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Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Radegunde

[by Henry Bradshaw]

Bradshaw, Henry

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Here begynneth the lyfe of saynt Radegunde.

The prologe of the translatour in the lyfe of mayden Radegunde/quene and princesse.

Of the progeny of saynt Radegunde and howe she was taken in batell and maryed to Lothary a kynge of Fraunce.

Of the vertuous lyuing of saynt Radegund vndre spousage/and howe she contynued a pure virgyne

Of the great deuocion she vsed namely in tyme of lenton/and of the great pitie she had to all captiue prisoners.

Howe quene Radegunde shewed a great myracle deliueryng prisoners out of captiuite.

Howe quene Radegund desyred to be religyous/& of a myracle shewed/at her departyng by the way goyng

How Radegund was made relygious/& after elect abbasse of Pictauis/& howe by grace she was preserued from daunger of her husbande ye kyng.

Of the feruent deuocyon of saynt Radegunde and of the great penaunce and charitable warkes she vsed in religion.

Of the great perfeccion/and penaunce that lady Radegunde vsed in the tyme of lent.

Of the great affliccion/& hard punysshement that ye lady Radegunde vsed aboue the cours of nature in the sayd tyme of lent.

How this holy abbasse vsyng meditacyon refourmed her syster neglygent/with a lytell exortacion folowyng.

Howe blessyd Radegunde delyuered a woman possessyd with a fynde/from daunger and payne/to helth and prosperite.

Howe a ratte was slayne without hande aprochyng to hurt the vertuous labour of saynt Radegund.

Howe saynt Radegunde by prayer reuiued a laurell tre to burge and bryng forthe leaues without any rote.

Howe saynt Radegunde by humble intercession restored a yong Nunne from dethe to lyfe agayne.

Howe saynt Radegunde saued her seruantes from paryll of perisshyng which brought a parte of the holy crosse to Pectauis.

Of dyuerse myracles in generall/and how this abbasse saued dyuerse seke persons from Ieopardy of deth.

How Radegunde thabbasse cured .ii. sycke women from sickenesse/and infyrmite vnto helth and prosperyte.

How this abbasse healed dyuerse sicke women som from feuers/and some from vexacion of our gostly enemy.

Of the gostly visyon she had afore her infyrmyte & of the noble exortacion she made to her systers in her sykenes & payne.

With what pacience and deuocion lady Radegund receyued ye blessyd sacrament & extreme vnction afore her departure

Of the departure of this holy abbasse/and howe she apperyd ye same houre to a noble prefect/curyng hym from sickenesse of his throte.

How saynt Radegund cured one of her seruauntes from the plage of fier sittyng in her chayer without auctorite and right.

A breue rehersall of the great profet and remedy founde by true oblacion made to this moniall.

A prayer or orison of the blessyd quene Radegunde moniall and abbasse.

A breue conclucyon/& end of this poore translacyon mouyng the reders to accept this lytell vnworthy to be redde.

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How this abbasse healed dyuerse sicke women som from feuers/and some from vexacion of our gostly enemy.

A certayne deuout religious moniall
Was vexed all ye day with great colnesse
And in the nyght tyme/with hete ouer all
As a feruent feuer/of wo & paynfulnesse
That she myght nat serue/our lorde god doutlesse
Nother nyght nor day/for sore vexacion
Whiche was to her soule/a dowble tribulacion

This blessyd mayden/replete with grace certayne
Commaunded warme water/to be had in hye
Which water she touched/with her handes twayne
Gaue it to her syster/the payne to mortyfy
So whan she touched/the sayd sycke body
The moniall receyued helth and prosperite
Cured from all qualites/of suche contrariete

Another woman long had in possessyon
Of a wickyd sprite prostrat/in the pauement
Was brought to this mayde for preseruacion
On whome she had pyte/and prayde full delygent
Our lorde to delyuer the spyrite from the pacient
She blessed this woman/and the deuell right sure
Departyd shortly/by the secretis of nature

A certayne mayden dwellyng in Fraunce
Nominat Roda was vexed day and nyght
With the colde feuers/and paynefull greuance
Whiche mekely was mesured/to this lady bryght
By whose humble orison all payne ceassyd right
The feuers were fled/helth aproched nere
Or the candell was endyd/sayth the story clere

A religyous abbasse/manassyd full sore
Blessyd Radegunde excōmunicat to be
Except she wolde heele/and saue from langore
A woman possessyd/with a spyrite paynefully
By grace so it fortuned/that within dayes thre
Our olde aduersary/departyd her fro
The woman was delyuerd/from payne & gostly wo.