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¶Of the myracles y^t god wrought for saȳt Thomas of Lancastre / wherfore the kynge le¦te close in y^e chyrche dores of y^e pryory of Poūt¦fert / that no mā sholde come therin for to offre

ANd sone after that the good erle Tho∣mas of Lancastre was martryd there was a preest that lōge tyme had be blynde / dre∣med in his slepe / that he sholde go to y^e hylle the¦re the good Erle Thomas of Lancastre was doon vnto deth / and he sholde haue his syghte ayen & so he dremed thre nyghtes sewynge. and the preest lede hym to the same hyll and whā he came to y^e place y^t he was martryd on deuowt∣ly he made there his prayers / And prayed god and saynt Thomas / that he myghte haue hys syght ayen / And he was in hys prayers he lay¦ed hys ryght hōde vpon the same that the gode man was martryd on / & a drope of drye blood and smale sonde cleuyd on hys honde / & there with stryketh his eyen. And anone thrugh the myght of god & saynt Thomas of Lancastre / he had his syght ayen. And thankyd tho almy¦ghty god and saynt Thomas. And whan this myracle was knowen amonge men / the people came thither on euery syde. and knelyd and ma¦de theyr prayers at his tombe that is in the pry¦ory of Pountfret and prayed that holy martyr of socour and of helpe / & god herde there pray∣er. ¶Also there was a yonge chylde drowned in a welle in the towne of Pountfret and was deed thre daye and thre nyghtes. And men ca∣me and layed y^e deed chylde the sayd Thomas tombe the holy martyr / and the chylde arose from dethe to lyfe. as many a man it sawe. ¶And also moche peple were out of ther myn¦de / and god sent them theyr mynde ayen. tho∣rough vertue of that holy man. And god hathe yeue there also to cryppyls theyr goynge / & the crokyd theyr hōdes & there feet / and two blynd also theyr syght. & to many syke folke there ••el∣the of dyuers maladyes for the loue of this go∣de martyr. ¶Also there was a ryche man in Coūdom in Gascoyne and suche a malady he had that al his ryght syde rotyd & fel a way frō hym / that men myght see his lyuer & hys herte and so he stanke / that vnneth they myght co∣me nyghe hym. wherfore hys frendes were for hym wonder sory. But at the last as god wol¦de. they prayed to saynt Thomas of Lancas∣tre / that he wolde pray almyghty god for that prysoner & behyght for to go to Pountfret for to doo theyr pylgrymage / he thought that the Martyr saynt Thomas came to hym. and ano¦ynted alle his sike body / and therwith the good man a woke & was all hole / & his flesshe was re¦stored ayē that before was ro••yd & fallē a way. For whiche myracle the good man and his frē¦des louyd god and saynt Thomas euermore af¦ter. And this good man came into Englonde And toke with him foure felowes: and came to Poūtfret to y^e holy martyr. & dyd theyr pylgry¦mage.

& the good man that was syke came thy¦ther all nakyd / saufe his preuye clothes. And whan they had done. they torned home ayen in to theyr owne coūtre. and tolde of the myra¦cle wher soo euer that they came. ¶And also two men haue ben heelyd there of the morma¦le thrugh helpe of y^e holy martyr / thoughe that euyll be holde in curable. And whan y^e Spen¦sers herde y^t god dyde suche myracles for thys holy man they nolde byleue yt in noo manere wyse•• / but sayde openly that it was grete here¦sye / suche vertue of hym to byleue. and whan syr Hugh Spenser the sone sawe all this doyn¦ge / anone he sente his massager from Pount∣fret there that he dwelled to kyng Edwarde y^t tho was at Grauen at scypton / for cause y^t the kynge sholde vndo y^e pylgrymage / And as the rybaude y^e messager went to warde the kynge for to do his message / he came by the hylle the∣••e the good martyr was doon to dethe. And in the same place he made his ordure / and whan he hadde done. he rode to warde the kynge and a stronge flyre came vpon hym or that he ca∣me to yorke / and tho he shed alle hys bowelles at his fūdment. And whā syr Hugh Spenser herde this tygynges / somdele he was adradde and thoughte for to vndo thys pylgrymage yf he myghte by ony manere a waye / and ano∣ne he wente to the kynge / and sayde that they sholde be in greate sklaundre thrughe out alle crystendome / for the deth of Thomas of Lan¦castre yf y^t he suffred y^e peple to do there pylgry¦mage at Poūtfret & so he counseled the kynge that he cōmaūded to shyt the chyrche dores of Pountfret / in the wyche chyrche y^e holy mar∣tyr was enteryd. and thus they dyd ayenst all fraūchyses of holy chirche so y^e foure yere after myght no pylgryme come to the holy bodye. & bycause the monkes suffred men to come & ho¦nour that holy body of saynt Thomas y^e mar¦tyr. thrugh coūsell of syr Hughe Spenser the sone / and thrugh coūsell of mayster Roberte Baldok the fals pylled clerke. that was y^e kyn¦ges chaūceles. the kyng consented y^t they shol∣de be lette to theyr wages / & lete make warde∣yns ouer there owne good longe tyme / & thr∣oughe cōmaūdement of the forsayd syr Hugh Spenser .xiiii. Gascoynes well armyd kepte the hylle there that the good man saynt Tho∣mas was don vnto his deth so that no pylgry¦me myght come by that way / Full well wente he to haue take crystis myght & hys power & y^e grete boos of miracles / that he shewed for hys martyr saynt thomas thrugh all crystendom And that same tyme the kynge made Roberte of Baldok the fals pylled clerke. thrugh pray¦er of syr Hugh Spēser sone. was made Chaū∣seler of Englonde. And in y^e same tyme was y^e castell of walyngforde holden ayenst the kyn∣ge thrughe prysoners that weren wythin the castell for saynt Thomas loue of Lancastre / wherfore the people of the coūtre came & toke the castell of the prysoners wherfore syr Iohn̄ of Goldyngton knyght and syr Edmonde of Becche prysoners were taken & sent vnto the kyng to Pountfrete & there they were done in pryson. and the forsayd Roger was sent vnto yorke / and there he was drawē & hangyd. And anone after syr Roger Mortymer of wygmo∣re brake out of the tour of London in thys ma¦nere. The forsayd Roger herde that he sholde be drawe & hangyd at London in the morow after say•• Laurence day and on the day before he helde a fayre feest in the toure of Lōdon and there was syre Stephen Segraue constable of the tour and many grete men with them and whan they sholde soupe / the forsayd Stephen sente for all y^e offycers of the tour. & they came & sowped with hym / and whā they sholde take there leue of hym. & squyre y^t was callyd Ste¦phen▪ that was full preuy with the forsayd Ro¦ger thrugh hys counsell. yaue them all suche a drynke that the leest of them all slept two day∣es & two nyghtes. & in the meane tyme he esca∣ped a waye by water / by the thamys and went ouer the see and helde hym in Fraunce. wher∣fore the kynge was sore anoyed / and put the sa¦me Stephen out of his Constabellary.