not with oute cause For they shall be merueylously horryble Saynt Luke seyth in his xxi chapitre whenne the sone of man shall shewe hymselfe That is to sey The childe of the virgyne marye comynge in a clowde in mageste with a gret puyssauÌ„ce thenne shall the sygnes shewe in the sonne in the mone and in the sâ—erres And on the erthe shall be pressure of people dredynge to be cunfused with the sounde of the wawes of the see Men vnyuersally of all the world shall fall downe for the drede and fere that they shall haue thenne O thou wretched man Remembre of the terryble comynge of this Iuge that is bothe god and man whiche a fore hym hath a brennyng fyre And a stronge tempeste I saye there shall a fyre go afore hym whiche shall flamme holy aboute his enemyes It is wryten to the Hebrues in the tenthe chapytre Ryght terryble is the abydynge of this Iugement And the fere therof whiche shall destroye hys aduersaryes And Malachyas sayth in his iii. chapitre See here the day that shall come flaÌ„mynge lyke a chemenye And thenne it shall brenne all proude men and thoos that haue commytted felonye It is redde in Isaye in the .xlvi. chapitre Here is our lorde that shall come Iuge by fyre And Iohell in his .ii. chapitre sayth He shall haue a fyre before his face deuourynge and behynde hym a brennyng flamme For this cause sayth Malachyas in his thrydde chapitre who shall he be thenne that shall nowe see oure Lorde For he shall be as a fyre glowynge sette to make clene and purge syluer who is thenne he of deuoute corage that shall not drede with alle his herte this Iuge and his comyng And therfor sayth saynt Gregory vpon Ezechyell who may haue the corage but that shal fere and dred the presence of the eternall Iuge when all thyÌ„ges shal come thenne to the syght of euery man all thynges done afore by delectacyon shall be with righte grete drede called to RemembrauÌ„ce Certayn as it is wryten in the Prouerbys in the .xxxviii. chapitre The euyll men thynken not of the Iugement But they that desyren dreden god haue in theyr hertis all good thynges saynt Bernard sayth in a prose truly I drede sore the vysage of the Iuge that shall come to whom noo thyng can be hyd shal noo thyng rest vnpunysshed who shall he be of vs that shall not dred when that Iuge shall come whiche shall haue fyre brennyng before hym to the destruccyon of all synners Certeynly this last Iugemente ought gretly to be dred and for .iii. causes The fyrste the accusementes shal be in many maners whiche all synneis ought greuously to wayle The seconde is the right strayte sentence vpon our gouernaunce that syngulerly shall be made to euery thyng The thyrde is the horryble feerfull abydynge of the Iugement whiche thenne by the Iust Iuge shal be terrybly gyuen These thynges all synners ought tymerously drede whiche by consequens the Remembraunce therof sholde withdrawe man from doynge synne ¶ Here endeth the prologue of the seconde parte ¶ How the Accusacyon that shall be at the daye of dome is to be drad ¶ The fyrst chapitre of the seconde parte THe fyrste thing theÌ„ne where by the fynal Iugement oughte specyally to be drad is the many and dyuerse accusacyons whiche shall be there agaynst all synners wherfore it is to be knowen that we fynde in holy scryptures seuen thynges that accuse synners atte the grete daye of Iugement The fyrste is oure propre conscyence whiche shall argue ageynst the synner not secretely but manyfestely thenne afore all It is wryten in Danyele in the seuenthe chapitre Thy Iugemente is sette and thy bookes be open That is to wete the conscyences whiche thenne be openly vttered In those bokes be conteyned the sciences of lyf or of deth of glory and of confusyon of saluacyon perpetuell or daÌ„pnacyon eternall It is red also in the .xx. chapitre of the Apocalyps That dede men shall be Iuged of the thynges wryten in theyr owne bokes That is to saye in theyr consciences Therfore it is wryten in the Pystle to the Romayns in the seconde chapitre That theyr conscyences shall bere them wyttenesse For as wyttenesse of the euyll conscyence is thaccusacyon the payne and the tourment of synners Right so shal the good coÌ„scyence be helpe and saluacyon to the good creatures The seconde thyng that shal accuse the synners shall be the fendes and the euyll spyrytes whiche falsly trayterously haue procured sturred men to synne And of alle that the synner hathe done they wyll accuse hym as one thef accuseth an other of one felony done by them both It is wryten in the Apocalyps the .xii. chapitre The fende is called the accuser of bretheren And Saynt Austyn say the. They be all before the Iudycyall sete of Ihesu Cryste And there the deuellys shall be redy â–ª whiche shall reherse the wordes of our professyon and shall appose to oure face that we haue done and wherin we haue synned and in what place and what we oughte to haue done and lefte it vndone Truly our aduersary that same fende shall say thenne O righte wyse and Iuste Iuge Deme this man to be myn for his synnes For he wyll not be thyne by grace He is thyne by nature He is myne by his mysery He is thyn by thy passion He is myn by persuasyons He hathe bendysobeysaunte vnto the. He hath ben concentyng vnto me He hath receyued of the that stole of Immortalyte of me this blacke garmente that he wereth of perpetuell deth he that lefte thy lyuere hath taken myn he hath lefte thy Ioye and blysse hath taken my sorowe and payne O thou Iuste Iuge Iuge hym therfore to be myn and that he be condampned with me perpetually Thyse wordes sayd our lorde vnto Saynte Austyne The thyrde thynge that accuseth synners shall be angeles the happy goode spyrytes Certayne it is to be beleued that he that hath gyuen them oure soules to kepe shall requyre to haue Reason of that kepyng And as those that neuer lye nor wyll take vpon them the synne or faute of other muste nedys saye they be not to blame But the gylte is in vs synners whiche wolde not obey nor byleue them Semblably it is not the defaâ—te of the physycyen whiche doth his cure as it ap perteyneth yf he hele not his pacyent whiche is disobeysauÌ„t vnto hym And therfore hit is wryten in Iheremye the one and fyfty chapitre we haue hadde Babylon in cure and yet she is not heled These be the wordes of the Angeles as they wyll saye we haue doone all that was necessary to be done to Babylon to the ende that sholde be cured heled But it is in her defaut that she is not he led This Babylon is to be lykened to maÌ„nes soule The .iiii. thyng that shall accuse synners shall be creatures
entre of this lyfe is one and comune to all semblably soo is the Issue Iob sayth in his xx chapytre This man dyeth stronge lusty and riche his bowelles be full of greece and his bones full of mery And this other dyeth lene and feble full of sorowe and withoute ony riches that notwithstondyng they shall slepe both in powdre and wormes shall ete them Loo how the riche and puyssaunt men of this world haue theyr deth comune and egall with the poore people And therfore it is wryten in Ecclesiaste in the x chapytre The lyfe of al puyssant lordship is righte breyf For this day this man is a kyng tomorow he is dede of suche a kyng is red in the seconde chapytre of the fyrst boke of Machabees how his glory is a foule douÌ„ghyll and as vyle as a worme he is to day enhaunsed and to morowe ther is nothyng to be fouÌ„de of hym we haue an exaÌ„ple accordyng of one of the hyghest and moost excellence prynce of this worlde That is to wete Alexandre the grete kynge of Macedone that subdewed vnto his obeysance the vnyuersal worlde in suche maner that he was demed to be only lord of the erthe And it is redde that this Alexandre the grete somtyme kynge of Grece obteyned many vyctoryes in many straunge londes And in his goynge by diuerse regyons subdewed vnto his Iurisdiccyon all the worlde And in a nother place is red of hym that he was kynge of kynges and that he saw all Realmes subget vnto hym wherby the voys of his renomme and fortune made an hole monarche That is to say an hole Empyre of al the worlde For it was ones alle bonde subget vnto him without dysobeyssaunce And soo he was grettest of alle the large worlde But what thyng therof ensued After he hadde tryumphantly goten the only Empyre of the vnyuersall worlde was not that the stablenesse of regne the ê‘petuyte of myghte the helthe of his body and the longe enduryng of his lyf naturall Certeynly noo But he was subdewed by the same thynge that is comune vnto all that is to wete Dethe whiche is the last recourse after alle fortune and destenyes Than myghte Alexander well say atte houre of his dethe as Iob sayde in the xvi chapytre of his boke I am he that somtyme was riche and mygh ty sodeynly am beten downe for he obteyned onnly his Empyre But oonly by the space of .xii yeres And therfore it is wryten of hym in a nother place That he regned and was obeyed