede
to
do
almesse
The
holy
man
answered
/
we
ought
to
socour
the
necessyte
of
our
neyghbours
for
the
loue
of
god
.
The
same
olde
fader
sayd
to
the
broder
one
suche
a
parable
.
Two
men
labourers
dwelled
in
a
cyte
/
of
the
whiche
the
one
of
that
he
had
sowen
gadred
but
lytyll
good
therof
/
&
yet
that
whiche
he
had
gadred
was
not
very
clene
.
That
other
dyde
sowe
nothyng
/
&
also
he
gadred
nothynge
.
I
aske
the
thenne
yf
it
so
happed
that
ther
cam
an
honger
or
famyne
/
whiche
of
thyse
myght
best
escape
this
daunger
The
broder
answered
that
he
that
had
sowen
&
gadred
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
man
lyke
wyse
we
ought
to
sowe
good
werkes
/
to
th
ende
that
the
tyme
of
famyne
beyng
come
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
we
may
nomore
deserue
/
the
whiche
thyng
thenne
we
wolde
haue
done
&
may
not
recouuer
it
/
that
we
deye
not
eternally
.
¶
An
other
broder
cam
to
speke
to
a
good
fader
/
&
in
departyng
from
him
bycause
he
had
supposed
to
haue
letted
him
sayd
to
him
.
Fader
pardonne
me
/
for
I
haue
letted
that
in
thy
rule
&
maner
to
lyue
relygyously
/
to
whom
the
holy
man
answered
.
thou
hast
not
letted
me
in
my
rule
.
for
acordyng
to
the
same
I
ought
in
good
charyte
&
mercy
receyue
all
comers
.
¶
A
man
moche
solytary
&
strayt
of
lyuyng
/
&
the
occupyed
hymself
in
excercyse
of
dyuerse
werkes
dwelled
nygh
by
a
monastery
in
whiche
were
a
grete
multytude
of
bredern
/
&
sometyme
it
happed
that
they
that
went
to
vysyte
cam
vnto
this
holy
man
whiche
was
so
moche
solytary
.
&
they
constrayned
him
to
ete
aboue
the
hour
determyned
.
after
that
they
asked
him
sayng
fader
art
not
thou
wroth
bycause
thou
etest
to
fothyn
hour
/
&
he
answered
.
I
am
neuer
wroth
/
but
whan
I
do
after
myn
owne
wyll
.
&
for
asmoche
as
I
do
this
contrary
&
ayenst
my
wyll
I
am
nothyng
wroth
ne
sory
therfore
.
¶
Ther
was
in
Syrye
vpon
that
way
of
desertes
an
olde
man
whiche
had
a
custome
to
receyue
all
the
relygyous
persones
that
passed
by
that
way
.
On
a
tyme
among
the
other
passed
a
moche
so
lytary
man
.
that
whiche
for
what
prayer
that
the
olde
fader
made
/
he
wold
not
drynke
ne
ete
/
sayeng
that
in
no
wyse
he
wolde
breke
his
fast
/
but
the
holy
man
sore
displesed
by
cause
he
wold
not
acorde
to
his
prayer
sayd
to
him
.
I
pray
the
syth
thou
wold
not
ete
ne
drynke
with
me
/
at
the
lest
that
thou
wyle
holde
me
company
to
pray
vnto
god
vnder
a
tree
whiche
is
here
by
/
&
of
it
bowe
doun
at
my
prayer
tofore
thyn
/
thou
shalt
do
that
I
shall
requyre
the
/
the
whiche
thyng
that
holy
fader
accorded
to
him
.
Thenne
began
he
to
praye
that
was
so
strayt
in
his
fastyng
but
the
tree
bowed
nothyng
doun
warde
Thenne
after
that
other
began
to
praye
/
&
all
sodaynly
the
tree
bowed
it
doun
/
the
seeyng
that
other
/
he
obtēpred
&
obeyed
to
his
wordes
/
&
praysed
god
both
togyder
of
the
caas
that
was
to
theym
happed
.
¶
Two
relygyous
persones
cam
to
an
holy
man
/
that
whiche
had
of
custome
not
to
ete
of
all
the
longe
daye
/
but
whan
he
sawe
theym
he
was
moche
Ioyous
/
and
sayd
to
theym
/
the
fastyng
hath
his
rewarde
.
For
who
the
eteth
for
charyte
/
he
accomplyssheth
two
commaundement
/
for
he
leueth
his
owne
wyll
/
&
accomplyssheth
the
commaundement
of
god
in
fedyng
&
refresshyng
his
brethern
.
¶
A
relygyous
man
of
Thebes
had
receyued
of
god
suche
a
grace
/
that
he
myght
gyue
to
all
Indygent
&
nedy
that
whiche
was
to
theym
necessary
.
One
tyme
amonge
thother
as
he
dyde
his
almesse
in
a
strete
/
he
sawe
tofore
him
for
to
haue
some
thyng
/
a
woman
clothed
with
olde
clothes
all
to
rente
that
it
was
pyte
to
see
.
The
relygyous
man
hauyng
on
her
compassyon
/
toke
his
honde
full
of
money
wenyng
to
haue
gyu●
it
to
the
sayd
woman
/
but
by
the
grace
of
god
/
his
honde
closed
&
myght
gyue
to
the
woman
but
a
lytyll
parte
therof
/
wherby
it
appered
that
she
was
not
so
indygent
/
as
it
appered
withoutforth
.
And
after
that
ther
cam
an
other
woman
well
clothed
/
&
whan
be
sawe
her
/
he
sayd
in
hymselve
/
this
persone
had
no
nede
&
toke
in
his
honde
a
lytyll
almesse
for
to
gyue
to
her
/
but
in
openyng
his
honde
she
toke
more
than
he
had
put
in
/
in
sygnefyeng
that
this
woman
was
more
indygent
than
her
clothes
sheweth
withoutforth
.
Thenne
he
meruaylled
moche
/
&
enquyred
of
the
astate
of
these
two
wymmen
/
&
he
fonde
that
this
woman
that
was
well
clothed
was
of
grete
kynne
/
&
was
fallen
in
pouerte
/
&
for
that
cause
she
was
ashamed
for
to
be
euyl
clothed
/
but
the
other
was
so
clad
for
to
moeue
the
people
for
to
gyue
to
her
theyr
almes
.
And
now
in
these
dayes
ouer
al
the
worlde
be
many
suche
abusyde
&
therfor
it
is
not
euyll
sayd
/
see
wel
to
whom
that
gyuest
/
for
oftymes
men
gyue
to
him
that
is
rycher
than
he
that
gyueth
/
how
be
it
that
men
suppose
by
cause
he
is
euyl
clothed
that
he
hath
no
thyng
.
¶
Ther
was
a
relygyous
man
whiche
had
a
broder
seculer
/
that
whiche
was
moche
poore
/
&
all
that
the
relygyous
man
myght
wynne
he
delyuered
to
him
/
but
how
moche
more
he
gaf
to
him
/
the
more
poore
he
was
/
of
whiche
thyng
that
relygyous
meruaylled
/
&
declared
it
vnto
a
good
holy
man
/
whiche
sayd
to
him
in
this
maner
yf
thou
wylt
byleue
me
gyue
to
him
nomore
/
&
whan
he
shall
come
to
the
/
saye
to
him
.
My
broder
why●e
I
had
ony
good
.
I
gaaf
it
to
that
/
therfor
labour
now
/
&
of
that
thou
wynnest
sende
to
me
for
my
dyner
/
&
whan
ony
thyng
he
shall
bryng
to
the
gyue
it
to
pylgryms
/
or
to
some
olde
poore
persone
/
&
warne
theym
that
they
praye
for
thy
broder
.
The
relygyous
man
concluded
for
to
do
so
as
lyke
as
the
holy
man
had
sayd
to
him
.
So
thenne
after
his
broder
cam
to
him
desyryng
his
helpe
as
he
had
be
acustomed
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
my
broder
I
can
gyue
to
that
no
more
/
for
I
am
becomen
all
poore
/
now
it
is
nede
that
the
labour
&
bryng
to
me
some
thyng
for
to
socour
me
/
the
whiche
answere
herde
/
the
seculer
departed
all
troubled
/
&
a
daye
after
he
brought
his
broder
some
worte
cooles
of
his
gardyn
/
&
his
broder
gaf
to
him
his
blessyng
/
&
he
gaf
&
dystrybuted
it
to
the
poore
nedy
&
in
dygēt
/
prayeng
theym
that
they
wolde
pray
for
his
broder
.
The
seconde
daye
after
he
cam
ayen
/
&
brought
mo
cooles
&
thre
loues
of
brede
/
whiche
he
toke
&
gaaf
to
him
his
blessyng
as
he
dyde
tofore
/
the
thyrde
day
he
cam
ayen
&
brought
grete
quantyte
of
mete
of
wyn
&
of
fysshe
This
seeyng
his
broder
meruaylled
therof
/
&
called
a
grete
multytude
of
poore
people
&
fedde
theym
.
After
he
asked
of
his
broder
yf
he
had
ony
nede
of
brede
or
of
wyn
/
to
whom
he
answered
nay
in
sayeng
to
him
/
whan
thou
gauest
to
me
of
thy
goodes
/
all
that
I
toke
was
incontynent
consumed
/
lyke
as
the
fyre
hadde
brente
it
in
my
hous
/
but
syth
I
gaaf
to
that
of
my
goodes
/
they
be
multyplyed
meruayllously
by
the
benedyccion
of
god
Thus
thenne
the
relygyous
man
heryng
th
answere
of
his
broder
/
went
&
tolde
the
caa●
to
an
holy
fader
whiche
sayd
to
him
knowest
thou
not
well
/
that
the
goodes
of
a
relygyous
man
ben
as
fyre
/
&
ouer
all
where
as
they
entre
&
come
they
consume
all
.
I
assure
the
that
it
is
well
necessarye
&
ꝓuffytable
to
thy
broder
to
lyue
of
his
labour
/
&
to
do
almesse
to
th
ende
that
they
praye
for
hym
/
and
that
his
goodes
be
multeplyed
.
¶
Ther
was
a
man
that
dyde
moche
almesse
/
but
that
deuyll
hauyng
enuye
ther
of
/
for
to
lette
the
rewarde
to
him
of
his
good
dedes
/
brought
in
to
his
thought
a
multytude
of
scrupulous
&
remorse
of
conscyence
/
&
among
all
other
camto
him
a
wydowe
askyng
for
the
loue
of
god
a
lytyll
whete
/
to
whom
he
sayd
that
she
sholde
bryng
a
mesure
/
&
take
as
moche
as
she
sholde
nede
/
netheles
he
mesure
the
whete
hymselve
/
but
whan
it
was
put
in
the
sacke
/
he
began
to
saye
that
there
was
more
than
.iiij.
busshellis
&
made
the
woman
gretly
ashamed
.
That
seeyng
an
holy
man
that
was
by
/
&
began
to
axe
of
the
man
that
made
that
almesse
/
haste
thou
lente
or
sholde
this
whete
to
this
woman
to
whom
he
answered
that
he
had
gyuen
it
Thenne
go
saye
to
her
that
thou
hast
gyuen
it
to
her
all
/
wherfor
makest
thou
dyffyculte
of
a
lytyll
/
for
the
deuyll
wolde
that
this
man
sholde
lete
his
rewarde
.
¶
An
olde
man
moche
mercyfull
/
&
a nother
man
lyued
to
gydre
a
certayne
tyme
/
duryng
the
whiche
ther
fyll
a
grete
hunger
&
famyne
.
The
poore
people
knowyng
the
grete
pyte
&
mercy
of
this
man
/
camen
from
all
costes
to
him
for
to
haue
his
almesse
.
And
to
all
theym
that
cam
for
socour
/
he
gaaf
brede
/
but
that
other
brother
seeyng
that
/
sayd
to
hym
.
Fader
gyue
to
me
my
parte
of
the
goodes
/
and
after
of
thy
parte
doo
as
thou
wylt
.
Thenne
this
pytefull
man
of
his
parte
dyde
almesse
as
he
dyde
to fore
.
And
for
that
cause
Infenyte
multytude
of
people
cam
to
hym
/
wherfore
our
lord
seeyng
his
good
purpose
/
blessyd
the
brede
of
this
holy
man
/
&
multeplyed
in
suche
wyse
that
he
had
ynoughe
alwaye
for
theym
that
cam
/
and
it
mynysshed
not
.
That
other
broder
that
dyde
none
almesse
/
ete
all
his
brede
/
&
whan
he
sawe
that
he
had
nothynge
/
he
sayd
to
the
holy
fader
Alas
yf
it
please
you
lete
vs
lyue
togydre
as
we
dyde
to fore
/
to
whom
the
holy
fader
sayd
that
he
wolde
well
/
&
so
they
were
to
gydre
as
they
had
ben
tofore
/
&
anone
the
hungre
cessed
/
and
was
grete
habundaunce
of
goodes
/
but
notwithstondyng
the
poore
peple
camen
alway
for
to
haue
almes
One
daye
among
the
other
cam
a
poore
man
askyng
almesse
/
thenne
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
the
same
broder
that
he
sholde
gyue
brede
to
the
poore
man
/
the
broder
seeyng
that
he
had
no
brede
/
answered
that
he
had
none
to
gyue
/
the
holy
man
sayd
to
him
go
in
&
loke
&
seche
/
whan
he
was
entred
in
/
he
sawe
the
chestes
all
full
of
brede
/
&
therfor
praysyng
god
for
this
myracle
/
gaaf
to
the
poore
what
they
asked
/
and
had
euer
after
the
holy
man
in
grete
reuerence
.
¶
Here
foloweth
a
lytyll
treatyse
of
obeyssaunce
or
obedyence
.
THe
holy
scrypture
recounteth
to
vs
the
obedyence
is
better
than
sacrefyce
.
Therfore
in
this
boke
is
determyned
of
this
vertue
by
many
example
/
of
whiche
the
fyrst
is
this
.
¶
Thabbot
Arsenye
sayd
on
a
tyme
to
th
abbot
Alysander
/
as
soone
as
thou
hast
doon
thy
werke
come
to
me
/
&
we
shall
dyne
togydre
/
but
&
it
happe
by
aduenture
the
ony
pylgryms
come
/
abyde
&
ete
with
theym
hardyly
/
the
hour
of
dyner
comen
/
the
holy
man
Alysander
whiche
had
not
achyeued
his
werke
for
to
obeye
the
worde
of
Arseny
/
abode
tyl
he
had
done
/
&
Arsenye
seeyng
that
the
hour
was
passed
sayd
.
I
byleue
that
Alysander
haue
pylgryms
with
him
syth
that
he
cometh
not
/
&
so
the
holy
man
wente
to
dyner
/
whan
Alysander
had
done
/
whiche
was
about
mydnyght
/
he
wente
to
th
abbot
Arseny
whiche
sayd
to
him
.
I
suppose
Alysander
that
thou
hast
had
this
daye
pylgryms
.
Alysander
answered
.
Fader
I
haue
had
none
/
but
I
haue
done
as
moche
as
I
maye
for
to
come
to
that
as
soone
as
I
myght
/
whan
I
had
achyeued
my
werke
lyke
as
thou
commaundest
me
.
Thenne
Arsenye
was
moche
abasshed
how
this
man
was
so
obedyent
/
&
began
to
saye
.
I
commaunde
that
the
a nother
tyme
thou
be
not
so
longe
in
thy
werke
/
but
go
praye
god
and
do
thyn
other
bodely
necessytees
/
for
there
myght
ensyewe
therof
some
daunger
to
thy
bodye
.
¶
Thabbot
Abraham
&
th
abbot
Aram
were
on
a
tyme
togyder
&
ther
cam
a
broder
vnto
theym
&
axed
th
abbot
Aram
what
thyng
he
myght
do
for
to
be
saued
/
to
whom
the
holy
man
answerd
go
in
to
thy
celle
/
&
all
this
yere
ete
onely
at
euyn
brede
&
salt
/
&
after
com
ayen
to
me
at
ende
of
the
yere
/
&
I
shall
tell
that
what
thou
shalt
thenne
do
.
This
broder
went
his
waye
&
dyde
this
penaunce
all
an
hole
yere
/
&
after
cam
ayen
to
Aram
and
it
happed
that
the
sayd
Abraham
was
with
him
at
the
same
tyme
.
Thenne
sayd
to
him
th
abbot
Aram
retorne
ayen
&
fast
yet
this
yere
/
&
after
the
ete
twyes
on
the
daye
/
the
whiche
answer
herd
/
he
went
his
waye
.
After
this
abbot
Abraham
sayd
in
Aram
/
the
gyuest
but
light
penaunce
to
the
other
brethern
/
but
thou
chargest
strongly
this
broder
here
/
wherfor
doost
thou
it
/
the
holy
man
answered
to
him
.
The
other
brethern
be
not
very
seruauntes
of
god
/
&
therfor
as
they
comen
to
me
/
so
goon
they
awaye
/
but
this
broder
is
a
grete
seruaunt
of
god
/
&
all
that
I
shall
●aye
to
hym
/
he
shall
do
it
And
therfor
bycause
his
glorye
be
encreaced
&
augmented
I
gyue
to
hym
this
penaunce
.
And
here
maye
be
noted
/
that
he
that
enioyned
penaunce
/
ought
somwhat
to
knowe
the
condycyon
of
the
persone
/
to
whom
he
enioyneth
/
yf
he
wyll
that
it
be
helthfull
.
¶
Thabbot
Iohan
whiche
was
of
lytyll
stature
/
&
moche
grete
in
vertue
wente
on
a
tyme
in
to
Sychye
for
to
see
an
olde
holy
fader
whiche
dwelled
in
an
hermytage
/
whom
in
vysytyng
the
sayd
abbot
Iohan
toke
a
drye
stake
&
planted
it
/
&
after
sayd
to
the
holy
olde
fader
/
that
he
sholde
watre
euery
daye
the
drye
slake
vnto
the
tyme
hit
bare
fruyt
.
Now
was
the
water
so
ferre
fro
th
ermytage
/
that
whan
t
hermyte
departed
on
the
euyn
for
to
fetche
water
/
he
coude
not
come
ayen
tyll
on
the
morow
/
&
alwaye
for
t
obey
that
/
the
whiche
th
abbot
Iohan
had
commaunded
him
/
he
went
euery
daye
&
fette
water
/
&
so
longe
contynued
to
watre
the
drye
stake
/
that
after
thre
yere
it
began
to
wexe
grene
&
bare
fruyt
.
Thenne
ther
myte
toke
of
that
fruyt
&
bare
it
to
his
brethern
in
the
chirche
sayeng
.
Take
ye
here
of
the
fruyt
of
obeyssaunce
.
Here
may
we
note
what
vertue
hath
obeyssaunce
/
for
it
is
a
thyng
ayenst
nature
/
that
a
drye
stocke
or
tree
sholde
wexe
grene
&
bere
fruyt
.
¶
Thabbot
Paulus
had
a
dyscyple
named
Iohn
whiche
was
moche
obeyssaū●
/
&
the
whiche
was
in
a
place
deserte
&
full
of
wode
/
in
whiche
wode
dwelled
a
cruell
lyon
.
The
holy
man
seeyng
the
croces
of
this
best
nyghe
by
his
celle
sayd
to
his
discyple
/
go
&
bryng
to
me
tho
croces
there
/
the
dyscyple
asked
how
he
myght
take
theym
for
the
lyon
/
&
the
holy
man
lawhyng
sayd
to
him
/
yf
he
come
to
the
/
bynde
him
there
&
bryng
hym
to
me
/
atte
euen
the
dyscyple
wente
in
to
the
forest
for
to
fynde
the
lyon
&
to
bynde
him
as
his
mayster
had
commaunded
him
.
And
anone
this
best
cam
ayenst
hym
/
but
the
lyon
had
so
grete
fere
that
he
fledde
awaye
.
The
dyscyple
wente
after
cryeng
/
abyde
lyon
/
for
my
mayster
hath
commaunded
me
that
I
sholde
bynde
the
/
thenne
the
lyon
abode
&
taryed
&
there
the
dyscyple
bonde
him
&
brought
him
to
the
holy
man
/
the
whiche
seeyng
this
thyng
was
moche
strongly
admeruayled
/
&
he
bete
his
dyscyple
sayeng
to
him
Fooll
that
thou
art
/
bryngest
thou
here
this
wylde
euraged
beest
/
thenne
after
he
vnbonde
him
&
sete
him
go
.
By
the
whiche
example
it
apperyth
manyfestly
that
obeyssaunce
is
grete
&
lowable
vertue
.
¶
Thabbot
Syluayn
had
in
Sychye
a
dyscyple
moche
obeyssaunt
the
whiche
was
called
Marke
&
was
a
wryter
/
his
mayster
for
his
obeyssaunce
loued
him
better
than
the
other
.xi.
dyscyples
that
he
had
wherof
they
were
moche
angry
/
&
in
lyke
wyse
were
ylle
contente
all
the
olde
faders
his
neyghbours
/
the
whiche
on
a
daye
camen
for
to
see
hym
in
his
celle
.
And
after
wente
Syluayn
&
they
with
him
&
knocked
on
the
celles
of
his
discyples
callyng
&
sayeng
that
they
sholde
come
in
contynent
for
he
had
to
do
with
theym
But
ther
was
not
one
that
anone
folowed
him
.
Thenne
after
he
cam
&
knocked
at
the
dore
of
Marke
/
&
incontynent
as
he
herde
that
it
was
his
abbot
/
he
went
out
to
hym
/
&
his
abbot
sente
him
forth
to
do
some
thynge
necessary
/
and
lokyng
about
him
he
sawe
none
of
his
other
dyscyples
.
After
he
entred
&
wente
in
to
the
celle
of
the
sayd
Marke
/
where
as
he
fonde
that
in
wrytyng
he
had
begonne
an
.
o.
but
he
had
not
leyser
for
tachyeue
it
for
to
come
to
hym
/
&
was
but
halfe
wryten
.
Thenne
sayd
the
olde
fader
.
Certaynly
we
loue
hym
/
that
thou
louest
/
for
we
see
that
god
loueth
him
The
moder
of
the
sayd
Marke
cam
on
a
tyme
for
to
see
hym
/
&
requyred
his
abbot
that
she
myght
speke
to
hym
/
&
that
she
was
come
to
see
hym
/
the
whiche
thyng
th
abbot
graunted
to
her
.
And
he
went
to
the
sayd
Marke
&
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
go
out
of
his
celle
&
speke
to
his
moder
whiche
was
come
to
see
hym
.
Thenne
for
to
obeye
his
abbot
he
wente
out
in
an
olde
robe
all
to
broken
&
pyeced
/
&
was
all
blacke
of
the
smoke
&
ordure
/
in
suche
wyse
that
she
coude
not
knowe
hym
/
&
in
closynge
his
eyen
he
began
to
saye
to
her
/
god
kepe
you
in
helth
/
his
moder
whiche
supposed
not
that
it
was
be
.
Incontynent
she
retourned
ayen
vnto
th
abbot
prayeng
hym
as
afore
is
sayd
that
he
wolde
sende
to
her
/
her
sone
/
to
th
ende
that
she
myght
see
hym
.
And
obtemperyng
to
the
whiche
/
th
abbot
wente
ayen
to
the
sayd
merke
&
sayd
to
hym
/
haue
I
not
sayd
to
the
that
thou
sholdest
go
speke
to
thy
moder
/
the
whiche
answered
.
I
haue
spoken
to
her
fayr
fader
&
haue
grette
&
salewed
her
/
&
therfore
I
praye
you
that
ye
commaunde
me
nomore
that
I
go
forth
/
for
fere
that
I
be
not
dysobeyssaunt
.
This
answere
herde
/
the
holy
man
wente
out
&
sayd
to
the
moder
/
that
it
was
her
sone
that
had
salewed
her
once
in
sayng
to
her
goo
kepe
you
in
helth
/
&
he
conforted
her
&
soo
made
her
to
retourne
.
¶
Four
brethern
whiche
were
cladde
in
robes
of
skynnes
camen
in
to
Sychye
to
th
abbot
Pambo
/
&
in
declaryng
to
hym
eche
of
them
in
th
absence
of
the
other
theyr
maners
of
lyuyng
/
&
asked
of
hym
whiche
of
theym
by
his
aduyse
had
moost
solytaryly
&
merytoryously
lyued
.
The
fyrste
had
fasted
longe
tyme
.
That
other
had
neuer
had
ony
thynge
propre
.
The
thrydde
had
be
moche
charytable
.
And
the
fourth
had
.xxij.
yere
duryng
be
obeyssaunt
vnto
an
holy
man
.
Thenne
sayd
th
abbot
Pambo
that
he
whiche
had
obserued
the
vertue
of
obedyence
/
had
moost
meryted
/
&
that
eueryche
of
the
other
thre
/
hadde
lyued
in
vsyng
theyr
owne
wyll
/
but
the
fourthe
for
the
honour
of
god
had
alwaye
obeyed
the
wyll
of
an
other
in
withstandyng
his
owne
.
Thus
it
appereth
that
obedyence
is
more
gretter
vertue
than
abstynence
/
charyte
/
&
pouerte
/
&
suche
so
obedyent
ben
very
confessours
yf
they
deye
in
this
maner
.
¶
A
seculer
man
whiche
was
of
Thebes
moeued
of
the
holy
goost
/
cam
to
th
abbot
Sysoys
sayeng
that
he
desyred
&
wolde
be
a
monke
/
&
prayed
that
he
myght
be
receyued
in
to
his
monastery
the
holy
man
asked
him
yf
he
had
ony
thyng
in
the
worlde
.
The
seculer
answered
that
he
had
a
sone
/
thenne
sayd
to
hym
th
abbot
temptyng
hym
in
his
obeyssaunce
/
go
&
cast
hym
in
to
the
water
/
or
ellys
thou
shalt
not
be
a
relygyous
man
.
Thenne
the
same
man
went
forthe
for
to
do
the
commaundement
of
the
abbot
/
the
whiche
after
he
had
seen
his
prompte
obedyence
/
sende
hym
worde
by
a
brother
that
he
sholde
not
doo
it
.
And
as
the
brother
cam
to
hym
/
he
fonde
hym
on
the
brynge
of
the
ryuer
/
and
he
asked
what
he
dyde
there
.
I
do
sayd
he
that
whiche
my
abbot
hath
commaunded
me
.
For
he
sayd
to
me
that
I
shold
cast
my
sone
in
to
the
water
.
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
the
brother
that
th
abbot
had
sente
to
hym
worde
that
he
sholde
ceasse
.
And
so
he
ceassed
and
was
receyued
in
to
that
monastery
wherin
he
lyued
ryght
holyly
.
We
haue
a
lyke
example
of
Abraham
/
to
whom
for
to
see
his
obeyssaunce
/
god
commaunded
to
slee
Ysaac
his
sone
/
the
whiche
thynge
he
wolde
haue
do
/
yf
the
angell
had
not
reteyned
the
stroke
of
his
swerde
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
that
obeyssaunce
is
more
to
prayse
than
contynence
.
For
to
contynence
is
somwhat
anneyed
arrogaunce
/
but
very
obeyssaunce
is
founded
in
all
humylyte
.
The
same
saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
/
it
behoueth
to
vs
to
gouerne
our
soule
with
grete
dyscrecyon
.
And
yf
we
be
with
some
other
/
we
ought
not
to
doo
after
our
desyre
/
but
after
theyr
wyll
/
prouyded
that
they
be
well
ruled
.
For
as
people
bannysshed
&
exyled
out
of
theyr
contrees
/
we
haue
gyuen
ouer
&
lefte
for
t
honour
of
god
/
&
to
this
ende
we
ben
separate
&
departed
from
the
worlde
.
And
this
ought
to
be
vnderstonden
of
the
relygyous
people
that
haue
renounced
the
worlde
and
theyr
propre
wyll
.
For
it
behoueth
theym
to
doo
after
the
wyll
of
theyr
prelate
.
And
therfore
sayd
the
sayd
saynt
Syncletyce
.
Lete
vs
seche
no
thyng
more
of
the
place
/
fro
whiche
we
be
departed
/
we
haue
in
the
worlde
vayne
glorye
/
&
habondaunce
of
goodes
/
but
here
with
grete
dyffyculte
haue
we
brede
/
lyke
as
she
wolde
saye
.
It
behoueth
in
relygyon
to
endure
many
Indygences
for
the
honour
of
god
.
¶
Thabbot
Ypericius
sayd
that
th
offyce
of
a
monke
is
obeyssaunce
.
For
a
man
that
is
obedyent
shall
obteyne
of
god
all
that
whiche
he
shall
demaunde
¶
Our
sauyour
&
redemer
Ihesu
cryst
by
the
vertue
of
obeyssaunce
is
come
vnto
the
crosse
.
For
the
chirche
syngeth
of
him
/
that
he
is
made
obedyent
vnto
the
deth
of
the
crosse
/
for
to
redeme
vs
fro
the
paynes
of
helle
.
Thus
thenne
may
be
sayd
/
that
among
all
other
vertues
a
relygyous
persone
ought
pryncypaly
to
haue
the
vertue
of
obedyence
.
¶
The
holy
faders
sayden
that
/
yf
a
man
haue
affyaunce
to
a nother
/
&
he
submytted
hym
in
his
subieccyon
/
he
ought
to
do
all
that
whiche
that
other
shall
commaunde
hym
/
so
that
it
be
a
thyng
Iuste
&
honest
.
For
in
so
doyng
he
shal
not
renne
in
to
the
yre
ne
Indygnacyon
of
god
.
¶
The
holy
aeged
men
sayden
the
god
volde
that
we
sholde
obeye
to
holy
scryptures
.
For
in
theym
is
conteyned
the
maner
&
fourme
to
lyue
&
do
vertuos
operacyons
.
And
also
we
ought
to
obeye
to
our
souerayne
prelates
.
¶
A
brother
of
Sychye
wyllyng
to
go
to
heruest
/
in
the
season
whan
the
corn
and
graynes
be
gadred
in
cam
to
an
holy
man
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Fader
saye
to
me
what
I
ought
to
doo
.
¶
The
holy
fader
answered
.
Yf
I
tell
the
what
thou
sholdest
doo
/
wylte
thou
doo
it
.
The
brother
sayd
ye
fader
.
I
shall
obeye
all
thy
commaundementes
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
man
/
yf
thou
wylt
byleue
me
/
go
and
renounce
this
werke
of
haruest
/
and
after
come
ayen
to
me
and
I
shall
saye
what
thou
shalt
doo
.
Thus
the
brother
byleuyng
his
counseyll
forsoke
the
werke
of
haruest
and
came
agayne
to
the
holy
fader
.
And
the
holy
fader
sayd
to
hym
/
goo
and
faste
fyfty
dayes
in
thy
celle
/
and
ete
but
ones
on
the
daye
oonly
brede
and
salte
.
And
whan
that
thou
shalt
haue
doon
that
.
I
shall
saye
to
the
afterwarde
what
thou
shalt
do
.
¶
The
brother
departed
with
all
humylyte
and
drede
and
dyde
his
penaunce
.
And
the
fyfty
dayes
passed
/
he
cam
agayne
to
the
holy
fader
/
whiche
sayd
to
hym
all
the
maner
how
he
ought
to
lyue
in
his
celle
.
In
shewyng
to
hym
his
defaultes
.
¶
And
forthwith
the
sayd
brother
departed
and
wente
in
to
his
celle
.
And
fylle
doun
to
the
erthe
where
he
contynuelly
be
wepte
his
synnes
thre
dayes
and
thre
nyghtes
.
But
the
fende
our
enemye
desyryng
to
make
hym
to
falle
in
to
the
synne
of
vayne
glorye
reduyced
to
his
mynde
/
how
he
hadde
surmounted
his
passyons
/
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
gloryfye
in
hym selfe
/
and
that
he
sholde
saye
in
hym selfe
/
that
he
was
ryghtfull
and
Iuste
.
But
for
to
take
awaye
this
temptacyon
he
thought
on
his
synnes
the
whiche
he
had
commysed
/
and
sayd
.
Helas
where
ben
alle
the
grete
and
terryble
synnes
/
that
I
haue
doon
.
And
thus
eschewed
the
fyrste
temptacyon
.
¶
Furthermore
th
enemye
seeyng
that
he
myght
not
haue
hym
by
vayne
glorye
/
beganne
to
tempte
hym
with
Impacyence
/
in
bryngyng
to
fore
his
mynde
all
the
euylles
/
and
synnes
that
he
hadde
doon
/
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
falle
in
despayre
.
And
for
to
eschewe
that
/
the
brother
in
this
temptacyon
sayd
.
I
byleue
that
god
is
all
mercyfull
/
wherfore
I
haue
good
and
stedfaste
hope
/
that
he
shall
pardonne
me
/
And
in
this
wyse
he
ouercome
the
seconde
temptacyon
.
¶
Thenne
after
the
fendes
as
all
enraged
appyered
vysybly
to
hym
saynge
/
we
ben
vaynquysshed
and
ouercomen
of
the.
¶
Thenne
the
brother
asked
and
demaunded
theym
wherof
/
And
they
answered
/
yf
we
tempte
the
ony
thynge
with
vayne
glorye
/
thou
humblest
thy selfe
all
that
thou
mayst
in
reducyng
to
fore
thyn
eyen
thy
grete
and
euyll
synnes
.
And
yf
we
tempte
the
for
to
putte
thy selfe
in
despayre
.
anone
thou
ouercomest
vs
/
and
enhaūceste
thy selfe
by
hope
/
whiche
thou
haste
in
the
ryght
grete
mercy
of
god
/
and
thus
we
be
alwaye
vaynquysshed
.
