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<P>THE HISTORIE of Frier RVSH: how he came to a hou&s;e of Religion to &s;eeke &s;eruice, and being entertained by the Priour, was fir&s;t made vnder Cooke.</P>
<P>Being full of plea&s;ant mirth and delight for young people.</P>
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<P>Imprinted at London by <HI>Edw. All-de,</HI> &amp; are to be &s;olde by <HI>Francis Groue</HI> dwelling on Snow hill.</P>
<P>1626.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; <HI>A plea&s;ant Hi&s;tory, how a Deuill (named Ru&s;h) came to a Religious hou&s;e, to &s;eeke a &s;eruice.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_THere was &s;ometime beyond the Sea, edified and founded a certaine hou&s;e and Cloi&s;ter of Religious men, which hou&s;e was founded at a great Forre&s;ts &s;ide, for to maintaine the &s;eruice of al|mighty God, and daily to pray for their benefactors and founders, and for the &s;aluation of their owne &s;oules: which place by rea&s;on of their founders and well di&s;po&s;ed people (which gaue vnto it largely of their goods and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions) in|crea&s;ed in riches, and euery man had gold and &s;iluer at their will and al&s;o of meate and drinke they had great plenty: in &s;o much that they were &s;o well at ea&s;e and had &s;o much, that they wi&s;t not what to doe they were &s;o full of wantonne&s;&s;e, where|by the &s;eruice of almighty GOD was not well maintained among them: for oftentimes they &s;aid neither Mattins nor Euen&s;ong: and through their great negligence they forgat cleane the charge that they were bound to when they entred into their Religion, and they liued more like bea&s;ts without rea&s;on, then like men of good and holy conuer&s;ation: for they haunted harlots and liued viciou&s;ly, and the goods that was giuen them by good and well di&s;po&s;ed people, they &s;pent in vn|thriftine&s;&s;e and ribauldry. And when the great Princes of Deuils which are the Patrones of all vices vnder&s;tood of the great mi&s;rule and vile liuing of the&s;e Religious men: con&s;ul|ted to k&eacute;epe them &s;till in that &s;tate, and wor&s;e if it might be.</P>
<P>And the&s;e be the names of the Deuils.</P>
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<P> <HI>Belphegor</HI> who was Prince of Gluttony, <HI>A&s;modeus</HI> Prince of lechery, And <HI>Belzebub</HI> Prince of enuie, with many other Diuels a&s;&s;embled together, which reioyced for the mi&s;order of the&s;e Religeous men. And as they were all a&s;&s;embled toge|ther with one accord, they cho&s;e a Diuell to goe and dwell among the&s;e Religious men, for to maintaine them the lon|ger in their vngratious liuing, which Diuell was put in ray|ment like an earthly creature &amp; went to the Religeous hou&s;e, and there h&eacute;e &s;tood at the gate a certaine &s;pace all alone with an heauie countenance. Then within a while after the Priour came vnto the gate and e&s;pied <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> the yong man &s;tanding there all alone. Anon he &s;aid vnto him, what do&s;t thou here, and what woulde&s;t thou haue? The yong man with great reuerence an&s;wered and &s;aid: Sir, I am a poore yong man, and am out of &s;eruice, and faine would haue a ma&s;ter. And Sir if it plea&s;e you to haue me, I &s;hall doe you diligent &s;eruice, and &s;hall doe &s;o well that you and all your brethren and couent &s;hall be glad of me, for I &s;hall k&eacute;epe &s;o well your &s;ecrets, that I tru&s;t to obtaine at all times your good loue and fauour, and all theirs al&s;o.</P>
<P>And when the Priour had heard his words, he was mooued with pittie, and &s;aid: Goe into the Kitchin to the Cooke, and &s;hew him that I haue &s;ent th&eacute;e thither, and bid him &s;hew th&eacute;e what thou &s;halt doe: for thou &s;halt be with him a certaine &s;ea|&s;on, till that &s;ome other better thing fall. Then the yong man made his reuerence to the Priour, and thanked him, and foorth he went to the Kitchin, where h&eacute;e found the ma&s;ter Cooke. Anon he made reuerence vnto him, and &s;aid: Sir, my Mai&s;ter the Priour hath &s;ent me hither vnto you, and he commaundeth you to &s;hew me what I &s;hall doe, for I mu&s;t be here and helpe you. The mai&s;ter Cooke an&s;wered and &s;aid, you be welcome. And anon he &s;et him to &s;uch bu&s;ine&s;&s;e as he had to doe. And thus the Diuell became vnder-Cooke in the place that he was a&s;&s;igned vnto, by the Prince of Diuels. And then he &s;aid (laughing to him&s;elfe) as followeth.</P>
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<HEAD>The&s;e being the words of the Deuill.</HEAD>
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<P><HI>I</HI> am right glad that my purpo&s;e is come &s;o well to pa&s;&s;e, for now all mine intent is fulfilled, and I doubt not but all &s;hall be ours: for I &s;hall make &s;uch debate and &s;trife among the Friers, that they &s;hall neuer be at concord and peace. And I &s;hall make them good &s;taues wherewith the one &s;hall beate well the other: and often times they &s;hal lye together by the eares, in &s;o much that there was neuer &s;&eacute;en nor heard tell of &s;uch a rumour and di&s;cord in no Cloi&s;ter in the world. And I &s;hall v&s;e my &s;elfe &s;o, that I &s;hall be in great loue and fauour among them.</P>
<P>Then within foure or fiue daies after, it fortuned that the Priour came into the Kitchin, and there he found the young man, to whom he &s;aid, where wa&s;t thou borne, and what is thy name? The young man an&s;wered and &s;aid, Sir, I was borne very farre hence, and <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> is my name. Then &s;aid the Priour vnto him, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> can&s;t thou couple Hounds together? Yea Sir (&s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h)</HI> that I can doe right well, and more then that, for I can couple men and women together, which is a more ma&s;trie, and al&s;o Sir (if n&eacute;ede be) I can conuay a faire woman into your chamber, and conuay her home againe in the morning &s;o &s;ecretly, that no man &s;hall &s;py it. And al&s;o I &s;hall k&eacute;epe your coun&s;aile &s;o &s;ecretly, that it &s;hall neuer be knowne. And when the Priour heard <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;peake &s;o h&eacute;e was right glad of him, and &s;aid: <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> if thou can&s;t doe as thou ha&s;t &s;aid, I &s;hall reward th&eacute;e well for thy labour, and thou &s;halt be my mo&s;t welbeloued &s;eruant: wherefore make an end
<PB REF="4"> of thy bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, for &s;oone, thou &s;halt goe a little way on a me&s;|&s;age for me, and &s;o he departed and went to &s;upper. And when euery man had &s;upped, and <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had done all his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e in the Kitchin, he came vnto his Mai&s;ter the Priour, and &s;aid, Sir, what is your will with me? the Priour an&s;wered, and &s;aid: heere a little be&s;ide dwelleth a faire gentlewoman, the which I loue very well, but I dare not di&s;couer my minde vn|to her my &s;elfe: and if thou can&s;t finde the meanes to bring her &s;ecretly vnto me, I &s;hall reward th&eacute;e right well for thy la|bour and paine. And when <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had heard the words of his Mai&s;ter, and knew all his minde, he an&s;wered and &s;aid, Sir, be of good ch&eacute;ere, and let me alone with the matter: for I &s;hall goe vnto the gentlewomans hou&s;e, and I &s;hall &s;ay your me&s;&s;age &s;o well, that this night &s;he &s;hall come to you: and &s;o departed <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> from his Mai&s;ter, and went &s;traight vnto this Gentlewomans hou&s;e. And when he was thither come, h&eacute;e found the Gentlewoman &s;itting all alone. And when <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was e&s;pied of her, he made vnto her great courte&s;ie, and with many reuerences the&s;e words he &s;aid.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How a Diuell named <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came vnto a Gentlewomans hou&s;e and how he brought her priuily vnto his Ma&s;ters chamber.</HI></HEAD>
<P>RE&s;t you merry faire Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e, the mo&s;t faire&s;t creature in theworld: My Mai&s;ter greeteth you by me, de&s;iring you to come and &s;peake with him. Then &s;aid the Gentlewo|man to <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> who is your Mai&s;ter, and what is his will with me? faire Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I will &s;hew you, my Mai&s;ter is the Priour in a hou&s;e of Religion here be&s;ide, and h&eacute;e loueth you &s;o well, that except you come vnto him this night, I know he will be dead for &s;orrow.</P>
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<HEAD>Here followeth the an&s;were of the Gentlewoman.</HEAD>
<P>ANd when the Gentlewoman had heard the words of <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> &s;h&eacute;e an&s;wered and &s;aid, Faire Sir, it were great
