¶ The prologue of this revelation  
The revelation that followeth here in this book tretyth how a certain devout person the which was a monk in the abbey of Euishamme was rapt in spirit by the will of god and lad by the hand of saint Nycholas the space of. two. days and. two. nights to see and know the peynies of purgatory and the iowies of paradise and in what state the souls ware that ware in purgatory and also in paradise. soothly in both this placis he saw & knew many persons both men & women the which he knew well before when they lived in this world and spoke with 'em there mowthe to mowth in both the placies as he found 'em as it followeth we'll after in this book. This revelation was not showed to him only for him butt also for the comfort and ꝓfeting of all cristyn people that none man should doubt or mistrust of another life and world the which every man and woman most go to & like as they deserve here in this world by here living so there to be rewarded. And as for the truth of this revelation no man neither woman ought to doubt in any wise. For and a man we'll read and understand the beginning with the ending he shall so largely see it approved in great myraclis by almighty god showed unto the same person that same time that all reasons and motions of infidelity the which riseth often times of man's sensualite shall outwardly be excluded and quenched & greatly shall cause all christian pepulle that heareth it to dread god and love him and also to praise him in his works. For seche another revelation and so opyn I now was never showed in this land ne in no nother that we read of  
¶ Here endeth this prologge   

¶ Here begin the chapters of this revelation  

¶ How this monk fell in to a sore and grievous sickness and gave him to confession and prayur and compunction of teeris Chapitur I  
¶ How he lay also ꝓstrate in the chaptur house as thaugh he had been dead i●…  
¶ How the fegure of our lords cross that he worshippeth was fond bloody iii  
¶ How he was come again to himself iiii  
¶ How he sought after his staff & his shewies & how devoutly he worshippeth the cross v  
¶ How he told to a brother that he loved weal a part of seek things a●… he had say vi  
¶ How he was desired of his brethren to eat sum what after so long afaste seven  
¶ How he told to two of his confessors a part of thoes things that he had say viii  
¶ what was his petition specially and how a certain person a●…eryth to him ix  
¶ How he was wanted in his sleep to worshi●…e the cross of 〈◊〉 lor●… 〈◊〉  
¶ How the sa●… 〈◊〉 bled done to him at th●… right side and at the right foot and of th●…. two. lyghties xi  
¶ How he came into the chapter house and ●…ke dyscyplynies and ●…we he was rapt xii  
¶ How he felt himself here rapt first xiii  
¶ How he folowd his leader sent Nicholas w●…n he was rapt x●…ii  
¶ How sent Nycholas brought him to the first place of purgatory ●…v  
¶ Of the great diversity of peynies that he saw xvi  
¶ Of the second place of peynies in purgat●…e x●…i  
¶ How sent Margaret ●…lyuerde a soul of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 full woman from the devils x●…i  
¶ Of a gol●…ith that was sa●… yd by se●…t 〈◊〉 las 〈◊〉  
¶ How this monk knew the●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…ent ny cholas was his le●…r xx  
¶ How the same goldsmith told the monk in purgatory how he died suddenly & was saved xxi  
¶ How the goldsmith told the monk a reme●… against sudden death xxii  
¶ How the son of this goldsmith told the monk after he was come to himself again that his father had appeared iii to his modyr after his death xx●…i  
¶ Of the third place of peynies in purgatory xxi●…i  
¶ Of the fowl vice & sin of 〈◊〉 xx●…  
¶ Of a doctor a law that was a 〈◊〉 xx●…i  
¶ Of thoes persons that this monk saw & spoke within the first place of peynies and first with a prior xxvii  
¶ Of an anchors that he saw & knew in the same place xxviii  
¶ Of a certain bishop there also xxix  
¶ Of a certain woman a poor man's wife thirty  
¶ Of religious men what peynies they suffered for divers certain faults xxxi  
¶ Of a certain knight that broke a vow xxxii  
¶ Of a nother knight xxxiii  
¶ Of thoes persons that he saw in the ●…i placies of pains xxxiiij  
¶ Of three bishops that were there xxxv  
¶ Of an archbishop of canturbery xxxvi  
¶ A certain description that the monk made of divers kinds of sinful people & of her peynies xxxvii  
¶ Of poysynners' that he saw xxxviii  
¶ Of usurers also xxxix  
¶ Of fugytyvys of religion xl  
¶ Of a certain king of England xli  
¶ Of a bsshoppe that was in peynies of purgatory and ȝette god showed for him miracles in this world xlii  
¶ Of a certain abbot xliii  
¶ Of an abbess also xliiii  
¶ Of two nonnies that were lep●… xlv  
¶ Of a knight that offended in symo●…ye xlvi  
¶ Of a monk a sextêne xlvii  
¶ Of a clerk that levied holy ly●… xlviii  
¶ Of paradise & of the multitude of people that he found there xlix  
¶ How he saw a certain abboth there l  
¶ Of a certain Prior that lived devoutly and died holy li  
¶ Of a certain young monk of his lii  
¶ Of a certain worshipful priest liii  
¶ How ow●…e lords passion was represented among the holy souls that ware in paradise liv  
¶ Of the entering at the gate of paradise and of the joy that appeared wythinforthe lv  
¶ How this monk came again throw the gate of paradise lvi  
¶ Of the sweet melody of bells that he herd in paradise & how he came to himself again lvii  
¶ Approfe how this revelation is of god & most needs be true for the great miracles that god showed on him that same time lviii   
¶ Expliciunt capitula   

¶ Here beginneth a merua●…lous revelation that was showed of almighty god by scent Nycholas to a monk of E●…yshamme in the days of king Richard the first And the year of our lord. M C●…. Lxxxxvi ¶ Ca primum  
Na monastery called Euyssham there was a certain young man turned with faithful devotion fro this Worlds vanity to the life of a Monk the which about the beginning of his conversion fy●…e in to a great and a gre●…ys sickness and by the space of xv months was sore laboured with great febulnes and weakness of body. Also his stomach abhortyde so greatly meet & drink that sum time by the space of. ix. days or more he might rescey●…e noothing but a little wan watyr. And what sum e●…yr thing of leech craft or fesyke any man dead ●…o him for his comfort or his amendyment no thing him helped but all turned contrary. Therefore he lay▪ seek in his bed greatly destitute of bodily strength. so that he might not move himself fro one place to anothyr butt by help of servants. also in three the last months of his sickness he was more sorer diseased and feebled than ever he was before. Nevertheless than coming on the feste of estur. suddenly he began sum what to amend in his bodily myghts & with his staff walked about the fermorye. soothly on thes even of sherethursoaye in the which night the office and ●…ernyce of our lord thesu christ is tradition & passion was solenly song with great devotion 〈◊〉 went with his staff to the church with his brethren the which by cause of sickness rested h●…m also with him in the fermorye where the covent nygh●…y service and lands offered up to hour lord And there by the respect of heavenly grace so great compunction and sweetness he received that his holy devotion exceeded measure. wherefore he might not con teyne him fro weeping and lauding god fro mid night till sex of the bell in the morning. what for remembering with worship and joy the merceis of hour lord. the which he hath done for mankind. And also remembering with sore weeping his offences and synnies done before tyme. and the hurt and the state of his present imperfection. And about sex of the bell in the morning he made to be called to him two of his brethren one after anothyr. which had power to here confessions and give to penytenties absolution and to them both made purely and holly as mickle as he could his confession of all his sennys and of the least offence of his religion or of the commawndementis of god and with great constricion of heart and effusion of ●…eris desired his absolution and had hi●… Than on of hem asked him why he sorowde and wept so immode rately for all they had went that he should feel himself soon to pass out of this world Than he said he felt himself no thing so soothly than he toolde to his brother that diligently enquyryde this of him and said Sir ȝe▪ shall understand and know that this last night when we were togedyr in chaptur house. I received so great swrtenesse of heart and gladness of soul. that onnethiss I might hoolde or bear myself. He asked also and it were by the religion that the prio●…rs should gene that night to the brethren dyscyplynies in holy vesture and a●…bys. And when he herd him inquire this he had went that he had said it of great febulnesse of his head. or by alienation of his mind. the which peradventure he had fall in by his infirmity and inmoder●…e weeping or fasting how be it that he with him ●… ad marvelous wisdan and discretion all the time of his sickness. wherefore he commendyd him to our lord no thing else en quyring of him & so went his weigh The seek brother spended all that day in landing and presing god And the next night following after he had●…e slept a little while rose up of his bed And when the chapter was rung as the time required to call the conent to mate●…s. he went than to cherche as he did the day before soothly how he behaved him thenne in the church. and when he went thence it shall be eschewed in his words following   

¶ How he lay ꝓstrate all his body in the chaptur how●… as he had be dead Ca two  
oN the morrow next following that is good fredaye when the co●…ent rose to come to church to say prime. as they ede afore the chaptur house they saw the same seek brother lie p●…o strate & bare foot before the abbot is seat h●…is face was flate to the ground as thaugh he should by the ordyr ask mercy of every president. Than the brethren seeing this marveled & ran thither & willing to take him up. they found him as a man lyfeles without any motion of any member of his body. Truly his yes ware fall down deep into his h●… ed & tho yes & nose of him ware bloody or as a man had o●…yr laid hem with mickle blood. wherefore they saide all that he was deed. His feet ware full cooled but in the remuande of his body was found a little warmness No moving of his pypies might be known long time And a●… the last onnethiss bit was perceived in him a little thin breath & amoning of his heart. Thenne they weshid his h●…edde breast. hands and feet with cold watyr And than first they saw all his body a lityl to tremyl & quake. but a●…oon he seized and was insensybulle So long time they mused and doubted what they might do to him. while they saw him not verily dead. nothyr any thing amending. At the last by conselle they had him to his bed & there to be kept with great attendans of keepers   

¶ Of the bloody figure of the cross ¶ Ca iii  
tHe mean while the brehetrens marveled & wondered on such a sudden hap & being of the seek brother & more they won drid. how it 〈◊〉. and in what wise without any help he ●…yght come thither to that place. wh●…the 〈◊〉 was soothly other things that now folo●… the whic●… 〈◊〉 tell of with o●…e any comp●…rsone been more to be dread feiy●… and worshippeth than any thing above said. They h●…e 〈◊〉 after and that not with out great me●…elle. that the fegu●…e of hour lords body 〈◊〉 on a cross which figure and cross. yearly is wonce full devoutly to be kyssyd●… and wors●…ipte of the co●…ent in remembrā●…e of o●…e lords passion was found fresh ●…ledyng and new about the place of the g●…ete wound in the right side and also at the right foot. Truly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the se●…tensse of the ch●…che. 〈◊〉 let do●…e the same cro●…e to the ground 〈◊〉 so ●…yl good f●… day they ●…de left it 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 ●… d the ●…alle And for a mor●… wondy●… the staff and shew●… of th●… same 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ware fondyn by the sa me pla●… So●… 〈◊〉 a●… the brethren came to ge dyr into the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 greatly a●…onyd ●…pon these things that 〈◊〉. & 〈◊〉 take all that were t●…e with great ●…cion of heart ●…ke discyply ●…ys of ●…oddys & 〈◊〉 ●…ate in the chir●… saiden wepyngly the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 o●… 〈◊〉. for to get hour lords mere●…e. truly this 〈◊〉 brother at the day which was good friday with the night following and the next day after all most till the son set. 〈◊〉 in one state. also the 〈◊〉 with ●…trength of hands opind his mowth and 〈◊〉 in it ●…stys of divers spy●…ys and 〈◊〉 or his relieving. but anon after he went out again. what some ever was put in to his mouth as thaugh his throat had been stopped. Emplasters also to his breast and arms they ●…on the but all was vain They pricked with neldies and scraped the solies of his feet. but no thing might be perceived in him of a lives man. save a little redness of cheeks and a little warmness of body. The colour of his face often times was changed to ashiss and again marvelously the colour of his face was re●… ynyd and well showed also they made a great horn to beblowyn there but no thing hit booted   

¶ How he came again to himself on ȝestur even about complen time Ca iiii  
then on the morrow that is estur even and the same hour that the covent came to gedyr to the collation and to complenne the briys of his ye lyddies began first a little to move and so they seemed as they had been sode in boiling watyr And at last there came done fro his yes on his cheeks a yellow humour of watyr in manner of teries. then they that were with him seeing this. called anon for the brethren. supposing that he should have soon passed fro this world. They saw also a little afore this time his lips a little to move with his cheeks come pressed as he had received or swelowde sum sweet thing fallyn in to his mowth. And after that a flowing out of teries as it is said here before. also he was seen often and many divers times syking allow in his breast as a man sleeping had wept. And anon after as it seemed he revolved certain words beneath in his throat butt he might not speak them out save only in a voice onethies audybille and no thing intelligibille. soothly than his spirit began a little and a little to come again and these words and voice he first sownyd that might be undyrstond. O sancta Maria O sancta Maria: And again O my lady sancta Maria O my lady sancta Maria I shall say though words as I heard them no thing adding thereto O he saide my lady Sancta Maria. These words often times he rehearsed. For what sin he saide lose I so great joy. And again he saide my Lady Sancta Maria. when shall I recover so great joy that I lose now. These things and many other often times he rehearsed/ yet as a man ware a sleep and his yes ever closed/ the which I wot not of what great joy he sorowde and wept himself departed fro soothly aftyrward suddenly like as a man had awaked fro a great sleep. he lift up his head & fulbitterly began to weep & with rem ning teries sorofully sobbed as weeping doth and joining his hands & fingers to gedur reysid himself and sat up Then he put down his head in his hands on his kneys And as he began afore full lamentably to wail and sorrow so seized not long time after then one of his brethren that was with him asked what caused him so sore to weep and how he felt himself. Than he rested a little while & at the last softly saide to him weal weal and verily weal I was hedir to/ but now evil and verily evil I am and feel myself And again more grettur he wept and sorowd than he did before And by cause that it is over long and also as impossible to remember all thing that he saide than and how mekil he wept we leave noweand purpo see to draw shortly to gedir thoes things which we heard him tell of in great contrition of heart and of mind aftyrward that he was fully come to himself again   

¶ How he sought after his showiss and how reverently he worshipped the cross  
lOthl●… among his lamentations and sykynges that the had he asayde with great strength once or twies or thrice to open his yes that were closed and atte last they opened then he began with both his hands all about to seche after his staff that he left in the chirce And when it kowd not be found he said. Sechith here hour staff and take our s●…ys by the pillar and go we again in to the fermorye A fermorye among religious men is called a place or an house ordende to keep seek brethren then ●…hanne it was saide of some of his brethren. behoolde brother now and see you in the fermorye & set in your bed and lo your staff and shows been here ready. then he said O how came we hedyr and when. were not we right now in the church to gedyr at matins. then his brethren told him that he had be there now two days and to morrow willbe estur day And when he herd this. more grettyr he began to weep and seydr. O should we not brethren have worshypte on good freday hour lords cross. And yet we have not in comonne worshippeth it then when he herd of his brethren. that hour lords cross was worshippeth the day before. and he might not be cause of sickness. he saide to hem. after that I came into the church I felt no disease But I pray you that I may go to worship the cross. then there was brought to him a cross of seluyr the which reverently he clipped to him. and with cossis and teries watered the feet of the cross. and unto the tedusnes of some standing by/ he thanked our lord and redeemer and the father and the holy ghost for innumerabulle benefetis. of the which he rehearsed money synglerly. For himself and universally for all holy church. and also for all degrees and conditions of all crystyn people and more attent for his enemies. yef any there aware or for the enemies of his friends he made marvel prayers and obsecrations. And as I suppose thirty times or more he inclined his heed done to the feet of the cross with teries and sobbing that often times his voice sesid of praying Thoes' words the which he made in his supplications were so ready & prompt and also repleted with great reason & highness of wit that it seemed rathir he red hem than saide hem. Ho is sweet seeing stirred money than that herd him to weeping and devotion and ever while we remember them causyn us to have a great inward cumpunctyon. and also love & devotion to our lord to our brethren and to all men And of the great humility and goodness of our redeemer. he put between certain great things at every singular short prayer   

¶ How he told to one of his brethren that he loved familiarly such things as he had seen vi  
tHe mean while as the time required. it range to the collation and the brethren the which had brought to him the cross went thence And thenne he saide. Now I know verily that this is the holy time of estur. And for what cause he saide so. it shallbe declared aftyrward. truly than bode with him a certain brother that loved him familiarly in holy purpose of religion and moved him sum what by a wise and a meek instans yet being hold in a certain stupour and wondyr of mind of such things that he had say. both of though things the which befell him afore ye he was rapt/ and of though things that he had seen spiritually in another world in all placis And as I have saide or may say. synglerly & ꝑticula●…y he told & remembered money things the which the fors●… id brother that heard him bare hem all in his herre. telling him also of too things that he knew opyniy betid him And so afterward by leisure & great dy gens learned & knew an ordir of every thing synglerly. more opynner & fullyor than he knew afore. Nevertheless as for all thing that he saw in so long space that is to say two days & two nighties he would not tell to no man. And among in his telling he made mention of some sisyons but anon as he had begun. sesid the ꝓces of them And no their yet for any prayur might be induced to tell any more there of But nethir we at this time be suffi cient to tell all things the which soothly we knew by his own seeing that he had told before to afew persons of witness on whois devotions he had taken a specyalle trust Nethir in any wise we may or can reveal & show so opynly the ꝓprite of his sisions nether by writing nether by telling as he could and did Also among other things he was askid and he hoped to scape his sickness or should leave any leng●… in this bodily life And then he said I shall leave long enough & of my sickness I am fully recovered   

¶ How he was desired of his brethren to take sum meet after so long afaste ¶ Ca seven  
tHan after this at even he was greatly desired to take some meet after so long a fast And than he saide Settith before ●…s the bred & a little honey that was left the tothir time And when it was so done with a full little refection there of he brake his fast And so he bode waking in prayer and teries till the bower of night that they range to matins soothly when the brethren rose to matins he went with hem and as he had rose with our lord the which sum time that same bower rose fro death unto life And so came to church. not without joyful marveling of them that saw him & without sustentation or help of any thing entered into the onre & so he did not a xi months before. And their in great devotion & teries bode & ●… tynewid till matins was done & till the re●…urreccion of our lord the which yearly in the same church is wont to be showed vysybly and how the angel appeared and spoke to the women at the sep●…ture of the victoriose isurrection of their king and also that they should tell to his disciplies his glorious resurrection & at the last till our lord a peryd to his well-beloved mary mawdelen and named her maria in the figure of a gardener and till the messes ware done & had resceyvid the holy comyning of christian men   