xii yeres And after that he was subget vnto dethe of whome lyueth yet the renomme can not dye Semblably compleynynge hym selfe of the deth he myght saye as is wrytey in Iob the xix chapytre My glory hath dyspoyled me and hath taken away the crowne fro my hede she hath also vtterly destroyed me where thrugh I am lost Lo how it appereth manyfestely herby the deth is th ende of all men And also that how be it Iulius cesar had all the worlde vnder his Empyre yet his glorye fayled hym rested lorde but of a tombe of viii fote longe Wherby it semeth that the mageste Royall all worldly puyssance all prosperous thynges the ordynaunce of dayes passe brefly from man withoute taryenge when the hour of deth is comen therfore seyth an other poete yf that be wyse thy wysdom departeth with thy deth yf that be habondauÌ„t in rychesse it leueth the atte thy deth yf thou be a prudent man thy prudence fynyssheth with thy deth yf that be honest by dethe is it taken from the yf that be stronge thy myght fayleth the by deth Certeynly thenne I now knowe that the yeres that passe taketh from vs all thynges wherfore then yf that be ryche stronge or fayre what vayleth it yf thou be a bysshop a priour or an abbot what vayleth it yf thou be a grete excellente myghty lord yf thou be a kynge or a pope what vayleth it all passeth right hastly without longe taryeng And here resteth but oonly the merytes wherof the good shall cause vs to be gloryfyed And therfore sayd Isydore in an omely My right welbeloued bretheren we oughte to thynke how breef short is the worldely felycyte how lytyll is the glorye of this worlde and how frayle faylynge is the temporall myght therof And therfore euery man maye saye where be the kynges where be the pryÌ„ces where be the emperours where be the riche and myghty men of this worlde they be all past lyke a shadow vanysshed lyke a dreme of the nyght for though one wolde seke them they wyll not be fouÌ„de here what shall I more say the kynges be passed the prynces be dede neuerthelesse there be many that wenen to lyue long neuer to dye But alwayes to rest in this present lyfe Certeynly they be foles For it shall not be so But they shall dye as other prynces men haue done For as Seneca seyth in his epistles to Lucyll The yssue of this present lyfe is deth It is writen by a poete named Ieta The deth vndothe all lyuyng thyng and euery lyfe fynysseth by dethe Certayn the worldly deth coÌ„cludeth all the vayn felycytees of men For yf thou dyde preche the fayth of Abraham the pyte of Ioseph The charyte of Moyses The strengthe of Samson The swetnesse of Dauyd The myracles of Elyzeus The richesse and prudence of kyng Salomon the beaute of Absolon And in we pynf occupyed the extremytees of all these in declaryng theyr endes the hystoryes wolde shewe that there is but one conclusyon That is to say deth Here it appereth righte manyfestly by the thyng a fore sayd that heaute lynage condycions wytte richesse nor worshyp can not kepe a man but that he must stumble fall rotourne to asshes for all thyng that is engendred renneth alway towarde his deth Ouyde sayth that all thyng that is engendied asketh requyreh to come agayne to theyr vnyuersall modre That is to saye the erthe For all that hath ben and paste-afore maye be resembled to a rennyng ryuer Semblably I fele it by myselfe wretche that am brought all moost to nothynge and haue not knowen hit for my dayes be paste fro me lytyll and lytyll as a shadowe and I am dryed as the wydered hey Certeynly we be no thyng but powder Mennes dayes be lyke the floures in a medowe And them selfe may be lykeneth to the heye Now auyse the thenne for man is a thyng that endureth but short space and is of resemblauÌ„ce to the floure that groweth in the medowe It is wryten in Isaye the .xl. chapitre All humane flesshe is hey and his glory lyke the flours of the felde Verely all people be heye and all heye dryeth and wydereth as the floure that is fallen But the worde of oure Lorde remayneth and is perdurable wherfore then dothe a man set hym selfe in pompe and pryde beynge lyke the wydred hey of the
wayes perseuered in me and alle that euer myne eyen haue desyred I haue not denyed them not defended but that they haue vsed all voluptuousnesse and they haue had noo delectacyon but in suche thynges that I had ordeyned them when that I tourned me behelde well all these thynges and the werkes that my handes had wrought loked vpon the labour that I had many tymes swette in all for noughte I perceyued then and knewe well that all my werkes were but vanyte and affeccyon of spyryte And that vnder the sonne in this worlde was noo thyng permanent nor sure Now in trouth all thyÌ„ges passe here lyke a shadowe Therfore seyth Iohan de garlandia That al thyng of this world that was is shal be perysseth in the moment of an houre what proufyteth than to haue ben to be nowe or to be herafter Certeyne thyse be thre thynges blowyng without flours For all thyngis that were be or shal be haue a finyssynge The worlde passeth the concupyscens therof also And therfore it is sayd wherfore taketh a wyseman thought for to gete tresoure whiche is sone loste And saynt Bernarde sayth in his book of medytacoÌ„ns wherfore maketh ony man tresour here of ryches sythen with out delay bothe that that is assembled he that gadereth hit passen be loste togyder O thou man what anayll entendes that to haue in this worlde whenne the fruyte is but ruynouse the ende deth My cordyall good frende now wolde god that thou woldest vnderstonde well these thynges suerly ordeyne for thy laste thyÌ„ges Petre de bloys sayth in a pystle that the dysceyuable vayn glorye of this worlde begyleth all thoos that loueth hit For all that euer it promytteth in tyme to come or pretendeth in tyme present fayleth and cometh to nought as water cast vpon the erthe Beholde then how frayle how disceyuable and how vayn is the worlde the Ioye therof that we desyre so mekell O the fole wherfore dispysest thou not lightely thooâ—â—â—â—nges that thou seest 〈◊〉 shortly fayle passe Lrnowest thou not howe the worlde is right noughte and furyous And that in languyssyng it perysseth by the gleyue of the right cruell deth hit is a trouth that none argument can serue to the contrarye wherfore and by thise thynges afore rehersed it appereth manyfestely how Remembraunce of deth sholde cause dispisyng of all worldly thynges and withdrawynge a man from fallyng to synne ¶ How RemeÌ„brauÌ„ce of deth maketh a man to take vpon hym penauÌ„ce ¶ The thryd chapytre of the fyrste pryncypall parte FOlowyng thorder before let It is now to enquere diligeÌ„tly how remeÌ„braunce of deth causeth a man to do penauÌ„ce gladly to accepte it This appereth clerely by Ionas the ê“phete in the iiâ— chapitre spekyng of them of Nynyue whiche dyde penauÌ„ce for fere of deth wherfore saynt Iohan Baptyste enduceth men also to do penauÌ„ce As Saynt Luke wryteth in his .iii. chapitre sayenge Do ye the dygne fruytes of penaunce And he sayth afterwarde The axe is sette to the rote of the tree Whiche sygnyfyeth the thretenynges of deth And therfore sayth Saynte Ambrose vpon Luke Alas lorde yf I haue not bewayled my synnes Alas lorde yf I haue not rysen atte myd nyght to confesse me to the. Alas yf I haue begyled my neyghbour Alas yf I haue alwaye sayde trouthe The axe is redy sette to the rote Euery man therfore thenne do penaunce deserue the fruyte of grace For here cometh the lord to aske the fruyte of our lyf For this cause Iob consyderynge the shortnesse of this presente lyfe had leuer and chase to haue repentauÌ„ce presently than afterwarde wherby sholde growe no fruyte The same Iob sayde in his .x. chapytre shall not my short dayes breefly fynysshe yes in trouthe The lyfe present is right shorte Alas then a lytyll whyle lete me coÌ„playne and bewayle my sorowe a fore my departyng in to the tenebrous derkenesse of dethe with out retornyng And it is also sayd in Iob the xiiii chapytre That mannes dayes be breef It is wryten in the fyrst pystle ad Corintheos in the evii chapytre the tyme is breef were it not better then now breefly to susteyne a lytyll payne then afterward when it cannot profyt to repent without profyt bewayle it infynytely Saynt Austyn seyth the better is a lityl bytternesse in the mouthe then eternally to suffre payn in al the hole body of man Also he seyth in a sermon that the lyfe of euery man froÌ„ his youthe to his age is but short though AdaÌ„ lyued yet sholde this day dye what sholde it auaÌ„taged him to haue lyued so longe sothly lytyll or noughte but he myght sey the tyme of my lyf is past And also sayth a wyse man what sholde it profyte a man to lyue CC. yeres when at his deth he shal thynke all his lyfe is passed as wynde And saynt Austyn sayth vpon the Psalter If thou haddest lyued sens Aoam was chased oute of paradyse terrestre tyll nowe and that thou sholdeste dye this