<PB REF="4"> pittie that the Gentleman &s;hould die for my &s;ake, and rather then he &s;hould &s;o doe for me, I will come to him, and &s;hew him all the courte&s;ie that I can. <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was very glad of tho&s;e com|fortable words, and thought that his enterpri&s;e was well brought to pa&s;&s;e, and he &s;aid vnto her: Faire Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e, may it plea&s;e you to take the labour and goe with me, and I &s;hall bring you to my Ma|&s;ter, and as I &s;up|po&s;e, h&eacute;e will make you good cheare, and Gold and Siluer you &s;hall lacke none, for hee hath great plenty thereof. Then &s;aide the Gentlewoman, Sir, &amp; pray you let vs depart hence: for as I &s;uppo&s;e the Gentleman looketh long for vs. So foorth they went both toge|ther, till they came to the Priours Cham|ber; And when the Priour &s;awe that &s;he was come, he was the glade&s;t man in the world, and thanked <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> much for his labour and paine: And &s;o the Priour re|ceiued her into his chamber, and there he made her good ch&eacute;ere, and they had good meat and wine great plenty. And when they had well refre&s;hed them&s;elues, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> departed and went to the Kitchin, and left the Priour and the Gentlewoman alone, and there &s;he &s;aued the Priours life. And when <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was in the Kitchin, hee &s;aid vnto him&s;elfe: I am right glad that I haue brought thi matter &s;o well to pa&s;&s;e, and I doubt not but they will agr&eacute;e well enough together, for they be both of one accord. And when the other Friers perceiued that
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<PB REF="5"> <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was &s;uch a priuie follow, and &s;o well could k&eacute;epe coun|&s;aile: they de&s;ired him to helpe them al&s;o, and &s;o he did: for he brought to euery man, the woman that they mo&s;t de&s;ired, whereof they had great meruaile. But they were &s;o blinded with ignorance, that they neuer perceiued that he was a very Deuill, but euery man had him in loue and fauour.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> threw the mai&s;ter Cooke into a kettell of water &s;eething vpon the fire, wherein he died.</HI></HEAD>
<P>IT befell vpon a day that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> went forth to &s;port him, and it was very late ere he came home againe, and the mai&s;ter Cooke was very angry with him that hee was &s;o long ab&s;ent. And as &s;oone as <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was entred into the Kitchin: the Cooke began to chide, and &s;aid vnto him, thou hor&s;on knaue where ha&s;t thou b&eacute;ene &s;o long? and with a great &s;taffe hee laid vpon <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> and beat him &s;ore. And when <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;aw that the Cooke was angry, and &s;o farre out of rea&s;on, and that he had beaten him &s;ore: anon he began to waxe very angry with the mai&s;ter Cooke, and &s;aid vnto him: thou hor&s;on villaine, why ha&s;t thou beaten me thus: I will be reuenged on th&eacute;e? and &s;uddainly he
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<PB REF="5"> caught him in his armes, and threw him into a great kettell which was full of water &s;&eacute;ething vpon the fire, and &s;aid, lye thou there in the Diuels name, for now thou &s;halt neither fight nor chide no more with me: and &s;o <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;lew the mai&s;ter Cooke. Then when he had &s;o done, h&eacute;e departed out of the Kitchin, and went to the next Towne to fetch the faire wo|man againe for his Mai&s;ter: and in his ab&s;ence certaine of the Friers came into the Kitchin to &s;peake with <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> but they found no body &s;tirring therein, and &s;ome of them went to &s;tand by the fires &s;ide, to tarrie till <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came in, for they thought he would not tarie long: And as they &s;tood talking together by the fires &s;ide, they &s;pied a man in the Kettell &s;&eacute;eth|ing vpon the fire. And anon they perceiued that it was the mai&s;ter Cooke, whereof they were greatly aba&s;hed. And with that (crying out) they went vnto the Priour and &s;hewed him that the mai&s;ter Cooke had drowned him&s;elfe in a Kettell &s;&eacute;ething vpon the fire in the Kitchin: for which tydings the Priour was right &s;orrie. And in the meane &s;ea&s;on <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came home, and had conueyed the woman into his Mai&s;ters cham|ber. And anon the Friers &s;hewed <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> of the great mi&s;for|tune that was fallen on the Mai&s;ter Cooke in the Kitchin, and he made as he had b&eacute;ene &s;orrie therefore, and had knowne no|thing thereof, and he was in &s;uch great loue &amp; fauour with the Priour and all the Firers, that they mi&s;tru&s;ted him nothing for that d&eacute;ede, and &s;o there was no more mention of the Mai|&s;ter Cooke. Then the Priour commanded that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;hould be made Cooke, and all the Couent was right glad of that, and &s;o he was him&s;elfe al&s;o, for he thought his enterpri&s;es came well to pa&s;&s;e after his minde, and as he would haue it. Thus <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> became Mai&s;ter Cooke in the Kitchin, and dre&s;&s;ed their meate merueilous well: for in the Lent, and in the Aduent, both Fridayes and al&s;o other dayes, he put Bacon into their pottage pot, which made the pottage to &s;auour very well, and he dre&s;&s;ed their meate &s;o diliciou&s;ly, that the Priour and all the Friers had great meruaile that he did it &s;o well: in &s;o much
<PB REF="6"> that they &s;aid he did much better then their other Mai&s;ter Cooke did, and that he was a more cunninger man in his occu|pation, and could doe much better in his office. Thus <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> continued in that office the &s;pace of &s;eauen yeares, and did right well, and euery man had him in loue and fauour. Then it fortuned vpon a day the Priour and his brethren were a&s;|&s;embled together in a generall coun&s;aile, and as they &s;tood talk|ing together, the Priour remembred <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and anon he &s;aid vnto his brethren: Friends we haue here <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> which is our mai&s;ter Cooke in our Kitchin, and he is an old &s;eruant, and much diligent and true &s;eruice he hath done to vs, and he hath continued among vs longer then any &s;eruant that euer wee had: wherefore me thinke it rea&s;on, that h&eacute;e were promoted into &s;ome other office, and made a brother among vs. Then all the whole couent with one voyce &s;aid they were content it &s;hould &s;o be. So the Priour &s;ent for <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and when he was come before him and all his brethren, the Priour &s;aid, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> it is &s;o, thou ha&s;t b&eacute;ene here a long &s;ea&s;on, and we haue found th&eacute;e hitherto a true and diligent &s;eruant, wherefore we will that thou be promoted, and take vpon th&eacute;e an habite as we haue, and become a brother among vs. <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> an&s;wered and &s;aid: my Mai&s;ters I thanke you all, and then the Priour gaue <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> an habite, and put it on his backe, and &s;o <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> became a bro|ther in the place, neuerthele&s;&s;e he kept his office &s;till.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> made Truncheons for the Friers to fight withall.</HI></HEAD>
<P>VVHen <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had on the habite of a Frier, and was a brother in the place, he had more vacation dayes then he had before. And as a King or great Prince prepareth or|dinances again&s;t their warres, in likewi&s;e did Frier <HI>Ru&s;h:</HI> for when all his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e was done in the Kitchin, and that he had ley&s;ure, he went and &s;ate in the Porch of the vtter gate, &amp; there he was making of good bigge Truncheons of Oke. And
<PB REF="6"> he made them with Hilts ouer the hand for &s;lipping, of the which the other Friers had great meruaile, &amp; demanded of him wherefore he made tho&s;e Truncheons. <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> an&s;wered and &s;aid: Faire Sirs, I make them for this intent, that if there come any th&eacute;eues hither for to rob vs, and to &s;poyle our place, yet &s;hall we haue weapons to de&s;end vs withall. And there|fore I make them. And moreouer, when any n&eacute;ede &s;hall be, come to me and euery man &s;hall haue one, and they &s;hall be ready at your commandement, and then the Friers thanked him and &s;o departed. Then it fortuned vpon a day, that the Priour and Subpriour fell at di&s;cord, and were gr&eacute;euou&s;ly an|gry, the one with the other, and would haue fought together but onely for &s;hame: neuerthele&s;&s;e, the anger abode &s;till in their hearts, and all was for an harlot: within a while after, the noy&s;e &s;pred abroad among the Friers, that the Priour and the Subpriour were fallen at di&s;cord, for the which they were angry in their mindes. And they that loued the Priour, tooke his part, and they loued the Subpriour, tooke his part, and &s;o they murmured among them&s;elues. Then they appointed in their mindes to reuenge their quarrells at one time or other, and &s;o to make a more &s;urer way in fulfilling their malicious mindes and angrey hearts, euery man after other went priuately to Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> to lend them &s;taues, in &s;o much that there was not a Frier in the place but he had one, and they neuer went without their &s;taues vnder their habite, and the one knew not that the other had any, they k&eacute;pt them &s;o &s;ecretly. And when Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had deliuered all his &s;taues, he was right glad in his heart, for he knew right well there &s;hould be a great fray among them, either one time or other. So it fortuned afterward, as it is a common cu&s;tome among Religious people at an high fea&s;t, to keepe &s;olemne &s;eruice, and euery man to be at Mattens at midnight: and &s;o vpon a good night, all the whole Couent a&s;&s;embled together in the Quier, and were ready to begin Mattens, they tarried for no|thing but for the comming of the Priour. Then anon the