¶ How he told to two of his confessories a part of such things as he had say Ca viii  
after this now that he had received our lords precious body joyful & light he was & brought of his brethren into the colloke the which is a place where they may speak together and there copynily they came about him desiring him to tell 'em of sec●…e things as befylle him and as he had said further ghostly edifying & comfort For all they undyrstode that herd his words the day before when he was fully cumme to himself & saw his continual weeping that by money things great things and meruelus had be showed him. And when they with great instans asked him. he dissimuled all thing a little while At the last unto his two confesso ries to whom he was confessed on shrethursoay as it is said afore to hem both separately. he told these things the which here after be digested and wrritten with great weeping and syking the which sum time ses●… d him of his telling And sum things he told to hem both and sum things only unto the thoon/ and sum othir: only to the tothir and that not without a consideration of a certain meek and a good advisement And this he gone to tell as it now followeth   

¶ what was his petition specially and how a certain person appeared to him in his sleep ¶ Ca ix  
soothly he saide when I was laborid as ye saw me with grievous and long weakness of body and evermore with heite and soul I blessed our lord and thanked him that he would white safe to chased me onworthy in a fadyrly chastment And than all hope put aside as for any recovering of bo●…ly health I began thaugh it were slowly nevertheless I disposed me as I could and might to make me ready. how I might the sandyr and lighter scape the peyngs and sorrows of the world that is to cumme & how I might find the rest of everlasting life when I should be called out of my body. And when as I remembrid these things after my power busily. than after a little while past a thought fell to my mind that I should pray our lord god that he would white safe to reveal and sh●…we to me in some manner of wise. the state of the world that i●… to come & the ●…icion of the souls that been past her bodies after this life and than this opynly known I might the better understand what within short space as I supposed were to be dread. & what I might hope after when I should pass fro this world to that world and so by this to stabylle myself in the dread & love of god as long as I should leave in this dowtefulle life. And so on a certain night in the beginning of lente that is last passed. appeared to me in my sleep a certain worshipful person stonding by me & seeing to me. O son he saide great is thy devotion in praying & mickle is thy perseveres wherefore thy continual prayer and meek demening may not be onspedeful before the presence & goodness of god Nevertheless fro hens forth be of good comfort and ●…tynew devoutly in prayur and for more strength seek the help of prayers of some religions p●…ons. & ȝef you so do doubtless you shalt know that soon you shalt obtain & get thy petition soothly than he named to me some persons & the names of their offices seeing this/ Know we'll that mekil it will the ꝓfete. ȝef you may have the prayers of such persons. the which the goodness of god is wont right gladly to here. Send also to the monastery of nonnys here by. that you knowyst weal & named her/ beseeching 'em to pray for the. Me kill god is pleased in her holy purpose and laudable conversation. wherefore his goodness greatly faverth their wills and desires And when this was said to me. both the sleep that I was in & the person that spoke to me went away. Than suddenly I waked and steadfastly kept in mind this vision. & assoon as I might I desired the same persons to pray for me/ not uttering to them the cause wherefore they should pray for me Than vi weeks pass. in the night that was next afore sherethursday as ye can remember. when I had taken of you and of your fellow disciplines in the chapter house. that is to say vi of you & vi of him for that day. and v other for the sext feriis of lente paste. fro the which I was compelled that time to abstain by cause of sickness so great abundans of grace of teries & sweetness of heart/ I felt me repleted there in the resceyving of the disciplines that I can not show it in telling by no words. wherefore the next day after it was to me full sweet often times to weep. And than the next night after great sykynges being than the hour to rise to matins I fill in to a pleasant sleep   

¶ How he was waried in his sleep to worship the cross of our lord Ca x.  
soothly than as I was a sleep I perceived a voice. but I witted not fro whence her came. seeing to me in this wise. Arise up & go in to the chapel. and to the altar that to dedifyed and halowd in the worschipe of saint laurence & of all martyrs. And there behind that altar you shalt find a cross and an image of thy redeemer affixed to the same cross. redeeming the world by his death. And that same cross. meek lie and devoutly go to and kiss in remembrance of thy savyur and offir to him with meek heart. a sacrifice of prayers knowing weal. it to be accept of god. and to the an wholesome devotion. in the which you shalt full abundantly delight. Than after this I waked and with the brethren I came to the church to here matins And when the brethren had begun matins I met with a senior that ye know weal in the church porch & was on of him that I took disciplinis in the night before Than when I saw him I made a sign to him. to discipline me in lyke wise again as he did afore. And so lightly we went both to gedyr into the chapter house and with one assent gladly we came again And there also met with us another senior in the same place where I met the first. to whom I made also a sign for to have a discipline. And he beckid with his hand that I should tarry a lityl while. then left I my brethren/ that I came with to church/ the which were sekelew sitting a part. & alone I went forth to the altar that was noted to me in my sleep And when I was nigh the altar I put of my shows and kneeled on my kneys upon the pament and oft times inclined my heed done to the ground And so went behind the altar to seche the cross that I herd of before Truly I knew not afore in any wise by any man's telling that any cross was let done there Nevertheless I found it as it was told me before And anon I was resolved all into teries of devotion & lying ꝓstrate all my body full denowtly I worshippeth that holy cross seeing many devout prayers And than after I came kneeling on my kneys to the same cross and after said lengur devout supplications & thankings to god/ kissing oft times the feet of the crucifix/ & besily with the teries of my eyes watrid hem   

¶ How he saw the right side of the crucifix bleeding done to him and the right foot also and of the. two. lighties that appeared there ¶ xi  
tHe mean while as I lift up my eyes that were sore of weeping to the face of the cruci fix I felt some dropies falling don to me I put there to my fyngeries and I we●…e perceived and knew by the redness that it was blood Also I behold the right side of the image of our lords body and it wellid out of blood as a man's flesh is wont to bleed. when it is cuppid true lie the place that I saw this in was dark. for it was behind the altar about mydnighte. But I saw there two lyghtiss shining at both the sides of the cross. as it had be two tapers weal brenning I looked fro whence that light should cumme and I could see no place fro whence it came. Truly than I took in my hopynne hand: I wot near how money dropis of that precious blood and there with diligently I anointed my eyes. my neris and my nose thrillies And at the last I put one drop of that blessed blood in to my lippies and of the great desire and devotion of mine heart. I s●… elowd it done And whether I offended god in that point or no I wot near The rem nand there of I held in my hand purposing to have kept it. Also I behold & saw the right foot of the same crucifiye blood soothly yisterday when I was restored to myself again and found no thing of that precious blood in my hands. sore & greatly I sorowde and eû shall for the loss of so great and precious tresowre   

¶ How he came in to the chaptur house and took disciplines & how he was there ravesht Ca xii  
furthermore to satisfy you I shall now tell of other things. The. two. lights that I saw shining about the crucifix afore saide. suddenly paste thence. to the sooth part of the altar. then I that was kneeling in the north side of the altar: at the right side of the crucifix seeing it paste & gone to the other side folowde after hoping that I should see there sum spiritual thing. And when I came thedir I heard the sown of a voice behind me of the same old father that I met with last before in the church porch of whom I desired to be discyplynede & he bade me tarry a little while Than left I all that I saw there and I not how. nether in what wise anon I came in to the chaptur house And when I had said my confiteor as the use is. and he had prayed for me & assoiled me with this benison. In nomine patris & filii & spiritus sancti amen. he gave me disciplynys vi. times as he did afore Often times I desired him that I might rehearse my confession and to take dyscyplynies of him. for at every stroke that he gave me in the stydde of sorrow & pain. they were turnid to me. an inestimable & incredibulle sweetness of joyful comfort. But he would give me no more and so I rose up. soothly than he went in his albies and sat done in the abbotis seat. that was there in the chapter house: And than I came & lay prostrate before him. asking my beny and rehersyde again my Confiteor etc. and he saide over me Misereatur tui omnipotens deus etc. and so assoiled me again with this blessing In nomine patris & filii & spiritus sancti And when he had answarde Amen anon there came to me a certain worshipful father a senior that had a face and a cheer as an angel. c●… othid in white brightyr and whittir than the snow: The here of his head 〈◊〉 was whore and his stature of medy height. He took me up and saide allonly to me these words. Follow you me. Truly than he held me by the right hand so surely as softly & so clippid my hand in his   

¶ How he felt himself here first rapt ¶ Ca xiii  
hEre I felt myself first tapte in spirit. Than his brother that was his confessor to whom he told all these things afore saide asked him & saide And trowiste yet brother that I or the other senior gave discyplynis that night as thou seyste. or went in to the chaptur house in all bies Than he wondrede at his ask and saide. Know not ye that this is trowth that I have to you here saide Than saide his confessor again. in no wise there was no seche things done of us nether might be done. For the ordyr will not that we should have gone that time of the night in to the chaptur house to give disciplines Than he said to him: Dowtheles I had went hither to. that though discyply nies and other things had be done of you to me Fulwele I know withowtyn doubt. that I received thoes dyscyplynies above rehearsed in the chaptur house: of men that showed yo ● persons & likeness wakyngly & bodily and with hole mind for I felt & heard the strokes of 'em and also I we'll undyr stood & discerned the voice of them that prayed for ●…e and assoiled me: as I should have know of you both Truly the first night when I went out of the chapter house I thought to have byddyn there in the same place till the morning in the great gladness of heart & devotion that I had received there but I was sum what troubulde & diseased by the noise of the covent when they went out of the church after matins And lest I should have been reꝓuyd of psumption/ ȝef I had taride there all night I went with our brethren home to our bed And when I went out of the chapter house I met with brother marten And that night bode I waking in great lightness of soul/ till matins of the next night then the next night after when I was at matins about the beginning of the third ●…octurne I was called fro the altar where as I was praying with a sown made like as a man had smytte the stony pament with his foot and so went in to the chapter ●…owse. also it was the same hour/ in the which the last night. at the last time we went thedyr for the same cause. And all other things like as I have told you befylle me. This only I can not remember in any wise how I came at the last time fro the chapel that I was inn to the chapter house. For without a staff I might not go thedyr: and about the sacrarye of the same altr I know weal I left myself And how I paste over the way that lieth between the chapter house▪ & the place that I was in. and also the lettings of gricis & other obstaclis iiii or v I can not remember For when I was cumme to myself again. 〈◊〉 things the which I had experiens of bodily about the altar and the cross. ware so fresh in my mind that I wende I had be found rather there than in the chaptur house And this he told of though things above rehearsed ¶ Adigression  
¶ Now as touching though personsof whom he was brought in to the chaptur house & to whom he said isconfiteor the which prayed for him assoiled him & gave him also disciplynies in the likeness of his own brethren and he knew no nother wise that time but they had be his brethren. they were doubtless holy angels that so appeared and did to him by the will of god And as touching that worshipful old father whois face was like an angel and his clothing whittir than the snow. that took him by the hand when he lay ꝓstrate in the chaptur house & saide to him follow thou me: was the holy & blessed bishop sent Nicholas whom specially he loved and worshippeth daily as it shall be afterward more opynnor declared And now after this adigression go we again to the narration   

¶ How this monk was rapt & foloude his lede●… sent Nicholas ¶ Ca xiv  
gladly than said this monk went I with that worshipful old father the which by ●…mādement of moth & leding of hand had take me up to be a fellow with him of his weigh. and all the while that I lay destitute of my bodily wittis'. we went both together hand in hand soothly this was fro midnight of sherethursday the which endeth in the morning of good fredaye in which time I was ravyshte in spirit as I lay in the chapter house till the evetyde of saturday following: in the which eve tide as ye saw I was put out fro that secret rest and spiritual sightis that I had before to this opyn & worldly ●…uersacion   

¶ How sent Nicholas brought this monk to the first place of pains Ca xv  
tHenne went we ȝestewarde by a plain weigh in a right path till we came to a certain regy on. that w●… full wide and broad and over horabulle & ghastful in sight. fowl and miry of thick clay Truly there we saw an infenyte number of men and w●…men that no man might number put forth to the greatness of divers & inenarrabulle pains There was a company innumerabulle of men and women of every condition of every ꝓ fession and of every ordyr There were the doers of all synnies ordente to divers kinds of pains after the diversity of sins & quality of persons I heard & saw by the opyn & broad space of that filled who is ends no ye might see. the wrechid companies of men & women over wrechidful bounden to gedyr flockemel. in their equality of sins and in likeness of profession equally to soffyr and like wise to cry in here great and grievous pains And who sum ever I saw there to be made ready in that painful place to heaven ward opynly I knew and vndy●…stode. for what sins they were ponysht and the kind of the sin and the measure and quality of their satisfaction. the which they deserved owther by contrition and cofession of her offensis▪ or by the remediis and helpinges of othir benefetis done for 'em Truly all though that I saw put there s●…m what I knew 'em comforted for the hope of everlasting bliss the which they hopid sum time to come to And some I saw patiently sofyrre right great pains & for the good w●…rkys the which they had done of their ●…sciens. that was reserved & put up in meed for them & also for the great trust that they had to have eûlasting bliss evermore countid lightly in her soul the horrabulle pains that they bore truly they wept & sorowde & cried out/ for grief of pei nies and among this as they went forth farthir evermore her peynies were lessid & to hem more esyur Also I behold money of them that suddenly scaped out of the place that they were torment in and sander hastid 'em self than other. to go the weigh that was before 'em. But anon fro beneath like as the ground had be broken. there broke up a flame of fire that involuyde 'em & the devils that met with 'em. sore beat hem with scourges & forkis and other divers kinds of tormenting▪ and so again returned upon hem all her woodenness. Nevertheless they being so be●…yn & broken & inwardly br●…it ȝet▪ they scaped again and in like condition as her is said afore. the ferther they went/ the lessur wes their peynies and the ȝesyur soothly in this pas sage some did greatly ꝓfet. some but little & some all most never a deal. To some there going was no ꝓfeting but a myserabulle failing/ for they went fro full cruel pains to worse. And each of them after there old merits and de●…uynges. owthir were bolpe in her weigh or letted or else relieved and that was by the present benefits done and showed for 'em of their friends in this world. soothly thoes things the which I conseyved in mind. or was informed and taught by comyning and speaking with some of them there. anon after I will opynly show 'em as it is beneath in this present wry thing declared   

¶ Of the great diversities of pains Ca xvi  
Nfynyte kinds and diversytees of peynies where there that I saw Some of 'em were roasted at the fire Some were fried in a pa●…ne/ Some were all to razed with fiery nails unto the bonies and to the lousing of her joints Some were sudden in bathiss of pyche and brymstonne with an horabul stench & other things melted by heat as led brass and other divers metellies And some were g●…awyn with the venummies teth of wondyrfull worms. Some also were cast done thick on arrow & smy●… throw. with sharp stakies & palies who is endys' 〈◊〉 all fiery And while some were 〈◊〉 on gallows. odyr were al●…o drawn with hooks and some were beryn sore with scurgys': and so in hard example they were all to toryn. Truly of though perso●…s money were bishops and abboties and other were of other dignities. soothly some flowered in prosperity in the spiritualty. Some in the temporalty and some in religion: ●…he which were sayne ponisht in dowbulle sorrow above other person's ●…ory saw them that were clerks/ Monkys/ Noonies/ lay men & lay women so mickle less ordende and put to peynies how mickle the less they had before of worldly dignity and prosperity. In trowthe I saw 'em grenyd in a more special bittirnesse of peynies above other. the which I knew in my time were judges and Prelatys of other. And by cause it is over long to tell singlerly of every person: what they suffered and wherefore they suffered▪ some things I will gedur to gedur. of some certain people what they suffered afore there death & after there death. For that was opyn to me of every person Neverthe less there is no man's tongue that may sufficient lie tell the lyghties peynies of that place nethyr by estimation conceve him in mind Also the diversity and multyplycyte of peynies. to the which they be cast undyr/ ever among fro one to another verily I knowledge no man may number. I take god to witness. that and there were any man. the which had done to me: or to my friends all the hurt and iniuriis. that may be done of any man in greatly abas●…●…r ynwardly supposing verily 〈◊〉 thou hadyste ●…e dampde. and by cause also thou hadyste no help ne remedy before they death of the holy▪ ●…mentys of the church. soothly by cause I fy●…●…thyr wise than 〈◊〉 ●…de I am glade 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 would here ●…ow ●…n what wise 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so and scapydyste ●…ernal damnaytion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. ●…ladly what sum ever thou desire 〈◊〉 the tell  
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 goldsmith told the ●…ōke in pu●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●… died suddenly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sa●… yd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉  
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●… syd me in my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…orlde as th●… 〈◊〉 gys 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 opyn 〈◊〉 ●…eghte. Also I contynwyde 〈◊〉 the fowl ●…e of dronkynnes. unto my last 〈◊〉 ●…f an evil custom. Nevertheless it 〈◊〉 no●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 greatly it displeased ●…e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I kowde 〈◊〉 ●…eue that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 times I rose against myself se●…●…ng ●…e & cast away the fowl vy●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But anon ●…dryn ke af●… cus●…ome. wherb●… was ●…er ●…me. & dr●… again bo●… 〈◊〉 & custom of the same sin. that was 〈◊〉 kine own omne●…abulle taking & appetite 〈◊〉 among this this life or else he had slain us I say & I ●… ad so great an enemy put into peynies that I saw there to be torment long time a thousand times & it were possybylle I would sofyr temporal death for his deliverances. For all thing there been so painful of sorrow and anguy●…she byttyrnes & wretchedness that they exceed measure and mod. let us now that be it in this world alive see & consider by this how 'gree te we ought to give us in chaysting our wicked conditions & to amend our leaving and also how mekyl we should labur to exercise us to kep●… the commandments of god and to do good works by the which and the mercy of god we may deserve to be delivered afore of so great evils. And also that hour dear friends as father and mother systyr an●… brother and othyr that were sum time hour lovers there sore ponysht for her offences might be delivered the sooner fro thence by good deeds and works of mercy and petty devoutly done of us for their redemption and helping And afore ȝere I make any special mention by writing of the fore peynies and torments of sum persons that I found and knew there and they also knew me I will schort lie write in here the placies of pains that I beheld as I went about with heavy compassion after we were passed the first painful place & region soothly to hour seeming the length of this first place afo re saide was on goyngable. but we that is to say my leader and I went on the to side against it as 〈◊〉 did othyr painful ●…oostys of torments but among them we came not how be it as it seemed to me we might have done without any fere or hurt or harm   