daye thou sholdest thynke thy lyfe not longe whiche so soone sholde passe Now how longe soo euer a mannes lyfe be take that it maye be lengthed asmoche more to cause many yeres yet it shall fayle and vanysshe as the shynynge of the morowe sonne And the same Saynte Austyn seyth in an Omely that we be more frayle brotyll then though we were made of glasse For al be it that glasse is brotyll yet yf it be well kept it may endure right longe But mannes lyfe be it neuer so well and dilygently kept it may not longe endure Therfore it is wryten to the Hebrues in the .ix. chapitre It is establysshed and ordeyned euery creature ones to dye And Senek sayth in his book of remedyes ayenst fortune That our lyfe is but a pylgremage when one hath longe walked he must fynally retorne This necessite to dye shortnesse of the lyfe of man was wel consydered by the paynym Xerses Of whom saynt Iherom wrote in a pystle to Elyodorê° sayng that this puyssaÌ„t kyng xerses whiche subuerted the monteyns couored the sees beynge ones in right hye place loked vpon the Infynyte multytude of his hoost tendrely wepte by cause he knew that none of thoos whom he behelde sholde lyue ouer an C. yeres It is a thyng right necessary in the worlde that mannes lyfe be not longe lastynge And as Balam sayth It is lykened to a tree hauyng .ii. wormes fretynge in the rote the one blak the other white in the symylytude of the day the nyght whiche Incessantely gnawe the rote of the tree of lyfe Saynt Austyn vpon the sayng of Saynte Iohan in his .iii. chapitre treatyng vpon this questyon Quid est vita nostra c This lyfe is a doubtfull lyfe a blynde lyfe a nedy lyfe humours make hit to bolne sorowes make hit feble hete dryeth hit eyer dysposeth hit to sekenesse
mete maketh hit to swelle fastyng maketh hit lene playes maketh hit to erre waylynge destroyed hit besynesse constreyneth hit sewerâ—e maketh hit rude rekles riches enhaunseth hit pouerte abateth hit wepyng abassheth hit youthe maketh hit wanten age maketh hit to yelde sekenesse maketh hit to breke And after all this cometh deth whiche destroyeth maketh an ende therof with all his Ioyes in suche wyse as whenne the Ioyes be past all semeth as they had neuer ben Also it is redde in the book of Sapyence in the .ii. chapitre That the dayes of our lyfe nys but shorte yet are they full of greuaunce we be made wote not wherof And after we shall be as we hadde neuer ben For oure dayes passen as dothe a shadowe It is red in the same book of Sapyence in the same chapitre That our lyf passeth like the trace of a clowde shal fayle as the lytyll clowde that is broken by the myghte of the sonne beames It is wryten in Iob the .vii. chapitre Beholde how my dayes be all passed and I shall goo forthe in the pathe shall neuer retourne ageyn Also the same Iob sayth in the .ix. chapitre My dayes are passed more lyghtly than a curroure or a messanger They are gone lyghtly awaye as shyppes done that be charged with apples Or as an egell dooth flee for his mete Iob sayth also My dayes be passed more lyghtly than clothe is cutte from the lome and they be all wasted withoute ony hope of recouerey O lord god Remembre then is my lyfe oughte but wynde shall not my eyen retorne ageyn to see the good thynges to come To the purpose speketh Petre de bloys in his boke called Aurora My lyf shal be sooner out of this worlde than a webbe of clothe cut from the lome RemeÌ„bre thou then how thy lyfe may be resembled to the wynde Loo now my righte dere frende howe shorte howe lytyll howe mutable how disceyuyÌ„g is this our lyfe presente for as it is sayd in Ecclesiastes in the .xviii. chapitre It is grete age in a man to be C. yere olde â–ª but by succession of tyme it is gretely amynysshed It is wryten in the Psalter The dayes of our yeres be .lxx. yf we may come to foure score yere the superplus is no thynge but labour sorowe But what is it of .lx. yere or yet of Cought this to be taken of a longe tyme a grete space of yeres Certeynly nay in regarde towarde the sempiternyte It ought rather be named a moment thaÌ„ a space of tyme. for to oure lord a M. yere is but as yesterday whiche lightly is past Derely this lyfe in short transytory paynfull wretched hit is not onely to be thoughte nor poysed for the shortenesse But moche more for the incerteynte therof whiche is doubtfull and ful of casuel peryll we be not sure therof day nor hour And whenne it sheweth vs sewerte peas thenne sodeynly cometh deth with hit perauenture the false theif Sathan Therfore sayth to vs a poete who is he knowynge hymselfe to lyue many yeres sens we knowe not whether we shall dye to morowe or sooner It is wryten in Isaye the xxxviii chapitre saynge Dyspose thy hous for thou shalt dye sone not longe lyue Isaye seyth also in the same Chapitre that my lyfe is hyt from me as a pece of clothe from the lome And whenne I began fyrst the lyffe then began dethe to approche toward me For this cause it is sayde in the book of Sapience in the .v. chapitre we be soone born sone leue our beyng To this purpose seyth Senek in his pystles Eueryday we dye euery day is taken away from vs parte of our lyfe Than thus what is oure lyfe ought ellys but a passage or a rennyng toward deth therfor it is not vnresonable that she be lykened to an Orylage whiche gooth alway from degre to degre coÌ„tynually mouynge tyll it come to a certayne poynt then it stryketh sodenly vpon the belle whiche coÌ„streyneth the sowne Semblably our lyfe passeth alway renneth tyll it come to a certeyn poynte That is to wyte The hour of our deth whiche oure lorde hath prefixed and no man may it passe and than our lyf falleth and fayleth without remedye Awake thenne entende wysely to the ende of thy lyfe For thyn Orylage hath but fewe degrees to renne and euery houre she ouerpasseth many And whenne it cometh to the laste thou shalt stomble sodeynly in to the cauerne or caue of dethe Now herken what a Poete sayth The presente lyfe is short alway fleynge and fadeth as a shadowe departeth falleth sodeynly when one wenes that she be moost permanente and abydyng in the myddes of our lyfe we be often at our deth And therfore haue we in Ecclesiastes in the .ix. chapytre That man knoweth not his ende but as a fysshe taken with a nette the bryddes with a trappe Semblably men be takeÌ„ at inconuenyent tymes thê° cometh our ende dethe is the last thyng to all thyÌ„ges beryng lyfe It is wryten in a book of the lyfe of the dedes of grete Alexander O how happy sholde a man be yf he had alwaye in Remembraunce of the eternall Ioyes drad deth that is ordeyned as well to the nobles as to the poore peple whiche cometh to the grete peryll dauÌ„ger of the soule whenne it is unpurueyed Loo here then my right dere frende thou seest well that the lyfe of man is but a thyng dyked aboute enuyrouÌ„de with ruynous deth oure flesshe is but asshes And suche as was the begynnyng suche shal be the ende saynte Bernarde sayth wheÌ„ne I Remembre that I am but asshes and that myn ende approched my drede and fere is withoute ende and I wexe colde as asshes And therfore as â–ª Saynt Gregory saythe That man sollycyteth well his good werkes that thenketh allewaye vpon his last ende And we shold drede that euery day sholde be oure laste daye And alwaye haue in mynde that necessaryly we muste dye who maye haue thenne a bolde corage consyderynge the shortnesse the grete Incerteynte of oure lyfe the approchyng of oure dethe whiche is comyng who is he also thou ought not thynke dilygeÌ„tely that our dayes our yeres fayle and waste as the smoke And the man naturelly born lyueth but a short space and fadeth as a floure and fleeth a waye lyke a shadowe who is he also that calleth thyese thynges to mynde and peyses them well in his herte and so subdeweth the deuyll the flesshe and the worlde repenteth hym in this shorte space To say you trouth there be none that deferre and be neclygent soo to doo but oonly those that be all blynded in malyce and lacke of grace O how grete a payne shall ensewe of neclygence Thappostle sayth to the Hebrues in the seconde-chapitre Howe shall we flee that dyspyse soo gret an helthe As to say