¶
The
holy
faders
sayden
that
god
demaunded
noo
thyng
of
man
but
obedyence
.
¶
An
holy
man
beeyng
moche
solytarye
hadde
a
fermour
whiche
dwelled
in
a
ferme
of
his
.
And
the
fermour
delyuered
to
hym
that
whiche
was
necessary
¶
On
a
tyme
it
happed
that
vytaylles
taylled
to
this
holy
man
/
for
his
fermour
cam
not
to
hym
as
he
had
be
accustomed
.
¶
The
holy
man
some
what
gryeued
sayde
to
his
dyscyple
/
wylt
thou
goo
to
our
ferme
for
to
saye
to
our
fermour
that
he
come
to
vs
.
The
dyscyple
answered
.
Fader
I
shall
doo
that
shall
please
the
/
but
the
holy
man
dyfferred
it
/
and
durste
not
sende
his
dyscyple
out
.
¶
Neuerthelesse
after
that
he
hadde
abyden
longe
/
he
demaunded
agayne
and
asked
his
dyscyple
yf
he
wolde
goo
thyder
that
he
hadde
sayd
.
¶
The
dyscyple
whiche
dredde
to
goo
out
/
doubtyng
to
be
surprysed
of
the
fende
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
sholde
gladly
doo
that
sholde
please
hym
.
And
neuerthelesse
dredyng
to
dysobeye
hym
went
thyder
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
man
to
hym
/
My
frende
be
thou
assured
/
for
I
byleue
that
god
shall
delyuer
the
from
thy
temptacyons
/
and
they
put
theym
to
prayer
both
to gydre
.
And
that
doon
the
dyscyple
wente
vnto
the
ferme
/
where
he
founde
noo
persone
to
speke
to
/
for
the
fermour
and
all
his
famyllye
were
gone
out
to
make
good
there
with
theyr
frendes
/
and
there
was
none
lefte
atte
home
but
one
of
his
doughters
/
the
whiche
kepte
hyr
selfe
within
the
yate
shytte
.
¶
This
brother
knocked
att
the
yate
/
the
whiche
yate
was
opened
to
hym
by
the
sayd
doughter
.
And
how
well
that
he
wolde
not
entre
and
goo
in
.
Neuerthelesse
she
beyng
tempted
of
the
fende
made
hym
to
entre
in
/
and
she
beganne
to
excyte
and
to
moeue
hym
as
moche
as
she
myght
by
wordes
and
touchyng
vnto
the
dyshonest
synne
of
the
flesshe
.
Wherfore
he
began
to
crye
sayeng
.
A
lorde
god
delyuer
thou
me
from
this
woman
/
by
the
moyen
of
the
holy
prayers
of
myn
holy
fader
.
And
those
wordes
sayd
/
anone
he
was
taken
awaye
/
and
founde
hym selfe
by
a
Ryuer
/
by
the
whiche
the
waye
laye
to
goo
to
his
monasterye
.
And
thus
he
was
delyuered
entyerly
by
the
prayers
of
the
holy
man
/
the
whiche
prayers
bycause
of
his
obedyence
preserued
hym
from
that
Inconuenyent
.
¶
Two
brethern
germayn
/
that
is
to
saye
born
of
one
fader
and
one
moder
dwelled
in
a
Relygyon
/
that
one
of
theym
was
moche
obedyent
.
And
that
other
moche
sobre
.
The
fyrste
dyde
promptly
and
redely
all
that
was
sayde
to
hym
/
wherfore
the
abbot
hadde
good
opynyon
of
hym
and
loued
hym
better
than
that
other
.
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
that
seaceth
not
but
to
so
we
cockle
and
dyscorde
/
specyally
among
vertuous
people
/
tempted
one
of
the
sayd
brethern
with
the
synne
of
enuye
ayenst
his
brother
/
by
cause
that
the
abbot
loued
one
more
than
hym
/
the
whiche
sayde
to
hym selfe
.
I
shall
preue
&
knowe
ryght
soone
yf
my
brother
be
very
obedyent
.
And
wente
to
the
abbot
/
and
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
suffre
his
brother
to
holde
hym
companye
in
a
certayne
thynge
that
he
hadde
to
doo
/
in
whiche
the
abbot
accorded
to
hym
.
¶
Thenne
they
wente
to gydre
.
And
he
that
was
moche
sobre
wyllynge
to
proeue
the
obedyence
of
his
brother
/
they
beyng
nyghe
to
a
Ryuer
full
of
venemous
bestes
sayde
to
his
brother
that
he
sholde
goo
in
to
that
water
.
And
Incontynent
he
entred
in
to
it
but
the
venemous
bestes
dyde
hym
none
harme
/
but
lycked
his
feet
/
that
seeyng
he
that
was
sobre
that
the
bestes
hadde
done
to
hym
noo
gryef
/
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
come
out
/
and
soo
he
dyde
.
¶
Thenne
afterward
as
they
walked
they
fonde
the
corps
of
a
deed
man
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
he
that
was
sobre
/
yf
we
hadde
here
ony
olde
thyng
/
we
wolde
couere
this
bodye
.
To
whome
he
that
was
obedyent
sayd
.
It
were
better
that
we
prayed
vnto
god
that
he
wolde
reyse
hym
from
deth
to
lyfe
.
¶
Thenne
they
bothe
fylle
doun
and
began
to
praye
.
And
anone
the
deed
bodye
was
reysed
to
lyfe
.
¶
Thenne
Incontynent
he
that
was
sobre
began
to
gloryfye
hym selfe
/
sayeng
secretely
to
hym selfe
that
this
deed
bodye
was
reysed
for
his
grete
abstynence
/
and
noo
thyng
for
the
obedyence
of
his
brother
But
god
whiche
suffreth
not
alwaye
the
euyll
to
regne
aboue
the
good
/
and
that
also
he
wyll
not
that
the
trouth
be
hydde
.
Wherfore
he
shewed
this
caas
to
the
abbot
of
theyr
monasterye
.
And
how
he
that
was
sobre
was
tempted
ayenst
his
brother
by
enuye
/
wenynge
to
haue
made
hym
to
be
deuoured
by
venyme
in
the
water
.
¶
They
beyng
comen
in
to
the
monasterye
.
¶
The
abbot
demaunded
and
asked
of
hym
that
was
enuyous
/
wherfore
he
hadde
tempted
soo
his
brother
.
In
sayeng
to
hym
furthermore
these
wordes
.
I
wyll
well
that
thou
knowe
that
for
the
obedyence
of
thy
brother
the
deed
bodye
is
reysed
to
lyfe
/
and
noo
thyng
for
thyn
abstynence
.
¶
A
seculer
man
hauyng
thre
sones
/
cam
and
rendred
hym
in
to
Relygyon
and
lefte
his
childern
in
the
cyte
wherin
he
dwelled
.
And
after
that
he
had
ben
thre
yere
in
the
monasterye
/
there
cam
to
hym
Infenyte
dyspleasyrs
for
his
childern
the
whiche
he
hadde
soo
lefte
.
¶
Now
th
abbot
knewe
nothyng
that
he
hadde
ony
childern
.
For
whan
he
cam
in
to
the
relygyon
he
hadde
nothyng
sayd
therof
.
But
he
knewe
well
by
outwarde
sygnes
/
that
he
was
dyspleased
of
some
thynge
.
And
soo
demaunded
&
asked
of
hym
what
hym
eyled
sayeng
to
hym
.
¶
My
brother
wherfore
art
thou
soo
heuy
and
sorowfull
.
¶
The
brother
answered
Helas
fader
I
hadde
thre
childern
in
the
worlde
whan
I
cam
hyther
.
I
wolde
well
bryng
theym
hyther
yf
it
were
thy
pleasyr
.
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
abbot
to
hym
that
he
was
well
contente
/
and
that
he
sholde
goo
fetche
theym
.
¶
The
Relygyous
broder
gretly
enioyed
of
this
answere
/
wente
in
to
the
cyte
for
to
brynge
the
thre
childern
/
but
whan
he
cam
thyder
he
founde
that
two
of
theym
were
deed
long
byfore
/
and
hadde
but
one
sone
lyuynge
/
whom
he
broughte
with
hym
to
the
monasterye
after
the
commaundement
of
his
abbot
.
And
whan
he
was
come
/
he
demaunded
after
his
abbot
/
and
it
was
sayd
to
hym
that
he
was
not
there
/
but
was
goon
to
the
ouen
.
And
he
wente
forth
Incontynent
towarde
hym
bryngynge
with
hym
his
childe
whom
the
abbot
sawe
gladdely
/
and
enbraced
&
kyssed
hym
many
tymes
in
sygne
of
grete
loue
&
of
feruent
dyleccyon
that
he
hadde
in
hym
.
¶
After
he
demaunded
and
asked
of
the
childes
fader
/
yf
he
loued
well
this
childe
.
And
he
answered
/
ye
/
And
yet
agayne
he
asked
and
demaunded
hym
louest
thou
well
thy
sone
/
and
he
answered
to
hym
as
afore
/
that
ye
/
¶
Thenne
sayd
the
abbot
to
hym
/
take
hym
and
caste
hym
in
to
the
ouen
whyles
it
is
hoot
.
And
he
toke
his
childe
and
threwe
hym
in
to
the
myddes
of
the
fyre
.
But
the
heet
of
the
fyre
was
by
myracle
made
softe
and
colde
as
a
dewe
.
And
hurted
not
the
childe
in
ony
wyse
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
brother
was
renommed
thrugh
all
the
Relygyon
/
lyke
as
was
the
holy
Patryarke
Abraham
/
whan
he
vnto
our
lorde
wolde
haue
sacrefyed
his
sone
Ysaac
.
¶
It
was
demaunded
and
asked
of
an
holy
man
/
that
whiche
hadde
more
meryte
/
of
hym
that
dwelled
with
the
Relygyouses
/
and
is
obedyente
in
all
thynges
to
theym
/
or
he
that
dwelleth
in
an
hermytage
there
lyuyng
solytaryly
without
ony
companye
.
¶
The
holy
man
sayd
that
he
that
is
with
the
Relygyouses
/
and
to
theym
is
obedyent
in
all
thynges
.
For
he
dothe
noo
thynge
after
his
owen
wyll
/
but
all
that
he
dooth
is
atte
the
wyll
of
other
.
But
he
that
is
in
the
hermytage
/
how
well
that
he
be
moche
solytarye
/
yet
alwaye
he
vseth
his
owne
wyll
/
and
is
not
subget
to
ony
persone
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
that
in
heuen
was
shewed
to
hym
four
ordres
&
maners
of
people
.
¶
The
fyrst
ordre
was
of
seke
men
/
whiche
hadde
in
pacyence
theyr
maladyes
and
sekenesses
/
and
gloryfyed
god
and
his
sayntes
.
¶
The
seconde
was
of
theym
that
hadde
gladdly
receyued
pylgryms
for
the
worshyp
of
god
/
and
they
were
called
hostelers
.
¶
The
thyrde
ordre
was
of
theym
that
dwelled
in
desertes
/
and
sawe
not
the
worlde
/
and
lyued
in
the
sayde
desertes
in
straytnes
of
penaunce
.
¶
The
fourth
ordre
was
of
theym
that
for
the
honour
of
god
submytted
theym
to
theyr
faders
spyrytuell
/
and
were
in
all
thynges
to
theym
obedyent
.
But
amonge
the
four
ordres
/
they
that
had
be
obedyent
were
adorned
and
arrayde
with
fayr
colours
of
precyous
stones
/
and
crowned
with
crownes
of
golde
/
and
hadde
more
Ioye
than
the
other
thre
ordres
.
¶
Yet
the
same
holy
man
sayd
furthermore
/
that
he
had
asked
and
demaunded
of
hym
that
had
shewed
to
hym
these
ordres
/
how
it
myght
be
that
the
sayd
ordre
of
obedyence
hadde
moost
glorye
/
seen
that
it
was
amonge
the
other
lasse
.
For
it
semeth
the
vertue
of
obedyence
to
be
a
lytyll
vertue
.
¶
To
whom
it
was
answered
.
That
not
without
cause
they
that
were
obedyent
hadde
the
moost
grettest
glorye
.
For
they
that
receyue
the
pylgrymes
doo
that
charyte
after
theyr
owne
wyll
.
And
the
hermytes
that
goon
in
to
theyr
hermytage
/
and
renounce
the
worlde
/
doo
it
of
theyr
free
wyll
.
But
they
that
be
obedyent
/
haue
noo
propre
wylle
.
For
for
the
honour
of
god
they
haue
submysed
alle
theyr
wyll
to
the
wyll
of
theyr
soueraynes
/
wherfore
they
haue
in
heuen
grettest
glorye
.
And
therfore
it
is
openly
knowen
that
the
vertue
of
obedyence
is
for
to
be
recommended
amonge
all
other
vertues
.
And
therfore
euery
persone
ought
tenforce
hym
to
his
power
to
folowe
it
.
¶
It
is
founde
that
for
fyue
reasons
obedyence
ought
more
to
be
chosen
/
than
the
other
vertuers
.
¶
The
fyrste
for
it
is
cause
of
the
helthe
of
the
very
true
crysten
men
/
&
kepeth
the
vertues
.
¶
The
seconde
for
it
is
that
techeth
to
the
Royame
of
heuen
.
¶
The
thyrde
for
it
openeth
the
yate
of
heuen
.
It
also
enhaunceth
the
men
fro
the
erthe
/
that
is
to
sa
yt
from
thynges
erthely
&
worldly
vnto
heuenly
thynges
.
¶
The
fourth
reason
for
it
abydeth
in
heuen
with
the
blessyd
angellys
/
whiche
alwaye
be
obedyent
to
god
.
¶
The
fyfth
reason
/
for
it
is
all
the
desyre
of
the
sayntes
of
heuen
.
For
by
veray
obedyence
many
comen
vnto
the
heuenly
glorye
.
¶
Here
foloweth
an
other
lytyll
treatyse
encytyng
the
people
vnto
the
ryght
necessarye
vertue
of
humylyte
and
mekenesse
.
And
begynneth
in
latyn
.
Abbas
Anthonius
.
AFter
that
in
the
chapytre
precedent
hath
be
made
mencyon
of
the
vertue
of
obedyence
/
foloweth
now
couenably
of
the
vertue
of
humylyte
.
In
the
whiche
consysteth
the
perfeccyon
of
euery
vertue
/
vpon
whiche
it
ought
fyrst
to
be
noted
/
that
in
this
lytyll
treatyse
be
comprysed
some
prouffytable
dyctes
and
prouerbes
of
holy
faders
.
By
the
consyderacyon
of
whiche
euery
persone
of
what
someuer
astate
or
condycyon
that
he
be
may
lerne
lyghtly
the
very
waye
of
humylyte
¶
And
fyrste
here
is
conteyned
one
of
the
causes
/
by
the
whiche
saynt
Anthonye
kepte
hym
from
ouermoche
enquyryng
of
the
secrete
Iugemens
of
god
/
in
humblynge
hym selfe
as
indygne
and
vnworthy
to
knowe
the
lest
of
the
dyuyne
secretes
celestyall
.
For
he
beynge
in
a
profounde
medytacyon
/
as
meruayllynge
hym selfe
of
the
dyuyne
Iugemens
made
suche
a
requeste
vnto
god
.
That
is
to
wyte
/
that
he
wolde
shewe
to
hym
yf
it
pleased
hym
/
wherfore
it
was
soo
that
some
lyued
soo
ly●●
a
whyle
/
and
some
other
aboue
naturell
aege
.
From
whens
procedeth
and
/
that
some
for
ony
labour
that
he
taketh
/
may
noo
thynge
haue
ne
gete
.
And
other
without
labour
and
to
haue
payne
/
haue
alle
the
goodes
of
the
worlde
.
And
pryncypally
they
that
be
Iniuste
haue
all
the
erthe
in
possessyon
And
the
good
and
vertuous
haue
noo
thynge
but
maledyccyon
/
mendycyte
/
and
pouerte
.
¶
Thenne
the
sayd
Anthonye
herde
a
voys
that
sayd
to
hym
.
Anthonye
thynke
on
thy selfe
/
&
syght
not
for
the
dedes
of
an
other
/
for
the
pleasyr
of
god
is
that
/
of
whiche
thou
wa●
●●●tolyest
thy selfe
to
be
soo
doon
/
knowe
the
that
his
Iugemens
be
as
a
grete
&
a
depe
abysme
.
The
secretes
of
god
whiche
he
wyll
hyde
/
a
man
ought
not
tenquyre
.
¶
The
sayd
holy
fader
Anthonye
sayde
to
th
abbot
Pastor
.
It
is
a
grete
werke
in
a
man
/
that
without
to
Iustefye
hym selfe
/
he
accuse
hym
to
fore
god
of
his
synnes
.
And
with
that
he
be
stronge
and
constaunt
to
withstande
all
temptacyon
/
as
stedfastly
concluded
neuer
to
defoyle
the
lawe
of
god
/
&
that
vnto
the
last
ende
of
his
deth
.
¶
Also
yet
sayd
the
holy
fader
Anthonye
/
that
he
hadde
seen
all
the
grynnes
of
the
deuyll
stratched
and
leyde
ouer
all
the
erthe
.
And
in
seeyng
began
to
wept
in
grete
teres
sayeng
.
Ha
ha
my
god
who
shall
be
he
/
the
whiche
shall
eschewe
to
be
taken
in
one
of
these
grynnes
.
¶
Thenne
he
herde
a
voys
that
sayd
to
hym
Anthonye
that
shall
be
he
that
shall
be
garnysshed
with
one
fyght
humylyte
/
the
whiche
is
the
/
without
the
whiche
no
vertue
is
pa●●
〈◊〉
¶
Some
auncyent
faders
among
〈◊〉
whiche
was
the
abbot
named
Ioseph
vysy●●den
the
sayd
Saynt
Anthonye
.
And
they
beyng
comen
to
hym
he
asked
theym
/
and
fyrste
the
yongeste
in
makyng
vnto
theym
some
proposycyons
of
holy
scrypture
.
The
same
yong
brethern
/
wenynge
to
haue
doon
well
/
answered
to
hym
in
expownynge
his
questyon
.
To
whom
togyder
he
answered
sayeng
to
theym
/
yet
haue
ye
not
founde
that
whiche
ye
ought
to
knowe
.
After
he
tourned
hym
towarde
the
abbot
Ioseph
/
&
in
lyke
wyse
he
demaunded
hym
a
questyon
of
the
holy
scrypture
/
the
whiche
abbot
answered
to
him
sayeng
him
selfe
vnworthy
to
expowne
the
〈◊〉
proposycion
of
the
holy
scrypture
/
&
that
he
knewe
not
what
it
was
to
saye
/
that
whiche
the
sayd
saynt
Anthonye
had
demaunded
hym
.
¶
Thenne
saynt
Anthonye
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
●on●y
had
founde
the
yate
of
humylyte
/
for
in
spekyng
of
the
holy
scrypture
ought
noman
to
gloryfye
hym
/
but
rather
to
meke
&
humble
hym
.
¶
Thabbot
Arsenye
beyng
allone
in
his
celle
/
the
deuylles
camen
somtyme
for
to
lette
hym
of
his
contemplacōns
On
a
tyme
among
the
other
they
cam
at
the
hour
/
whan
the
brethern
brought
hym
his
refeccyon
corporall
.
And
they
taryeng
at
the
dore
herde
the
sayd
abbot
cryeng
with
an
hye
voys
&
sayeng
My
god
leue
me
not
without
thy
mercy
.
And
bycause
I
neuer
dyde
dede
meryth●ryous
.
I
praye
the
gyue
me
grace
that
now
I
may
entrepryse
the
begynnyng
of
helthfull
lyfe
.
And
this
sayd
〈…〉
humylyte
/
●ow
he
it
he
had
so
〈…〉
ledde
a
ryght
parfyght
ly●●
.
¶
Of
the
same
holy
abbot
Arsenye
recounten
his
brethern
/
that
whan
he
was
in
the
palays
of
th
emperour
/
ther
was
none
cladde
with
more
precyous
Robes
than
he
.
And
countrarye
whan
he
was
Relygyous
for
to
more
to
meke
&
humble
hym selfe
/
he
cladde
hym
with
the
moost
vyle
clothynge
&
more
course
than
all
the
other
.
He
asked
on
a
tyme
of
an
olde
fader
of
Egypte
what
thoughtes
and
medytacyons
he
ought
to
haue
for
to
lyue
holyly
.
The
whiche
olde
fader
answered
to
hym
sayeng
.
Arsenye
I
meruaylle
me
how
thou
that
art
a
clerke
/
&
knowyng
the
grekysshe
lettres
&
latyn
/
demaundest
suche
a
questyon
of
me
that
am
a
rude
man
/
&
that
can
not
dyscerne
bytwene
synne
&
vertue
.
Thenne
the
holy
fader
Arsenye
consyderyng
his
humylyte
sayd
to
hym
these
wordes
.
I
haue
knowen
the
lawes
&
tradycōns
latyne
&
greke
But
yet
knewe
I
neuer
the
.
a.b.c
.
of
suche
a
rude
man
that
is
no
clerke
/
whan
he
spacke
/
his
speche
was
sorowfull
/
&
whan
he
was
styll
&
spacke
not
/
it
was
to
hym
gladnesse
.
¶
Whan
th
abbot
Pastor
herde
tydynges
of
his
deth
/
he
sayd
of
hym
these
wordes
.
Thou
art
well
happy
fader
Arsenye
/
for
thou
hast
wepte
&
bewayled
thy selfe
in
this
worlde
.
As
who
sholde
saye
/
he
that
bewayleth
&
ben
epeth
not
his
synnes
in
this
worlde
mortall
/
in
doyng
penytence
/
he
shal
bewept
him
incessauntly
in
torment
euerlastyng
.
¶
An
holy
fader
named
Danyell
wytnesseth
of
the
sayd
holy
fader
Arsenye
many
fayr
rewles
of
his
holy
conuersacyon
.
¶
Fyrste
the
sayd
abbot
Arsenye
presumed
neuer
to
speke
ony
questyon
doubtouse
touchynge
holy
scrypture
.
¶
Secondely
be
wrote
not
gladly
ony
lettres
myschyef
to
his
Relygyous
brethern
.
And
whan
he
had
be
longe
out
of
his
couent
/
&
was
come
ayen
to
the
chirche
/
he
shewed
not
hym selfe
/
but
put
hym selfe
behynde
a
pyler
by
cause
he
wolde
not
be
seen
/
&
also
that
he
sholde
see
none
other
.
Notwithstandynge
that
his
face
was
angelyke
&
pleasant
as
the
face
of
Iacob
.
¶
th
auncyent
faders
rehercen
that
some
relygyous
brethern
presented
theym
selfe
to
fore
th
abbot
Ammon
/
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
Iuge
some
questyon
moeued
among
theym
.
But
the
good
fader
Ammon
dyssymyled
&
wolde
Iuge
no
persone
.
That
seeyng
a
woman
she
sayd
to
an
other
that
was
by
her
.
My
neyghbour
take
hede
&
see
this
fayr
fader
whiche
is
all
a
fooll
.
Thus
as
she
sayd
these
wordes
/
the
sayd
Ammon
vnderstode
it
/
and
sayd
to
her
.
My
frende
how
longe
wenest
thou
that
I
haue
had
paynes
&
labours
in
deserte
for
to
gete
this
fatuyte
&
folye
.
And
for
th
occasyon
of
the
/
that
is
to
wyce
for
thy
Iniuryouses
I
sholde
haue
this
daye
loste
it
.
As
who
sayd
/
that
yf
I
had
not
endured
pacyently
that
whiche
she
had
sayd
/
he
had
falle
in
Inpacyence
/
&
by
that
he
had
loste
the
meryte
of
his
penaunces
/
yf
by
newe
penaunce
he
had
not
retorned
to
god
.
¶
The
holy
faders
recounten
that
in
the
cyte
of
Exyrynque
was
a
bysshop
named
Assus
/
the
whiche
beyng
a
monke
to fore
he
was
electe
bysshop
/
ladde
a
right
harde
&
strayt
lyfe
.
And
also
wel
whan
he
was
bysshop
/
he
wolde
haue
ledde
suche
a
lyfe
/
as
that
he
had
ledde
in
his
hermytage
.
Thenne
as
desolate
/
&
wenyng
to
be
out
of
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghost
made
ofte
his
prayer
vnto
god
in
sayeng
.
O
my
lord
&
my
god
/
the
dygnyte
epyscopall
in
whiche
I
am
constytued
maketh
me
to
be
separate
from
thy
loue
.
In
so
moche
that
I
may
not
doo
suche
penaunces
as
I
was
wonte
to
doo
in
deserte
.
To
whom
was
shewed
that
nay
/
and
that
our
lord
socoured
hym
more
whan
he
was
in
deserte
&
in
solytude
/
bycause
that
men
myght
not
thenne
helpe
hym
.
But
he
beyng
a
bysshop
he
myght
haue
ayde
and
helpe
of
men
/
wherfore
god
gaaf
not
soo
grete
consolacyon
ne
suche
strength
in
his
penaunces
&
strayt
lyuyng
.
¶
The
abbot
Danyell
wytnesseth
that
in
Babylon
the
doughter
of
a
prouoost
was
vexed
of
a
deuyll
the
whiche
she
hadde
within
her
bodye
.
The
sayd
prouoost
had
grete
famylyaryte
with
a
Relygyous
man
/
of
whom
he
asked
ofte
counseyll
for
to
knowe
by
what
moyen
his
doughter
myght
ben
preserued
from
this
vexacyon
dyabolyke
.
¶
The
sayd
monke
answered
that
he
knewe
noo
remedye
/
but
the
prayers
of
the
holy
hermytes
lyuyng
in
the
desertes
.
But
by
cause
that
the
sayd
monke
knewe
theyr
humylyte
/
he
counselled
the
sayd
prouoost
that
he
sholde
awayte
whan
ony
of
theym
cam
to
the
market
for
to
selle
theyr
hottes
or
paners
/
and
that
he
sholde
bye
th●ym
and
not
paye
/
but
constrayne
hym
to
come
to
his
hous
for
his
moneye
.
And
whan
he
were
come
/
he
sholde
make
his
doughter
demonyake
to
come
to
fore
hym
/
&
thenne
he
sholde
praye
him
to
praye
to
god
for
his
sayd
doughter
/
hopyng
by
this
moyen
that
she
sholde
be
heled
and
restored
to
her
helth
.
And
fynably
it
happed
than
that
an
olde
hermyte
cam
to
the
market
for
to
selle
his
paners
.
And
anone
after
the
counseyll
of
the
Relygyous
man
the
sayd
prouoost
brought
hym
to
his
hous
/
for
to
paye
to
hym
there
his
moneye
for
the
marchaundyse
that
he
hadde
bought
of
hym
.
And
after
that
the
holy
fader
was
entred
in
to
the
hous
/
the
doughter
beyng
gryeuously
tourmented
of
the
deuyll
was
presented
tofore
hym
.
The
whiche
in
hyr
grete
woodnesse
gaaf
to
the
sayde
hermyte
incontynent
a
buffet
vpon
his
cheke
.
The
whiche
consyderyng
the
commaundement
of
our
lorde
Ihesu
cryste
in
his
gospell
/
presented
and
profred
to
hyr
that
other
cheke
/
to
th
ende
that
she
sholde
gyue
to
hym
yet
an
other
buffette
.
The
deuyll
whiche
was
with
in
the
bodye
of
the
sayd
doughter
/
whan
he
perceyued
the
grete
humylyte
of
the
holy
hermyte
/
by
his
grete
pryde
he
coude
ne
myght
noo
lenger
kepe
ne
holde
hym
within
her
in
the
presence
of
the
holy
man
.
But
with
an
hye
voys
cryed
by
the
mouthe
of
the
sayde
doughter
sayeng
.
O
vyolente
&
wonderfull
obseruacyon
of
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
by
the
whiche
I
am
constrayned
to
departe
out
of
the
bodye
of
the
whiche
I
haue
ben
soo
longe
tyme
possessour
.
Anone
forthwith
the
deuyll
departed
and
vanysshed
awaye
/
and
the
sayd
doughter
was
guarysshed
and
made
hole
.
The
other
relygyous
brethern
whan
they
knewe
that
this
myracle
hadde
ben
suche
doon
/
in
gloryfyeng
alle
the
name
of
our
lorde
god
sayeng
/
that
by
the
humble
obseruacyon
of
the
commaundementes
of
Ihesu
cryste
and
by
very
humylyte
/
the
pryde
of
the
deuyll
was
putte
done
.
For
certaynely
alle
they
that
be
veraye
meke
and
humble
/
the
deuyll
of
helle
shall
neuer
haue
power
for
to
possesse
theym
.
And
therfore
sayd
the
abbot
Euagrius
that
the
commaundement
of
helthe
is
mekenesse
to
repreue
in
hym selfe
/
in
correctyng
his
vyces
&
wyckednesses
.
¶
The
abbot
Serapyon
in
praysyng
the
vertue
of
humylyte
in
the
persone
of
one
his
dyscyple
named
Zacharye
sayd
.
I
haue
made
many
abstynences
bodely
/
&
more
without
comparyson
than
my
sone
Zacharye
.
And
yet
myght
I
neuer
come
to
his
humylyte
/
nother
to
his
obseruacyon
of
scylence
.
By
the
whiche
wordes
he
gaue
to
vnderstande
and
to
knowe
/
that
he
estemed
the
vertue
of
humylyte
to
be
more
gretter
than
all
the
other
vertues
.
¶
Thabbot
Moyses
demaunded
and
asked
counseyll
of
this
brother
Zacharye
/
how
he
myght
lyue
for
to
gete
the
Royame
of
heuen
.
¶
The
sayd
Zacharye
heryng
this
demaunde
/
anone
by
grete
humylyte
fylle
doun
to
the
fete
of
the
sayd
abbot
Moyses
in
sayeng
Alas
my
fader
askest
thou
counseyll
of
me
/
as
who
sholde
saye
/
that
he
was
more
vertuous
and
more
prudent
than
he
without
comparyson
.
¶
The
sayd
Moyses
thenne
answered
to
hym
My
brother
I
knowe
that
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghoste
haboundeth
in
the.
And
therfore
I
am
constrayned
for
to
demaunde
and
aske
of
the
counseyll
for
myn
helth
.
¶
Thenne
the
good
broder
Zacharye
toke
of
his
frocke
from
his
hede
/
and
lyed
doun
at
his
feet
sayeng
.
My
fader
yf
a
man
be
not
in
this
maner
humbled
he
is
not
worthy
to
be
a
monke
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
sayd
the
abbot
Pastor
/
that
the
holy
abbot
Moyses
beyng
in
the
artycle
of
the
deth
demaunded
and
asked
of
the
brother
Zacharye
what
thyng
was
to
a
Relygyous
man
moost
necessarye
.
¶
And
he
answered
/
that
it
was
to
be
stylle
/
and
kepe
scylence
.
¶
To
whom
the
sayd
Moyses
answered
.
My
sone
it
is
trewe
.
The
man
that
is
stylle
and
speketh
not
is
to
fewe
people
noyous
/
and
whan
it
cam
to
the
poynt
that
he
sholde
gyue
vp
his
ghoost
/
th
abbot
Ysydore
whiche
thenne
was
present
beholdyng
the
heuen
sayd
Reioyce
thy selfe
my
sone
Zacharye
/
for
the
yates
of
the
kyngdom
of
heuen
be
opened
to
the.
¶
Theophyle
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
a
man
of
grete
renommee
/
in
passyng
by
the
mount
of
Nytrye
recountred
an
holy
fader
whiche
dyde
there
his
penaunce
.
To
whom
he
made
suche
a
questyon
.
Fayr
fader
I
demaunde
of
the
/
what
operacyon
is
moost
fructuous
to
gete
sauacyon
in
lyuyng
suche
a
lyfe
as
thou
ledest
in
deserte
.
¶
The
whiche
answered
to
hym
/
that
it
was
to
blame
hym selfe
incessauntly
.
And
by
humylyte
to
repute
hym selfe
vnwordy
euer
to
haue
doon
ony
werke
merytorye
.
¶
And
the
sayd
Theophyle
answered
/
that
ther
was
none
way
more
helthfull
than
that
whiche
he
hadde
sayd
/
for
he
that
humbleth
and
meketh
hym selfe
/
he
shall
be
of
god
enhaunceth
.
And
he
that
enhaunceth
hym
selfe
/
shall
be
made
meke
and
humble
.
¶
To
this
purpose
the
abbot
in
etynge
with
his
brethern
in
grete
scylence
and
reuerence
toke
the
vessellys
to
drynke
/
but
after
the
custome
he
sayd
not
to
one
ne
to
an
other
in
takyng
theym
brother
dysplease
you
not
.
That
consyderynge
the
sayd
abbot
Theodore
/
sayd
to
theym
.
My
brethern
haue
loste
theyr
noblesse
/
for
they
haue
not
grete
reuerence
one
to
an
other
in
drynkyng
and
in
etyng
.
¶
The
auncyent
aeged
faders
wytnessen
of
the
abbot
Theodore
/
that
after
that
he
was
made
deken
in
th
ermytage
named
Sychye
/
he
wold
not
receyue
the
ordre
of
preesthode
.
And
fledde
now
in
one
place
/
and
now
in
to
a nother
.
But
that
notwithstandyng
the
brethern
brought
hym
agayne
alwaye
sayeng
to
hym
.
¶
Abbot
Theodore
leue
not
the
dygnyte
that
thou
haste
begonne
to
receyue
.
