MarginaliaAn. 1555. Iune.ritis tuis Christo confederasti. &c.
O Lady the Gentiles are come into the inheritaunce of God, whom thou dyddest ioyne vnto Christ by thy merites. &c.
80. MarginaliaGods honor derogated.Qui regis Israel &c. Odor vitæ de illa progreditur & omnis salus de corde illius scaturizat.
Thou that rulest Israel. &c. The sauour of lyfe commeth from her, and all health floweth out of her hart. &c.
91. MarginaliaFalse trust.Qui habitat in adiutorio matris Dei in protectione ipsius commorabitur &c. Clamate ad illam in periculis vestris & flagellum non appropinquabit tabernaculo vestro. Fructus gratiæ inneniet qui sperauerit in illa: porta paradisi reserabitur ei.
Who so dwelleth in the helpe of the mother of God, shall dwell in the shadow of her protection. &c. Cry vnto her in your daungers, and the scourge shall not come neare your tabernacle. The fruit of grace shal be to him who so trusteth in her, and the gate of Paradise shall be open to hym.
95. Venite exultemus Dominæ nostræ. &c. Suscipe in fine animas nostras, & introduc nos in requiem æternam. &c.
Come, let vs reioyce to our Ladye. &c. Receyue our soules at our last ende, and bryng them into euerlastyng rest. &c.
105. MarginaliaAbominable blasphemy.Confitemini Dominæ nostræ, & inuocate nomen eius &c. Salus sempiterna in manu tua Domina &c.
Prayse our Lady, and call vpon her name. &c. Euerlasting saluation is in thy hand O Lady. &c.
110. Dixit Dominus Dominæ nostræ, sede mater mea a dextris meis. &c.
The Lord sayd vnto our Lady: MarginaliaThe Deuill and the Pope sayth so and not God.syt here my mother on my ryght hand. &c.
114. In exitu animæ meæ ex hoc mundo occurre ei Domina & suscipe eum &c. Esto illi scala ad regnum cœlorum & iter rectum ad paradisum Dei. &c.
In the passing of my soul out of this world come and meete it O Lady, and receaue it. &c. Be to it a ladder vnto the kyndome of heauen, and a right way to the Paradise of God. &c.
119. Miserationibus tuis plena est terra, ideo viam iustificationum tuarum exquisiui. &c. Concupiscam in æternum laudare te Domina cum docueris me *Marginalia* Blasphemy. iustificationes tuas. &c.
The whole earth is full of thy mercies, and therefore I wyll search out the way of thy iustifications. &c. I wil couet for euer to prayse thee O Lady, when thou shalt teach me thy iustifications. &c.
125. MarginaliaBlasphemy.Qui confidunt in te mater Dei, non timebunt a facie inimici. &c.
They that put their trust in thee O mother of God, shall be a feard of the face of their enemy. &c.
127. *Marginalia* Blasphemy.Nisi Domina ædificauerit domum cordis nostri, non permanebit ædificium eius.
Except our Lady shall buyld the house of our hart, the building thereof shall not continue. &c.
128. Beati omnes qui timent Dominā nostram, & beati omnes qui sciunt facere voluntatem tuam. &c.
Blessed is euery one that feareth our Lady, and blessed be all they which know to do her wyll. &c.
130. *Marginalia* Idolatrous inuocation.De profundis clamaui ad te Domina, Domina exaudi vocem meam: Fiant aures tuæ intendentes. &c.
Out of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O Lady, O Lady heare my voyce. &c.
132. Memento Domina Dauid & omniū inuocantium nomen tuum. &c.
O Lady, remember Dauid, and all them that cal vpon thy name. &c.
134. Ecce nunc benedicite Dominam omnes qui *Marginalia* False trust. speratis in nomine sancto eius. &c.
Behold, and blesse now our Lady al ye that put your trust in her holy name. &c.
136. Super flumina Babylonis &c. MarginaliaBlasphemy.Non inuenietur propitiatio sine illa. &c.
At the fluddes of Babylon. &c. There is no propitiation to be found without her. &c.
140. MarginaliaGods office applied to our Lady.Eripe me Domina ab omni malo, & ab hoste inferni defende me. &c.
Deliuer me O Lady from all euyll, and from the infernall enemy defend me. &c.
145. Oculi nostri sperant in te Domina. Mitte nobis cibum & escam delectantem. Laudationem tuam loquitur lingua mea & benedicam te in seculum seculi.
