And than a great fumee or smoke yssued out of the
fyre In whiche he dispayred and fyll in to the fyre/
where he was anone ded/ And also it is sayd that Philomenus
lawhed so sore and distemperatly that he deyde alle
lawhynge/ And we rede that ypocras the phisicien fonde
remedye for thys Ioye/ For whan he had longe dwellyd
oute of his contreye for to lerne connynge and wysedom/
And shold retorne vnto his parentis and frendes/ whan
he approchid nyghe them/ He sente a messanger to fore
for to telle to them his comynge/ and comanded hym
to saye that he cam/ for they had not longe to fore
seen hym/ And y’t they shold attempre them in
that Ioye er they shold see hym/ And also we rede
that Titus the sone of vaspasian whan he had conquerd
Iherusalem and abode in y’e contrees by/ he herde
y’t his fader vaspasian was chosen by alle the
senate for to gouerne the empire of rome/ wherfore
he had so right grete Ioye that sodaynly he loste the
strength of all his membres And be cam all Impotent
And whan Iosephus that made the historye of the romayns
ayenst the Iewis/ whiche was a ryght wyse phisicien
sawe and knewe the cause of this sekenes of the sayd
Titus/ he enquyred of his folk yf he had in hate ony
man gretly so moche that he myght not here speke of
hym ner well see hym And one of the seruantes of Titus
sayd that he had one persone in hate so moche.
That ther was no man in his court so hardy that durste
name hym in his presence/ and than Iosephus assigned
a day whan this man shold come/ and ordeyned a table
to sette in y’e sight of Titus/ and dide hit
to be replenysshid plenteuously wyth alle dayntees/
and ordeyned men to be armed to kepe hym in suche
wyse that no man shold hurte hym by the comandement
of Titus/ and ordeyned boutellers. Coques/ and
other officers for to serue hym worshipfully lyke
an Emour/ and whan all this was redy/ Iosephus brought
in this man that tytus hated and sette hym at the
table to fore his eyen and was seruyd of yonge men
wyth grete reuerence ryght cortoisly/ And whan titus
behelde his enemye sette to fore hym wyth so grete
honour/ He began to chauffe hym self by grete felonnye
And comanded his men that this man sholde be slayn/
And whan he sawe/ that none wold obeye hym But that
they all way seruyd hym reuerently/ he waxe so ardante/
and enbrasid wyth so grete yre/ that he that had lost
alle the force and strengthe of his body and was alle
Impotent in alle his membres/ Recoured the helthe agayn
and strengthe of his membris/ by the hete that entryd
in to the vaynes and sinewis And Iosephus dide so
moche that he was recouerid and hole/ And that he helde
that man no more for his enemye/ but helde hym for
a verray true frende/ And afterward made hym his loyall
felawe and compaignon And the espicers and Apotecayres
ought to make truly suche thynges as Is comanded to
them by the physicyens/ And they ought taccomplisshe
theyr billis and charge curyously wyth grete dilygence/
that for none other cause they shold be ocupied but
in makynge medicynes or confections truly. And