spyrytuall thynges For yf they were lette other by defaute of spyryte or by sekenesse of the body he that soo sholde take awaye from his body theffect of good werke The true desyre of his spyryte The good example to be shewed to his neyghbour the honour to God his maker He sholde doo sacrylege and be culpable of all this thynges ayenste God Yet sayth saynte Gregory in his Moralys in the one and therty chapitre By abstynence sholde the vyces of the flesshe be quenched Certaynely yet whenne we putte awaye our enemye we gryue our owne flesshe Secondely oure lorde shall aske vs yf we haue corrected oure body with the Rodde of dyscyplyne in refraynynge hit from Rebellyon and other vayne Iolytees Sayut Bernarde sayth vpon the Cantycles that the dysacustomynge of good werkes muste be chastysed holpen by the bytte of discyplyne He sayth also in a Pystle O how well good disposicyon yeldeth discyplyne to the state of the body and the habytacōn of the thoughtes abateth the slepe of the hede she ordeyneth the contynuaunce of the vysage she tempereth the tonge she refrayneth the throte she appeseth the Ire dresseth the goyng Thyrdely our lord shall aske yf we haue laboured our body in vertue in werkes of penaunce Therof sayth saynt Austyn in his book of Baptysyng of children That Adam was chased oute of Paradyse terrestre because that delycyous place it sholde sygnyfye that labour whiche is contrary to delyte shold be shewed vnto the tendre flesshe of the childern And therfore our bodyes may be called a laborȳg best which our lord hath sente vs to do accomplysse the werkes of penaunce Holde not the body then in yolenesse in an moche as thou knowest not how longe hit shall abyde with the. But perfourme the werkes of penaūce Lest perauenture he asketh it agayn that hath lence hit the. Crysostom sayth If thou haue borowed an Oxe or an Horse thou wylte anone sette hym a werke lest he be asked agayn of the on the morow why wylt not thou semblably do with thy body as thou wylt do w ▪ the Horse or Oxe Thus then norysshe dyscretely thy body whiche is lent the by Ihesu Cryst in suche wyse as thy nature may be susteyned the vyces ouercome thy body corrected by the rodde of discyplyne so as it may be obedyent resplendysshyng in Chastyte Instructe it to good labours so that hit chase away all ydlenesse fynally that thou mayste yelde our lord a good a Iust Rekenyng there of atte the daye of Iugement Thyrdely we muste yelde rekenyng of our next kynnesmen Fyrste the fader of the sone As is wryten in the fyrst boke of Lrynges in the seconde chapitre the thirde of Hely that was punysshed for his childeren because he knewe they dyde a mysse corrected not theyr defautes Therfor is also wryten in Salomon the nyne twenty chapytre Lerne and teche thy sone And to the same purpose sayd A wyse man If thou haue a sone correcte hym yf he synne lest by right thou abye not his trespace Secondely the Prelate shall gyue Rekenyng of his subgette or dyocesan For it is wryten in Ezechyell the eght and therty Chapitre My sone I haue sette the to be a beholder ouerseer of men in the hous of Ysrahell when thenne thou herest ony of the wordest of my mouth shew them on my behalfe That is to wyte If I saye to a felon O theff thou shalt dye an euyll deth And yf thou shewe not my sayeng to hym to th entent that he may amende hym yf he dye in that wyckednesse I shal aske of thy hāde his lyfe agayne Item the same Ezechyell sayth in his .xxxiii. chapytre Beholde and see how I am my selfe aboue all my other herdemen And I shall aske my bestayll of theyr hondes The lordes or Prynces Royall shall yelde rekenȳg accomptes of theyr subgettis As it appereth in the Book of Nombres in the .xxv. chapitre where the worldely Prynces are cōmaūded to be hanged on the galowes for the synne of theyr people because the people dyde fornycacyon with the doughters of Moab whiche they called theyr Sacryfyce As is redde in the sayde chapitre Suche thenne be the Prynces Prelates As is wryten in Iheremyas the fyue and twenty chapitre Howle ye herde men crye strongely cast vpon you asshes for your dayes be complete to th entent that ye be slayne and caste in the erthe as precyous vessels Beholde thenne these prelates of the chirche the prynces vnyuersall of the Erthe that be constytute aboue all other Loke how they gouerne by example How they instructe by wordes How they defende by dede the poore people that arne commytted to theyr gouernaūce Certeynly the prelates owen to teche theyr people and defende them wysely from the assawtes of Heretykes worse and more cursed thanne wolues and from theyr cautellys wylyer thanne foxes And the temporall Prynces owen to doo Iustyce vppon trespassours and defende theyr good subgettes And kepe wedowes orphanes wretched persones And not to gryue ony body by vnrightfull exaccyons or Iniust causes They may knowe what is wryten in the booke of Sapyence the .vi. Chapitre Howe there shall be a right harde Iugement to thoos that ben precellent aboue all other Certeynly mercy shall be graunted vnto the good poore man but the badde riche man shall suffre grete tourmēte O ye prelates of the chirche and ye prynces of the vnyuersall worlde these wordes ben addressed vnto you to th entent ye sholde lerne wysdome and not to fall therfrom and that ye enstructe gouerne and defende youre subgettes so well that ye may be sure atte the last daye of the righte harde Iugement where the gretest and strongest payns shall be to th offenders that haue ben myghtyest here Fourthly it behoued to yelde Rekenynge of all our wylles werkes And Anastasye saythe vpon the Symboll Quicunque vult saluus esse c. Howe atte the comynge of oure Lorde Ihesu Cryste alle mankynde shall arryse bodely and yelde Rekenynge of theyr propre werkes That is hit that is wryten by Thappostle in the seconde Pystle ad Coryncheos the fyfthe chapitre where he sayth It behoueth that we shewe vs alle manyfestely before the Iudycyall sete of Ihesu Cryst to the entente that eueryche resceyue there good or euyll accordyng to theyr merytes desertes It is redde in Ecclesiastes in the last chapitre Our lorde shall bryng vnto the Iugemente all thynges that be done And not oonly the grete greuous synnes but also those that we thynke belytyll or none The paas of a man semeth but a smale thynge Neuerthelesse it shall be Rekened for atte the fynall day of Iugement Therfore say the Iob in his .xiii. chapitre Syre thou hast welmarked my wayes my pathes haste beholden the Traces of my fete And after he seyth in the chapitre folowȳg Thou hast nombred al my steppes Item also
it is wryten in Ecclesiasticus in the seuententh chapitre His eyen beholde Incessauntly all the wayes of men As to saye he wyll Rewarde alle that they done accordyng there after We rede in Vitis patruÌ„ an example of an angell that somtyme nombred all the paaces of an Heremyte whiche paas is a lesse thynge than an ydle worde Therfore seythe Saynte Mathew in his .xii. chapitre That men shall yelde Rekenynge and Reason atte the day of dome of euery Idle worde that they haue sayde It is wryten in the boke of Sapyence in the fyrst chapitre He that speketh euyll and peruersely shall not mowe hyde hym atte the daye of Iugement And correction shall not passe besydes hym Vayne thoughtes semeth but a lytyll thynge Neuerthelesse it is wryten in the Book of Sapyence in the fyrste chapitre How felonous euyll thoughtes must be answered vnto For he wyll serche all our thoughtes It is also wryten in Isaye in the last chapitre I shall serche theyr werkes theyr thoughtes shall come assemble my selfe with people That is to saye to deme them as I shall Iuge them Therfore speketh Iohell also in his thirde chapitre I shall assemble all maner of people in the last dayes shall brynge them to the vale of Iosaphat And there I shal dispute with them techyng my people and myn herytage of Israhell Alle our thoughtes our wordes and our werkes shall be thenne righte straytely Iuged And as Saynt Gregory saythe vpon the Gospell of Saynt Mathew the thre and twenty chapitre All the heres of our hedes be nombred Semblably God consydereth all our goynges stappes And wyll that alle our vayne thoughtes our ydle wordes shall not rest vndyscussed atte the day of Iugement Certayne alle our werkes shall be thenne as manyfestely shewed vnto all people as though they were wryten in our forhedes As it is wryten in Ecclesyastyco â–ª in the enleuenth chapitre Atte the ende of man all his werkes and dedes shall be vncouered and made open Fyftely it behoueth to yelde Rekenyng and accomptes not oonly of the synnes that we haue done but also of the vertuous and good dedys that we haue lefte vndone Saynt Mathew sayth in the fyue twenty chapitre Thene shall the grete Lrynge saye to thoos on his lyfte honde Departe from me ye wycked synners and go in to the fyre euerlastyng whiche is made redy for the deuylles and theyr angeles I haue ben hungred ye haue not fedde me â—â— whiche one of the causes why the fals ryche glotone fonde no water to refresshe hym with was that he ne wolde suffre the pouer Lazar to haue the croÌ„mes that fyll from his table One shall not Rekenen oonly of thynges done and forgeten but also of tyme lost in executyng euyll thynges and lefte that that was good vndone It is wryten in Ecclesiastes the .xvii. chapitre That our lorde hath gyuen man a nombre of dayes a season to then tent he shold vse hit well and holsomly to his pleaser and theyr owne helthe wherof many folkes taken none hede Improfytably wast theyr tyme wherupon Saynte Bernarde complayneth hym to his Scolers sayeng There is no thynge more precyous here than