<PB REF="7"> Priour came into the Quier, and &s;ate him downe in his place, and as he looked about him, he e&s;pied that the Subpriour was there pre&s;ant, and with that his heart began to grudge of the olde anger that was fallen betw&eacute;ene them two: and he thought in his minde that he could neuer be reuenged in a better time, and &s;odainly he ro&s;e out of his place, and went to the Subpri|our, and with his fi&s;t he gaue him a good buffet, and the Sub|priour which was moued with the &s;troke, &s;tarted vnto the Priour and gaue him another buffet, and with that they went fre&s;hly together by the eares, and when the other Friers &s;aw that, euery man ro&s;e out of their places, and drew out their Truncheons, and together they went: who had b&eacute;ene there &s;hould haue &s;&eacute;ene good buffets giuen on both parties. And when Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;aw that they were fighting together, anon he blew out all the Candles and Lamps that were burning in the Church, and left no manner of light therein whereby the one might &s;&eacute;e the other: and when he had &s;o done, he tooke his Truncheon in his hand, and went into the Quier among the thicke&s;t of the Friers the which were fighting fre&s;hly without ight, and there he laid &s;o lu&s;tily about, that many of them he
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<PB REF="7"> felled to the ground, and left them lying there for dead, and when he had &s;o done, he &s;tole his way from them, and as h&eacute;e went, he found &s;tanding in the portall of the Quier, a great olde De&s;ke, and anon h&eacute;e tooke the De&s;ke betwene both his hands, and threw it ouer the portali into the Quier among all the Friers, and hurt many &s;ore, in &s;o much that &s;ome had an arme broken, and &s;ome a legge, and other &s;ome had their no&s;es cleane pared from their faces, that the bloud ranne into their mouthes, and as for broken heads to the hard &s;calpe were no dainty, for euery man had one, there &s;caped none free a way, who had beene there, &s;hould haue had goodly pa&s;time to &s;ee the Friers creepe about the Quier, and in &s;teede of <HI>(Domine labia)</HI> they cried out alas and well away. Then when the fray was done, and all the noy&s;e &s;ea&s;ed, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came in among them with a Candell in his hand, and made as if he had knowne nothing thereof, and &s;aid to them: Fie for &s;hame Sirs, how fortuned this di&s;cord to fall among your &s;elues? I &s;ee well now you regard not your henour, nor the good name of your place. All the people &s;hall &s;ay ye be not hone&s;t, nor good Religi|ous men, the which words I would be loath to heare, and I may not &s;uffer our place &s;o to fall in an euill name: where|fore good Mai&s;ters, I require you to &s;et your hearts at re&s;t, and put the matter into my hands, and I &s;hall &s;o deale, that all &s;hall be well, and you &s;hal be good friends againe, and no words &s;hall be &s;poken thereof, then euery man complained to him of their great hurt, and he made &s;emblance as he had b&eacute;ene &s;orte therefore and then they that could goe, went vp to their Cels, and they that could not goe, did cr&eacute;epe vp as well as they could, and laid them downe in their beds, and there they lay till they were whole againe, and in the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e w&eacute;ekes and more God was euill &s;erued, for in all that &s;pace they &s;ung neither Mattins nor Euen&s;ong, nor neuer entred into the Church for it was &s;u&s;pended, and for &s;hame they dur&s;t neuer let it be knowne. And when they were all whole, and euery man vpon his f&eacute;ete againe, and might goe about the hou&s;e, they brought
<PB REF="8"> againe their &s;taues to Frier <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and thanked him much, and then Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;aid vnto them: Sirs when ye haue neede of them againe, ye &s;hall finde them here ready at your comman|dement, for which they gaue him thankes, and departed. When Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;aw that they were gone and that he had all his &s;taues againe, he laughed vnto him&s;elfe and &s;aid: I am right ioyfull that mine enterpri&s;es be come &s;o well to pa&s;&s;e, for I haue done many mi&s;cheuous deeds &s;ince I came fir&s;t, and yet I will doe more before I depart hence, for I &s;hall cau&s;e them to be damned, and I &s;hall bring their bodies and &s;oules into the burning fire of hell, there to remaine world without end, and of me &s;hall he &s;poken a thou&s;and yeeres hereafter.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> grymed the Waggon with Tarre, and what cheare he made in the Country.</HI></HEAD>
<P>ANother time it fortuned that the Priour had a iourney to ride into the Country about a little bu&s;ine&s;&s;e that hee had there to doe, and anon he called <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> his &s;eruant vnto him and &s;aid, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> goe thy way into the Court, and take with thee a di&s;h full of greace, and greace well the wheeles and Axeltrees of the Waggon, and make all things ready again&s;t tomorrow in the morning, for I mu&s;t ride forth to morrow betimes, then <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> departed from his Mai&s;ter, and went about his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and in &s;teed of greace, he tooke a great ve&s;&s;ell full of Tarre, and anointed the Waggon all ouer with it, both within and without, and e&s;pecially in the place where the Priour &s;hould &s;it: and when he had done, returned to his Mai&s;ters chamber, then the Priour demanded of <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> if he had done as he commanded him: yea Sir &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> ye may ride when plea&s;e you, and &s;o they went to their beds. Then on the morrow after, the Priour and <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> his &s;eruant with his other company, ro&s;e vp very early in the morning for to ac|compli&s;h their iourney, and forth they went vnto their Wag|gon, and when the Priour was entred therein, hee perceiued
<PB REF="8"> him&s;elfe all to berayed and &s;meyred, and all his clothes were filed therewith: and then he &s;aid to <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> thou lewd fellow,
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</FIGURE> what ha&s;t thou done to this waggon that I am thus arayed therein? <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> an&s;wered and &s;aid: Sir, I haue done nothing but as you commanded me. That is not &s;o &s;aid the Priour, for I commanded th&eacute;e to take greace and greace but the wh&eacute;eles and the Axeltr&eacute;es, and thou ha&s;t taken Tarre and an|nointed it all ouer, both within and without, Why ha&s;t thou done &s;o? Sir &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I vnder&s;toode you bad me doe &s;o. And when the Priour &s;awe there was no other remedie, h&eacute;e com|manded his &s;eruants to make ready another Waggon, and in the meane &s;ea&s;on, the Priour went into his Chamber, and put on another habite, and came againe and mounted into the Waggon and went their way, and along they rode, vntill they came to their iourneyes end. And when they were alighted at their lodging, the Priour called for his &s;upper, and anon euary thing was made ready, and the good man of the hou&s;e and the Priour &s;ate doune to &s;upper together, and made good ch&eacute;ere, and then the Priour called for wine of the be&s;t, and anon he had his commandement. And when the good man of the hou&s;e and the Priour had &s;upped, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> and his fellowes &s;ate
