❧: Examples how mortal sin maketh the sinners inobedients to have many pains and dolors within the fire of Hell.  
And first Example of a Father of an household the which saw two ponds and the torments of Hell.   

The exemplary upon the pains of Hell.  
MEN find by writing this that which followeth how the disciple reciteth in the Book of his promptuary & saith that the father of a household yielded his soul to god/ & all his household watched him and kept his body by night by the divine mercy he revived & yode unto the church to yield thanks unto god. And all that he had he gave to the church and to the poors. afterward he yode unto an hermitage and by a water made his dwelling and entered within the said water and let his clothes to be ysye and frozen near to his flesh. And after that he entered into a bain right hot and sustained such pain till unto the death. And when he was reproved to endure such pain he said. If ye had seen that that I have seen ye should do with me that I do/ or more greater thing. And he recounted terrible things of the pains of hell in saying that when his soul departed fro his body an Angel led him into a valley of infinite greatness. In the which there were two ponds/ the one was full of worme● and of flames of fire eygrelye burning and hot. And the other pond was frozen/ & there was terrible coldness of snow & of half And these two ponds were full of ●oules terrible tormented/ the which when they might no more sustain the great cruelty of the fire they passed in to the cold. And they that might not sustain the coldness passed in to the hot. etc. afterward the angel fed him by darkness right thick and there saw little flames and little heaps and assemblementes of fire the which proceeded from the furnace of hell & mounted as high as sparkles of fire & men of fire thorough them proceeded/ & there felt stink intolerable/ and there hard weepings/ wailings/ and howlings in comporables and saw the devils right terribles that held hooks of fire the which coveted to catch thee Father of the household to cast him in the furnace/ but the Angel defend that they should not touch him. For the judge had commanded that he should return in to his body for to do penance. And there he did such penance that it passed man's reason. After he died ioyouslye. etc. To the purpose of this example that speaketh of the fiery pond saint Iohn saith. Qui non est inventus in libro vite scriptus missus est in flagnum ignis arden's & sulphuris He the which is not found written in the Book of life when he is deed is sent in to a pond of fire burning & of sulpre. This pō●e here whereof speaketh saint Iohn is not of cold water or boiling wherein the sinners be ●songed/ drowned/ or boiled as false money makers/ but it is by similitude as a pond or a cauldron of fire & of sulphur molten burning and boiling wherein the dampened be sent there to be plunged smored/ brent and boiled the which is the second death that cometh after the death corporal whereof speaketh saint Gregory in his morals. Fit miseris mors sine morte/ finis sine fine/ defectus sine defectu. etc.  
¶ Example of a Father and his Son the which were seen in hell in torment of fire burning boiling as doth the peason in a pot on the fire. Quere lxxiii Also saint johan sayeth in the appocalyps that the homycides/ fornicators/ enuenymours/ idolaters / and all ly●rs shall be sent in to a pond burning of fire and sulphur the which is the secon●e death. Vn̄. appoca. xxi. Pars illorum erit in stagno ardenti igne & sulphur quod est mors s●cunda. Unto the purpose of the secon●e pond the which was frozen and that the dampened passed from the pond of the fire in to that of the cold. It is written job. xxiiii Ad calorem nimium transiet ab aquis nivium And from the great cruelty of cold and of torments that the dampened have god saith in the gospels that they shall weep & grind their teeth of great pain that they shall endure. Vn Math. viii. xxiiii. Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.  

¶ Another Example how a rich man was put in a Chair of ☞ Fire. ☜  
THE disciple reciteth how a devout man saw by vision a rich man lead in to hell that had be much honoured in this world and exceeded in worldly glory/ in gluttony/ lechery/ in songs/ and in dive resolaces. And the prince of the devils rose up from his chair/ came before him and made him to sit in a chair all of fire and said unto him Sit thou here for the honour that thou hast had in the world. And was constrained to drink of liquor right bitter/ stinking and foul. And they said to him that it was for that he had drunken in the world the drinks full of swetenesses and two devils were there with trumpets the which blewe in his ears that the slambes of fire yode out by the eyes/ nostrils/ mouth and ears. And it was said unto him that it was for the bain and songs that he had hard in the world And they put serpents about his neck and unto his arms/ & said unto him that it was for the embracements of women that he had had in living lecherously. etc.   

¶ Another Example of a woman that saw the pains of her husband and of other dampened.  
THe disciple reciteth in his sermons thy the which followeth the which is also written in other Books and sayeth that a Knight right puissant was abandoned in torneymentes the which lived miserably/ and mischievously died. His wife the which abode widow was right devout and holy. The which recounted unto her brother Albert master of the order of the preachers that after the death of her said husband she was ravished in spirit and saw by the soul of her said husband great multitude of devils assembled. And the one of them the which appeared to be master commanded unto his companions and fellows that they should put a pair of hosen on his feet of the which the pricks otherwise called darts pierced him from the plant of the feet till unto the brain. afterward he made him to be clothed in a haubergyon whereof the prickings pierced all his body on all parts before and behind. afterward he made to put on his heed a helm of the which the pricks in descending pierced him till unto the plant of the foot. afterward he made to put upon his shoulder a shield otherwise called a mark or token the which was so heavy that all his membres were frusshed. After that the Prince of the devil had made all these things to be done to the said cursed soul he said again unto the said devils. The custom of this man was that after his tornementes that he used baynes/ & after his banns that he was laid in his bed and by him a tender maiden the which he embraced and with her meddled/ appropre him semblable things. And without tarrying the said soul was much tormented bayned in a bain of fire/ and afterward laid in a bed of fire burning and fast by him a toad of the greatness of the bed the which was so horrible & had so terrible eyen that of the embracing and of the touching & of the kissing that the said toad made and of the horrible looks he was more brent and tormented than he ne had be before of the said armours/ of the bayne/ and of the bed. Alas what pains have those the which in such wise been tormented. That blessed won an that saw by the dispensation of God the things beforesaid unto the Soul of her said Husband was so much tormented that marvel it was all thee days of her fife of the recordation of the vision before rehearsed of her Husband.   

¶ Another Example how a s●●uaunt saw his master the which was led in to pains.  
MEn find by writing this the which followeth how the disciple reciteth in his promptuary and saith that there was a noble man oppressor and persecutor of poor people and loved thee world. The which as he rested him in his bed his servant the which lay before his chamber was ravished by vytion before thee throne of god. And there saw his said master that was accused of all the things that he had done/ and for them sentence of damnation was given and was led of deuylle● before lucifer with great dancing. Unto whom lucifer said Approach unto me mine own faithful servant that I may kiss him. And when he was before him Lucyfer said peas be not with the in eternity. Again Lucyfer said. He had of custom to bathe him/ l●be him to the vain. Than was he bayned of a bain infernal and moche tormented with the nails of the devils/ and some least fire upon him. After he was laid in a bed infernal. And Lucyfer commanded that after the vain men should give him to drink in the chalice of the ire of god. And he was constrained to drink of fire & sulphur molten togethers. And as he cried it sufficed Lucyfer said. He had of custom to here symphonyes. So there arose up. two. symphonyatours the which were two devils with Instruments full of fire the which blew against him in such manner that from his eyen and his mouth & fro his nose the flames of fire yode out. After lucifer made him to be brought and said to him. Thou hast song of songs sing me one & he said. What shall I sing/ but that cursed be the day that I was borne. And Lucyfer said unto him Sing a better song. And he answered. What shall I sing/ but cursed be the father that begat me. And Lucyfer said unto him/ sing yet a better. And the accursed said/ but that cursed be that god the which hath suffered that I was borne upon the earth unto this purpose sayeth the psalmist. Non mortui landabunt te dne: neque oens qui descendunt in infernum. And Lucyfer said/ here in the song that I would have/ lead him unto the place that he hath deserved. And he was cast in to a pit of fire. Than the devils made so great dancing that it seemed that all should fall. And at the said dancing the servant of the said man awoke. The which ran unto the chamber of his said master and found him deed. Than he told the said vision. etc.   