Our eyes looke vp and trust in thee: do thou send vs meate and foode conuenient. &c. My toung shall speake thy prayse, and shall blesse thee for euer.
148. Lauda Hierusalem Dominam, glorifica illam etiam ò Sion. Ipsa enim construit muros tuos & filios tuos benedi-
cit. Grati sua te impinguat, pacemq; donat terminis tuis.
MarginaliaIdolatry.Praise thou our Lady O Hierusalem, and glorify her also O thou Syon, for shee buildeth vp thy walles, and blesseth thy chyldren: her grace maketh thee fat, and geueth pease vnto thy coastes. &c.
I could also recite other thinges moe of lyke blasphemy, folowing immediately after this Psalter of our Lady, in the Seraphical doctor aforesayd, as these.
MarginaliaHorrible blasphemy.Ecce domina Saluatrix mea, fiducialiter agam in te, & non timebo. &c. Qui fortitudo mea es tu. &c. Et facta es mihi in salutem. i. Behold O Lady my Sauiour I wyll be bold in thee, and wyll not feare. &c. Because thou art my strength &c. And art become my saluation. &c.
Exulta totum genus humanum, quia talem dedit tibi mediatricem dominus Deus tuus. i. Reioyce O all mankind, because the Lord thy God hath giuen vnto thee such a MarginaliaBlasphemy.Mediatrix. &c.
Confitebor tibi domina, q̀uia abscondisti hæc a sapientibus, & reuelasti ea paruulis. i. MarginaliaThe scripture abused.I wyll confesse to thee O Lady, because thou hast hid these things from the wise, & hast reuealed them to the litle ones. &c.
Generatio praua atq; peruersa agnosce Dominā nostram saluatricem tuam. Nunquid ipsa est mater tua quæ possedit te & in fide generauit te? i. O thou wicked & peuish generation knowledge our Lady thy Sauiour. Is not she the mother that hath possessed thee and in fayth hath begotten thee?
MarginaliaCursed blasphemy.O benedicta in manibus tuis reposita est nostra salus. i. O thou blessed, in thy hādes is layed vp our saluation. &c.
In nomine tuo omne genu flectatur, cœlestium, &c. In thy name let euery knee bend, in heauē in earth and in hell.
MarginaliaBlasphemy.Quemadmodum infans sine nutrice non potest viuere: ita nec sine Domina nostra possis habere salutem. i. Like as the infant can not lyue without the nource, so neither canst thou haue saluation without our Lady.
Quicunq; vult saluus esse, ante omnia opus est vt teneat de Maria firmā fidem. Quam nisi quisq; integram inuiolatamque seruauerit, absq̀ dubio inæternum peribit. i. Who so wyll be saued, before all thinges he must needes holde hys beliefe of our Lady, which beliefe, vnlesse euery one shall hold perfect and sound, shall perish without doubt for euer.
[Back to Top]Moreouer after these so horrible thynges and vntolerable to bee heard, consequently in the next tractation foloweth the MarginaliaThe Rosary or Garland of our lady, called Corona beatæ Mariæ.Rosary or Garland of our Lady compiled by the sayd Saint Bonauenture: Wherin these wordes are to be read, as foloweth: O Mediatrix betwene God and man, the Lord hath worthely magnified thee, that thou onely shouldest conceaue his sonne. &c. Wherfore O good Mary our mediatrix, mother of Grace, and mother of mercy. &c. And moreouer within few lynes it followeth in these wordes. Therfore O our Empresse & Lady most bountifull, by the autoritie of a mother MarginaliaMary made a commaunder of Christ.cōmaund, cōmaūd (I say) thy welbeloued sonne, that he will stirre vp our minds frō the loue of worldly thinges, to heauēly desires. &c.
[Back to Top]Item, O the Aduocate of the miserable, the eyes of thy seruauntes be directed to thee. &c.
To these premisses I might also adioyne the horrible and most blasphemous woordes of the sayd Bonauenture in the sayd booke, Fol. 100. page. 2. col. 1. which I beseech thee to read and note. Quæ maior bonitas quam quòd Christus. &c. i. What greater goodnes can be, then that Christ is content to bee captiue vpon the aultar. Wherupon he speaketh in the person of Ieremy saying: Behold, I am in your handes, do with me as you see good. &c. Where note (sayth hee) that when any Duke or Prince is taken prisoner for his Subiectes, he is not let go before he pay some great summe of money for his raunsome: MarginaliaChrist made a captiue and a prisoner in the Popes Church.Euen so neither we ought to let Christ go out of our handes beyng our prisoner and captiue, except
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