Thenne
he
prayed
theym
to
gyue
to
hym
space
to
praye
to
god
/
to
th
ende
that
his
pleasyr
were
to
shewe
to
hym
/
yf
he
were
worthy
to
come
to
suche
an
offyce
.
And
thus
as
he
was
in
suche
prayers
/
ther
cam
a
pyler
of
fyre
touchyng
the
erthe
&
the
heuen
by
his
gretenesse
.
After
he
herde
a
voys
sayeng
.
Theodore
yf
thou
myghtest
be
as
this
pyler
/
goo
without
varyeng
and
receyue
the
offyce
/
that
thy
brethern
wyll
gyue
the.
¶
By
the
pyler
enflammed
myght
be
vnderstande
charyte
/
that
is
to
saye
very
loue
and
dyleccyon
/
that
one
ought
to
haue
to
god
/
and
to
his
neyghbour
.
¶
By
that
that
it
toucheth
the
erthe
/
is
sygnefyed
veray
humylyte
.
And
by
that
/
that
the
sayd
pyler
touched
heuen
/
we
may
note
the
herte
brennynge
lyfte
vp
to
god
by
contemplacyon
vnto
heuen
/
whan
he
hadde
seen
this
vysyon
/
he
protested
neuer
to
receyue
the
sayd
dygnyte
/
whiche
they
wolde
haue
made
hym
to
take
.
¶
After
he
retourned
to
the
chirche
with
the
Relygyouses
/
the
whiche
as
to fore
hadde
prayed
hym
atte
leste
to
accepte
the
offyce
and
charge
to
admynystre
to
theym
the
holy
sacramentes
/
and
that
it
wolde
please
hym
to
holde
the
chalyce
.
The
whiche
thyng
he
refused
to
doo
/
as
reputynge
hym selfe
vnworthy
of
that
dygnyte
/
in
protestynge
/
yf
they
departed
not
fro
hym
to
make
suche
requestes
/
that
he
wolde
neuer
after
abyde
ne
dwelle
with
theym
.
¶
Whan
they
hadde
herde
his
answere
/
they
spacke
nomore
to
hym
/
by
cause
he
sholde
not
departe
from
theym
ayenst
his
wyll
.
¶
To
this
purpose
of
humylyte
sayd
the
abbot
Iohan
the
lytyll
/
that
the
yate
by
the
whiche
entreth
in
to
vs
our
bodyes
/
is
humylyte
.
And
by
many
shames
and
blames
that
the
auncyent
faders
haue
mekely
and
Ioyously
suffred
/
the
Royame
of
heuen
is
to
theym
gyuen
.
¶
Yet
agayne
he
sayd
that
humylyte
whiche
is
the
rote
of
all
goodes
/
and
drede
of
god
is
the
begynnynge
of
alle
good
scyence
/
excedynge
alle
other
vertues
.
And
therfore
sayd
the
abbot
Iohan
Thebeyen
/
that
Relygyouse
persone
to
fore
all
other
thynges
oughte
to
haue
humylyte
.
For
it
is
the
fyrst
commaundement
of
our
sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
/
whiche
sayth
in
spekynge
to
alle
crysten
men
.
My
chyldern
lerne
of
me
/
for
I
am
meke
/
and
humble
in
herte
.
¶
And
he
hym selfe
sayth
in
an
other
place
.
Blessyd
be
the
meke
in
speryte
/
for
the
kyngdom
of
heuen
is
to
theym
.
¶
Alle
the
holy
faders
of
the
deserte
of
Sychye
on
a
tyme
beyng
togyder
in
a
chapytre
or
congregacyon
generall
/
treated
a
questyon
of
Melchysedech
preest
/
wherof
is
made
mencyon
in
holy
scrypture
/
&
in
treatyng
of
this
mater
/
they
remembred
of
an
holy
abbot
named
Coppres
moche
renommed
amonge
theym
/
the
whiche
had
not
by
theym
be
called
And
thenne
they
sente
for
hym
.
And
Incontynent
as
he
was
comen
/
they
asked
hym
his
opynyon
of
the
questyon
proposed
.
The
whiche
by
hym
herde
/
he
smote
his
mouth
&
sayd
/
ha
Coppres
that
whiche
god
byddeth
the
to
be
doon
thou
hast
lefte
.
And
that
whiche
he
commaundeth
not
/
thou
sekest
it
by
argumentacyon
.
Whan
the
brethern
had
herde
these
wordes
/
all
confused
they
retorned
in
to
theyr
celles
.
For
by
that
he
gaaf
theym
to
vnderstande
/
that
none
without
grete
necessyte
ought
not
presume
to
enquyre
ouer
ferre
of
that
werkes
of
god
/
veray
scyence
is
to
knowe
hym selfe
/
and
to
do
that
ought
to
do
/
without
entremetynge
with
the
fayte
of
other
.
¶
It
is
founde
of
the
holy
abbot
Macharye
that
he
dwellyng
in
the
desertes
of
Sychye
.
On
a
tyme
as
he
cam
from
a
marys
/
and
bryngyng
palmes
on
his
necke
/
a
deuyll
appyered
to
hym
in
lykenesse
of
a
man
beryng
a
sythe
to
shere
otes
/
&
wolde
haue
smoten
him
with
that
same
syche
/
but
he
myght
not
bycause
that
god
our
maker
wolde
not
suffre
it
.
¶
Thenne
the
deuyll
sayd
to
hym
.
A
Macharye
I
haue
grete
passyons
of
that
I
may
not
ouercome
the
/
for
all
that
thou
doste
/
I
do
also
/
yf
thou
fastest
in
etyng
ones
on
the
daye
/
I
ete
neuer
/
thou
wakest
/
and
I
slepe
neuer
/
but
neuerthelesse
thou
surmountest
me
with
one
thyng
.
¶
Thenne
th
abbot
Macharye
demaunded
hym
what
thyng
it
was
.
And
be
answered
that
it
was
his
humylyte
/
the
whiche
kepte
hym
from
hauynge
ony
power
/
auctoryte
/
or
domynacyon
on
hym
.
¶
Some
holy
faders
rehersen
of
th
abbot
Moyses
/
that
after
that
he
was
made
preest
/
they
cladde
hym
with
the
tunyke
sacerdotall
thenne
accustomed
to
preestes
.
¶
Thenne
the
Archebysshop
sayd
to
hym
/
beholde
Moyses
/
by
the
ordre
of
preesthode
thou
art
made
whyte
.
And
that
sayd
he
peraduenture
by
cause
that
thenne
he
was
cladde
with
whyte
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
humbly
answered
to
hym
.
A
my
lorde
this
whytnesse
or
clennesse
is
it
without
forthe
or
within
forth
.
¶
The
sayd
Archebysshop
for
to
preue
his
humylyte
commaunded
to
his
seruauntes
/
whan
he
offred
hym selfe
to
the
aulter
for
to
doo
sacrefyce
/
that
thenne
incontynent
they
sholde
caste
hym
out
of
the
chirche
/
the
whiche
thynge
they
dyde
sayeng
to
hym
the
sayd
seruauntes
.
Goo
out
of
the
Temple
Ethyopyen
/
as
who
sholde
saye
.
Olde
vylayne
full
of
wyckednes
.
To
whiche
wordes
and
Iniuryes
be
answered
not
one
worde
/
but
as
spekyng
to
hym selfe
he
sayd
.
They
haue
well
doon
myschaunt
fooll
.
For
thou
that
art
not
a
man
oughtest
not
to
repute
thy selfe
worthy
to
domyne
on
men
vnder
the
shadowe
to
excercyse
suche
an
offyce
.
¶
The
holy
abbot
Pastor
beyng
in
a
congregacyon
of
Relygyouse
men
/
herde
saye
of
an
holy
fader
called
Nestoryn
.
And
for
as
moche
as
the
sayd
Nestoryn
was
of
grete
name
and
fame
.
The
sayde
Pastor
sente
vnto
his
abbot
/
prayeng
hym
that
it
wolde
plese
hym
to
sende
to
hym
the
sayd
Nestoryn
.
His
abbot
dyfferred
it
by
cause
he
wolde
not
sende
hym
allone
.
Hit
happened
on
a
tyme
that
the
dyspenser
of
his
couent
had
in
lyke
wyse
wyll
for
to
goo
vysyte
the
abbot
Pastor
for
to
take
awaye
some
scrupules
of
his
conscyence
.
Thenne
that
sayd
Nestoryn
asked
lycence
of
the
sayd
abbot
for
to
goo
see
and
to
vysyte
the
sayd
abbot
Pastor
.
And
soo
gaaf
hym
leue
to
goo
thyder
.
and
gaaf
expresse
commaundement
to
the
sayd
dyspencer
to
brynge
agayne
with
hym
the
sayde
Nestoryn
.
They
tweyne
to
gydre
departed
for
to
accomplysshe
the
commaundement
that
was
made
to
theym
/
and
camen
to
the
celle
of
the
sayd
Pastor
.
To
whom
the
dyspencer
declared
fyrste
the
secretes
of
his
conscyence
/
wherof
he
was
moche
comforted
and
reioyced
by
the
good
exhortacyons
and
admonycyons
that
the
sayd
Pastor
made
to
hym
for
his
helthe
.
After
these
wordes
sayd
/
he
tourned
his
wordes
to
the
sayd
Nestoryn
/
and
asked
and
demaunded
of
hym
/
how
he
hadde
goten
soo
grete
prudence
that
he
hadde
.
For
his
custome
was
suche
in
his
monasterye
/
yf
ony
amonge
theym
were
in
dyssencyon
or
in
hate
/
he
entremeted
not
/
and
lete
theym
doo
/
as
theym
good
semed
/
yf
ony
sayde
to
hym
ony
haynous
wordes
/
he
answered
noo
thynge
agayne
.
His
humylyte
was
soo
grete
/
that
he
toke
all
thyng
in
good
/
and
reputed
all
his
brethern
more
wyse
&
dyscrete
than
hym selfe
.
¶
The
sayd
Nestoryn
answered
to
the
sayd
Pastor
in
this
maner
.
¶
My
fader
pardonne
me
yf
it
please
the.
I
am
noo
thynge
vertuous
as
thou
sayste
.
But
I
shall
telle
the
/
whan
I
entred
in
to
thastate
of
Relygyon
.
I
sayde
to
my selfe
that
I
wolde
be
semblable
and
lyke
to
a
beast
/
whiche
called
is
an
asse
/
the
whiche
whan
he
is
beten
sayth
not
a
worde
.
Yf
ony
doo
to
hym
wrong
or
repreef
/
he
holdeth
hym
stylle
and
sayeth
not
a
worde
.
¶
And
this
rewle
approeued
Dauyd
in
his
psalme
whan
he
sayth
in
spekynge
to
our
lorde
god
.
My
redemer
I
haue
be
as
a
Iument
towarde
the
/
that
is
to
saye
pacyent
in
all
aduersyte
.
¶
For
to
gete
good
and
very
humylyte
th
abbot
Pastor
sayd
/
lyke
as
he
that
is
or
wyll
be
very
humble
/
and
haue
the
parfyght
drede
of
god
our
blessyd
maker
/
ought
alwaye
without
ceassynge
to
syghe
.
That
is
to
saye
to
lyfte
his
herte
on
hye
on
heuenly
thynges
/
lyke
as
the
ayer
that
the
nose
bretheth
in
&
respyreth
out
ayen
incessauntly
.
And
to
that
purpose
he
sayd
to
theym
that
demaunded
hym
/
as
a
man
ought
to
holde
hym selfe
in
the
place
wherin
he
dwelleth
or
babyteth
/
that
in
all
places
he
that
wyll
haue
peas
/
ought
to
repute
him
as
done
the
straungers
that
be
ferre
/
the
whiche
entremete
theym
not
soone
to
gaynsaye
to
that
whiche
they
seen
done
or
sayd
.
¶
Lyke
wyse
also
none
ought
desyre
to
haue
audyence
in
his
wordes
aboue
other
/
for
he
that
wyll
that
one
herkene
alwaye
without
ceassyng
/
is
ofte
reputed
for
a
fooll
amonge
the
other
.
¶
Yet
he
sayd
that
he
that
wyll
haue
stronge
armours
for
his
soule
ayenst
his
aduersarye
the
deuyll
/
he
ought
neuer
to
be
proude
/
ne
presume
hym selfe
or
esteme
to
be
of
ony
valour
.
And
with
that
he
ought
to
sette
and
putte
all
his
affeccyon
and
his
thought
behynde
his
backe
/
that
is
to
saye
to
be
very
obeyssaunt
to
all
the
operacyons
and
commaundementes
of
his
prelates
and
soueraynes
.
¶
Furthermore
he
sayde
that
none
oughte
to
byleue
fermely
his
propre
opynyon
/
but
ought
to
vse
the
counseyll
and
techyng
of
theym
that
be
of
holy
conuersacyon
and
good
maners
.
And
therfore
a
brother
asked
th
abbot
Alonius
and
demaunded
hym
what
it
was
of
contennement
.
¶
Thenne
he
sayd
that
it
was
to
be
amonge
bestes
vnresonable
/
as
they
that
ben
in
deserte
/
&
that
haue
renounced
all
worldly
honour
.
And
to
that
purpose
he
called
the
vertue
of
humylyte
.
erthe
.
In
the
whiche
god
our
sauyour
wyll
that
sacrefyce
be
made
and
accomplysshed
.
¶
Also
after
his
doctryne
and
techyng
he
that
excedeth
not
his
astate
shal
not
be
reput●d
proude
/
but
he
shall
be
praysed
and
honoured
of
eueryche
/
he
hym selfe
by
moche
grete
humylyte
serued
the
brethern
beyng
at
the
table
/
whan
they
toke
theyr
refeccyon
to gydre
.
And
oftentymes
the
brethern
sayd
ofte
grete
praysynges
of
hym
amonge
theym
.
But
neuerthelesse
he
answered
to
they
not
one
worde
.
And
whan
he
was
asked
and
demaunded
wherfore
he
answered
to
theym
not
in
sayeng
some
thyng
/
he
sayd
for
this
reason
.
Yf
I
hadde
answered
/
it
sholde
seme
that
I
were
gloryous
of
theyr
praysynges
.
¶
The
abbot
Ioseph
was
on
a
tyme
with
the
abbot
Pastor
and
in
spekyng
togydre
of
one
named
Agathon
The
sayd
Pastor
named
hym
Abba
/
whiche
is
as
moche
to
saye
as
fader
.
And
by
cause
it
was
a
name
of
honour
and
of
auncyent
.
The
sayd
Ioseph
asked
for
what
reason
he
hadde
called
hym
fader
/
seen
that
he
was
yet
moche
yong
.
To
whome
he
answerde
his
tongue
/
that
is
to
saye
tacyturnyte
/
and
prudence
in
langage
made
hym
to
deserue
to
be
named
fader
/
for
the
aege
made
hym
not
soo
to
be
called
/
but
the
vertue
.
Therfore
the
sayd
Pastor
neuer
gaynsayde
by
wordes
with
an
holy
fader
/
but
all
theyr
wordes
he
enhaunsed
&
praysed
.
¶
In
the
tyme
that
Theophyle
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
cam
from
thou
sayd
place
of
Alexandrye
/
in
to
the
desertes
of
Sychye
/
the
relygyouses
for
to
come
speke
to
hym
were
assembled
/
&
prayde
to
an
abbot
named
Pambo
/
that
he
wolde
make
a
predycacyon
att
the
comyng
of
the
sayd
Theophyle
for
to
comforte
hym
in
esperyte
.
The
whiche
answerd
yf
he
be
not
wel
edefyed
with
my
scylence
/
he
shal
be
lasse
by
my
wordes
.
¶
A
brother
that
was
named
Pystus
/
and
seuen
other
brethern
hermytes
his
felawes
vysyteden
th
abbot
Sysoy
dwellyng
in
that
yle
whiche
is
called
Clysmatos
/
to
whom
they
prayde
/
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
theym
some
admonycōns
/
by
the
whiche
they
myght
be
the
better
&
gete
theyr
helth
.
To
whom
he
answered
My
brethern
pardonne
me
yf
it
please
you
/
for
I
am
not
but
a
best
&
a
Idyote
&
without
entendement
.
But
I
shall
recounte
to
you
that
whiche
I
haue
seen
in
.ij.
holy
faders
.
That
one
was
named
th
abbot
Or
/
that
other
abbot
Atrem
that
whiche
I
haue
vysyted
long
tyme
for
to
knowe
theyr
conuersacion
/
&
thenne
whan
I
was
arryued
with
theym
.
I
prayed
theym
in
lyke
wyse
as
ye
haue
prayed
me
/
that
they
shold
gyue
to
me
some
doctryne
for
my
helth
wherto
the
sayd
abbot
answered
/
broder
do
here
in
all
that
whiche
thou
shalt
see
doon
by
vs
here
/
other
thyng
can
I
not
saye
repreche
.
Thou
shalt
knowe
here
my
fader
Atrem
/
whiche
dooth
by
the
moyen
of
the
grace
of
god
more
than
he
maye
in
all
vyolence
.
And
in
lyke
wyse
dooth
god
to
all
other
that
enterpryse
this
rule
and
maner
of
lyuynge
.
They
were
not
both
of
one
prouynce
.
But
in
theym
was
all
plenytude
of
grace
.
And
pryncypally
Atrem
was
of
grete
obedyence
/
and
Or
of
parfyght
humylyte
/
as
it
appereth
fayttes
whiche
shall
after
be
sayd
.
¶
On
a
tyme
a
certayne
man
brought
a
fysshe
for
to
ete
/
the
whiche
th
abbot
Atrem
wolde
make
redy
for
theyr
dyner
.
And
as
he
putte
the
knyef
in
the
fysshe
for
to
deuyde
and
cutte
it
/
the
abbot
Or
began
to
crye
Atrem
atrem
/
and
incontynent
the
sayd
Atrem
lefte
his
knyfe
within
the
fysshe
without
to
drawe
it
out
and
deuydyng
of
the
fysshe
.
And
the
sayd
Atrem
ranne
to
the
sayd
abbot
Or
/
without
to
saye
that
he
sholde
tarye
tyll
he
hadde
appoynted
the
fysshe
.
¶
Thenne
demaunded
the
holy
fader
Sysoy
of
the
sayd
Atrem
how
he
hadde
goten
soo
grete
obedyence
/
he
answered
that
it
was
by
the
merytes
of
his
abbot
Or
/
and
thenne
he
knewe
his
obedyence
.
For
the
sayd
fysshe
was
not
rosted
ne
appoynted
lyke
as
it
apperteyned
.
Notwithstandynge
the
sayd
Atrem
wolde
haue
done
it
gladdely
to
th
ende
/
that
the
sayd
Sysoy
sholde
knowe
his
obedyence
/
whan
they
cam
to
dyner
/
the
sayd
Atrem
delyuered
fyrst
a
parte
of
the
sayd
fysshe
but
halfe
soden
/
the
whiche
the
sayde
holy
fader
Or
ete
in
praysyng
it
as
ryght
good
and
well
appoynted
.
After
he
presented
of
the
sayd
fysshe
to
hym
an
other
parte
/
whiche
was
not
but
/
but
halfe
soden
sayeng
.
Fader
forgyue
me
for
this
pyece
hath
ben
by
me
euyll
soden
and
appoynted
.
¶
The
holy
fader
Or
answered
.
My
broder
I
byleue
that
thou
hast
doon
the
beste
that
thou
coudest
doo
arter
thy
power
/
and
therfore
it
is
to
me
agreable
.
¶
Whan
this
was
doo
the
sayd
Atrem
spacke
to
the
sayd
Sysoy
sayeng
these
wordes
.
¶
My
brother
and
frende
thou
seest
well
that
th
obedyence
that
is
in
me
procedeth
of
this
good
abbot
Or
/
whiche
is
soo
humble
and
obedyente
that
I
am
constrayned
to
ensyewe
and
folowe
his
maners
and
condycyons
.
¶
After
this
the
sayd
Sysoy
departed
moche
Ioyous
and
conforted
And
rewled
hym selfe
vpon
that
whiche
he
hadde
seen
in
the
sayd
two
holy
faders
.
Therfore
answered
the
sayd
Sysoy
to
one
of
the
brethern
whiche
was
with
the
sayd
Pystus
whan
he
asked
hym
/
broder
shewe
to
vs
sygne
and
example
of
charyte
towarde
vs
/
and
gyue
to
vs
some
doctryne
.
My
frende
who
hath
plenytude
of
vertues
/
and
pryncypall
humylyte
aboue
all
other
he
compryseth
all
the
holy
scrypture
.
¶
An
other
brother
asked
and
demaunded
of
hym
what
was
of
very
pylgremage
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
it
was
to
kepe
hym selfe
stylle
.
And
in
what
someuer
place
that
he
were
/
to
blame
nothyng
/
but
all
to
prayse
/
with
out
to
haue
ony
desyre
of
ony
worldly
thyng
that
it
were
.
¶
An
hermyte
on
a
tyme
vysyted
the
abbot
Sysoy
in
a
place
named
the
montayne
of
saynt
Anthony
/
to
whom
the
sayd
broder
sayd
these
wordes
.
Fayr
fader
it
is
a
longe
tyme
that
thou
hast
he
here
.
I
suppose
and
bylere
certaynly
that
thou
hast
not
yet
the
noble
vertues
that
had
the
holy
fader
Anthonye
/
the
whiche
answered
to
hym
.
Alas
my
brother
and
my
frende
what
sayst
thou
/
yf
I
had
one
sparkle
of
his
charyte
whiche
was
in
hym
I
sholde
be
all
in
a
fyre
.
Notwithstondynge
I
wote
not
ne
knowe
man
so
parfyght
that
may
bere
the
penaunces
/
whiche
made
and
suffred
the
good
and
holy
abbot
saynt
Anthonye
.
After
he
asked
yf
in
tyme
passed
the
deuylles
tempted
the
relygyous
people
as
they
dyde
thenne
that
aforsayd
lyued
.
To
whom
answered
the
sayd
Sysoy
/
that
more
strongly
the
deuyl
tempted
in
the
sayd
tyme
/
than
he
had
done
in
tyme
passed
.
For
as
moche
as
the
ende
of
the
worlde
approcheth
/
of
moche
enforceth
he
the
more
to
make
the
poore
soules
to
falle
in
to
the
horryble
paynes
of
helle
.
¶
Other
brethern
wente
towarde
the
sayd
Sysoy
for
to
receyue
his
doctryne
but
he
sayd
nothyng
to
theym
/
but
my
brethern
pardonne
me
/
lyke
as
he
wolde
saye
.
I
am
not
worthy
ne
suffysaunt
to
proferre
fro
my
mouth
holy
wordes
.
And
for
as
moche
as
they
sawe
in
his
celle
many
hostyes
/
they
asked
of
his
dyscyple
Abraham
what
he
dyde
with
theym
.
The
dyscyple
answered
that
he
sente
some
this
daye
to
one
hous
/
&
to
morowe
to
an
other
.
The
holy
fader
heryng
that
/
sayd
to
theym
thus
/
My
brethern
.
Sysoy
eteth
here
&
there
not
that
he
be
a
begger
here
&
there
in
dyuerse
houses
/
for
he
maketh
hottes
&
paners
for
to
serue
theym
of
that
they
haue
to
do
.
Of
this
humylyte
were
the
brethern
conforted
&
Ioyously
retourned
to
the
place
from
when●
they
were
comen
.
¶
To
the
sayd
holy
fader
a
brother
sayd
these
wordes
.
I
knowe
tayr
fader
that
my
mynde
is
dyrectly
sette
all
to
god
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
is
noo
grete
thyng
yf
thy
soule
be
addressed
to
god
by
contemplacyon
.
But
it
is
a
gretter
thyng
yf
thou
see
well
thy selfe
/
in
reputyng
the
by
very
humylyte
the
lest
of
all
creatures
/
&
for
to
come
to
that
/
thou
muste
make
lene
thy
bodye
/
and
in
that
doyng
thou
shalt
gete
lyghtly
humylyte
/
by
the
whiche
thou
shalt
knowe
thy selfe
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
sayd
the
deuoute
relygyous
saynt
Syncletyce
/
lyke
as
it
is
Impossyble
to
make
a
shypp
with
out
dyuerse
poynte
of
nayles
and
other
maters
.
In
lyke
wyse
it
is
Impossyble
to
be
saued
without
humylyte
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
the
holy
abbot
Ypericius
sayd
.
The
tree
of
lyfe
is
in
heuen
aboue
whiche
mounteth
the
humylyte
of
a
monke
/
yet
furthermore
he
sayd
that
we
ought
all
ten●yewe
the
publycan
/
the
whiche
in
the
temple
reputed
hym selfe
vnworthy
to
be
named
and
called
the
seruaunt
of
god
our
sauyour
Ihesu
cryste
in
cryeng
&
askyng
mercy
And
on
the
contrarye
we
ought
teshewe
&
flee
the
pharyseen
whiche
gloryfyed
hym
in
his
vertues
/
we
ought
also
to
ensyewe
the
clemens
&
mekenesse
of
Moyses
/
to
th
ende
that
the
proude
enhaūsynges
we
myght
conuerte
in
to
the
see
that
is
to
saye
in
to
teres
of
very
contrycyon
&
penaunce
.
¶
For
to
gyue
counseyll
to
eschewe
&
resyste
to
our
euyll
temptacyons
/
th
abbot
Orysyus
made
suche
a
comparyson
/
lyke
as
cyle
or
breke
put
in
to
asshes
/
yf
it
be
not
well
baken
/
it
shall
neuer
make
good
foundement
in
a
walle
/
sette
in
a
watry
place
/
or
other
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
a
man
lyuynge
in
this
worlde
shall
neuer
be
well
edefyed
/
but
yf
he
be
wel
●aken
by
the
fyre
of
dyuerse
temptacyons
/
&
proued
by
the
same
/
for
in
temptacyon
is
proued
our
vertue
.
¶
Herof
we
haue
example
of
Ioseph
solde
by
his
brethern
/
the
whiche
beyng
in
the
hous
of
Pharao
ydolatrer
/
suffred
&
endured
many
grete
aduersytees
&
tourmentes
/
&
notwithstandyng
he
serued
god
in
kepynge
dylygently
his
commaundementes
&
his
lawe
/
how
be
it
that
he
was
in
the
countree
of
ydolatrye
/
in
whiche
th
ydoles
were
adoured
&
worshypped
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
sayden
the
holy
faders
that
euery
persone
ought
to
knowe
his
strength
&
possybylyte
.
For
none
ought
to
entrepryse
more
strongly
than
he
can
accomplysshe
/
as
some
that
wyll
take
the
burthen
&
charge
of
relygyon
.
And
anone
as
they
be
entred
/
&
that
the
deuyll
hath
gyuen
to
theym
assault
they
recu●e
&
goo
backe
/
and
renounce
that
/
whiche
they
haue
entreprysed
.
Of
whom
it
is
sayd
/
that
they
shall
not
be
crowned
/
for
they
resyste
not
vnto
the
ende
.
¶
An
hermyte
estemyng
hymselve
to
be
parfyght
&
vyctoryous
in
his
temptacyons
replenysshed
with
all
vertues
made
a
requeste
to
god
/
that
it
wolde
please
him
to
shewe
what
perfeccyon
other
than
he
had
had
that
myght
be
to
him
necessary
.
Thenne
he
herde
by
reuelacyon
that
by
his
hermytage
was
an
herdemen
/
that
whiche
sholde
counseyll
him
whiche
he
had
to
do
/
that
done
the
angell
went
to
the
sayd
herdeman
&
sayd
to
hym
how
the
sayd
hermyte
sholde
come
to
him
for
to
haue
counseyll
of
his
helth
.
And
whan
he
sholde
be
come
that
he
sholde
delyuer
to
him
a
fouet
&
his
hogges
to
kepe
.
All
this
dyde
the
goodnes
of
god
for
to
humble
the
sayd
hermyte
.
It
happed
that
the
sayd
hermyte
went
to
the
sayd
herdeman
/
lyke
as
it
was
shewed
to
hym
/
to
whom
the
herdeman
anone
asked
hym
fyrste
/
yf
he
wolde
do
all
that
he
sholde
commaunde
hym
/
&
he
answered
/
ye
/
thenne
he
delyuered
to
hym
a
fouet
&
his
hogges
to
kepe
.
The
sayd
hermyte
folowyng
his
promysse
/
dyde
all
that
the
herdeman
commaunded
hym
/
&
kepte
his
hogges
a
longe
tyme
.
Many
sayd
of
him
that
he
was
become
a
fooll
/
or
that
he
had
the
deuyll
in
his
bodye
.
God
consyderyng
his
humylyte
called
hym
ayen
in
speryte
.
And
he
retourned
in
to
his
hermytage
.
¶
An
other
monke
solytary
&
moche
humble
was
smeten
in
the
Iowe
by
a
demonyake
/
that
is
to
saye
that
he
was
vexed
with
a
deuyll
.
The
same
monke
in
kepyng
the
counseyll
of
Ihesu
cryst
profred
to
him
that
other
Iowe
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
smyte
ayen
.
Thenne
the
deuyll
whiche
myght
not
abyde
in
the
place
of
humylyte
/
bycause
that
he
is
prynce
of
pryde
/
lefte
the
man
/
and
sprang
out
of
his
bodye
.
¶
An
olde
fader
sayd
that
they
that
be
humble
whiche
desyre
to
obserue
theyr
humylyte
/
whan
they
be
tempted
with
elacōns
&
ambycyous
pryde
/
pryncypally
they
that
wene
to
be
deuoute
&
parfyght
in
vertues
/
oughten
incontynent
to
thynke
on
theyr
conscyence
/
&
consyder
yf
they
haue
well
kepte
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
yf
they
haue
loued
or
hated
theyr
enemyes
/
yf
they
be
angry
of
theyr
wele
&
promocōs
/
and
yf
they
reioyce
theym
of
theyr
trybulacyons
/
&
in
thynkyng
on
suche
thynges
/
a
very
meke
persone
shall
repute
hym
an
vnprouffytable
seruaunt
/
and
worst
of
all
synners
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
sayd
an
other
holy
fader
that
a
man
sholde
neuer
repute
hym selfe
more
sobre
/
more
contynent
/
ne
more
wyse
than
an
other
/
but
alwaye
to
Iuge
hym selfe
subget
and
symple
seruaunt
of
god
hauyng
nede
of
his
grace
/
&
all
this
by
veray
humylyte
without
fyccyon
or
ypocresye
.
And
by
this
one
shall
kepe
from
lesyng
of
the
fruyte
of
the
labour
that
he
sholde
haue
goten
by
penaunce
/
for
as
moche
as
one
sholde
eschewe
arrogaunce
/
or
estymacyon
of
his
merytes
/
in
remyttyng
all
to
god
.
And
this
rewle
is
the
pryncypall
among
people
of
deuocyon
.
¶
To
this
purpose
sayd
an
other
holy
fader
that
of
so
moche
that
the
vertue
of
a
man
is
more
praysed
/
of
soo
moche
more
he
ought
to
humble
hymselfe
.
Moo
persones
ben
saued
that
haue
not
be
honoured
in
this
worlde
/
than
of
other
that
haue
ben
constytued
in
honour
&
worldly
fauour
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
of
an
holy
fader
yf
it
were
necessary
to
be
in
contynuell
contrycyon
&
penaunce
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
ye
/
And
therof
he
gaaf
hym
an
example
of
Ihesus
sone
of
Naue
/
the
whiche
beyng
in
contemplacyon
&
deououte
oryson
laye
vpon
th
erthe
/
god
appered
to
hym
/
and
not
whan
he
was
out
of
his
contemplacyons
.
¶
An
other
demaunded
of
an
holy
fader
fro
whens
it
proceded
that
he
was
so
ofte
trauaylled
of
deuylles
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
it
was
bycause
that
he
had
lost
his
armours
spyrytuell
/
that
is
to
wyte
humylyte
/
pacyence
/
pouerte
/
and
suffryng
of
Iniuryes
.
For
the
sende
taketh
his
aduersary
more
soone
whan
he
fyndeth
hym
without
wepen
than
whan
he
kepeth
hym
armed
.
¶
An
other
brother
asked
in
lyke
wyse
of
an
holy
fader
/
yf
a
man
cam
to
hym
for
to
haue
comfort
or
consolacyon
in
his
temptacyons
/
or
aske
counseyll
to
resyste
his
synnes
/
yf
he
ought
to
refuse
it
to
hym
/
sayeng
that
he
sholde
go
without
to
recounte
to
hym
his
vyces
&
synnes
/
or
yf
he
ought
to
saye
to
hym
/
that
in
tyme
to
come
he
sholde
kepe
him
from
suche
operacyons
.
¶
The
holy
fader
fyrst
answered
that
he
ought
not
to
refuse
to
here
his
proposycōns
.
¶
Secondely
he
ought
not
saye
in
rebukyng
hym
that
he
sholde
eschewe
his
synnes
by
suche
maner
&
suche
/
to
the
ende
that
yf
in
tyme
comyng
hym selfe
fylle
in
suche
temptacyons
/
he
were
worthy
of
more
grete
reprobacion
bycause
he
dyde
not
the
whiche
he
counseylled
.
But
it
sholde
be
good
to
be
stylle
&
saye
nought
.
For
by
scylence
he
shold
shewe
good
ensample
ynough
to
correcte
hym selfe
of
the
synnes
by
hym
commysed
.
¶
An
holy
man
for
to
yeue
an
answer
to
an
other
whiche
asked
hym
what
was
humylyte
/
he
sayd
the
humylyte
is
to
forgyue
&
pardonne
our
enemyes
the
wronges
&
Iniuryes
whiche
they
had
done
to
vs
/
to
fore
er
they
aske
forgyuenesse
.