¶ Of the second place of purgatory ¶ Ca xii  
therefore after that we were passed the first place of purgatory we came to the second place of purgatory and torments in the which was an high hill up all most to the clowdies and was divided fro the foresaid first place of purga torye. And thenne lightly and swiftly we went on this same hye-hylle. And there was undyr the farthyr side of this hell a full deep valley and a dark. set with bocis and brackies on every side hanging out who is lenthe no man might see. And in the lower part of the saide valley was a full bro broad pond of borrabull black watyr. And out of that same fowl pond busily broke a mist of an indycybylle stench. truly the toon side of that same high hill which hanged toward the pond cast out fro him an horrabulle brenning fire up on to the heaven. And also on tothyr side of the foresaid her hill was so great and inestimable co●…lde that is to say of snow and Hail with many other cruel storms that me thought and seemed that I saw no thing so painful and cruel as that cold was The lenthe of that valley afore by the mercy of god the which will that no man perish in my most blessed lord sent Nycholas who me now ye follow graciusly and presently. and whoys pareshon also I was. seek devotion I had to him. that for any occasion I never left but what sum ever I might do to his worschippe I did it full devoutly And how mekyl every gave me toward even to dronkynnes I used ever more to be at matins. for anon as they ran 〈…〉 ulde be ther. and 〈◊〉 times afore the parysh 〈◊〉 Also I fown●… contynwaly a lamp of 〈◊〉 cost. in sent 〈◊〉 chapelle And thoo 〈◊〉 that were nece●… ornaments of all the church. as in light is or any othyr things. I would diligently order therefore as I had be his famylyar servant and mawncypyll 〈…〉 〈◊〉 where I had not sufficy●… mine own goods to do it I would move 〈◊〉 ●…f the parysh to help a●… it seemed nedefulle 〈◊〉 the yyftys that men or women gave. I took 〈◊〉. and to be honable B●…. full truly I spend 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…hat is at cristynmas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 me of all my sins 〈◊〉 as I bowed to hour parysh priest. taking 〈◊〉 or hem & in ●…arte I did fulfil 'em diligent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 keep though things that 〈◊〉 ●… maundyd o●… 〈◊〉 ghostly fathyr. for often ●…ymes I left sum thy 〈◊〉 that I should have do & thoo things that I sc●… 〈◊〉 have beware of. And of the ●…mawndement of 〈◊〉 ghostly father I fasted the days of advent as 〈◊〉 the lent sesyne To saide and both the sides of the hill the which had in 'em that horabulle fire and cooled was so full of souls. as hynes swarmyn full of bees To the which sowlys this was a comynne and a general torment that now they were drowned in the foresaid pond and fro thence take up and cast in to fiere. and so at the last they ware bore up an ●…y by the great violent flamys of fire as sparclies been of a brenning fornece. and so let down on the torher side of the hill to the horrabulle cooled of snow hail and sharpness of storms and of terward cast down headlong in to the grievous stench of the pond above saide and again take up and cast in to the brenning fire. And some of 'em were lengur ponysht in fire thenne other & some in cooled And some ware taryde lengur in the grievous stench of the pond. than other. And some I saw ware bound and compressid in the mids of flame of fire that marvelous it is to speak: and as grapes be compressy d in a pressure True lie the condition of all that ware there torment & pain de in that second place was this. all the space of the pond above saide. they were compelled to go throw. fro the beginning to the ending. for to fulfil her purgation. Nevertheless full great and monyfold was the distinction and diversity of her peynies & torments. For some had lighter punishment than some. and some was granted a more swyfter passage thence. then to some other & that was for the quality of her merits & de●…uingya afore done and also for the quantity of 〈◊〉 helpys done of her friends for hem after her death. And they that were of grettur offensies and sins and seldyn or slowly holpyn long time & sore there holdyn in peynies. And soothly the more near they all came to the end of the place the more ȝesyor and softyr warred their peynies. The most cruel peynies were in the beginning how be it as I saide afore not all equally soothly the peynies and tormen 'tis of this second place were mickle more harder & scharper than the peynies and torments that we saw in the first place. wherefore it was so that money that were in the second place ware sorer ponysht than they that were in the first place. ●…ere truly found I and knew money more some time of my●…e aquentans than I did in the first place Not withstanding yn both the placies I spoke not some. The measure of their statur appeared not suffici ently as I knew 'em before in this world. For the stature and form of some of them was as it had be lessed or thynnyde by torments. And some had left no thing of their quantity. Nevertheless this dyversiteys of her shappies in no thing letted my knowledge. For their knowledge was to me so prompt so ready and so opyn as it was that time ●…en they levied with us in this world   

¶ how sent margaret delivered a soul of a sinful woman fro the devils ¶ ●…a xviij  
hEre now it liketh me to tell a certain fair deed and work of great pete and mercy the which that time was to me a beholding of henynes and also of consolation the which may be to all the world a nobylle document and teaching why the people should have god and his holy saints both of men and women in worschuppe and in reverence. Truly while I behold marveling thoo things above saide & money other And held long talking there with 'em that I knew before I hard a far a great noise and a cry as it had be thiefs that had take a prey or else as they had over come their enemy with fowl mockies & scornies. & lo after that noise and creye folowde a cursed company of wicked spirits and a mighty leading with 'em anon as they hopyde to h●…lle a soul of a woman late departed fro her body. O good god what peynies and torments though cruel enemies laid upon her. And the more they knew her without help the more wodder were they on her. what man hearing ever would believe to any creature telling how tho wicked spirits and tyrandies of the devil casted that soul among 'em. as a tenyse ball with fiery instruments now fro on to another. But he may in any wise tell or schewe to any man believing how her maw and inward bowels were smytte thorough with the fiery darts of though cruel tormentors. And as god is my witness I behold and saw her sofyrre so great and horrabulle peynies and torments verily as they laid 'em on her cruelly Nowther these things ware unto my sight as naturally a man saith with bodily yes that is to say the outward peynies that a man so frith in body. but also what they felt ynwardly good or evil and with what heaviness or with what gladness they were smytte wythinforthe in her sowllies all was to me that time plain and open So therefore this unhappy soul what for the present sorrow or dolour that she suffered and had and the fere of everlasting damnation. was in great anguys and sorrow of peynies and torments. For there was no hope that comforted her to scape desolate and destitute of all help and succour O byttyrnesse of all bitterness most byttyrste whom no trust or help relevyth or helpeth and des peracyon of the end encresythe. The day before she left her mortal body in the which she levied strumpetly and viciously and now she is ●… everd with the vesture of schame and vellonye. And within she is byttyn with the conscience of schameful deeds done wyckydlye and withinforth she is more nid with mocking and scorning of devils henely. soothly she felt than in her fulfilled the words of the holy man Ibo saying this wise of such persons. Ducunt in bo●…s dies ●…os & in punc to ad inferna descendunt. That 〈◊〉 to say they lead her days in goods after their pleasure & in the ●…yn ●…eling of an ye they fall done to hell Therefore wh●…le this onhappy soul by the vyctoryse pompys of her enemies was going to be brought into hell for the sin and onleful lusts of her body. Lo sondenly anon came done an high fro heaven a great light by the which brightness and beams. the foresaid wicked spirities and minystries of the devil. ware dulled and made onmyghty and fell done to the groaned with the soul that they had soothly than in the same light came done a multitude of virgins shining yn clothes. white as the snow and set about with gold and precius stonies. the grace and joy that was in the beholding of her faces and there I make no mension of for it was so great and ynestymable that I can not remember myself that saw it. how I might worldly speak of it. Among the which on that was most feyryste we'll I knew and seek was the blessed vir gynne and martyr sent margaret. And anon as the forseid soul saw her the which was more thral●… for her synnies than of the devils began miserably to cry and saide. O blessed and prec●… spow see of christ have mercy on me and help me that for mine noun propyr sins am yn desperation and rightfully put to peynies and torment. I knowledge and verily knowledge that in all my life I despised the commawndementies of god and gave my body to all onciene lening. And nothyr god. ne any of his saints of men or women that I loved affectualy or did any worship to hem yn deed. The only of the nowmbre of the holy sentis yn heaven ever more heartily I have loved & every saturday of mine own goods afore thine anter I offerde up candelies And the custom of my fowl leaving now late. beyng hoolle of my mind and body for thy love and worship outwardly I left I believed also that by the remedy of confession all my synnies had beweshte away. But alas for sorrow my confession was not sufficient to weshte and do away so great and so money fowl sins and old by cause, I lacked before the fervour of contrition and did not for my sin nys evyuworthy penans. Therefore my synnies clevyn fast to me not yet forgevyn the which I slowthyd too wipe away by go works. Lo therefore my lady and my sweetness and comfort schalle my yyftys of devotions perish the which I have done feytfully to the and schalle I this perish now also not only to myself but also to the to whom only I have studied busily and thought. not for to perish and now I perish to myself and to all things These things and many othyr in this wise she saide with sore and byttur weeping and crying more than a man may believe. For I take god to record and to my witness that I saw the teries break out of her yes as they had be hail stonies. And this while she sorowde the glori virgin and martyr sent magaret turned her to her fellows virgins that were there with her and saide O she saide ye most sweet sisters ye see now the perelle of this woe man sum time my servant and ye knew a●…o the in portune malice of the devils the which pretendyn by money ways of reason to have her to hem. And therefore let us now do that thing the which only is left of remedy and help for her. Pray we now to the everlasting judge and meek redeemer that he the which all thing may do will wythsave as he knowyth best. of his goodness. and at hour desire sum what to help this wretched soul. sum time redeemed by his preci●… blood fro the cruel power and venummys teeth. of these wicked spirities. And when this blessed virgin and martyr sent margaret had said these words anon whytowtyn any taring. all thoo virgins bowed down to the ground on herkneys and lifted up her hands praying for that sinful woman to her ynmortalle spouse. hour blessed lord and savyur ●…hesu christ. And anon as they had of god their petition granted they rose up to gedyr fro preyer Than anon this blessed virgin saint margaret with stabylle contynawnse of face and soul gastfulle and threating the wicked spirities came near and made of her sleeve a manner of a schorge & lift it up as she would have smitte hem Then they anon as it had be flies in a whirl wind fleyd away hethur & thedur leaving alone her bound soul. & suddenly that in the farthir side appeared a dyke full of boiling watyr up to the brymmies Therefore in this dyke I saw her put in And then saide to her that blessed & merciful helper sent margaret Here now thou must fulfil they penan see the which thou schuldyst have done before in they life. & by my prayur thou schalt have mekylle help & relieving of thy peynies. & afterward when thy synnies be fully purged & cleansed by me thou schalt be admitted to reserve eunlasting joy & bliss truly it can not be saide how joyfully this sinful woman took though words saide to her in the which she knew an end of her due penanse & afterward might feel the goodness & mercy of god So than this vyctoryose deed done that glorius sight of vyrgy nies ascendyt up to heaven   

¶ How a goldsmith was saved by scent Nycholas ¶ Ca nineteen  
hear now followeth also another like miracle of full great mercy & petty of the excellent might & pour of the blessed bishop sent nycholas therefore now I will tell a noble deed & work late done in a certain ●…uāt of his the which not long a go well I knew & familiarly loved for some good things that was say of him the which therefore the more gladlyur I wiltelle. for this man that I now speak of the which by his occupation was a goldsmith told & declared to me first the merit & the name of my leader with whom I went hand in hand. & thaugh I beseyn here now sum what to break out for the order of the narration because I saide before that ere I made any mention of the torments & peynies of any persons specially First I wulde shortly tell of the painful placies that were eschewed to me But let that be take of though persons the which afterward I will openli lie declare to the perfect of 'em that list to here or read this revelation Therefore as I suppose ye remember how a certain person a goldsmith & a cytson of this place was hastily prevent of death & suddenly died. Of whom all so it was opynly noised that it so be fill him for over mekylle drinking wine. And therefore how might a man say to whom ●…hys man should be sorted but among them that sent johan the apos till specially speaketh in his pystylle. Est peccatum ad mortem. non pro illo dico ut oret quis. That is to say. There is sin contynewde unto death I say no man pray for him that contynewyth his sin ne to his death who so absolute may be saide that contynewyth his sin to his death. as he that contynewyth in deadly sin and so loseth life and taketh death. soothly this man bode not only in the sin of dronkynnes to his death but also he fill in to death doing that same sin the which is the seed & cause of all evil And as a certain wise man seith dronkinnes excusith no vice Therefore this man whoys sine & ꝑelle we speak of now that it should be feared & dread yn his would days was over ꝓne & ready to drunkenness for the last three days that e●… he saw in this world he ●…tinewyde daily almost in the sa me sin And if I had know for certain a day befo re that he had died of seche a cause as it is aforesaid what should I think or feel of him more worthior than not for to pray for him. left my prayur before the ryghtwes judge should be void & no thing helping him Nevertheless I used to pray for him thawghe it ware slowly. not verily certifide of so soroful a fame and hap soothly it was so. by the provision of god that this goldesmyth was in the second place of peynies. and also I saw & behold him by me. whom anon I knew & great lie meruelde. seeing him afore money other that I be held. in good hope and lightly sofring his pains. Truly than my leader looked on me how stid fastly I behold him and asnyd me and I knew him And I saide full weal. Than he saide. & you know him. speak to him soothly then this goldsmith lohid on us both: and knowing us with an enarrabulle gestur & behaving of gladness joyed to my leader and with both his hands spread opyn oft bowed done all his body worshipping & greeting him with innumerable thanks for his benefits & goodness showed to him And the mean while I salute him. & he joyfully salute me again. Than I inquired of him how it was. that so soon he was passed the honorable peynies. the which I knew by his sight he had suffered Then he answarde this   

¶ Here this monk knew first that scent Nicholas was his leader ¶ Ca xx  
my dear friend he saide. all ye to gedur in the world have me as lost & dampde. not knowing the goodness and mercy here of my 〈◊〉 sent lord sent Nicholas. the which had not so●… me an onhappy & an on pfetable servant of his to be ed and lost everlastingly. Than saide I to him. Truly as thou seyste. all we that were thy friends sorowde that thou diddest so suddenly and this life or else he had slain us I say & I had so great an enemy put into peynies that I saw there to be torment long time a thousand times & it were possybylle 〈◊〉 would sofyr temporal death for his deliverances. For all thing there been so painful of sorrow and anguish byttyrnes & wretchedness that they exceed measure and mode. let us now that be it in this world alive see & consider by this how 'gree te we ought to give us in chaysting ou●…e wicked conditions & to amend our leaving and also how mekyl we should labur to exercise us to keep the commandments of god and to do good wer●… by the which and the mercy of god we may deserve to be delivered afore of so great evils. And also that hour dear frrndies as fady and mode systyr and brother and othyr that were sum time other lovers there sore ponysht for her offences might be delivered the sooner fro thence by good deeds and works of mercy and petty devoutly done of us for their redemption and helping And afore ȝere I make any special mention by writing of the fore peynies and torments of sum persons that I found and knew there and they also knew me I will schort lie write thou here the placies of pains 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as I went awwie with heavy compassion after we were passed the first painful place & region Sothiy to hour seeming the length of this first place afo re saide was on goyngable. but we that is to say my leader and I went on the to side against it as we did othyr painful coosties of torments but greatly abashed ynwardly supposing vetely that thou hadyste be dampde. and by cause also thou hadyste no help ne remedy before they death of the holy sacraments of the church. soothly by cause I find the othyr wise than we wend I am glade and fain I would here how and in what wise thou deydyst so and scapydyste eternal damnaption than he saide. Gladly what sum ever thou desire I will the tell   

¶ How the same goldsmith told the monk in purgatory how he died suddenly and yet was saved ¶ Capitulum xxi  
y●…knew weal how I disposed me in my lening when I was in the world as two thin gys that were opyn to man's sight. Also I contynwyde in the fowl sin of dronkynnes. unto my last end. of an evil custom. Nevertheless it was not my will. For greatly it displeased me and mickle I sorowyde that I kowde not leave that vyse. soothly often times I rose against myself sew●…rly purposing▪ to leave & cast away the fowl vyse of dronkynnes that I was wholde in But anon what for the lust of drinking & the importunity of feleshyipe that I drank with I was ●…straynde to drink after the measure of mine old custom. whereby I was over cumme. & drawn again bond in to lust & custom of the same sin. that was in mine own onme●…abulle taking & appetite truly among this by the mercy of god the which will that no man perish in my most blessed lord sent Nycholas who me now ye follow graciusly and presently. and whoys paresoon also I was. seek devociou I had to him. that for any occasion I never left but what sum ever I might do to his worschippe I did it full devoutly And how mekyl ever I gave me toward even to dronkynnes I used ever more to be at matins. for anon a●… they range I wulde be ther. and often times afore the parysh priest. Also I found contynwaly a lamp of mine own cost. in sent Nycholas chapelle And thoo things that were ne cessarye to the ornaments of all the church. as in light is or any othyr things. I would diligent lie orden therefore as I had be his famylyar servant and mawncypylle And 〈◊〉 I had not sufficient of mine own goods to do it I would move othyr of the parysh to help as it seemed needful soothly the yyftys that men or women gave. I took 'em. and to be honable usus. full truly I spend 'em. Also twice in the year that is at cristynmas & at estyr would clean confess me of all my synnies as weal as I bowed to hour parysh priest. taking penanse for hem & under part I did fulfil 'em diligent lie truly I did not observe & keep though things that I was ●… maundyd of my ghostly fathyr. for often times I left sum things that I should have do & thoo things that I should have beware of. And of the ●…mawndement of my ghostly father I fasted the days of advent as I did the lent sesyne To the whythe days of advent. I added of mine own free will. as money days afore advente as would make up the numbered of the days of lente And so on crystenmas day I would be hosylde & receive the holy sacrament of hour lords precious body and blood. But alas for sorrow when that I should have be/ that holy days of hour lords birth. more holyur and devowtur in my living then other times. I turned me contrary unto other works and business of a worldly custom. wher fore it happed unto me also in mine last end that the wicked angelle of that devil Sathanas. the which is causer and kendler of all eny●… scorned me. And also he had brought pleasant word and tytyngys' of my damnation to his fa there the devil. ȝeffe the mercy and goodness of my lord sent Nycholas had not withstand him there fore evermore to him be thankyngys' of all his true seruawnties. for my delyneraunce. for he had low syd and delivered me. And as ryghtwesly as I was to be damp●…e and cruelly to be ponyshte as me kely and as mercifully he hath noryshte and kept me: soothly on crystynmas day after that I had received the good lord that I can not remember without great horror and heaviness. I was drawn of an evil custom as I said afore by overmo ●…he drinking the same day in to dronkynnesse again to the great ●…rye and rung of seche a lord who●…e I had received a sytyll before in to my ●…owle And on the morrow I went to church as I used to do sore wailing the fowl vice the which I died the day before purposing to be ware of it and to do no more/ but it was as void & vain For by the occasion that I had of drinking and the devylys stering me thereto/ I was destitute and lost the stabulnes of virtue and the mighty purpose of soburnes that I had conceived: and so I fulfil devot my purpose in deed. but fowl as I did yysterdaye so I did to day and by delectation of over mickle drinking fell down again to dronkinnes. soothly the next day after following the which is the third day after crystynmas day I left not mine old custom of drinking. whereby I had lost the virtue of soburnes and al●… my wits also. Thenne when it was dark night I went out of the place where I drank/ and came home and went to bed as I wss clothed & sc●… and a little I slept And anon I work and wol●… have resyn and said as I had went that then it had rung to matins But my wife told me nay and so I laid my down again. Truly tha●…ne first I took a sleep and anon after I took my death And how I felt death suddenly cumme apone me I will tell you. A certain devil that tempted and stirred me to the vice of dronkynnes thought to himself that and I died in seche a peril whytowte any contradiction he would medrawe to he●…e presuming also to have then power on me to do what some ever he would. for mine obedience & consenting in that vice to him But again ful●… mickle he dread. lest by the merits of my patron sent Nicholas. I should any time prevail against him by amendment of my living: if I lined any lengur and so by his presumptuous power cruelly me strangulde. Truly I felt him like an owl go in to my mouth the which often times full evil I opynd to drink and so thorough my throat flyly came down to my heart. And anon I knew that it was the devil. notwithstanding I was yet mindful of the merc●…s of god & also of mine own wretchedness and with stabulle purpose ●… owed in my mind to god that I would purely and holy confess me of all my synnies. & outwardly for ever forsake the wise of drunkenness And to this I called as inwardly as I kowde. on sent Nicholas to be my borrow. soothly to this advisement onnethe was granted me the space of a moment. truly than the wicked spirit sat down anon upon my heart. and clypte it with his cur●… yd arms on every side. Also he drew out of his mouth an horrable ●…oment of ●…enyne and cast it all abroad and so in the space of a twynkelyng of an ye he expelled and cast me out of my body And anon after that I was had forth thorough dark placies by the cruel and incredible woodness of wicked spiryties the which all to beat me discerpte me sticked me drew me and all to brend me and carried me with them I wot not whether/ but as they would to everlasting torments. Than anon my most meek and dear advocatour saint Nicholas to whom I called with all mine heart at my last end. and whom ever in my life I have worschipte thawghe I were a sinner. came than and mightily took and delivered me out of her hands. and here hath set me in this place of purgatory for my purgation. And how be it that I sofre here sore and hard peynies I cownte it lightly while I have no dread of the wicked spirits and also that her tyrannny and inportable cruelness is sesyd and gone fro me/ And soothly after this for certain I am and trust to have rest and everlasting joy be my lord sent Nicholas And now also and evermore/ sen the time that I was put here to this peynies by the which when I am over sore grieved and diseased yet by his meek and most meek and blessed visitation. I am well confortid and relieved again In my graced also by the which I gate to me & to mine hour leaving in the worl●… often times in my beginning I beguiled and deceived the people for the fere of poverty And now for that I am full bitturly ponyshte. and the todyr day before mickle more harder therefore I suffered pains Truly often time I have been cast down head long into a great heap of brennyning money among the which I brent full intolerably. And tho fiery pensys I was compelled to devour with an opyn mowthe that I felt all my bowels to bre●…e in me And hethir to often times I am compelled to tell 'em and of the touching of 'em mine hands & fingers been sore pained. Also by over great brenning and heat of thirst my inward bowels with heart throwte and cheeks waxed wan and busily be gynne to fail These and many other things I herd of him as opynly as it might be told of any man leaving in his body   

