Vitas patrum.

¶ Thus endyth the lyfe of the blessyd saynt Anthonye. And after folowyth y^e lyfe of saynt Hylaryon Heremyte / And begynnyth in latyn ¶ Hilarion ortus Caplm .xxvii.

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SAynt Hylaryon was borne in the countree of Palestyne. in a towne namyd Thabatha fy∣ue myle fro a cyte called Gasa. or ther abowtes / ¶ He was as a Rose flourys∣shynge emonge the thornes / For his fa¦der was a Paynem and serued thydol∣lis / But Hylaryon serued god ¶ His fa¦der sente hym in to Alexandrye. for to lerne the science of Gramaire / In the whyche he was suffysauntly Instructe after his yonge aege / But that more is of valewe he lerned the very scyence of the faythe of Cryste / ¶ For he byleuyd in Ihesu Cryste / ¶ He beynge a scoler fledde all vyces and synnes. despysyng generally alle the vanytees of the worl¦de / And occupyed hymself oonly to ser∣ue god and holy chyrche / ¶ Whan̄e he herde the renōmee of saynt Anthonye / whyche was strongely spradde in alle Egypte / He wente to see hym / And he beinge there arryued / chaunged his ha∣byte / And was there .ij. monethes wyth hym in contemplacōn. and Ioyeng the grete humylytee of saynt Anthonye /

¶ And as he receyued humaynly y^e bre¦thern that wolde be Relygyous wyth hym / In lyke wyse as he was hymsel¦fe harde and sharpe to correcte theim. & soo he was redy to admonest theym

¶He was sobre in metes / And he was neuer syke for what someuer abstynen¦ce he dyde / ¶ Whanne the holy fader Hylaryon had seen his holy conuersacy¦on / He retorned wyth some Relygyou∣ses in to the house of his fader / Whom he founde and his nyece also deed and departed oute of this worlde / ¶ And in contynent as towched of the holy ghos¦te· he distrybuted his parte of theyr go∣des to poore folke / and reserued no thȳ¦ge for hymselfe / In consyderynge the scrypture that sayth / That he whyche renoucyth not alle that he possessyth. maye not be dyscyple of Ihesu Cryste ¶ And how well that he was not but

fyftene yeres olde / ¶ Neuerthelesse he wente alle naked abowte seuen myles ferre from the forsayde cytee of Gaza in to a place full of theues. And whan his frendes told hym the peryll / to whi¦che he wente to / ¶ He ansuered. that he that wold eschew the dethe perdurable oughte to dyspyse the dethe naturell /

¶ Alle men merueylled of his life. con / syderynge his aege / whyche was yet so tendre / And neuerthelesse endured somo¦the payne / ¶ His clothynge was oonly of a sacke and a mantell of pellycon. whyche saynt Anthonye had gyuen to hym / ¶ The deuyll seenge the lyffe of this childe. by cause he myght not calle hym agayne to the worlde / Tormen∣ted hym strongly. to the ende to ouerco∣me hym. and brynge hym vnder his ru¦le / ¶ He bete hym wyth fystes on his breste sayenge to him / ¶ Lytyll Asse I shall well kepe the from gooynge bac∣ke / Thou shalte not haue oonly barley breede for to ete / but shalt deye for hū∣gre and thurste / ¶ In Somer I shall make the to haue colde / And I shal put the in suche astate that thou shalte not remembre but for to ete and dryn∣ke. wythoute to thynke on god /

¶ The holy chylde ete not in thre or fo¦ur dayes. but a lityll herbes and fygges ¶ Yet for to augmente & encreace hys penaunce in fastynge he laboured the erthe / And made fyscellis wouen wyth Rede and Ionkes / In consyderynge that he that takyth noo payne to labo¦ur is not worthy to ete /

¶ On a nyghte he herde many dyuerse voyces. lyke the voyces of a chylde / the bletynge of shepe / the lowynge of oxen the clamour of wymmen. the crye of li∣ons and many other dyuerse voyces /

¶And all this dyde the deuyll whyche supposed to haue broughte hym out of his wytte by the feere of the herynge / And after by his eyen / ¶ And he ano∣ne knelyd downe. and markyd his for∣hede wyth the sygne of the Crosse / And after he lokyd on that one syde & that other / wenynge to haue seen the beestes and the other thynges / Wherof he had herde the voys / And Incontynent he sa¦we theym in a carte whiche horses dre∣we rennynge as they hadde ben wood / ¶ Thenne he began̄e to crye and calle the name of Ihesu / And anone the er¦the opened / ¶ And alle the companye soo cryenge and howlynge sonke dow∣ne in to the pytte of helle / ¶ Thenne beganne he to saye thyse wordes wre∣ten in the Cantycle of the cursyd Pha∣rao. whyche sayth thus / ¶ The horse & the man that was vpon hym / God ha¦the throwen theym in the see / The de∣uylles goon in the lykenesse of horse & chariottes / But we shall be borne in y^e name of our lorde / The enmyes of hell enuyous of our Redempcyon present to vs soo many of dyuers and cursyd tem¦ptacyons / that wyth grete payne it is possyble to recyte theym / ¶ Often ty∣mes whanne the blessyd chylde Hylary on slepte / The deuyll in lykenesse of a woman all naked shewed hym to him ¶ Whanne he ete he presented to hym the remembraunce of dyuerse metes /

¶ Some tyme whanne he was in pra¦yer he passed byfore hym lyke a wulffe howlynge / A nother tyme lyke a foxe / A nother tyme lyke a bataylle of men armed. In suche wyse that one lete him selfe falle tofore hym. in demaundyng

hym sepulture / ¶ On a tyme as he la∣ye flatte vpon the grounde. makynge his prayers to god / came the deuyll be∣hynde hym / Whyche smote hym on the heles. and on the backe. and on the hee¦de sayeng / Aryse thou Hylaryon / Wher¦fore slepest thou / ¶ But not for alle y^t he moeuyd hym noo thynge / He was soo moche rauysshyd in his prayers /