¶
An
other
holy
fader
sayd
that
he
had
neuer
wylled
to
chaunge
his
●●dre
ne
desyred
to
be
of
more
strayt
ne
lasse
/
but
he
had
be
all
his
lyfe
all
founded
in
prayer
and
oryson
/
vnto
that
it
pleased
god
to
calle
hym
in
to
his
Royalme
in
departyng
by
deth
the
soule
out
of
his
bodye
.
¶
An
other
sayd
that
none
ought
to
blame
hym
that
doth
to
hym
wronge
or
repreef
/
but
oonly
ought
to
saye
that
for
his
synnes
god
sendeth
hym
this
trybulacyon
.
And
therfore
sayd
an
holy
fader
/
that
very
humylyte
is
to
do
well
to
theym
that
do
to
vs
euyll
.
And
whan
one
demaunded
hym
by
what
moyen
he
myght
come
to
suche
vertue
.
He
answered
that
in
kepyng
his
tongue
/
and
in
leuyng
the
worlde
.
¶
An
other
good
ensample
for
to
shewe
the
forme
of
humylyte
.
A
pylgrym
walkyng
founde
on
a
tyme
in
a
monasterye
a
grete
nombre
of
relygyous
men
the
whiche
after
the
seruyce
was
doon
&
his
oryson
accomplysshed
/
folowed
the
brethern
of
the
sayd
monasterye
/
&
sette
hym selfe
atte
table
wenyng
to
dyne
with
theym
/
as
he
had
be
of
the
hous
a
Relygyous
man
.
The
brethern
moche
abasshed
of
the
hardynes
of
this
pylgrym
.
And
bycause
it
was
not
theyr
custome
to
receyue
Relygyous
straungers
/
they
hunted
or
chaced
hym
out
of
theyr
couente
.
The
same
pylgrym
mekely
wente
his
waye
without
to
angre
hym selfe
ne
gaynsayeng
.
After
the
sayd
brethern
had
remorse
of
conscyence
/
&
were
sory
&
dyspleasaunt
of
that
they
had
put
hym
out
of
theyr
companye
/
without
to
haue
gyuen
to
hym
his
refeccyon
/
wherfore
incontynent
they
called
hym
agayne
.
And
whan
he
was
comen
agayne
they
asked
hym
what
thought
he
had
had
in
his
corage
/
thenne
whan
they
had
dryuen
hym
out
of
theyr
couent
/
&
after
had
called
hym
agayne
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
he
had
none
other
thought
/
but
that
he
had
ben
reputed
semblable
to
an
honde
/
the
whiche
whan
he
is
menaced
&
thretened
he
fleeth
awaye
/
&
whan
he
is
called
agayne
/
anone
he
cometh
agayne
.
Gyuyng
theym
to
vnderstonde
by
his
wordes
/
that
in
lyke
wyse
ought
to
doo
all
they
that
wyll
haue
veray
humylyte
&
all
to
suffre
without
murmure
.
¶
Some
brethern
of
Thebayde
ladde
a
demonyake
to
an
holy
fader
/
to
the
ende
that
by
his
prayers
/
he
myght
be
delyuered
of
the
possessyon
of
the
deuyll
.
The
whiche
holy
fader
as
constrayned
by
theyr
requestes
sayd
to
the
deuyll
that
he
sholde
departe
out
of
the
bodye
of
the
same
man
.
The
deuyll
answered
.
I
goo
but
fyrst
say
to
me
/
what
men
ben
they
that
in
scrypture
ben
reputed
ghotes
/
and
whiche
ben
they
that
be
semblable
to
lambes
.
The
holy
fader
knowyng
that
by
the
ghotes
ben
sygnefyed
the
lecherous
people
/
&
also
by
the
lambes
the
holy
deuoute
persones
fulfylled
with
humylyte
.
Answered
to
hym
that
the
ghotes
were
suche
people
as
he
was
hymselfe
/
but
the
lambes
that
is
to
saye
the
good
/
god
oonly
knoweth
theym
.
The
deuyll
by
his
answere
founded
in
humylyte
/
by
the
whiche
the
holy
fader
reputed
hym selfe
to
be
a
grete
synner
/
was
constrayned
to
go
out
of
the
bodye
of
the
sayd
demonyake
/
sayeng
that
he
myght
no
lenger
endure
the
presence
of
a
man
full
of
so
grete
humylyte
.
¶
The
holy
faders
sayden
that
we
be
tempted
with
pryde
or
vayne
glorye
/
wherfor
we
ought
to
humble
vs
.
For
god
knowyng
our
fraylte
socoureth
vs
incontynent
by
grace
/
but
whan
we
take
glorye
/
wenyng
to
resyste
it
of
our selfe
/
he
suffreth
vs
to
falle
in
dyuerse
maners
of
wyckednes
&
trybulacyons
in
speryte
¶
The
deuyll
for
to
deceyue
an
hermyte
appered
to
hym
in
fourme
of
an
aungell
.
And
whan
t
hermyte
sawe
hym
/
anone
he
closed
his
eyen
to
th
ende
that
in
no
wyse
he
wolde
see
hym
.
Thenne
the
deuyll
asked
wherfore
he
opened
not
his
eyen
/
seen
that
he
was
sente
from
god
for
to
comforte
hym
.
The
sayd
hermyte
answered
mekely
these
wordes
.
Thou
that
sayst
the
to
be
an
Angell
/
take
hede
to
whom
thou
spekest
.
I
byleue
that
yf
thou
be
an
angell
of
god
/
thou
oughtest
not
to
adresse
the
to
me
but
to
an
other
.
The
deuyll
seeyng
his
humylyte
and
constaunce
Incontynent
departed
thens
.
It
behoueth
fyrste
to
proue
the
spyrytes
/
that
is
to
wyte
yf
they
ben
of
god
or
not
/
to
fore
that
thou
gyue
fayth
to
theyr
wordes
.
And
for
so
moche
sayden
the
holy
faders
that
in
all
apparycyons
/
yet
whan
they
shall
be
of
god
/
euery
persone
ought
to
humble
hym selfe
in
sayeng
.
Alas
my
god
I
that
am
a
poore
synner
am
not
worthy
to
be
vysyteth
of
thyne
Angell
in
this
corruptyble
worlde
.
¶
To
this
purpose
is
founden
of
an
aged
fader
/
whan
the
deuyll
appyered
to
hym
makyng
to
hym
dyuerse
assaultes
/
the
whiche
he
suffred
pacyently
in
dyspysyng
theyr
temptacyons
.
One
of
the
sayd
deuylles
seeyng
hymselfe
ouer
comen
/
appyered
to
hym
in
fourme
of
our
sauyour
sayeng
.
Fayr
fader
opene
thyn
eyen
for
I
am
Ihesu
cryste
.
To
whom
he
answered
humbly
.
As
touchyng
to
me
I
wyll
not
see
Ihesu
cryst
in
this
worlde
/
for
I
am
not
worthy
/
yf
it
pleaseth
hym
of
his
grace
.
I
shall
see
hym
in
that
other
worlde
.
And
with
his
answere
the
deuyll
vanysshed
awaye
¶
A
lyke
answere
gaaf
to
the
deuylles
an
other
holy
fader
to
whom
they
demaunded
yf
he
wolde
see
Ihesu
cryste
in
sayeng
to
theym
.
Goo
ye
cursed
deuylles
where
as
it
is
gyuen
you
to
be
.
Haue
I
not
my
god
whiche
counseylleth
me
sayeng
/
thou
man
synner
yf
ony
come
to
the
and
saye
/
here
or
there
is
Ihesu
cryste
/
gyue
ther
to
no
consente
ne
answere
to
theyr
wordes
/
for
they
be
alle
Illusyons
&
decepcōns
.
¶
A
brother
hermyte
for
to
haue
reuelacyon
of
a
doubte
that
he
had
of
the
holy
scrypture
fasted
.lxx.
wekes
/
and
ete
not
but
ones
in
the
weke
.
After
the
sayd
tyme
seeyng
the
god
had
made
to
hym
no
reuelacyon
he
departed
fro
his
chambre
/
and
purposed
to
go
demaunde
his
brother
the
solucyon
of
his
questyon
.
God
knowyng
his
humylyte
/
incontynent
sente
to
hym
an
Angell
whiche
sayd
to
hym
.
Brother
I
notefye
to
the
that
the
fastyng
that
thou
hast
made
/
hath
not
rendred
the
so
moche
agreable
to
god
.
For
to
knowe
the
dyffyculte
that
thou
pretendest
to
knowe
/
for
by
thy
merytes
/
thou
wendest
to
constrayne
god
to
shewe
it
to
the.
But
for
as
moche
as
thou
hast
humbled
thy selfe
/
to
wylle
aske
of
thy
felowe
.
I
am
sent
fro
god
to
notefye
to
the
the
same
.
Thenne
he
declared
it
to
hym
/
and
after
the
angell
departed
fro
hym
/
by
the
whiche
example
it
appyreth
that
with
out
humylyte
we
maye
not
obteyne
of
god
ony
grace
what
someuer
penaunce
we
doo
.
¶
An
other
doctryne
for
of
folke
astate
constytued
in
dygnyte
.
The
same
holy
faders
wytnessen
that
euery
man
hauyng
domynacyon
and
preemynence
vpon
other
/
yf
he
commaunde
a
thyng
to
his
subgettes
/
so
that
it
be
by
humylyte
/
and
for
t
honour
of
god
/
in
all
thynges
she
shall
be
obeyed
.
But
yf
he
commaunde
theym
by
arrogaunce
/
as
to
repute
hym selfe
worthy
to
be
obeyed
/
with
out
to
haue
regarde
that
it
be
for
the
honour
of
god
and
without
humylyte
&
drede
of
god
/
he
shall
not
suffre
that
suche
lordes
be
obeyed
of
theyr
subgettes
.
And
by
this
is
knowen
whan
ony
operacyons
ben
to
be
done
yf
they
be
founded
in
charyte
&
of
good
persones
or
euyll
.
¶
And
therfore
sayd
an
holy
fader
.
I
hadde
leuer
be
ouercomen
in
mekyng
my selfe
/
than
to
vaynquysshe
by
my
pryde
.
¶
And
an
other
sayd
that
neuer
ought
one
despyse
his
seruaunte
with
whom
he
is
/
for
none
knoweth
yf
he
haue
the
spyryte
of
god
/
eyther
that
we
haue
it
that
despyse
hym
.
¶
An
hermyte
demaunded
of
an
holy
fader
/
yf
he
sawe
ony
of
his
brethern
do
euyll
&
synne
dedely
/
yf
he
ought
to
repreue
hym
.
The
holy
fader
answerde
to
hym
/
that
yf
in
the
company
were
more
older
than
he
/
he
ought
to
be
stylle
.
And
by
that
moyen
he
sholde
haue
peas
.
For
in
as
moche
as
he
holdeth
hym selfe
lasse
than
other
/
ther
is
lasse
enuye
/
&
also
he
is
more
sure
in
his
conscyence
.
The
brother
replyked
agayne
sayeng
/
that
he
myght
not
bere
the
detryment
of
his
broder
seeyng
hym
synne
as
who
sholde
saye
nature
constrayned
hym
to
repreue
hym
.
¶
The
holy
fader
answered
to
hym
/
that
he
myght
well
ones
repreue
hym
&
correcte
hym
brotherly
without
more
.
And
yf
by
aduenture
his
speryte
myght
not
be
appeased
he
sholde
retourne
to
god
by
deuoute
oryson
whiche
sholde
comforte
hym
.
¶
Furthermore
he
sayd
that
the
very
seruaunt
of
god
ought
alwaye
to
leue
his
wyll
/
&
to
remytte
hym selfe
to
god
in
obseruyng
contynuelly
scylence
/
whiche
is
veray
humylyte
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
demaunded
an
hermyte
of
an
holy
fader
/
what
was
the
fruyte
of
a
man
mortall
/
in
whiche
he
ought
to
gete
meryte
&
mede
.
¶
To
whom
he
answered
that
it
was
humylyte
.
For
of
so
moche
is
he
the
more
enhaunsed
in
perfeccyon
.
¶
And
therfore
an
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
whan
a
man
asked
pardon
/
&
forgyuenes
of
an
other
of
the
euyll
that
he
hath
doon
to
hym
/
yf
he
do
it
by
humylyte
/
the
deuylles
whiche
haue
tempted
hym
to
do
the
euyll
/
incontynent
departen
from
hym
.
¶
An
holy
fader
for
to
teche
men
to
eschewe
vayne
glorye
sayd
suche
a
parable
as
foloweth
.
That
is
to
wyte
/
that
he
that
maketh
oyle
/
couere
not
the
eyen
of
the
hors
that
tourned
the
mylle
/
he
wolde
not
goo
/
but
sholde
tarye
to
doo
his
werke
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
also
/
a
man
that
is
penytente
/
ought
not
to
see
his
operacyons
vertuous
/
to
th
ende
that
in
consyderyng
theym
he
prayse
hymself
and
be
proude
.
For
fynably
he
sholde
lese
therby
his
labour
and
meryte
.
And
for
that
cause
in
certayn
dayes
the
holy
faders
reduseden
to gydre
to
remembraunce
all
theyr
foule
cogytacyons
/
to
th
ende
that
by
theym
they
made
a
veyle
to
couere
the
vertuous
werkes
that
they
made
.
Therfore
euery
man
that
accuseth
hym selfe
in
veray
humylyte
shall
neuer
be
dampned
yf
he
gete
the
mercy
of
our
redemer
.
¶
And
thus
for
to
doo
an
holy
fader
desyred
more
to
be
taught
without
comparyson
/
than
to
teche
/
to
th
ende
of
hym selfe
he
sholde
esteme
ygnoraunce
and
symplenesse
.
And
the
same
holy
fader
sayd
/
that
no
man
ought
to
teche
ne
preche
/
but
yf
he
haue
aege
/
maners
/
and
scyence
.
Otherwyse
he
shall
be
reputed
all
his
lyfe
a
fooll
&
vnworthy
to
be
amonge
theym
that
be
wyse
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
of
an
holy
fader
/
what
thyng
was
humylyte
.
To
whom
he
answered
that
it
was
a
yefte
of
god
/
the
whiche
is
had
in
dooyng
penaunce
bodely
/
in
reputyng
hymself
a
synner
/
&
to
yelde
hym selfe
subgette
to
all
theym
with
whom
he
conuerseth
¶
Thenne
he
demaundeth
and
asked
hym
what
it
was
to
saye
to
be
subgette
to
men
.
And
he
answered
/
that
it
was
to
take
hede
to
his
synnes
/
and
not
to
knowe
the
synnes
of
his
neyghbour
/
&
to
praye
contynuelly
that
god
gyue
mercy
to
synners
.
¶
An
other
requyred
an
holy
fader
that
he
wolde
saye
to
hym
one
worde
how
he
myght
be
saued
.
He
answered
to
him
that
yf
he
myght
endure
all
wronges
that
were
doon
to
hym
it
is
a
vertue
aboue
all
other
/
by
the
whiche
he
myght
gete
his
helthe
.
And
for
this
cause
an
holy
fader
defended
his
dyscyple
that
he
sholde
not
frequente
people
constytued
in
dygnytees
/
for
ofte
in
folowynge
theym
one
desyreth
to
be
a
lorde
as
they
be
.
¶
A
brother
beyng
in
a
couent
/
the
whiche
in
all
vyces
and
synnes
he
sayd
him
selfe
to
be
a
synner
.
And
that
also
that
he
made
not
so
many
mattes
ne
hande
werkes
as
made
his
brethern
/
wherfore
they
began
to
murmure
ayenst
him
the
whiche
thyng
knowyng
the
abbot
/
and
also
the
vertues
of
the
brother
/
he
sayd
to
all
the
Relygyouses
.
Childern
knowe
ye
that
I
loue
better
one
oonly
matte
with
the
humylyte
of
your
broder
vpon
whom
ye
murmure
/
than
all
yours
made
in
pryde
whiche
ouercometh
you
¶
A
broder
asked
of
an
holy
fader
/
how
that
it
was
possyble
that
a
man
durste
presume
in
hym selfe
to
haue
so
moche
deserued
towarde
god
to
saye
that
he
had
seen
angellys
face
to
face
.
The
holy
fader
answered
to
hym
/
that
he
is
well
happy
that
seeth
well
his
synnes
.
As
who
wolde
saye
/
that
for
to
see
the
angellys
of
god
is
not
possyble
.
¶
A
relygyous
brother
knowyng
that
one
his
broder
was
angry
ayenst
hym
desyryng
to
appease
hym
/
wente
to
him
and
knockyng
atte
his
cellle
dore
/
but
he
wolde
not
opene
hit
.
¶
Thenne
he
that
wolde
haue
appeased
hym
/
wente
to
an
holy
fader
/
and
tolde
to
hym
the
caas
in
chargyng
his
brother
of
that
he
wolde
not
opene
his
dore
/
the
whiche
answered
to
hym
.
Broder
kepe
the
that
thou
Iustefye
not
thy selfe
in
blamyng
thy
brother
/
for
that
is
nothynge
the
waye
of
humylyte
.
And
by
cause
thou
hast
not
proceded
by
that
waye
god
hath
not
suffred
that
thy
felawe
hath
not
opened
his
dore
.
Neuertheles
thou
must
consydere
yf
he
haue
synned
ayenst
the
by
wrathe
/
that
in
lyke
wyse
other
tyme
thou
haste
synned
.
And
therfore
Iustefye
thy
brother
/
and
accuse
thy selfe
/
yf
thou
soo
doo
/
god
shall
gyue
corage
to
accorde
hym selfe
with
the.
And
for
to
better
to
comforte
him
the
holy
fader
recounted
to
hym
this
ensample
folowyng
.
¶
Two
seculer
men
of
honeste
lyfe
conuersyng
to
gydre
by
comyn
assent
entreden
in
to
Relygyon
And
wenyng
to
doo
a
werke
of
grete
meryte
ghelded
theym selfe
/
and
made
theym
quyte
of
theyr
genytours
.
This
consyderyng
the
Archebysshop
cursed
theym
.
Whan
they
knewe
it
beyng
moeued
of
grete
corage
/
murmured
ayenst
the
sayd
Archebysshop
/
in
sayeng
that
for
the
more
lyghtelyer
to
absteyne
theym
from
synne
/
they
hadde
doon
it
.
And
soo
by
that
moyen
to
come
to
the
kyngdom
of
heuen
.
As
men
beyng
out
of
Reason
they
wente
to
complayne
to
the
Archebysshop
of
Iherusalem
.
And
to
hym
they
recounted
all
theyr
caas
lyke
as
it
was
happed
/
the
whiche
in
lyke
wyse
cursed
theym
.
Wherfore
more
angry
than
to fore
/
they
wente
in
lyke
wyse
to
the
Archebysshop
of
Anthyochye
supposyng
to
haue
obteyned
some
socour
.
But
as
the
other
he
caste
the
sentence
vpon
theym
.
Fynably
they
concluded
to
goo
to
Rome
.
And
after
that
they
were
arryued
/
they
recounted
to
the
pope
alle
the
sentences
that
hadde
be
caste
vpon
theym
/
and
for
that
cause
they
were
come
to
hym
as
souerayne
and
hede
of
all
holy
chirche
for
to
haue
theyr
absolucyon
.
The
pope
herde
theyr
requeste
cursed
theym
and
pryued
theym
by
his
sentence
of
all
the
prayers
of
the
holy
chirche
/
wherof
they
were
more
melancolyous
than
to fore
/
and
murmured
ayenst
hym
and
all
the
other
prelates
/
with
whom
they
hadde
be
sayeng
that
they
were
acceptours
of
persones
/
and
not
without
cause
they
made
congregacyons
for
to
conclude
after
theyr
appetyte
the
maters
that
myght
come
byfore
theym
.
Thus
they
wyst
not
what
to
doo
/
but
to
goo
to
an
holy
man
bysshop
of
Cypre
named
Epyphanius
/
whiche
hadde
the
yefte
of
prophecye
.
And
as
they
aoproched
towarde
the
cyte
where
as
the
sayd
bysshop
was
/
he
knewe
by
reuelacyon
of
theyr
comyng
and
the
cause
wherfore
they
cam
.
And
he
sente
to
theym
chargyng
that
they
sholde
not
be
so
hardy
to
entre
within
his
cyte
.
Whan
they
herde
these
tydynges
/
they
thought
in
theym selfe
/
that
theyr
comynge
hadde
be
shewed
to
the
sayd
holy
bysshop
/
and
that
they
had
grete
wronge
wenyng
to
Iustefye
theym
selfe
in
blamyng
the
bysshyp
that
fyrste
hadde
excomyned
and
cursed
theym
Thenne
they
reputed
theym selfe
worthy
of
grete
punysshement
sayeng
that
meruayllously
they
had
offended
theyr
maker
/
god
knowyng
theyr
contrycyon
and
humylyte
made
reuelacyon
to
the
sayd
Epyphanius
that
they
were
dysposed
to
do
penaunce
.
Thenne
he
sente
to
seche
theym
/
&
receyued
theym
goodly
in
to
his
hous
.
And
after
that
he
hadde
assoylled
theym
by
the
pope
/
and
were
restored
to
the
holy
sacramentes
of
the
chirche
.
He
wrote
to
the
bysshop
of
Alexandrye
for
theym
in
this
maner
.
¶
Fader
receyue
these
two
childern
/
for
in
trouth
they
haue
doon
penaunce
for
the
synne
that
they
haue
commysed
as
moche
ayenst
god
and
his
lawe
as
ayenst
the.
¶
The
holy
fader
/
after
that
he
hadde
recounted
this
hystorye
sayd
to
the
forsayd
Relygyous
brother
My
sone
thus
it
behoueth
the
to
doo
yf
thou
wylte
gete
thy
helthe
.
For
god
wyll
that
a
man
after
that
he
hath
synned
/
Incontynent
retourne
to
hym
by
penaunce
.
¶
Whan
the
sayd
brother
had
herde
all
this
that
the
holy
fader
had
tolde
to
hym
/
he
retourned
and
concluded
to
doo
in
lyke
wyse
as
he
had
sayd
and
knocked
atte
dore
of
his
felawe
/
the
whiche
anone
opened
it
to
hym
/
and
enbraced
eche
other
by
amyable
peas
and
concorde
whiche
they
hadde
to gydre
.
¶
Two
monkes
brethern
germayne
lyueden
to gydre
in
charyte
and
vnyon
a
longe
tyme
/
the
whiche
the
deuyll
enemye
of
peas
supposed
to
haue
departed
theym
to
th
ende
that
they
sholde
nomore
dwelle
to gydre
.
Soo
it
happed
on
an
euentyde
/
that
the
yonger
lyghted
a
candell
/
and
sette
it
vpon
the
candelstycke
/
and
after
he
began
to
do
his
werke
.
The
deuyll
anone
ouerthrewe
the
sayd
candel
.
That
seeyng
that
other
/
the
whiche
was
older
/
&
wenynge
that
it
hadde
be
defaulte
of
his
brother
/
bete
hym
strongly
in
grete
angre
and
meouyng
of
corage
.
The
yonge
brother
cryed
softly
.
Alas
my
broder
I
praye
you
forgyue
it
me
/
&
I
shall
goo
lyght
it
agayne
.
The
deuyll
sawe
that
the
yonger
brother
was
not
angry
/
but
pacyente
and
in
grete
humylyte
hadde
endured
the
correccyon
of
his
brother
/
As
wood
&
tourmented
by
the
power
of
god
wente
and
recounted
this
to
the
prynce
of
deuylles
/
how
a
yong
monke
by
his
humylyte
hadde
putte
hym
out
of
the
hermytage
.
¶
The
preest
of
the
ydoles
heryng
that
/
forsoke
Incontynent
his
ydolatrye
/
and
yelded
hymself
to
be
Relygyous
.
And
after
his
conuersacyon
was
soo
happy
to
kepe
humylyte
/
sayeng
that
humylyte
chaceth
the
power
of
the
deuylles
/
in
lyke
wyse
as
they
hadde
herde
wytnesse
in
spekyng
that
one
to
that
other
.
¶
Furthermore
sayd
the
same
preest
that
to
fore
his
conuersyon
/
he
had
herde
the
deuylles
complaynyng
them
to
gydre
sayeng
/
that
whan
a
monke
was
falle
in
dedely
synne
/
anone
some
of
theym
dyde
penaunce
for
hym
/
wherfore
all
theyr
power
was
nought
/
in
suche
wyse
that
they
myght
not
gryeue
ne
ennoye
the
sayd
Relygyous
persones
.
¶
Here
begynneth
the
vertue
of
pacyence
.
FOr
to
lerne
and
knowe
how
we
myght
haue
the
vertue
of
pacyence
.
Euery
persone
that
wyll
rede
this
presente
treatyse
/
note
in
his
herte
/
and
also
reteyne
th
examples
and
dyctes
of
holy
faders
here
after
declared
.
The
whiche
ben
of
moche
valew
and
prouffyte
.
For
they
moeuen
to
deuocyon
/
&
also
to
haue
strengthe
and
pacyence
ayenst
aduersyte
.
¶
On
a
tyme
for
certayne
cause
was
made
a
congregacyon
of
many
relygyouses
/
amonge
whom
was
an
holy
fader
called
Euagrius
/
the
whiche
proposed
amonge
the
brethern
his
opynyon
of
the
mater
wherof
was
the
questyon
.
To
whom
the
souerayn
abbot
of
the
sayd
congregacyon
sayd
.
Fader
abbot
we
knowe
well
/
that
yf
thou
were
in
thy
contree
thou
sholdest
be
a
bysshop
or
chyef
of
many
relygyouses
.
And
now
as
a
pylgryme
&
straunger
thou
syttest
with
vs
.
The
good
deuoute
man
Euagrius
without
to
moeue
hym selfe
/
but
in
speryte
/
answered
not
one
worde
/
but
wrote
in
the
erthe
.
Brethern
it
is
so
as
ye
saye
.
¶
The
abbot
Iohan
the
lytyll
beyng
on
a
tyme
sette
to
fore
the
gate
of
his
chirche
/
many
brethern
satte
with
hym
And
of
dyuerse
thought
&
scrupulous
cogytacyons
they
asked
hym
/
to
whom
by
the
helpe
of
god
he
gaaf
so
good
answere
/
that
they
all
were
comforted
.
That
seeyng
an
olde
fader
moeued
of
enuyee
sayd
these
wordes
.
Fader
Iohan
thy
vyole
is
full
of
venym
.
To
whom
he
answerde
/
my
fader
thou
sayste
trouthe
/
but
yf
thou
sawest
that
whiche
is
in
my
herte
.
I
wote
neuer
what
thou
sholdest
saye
/
whan
thou
seest
not
but
that
whiche
appereth
without
forth
.
And
thus
to
the
Iniurye
that
was
sayd
to
hym
/
he
answered
pacyently
.
¶
Of
the
grete
pacyence
of
the
abbot
Ysydore
dwellyng
in
Sychye
wytnessen
the
holy
faders
/
that
whan
an
olde
fader
had
a
dyscyple
frayle
or
Iniuryous
&
he
wolde
put
hym
awaye
.
The
same
Ysydore
prayed
that
he
wolde
gyue
hym
to
hym
/
for
all
theym
he
sholde
make
vertuous
by
his
pacyence
.
¶
Of
lasse
pacyence
was
not
the
holy
fader
Macharye
/
the
whiche
whan
he
founde
a
theef
in
his
celle
/
whiche
charged
or
laded
vpon
his
hors
or
other
beste
all
his
goodes
/
he
wolde
helpe
the
theef
to
lade
his
hors
/
as
yf
he
hadde
be
his
felawe
.
And
in
soo
dooyng
he
sayd
suche
wordes
as
folowe
.
Whan
we
cam
in
to
this
worlde
we
hadde
no
thynge
.
God
gyueth
all
.
And
as
he
wyll
soo
be
it
doon
/
and
praysed
be
he
in
all
thynges
/
ben
they
contrarye
or
prouffytable
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
the
abbot
Moyses
with
many
other
was
in
a
congregacyon
made
in
Sychye
/
in
the
whiche
some
brethern
for
to
preue
his
pacyence
/
sayd
to
him
these
wordes
.
Come
hyther
thou
Ethyopyen
as
blacke
as
thou
art
who
hath
made
the
so
hardy
to
presume
to
come
with
vs
.
To
the
whiche
wordes
he
answered
not
.
After
they
asked
hym
/
they
that
hadde
so
Iniuryed
hym
/
yf
he
was
ony
thyng
wroth
.
To
whom
he
sayd
that
he
had
be
troubled
in
his
herte
/
but
that
not
withstandyng
he
absteyned
hym
to
speke
/
for
pacyentely
he
had
endured
.
¶
Paysius
brother
of
the
holy
fader
Pastor
/
hadde
famylyaryte
with
some
brethern
/
wherof
the
sayd
Pastor
was
euyll
contente
.
And
for
to
correcte
hym
he
went
to
make
of
hym
complayne
to
th
abbot
Ammonas
in
sayeng
to
hym
/
that
he
myght
nomore
endure
suche
thynges
.
¶
Thabbot
Ammonas
answered
to
hym
to
gyue
hym
mater
of
pacyence
/
ha
Pastor
thou
hast
yet
good
lyue
&
stronge
.
Go
go
in
thy
celle
/
&
consydere
that
thou
hast
an
hote
hede
&
an
hyghe
corage
/
how
well
that
thou
art
nyghe
the
poynt
for
to
be
leyde
in
thy
graue
or
tombe
.
And
by
that
concluded
the
sayd
Pastor
/
that
all
labour
&
aduersyte
whiche
cometh
to
vs
is
lyght
to
bere
/
soo
that
we
haue
scylence
and
peas
in
our
herte
without
grutchyng
.
¶
Ther
was
an
hermyte
a
broder
whiche
was
hurte
of
an
other
/
&
for
to
be
auenged
he
complayned
to
the
abbot
Sysoy
/
sayeng
that
yf
he
wolde
not
do
right
to
hym
&
reason
/
that
he
hymself
wolde
auenge
it
.
The
holy
man
Sysoy
prayed
hym
affectuously
/
that
he
sholde
do
nothyng
to
hym
that
had
hurte
hym
ne
to
do
to
him
ony
dysplesyr
/
but
to
leue
to
god
the
vengeaunce
.
The
brother
fulle
of
malygnyte
abode
in
his
euyll
wyll
protestyng
alwaye
to
auenge
hym
.
Thabbot
seeyng
his
obstynacion
/
prayed
hym
that
fyrste
he
sholde
make
his
oryson
&
prayer
to
god
/
&
after
accomplysshe
his
wyll
/
of
that
whiche
request
the
sayd
broder
was
content
/
&
so
put
theym
both
to
praye
vnto
our
lord
togydre
.
This
doon
the
abbot
Sysoy
sayd
god
is
not
moche
necessary
to
euyl
people
/
for
he
wyll
venge
hym
of
theyr
wronges
done
by
theym
.
The
hermyte
heryng
that
chaunged
his
wyll
&
fyll
doun
to
the
abbot
Sysoy
in
promysyng
that
he
wolde
do
no
dyspleasyr
to
hym
that
had
hurte
hym
.
¶
An
other
brother
seeyng
his
felawe
beryng
a
deed
man
to
the
erthe
/
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
here
with
hym
the
lyuyng
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
he
shode
endure
that
/
whiche
the
lyuyng
men
shlode
saye
to
hym
or
doo
/
and
in
soo
doyng
he
sholde
bere
theym
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
is
founden
of
a
brother
/
the
whiche
ofte
frequented
and
honoured
all
theym
that
dyde
to
hym
repreef
and
wronges
/
and
by
that
he
refrayned
ther
Ire
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
it
happeth
oftymes
that
they
/
the
whiche
correcte
theym
by
wronges
/
geten
good
maners
/
by
the
moyen
of
suche
wronges
.
For
it
is
wryten
/
they
that
blesse
and
prayse
you
/
begyle
your
soules
.
¶
Certayne
theues
on
a
tyme
entred
in
to
the
celle
of
an
holy
aeged
fader
/
and
sayd
to
hym
.
Fader
we
wyll
haue
all
that
is
here
within
.
¶
To
whome
he
answered
/
that
they
sholde
bere
awaye
all
that
whiche
semed
to
theym
good
.
¶
And
soo
they
bare
awaye
all
that
was
in
his
celle
/
sauf
a
lytyll
sacke
/
whiche
laye
in
a
corner
.
And
whan
the
holy
fader
founde
it
he
ranne
after
theym
and
bare
to
theym
the
sayd
sacke
sayeng
.
My
childern
ye
haue
forgoten
this
sacke
/
take
it
with
you
to
th
ende
that
ye
haue
all
.
The
theues
meruaylled
theym
of
his
grete
pacyence
/
&
rendred
all
to
hym
agayne
/
and
were
after
all
theyr
lyfe
penytent
sayeng
eche
to
other
/
verayly
this
holy
fader
is
the
seruaunt
of
god
full
of
the
vertue
of
pacyence
.
¶
The
holy
faders
wytnessen
that
an
hermyte
had
with
hym
a
yonge
dyscyple
replenysshed
with
alle
euyll
wylle
.
On
a
tyme
among
other
the
holy
man
repreued
hym
of
his
synne
in
sayeng
to
hym
.
My
sone
do
not
that
.
That
not
withstondyng
the
same
dyscyple
amended
not
hym selfe
/
wherfore
t
hermyte
seeyng
that
he
was
pertynax
&
obstynate
he
corrected
hym
nomore
/
but
concluded
in
hym selfe
/
to
suffre
hym
to
do
what
hym
good
semed
.