tyme. But alas now a dayes it is moost vyly loste The dayes of Saluacyon passen and noman hedeth hit There is none complayneth hym of the losse of a daye and yet it can neuer be recouered Ther shall not be loste an here of an hede nor a moment of a tyme. but alle shall come to a due Rekenyng O what drede hadde Saynt Ancelme in his Medytacyons sayeng O vnprofytable and drye tree what shall be thyn answere the day whenne thou shalte be questyoned to gyue Rekenyng of all thy werke accompte for the lest twynkelynge of thyn eye and all the tyme of lyfe that hath ben lente the. How thou hast dyspended hit And therfore sayth Sapyens in Ecclesiastes the fourth chapitre My dere beloued sone kepe and spende well thy tyme. The sixthe and the laste thynge that behoueth to gyue Rekenyng and accomptes for is all the yeftes that we haue resceyued of oure lorde God Suerly our lord hath gyuen vs noo thynge but that he wyll haue therof bothe Reason and Rekenynge where by hit semeth rather that he hath but lente hit vs then gyuen hit vs absolutely Certaynly he shall calle vs to Rekene For all his gyftes be they spyrytuell as the gyftes of grace to the soule or temporall as strengthe delyueraunce and beaute of the body or worldely rychesse power and worshyp in this lyfe of alle these thynges It appereth by Example and by a parabole in the Gospell of saynt Mathew in the fyue and twenty Chapitre of the fyue talentes whiche be peces of money of Saynt Luke in the nynetenth chapitre â–ª How the noble man delyuered to his seruauÌ„tes certeyn rychesse wherof they were fayne to yelde Reason doo accompte for euery thyng therof pertyculerly As it is wryten in Iob. the .xix. chapitre I mowe ye that at Iugement all these thynges afore sayd shall be rekened for full straytely wherfore sayth Iob in his .ix. chapitre what shall I doo whenne our lorde shall ryse vp to Iuge alle men And whenne he shall questyone me what shall I answere thenne O how lyghtely and how soone shall he come askynge a due Rekenynge and accomptes of all our werkes Oure perdycyon is nyghe and the tyme hasteth faste and is alwaye commyng That is to saye whenne oure lorde shall come and Iuge his people For as sayth Abdeas in his oonly chapitre The day of our lord shall come in the euenynge atte mydnyght Atte Cocke crowe or in the mornyng As is to saye If he come sodeynly that he ne fynde you slepynge This that I saye to you I saye it in lyke wyse to all other Be ye wakyng thenne slepe not For yf ye watche not I shall come to you as a thef ys shall not know whenne ne what houre It is red in Apocalyps in the last chapitre Lo see how I come anone brynge with me rewardes to yelde euery man after theyr desertes Now thenÌ„e my right dere frende sens that must nedely of so many thynges and eueriche of them yelde due rekenyng accoÌ„pte be not vnpurueyed but make dilygently examen thyselfe dilygently purge well thy conscyence to the bothom to the entent that when our lorde shall come to Iuge all thynge as well dede as quyke Thou mayst couenably resonably answere therby to haue his mercy grace and pardone of al thy synnes And this is that Ecclesiasticê° ammonysshed vs in the .xviii. chapitre sayenge Examen thyselfe before the daye of Iugemente And that shall be to thy helpe in the presence of our lord Ihesu cryste ¶ How the horryble abydyng of the last day extreme daye of Iugement is to be doubted ¶ The thirde chapytre of the seconde parte
that fyll backewarde by one worde of Ihesu Cryst whenne he went towardes his passyon what shall they doo whenÌ„e they here the voyce of the sante Ihesu cryst whenne he shall Iuge all the worlde for certeyn he shall braye lyke a lyon As Amos sayd in his iii. chapitre whenÌ„e the lyon shall braye who is he that thenne shall not be aferde I saye in his .v. chapitre sayth His brayeng shall be lyke a lyon Iheremye also sayth in his xxv chapitre Oure lorde shall braye from an hyghe and from his tabernacle shall descende his voys wherof the sowne shal extende vnto thextre myte of the erthe shall make his dome Iugement vnto the people The voys of our lord shall be thenne in grete magnifycens It is the voys of oure lord that shall breke downe the hyghe Cedres of the mouÌ„te of Lyban that is to vnderstonde His enmyes proude people enhaunsed And yet all be it they haue ben soo raysed It shal thenne fayle and vanysshe as smoke And atte that Iugement they shall be made humble and reduced to noo beynge This voys soo comyng from our lorde shall be lyke a thundre betyng the erthe Therfore seyth Iob tremblynge in his fyue and twenty Chapytre Who shall mowe beholde thondre or sowne of the magnytude of oure lorde And the Psalter sayth Oure lord hath thondred from heuen and the moost hyghe hath vttred his voys Iob sayth in his seuen and therty Chapytre Oure lorde shall thondre meruelously by his voys and he dooth manye grete thynges whiche oughte not to be enserched nor mused on And Saynte Ancelme saythe in his Medytacyons wherfore slepeste thou slougthefulle soule worthy to be caste oute of alle lyghte he that waketh not nor dredeth not this grete thondre slepeth not but rather is dede The worde of our lord shall be in maner a right hote lightenyng wherfore zacharye in his .ix. Chapytre sayth His darte shall departe lyke a lyghtenyng And our lord shal sowne the trompe Certeyn as it is wryten in Isaye in the seuen and twenty chapitre In that last day shall sowne the grete trompe And therfore sayth Crysostome vpon the Gospell of Saynt Mathew the foure and twenty chapitre The vertues of heuen shall be moued now truly thou shall be by a grete voys whiche is of the terryble trompe wherunto alle wyndes elementes obeyen whiche voys renteth stones openeth helle and breketh the gates of brasse and breketh the lygatures of dede bodyes and restoreth the soules to the bodyes ageyn coÌ„strayneth them to come to the grete Iugement And all these thynges be consumed agayne more lightly then the flyght of an arow passynge in the ayre wytnesse of Thappostle that sayth in his fyrst pystle ad Coryntheos in the xv chapitre In a moment in the twynkelyng of an eye in the sownyng of the last trompe shal be the Iugement Of this trompe speketh Saynte Iherome vpon the Gospell of Saynt Mathew sayeng when as often as I thynke on the laste day of Iugement I tremble for fere be it when I ete or when I drynke in ony of my werkes me thynketh alwayes that terryble trompe sownes in mynere sayeng Aryse ye aryse ye dede folkes come to your Iugement All men troubled or greued ought by penauÌ„ce to thynke ofteÌ„tymes in this day it shall be a grete wele ease to theyr soules And therfore saythe Saynte Gregory in an Omely My ryghte dere brethern frendes lete the daye of Iugement be alwaye afore your eyen For what greuous thyng soo euer ye here it is but soft in comparyson of that sore daye we ought also to fere drede the same day For that is the grete Iourney the Iourney of wrathe of bytternesse Sophony as sayth in his fyrst chapitre The waye of oure lordes Iourney shall be full bytter For there shal be noman so stronge but then he shall be troubled that shall be the very day of wrath trybulacion an guysshe chalange myserye derkenesse of clowdes stormes of the sowne of the trompe Isaye in his xiii chapitre sayth The daye of oure lorde shall come whiche shall be full of Indygnacyon â—â—ath of furour Iohel also in his .iii. chapitre sayth The sonne shal be conuerted in to derkenes the mone in to blood a fore the coÌ„myng of the grete horryble day of our lord O how drad Saynt Bernard that same day whenÌ„e he sayd whyles I that am a mortall man remeÌ„bre what I shal be after my deth The fere there of putteth me in terryble doubtes for I am not verrely assured of that that I longe after for the day of fere of wrath of Ire and of furour the day of waylyng the vengyng of synners affrayeth me hydeously Of this same day sayth he also in one of his sermons they shal be all bare naked before the trybunall sete of Ihesu cryst to th entent that they maye here yeâ—oys of his Iugement Be cause they haue stopped here ere 's from the weyes of good couÌ„seyl Now what seyth our lord god Doo ye penauÌ„ce neuerthelesse ther be many that disymylyngly close theyr ere 's wyl not here hit thynke it is to harde to doo O remeÌ„bre ye felons because of your obstynacy ye shall here therfore the harde lamentable worde pronouÌ„ced vnto you That is to seye Go ye cursed people in to euerlastynge fyre â–ª what shal then those poore wretched ê‘petuell daÌ„pned people saye Seenge the holy blessyd peple called vp Ioyefully in to the eternall glory and blysse of heuen And they that be dampned in to the Iufynyte paynes of helle Certeynly as it is wryten in the boke of Sapyence the .v. chapitre They shall wepyngly say in themselfe for the gret anguysshe of theyr soules Let vs do penauÌ„ce for we be thoos that haue blasphemed hit as foles out of all wytte reason had in derysion the lyuyng of the penyteÌ„t folkes thynkyng it was no worshipfull lyfe How be it we see them now taken accepted with the sone of god theyr werkes allowed cherysshed so that they be accompanyed with the happy blessyd sayntes we with the dampned fendes of helle We haue erred from the way of trouth the lyght of Iustyce hath not shyned in vs nor the sonne of rightwysnesse rysen in vs. we haue lefte the wayes of our lord Ihesu cryst haue gone dauÌ„geroê° euyll wayes that is to saye The wayes of Iniquyte perdycion what hath our gret pryde proufyted or auayled vs. or what auantage haue we had of all our grete richesse par de all is paste as a byrde fleyng in the skye or a shyppe glydyng thorugh the water wherof the traces can not be apperseyued Now thenne to make confession is ouer late for theyr repentauÌ„ce groweth but for the payne that they suffre And therfore they can obteyne no pardon also they are past the place of mercy grace be