¶ From that tyme as he was syxtene yeres olde. he withdrewe hym in to a ly¦tyll house made of Ionkes and bowes Wherin he endured tyll he was twenty yeres olde. colde and heete. Rayne. and snowe. and other grete necessytees / And after he dwellyd in a nother lytyll hou¦ses· whiche was foure fote brode and fi¦ue fote hyghe / But it was a lytyll len∣ger thanne his body / ¶ This lytyll ho¦us semed better a sepulcre than an hou¦se / ¶ He clipped of his heeres ones a ye¦re / That is to wyte tofore the solemp∣nytee of Ester / ¶ He laye bare vppon a bedde of Ionkes / and soo contynued to the deth / And neuer was he couered but wyth one sacke / The whyche he neuer wasshed / Sayenge that in an hayer o∣ughte not to be soughte clennesse / ¶ He neuer chaunged Robe ne cote. tyll thol∣de was rotyn / His felycytee was to re∣membre holy scrypture / ¶ And emon∣ge his orysons he songe deuowte psal∣mes to god as he hadde be presente /

¶ After that he was .xxi. yeres olde. vn¦to .xxvi. he lyued sobrely / ¶ And in thre yere he ete not but on̄ly a syxter of wor¦tes medled in a lytyll colde water / In the other thre yeres he ete but breede & salt wyth a lytyll water / ¶ After seuen and twenty yeres tyll fyue and thyrty. he ete not but sixe vnces of barly breede And for his potage a lytyll coole wor∣tes without oyle. ¶ But whan he sawe his body by straytnesse of lyffe became scabby and ronyous / Alytyll for to re∣comforte hymself / he putt a lytyll oylle in his potage ¶ And he lyued in this li¦fe sobrely vnto tha••ge of thre and four¦ty / without etynge apples ne other fru∣tes / ¶ Whanne he came vnto the aege of thre score & foure yere. and the deth drawynge nyghe· He ete noo more bre¦de tyll he was foure score yere olde. but oonly ete meele and scooles brayed /

¶ Alle that he ete and dranke weyed not all but fyue vncis / ¶ And thus fy∣nysshed he his dayes in suche abstynen¦ces / ¶ Alas we that ete some more thā thyrty. other more than foure score vn∣cis of weyghte. fyue or syxe tymes on y^e daye. yet ben not well contente / And he that ete not but oonly whanne att the sonne was gone downe one tyme on y^e daye / And all his mete & drynke wey∣ed not but fyue vnces / Yet he lyued vn∣to the aege of foure score yeres / ¶ Lete vs thenne be sobre. vnto the ende to be chaste by the ensample of the good ho∣ly fader Hylaryon. whyche in his lyffe wolde suffre. and endure soo moche e∣uyll and payne / for the honour of Ihe¦su Cryste /

¶ He beynge in the aege of .xviij. yeres Theues came to hym. wenynge to af∣fraye hym by cause of his yonge aege. Or for to robbe some thynge fro hym / ¶ And how well they made grete dyly¦gence to fynde his lytyll house. Neuer∣thelesse they went rounde abowte it an hoole daye and a nyghte. & cowde not fynde it / And on the morne they fonde it and hym therin / ¶ And they dema∣unded

of hym this questyon / Yf the the¦ues came to the. what sholdest thou do thou lytyll man / He ansuered to theym What maye they demaunde or aske. se¦en that I am all naked. and haue none moeuable goodes / ¶ Thenne they say¦de to hym / Thou myghtest be slayne / ¶ The chylde ansuered / I maye well be slayne truely / But for that I drede-not / For I am redy for to deye / ¶ The theues were moche admerueylled. And recounted to hym how they had sough¦te him / ¶ And after they amended the¦yr lynes ¶ He was not yet but two and twenty yeres olde / whanne his fame & renommee sprange ouer alle the coun∣tree of Palestyne. by cause of the holy∣nesse of his lyffe / ¶ And in that tyme was a woman in the towne of Lent••o¦polytane. whom her husbonde dispysed and hadde in hate / By cause he cowde not conne haue of her in fyftene yeres ony chylde / ¶ Wherfore she came to sa¦ynt Helaryon demaundynge or aryng counseylle of hym how she myghte doo ¶ And by cause that at the fyrste tyme he wolde not speke to her. but spytte. by cause he wolde not speke / Thenne she fell downe on her knees. sayenge to hȳ ¶ Fader Hylaryon lete it playse the to here me / & torne not awaye thyne eyen from me / But beholde me not as a wo¦man but as one vnhappy and cursyd

¶ Att laste he spake to her. in demaun¦dyng her the cause of her sorowe / The whyche by her recyted and opened / sa∣ynt Hilaryon sayd to her. that she shol¦de goo home and haue alwaye stedfas¦te hope in god / ¶ And after for the py¦••e that he had in her. he prayed god of∣ten tymes in grete habundaūce of tee∣res. soo effectuously that in the ende of the yere. she had a childe / and that was his fyrste myracle /

¶The wyfe of one namyd Elypy∣dius comynge to se saynt Anthonie. a∣bode in the towne of Gaza. wyth thre¦of her chyldern and her husbonde / In whyche towne deyed the sayd thre chyl¦dren ¶ The moder beynge in the myd¦dle of theym thre soo desolate. that she wyste not whom moost to bewaylle /

¶ And aduysed her of saynt Hylaryon whyche was nyghe by / And tooke the waye wyth her Chamberers. and lefte alle her astate for to come to the place where he was ¶ To whom she sayd. I requyre and adiure the in the name of our lorde Ihesu Cryste / Of his glory∣ous passyon. and of the effusyon of hys precyous blood. y^t it playse the to praye for my thre children. that they maye by him be reysed from dethe / To the ende that his name be praysed and magny∣fyed in the cyte of Paynems / ¶ And al¦so I adiure the in lyke wyse y^t for thys cause thou come oute of thyne Hermy∣tage. And come in to the cyte of Gaza ¶ Thenne ansuered saynt Hylaryon. that he wolde neuer come oute of hys celle / ne also wolde entree in to townes ne citees. ¶ She noo thynge content of his ansuere fell down prostrate or flatt to the grounde. and beganne to crye / Hylaryon reyse my chyldren by thy pra¦yers / the whyche saynt Anthonye hath soo longe kepte and gouerned in Egip¦te / To the ende that of the they sholde be kepte in Syrye / ¶ All they that we∣re thenne presente wepte / ¶ And how well he dyfferred his gooynge / neuerthe¦lesse she sayd to hym: that she sholde ne¦uer

departe / But he shold fyrste promy¦se to goo vysyte her chyldren wyth her / ¶ And soo he was constrayned by her wordes for to goo thyder / ¶ He beynge comen thyder / And seenge the chyldren all colde. as they whyche had noo syg∣ne of lyfe / In the presence of grete mul¦tytude of people thyder comen. by cause of hym / He made his prayer deuowtly to god / ¶ The whyche made the sayde chyldren caste oute grete habundaunce of water oute of theyr bodyes / And af¦ter knewe theyr fader and moder / and thanked humbly the good fader Hyla∣ryon / And beganne to drynke and ete / lyke as they hadde had neuer greyt· ne hadde loste the lyffe / ¶ This myracle was soo spradde. and renommed open¦ly in all the countree of Egypte & Sy∣rye / In suche wyse manyfested or kno∣wen that the peple came to hym from all partyes / Of whom many wente in to Relygyon for to lede solytary lyfe /

