<County: Staffordshire>
<Code: L0529>
<MS reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 96, Hand A>
<Text: Sermons>


<Tranche 1>

<fol. 162r><space for initial>ode me~ & wymme~ suche a day . N . 3e schul haue seynt Ma
theus day þt was goddus holy apostole & euangelist wher
fore 3e schul fast his euen & come to chirche on þe morwe
& worschepe god & his holy apostle . þenne schul 3e knowe
wel þt þis holy apostle seynt Mathew is comended in al
holy chirche for foure holy vertus þt 3 he had . he was obedyente
to crist radly . he fedde crist gladly . he preched þe gospel
boldely . & suffred passion~ mekely . / frist he was obedient
to crist radly . for as he sate in a+tol boþe ful bysy to gete
worldus lykour~ & conded al þerfore . Crist come þt wey &
loked on hi~ & bad hi~ come & sue hi~ . & he anon lafte þe
alle his skorus & his con@trus & his bokus & sued crist forth
& had suche a loue to crist þt he was wondur fayn in his
hert to for-saken al his good & so to sue crist pore & symple .
Also he fedde crist gladly . for þen he preied crist ˆ [for] to ete
wt hym & so made crist a gret fest . not of deyntere metus .
but in fedyng~ of crist & of þe grete company þt sued crist .
<ill><1 word></ill> he put a-wey non <the two last words marked for inversion with a and b> but was glad to fede hem all for
crist sake . for where þt crist wente gret peple sued hi~ . su~me
to se þe myraclus þt he wrou3t . su~me to be heled of hur~
syknes . su~me to here~ his prechyng~ . summe to haue hur~ lyflod<cropped>
summe þt weren his enemyes to ha~ taken hi~ inn su~ word .
3if þei my3ten to haue dispysed hi~ þerby . þus when Mathew
had fed crist . & alle þt comen wt hi~ . crist made hi~ on of his
disciples and 3af hi~ connyng~ to preche þe by-leue so þt aftur
he preched goddus word boldly . & spared neyþer for þreet ne
for drede of deth . wherfore he was sende to a+cite þt
vas called Nadaker where he fonde to men þat were
þe fend al by tau3t . for by nygramanci & jogelory þei du
den mony þingus þt weren wondurful to monnus sy3t . & al
for men schulden leue~ on hem & 3eue~ hem good & sustey
nen he~ & don hem~ gret worschip . but when seynt Mathew
<fol. 162v>come he diskeuered al her wychecrafte so þt þe peple knewe
oponly þt al was of þe fend þat þey wrou3ten~ wt . wherfor~
þei weren so wrothe þt by hure craft þei maden~ two dragonus
grete & orible orrible to spite fir~ & to breþe so foule stenche
þt hit slou3 mony men . þese dragonus þey brou3ten forth
wt hem to haue deuoured seynt Mathew . but when seynt
Mathew herd þis he made a signe of þe cros by-foren
hi~ . & 3ode a3eynus he~ & a-non þe dragonus fellen don~ dede
by-foren his fete . þen seyde Mathew to hem 3if 3e haue
eny my3t reiseth hem a-3eyn to lif . but þey my3ten haue
no power in his presente . þen seide he . 3if J we[re] not
goddus seruat~ J wolde make hem do to 3ou þat 3e had
purposed to me . but hit is þe techyng~ of our~ maystur alwey
to do good a3eynus euel . wherfore y bidde 3ou dragonus
þt 3e risen vp & go þidur as 3e schul neuer greue man
ne best . & so þei reson~ vp & 3oden hur wey . þenne
seynt Mathew terned hi~ to þe peple þat was gedred
to þe si3t & preched hem þe joye of peradise & seide how
þere was euer day & neuur ny3t . þere was euur-lastyng~ 3owþe
& neuer elde . euer hele and neuur sikenes . song~ & myrthe
wt-outen~ sorwe . roosus & flourus wt-oute~ welewyng~ po
peiayus & oyer briddus euer syngyng~ loue . reste . & all maner
likyng . he sayde also þat alle þt wolden~ be of cristes bileue
schulden~ come þidur & haue þis joye wt-outen ende þus
he preched goddus wordus boldly . / he suffred all passion~ me
kely . for as he preched in a cite wikked me~ & token hi~ & bete~
hi~ ful+sore & aftur putten~ out his ien and casten hi~ in a
preson~ til þey hadden conseiled what deth he schulde haue
died on~ but þen com þer an angel to seynt Androw as
he was prechyng in a far contre fro hi~ & brou3t hi~ ouer þe
see to þe preson~ þere as Mathew was in . & when he . si3 hi@
so foule ferd wt he wepte for rewre of hi~ & preied to
god for hi~ & so a-non god restored hi~ to his si3t a3eyn~
<fol. 163r>& þen Androw ladde hi~ out [of] þe preson~ & bad hi~ go a-3eyn~
to preche goddus word . & Androw 3ode a3eyn~ to his contre .