¶ How the goldsmith also told to the monk a remedy against sudden death ¶ Ca xxii  
〈◊〉 'em thing there is the which he told me among other that I will not hide fro the reder here of. I saw there mnumerable people that died suddenly in this world the which were ponyscht all most out of measure And of many this I knew that they the which were put in delyberation and advisement for to sin And when they came to the deed doing of what some ever sin it was and each one of them saide in his mind lo now I will do and fulfil that the which I have greatly desired. he was take by the will of god to the utmest peynies and ponissement of death as thawgh he had herd of this text in the gospel. Stulte en amma tua reperitur a te/ ad quid cogitasti aduers●… deum immo ●…tra ipsum te nequissima. That is to say. fool lo they soul is take fro the. whereto haste thou thowghte against god and also agay nest thyself full wicked things. Nevertheless as we have known by himself the which told this. that when they were put in that byttyr scharpenesse of death coveyting and purposing to correct and amend her faults ȝef they had any space of penance granted unto 'em. and in her swift and hasty departing sekyd after the mercy of god and also after the help of his holy saints. Therefore of the great mercy of god her byttyr death was to hem a great cleansing of her synnies. the which they schuld have suffered afterward fully in placies of pains and torments. furthermore I inquired and as●… yd of this goldsmith of whom I have now told and saide many things ȝeffe it were possible by any thing that the folk might schonne and eschew sudden death. Thenne he answarde and saide in this wise unto me. O he said soothly and if I had known when that I was in the world leaving such things as I know now I wulde have taught and defend all the world fro that great hurt and damage. how the people and folk might be sewer and safe fro the falling of sudden death. Truly and verily and the crystyn people would write daily on her forhedies and about the placies of her heart with her fyngur of in any other wise. these. li. words that conteynyth the mystery of the health and salvation of mankind that is to wit and to say ¶ Jesus' nazarenus wythowtyn doubt the true people of our savyur thesu christ schuld be harmless and preserved for such a great peril and hurt And also they schalle have after her death the same letters and words wretyn full opynly and clearly at her hearts and also in her forhedies in token and in sig ne of great worschype. I know also that my mey nigh kept me. il. days onberyde after my death. hoping that I should have revived for the redness and heat the which was in my face and in my body the which doubtless was of the fervent replecy on of wine dronkyn before. For my departing of this world was so hasty and zwifte: that mine soul was gone and passed out of my body. year my wife understood or knew it or send to call for the priest. These things I knew full truly there of this goldsmith   

¶ How the son of the same goldsmith told unto the monk after that he was come to himself agey ne that his father had appeared thrice to his mother after his death ¶ Ca xxiii  
soothly after. xv. days seth I saw and heard this the son of the foresaid goldesmyth a certain young man came to me with great weeping & told me that his father had appeared. iij. nyghtis to gedy●… to his moeder wakyngly as she was in her prayers at home in her chambyr & bade her that she should send to me to know how it was full lie with him & of his state that this known. she might be the more comforted and feythfullir and devowter to help him And also that she by the same telling may the better be aware guide to herself and her meinie to god ward: And the same young man witnessed with great swearing that the third night of his fatherrs appearing he heard his mother talking and speaking long time with him. and some time inquiring and also some time answering him. and then afterward she told unto my his words the which he had told and saide unto her. truly he saide that he heard/ no manner words of him talking or speaking unto her but patiently taryde till they had done. So thely his mother told him that she had hard of her husband twice before. And as she knowledged and saide she saide that he was full of Ire & wrath and moche blamed her because that he was forgotten and put out of mind fro her which was warned by himself after his death to do a little thing for him and that she wulde not do so much for him. but excused her that for the on certente of vysyous she dyfferde it lest that it sculd have been supposed that she had be deceived and beguiled. And then he answered & saide Send wythoutyn tarrying thedyr as I command and tell and say to him how of ten times for the same thing I have appeared to the and also say apone these tokynies. that the last time the which he saw me I was in great pain And among othyr things that he heard of me I told him how mekyl the holy confessor saint Nycholas had holp me. Truly he prayed me with great instance that I should steer and also move both his wife and his son: and on his behalf common the hem that the service and worschyppe the which he was wont to do in his life and they also by example to sent Nycholas. for no cause nethyr for any occasion should be left but daily more and more with amendment of her living diligently schewe and do her devotions and service to his patron & advocatour sent Nycholas. Also this foreseyde man and goldsmith of whom I have now told and spoken as it is saide afore died about a xv months agone the which truly by the merits of the holy confessor sent Nycholas his patron in a short time was speed out of mickle sorrow that onethe I might see any. that profette so mickle there as he deed m so little tyme. wherefore full expedient it is to all men while they liven in this world devoutly to serve the holy saints of god by the which they may have m her great need the grace & mercy of almighty god as it is eschewed and provided often times   

¶ Of the third place of the peynies and torments that been in the purgatory ¶ Ca xxiv  
bUt now let us schewe as we may thoes things that remaynyn of the third place the which we saw and behold. For above all thing that may be conceived of any man's mind. it exceedeth of cruelness and deadly tormenting For verily I knouleche as for the quantity of evil that is there no man may suffice to express or tell the left peynies of that place. The great horrabulnes of that place so mekylle. the seurer I might see and behold that I knew him. to be with me. and was also my guide and leader at that same time the holy bysscho●… and confessor sent Nycholas whom I have ever specially worschipped and loved + truly the more familiar that I had him in worship the more surer was I made of his felysschippe and company. to see and behold the horrabulle peynies and torments. the which now being absent can not remembur without great horror and gastfulnesse of mind but I was made of every side full stabulle and sure. for the felysshyppe and knowledge the which I had of my guide and leader the holy confessor sent Nycholas. Therefore leaving the forseide second place. that we were at. as it is above rehearsed wecame to a full great field. and as it seemed it was set in a low ground sequestrate and departed from all other that no manner person might dedyr come. except though that were there ponyschte or schuld be ponyschte Truly the over part of that field was keneryde with a full horrable cloud. in the which was mixed and medylde to gedir a fume of brimstone with amyste a great stench and a flame black as pycche was medylde with 'em the which broke out on every side like hills & so spreaded all abroad. And the plainness of that place was so repleiyd and fulfylde with worms as flowries be wont to be strawyn with russhies. And they were above all estimation horrabulle wundyrfull and unshappely the which with a ghastful opyn mouth breathed out cursed fire at her nosies. And with an onspekable denowring all to tore the wretched companyse of folk that there were. the which right now so wasted and consumydde. devils ran over all like as mad men and were also full cruel and wood apone though wretches. truly than the devils ponyshte 'em with fiery instruments synglerly by every member of her body: and than afterward they razed and all to teryd their flesh outwardly unto the bonies. and then after this when they had so done they cast them into the fire and there they were made liquid as it were metal. and also took 'em out again as brenning fire. little it is I take god to record. and as no thing what some ever I be about to tell of the peynies and torments of that place. For in a full schorte space of time by all manner diversities of an hondyrdfolde peynies and torments or more I behold and saw how theywere consumed and wasted to nought and then anon restored again And again almost they were with peynies brought to nought and a none made hole again the which in that same place the lost life of hem was compelled to sofre. And of these alterations of times in the which by great peynies and torments they were brought to nought anon restored again there was none end no mark ne term. Also the heat and brenning of that fire was so fervent and devouring that what sum ever it brent it wulde be like as a thing that were all most consumed or wasted. And thenne the worm●…s that were there warded & broken and made small unto pieces and then they were gedyrd on great heaps to gedyr and laid un there the unhappy sinful wretches that were there. wherefore they so fulfilled all thing with so great stench that it exceeded all the torments & peynis before said. And yet remaineth one thing the which they that were in that place were compelled to sofre the which is more hatfull painful and scha meful than any thing above saide   

¶ Of the unclean and foul vice and sin of sodemyties ¶ Ca xxv  
soothly all thoo that were there ponyssht & pained were in this world while they levied doers of that foul sin the which ought not be named not only of a crystyn man but also of none hethyn man. Certain great monstrous that is to say great beasts onnaturally schapyne eschewed 'em self in a fiery likeness horrabulle and gastfulle to sight and often times violently came a pone hem and also in a fowl damnable abusion compelled 'em to medylle with 'em. how be it that they refused and wulde it not. I abhor and am asschamed to speak of the foulness and uncleanness of that same sin. then between her painful & cursed clepynges they roared and vd and cried out and afterward they fill done to gedyr like as if they had been gone and dead and anon take up again and so forth put unto new peynies. truly I remembered not weal at that same time the seying of the holy postre scent powelle in his pystylle of seek persons. where he condempnyth the foul vice and sin against nature both of men and women. And ȝeffe I had seen and considered the cause namely now in time of crystendame. could not in any wise have be levied that such a foul sin and vyse might have be p̄sumed and done specially of women. the which naturally schuld be more schamfull then other. I nevyr heard before nether had any suspicion hethir to that the kind of women had be depraved and defoiled by such a foul sin. And alas for so row. for there was found a company of such so innumerabulle as they were miserable. Many of though persons that were there in that place I knew not nethyr we'll behylde 'em by cause that the qualy te of her foul sin. and the great stench and torments that was there smytte me with full great horror and tedusnes. Full grievous it was unto me and more than a man may believe to be there in that place a moment while. or to behold such things as w●…re there. Nevertheless I felt ●…o stench by experience whylys I was there as I did no nother hirte of peynies. For my thought and if I had felt it I might no lengur have levied. notwithstanding I considered and perceived sufficiently in mind the intolerable greatness of a●…e thing. truly thoo wretches that were there sencybly had experience and felt all these peynies and other more infinite. that no man may tell of And among her sorowfulle lamentations of complaining while everyone of hem cried Alas alas why did I so sin. alas why did not I penans for my synnies and amend my living. they felt and remembrydr her grievous peynys. soothly their voycies of weeping and sorrowing was exalted and lift up with so great a cry that a man would have wend it should have be herd thorough all the world   

¶ Of a doctor a law that was a sodemyte ¶ Ca xxvi  
truly thawgh I refused as mickle as I might to see and behold though thmnghes that were done in that place I could not avoid the knoweleg of on clerk the which I saw and knew sum time This clerk in his days was a doctor of law and also among other that were docturs of law he was had in that sciens full excellent. Full many lerners of that faculty he ordende in scolez whereby he got to him great famyliarite of worshippeful men This clerk was largely posseste with beneficies & rents of the church and yet that not withstanding daily he coveted to have more and more wherefore by the will of god the which would have all men to be turn to penans. he fell yn to great sickness by the whcihe he was sore vexed and desesid about a. ix. months. soothly it was done of a meek dispensation of our sayur that he should by the schorge of sekeves and sorrow. dispose to correct and amend his sinful leaving. the which when he was in good health of body fowl and deadly trespassed of tin times to god. but he contrary wise was over carkefulle of his bodily help. the which he lovydr oven mickle. and so vainly presumed and thought to have it again. wherefore he nevyr would dispose him to be confessed of his sins and specially of his fowl and onclene leaving for the health of his soul the which is the first and chief deed of alms that a man schuld do nethyr had any compassion on power people to give 'em any alms nethir any thing did to the saints of god. as in offering to him meekly his service. for the redemption of his sins nethir studied or carried to do any alms of his earthly & transitory gods as long as he levyde Than the heavenly leche our seeing savyur that he was never in his days the better for the sickness the which he had for his warning the which he showed and gave unto him for a ghostly medeson. nethir went out of his onclene living in the which unclean living he was in by the affliction of his great sickness. Therefore the evil & wekid faites and deeds. that could not be cleansed, and purged in his young age our lord Jesus christ mercefully put and end of 'em in his death what more mercy might be done unto 'em the which after their hardness and inpenytente heart. tresur to 'em fro day to day the wrath of hour sauyur Jesus christ. in the day of his wrath and also of schewing his rightful iuggement. and also to be received in to the night of death in the which night of death no man may help himself. for than no man may labure any thing for to deserve. than that soon her life of this world be schor tide and also fro hem take away. in the which her synnies and mysdedys' encresyn and growyn to her perdition and destruction: And what thing might be more holsummur to them the which by her folusnesse and madenesse with a scharpe sword koneyten and desiren to add strokes to her own proper wowndys' than that they be bound and also her wepynies take away/ the which they misued to her own proper hurt and damage. This foresaid clerk the which I knew some time in my childhod and young age. I undyrstode nor I knew not that he was dysceste and dead. For that same time in the which I knew him he removed fro that province or place there as he was wont to dwell in before unto a nother puynce or place. nevertheless yn all such peynies & torments as it is above said I saw & found him and I marveled of it For I had went he had be yet a live and also an honest person Than I spoke to him and asked whethyr he hoped any time to have the mercy of god And than he saide Alas alas I know and know that athishalfe domys day I schall have algate no mercy And when their I schalle have any than I am not certain So thely evermore seethe I was put here to these peynies they encresyn more and more Than I saide to him And why were you not confeste of thy synnies at thy last end & dydyst no penance for 'em Than he saide by cause I hoped to have recovered and all so by the disobeyed of the devil my ghostly enemy I was aschamed to confess so fowl a sin, lest I should have be of less reputation and despised a 'mong them the which I seemed glorious & fair I confeste me of little and small sins to seche an honest person and a worschipfull priest that you knowyst weal And when he asked me ȝef I had any other things to be confeste of I bade him go his way and told him that ȝef any other thing cumme afterward to my mind I would send for him again and tell him. And when he was gone and onethiss came to his church I begun to die Thenne anon he was called for again and when he was cumme/ he found me dead & gone Truly there is no thing of a thousand peynies that I sofyr daily so grievous to me as is the unhappy presentation of my fowl and unclean leaving that I ●… yd in the world and now being here am compelled to do actually the same foul passion. And beside the horrabulle greatness of peynies that I am in. I am more confounded of schame while dat I am by the same sin made cursed and abominable in the sight of all men. Alas alas who ever would have wend that the worschyppe and favour the which I had among men sculde be turned to seche confusion and despe●…ion as it is now wherefore full greatly I am confounded and asshamed. for now to every creature I appear foul and abominable. the which before appeared to every man glorious and honorabulle. And this he said with full sore and great crying and weeping And while I meruelde the wrechidnes and peynies of so great a man sum tyme. I saw how he was ponysshte in innumerabulle wysies. and by two torments he was brought as to nought and dissolved by strength and here of fire and so made liquid as ledys' when it is multe. soothly than I asked sent Nycholas my leader if this man nies peynies might be remedyde or help by any mean. And than he saide when the day of doom is cumme then 〈◊〉 crysties will be fulfil d He only knoweth the hearts of all men And then he will do to every man rightfully. Therefore I could know no thing for certain of this man's deliberation. Therefore those things the which we have spoken of here before may weal be considered as the scripture saith in this wise. Non est ei bene qui assiduus est in malis & elemosmam non danti. that is to say it is not weal with him that is besye in evil Nethir with him that doth none alms See now and consider how greatly they be holp in placies of pains by the doing of alms deeds. as our lord speaketh in the gospel the which did 'em in her life. This clerk in his life was wise and witty in his own conceit and trusting to himself set full little to seche help of other by almis deed and good works for his synnies. that hath wrought now to him damnation. Loo so soon and suddenly he is found onwyse and mad. Con ceyne now what is here now saide of this clerk and a little before what was saide of a goldsmith and opynly it confermethe the sentence of the scripture seeing in this wise Potenter potentes tormenta sustinebunt & exiguo conceditur misericordia. that is to say. Mighty men mightily schalle sofyr torments. and to a meek man is granted mercy. That goldsmith and though he were a syner yet was in his own sight meek and little the which nethir by his cunning nerhyr of any other virtue presumed but counted himself evermore on wise and onstable by cause of his sins therefore by the mean of alms deeds. and serves as he might do. gate to him the help and soffragys' of his great and mighty advocatour and patron saint Nycholas and so in time of need he had ●…elpe and mercy as he desired And also even contrary wise this clerk of the excellent cunning riches and worschippe that he had ●… ceded forth his wickedness. And by cause he thought himself except in this world. fro the common labur of men. Lo in so cruel and byttur example he is not now ponysshte with othyr men. Also I saw there his tongue having forth out of his heed and busily brenning as it were abronde of fire and that verily he suffered by cause that often times he perûted ryghtwesnes as a man mighty in words taking yefts and men's persons. For he used not only to iangyl idyle words. but also froward lie in words contrary to wroth over mickle he had exceeded. Therefore no marvel though he were punished this wise for such excesses and faults. when our lord speaketh in the gospel of the rich man the which for his light speaking and iangeling at meet was sore ponyshte in his tongue in a flame of fire. shortly after this came to me that worschyppefull priest to home this clerk was confeste of his small synnies as it is rehearsed before And among other things the which this worschipful priest heard of me I told how this clerk afore saide when he was confeste bade him go his way as for that tyme. and so anon died as it is saide before And when I had told him this he wept full bytturly and took god to record that it was very truth as I saide and knew weal. that the foresaid clerk saide so to him Therefore on lie of that multitude of wretches I knew this clerk that this saide to me  
soothly than soon after that we were passed this third place we came to a region where the souls the which had done her purgation in purgatory joyfully rested. in the which place many I knew weal and found 'em there in great felicity and comfort. truly as touching the joys of that place and the ●…ocundnes and gladness of them that were there as our lord will ȝeve us grace we schall afterward schewe and declare. but first let us turn again this narration to thoes things the which we have left out of the peynies and merits of some persons in especyalle. the which I saw and found in the placies of purga torye as it is saide before   