¶ Another Example of a scholar of Paris the which appeared unto his master after his death in great torments.  
IT is written in the legend of the deed that one of the masters of Paris named Scilo prayed right greatly his scoter that if he died that he would appear unto him after his death for to denounce unto him of his estate if it pleased unto God. And one time after he appeared/ the which was clothed with a cloak of parchment all written without forth of sophyms/ and within enflombed with fire/ and the said master demanded him what he was. He answered I am he the which hath promised to come again unto the & he was axed of his estate he said. This cloak weigheth more on me than a great tower/ the which is given me to bear for the vainglory that I took in the arguments/ of sophistry/ that is to say fullacyons. And the slambe of fire the which brynneth me is given for the furtes delycyousses that I wore. And as the said master said that such pain was light to bear. The dead body said unto him that he should stretch out his hand and that he should f●le the lightness of his pain. And when he had stretched out his hand the said dead body let fall a drop of his sweet the which pierced the said hand more sooner than should do an arrow/ and said unto him. I 〈◊〉 all such. And the said master felt so horrible torment that he was so feared that he f●fte the world and entered in to religion. In like wise a●telleth the chanter of parye. etc.   

¶ Another Example of the Soul dampened that wept the time that he had lost.  
IT is written in the book of dread that as a holy man was in orison he herd by the will of god a voice horrible weeping. He demanded who it was that in such wise wept. Answer was made the which said. I am a soul dampened. And he demanded wherefore weepest thou so bitterly. He answered and said that one of the things wherefore he and all the dampened sorrow most for is that that they have loft and consumed the time of grace unprofytablye in sinning/ wherein an hour by repentance they might have gotten grace & escaped the torments wherein they be and shallbe eternally. By this example these sinners should understand that it is the most great good deed that may be in them as to be in the estate of grace well confessed/ & repentance of their sins. Also by that that this soul wept in hell is unto the purpose of that that the Euamgylles say that the dampened weep in Hell. unde. Mathei. viii. Et luce. xiiii. Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium. Unto this purpose tongdalus the which saw the torments of hell & afterward was brought again told that he saw in hell a torment of an yzye pond where the souls the which therein were tormented cried so horrible that they were herd unto heaven. And after where the said tongdalus spoke of the pit of hell he heard great cries & howlings of souls and thondre so horrible that no man ne might think no tongue declare the horrible cry and the noise thee which was in thee said torment. etc.   

¶ Another Example of two men the which were in pains when S. Taurayn araised them.  
IT is written in the legend of saint Taurayn that tidings wear brought unto a right honourable man that his son and his squire were deed. And for to abridge the matter saint Taurayne araised the said son. The which yode incontinent on knees before saint Taurayne and required him to be baptized. And after that he was baptized said unto his Father. Halas Father thou knowest what miserable life we lead & what pains those sustain the which been semblables unto us. And what glory is unto those the which love & serve unto the god the which is to be honoured of man. Certainly I have seen him to be in the company of Angels and to pray unto god for us And when the said son araised had spoken these words & many other unto his Father he yode on knees before saint Taurayn and caused him to baptize him. And also his wife mother of the said raised. And for to be short in that day so many of great lords as of little people a thousand & two hundred persons were baptized. And afterward at the request of the said son araised S. Taurayn araised also afterward the squire the which witnessed that he was in great pains when a messenger came to tell him of the sovereign master that he were brought again & taken unto saint Taurayn. And this said squire araised said unto the said son. He the which hath brought me again hither commandeth the that thou dispose the to return unto him. And in continent a Fever took him/ and after the commandment died   

¶ Another Example of three dead men araised the which recounteth of the pains of purgatory and of hell/ and how they were in judgement before God.  
IT is written in the epistle of the holy bishop named sitillus that by the merits of saint Iherome that which appeared unto saint Eusebe three dead bodies were araised for to take away a great error the which reigned in that time among the greeks that it came in the latins of the heretics that said that the ill persons ne should have of torments in hell till unto the day of judgement that the body & the soul should be remit togethers. The three deed bodies that were araised lived. xx. days/ the which were demanded why they wept so sore. And the one of them said unto him that asked it. If thou knew the pains the which before yesterday I endured thou shouldest have evermore cause to weep. And he was required to tell what pains he had endured & suffered within ●ell. He said that the dampened and those in 〈…〉 have so great pains that if a p●●son● s●uld endure in this world all the pains/ torm●nt●s/ and afflictions that a man may t●yn●e/ that n● should be but consolation to endure all that/ in regard of the seest pain of purgatory/ or of hell. Also he said. If any living had felt the experience of the dolour the which is in hell or in purgatory/ that he should love better to endure till unto the end of the world wihout any remedy togethers all the pains and torments that all the men and women hath endured one after another sith Adam unto now/ than to be tormented one day in the least pain that is in hell or in purgatory. And therefore if ye axe me what the cause is wherefore I weep. It is for that that I knowledge me to have sinned against god/ & that justly he punysseth the sinners wherefore I weep to have deserved such punition. afterward he was axed wherein differeth the pains & torments of purgatory/ & those of hell. He answered that they ne dyffre as unto thee quality and quantity of pains they been of one self greatness/ but they dyffre in as much as the pains of hell have none end. And also the dampened shall have augmentation of torments in judgement when they shall there be tormented in body and soul. And the pains of purgatory shall have an end. For when the penance is accomplished/ those of purgatory been delivered Also he was asked if those the which been in purgatory and in hell have equal torments or divers. He answered that the one have more great torments and divers than the other after the quantity and greatness of sins that they have committed. And also the dampened albeit that they been in a place of pains/ yet feel● they more great torments the one than the other/ after the quantity/ & qualities of sins that they have committed. For in the person where there is more of matter of sin/ & more strongly the fire him taketh and brynneth more cruelly. Also he was demanded how he bore the deed when the soul issued out from the body. He answered/ when mine hour of death came in place where I was he found so many of devils that a man might/ number them for the great multitude the which were so horrybles to behold that a man ne can think more great pain than it is. Any man had liefer cast himself more sooner in a fire flambing and burning than to behold them with the eye/ the which devils came unto me and brought again unto my mind all the cursed operations that I had done again god esmoving that I ne had more of esperance of the divine mercy the which I have greatly offended. And certes know ye that if the mercy of god ne had aided me I ne might have resisted unto them. For when my spirit was destitute of all force little & little I me consented unto their words/ and saint Iherome arrived more clear than the son with great multitude of Angels the which came unto mine aid. And the said saint Iherome blamed them/ & they departed with great howlings and clamours. etc. For to abridge this matter the said are ysed said that his soul was borne before god in judgement in like wise as a man may shut the eye/ but how ne of whom he ne knew. Moreover he said all the sins that he had done/ spoken/ and thought in all his life appeared clearly unto the judge and before all in likewise as they had been present/ so that there ne abode the most little thought but that it appeared so it had be thought. Also he said that he was replenished with so great fear that marvel it was. And that great multitude of devils were there present the which witness the ills that we have done in declaring the place/ the manner and the time and the ills that men spoke against us/ we ne may again say then in no manner. For the judge knoweth and seeth all. Also the jousts and presents it seen and know. Alas what shall I say/ we ne abide more than the sentence to be brought forth again us. For all the presents ●●ye unto the judge that we bendygne of torments. And almost no good deed appeared wherein we had esperance to have the mercy of god. And when he ne resisted more as to bring forth the sentence the which is justly given again the sinners that blessed saint Iherome was present. Also were present saint johan baptist/ saint Peter/ and great multitude of Angels the which required of the judge that our sentence were yet dyffer●ed a little of time for the reverence and devotion that we had made unto the said saint Iherome. And for to destroy the error the which reigned in the world. And he was accorded unto the said saint Iherome that that he required. The which led us with him. And showed us the glory of the blessed souls and the pains of hell and of purgatory/ to th'end that we might witness certain that thing that we have seen. The which things be not here written for because of shortness. And would that we were put within the pains of purgatory to th'end that we should prove the experience of the pains the which there been in the which we were put. For to abridge the said saint Iherome us commanded that we should come again in to our bodies. And that we should witness that/ that we had seen/ & us promised that on the twenty day if we did dign penance of the sins that we had committed that we should die again with saint Eusebe the which should die on the said day and we should have glory. And so our souls were incontinent within their bodies. etc.   