<PB REF="9"> downe to the reuer&s;ion that their Mai&s;ters dad left, but they had no wine: wherefore <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was very &s;ad, and euer he mu|&s;ed by what policie he might get &s;ome wine. And anon he cal|led the wife of the hou&s;e and &s;aid: Mi&s;tre&s;&s;e, I pray you fill a pottle of wine for me and my fellowes, and &s;o &s;hee did: and when that was gone, they called for another: and then they called for the third, and &s;o ended their &s;upper. Then on the morrow when the Priour had done all his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and was ready to returne home againe, he called for a reckoning. And anon, the good wife came in and gaue him a reckoning of all things, both hor&s;e meate and mans meate; and at la&s;t, &s;h&eacute;e reckoned thr&eacute;e pottels of wine that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> and his fellowes had. And when the Priour heard, that his &s;eruants had drunke &s;o much wine: Anon he began to waxe very angry, and a&s;ked her, who commanded her to fill in &s;o much wine? the wife an|&s;wered and &s;aid: Sir, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> your &s;eruant commanded me to fill it in, and he &s;aid, that you &s;hould pay therefore. Then anon the Priour called for <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and &s;aid vnto him: Thou lewd Knaue, why ha&s;t thou drunke &s;o much wine? Might no le&s;&s;e then pottels &s;erue th&eacute;e and thy fellowes? Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> we haue not drunke &s;o much, for your hor&s;es haue had two of the pottels: my hor&s;es, &s;aid the Priour, what &s;hould they doe with wine? Yes Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> your hor&s;es laboured &s;orer then we did, and were very weary, and they had nothing but Hay and Oates: wherefore, me thought it n&eacute;edefull to giue them &s;ome good drinke in their cour&s;e meate to comfort their hearts withall, and to cau&s;e them to be the lu&s;tier, and to haue the better courage to bring you homeward. And when the Priour had heard that an&s;were of <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and &s;aw there was no remedy but patience: paid for the wine, and all things that he had taken there, and &s;o rode home in his Waggon, and Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> neuer went foorth againe with his Mai&s;ter.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How the Priour made Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> Sexton among the Friers, and how he charged him to giue him knowledge how many Friers were ab&s;ent from Mattins at midnight, and what they were.</HI></HEAD>
<P>VVHen the Priour was come home, he made Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> Sexton of the church, and his office was to ring the bell and to light the candles, and to call the Friers to Mattins at mid-night, and al&s;o the Prior commanded <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &amp; charged him, that he &s;hould take good heede that there were none of the Friers ab&s;ent from mattins, and if there were, to giue him knowledge thereof, then &s;aide <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> to his mai&s;ter: Sir all your commandement &s;halbe fulfilled, and &s;o they departed. And within thr&eacute;e or foure nights after, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> e&s;pied certaine of the Friers that were ab&s;ent, and he marked them well, and on the morrow after he pre&s;ented them to the Priour, and anon the Priour cau&s;ed them to come before him, and gaue them a check, for their being ab&s;ent; in a little time, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had pre&s;ented them all, which cau&s;ed the Priour to be greatly offended with them: when they perceiued that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had made &s;uch complaints again&s;t them, they had him in much di&s;daine, but they could not amend it: for he had them in &s;uch great feare, that neuer after they dur&s;t be ab&s;ent, but well was h&eacute;e that might be fir&s;t in the Quier. When <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> perceiued the Friers had him in &s;o great feare, he deui&s;ed to doe &s;ome mi&s;cheiuous thing among them; and vpon a night, a little before he &s;hould ring to mat|tins, he went and brake downe the &s;taires of the Dorter, and when he had &s;o done, h&eacute;e went and rung to mattins, and lighted the lamps &amp; Candles in the Church, and went into the Dorter, and called vp the Friers, and &s;o came and &s;ate at the &s;taires foote as he was wont to doe; he had &s;itten there but a while, but anon there came one, who thought no hurt but to goe &s;oberly into the Quier as he was wont to doe, and when he came to the &s;taiers downe he fell, and had a meruailous great
<PB REF="10"> fall: then &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> thou art one. Pre&s;ently there came another, and likewi&s;e downe he fell and had a &s;ore fall, thou art two &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h.</HI> Anon came the third Frier, which had a mightie great bellie, and was a gro&s;&s;e man, and he made great ha&s;t, for he fea|red
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</FIGURE> that he &s;hould haue b&eacute;en la&s;t, &amp; when he came to the &s;taiers, downe he fell on his fellowes necks, and he was &s;o great and &s;o heauie, that almo&s;t he had mi&s;chiened his fellowes that lay vn|der him: thou make&s;t thr&eacute;e &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h.</HI> And with that there came &s;eauen or eight together, and downe they fell all at once. Softly mai&s;ters for &s;hame, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> ye come to many at once, ye were not wont to be &s;o ha&s;tie, but now I perceiue well ye would de|ceiue me, and one would excu&s;e the other, and therefore ye come &s;o thick to blind me in my tale: How &s;hould I now giue account to the Prior of them that be ab&s;ent? Surely I cannot tell, but
<PB REF="10"> now I &s;&eacute;e well, ye be too &s;ubtill for me, I would &s;ome other man had mine office: and made as though he had b&eacute;ene very angrie with them. Then the Fryers, &s;uch as could goe, though it were to their paines, ro&s;e vp againe, and limping and halting they went into the Quier, and they that fell fir&s;t and lay vn|der, were &s;ore hurt and could not goe, and &s;pecially the Fryer with the great belly: yet neuerthele&s;&s;e, they crept into the Quier, as well as they could. And when they were all a&s;&s;em|bled together in the Quier, each of them complained to other of their great hurts, and &s;o they began Mattins: who had b&eacute;ene there, &s;hould haue heard a heauy &s;ong and &s;ad, for they were not merry in their hearts, their paines were &s;o great. When Mattines were done, they that could goe, went vp againe into their lodgings, and they that could not goe, lay &s;till in the Quier all night: On the morrow word was brought to the Prior of the great mi&s;fortune that was fallen among the Fry|ers at midnight: for the which mi&s;fortune the Prior was greatly di&s;plea&s;ed and angry in his minde, and thought verily it was <HI>Ru&s;hes</HI> d&eacute;ede, for hee had done many euill turnes before. Then the Prior &s;ent for <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> to come &s;peake with him, and when he was come, the Prior &s;aid vnto <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> how fell this mi&s;|fortune to night among the Fryers, that they be &s;o &s;ore hurt? Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I &s;hall &s;hew you it is not vnknowne vnto you, that when you put me fir&s;t into this office, ye commanded me to giue you knowledge when any of my brethren were ab&s;ent from Mattines, and &s;o haue I done diuers times, whereby many of them haue b&eacute;ene &s;hent and chidden by you, and for that cau&s;e, they owe mee ill will, and faine would haue me out of this office, if they wi&s;t how. And for to accompli&s;h their de&s;ire, and to cau&s;e you to be di&s;plea&s;ed with m&eacute;e: I will &s;hew you what they haue done this night. Sir, it is &s;o, that when the time was come, I rung to Mattines and lighted candles, and made all things ready, and when I had &s;o done, I went into the Dorter to euery mans Cell and called them vp, then I went and &s;tood at the &s;taire foot, for to tell them as they
<PB REF="11"> came downe, as I was accu&s;tomed to doe, and to know who came to mattins, and who did not, and for &s;pite that I &s;hould not reckon them, they came all on a clu&s;ter, and for ha&s;t the one thru&s;t the other downe the &s;taiers, and he that had the greate&s;t belly, had the harde&s;t fall; now if they hurt them&s;elues, what might I doe with all? And when the Priour had heard the wordes of <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> he wi&s;t not what to &s;ay, but for to voyde all tribulations and mi&s;fortunes that might fall in time to come, he put <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> out of his office, and &s;et him in the Kitchin againe, and when he was there all alone, he laughed to him&s;elfe and &s;aid: this enterpri&s;e is well brought to pa&s;&s;e, and I haue made a good &s;cu&s;e thereof to the Priour, yet will I doe more ere I de|part out of this place.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>How <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> went forth a &s;porting, and was late forth, and how in his way comming home, he found a Cowe, which Cowe he deuided into two parts, the one halfe hee tooke on his necke and caried it with him, and the other halfe he left &s;till: and how &s;oone he had made it ready for the Friers &s;uppers.</HI></HEAD>
<P>IT befell vpon a time that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> when all his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e was done in the Kitchin, he would goe forth into the Country to &s;port him, and to pa&s;&s;e the time with good company: as h&eacute;e walked on his way, his chaunce was to come into a village, which was two or thr&eacute;e mile from the place where hee did dwell, and when he was entred into the village, h&eacute;e looked round about him in euery corner to finde out &s;ome company to make merry withall: and at the la&s;t, e&s;pied an Alehou&s;e&punc; and in he entred, and there hee found good fellowes playing at Cardes, and drinking, and made cheare: then <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> made obey&s;ance to them, and &s;ate downe among them, and dranke with the players, and afterward he fell to play, and was as merrie as any man in the company: and &s;o long he played and pa&s;&s;ed the time, that cleane h&eacute;e had forgotten what he had to doe at home, and the day went fa&s;t away, and the night ap|proached.