¶ A woman namyd Fatydya bor∣ne of the cytee of Rynocorne in the co∣untree of Egypte. whyche had be blyn¦de by the space of ten yere / came to him in sayenge that she had dyspended alle her hauour to leches for to recouure her syghte / ¶ The holy man sayde to her Yf thou haddest gyuen for goddys sa∣ke that whyche thou haste gyuen to Fi¦sicyens and Leches. thou sholdest mo∣che sooner haue recouered thy syghte /

For god sholde haue gyuen it to the a∣gayne / ¶ Neuerthelesse she beganne to crye mercy / And anone by his prayers her syghte was restored to her /

¶ Ther was a man in his tyme na¦myd Messicas born in Iherusalem. the whiche was stronger thanne ony other of that countreye / ¶ For by his bodyly strengthe he bare also grete a burthen or more thanne an Asse / ¶ And y^e bur∣then that he bare was estemyd or tho∣ughte at fiftene Muys of the mesure of that countree the burthen that he bare / ¶ It happed by the suffraunce of god that he was possessyd of a deuyll / And became enraged and madde / In suche wyse that he must be boūde wyth chay¦nes by the strengthe of many men / and yet cowde they not holde hym soo mo∣che for his strengthe and gretnesse. that for the vyolence of the deuyll whyche tormented hym that he by extreme wo¦odnesse rented of theyr noses and other membres. ¶ Whanne he was brough∣te to the chyrche. he foomed att mouthe and tormentrd himself as a wood bole ¶ His parentes and kynnesmen. to the ende that he myght recouer helth they broughte hym to this holy man Hyla∣ryon / ¶ And thus as they were tofore this holy man. where as his brethern trembled for drede of his merueyllous gretnesse and woodnesse / The good ho¦ly fader commaunded to vnbynde him And that noo man sholde be aferde of hym / Soo it was done / ¶ And myracu¦lously there where tofore he myght not beholde / He became soo softe that swet¦ly he kyssed the fete of the sayde saynt Hylaryon / And the seuenth daye after he was alle hoole and guarysshed /

¶ A nother namyd Oryon the mo∣ste Ryche and chyef in auctoryte of the cytee of Achylle by vnto the Reed see / was also in lyke wyse tourmented of a legyon of deuyllis / ¶ Wherfore he was strongly bounden wyth chaynes by all the membres of his body / ¶ Thus as

saynt Hylaryon wente wyth his bre∣thern / The same Demonyak with his two hondes bounden wyth yren tooke hym. and lyfte hym vpp alle on hyghe from the erthe / Wherof the people beyn¦ge presente beganne to crye / Doubtyn∣ge that some Inconuenyent mighte co¦me to hym / By cause he was moche fe¦blyd and weeke by fastynge and strayt¦nesse of lyfe / ¶ But the holy man be∣ganne to laughe and strayne the hon∣des of the seke man / Whom he helde so subget. that he myghte not greue ne e∣noye hym / ¶ And after by adiuracy∣ons he moeued the deuylles that were wythin his body / In suche wyse that by the mouthe of the seke man· the peo¦ple herde horryble and dyuerse voyces cryenge and howlynge. lyke straunge beestes / ¶ And after the seke man be∣ganne to crye / O good Ihesus vnbyn¦de me that am thus poore and soo mes¦chaunt. and vnhappy / And I shal saye thynges whyche were neuer herde /

¶ Anone he was alle hoole and gua∣rysshed / ¶ And a lytyll tyme after he & his wyfe put theymself to goo vnto the monastery of saynt Hylaryon. in than kynge hym / And in offrynge to hym grete gyftes and tresours for the helthe that he hadde recouered by his mery∣tes / ¶ To whom the good fader saynt Hylaryon sayde / Haste not thou radde what Giezey and Symon magus suf¦fred some tyme / ¶ Giezey solde the hel¦the made to Naban by his mayster He¦lisee / ¶ And Symon wolde haue gyue moche money to saynt Peter for to ha∣ue hadd power to gyue the grace of the holy ghoste / ¶ Thenne Oryon all we pynge sayde to hym / Fayre fader take that I offre to the / And gyue it to poo∣re people / ¶ And Hylaryon ansueryd / Thou shalt distrybute and deale it bet¦ter thanne I / For thou goost thorugh the cytees. and knowest better theym y^t ben poore thanne I doo / ¶ It sholde not be a thyng propre ne well besemyn¦ge. that I that haue renouncyd all tem¦porell thynges. sholde take the goodes of a nother / ¶ Oryon felle downe to the grounde prostrate & flatte. and be∣ganne to wepe for the dysplaysaunce y^t he hadde of that. that saynt Hylaryon wolde not receyue his offre / ¶ But sa∣ynt Hylaryon comforted hym sayenge. My sone and frende be not wrothe for that I haue refusyd thy money / It is for thy prouffyte and myn / For yf I to¦ke it I sholde offende god / Thou shalt be yet tormēted of the deuylles. whyche shall reentre in to thy body / But thou shalt take it in pacyence / And in soo do¦ynge theyr torment shall be to the hel∣thfull. Wherfore content thyself. and be from hens forth good and Iuste /

¶ A Massonne namyd Zazanus in hewynge stones was taken with a pa∣leseye / And by his seruauntes was bro∣ughte to saynt Hylaryon / And anone was ••eelyd and guarysshed /

¶ A yonge man amorous of the do¦ughter of his neyghbour. whyche was vyrgyne / The whyche by noo wyse of atowchynge. ne otherwyse cowde decey¦ue her / ¶ And desyryng to accomplyssh his Inordynate wyll on her. wente to a cytee namyd Memphyn for to enquyre & wyte of a Magycyen dwellynge the¦re. how by arte Magyqne he myght de¦ceyue the sayde mayden / ¶ And for to brynge this abowte he was a yere vnd{er}