¶ Another Example how a devil said that the soul of the Earl Guyllaume was in horryhle pain.  
IT is written in Dialogo Cesarii this the which followeth how the disciple reciteth in his Book and sayeth that as a knight was at the death in his bed all alene the devil appeared unto him vysy●ly in form and semblance of a sheep the which had the horns of a goat. And when he see him there in such wise he had fere and him demanded what art thou and what seekest t●ou. He answered I am a devil the which am come for to fetch the soul. Unto whom the said Knight said/ depart thou from cursed thief/ I have commanded it unto Ihesu christ that I have received in the sacrament. And the devil said. Varled if thou wilt do me homage I shall yield unto the health and I shall enrich the above all thy parents. And the knight him demanded where been thy treasures. He answered treasures infinite been hid near unto the court. And the said knight asked him/ tell me where is the soul of the Earl Guyllaume that which is lately deed. He answered. It is in hell in so great fire that if the most great mountain were there it should be consumed in less of time than to close the eye. And that pain there is but a bain of mill in the regard of the day of judgement where he shall receive the pain. And he asked him of another man. And he answered he hath be xxxi years in pains but a Monk and Mynche● hath delivered him by good deeds. And again he demanded the devil. From whence camest thou when thou came to me. He answered. I and my fellows were at the death of an abbess awaiting her soul. And the knight him demanded. How many been ye. He answered that the most great forest of the world hath not so many of leaves as we were. And the knight demanded him. What have ye done. He answered/ Alas nothing she was a good religious & saint Michael came thither that which beat us & departed in likewise as departeth the powder before the wind/ and he was axed if he were at the death of such an abbot. He answered that there is not so much of gravel in the see as there was if devils/ but we ne did nothing/ for the villains' Monks the which there were & groaned as hoggꝭ ne would let us to approach. And the said knight said. How dare ye go unto the death of so holy a man. And the devil said I was at the death of the son of god/ and set me on the arm of the Cross/ wherefore dare I not than go unto the death of such a man. etc.   

¶ Another Example how a religious would more sooner enter into a fire than to behold the devil.  
THe disciple reciteth in his promptuary and saith that one time a religious came unto the death the which cried horribly cursed be the hour that ever I was religious/ and after held his peace. And within a little while afterward he began to laugh with a joyous face & said. Nay. But blessed be the time that I entered into the order. And blessed be the glorious Mother of jesus christ that I love and again held his peace. The freres that which were by him and heard these words wept and prayed for him. Two hours after he said unto a frere the which was by him/ call my brethren. For god hath exalted their prayers And he said unto them when t●ey were entered. My brothers ye were trouble● of the first wor●e I s●●de unto you/ but the cause of the word was for that that the devils horrible appeared unto me/ the which would ravish my soul. And for the dread I was ravished out of myself and cursed the hour that I entered in to religion I tell you that if a great fire were here melled with brimstone/ and that I had to choose to put me within it or else to behold again the devils in the form that I have seen them/ I shallbe chose more sooner to put me in the f●re than to behold them/ afterwards the Queen of heaven and of mercy came the which chased away the devils. And when I see her I conceived esperance/ and for the great joy that I had I have laughed and blessed the hour that I entered in to religion and the virgin Mary when he had spoken these words he died debonayrely. etc.   

¶ Another Example how the vision of the devil is horrible.  
IT is written in some Books this the which followeth that the disciple reciteth in his promptuary and saith that the abbot of saint agathe came unto coleyne with one of his Monks and a converse with a woman demonyacle. And when the abbot asked the devil of some things he ne wol●e answer. The abbot said afterward. I conjure the by him that I have trayted in the Mass that thou answer me. And incontinent the devil answered unto those things that men demanded him. After the abbot conjured him that he should go forth of the woman. The devil answered. And whether shall I go. The abbot said/ I have opened my mouth to th'end that thou there entre. The devil said I ne may there enter/ for this day the right haut god there entered. Than the abbot said. ●epe upon my two fingers my thumb and the next it. The devil answered I will not for thou haste this day traycted the right haut with them. And he said unto him that he should go forth. The devil said the right halt ne will it not/ I shallbe yet two years in her/ and than she shall be delivered. And so was it done. Than the Monk & the converse prayed the abbot that he would show himself unto them in form natural. And he first refused it afterwards he would it and said unto the devil. I command the in the virtue of jesus christ that thou appear upon us in thy natural kind. And the devil said. And will ye not depart if ye see me not/ and the abbot said nay. Than the devil showed himself so horrible within the body of the woman that it was marvel to see/ his eyes sparkled as a furnayse embraced in fire smoking. When the said Monk and converse saw that they fell unto the earth as dead for fear/ the abbot had also fallen if he had not commanded the devil to take his first form. The which things he did and the devil said. Thou never commanded me so foolish a thing/ know thou for certain that if thou hadst not received this day the divine things/ none of you ne had reported unto any man that that I have showed/ weenest thou that a man may see me and live/ nay. In the end the Monk and the converse were revived by cold water. etc.   