<PB REF="11"> Anon <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> looked vp and perceiued that it was all mo&s;t night, remembred him&s;elfe that there was nothing rea|die at home for the Priours &s;upper and Couent, and it was al|mo&s;t &s;upper time, wherefore he thought it was time to depart thence, &s;o he payed for his drinke and tooke his leaue, and home|ward he went, and in his way he found a fat Cowe gra&s;ing in
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</FIGURE> the field, and &s;odainly he deuided her into two parts, and the one halfe he left lying there &s;till and the other halfe he tooke on his necke and carried it home, and quickly hee made it ready; &s;ome he put in the pot, and &s;ome vpon the &s;pit, and he made a great fire and &s;et on the pot, and laid to the &s;pit: and he made meruailous good pottage, and ro&s;ted the meate very well, and he made &s;uch &s;p&eacute;ede, that euery thing was ready by the houre accu&s;tomed to goe to &s;upper, whereof the Priour and all the Friers had great meruaile, that he had made euery thing rea|die &s;o &s;oone, and was &s;o well done: for they knew that it was late ere he came home: for &s;ome of the Friers had b&eacute;ene in the Kitchin a little before, and &s;aw neither Cooke nor fire, nor any thing prepared toward &s;upper: wherefore they gaue great prai&s;e to <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and &s;aid, he was very quicke in his office.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB REF="12">
<HEAD>How a Farmer of the Priors &s;ought his Cowe, and how he was de&s;olated by the way homeward, and was faine to lye in a hollow Tree: and of the vi&s;ion that he had.</HEAD>
<P>THere was a poore Hu&s;bandman, dwelling there be&s;ide, which was a Farmer of the Priors: the which poore man had a Cowe abroad in the fields, that was accu&s;tomed euery night to come home at a certaine houre, and neuer failed. And at the la&s;t a mi&s;chaunce fell vnto her, for Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had &s;laine her as &s;he &s;toode in the field, and &s;o &s;hee failed of her comming home at her houre as &s;hee was woont to doe. And when the poore man &s;awe that his Cowe came not home: he thought in his minde it was not well with her, &s;o foorth he went in an eue|ning for to &s;&eacute;eke his Cowe, and &s;o long hee trauailed about in the fields, that at the la&s;t h&eacute;e found the one halfe of the Cowe lying there: but the other halfe was cleane gone, and &s;hee was &s;o cleanely deuided in two parts, that hee imagi|ned in his minde, that it was not po&s;ible to be done but by mans hands, for if any wilde bea&s;ts had done it they would haue &s;poyled the fle&s;h: &s;o h&eacute;e returned homeward againe, and ere hee came at the halfe way, the night was &s;o darke that he could not &s;ee which way hee went, and &s;o hee went
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<PB REF="12"> out of his way, and hou&s;e could hee finde none: and at the la&s;t he came to an hollow Tr&eacute;e wherein he &s;at him downe, thin|king there to take his re&s;t all night, and he had not &s;itten there but a whils: but anon there a&s;&s;embled a company of Deuils, and among them they had a great principall Ma&s;ter who&s;e name was <HI>Lucifer,</HI> and h&eacute;e was the fir&s;t that &s;pake: and the fir&s;t that was called, was a Deuill named <HI>Belzebub,</HI> and with a loud voyce, he &s;aid vnto him: <HI>Belzebub</HI> what ha&s;t thou done for vs? <HI>Belzebub</HI> an&s;wered and &s;aid: Sir I haue cau&s;ed de|bate and &s;trife to fall betw&eacute;ene brother and brother, in&s;omuch the one hath &s;laine the other: that is well done &s;aid the ma&s;ter Deuill, thou &s;halt be well rewarded for thy labour. Then foorth he called another Deuill, named <HI>Incubus,</HI> and deman|ded of him what he had done? Sir &s;aid <HI>Incubus,</HI> I haue cau&s;ed great debate and &s;trife, to fall betweene two Lords, through the which they haue had great warres, and many men haue b&eacute;ene &s;laine: then &s;aid the ma&s;ter Deuill, thou art a true &s;er|uant to vs, thou &s;halt be well rewarded for thy great labour and paine. Then &s;aid the great ma&s;ter vnto another Deuill, named <HI>Norpell,</HI> what ha&s;t thou done for vs? Sir &s;aid <HI>Norpell,</HI> I haue b&eacute;ene among players at the Dice and Cardes, and I haue cau&s;ed them to &s;weare many great oathes, and the one to &s;lea the other: and al&s;o I haue cau&s;ed debate and &s;trife to fall betw&eacute;ene man and wife, and cau&s;ed the wife to cut her hu&s;|bands throat: that was well done &s;aid the Ma&s;ter, thou &s;halt be well rewarded for thy labour. Then foorth came another Deuill named <HI>Downe&s;ne&s;t,</HI> and &s;aid: Sir I haue cau&s;ed two old women to fight &s;o &s;ore together, and to beate each other about the head, that their eyes flew out: that was well done &s;aid the ma&s;ter Deuill, with much thankes thou &s;halt be well rewarded for thy labour. Then foorth &s;tepped Frier <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> fre&s;hly, and with a good courage, and &s;aid: Sir, I am in a Re|ligious place, and I gouerne the Prior and his Couent as I will my &s;elfe, and they haue me in great loue and fauour: for I doe them many great plea&s;ures, and I haue brought them
<PB REF="13"> faire wenches euery man one when they lu&s;t, and diuers times I haue cau&s;ed debate and &s;trife to fall among them, and I haue made them &s;taues and cau&s;ed them to fight &s;tifly together, and to breake each others head, and their armes and legges, and yet will I doe more among them ere I depart out of the place, for I &s;hall make &s;o great debate and &s;trife among them, that the one &s;hall &s;lay the other, and they &s;hall come and dwell with vs in hell, and burne in perpetuall fire without end. Then &s;aid the mai&s;ter Deuill to <HI>Ru&s;h:</HI> if thou haue done as thou ha&s;t &s;aid, thou ha&s;t done well thy part, and I pray th&eacute;e be diligent thy &s;elfe about thy bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and &s;tirre them to &s;in, and &s;pecially to the&s;e thr&eacute;e: that is to &s;ay, wrath, Gluttony, and Lechery, and briefely to make an end of thy enterpri&s;e, and &s;lip it not: and when thou ha&s;t done, come home, and thou &s;halt be highly exalted and well rewarded for thy great labour and paine. When <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had tolde his tale: the great mai&s;ter De|uill commanded euery Deuill to goe his way and doe the be&s;t he could, and thus they departed: &s;ome went one way and &s;ome another: and thus they were &s;cattered abroad in the world, to fini&s;h and make an end of their enterpri&s;es that they had taken in hand. And when the poore hu&s;bandman which &s;ate in the Tree, &s;awe that all the Deuils were departed and gone: he reioyced in his heart and was right glad thereof, for as long as they were there, h&eacute;e was euer in great feare and dread, and he was afraid that they &s;hould haue &s;&eacute;ene him there, and euer he prayed vnto almighty God to be his guard, and &s;aue him from that foule and euill fauoured company of Deuils, and to &s;end him the light of the day that he were gone out of that place, for h&eacute;e was weary that he aboade there &s;o long, and oftentimes he looked vp, to &s;&eacute;e if he could perceiue any light of the day whereby he might &s;&eacute;e to depart thence, for till then he dur&s;t not once &s;tirre out of that place, for he feared that they had b&eacute;ene there &s;till. Then within a while after, the day began to appeare, and when h&eacute;e perceiued that: anon he &s;tarted vp and looked round about him abroade in the fields,
<PB REF="13"> and when he perceiued that there was no body &s;tirring, he than|ked Almightie God that he was &s;o pre&s;erued out of that great ieopardie, and &s;o departed.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>How the Farmer which lay in the Tree, came vnto the Priour on the morowe after, and tolde him the wordes that he had heard, and the wordes of Frier Ru&s;h, and that hee was a very Deuill.</HEAD>
<P>AS &s;oone as the day began to appear, the poore Farmer a|ro&s;e out of the Tr&eacute;e, and tooke his way &s;traight to the Priour, and he would neuer re&s;t vnttil he had &s;poken with him, And when he was come to his pre&s;ence, anon he &s;aid: Sir, this night hath fortuned vnto me a great aduenture: how &s;o &s;aid the Priour? Sir, ye&s;ter-night late in the Euening, I walked foorth into the Fieldes to &s;eeke a Cow which I haue mi&s;&s;ed this foure or fiue dayes, and &s;o long I wandred vp and downe, till at the la&s;t I found the one halfe of my Cow, but the other halfe was gone: And as I would haue returned home againe, I was benighted, &s;o much, that I lo&s;t my way: Then I knewe not whether to goe, but &s;pying a hollowe Tree, I &s;ate me downe, thinking there to take my re&s;t till the day appeared againe: and I had not &s;itten there but a &s;mall time, but in&s;tantly there was a&s;&s;embled together a great Company of Deuils, which made a mo&s;t fearfull and terrible noy&s;e whereof I was &s;ore affraid.</P>
<P>They had among them a great Mai&s;ter named <HI>Lucifer,</HI> who called all the re&s;t to make a recconing of all their &s;eruice which they had done, &s;ince their departure out of Hell: There I heard many meruailous tales. At the la&s;t, foorth came Fryer <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> then &s;aid the great Mai&s;ter <HI>Lucifer</HI> vnto him, <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> what ha&s;t thou done &s;ince thou departed out of Hell? And he an&s;wered&punc; that he had ruled you, and all your Couent, and cau&s;ed you to chide and &s;ight, and were heart at vnitie among your &s;elues: and he &s;aid he had cau&s;ed you to liue viciou&s;ly, and yet he &s;aid,
<PB REF="14"> hee would doe more ere he departed out of this place, for he will cau&s;e you to kill one another, and then you &s;hould be damned in Hell, both body and &s;oule. And &s;o euery Deuill de|parted, and went about their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e. Wherefore take h&eacute;ed, for he is a very Deuil. And when the Prior had heard the words of the Farmer, he thanked him for his labour, and &s;o they de|parted, the Farmer went home to his hou&s;e, but the Priour was meruellou&s;ly aba&s;hed at the words of the Farmer, and went into his chamber and was much grieued in his heart that he had &s;o lewdly mi&s;ordered him&s;elfe again&s;t his Lord God, and with great contrition hee kneeled downe vpon his kn&eacute;es, and a&s;ked Almighty God mercy, and forgiuene&s;&s;e for the great and grieuous offences that he had commited and done again&s;t him, and that he had &s;o vildly mi&s;u&s;ed the other of his Reli|gion. And when he had thus done, he departed out of his cham|ber and went into the Cloi&s;ter, and cau&s;ed all his brethren to come together, and when they were all a&s;&s;embled, the Priour told them euery word as the husbandman had told him, and that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was a very Deuill, and no earthly creature; at the which they were &s;ore a&s;toni&s;hed, and were rightly &s;orry in their hearts, that they had followed him &s;o much in his minde, and done after his coun&s;ell, and were heauy in their hearts for their great and abhominable &s;innes that they had commit|ted and done, &amp; with great contrition they kn&eacute;eled downe vpon their kn&eacute;es, and de&s;ired Almighty God, for grace and pardon. Then the Priour cau&s;ed euery man to fall to contemplation and prayer. Then foorth they went and did the Priours com|mandement, and briefely made them ready, and went to prayer all at once. And when they were come to the midde&s;t of their &s;eruice, the Priour departed out of the Church and went to the Kitchin, wherein hee found <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> who was there very bu&s;ie: then the Priour commanded him to &s;tand &s;till, and by vertue of Almightie God and of all the company of Heauen, he coniured <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> into the likene&s;&s;e of a Hor&s;e, and comman|ded him to goe and &s;tand at the gate in the &s;ame place that hee
<PB REF="14"> &s;tood in when he came thether fir&s;t, and to &s;tand there till &s;er|uice was done: &s;o foorth went <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> in the likene&s;&s;e of a Hor&s;e, and &s;tood at the gate as the Priour had commanded him.
