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[...] the chyrche, And betwene the aultres ma [...] [...] the swan̄e therin / & after make to say two [...] good & deuoute preestes vpon the sayd aul [...] [...] in the chalyces. Than yt eche of vs dyspose [...] well & deuoutly so yt we were worthy to pra [...] Ihesu cryst. And I beleue yt he wyll streto [...] ouer hym / and he shall retourne to his four [...] Than kynge oryant & Helyas helde her cou [...]

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[...] / as it had ben ordeyned. And for to make [...] [...]ell and duely ordeyned two aulters and a [...] [...]s sayd. Than came the noble Helyas to the [...] [...]ere he founde his broder the swanne / & ma­ [...] [...] hym. And famylyerly he came to hym / & [...] as his good & faythfull broder. And in lyke [...] [...] tyme he had conduyted the sayd Helyas / so [...] [...]ted hym to the chyrche before ye crucyfyxe. [...] [...]ence of ye kynge / the quene / theyr chyldren [...] [...]s he was layde in the bedde betwene ye. ij. [...] [...]e as were deuoutly sayd two masses / which [...] sayd herde well & deuoutly beynge mekely [...] bothe theyr knees prayenge almyghty god [...] [...]e bounte it wolde please hym to shewe his [...] happened that ye time ordeyned of god was [...] the swanne sholde retourne in his fourme [...] [...]ght so as the preestes consacred the body of [...] [...]e masse the swanne retourned in to his pro­ [...] [...] was a man. And thus transwued he arose [...] Ioynynge his handes / & escryed sayenge. [...] [...]nke you humbly. Iesus by his grace yelde [...] [...]t prayers yt ye haue made for me / for by his [...] delyuered & put fro grete payne. And than [...] [...]kely kyssed ye kynge his fader / his moder / & [...] [...]edre & his syster. Than after ye masse were [...] [...]ap [...]ely rongen / and Tedeum songe for Ioye [...] god of his dyuyne vertues. After that were [Page] [...] bedde thre fa [...]e chyldren. The whiche she a [...]a [...]ed & ga [...] to souke of her owne mylke in so grete habundaunce th [...] they were well and substauncyally nourysshed. And th [...] her semed that the two fyrst hadde eche of them a crow [...] of fyne golde vpon theyr heedes / but the crowne of ye th [...] [...] Was broken bycause another woman than his mo [...] hadde gyuen hym souke of her mylke. And at this [...] the no [...]le ydam awaked of her dreme. Than herde sh [...] [...] voyce of an aungel that god hadde sent her saynge, yda [...] [...] god sendeth the gretynge. Knowe thou for trouthe th [...] yu shalt cōceyue of thy husbande thre male chyldrē whic [...] yu shalte nourysshe with thyn owne mylke. And god sh [...] gyue them his blyssed benedyccyon. For they shall cōq [...] ­re the realme of thy holy londe of Iherusalem / and sh [...] delyuer the holy sepulcre of our lorde Ihesu cryst out o [...] [...] puyssan̄ce & captyuyte of the vnbeleuynge sarazyns. A [...] therfore gouerne them well. And whan the good yd [...] hadde herde these tydynges she thanked and praysed [...] souerayne lorde god of his good aduertysynge / and of [...] grace that he dyd to her. And thus b [...]hrey [...]s [...] [...] ge she conceyued and chylded thre [...] [...]hat [...] [...]wyte ye fyrst Godfrey of Boulyon / these [...] and the thyrde Eustace. The whiche she [...] and [...]ou [...] [...]ed dylygently. But in a solempnyt [...] [...] ary [...] [...] Boulyon the bysshop of Lyege / the duke [...] [...] [...]uke of Fryse / the erle of Flaundres / the erle o [...] [...] many other grete prynces and myghty barons [...] [...]ho were [...]here assembled for to make a certay [...] [...] [...] [...] ­ment touchȳge ye prouysyon of some affayres yt [...] [Page] whiche the [...]e [...]t yonge Eustace somwhat [...]o [...]onge [...] y [...] [...]e / wherfore he began to wepe so faste that a woman [...]ge one of the nouryces ranne dyligently for to apease [...] / and gaue hym her pappe for to souke. And whā his [...]er the countesse retourned for to vysyte hym she foun­ [...]e [...] sayd nouryce the whiche gaue hym to souke of her [...]ke. Wherfore she was so gretely angred and dysplea­ [...] [...] she sayd. Ha woman euyll aduysed what haue ye pre [...]ly done. Now shall my sone Eustace lese his noble dy­ [...]te for to haue taken of your mylke / wherfore I ought [...] to hate you. Alas madame sayd the nouryce for god­ [...] [...]oue pardon me / for certaynly I wende to haue done [...] because he wepte so fast to thende to haue stylled hȳ. [...] the sayd countesse abode all the daye by her thre chyl­ [...] / without ony meet or drynke for the dyspleasure that [...] [...]ad of that another woman than she had gyuen sou [...] [...] her chylde. And after dyner the erle of Boulyon ledde [...] [...]he prynces / lordes / and barons afore named in to his [...]ete chambre for to shewe vnto them his thre fayre so­ [...] Godfrey / Baudwyn / and Eustace. And whan yt they [...] [...]e the noble countesse besyde her thre chyldren they sa­ [...] [...] her and them ryght [...] [...]ely. And in lykewyse on [...] syde she receyued and feested them with her speche as [...] [...]he as to her was possyble / and to thē shewed her. [...] [...]dren / but for to make them ony welcomynge she wol­ [...] [...]ot ones aryse. wherfore her husbande the erle was so [...]yspl [...]sed / but he conueyed eche of them to his lodgys [...] [...]hout makynge ony semblaunt therof. Than h [...] retour [...] agayne to her al angry for to blame her the [...] [...] sayd.

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