¶ Another Example how a man considered if after a hundreth thousand years the dampened should be delivered from hell.  
THe disciple reciteth in his promptuary & sayeth that as a man much secular and delycatyve thought one time unto him ses●e if after a hundred thousand years the souls of the dampened should be delivered from pains. And his thought answered him that nay. And after a hundred thousand years nay. And if after as many of years as there are of drops of water in the see/ nay. And in thinking such things he was much troubled. And as he was f●reful he began to understand & to apperceive that the loue●s of the world accursed and in darkness the which run in pains eternall●s for a little of time that they live in this world in joys transytoryes in the will of the flesh. A man should here understand that when the sinners die impenitents/ obstinate/ and abide in their syn̄●s an● them bear with them with taking away the gift of the said sins by contrition and penance ne without asking any grace ne mercy of as much as when they live in this world and that they have the time and and the place that to do. And for as much as the soul is eternal and immortal the which shall be sent in to the fire of hell there for to abide/ and that she s●all have with her evermore sin the which is the matter of the fire that it shall burn. I● like wise the soul shall evermore suffer pain & evermore shall burn with the said fire the which never shall have mercy nor grace. etc.   

¶ Another Example that is enjoined unto a person to be in a good bed without departing.  
IT is written in the promptuary of the disciple that the bishop of Marseyll said unto himself. When I was a lover of the world/ and had given me unto worldly vanities I began to think one time of the eternity of the pains of hell. And I said in my heart. If thou were establed to lie the evermore in a bed soft and delycatyve in such manner that thou shouldest not depart for any occasion so ever it should be/ with gr●at pain shouldst t●ou sustain that. How mayest thou than lie & burn in such pain eternal/ in tolerable in hell if it fall that thou be thither sent. By this occasion I left all and made me Monk. etc.   

¶ Another Example how a young man made him religious for to think if his fair membres should be the pasture and the matter of the fire of hell.  
IT is written in some Books this the which followeth how the disciple reciteth in his promptuary and sayeth that one time as master jordayn persuaded a young man noble fair of membres that he should enter in the order of preachers/ he found him that he was not prompt that to do. And he said unto him in the end of the word●s. I pray the that thou do it incontinent for the love of god 〈◊〉 behold thy hands & the other fair membres/ what damage s●all that ●e if so far membres shall be the pasture of the fire eternal. And he did it. For this thing he entered in to the order and so contemned himself for the love of God.   

¶ Rapina. ¶ Another Example of the punition of a knight the which took away the Cow of a woman widow.  
SOme Masters hath written this the which followeth how the disciple reciteth in his Book of sermons and sayeth that one time a knight took away the Cow of a woman widow/ and as she wept and prayed him to restore it for to nourish her children. The knight answered. If I took her not another after me should come the which should take her. After her death by the sufferance of god the said knight was seen that first many great devils hedeous and black him tormented right cruelly and horribly/ and specially one amongst all the other ceased not to beat him and to torment him without being weary/ or without leaving him. Than the said knight him demanded wherefore tormentest thou the more than all the other devils the which been here. He answered/ if I tormented that not another should the torment as thou saidest to the good woman of h r Cow that thou tookest away/ if thou tookest her not another should take her. etc. By this Example it ●s to understand that the said knight w●s right digne of pain and punition. For he did unto the good woman that that he ne wol●e a man should do h●m again the commandment of god the which is love thy neighbour as thyself/ ne do unto another no more than thou wouldest a man should do the. unde Levetici. nineteen. & Ma. xxii. Eiliges proximum tuum secut teipsum. Et Tho●i●. iiii. Quod ab alio tibi odie fieri/ vide ne tu●liqn̄ alteri facias. Et ysido. Quod non vis p●ti non facis quod nōvis tibi fieri alteri nūꝙ īf●ras. Non interas alu mala ne patiaris simi●●a. The said knight had no will that a man should take away his cow as he did unto the said widow. And for that was he punished. etc.   

¶ Another Example of a ravisher in pain the which took the goat of a woman widow/ and did of great oppressions unto his subjects.  
THe disciple reciteth in his promptuary and sayeth that a religious of the order of cysternen●is laboured unto the death/ he saw. S. Benet the which came unto the separation of his soul/ the which showed unto him many houses of the saved and of the torments of the dampened. And amongs the other he saw a great prince borne burning and resident in a chair of fire. And before him there was of fair women the which put their faces of fire in his mouth/ and he brynned till unto the nombryll/ and he was bet horribly. This said man had be a puissant princes lecherous. After the said lecherous he saw another that the devils did i'll/ And afterward they cast and sprinkled of salt upon him. And upon a gyrdyron of fire brent him and roasted. This said man had be a lord cruel the which made of great oppressions unto his subjects/ and made of demands injust unto the poors. afterward the said religious saw another the which road a horse of fire and had a token of fire the which otherwise men call a bokelet/ and bare a goat of fire. And after the tail of the goat he bore an habit of amonste. This said man was a ravisher the which took the goat of a woman widow. And when he was sick he received the habit of a monk/ not by charity ne by will to abide in the order if he might be hole. But by the admonition of his friends/ & for that he drew the habit of a monk after him. afterward the said religious saw many other people the which sustained many other pains after the similitude of the manners that they had sinned in this world. It is that whereof the sage speak. Sapien. xi. Perq peccat homo: ꝑ hec & torquentur. By the thing that a man sinneth by that shall he be tormented to th'end that he have evermore remours in his conscience that ill that he endureth is given unto him for his proper sins. unde Ysaye ultimo: it Marci. ix. Vermis eorum. s. morsus conscienti non moritur & ignis non extinguitur.   

¶ Another Example how a miller was borne to see the torments of hell and after was brought again in to his body.  
MEn find by writing this the which followeth how the disciple reciteth in his promptuary and sayeth that as a man preached of the cross a carl useret bought again a vow for money that he had made unto the sepulchre of Iherusalem. And yode unto the dyspensatour fraudulently/ and gave unto him for his said vow an hundred shillings as he might well give xlviii. li. without disheriting his children And as this said carl sat at the taverners he said unto the other the which had made of vows. Ye fools shall pass the see in peril of your lives and shall dispend your substance/ I have bought my vow for five pound/ saved my life and dwell sure in my house. And also I shall have semblable reward as you. And in a night as he was in his bed with his wife he heard in his mill moving tempest In likewise as the wheels grinding. And he said unto his son go see who is in the mill. He yode and returned anon with great fear. Of whom the master demanded. what hast thou seen. He answered I had so great fear at thee door of the mill/ that I must needly come again. And he said if the devil were there yet should I go to see what it is. Than he cast his vestiment upon his shoulders and yode unto the mill/ he was all naked but of the said vestiment He opened the door & looked within/ and saw two horses right black/ and a black man by them and said unto the carl host the leap upon this horse the which is brought unto the. That carl had fere and the blackeman said unto him/ what tarriest thou/ caste away the vestiment and come/ there was on the vestiment a cross. He was despaired all the voice and calling of the devil kest alway his vestiment and leapt upon the horse And the black man leapt upon the other horse/ and they were led incontinent in dyuer● places of pains. In the which the accursed saw his father and his mother. And many other that he had known. And he saw a knight named Helye of the castle Horst the which was mounted upon a cows back towards the horns The which Cow ran on the one side and on the other and tormented horribly the said knight in striking him with her horns on the back. And the cattle him demanded wherefore he sustained such pain/ and he answered. I have ravished this Cow and taken away from a woman widow without mercy. And therefore she me tormenteth without mercy. afterward there was showed unto the said carl a siege of fire and it was said unto him. Thou shalt return even now in to thy house. And after three days thou shalt come again in to this place here/ and thou shalt take thy reward in this siege. After these words here the devil brought him again in to his myllt. And he found his wife and his household as half deed/ unto whom he told that/ that he had seen. And how it happened. The Priest was called for to cheer him and to counsel him to confess him/ and to have contrition. And he answered wha● profit me these words here I ne may repent me. For I see that in vain I should confess me. And I know that of necessity it is to accomplish in me that the which is disposed and the accursed died so without receiving the sacraments of the church. etc.   

