The .ix. chapyter.
¶The author shewyth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 albe yt men m••y mystruste some of the p••••∣tyculer myracle••/yet c•••• there no re¦sonable 〈◊〉〈◊〉 neyther deny nor 〈◊〉〈◊〉/but that ••any myracles hath there bene done and wrought.
FOrsothe quod he & yet 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for myracles I were notte for all thys boūdē to beleue any. for I spake n••uer yet wt any man yt cou••e tell me that euer he saw any ¶It may q I fortune you to lyue so lōg that yt shall fynde no mā that was by at your crystenyng / nor when ye were bishop∣ped neyther. ¶Mary q he for ought•• I wot I haue lyued so longe all redy. ¶why dout we not than q I whyther ye were euer crystenyd or not? ¶ For euery man quod he presumyth & bele∣ueth that I ā crystenyd / as a thyng so comenly done / that we reken our selfe sure yt no man leuyth yt ••ndone. ¶I•• the comen presumpsyon quod I suffy∣cyently serue you to set your mynd in surete / than albeit myracles be nothīg comenly & customably done / nor that no presumpcyon can suffy••••ently serue for ye profe of thys myracle or that / yet hathe there euer from the begynnyng of the world in euery nacyon crysten •• he then / and almost euery town at so•• dry times so many myracles and m••••¦uayls bene wrought besyde the come•• cour•• of nature / that I thynk thorow ye world yt is as well beleuyd vnyuer∣sally that miracles and maruayl•• the•• be / as any thyng ys beleuyd that men loke vppon. So that if comen presūp¦siō serue you / ye may as I sayd as w••l beleue that myracles be done / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that youre selfe was euer cry••••enyd. For I dare well say that the••e ••r a thousand yt bele••e ther hath bene myracles dōe / against one that beleuyth that ye wer euer cry••••enyd / or euer wyst whether ye were borne or n••t. ¶Nor ye doctors of Cry••••ys chyrch dyd n••u••r mystrus•• ye wonders & m••r••••yl•• t••••t the ••••••∣nymes