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</FIGURE> And when &s;eruice was done, the Priour and his brethren went to the gate to &s;&eacute;e what ca&s;e <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was in: and when they were come thether they found him &s;tanding in the likenes of a Hor&s;e. Then they demanded him to what intent he came into their place, and why he tarryed there &s;o long? Sirs &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h:</HI> I came hither to cau&s;e you to doe all mi&s;chiefe as is afore&s;aid, and yet I would haue done more ere I had gone hence: for I would haue cau&s;ed you to &s;lay one another, and to be damned both body and &s;oule. And when they had heard the words of <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> euery man held vp his hands and thanked Almighty God, that they had &s;o well e&s;caped that great mi&s;fortune. Then <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> de&s;ired the Priour licence to depart thence, and promi&s;ed that he would neuer more come there, nor doe any man more hurt: vpon that condition the Priour gaue him leaue to depart. Thus <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> departed from that place, and the Fryers went to their Cloi|&s;ter,
<PB REF="15"> and liued there &s;olitarie and cha&s;te euer after, and &s;erued Almightie God better then euer they did before.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Lamentation that Ru&s;h made when he was departed out of the Hou&s;e of Religion.</HEAD>
<P><HI>When Ru&s;h</HI> was bani&s;hed out of the hou&s;e of Religion, and was turned into the &s;ame likene&s;&s;e that he was, Then he wandred abroad in the world with a very heauy heart, &s;peaking the&s;e wordes, he &s;aid: Alas, alas, what &s;hall I doe? I knowe not now whether to goe, for all my &s;eauen yeares la|bour is lo&s;t. And as he wandred about, by fortune he met with his Ma&s;ter <HI>Lucifer,</HI> but he would not haue &s;een him by his will: neuertheles his Ma&s;ter e&s;pied him quickly and &s;aid to him <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> what tydings with thee? Sir &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I haue lo&s;t all my la|bour that I haue gone about this vij. yeares. How &s;o &s;aid <HI>Luci|fer?</HI> Sir, I &s;hall &s;hewe you &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h.</HI> The la&s;t time that we were a&s;&s;embled together, there was a poore man lay in an olde Tr&eacute;e hard be&s;ide vs, and he heard all that we &s;aid: and when we were departed, he aro&s;e and went vnto the Priour and &s;he|wed him all that we &s;aid, and e&s;pecially the wordes that I had &s;poken, and &s;o all my labour is lo&s;t, and I am bani&s;hed that place. Well, &s;aid the Mai&s;ter Deuill to <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> thou &s;halt goe &s;ome other way, and looke if thou can&s;t finde any thing to doe: Then <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> walked about in the Country, and long it was ere he could get any &s;eruice: At la&s;t he fortuned to come vnto a hu&s;|bandmans hou&s;e which lacked a &s;eruant, where he was enter|tayned but &s;ore again&s;t the wifes con&s;ent, For this hu&s;band|mans wife was a very faire woman, and &s;he loued well the pa|ri&s;h Prie&s;t, and he loued her a&s;well, in&s;omuch that often times they made good Ch&eacute;ere and banketted together, and &s;o continu|ed and kept company together a long time. Their meeting was &s;o priuye and &s;o &s;ecret, that it was neuer known, and they were euer &s;ure enough of the good man, for he was accu&s;tomed euery
<PB REF="15"> morning to ri&s;e early and to goe farre into the Field, and be|cau&s;e his wife would preuent his comming home to dinner, &s;he would alwayes giue him his vittailes in a bag with hun, and a bottle full of drinke, to the intent that he &s;hould tarrie in the Fieldes from morning vntill night: &s;he would not &s;uffer him to keep a &s;eruant, nor to haue any manner of help: for &s;he was af|fraid; that if they &s;hould haue a &s;eruant, her &s;ecrets &s;hould be knowne: and the goodman al&s;o &s;eared, that if he &s;hould take a &s;eruant, that he would haue but little lu&s;t to tarry there: for the Deuill him&s;elfe could not endure the chiding and brawling of that woman: by which meanes &s;he kept her hu&s;band with|out a &s;eruant a long time: For &s;he knew well, that as long as her hu&s;band was in the Field, the Prie&s;t and &s;he might haue their meeting: but at length &s;he was deceiued.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>How Ru&s;h came to a Husband-man (labouring in the Field) and de&s;ired to be entertayned into his &s;eruice.</HEAD>
<P><HI>RV&s;h</HI> trauailing vp and downe, came to a Hu&s;bandman who was labouring in the Field, being all alone, and &s;pake the&s;e
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<PB REF="16"> words vnto him: Re&s;t you merry &s;ir, me thinkes you take great paines to worke &s;o &s;ore your &s;elfe: will it plea&s;e you to enter|taine a &s;eruant? I am a poore young man &amp; am out of &s;eruice, and I am very willing to &s;erue you if you plea&s;e: and I tru&s;t to doe you &s;uch &s;eruice, as &s;hall be to your good content: The husbandman an&s;wered him, and &s;aid; young man, I would gladly giue you entertainement, but my wife will ne|uer be plea&s;ed with any &s;eruant that &s;hall come vnto my hou&s;e: Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> let me alone, for I &s;hall &s;o worke the matter, that my Dame &s;hall be well plea&s;ed with me: well &s;aid the hu&s;|bandman, tarry with me till I haue done my bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and thou &s;halt goe home with me: when he had fini&s;hed his dayes worke, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> went home with him, they were no &s;ooner come into the hou&s;e, but the wife e&s;pying <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> &s;he began to gloome and to looks maruellous angerly at him: which the goodman perceiuing, he &s;aid vnto her, Dame, I pray th&eacute;e to be con|tented, thou knowe&s;t well enough that I haue more labour to doe, then I am able to make an end of alone, and therefore I haue hired this young man to helpe me: when his wife heard the&s;e words, &s;he was more angry then before, and began to brawls and &s;colde as if the Deuill had b&eacute;ene in her, and &s;aid vn|to him: what a vengeance n&eacute;ede&s;t thou to take a &s;eruant? thou art able enough thy &s;elfe to doe all the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e that we haue to doe, and why &s;hould we take more charge vpon vs then wee are able to beare? but now I perceiue thou art giuen to lazi|ne&s;&s;e, and ha&s;t little minde to worke thy &s;elfe: when the good|man heard her &s;o highly di&s;plea&s;ed, he &s;aid, Dame, I pray th&eacute;e be contented, the young man is hone&s;t, and he hath promi&s;ed me to be a good &s;eruant: yet for all the&s;e &s;p&eacute;eches, &s;he would not be pacified, but brawled &s;till: when <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> perceiued her great impaciencie, he &s;aid vnto her: Dame I pray you be contented, and be not angry with me, for you &s;hall haue no cau&s;e, my Ma&s;ter hath hyred me but for a while, vpon a tryall, and I tru&s;t in that tims, &s;o to behaue my &s;elfe, as to giue you both content: and when my time commeth out, if you like my
