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This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table

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Title: This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table
Author: Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Publication: [Imprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwellynge in saynt Dunstones parysshe, next ye churche,; In the yere of our lorde god. MCCCCC.XXXI. [1531] The fyrste daye of the moneth of Nouembre]
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Subject terms: Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06560.0001.001
Cite this Item: "This boke is compyled by Dan Iohn Lydgate monke of Burye, at the excitacion [and] styrynge of the noble and victorious prynce, Kynge Henry the fyfthe, i[n] the honoure glorie [and] reuerence of the byrthe of our moste blessed Lady, mayde, wyfe, [and] mother of our lorde Iesu Christe, chapitred as foloweth by this table." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06560.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.

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¶ Fyrste the Prologe
¶ The natiuite of our Lady. Capitu. I. ii.
¶ Howe our Lady was offred in to the Temple. Capitulo. iii.
¶ Of the conuersation of our Lady in the Tiple. Capitulo. iiii.
¶ Howe our Lady receyued the seuen giftes of y^e holy ghoste. Capitulo. v.
¶ Howe our Lady prayed to god for. vii. petici∣one. Capitulo. vi. vii. viii.
¶ Howe Ioseph vsed the crafte of a Carpenter. Capitulo. ix.
¶ Howe our Lady is sette for example of virgini¦te. Capitulo. x.
¶ Howe mercy and peace / right wisnes & trouthe disputeden for the redemption of mankynde. Capitulo. xi.
¶ Howe mercy and peace brought in this plee be∣fore the hyghe Iuge. Capitulo. xii.
¶ Howe god the father of heuen answered to mer¦cy and peace. Capitulo. xiii.
¶ Howe the father of heuen accorded the foure sy¦sters. Capitulo. xiiii.
¶ Howe his sone shulde take mankynde. Capitulo. xv.
¶ Howe Gabriell the Angell was sent to our La¦dy. Capitulo. xvi.
¶ A tamentacion of saynte Bernarde. Capitulo. xvii.
¶ A recaputulacion of the wordes of Gabriell to our lady. Capitulo. xviii.
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¶ And howe holy men by deuine lykenes / wrote of our Lady in cōmendacion of her. Capi. xviii.
¶ A cōmendacion of our Lady. Capitulo. xix.
¶ Autentyke cōclusions agaynste vnbyleffull me that sayden that Christe might not be borne of a made. Capitulo. xx.
¶ Howe our Lady went to saynte Iohan Bapti¦stes mother Capitulo. xxi.
¶ Howe our Lady made magnificat. Ca. xxii.
¶ Howe our Lady after the byrthe of saynt Iohn̄ Baptiste retourned in Nazareth. Capi. xxiii.
¶ Howe the maydens that weten attendaunte to our Lady / conforted Ioseph. Capi. xxv.
¶ Howe y^e Angell warned Ioseph to abyde with our Lady. Capitulo. xxvi.
¶ Howe the Bisshope dyd do somone Ioseph for our Lady was with chylde. Capi. xxvii. xxviii. xxix. xxx.
¶ Howe, our Ladyes frendes wayled and mor∣ned whan the Bisshopes made so stronge a prefe of her virginite. Capitulo. xxxi.
¶ Howe our Lady prayed to god & shewe her vir¦ginite. Capitulo. xxxii.
¶ Howe the people and Bisshope dredde of the assaye that was made to our Lady. Capitulo. xxxiii.
¶ A comendacion of chauchers. Capi. xxxiiii.
¶ Howe Christe was borne after the makynge of the worlde. v. m. i. c. foure score. xix. yere Capitulo. xxxv.
¶ Howe Ioseph and our Lady went to Bethleē