is wryten in the boke of Sapyence in the iiii chapitre That the dampned soules shall be vtterly in desolacyon Also the dampned soule sayth in the fyrst chapitre of the Trenys of The remye I am cast in desolacyon am conuycte in to wepyng It is wryten in Isaye in the xxxiiii chapitre That the wretched synner shal be in desolacion duryng the worlde of worldes Alas alas what payne is that to be endured O moost cruell payne O desolacion full of all tourmentes therfore o thou man remembre the prynte often in thy herte mynde these thynges aboue sayde to th entent â–ª thou may esche we withdrawe the from synne ther by haue the moost precyous glorye felycyte perdurable ¶ How those that descende into helle be cruelly punysshed ¶ The seconde chapitre of the thirde parte payncypall NOwe to procede folowyng by ordre it resteth to be expowned howe there be many dyuerse afflyccyons gyuen by the solderyours of helle Those sol deyours ben to vnderston de the deuylles whiche ben tourmentours hangemen ful abhomynable to beholde and cruell in theyr dedys neuer wery to tourmente nor to gyue paynes I saye fyrst that those deuyles be horryble to beholde And therfore they be so paynted in the chirche with hydeous horryble fygures to this purpose it is redde that where somtyme a relygyous man was leynge in his dortor among his brethern It happened in a nyght that he cryed horrybly where thorugh all the brethern of his couente resorted vnto hym they fouÌ„de hym staryng his eyen fixed vppon a walle fyrmely withoute moeuyng wolde answere to noo questyon that they demauÌ„ded hym he was so moeued with a mernelous fere in the morow his pryour came vnto hyÌ„ asked what hym ayled that nyght he answered He hadde seen the deuyll And thenne it was questyoned hym what shappe he was of And he answered that his shappe ne myght lyghtly be descryued sayd yf there were here an ouen full of fyre yonder the deuyll I had as leef entre in to the ouen as longe to beholde on his moost horryble fygure and as sainte Bernarde sayth in the Psalme of Qui habitat in adiutorio O my right dere brethern what thyn he ye yf it were a thyng syttyng that one of thise prynces of tenebres that be of soo many hydeous and merueylous shappes sholde come and appere amongen you with his grete cruelte and vnformed tenebroê° body what temporale or spyrytuale wytte myght susteyne to beholde hym It is redde in the book of Ditis patruÌ„ How there was somtyme an auncyent man that sayd I trowe there is noo lyuyng creature but and he same the deuyll in the same fourme that the dampned soules see hym he sholde no more lyfe after but shortely sholde dye Also Saynte Gregorye sayth of one called Cryssoryus whiche beynge full seke sawe besyde hym a grete multytude of deuylles wherfore he cryed full hydeously after helpe he torned hym this waye and that waye to th entent he sholde not see them but he was so feruently troubled with them in fere that right soone he dyed Certeynly all those that see the deuylles be in suche gret troubles that all men diede the syghte of them and not withoute Reason for theyr horryble fygure tourmenteth those to deth that beholdeth them It is wryten in Iob the .xx. chapytre Horryble thynges shall go and come vpon them And that Saynte Bernard sheweth whenne he sayd O my soule what fere shall thou haue whenne thou shalt leue the presence of all thynges where in thou haste Ioye the syght of that that is agreable vnto the and all thy famylyaryte and shalte entre allone ferfully in to the regyon whiche is to the vnknowen whenne the righte terryble and horryble monstres shall come in grete companyes agaynst the. O how grete a deformyte shall be in thoos horryble deuylles that shall appere in figures of righte cruell beestys And as it is wryten in the .xi. chapitre of Sapyens Because they permytted errours as done serpentes and other superflue beestys thou hast sente them a multytude of dome bestys in vengeaunce to the entente that they maye knowe wherin they haue synned they to be tourmented by the same Certayne it is not Impossyble that the moost myghty honde that hath create and made all the vnyuersall worlde of thynge vnsene shold sende a multytude of fers beres of hardy lyons and other many furyous beestys of dyuerse shappes castyng vapures of fyre gyuyng stynkyng smokes puttynge out of they eyen sparkes brennyng of fyre but all these thynges sholde be to the hurte of synners and also the beholdynge myght slee them as it is wryten in the chapitre a fore sayde Iob sayde in his .xvi. chapitre Myne enemy hath beholde me with terryble eyen He also sayth in his .xli. chapitre His loke and beholdyng is lyke a glystryng of fyre out of his mouth stremyng as it were brennyng lampes and popilleth as water boylynge out of a potte Therfore sayth a Poete that there be therin serpeÌ„tes vomyshyng out of theyr mouthes brennyng flammes with the whiche blastes the soules of the myserable synners ben all perysshed Secondly the fendes be cruell by effecte where as it is wryten in Iob the xvi chapitre They are assembled ayenst me they haue opened theyr mouthes vppon me as a rauyssyng lyon they haue teÌ„pted me they haue mocked me grennyngly felonesly shewed me their tethe Also in Ecclesiastico in the .xxi. Chapitre is sayde Theyr tethe be lyke the tethe of lyons whiche deuour the soules To this purpose is wryten in the fyrst Pystle of saynt Peter the .v. chapitre That how the deuyll is lyke a braynge lyon whiche gooth sekyng to deuour som soule Certeyne the deuyll shall be appoynted at the last day for to deuour synners It is wryten in Isaye in the lvi chapitre O ye all bestes of the feldes wyldernes come ye for to deuoure Iheremye in his .xii. chapitre sayth Come ye alle bestes and assemble and make you redy for to deuour Saynt Gregory in his Dyalogis talketh therof and sayth That there was somtyme a monke not yet verely monke in dede but so named whiche was called Theodorus It was righte dyspleasant vnto hym whenne one spake to hym for his saluacon he wolde not oonly leue to do good but it lothed hym to here speke therof as Theodorus was at the artycle of dethe al his brethern of his couent assembled aboute hym in prayers deuout orysons that they myght helpe defende his soule at the departyng from his body then he began sodenly to crye with a grete voyce had them breke of leue theyr orysoÌ„s prayers departe for he was gyuen vnto an horryble dingon for to be deuoured whiche he sayd for theyr praiers might not deuoure hym yet he had swalowed his hede prayed them therfore go thens pray nomore
bouÌ„den honde fote Lo how the wretched synÌ„er descendyng in to helle shall be fulfylled with all tormentes It is wryten in Iob the .xv. chapitre of the daÌ„pned man how tribulacoÌ„n shal holde him anguys she shall enuyronÌ„e hym And in the .xiii. chapitre of Isaye How all mennys hertes shall be abasshed ferde for the sorowes torcyons that shal holde hym hauynge the payn that women suffre trauelyng of childe echo ne shall sorowe vpon his neyghbour theyr broyled faces shall affray eue riche other Therfor Baruch sayd in his .vi. chapitre Theyr faces be blacked with smoke for the faces of all synners shall be brought to the lykenesse of a rounde potte as it is wryten in Iohell the seconde chapitre Also it is sayde in Ecclesiastyco the .xlviii. chapitre The paynes of a woman trauelynge shall come vnto them The same also is wryten in Ozee the .xiii. chapitre Soo as it appereth there be many scorges fleyles in helle for to bete synners therwith Certeynly the dampned soule shall mowe saye with the Psalter The sorowes of deth haue compassed me the paynes of helle haue fouÌ„den me It sayth It hath compassed me for this cause For it is to hym a vestyment or coueryng of maledyccion whiche shal be both within hym withoute hym O what vestyment shall this be that shal be women with soo paynfull thredes those without nombre whiche can