¶ Of. two. persons that this monk saw & spoke with in the first place of purgatory and first with a prior ¶ Ca xxvii  
therefore a prior that was father of a religious place the which I knew full weal sum time dysce●…e and deyde this same year. And of his manners and conditions I knew many things the which I leave out at this time by cause of schortenes. This man and prior I saw and knew among the first that were in peynies of the first place of purgatory that we came to. Truly he was in full great and sore torments and suffered full grievous peynys. sum time in fire and sum time in stinking baths of brimstone & pyche medild to gedyr hoys face and there was over wretched & dedful And assoon as he saw me he began meekly to call me and great me whom with compassion of heart I great also and spoke to him many things. And I inquired of him whether he so freyd so great peynies for the faults the which he did in youth by cause peradventure he negligently kept his order that he took to him in his childhood And he saide nay But nevertheless full sore and byttyr peynies I sofre here not only for mine own synnies and excesses the which I did in mine own person how be it that I offendyth in many things but also for the wekydnes and misgovernance of the persons the which a little before I had charge and cure of. For as touching mine own sin nies I wulde sofyr as I might bear/ thoes peynies the which be dew for 'em. For I used to redeem and schast mine own sins by oft confession and taking disciplines and busy prayers And all so by divers other ways. soothly of these things full sore grieveth me now the carnal affection and love that I had to my friends. as father & mother and other of my kin of the which to sum of 'em I gate benefycies of churches. when they were full onworthy to have 'em & toothir I gave right ondyscretely many yefts of the gods of the monastery that I was prior of and they now full little remember me or do any thing for me in my need. truely the favyr of people & the love of worschippe that I had me prinspaly noythe And alas alas for sorrow. for and god take not mercy on me as I am now in peynies out of measure. so schalle I be without end. The covetise ambycy on that I had to keep my worschippe. and the fear that I had to leave it. so blinded the sight of my soul that I lowsyd the brydyl of correction to the willies of my sogetties & suffered 'em to do & follow her desyries & lusts as my yes had be closed. lest haply ȝef I had correct 'em & refraind 'em from her lightness they wulle have be to me as enemies to labure and to have me out of my worschippe and prelation that I was in. furthermore they that were good religious men and had zeal and love to keep the ordyr. I no thing helped or favoured in conservation of the religion. but full inordenatly and contrary to virtue I would with other that loved 'em not speak evil of 'em and detract hem and cherish other that were full evil di sposyd and brekeries of her holy ꝓfessyon and order And all this I did a part of mine own lightness and a part be cause I would defend my prelation And for 'em to play lewd games & to speak and clathyr tryfullies iapies and other lewdness and also to go and wandyr among secler folkys in idleness. it was leeful to hem. as it was to me. Therefore some of 'em by this cruel lightness of me and that they saw in me presumed and said to do many full cursed things. wherefore here I am ponysshte without ho●…e. how be it that I approved not her wicked deeds notwithstanding I knew 'em. and of a vain dread. made like as if I had not know it. wherefore many of hem bode still in her fowl abusions. going fro evil to wars. And some of 'em continued in evil unto her death while I levied in the world. and now they be everlasting dampde. Also some other of 'em yet hethir to liven contynualy wars and wars in great synnies and deadly deeds. wherefore to hem and to me as I am aghast succedyth inextynguyble fire. Also fro the hour that I paste fro my body. I am put to onspekehabule torments the which were as me seemeth now full light in comparison of the peynies that I now sofyr. soothly the first day after my death was to me more es●…er than all the days that I had setthe And of all the synnies & faults that now they done after my death of an evil custom that they had before the which they be say to have take by my neglygens. my peynies therefore been evermore increased And by cause that I knew sum of 'em that be dead and sum other the which ȝette levyn. that have flyd and fall beside other sins. to that fowl and abominable sin ne that ought not to be named and therefore put to 'em no correction. no thing I dread so mickle. as the encresing of my peynies so largely till I be compel to sofyr the foul and abominable stench the which they sofre and have now the which did the same fowl and abominable sin for I know weal that the grievous pain of that same stench is more intolerable & painful than any other peynies that sinners sofryn: And as oft as they the which I left alive damnably offended. anon the devils ran to me with great scorns and vpbraydys and evermore and more with new peynies encresyng my torments. Also he told me what day what place and what time after that he was passed out of this world and what person of him it was and what sin he had done. And he told my many things that they died and saide anon as they done any evil the which I had sum time cure of▪ the ministries and wicked angels of the devil upbraydyn me with the same and anon they encresyn my peynies soothly there was sum of the brethren of that place the which this man aforeseyde was prior and father to that were acclaimed by ye le of rightwiseness and fervour of religion and did also great labur and dylygens that all inordinate favours put a side the purity and honest of her order might be kept And this I knew was truth wherefore I saide to him. How than was it noised far and broad that many things were well reformyd and amended before your end in the place where ye were prior if it be now eschewed you so mickle evil of 'em that dwell there ȝette. And than he saide True it is as ye say that mickle thing was correct and amend more than it was wont to be before Nevertheless of her amendment have I no fruit ne meed but also my peyvys encresing because I was over mickle against her correccions & lest I should be correct or though things amended that be amended full mickle I letted soothly I was assail of her opyn correction. but less I to here hem over all schamfully diffamed. Truly her conditions were so froward & obsty nate that outwardly I had wend they had be incor rygyble & what sum ever is believed to be done there fore amendment. but if the marvelous power & might of god help. it will be brought done again to nought Alas alas why did I believe eum to seche counsels. Alas that ever I favyrde and magnified feche persons by the which I did so offend the majesty of god so to let 'em have her will to do what they would. soothly four persons there been & told me her names that I schuld say to hem. but if they soon do to god. evynworthy penance for her cursed deeds & counsels. by the which they have lost 'em self & other also the which have do ne after 'em they schalle have the indycyble & euerla sting torments of hell And truly if they did penances & satisfaction till domys day they should think it but little in to the recompensation & expiation of the great and long schrewdenes and cursedness by the which they have brought me to this peynies that I am in now and with her wickedness they have all most infect & cum bird all the house. soothly onethies or litil any time though four persons I wulde displease but I was inclined & bowed to let 'em do what they would Also few there been of all the covent that for me & for mine helping. Fully have done & saide the messes & psalms with other soffragys' and prayer's. the which of dewt●… they should say & do for me according to our religion And many of 'em for whom I am now in sore pains have done none of these things yet for me. there fore what for sorrow and dread that I have of the see present torments. I am pained on every side See che thinhies saw I about this prior & this wise he spoke to me as it is above rehearsed   

¶ Of an anchors that he saw and knew in the same place ¶ Ca xxviii  
yKnewe also a certain ancresse the which was of a good and honest conversation whom greatly I loved and I saw her there: as she had come late fro the world + Truly she was stable and steadfast in contynauns and feyre of beholding. home the laborus weigh that she had gone a little had weryde. & with the peynies of fire that other were involved here and there she was oft times touched and sum what brent. But she full little counted it & hasted her spedly greatly ꝓfeting on the journey that goeth to paradise. & this when I saw I take god to record I had wend it had be sum fantasy & as it had be a dream for I believed in no wise that she was dead Than said I unto myself. Y trow that the meritory leaving of this an cres & servant of christ so is schewde to me by imagination. for truly she that is ȝette alyne in her body may not be here. soothly the third day after that I was come to myself again a certain neybur of herns was here that I spoke with & prayed him to great her weal on my word. and all so that she will whytsafe to pray for me. Than he saide Pray ye also for her our good friend for ye scalle undyrstande that she is disceste and pas●…e to god. verily I marveled greatly at his saying And than first I believed that it was true that I saw of her in the first place of purgatory furthermore this general condition of all folk that deyon. I know there opynly. that all pepule the which be ordende to perceive rest and bliss before the day of doom. had evermore fro the first hour of her death her peynies less & less. But if it were so. that any of 'em had left to other that levied after by evil exampulle occasion of sin the which rightwisely they might wite it 'em that did so before. and while they deed no satisfaction to god for it before her death. whereby seek occasy on of synning left to other should have be forgenyn hem also they that grievously offended by the which they de●… vyd eunlasting damnation begun to go fro full bittyr peynies to wars & so by succeeding of her peynies daily her tormeties busily encresyn that e●…y day foloing is more grevossor to hem then was the day before   

¶ Of a certain bishop that was there also ¶ xxix  
acerten bishop I knew there in peynies the which once I saw & he was boar in this ground of inglonde and had his byshopriche be yond see. truly he died this same year about the feast of saint Myghel the a●…changel. For than I knew opynly the day of his passing but now it is fallen out of my mind the which that time was occu pied about many things that I saw. soothly innumerabulle things there were the which I did not weal note nether could we'll keep in my mind all things that I had noted. truly the same man the which told me of the passing of the anchors as it is saide in the next chapter before told me also of the passing of this bishop but he knew not what tyme. truly anothyr young man. the which was cousin and ally to the same bishop, and also in service with him when he levied came home ageyn'to his country of inglonde & brought certain word to the todyr man that told me that the foresaid bishop was deed Truly I saw this bies shop all most contynualy brenning in flame of fire & moste be caen of his vycyus living that he leaned in his youth also he was torment in other innume rabble wysies & be cause I saw sum special thing about him I thought to remember & specially to speak of him soothly as he brende busily in fire he had eum more a full honest cloth upon him there the which not only was hurt by the fire but also it was yldyn & made by the fire more feyrer & semlyor than it was afore Than●…e sent Nycholas declared to me the reason of this marvelous thing and saide This privilege he gate to him when he levied. by a good deed the which he used to do And this it was. Evermore he had compassion on power pepulle that were naked and full liberally he used to relieve 'em of that need wherefore his clothing schalle never lack feyernes. till that he have fulfilled his penances and take of god the stole of everlasting joy and bliss   

¶ Of a certain woman the which was a poor man's wife ¶ Ca thirty  
awoman also that was a power man's wife died this last year with her husband the which was weal condicionde and in money things full weal disposed. she was sum time right famylyarly beloved of me. home full gladle I behold there in light peynies. in comparison of other swif te going forth to the great meed and worschippe of heavenly joys. truly in this that she used in patiently to stolde and upbraid 'em that did her wrong and enmity and in her heart held raucour and sowernes against hem. she greatly offended and therefore she had suffered peynies. Nevertheless this vyse was to her invincible by cause of her imperfection and ever she hated it and often times wept that she could not overcome it. wherefore she had the sooner forgiveness of that sin. soothly she was in her prayers full devout and weal disposed to almys deeds and hospytalte more than she might weal do of her own gods And before her death by long sickness that she had she was ꝓuid and cleansed as gold is in a fornes by the which all most she had cast fro her the scurf and the hardness of her synnies. Forthirmore fulfeldyn it is in this days in the which. all most the conditions of all men gone out of kind. for the pure and clear simplicity and innocentnes of the very chirce of god. that any man leaving in this life keepeth or rekeverythe fully the equity and puryte of the holy gospel. the which tile a man fulfil he may not dwell in heavenly placies nethyr schalle rest in the mownte and hill of paradise of joy & bliss. wherefore what sum ever thing of sin and uncleanness contrary to equity and rightwiseness cleaveth and resteth on the souls that passyn hens out of this world it shallbe purged in a nother world & so by her penances the weigh and path of a joyful resting shallbe eschewed to 'em that be purged and cleansed. and so then in placies of rest the entering of heaven & eunlasting bliss full largely shallbe opynd to though souls for the ꝑfette desire that they shall have there to see god soothly this only must be take of the sins which by her light qlite or else by confession & satisfaction done for 'em be granted of god to be chan gyd & contyd among venial sins. For as touching though sins that be deadly & were not in this world by the remedy of confession & penans made light & venial it is withoutyn doubt that he shall so be presented to his in gement in the world that is to come as he is fond in his leaving when he passeth out of this world   

¶ what peynys religious men suffered for certain fawtes ¶ Ca xxxi  
●…Othely I saw all religious folk both of men and women how they suffered certain peynies as weal for little offences as for great sins and as it were ꝓpyr pains for singular synnies And full sore as it seemed to me were the lest peynys that they suffered for right little offences as for inmoderate laughing and ydyl words speaking and that they suffered her mind negligently ovyr mickle to wandyr about in vain thoughts or else for light breaking the rules and form of her religion as in light and nice behaving of gestur and in multyplying signs to mickle and so for going and wandering out of her cloister and cells on ꝓfetabully and also for many other things in like wise. For some I saw full myserabully weeping & rowlling hoot brenning coals in their mouths for eting fruits & herbs out of dew places and time not for any medsyn or need. but for lust & appetite And for imoderate lawghing they had betingys' For ydyl speech strokys in her face. & for vain thoughts they suffered grievous and vary ante trowbulnes of the eyre. And they that offendyth in dissolution of gestur & behaving were bound with scharpe bonds and many with fiery bounds and for superfluity of signies by the which they had to gedyr lewd pleys & ydyl gamys. sum of 'em had her flyngers fain and some had 'em by kn●…ckyng sore broysyd. They also that were o●…sta bule wandering here and there were grievously cast and throw fro one place to another by the which her limbs were sore hurt among 'em self Also they that spoke words of reboudye the which sound ned onclenesse or other wise against the honest of religion were ponyss●…te there almost as sore as for deadly synnies. also w●…o sum ever broke any ●…owys made to god or to his saints specially in time of dread and peril for her help and deliverances And afterward surety take of the same vow suffered inestimable torments   

¶ Of a certain knight that broke a vow ¶ xxxii  
among 'em that broke her vows I saw a young knight brenning in the mids of fire whom I knew sometime full weal And as I inquired of him why he was put in so great pains. this he told me. My life he said that I levied was but barren and vain and also vicious For I was insolent and nice in pride and elation and foul and unclean by the vice of lechery. not withstanding for this I am now specially ponysht by cause I caste away fro me the sign of the holy cross the which I had take apone me in a vow that I made to go to the holy land how be it that I took the cross not for deuocy●…n but for vain glory the which I loved to have had of the lord that I served. truly every night I labur in going as mickle as I may to make an end of that pilgrimage. But what for febulnes of strength and con traryusnes of the wedyr and also scharpnes of the way I am letted greatly that onethe I may go at on time a full little days journey soothly when the morning beginneth. f●…eyn to me wicked spiryties being wood in all cruelness. and drawn me a gain. to the place of my peynies. where ever more all the days time I am greatly pained yn fire. Nevertheless with a certain amendment of lessur dyssese thawght it be lyt●…l. And again when night cometh. y. am restored to the place where I left last my journey. and so I go forth on my pylgri mage. and when the morning is cumme I am drawn again and cast to peynies. And all that have vowed to go to the holy land. and after d●…d cast fro hem her cross. and whent not dedyr. yn like wise as I go. they be compelled todo her pilgrimage, so if they may have the grace of god in her last end to repent 'em. as I had to repent me for breaking of my vow. & than by the remedy of confession this sin that was deadly sin may be changed to a venial sin Other wise all that break that same vow. be put to eternalle damnation   

¶ Also of another knyh●…t ¶ Ca xxxiii  
aNother knight also the which well died & passed to god a x ȝere a gone I saw and knew there. This ●…yght that time the which I saw ●…ynr had overcome all his great peynies that he had suffered before And therefore I say he did weal For by that space of penans he went weal toward the joys of paradise. soothly he bore there on his fist a lyty●… byrdde like a sparhauke. Also in his life above all men that were of that country the wh●…che he dwelled in gave gladly & liberally to all poor people that came to him hospitality. truly his wife died afore him almost a thirty wyntyr after hoys death he levied continent & chaste + in a wydwardys' life ready and benyvolente to all men why lies he levied And greatly merueylde why he that was so honest of leaving and weal condycyonde in his demening had not ȝette perceived fully rest & joy. Than he saide to me that it was not too be merueylyde. For why when he levied he might oft offend in many wysies. specially by cause that in his youth and childhood. he was norishte & brought ●…pe delicately. and what for felishy●…pe and his youth. was drawn to many noysful things of the which he kowde not fully be purged and made clean in worldly conversation. where he must conform him to the manners and behaving of 'em that he dwelled among. soothly he complained that the hawk the which he bore on his fist. painful lie ●…are his hand with her ●…ylle & scharpe cleys This ●…edeusnes of pain. he suffered as he saide by cause that in hanking the which he used all the time of his life. greatly delighted to see the hankies when they flow how they took other byrddies. The which hawking he left not in his age + nethyr there of had any compunction. For he knew not that seche a thing were any sin. Many other things also I saw and behold in this first place of purga torye. e. as we'll abo●…te 'em that I knew. as about other both of men & women of all degrees & ꝓfessyons of the which everich on of hem were punished in peynies innumerable. full scharpe and bitterly. as I have schortely above saide. under a certain generality. wherefore these few things saide now of many things. be suffycyaunt here at this time   