<PB REF="16"> Seruice you &s;hall haue it before any other what&s;oeuer: if not, I will be very well content to depart. When the wife heard <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;peake &s;o rea&s;onably, &s;hee pacified her&s;elfe, and &s;aid no more: which cau&s;ed the good man to be very glad, and &s;o &s;he &s;et them to &s;upper, and as they &s;ate at meate, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> demanded of his ma&s;ter&punc; what he &s;hould doe the next day? his ma&s;ter an&s;wered, thou mu&s;t ri&s;e early and goe to the field, and make an end of that which I was about this day; (which was a great dayes worke) &s;o when they had &s;upt they went to bed. Early in the morning <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> aro&s;e and went to the field, and wrought &s;o lu&s;tily, that he had done his worke betimes: for when his ma&s;ter came to bring him his breakefa&s;t, all his worke was fini&s;hed, whereat his ma&s;ter had great maruaile: then they &s;at downe to breakefa&s;t, which being ended they went home, and did &s;uch things as were there to be done: when his Dame &s;aw that hee had &s;o &s;oone ended his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, &s;he thought he was a profitable &s;eruant, and &s;aid little but let him alone. In the euening <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> demanded of his Ma|&s;ter what h&eacute;e &s;hould doe the next morning? his Ma&s;ter ap|pointed him twice as much as hee did the day before, which <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> refu&s;ed not, but got vp earely in the morning, and went to the field, and about his worke; &s;o &s;oone as his Ma&s;ter was ready, he tooke his mans breakefa&s;t and came to the field, thinking to helpe <HI>Ru&s;h:</HI> (but he was no &s;ooner come from his hou&s;e, but the Prie&s;t came to &s;&eacute;e his wife, and pre&s;ently &s;h&eacute;e made ready &s;ome good meate for them to be merry withall, and while it was a dre&s;&s;ing, they &s;ate &s;porting together, who had b&eacute;ene there &s;hould haue &s;&eacute;ene many louing touches. And when the good-man came into the field, he found that <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had done all that which he appointed, whereof he had great mar|uaile: then they &s;ate downe to breakefa&s;t, and as they &s;ate to|gether, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> beheld his Ma&s;ters &s;hoone, and perceiued that for fault of grea&s;ing they were very hard: Then &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> to his Ma&s;ter, why are not your &s;hooes better grea&s;ed, I maruaile that you can goe in them, they be &s;o hard? Haue
<PB REF="17"> you no more at home? Yes &s;aid his Mai&s;ter, I haue an other payre at home, lying vnder a great Che&s;t in my Chamber: Then &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I will goe home and grea&s;e them, that you may put them on this next morning: and then he walked home|wards merrily, and &s;ung by the way. And when he approached neere the hou&s;e, he &s;ang out very loude: with that, his Dame looked out at the windowe, and perceiued that it was her &s;er|uant: She &s;aid vnto the Prie&s;t, alas, what &s;hall we doe now? our &s;eruant is come home, and my Hu&s;band will not tarry long after him, and with that &s;he thru&s;t the meat into the Ouen, and all things el&s;e that was on the Table. Where &s;hall I hyde me &s;aid the Prie&s;t? Goe into the Chamber and creepe vnder the great Che&s;t among the olde &s;hooes and, I will couer you, and &s;o he did: And when <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was come into the hou&s;e, his Dame
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<PB REF="17"> asked him why hee came home &s;o &s;oone? <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> an&s;wered and &s;aid: I haue done all my bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and my Ma&s;ter comman|ded me to come home and to grea&s;e his &s;hoone. Then hee went into the Chamber and looked vnder the Che&s;t, and there hee found the Prie&s;t, and he tooke him by the heeles and drew him out, and &s;aid, thou hore&s;on Prie&s;t, what doe&s;t thou here? With that, the Prie&s;t held vp his hands and cryed him mercy, and de&s;ired him to &s;aue his hone&s;ty, and he would neuer more come there: And &s;o <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> let him goe for that once.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>How <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came home to make cleane the Stable, and how hee found the Prie&s;t vnder the Maunger couered with Straw.</HI></HEAD>
<P>VVIthin a while after this fore&s;aid Prie&s;t began to waxe warme, and thought once againe to aduenture him|&s;elfe and goe to the husbandmans hou&s;e: When hee percei|ued that the Goodman and <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> his Seruant was in the field a labouring, hee went with all &s;p&eacute;ede to the hou&s;e, and when he was entered, the Wife &s;aid he was welcome, and made ready a good di&s;h of meate and &s;et it on the Table before the Prie&s;t, then &s;he drew drinke and &s;ate downe be&s;ide him: who had b&eacute;ene there &s;hould haue &s;&eacute;ene many wanton toyes betw&eacute;ene them two, and they had not &s;itten there long, but anon <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came &s;inging homeward, and when &s;he e&s;pyed him, &s;hee was aba&s;hed and wi&s;t not what to doe, but thru&s;t the meate into the Ouen as &s;he did before. Then &s;aid the Prie&s;t where &s;hall I hide me? come with me, &s;aid the wife into the Stable, and creepe vnder the Maunger, and I &s;hall couer you with &s;traw, and tarry there till hee be gone againe, and then &s;he turned againe into the hou&s;e where &s;he found <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> her Seruant, and anon &s;he demaunded of him why hee came home &s;o &s;oone? <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> an&s;wered, that hee had done all his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and he was come to make cleane the Stable, and when the Wife heard that, &s;he was &s;orrie in her heart, for &s;he doubted that he would
<PB REF="18"> finde the Prie&s;t againe. Then foorth went <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> into the Sta|ble, and tooke a great Forke in his hand, and began to &s;hake vp the Strawe: and when he came to the heape&punc; that the Prie&s;t lay in, the which &s;&eacute;emed to him to be very great, yet neuertheles
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</FIGURE> with his Forke he tooke all vp at once, and caryed it out of the doore, and layde it on a great heape of Mucke that lay there, and with his forke he &s;haked the &s;traw abroade, and when hee had &s;haken out a little, anon hee was aware of the Prie&s;ts Gowne: then he &s;aid, what a Deuill art thou? and with his forke he turned the heape, and then hee perceiued that the Prie&s;t was come againe: then with his forke hee gaue him thr&eacute;e or foure good dry &s;tripes and &s;aid, whore&s;on Prie&s;t, what do&s;t thou here? thou promi&s;ed me the la&s;t day neuermore to come here, and now I &s;ee thou art a fal&s;e Prie&s;t, but now I &s;hall make an end of thee, and then &s;halt thou neuer deceiue me more. And when the Prie&s;t heard him &s;ay &s;o, he fell vpon his
<PB REF="18"> kn&eacute;es and held vp his hands, and prayed <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> to &s;aue his ho|nor once againe and he would neuer come there more, and if he did then to doe with him what he would.</P>
<P>Thus <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> let the Prie&s;t goe the &s;econd time.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> came home and found the Prie&s;t in the Chee&s;e-basket, and how he trayled him about the Towne.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THen within a fortnight or thr&eacute;e w&eacute;ekes after, the Prie&s;t thought h&eacute;e was long ab&s;ent from the Husbandmans wife. And though it &s;hould co&s;t him his life, yet would he god thether once againe: And on a day hee perceiuing the goodman was gone to the field, hee tooke his way vnto the hou&s;e, and was &s;o ha&s;ty, that a&s;&s;oone as he was entred into the hou&s;e, h&eacute;e caught the wife and would haue imbraced her, but &s;he quick|ly got from him againe, and went and prepared good cheare for him, as &s;he was wont to doe: for they thought them&s;elues &s;ure enough for the time, but yet they were deceiued: For when the goodman was come to the field, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> had done all his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, then they &s;at downe and brake their fa&s;t with Bread and Ch&eacute;e&s;e, and as they &s;ate eating, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> &s;pied a haire in the Ch&eacute;e&s;e, and then he &s;aid to his Ma&s;ter, I trow my Dame would poy&s;on vs, or el&s;e &s;he wa&s;hed not the Ba&s;ket that the Ch&eacute;e&s;e lyeth in, behold it is all full of haires, I will goe home and wa&s;h the basket and make it cleane: &s;o leauing his Ma|&s;ter in the field and walking homeward, hee &s;ung merrily all the way. And when he approached neare the hou&s;e, the Wife knew his voyce and perceiued that he was comming. Then wringing her hands &s;he &s;aid vnto the Prie&s;t, goe hyde you, or el&s;e you be but dead. Where &s;hall I hide me &s;aid the Prie&s;t? Goe vp into the chamber and leape into the Basket that han|geth out at the window, and I &s;hall call you when he is gone againe. Then anon in came <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and &s;he asked him why he came home &s;o &s;oone? then &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I haue done all my bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e in the field, and my Ma&s;ter hath &s;ent me home to wa&s;h