Esculapius Magycyen / By the moy∣en of whom were soules wythout nom¦bre dampned / ¶ Fynably this yonge man after the Instruccyon of the sayd Magycyen wente to the houses of the sayde vyrgyne / And put vnder the celle or entre of the yate certayne ymages of Coper. sayenge certayne wordes of the deuyll. whyche he byleued sholde serue to his caas / ¶ And forth wyth the say∣de mayde became alle folysshe / And by grete woodnesse she tooke of her keuer∣chyef of her heed. and drewe her here /

Straynyng her teeth. and callynge the sayde yonge man / ¶ She was brough¦te to the holy man / In the presence of whom. Incontynent the deuyll whom she hadd in her body began to crie and howle / In declarynge how by force & arte Magyke he was entred in to her / ¶ After that he hadh sayde thyse wor¦des / he sayde to saynt Hylaryon / Wher∣fore cōmaundest thou Hylaryon to me that I sholde goo hens and departe /

Knowest thou not well that I am hol¦den vnder the zelle and entree of the ho¦us of the mayde / And I am by art ma¦gyke bounden wyth chaynes / and may not departe / but yf the yonge man that louyth her· whyche by his arte hath bo∣unde me. vnbindeth and leteth me goo ¶ The holy man sayde to hym / Thy force is not grete. syth that thou arte bo¦unden wyth soo lytyll bondes / Saye to me false enmye how thou arte soo har¦dy to entree within the body of this vir¦gyne / ¶ The deuyll ansuered. to the en¦de that I wolde kepe her a vyrgyne /

¶ How sayde saynt Hylaryon. Sayest thou thyselfe Conseruatour of vyrgy∣nyte. And thou art traytoure to chastyte ¶ Now saye to me wherfore haste not thou entred in the bodi of the yonge fo¦le amerouse. ¶ The deuyll ansuered. By cause that an other deuyll my fe∣lowe namyd the deuyll of loue is there ¶ Thyse wordes sayde saynt Hylary∣on commaūded the deuyll to voyde ou¦te of the body of the sayde mayde / The whyche Incontynent and by euydente myracle was heelyd and guarysshyd /

¶ After this saynt Hylaryon repreuyd the yonge man of that he hadde gyuen sygne of loue to the yonge mayde / By the whyche he deseruyd to be possessyd of the deuyll /

¶ A nother namyd Candydalus. y^t whyche was Iudge vnder the empero∣ur Constantyne of y^e Prouynce of Ger¦manye / The whyche after the history∣es stondeth bytwene the countreyes of Saxonne and of Almayne / And was brought to saynt Hylaryon in to the ci¦te of Gaza in Syrye. for to be delyue∣red from the puyssaunce of the deuyll. of whyche he was tormented euery ny∣ghte / ¶ And Incontynent as he was tofore saynt Hylaryon he was hoole & guarysshed / ¶ This was a thynge wel merueyllouse. how in soo ferre countree was knowen his renommee / ¶ That is to wyte in Syrye. Palestyne. Egyp∣te. and Germanye / ¶ Whanne the say¦de Candydalus was heelyd / He wolde haue gyuen to saynt Hylaryon ten po∣unde of goloe / But he tooke but oonly a loof of barley / Considerȳge that who someuer sholde be nourysshed of suche mete. sholde consydre golde and syluer for dounge and ordure / ¶ The holy man heelyd not oonly the beestes reso∣nable / But also brute beestes /

¶ A merueyllous grete Camell / y^e why¦che hadde slayne many persones / And in the ende he was take by thyrty men whyche broughte hym bounden to sa∣ynt Hylaryon / ¶ His eyen were reed as fyre. and scumed in suche wyse. that men were gretly aferde to beholde· him ¶ But the holy man cōmaunded hym Incontynent. that he sholde be loosed and lete goon / ¶ And anone they that were there fledde moche ferre from the Camell / Excepte one that abode by hȳ ¶ Then̄e he beganne to saye to the de∣uyll that was wythin the Camell / O dampned deuyll. thou makest me noo thyng aferde / For somoche as t y^u art in a grete beeste / ¶ For thou arte as mygh¦ty in a lytyll Fo••e. as thou arte in a gre¦te Camell / ¶ After he layed his honde tofore the sayde Camell / whyche came alle wood and enraged / ¶ And anone he bowed his heede vnto the erthe /

Wherof eche man was abasshed. how in soo lytyll whyle the sayde beeste soo enraged or wood was become soo myl¦de and came /

¶ In effecte saynt Iherom saythe that he wolde not wryte alle the dedes of saynt Hylaryon / For the tyme shol∣de not be shorte / As he wolde saye that they were Innumerable ¶ Whanne so¦me of Syry•• came to saynt Anthonye he sayde to theim / ¶ Wherfore come ye fro soo ferre / Haue ye not my sone Hy∣laryon wyth you / The whyche shal ay¦de and helpe you by his prayers /

¶ In the name of the same Hylaryon in Palestyne were many chyrches ma∣de ¶ His humylytee was merueyllouse grete. ¶ And for in the same and in al other vertues to gyue and shewe goode ensample to the holy and deuowte Re∣lygyouses / Often tymes he wente to vi¦syte theym in theyr hermytages / The whyche knowynge his grete vertues fo¦lowed hym well ofte in soo grete nom∣bre. that they were often tymes wyth hym nighe by a two thousande men / ¶ Thus as the holy man wente vysy∣tyng the desertes of Cades / ¶ He came in to Heluse a cytee. where alle the pe∣ple were assembled for to doo sacrefyce to the Temple of Venus / ¶ In that Temple were many Paynems / The whiche had ben delyuered of the deuyll by the Intercession & prayer of the ho∣ly man Hylarion / ¶ And whanne they apperceyued hym to passe tofore y^e tem¦ple aforsayde. They and theyr wyues sprange oute of the Temple / and sayd to him in langage Syryaque / Bareth / Whiche is as moche to saye as gyue be¦nedyccyon to theym that prayen the / Mekely he herde theim / And prayenge theim that they sholde not adoure him by prayers / but one god oonly eternell / ¶ Merueyllous grace of god happed to theym / For by his comynge and by his prayers they were in suche wyse enspy¦red that from that hour they made the¦ym Crysten. And helde hym for theyr Bysshopp /