þen as seynt Mathew preched in þe cite of Nadabar . þe
kyngus sone of þe cite died . wherfore þe kyng send aftur
Mathew & preied hi~ to reise his sone a3eyn to lyf & so he
dude . wherfore þe kyng~ & his wyfe & a dou3tur þt was
called Eufenysia token cristendom & feyth & þe more part
of þe peple . & for he knewe þt god had chosen þe kyngus
dou3tur to be an holy wommon~ he blessed hur~ & 3af hur
þe veyl of chastite~ & sche was aftur a+kepar of mony oþur
virgynus / þen died þe kyng hur~ fadur & come a-noþur was
called hirtacus þt loued þis Eufenysia & spake to seynt
Mathew preying~ hi~ þt he wolde helpe þt Eufenysia wold
assente to hi~ & ben his wif for aftur hym sche wolde
don~ & aftur non~ oþur . þe seide Mathew þt my3t not be / for
sche was wedded to þe kyng~ of heuen & my3t no wey
breke þat spousehod . þen was þis kyng~ so wroth þat he
sende men to sle seynt Mathew & so as he had seid his
masse & stode at þe auterus ende in his deuocionus . þer com
oon byhynde hi~ . & wt a swerd slou3 hi~ . þen cristen~ me~ to
ken his body & burieden~ ht in þt same chirche þen þis
kyng~ made to sette fir~ on vche side of Eufenysicius hous
to haue brende hur~ þerin . but þeren seynt Mathew appered
& turned þe fir~ to þe kyngus palys & brende hit vp al to
gedur þt no þing~ laste saue þe kyng~ þt vnneþ+e-skope & a
3onge child of his wt hi~ . & þen was þe kyng~ smyten wt a
meselry þt was so violent to hi~ þt for woo þt þe had wt his
oune swerd he slou3 hi~self . & for he schaped foule deþ .
to oþur hit fel+on hi~self . Now schul 3e knel &c~ <linefiller>
<fol. 163v><space for initial>Ode men & wymmen suche a+day . N . 3e schul haue seynt
Michaelus day goddus holy archaungel þe wiche day 3e
schul come to chirche & worschipe god & his holy archangel .
þen schul 3e knowe þt holy chirche maketh mencion~ þt day
of alle goddus holy angelus for þe Grete<?> help & seruys . þt mon
kynde hath of hem . but specially sche maketh mynde of seynt
Michael for þre prerogatyuus þt he haþ byforen alle oþur for
he is wondur-ful in apperyng~ . he is marueleng~ in miraculus
worchyng & victorious in his fi3tyng~ he is wondurful in a
peryng~ for as seynt Gregori seith when god wol worche eny
wondurful dede . þen he sendeth forth seynt Michael as
his owne banerer~ . & as þou3 her~ bere cristus schild & his
sygne of his armus he hath in his schilde a signe of þe
cros . wherfore he was sende wt Moyses & aaron in-to
egypt to worche þe miraculus þt þere were don~ for þou3
þe seyne were in Moyses . the my3t of þe worchinge was
don~ by Michael . also he deperted þe rede see & helde þe
watur o twynne while þe peple of jrael 3ode þrou3 þe
see drye-fot . he ladde he~ fourty 3ere in deseert . he brou3t
hem ouur-fleem jordan & hulde þe watur a3eyn~ so þt þe
watur rebon~ted a3eyn~ like to a gret hull while þe peple
wenten ouer drye-schod & he brou3t he~ in-to lond of byheest .