¶ Of the persons that he saw in the second place of purgatory ¶ Ca xxxiiij  
now of though things the which I saw and noted in the second place of purgatory sum what I will schewe & declare to you soothly in this second place I saw and knew many more that were sum time of mine aquentanse. than I did in any other place sore weeping and sorrowing in her pains her synnies by the which they had broken hour lords ●…maundmentys wherefore they were alienate & made far fro his familiar knowledge   

¶ Of. three byssho●…pys that I fond there ¶ Ca xxxv  
three byssho●…pys that I knew weal sum time I saw th●…re straightly bound with fiery thayny●… often times. turning and wallowing full myserabully. now in great fire. and now in scharpe storms of hail and snow and whirl wyndies. and aftyrward in a fowl stinking pond of black watyr. Truly they were ponysht diversly. not far from othyr. And on of hem was more byttly torment than tothyr were and that was by cause he used in his life to sit among secler ingys'. in place and time of pleading and their yn. he took a great pleasure and delight and of tin times he was. to many that pleaded her causis of god consciens a violent oppressu●… against right wesenes. and therefore he complained. whit an o pin mowthe that his tongue continually brende in flamys of fire. And as he was now brenning in fire and now wet. And styftely froryn in snow and frost. & now in a stinking pond. and now fowl overkeuryde in fen and plutte. his tongue evermore continued yn brenning fire. The tothyr of 'em othyr whiles negligently broke his chastity. the which de●…e specially in a bishop. was overfowle and abominable. and therefore was he drowned often times in the fowl and stinking pond. that lieth between the great heat and cold as it is saide before soothly a fore his death he left the honour and dignity of his byshoprye. and took upon him the meek habette of a monk. the which greatly helped him. among othyr deeds of satisfaction. And all that so done. great good & ꝓfette there of cometh to hem For all they specially be holpyn by the merities & prayers of the holy seyntys. the which used afore the same habette & also been known & markid to rise up again in the ordyr of 'em the which when they levied here utward lie left this world or else at her last end in full devotion forsook this world The third of these bysho pys greatly delighted in worldly worschippe & vain glory. For the which sin he was oft times bore up an high in fu●…hye spirits of flame of fire. & by cause he fill fro the love of god by seche sin unto the cooled of worldly slowfulnes. he was let done brenning to the grenies cooled that was on the todyr side of the fire. & be cause of the common evil & peynies that thes three ware in. was for the neglygens of souls the which they had cure of & for the great cark that they had of her riches & despexion of poor people for flattering of princes & imoderate cark of her kynefolke. & as I may shortly ●…clude many thy gys in few words eunych on of hem sought safter though things that was to himself & not the things that longeth to our lord thesu criste And the genal evil of these & many other platies that I saw was the negligens of h●…r office delectation of worldly worship & dissimulation of her charge. & in all these things full heavily they sorrowed by cause they mysusyd her power that they had undyr god to the great hurt of 'em self & to the perdition of her sogetties & therefore the peynies of all seek prelates were daily increased more & more as I have told before of a certain prior that what sum eum her friends that levied in the world did for hem as in messes almsdeed & seche other things by the which her peynies should be lessed daily her grievous peynys were increased for the sinful leaving of 'em the which they deadly faverd and brought up in her vices or else be cause they did not correct 'em in dew form as it longeth to her office wherefore all they that for seche causys sofrid peynies greatly doubted of her salvation & were almost in despation soothly there is no thing so grievous to he that be in peynies as the oncertente of her pelyverans & also there is no thing that so mickle swagyth the peynies & sorrows of other as doth a very hope & faithful trust the wyiche they knew● & have by our lords mercy to be delivered. & they that were certain to have an end of her peynies & were not bond to the certente of damnation. that same certente was to hem a full great solace & comfort For as touching the evil & hurt of desꝑation as mickle as I can consider & remembre me after though things that I saw there it grieveth disesyth & tormentyth though souls that have it more than all other peynies done   

¶ Of an archbishop of canturbery ¶ Ca xxxvi  
I saw also beside these above saide a certain person that sometime was of great name & fame the which after the meek conunsation of monkies relygy on that he levied in before in the which he had leaved full devoutly as in bodily penances in holy medytaci on's & many other virtues right excellently & at the last he was promoted & made archebishope of canturbery & primate of inglonde But alas for sorrow for truly the more thereby he grew in the sight of the pe pull so mekyl he had fall & decreased in the sight of god the which behold him inwardly & the sander had ended his life ȝef he had not be holp by the mercy of god & the merits of his good leaving afore by the which when he was in religion a monk full weal in good purpose & labour acceptable to god he had pleased our lord soothly when he was bishop of can turbery & also specially full excellent in cunning full lityl heed he t●…ke to his cure. & to the ghostly health of the people For he onwysyly promoted full onworthy persons to beneficies of the church. & also he dread & was ashamed to execute the law for displeasing the king by hoys favour it seemed he can to that dignity Also he studied & thought by a colur of simulation odyr wise than he should to trouble 'em the which he ●…knew were against his ꝓmoting of the byshoprye & dignity that he had In these things & seche other. he had greatly offended. Also in this he was more to be blamid & more offended that he hid & kept close full on ꝓfetably the authority of religion & wisdom that he had fro hem of home he was full excellently named & to home he might full greatly have ꝓfet & ho sum eum so do they be ordende to full great peynis. for they be a s●…launder to the church of god while they pluck not up & distrey the wicked living & rotted wysys the which be sowyn in the hearts & ●…ūsacron of the people of god that they have cure & charge of ne their be about by her office to edify & plant in her so getties the nobleness & ●…dicions of virtue & honest no more than other that lack both holiness & good understanding Ne●…theles our lord sechyth aswell of 'em that had no cunning in seche thigis as they should have had for to be heads of the people as of other the which had cunning & understanding how be it that they had it but barenly & turmth it to the more tormen ty●… & peynies of hem both Also for the opyn & foul onchaste living of pristies & clerks bishoppis now a days full greatly perish be cause they correct not so great a sin the which is a full great i●…urye & wrong to the heavenly sacram●…tys of holy church. For in thoo blessed sacraments all the life & help of crysiyn people is ●… teynyd the which as mickle as is in 'em. be not ashamed to defoul when they be right foul & plunged soothly of the negligens of denys of arch dekons & of other officers money things I saw the which I leave out to tell & how by her ●…senting & simu lacyon & for taking yefts & men's psons all the state of crystyndome almost is o●…cōme & subûtyd For this is opynly showed in the works & ●…dicions of hem that now liven Also the dissolution & ●…loufulnes of seche ●…sons that should have a zeal & a love to the people of god reqryth & asketh etnal damnation aswell to the clergy as to the lay folk & most to he self & to her authors Truly for these thigis & many other innumerable in this wise the foresaid arch bishop lafoy board in great peynies under grievous ●…playning soothly he was well helped there by the gloryus martyr & arch bishop of england sent thomas of canturbery home he had gotten to him there a special patron & helper be cause when he went to the holy land a p●…grymage in his life time he hordende there an hospitalle for pilgrimys & intytylde it in the name of scent thomas to the great sokyr & comfort of crystyn pylgryms Tre we this deed I knew first in purgatory when I saw the foresaid bishop in sore peynies but yesterday en●… red thereof if it were true. & a certain person a religius man told me how it was ordende & begunue Forthyr more greatly it, pfet him the labur that he had when he went on pilgrimage to jerusalem where he made that place Also many priests that by the grace of god left her vycyus living of onchastyte in very constricion of heart with confession of mouth when they levied & because they had not do penans sufficiently I saw hem torment in innumerable peynies Truly then I thought to myself that full few priests were there fond of the great number that is of hem in all the world. that had de●…uyd peynis after her death for breaking her chastity. & to this it was so answard Therefore full few been here torment of the number of seche persons for onethe it is seldyne say that any man of hem were very penitent & contrite while describe vyd for her sins. wherefore it is no doubt but that the great multitude of 'em been outwardly ed soothly in all this vision I saw no man that outwardly had lost hope of salvation nethir that was in certente of etnal damnation Neûtheles some that were in grievous peynies had no knowledge when they should be saved & that was most painful to hem. And some that were in peynies knew a certente of her deliverances & that was to hem a great solace as it is here saide above   

¶ A certain description of divers kind of sinful people & of her peynies ¶ Ca xxxvij  
h it were to long and out of measure yeffe I should rehearse by name all though persons the which I saw & knew there of all ●…dicions of all degrees & of all orders Also ȝef I should say or be about to show & declare synglerly the peynies & torments of every syngler crime like as it was showed to me at that time it wulde be over teduse and weriful to the redder thereof For there is no sin wre tin in holy scripture but there is ordende in the placies certain peynis to all that be doers of 'em Trefore I leave out & pass by menfleers avowtres fornicators. liars & forswerers glotyners trayturs covety see folk. proud people enuyus people. slanderers hate full people & a thousand more of this wise to ●…ome all is ordende there synglerly full great pains & grievous And ho may tell of all these things when they that were good relygyus men sofred full sore and grievous peynies only by cause they delighted and took a pleasure of the feyernes of her hands and long fingers Also weyfaring men that were slain of thiefs in her journey I saw hem ponyshte for her sins in an ȝesy wise thiefs also of home it is not to be left out in no wise that were for her sins ingit to have ve in this world & were only confeste so a priest or else opynly that most helpeth of her wykydnes & evil deeds in very true constricion of heart & so anon took her death patiently forgiving with heart all her enemies & all manner wrongys' & trespassys done to hem & also her death in remission of all her synnies I saw all seek with a special certain worschipfulnes p●… to full soft & esy peynies Also other that were ponyshte & hanged like wife for the ste & other misdeeds & wulde not o pynly confess her synnies in time of her death but hoping by fraud & disobeyed of her ghostly enemy the devil to scape harmless at that time for the denying & excusing her synnies how be it that they purposed in her heart to be confeste to a priest of 'em afterward & to do for hem condign penans & also outwardly to leave 'em ȝef they could have & obtain space thereto as they hopid & yet could not have it but should die & than in the last end of her life meekly besought god & his ho lie saints of mercy & help. all seek were full grievously torment in peynies for her synnies withstonding nethir these had lost hope of mercy & forgiveness. Neuntheles they were gynyd in fiery feturs & hanged up in the mids of fire on gybbettis home the cruel tormentors & fyndies alto bete & brake with scorgys' & forkys & upbraid 'em of crymies & sennys with great scornies & mockies   

¶ Of posynners' that he saw there ¶ Ca xxxviij  
they that were posynners' & poynsyd folk & also women that had cast away & forsake her babies the which they had boar or had slain hem or else by her cursed craft had caused 'em to be boar afore her tyme. I saw such persons by full oft betyngys' and ab●…asyng of nails alto toryn TNO T197 And also they were ●…pellyd to drink dy●…s metals as brass & led multyn by fire & medylde with full stinking things the which brent her inward bowels & so went grievously thorough hem. & when it was out it was brought to hem to drink again. Truly ●…ten great monsturs of creeping bestis with horrabul & gastful harms cleppyd seek women: & sticked her nails full deep in her necks & sydies & having at her breasts soaked her paps with her venummies mouth & alto gnew 'em with her cursed teeth   

¶ Of usurers also ¶ Ca xxxix  
usurers also I saw how they were drowned in great heaps like hills of burning money complaining with great sorrow & wailing by cause they quenched not in 'em when they levied in this world the evil flame & sin of covetise   

¶ Of fygytyvys out of religion ¶ Ca xl  
r●ligyous persons that were fugytyvys that is to say that ran out of her order by the which they had bond hem self to the ●…uice of god & after returned again to the world & gave 'em to wordly living. as a dog that turuiths again to his vomit so greatly they were there smyt with peynys that I can in no wise tell nethir declare her tormentic. & onethe full bit repentans & confession at her last end saved seche persons otherwhile fro e●…lasting damnation. Ne●…theles her apostasy was full long time & grievously ponyshte   

¶ Of a certain king of Inglond ¶ Ca xli  
bUt what schal I say of a certain prince & sum time king of englon d that I saw the which in his life was full mighty among all the princes of this world. soothly he was on every side pressed and pained. that a man might say of 'em as seit johan the evangelist saith in his apocalypse this wise Quantum se dilatavit. et in delic●…s fuit. tan tum datur ei tormentum et luctum. That is to say how mickle he did extend and magnifyde 'em self and was īonleful●… lusts and delyties. so mekyl give ye to him torment and henynes. how is that may concede in mind what great peynies all his body and lymmys were smytte with He sat upon an horse. that blue out of her mouth and no see a flame black as pycche. medylde whit a smoke and stench of hell. yn to the grievous torment of him that sat above. the which was armed at all pieces as he should have gone to batelle Truly the armyr that he were. was to him intollerabul pain for they were as bright brenning ȝirne is. when it is betyn whit hamers and smytyth out fiery sparclys bythe which he was with ynforthe all to breed & whit out forth the same armyr brende in full great heat. and laded him that were him with full sore ●…orhtyn. Also as touching his helm his shield. & his haburgyn. and his leg harness I leave out. for by the brenning heat and peise of 'em al. how mekyl he was pained no man cast tell soothly he wulde have given all the world if it might have be so that he might have be delyve rid fro on spur with the which he was compelled to steer his wretched horse to run whereby often times he fill down headlong Also the sadyle that he sat in was sticked thorough on both the sydys' with fiery brochies & naylis the which was a gasteful sight for any man to behold & the maw & iwarde bowels of him that sat in the sadelle were sore smit thorough by the scharpnes of the brochies & nails. & this cruelly was he ponyshte for the onrightful scheding of men's blood & for the foul sin of avowtrye that he used In this too things he deadly offended oft times & tho cruel tormentors wicked fyndis full greatly with derisions & scornies upbraided him because he would be avengid on men that flew his venery as heart & hind ●…ocke & do & seche other the which by the law of kind aught to be slain to every man & therefore sum of hem he put to death or else cruelly wulde maim him. & for all this he did never but little penance as long as he levied Also full miserably he ●…playnde that nethir his sons nethir his friends the which he left alive & to home he had gotyn mickle temporal gods did or eschewed for him any thing after his death for his help & releuyng No thing he saide my sons & friends have done for me in these peynies Alas lo I have lost all my labur & be●…nes that I have done ydylly to make mine hesers rich & mighty Alas for the false & dece nabul flattering of people & now what have they brought or done for me unhappy to home I gate & gedirde so mickle treasure & riches & to whom I gave so many rentys & possessions & for home so greatly I offendyd god while I levied & now I am dead non of hem doth any thing for me Truly I saw him somewhat e syd & relieved of his peynies only by the prayers of religious men. to home in his life for god he was full benevolent often times. & thereby I undirstode specially that he hoped to be saved. furthermore be side all these things above saide full grievously he sorrowed & was pained. for by cause he oppressed diuns times the people with ondue taxies   

¶ Of a bishop that was there in peynies & yet god showed miraclies for him after his death ¶ Ca xlii  
●…Owe as I remember a iiii ȝere agone a certain biss●…oppe was chose to be an arch bishop but he was than hastily p̄●…ente of death & so disceste & left both Truly this byss●…oppe was inwardly in his living full weal disposed & religyusly. for he was pure and devout in heart & clean of body that by the use & wearing of a scharpe hair and other divers penances. tamed weal his own flesh. He conformed his face and cheer as it seemed mickle after the behaving of secler people. & to eschew & refuse the favour of vain glory the which is eû ꝓ vyd an enemy to virtue he showed alway in words & ꝯtenans gladness & iocundnes when he was with inforth contrite ●f heart & in his affections Also this bishop used as it is said before to ponyssh as well his daily faults by the which in great Cures & hard thinngys' he had offended as he did other sins the which he had done in his young age by divers chastmen 'tis and oft wepyngys'. Also in his office of bies shoppery. he had offended grievously in money things by his neglygens as other bishops did of home I have made mention above. Of this bishop I hard now opynly by the seeing of many folk. that by him miracles were showed & d●…ne after his death on seek pepull and febull. And 〈◊〉 suppose it is truth that our lord did worschy pe his servant with seche benefetties te give other example and undyrstonding. that he heard and clean leaving the which he levied ynwardly. plesyd●… hour lord full weal. the why he beholdyth only me nies hearts. soothly yet found I hem in peynies re making to him wythowtyn doubt. full great meed and rewards in the everlasting bliss of heaven And he that be sevythe not them the which been in the peynies of purgatory. sum time to do miracles in this world. let 'em read the iiii book of the die a oge of saint gregery. and there he schal see fullyur an example of this thing. eschewed & done at Rome of an holy man that was called pascasius adecon   