After
that
yet
he
dyde
worse
/
for
he
shytte
&
closed
the
celle
of
the
sayd
hermyte
.
In
the
whiche
was
nomore
but
thre
loues
oonly
/
&
suffred
hym
faste
thre
dayes
/
duryng
the
whiche
tyme
/
the
sayd
hermyte
sayd
noo
thynge
ne
dyde
to
hym
.
¶
This
knowyng
an
other
hermyte
his
next
neyghebour
made
potage
for
hym
&
delyuered
it
to
hym
by
an
hole
of
the
walle
of
his
celle
/
&
asked
hym
wherfore
his
dyscyple
was
so
longe
or
he
cam
/
he
answered
without
ony
angre
/
that
whan
it
pleased
hym
he
sholde
come
ayen
.
¶
Many
phylosophres
beyng
togydre
in
a
place
/
passed
by
theym
a
Relygyous
well
and
honestly
clothed
after
his
astate
.
The
phylosophres
desyryng
to
preue
the
pacyence
of
the
relygyous
man
called
hym
in
sayeng
to
hym
.
Ha
monke
come
and
speke
to
vs
/
and
so
he
dyde
.
¶
After
this
passed
an
other
grete
monke
and
of
lowe
condycyon
/
to
whome
the
phylosophres
sayden
.
Ha
monke
folysshe
and
euyll
come
and
speke
with
vs
/
incontynent
he
went
to
theym
And
anone
as
he
was
comen
/
one
gaue
a
buffet
to
hym
on
the
cheke
.
After
whiche
buffet
by
hym
receyued
whiche
was
armed
with
pacyence
/
presented
to
theym
that
other
cheke
after
the
counseyll
of
Ihesu
cryste
/
whan
they
knewe
his
pacyence
/
they
praysed
hym
/
and
made
hym
to
sytte
in
the
myddes
of
theym
/
sayeng
/
veryly
this
is
a
veray
monke
.
¶
After
they
demaunded
how
moche
more
penaunce
doo
ye
in
deserte
than
they
that
be
in
the
worlde
.
For
they
sayd
/
yf
ye
faste
/
soo
doo
we
/
yf
ye
chastyse
your
bodye
/
soo
do
we
/
thenne
what
doo
ye
more
than
we
.
The
monke
answered
/
we
lyue
in
hope
/
and
we
kepe
scylence
and
our
thought
fro
thynkyng
euyll
.
The
phylophres
herynge
this
last
answere
/
praysed
theym
sayeng
that
it
was
an
harde
thyng
that
to
do
to
theym
that
ben
in
the
worlde
/
for
they
theym selfe
coude
not
do
it
.
¶
An
holy
fader
hadde
a
dycyple
of
grete
pacyence
/
the
whiche
on
a
tyme
/
by
cause
that
he
was
angry
putte
hym
anone
out
of
his
hous
.
¶
The
good
dyscyple
was
not
proude
/
but
yelded
hym
humbly
and
pacyente
wente
not
from
the
dore
of
his
fayr
fader
/
to
fore
the
whiche
whan
the
fader
opened
his
dore
/
the
dyscyple
anone
fylle
doun
on
his
knees
/
in
askynge
hym
forgyuenes
¶
The
holy
fader
gretely
admeruaylled
of
his
pacyence
sayd
to
hym
.
Ha
my
sone
from
hens
forth
thou
shalt
be
my
fader
/
for
by
thyne
humylyte
and
pacyence
/
thou
hast
ouercome
my
pusyllanymyte
.
Entre
and
goo
in
my
sone
/
thou
shalt
be
holden
and
reputed
my
fader
.
And
I
that
am
olde
shall
be
thy
yong
dyscyple
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
I
am
yonger
than
thou
in
vertues
.
For
by
thy
grete
pacyence
constauntly
suffred
/
thou
hast
put
doun
my
feble
age
.
¶
And
to
this
purpose
recounten
some
holy
faders
/
that
many
yonge
Relygyous
men
nowrysshed
theym
that
ben
olde
bycause
of
theyr
euyll
gouernaunce
.
And
pryncypally
we
fynde
of
an
olde
hermyte
whiche
made
not
in
a
daye
&
nyght
but
one
matte
/
the
whiche
he
solde
anone
and
dranke
the
moneye
whiche
he
hadde
receyued
.
Soo
it
happed
that
a
yonge
brother
with
hym
lodged
/
whiche
also
euery
daye
made
a
matte
/
the
whiche
in
lyke
wyse
the
same
olde
man
solde
with
the
his
/
&
enployed
in
wyn
all
the
moneye
that
he
had
receyued
for
theym
&
after
dranke
it
without
to
brynge
ony
therof
to
his
dyscyple
sauf
oonly
a
lytyll
brede
whiche
he
brought
to
hym
atte
euyn
.
This
lyfe
ladde
the
olde
fader
by
the
space
of
thre
yere
/
without
ony
grutchyng
of
the
yonge
man
or
ony
euyll
worde
.
After
consyderyng
that
he
was
naked
&
he
ete
not
but
brede
not
halfe
ynoughe
/
purposed
hym
to
departe
and
to
goo
in
to
an
other
hermytage
/
but
on
that
other
syde
he
consydered
that
he
ought
to
endure
it
for
the
loue
of
god
.
And
that
he
was
not
hermyte
for
ony
other
thyng
but
for
to
doo
penaunce
/
wherfore
he
concluded
that
he
wolde
not
departe
out
of
his
hermytage
.
¶
And
anone
an
Aungell
appyered
to
hym
sayeng
.
Brother
departe
not
/
for
to
morn
we
shall
come
to
the.
Of
this
apparycyon
was
moche
Ioyous
the
yonge
dyscyple
.
And
after
he
prayde
his
olde
fader
t
hermyte
that
on
the
morn
he
wolde
not
goo
out
of
his
celle
in
to
the
towne
as
he
was
accustomed
to
goo
euery
daye
/
and
that
his
frendes
sholde
come
seche
hym
.
The
hour
comen
that
the
sayd
hermyte
was
accustomed
to
goo
for
to
selle
his
mattes
/
he
sayd
to
his
dyscyple
.
My
sone
I
wyll
goo
to
selle
our
mattes
.
For
they
for
whom
thou
abydest
seen
that
it
is
now
late
/
wylle
not
come
this
daye
.
¶
The
dyscyple
answered
.
My
fader
knowe
for
trouthe
that
they
shall
come
.
And
in
sayeng
those
wordes
he
rendred
and
yelded
vp
his
speryte
.
Thenne
the
olde
fader
began
to
crye
/
helas
helas
/
a
longe
tyme
it
is
that
I
haue
lyued
in
this
deserte
in
grete
neclygence
of
my
helthe
/
and
thou
vertuous
childe
by
the
pacyence
that
thou
hast
had
of
me
in
a
lytyll
tyme
hast
taken
by
assault
the
Royame
of
heuen
.
And
fro
thenne
forthon
the
olde
hermyte
becam
moche
sobre
/
&
lyued
more
holyly
than
he
had
be
accustomed
.
¶
Grete
pacyence
and
meruayllous
suffred
a
comyn
woman
&
was
named
Thays
/
the
whiche
was
of
soo
grete
beaute
garnysshed
/
that
for
her
pleasaunte
maynteyne
and
swere
regarde
many
yonge
fresshe
and
lecherous
persones
solde
theyr
rentes
and
reuenues
for
to
entreteyne
and
accompanye
the
sayd
Thays
.
And
in
th
ende
they
cam
to
shamefull
pouerte
and
mendycyte
.
And
that
worse
/
detestable
&
more
daungerous
thynge
was
/
by
cause
that
many
pretended
to
enioye
her
eueryche
at
his
owne
wyll
.
Oftentymes
her
dore
was
blody
with
the
blood
of
the
yong
men
that
in
grete
nombre
faught
for
her
An
holy
fader
abbot
named
Paphunce
aduertysed
of
her
poore
&
myserable
lyfe
/
&
desyryng
to
withdrawe
the
sayd
Thays
from
her
euyll
lyfe
/
cladde
him
selfe
in
seculer
habyte
/
&
toke
moneye
for
to
go
to
the
hous
of
the
sayd
Thays
dwellynge
thenne
in
a
cyte
of
Egypte
The
holy
saynt
fonde
her
in
her
hous
And
after
that
he
had
salewed
her
/
he
presented
&
offred
to
her
a
shelyng
for
her
rewarde
of
the
synne
whiche
he
fayned
to
commyse
with
her
.
Thays
whiche
toke
of
all
hondes
receyued
the
shelyng
/
&
made
the
good
man
to
entre
in
to
her
chambre
/
where
as
was
a
bedde
richely
arayed
/
&
couered
with
a
precyous
couerynge
vpon
whiche
she
laye
/
byddyng
hym
to
come
&
to
do
his
lecherye
.
But
he
that
desyred
other
thyng
than
to
commyse
that
dyshonest
synne
/
by
a
maner
of
drede
/
prayed
her
that
yf
ther
were
a
place
more
secrete
within
there
that
she
wolde
lede
him
thyder
/
to
th
ende
that
none
sholde
see
theym
.
To
the
whiche
she
answered
in
this
wyse
that
her
chambre
was
secrete
ynough
/
&
that
ther
sholde
no
persone
see
theym
there
.
But
she
sayd
that
ther
is
no
place
so
secrete
in
the
worlde
that
ony
thyng
can
be
hydde
from
god
/
whiche
knoweth
and
seeth
all
thynges
.
The
holy
fader
heryng
this
answere
sayde
to
her
/
my
frende
knowest
thou
well
that
ther
is
a
god
/
ye
sayd
she
.
And
I
byleue
the
resurreccyon
generall
/
and
after
the
same
we
shall
haue
the
royame
of
heuen
/
yf
we
doo
the
werkes
requyred
for
to
come
thyder
.
And
ferther
more
I
byleue
that
ther
is
helle
/
in
whiche
shall
be
tourmented
the
myserable
dampned
persones
for
the
perpetuell
vengeaunce
of
theyr
synnes
.
The
holy
fader
Paphunce
heryng
these
wordes
sayd
to
her
.
Now
my
frende
I
aske
the
syth
thou
knowest
these
thynges
/
how
thou
art
so
hardy
to
lyue
so
meschauntly
/
&
to
be
cause
of
the
perdycyon
and
losse
of
so
many
myserable
soules
/
whiche
ben
by
th
occasyon
of
the
soo
yrremyssybly
loste
and
dampned
/
and
of
whom
thou
must
relde
acompte
to
fore
god
.
Thays
heryng
the
holy
fader
/
and
his
meruayllous
remonstraunces
was
at
the
hour
touched
to
the
herte
/
that
she
fyll
doun
on
her
knees
to
fore
hym
sayeng
.
Fader
I
hope
that
by
grete
penaunce
and
meane
of
thy
holy
prayers
I
shall
mowe
obteyne
remyssyon
of
my
grete
and
foule
stynkyng
synnes
.
And
therfore
I
requyre
the
that
it
please
the
to
gyue
me
the
space
of
thre
houres
.
And
them
passed
I
shall
accomplysshe
alle
that
whiche
thou
wylt
commaunde
me
/
the
whiche
requeste
the
holy
Paphunce
accorded
to
her
.
And
assygned
to
her
a
place
to
the
whiche
she
promysed
to
come
&
yelde
her
to
hym
.
And
incontynent
the
doon
/
she
toke
all
the
goodes
that
she
had
goten
by
her
lecherye
/
&
bare
theym
in
to
the
myddes
of
the
cyte
/
and
there
she
threwe
theym
in
to
a
grete
fyre
/
whiche
she
had
kyndled
for
to
brenne
.
And
in
so
doyng
she
sayd
.
Come
hyther
ye
dyshonest
lecherous
people
whiche
soo
moche
shamefully
haue
synned
with
me
/
&
see
how
I
dyspose
that
whiche
ye
haue
gyuen
to
me
.
And
sayeng
the
sayd
wordes
she
brente
alle
generally
that
she
hadde
of
ony
valewe
/
whiche
well
amounted
after
that
the
hystorye
conteyneth
to
fourty
pounde
of
golde
.
That
doon
she
wente
to
the
place
to
her
assygned
by
the
sayd
fader
/
whiche
taryed
there
for
her
.
And
fro
thens
he
ledde
her
in
to
a
monastery
of
virgyns
where
as
she
was
by
hym
closed
in
a
celle
lytyll
&
strayte
/
of
the
whiche
he
closed
the
dore
/
as
he
sholde
neuer
haue
opened
it
/
&
made
a
lytyll
wyndowe
a
lowe
by
the
grounde
by
whiche
she
myghte
receyue
a
lytyll
brede
and
water
/
without
ony
other
thyng
to
ete
or
drynke
.
And
with
that
she
had
none
withdraught
/
where
as
she
myght
doo
her
aysement
/
but
vnder
her
.
Whan
she
was
shette
and
closed
in
/
she
requyred
humbly
the
holy
fader
Paphunce
/
that
he
wolde
Instructe
and
teche
her
the
maner
after
that
whiche
she
sholde
praye
vnto
god
.
To
the
whiche
he
answered
that
she
was
not
worthy
to
adoure
him
ne
to
lefte
vp
her
vysage
ne
her
handes
towarde
heuen
/
whiche
hadde
be
cause
of
commysynge
soo
many
fylthes
and
corrupcyons
.
¶
And
yet
sayd
the
holy
fader
.
Thays
thy
prayer
shall
be
made
in
this
maner
/
thou
beyng
layde
on
the
erthe
towarde
the
eest
shalt
saye
many
tymes
.
My
god
whiche
haste
formed
me
haue
pyte
on
me
.
¶
This
good
woman
Thays
dyde
this
penaunce
thre
yere
duryng
/
the
whiche
thre
yere
passed
/
the
holy
fader
Paphunce
had
mercy
and
pyte
of
her
/
but
yet
neuerthelesse
he
wolde
not
lete
her
out
/
without
to
haue
counseyll
of
the
abbot
Anthonye
/
the
whiche
after
that
the
sayd
Paphunce
hadde
recounted
the
grete
penaunce
that
she
hadde
doon
/
made
to
be
assembled
and
putte
to
prayer
all
his
dyscyples
for
to
knowe
yf
her
synne
were
forgyue
and
pardonned
/
hopyng
that
god
sholde
shewe
or
doo
be
shewed
some
thyng
.
They
beyng
in
deuoute
and
feruent
prayers
/
one
of
theym
named
Paulus
whiche
was
of
the
pryncypall
dyscyples
of
saynt
Anthonye
was
sodaynly
rauysshed
/
and
hym
thought
that
he
sawe
in
heuen
a
bedde
●orned
right
precyously
/
and
kepte
with
four
virgyns
meruayllously
fayr
.
Thenne
he
sayd
to
hym selfe
/
that
this
fayr
bedde
was
prepared
for
his
mayster
Saynt
Anthonye
and
for
none
other
.
¶
And
he
beynge
in
this
ymagynacyon
/
herde
a
voys
sayeng
to
hym
that
it
was
for
Thays
whiche
in
her
tyme
hadde
be
a
comyn
woman
.
¶
On
the
morn
erly
the
sayd
Paulus
recounted
to
his
brethern
the
sayd
vysyon
/
the
whiche
herde
by
the
sayd
fader
Paphunce
/
he
knewe
that
the
sayde
Thays
hadde
obteyned
pardon
and
remyssyon
of
her
synnes
.
And
thenne
departed
from
thens
and
wente
vnto
the
monasterye
/
where
in
she
was
enclosed
.
And
whan
the
good
Thays
sawe
that
her
dore
was
opened
/
she
began
to
crye
that
they
sholde
lete
her
abyde
there
vnto
her
laste
daye
.
But
Paphunce
wolde
not
agree
vnto
her
petycyon
.
And
sayd
to
her
that
she
sholde
come
forth
/
and
that
her
synnes
were
pardonned
and
forgyuen
.
After
that
she
was
out
/
for
to
declare
how
she
had
doon
her
penaunce
.
She
sayd
to
the
sayd
abbot
/
that
all
the
tyme
that
she
hadde
be
closed
and
shette
in
/
ther
was
not
one
mynute
/
but
that
she
hadde
consydered
all
her
synnes
whiche
she
hadde
commysed
in
wepyng
and
wayllyng
habondauntly
.
¶
Thenne
th
abbot
sayd
to
her
.
For
the
drede
that
thou
hast
hadde
of
thy
synnes
/
god
hath
forgyuen
the
/
and
not
for
thy
penaunce
.
Fyften
dayes
after
/
that
she
yssued
out
of
her
celle
/
she
rendred
and
gaaf
vp
her
soule
to
almyghty
god
as
the
hystorye
conteyneth
.
¶
Here
begynneth
an
other
hystorye
of
Contemplacyon
.
FOr
as
moche
as
it
is
notoyre
and
knowen
/
that
amonge
other
vertuous
werkes
.
Contemplacyon
is
ryght
excellent
as
that
whiche
incontynent
adresseth
to
god
.
Therfore
in
this
present
treatyse
by
the
grace
of
the
holy
ghoost
we
shall
determyne
of
contemplacyon
/
in
procedyng
forthon
by
examples
/
lyke
as
we
haue
doon
to fore
.
Thenne
in
the
fyrst
partye
of
this
fyrst
chapytre
/
is
shewed
the
grete
excellence
of
contemplacyon
by
one
example
as
it
foloweth
.
¶
An
holy
man
cam
in
Sychye
to
the
abbot
Arsenye
beeyng
in
his
celle
/
and
whan
he
was
come
he
founde
his
dore
shette
/
and
he
began
to
beholde
by
the
wyndowe
/
&
sawe
the
holy
abbot
whiche
was
all
in
a
flame
withoutforth
.
&
after
he
knocked
atte
the
dore
.
And
anone
the
holy
fader
sprange
vp
/
demaundyng
hym
yf
he
hadde
be
longe
there
at
his
dore
/
&
yf
he
had
seen
ony
thyng
.
The
broder
answered
that
nay
and
so
they
spacke
to
gydre
/
and
after
departed
.
¶
Th
exposycion
of
this
ensample
wyll
saye
/
that
they
that
be
contemplatyfe
ben
all
brennyng
of
charyte
whiche
maketh
theym
to
brenne
spyrytuelly
.
¶
Thabbot
Arsenye
sayd
/
that
one
of
the
holy
faders
of
Sychye
/
bycause
that
he
was
symple
fyll
in
errour
/
how
well
that
he
had
lyued
&
Iustely
after
his
power
.
And
the
sayd
poore
man
sayd
that
in
the
sacrament
of
the
aulter
was
not
conteyned
the
very
body
of
Ihesu
criste
but
oonly
the
lykenesse
&
representacion
of
hym
.
And
this
errour
cam
to
the
knoweleche
of
two
other
olde
men
/
the
whiche
knowyng
that
he
lyued
right
holyly
.
And
that
he
sayd
this
folye
by
symplenesse
/
camen
to
hym
and
sayden
in
this
maner
.
Fader
we
haue
herde
saye
of
an
Infydele
and
vntrewe
crysten
man
/
that
the
veray
bodye
of
Ihesu
Cryste
is
not
conteyned
in
the
sacrament
of
the
aulter
/
but
oonly
ther
is
his
lykenesse
&
semblaunce
.
To
whom
the
sayd
fader
answered
/
it
is
I
that
haue
soo
sayd
.
¶
Thenne
one
of
theym
replyed
to
hym
sayeng
/
helas
fader
byleue
not
soo
.
But
byleue
that
whiche
the
holy
chirche
byleueth
and
as
we
byleue
.
For
in
the
sacramente
of
the
aulter
is
the
very
bodye
and
blood
of
our
sauyour
Ihesu
Cryste
/
and
not
oonly
his
semblaunce
or
lykenesse
.
Thenne
answered
the
fader
.
I
byleue
not
that
but
I
see
it
by
experyence
.
Thenne
they
sayd
to
hym
.
Now
thenne
fader
syth
that
thou
wylt
byleue
thus
/
it
behoueth
the
to
praye
to
god
.
And
also
we
shall
praye
/
that
he
wyll
take
fro
the
this
errour
.
And
I
byleue
that
he
shall
shewe
some
thyng
.
These
wordes
so
sayd
this
forsayd
fader
wente
moche
Ioyously
in
to
his
celle
/
&
bygan
to
praye
to
god
in
this
maner
/
lord
god
almyghty
whiche
knowest
that
myn
opynyon
is
not
malycyous
I
praye
the
that
it
may
plese
the
/
to
shewe
to
me
she
trouth
.
And
in
lyke
wyse
the
two
other
aeged
men
prayed
in
sayeng
.
Lord
god
thou
knowest
that
this
holy
man
lyueth
Iustely
and
straytly
/
wherfore
we
beseche
the
/
that
thou
wylt
declare
to
hym
/
that
whiche
he
knoweth
not
/
touchyng
the
sacramente
of
the
aulter
/
to
the
ende
that
he
lese
not
the
rewarde
of
his
labour
whiche
is
so
grete
.
And
the
weke
folowyng
they
came
to
the
chirche
all
thre
.
And
in
syngyng
the
masse
/
ther
appered
to
theym
a
lytyll
childe
in
the
stede
of
the
host
ye
vpon
the
aulter
/
whiche
the
preest
helde
.
And
whan
the
preest
wolde
deuyde
the
hostye
/
cam
an
angell
that
helde
a
knyf
/
and
sacrefyed
the
same
childe
to
god
the
fader
/
and
receyued
the
blood
within
the
chalyce
.
And
whan
the
preest
had
broken
the
hostye
in
to
smale
pyeces
.
After
that
the
holy
man
cam
for
to
receyue
the
bodye
of
our
lorde
/
&
as
the
preest
sholde
delyuere
to
hym
the
hostye
/
it
semed
to
hym
that
it
was
a
pyece
of
flesshe
full
of
blood
.
Thenne
he
began
to
crye
.
I
byleue
fermely
as
this
hour
that
thy
very
bodye
is
in
this
sacramente
/
and
thy
very
blood
.
And
anone
the
hostye
cam
agayne
in
his
fyrst
fygure
&
thenne
he
receyued
it
deuoutly
.
And
after
the
holy
faders
sayd
to
hym
.
Fayr
fader
our
lorde
knowyng
that
nature
humayne
hath
horrour
to
ete
mannes
flesshe
/
hath
not
wylled
that
his
bodye
sholde
appere
to
men
in
suche
lykenes
but
that
it
sholde
be
hydde
vnder
the
lykenes
of
the
whytenesse
of
brede
&
the
redenes
of
wyne
.
These
thynges
thus
sayd
they
gaaf
laude
&
thankynges
to
god
/
of
that
it
pleased
hym
to
brynge
this
man
out
of
his
errour
.
And
soo
they
wente
in
to
theyr
celles
Ioyously
.
¶
Here
ought
to
be
noted
that
it
is
peryll
to
symple
folke
to
speke
or
dyspute
of
suche
maters
/
whiche
apperteyneth
not
but
to
wyse
men
and
lettred
.
Therfore
whan
wytte
fayleth
/
oonly
fayth
suffyseth
.
Thenne
it
behoueth
to
byleue
/
as
the
chirche
byleueth
/
without
to
enquyre
ony
ferther
.
¶
Thabbot
Danyell
sayd
that
an
holy
man
moche
ryghtfull
that
dwelled
in
Egypt
fylle
in
an
errour
/
in
sayeng
that
Melchysedech
was
the
sone
of
god
the
whiche
thyng
heryng
Cyryllus
archebysshop
of
alexandrye
sent
to
hym
.
Fader
I
haue
conceyued
in
my
thought
that
Melchysedech
was
the
sone
of
god
but
after
I
haue
byleued
contrarye
.
I
praye
the
thenne
that
thou
wylt
praye
to
god
for
me
/
&
sende
to
me
that
I
may
knowe
the
trouthe
.
Thenne
the
holy
man
prayed
god
/
&
at
th
ende
of
thre
dayes
he
sende
worde
to
the
bysshop
/
that
Melchysedech
was
a
man
mortall
/
&
not
the
sone
of
god
/
sayeng
that
he
hath
had
very
knowleche
/
by
that
whiche
god
had
shewed
hym
by
an
other
all
the
patryarkes
that
haue
ben
syth
Adam
vnto
the
sayd
Melchysedech
And
that
the
same
angell
among
the
other
had
shewed
the
sayd
Melchysedech
in
namyng
hym
by
his
name
/
wherfore
he
was
certayne
that
he
had
ben
a
man
mortall
/
&
also
that
he
was
not
the
sone
of
god
.
And
by
this
moyen
he
was
out
of
the
errour
/
in
whiche
he
had
ben
in
to fore
.
¶
A
yong
childe
named
Effrem
sawe
in
his
slepe
a
vyne
with
so
grete
habundaunce
charge
&
replenysshed
with
fruyt
that
all
the
byrdes
of
heuen
eten
therof
/
wenyng
to
mynysshe
the
fruyt
/
but
the
more
they
ete
/
the
more
cam
agayne
.
That
is
to
saye
that
in
tyme
to
come
he
shall
teche
all
the
erthe
in
good
and
vertuous
operacyons
by
prechyng
&
holsom
doctryne
.
¶
An
other
good
holy
man
sawe
in
his
slepe
a
legyon
of
angellys
/
descendyng
from
heuen
whiche
brought
a
boke
wryten
within
&
without
/
the
whiche
myght
not
be
opened
as
they
sayd
/
but
by
the
childe
Effrem
.
And
hym
semed
that
they
delyuered
to
hym
the
boke
afore
sayd
/
&
he
opened
it
.
On
the
morn
Effrem
began
to
teche
all
the
worlde
by
predycacion
.
And
by
this
vysyon
the
holy
man
knewe
that
it
was
by
the
vertue
of
the
holy
ghoost
.
¶
An
holy
fader
named
Iohan
sawe
thre
monkes
vpon
the
ryuage
of
the
see
/
to
whom
was
sayd
.
Take
wynges
&
flee
in
to
that
partye
.
And
anone
the
two
flewhe
without
payne
/
but
the
thyrde
vnnethe
myght
flee
/
but
he
wette
hym selfe
ofte
.
¶
Ryght
so
is
it
in
this
worlde
.
For
some
flee
without
payne
&
lyghtly
.
And
ther
ben
ryche
men
and
myghty
whiche
flee
by
vayne
glorye
amonge
the
worldely
people
hauynge
therin
all
theyr
desyres
&
pleasaunces
.
Other
flewh
in
trybulacyons
&
paynes
&
they
were
wete
ofte
by
the
water
of
h●●ynes
.
Alwaye
in
th
ende
they
passed
the
see
of
the
worlde
&
tam
to
port
sa●lewe
/
that
is
in
heuen
.
¶
Thabbot
Macharye
of
the
regyon
of
Sychye
sayd
/
whan
ye
shall
see
the
celle
of
a
relygyous
sette
in
a
place
full
of
ghotes
/
knowe
ye
thenne
that
Sychye
shall
be
nygh
his
ende
.
And
whan
ye
shall
see
it
nygh
vnto
the
trees
/
it
shall
be
at
begynnyng
.
But
yf
ye
see
the
childern
to
fore
the
celle
/
flee
ye
thens
/
&
take
your
vestymentes
.
¶
The
abbot
Moyses
sayd
to
his
brethern
/
yf
we
kepe
the
commaundementes
of
god
.
I
promyse
you
that
our
enemyes
shall
not
assaylle
vs
/
but
yf
we
despyse
his
commaundementes
/
knowe
ye
for
certayne
that
god
shall
suffre
that
our
enemyes
shall
destroy
our
habytacyon
and
dwellyng
.
And
this
is
consonaunt
to
the
comyn
sayeng
/
yf
god
be
with
vs
/
who
is
he
that
may
greue
vs
/
as
who
sayth
they
that
kepe
the
commaundementes
of
god
/
ben
by
hym
kepte
&
preserued
fro
euyll
.
¶
Thabbot
Moyses
beyng
in
his
celle
sayd
to
his
brethern
/
my
frendes
this
daye
our
enemyes
the
Barbaryns
shal
come
hyther
for
to
put
vs
to
deth
/
and
therfore
flee
we
for
to
eschewe
the
deth
Thenne
the
brethern
sayden
to
hym
.
And
thou
holy
fader
shall
thou
not
flee
.
To
whom
he
answered
nay
sayeng
that
he
had
longe
tyme
abyden
that
daye
/
to
th
ende
that
the
worde
of
god
were
accomplysshed
.
That
is
to
wyte
/
that
all
they
that
smyte
with
swerde
/
with
the
swerde
shall
deye
.
Thenne
the
brethern
sayden
to
hym
/
syth
that
thou
wylt
abyde
we
wyll
abyde
/
and
deye
with
the.
To
whom
the
holy
man
replyed
in
this
wyse
.
I
haue
no
cause
ne
occasyon
to
goo
awaye
/
but
eche
of
you
see
how
constaunt
he
is
for
to
endure
the
deth
.
And
thus
as
he
spacke
the
enemyes
cam
&
slewe
theym
all
/
except
oonly
one
/
whiche
was
not
constaunt
ne
stedfast
in
the
fayth
.
But
for
fere
that
he
had
he
hydde
hym
vnder
a
matte
of
Ionkes
.
And
he
beyng
there
sawe
the
angell
of
god
bryngyng
seuen
crownes
/
of
whiche
he
crowned
th
abbot
fyrst
/
&
after
eche
of
the
sixe
brethern
/
&
thus
were
they
veraye
martres
.
¶
Marke
the
dyscyple
of
Syluanus
sayd
to
his
mayster
wyllyng
to
goo
in
to
Syrye
.
Fader
yf
it
please
the
/
abyde
thre
dayes
to
th
ende
that
I
conucye
the
And
so
caryed
the
holy
man
vnto
the
thyrde
daye
/
and
that
daye
comen
/
his
clerke
deyed
.
¶
Thabbot
Iohan
whiche
had
be
bannysshed
of
one
named
Marcyen
/
cam
on
a
tyme
to
th
abbot
Pastor
for
to
aske
of
the
hardenes
of
a
mannes
herte
/
whom
seeyng
Pastor
began
to
speke
&
sayd
to
hym
/
the
nature
of
the
water
is
to
be
loft
&
swete
/
and
the
nature
of
the
stone
is
to
be
harde
&
of
grete
resystence
/
yet
alwaye
is
it
seen
that
the
dropes
of
water
that
falleth
vpon
the
stone
/
fynably
atte
laste
it
perceth
it
/
not
of
the
vyolence
caused
of
the
water
/
but
by
the
contynuell
droppyng
of
the
sayd
water
vpon
the
same
stone
.
And
so
it
is
sayd
he
of
the
worde
of
god
.
For
it
is
swete
&
lofte
.
And
our
herte
is
harde
&
obstynate
.
Not
for
as
moche
/
yf
one
hereth
it
ofte
in
feruent
deuocyon
/
it
maketh
in
our
herte
whiche
is
harde
as
a
stone
an
hole
of
the
drede
of
god
.
It
is
wryten
by
the
psalmyst
.
That
lyke
as
the
herte
desyreth
to
the
fontayne
of
clere
water
&
clene
whan
he
is
moche
wery
/
all
in
lyke
wyse
our
soule
coueyteth
and
desyreth
to
come
to
god
/
whiche
is
the
water
of
lyfe
by
grace
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
of
th
abbot
Pastor
/
what
the
scrypture
sygnefyeth
sayng
that
a
man
sholde
not
do
euyl
for
euyl
To
whom
the
holy
man
answereth
/
that
may
be
do
in
four
maners
.
Fyrste
in
thought
.
Secondely
in
beholdynge
.
Thyrdely
in
worde
.
Fourthly
in
operacyon
ontward
&
in
dede
.
Thus
thenne
yf
thou
thynke
not
euyll
to
an
other
/
beholde
hym
not
dyspytously
/
&
yf
thou
beholde
hym
not
by
Ire
ne
by
despyte
/
thou
shalt
not
speke
euyll
of
hym
.
And
yf
the
speke
not
euyll
of
hym
/
thou
shalt
do
no
outwarde
werke
ne
thynge
that
not
gryeue
ne
ennoye
hym
.
Thus
it
is
sayde
atte
begynnyng
/
that
one
ought
to
resyste
&
put
remedye
to
the
pryncyples
or
begynnyng
.
And
this
is
consonaunt
to
the
worde
of
god
where
he
sayth
/
loue
ye
your
enemyes
/
and
do
ye
good
to
theym
that
hate
you
/
&
also
do
ye
none
euyll
for
euyll
/
but
good
fyr
euyll
.
¶
An
holy
man
named
Basyle
sayd
that
in
a
monastery
of
wymmen
/
was
a
vugyne
that
fayned
her selfe
demonyake
&
out
of
her
mynde
/
in
soo
moche
that
all
the
other
fledde
/
&
wolde
not
ete
ne
felashyp
with
her
.
And
this
woman
wolde
so
lyue
bycause
she
wolde
be
in
the
kechyne
/
&
do
all
that
ther
was
necessarye
for
the
other
systres
/
&
all
that
whiche
was
to
do
in
the
monastery
concernyng
the
housholde
.
And
she
dyde
all
this
for
to
haue
the
more
payne
&
labour
Consyderyng
that
whiche
out
lord
sayth
in
holy
scrypture
/
yf
ony
of
you
sayth
he
/
repute
hym selfe
wyse
in
this
worlde
.
It
behoueth
hym
fyrst
to
correcte
hym selfe
/
&
repute
hym selfe
a
fooll
to fore
that
he
be
wyse
.