¶ A nother tyme as he wolde depar¦te for to goo vysyte the Relygyouses to hym subgettes / He sente his lettres to some Relygyouses in to lodgys. in whi¦che he wolde lodge / ¶ And amonge the brethern there was one. whiche was merueyllously scarse and nygardouse / And wolde noo thynge gyue / ¶ Wher∣fore the other prayed to the holy man. that he wold lodge in his hermi••age· to

the ende to correcte this cursyd vyce /

¶ He ansuered to theym / What wolde ye shold be done to hym / He sholde skla¦under vs / And we sholde but traueylle hym / ¶ Ten dayes after the Relygy∣ouses had knoulege. that the holy man sholde passe by his vyne yerde / Sente kepars in to the vyne yerde / ¶ In com∣maundynge theym that yf ony wolde entree in to it / That they sholde caste stones atte theym / The holy man this seenge and knowynge what there shol¦de come therof. beganne to laughe atte the folye of the sayde Relygyous / And went in to the house of a nother moche lyberall. namyd Sabbas / The whiche by cause it was Sondaye / desyred the∣ym al to goo ete of the grapes and ray¦sons in his vyne yerde / And that they sholde take theyr refeccyons / ¶ But saynt Hylaryon letted theym to soo do Sayenge cursyd be he of vs that eteth tofore that he hath hadde refeccyon spi¦rytuell / ¶ Lete vs serue god fyrste. And after ye shall goo in to the vyne yerde And soo they dyden /

¶ Now was thre thousand that entred in to the vyne yerde / ¶ And after that they had eten after theyr appetytes / the¦re was thenne estemyd fruyte ynough for to gadre an hundred mues. or ton∣nes of wyne / ¶ But twenty dayes af∣ter. the lyberall relygyouses gadred the¦re thre hundred / ¶ And that other that was skarce and nygardous gadred not halfe soo moche / And yet what he had gadred. it tourned in to vynaygre / And soo loste it /

¶ Saynt Hylaryon thenne repreuyd all Relygyouses that were curyous of thynges transytorye /

¶ In lyke wyse a nother Relygyo∣us auarycyous dwellynge nyghe by the space of fyue myles to saynt Hylaryon hadde a lytyll gardyne / Whyche he cau¦sed a man to kepe ¶ This Auaricious man. for to take the benyuolence or go¦od fauoure of the holy man. came ofte to vysyte the brethern / And pryncypal¦ly one namyd Esicius. To the ende to haue habytude and famylyertee wyth the sayde saynt Hylaryon / ¶ And bro∣ughte on a daye emonge other thynges grene cooles. whyche he had gadred in his gardyne / And delyuered theym to the sayde Esicius / The whyche presen¦ted theym to the holy man Hylaryon beynge atte table / ¶ And whanne he sawe theym / Incontynent he comma∣unded that they sholde be taken awaye Sayenge that they were soo stynkyng that he myghte not fele the sauoure /

¶ And after demaunded or asked who hadde broughte theym thyder ¶ Esici∣us namyd to hym the brother / Smelle ye not theym sayde the holy man / how auaryce is roted in thyse cooles / Yf the beestes hadde theym tofore theym. they wolde not ete theym / ¶ Anone Esicius bare theym to the oxen & kyen / whyche wolde not ete theym / ¶ The holy man had this grace / Whanne oonly he sawe the vestymentes of a man. Or that he had towched it / He knewe what synne that man hadde commysed /

¶ Whan he was .lxiij. yere olde in con∣tēplynge the multytude of bred{er}n y^t we∣re come to him in desert & also that by hym Infynyte seke men were heelyd & guarysshed / ¶ He began to wepe sayen¦ge to his brethern / Alas my brethern I haue wel loste my rewarde. I supposyd

to haue Renounced and forsaken the worlde / and I am retorned. consyderyd the multytude of you that be wyth me. ¶ For I oughte to be allone in a pytte or fosse for to doo penaunce / And to ly¦ue solytaryly / ¶ In this lamentacyon he was by the space of two yeres / The whiche passed / he hadde Reuelacyon of the dethe of saynt Anthonye. ¶ The whyche deth he shewed to the good wo¦man of Arystene / Of whom here abo∣ue is made mencyon / And that it was true / Two dayes after the sayde Reue¦lacyon came messagers. whiche wytnes¦syd the sayde dethe· ¶ Whyche happed at the houre that he hadde shewed it to the sayde woman / ¶ His lyfe was soo holy. that euery man merueylled / ¶ As well for reason of his myracles. As of his abstynences / Scyence. and humyly∣tee / ¶ Bysshops. Preestes. Clerkes Re¦lygyouses· Matrones. and other Crys∣ten people / As well nobles as other in grete multytude went to hym / And hel¦de theymself well happy / whanne they hadde of the breed and of the ••ylle that he hadde blessed with his honde / ¶ By cause and aboue alle thynges he desy∣red solytude / And hadde appetyte to be allone /

¶ On a tyme he purposyd to leue hys hermytage. and to goo fewe from hys brethern ¶ And he declared to some of theym / The whyche accordynge to his wyll. and to the ende that more art hys case he myghte passe by the feldes. bro¦ughte to hym an asse for to bere hym / But with grete payne myghte he sytte on him / by cause of his debylite and of the grete abstynences that he made /

¶ And whanne he beganne to passe by the desertes of Palestine moo than ten thousande persones enforcyd theym to haue supposed to tarye him / y^t he shold not goo / But neuerthelesse they cowde not lette ne tarye hym / ¶ And in smy∣tyng ayenst the groūde wyth his staffe sayde for to contente theim / ¶ I kno∣we well that my god is noo lyer / ¶ Al∣so I maye not see for to destroye y^e chyr¦ches ne to shede the blood of my chyld{er}n ¶ Al they that there were present kne∣we by his worde. that he had had some reuelacyon· whyche he wold not shewe But alway they wold haue taryed hȳ ¶ Thenne he sayde to theym that he wold neuer ete tyll they wolde lete him goo ¶ Seuen dayes after he toke his le¦ne of his brethern. In commaundynge theim that they sholde retorne in to the¦yr monasteryes / And after he wente in to Bethirion / ¶ Fyue dayes after he ca¦me in to Pelusus. and there vysyted all the brethern dwellynge in Lychone /

¶ And thre dayes folowynge he wente in to a place named Thobaston. for to see Dracone bysshopp and Confessour The whiche hadde ben sente thyder in ••ryle / ¶ Whanne the sayde Bysshopp sawe him / he was strongely comforted wyth his presence /