¶ Of a certain ababotte ¶ Ca xliij  
aCerten abbot that was weal & religious dies posyd & a man of great sobirnes died a 〈◊〉 year a go. the which be quethyd at his last end to one of his brethren mekyl money for to deal to the power folk for the help of his soul. Thenne this monk wysyly and devoutly fulfilled the ab botties will and gave all that money to 〈◊〉 p●…re people and needy And where he knew any that were cold and hungry or smytte with sickness and were bore of honest folk and weal condicyonde and were fallyn to poverty whereby they had not to buy her leaving. and to beg they were ashamed to seche he wulde open his hand hfter his power and relieve 'em with meet and drink schoys and clothes Also to ancries and to wedowies to would folk and to power scholars he gave mekyl commanding 'em all to pray devoutly for the soul of him for whom that money was given And also they did full spedly And when this true and faithful monk had given to poor people all that was be take him he fill in to sickness/ by the which long time he was weal provided and purged & deceased a four year a go and made a blessed end. And both the foresaid abbot and the monk I fom de there in purgatory. truly the abbot was holdyn ȝette in scharpe peynies and most by cause that full carnaly and over mickle he loved his kynnys folk and also was to hem over large in yefts of the goods of his monastery and spend on 'em mickle more than was convenient to do. Plainly that same vyse that is to say carnal love to kindred more than right requyryth. full sore †grenyth† all most all manner of people that were ꝓfeste to holy religion in her life. and also all them that were dyspensours of holy church goods as byssho pys been and such other the which spend 'em ꝓbably in other vysies than they should. And as I cese of hem them which wastyn the gods of the ho lie church whereby they were made rychr in dissolution of clothing in voluptuous meats and pompies of the world so schalle they that vsyn scarcely to her need the gods that they have thaugh no thing of it be spend 〈◊〉 vanity. full straightly give acon ty●… of such gods as they have & keep and remeynyth above her go soothly they schnld first give of here goods more largely to the poor people of her paris house and afterward by discretion help her fader●… and moders as they need all superfluity put aside and also relieve other poor folk & so deserve meed of god without any offence. For there in purgato ryr I knew first this rule ordende to bishops & abbotties persons and vicar's of the church the which can not be broken without great vengns. And ȝere I saw these things so ordend. full far I thoughtr odyr wise of 'em. For I knew afore that the manners and conditions of seche prelates were far fro it and odyr wise demeaned And all that keep and fulfil this law and ordenans as right and reason requyryth schalle so be rewar did of god for 'em as they had given all such gods of her own proper patrimony. There fore this Abbot afore saide among sore and gre vys peynies and torments hasted him toward the rest of paradise. And as he saw and behylde the foresaid monk his brother the which was there in a certain part beside removed fro the grievous pains and torments that were there. and fullyght lie pained in comparison of him bowed himself of tin times to the same monk and thanked him with both his hands for the great charity that he showed for him in the distribution and dealing of the foresaid money that he delivered to him And the monk showed himself to the abbot that behold him full gracious of sight and gladsum of cheer For he was right feyre and sembly in white clothing thawghe they were resperste and had on 'em a few spots And when I saw this I marveled in myself. Thenne scent Nycholas that held me by the hand told me this of him. Knowyst this monk that thou sayst. he served and pleased god full weal in his life with great cleanness of heart and chastity of body. and mekyl evil the why che should have be done in the place were he was he letted and was against it. For he was fervent in zeal of rightwiseness and hating evil of heart wherefore many reproves often times patiently he suffered for the defence & honest of his religion and specially of 'em the which ware the habet of religion upon hem for that intent that they might destroy the vertuus living & ●…uersacion of religion full busily puing not her spirit but the wrechidnes of her fles●… and the world in the monaster●…s of spiritual & ghostly living. And alas for sorrow for now by seche persons the special worschyppe and honour that holy church was of before is almost brought to nought while the multitude of carnal and worldly men encresyn above number. home the fewnes of spiritual men sofryn choosing rather to dyssymylle and not to know her evil and so to rest hem self than by her blaming and resysting steer and move against hem the wrath and trowbullus hastiness of such evil dys●… syd persons And thought they so do ȝette they can not be fewer fro the spies and frau dies of 'em And as sum time ysmael that was boar carnaly pursued ys●…at that was bore spiritually that ya to say by a spiritual promise of almighty god. like wise it is now. For carnal folk been full grievous to spiritual people. be cause they can not pervert hem to her frawardnes Also many there been that greatly it is to sorrow the which in her leaving begun spyrytualy. but by process of time owther they be overcome by onstabulnes or else been deceived by sempylnes. and also they fall done fro her purpose and beginning unto the myserabul and wretched corruption and slow fullness of this world. enticed and drawn by the examplys & councelies of evil disposed persons. Truly these great hirties of religious leaving the which before in the time of faders. full nobly flowered & schone as an heavenly light. full greatly beholdyth the ●…re laties of holy church in this days. that known this and despisen it. m so mickle that they undyr stand not 'em self. that it is so with hem They knew verily what thing they be come to. but they what thing they should have come to. be cause that they be come to the lust and pleasure of this world but they should have come to the following of crysties poverty. and to the karke and diligent keeping of her cure. that is the people of god committed to 'em. And therefore that they seek and that they care. For that they be come to and that they have. The people of god they feed not but destroy & hem peradventure that they have turned fro ryhhtwysnes they fleyn spiritually and lesyn. for her con forming to 'em not showing 'em self faders & pastors. but wolfs and thiefs. truly the ꝓmotyng of such person's king's and bishops and other great men procuron and get. and her soget 'tis full mickle look their aftur not being rectors and faders. but perversours and destroyers of her sow lies the which thynkyn that all thing that is under 'em that liketh. is levefulle. why by the right wes judgement of god been remies trowbuld and churches confounded and the state of earthly for he outwardly subverted And for seche demening they be accursed of god the which should be devout and meek intercessors to god both for him that been a live. and for him that been deed by hoys me rities and prayers. specially the welfare of all crystyn doom might be preserved and increased and all evil far put away fro the people of god And while sent Nycholas complained of seche thynghes and of many othyr thou this wise. and remembered also so me things that were of great commendation and laud of certain persons. the which in her time stood full manly in seek perils. and strengthed othyr so to do I saw full many on every side me the which I knew before sore holdyn yn full grievous peynies and torments Truly I looked most upon hem that I knew a little before and loved right specially   

¶ Of an abasse also ¶ Ca xliiij  
oF the which a certain worschipful abbess was there that blessedly passed this same ȝere out fro this world tawarde the everlasting life and joys of heaven. soothly she told me many things both of her state that she was paste and of her state that she was yn. also she saide many thigys' to me the which I should tell to her own naturale sisters that were under de tytyl of v●…gynyte among othyr holy virgenis in the same monastery. that she was abbess of by some certain tokyns of the which some I would tell that should be to the hearers of hem full gracius & good but that she bade me tell it to no nothyr. ●…aue to 'em that she commanded me she saide also that she hath received mekyl relieving and help of her peynies by the devout prayers and psalms of her sisters the seruantis of god though home be fore she was a spiritual moder. And she commanded me to thank 'em for money good deeds the which they have done for her and for the sofragys' of messes and othyr holy prayers that they have gotyn for her as they might of certain religious persons. And more over they have made & ordende to be offered to our lord daily without any cesing for me messes and other devout prayers And therefore let him know withouten doubt that they schalle have therefore full great meed and I also have scaped full scarpe peynies. And if they persevere as they have begun. soon I hope to scape the renande of my peynies. she told my also that greatly it helped her that before she was made abbess she eschewed and behaved herself with great compassion full meekly to some of her sisters that were sore vexed with great sickness or temptation and full oft did all manner of service devoutly that were right foul and absecte in the monastery   

¶ Of. two. young nonnies that were lepurs ¶ xlv  
tHere were she saide on a time in hour place. it. young virgins the which were full sore infect with the great plague of lepur. And for asmuch that in many placies of her bodies. the flesh was fall down to the bonies and the skin above. often times horrably blister out of bleynies. And all my sisters of hour monastery loathed all most. to see or visit hem or to teach hem but to me me thought and seemed full sweet. to have and obtain 'em in my lap or hold 'em in my harms. and furthermore also to we●…e 'em in baths. and also to wipe her sores with my ste nies. & they full weal & gladly suffered that plague of lepur and tankyde god of that chastement and dies sese And so delighted hem yn it as they had rescey vyd of him gracius yyftys of divers ornaments And where alytyl while agone. they were peyryd in the world by a long martyrdom. now full bless sydly they folowyn the heavenly lamb her spouse Jesus christ wyhtowtyn any spot where sum ever he go And for the petty and charity that I had and showed to 'em in her need I have evermore had in all my peynies. a swift refresching and relieving of help. Also many othyr things the same abbess told me among the which she complained that for on thing that she did she had suffered sore peynies and that was by cause. negligently she left a certain child a young scholar. that was destitute of all his friends. and was committed to her of a certain bishop for to be brought up. and therefore the child levied long time in great discomfort and heaviness Also I saw and knew sum of her sisters that were noonies of her monastery there in that place of purgatory in light peynys   

¶ Of a knight that sinned in simony ¶ Ca xlvi  
aCerten knight that was patron of a church sold on a time a parsonage to a certain clerk for. xxvij. mark soothly afterward he repent him of that deed. and for the satisfaction of so great a sin he took the cross to go the holy land. and to visit hour lords scepulcur ȝef he might. and for his offensies there to ask god forgiveness and mercy truly that tyme. the hethyn folk had put thence crystin people & so occupied the holy land Then were christian people gedyrde of all coosties of the world to fight against 'em. and to drive 'em away and so this knight yoind himself to go among 'em And afterward he was smytte with sickness. and ended his life in that journey Soothe lie I found this knight there yet in mean peynies And he told me that for the sin of simony that he did▪ as it is afore saide he had suffered full grievous peynies and great And more over he saide. if I had not be prevent by the mercy of god to repent me full sore afore my death for that sin of simony in no wise should have scape eternal damnation. And the labur of the pylgrymmage that I to he for god tawarde the holy land. greatly eased me of thoo peynies. that were due for the same sin Also it was granted me by the goodness of god that I should send to her that was my wife. by a faithful clerk warned in his sleep of me. that she should orden to be saide for me. v. tricennar●…s of messes with the offycies of placebo and dirige as the church had ordende for 'em that been deed and of seche priests that were of honest and chaste living. of the which. some I told by name. Than she made these messis with othyr things afore say de. to be truly done for him. and afterward she rewarded hem as they were worthy by the which he saide his peynies were full greatly abated. For a bout the beginning after my death often times I was compelled daily to devour though pensys hoot and brenning that I had take of the priest and person afore said. And now by the mercy of god I am delivered fro that great torment. and that was most for the suffragiis the which was done for me. And ʒette I am constrained full sore to sofyr the scarpnes of cold. by cause when I levied I had not compassion on power and needful people that were clotheless and cooled. And often times when I gave 'em meet & drink I would be right we'll war by the vice of hardness to spend no money upon hem. then saide I to him. what and there were done yet again messes for you schuld ye not trow ye receive perfectly rest. then he saide. ●…ys and there were done for me. seven. tricennariis with the officies longing to hem this is placebo and dirige. I hope that anon as they were done for me. I schuld be delivered fro peynies to everlasting rest. Here now it is to be understand that this same knight after his death as I know it now without any doubt. appeared in a vision to the same clerk afore said. and assigned him. v. full chaste priests and chosen by name. that schuld say these messes and other thin gys like as it is saide above. Hoys persons and names and the placies of her dwellings the which diligently he expressed were to himself while he levied in his body. and to I clerk that he appeared to. and also to his wife that did for him outwardly onknowen   

¶ Of a certain young monk that some time in his days was sexton of the church ¶ Ca xlvij  
aCerten young man a monk that some time I had say the which in many things be havyd him religiously and he was also sexton of the church where he dwelled. soothly there were in this same church. iii. or. iiii. images of our blessed lady saint mary having in her lappies the image of our savyur Jesus christ in form of a little babe and they were set at every altar on right weal painted and feyre arrayed with gold and di verse other colours. the which showed to the people that behold him great devotion. And before every image hang a lamp. the which after the custom of that same church. were wont to be lighted at every pryncypale feast thorough all the year. both by night and by day enduring fro the first ensonge unto the second ensonge afore the foresaid images of hour blessed lady saint Mary. And also thilk lampys ligthened all the church about. truly it happonde upon a time in the foresaid Sextenies days. that great scarceness of oil was in that country that same time. & also there was no man that there had any oil than to sell. and seldyn it was that any stranger at that sesyn put forth any such chaffer for to sell. where fore the foresaid sexton. by cause he wist not. where he might get oil for necessary usys the mean while he withdrew the light fro the foresaid lamps. as him thowghte he might leefully do how be it that he had some yn store. but he dread lest it would not suffice till he had more. so that on ascension day and wythssonday he put no light to him. the which in these festis specially were won te to burn But he went not onponyshte. soothly the third day in whytsson week when he was say en in all things right hole and sound suddenly he was smite with a full scharpe axes. and so a vexid there of that he was mad and out of his mind and on the wysday the next week after he died And on saturday by fore his death. when he was almos te at his last end. he saw in avision the queen of heaven hour blessed lady sent marry. standing on a grice of a certain winding steyer in the church that was by on of the same images of hour blessed lady aforeseyde And when he saw her he cried to her remembering his sickness and perelle and saide. O holy and blessed marry. have mercy on me. Than she and s●…erde him scharply both yn word and yn cheer saying this wise. Thou haste take fro me the worship of my light in earth. and I schal again take fro the the light of this present life. soothly when he heard and understood this threating he was sore afeard and abashed and no marvel: and cast himself done at her feet with great weeping and sorrowing and asking forevenes of his trespass and promised amendment The●…e our blessed lady hoys threating is wont to be of mercy meekly behylde him and made a sign with her hand schewing him the grice that she stood upon and saide. sit done here then he begun as him thought to sit done full sore afeard at her feet. when she suddenly vanyshte away. And when he was cumme to himself again called for his brethren and told him this vision that he had sayn and prayed hem and also bade hem with great instance and wothies that the next night with the dayr following. the lampys afore said schuld be lyghtind and burn. as the custom was before Also he made a vow that and he might have his health again he would contynally kepe forth and increase the foresaid lamps to worschyppe and laud of the glorious virgin & mother of god our blessed Lady saint mary. But he could not call again the word and sentence that she saide to him And so he died the tewsday after trinity sunday and as for the restoring of the for saide lamps some satisfaction he did for his of fence and trespass. Truly ȝette hethir to was he holdyn in peynies and torments by cause often times he had offended in keeping of his religion and in saying of divine service And also he was light of behaving and ondyscrete as in eting & drinking. laughing speaking. ●… aping and in many other more   

¶ Of a certain clerk that levied holily ¶ Ca xlviij  
furthermore a certain clerk that paste onte of this world in his yowthe I saw there in the same place the which by the inspiration of the holy ghost both in cunning of divinity as in other●…ly be rals' facultee●… passed all most all other that were his fellows. soothly he was there pained in a light and amene wise gladly going forth by the testy money and witness of a good consciens that he had toward the joys and rest of paradise truly he was full weal dis●… osyd of manners and conditions and studeing in schools pure of chastity and beny volente in charity with other yefts of grace by the which he pleased our lord full weal. Also he had gotyn to him specyaly the love of the most gloryus virgin the modyr of god our blessed lady sent mary home he served full devoutly in his lyfen and full often times wachyd long in prayers before her altar with a full meek spirit and a contrite her te and for her love gave to poor people mickle almys wherefore withoutyn doubt thya remained to him of the same blessed lady in heaven everlasting joy and great meed And for the hour of his passing out of this world he had received mekyl refreshing and by her continual solace and help was mercifully also in his peynies sokyrde and comforted soothly when he was eschewed to me he was sum what deceased & pained only by the intemperans of the eyre as in cooled and in heat Than I inquired and he had sofrid any other peynies afore. And it was told me that he had suffered other whiles among the painful heat of thirst. and that was be cause when he abounded in temporal goods he was more harder to the poor peplu than he should have be. or right would And truly he had great compassion of 'em. and mekyl he did in his life to help and relieve hem. But nevertheless often times he was weary of 'em. and specially after that he was waxin richer in so mickle that before when he was powrer and had not so mekyl he was more lyberale to power folk than he was after when his goods were increased And therefore full sore it is to dread how straightly they should ȝeve aconties of her dispensation that have received benefits & riches of the church. hour lord yhesus seeing this wise in the gospel. Cui plus commititur ab ●…o plus exigetur that is to say To home more is commit or be take. of him more shall be asuyd Now sooth lie by cause when have here truly wretyn yn words money thynghes that we found & saw in placies of pains let us here end hour narration of hem And afterward as god will give us grace we will asaye to tell and declare some thynghies that we saw of the comfort and gladness of the blessed souls the which rested 'em yoyfully in the full merry and yocunde place of paradise   

¶ Also of paradise and of the multitude of people that he saw & found there ¶ Ca xlix  
now of the solace and comfort of the blessed souls that been scaped her peynies an●… be at rest and of her everlasting joys. sum what I will tell you as I can and may For no man may sufficiently And when we were paste and gō●…e these three placies of pains as it is above saide & had behold the great peynies and divers torments of synnaries. we went forth farthir And as we went farther. there begun to appear a little & a little more and more a full feire light unto us and with all brake out a full pleasant sweet favyr And anon after we came to a field the which was full of all manner of feyre and pleasant 〈◊〉 that gave to us an oncredyble & inestimable comfort of joy and pleasure soothly in this field we saw and found infinite thousands of souls full ioc●…de and merry in a full sweet rest after her penances and after her purgation. An●… hem that we found first in the begynuing of that filled had upon hem white clothing. but it was not very bright nethyr weal shining. notwithstanding they had no spot of blackness or of any other o●…clennes on hem as it seemed. save this as I said before they were not very bryg●…t shining white. truly among these many I knew the which sum time I saw and knew full weal when they levied in this world●…. Of the which schortely sum what I will tell you and of other I purpose to cease   

¶ Of a certain abbess the which he saw and knee we there also ¶ Ca l.  
hEre in this place was a certain abbess that was of worschipful conversation. the why the I knew when I was a child. and she died a xiiii year agone. soothly she had great far vour and zeal to chastity. and to all other honest Also she was wise and war and denowte in keeping her sisters. to whom she was committed This abbess I saw among them that were in the beginning of that joyful place. For she was but as new come thedur fro her peynies. and she had ●…pon her clean clothing but not very white shining. And she seemed by her cheer and disposition as she had be long time sick or dissesyde & had cumme late fro baths. I pass by here to tell of sum light things for the which she had suffered right scarpe peynies. Sothelysche had not overcome in her leaving the vice and motion of vain glory. among the merits of virtue and commendation of flattering and of other thing is innumerabulle I pass by▪ in the which the febull ignorance of good people often times offendythe truly she told me that she had suffered peynies specially by cause she loved her kynnys folk overmekyl carnaly. and to hem gave mickle goods of the place that she had rule of. when somme of her sisters to home she was a spiritual mother lacked sum times such things as longed to her leaving and clothing. And when I hard this of her▪ greatly I meruelyde. For I know not one the any prelate in this days. that used so great scarceness to her kynnys folk as she me seemed did to her cosynis. And as touching superfluity as far as I knew. onethe she gave any time to 'em that were of her kin there necessar●…s. Also her neue●…s and necies. and othyr that were of her kin she cowpulde hem not to carnal matrimony. but be took 'em to religion for to serve god. And so stern she behaved her yn words and yn cheer. to hem specially. that when she was say to othyr strangers friendly and ȝesely. she was only to her cosynis right gastful and on mild. Also she used to their faults full warly. and when peradventure she might find 'em fawtye. full bytturly therefore she wolbe hem ponyshe Also she would have the ●…ones te of manners. and the cleanness of chastity observed & kept. of all servants & persons that she had longing to the monastery. but most of 'em that were of her kin. And there was no brothyr ne sister that. she used to favour▪ as did othyr that were not of her kin And when I had saide this to her. and also that she had brought forth that I knew to keep devoutly her purpose and habet of religion that they had take upon hem this wise the same abbess said to me again. sooth it is she saide ans tie say. But nevertheless for the carnal affection and love. that I had ynwardely to my friends when I was bound to the due ghostly leaving of religion. as we'll by the reason of my profession. as by the office that I bare. I kowde find non excuse. be fore the strait judgement of god in the which I was examined to the utturmaste point of my leaving. And most by cause that occasion of grugging. and example of overmekyl business grew to my sisters. by my fault and negligens for the cark and business that they had to her frendys Truly I should rather have be war and take heed of the hurt of her souls of home I had cure and charge. than the superfluyteis and ꝓuysyon of worldly goods to my ●…frendys the which I left on●…s with the world for god. And when this worschippful abbess had told me this and many othyr things also. we went forth farther in to the same joyful field   