Also he keputh paradys & taketh in þe soulus þt be sende
þidur . he schal slee antry-crist in þe mon~te of olyuete .
he schal bidde alle þe dede rysen at þe day of dome
he schal brynge to þe doom~ þe cros of crist . þe naylus .
þe spere . þe crowne of þornus . & ale oþur instrumentus
of his passion~ to schewe how ry3twisly þei schul be
dampned þt sette nou3t by crist passion~ . þus seynt Michael

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<fol. 169r><space for initial>Ode men & wyme~ suche a day . N . <ill><1 word></ill> schul haue
Seynt lucus day . goddus holy euangelist þe wc day
3e schul come to chirche in worschip of god & his holy
euangelist þen schul 3e knowe þt crist hath foure euan
gelistus . Mark . Mathew . luk & John@ . þe whyche four~
writen þe gospellus þt ben cristus wordus . for gospel is
in redy englisch goddus spel . þt is goddus word . wer
fore þese four~ writen not only what crist <exp>spake</exp> <add>seyd</add>
but also what he dude . & what he suffred here
in erþe for mankynde . For encheson þt we & alle
er þt weren byforen vs & schul come after vs . schuld
knowe & wite what crist dude . & tau3t in help &
saluacion~ of monkynde . þen for þese . iiij . euangelistus
ben likened to four~ dyuers bestus & so ben peynted
in four~ perties of crist . þt is for Mark a lion . for Ma
thew a mon . for luk a calf . & for John~ an eygull
herfore mony lewde men & weme~ þt þey weren suche
bestus & not men but þei þt so vndurstonde~ þei schul
knowe ˆ <mrg><ill><1 word></ill></mrg> þt þei ben likened to þese bestus . for cristus <exp>doyng</exp> [seyyng]
in þe gospel þt þei writen was like to þe kynde of
þese bestus . as þus Mathew he wrot most of cristus
monhed . & þerfore he is likened to a mon . luk he
wrote most of cristus sacrifyse & of his deth & þerfore
he is likened to a calf . or an ox . for a calf þt was
offred in sacrifise in olde lawe for synne þt was toke
nyng þt crist schuld come & schulde be offred in sarri
fise for synne of þe peple in auter of þe cros . Mark
<fol. 169v>wrot most of cristus vprysyng fro deth & þerfore he is
likened to a lion . for as bokus tellen þe kynde of
þe lyon is suche þt is [when þe lyonas haþ welpyd] his welpus þre dayus aftur þt þei [þey lyon dede]
ben born~ þei schulen ligge dede þen on þe þridde
day þe lyon~ cometh & for he ˆ [and] sith his whelpus dede
for sorowe þer-of he maketh such a rinde [cryyng] þt þe dede [þrow hys criyng]
welpus [he] quykenen ˆ [hs welpus agayn] & so taken lyf . / þus when crist
had leyen ded þre dayus . on þe þridde day þe fadur
of heuen spake to hi@ & bade hi~ ryse & so rered
hi~ fro deth to lif . John~ is likened to an eygull
þt is kyng~ of foulus . for as an eygull of kynde flith
hiest & next to þe sonne & hath ˆ [a] gret delite to loke
on þe sonne . ˆ [Ry3t] so seynt Jon he went next to god .
for he preched & wrot most of cristus godhed & ˆ [but] litel
of his monhed . For þese skylus þese ˆ [. 4 .] euangelistus
ben likened to þese four~ bestus . but now 3e schul
knowe þt seynt luk . is likened to a calf þt was
offred in sacrifice . for he offred hi~-self in sacrifise
to god day & ny3t by þre weyus in þou3t . in word .