¶ Another Example that a knight died/ and after was brought again into his body/ the which recounted of a bridge right straight upon a water by the which him behoveth to pass.  
IT is written in the Dialogue of saint Gregory that a knight died & within a little after came again into his body the which told that he had seen a bridge under the which bridge ran a water stinking and dark. And on the other side of the bridge there was meadows smelling sweet and adorned with all flowers. And in those meadows were assembled of people clothed in white the which were fulfilled of sweetness and odours of the said flowers. And at the said bridge there was such probation that when any of the unjust there passed he fell in to the black water stinking/ and the just passed till unto the place delectable. And the said knight saw there without the bridge a man named peter bound with great weight of iron. And he demanded wherefore he suffered such pain. Answer was given that when men gave him any for to do vengeance he desired it more to do by cruelty than by obedience. Also the said knight said that he saw a pilgrim the which passed upon the bridge all over of also great authority as he had lived in the world cleanly. And he saw another named steven the which as he passed the said bridge his foot stood in such wise that he than fell of the said bridge in like as half. And than some men right black lift them up from the said water the which drew him downward by the thighs. And some men right fair clothed in white took him by the arms and they drew him upward/ & as this strife was the said knight was put again in to his body. And he ne knew which of them should vanquish/ but saint Gregory sayeth that it is to understand that the ills that he had done strove again the almsdeeds. And by the other the which drew him downward appeared that he had not perfectly resisted unto the sins of the flesh. This Example ought to draw all persons to live cleanly/ purely/ & holily to th'end that they may pass the said bridge unto the place delectable without falling in to the torment beforesaid. And the sinners should also correct them of ill & to do penance/ or they shall fall of the said bridge in to the said water/ wherein they shall be punished.   

¶ Another Example of the vision of Tongdalus the which suffered many pains in purgatory and saw of the torments of hell and after was brought again in to his body.  
IN the years of our Lord a thousand xlix. There was a man named Tongdalus in a City of the land of Irlande. This said Tongdalus was noble of lineage/ a fair man young of age/ curleys of all goodness and of great honour. He was great and right appert of the art of chivalry Also he was well speaking/ and good in disporting/ & of as much more as he trusted in his beauty and his force of as much the less was it unto him of the health of his soul And if any man said any thing to him for the health of his soul he was grieved with him/ he despyted the holy church/ he ne deigned to behold the poors in their indigence/ Moreover he gave that that was in his palace for to have the praise of the world and many he had of friends and of companions And it came one day that he sat at table with one of his companions for to eat. And incontinent that he had taken of the meat he died of death sudden and the body fell unto the earth/ In like wise as it never had had soul. The servants ran unto him/ the meat was taken away/ weepings/ and lamentations were made/ men range the bells. The people was much amarveled of the death the which had taken this noble man so suddenly. He died the wednesday about the hour of noon. And from that hour till unto the saturday at noon he abode so the body without burying for that that in the lefts party he had a little of heat. And on the saturday at noon the soul came again unto the body. And so by the space of an hour he beheld those the which were by him/ unto whom he made a token that he should have the body of god. And after that he had received it he began to praise god & to yield unto him graces and said. Sir all puissant more great is thy mercy than all my sins. And afterward said this word the which is written in the Psalter. That is to say. How many tribulations and ills hast thou showed unto me/ and I being converted thou hast quickened me. And hast brought me again from the deepness of the earth. And incontinent that he had spoken those words he departed/ and gave unto the poors the that he had/ and promised above all things to love the life that he had before led/ and all that he had seen and suffered he recounted it unto us and said. when my soul issued out of my body she knew and saw the sins that she had done. And so began she to doubt. But she knew not what it was that she should do. And she would rentre within my body/ but she might not. But she ne durst go out/ for she dread her sins of all parts/ and she ne had trust in no thing but unto the great mercy of god. And so began to weep and to tremble/ and she knew not what she should do/ and anon after/ she saw come unto her so great number and multitude of devils that all the house streets and place of the City were full the which environed her on all parts/ the which devils said. Sing we unto this soul the song of death/ that we unto her should sing/ for she is the daughter of the death perdurable and the viand of the fire extynguyble enemy of the light and friend of darknesses. And afterward and again her they gryned & wheted their teeth & said unto her. Unhappy soul here is the people that thou haste chosen with whom thou shalt enter in to hell in parbura●ylyte. Thou haste been a nurse of slander/ a lover o● discord that we love. wherefore art thou not proud/ wherefore ne knowest thou not thy lechery/ where is thy vanity and vain gladness/ where been thy laughings right untempered/ where is thy face wherein thou trustedest so much. wherefore ne shyttest thou not the eye/ wherefore ne tryppest thou with thy foot. wherefore ne thinkest thou the great malice that thou were wont to do in vanities and sins. And as these foresaid devils said these words I looked toward the heaven and saw a far of a light descended in like wise as it had been a star right clear and shining. In the which I had esperance that there was some aid that god sent unto me. And as it approached unto me I apperceived well that it was the Angel of god the which had kept me in this world. And when he approached unto me he also greeted me sweetly and said. God the salve Tongdalus. ¶ And when I saw so fair a young man the which greeted me so sweetly by my proper name by great joy I answered. Alas my Lord the dolors of hell hath beset me about. And the pangs of death hath occupied me/ as it is written. Dolores inferni ci●cumdederunt me: preoccupaverunt me la quci mortis. And the angel answered. Thou callest me now lord I have be evermore with toe/ but judge thou not that I were dign of such great honour The soul answered. Sir I never see the before. And the Angel said. From the hour that thou were borne I have evermore be with the in all places where thou were. And thou ne wouldest never believe my counsel. Than the Angel lift up his hands amongs the devils & showed unto him one the which did unto him worse than the other and said unto him that is he the which counseled the which thou believed & did his will/ but be thou sure that thou shalt have the mercy of god/ and thou shalt suffer a little or torments that thou haste deserved. Come thou after me & that the I shall show that so keep thou it & put thou it in thy memory/ for thou shalt return again within thy body. When the soul had herd this she was much fearful & she approached unto the Angel when the devils heard this word they were mad. For they saw that they ne had of puyssaun e to do ill unto the soul and blasphemed god in saying that he was not rightful/ for he yielded not unto every man after his de●●●● And of the great woodness whereof they were full they beteche other. And they departed from then sorry and heavy as enraged Than the Angel said unto the said soul. Come after me. A sir thou goest before/ these devils shall take me behind and shall lead me in to hell. The Angel answered. Have thou no fere for we have more great aid than they ne have. Sideus pro nobis quis contra nos. If god be for us there is none that may noye us. It is written by the prohete David. Cadent a latere tuo mill et decem millia a dexteris tuis: ad te autem non appropinquabit. Veruntamen oculis tuis considerabis et retributionem peccatorum videbis. That is to say a thousand shall fall on the left side/ and ten thousand on thy right side. Certainly they shall not approach unto the. Albeit thou shalt consider by thine eyes and thou shall see the retribution of thy sins. And when he had said these words they yode forth.  