¶ Thre other dayes after he wente in to Babylone. for to see Phylon the bys¦shopp / ¶ Thyse two bysshops hadde be sente in to exyle by the kynge Con∣stancyus. The whyche gaaf fauoure and good wyll to the Arryens Herety∣kes. ¶ He departed from thens. And two dayes folowynge he came to the castell of Affrodyton / Where he founde Bysano deaken / the whiche had be ac∣customed to carie water vpon camellis

and Dromedaryes in to deserte to sa∣ynt Anthonye. By cause there was no¦ne in the place where he abode / ¶ He re¦counted and shewed to the sayde Hyla¦ryon how att houre that saynt Antho∣nye shold deye / it was commaunded to hym. how he sholde wake alle the nyg∣hte / ¶ Saynt Hylaryon and the sayde Bysano were by the space of thre day∣es walkynge by oyuerse places / ¶ And in the ende came in to an highe moun∣tayne / Where they founde two Relygy¦ous men / That is to wyte Ysaac and Plusyano / ¶ his Ysaac had wreten the lyfe of saynt Anthonye / ¶ The good holy man Hylaryon. wente there from place to place / To the ende to vysyte y^e places where saynt Anthonye had con¦uersid and vsed. and prayed to god. and had done other vertuouse werkes / And in vysytynge those places. he founde a gardyne. In whyche saynt Anthonye had planted and sette many trees. and also hadde made many piscynes for to water theym whanne it was nede /

¶ He foūde also the place where he lay for to slepe / Whyche was noo gretter thanne the body of a persone ¶ And af¦ter retorned saynt Hylaryon wyth two of his brethern to the nexte hermytage / callyd Affrodyton / In whyche place saynt Anthonye lyued a space of tyme. solytaryly / ¶ Now hadd it not rayned in that londe in thre yeres / Lyke as the elementes sholde haue complayned the deth of saynt Anthonye / ¶ But at the Requeste of saynt Hylaryon they hadd thenne grete habundance of Rayne /

¶ After the whyche a multytude of ser¦pentes and venymouse beestes roo•• vp. agaynst the peple / Of the Infeccion of whom they deyed in dyfferently wyth∣out remedye. yf Incontynent they had not be brought to saynt Hylaryon. whi¦che gaaf theim oyle blessyd. Of whiche anone as theyr woundes were touched were hole & guarysshed / ¶ And by that cause that in those partyes he was soo moche knowen / And that there was do¦ne to hym ouermoche grete honour. He went in to Alexandrye. and came in to a monasterye namyd Oason / ¶ Ferd{er}∣more bi cause he had not dwellid in no towne walled syth he had be religyous He went to Brynchion by Alexandrye wyth some of his brethern that he kne∣we where he was receyued benygnely / ¶ But anone after by cause that they sawe the discyples of the holy man ma¦ke redy his asse for to departe / they pra¦yed hym wyth Ioyned hondes that he wolde abyde / For they hadd leuer haue deyed than he sholde departe fro theym ¶ Thenne the holy man for to comfor¦te them. sayd that he was constrayned hastly to depart / To thende that by his ouerlonge taryenge there wyth theym. he sholde be cause of heuynesse / ¶ Say¦eng to theym ferdermore that for some thynges that they sholde see after come They sholde well know that not with oute grete cause. he sholde not departe soo hastely from theym and theyr mo∣nastery / ¶ And the day after it happed that the Pryncypall of the cyte of Ga¦za / A cytee nyghe by wherin dwelled Paynems and enmyes to the lawe of oure lorde Ihesu cryste / Whyche were aduertysed of the comynge of saynt Hi¦laryon to the sayde monastery / Know¦ynge that their lawe was in waye and daūger to be all destroyed by y^e moyen

of the sayde saynt Hylaryon / And for to eschew the same concluded to goo to the sayde monastery. for to putte hym to dethe / ¶ And soo Incontynent they wente thyder. ¶ And they fyndynge that soo hastely was departed from thens / And wythoute to be aduertysyd· ne warned of theyr enterpryse and pur¦pose / Imposed and put to him that he was a Magycyen / Sayenge emonge theim that y^t they myghte cleerly kno∣we. that he sawe before thynges that co¦men after / ¶ Now it oughte to be vnderstonde that whanne saynt Hyla∣ryon was departed from Palestyne / They of Gaza demaūded of Iulyan whyche thenne was emperoure lycence for to slee his discyple Esicius / ¶ And for more lyghter to take him / they had wreton to alle the londes there abowte ¶ His chyrche was thenne dystroyed & beten downe / And his Relygyouses sla¦yn / ¶ The whyche thynge he had per∣ceyued by reuelacyon / wherfore he was departed. by cause he wold not see that dystruccyon / Lyke as tofore is sayde /

¶ Saynt Hylarion soo departed from Bruchyon and the desertes retournyd in to Oason / Where he was a yere or there abowte. ¶ But by cause his re∣nomee and fame was thrugh that lon¦de spradde· He wold goo to places whe¦re he sholde not be knowe / ¶ And wen¦te for to passe ouer the see / and to dwell in yles where he sholde not be knowen

¶ In that tyme Adryan whyche was his dyscyple comynge from Pales¦tyne arryued to hym. sayenge / That Iulyan the Emperoure was slayne / And that in his place regued an Em∣peroure that was Crysten / ¶ Whanne the holy man herde his purpoos. he bla¦myd hym / ¶ And neuerthelesse he wol∣de not retorne / But he and Zazanius o¦ne his discyple went in to a shippe for to come in to Cecyle / ¶ And whanne they were in the myddill of the see / the sone of the maronner was rauisshed of a deuyll. Whyche entred in to his body ¶ And by cause that saynt Hylaryon by force of coniuracyon wold haue con¦strayned hym to departe oute of the sa¦yd sone. He sayde to hym. ¶ O serua∣unt of god why suffrest thou not me to be in peas wythin the water / Gyue me spase to goo to the londe / ¶ For yf I departe here / I sholde falle in to the a∣bysme / ¶ The holy man ansuered to the deuylll. Yf my god hath gyuen to the puyssaunce and power to abyde / A∣byde thou. And yf thou haste noo myg¦hte. I shall caste the oute / ¶ Anone af∣ter the chylde was hoole and guarys∣shed / ¶ After this saynt Hilaryon to the ende that he sholde not be knowen made the Maronners to swere. & other that were there. that they shold not she¦we his name / ¶ And whanne he was arryued in an hyghe mountayn in Ce¦cyle named Pachumum. he wold haue gyuen to the Maronner for his solaire a boke of the gospellis. whiche he hadd doo make in his yongthe for hym and his dyscyple Zazanius / ¶ The Marō¦ner seenge that he had none other thyn¦ge wolde noo thynge haue / ¶ And to thende that he wold not there be kno∣wen of the Marchaūtes of the Eest par¦tyes / He wente ferre in to the myddyll of the lond. well twenty myle from the see / ¶ And there in a desert he made of the broken bowes and wode fagottes.

