Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Radegunde [by Henry Bradshaw] |
A breue rehersall of the great profet and remedy founde by true oblacion made to this moniall. |
Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Radegunde | ||
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A breue rehersall of the great profet and remedy founde by true oblacion made to this moniall.
These
forsayd myracles/and other many one
Infinite to reherse all seriously
This virgin shewed/by singuler deuocion
Unto all people sicke and in miserye
Desiryng her prayers/and suffrages mekely
All suche departed from her with gladnesse
Whiche came to her presence/in wo and heuenesse
Infinite to reherse all seriously
This virgin shewed/by singuler deuocion
Unto all people sicke and in miserye
Desiryng her prayers/and suffrages mekely
All suche departed from her with gladnesse
Whiche came to her presence/in wo and heuenesse
Among all myracles after our intelligence
Whiche Radegunde shewed by her humilite
One is moost vsuall had in experience
Among the common people/noted with hert fre
By offeryng of otes/after theyr degre
At her holy aulters where myracles in sight
Dayly haue be done by grace day and nyght
Whiche Radegunde shewed by her humilite
One is moost vsuall had in experience
Among the common people/noted with hert fre
By offeryng of otes/after theyr degre
At her holy aulters where myracles in sight
Dayly haue be done by grace day and nyght
By oblacion of othes/halt/lame/and blynde
Hath ben restored/vnto prosperite
Dombe men to speke/aboue cours of kynde
Sickemen delyuerd/from payne and miserie
Maydens hath kept theyr pure virginite
Wyddowes defended from greuous oppression
And clarkes exalted/by her to promocion
Hath ben restored/vnto prosperite
Dombe men to speke/aboue cours of kynde
Sickemen delyuerd/from payne and miserie
Maydens hath kept theyr pure virginite
Wyddowes defended from greuous oppression
And clarkes exalted/by her to promocion
Many other myracles/she shewed expresse
To euery estate/religious and rurall
By her great vertue/merite/and goodnesse
Whiche be nat rehersed/here in speciall
But who so lyst to knowe her myracles all
May forther enquire/of theyr benignite
The boke of her myracles where in they written be
To euery estate/religious and rurall
By her great vertue/merite/and goodnesse
Whiche be nat rehersed/here in speciall
But who so lyst to knowe her myracles all
The boke of her myracles where in they written be
Whiche miracles/who redeth ceriously
Marke/mynde/and bere them well away
Shall fynde that our lorde god/the kyng of glory
Sheweth his myghty power day by day
For all suche: whiche in theyr hartes fynde may
Hym to loue/and serue aboue all thynge
And hym to folowe/gladly in theyr lyuynge
Marke/mynde/and bere them well away
Shall fynde that our lorde god/the kyng of glory
Sheweth his myghty power day by day
For all suche: whiche in theyr hartes fynde may
Hym to loue/and serue aboue all thynge
And hym to folowe/gladly in theyr lyuynge
Lyke as dyd/this virgyn pudicall
As in her lyfe I haue made mencion
She forsoke the pleasures/great and small
Of this worlde: and set all her affection
Porely to lyue in strayte religion
In prayer/fastyng/and worthy penaunce
With watche/labour/and simple sustinaunce
As in her lyfe I haue made mencion
She forsoke the pleasures/great and small
Of this worlde: and set all her affection
Porely to lyue in strayte religion
In prayer/fastyng/and worthy penaunce
With watche/labour/and simple sustinaunce
She viseted the sicke persons impotent
And ministred/with good hert and mynde
To them suche thynges/as were conuenient
She succurred both lame/halt/and blynde
And the sore lazers/where she dyd them fynde
She wasshed/and touched theyr sores tenderly
And neuer abhorred/any malady
And ministred/with good hert and mynde
To them suche thynges/as were conuenient
She succurred both lame/halt/and blynde
And the sore lazers/where she dyd them fynde
She wasshed/and touched theyr sores tenderly
And neuer abhorred/any malady
Her almes she gaue/there as she sawe nede
To monasteries/and persons religious
Brefely to speke/many a vertuous dede
She fulfylled: for whiche our lorde Iesus
For her shewed suche miracles glorious
What tyme she was here in this worlde lyuyng
And also syth her hens away partynge.
To monasteries/and persons religious
Brefely to speke/many a vertuous dede
She fulfylled: for whiche our lorde Iesus
For her shewed suche miracles glorious
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And also syth her hens away partynge.
Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Radegunde | ||