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Nycholas had done the malt 
that ſame ſoule (ngreate andy 
thankynge ſaynt Nycholaget 
that thzugh his helpe the offi 
muleytudeof ſoules myght be 
greuous paynes-/and that che? 
to eueriaſtynge tope and gladti 
TIz cuſtome of ſynav 
was euer to be beſy/ſo P 
almooſt/but pꝛayrd contyn 
whan he was beſy eyther 
meateoꝛ dꝛynke/the whiche Hz 
ſeidome/as it is ſhewed befoꝛe 
fefſyong oꝛ doynge other neceſſ 
good #bertuous He pꝛayed 
and entencpõ x was elch 
attendement + behemente 
dy rauyſſhedin god: x btterly d 
man / noꝛ there was 1 
te) ne dul: with 5 excellent del 
ſayth with ſo hote a eccys; 
gateie ſtedfaſt pꝛapei hts't 


Oꝛ p whiche nan 'vhel 
and pzayngeplac IVE 
LON his mooſt he 


jep ſeynge that they coude in 
nlent to no maner ſuggeſtõs 
aynſt hym open bataplle / and 
Marpeſt rebukes /thꝛettes / ver 
es. Moꝛe ouer moꝛe inwardlp 
can thynke. ¶ Ind mozeouer 
elled laynt Nycholas ameded 
Piles toke it awaye from hym 
Jof ſo greate effecte / and they 
eue ot his pꝛaper/and muſe 

to his ſoule-the Whiehe this 
ane we ryght woell bycanſe of 
mooſt greate payne in reſyſtyn⸗ 
ſhiche two thynges good lyupn⸗ 
mlcatyngeoftemptacyon / and 
tyre they putout his lampe 
de and bꝛake it. Lctö if. 
5 theſe fo;cayd deuplles mabe 
this cclie houlßge abhompna⸗ 
rs was of f6 gret effecte à made 
nge of ſto 8 / and crackynge of 
elle ſhold aue fallen downe / and 
e that? ey coude not in no Wyſe 
noꝛ o 8 to make hy to loke alp⸗ 
d. In ones he lſayd yf it be tẽp⸗ 
che moꝛe to haue grace to with 
wan J wy! pꝛay fcruently to 


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And they ſcourged hym fo gr 
that many dayes after them 
ſcourges appe-edinal the pg 
He whiche alſo ano / 
in his celle doꝛe when 
goynge to his oꝛatoꝛp/theꝝ 
hym greuouſ to 2ᷣ nd 
haueryſen vp they bete hym 
hym ryght ſoꝛe/and made io 
herde it a role from theyꝛ bid 
hozrvble batayle ofthis hob 
as deed #barehymto his hy 
ſaynt Nycholag was ſo fe 
lame, Jnd lykewyſe we re 
Inthoay abbot. This th 
holynes / and p he was 5 


a mart pꝛ gooltly. 
Heſe wycked deup 
ſapnt Nycholag got 
nes ok his mooſt holy! S | 


ple-and glozyfyed all holi:chyu 
Allo thzugh p greatecothiſayll! 
this bleſſedſaynt Nychoiasſa 

onofa ſtarreÞ fyꝛſt app 
a ſlepe as there were a gr 
it / ſo p hym thought it rag 
boꝛne in / vnto Tollentyne 


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taycdfn, Lctõ.j. Feria.iij. 
nt Nycholas turned his 
Alter the ſterre vanyſſhed 
3hi this vertuous father 
de his dethe/ commaunded 
d there whan he ſhall de⸗ 
de take it fro thens. Alſo by 
olde it ſholde be ſygnyfyed 
?nes of his moaſt holy lyfe 
cat deſerues ſhewed euerp 
and ſhynypnge bꝛyghtntes 
e mpꝛacles ſholde lyghten 
where by the vylpon of 
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mpꝛacles of this bleſſed 
433 a certayne woman 5 
ye chylde was bozneoz the 
ſoʒowe and confeſſed herſeclfe - 
and wepynges / and betoke 
be wolde with her / mekely 
koʒ ver / foʒ it was btterly a- 
is bleſſed ſaynt Nycholas ſo 
'euer after ſhe had gooddely- 
ꝛoman had a lytei doughter p 
age vnder her ch ynne that it 
t without greate peryll. Ind 


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ht healed another weman fro great payne that ſhe had 
in her eyen and in her herd and in her face [Wwellynge⸗ 
thꝛugh the belechynge ok her lone to ſaynt Aycholas Þ 
tznewe than his vertue. Alſo another chylde that fell in 
the kyꝛe and the handes a the armes was ſo ſoze bꝛen⸗ 
ned ÿ the fyngers grewe togyder / which was healed 
thꝛugh the pꝛapers ol ſaynt Rycholas. Tctõ. iiij. 