and brusshes / and charged and layd in the necke of his dyscyple for to bere to the market in the nexte towne / To the ende that he sholde brynge breede for theyr sustentacyon /

¶ Alas lete vs consydre the pouertee of this holy man / and how moche euyl he suffred for to come to heuen / we that haue soo moche good / How suppose we to haue it / I byleue y^t it shall be wyth grete payne / ¶ And how well that the holy man was goon in to a straūge co¦untree. by cause he wolde not be know¦en / ¶ Neuerthelesse anone after by the moyen of his merueyllous werkes· Hys fame was grete thorugh alle the coun¦tree of Cecylle / ¶ And the fyrste know¦lege of hym was by a a man. whyche had a deuyll wythin his body / the why¦che man was broughte in to the chirche of saynt Peter of Rome / ¶ And on a daye amonge the other / the deuyll cry∣ed by the mouthe of the seke man. with in shorte tyme Hylaryon shall entre in to Cecylle. the whyche wenyth to hyde hym / But I shall goo to him. and shal manyfeste and shewe him thorugh out the londe of Cecylle / For suche is y^e pla¦ysure of god / ¶ Anone the same man wyth his seruauntes wente to the see. & came a londe in Pachumium / ¶ And lyke as the deuyll broughte hym tofore the hermytage of saynt Hylaryon. And Incontynent was alle hoole / ¶ The whyche curacyon was the fyrste myra∣cle that he made in Cecylle / ¶ And af∣ter came to hym Innumerable seke pe¦ople / Of whom he refusyd many grete gyftes whyche they wolde haue gyuen to hym / ¶ Consyderynge by hym that whyche oure Sauyour sayd to his dys¦cyples / ¶ I haue gyuen to you grace / wythoute ony thynge to gyue therfore. Gyue ye in lyke wyse wythout takyn∣ge of ony thynge /

¶ Esicius dyscyple of saynt Hylary¦on soughte hym in dyuerse places / And was there thre yere in desertes and mo¦untaynes for to seche hym / ¶ And fy∣nably in a cyte namyd Mathone he fo¦unde a Iewe / the whyche sayde to hym that there was descended in to Cecylle a Prophete whyche dyde Infynyte my¦racles. In suche wyse that he was re∣puted and taken for an holy Heremyte ¶ Esicins asked hym of his habyte. of his tongue / and of his aege / Wherof he cowde noo thynge saye to hym / For he had not seen hym / But he sayde soo by heryng saye / ¶ Esicius came by aduen¦ture in to Pachumium in a vylage / In whiche he demaūded and enquyred for the holy man / Whom euery man tolde where he was / For he was knowen of theym alle. for the grete myracles that he dyde / Wherof they hadd grete won∣der / And neuer toke ony thynge of the¦ym but a pyece of brede / ¶ Esicius by grete dylygence founde hym / And kne∣lyd downe tofore hym / wepynge and kyssynge his fete / ¶ Saynt Hylaryon toke and releuyd hym vpp / And a lytyl whyle after they wente in to a castell / named Epidarium in Dalmacye. whe¦re by in a felde there beynge. he dwel∣lyd a lytyll tyme / ¶ But he was In∣contynent knowen. As he byfore hadde ben in other places and countrees. whe¦re he hadde conuersyd and dwelled /

¶In the sayde place was a dragon merueyllously grete / The whyche oon¦ly dystroyed not the goodes. but also he

deuoured and slew the herde men that kept beestes / ¶ Thenne the holy man caused to be broughte a grete heepe or stacke of woode / And caused to be sette fyre therin / ¶ And after made his pray¦er to god. The whyche made. the same dragon in the presence of alle the peo∣ple came and brente hymselfe wythin the sayde fyre /

¶In that same tyme. and anone af¦ter the dethe of Iulyan the Emperou¦re all the londe trembled / ¶ And y^e sees sprangen oute of theyr places. In su∣che wyse that it was supposyd that the worlde shold perysshe. and be drowned by a seconde deluge or flood / ¶ And y^e shippes were lyfte vpp to the mountay¦nes / ¶ And this seenge the Epydany∣tayns. came for refuge and socoures to the holy man / And broughte hym to y^e ryuage or cooste of the see / ¶ The why¦che Incontynent after that he had ma¦de thre sygnes of the Crosse in the son∣de / Sodaynly the see descended and be¦came lowe / And came in to his vsuall custome / ¶ Here oughte we to note the wordes that oure lorde sayde to his Appostles / Whyche ben thyse / ¶ Yf ye haue very faythe / And ye commaunde to a moutayne. that it goo in to the see Infallibly and wythoute fayllynge it shall goo / ¶ Hylaryon dyde noo lesse myracle. Whanne the see that was in the partyes soo haunsed. that it coue∣red alle the londe / Incontynent was wythdrawen and becomen lowe / ¶Of whyche myracle alle they of the cytee were admerueyled / ¶ But by ca∣use that men beganne to honoure hym there / He departed by nyghte in a lytyl ••essell of the see / ¶ And two dayes af∣ter he fonde a grete shyppe whiche was laden / By the ayde and helpe of why∣che he wente in to Cypre / ¶ But so as they of the sayde shyppe wolde haue ar¦ryued and comen to an hauen / ¶ The Marronners sawe comynge two shyp∣pes well garnysshed wyth men of Ar∣mes / Whyche men called Rouers of the see / Whyche enforcyd theym to appro∣che or to come aborde to theym / In en∣tencōn to robbe and pylle theym / Wher¦fore the Maronners and the dyscyples of saynt Hylaryon beganne to tremble and quake for feere / And the holy man dyde noo thynge but laughe / And sayd to his dyscyples / ¶ Ye ben of lytyll fa∣yth / Thyse theues here whyche comen agaynst vs / ben not in soo grete multy¦tude as was Pharao / ¶ And neuerthe∣lesse he and his companye were drow∣ned in the see / ¶ And whanne the shyp¦pes of theues were as nyghe as the cas¦te of a stone / The holy man sayd / Ho∣la / Hola / Ye ben nyghe ynough / ¶ And Incōtynent happed a merueyllous thȳ¦ge / For the shyppes of the sayde theues retourned bacwarde. wolde the Pacio∣nes and Maronners or not /