¶ Of the valley.  
When they were gone longely togethers by so geeat darkness that they had no light/ but that the which praceded of the Angel/ they came in to a valley moche horrible/ the which was right deep and full of brining coals. And about that 〈◊〉 there was a covering of iron brenning of thickness sixth fathom the which was more hot than that which brent underneath. From thence issued so great stench the which grieved more the soul than all that that he had before suffced. Above the said covering descended many chetyves souls the which there were fried as a man fryeth bacon in the pan. And afterward they were strained thorough the covering as wax & fell & descended in to the well of the said valley/ upon the burning coals where they were tormented of a new torment/ thus said the Angel. This pain suffereth those the which have killed fathers or mother's/ or other people by deliberation or deed. And after this torment they shall be led into more great/ but thou ne shalt suffer this said torment albeit that thou haste well deserved it.   

¶ Of the be'st horrible.  
AFter they entered in to a way much horrible crooked & hard. And when they had long gone in darkness/ the soul saw a far a be'st much horrible and fearful of the greatness incredible/ more great than all the mountains that he had before seen. She had the eyen as great fires brenning/ and had the mouth so great that it seemed unto him that there might well entre. x. M. men of arms/ there issued out of his mouth fire inextynguyble/ & stink incomparable. Great multitude of souls entered by the mouth in to the womb of the said be'st the which souls cried horribly of torments that they were in▪ And before the said be'st there was great multitude of devils the which bet & tormented the said souls and after put them within the said be'st. And when the soul had long beholden the said be'st she was much fearful and said to the angel. Sir wherefore approach we unto this torment. The Angel answered. we may not go by other way/ for none escapeth this torment but those the god hath choose to be in his company. This be'st that thou seest is called Acheron's the which tormenteth all the avaricious. Of this be'st it is written. Absorbebit fluuium et non mirabitur/ et habet fidutiam ꝙ influat jordanis in os eius. That is to say. He shall swallow a stream or water and it shall be no marvel/ and also have affiance that the w●ter of jordan runneth yet through her month. And when they had spoken this they came before the said be'st, and the Angel departed and left the soul among the devils. And incontinent the devils beset her about and there tormented her with great torments as wood dogs. And afterward they fed her with them in to the womb of the sayde be'st. Therein she suffered many bitings of dogs/ of bears/ of lions/ of serpent's/ & of other beasts that she had never seen ne known before/ & there had of great torments of devils/ brenning of fire/ sharpness of sulphur/ & darkness/ wounds to plunge/ to cry/ and great abundance of disease and of tribulation. There was the said soul accused of her sins that she had committed. And for the great heaviness whereof she was full she struck herself on the cheeks tore them with the nails of her own hands/ & wend there to be dampened pardurably/ & anon she found herself out of the said be'st/ but she wist not how she came out and she was laid far of moche feeble. afterward within a while of time she opened her eyen and saw her Angel by her. Than had she great joy albeit that she was much tormented & began to give praisings unto our lord of his mercy. And the Angel touched her and comforted her. etc.   

¶ Of the oven with the flames.  
¶ afterward they yode another way/ and when they were gone longely by darkness/ they saw an house much high the which was round as an oven. In the said house there was well a thousand windows/ from the which issued fire/ strong/ sharp/ & much hot. when the soul saw the said house she had great fere and said unto the Angel. A sir we approach to the gates of death. Alas caitiff who shall deliver me fro this torment. The Angel answered. From the fire the which issueth out by these windows thou shalt be delivered/ but in to the house it behoveth to enter. when they were approached they saw within the said house in the mids of the fire great multitude of devils the which held axes/ knives/ hachettes/ and other Instruments of iron sharp for to torment the souls that were there of the which souls there was great multitude. Than said the soul unto the Angel. Sir I pray the if it please the that thou deliver me fro this torment/ and in all the other where thou shalt seed me I grant me to be there tormented. And the Angel said. This torment is greater than all those that thou hast seen/ but yet shalt thou see greater. Now entre hear for the devils tarry for the as dogs enraged. Than the soul began to quake and to tremble of the great fere that she had and prayed the Angel moche that he would make him to pass the said torment/ but it veiled him nothing. And when the devils herd that she was granted unto them for to torment they took her with their Instruments and tormented her sharply. The master of this house had to name Physternus. His house was full of fire brenning in the which souls strained their teeth and wailed for the great dolour that they suffered. And there were men and women/ not all only of people of the world/ but also of religion. There was this soul tormented the which said that she had well deserved that that she had suffered. But when it pleased god she found herself out of the said torment and she wist not in what manner. Than she advised her Angel by her to whom she said. A sir where is the word that the prophet David speaketh. Mina dni plena est terra. That is to say. The earth is full of the mercy of God. Than the Angel answered and said. By those words many souls be deceived. God is rightwise though that he be full of mercy/ & many sins he vengeth & punisheth/ and also he pardoneth. If god pardoned all the sins wherefore should the men be just. And if a man ne dread the torments/ wherefore should he dread to do sin & his will. And what should it need that these sinners should repent them and confess them of their sins if they ne dread god. God by his great mercy spareth the sinners in their life and tarrieth them for that they should do penance But if they been obstinate in their sins and will not revert/ he them punished for their sins after their death. And God sometime taketh away the goods temporals from the Just for to punish them temporally of some outrages that they have done/ & also to th'end that they enpryde them not. But he keepeth unto them the goods pardurables of his glory.   

¶ Of the cruel Be'st and of the ysye pond.  
¶ After the Angel led the soul in to another place wherein they saw a be'st much marvelous the which had two feet and ii wings and the neck right long. And his neb and his nails were as iron/ and from his said neb issued a flame of fire by right great sharpness & force. And the said be'st was upon a pond full of strong ice/ the which be'st devoured the souls within his womb in such manner that they became as unto nothing by the torments that they suffered. afterward he put them out of his womb within the ice of the said pond. And there were they tormented of new torment. And all the souls the which in to the pond descended were in throws in likewise as women with child. And not a lonely the women/ but also the men as the women. And within their belies they felt the sharp bitings that the serpents made of the which they were engryped. And there were the caitiffs souls tormented. And when the time came & approached that they should child they cried so horribly that they filled hell of noise and of hon sings. Than they chylded serpents as well the men as the women. And the said serpents issued not only by the members whereby the women child naturally. But also by the arms/ the feet/ and all the other members issued out the horrible beasts the which had heade● of fire burning moche sharp/ wherewith they tormented right cruelly the said souls from whence they issued. And the said beasts had horrible tails & needles and about their tails made as they were crochettes and hooks made as if they were crochettes. And when they issued from the said caitiffs souls if they might not draw their tails after them for the hooks they returned their nibs & smote the souls and gnawed then unto the sinews & bones and of the great pain & torment that they suffered they keste so great and horrible cries that they were herd unto heaven. Moreover the said souls were replenished of divers manners of beasts on their membres the which did them eat and gnaw unto the bones. And they had tongues the which fastened within the said souls till unto the lights. This pain sustain the false Monks/ canons/ the false nuns/ and these other beneficed of holy church the which have not well kept their bodies from evil doyng●/ ne their mouths from evil saying and speaking. Also those the which hath used Lechery sustain this pain and torment. And for that that thou art cuspable it behoveth the to sustain this said torment. when the devils heard this word they took the said soul and gave it to the said be'st to torment and to devour. And when she was in torment as the other souls and that she was engryped with serpents as the other/ and when the time came that she should child the Angel came to her and touched her/ and she was incontinent hole/ and said unto her/ come after me.   

