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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- 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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- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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- In the yere of our lorde god. MCCCCC.XXXI. [1531] The fyrste daye of the moneth of Nouembre]
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- prologue
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¶ Here begynneth the byrthe of our moste blessyd lady mayde / wyfe / and moder of our lorde Iesu christe / compyled vp dan Iohn Lydgate / monke of saynt Edmondes: Burye At the excitation and sterynge of the noble victoryous prynce / Kynge Henry y
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¶ Howe our lady was o
yd in to the temple Capi. .iii. - ¶ Of the conuersacion of our Lady in the Temple. Ca. .iiii.
- ¶ How one lady receynge the seuen yestes of the holy ghoste. Ca. v.
- ¶ How our lady prayed to god for seuen peticions. Ca. v.
- ¶ How Ioseph vsyd the crafte of a carpenter. Ca. ix.
- ¶ How our lady is sete for an ensaumple of virgynyte. Ca. x.
- ¶ Howe mercy and peace / rightwysnes & trouthe dysputed for the redemp∣cion of mankynde. Ca. xi.
- ¶ Howe mercy and peace brought in this plee before the hyghe iuge Ca. xii.
- ¶Howe god the father of heuē / answered to mercy and peace. Ca. xiii.
- ¶ Howe the father of heuen accorded the fouresystren Ca. xiiii.
- ¶ Howe his sonne sholde take mākynde. Capittulo. xv.
- ¶ Howe Gabryell the Angell was sent to our Lady. Capittulo xvi.
- ¶ A lamentacion of saynt Bernarde. Capittulo. xvii.
- ¶ A recapitulaciō of the wordes of Gabriell to our Lady / howe holy men by diuyne liknesses wrote of our Lady / in cōmē dacion of her. Capitulo. xviii
- ¶ A commendacion of our Lady. Capitulo. xix.
- ¶ Autentyke conclusions agaynst vnbeleufull men that saydē that Christe might not be borne of a mayde Capitulo. xx.
- ¶ Howe our Lady went to saynt Iohā Baptist mother. Capitulo. xxi.
- ¶ Howe our Lady made Magnificat. Capitulo. xxii.
- ¶ Howe our Lady after the byrthe of saynt Iohan Baptiste tourned to Nazareth. Capitulo. xxiii.
- ¶ Howe the Maydens that weren attēdaūt to our Lady comforted Iosephe Capitulo. xxiiii.
- ¶ Howe the Angel warned Ioseph to abyde with our Lady. Capitulo. xxvi.
- ¶ Howe the Bisshop dyd do sompmon Io∣seph for our Lady was with chylde Capitulo. xxvii.
- ¶ Howe our Ladyes frendes wayled and morned whan the Bysshoppes made so stronge a prefe of her virginyte. Capitulo. xxxi.
- ¶ Howe our Lady prayed to god to shewe her virginite. Capitulo. xxxii.
- ¶ Howe the Bysshope and the people dre¦de hem of the assaye that was made to our Lady Capitulo. xxxiii.
- ¶ A comendacion of Chaucers. Capitulo. xxxiiii.
- ¶ Howe Criste was borne after the makīge of the worlde / fyue thousande and hon∣dred / foure score and. xix. yere. Capitulo. xxxv.
- ¶ Howe Ioseph & our Lady went to Bethleem to paye trybute. Capitulo. xxxvi.
- ¶ Howe Ioseph went to seche a myd wyfe to our Lady. Capitulo. xxxvii.
- ¶ A deuoute prayer / that our Lady made whan Christe was borne. Capitulo. xxxviii.
- ¶ Howe the midwyfe durste nat entre with Ioseph in to the house for a greate light appered within. Capi. xxxix.
- ¶ Howe Balaam prophecied / the sterre that shewed Christes byrthe. Capitulo. xl.
- ¶ Howe our Lady receyued the mid wyues Capitulo. xli.
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¶ Howe the hande of Salome we
ed drye. Capitulo. x ii. - Howe the Angels appered to the Shepe herdes / and tolde the byrthe of Christe Capi. xliii.
- ¶ Howe the Shepeherdes founden Christ 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 Crist by touchinge of the clothes of his sone Iacob. Capitulo. xlvi
- ¶ Howe the Garnet appell is lykened to our Lady. Capitulo. xlvii.
- ¶ Howe Ioseph figured the Byrthe of Christe. Capitulo. xlviii.
- ¶ Howe nature obeyeth to virginite. Capi. xlix.
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¶ Howe the chiefe t
ple of Rome fyll y • nightof Christes byrthe / and other wōderfull tokenes ∵ Capitulo. L - ¶ Howe the night of Christes byrthe: a well in Rome ranne Oyle ∵ Capitulo. li.
- ¶ Howe the Senates of Rome wolde haue hol∣den Octauian her Emperour / as for her God. Capitulo. lii.
- ¶ Howe Romayns / whan they had domina¦cion ouer all the worlde maden to them an ymage / and called it theyr god. Capitulo. liiii.
- ¶ Howe wyse Sibille tolde to the Senates of Rome / the byrthe of Christe. Capi. lv.
- ¶ Howe the prophetes prophecied the byrthe of Christe Capitulo. lvi.
- ¶ A question assoyled / whiche is worthy est of kynge / Wyne / or womā. Capitulo. lvii.
- ¶ Howe our Lady ought worthely to be recom∣mēded / & worshipped for the byrthe of Christe. Capitulo. lviii.
- ¶ Of likenesse of our Lady / in cōmendacion of her. Capitulo. lix.
- ¶ Howe Christe was circumcised. Capitulo. lx.
- ¶ Howe in foure maner of wyses Christe was circumcised Capitulo. lxi.
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¶ Howe Christe suffred circumcision in his chosen people Cap
. lii. - ¶ Howe the people of god that duke Iosue had in gouernaūce / weren saued by the stedfaste beleue of the name of Iesus. Capitulo. lxiii.
- ¶ Howe Prophetes and Marters suffredē deth for the name of Iesus. Capi. lxiiii.
- ¶ Howe Christe Iesu was bothe prophete preste kynge and mighty champyon. Capitulo. lxvi.
- ¶ Howe by the prophecie of Balaā watche was made vpon an hyll. Capi. lxvii.
- ¶ Howe the thre Kynges perceyued the sterre Capitulo. lxix.
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- ¶ Of the ioye that the Kynges had when they founde Christe. Capi. lxxii.
- ¶ Of vertuous pouerte and mekenes of our Lady Capitulo. lxxiii.
- ¶ Howe the Angell warned the thre kynges to passe nat by Herodes / but by another waye. Capi. lxxiiii.
- ¶ A declaracion of the thre Kynges of theyr thre giftes. Capitulo. lxxv.
- ¶ Howe we sholde do this offerynge ghostely. Capitulo. lxxvi.
- ¶ Howe our Lady was purified. Capitulo. lxxvii.
- ¶ Howe Simeon receyued Christe of our Lady in the Temple. Capitulo. lxxviii.
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¶ Howe where and whan Simeon made Nunc dimittis
uum d secundum verbum tuum in pace. Capitulo. lxxix. - ¶ Of the ioye that Anna the doughter of Phanes had / whan Christe was offred in to the Temple ∵ Capitulo. lxxx.
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¶ A profytable declaracion of the prop
rtes of the Turtell / and the Doue Capitulo. lxxxi. - ¶ Howe Candelmasse toke firste the name. Capitulo. lxxxii.
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