¶ After he entred in to a cyte namyd Pafun beynge in Cypres a noble cytee and moche flowrysshynge in Poetrye / Of whyche the edefyces and buyldyn∣ges were some tyme fallen downe. by¦cause that the londe trembled ofte /

¶ There were moche people tourmen¦ted of deuylles. whiche were within the¦yr bodyes / ¶ But the holy man hadde not ben there enhabyted twenty dayes but that they cryed with an hyghe vo∣ys / Hylaryon the seruaunt of Ihesu cri¦ste is in this londe / To whom we must

all goo / ¶ In lyke wyse there was in the cyte of Salomnocurium Laphyte / and many other whyche also cryed say¦enge / That they muste goo to the holy man Hylaryon / But they knewe not where he was /

¶Thyrty dayes after or there abou¦te came to the holy man Hylaryon ma¦ny seke men / vnto the nombre of two hundred / Whiche were guarysshed and heelyd in eyghte dayes /

¶He dwellyd two yeres in that pla¦ce there in abydynge Esicius his dyscy¦ple / Whom he hadde sente in to Pales∣tyne for to vysyte the brethern of the monastery / ¶ After that Esicius was come agayne to hym / He retourned in to Egypte. in to a place namyd Bo∣tholya / By cause that there ne dwelled ony Crysten man / And the place was soo enhabytable / that vneth ony man myghte goo there a foote / ¶ And was dystaunte or beynge from the cyte two myles or there abowte / ¶ There were many trees and fayre gardynes / But of fruyte of theym he neuer ete ¶ The¦re was also an olde monastery. the whi¦che was alle in Ruyne or fallen in de∣keye / by the whyche was herde the ••oy¦ses of some spirytes / Lyke as there had ben a grete excercyse or Rowte of men of Armes / ¶ Wherof the holy man Hy¦laryon was ryght Ioyeous / Consyde∣rynge the meryte that he myghte gete / in Resystynge and wythstondynge the spyrytes that were soo nygh hym /

¶There dwelled he fyue yeres / Whe∣re fewe people wente for to see him: for the grete asprete or sharpnesse of the pl¦ace. And for the dyffycnltee or doubful¦nesse of the waye to goo thyder /

¶On a daye the holy man Hylari∣on comyng in to his gardyne appercey¦uyd a man Paralytyke· or taken wyth the Palsey beynge tofore the gate /

¶Thenne Escius aryd hym what he was / And who had broughte hym thy¦der / ¶ He ansuerd that he was the Pro¦curoure of the towne / to whom the gar¦dyne in whiche he was apperteyned vn¦to / ¶ Thenne he toke hym by the hon¦de and sayde to hym / ¶ In the name of god my frende aryse thou and wal∣ke / ¶ A merueyllouse thynge in sayen∣ge thyse wordes. the membres of the se¦ke man were restored in theyr strength and helthe / In suche wyse that he wen¦te vppon his fete / ¶ Of whyche thyn∣ge and myracle the fame sprange and spradde there alle abowte / ¶ Wherfo∣re the holy man Hylaryon wolde noo lenger abyde there / Not for to departe from thens for ony mutabylyte or cha¦ungynge of thoughte / But by cause he desyred to lyue solytaryly. wythoute to haue knowlege of ony persone /

¶Whanne he was foure score yeres olde. he felte himselfe moche feble / And by cause that Esicius his dyscyple was thenne absente / He made a cedule or let¦ter of his honde / By the whyche he lef¦te to hym alle that he hadde / ¶ That is to wyte his Robe. Whyche was ma∣de of a sake / His Frocke. his Pelycon. and his Gospellis / ¶ Alle thyse were noo grete••ychesses /

¶ Many deuowte Relygyouses of the cytee of Pafun. And wyth theym a notable-woman named Constance. att prayers of whom he hadd heeled her so¦ne and her doughter / Camen to hym. by cause he was in dysposicyon to deye¦ed

/ And spoken wyth hym as he hadde To whom he requyred. and neuerthe∣lesse commaunded. that Incontynent as he sholde be deed. They sholde putt hym in to the erthe in a gardine nyghe to his hous / ¶ And tofore that he dey∣ed. there as he hadde noo more charyte he sayd to his soule / What dredest thou my soule / Goo oute of my body / Wher¦fore arte thou aferde / ¶ It is now go∣ne thre score and ten yere. syth thou ser¦uedeste Ihesu Cryste / And now thou dredest to deye / ¶ And thus sayenge he rendred his spyryte to god / & Inconty∣nent they buryed hȳ wythin y^e gardyne

¶ Anone after his dyscyple Esicius whyche was in Palestyne knew his de¦partyng / And thenne he came in to Cy¦pre / ¶ And whanne he was in the gar¦dyne where as he was buryed / He fay∣ned that he wolde dwelle there / ¶ To the ende that they that kepte hym shol¦de haue noo suspecyon ne mysdemyng that he wolde transporte and carye a∣way the body of saynt Hylaryon / But he wroughte soo pryuely. that ten mo∣nethes after that he stele hym a waye. & transported or caryed hym to Maxymi¦an his auncyen and olde chyrche. in the whyche the same Esicius. and also all the men and Relygyouses there abow∣te buryed hym in his frocke and his pe¦lycon / Whyche as it is sayde is there al¦hoole / ¶ And saynt Hylaryon is yet as he was in playne lyfe / Gyuynge out o∣doures & sauours merueyllously smel∣lynge swete /

¶ The good woman Constaunce / whyche hadde be acustomyd in curyou¦se wakinges to passe y^e tyme in makin¦ge her prayers. there as he had be bury∣be alyue / ¶ Whanne she knewe that he was transported and taken from thens She wynge the grete loue that she had to him: Rendred and gaaf Incontinen¦te her spyryte vnto god / ¶ And yet pre¦sētly by this occasyon is there grete que¦styon bytwene theym of Cypre and of Palestyne / ¶ By cause they of Cypre¦sayen. that they haue the spirite / ¶ And they of Palestyne sayen to haue the bo¦dy / ¶ Neuerthelesse in Cypre atte this daye ben done to the praysynge of him moo myracles. thanne in Palestine /

¶ And perauenture for almoche as he loued more the place ¶ Or by cause o∣nely that it playsyth god that soo it be done /

¶Thus endeth this Prossesse of the ryghte holy and deuowte man saynt Hylaryon /