¶ Of the valley of smiths.  
¶ afterward they yode in to another way moche horrible & dyseasefull full of so great darkness that they had no light but of the clearness of the Angel. And it seemed that they descended from a right high mountain in to a great and deep valley. And them o'er that they yode the less had the soul of esperance for to return unto life. Than the soul said unto the Angel. Sir whither gowe. The Angel answered. This way leadeth unto death And the soul said. what is that than that the scripture saith ●ata est via que ducit ad mortem/ et multi sunt qui intrant per eam. That is to say that the way the which is large leadeth unto death: and many there been the which entre & go by that way. The Angel said. Of this speaketh not the scripture/ but of the cursed way of the world whereby men comen in to this way. And when they were descended into the said valley much deep they saw there of forges. Than the Angel said unto the soul. The master of this valley is called Vulcan the which by his engine and falseness hath casten many souls in to pains and torments. Than said the soul unto the Angel. Sir shall I suffer this torment. The Angel answered/ ye/ thou shalt suffer this torment. And when the devils heard that word they beset the soul about and took it with their Instruments of iron that they held/ and said unto the holy Angel none harm/ and cast it in to a chimney full of fire burning. And began to blow the fire of their furnace in likewise as men blow when the iron is in the furnace. And so they tormented the souls the which were there till that they came ●●to nothing. And when they w●re so brent and tormented they took t●e said souls with their Instruments of iron twenty an hundred or two hundred and laid them on a h●pe upon an anuelde of iron and the devils the which were in other forges said. Cast unto us these caitiffs soul●s we shall yet torment them again. Than the d●u●ls kest them unto them again the which were in the other forges. And after that they had been there strongly pained and tormented they kest them violently unto those of the first forges. And before that they came to the ground they were taken again and so they kest them from one unto an other and tormented till unto that/ that the skins/ the flesh/ and the bones came as unto nothing. Of this matter is written. Proverbiorum. ix. Parata sunt derisoribus supplicia/ et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus. After that the caitiffs souls were so tormented a● it is said they desired the death but they might not die. Unto this purpose it is written. apocalypsis. ix. In diebus illis querent homines mortem et non invenient eam/ et desiderabunt mori et more fugiet ab eyes. And when the said soul had suffered longely these torments the Angel came unto her and took her and had her out of the fire where she was/ & said unto her. How feelest thou thyself now. Remember the that for as much as thou hast done thy will & the delight of thy body thou hast suffered so great torments. But the soul had not so much force that she might answer one word for the great torment that she had suffered. Than the angel said unto the soul. Illud psalmi. Dominus mortificat et vivificat deducit ad inferos et reducit. comforteth/ for our lord quickeneth & mortifieth/ leadeth in to hells & bringeth again. And albeit that the torments that thou hast seen been much great yet shalt thou see moche more greater from the which thou shalt be delivered by the mercy of god. And know thou that all those souls that thou hast seen here abideth the judgement of God. But those the which thou shalt see from henceforth been all ready judged. Gowe now forward for thou art not yet comen unto the pains of hell. And the Angel touched her and heeled as he had been accustomed for to do. etc.   

¶ Of the pit of Hell.  
¶ After that they entered in to a way/ and when they were a little gone forward in speaking one unto the other there came to the soul sudden horror and cold intolerable and stink and darkness more thicker than those before/ tribulation and anguish so great that it seemed unto the soul that all the foundementes of the earth trembled under her feet & said unto the Angel. Sir wherefore is it that I ne may hold me on my feet as I have accustomed to do. And when she had said this she ne might remene from the place for the great fear that she had/ and incontinent the Angel departed in such manner that she might no more see him/ and forthwith she began to despair. For she found that the which is written. Ecclesiastes. ix. Nec opus/ nec ratio/ nec sapientia/ nec scientia erunt apud inferos que tu ꝑperas. That is to say that in hell there ne is operation/ ne reason/ ne wisdom/ ne cunning whereby man may aid him. The caytyne soul was in likewise/ for she might not help herself/ the which heard terrible cries and howlings of souls/ and thondre so horrible that no man may think it ne tongue declare the horrible cry end the noise that there was. Unto this purpose God speaketh in the Gospel. Illud Mathe. xxii. & xxiii Ibi erit fletus & f●r●dordentium. Than the soul looked about her for to know if she might see the way whereby they were comen/ and she saw a great square ditch in likewise as a cistern. And from that ditch issued out a pillar of flame and of smoke togethers much horrible & stinking. And the pillar of fyrs was so high that it stretched unto the heavens. And in the flambe there was great multitude of souls and of devils togethers the which mounted with the said flame in high in like wise as little flames. And of torments the which they suffered they came as unto nothing & after that they fell again in to the dy●che till unto the bottom. Unto the purpose of this saith the psalmist. Tu vero reduces me in puteum interitus. And when the soul had beholden this she would have drawn her a back/ but she ne might lift her feet from the ground. And when she had assayed many times to remove her and that she might not she was much fearful/ and of the great woodness that she had she tore and rend her cheeks with her own hands and nayses & cried. Alas caitiff wherefore may not I die. And the devils the which mounted with the said flame heard the said soul in such wise cry so they beset her about with their Instruments of iron wherewith they tormented the souls and said in this wise. caitiff soul worthy of pain and torment from whence art thou comen hither/ thou ne haste yet nothing felt ne suffered/ thou shalt endure now that that thou art worthy by the sins that thou hast committed. From the which torment thou ne mayest never depart ne within it die/ but evermore thou shalt live and burn in torment without light/ comfort ne help. And from now forth thou ne mayst have mercy. For thou art comen unto the gates of death/ and thou shalt be borne straight in to the torments of hell. He that hath brought the hither hath deceived thee/ now let him deliver the from our hands if he can/ for thou shalt see him no more. And they said the one unto the other. wherefore tarry we so long that we ne give this soul unto lucifer for to devour it/ and so they threatened it of death perdurable. And these devils abovesaid were black as coals with horrible lobes & their eyen were as the lamps brenning. And their teeth as white as the snow/ and they had tails like as scorpions/ and their claws of iron and great large wings. And when they had said these words the holy Angel appeared unto the said soul and said to her. Enjoy ye daughter of light for thou shalt have mercy and not judgement. Thou shalt see of great torments and pains/ but thou shalt suffer none Come than after me & I shall show unto thee/ the right cursed enyemye of human lineage. Those the which been there have no light/ & they shall not see thee/ but thou shalt see them well and their torments.   