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to paye tribute. Capitulo. xxxvi.
¶ Howe Iosephe went to seche a mydwyfe. Capitulo. xxxvii.
¶ A deuoute prayer that our Lady made whan Christe was borne. Capitulo. xxxviii.
¶ Howe the midwyfe durste nat entre with Io∣seph in to the house / for a greate light appered w^tin Capitulo. xxxix.
¶ Howe Balaam prophecyed the Sterre tha she¦wed Christes byrthe. Capi. xl.
¶ Howe our Lady receyued the mydwyues. Capitulo. xli.
¶ Howe the hande of Salome waxed drye. Capitulo. xlii.
¶ Howe the Angels appered to the Shepeher∣ders & tolde of the byrthe of Christe. Ca. xliii.
¶ Howe the Shepeherders foundē Christe with our Lady. Capitulo. xliiii.
¶ Howe god wolde nat be borne / but of a mayde mother and wyfe. Capitulo. xlv.
¶ Howe Isaac prophecied the byrthe of Christe by touchynge the clothes of his sone Iacob Capitulo. xlvi.
¶ Howe y^e Garnet appell is lykened to our Lady Capitulo. xlvii.
¶ Howe Ioseph figured the byrthe of Christe. Capitulo. xlviii.
¶ Howe nature obeyeth to virginite. Ca. xlix.
¶ Howe the chyefe Tēple of Rome tyll the night of Christes byrthe / and other wonderfull tokenes Capitulo. L.
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¶ Howe the night of Christes byrthe a well ī Ro¦me ranne Oyle. Capitulo. li.
¶ Howe the Senatours of Rome wolden haue holdē Octauian theyr Emperoure as for her god Capitulo. lii. liii.
¶ Howe the Romayns whā they had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ouer all the worlde made an ymage & calle it theyr god. Capitulo. liiii.
¶ Howe wise Sibille tolde to the Senate of Ro¦me the byrthe of Christe. Capitu. lv.
¶ Howe the Prophetes prophecied the byrthe of Christe. Capitulo. lvi.
¶ A question assoyled / whiche is worthyest of kynge / wyne for woman. Capi. lvii.
¶ Howe our Lady ought worthely to be recōmē¦ded and honoured for the byrthe of Christe. Capitulo. lviii.
¶ Of likenes of our Lady in commendacion of her. Capitulo. lix.
¶ Howe Christe was circumcised. Capi. lx.
¶ Howe in four maner of wyses Christe was cir∣cumcised. Capitulo. lxi.
¶ Howe Christe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 circumcision in his cho∣sen people. Capitulo. lxii.
¶ Howe the people of god that due Iosue had in gouernaunce were saued by the stedfaste beleue of the name of Iesus. Capitulo. lxiii.
¶ Howe Prophetes and matters suffreden deth for the name of Iesus. Capitu. lxiiii. lxv.
¶ Howe Iesu Christe was bothe prophete / preste kynge / and mighty champyon.

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Capitulo. lxvi.
¶ Howe by the prophecye of Balaam / watche was made vpon an Hylle. Capitulo. lxvii. lxviii.
¶ Howe the thre Kynges perceyued the Sterre. Capitulo. lxix.
¶ Howe Kynge Herode sent for the thre Kynges Capitulo. lxx. lxxi.
¶ Of the ioye that y^e Kynges had whan they foū∣de Christe. Capitulo lxxii.
¶ Of vertuous pouerte and mekenes of our La∣dy. Capitulo. lxxiii.
¶ Howe the Angell warned the thre Kynges to passe nat by Herodes / but by another waye. Capitulo. lxxiiii.
¶ A declaracion of the thre Kynges / of theyr thre gyftes. Capitulo lxxv.
¶ Howe we shulde do this offrynge ghostly Capitulo. lxxvi.
¶ Howe our Lady was puryfied. Capitulo. lxxvii.
¶ Howe Simeon receyued Christe in the Temple of our lady. Capitulo. lxxviii.
¶ Howe where and whan Simeon made / Nunc dimitus seruum tuum domine secundum verbum tuum in pace. Capitulo. lxxix.
¶ Of the ioye that Ann•• the daughter of Phanes had / whan Christe was offred in to the Temple. Capitulo. lxxx.
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¶ A proffitable declaration of the propertes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Turtell and the Doue. Capitu. lxxxi.
¶ Howe Candelmasse toke fyrste the name. Capitulo. lxxxii.

¶ Here endeth the Table / here after foloweth the Prologe. Laus Deo

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