The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 52 pages of information about The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion.

The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 52 pages of information about The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion.
whiche was than at hand.  But now commythe the myrakle.  By and by that knyght was all in the churche yarde, and hys aduersary was ragynge at the dore wowte. Me. And dyd he tell you so maruylous a myrakle for a trewthe? Ogy. No dowte. Me. But I suppose that he could nat so lyghtely doo that to you so a great a philosopher. Ogy. He dyd shewe to me in that same wykytte in a plate of coper, the ymage of the knyght fastenyd with nayles and with the same garmentes that the Englishmen were wontyd to wayre at that tyme, as you may see in that olde pictures, whiche wyl nat lye, Barbours had || but lytle lyuynge at that tyme:  and dieres & websteres gotte but litle monay. Me. Why so? Ogy. For he had a berd like a goote, and his cote had neuer a plyte, & it was so litle, that with strayte gyrdynge it mayd hys body to apere lesse than it was.  Ther was another plate, that was in quantyte and fourme like to a cheste. Me. Well now it is nat to be doubtyd apo. Ogy. Under ye wykyte ther was a grate of yrne, that no man ca passe theryn but a footema, for it is nat conuenyent that any horsse shuld tread after apon ye place, whiche the knyght dyd cosecrate to owr lady. Me. Nat withowt a good cause. Ogy. Frome that parte toward the Este, there is a litle chapell, full of maruayles and thyther I wete, ther was I receyuyd of another of our ladyes chaplenes, ther we knelyd downe, to make our litle prayeres.  By & by, he broght forthe || B iiij.|| the ioynte of a mannes fynger, the greatyste of thre, which I kyssyd, & askyd whose relyques thay were, he dyd say that thay were saynt Petres.  What thapostle sayd I. Ye sayd he.  Than I dyd better beholde the ioynte, whiche for hys greatenes myght well haue be a Gyates ioynte, rather than a mannes.  Than sayd I, saynt Peter must nedys be a great man of stature.  But at that word, ther was one of the gentleme that stode by, that could not forbere lawghynge, for the which I was very sory.  For if he had holden hys pease, we had sene all the relyques, yet we metely well pleasyd mayster Sexte, with gyuynge hym .ij. or .iij. grotes.  Before that chapell there was a litle howsse, which he sayd ones in wynter tyme whan that there was litle rowme to couer the reliques, that it was sodenly broght & sett in that place.  Under that house || there was a couple of pittes, bothe fulle of water to the brynkys, and thay say that ye sprynge of thos pittes is dedicate to our lady, that water is very colde, and medycynable for the hede ake and that hartburnynge. Me. If that cold water wyll hele the paynes in the hede and stomake, than wyll oyle put owte fyre from hensforthe. Ogy. It is a myrakle that I tell, good syr, or els what maruayle shuld it be, that cowld water shuld slake thurste? Me. This may well be one parte of your tale. Ogy. Thay say that the fowntayne dyd sodenly sprynge owte of the erthe at the commaundement of our lady, & I dilygently
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