¶ Of the Princes of darkness and of their cursed fellows the which been in pains.  
¶ After these things spoken and seen the soul approached unto him & saw the prince of darkness in the bottom of hell/ & what and how great torments she saw there the intendment ne may comprehend it/ and man ne may express it ne declare. That is to say if he had an hundred heads/ and that every head had an hundred tongues/ yet they might not recount the pains of hell. There was one the right worst devil that which was more greater than all the beasts that he had seen before. The which was black as Raven, He had the form of the body of a man from the feet unto the heed except that he had well a thousand hands. And he had atayle well an. C. cubits long/ and ten of greatness. And he had nails of iron great & long as well on the feet as on the hands longer & greater than the spears of knights. His neb was much long and great. His tail was right long and sharp all full of prickles sharp pointed for to grieve and torment the miserable souls. And that most horrible devil lay upon a gridiron of iron/ under the which there was great abundance of brenning coals. Also there was great multitude of devils the which blue and kindled the fire. About the enemy there were so many deuyl● and of cursed and miserable souls that no man might believe that of all the world from the beginning might be issued & brought forth so many souls. And the devil was bound by every jointure of all his members with great chains of iron and of copre brenning. And of great torment and vehement woodness whereof he was full he turned him f●om the one side unto the other/ and stretche● out his hands in the multitude of the said souls and took them and strained them in likewise no men may do a cluster of grapes in their hands for to make the wine come forth. And in such manner he strained them that he either broke their heeds/ or their feet/ or hands/ or some other membres. afterward he sighed and blue and dysperpeled the said souls in to many of the torments of the fire of hell. And incontinent that pit or well whereof we have before spoken keste stink and horrible flame. And when that cruel be'st drew again unto him his breath all the said souls that he had shed with flames and sulphur fell and entered in his mouth/ the which he devoured. And when some souls escaped him by adventure between his hands he smote them w●th his tail. And the devil the which in such wise tormented the souls horribly was tormented above all other. Than the Angel said unto the soul. This devil that thou seest here is call●d lucifer the which is the first creature that god made the which was in the delices of paradise before that he descended from heaven/ and if he were not bound he would do many evils & perturbations. And they the which thou seest the which be with him there are a party of the Angels of darkness. And the other party been men and women the which been descended from Adam the which been all ready judged the which abide many the which have renayed jesus christ/ or doth the operations of them the which renay him. Here be the ill Prelates and Princes of whom it is written. sapienty vi Potentes potenter tormenta patientur/ fortioribus autem fortior instat cruciatio. That is to say that those that be mighty in dignity and in power shall suffer torments with great puissance. That is where as they have mischievously used the puissance that god hath given unto them. All the other torments that thou haste seen albeit that they be right great yet are they nothing to count in regard of this here. And the soul said. Certessyr thou sayest true/ for I am more grieved and tormented to see alonely the torment and to feel the stink the which is there than all the torments that I have suffered hither to wherefore I prayeth if it please the that thou take me from hen●. Also I see many of my fellows that I loved moche & held their company much dear where as I have now great horror for to see them. And certainly I understand & know that if the great grace & mercy of god were not my succour that I have deserved for my sins to be punyssed and tormented eternally as they been. And the Angel said unto him. O my blessed come and convert the in thy rest/ for god hath done well unto thee/ thou shalt not suffer these torments here. And thou shalt see them no more if thou forget not the things that thou hast seen/ and if thou deserve them not again. The soul of the said Tongdalus saw many other torments/ and of the joys of the saved the which hath be left by cause of shortness for they been much long to recount and write. ¶ By the scriptures and Examples beforesaid it doth appear that the sinners inobediences unto god should correct them and amend whiles that they live in this world if that they will escape and eschew the inestimable torments of hell and get the Realm and the glory eternal. Unto the which glory we may go/ cum illo qui est benedictus in infinita secula seculorum. Amen.    
¶ Thus endeth the Examplayre upon the pains of hell.   

¶ jesus. ¶ Hereafter followeth an Example that the name of jesus doth many goodnesses. And how it delivered a man fro many perils and torments.  
IT is written in many Books that as saint Patrycke preached in Irlande he prayed God devoutly that he would show him some token by the which the wicked evyllmen might have fear and also repent them. And suddenly a right great hole or pit appeared and it was revealed unto him that the place of purgatory was there. In the which place if any would descend he should have none other pain. Many the which heard this thing therein entered the which came never again. And a man named Nycolas the which had committed many sins there descended to th'end that he might repent him of his sins. And he found first an oratory and white Monks the which said unto him. Be thou steadfast and constant. For it behoveth the to sustain many temptations. And he them demanded what remedy he might have against the said temptations. They answered when thou f●lest thyself tormented with pains cry hastily. O jesus Christ adiwa me. That is to say. O Ihesu christ help me. And when that he was departed from them the devils ran suddenly upon him in likewise as wild beasts famished. And as they did in this wise unto him he recorded him of his counsel and said. O jesus Christ adiwa me. And incontinent he ne wist where the beasts became. He yode furthermore & found a tight great fire in to the which the devils kest him. And incontinent that he had said. jesus Christ adiwa me/ forthwith the fire was put out and quenched. He walked yet further and saw a well right deep from the which issued smoke and great clamour of souls the which were tormented. And when the devils had casten him within it he cried. jesus Christ adiwa me. That is to say. jesus christ help me/ and forthwith he was delivered. At the last he saw a bridge that was right narrow and straight. And there he had great terrors/ the which bridge him behoveth to pass/ but he might not. And he set one of his feet upon the bridge and said. jesus Christ adiwa me. And so he said at every step till that he had passed the bridge on the other side. And when that he was past he came unto a fair meadow wherein grew many fair and delectable flowers/ of the which flowers and meadow proceeded good odours and smells. And afterward he came again unto life and xxx days passed he came unto paradise by the Invocation of our blessed saviour and redemptoure jesus christ. ¶ Unto the Example of the abovesaid man the which was delivered from all torments and pains incontinent that he had called the help of jesus. In likewise thou man and woman call devoutly the name of the blessed Lamb jesus in all adversity/ fortunes/ torments/ losses/ temptations/ sicknesses/ necessities/ anguishes/ perils/ infirmities/ and things doubtables/ & well shall come unto the. This name jesus is interpret saviour. jesus interpretatur salvator. For by the merit of his passion he saved all the world. He broke hell/ saved and delivered afthe good persons the which were in the limb of the holy fathers & opened paradise unto all good chrystyane. Also I●sus is the king of kings/ the judge of judges/ and of all great and little. It is he that giveth joy & beatitude eternal unto the good/ & that punisheth and damneth the evil/ jesus is holy and debonair unto the good/ & also he is terrible and cruel unto the evil. And therefore sayeth the psalmist. Sanctum & terribile nomen eius initium sapientie timor domini. Also the name of jesus is in excellence above all other. Vn Paul. ad Phyl. Docatum est nomen eius super omne nomen. Also the name of jesus is loved & dread above all names/ & in naming him all creatures resonables should bow the knee/ be it in paradise in this world/ or in hell. Vn̄. Paul. ad Phi. In nomine jesus omne genu flectatur celestium/ terrestrium/ et infernorum. The men and women of this world call him in their business and necessities/ and the devils of hell dread him. For to be short the name of jesus ought to be loved/ honoured/ called dread/ and redoupted/ for it is replenished with bounty/ beauty/ and holiness infinite and inenarrable. That is the which passeth all entendementes. etc.  
¶ Finis   

¶ Imprinted by me Robert wire: dwelling at the Sign of saint Iohn Evangelist in saint martyn's Parysshe, beside Charing Cross.  
¶ Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum.  
ROBERT WYER·