¶
And
in
an
other
place
is
sayd
that
the
wysedom
of
this
worlde
/
is
but
foly
towarde
god
And
this
virgyne
was
all
bare
hede
seruynge
all
the
other
systres
in
theyr
affayres
/
&
with
grete
payne
myght
ony
see
her
ete
/
she
satte
neuer
at
table
/
and
dranke
of
the
wasshyng
of
pottes
where
in
the
wyne
had
be
/
&
she
dyde
neuer
wronge
ne
dyspleasyr
to
ony
other
for
ony
thyng
/
she
neuer
grutched
ne
spacke
to
persone
/
and
oftymes
bycause
she
spacke
not
/
she
was
beten
&
Iniuryed
of
the
other
systres
/
but
she
endured
&
suffred
all
for
the
loue
&
honour
of
god
And
bycause
she
wolde
not
suffre
the
good
to
be
oppressyd
of
the
euyll
.
God
shewed
to
a
good
holy
man
whos
name
was
Pyterius
the
lyfe
of
this
holy
woman
/
so
herde
this
holy
man
a
voys
sayeng
to
hym
.
Pyterius
whiche
reputest
thy selfe
a
moche
holy
man
/
yf
thou
wylt
see
a
woman
more
Iuste
than
thou
/
go
in
to
the
monastery
of
Tabenesyens
where
as
be
many
holy
relygyous
wymmen
/
&
her
whom
thou
shalt
see
crowned
on
the
hede
/
knowe
thou
that
she
is
better
than
yu.
For
in
fyghtyng
euery
daye
ayenst
a
grete
peple
/
her
herte
departeth
not
fro
my
loue
/
but
thou
that
dwelleste
all
alone
/
somtyme
thou
hast
not
the
vertue
for
to
resyste
the
temptacyons
.
The
holy
fader
herde
this
reuelacyon
/
departed
incontynent
/
&
cam
in
to
that
monastery
/
&
prayed
his
brethern
/
whiche
had
the
charge
of
the
relygyous
wymmen
/
that
they
wolde
suffre
hym
to
entre
in
to
the
monasterye
with
theym
.
The
brethern
seeyng
the
sayd
fader
holy
&
good
lyfe
&
also
strongly
aged
made
hym
to
entre
in
without
ony
suspeccion
.
And
in
beholdyng
the
Relygyous
wymmen
/
sawe
none
that
had
a
crowne
on
her
hede
.
Thenne
he
sayd
to
theym
me
semeth
that
ther
lacketh
here
one
systre
of
you
.
They
sayd
to
hym
that
ther
was
yet
one
all
folysshe
&
kept
the
kechyne
/
sayeng
furthermore
/
that
she
somtyme
was
tormented
with
the
fende
whiche
greued
her
sore
.
This
wordes
so
sayd
/
the
holy
fader
prayed
that
he
myght
see
her
.
Thenne
anone
they
wente
to
fette
her
/
but
she
wolde
not
come
/
vnto
the
tyme
that
it
was
sayd
to
her
that
the
holy
man
Pyterius
was
there
within
whiche
had
grete
desyre
to
see
her
.
And
incontynent
as
she
herde
hym
named
she
wente
to
hym
/
for
he
was
gretely
renommed
in
that
regyon
She
beyng
comen
to
fore
the
holy
abbot
Pyterius
/
he
fyll
flat
doun
to
her
feet
sayeng
.
My
frende
I
praye
the
gyue
to
me
thy
blessyng
/
she
in
lyke
wyse
fylle
doun
to
the
feet
of
the
holy
abbot
askynge
also
his
blessyng
.
The
other
systres
seeyng
this
thyng
were
gretely
admeruaylled
/
&
sayden
to
hym
.
Alas
holy
fader
desyre
not
to
aske
the
blessynge
of
this
woman
/
for
she
is
folysshe
&
out
of
her
wytte
.
Thenne
answered
the
holy
fader
/
ye
ben
all
foles
/
&
this
virgyne
is
wyse
&
she
is
my
Nonne
&
yours
&
he
named
her
so
/
bycause
they
named
in
lyke
wyse
the
deuoute
virgynes
in
the
regyon
.
And
I
praye
to
god
sayd
the
holy
fader
/
that
at
the
daye
of
Iugement
that
I
may
be
also
worthy
&
capable
of
the
felycyte
euerlastyng
as
she
/
the
whiche
thynge
herde
/
alle
the
other
systres
fylle
doun
to
her
fete
/
&
confessyd
that
they
had
synned
in
dyuerse
maners
vnto
her
.
Some
for
they
had
throwen
the
wasshyng
of
the
dysshes
vpon
her
/
other
oftymes
and
without
cause
had
beten
her
/
&
other
in
mockyng
her
had
fylled
her
nose
with
mustarde
.
And
generally
all
the
other
confessyd
that
they
had
doon
to
her
meruayllous
Iniuryes
wherof
they
all
demaunded
of
her
pardonne
&
forgyuenes
.
And
thenne
the
holy
man
departed
.
And
from
thenne
forthon
the
systres
had
in
grete
reuerence
the
sayd
holy
virgyne
meruayllously
.
But
a
lytyll
tyme
after
/
bycause
that
she
myght
not
endure
the
louyng
&
praysyng
of
the
worlde
/
she
wente
secretely
out
of
the
monasterye
/
&
neuer
after
herde
they
ony
thyng
of
her
.
¶
Here
after
folowed
the
seconde
chapytre
of
contemplacyon
.
A
Yong
broder
named
Zacharye
wente
to
his
abbot
named
Syluanus
for
to
speke
to
hyym
/
but
he
founde
hym
Incontemplacyon
hauyng
his
hondes
lyfte
vp
to
heuen
.
And
he
seeyng
that
he
shette
the
dore
/
&
wente
his
waye
.
After
he
cam
ayen
at
the
hour
of
sexte
/
and
at
the
hour
of
none
.
And
fynably
he
cam
at
ten
of
the
clocke
at
nyght
/
&
knocked
atte
dore
&
entred
in
/
&
he
founde
hym
that
he
rested
.
Neuertheles
he
asked
of
hym
saynge
.
Helas
fader
what
haste
thou
had
this
daye
/
whan
I
was
comen
hyther
to
the
The
whiche
answered
that
he
was
seke
.
Thenne
the
brother
fylle
doun
ate
his
feet
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Fader
yf
thou
saye
not
to
me
what
thou
hast
had
.
I
shal
not
leue
the
to
goo
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
man
.
I
haue
be
rauysshed
to
heuen
&
haue
seen
the
glorye
of
god
/
&
haue
be
deteyned
ther
vnto
this
hour
.
¶
Some
of
the
olde
faders
sayden
that
as
they
spake
of
the
holy
scryptures
&
wordes
edyfycatyf
/
they
sawe
th
angels
enioye
&
prayse
god
.
And
after
that
they
began
to
speke
of
worldely
thynges
&
vnprouffytable
/
they
sawe
foull
hogges
&
swyne
stynkyng
come
in
the
myddes
among
theym
whiche
made
theym
all
foule
.
After
whan
they
began
to
speke
agayne
of
god
/
they
sawe
agayn
the
angelles
semblably
as
they
dyde
to fore
.
That
is
to
saye
that
god
is
with
theym
that
speke
of
god
/
&
the
deuyll
with
theym
that
speken
of
dyshoneste
thynges
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
the
one
may
synne
in
four
maners
.
Fyrst
in
euyll
thought
Secondely
in
consentynge
to
the
same
thought
.
Thyrdely
in
spekynge
euyll
of
an
other
.
Fourthly
in
doyng
by
werke
outwarde
that
whiche
he
had
in
his
euyll
thought
.
And
in
al
these
thynges
is
not
the
wrath
taken
awaye
/
but
as
he
sayth
at
the
begynnyng
.
I
shall
not
punysshe
somtyme
for
the
thre
synnes
/
whiche
ben
thought
/
spekyng
/
&
consentyng
/
but
the
fourth
/
that
is
to
saye
/
whan
with
theym
the
werke
shall
be
doon
I
shall
punysshe
theym
.
¶
An
holy
man
of
Sychye
in
makynge
his
celle
/
he
was
on
a
tyme
mery
&
Ioyous
.
And
whan
the
foundement
was
made
/
he
cessed
not
tyll
the
resydue
was
achyeued
.
It
happed
on
a
tyme
that
in
repayryng
he
began
to
wepe
.
The
brethern
asked
hym
why
he
wept
.
And
he
answered
theym
/
that
he
had
a
grete
cause
of
heuynes
/
for
it
had
be
shewed
to
hym
/
that
that
place
sholde
be
desolate
&
destroyed
.
And
sayd
also
.
I
haue
seen
the
fyre
ones
in
Sychye
/
the
whiche
hath
be
quenched
/
&
I
sawe
it
also
the
seconde
tyme
/
&
it
was
also
quenched
/
but
the
thyrde
tyme
I
haue
seen
a
meruayllous
&
so
grete
a
fyre
that
hath
brente
all
Sychye
&
myght
not
be
quenched
/
&
therfore
I
haue
cause
to
be
sorowfulll
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
it
is
wryten
in
the
psalmyst
.
The
Iuste
shall
flourysshe
/
as
the
palme
of
the
foreste
of
Lybane
.
And
by
this
it
is
shewed
that
the
good
werkes
shall
haue
for
theyr
salayre
swete
fruyt
/
ryghtfull
/
&
noble
/
for
in
the
palme
is
a
parte
swete
&
whyte
/
&
lyke
wyse
is
in
the
herte
of
the
rightfull
man
for
he
is
swete
by
mercy
&
pyte
/
&
whyte
by
Illumynacōn
of
fayth
.
And
he
is
stronge
to
resyste
ayenst
the
temptacyon
of
the
fende
of
helle
.
¶
The
good
sunamyte
receyued
Helyzee
the
prophete
in
to
hyr
hous
/
not
that
she
had
ony
carnell
affeccyon
towarde
hym
/
for
she
was
holy
&
Iuste
/
but
she
receyued
hym
as
a
gheste
.
¶
Morally
by
this
sunamyte
is
sygnefyed
the
soule
/
&
by
Helyzee
the
holy
ghoost
.
Thus
thenne
as
oftymes
as
our
soule
is
withdrawen
and
separate
from
worldely
thynges
&
seculer
in
adressyng
it
to
god
/
so
oft
the
holy
ghoost
cometh
anone
for
to
lodge
hym
in
the
soule
/
&
thenne
the
soule
whiche
tofore
was
bareyn
of
good
werkes
may
brynge
forth
good
&
holy
werkes
.
¶
An
other
holy
man
sayd
that
in
lyke
wyse
as
we
see
a
swyne
whiche
is
all
foule
&
may
not
lyfte
his
eyen
towarde
heuen
but
alwaye
loked
dounwarde
/
so
in
lyke
wyse
is
the
soule
of
a
lecherous
man
/
that
whiche
deteyned
by
his
right
foule
desyre
&
couetyse
may
not
thynke
but
on
erthly
thynges
/
ne
lyfte
vp
the
eye
of
contemplacyon
for
to
knowe
in
what
astate
he
is
/
but
he
hath
his
taste
so
enfecte
that
he
may
not
sauour
ony
thynge
that
is
dyuyne
or
godly
.
¶
A
man
of
moche
holy
lyfe
sayd
that
he
that
rendred
hymselve
relygyous
by
good
deuocyon
/
in
takyng
thabyte
of
ꝓfessyon
receyued
as
moche
grace
as
dooth
he
that
is
baptysed
/
&
how
be
it
the
at
bapteme
is
gyuen
plenytude
of
grace
/
in
lykewyse
he
sayth
that
in
professyon
of
holy
relygyon
is
gyuen
plenytude
of
grace
.
¶
God
gaaf
on
a
tyme
to
an
holy
olde
man
the
power
to
see
all
that
the
other
dyde
&
made
/
&
so
he
sawe
on
a
tyme
a
broder
whiche
was
in
medytacyon
&
thought
on
god
/
&
the
deuyll
beyng
without
/
whiche
myght
not
entre
duryng
the
medytacyon
/
but
anon
as
he
cessed
to
thynke
on
god
/
the
deuyll
entred
in
to
his
celle
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
yf
we
thynke
on
god
/
the
deuyl
shal
not
entre
in
to
the
celle
of
our
soule
/
but
yf
we
thynke
on
worldly
thynges
/
anone
he
shall
entre
&
slee
vs
by
synnes
.
¶
An
holy
man
prayed
to
god
that
he
myght
see
the
fendes
.
To
whom
was
answered
/
thou
hast
none
nede
to
see
thyn
aduersaryes
/
but
he
prayed
alwaye
to
god
that
he
wolde
shewe
theym
to
him
.
And
anone
by
reuelacyon
dyuyne
he
sawe
a
grete
legyon
of
fendes
assembled
on
a
montayne
lyke
as
bees
whiche
flee
about
men
on
all
sydes
/
but
the
angels
of
god
were
by
that
chaced
awaye
the
fendes
&
put
theym
abacke
.
¶
An
holy
olde
man
had
two
neyghbour●
/
of
whom
the
one
was
a
straunger
&
the
other
of
the
Royame
.
The
straunger
was
slouthfull
/
&
the
other
was
moche
dylygent
.
It
happed
that
the
straunger
deyed
/
&
anone
the
holy
man
that
was
his
neyghbour
sawe
by
reuelacyon
the
angelles
ledyng
his
soule
in
to
Ioye
.
And
as
he
supposed
to
haue
entred
in
to
heuen
was
made
questyon
of
him
/
that
is
to
wyte
yf
he
ought
to
entre
.
Thenne
he
herde
a
voys
from
on
hygh
whiche
sayd
it
is
certayn
that
this
straunger
hath
be
a
lytyll
neclygent
/
but
for
as
moche
that
he
is
a
strauger
&
that
he
hath
do
penaunce
opene
the
yate
to
him
.
Some
after
cam
to
the
artycle
of
deth
the
dylygent
whiche
was
of
the
cō●re
/
&
anone
his
frendes
cam
to
see
him
/
but
he
deyed
.
And
also
the
holy
man
knowyng
that
he
was
deed
/
loked
yf
he
myght
see
changellys
come
/
lyke
as
he
sawe
theym
come
to
the
soule
of
the
straunger
/
but
he
sawe
none
appere
.
Thenne
all
heuy
&
admerualled
be
done
flatte
to
the
erthe
&
sayd
/
alas
the
straunger
that
was
moche
slouth
is
in
heuen
/
&
this
man
that
was
moche
dylygent
may
haue
none
entre
.
Thenne
was
sayd
to
him
that
he
that
was
dylygent
had
atte
hour
of
his
deth
sorowed
for
his
temporel
goodes
&
for
his
frendes
which
wept
for
him
/
but
that
straūhad
none
frendes
at
his
deth
/
&
by
this
appereth
the
none
ought
to
present
to
him
that
deyeth
his
childern
or
his
wyfe
/
to
the
ende
that
his
helth
sholde
not
be
lette
.
¶
An
other
holy
man
sayd
that
ther
was
an
hermyte
in
the
hermytage
of
the
cyte
of
Nyle
/
to
whom
a
good
seculer
man
mynystred
to
him
all
his
necessytees
/
&
in
this
cyte
was
a
man
moche
ryche
&
right
euyll
whiche
deyed
/
&
was
born
with
grete
honour
by
the
bysshop
&
pryncypalles
of
the
toun
/
with
grete
nombre
of
torches
vnto
his
sepulture
.
This
good
seculer
man
that
had
seen
this
grete
solempnyte
/
went
soone
after
to
t
hermyte
/
for
to
delyuere
to
him
that
was
necessarye
/
but
whan
he
cam
to
th
ermytage
/
he
founde
that
this
holy
man
had
be
eten
of
wylde
bestes
/
thenne
he
fylle
his
face
to
the
grounde
flatte
/
concludyng
that
he
wold
not
aryse
tyll
he
knewe
fro
whens
this
thyng
ꝓceded
/
that
is
to
wyte
/
that
the
ryche
man
whiche
was
so
peruerse
had
had
so
grete
honour
in
his
deth
.
And
the
holy
hermyte
that
serued
daye
&
nyght
god
was
alone
dede
pyteously
/
&
bycause
he
was
herfore
in
deuoute
oryson
/
ther
cam
an
angell
to
him
the
sayd
/
that
the
ryche
man
had
had
these
goodes
&
worldly
honours
/
for
to
rewarde
him
for
some
smale
good
dedes
whiche
he
had
doon
in
his
lyfe
/
but
not
withstandyng
he
was
in
waye
of
dāynacion
for
his
synnes
that
he
had
commysed
.
But
the
solytary
hermyte
/
bycause
he
had
be
somwhat
defoyled
of
synne
where
of
he
had
contrycyon
/
he
had
suffred
this
euyll
/
bycause
he
was
clene
tofore
god
/
&
fynably
haue
reste
perdurable
/
&
so
he
was
conforted
&
retorned
praysyng
god
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
that
he
had
seen
a
moche
aged
woman
a
virgyne
/
of
whom
he
asked
wherfor
she
had
chosen
the
astate
of
virgynyte
.
To
whom
she
answered
syghynly
/
alas
holy
fader
whan
I
was
yong
.
I
had
my
fader
well
attempred
&
softe
.
Iuste
&
vertuous
in
conuersacion
/
the
whiche
was
feble
&
ofte
seke
&
was
so
secrete
in
his
dedes
/
that
somtyme
his
neyghbours
in
long
tyme
sawe
him
not
/
&
occupyed
his
tyme
to
labour
his
londe
.
And
yf
by
aduenture
he
founde
hymselve
well
dysposed
/
thenne
bare
he
the
fruyt
of
his
labour
in
to
his
hous
But
the
moost
grete
parte
of
the
tyme
he
was
seke
in
his
bedde
/
&
spack
so
lytyll
that
they
that
had
not
knowen
him
/
wolde
haue
sayd
that
he
had
be
dombe
.
¶
But
all
contrary
I
had
my
moder
/
she
was
fayr
without
attemperaunce
&
more
dyshonest
in
conuersacion
than
all
the
wymmen
of
this
regyon
/
she
was
replenysshed
with
all
vyces
/
as
of
euyll
wordes
/
engendryng
noyses
&
dyssencōns
bytwene
frendes
/
she
was
dronklew
&
lecherous
/
&
wasted
all
our
goodes
/
for
she
had
the
charge
of
all
the
hous
bycause
that
my
fader
was
seke
.
And
how
be
it
that
she
was
cause
of
the
synne
of
Infenyte
nombre
of
people
by
her
euyll
maners
.
Neuertheles
she
was
neuer
seke
/
but
was
hole
of
her
bodye
vnto
the
deth
.
Amonge
these
thynges
it
happed
that
my
fader
by
the
vyolence
of
his
grete
sekenesses
becam
fro
lyfe
to
deth
.
And
Incontynent
the
ayer
began
to
meue
/
to
rayne
&
thondre
so
moche
that
his
bodye
myght
not
be
buryed
vnto
the
thyrde
daye
/
bycause
of
the
grete
habundaunce
of
rayne
.
That
seeyng
the
neyghbours
meruaylled
sayeng
that
it
was
to
doubte
that
this
man
was
deed
in
dedely
synne
/
&
that
he
had
so
euyl
lyued
/
that
the
ayer
in
sygne
of
repreef
myght
not
suffre
that
he
sholde
be
buryed
Neuertheles
to
th
ende
that
the
body
sholde
not
infecte
the
hous
/
duryng
the
rayne
&
tempest
we
bare
him
to
th
erthe
.
After
my
mode
whiche
vsed
euyll
her
bodye
&
made
an
open
bordell
of
our
house
dyspended
all
that
we
had
.
And
fynably
she
cam
at
her
last
daye
&
deyed
.
In
the
deth
of
whom
it
semed
to
eueryche
that
the
ayer
&
the
other
elementes
dyde
to
her
honour
in
hyr
obsequyes
.
For
the
ayer
was
clere
&
clene
without
wynde
without
thonder
/
&
without
ony
tempeste
.
Thenne
I
deported
in
my
yong
age
/
&
by
fastynges
&
afflyccyons
I
began
to
refrayne
the
mocyons
of
lechery
in
my
bodye
/
&
on
an
euyn
I
began
to
thynke
/
whether
it
were
better
for
to
folowe
that
lyfe
of
my
fader
/
or
of
my
moder
.
And
also
I
consydered
that
my
fader
duryng
his
lyfe
had
neuer
welthe
/
but
in
all
myserye
he
fynysshed
his
dayes
.
and
yet
in
th
ende
with
grete
payne
he
was
buryed
.
And
also
I
doubted
yf
his
lyfe
had
be
good
/
bycause
he
had
so
many
euylles
/
&
so
I
concluded
to
lyue
as
my
moder
had
doon
/
&
purposed
in
my selfe
to
folowe
her
.
But
it
happed
that
duryng
this
thought
I
fylle
a
slepe
.
And
anone
after
ther
appered
to
me
a
man
with
a
dredfull
syght
whiche
asked
me
what
I
thought
.
And
how
well
I
refused
to
saye
to
him
my
thought
.
Alwaye
in
th
ende
in
askyng
hym
forgyuenes
I
confessed
to
him
my
thoughtes
/
&
that
doon
he
sayd
to
me
/
come
with
me
/
and
I
shall
shewe
to
the
thy
fader
&
thy
moder
&
after
thou
shalt
these
whiche
lyfe
of
theym
thou
wylt
.
Thenne
he
toke
me
by
the
honde
/
&
brought
me
in
to
a
felde
swete
&
pleasaunt
/
where
as
was
grete
habundaunce
of
fruytes
.
And
anone
cam
my
fader
whiche
enbrached
me
&
kyssed
me
callyng
me
his
doughter
/
&
I
enbrached
hym
agayn
/
prayeng
hym
that
I
myght
dwelle
with
him
/
the
whiche
sayd
to
me
/
my
doughter
thou
mayst
not
now
dwelle
here
/
but
yf
thou
wylt
thou
shalt
come
hyther
shortly
.
And
anone
he
that
ladde
me
withdrewe
me
&
sayd
.
I
shal
shewe
the
thy
moder
that
brenneth
in
the
pytte
of
helle
/
&
so
he
ladde
me
in
to
a
derke
place
where
as
were
all
myserye
/
wepynges
and
wayllynges
.
Ther
was
a
for●ays
full
of
pytche
boyllyng
with
infenyte
nombre
of
fendes
of
so
honyble
fygure
that
may
not
be
sayd
/
&
thus
whan
I
behelde
sowe
a
doun
.
I
behelde
my
moder
brennyng
in
the
formays
vnto
the
necke
/
whiche
grynted
her
teeth
by
force
of
grete
payne
.
And
whan
she
sawe
me
she
began
to
crye
/
helas
my
doughter
I
suffre
this
payne
for
my
demerytes
/
for
I
haue
despysed
the
rule
of
sobrenes
.
Alas
I
supposed
not
that
the
werkes
of
fornycacyon
sholde
be
thus
punysshed
/
ne
for
glotonye
I
sholde
haue
ronne
in
to
this
dapnacion
.
Now
thou
seest
that
for
my
delytes
&
pleasaunces
&
for
the
brekyng
of
the
commaundementes
of
god
I
endure
these
paynes
whiche
be
soo
grete
that
no
tongue
may
expresse
/
ne
herte
thynke
/
&
therfor
my
doughter
I
praye
the
that
thou
haue
pyte
&
mercy
on
me
that
brenne
in
this
fyre
without
consumyng
.
Beholde
pyteously
my
payne
/
&
lene
me
thy
honde
for
to
drawe
me
out
from
this
payne
.
Thenne
I
sayd
alas
my
moder
.
I
dar
not
for
the
multytude
of
fendes
whiche
be
here
assystent
/
thenne
she
began
more
strongly
to
crye
in
sayeng
/
alas
my
doughter
/
art
thou
so
cruel
that
thou
despysest
the
teeres
of
thy
wretched
moder
/
remember
that
whan
I
childed
&
bare
the
/
&
of
the
greuous
paynes
that
I
had
for
the
And
anone
I
began
to
wepe
so
gretely
&
so
lowde
that
they
of
the
hous
camen
&
sawe
me
in
my
bedde
how
meruayllously
I
had
wept
/
to
whom
I
recounted
all
the
caas
&
vysyon
.
And
therfore
I
haue
determyned
to
folowe
the
lyf
of
my
fader
/
&
not
the
lyfe
of
my
moder
/
to
the
ende
that
fynably
I
may
come
to
the
glorye
of
heuen
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
that
the
Relygyous
people
ought
to
haue
in
honour
&
reuerence
specyally
thre
thynges
The
fyrst
the
cōmunycacōn
of
the
holy
sacrament
of
the
aulter
.
The
seconde
is
the
table
where
they
ete
&
drynke
.
The
thyrde
is
the
bacyn
wherin
they
wesshe
theyr
feet
.
¶
The
same
holy
man
recounteth
an
example
of
an
holy
man
/
whiche
ete
ones
with
a
grete
multytude
of
relygyous
men
/
&
so
doyng
hym
semed
that
some
of
theym
ete
honny
/
other
ete
brede
the
other
foule
ordure
/
wherof
he
meruaylled
/
&
prayed
to
god
that
he
wolde
shewe
to
him
what
sygnefyd
this
syght
of
one
maner
mete
whiche
had
be
sette
to
theym
all
.
Thenne
cam
a
voys
sayeng
to
hym
/
that
they
that
ete
honny
ben
they
that
come
to
the
table
of
the
holy
sacramente
/
with
drede
&
reuerence
to
god
/
&
praye
god
without
cessyng
/
and
theyr
prayer
mounteth
vp
to
heuen
with
encence
.
But
they
that
ete
brede
/
ben
they
that
ete
in
yeuyng
thankynges
to
god
/
bycause
they
knowe
the
benefayt●
of
god
&
the
goodes
that
they
receyue
of
hym
.
And
the
other
whiche
ete
of
th
ordure
and
fylthe
/
ben
they
that
grutche
ayenst
god
/
&
prayse
hym
not
/
but
we
ought
not
to
do
soo
.
For
we
ought
alwaye
to
prayse
&
thanke
hym
/
to
th
ende
that
we
may
accomplysshe
that
whiche
he
commaundeth
vs
sayeng
/
yf
ye
ete
or
yf
ye
drynke
or
yf
ye
doo
ony
other
thyng
/
doo
ye
it
all
in
the
name
of
god
.
¶
Of
sygnes
and
myracles
.
¶
Here
foloweth
an
other
treatyse
where
in
ben
recyted
and
reherced
the
sygnes
and
myracles
whiche
were
doon
by
the
holy
faders
.
THe
abbot
Bysaryon
walkyng
on
a
tyme
vpon
a
Ryuer
.
And
after
that
he
hadde
goon
ouer
drye
feet
.
Thabbot
Dulas
demaunded
hym
yf
he
felte
his
feet
wete
vpon
the
water
.
And
he
answered
that
he
was
in
the
water
vnto
the
heles
/
but
the
whiche
was
vnder
his
feet
was
ferme
&
stedfaste
&
drye
grounde
.
The
sayd
Bysaryon
goyng
to
vysyte
one
his
frende
/
the
nyght
cam
vpon
hym
/
but
he
prayed
to
god
that
it
sholde
not
come
vnto
that
he
had
vysyted
the
holy
man
/
&
so
it
was
.
¶
A
man
possessed
with
a
fende
cam
ofte
in
to
the
chirche
of
Sychye
/
for
to
do
praye
for
him
/
to
th
ende
that
the
deuyll
sholde
leue
him
&
go
out
of
his
body
/
&
how
well
that
ther
had
be
made
many
prayers
for
him
in
the
chirche
alwaye
he
myght
not
be
holpen
ne
guarysshed
/
then
sayd
the
prestes
of
the
chirche
/
whiche
had
prayde
for
hym
/
but
yf
th
abbot
Bysaryon
prayed
for
him
/
he
sholde
not
be
hole
ne
guarysshed
/
&
thenne
they
made
him
to
sytte
in
the
place
where
as
the
sayd
abbot
was
accustomed
to
sytte
/
&
put
theym
to
prayer
.
And
on
the
morne
cam
th
abbot
Bysaryon
for
to
sytte
in
his
place
/
&
seeyng
that
it
was
occupyed
sayd
to
the
pacyente
.
Aryse
thou
/
&
goo
out
from
hens
/
and
Incontynent
the
fende
whiche
the
man
possessed
wente
his
waye
and
the
man
was
all
hole
whiche
tofore
was
demonyake
.
¶
Some
aged
faders
sayd
to
th
abbot
Elye
/
that
th
abbot
Agathon
was
an
holy
man
/
he
answered
to
theym
/
that
he
so
was
after
his
generacyon
.
Thenne
they
asked
hym
yf
he
was
not
holy
as
other
aged
&
olde
men
.
To
whom
he
answerd
I
haue
seen
in
Sychye
a
man
that
myght
tarye
the
sonne
as
dyde
Iesus
the
sone
of
Naue
/
by
the
whiche
answere
they
knewe
that
he
was
of
more
grete
vertue
.
¶
The
abbot
Sysoy
sayd
that
he
beyng
with
th
abbot
Macharye
/
he
sawe
in
a
felde
where
they
dyde
repe
in
haruest
/
&
a
woman
gadryng
&
glenyng
the
strawes
of
whete
/
&
cessed
not
for
to
wepe
.
Thenne
asked
they
of
Macharye
wherfore
she
wepte
.
And
the
mayster
of
the
felde
sayd
to
hym
that
her
husbonde
had
taken
&
receyued
to
kepe
of
a
man
a
certayn
some
of
moneye
whiche
he
had
hydde
in
a
place
vnknowen
/
for
the
more
surelyer
to
kepe
it
.
And
after
he
was
preuented
&
taken
away
by
deth
without
declaryng
to
ony
persone
the
place
where
the
sayd
moneye
was
.
For
the
resty●ucōn
wherof
/
they
that
had
delyuered
it
to
kepe
/
pursyewed
rygorously
the
sayd
woma●
&
her
childern
in
manacyng
&
thretenyng
theym
to
put
theym
in
seruytude
yf
they
restored
not
the
sayd
moneye
.
Thabbot
Macharye
moeued
with
pyte
dyde
do
calle
this
woman
to
hym
/
&
made
her
to
bryng
him
vpon
the
sepulture
of
her
husbonde
/
&
after
sente
her
to
her
hous
.
Thenne
began
he
&
his
brethern
to
praye
god
for
this
wedowe
/
&
whan
the
prayer
was
doon
Macharye
called
the
sayd
husbonde
of
the
wedowe
that
was
there
buryed
&
asked
of
him
where
he
had
seyde
the
moneye
/
whiche
had
be
delyuered
to
him
to
kepe
the
whiche
anone
began
to
speke
&
sayd
.
It
is
hyd
in
my
chambre
vnder
the
foot
of
my
bedde
.
Thenne
sayd
to
him
the
holy
man
Macharye
.
Go
&
reste
the
vnto
the
daye
of
Iugement
/
of
whiche
thyng
his
bretheren
were
gretely
admeruaylled
&
adradde
/
&
fylle
doun
all
to
the
feet
of
the
holy
man
/
whiche
sayd
to
theym
.
Helas
my
brethern
this
hath
not
●e
doon
for
the
loue
of
me
/
for
I
am
as
nothyng
/
but
it
hath
be
doon
for
to
socour
this
poore
woman
&
her
poore
orphanes
whiche
be
faderles
.
And
knowe
ye
veryly
/
that
yf
ye
lyue
holyly
&
ryghtwysly
/
all
that
ye
shall
aske
of
god
/
god
shall
graunte
it
to
you
lyghtly
.
Thus
thenne
wente
they
forth
in
to
the
hous
of
the
poore
wedowe
/
&
shewed
to
her
the
place
where
this
moneye
was
.
And
she
humbly
thankyng
him
toke
it
/
&
rendred
&
delyuered
it
to
hym
that
asked
it
.
And
all
they
that
herde
&
knewe
of
this
myracle
/
praysed
&
gaaf
laude
to
god
.
¶
Emylius
an
holy
man
as
he
passed
by
the
waye
sawe
a
monke
whiche
was
holden
of
certayne
men
/
whiche
wolde
make
hym
byleue
that
he
was
a
murderer
.
Thenne
demaunded
the
holy
man
wherfore
they
helde
hym
in
suche
wyse
and
they
wente
&
sayd
that
he
was
a
murderer
.
And
the
holy
man
asked
where
is
he
that
hath
be
murdred
&
slayne
.
And
anone
they
shewed
hym
to
hym
/
and
he
approuched
to
the
deed
bodye
/
and
sayd
to
the
assystentes
/
praye
ye
for
hym
/
and
wente
&
began
to
praye
in
lyftyng
vp
his
hondes
.
And
Incontynent
the
deed
man
aroos
/
and
after
the
holy
man
demaunded
hym
sayeng
who
hath
slayne
the
/
he
answered
.
I
was
entred
within
a
Temple
/
and
I
hadde
gyuen
to
a
preest
my
syluer
to
kepe
/
the
whiche
for
myn
hauour
hath
slayne
me
/
and
hath
throwen
me
in
to
the
hous
and
habytacyon
of
this
Relygyous
man
here
.
And
therfore
I
praye
you
that
he
yelde
ayen
the
moneye
/
&
that
it
may
be
delyuered
to
my
childern
/
and
anon
at
the
commaundement
of
the
holy
man
the
soule
departed
fro
the
bodye
.
¶
A
companye
of
holy
people
&
olde
camen
to
th
abbot
Pastor
.