neuer be vndone nor taken away for with an inmortale stryng it shall be inseparably bounden vnto the synner This shall be a sore and a bytynge vestyment to be suffred This is the vestymente that is wryten of in Isaye in the .xiii. chapitre sayeng Thy vestyment shall be wormes The coÌ„syderacoÌ„n of these many folde paynes reuoked called Dauyd from synÌ„e caused hym to doo penauÌ„ce therfore he sayd to our lorde How many sorecribulacoÌ„ns hast that she wed me that coÌ„uerted hast reuyned me The consyderacoÌ„ns also of thise for said paynes moeued somtyme an heremyte for to take-vppon hym a right sharpe paynfull lyf whiche he ledde in his heremitage as it is red in Vitis patruÌ„ It was axed of hyÌ„ why he wolde so slee him selfe And he answered All the labour of my lyf is not suffycyent to be coÌ„pared to one of the dayes of tourmentes that be or deyned reserued for synners in tyme to come Beda sheweth vs in his wrytyng of Englond how that in the tyme of yonge ConstaÌ„tyne ther dyed a knyghte about the yeres of our lord .viii. C. and .vi. whiche knyght reuyued after for the paynes that he had seen he fledde in to an heremytage as it is red in Vitis patruÌ„ he made hyÌ„ a lityll hous by a Ryuyer syde In the whiche ryuyer he wolde renne oftentymes all clothed in the wynter tyme. wold suffre his clothes to frese vnto his fleshe thenne after he wolde lepe in to a bayn as hote as hit was possyble to hyÌ„ to suffre And this lyf he ledde vnto his deth And whenÌ„e folkes sawe hym do soo they blamed hym therfor he sayd to them Yf ye had seen that I haue seen ye wolde do as I do rather more Saynt Gregory sayth The vysyon of the paynes of helle is the moost excellente moeuyng that can be to penaunce and contricion The thyrde condycyon encreasyng the paynes of helle is the euerlastyngnesse therof It is wryten in the boke of Sapyence the .iiii. chapitre Oure lorde shall mocke them That is to vnderstonde synners after they shall fall from theyr worshyp among them that be sempyternally dede Saynte Mathew sayth the .xxv. chapitre They be those that shall goo in to tourmentes In Iudyth the xvi chapitre is red that our lord shall sende wormes of fyre ayenst theyr fleshe that they may breÌ„ne and yet lyue and fele the paynes for euer To that purpose speketh Isaye in his last Chapitre thê° Theyr wormes shal not dye nother theyr fyre quenche And therfore sayth our lord in Deutronomye in the .xxxii. chapitre The fyre is kyndeled with my furour and shall brenne in to the lowest parte of helle and that shall be perpetuelly and endelesly Isaye in his .xxxiii. chapitre sayth O whiche of vs shal mowe suffre and endure the deuourynge fyre who shall mowe be amonge those that shall be brente sempyternally In the xxxiii chapitre of the same Isaye is sayde The grouÌ„de where they dwelle shall be conuerted into brennynge pytche nyght and daye and shall not quenche and the smoke shall be from generacoÌ„n to generacoÌ„n vpon them duryng the world of worldes It is wryten in the Apocalyps in the .xx. chapitre The deuyll shal be sente in to the lake of fyre and sulpher and brymstone where the euyll beste and the false prophete shall be tormented nyghte and day in the worlde of worldes And he that shal not be fonden in the book of lyfe shall be sente in to the lake of fyre there for to dwelle in the shadowe of dethe where is none ordre but sempyternall horrour and sorowe It is wryten in Iob the .x. chapitre and also Saynt Gregory seyth in his Moralles a right horryble worde That is to wyte Thenne shall the myserable synners suffre a grete payne with a grete fere a grete flamme with a derkenesse and deth without deth an ende without fynysshyng for that dethe shall euer lyue and that ende shall begynne alwaye ageyne and that faute shall neuer fayle And a poete sheweth howe that myserable dethe can not dye nor fynysshe but semeth alle waye that it begynneth and reneweth wepynges and languysshynges Peter de bloys sayd in a pystle There shall be none order of ony maner of tormentes nother sparynge but endelesly the paynes shall renue begynne ageyn dethe can not dye there for it shall be alway ê‘manent and neuer cessyng to th entent that the condaÌ„pned soules may myserably alway encreace in theyr paynes and sorowes and be nourysshed in eternall dethe The Psalter sayth They be casten in to helle as shepe and dethe fedeth them Mowe thenne this synners haue theyr fedynge of deth what shal be their drynke Herkene what is wryten in Deutronomye in the .xxxii. chapitre the burgynge of the grape the vyne that they shall haue shall be aysell and galle of Dragons and the venym of the Adder called aspe whiche is incurable O wherewith shall the synners be nourysshed seest that not howe they be perpetually tourmented with the mooste cruell deth they shall lyue then in dyeng shall be dede lyuyng Saynte Bernard seyth in a boke that he sente vnto Pope Eugeny The bytynge worme the lyuyng dethe I grouge and secre gretely I drede to falle in to the handes of the dethe that euer lyueth and of the lyfe that neuer dyeth Saynte Gregory sayth That the felon synners shall dye of inmortall deth O good lord eternall why hast thou suffred me doo contrarye thy wyll werke myne owne sorow
riche Rewarde hit moeueth a man from alle the passyons of his pleasyrs and Voluntarely to ryse vppe in Batayll ayenst them encendynge to haue vyctorye vppon his fyrst delectable vayne pleasante thoughtes Abacuk saythe desyrousely in his .iii. Chapytre Rottynnesse wyll entre in to my bones and sprynge vnder me in my lyfe by cause I sholde rest me the day of trybulacyon Beholde here my righte dere frendes howe fructuouse and howe hoolsome is the Remembraunce of the Infernalle paynes The psalter sayth Synners they be transported in to helle Wherfore by good medytacyons euery man in his lyfe entende to the resystence of that daungere Or ellys they muste lyuynge dye perpetually It is redde How he is eâ—reâ—sely happy that beholdeth the deâ—â—â—enebres That is to saye To regystre in his herte the Infernale tourmentes and that with a contynuall RemembrauÌ„ce in contemplacyon to frequente that sure memory Now me thynketh I haue suffysantely shewed you the manyfolde maners of the dyuerse paynes of Helle and howe vayllable and to what proufyte groweth the memoryale Remembraunce therof O mortall man what errour what folye and what faute is in the whenne it lyeth in thy free arbytrement to haue Ioyes euerlastyng and wyllyngly castest thy selfe in to the Infernall tourmentes and paynes from whens none may retourne but brenne there in fyre worlde without ende ¶ And thus endeth the thyrde parte of this treatyse dyuyded in four partyes ¶ And here begynneth the ê“logue vpon the .iiii. parte of the .iiii. last thyngis whiche be for to come THis thirde parte of the four laste thynges whiche be for to come wherof soueraynely the Remembraunce withdraweth a man from synne Is the mynde of the euerlastynge celestyall glorye And yf a man refrayne hymselfe from mourder of from ony crymynale cause for fece of losynge of his honour or temporale goodes how moche more ought he refreyne drede eschewe all synfull operacoÌ„ns wherby he myghte lese the moost blysfull sempyternall Ioyes saynte Austyn sayth in a boke of his confessyons There is a Ioye whiche is not to be gyuen to the felon synners but to those that of theyr free wyll loue and worshyppe the lorde god and thou thy selfe arte that Ioye For this cause it is wryten in the fyrste Pystle ad Coryntheos the .vi. chapitre The felon synners shall not possesse the kyngdome of heuen but shall confusedly be put therfroÌ„ as the vyle glotons and dyshonest folkes be chased out of theÌ„perour his courte and not suffre to sytte among kynges and prynces at theyr excellente and solempne tables And Cassydore sayth that euery man is putte cast from the deyte after the quantyte of his synnes And certeynly his castynge fro is mesured after the delectacoÌ„ns that he hath had in them Now sholde not thenÌ„e euery creature eschewe to do synne haue it in abhomynacyon as a mortall thyng knowyng that therby is lost the celestyall eternall glorye O what shall I poore wretche bareyn of know seche saye â–ª or how shall I talke of this glorye incoÌ„prehensyble Certeynely there was neuer eye that sawe nor ere that herde nor here that thought the Ioye that god hath ordeyned for those that he loueth As is writen in the fyrst Pystle ad Coryntheos the .ii. chapitre Therfor what shal I now more saye or wryte in this werke I am as one born blynde that dysputeth in colours hauynge no coÌ„fydence to myn owne ê“per wyste But there for I must referre myself to the testymonyes of scriptures by the whiche I wyll speke It is to be noted how albe it in the heuenly glory there be innumerable thyngis playnly approuyng the Ioye felycite therof Yet I wyll specyally shewe how it is to be rocomeded for .iii. thyÌ„ges