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</FIGURE> your Ch&eacute;e&s;e ba&s;ket, for it is full of haires, and &s;o he went into the Chamber, and with his knife hee cut the rope that the ba&s;|ket hung by, and downe fell Prie&s;t and all into a great poole of water that was vnder the window: then went he into the &s;ta|ble for a Hor&s;e ond rode into the poole, and tooke the rope that hung at the ba&s;ket, and tying it to the hor&s;es tayle, rode through the poule thr&eacute;e or foure times. Then he rode through the Towne to cau&s;e the people to wonder at him, and &s;o came home againe. And all this while he made as though he had knowne nothing, but looking behind him, e&s;pyed the Prie&s;t. Then hee alighted downe, and &s;aid vnto him: Thou &s;halt neuer more e&s;cape me, thy life is lo&s;t. With that, the Prie&s;t held vp his hands and &s;aid here is hundred p&eacute;eces of gold, take them and let me goe. So <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> tooke the gold and let the Prie&s;t goe. And when his Ma&s;ter came home, he gaue him the halfe of his money, and bad him farewell, for be would goe &s;&eacute;e the world.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>How <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> became Seruant to a Gentleman, and how the Deuill was Coniured out of the body of the Gentlemans Daughter.</HI></HEAD>
<P>VVHen <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> was departed from the husbandman, hee went abroad in the Countrey, to looke if he could finde any more aduentures: and &s;o long he trauelled about, that at la&s;t he e&s;pyed a great Gentlemans place, vnto the which hee tooke his way. And when he was come thether, as chance was, he found the Gentleman walking vp and down before his gate. And when <HI>Ru&s;h&punc;</HI> was approached neare vnto him, he put off his bonet and &s;aluted him &s;aying: Re&s;t you merry good Gentle|man, Welcome &s;aid he: Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I am a poore young man and am out of &s;eruice, and faine would I haue a good Ma|&s;ter. What Countryman art thou &s;aid the Gentleman &amp; from whence comme&s;t thou? Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I was borne farre hence and many a mile haue I gone to &s;eeke a good &s;eruice, but none can I find. What can&s;t thou doe &s;aid the Gentleman, and what is thy name? Sir &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I can doe any manner of thing that &s;hall plea&s;e you to &s;et me vnto, &amp; <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> is my name. Then &s;aid the Gentleman vnto him, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> tarry here with me, and I will retaine thee vnto my &s;eruice. When <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> heard the Gen|tleman &s;peake &s;o, hee thanked him much and tarryed there. Then as the Gentleman and <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> went talking together, the Gentleman &s;aid vnto him, <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> thou ha&s;t trauelled farre, and gone through many &s;trange Countries: can&s;t thou &s;hew me where to finde any man, can Coniure a &s;pirit out of a womans body? Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> why aske you me that que&s;tion? I &s;hall &s;hew thee, &s;aid the Gentleman, I haue a Daughter which is a faire young woman, but &s;he is &s;ore troubled in her minde, and as I &s;uppo&s;e &s;hee hath &s;ome Deuill within her body. Sir, &s;aid <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> I pray you let me &s;ee her, and I tru&s;t &s;peedily to finde re|medy for her. Then the Gentleman brought <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> into the place and &s;hewed him his Daughter. And when he &s;aw her he knew what &s;he had within her body: Anon he &s;aid vnto the Gentle|tleman, &s;ir, there is remedy enough for this. Well &s;aid the Gen|tleman,
<PB REF="20"> if thou can&s;t finde me any that can helpe her thereof, I will reward him well for his labour, and th&eacute;e al&s;o. Sir, I will &s;hew you what is to be done, there is a place of Religion a for|ty or fifty miles hence, whererein I was a &s;eruant a long time, and the Priour is a cunning man in that &s;cience: and I doubt not, but if he were here euen now &s;he &s;hould be holpen within this houre. When the Gentleman heard the words of <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> he reioyced in his heart and was full glad of that good tydings. And on the morrow after, the Gentleman &s;ent his &s;eruant with his letters vnto that hou&s;e of Religion, de&s;iring the Priour to come and &s;peake with him. When the Priour had read the Gentlemans letters, and knew for what cau&s;e he was &s;ent for, he made him ready to ride with the me&s;&s;enger. Then forth they rode, and the next day they arriued at the Gentlemans place. When the Gentleman vnder&s;tood that the Priour was come, he was glad and went to the gate, and with great reuerence he receiued the Priour, and brought him into his place. Then the Gentleman commanded his &s;eruant to fill a cup of Wine, that the Priour and he might drinke together. And when they had drunke and refre&s;hed them&s;elues well, they walked foorth into a faire Garden, and then they commoned together of ma|ny things, and when they had fini&s;hed all their communica|tions, the Gentleman &s;aid vnto the Priour: Sir, the cau&s;e that you be come hether is this. It is &s;o, that I haue a young Gen|tlewoman to my daughter, which is grieuou&s;ly vexed and trou|bled in her minde, and as I &s;uppo&s;e &s;he hath &s;ome wicked &s;pi|rit in her body, and &s;ir, it was &s;hewed me by a &s;eruant of mine which was long &s;eruant in your place, that you could helpe her. Sir, &s;aid the Priour what is his name? The Gentleman &s;aid his name is <HI>Ru&s;h.</HI> And when the Priour heard his name hee know him well enough, and &s;aid vnto the Gentleman, &s;ir, cau&s;e the Gentlewoman to come before me, and I tru&s;t in Almightie God, &s;hortly to finde a remedy for her, and when the Gentle|man heard the Priour &s;peake &s;o, he was glad in his heart, and commanded in all ha&s;t to bring foorth his Daughter before the
<PB REF="20"> Priour: and when &s;he was come into his pre&s;ence, he com|manded her to kneele downe vpon her knees, and al&s;o he com|manded her Father and her Mother, and all the company that were there pre&s;ent, in likewi&s;e to kneele vpon their knees, and pray vnto Almighty God for the young Gentlewoman. And then he him&s;elfe &s;aid certaine prayers ouer her: then he lifted vp his hand and ble&s;&s;ed her, and incontinent there flew a great Deuill out of her mouth. And the Priour bound the Deuill &s;o,
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</FIGURE> that neuer after he came there. Thus was the young Gentle|women re&s;tored to her right minde and health againe. Then the Gentleman would haue giuen to the Priour a great &s;umme of money for his labour, but he would take none, but &s;aid vnto the Gentleman: Sir I haue a new Church in building, and I lacke Leade to couer the roofe: and as it is in|formed me, this is a plentifull Countrey thereof. Where|fore Sir, if it will plea&s;e you to giue me as much as &s;hall &s;erue me, I and my Brethren &s;hall be your daily bead&s;men, and you &s;hall be prayed for as long as the world endureth.
<PB REF="21"> Y&eacute;e &s;hall haue as much as &s;hall &s;erue you, &s;aid the Gentleman: But how will you doe for the carriage? Well enough &s;aid the Priour. Then the Gentleman brought him to a great heape of Lead, and bad him take as much as would &s;erue him. Pre&s;ent|ly the Priour called foorth <HI>Ru&s;h,</HI> and commanded him to take on his necke &s;o much Lead as would couer his Church, and beare it home, and come againe quickly. So <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> tooke the Lead on his necke at once and carryed it home, and he was there againe within halfe an houre. Then the Priour tooke his leaue of the Gentleman and departed, commanding <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> to bring him home al&s;o. Then <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> tooke him on his necke, and within one quarter of an houre hee was at home. Then the Priour coniured <HI>Ru&s;h</HI> againe into his owne likene&s;&s;e, and com|manded him to goe into an olde Ca&s;tle that &s;tood farre within the Forre&s;t, &amp; neuer more to come out, but to remaine there for euer. From which De|uill and all other Deuils, defend vs good Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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