Alpkewyſe he healed another womas ſone that 


L fel alfo in to the fpꝛe and bꝛent al his face and loſt 
his ſyght. Ind allo he gaue another womã her ſyght 
that had two greate epen and they ſtared out and pet 


che coude not le. Jiſo another woman had ſo great dil- 


eaſe in her eyen that ſhecoude not ſe at all. Ind ſhe had 


bothe leches and charmes foꝛ Þ ſame cauſe/and whan 
they had done the beit that they coude / ſhe was neuer p 


better but had moe ſoꝛowe/foꝛ ſhe loſt bothe her wyt 7 


' naturall ſtrength / but by Þ pꝛayers of this bleſſed ſaßt 


Nycholas ſhe had perkyte ſyght and ſtrength. Lctõ. v. 
3 — mm that he perfytely healed an 


other woman v was ſooften vexed w ſo greate 


herd ache» ſhe myght neyther heare noꝛ ſe. ¶ Alſohe 
perfytcly healed a woman ot the blody flyxe / whom no 
leche noz medycine coude helpe. Flo he pfytely healed 


a womas bꝛeſte y was ſoꝛe hurte. Alſo he fully healed 
a certapne relygvous manof his oꝛdꝛe p was burt n 
and ſoꝛe bexed Wal. Ilſo he healed perfytcly another Þ 
had loſt the ſtrength of alÞ lefte ſyde ol his body/and p 
foteof his lefte lyde. Ind alſo another that was mooſt 


= greuouſſe bexed with heed acht /a many other he dely 


healed another man p hewed blockes & cut Þ ſhines of 
his legges With ſo greate a ſtroke that al Þleches ſayd 
playnly that there was no hope at all /p euer he ſholde 
be healtd. ., -Acto.bp 


| His ſaynt Nycholas alſo knewe afoze and pꝛo⸗ 

ued ſull many thynges by theholy gooſt. Alſo a 
pooze woman gaue hp a certapne of floure foꝛ almeſſe / 
he lefte ſome ok it/ and ſhe had that lytyll home in her 
veſſell/x it was fo encreaſed whan the ſholde occupye 
it by mpꝛacle that it was moche moꝛe tha euer it was. 
Alo at maſſe whan there was water bzought hym v 
he lacked wyne / by his payer the water was turned 
in to good wyne. Allo partryges was bꝛought hym 
deed and roſted/he commaundedthem to ſlee / and they 
had fethers and tyfe / and llewe fofthilmth-all as Well 
as euer they dyd. Als by his pꝛaper he made à ſtone 
hole agayne / the kynge aloze the crucytyxe with yzon 
chaynes and fell vpon his heed. Alſo by his pzayer he 
made hole another ſtone that a greate blacke byzdea 
kyte dyd bꝛeke. whan there was a counſayll taken in p 
cloyſterof Tollentyne to make a pyt and wyte Where 
it myght beſt be done thzugh the pꝛayers of this holy 
man tt is ſothe that in p top of a certayne rede p Water 
Tp:ange vp-by Þ which token they vnderſtode playnly 
that there it was beſt to dygge it. ¶ In trandatioſcti 
Kicholai. 3 RG OG C 1%: ©: oUGofo 


| Lfo this greatemptade isto.behadin mynde 
5 that whan this pyt was in dyggynge a great 
quaue began i oy 1 N AJ | p pt a in the foun 2 2 ' 11 ö 4 * 


the grounde was ſad and ſure fo Þ there was no fere 
fallynge / whan that this mooſt holy man ſhone with 
ſo great my2acles at the laſte godozdepned to cal hym 
vnto hym/and whan the ende of his lyfe dzawed nye 
he herde by nyght bekoꝛe matyns tyme the mooſtſwe 
teſt aungelles the Whiche abode contpnually .bj.mos 
nethes befoze his deche. Lctõ. ij. 


his bleſſcd ſaynt Nycholas had ſo great delyte 
| inthehearyngeofthem chat he bꝛennyng foꝛ Þ 
deſyzcofanotherlyfeandceaſcdnot to ſaye With ſaßt 
Pole J * and copeyte to be departed x to be with 
Chzyſt-foz than I were ſurer. And openly he ſayd vn⸗ 
to them that were pfelent that the tyme of his dethe 
was nye-the whiche he toke with ſo great mekeneſſe 
and deuocyon that they meruayledy ſtode by / namely 
whan thep ſawe hym with ſo greate mekeneſſe aſtzß⸗ 
ge theym fozgyyanes faz allShe had trcſpalſſed them. 
He went with ſo great ioye and gladnes that he was 
ſeneſfande euer bythe heuenly company of aũgelles / 
and it was no meruayll bycauſe our ſauyour Jeſu 
Chꝛyſt appered to hym with his bleſſed mother byꝛ⸗ 


gyn / and ſaynt Auſtin his ahuouryes conſdꝛtynge ho - 
and lapenge / weltt hou by thou good ſernauit a true 
come in to the ioyt ol thy god. 


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