SPELLES
Intonate an opening. Many at this gate allege names notorious & catholic. Names made textes of ſpelles / ſcript meets perpetuall memory & crypt
for verifying
les paroles
auctouritate
these ſyxe
ſage matrones
So experte & ability / the dames could conjur a blue devyl / tie him to a pillow or a couſin from whiche the names enſued. ſhoulde that there ende
In wytneſe of truce there muſt be III women for two men to make and accompliſhe then the number of the bard /
prudente in
maner and
teſtimony
truth ſecondes
and approves
it is of neceſyte that there hath ben ſyxe women embeliſhed to make this worke / bycauſe of the mere approbacyon of trouth /
Who was the fyrſt familiar to miſt and wynde theſe ſpelles / deſcended from ſame worker before ſame amicable ſecretary memory is perpetuated on thoſe aſembled
Riddled & much experted in many artes / without any other affinities in cóncluſyon ſhe medled in her olde & of her began
dame Yſegrine du Glay
Here begynneth the fyrſte chapytre of the ſpelles
Gloſe. On this chapytre ſit
ancient bands mauved in
ardente if penitence they
lacke / mound of hoſpitals
The ſeconde chapytre
Gloſe. Certifiable / pleſurable
miracles tranſgreſſ this chapytre.
The thyrde chapytre
Gloſe. One who begyns to ſea
a ſelf in like deſperitude
The. iiij. chapytre.
Gloſe.
The. vi. chapytre.
Gloſe. At this motif an aſiſtant
named / if they be a bad worker
/ if to ſleep bade
The. viij. chapytre.
Gloſe. Her wombe brought
foure lyppes / foure furors
The. xv. chapytre.
Gloſe. Periſhed indolent /
ſleep oſifies alone in
companie bedded they.
The. xx. chapytre
Gloſe. Small enfans / bearers
of baners and confabulations
ſygne ſtretes into theyr mortalyte
This laſte derelict chapytre withers naturale inſtruments. Circle the hurt or below the ſtomach cough
dame Tranſeline du Croq / In ſuch ſcripted confeſed manner parlance commences
The fyrſt chapytre.
Gloſe. This choſe or thynge is
veritable though endureth but
ſyxe wekes / wherfore it muſt
be renewed.
The. iiij. chapytre.
Gloſe. On this article an
argument ſounded grete
noyſe amonge the aſiſtentes.
One ſuſtayned the texte /
others the gloſe / Grete
clamoure to continue her
lecture ſcylence obteyned.
The. vij. chapytre.
Gloſe. ſygne a neſted ſygnatur
/ road hoſtile
The. x. chapytre.
Gloſe. Alwayſ redie to forgate
telling is a thynge of value
The. xiij. chapytre.
Gloſe. Blacke Hole affermeth
that this chapytre is troue /
dogges fyght gladly over it
The. xxi. chapytre.
Gloſe. Behynde the others a
guaryſon dyctates but the olde
matrone is lucid in her maladies
Deduction concludeth this journey / Tyme comes as comon eſcorte ſecretely babyil
dame Abunde of the oven reported a profounde ſcyence. Once a merchant of luxurie growne fatte in her roundnes / ſcyence made
The. v. chapytre.
Gloſe. Pacyent regurgitates
when in chambre the wynde
gargles / ſykness ſygnes to good
The. ix. chapytre.
Gloſe. Wulves houle peſtylence
by famine / warre and ſtate
The. xi. chapytre.
Gloſe. ſunne tornes contrary
tornes daye tornes dos
The. xiiij. chapytre.
Gloſe. It ſhall not be poſyble
to loſe any chekyns or hennes
when ſterres are ſaluted
The. xviij. chapytre.
Gloſe. To this purpoſe the
wulfe is honoured / the yere
fares full of faire dayes
At mydnyght they began to take theyr diſtaves and ſpyndelles / whorles / aprons and flaxe / all inſtruments uſed in the arte of ſpynnynge / and returne unto theyr houſes.
Enſemble aſembles to here this grave dame Sebylle of the marreys / her environs aeged / meager and longe
The thyrde chapytre
Gloſe. The wylde one diſes
hunger / ſtorms volunteer
fleiſch on water and land
The. vij. chapytre.
Gloſe. The clapping one claps
pardons and of/fences
The. x. chapytre.
Gloſe. One in a ſeries walks a
chylde fote & to the contrary
The. xiiij. chapytre.
Gloſe. ſhorte hele believes
the devyll is in the herbes
The. xv. chapytre.
Gloſe. ſoone redy faces to-
wards the oryent ſo that the
generacyon of a love dede
is a ſone
The. xxii. chapytre.
Gloſe. Jokingly a fallen hors
may feed adventures or hurte
ſome membres
Murmure of thurſday / dyſpleaſed that the worlde ſholde be governed by conſtytuſyons and wordes. Though egges / floure & butter brought and banquet made.
A gentylwoman dame Gonbarde the faee / for gracious wyne began her tome
The. vi. chapytre.
Gloſe. ſtable and kyen/cows
made beſtes for our milc lyppes
The. ix. chapytre.
The. xij. chapytre.
Gloſe. Of this chapytre an
exeption / a tyght knotte
The. xv. chapytre.
The. xvj. chapytre.
Gloſe. Gylted mouthe meagers
hote potage / tethe blacke
The. xix. chapytre.
Gloſe. Defaute of the mone
engendered cuſtom ſet at default
Reſydue / bagages / artycles lyberally wente
Tranſported my gobettes/chunks / paper / pene & ynke / ſat in my ſyege accuſtomed
dame Berthe the horned profyted moche from huſbande who ſtudyed in the arte of grammer / geomatrye & phyſyke
The. xij. chapytre.
Gloſe. Sounde deftly the hurte
of batayl / violet & violent
fyght names clothed bare
The. xv. chapytre.
Gloſe. Rubyes encumbered
this trouthe is certayne.
ſtrawes drunke & laughed
The. xvij. chapytre.
Gloſe. Folc proceſſion is
a ſygne of mortalitie
The. xix. chapytre.
Gloſe. Concluſyon creatures
in the deſerte claiminh felyſhyp
and countree. Langage neygh-
bours an anſwere / ſtorkes a houſe
The concluſyon and excuſynge of the auctour
The ſyxe doctoreſes thanked me for the payne of auctouriſing theyr wordes & rewarded me with a promyſe of a damoyſell. If you bother to rede / or here rede / theſe chapytres do not loke for trouthe but for fragylyte
Here the ſpelles ende though another may come to augmente them