And
as
they
were
with
him
/
cam
a
man
whiche
was
cosyn
to
th
abbot
Pastor
/
the
whiche
had
a
childe
/
that
had
his
face
tourned
bacwarde
by
thoperacōn
of
the
deuyll
/
&
whan
he
was
comen
he
durst
not
speke
to
his
cosyn
/
but
wepyng
he
helde
him
without
/
wherfore
come
one
of
the
holy
faders
&
asked
hym
wherfore
he
wepte
.
The
man
sayd
.
My
childe
hath
the
vysage
tourned
bacwarde
/
for
whiche
cause
I
haue
brought
him
to
th
abbot
Pastor
my
cosyn
for
to
he
le
him
/
but
I
dar
not
entre
in
to
him
.
For
I
wote
well
he
loueth
me
but
a
lytyll
/
but
yf
it
please
the
/
lede
my
childe
to
him
that
he
hele
hym
.
Thenne
the
holy
man
toke
the
childe
.
And
by
the
prayers
of
the
brethern
and
of
th
abbot
Pastor
/
how
well
that
he
refused
it
was
this
childe
guarysshed
&
made
all
hole
&
rendred
to
his
fader
.
¶
An
holy
man
named
Paulus
dwellyng
in
Egypt
nygh
vnto
Thebayde
toke
of
these
addres
&
serpentes
/
&
deuyded
theym
in
to
pyeces
/
without
that
he
was
in
ony
wyse
hurte
/
the
whiche
thyng
seeyng
the
brethern
asked
hym
.
Fader
mayst
thou
thus
breke
these
serpentes
without
to
hurt●
the.
To
whom
he
sayd
.
My
brethern
yf
a
man
haue
his
conscyence
pure
&
clene
/
all
thynges
be
to
hym
subgette
.
All
in
lyke
wyse
as
to
Adam
to fore
that
he
synned
/
all
thynges
create
were
submysed
to
hym
.
¶
Iulyan
thappostata
sente
on
a
tyme
a
deuyll
in
to
Perse
for
to
do
a
message
/
to
th
ende
that
he
myght
sooner
haue
doon
/
but
in
goyng
the
deuyll
cam
in
to
an
hermytage
/
in
the
whiche
he
was
constrayned
by
the
prayes
&
contynuell
orysons
of
an
holy
man
/
to
tarye
there
/
as
vnmouable
by
the
space
of
.x.
dayes
/
&
myght
go
no
ferther
.
For
the
relygyouses
prayden
day
&
nyght
without
cessyng
/
which
thyng
consydered
/
the
deuyll
cam
agayn
without
doyng
ony
thyng
/
&
sayd
to
Iulyan
apostata
.
I
myght
not
go
in
to
Perse
for
a
monke
named
Publius
the
whiche
by
his
prayers
hath
kepte
me
/
thenne
purposed
Iulyan
th
apostate
at
his
retournyng
to
do
slee
this
monke
/
but
he
deyed
on
the
waye
/
&
anone
his
prouost
went
&
solde
all
his
goodes
/
&
cam
&
rendred
hym selfe
to
be
a
monke
with
Publius
/
&
was
a
moche
holy
man
in
th
ende
.
¶
A
seculer
man
comyng
to
the
abbot
Sysoy
in
to
the
montayne
of
the
holy
fader
Anthonye
had
a
sone
whiche
deyed
on
the
waye
/
&
thenne
the
fader
without
troublyng
of
hymselve
/
but
in
stedfast
fayth
&
hope
toke
him
&
bare
hym
to
this
holy
man
/
prayeng
hym
that
he
wolde
reyse
hym
from
deth
to
lyf
/
&
leyde
him
doun
atte
the
feet
of
the
holy
man
/
&
wente
out
of
his
celle
.
Sysoy
wenyng
that
the
childe
was
not
deed
sayd
to
hym
.
Aryse
vp
&
go
thy
waye
.
And
incontynent
he
aroos
&
leep
gooyng
forth
.
That
seeyng
the
fader
entred
in
to
his
celle
/
&
worshypped
the
holy
man
/
the
whiche
thyng
he
wolde
not
that
he
sholde
doo
/
&
therfore
the
dyscyple
of
the
sayd
holy
man
commaunded
to
the
seculer
man
/
that
he
sholde
saye
nothyng
therof
tyll
the
holy
man
were
deed
.
¶
The
dyscyple
of
th
abbot
Sysoy
named
Abraham
was
on
a
tyme
tempted
of
the
fende
.
That
seeyng
thenne
the
holy
man
began
to
lyfte
vp
his
hondes
to
heuen
&
sayd
.
My
god
I
shall
not
cesse
to
praye
the
/
vnto
that
this
temptacyon
leue
my
dyscyple
/
&
Incontynent
by
the
prayer
of
the
holy
man
/
he
was
delyuered
of
this
temptacyon
.
¶
A
holy
man
entred
on
a
tyme
in
to
a
caue
where
he
founde
a
lyon
/
whiche
began
to
grynte
with
his
teeth
&
to
crye
/
to
whom
the
holy
man
sayd
/
wherfore
art
thou
wroth
/
is
not
here
place
ynough
for
the
&
me
/
and
yf
it
please
not
the
to
be
with
me
/
thenne
go
thy
waye
/
and
anone
the
lyon
also
peasybly
as
a
lambe
wente
his
waye
&
departed
.
¶
An
holy
man
wente
from
Sythys
in
to
Termutye
.
And
whan
the
people
of
the
contree
sawe
hym
moche
trauaylled
/
they
gaaf
to
hym
a
lytyll
wyne
for
to
make
hym
stronge
agayne
&
comforte
hym
.
And
other
of
theym
ledde
hym
to
a
man
that
was
vexed
with
a
wycked
speryte
in
his
body
.
And
whan
he
was
comen
thyder
the
fende
began
to
curse
the
holy
man
sayeng
/
wherfor
haue
ye
brought
to
me
this
dronkarde
here
.
And
the
holy
man
wolde
not
by
grete
humylyte
that
he
hadde
/
coniure
this
fende
/
but
bycause
he
called
hym
dronkarde
he
sayd
.
I
byleue
in
god
my
maker
/
that
er
I
haue
dronken
this
/
thou
shalt
sprynge
and
go
out
of
this
man
.
And
the
whyle
that
he
dranke
/
the
deuyll
cryed
/
thou
brennest
me
.
And
tofore
that
the
holy
man
had
achyeued
to
drynke
the
sayd
lytyll
wyne
/
the
deuyll
wente
his
waye
and
departed
from
the
man
.
¶
One
of
the
holy
faders
sente
his
dyscyple
to
fetche
water
in
a
pytte
whiche
was
moche
ferre
from
his
celle
/
but
he
forgate
to
bere
with
him
a
corde
to
drawe
vp
the
water
And
whan
he
was
comen
thyder
/
knowyng
that
he
had
lefte
his
corde
at
home
/
began
to
praye
and
sayd
.
Myn
abbot
hath
commaunded
me
that
I
sholde
fylle
this
vessell
with
water
/
&
incontynent
the
water
arose
and
mounted
vnto
the
brynke
of
the
pytte
.
And
thenne
he
fylled
his
vessell
without
corde
/
&
anone
after
the
water
descended
in
his
propre
naturell
place
.
¶
Here
foloweth
the
boke
of
the
good
conuersacyon
of
dyuerse
holy
faders
.
TWo
holy
men
prayden
to
god
that
he
wolde
shewe
to
theym
what
Ioye
they
hadde
wonne
in
theyr
hermytage
.
To
the
whiche
was
shewed
/
that
ther
was
a
man
maryed
in
Egypte
/
the
whiche
was
named
Eucharystius
/
&
his
wyfe
named
Marye
/
the
whiche
hadde
goten
more
glorye
in
heuen
/
than
hadde
the
sayd
two
holy
brethern
.
Thenne
they
wente
Incontynent
vnto
the
hous
of
the
the
sayd
Eucharystius
.
And
whan
they
were
comen
thyder
/
they
founde
his
wyfe
at
home
/
whiche
sayd
to
theym
that
hyr
housbonde
was
goon
in
to
the
felde
to
kepe
sheep
/
and
that
he
sholde
come
home
at
euyn
.
Thenne
they
concluded
to
abyde
and
tarye
for
hym
.
The
euyn
comen
/
the
sheepherde
bryngynge
his
sheep
cam
home
to
his
hous
.
And
seeyng
these
two
holy
men
/
made
redy
theyr
souper
and
wesshe
theyr
feet
.
That
doon
they
sayd
to
hym
/
that
they
wolde
neyther
ete
ne
drynke
in
that
hons
/
tylle
that
he
hadde
tolde
to
theym
what
lyfe
he
and
his
wyfe
ledden
to gydre
.
Thenne
Eucharystius
in
grete
humylyte
and
reuerence
sayd
to
theym
.
I
am
an
herdeman
and
kepe
sheep
/
and
soo
see
here
my
wyfe
.
And
furthermore
the
holy
men
enquyred
of
theyr
astate
/
but
he
durste
not
saye
the
trouth
/
for
t
eschewe
vayne
glorye
/
tyll
that
they
sayd
to
hym
.
Our
lorde
hath
sente
vs
hyther
to
the.
That
herynge
Eucharystius
was
a
ferde
/
and
sayd
to
theym
/
loo
here
we
haue
sheep
of
oure
parentes
and
frendes
/
and
that
whiche
cometh
to
vs
of
theym
/
we
departe
it
in
to
thre
partyes
/
the
fyrste
parte
to
gyue
to
the
poore
and
nedy
/
the
seconde
for
to
lodge
the
pylgryms
/
and
the
thyrde
for
our
lyuyng
and
sustentacyon
.
And
syth
that
we
haue
be
maryed
/
we
haue
not
deffoyled
our selfe
by
lecherye
/
but
my
wyfe
is
a
clene
virgyne
And
we
slepe
eche
of
vs
all
alone
/
well
ferre
that
one
from
that
other
.
And
whan
the
nyght
cometh
we
clothe
vs
with
sackes
/
but
on
the
daye
we
take
agayne
our
clothes
accustomed
/
&
this
thynge
was
neuer
shewde
ne
cam
to
knowlege
of
ony
persone
tyll
this
hour
This
thyng
herde
of
the
holy
men
they
were
sore
abasshed
that
he
was
better
than
they
departed
thens
/
praysyng
god
.
¶
Thabbot
Macharius
of
Egypt
came
fro
Sychye
vnto
the
mountayne
of
Nytrye
/
to
the
monastery
of
the
abbot
Pambo
.
And
whan
the
brethern
sawe
hym
/
they
began
to
saye
to
hym
.
Fader
saye
to
vs
some
worde
edyfycatyf
.
To
whom
he
answered
.
I
am
not
yet
a
very
monke
/
but
oonly
I
haue
seen
the
monkes
/
neuertheles
at
your
request
I
shall
saye
some
lytyll
worde
.
On
a
tyme
beyng
in
my
celle
/
my
thoughtes
chydden
me
/
and
sayd
to
me
goo
in
to
deserte
/
and
consydere
all
that
thou
shalt
see
/
but
I
feryng
that
these
thoughtes
camen
by
the
moyen
of
the
deuyll
.
I
resysted
it
by
the
space
of
fyue
yere
/
the
whiche
accomplysshed
I
wente
in
to
deserte
in
an
hermytage
/
&
there
I
sawe
a
ponde
to
the
whiche
cam
for
to
drynke
dyuerse
bestes
/
among
whom
I
sawe
two
men
all
naked
whiche
dranke
/
&
anone
wenyng
that
this
had
be
Illusyon
of
an
euyl
speryte
/
began
to
drede
&
tremble
/
the
seynge
the
two
men
/
they
sayd
to
me
.
Be
nothyng
aferde
/
for
we
be
men
/
&
anone
I
asked
theym
from
whens
they
were
/
&
they
answered
/
we
ben
of
this
hermytage
/
&
this
.xl.
yere
we
neuer
yssued
out
/
but
as
this
hour
by
our
both
consent
we
ben
comen
hyther
.
That
one
of
theym
was
an
Egypcyen
/
&
that
other
of
Thebes
They
asked
me
/
yf
the
water
of
the
worlde
cam
in
his
tyme
/
as
that
of
th
ermytage
.
And
yf
the
worlde
had
suffysaunce
in
his
habundaunce
/
to
whom
I
sayd
ye
.
And
I
demaunded
theym
how
that
I
myght
be
very
relygyous
/
to
whiche
they
answered
me
/
yf
a
man
renounce
not
the
worlde
/
and
all
the
goodes
of
the
same
/
he
maye
not
be
a
very
Relygyous
man
.
Thenne
I
sayd
to
theym
well
but
I
am
feble
and
frayle
/
and
may
not
do
as
ye
saye
.
Thenne
they
sayd
to
me
/
yf
thou
mayst
not
/
go
and
by
wayle
thy
synnes
in
thy
celle
.
And
furthermore
I
asked
theym
/
wherfore
they
were
naked
/
and
yf
they
felte
ony
colde
in
wynter
/
or
ony
hete
in
somer
.
And
they
answered
me
/
god
hath
done
to
vs
this
preuylege
/
that
in
wynter
we
fele
no
colde
/
ne
in
somer
none
hete
.
And
thenne
I
sayd
to
theym
.
My
frendes
I
praye
you
pardonne
me
/
for
I
saye
to
you
surely
.
I
am
not
yet
a
very
monke
.
¶
Thabbot
Sysoy
was
on
a
tyme
in
the
mountayne
of
the
holy
fader
Anthonye
/
and
bycause
that
his
seruaunt
cam
not
/
he
was
there
by
the
space
of
ten
monethes
without
seeyng
of
ony
persone
.
After
the
.x.
monethes
he
walked
in
the
deserte
&
sawe
there
an
hunter
/
to
whom
he
demaunded
fro
whens
he
cam
and
how
longe
he
had
be
there
To
whom
he
answered
/
veryly
fayr
fader
I
haue
ben
here
.xi.
monethes
/
&
I
neuer
sawe
persone
but
the.
Thenne
he
retourned
in
to
his
celle
knockyng
his
breste
&
sayeng
.
Alas
Sysoy
/
thou
wendest
to
haue
doon
grete
penaunce
/
for
to
be
resydent
.x.
monethes
without
to
yssue
or
to
go
out
of
thy
celle
/
but
thou
hast
not
do
so
moche
as
that
seculer
/
whiche
for
to
hunte
hath
ben
.xi.
monethes
in
this
deserte
.
¶
The
same
selfe
Sysoy
whan
he
was
in
his
celle
/
he
shytte
alwaye
his
dore
/
and
whan
the
daye
of
his
deth
was
comen
/
the
holy
faders
that
were
aboute
hym
sawe
his
vysage
shynyng
as
the
sonne
he
sayd
/
soo
see
here
th
abbot
Anthonye
that
cometh
.
And
soone
after
he
sayd
/
loo
see
the
prophetes
whiche
comen
in
a
grete
multytude
.
And
thenne
they
sawe
his
vysage
more
shynynge
than
to fore
.
And
thenne
he
began
to
saye
/
loo
here
is
the
legyon
of
thappostles
whiche
comen
to
comforte
me
.
Thenne
after
his
vysage
becam
more
clerer
the
halfe
than
it
was
.
And
anone
he
semed
to
theym
that
were
assystent
that
be
spake
to
some
other
than
hem
selfe
/
but
they
sawe
not
to
whom
he
spake
.
They
thenne
demaunded
to
whom
he
spake
.
And
he
answered
/
loo
here
ben
the
angellys
which●
be
comen
for
to
fetche
me
.
And
I
pr●ye
theym
that
they
wyll
suffre
me
a
whyle
to
do
my
penaunce
for
my
synnes
.
Thenne
sayden
the
holy
faders
Alas
thou
hast
not
wherof
to
do
penaunce
.
And
he
answered
.
My
frendes
I
knowe
not
/
yf
euer
I
dyde
penaunce
to
god
agreable
And
thenne
they
knewe
that
he
was
parfyght
.
And
yet
agayn
his
v●age
became
more
clerer
than
the
sonn●
/
&
thenne
be
sayd
to
theym
.
Behold
my
brethern
/
loo
here
is
god
which●
cometh
accompanyed
with
his
angelly●
.
Thenne
herde
they
a
voys
whiche
sayd
.
Bere
ye
to
heuen
the
vessell
of
dyleccyon
of
this
hermytage
/
that
is
named
Sysoy
And
Incontynent
he
rendred
vppe
his
soule
.
And
there
came
a
merueyllous
clerenesse
in
his
celle
/
and
an
odoure
so
swete
/
that
eueryche
of
them
meruaylled
.
The
holy
faders
sayden
that
th
abbot
named
Or
neuer
lyed
/
ne
sware
/
ne
cursed
ony
bodye
/
and
that
he
neuer
sayd
worde
that
myght
engendre
ony
sclaunder
in
his
neyghbour
.
The
same
sayd
to
his
dyscyple
/
beware
that
thou
speke
not
in
this
celle
ony
euyll
worde
/
that
myght
enduce
the
to
do
euyll
.
¶
Two
holy
men
walked
on
a
tyme
thrugh
the
desertes
of
Sychye
.
And
in
walkyng
they
herde
a
voys
of
a
persone
whiche
was
in
a
fosse
or
caue
/
wherfore
they
began
to
serche
and
seke
/
where
they
myght
entre
in
to
it
/
there
as
they
herde
the
voys
.
And
whan
they
had
founden
it
/
they
entred
in
and
founde
there
an
holy
virgyne
moche
auncyent
&
olde
/
whiche
was
strongely
seke
.
Thenne
they
sayd
to
her
/
good
woman
how
art
thou
comen
hyther
/
and
who
is
he
that
here
admynystred
to
the
thy
necessytees
.
Thenne
she
answered
to
theym
.
My
frendes
/
it
is
.xxxviij.
yere
passed
syth
I
cam
in
to
this
caue
and
haue
serued
god
and
lyued
with
rotes
.
Syth
whiche
tyme
I
neuer
sawe
other
men
than
you
that
ben
here
by
the
wyl
of
god
/
and
to
th
ende
that
ye
burye
me
And
that
sayd
/
she
deyed
Incontynent
Thenne
these
two
holy
faders
gaaf
praysyng
to
god
/
and
buryed
her
bodye
&
after
they
departed
thens
.
¶
It
is
recounted
of
an
hermyte
whiche
was
clothed
with
a
sacke
and
walked
thre
dayes
longe
by
th
ermytage
.
Atte
th
ende
wherof
he
cam
to
a
stone
and
mounted
vpon
it
/
but
by
nethe
he
sawe
grene
grasse
/
and
a
man
whiche
ete
and
fedde
hym
as
a
brute
beste
/
he
thenne
wente
doun
secretely
and
toke
hym
.
But
anone
as
this
man
sawe
him
selfe
taken
/
he
began
to
moeue
&
strogle
in
suche
wyse
that
he
escaped
and
fledde
from
hym
.
That
seeyng
the
brother
began
to
crye
&
ranne
after
hym
sayeng
.
Abyde
me
&
tarye
fayr
fader
/
for
I
folowe
the
for
the
honour
of
god
Thenne
the
brother
toke
of
his
Robe
and
threwe
it
from
hym
/
and
ranne
after
this
holy
man
.
That
seeyng
the
holy
fader
/
abode
hym
surely
in
sayeng
these
wordes
.
Syth
that
thou
haste
renounced
the
goodes
of
the
worlde
here
where
we
be
in
castyng
awaye
thy
vestyment
.
I
shall
abyde
.
Thus
the
broder
cam
&
asked
counseyll
of
the
holy
man
/
and
he
sayd
to
hym
.
Eschewe
the
men
&
be
peasyble
without
ouermoche
spekyng
/
and
thou
shalt
be
saued
.
Lyke
a
Relygyous
ought
to
flee
worldly
thynges
/
so
ought
he
to
kepe
scylence
and
be
stylle
whan
it
is
tyme
.
¶
An
holy
hermyte
dwelled
some
tyme
with
some
brethern
that
were
in
the
hermytage
named
Raython
/
where
as
there
were
.lxx.
trees
of
palme
/
whiche
is
the
place
where
as
Moyses
arryued
whan
he
fledde
out
of
Egypte
/
with
the
people
of
Israell
.
To
whiche
brethern
one
tyme
amonge
the
other
/
the
same
hermyte
reherced
this
that
foloweth
/
in
sayeng
.
On
a
tyme
I
wente
by
t
hermytages
/
desyrynge
to
fynde
some
good
seruaunte
to
god
/
and
in
walkyng
four
dayes
&
four
nyghtes
/
the
whiche
dayes
passed
I
founde
an
hole
/
&
in
lokyng
therin
I
sawe
a
man
within
/
whom
I
called
to
the
ende
that
he
sholde
come
out
/
that
I
myght
sale
we
hym
/
but
he
re●eued
not
/
wherby
I
knowe
that
he
was
deed
.
And
thenne
noo
thyng
dredyng
I
entred
in
/
and
toke
his
scapulary
/
&
anone
he
fyll
to
pouldre
.
Thenne
somwhat
doubtyng
.
I
went
thrugh
the
deserte
and
cam
to
an
other
fosse
/
in
the
whiche
dwelled
an
holy
man
/
as
I
well
knewe
afterwarde
/
wherof
I
was
glad
.
And
wenyng
that
ther
had
be
therin
some
man
.
I
asked
yf
there
were
ony
man
within
/
but
there
was
no
persone
.
And
thenne
I
wente
out
in
sayeng
to
myself
/
that
some
man
dwelled
there
/
wherfor
he
hopyng
that
soone
he
sholde
come
/
and
I
concluded
to
abyde
&
tarye
.
And
the
nyght
comyng
on
.
I
sawe
comyng
ayenst
me
wylde
oxen
/
after
whome
cam
the
holy
man
that
dwelled
there
/
the
whiche
was
soo
naked
/
that
he
had
no
partye
of
his
bodye
that
was
couered
/
but
oonly
his
preuy
membres
/
whiche
were
couered
with
his
here
.
I
thenne
approchyng
to
hym
he
fylle
doun
in
prayer
/
wenyng
that
I
hadde
be
a
speryte
/
but
I
seeyng
his
Ignoraunce
sayd
to
hym
.
O
seruaunt
of
god
come
hardely
&
be
not
aferde
/
for
I
am
a
man
as
thou
art
/
beholde
and
touche
me
to
th
ende
that
thou
be
certayn
/
His
prayer
achyeued
he
behelde
me
/
&
somwhat
comforted
brought
me
in
/
in
to
his
hole
/
&
demaunded
me
wherfor
I
was
come
thyder
.
To
whom
I
answered
.
I
am
come
hyther
for
to
knowe
yf
ther
were
here
ony
seruaunt
of
god
/
&
I
am
not
defrauded
of
my
desyre
/
syth
that
I
haue
founde
the.
And
anone
I
demaunded
him
how
looge
tyme
it
was
passed
/
that
he
was
comen
to
dwelle
there
/
&
what
he
ete
/
and
how
he
lyued
beyng
all
naked
/
to
the
whiche
he
answered
me
.
I
was
fyrst
in
●habbaye
of
Thebayde
/
where
I
made
mattes
/
&
other
handewerkes
.
Thenne
I
thoughe
by
my selfe
/
that
it
were
●etter
for
me
to
go
all
allone
in
to
some
place
/
to
the
ende
that
I
myght
haue
the
●etter
rest
in
my
conscyence
/
&
that
I
myght
receyue
the
pylgryms
at
myn
ease
/
&
to
wynne
more
of
myn
werke
/
&
therfore
I
departed
/
and
made
a
●elle
where
I
dwelle
/
&
ther
cam
to
me
moche
people
for
to
delyuere
to
me
werke
.
And
anone
as
I
had
assembled
&
gadred
ony
good
/
anone
I
wente
&
d●strybuted
it
to
the
poore
people
/
but
th●
fende
whiche
is
enuyous
vpon
good
men
/
wenynge
to
haue
made
me
to
le●e
the
glorye
of
heuen
/
admonested
a
virgyne
/
that
she
sholde
bryng
to
me
some
werke
to
make
/
the
whiche
I
wrought
.
And
after
she
cam
agayne
&
brought
more
/
so
longe
that
bytweyne
her
●
me
we
had
some
famylyaryte
/
&
som●yme
she
touched
&
helde
me
by
the
h●nde
/
&
also
otherwhyle
I
wente
to
et●
&
drynke
in
her
hous
.
And
fynably
●e
consented
both
two
to
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
/
&
contynued
in
the
same
sy●●te
the
space
of
.vi.
monethes
.
¶
Afte●●●
bethought
me
sayeng
in
my selfe
.
●
as
I
muste
ones
deye
&
I
wote
not
●an
/
&
I
knowe
well
that
yf
I
deye
in
his
synne
.
I
shall
be
perpetuelly
dampned
.
For
yf
a
man
haue
corrupte
the
wyf
of
a
man
/
he
ought
to
be
punysshed
ryght
rygorously
.
Thenne
by
moche
more
strenger
reason
/
he
that
corrupted
the
spouse
of
god
he
ought
to
be
moche
more
gryeuously
punysshed
/
wherfor
I
beyng
soroufull
of
my
grete
synne
/
lefte
all
my
goodes
with
the
same
woman
/
&
cam
by
〈◊〉
to
this
hermytage
/
where
as
〈◊〉
caue
/
this
pytte
/
&
this
pal●●
〈◊〉
he
hath
brought
me
fruyte
●●
〈◊〉
yerely
/
wherby
I
lyue
.
Thus
●●ssyon
of
tyme
myn
heres
ben
〈◊〉
/
&
my
clothyng
is
roten
.
And
〈…〉
with
my
heres
the
secrete
&
sha●●
〈◊〉
partyes
of
my
bodye
.
Further●●●
I
demaunded
hym
yf
he
had
had
●●●●●ete
temptacyons
atte
begynnyng
〈◊〉
he
cam
thyder
fyrst
/
&
he
answe●●●●●●e
begynnyng
whan
I
cam
hy●●●
I
was
strongly
persecuted
of
the
〈◊〉
in
soo
moche
that
I
coude
not
p●●ye
to
god
/
but
laye
doun
on
the
grounde
●●yed
hym
mercy
And
thus
as
I
〈◊〉
this
sorowe
/
ther
cam
a
man
&
as●●●●e
what
thyng
I
had
/
to
whom
I
sa●●
that
I
was
strongely
vexed
of
the
guy●●●●
.
Thenne
he
put
his
honde
in
me
&
●●●e
out
my
guysyer
&
toke
awaye
●●●●aladye
/
&
put
it
in
a
cloth
And
〈◊〉
he
put
it
agayn
in
his
place
&
sayd
to
me
/
serue
god
now
/
for
thou
art
all
ho●
.
And
after
that
I
had
neyther
gryef
●●payne
.
And
the
sayd
hermyte
sayd
/
that
he
had
requyred
him
that
he
myght
dwelle
there
with
hym
/
but
he
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
not
conne
well
surmounte
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
.
And
thenne
the
sayd
hermyte
prayed
hym
that
he
wolde
praye
for
hym
to
god
/
&
anone
after
departed
.
This
haue
I
recounted
sayd
t
hermyte
for
to
edefye
you
in
our
sauyour
Ihesu
cryst
.
¶
An
holy
olde
man
that
had
be
made
bysshop
of
the
cyte
of
Exyrynque
sayd
thus
/
me
semed
on
a
tyme
the
I
entred
in
to
an
hermytage
in
to
the
deppest
therof
for
to
see
yf
I
sholde
fynde
ony
of
the
seruauntes
of
Ihesu
cryste
.
And
for
to
make
my
Iourney
I
toke
four
loues
&
a
lytyll
water
/
&
wente
four
dayes
longe
/
the
whiche
passed
I
wyst
not
what
I
sholde
do
/
for
I
was
wery
/
&
also
had
nomore
mete
/
but
in
good
trust
&
hope
I
began
agayne
to
walke
other
foure
dayes
without
to
drynke
or
to
ete
.
Thus
thenne
what
for
fastyng
&
for
payne
of
walkyng
I
fylle
doun
as
I
hadde
ben
deed
.
Thenne
cam
a
man
that
with
his
fynger
touched
me
in
my
lyppes
/
&
anone
I
cam
in
to
my
fyrst
strengthe
/
&
supposed
not
to
haue
walked
/
ne
had
had
ony
hungre
or
thurst
/
so
I
aroos
&
walked
yet
.iiij.
dayes
/
of
whiche
I
was
trauaylled
as
tofore
is
sayd
/
but
anone
cam
he
that
fyrst
had
comforted
me
/
&
touched
me
agayn
with
his
fynger
/
&
anone
I
was
guarysshed
/
yet
after
all
this
yet
I
walked
&
contynued
by
the
space
of
.xvij.
dayes
/
the
whiche
passed
I
founde
a
lytyll
hous
/
&
a
palme
tree
to
fore
the
dore
/
within
the
sayd
hous
ther
dwelled
an
holy
hermyte
/
the
whiche
was
cladde
with
his
heeres
all
whyte
for
age
/
wherof
he
was
horryble
to
loke
vpon
.
And
whan
he
sawe
me
/
he
fylle
doun
&
put
hym selfe
to
prayer
/
wenyng
that
I
had
be
some
Illusyon
/
but
after
seeyng
that
I
was
a
man
/
he
toke
me
by
the
honde
&
demaunded
me
/
how
durste
thou
come
hyther
/
and
also
how
doo
they
that
ben
in
the
worlde
/
ben
ther
yet
persecucōns
as
ther
was
wont
to
be
.
Thenne
I
answered
to
hym
.
I
am
come
hyther
for
to
see
the
/
but
the
persecucōns
cessen
by
the
wyll
of
god
.
Thenne
I
demaunded
hym
/
&
thou
now
telle
to
me
how
thou
art
come
hyther
/
and
Incontynent
with
grete
wepyngis
and
wayllynges
he
sayd
.
I
was
somtyme
a
bysshop
/
but
to
eschewe
the
paynes
and
martyrdoms
that
tynfydeles
wolde
do
to
me
.
I
sacrefyed
to
theyr
goddes
/
in
leuyng
the
very
god
of
goddes
/
how
be
it
afterwarde
I
thought
in
my selfe
/
that
my
synne
was
moche
grete
/
&
that
I
had
offended
god
right
gretely
/
thus
for
to
do
penaunce
I
am
comen
hyther
/
it
is
now
.xlviij.
yere
for
to
knowe
/
yf
god
haue
forgyuen
me
my
synne
/
&
I
lyue
by
the
fruyt
of
this
palme
tree
/
&
haue
no
consolacyon
ne
conforte
syth
the
sayd
tyme
of
.xlviij.
yere
vnto
this
hour
/
for
in
this
yere
I
haue
had
comfort
of
god
And
in
this
sayeng
he
fyll
doun
&
made
his
prayers
to
god
/
his
prayers
fynysshed
he
cam
ayen
to
me
.
And
whan
I
loked
on
his
vysage
I
was
abasshed
for
it
was
all
enflammed
as
fyre
.
And
anone
he
sayd
to
me
/
haue
thou
noo
fere
/
for
god
hath
sente
the
hyther
for
to
burye
me
/
&
in
this
sayeng
he
deyed
/
thenne
I
toke
the
one
halfe
of
my
robbe
/
&
wrapped
the
holy
bodye
therin
&
put
it
in
to
th
erthe
.
And
incontynent
whan
he
was
buryed
/
the
palme
tree
becam
all
drye
/
and
his
hous
fyll
doun
to
the
grounde
Thenne
in
wepyng
I
began
to
praye
god
that
he
wolde
gyue
to
me
this
palme
&
fontayne
/
to
th
ende
that
I
myght
accomplysshe
there
the
remenaunt
of
my
lyft
.
But
I
knowyng
that
it
was
not
his
wyll
I
retourned
in
to
the
worlde
.
And
in
comyng
agayn
I
founde
hym
whiche
had
touched
my
lyppes
fyrst
/
the
whiche
conforted
me
/
&
so
I
cam
agayn
to
my
brethern
/
&
recounted
to
theym
that
whiche
I
had
seen
/
in
warnyng
theym
that
they
sholde
haue
good
affyaunce
&
trust
in
the
mercy
of
god
.
¶
A
broder
asked
of
an
holy
fader
what
thyng
in
the
prayer
saueth
the
persone
eyther
the
wordes
the
ben
●onteyned
in
the
same
/
or
thyntencōn
〈◊〉
the
whiche
it
is
sayd
.
To
whom
he
answered
/
that
it
is
thyntencōn
.
Thenne
●ayd
the
broder
.
I
knowe
a
man
that
prayed
/
&
in
prayeng
cam
in
his
thought
to
kn●we
what
dyfference
it
was
bytwene
●●e
soule
of
a
ryghtwysman
/
&
the
soule
of
a
synner
as
touchyng
&
goyng
out
.
And
for
so
moche
god
seeyng
his
entencyon
to
th
ende
that
he
sholde
not
be
deceyued
/
he
sente
to
hym
a
wulf
in
to
his
celle
/
the
whiche
toke
his
clothes
in
his
mouth
/
&
drewe
the
broder
vnto
an
other
monastery
/
where
as
dwelled
a
solytary
man
gretly
renommed
/
whiche
approched
&
drewe
nyghe
his
deth
.
And
anone
the
broder
sawe
that
ther
were
made
redy
lampes
&
tapres
for
the
deth
of
this
solytary
man
/
all
in
lyke
wyse
as
god
had
doon
soo
moche
good
to
theym
of
the
cyte
by
his
moyen
.
And
the
people
sayd
/
yf
this
holy
man
deye
/
we
ben
all
lost
.