& in dede . he offred his þou3t to god . for þer as
he was woned byfore ˆ [<ill><1 word></ill>] to þenke of vanite & how
he my3t gete hi~ worldus good . For he was a ˆ [gret] leche
of craft . & as bokus tellen a leche boldely sleth <add>sleeyt</add>
a+mon & he ful helt su~-tyme ˆ [when he] had don ˆ [a]miss by-foren .
wherfore he turned his þou3t al to god & sore repented<the two last words marked for inversion with a and b>
þt he had don a-mys & þus he offred his þou3t in
to sacrifise to god . for as þe book seith god is
hi3ly plesed wt his þou3t þt is sory for his synne .
he also offred his word to god in sacrifise . for þer
as he was woned byfore . þt þer com to þe apostelus
<fol. 170r>to speke mony an ydel word of non avayle aftur
he turned al his speche in-to profit to hi@ & to alle
ur cristen peple . werfore he 3ode to our~ lady
& lernede at hur~ þe gospel þt he wrote . & for
encheson~ þat he was clene mayden & had neyþur
wyf ny child he was myche þe more chere to
our~ lady . & sche tau3t hi~ ful goodly how þe an
gel gabriel spake to hur~ & sche vnswere ˆ [hym] a
3eyn . & so forth al þyg~ þt sche dude wt hur~
sone in his 3owþe . & aftur tyl he was stied vp
in-to heuene . & when he had lerned þis perfitly .
þen he loked wat Mark & Matheu hadde~ wryte~
& so toke of he~ . & þer as þei passeden darkely
forth . he wrot openly al þyng . & þus in ˆ [his] prechyng~
& in techyng~ he offred his word to god . he
offred also his dedus to god in sacrifys . for he
peyned his owne body wt dyuerse penan~sus . of
fastyng~ . of hard lyggynge . of hard slepynge .
also he was wt þe apostelus in al hur~ pursute
þt þei suffreden of þe jewus in jerusalem . & wt hem
he had gret pursute for goddus sake & wrot al
þe persecucion~ þt seynt Steuen . suffred & how he
was stoned to þe deth & aftur his deth he 3ode
to seynt Poule & sued hi~ & bonchif & in mysches
& lafte hi~ neuer tyl deth deperted hem . & þen he
3ode in-to a contre þt was called Rytynyn & þere
preched goddus ˆ [word] & when he was four~ score 3ere
olde & ten . þen he died ful of þe holy gost
& of holi vertuus & so aftur his deth god schewd
for hym mony myraculus &c~ .
<fol. 170v><space for initial>gode men and wyme~ suche a day . N . 3e schul haue
seynt Symondus day & seynt Jude . wherfore 3e schul
faste þe euen & come on þe morwe to chirche & wor
schip god & his hooly apostelus þt day . þen schul 3e kno
we þt eiþur of þese apostelus had two namus . þt oon was
called Symon Zelotes and Symon cananeus . & þeur was
called Judas Jacobi & Judas Thaddeus . Jn þis is a-sche
wynge þe name þt a mon or woman hath hit dieth in
þis world & passeth out of mynde in schort tyme aftur
his deth . wherfore vche cristen mon schuld be bysy to
geten hi@ a name þt schal be wryten in heuen in þe
book of lif þt schal last for euer more . herfore þese two
apostelus suffreden gret disese & trauel & penaunce &
at þe last peyne of deth for goddus sake wt meke
hert & clene consciene . for Symond is vndirstonde
obedience þt maketh a mon meke in hert . & Judas
is vndurstonde confession~ þt clanseth a monnes con
science of al maner filþe of synne . þus by her~ deth
þei 3euen ensample to vche mon & techen how þt
þei þt suffren any disese g for goddus sake wt meke
hert & clene conscience . þei schul be worschiped
hi3ly of god in heuen & hur~ names wryten þere wt
worschip in-to þe fraternyte of seyntus of heuen . but
þen ben þer mony þt god sendeth disese & greuus for
gret loue & gret encres of mede in heuen . but þei
taken hit not wt meke hert & clennes of conscience
but grucchen þer-wt & playne@ 3erne þer-vpon . wer
fore þei han gret nede to preie of help & to be heled
of þt sikenes þt þei han in hur~ spyrit . as we reden
in þe lif of þese holy apostelus how a kyng~ þat
was called abagarus dude . þere we reden þus þis
kyng~ was lepur & herd þt our~ lord jhesuc crist wrou3t
mony myraculus & heled alle seke . wherfore he