¶ Of a certain prior that levied denowtly and died holily ¶ Ca li  
ySaw & knew also in this joyful place a certain worshipful person that was a prior of a monaste rye the which died a. iii year agonne Truly I saw him full blessedly among ye holy spirities & blessed saints in a joyful rest. exempt & delivered from all pains. gladsun & merry of that place that he was in but mickle more gladder and that yncomparable for the certain biding that he boode. to have the sight of god. And he bore evermore while he levied in this world the habet of a monk both on his body and in his heart fro the time of his childhod on to his oolde age and to his last end. Also he keepeth and hid the flower of his vyrgym●…e in the bosum of meekness and he cowpuld to hem full surely the virtue of pacyens. truly he used great ab stynence and long wacching. and both too he overcome by holy devotion. And when necessete compelled him to be about works of charity as his office required for the tyme. he wulde ever among be saying some salmies or other devout prayers to god. No man had more compassion to hem that were in temptation than he▪ ne no man was more devowtur and besyur in service to seek men/ than he. Also he never denied 'em her petitions & asaynges that were deceased all only of too thyngiss that might be had. And for to help 'em that were in heaviness. abecke of warning was sufficient. And when he was of seche holy leaving and conversation. and also laborde contnualy money ȝeries before his death. in great weakness of body so that by his febulnes & dissese he had outwardly lost the sight of on of his yes a too ȝere before his obite when other limbs of his body failed him for divers other dyssesis. & not withstanding all this ȝette would he never be fro the conent ne fro the quere ne fro the common table of the frayter where he was more fed of the refection of his brethyrne. than of his own soothly after his young age. he outwardly absteynide him fro flesh meats neûthe les he would to his brethirne that were sickelew & febul busily & denowtly proffer hem flessche meats for her recovering And at the last he fell in to a sickness y● is ca●…yd dissenteria And when he was all most browghte to his end. he took his ghostly comfort & socur the holy & blessed sakyrment of hour lords preci●… body & blood with his last anointing. and so bode all most. x. days withowte any meet intending only the benefities of god & the exhortation of his brethyrne Truly the night before the day that he paste to god about the hour of divine ●…uyce. he saw our lord ●…hesu & our blessed lady saint mary coming to him. and with a full meek sign they made a token to him that he should follow 'em. & anon after called for his brethirne. and declared to hem the vision that he had say. & told 'em before, & that with a full glade heart that he should pass hens on the morrow next. & so he did Long it were ȝef I should tell & remember all thing that he saide before his end. how he commendyd himself & his brethirne to god. and exhorted 'em to continue in good leaving. hoys words & exhortation was not of man. but of the holy ghost that spoke in him soothly then on the morrow after about the hour of ●…yrse lying yn ashies & in her when he had saide the ●…ce of the day. and of the holy trimite. & of hour blessed lady. the which he used evermore of a child and when he had heard devoutly the passion of hour lord after the. iiii. evangelists. and other salmies with great compunction of heart betwhene the swhe ●…e kyssyngys' of our lords cross and the salutacions of our blessed lady. blessing his brethyrne devontely expired. Therefore this worschyfful father. with home fro my right young age I was full weal acquainted anon as I saw him devoutly I great him and he great me again full meekly & told me many things   

¶ Of a certain young monk there of his ¶ Ca lii  
〈◊〉 Othely this worschipful father and Prior eschewed to me there also a certain adolescente a young man the which in his childhod with great fervent devotion entered in to religion and was a monk in the same place and monastery that this worschypful father aforeseyde was prior of. & there he leaned a good while but no long tyme. for he was prenent hastily and son of death & so blessed lie he passed out of this world Truly I never saw him in body Neûtheles often I have hard the brethren of the same place tell of his pure & innocent levin g & also of his holy passing money things Then said the foresaid prior to me of him This is my son he saide of home often times thou haste herd. he was my fellow when I levied in the world in holy levin g and devotion. he is now also my fellow going to heaven. and schalle be an even heir with me eterna lie in everlasting joy and bliss and the same young monk also told opinly to his brethirne before his death the hour of his passing. And also heavenly melody was hard at his passing as many can tell that were there in the monastery the same time Treu lie the foresaid prior. what for divers negligencies of his own doing and for othyr divers faults of his brethirne. he had suffered some little peynies And the same young monk also. as he had offendyd in full small and little things. so he had felt afore sum what of little peynies. not withstanding they were both equal yn wythnes and yn joy soothly the forseide prior as it seemed had a trust of a more greater reward for the more good deeds and merities of virtue the which he had by lengur leaving deserved   

¶ Also of a worschipful priest ¶ Ca liij  
I Saw also in this same place a certain worschipful priest the which in hes life did mekyl good to the people by his holy preaching Treu lie he had grace of preaching so joined which the zeal of ryghtwesnes & with good example of leaving. that he called not only the people of his own paryshons fro wicked leaving & deadly dediss. but also he enformid & taught innumerable people of other parishons far & broad. how they should seve her sennys & fulfil hour lords ●…mandmētis & how they should daily increase & ꝑ●…et in good & ●…tuus leaving & so to 〈◊〉 to adieu & a ●…uement end And soothly sum were so far fallyn in to the devils bonds by her evil & wicked leaving whom he called again by prayur and holy preaching that visibly they might afterward understand and know how they had be take hem self to the devil and his service the which he made of our lords infinite mercy by confession & satisfaction & penanse doing. right weal and perfect in the faith and in good leaving Nevertheless for what causes he had also suffered before alytyl while divers peynis I leave out here by cause I have saide a fore many seek like things. And as we went more ynward & farthir in to that joyful place of paradise. we had evermore a clear light and felt a swetur saver and hem that we found & saw there were more whyttur and gladder than were othyr that we saw before And where to should I tarry here now to nowmbre though persons and her merits the which I saw ther. that I knew sum time before in the world. and hem also that I knew not before For all that were there in that place. were orden the to be the cy●…sonnys of the high and everlasting ie rusalem and all had passed the strife and battle of this world and were victurs of devils. and so lightly they went thoro we all peynies. as they were before less comyrd and hold by wretched leaving and worldly vicies   

¶ how hour lords passion was representyde and showed to the souls that were yn paradise ¶ Ca▪ liiij  
n owe soothly though things the which we saw as we went forth farthir in to the same place nethyr tongue may tell ne man's mind may worthily consider. who is he that may worthily tell in word how in the mids of tho blessed and holy sowlys the holy cross of crysties passion was pray scented and showed to 'em. of the which infyinte thousands were there standing about it and as our lord had be present in his body so they worschyp●…e and hallowed his blessed passion Truly there was say the meek redeemer of mankind our sweet lord and savyur ihesus christ as he had be done fresh on the cross. For all his body was black and bloody of scurgys' and beating and cruelly does figured by fowl spitting crowned with scarpe ●…hornys and smytte throw with great nails his side was sore pierced with a spear & fro his hands & feet ran out blood red as purpul & fro his holy side came down blood & water full largely. & at this great & wondyrful spectacul stood his holy mother our blessed lady sent mary. not now in ●…uynes and morning bat right gladsun & joing & that was in a full feyre demeaning. & there also stood with her the sweet dyscipi●… of criste saint iohne the blessed evangelist & ho may now conceive in mind how t●…o holy souls ran thither on every side gladly & lightly to see and behold that blessed sight O what devotion was there of hem that behold that glorius vision O what concurs was there of worschi●…ing & thanking our lord Jesus criste & how meruelus was her joyful gladness true lie remembering theses things in myself I wot not whedir sorrow or devotion or compassion or gratu lacyon drawn now mine onhappy soul divers ways. For wondyr & marvel of though things makyn me alienate fro myself & sum what absent to myself. who is he that would not full greatly sorrow to see so feire & so solemnly a body to be cast under so great iniuriis & sore peynies. & who would not with all his heart have ●…passion upon his meekness so mou●…d & vexed with torments & upbraydies of seek we kid folk. & what joy & comfort may now here be thought. that by his passion & meek death hell is foughtyn against. the devil is ou ercome & bound his power & strength is destroyed & man that was lost is restored again to grace & take out of the painful prison of hell & joined blessedly to the holy angels of heaven. & ho would not marvel on the great mercy & goodness of our savyur christ Jesus the which now being inmortalle will whytesave that his passion and death the which he suffered once in this world bodily for the redemption of mankind be representyd and schewde in a vision to the holy souls that been in paradise. that her devotion and love schuld be the more accended & increased to him. Many other thig●…s I saw & heard there the which I trow at this time is bettur to leave 'em out than to write 'em. & than aftyrward suddenly this blessed sight & holy vision was take fro thence Than all that great multitude of souls that came thither to worschippe the holy cross of crysties passion went again everichone to her own places with joy and gladness truly I folowyde eummore my duke & lodisman sent Nicholas that went forth farthir and farther repleted now with great joy & gladness among the full bright & light mansions of blessed souls. & the whiteness of hem that were here in this place & the sweetness of saver & also the melody of syngig laudies to god wes inestymable & onethe to man nies understanding credible   

¶ Of the entering of the gate of paradise and of the joy that appeared withinforth ¶ Ca lv  
furthermore now when we were passed al●… these placies & sighties aforeseyde & had gone a good space more inward & ever grew to us more & more joy & feyernes of placies. also at the last we saw a far a full glorious wall of crystal hoys heythe no man might see. and lenthe no man might ●…sider. & when we came thedyr I saw within forth a full feyre bright schyning gate & stood opyn save it was signed & leide over with a cross truly thither came flockemele the multitude of tho blessed souls that were next to it. and would come in at that feyre gate The cross was set in the mids of that gate. and now she was lift up an high and so gave to 'em that came thedyr an opyn and a fire entering. and afterward she was le●…yn do ne again. and so spared other out that would have common ●…n But how joyful they were that went in & how reverently they taryde that stood without abiding the lyfting up of the cross again I can not tell by no words soothly here sent Nycholas & I stood still together. & the lyftyngys' up of the cross & the lettyngys' done again. whereby some went in & some taryde without. I behold long time with great wonder And at the last sent Nycho 'las and I came thedyr to the same gate hand in hand. And when we came thedyr the cross was lift up. And so they that were there went in. soothly than my fellow sent Nycholas freely went in and I foloude but suddenly & onauys●… d the cross of the gate came done upon hour hands and departed me fro my fellow sent Nycholas & when I saw this. full sore afeard I was Then saide sent Nycho 'las to me. Be not afeard but have only full certain faith in our lord Jesus criste & doutheles thou schalt come in And after this my hope & trust came again & the cross was lift up & so I came in. but what brightness & clearness of light was there with in forth all abouties no man ask ne seche of me for I can not only tell it by word but also I can not remembre it in mind That glorious schynig light was bright & smooth & so raveshte a man that beheld it that it bare a man above himself by the great brightness of light in so mickle that what s●… ever I saw before it was as no thing me thought in comparison of it That brightness thawghe it were inestimable. Nevertheless it dullyde not a man's sight. but rathyr scharpyd it. soothly it shined full meruelusly. but more in estymably it delighted a man that behold it. and wondirfully cowpulde amamnies sight to see it And with ynforthe no thing I might see▪ but light & the wall of crystalle thr●…w the which we came in And also fro the groaned up to top of that wall were grycis ordende and disposed feyre and meruelusly. by the which the joyful company that was cum yn at the forsey●…e gate gladly ascended up There was no labur. there was no difficult there was no taring in her ascending. and the hire they went the gladder they were. soothly I stood beneath on the grunde. and long time I saw & behold how they that came in at the gate ascended up by the same grycis And atthe last as I looked up hire I saw in a throne of joy sitting hour blessed lord and sa vyur ihesus criste in likeness of man. and about him as it seemed to me were a five hundred souls. the which late had stied up to that glorius throne. and so they came to hour lord & worschpte him & thankyde him. for his great mercy & grace eschewed & done to hem And some were sayen on the uppur parties of the wall as they had walked hethyr and dedyr Truly I knew for certain that this place. were I saw hour lord sitting in a throne. was not the high heaven of heavens where the blessed spiritis of angels and the holy souls of rightwise men ioyin in the seyghte of god seeing him in his majesty as he is. where also innumerable thowsondis of holy spirities and angels serve him and assist him But than fro thence wythowten any hardness or taring. they ascend up to the hay heaven the which is blessed of the sight of the everlasting godhead where all only the holy angels & the souls of right wes men that been of angel's perfection say the ynuisibly and inmortalle king of all Worlds face to face. the which hath only inmortalite. and dwelleth in light. that is inaccessyble. for no man may cumme to it. the which no mortal man seithe nethyr may see soothly he is say only of holy spirities that been pure and clean. the which be not grieved by no corruption of body nethir of sowle And in this vision that I saw. so mekylle I conceived in my soul of joy and gladness that what sum ever may be saide of it by mā●…ys mouth. full little it is. and onsufficient to express the joy of mine heart. that I had there   

¶ how the monk came out again throw the same gate of paradise ¶ Ca lvi  
therefore when I had seen all these syghties above saide and many othyr innumerable my lord sent Nycholas that held my by the hand saide schortly this to me Loo son he saide now a party after they petition and great desire thou haste say and behold. the state of the world that is to cumme as it might be to possible Also the perils of hem that offendyn and erryn the peynies of sinners. the rest also of hem that have done her purgation. the desyries of 'em that be going to hevynward. and the joys of hem. that now vyn cumme to the court of heaven and also the joy of christ's reyning And now thou must go again to they self and to thine. and to the Worlds fighting truly thou schalt have and perceive the joys that thou haste say and me kill more. ȝeffe thou continue and persever in the dread of god. And when he had saide this to me he browghte me forth throw the same gate that we came yn. wherefore full heavy and sorry was I and more than a man may suppose. for weal I knew that I must turn again. fro that heavenly bliss to this Worlds wrechidnes. And greatly he exhor tide me. how I should dispose me. to abide the day of my calling out of my body in cleanness of heart and of body. and meekness of spirit with diligent keeping of my religion. diligently he saide to me▪ keep the commandments of god. and dispose they leaving after the example of ryghtwes men. And truly so it schal be. that after the term of they bodily leaving thou schal be admitted blessedly. to her feleschippe everlastingly.   

¶ Of the sweet peel and melody of bells that he heard in paradise and also how he came to himself again ¶ Ca lvii  
aNd while the holy confessor sent nycholas this wise spoke yet with me suddenly I hard there a solemn peel and a ryngging of a meruelu●… sweetness. and as all the bells in the world or what sumever is of swooning had be rongyn to gedyr at once Truly in this peel & ringing broke out also a meruelus sweetness. and a variant meddling of melody sownyd with all And I wot not when there the greatness of melody. or the sweetness of sownning of bells was more to be wondirde And to so great a noy e I took good heed, & full greatly my mind was suspended to here it soothly anon as that great and meruelus sownning and ncyse was ceased suddenly I saw myself departed fro the sweet se leschippe of my duke and leader sent Nicholas Than was I returned to myself again. and anon I hard the voyces of my brethyrne. that stood about our bed also my bodily strenthe came again to me aly till & alitil & mine yes opide to the use of seyig as ye saw right weal. Also my sickness and febulnes by the which I was long time fulsore disse●…id was viwardly excluded and gone fro me. and sat vipe before you so strong and mighty as I was afore by it soroful and heavy And I wend that I had be then in the church afore the altar. where I worschipte first the cross And as touching the ta ring that I made in this vyseon I had wend it had be noon. but all only the space of on matins while. & now as I understand. I was teryde. ij. days & more And now as compendensly as I kowde I have here told you of all though things the which I saw and were showed to me in body or yn spirit at the instauns and commandment of your holiness and devout charity. And now I beseech yond meekly and that with sore weeping that ye will with save to pray to god for me an unhappy wrecche that I may scape the great and grievous peynies of sinners the which I saw. and come to the joys of the holy souls that I knew. & also to see everlastingly the glorious face of our blessed lord and savyur thesu criste and our blessed lady sent mary   

¶ A proof that this revelation is of god and most needs be true for the great miracles that our lord showed on this same monk that same tyme. ¶ Ca lviij  
money instructions and opyn examplys been here at the beginning of this narration that evidently provyn this vision. not to be of man's conceit but utwardely of the will of god the which would have it showed to crystyn people Nevertheless ȝefe there be so great infidelity or infirmity of any persons that can not believe to these things aforeseyde let hem consider the great sickness and febulnes of him that saw it. so suddenly and so soon healed in to a very witness and trowthe of this vision that he saw. Also let 'em marvel the great noise that was about him. and also how that he was pricked in his feet with nyldies by the which he kowde not in any wise be moved. furthermore let 'em take heed to his yes that were so far fallyn done in to his heed and was not sayn onethe to breath space of. two. days. and also after a full lo●… goe space of howris onethe last might be perceived in him a full small moving as a thin dread in his vytalle veynies Also let 'em consider his contynualle weeping and teries the which he had aftyrward many days. And beside all thes things we know also a nothyr certain thing that was a full feyre miracle and a very token of god's curation eschewed on him the same tyme. and as mickle to be merueld. soothly he had all most the space of an hole ȝere in his lift leg a great sore and a full byttur as it were a cauker large and broad whereby he was pained intolerably. And he was wont to say. that he had seche a sorrow and pain there of. as he had boar an hoot plate of iron bound fast to his leg And there was no emplastur no ointment nethyr any othyr medicyn how be it that he had mickle of lechiss laid to it. that might ȝese him of his pain or draw the wownde to ge dyr Truly in the space of his raveshing. he was so fully healed that he himself marveled with us to feel and see the pain & ache with the wownde so clean agonne. that no token of it. ne sign of redness or of whythnes remained above the meruelus curation of god. All only this differens had his leg that was sore. fro todyr leg that where the foresaid sore was that place was bare and had none here  
full delectable it was to him as he saide fro that time forth. as oft as he hard any solemn peel of ringing of bells. by cause it would then come to his mind again. the full sweet peel & melody the which he heard. when he was among the blessed souls in paradise. soothly after that he was come to himself and his brethine had told him. that now is the holy time of ȝestyr than first he believed. when he hard 'em ring solenly to complen. for than he knew certainly. that the peel and melody. that he heard in paradise. with so great joy and gladness. betokind the same solennyte of ȝestir in the which hour blessed lord and savyur thesus criste roso up visibly and bode lie fro death on to life. to home with the father and the holy ghost be now and evermore everlasting joy and bliss  
Amen