And
whan
it
cam
to
the
hour
of
his
deth
/
this
broder
sawe
a
deuyll
whiche
had
a
grete
staff
all
brennyng
whiche
cam
vpon
this
solytarye
man
/
&
threwe
the
fyre
to
his
herte
/
&
drewe
out
the
soule
in
sayeng
/
all
in
lykewyse
as
this
man
hath
not
gyuen
to
me
ony
rest
ne
to
hymselve
/
all
in
lykewyse
I
shall
haue
no
pyte
on
him
.
And
in
thus
sayeng
he
bare
away
his
soule
to
helle
After
the
same
broder
entred
in
to
the
cyte
&
founde
a
seke
man
vnto
whom
no
man
dyde
ony
seruyce
.
And
with
hym
he
abode
a
daye
for
to
comforte
hym
/
&
whan
the
hour
cam
that
he
sholde
deye
he
sawe
saynt
Mychall
and
th
angell
Gabryell
/
that
one
or
the
right
syde
&
that
other
on
the
lyft
●yde
of
this
man
●o●
to
〈◊〉
soule
/
&
prayed
to
the
soule
that
it
wolde
come
out
/
but
it
wolde
not
/
&
therfore
sayd
Gabryell
to
saynt
Mychaell
.
Take
this
soule
/
to
th
ende
that
we
go
hens
.
Saynt
Mychaell
answerde
God
hath
commaunded
vs
/
that
with
vyolence
we
shall
not
take
it
awaye
/
&
therfor
we
shall
suffre
it
to
come
out
&
also
saynt
Mychaell
cryed
/
lorde
god
what
shall
we
do
with
this
soule
/
for
it
wyll
not
come
for
our
prayers
.
Thenne
cam
a
voys
sayeng
.
Lo
I
sende
to
hym
Dauyd
&
all
the
other
ꝓphetes
/
to
th
ende
that
he
heryng
the
swetenes
of
theyr
harpes
the
soule
may
come
out
.
And
anone
Dauyd
with
his
harpe
/
&
the
other
prophetes
descended
/
whiche
made
so
swete
an
armonye
/
that
the
soule
anone
sprange
out
/
&
was
receyued
in
to
the
hondes
of
saynt
Mychaell
/
and
with
grete
Ioye
he
bare
it
in
to
heuen
.
¶
The
same
broder
sayd
that
an
holy
man
after
that
he
had
solde
in
a
cyte
nyghe
by
his
hermytage
some
smale
werkes
/
as
paners
&
hottes
/
he
satte
atte
yate
of
a
riche
man
whiche
laye
on
deyeng
.
And
anone
he
sawe
blacke
horses
/
&
men
rydyng
on
theym
moche
horryble
&
blacke
/
whiche
eueryche
of
theym
hadde
in
theyr
handes
staues
full
of
fyre
.
And
whan
they
were
at
this
yate
they
descended
&
sette
theyr
horses
atte
dore
/
&
after
they
entred
in
hastely
&
cam
to
the
hedde
of
the
ryche
seke
man
.
Incontynent
as
he
sawe
theym
/
he
began
to
crye
sayeng
.
My
god
haue
mercy
on
me
Thenne
they
answered
to
hym
.
Remembrest
the
now
of
thy
god
whan
thou
seest
nothyng
/
&
whan
the
sonne
of
Iustyce
is
faylled
that
/
it
is
now
no
tyme
/
wherfor
hast
thou
not
cryed
mercy
to
god
to
fore
this
hour
whyles
thou
myghtest
do
some
what
/
ther
is
now
nomore
hope
/
for
thou
art
oures
.
And
in
this
sayeng
they
toke
the
soule
&
bare
it
to
helle
.
¶
The
holy
faders
sayden
that
an
holy
man
walkyng
by
the
deserte
sawe
two
angels
one
on
the
ryght
&
the
other
on
the
lyfte
syde
whiche
accompanyed
him
/
&
in
goyng
they
founde
a
karayne
/
thenne
the
good
man
stopped
his
nose
for
the
stenche
&
th
angels
also
.
Thenne
sayd
the
good
man
to
th
angels
.
Fele
ye
this
stenche
/
they
answered
Nay
/
but
for
as
moche
as
thou
stoppest
thy
nose
/
ryght
so
do
we
/
for
we
haue
horrour
on
the
soules
that
be
stynkyng
by
synne
.
¶
Here
begynnen
seuen
chapytres
/
the
whiche
the
abbot
Moyses
sente
to
the
abbot
Permenius
.
And
who
that
kepeth
theym
well
/
shall
be
delyuered
from
payne
eternall
.
THe
abbot
Moyses
sayd
that
a
man
ought
to
be
as
a
deed
man
to
his
felawe
/
&
veryly
to
his
frende
/
to
th
ende
/
that
he
Iuge
not
ne
condempne
hym
in
his
operacyons
.
¶
Item
the
same
sayd
/
that
a
man
ought
to
mortefye
hymselfe
/
to
fore
his
soule
sprynge
out
of
his
bodye
/
to
th
ende
that
he
offende
none
.
¶
He
sayd
also
yf
a
man
repute
not
hymselfe
a
synner
/
he
shall
not
be
enhaunced
tofore
god
.
Thenne
a
brother
asked
hym
/
what
it
was
to
repente
hymselve
a
synner
.
The
holy
man
answered
that
it
was
to
thynke
on
his
synnes
/
and
noo
thyng
on
the
synnes
of
his
neyghboures
.
For
who
the
thynketh
on
his
owne
/
thynketh
not
on
theym
of
his
neyghbours
.
¶
The
same
holy
man
sayd
furthermore
/
yf
the
werke
accorde
not
with
the
prayer
/
it
prouffyteth
noo
thynge
.
Thenne
asked
the
brother
/
what
is
the
werke
that
accordeth
with
prayer
.
The
holy
man
answered
/
that
he
doo
not
that
whiche
he
prayeth
contrarye
.
As
yf
a
man
praye
to
god
to
take
awaye
from
hym
his
synne
/
&
he
dayly
dooth
synne
/
but
it
behoueth
the
werke
be
consonant
to
his
prayer
/
ne
that
in
noo
wyse
he
doo
synne
/
ne
after
his
owne
wyll
.
For
a
man
hath
more
meryte
whan
he
refrayneth
his
propre
wyll
for
the
honour
of
god
pryncypally
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
of
this
holy
man
/
what
is
it
that
helpeth
a
man
in
all
his
labours
and
paynes
.
He
answered
that
it
was
god
.
For
it
is
wryten
in
the
psalmyste
.
God
is
our
refuge
/
strengthe
&
vertue
in
trybulacyons
whiche
persecute
vs
strongely
.
¶
A
brother
asked
hym
what
prouffyten
the
fastynges
and
wakynges
that
men
make
.
The
holy
man
answered
/
that
they
make
the
soule
humble
and
meke
.
For
it
is
wryten
.
Lorde
god
beholde
my
mekenes
&
my
labour
/
and
forgyue
me
my
synnes
/
yf
it
pleaseth
the.
And
therfore
yf
we
take
on
vs
payne
/
god
shall
haue
pyte
&
mercy
on
vs
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
of
an
olde
fader
/
what
ought
a
man
to
doo
agayne
the
temptacyons
of
the
fende
.
To
whome
he
answered
/
he
ought
fyrst
to
wepe
to
th
ende
that
god
helpe
hym
.
And
yf
he
praye
deuoutly
/
god
shall
socoure
hym
.
For
it
is
wryten
.
Yf
god
helpe
me
.
I
fere
noo
man
.
¶
A
brother
asked
yf
a
bondeman
haue
trespaced
/
what
shall
he
saye
to
his
lorde
/
yf
he
wyll
punysshe
hym
.
To
this
he
answered
that
he
sholde
saye
.
My
lorde
I
haue
trespaced
/
but
yf
it
please
the.
I
praye
the
to
pardonne
me
/
&
anone
his
mayster
shall
forgyue
him
.
Thus
we
that
be
bounde
and
seruauntes
to
god
/
whan
we
haue
synned
/
and
we
retorne
to
hym
in
confessyng
our
synnes
/
he
wyll
pardonne
vs
Incontynent
The
ende
of
our
operacyons
is
not
to
Iuge
ony
persone
.
For
whan
god
slewe
all
the
fyrste
begoten
in
Egypte
/
ther
was
not
one
hous
but
there
was
one
therin
deed
.
Thenne
asked
a
brother
what
was
that
that
soo
saye
.
And
he
answered
to
hym
/
that
yf
we
behelde
well
our
synnes
/
we
sholde
thynke
noo
thyng
of
the
synnes
of
our
neyghboures
.
It
is
grete
folye
to
a
man
to
forsake
his
deed
corps
in
his
hous
/
for
to
go
&
by
wepe
one
in
his
neyghbours
hous
he
is
deed
towarde
his
neyghbour
/
the
whiche
thynketh
not
on
the
werkes
of
other
/
and
dooth
no
harme
to
ony
persone
/
ne
thynketh
none
euyll
in
his
corage
/
the
whiche
also
despyseth
no
man
bycause
he
is
a
synner
/
and
the
whiche
is
not
vnyed
to
hym
that
dooth
euyll
to
his
neyghbour
/
ne
speketh
yll
of
ony
persone
/
but
sayd
to
hym selfe
.
God
knoweth
the
thought
of
euery
man
/
&
I
not
.
It
behoueth
thenne
to
flee
the
detractours
.
For
it
is
sayd
in
the
gospell
Iuge
no
man
/
to
th
ende
that
ye
be
not
Iuged
of
god
.
One
ought
not
also
hate
ony
persone
/
though
he
were
his
enemye
.
Ne
despyse
a
man
bycause
he
chydeth
with
his
neyghbour
.
For
otherwyse
thou
sholdest
haue
noo
reste
ne
peas
in
thy
conscyence
.
¶
An
other
olde
fader
sayd
/
thou
man
lyuyng
thynke
that
thy
god
is
born
of
the
virgyne
Marye
for
the
loue
of
the
/
he
hath
be
made
man
and
alwaye
abydeth
god
/
he
hath
be
made
a
lytyll
childe
/
he
was
a
redar
and
prechar
whan
he
toke
the
boke
in
the
synagoge
and
sayd
.
The
speryte
of
god
is
vpon
me
/
by
cause
he
that
hath
enoynted
me
/
hath
sente
me
to
preche
the
gospell
to
the
poore
synners
/
he
had
be
subdeken
/
whan
he
chaced
out
of
the
temple
theym
that
solde
and
theym
that
bought
/
he
was
deken
whan
he
weeshe
the
feet
of
his
appostles
/
in
commaundyng
theym
to
wesshe
the
feet
of
theyr
brethern
/
he
was
made
preest
whan
he
abode
in
the
myddell
of
the
temple
techynge
theym
/
he
was
made
bysshop
in
takyng
the
brede
and
in
delyueryng
to
his
dyscyples
/
he
hath
be
beten
for
the
loue
of
the
/
he
hath
be
crucyfyed
/
he
aroos
the
thyrde
daye
And
after
ascended
in
to
heuen
/
and
all
for
vs
/
and
all
he
hath
doon
for
to
saue
vs
.
And
neuertheles
we
wyll
nothynge
endure
ne
suffre
for
the
loue
of
hym
Late
vs
thenne
be
sobre
and
wake
we
/
praye
we
deuoutly
and
kepe
we
his
commaundementes
to
th
ende
that
we
may
be
saued
/
was
not
Ioseph
solde
in
to
Egypte
in
to
a
straunge
londe
.
The
thre
childern
were
they
not
brought
prysoners
in
to
Babylon
.
And
how
well
they
had
no
knowlege
/
god
was
theyr
helpe
and
were
saued
in
th
ende
/
for
as
moche
as
they
dradde
/
who
that
gyueth
hym
all
to
god
hath
no
free
wyll
/
but
doth
as
god
commaundeth
hym
without
payne
of
conscyence
.
And
yf
thou
wylt
do
after
thyn
owne
wyll
without
helpe
of
god
/
thou
shalt
haue
ouermoche
payne
in
thy
conscyence
.
¶
A
brother
asked
of
th
abbot
Pastor
.
fader
what
is
that
to
saye
/
that
one
ought
not
to
thynke
on
the
next
daye
folowynge
.
The
holy
man
answered
/
that
is
to
vnderstonde
of
a
man
that
is
in
temptacyon
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
he
ought
to
resyste
it
the
same
daye
/
without
to
thynke
to
resyste
it
on
the
morn
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
from
whens
it
cam
/
that
a
man
how
well
he
be
a
grete
synner
/
neuerthelesse
he
is
not
a
shamed
to
detracte
the
renommee
and
fame
of
an
other
.
To
whom
the
holy
man
answered
by
suche
a
parable
/
ther
was
a
poore
man
whiche
had
a
wyfe
.
the
whiche
sawe
an
other
woman
that
was
moche
fayrer
than
his
wyfe
with
out
comparyson
/
and
desyred
her
and
dyde
soo
moche
that
he
had
her
in
maryage
/
but
she
was
as
poore
as
that
other
.
It
happed
thenne
/
that
tho
two
wyues
/
wente
with
her
husbonde
to
a
market
.
And
by
cause
they
were
both
naked
/
they
put
theym selfe
in
a
tonne
but
that
one
seeyng
that
the
people
were
departed
/
sprang
out
of
the
tonne
/
and
founde
olde
clothes
and
ragges
/
couered
her
in
suche
wyse
/
that
she
myght
well
goo
amonge
the
people
/
without
to
haue
ony
shame
.
Thenne
that
other
woman
hauyng
therof
enuye
sayd
to
hyr
husbonde
.
This
folysshe
woman
is
all
naked
/
and
neuerthelesse
she
is
not
a
shamed
to
goo
amonge
the
people
.
Thenne
answered
to
hyr
the
husbonde
in
grete
angre
/
she
hath
some
what
couered
and
hydde
hyr
pouerte
and
confusyon
/
but
as
for
the
/
thou
art
all
naked
/
and
yet
thou
mockeste
her
as
moche
as
thou
mayste
.
¶
Thus
sayd
the
holy
fader
/
is
eche
man
a
detractour
/
the
whiche
not
consyderyng
his
owne
synnes
/
cesseth
not
to
saye
euyll
of
an
other
whiche
ben
better
than
he
.
¶
The
abbot
Iohan
sayd
to
some
of
his
brethern
/
that
there
were
thre
phylosophres
the
whiche
were
good
frendes
to gydre
.
Of
whiche
one
of
theym
deyeng
lefte
his
childe
to
that
other
.
And
whan
he
was
grete
/
he
defoylled
the
wyfe
of
his
moneytour
/
wherfore
he
was
put
out
of
the
hous
.
And
how
well
that
he
dyde
grete
penaunce
/
neuerthelesse
the
phylosopher
wolde
not
suffre
hym
to
reentre
in
to
his
hous
.
But
sayd
to
hym
that
he
sholde
goo
amonge
theym
that
were
Iuged
to
the
deth
for
to
dygge
&
gadre
with
them
metall
within
the
Ryuer
thre
yere
longe
.
And
whan
he
hadde
soo
doon
and
fulfylled
that
penaunce
/
he
sholde
retourne
to
the
phylosophre
and
than
he
wolde
receyue
hym
.
The
whiche
thynge
he
dyde
/
and
thenne
he
sayd
to
hym
goo
yet
vnto
thre
yeres
ende
/
and
gyue
thy
goodes
to
theym
that
shall
wronge
and
saye
to
the
Iniuryes
/
for
the
loue
of
god
/
the
whiche
he
dyde
.
Thenne
the
phylosophre
sayd
to
hym
Goo
thou
to
the
Cyte
of
Athenes
/
to
th
ende
that
thou
lerne
scyence
.
And
in
comynge
thyder
he
founde
at
the
yate
of
Athenes
a
phylosophre
whiche
was
deputeth
there
/
for
to
preue
theym
that
came
for
to
studye
/
and
to
Iniurye
theym
for
to
see
theyr
pacyence
.
Thenne
this
phylosopher
Iniuryed
meruayllously
this
yong
man
for
to
knowe
yf
he
hadde
pacyence
.
And
anone
he
began
to
lawhe
.
Thenne
the
phylosophre
demaunded
and
asked
hym
wherfore
he
laughed
/
seen
the
Iniuryes
that
he
sayd
to
hym
.
To
whome
the
yonge
man
answered
.
I
haue
this
thre
yere
paste
gyuen
of
my
goodes
for
to
be
Iniuryed
/
and
now
I
am
Iniuryed
with
out
that
it
coste
me
ony
thyng
/
wherfore
me
semeth
for
this
cause
I
haue
mater
to
laughe
.
Thenne
sayd
to
hym
the
phylosophre
/
my
childe
entre
and
goo
in
to
the
Cyte
/
for
thou
art
pacyente
ynough
for
to
studye
phylosophye
And
after
that
the
abbot
Iohan
had
reherced
this
that
sayd
is
/
he
sayd
suche
wordes
.
My
brethern
the
yate
of
Athenes
is
the
yate
of
heuen
wherin
we
ought
to
entre
/
for
many
trybulacyons
and
Iniuryes
as
haue
doon
our
predecessours
.
¶
Thabbot
Iohan
sayd
/
a
synfull
soule
that
wyll
doo
penaunce
/
is
as
a
fayr
whoman
whiche
hath
ben
comyn
to
euery
man
/
to
whom
cam
a
grete
lorde
that
sayd
to
hyr
/
yf
thou
wylte
promyse
to
me
chastyte
/
and
that
thou
wyll
nomore
gyue
the
to
synne
.
I
shall
take
the
to
maryage
.
The
whiche
so
promysed
hym
.
And
by
that
moyen
she
was
maryed
to
hym
.
They
that
were
Amerous
and
hadde
loued
her
/
seeyng
that
she
was
maryed
to
one
soo
myghty
a
man
sayden
/
yf
we
knocke
atte
yate
for
to
speke
to
her
/
and
to
accomplysshe
our
flesshely
wyll
and
desyre
/
the
lorde
shall
punysshe
vs
ryght
gryeuously
.
But
it
is
better
for
vs
to
go
behynde
the
hous
and
to
syffle
and
whystle
/
to
th
ende
that
she
therby
vnderstonde
and
come
to
vs
.
And
so
wente
anone
to
wystle
wenynge
to
begyle
her
/
but
to
th
ende
that
she
wolde
not
here
theym
/
she
stopped
hyr
eres
/
and
hydde
her
in
the
secretest
places
of
the
hous
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
this
comyn
woman
is
our
soule
.
The
louers
that
ben
the
vyces
.
The
prynce
and
the
lorde
that
espouseth
our
soule
is
almyghty
god
.
The
hous
is
the
Royalme
of
heuen
.
The
whystlers
ben
the
fendes
of
helle
.
And
for
soo
moche
as
our
soule
whiche
hadde
be
comyn
to
all
vyces
/
is
become
chaste
by
good
operacyons
/
alwaye
she
hath
recours
to
her
spouse
whiche
is
god
the
souerayn
lorde
/
and
thus
she
is
vaynquysshour
of
the
enemyes
.
¶
Thabbot
Pastor
sayd
that
the
gospell
sayth
/
he
that
hath
one
robe
sholde
go
selle
it
and
by
hym
a
glayue
or
swerde
Whiche
ought
thus
to
be
vnderstonde
/
he
that
hath
the
robe
of
reste
of
the
flesshe
/
lete
hym
selle
hit
/
that
is
to
saye
/
that
he
leue
it
/
and
bye
the
swerd
of
parfyght
resystence
for
to
fyght
ayenst
the
fende
.
¶
The
sayd
abbot
Pastor
sayd
that
in
Egypte
was
an
holy
fader
/
to
whom
mynystred
a
man
and
a
virgyne
.
Soo
it
happed
on
a
daye
/
that
both
two
cam
to
gydre
to
admynystre
the
necessytees
to
this
holy
man
And
by
cause
that
in
soo
doyng
they
were
surprysed
of
the
nyght
/
both
two
were
constrayned
to
lye
in
the
celle
of
the
holy
man
/
the
whiche
lyed
bytwene
theym
both
a
matte
to
th
ende
that
the
one
sholde
not
touche
that
other
/
but
duryng
the
nyght
/
the
man
that
serued
the
holy
man
corrupted
the
sayde
virgyne
.
And
the
mornyng
he
wente
his
waye
without
to
makynge
ony
semblaunt
.
The
holy
man
that
knowynge
sayd
noo
thyng
to
theym
.
But
on
an
other
tyme
whan
they
retourned
he
folowed
theym
herynge
theyr
talkyng
and
wordes
/
whiche
sayden
thus
bytwene
theym
/
wenest
thou
that
this
holy
man
knoweth
not
our
synne
.
And
thenne
in
a
compunccyon
of
herte
/
they
retourned
to
hym
sayeng
.
Alas
fayr
fader
/
thou
knowest
how
we
haue
offended
our
maker
.
And
therfore
yf
it
please
the
/
gyue
to
vs
holsome
penaunce
.
And
anone
he
gaaf
to
theym
a
rule
and
a
maner
how
they
ought
for
to
lyue
/
to
th
ende
that
theyr
synne
were
forgyuen
.
And
syth
they
wente
/
and
were
after
moche
constaunt
ayenst
the
temptacyons
.
¶
A
phylosopher
demaunded
and
asked
of
Saynt
Anthonye
sayng
.
Fader
how
mayste
thou
haue
consolacyon
whan
thou
haste
noo
bokes
to
rede
on
Saynt
Anthonye
answered
/
my
boke
is
nature
humayne
created
of
god
/
in
the
whiche
whan
I
consyder
well
I
fynde
therin
thynges
as
meruayllous
/
an
thu
fyndest
in
thy
bokes
.
¶
A
brother
comyng
to
th
abbot
Macharye
at
myddaye
/
began
to
saye
/
alas
I
deye
for
thurst
/
gyue
me
to
drynke
.
Thenne
answered
Macharye
/
be
thou
suffysed
with
this
shadowe
/
for
ther
be
many
pylgryms
/
and
maryners
vpon
the
see
/
whiche
haue
grete
nede
/
and
neuertheles
they
may
not
haue
it
.
The
same
brother
demaunded
hym
of
the
vertue
of
contynence
.
To
whom
the
holy
man
Macharye
sayd
.
By
the
space
of
.xx.
yere
.
I
haue
not
dronken
ne
eten
my
fylle
.
For
duryng
that
tyme
.
I
haue
weyed
my
brede
and
mesured
my
water
drynkyng
and
etyng
by
mesure
And
I
haue
neuer
slept
but
ayenst
the
walles
stondyng
ryght
vp
/
and
therfor
I
begynne
to
wexe
sobre
&
contynent
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
&
asked
/
yf
I
goo
with
my
brother
/
or
with
my
moder
ought
I
to
ete
wit
theym
.
The
holy
man
answered
.
Thou
oughtest
not
to
ete
with
ony
woman
.
¶
A
brother
asked
of
an
holy
man
/
yf
the
thought
ayenst
the
synne
of
the
flesshe
is
synne
or
noo
.
The
holy
man
answered
/
how
well
sayd
he
that
the
euyl
thought
cometh
not
alwaye
to
effecte
/
neuerthelesse
it
letteth
the
soule
to
be
lyfte
vp
in
contemplacyon
.
And
therfore
a
man
chaste
and
contynent
oughte
to
putte
and
caste
it
awaye
as
soone
as
it
cometh
/
and
by
this
moyen
he
shal
not
be
lette
in
his
orysons
prayers
&
contemplacyons
.
¶
The
same
sayd
yf
a
man
haue
noo
cogytacyons
ne
thoughtes
/
he
is
lykened
to
a
brute
beste
/
as
who
sholde
saye
It
is
not
possyble
/
but
that
a
man
haue
alwaye
some
temptacyons
/
but
all
in
lyke
wyse
as
the
fende
dooth
his
offyce
in
temptyng
vs
.
Ryght
soo
ought
we
to
do
in
resystyng
hym
/
yf
we
pray
to
god
contynuelly
/
the
fende
shall
flee
awaye
/
thynke
on
god
/
and
thou
shalt
ouercome
hym
/
fyght
well
/
and
in
th
ende
thou
shalt
be
crowned
.
¶
Saynt
Syncletyce
sayd
/
that
the
fende
is
lyghtely
ouercomen
of
theym
that
haue
no
thynge
/
for
they
drede
not
to
lese
ony
thyng
.
And
they
that
be
of
the
worlde
oftyme
be
sory
and
angry
for
the
losse
of
theyr
moneye
or
other
worldly
goodes
.
¶
The
same
sayd
that
they
that
assemble
the
rychesses
of
the
worlde
with
grete
payne
and
trauaylle
of
theyr
bodyes
/
of
soo
moche
more
that
they
gete
soo
moche
more
wolde
they
haue
.
But
we
renounce
suche
thynges
that
ben
to
vs
necessarye
for
to
lyue
for
the
honour
of
our
sauyour
Ihesu
cryste
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
/
that
he
that
is
prompte
to
reteyne
the
euyll
sooner
than
the
good
/
is
lykeneth
to
the
fyre
that
is
hydde
within
the
stubbe
.
For
in
suche
wyse
as
the
fyre
soo
hydde
brenneth
it
/
ryght
in
the
same
wyse
the
malyce
that
is
hydde
in
the
mynde
wasteth
and
destroyeth
the
soule
by
euyll
operacyons
that
folowe
.
¶
An
holy
man
sayd
that
he
that
warneth
an
other
of
his
helth
/
ought
swetely
to
exhorte
hym
/
to
th
ende
that
he
be
not
vnprofytable
/
and
that
his
admonycyon
be
auayllable
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
and
asked
of
an
auncyent
olde
fader
/
wherfore
is
it
that
my
soule
loueth
oftymes
th
ordure
and
fylthe
of
synne
.
The
holy
man
answered
.
The
soule
oftentymes
loueth
the
passyons
of
the
bodye
/
but
the
spyryte
of
god
is
he
that
refrayneth
it
.
And
therfore
we
ought
to
bewaylle
our
synnes
/
to
th
ende
that
they
be
to
vs
pardonned
.
Haste
thou
not
redde
that
Marye
Magdalene
after
that
she
hadde
be
atte
the
Sepulcre
of
Ihesu
cryste
in
wepyng
and
teres
/
that
god
called
her
to
hym
.
Alle
in
lyke
wyse
shall
he
do
to
the
soule
that
shall
puryfye
hym selfe
in
wepyng
.
¶
A
brother
demaunded
and
asked
an
holy
fader
/
whan
a
man
thynketh
not
on
his
defaultes
/
and
repreueth
other
/
is
it
synne
.
He
answered
that
god
saythe
therof
in
the
gospell
.
Ypocryte
take
awaye
the
beme
that
is
in
thyn
eye
/
and
after
thou
mayst
well
see
the
better
the
festu
that
is
in
the
eye
of
thyn
neyghbour
.
¶
An
other
brother
demaunded
and
asked
of
an
olde
auncyent
fader
/
how
he
myght
resyste
and
withstande
the
temptacyons
.
The
holy
man
answered
.
Take
ensample
at
Ioseph
/
the
whiche
beyng
in
the
age
of
yougthe
/
amonge
the
Infydeles
and
Ydolatrers
neuer
wolde
worshyppe
theyr
Ydoles
/
but
he
was
stronge
and
constaunt
in
his
fayth
.
And
furthermore
haue
mynde
of
Iob
/
the
whiche
in
all
his
trybulacyons
and
aduersytees
praysed
and
gaaf
louynges
to
god
/
and
forgate
him
not
/
for
all
that
/
that
he
was
so
moche
tourmented
.
¶
A
knyght
that
hadde
doon
many
euylles
and
moche
harme
/
and
wolde
conuerte
hym
to
god
/
demaunded
and
asked
an
holy
man
yf
god
receyued
the
synners
in
to
his
grace
.
And
the
holy
man
answered
to
hym
/
ye
/
and
shewed
to
hym
by
many
reasons
and
auctorytees
of
holy
scrypture
.
Neuertheles
the
sayd
knyght
yet
doubted
.
And
therfore
the
holy
man
shewed
to
hym
this
ensample
.
Yf
thy
mantell
be
rente
or
broken
in
ony
parte
/
wylt
thou
incōtnent
caste
it
awaye
.
The
knyght
answered
to
hym
nay
/
but
I
shall
make
it
agayne
&
amende
it
/
and
it
shall
serue
me
as
it
dyde
byfore
.
Thenne
sayd
the
holy
man
/
ryght
so
my
frende
is
it
of
god
For
how
well
that
thy
soule
be
broken
by
synne
/
neuertheles
our
lord
casteth
it
not
awaye
/
but
by
very
penaunce
&
pure
confessyon
shal
make
it
hole
agayn
by
his
grace
.
¶
Ther
was
an
holy
man
that
was
soo
sobre
and
solytary
/
that
alwaye
he
was
the
last
that
went
out
of
the
chirche
/
&
fered
not
that
ony
bodye
sholde
take
ony
mete
or
drynke
out
of
his
celle
.
¶
A
Iuge
of
a
certayne
Regyon
came
in
to
the
prouynce
of
th
abbot
Pastor
/
thynhabytantes
there
/
herof
aduertysed
requyred
the
sayd
abbot
to
requyre
the
sayd
Iuge
to
do
to
hym
so
moche
grace
to
pardonne
a
malefactour
but
the
sayd
holy
man
requyred
theym
that
he
myght
haue
thre
dayes
of
respyte
/
and
they
agreed
therto
/
durynge
the
whiche
tyme
by
cause
that
the
requeste
that
he
sholde
make
semed
to
hym
not
to
be
lycyte
ne
leeffull
/
he
requyrod
to
god
/
that
he
wolde
suffre
that
he
sholde
obteyne
the
same
.
So
he
came
to
fore
the
Iuge
/
and
prayed
for
the
sayd
malefactour
/
but
he
sayd
to
hym
/
that
he
wolde
not
that
whiche
he
requyred
/
bycause
he
prayed
for
a
theef
Of
whiche
answere
he
was
gladde
.
And
thus
th
abbot
Pastor
retourned
in
to
his
celle
/
praysyng
god
of
that
/
that
the
Iuge
hadde
denyed
to
hym
his
requeste
.
¶
The
holy
feders
sayden
that
whan
Moyses
entred
in
to
the
see
he
spacke
with
god
.
And
whan
he
cam
out
/
he
spacke
to
the
people
.
¶
In
lyke
wyse
ought
euery
good
Relygyous
man
to
doo
.
For
whyles
that
he
is
in
his
celle
/
he
ought
to
speke
to
god
by
deuoute
prayer
.
And
whan
he
gooth
out
/
he
ought
to
speke
with
the
people
in
techyng
theym
.
¶
Certayne
brethern
demaunded
and
asked
of
the
holy
fader
the
abbot
Pastor
/
yf
they
alwaye
ought
to
repreue
the
synners
.
To
whom
it
was
answered
by
the
holy
fader
.
Yf
I
go
and
passe
there
where
as
they
some
tyme
be
I
shall
saye
noo
thynge
to
theym
that
I
shall
see
synne
.
And
neuer
Iuge
ye
ony
persone
/
but
yf
ye
touche
theym
fyrste
with
your
handes
/
that
is
to
saye
/
yf
ye
be
not
certayne
of
that
ye
saye
/
for
oftentymes
some
wene
thynges
/
whiche
is
all
otherwyse
.
¶
A
brother
was
on
a
tyme
deceyued
in
his
opynyon
seeyng
two
sheues
of
whete
to gydre
/
and
he
supposed
that
he
hadde
seen
a
man
and
a
woman
/
and
therfore
without
to
knowe
it
/
he
Iuged
that
they
commysed
the
synne
of
lecherye
.
And
after
that
he
hadde
well
beholde
it
/
he
cam
and
smote
it
with
his
fote
sayeng
.
Cesse
man
to
commyse
this
synne
/
and
thenne
he
was
all
abasshed
whan
he
founde
that
it
were
two
sheues
of
whete
.
Here
ought
we
to
note
/
that
none
ought
to
Iuge
ony
thyng
but
yf
it
be
well
knowen
/
for
it
is
a
grete
peryll
for
the
soule
of
hym
that
Iugeth
so
lyghtly
without
to
knowe
manyfestly
a
thyng
/
as
he
hadde
touched
it
with
his
honde
.
¶
An
hermyte
beyng
in
his
hermytage
was
strongely
tempted
with
deuylles
whiche
appyred
to
hym
vysybly
/
and
he
supposed
that
they
hadde
ben
angellys
.
His
carnall
and
naturall
fader
hadde
a
custome
for
to
come
some
tyme
and
vysyte
hym
.
Soo
it
happed
that
in
vysytyng
hym
that
he
broughte
an
axe
for
to
hewe
doun
the
trees
and
wode
and
bere
it
to
his
hous
/
but
the
deuyll
to
th
ende
that
he
wolde
deceyue
this
brother
appyered
to
hym
sayeng
/
loo
here
the
deuyll
in
semblaunce
and
lykenyng
of
thy
fader
cometh
to
the
for
to
tempte
the
with
an
axe
/
but
go
to
mete
with
hym
and
slee
hym
Thus
this
byleuyng
the
deuyll
wente
and
mette
with
his
fader
and
slewe
hym
.
It
is
possyble
that
this
brother
lyued
ylle
/
and
therfore
god
suffred
that
he
was
thus
deceyued
of
the
fende
.
Euery
Relygyous
man
and
Relygyous
woman
ought
to
note
dylygently
this
example
/
to
th
ende
that
god
suffre
not
theym
thus
to
be
tempted
.
¶
Thus
fynysshed
the
seconde
parte
of
this
presente
booke
.
¶
Here
foloweth
the
thyrde
parte
.