The fyst for the soue rayne excellent clerenesse therof Secondly for the moste habundauÌ„ce of the goodnesses that be therin And thirdely for the moost blyssull Ioye therof ê‘durably enduryng the beaute therof nor the clernesse can not be mesured the Infynyte goodnesse can not be estemed nor theternall Ioye can not be compared nor sufficieÌ„tly praysed Of these .iii. thynges I shall treate breefly by order in this last part ¶ Thus endeth the prologue of the forthe the last part of this book ¶ How the Royalme kyngdome of heuen is praysed for his beaute clerenesse ¶ The fyrst chapitre of the fourth parte and the last pryncypall FIrst the kyngdome of heuen is to be recommended for the souerayn beaute clerenesse therof as it is wryten in the boke of Sapience the .v. chapitre wherin it is called the Royalme of beaute The Psalter sayth Lord I haue loued the beaute of thyn hous It is also wryten in Thoby the. xiii chapitre I shal be happy yf the Relyques of my sedes may see the dernesse of Iherusalem wherof the gates be made of Saphyres emerawdes other precyoê° stones The cyrcuyte of the walles with fayre bryght stones all the places paued with fyne golde It is wryten in Thapocalips the xxi chapitre That cyte was made of fyne golde pure clene as glasse The fondement of walles enourned with all precyous stones The twelue gates shall haue twelue Margarytes And the stretes of the cyte shall be of fyne golde shynyng as bryghte as glasse The temple is not yet spoken of â–ª Certeynly almyghty god is the temple therof and the Lambe is the lyght The forsavd Cyte hath noo nede of the Sonne nor of the Mone to lyght hit with all For the clerenesse of oure Lorde shall Illumyne hit and the Lambe shall be the lanterne and the peple shall mowe walke by that clerenesse It is also redde in the .xxii. Chapitre of Thapocalyps It shall neuer be nyghte there wherfore there nedeth no candell nor lanterne nor lyght of the sonne For the bryghtnesse of our lorde shall lyght and Illumyne them enduryngly worlde withouten ende whiche sayeng may well accorde with that that is wryten in Isaye the .lx. chapitre Thou shalt haue thenne noo nede of the shynyng of the sonne nor Resplendysshyng of the mone For oure lorde shall lyghte Illumyne the sempyternally In trouth he is a glas without ony spot a light Illumynyng euerlastyngly As it is wryten in the boke of Sapyence the .vii. chapitre Also oure lorde shall be the Resplendysshynge of glorye As is wryten to the Hebreos in the first chapytre whiche resplendysshyng shall be an hole lyght Abacuk in his .iii. chapitre sayth of this resplendysshyng all the sayntes shall take in the Royame of heuen clerenesse and sempyternall lyght wherwith all they shall reioyse them incessantely in grete felycyte It is also wryten in the book of Iugys the .v. chapitre Those that loue the shall shyne and resplende as the sonne doth in his rysyng Also is writen in the book of Sapyence the .iii. Chapitre How those that be Iuste shall shyne in theyr faders Royalme lyke the sonne O lorde sempyternall grouÌ„de of all vertu how good and how
thyn hous Now what be the goodes that sayntes shalle be fulfylled with but oonly the grace of the Incomprehensyble glorye Saynt Bernard sayth in a sermon of the Dedycacyon The resonable soule made after the ymage of God may well be occupyed with al other thyngis but it may not be all fulfylled Certeynly she coÌ„prehendyng god may not be fulfylled with lesse thynge than god we shal not oonly be fulfylled with this vnrecytable glory but also we shall be dronken assotted theron It is redde in Iheremye the .xxxi. chapitre I shall make dronke the soules of the preestes of grace that shal be at the grete soupper whiche is ordeyned for good folkes He shall sette and admynystre them mete of glorye and gyue them drynk of merueyloê° Ioye swetenes Then it shal be sayd to those that shal ete there As is wryten in the Cantycles the .v. chapitre My right dere frendes Ete and drynke and make you dronken In Isaye the .xxix. chapitre also it wryten Make you dronken but not with wyne wher with thenÌ„e shall they make them dronken with Ioye and with gladnesse and with felycyte and with many maners of the celestyall glorye O good lord god eternall how swetly shal thy good and newe seruauntes be dronken with the plenteuousnes of thyne house with the voluptuousnesse of the. For in the is the fontayne of lyfe the fontayne of beatytude and of glorye permanent and neuer fayllyng Certeynly all swetenesse belongeth to thyne house It is the house of our lord the cyte of god whiche is full of all rychesses resplendysshed with all goodes Therfore seyth Isay in his xxiii chapitre Thyn eyn shal see Iherusalem full habundant of alle goodes The grete multytude of the copyous habundance of the thynges before sayde of this cyte sholde not holy satysfye to calle vs thyder but also right specyally the restfull multytude of this peas wherin those that be happy shall delyte them enherytyng the contree aboue specifyed The same Isaye sayth in his lv chapitre ye shal passe out in Ioye shall be brought in to peas O how grete shall the habuÌ„dance of this peas be in Iherusalem wherin it shall remayne perpetuelly without ony waire Isay yet sayth in the .ix. .xxxii. chapitres My peple shall be in the beaute of peas in the tabernacles of confydence in the riche habundance of reste Also Thobye sayth in the .xiii. chapitre O Iherusalem cyte of god happely blyssed be thoso that loue the and reioyse them in thy peas It is in Ezechyell the .xiii. chapitre The sayntes see in the vysyon of peas there is Ioye peas with peas whiche is soo precyous that it surmouÌ„teth and is by yonde all humayne vnderstandyng Now thenÌ„e he that wyl be particypable of soo grete a Ioye peas with the sayntes eternally an hyghe in heuen he must lerne now to suffre humbly and haue pacyence here a lowe in erthe For as it is wryten in a book called Aurora drawen oute of the Byble By suffrance is wonnen that moost noble rest ther is none so wyse that can reioyse that peas but oonly it is hadde by trauayll and suffryng of trybulacoÌ„ns and paynes pacyently in this mortall worlde c. ¶ How the Royalme of heuen is praysed and landed for the Ioye blysse that is therin euerlastyngly ¶ The thyrde chapitre of the fourthe parte and the last pryncypall THyrdely the Royalme and kyngdome of god is to be recoÌ„mended for grete Ioye gladnesse that is therin eternally enduryng there vpon sayth Saynt Gregory in an Omelye who hath that tonge that can suffysantely declare and expresse the Ioyes of that souerayne Cyte Or who hath conuenably the vnderstondyng to comprehende how grete those Ioyes be to the companyes of Angellys and to the happy soules And how Inestymable is that moost blysfull eternall Ioye and glorye in beholdynge the vysage of oure lorde god hauynge noo maner of trouble nefere of dethe but lyue in reioysyng them of that moost precyous gyfte of grace whiche shall euer be permanent and without corrupcyon Certayn that Royalme the cyte of our lorde must be vnderstonde Iherusalem whiche Iherusalem is moost bonteuousely plenteuously and blyssedly edyfyed O cyte of cytees whiche is soo habundantely full of blysfull Ioyes to the happy soules loued be yu. It is wryten in Isaye the last chapitre Reioyse you with Iherusalem disporte you in her to the ende that ye may know and be fulfylled fedde with the pappe of consolacyon and that ye may be habundant in all maners with the delectacoÌ„ns of that glorye Of the whiche inmesurable felycyte and glory of that noble Cyte speketh Saynt Austyn in his boke of the cyte of our lorde sayeng O how grete shall the felicite be there where shal be nother payne nor harme nor we le nor good thyng hydde but entendynge hooly vnto the louynges and praysynges of our lord It is wryten in Isaye in the lxiiii chapitre There was neuer eye that sawe withoute the that Ioye whiche that haste ordeyned to them that abyde the nor more grete gladnesse can be than that thou wylt gyue those that thou louest whiche they shall possesse perpetuelly It is red in the same Isaye the .xxx. Chapitre They shal come in to syon and all louynges and sempyternall Ioyes vpon theyr hedes The Psalter saythe Our lord hath knowen the dayes of those that be pure not smouged and theyr herytage shall be perpetuell It is wryten in Thobye the .xiii. chapytre Lorde thou arte right gretely eternall thy Royalme is in alle worldes Saynt Austyne sayth in his book of the Cyte of our lord we shal be vnderstandyng shal see preyse loue on t lorde This shall be in then de whiche is withouten ende Now what sholde we desyre to be our ende but to serche seke the wayes to atteyne the comyng in to that royame wherin Ioyes haue none ende whiche royame is the royame of all the worldes and certaynely thy power and lordshyppe is vppon all generacyons Thoby sayth in his xiii Chapitre Blessyd be oure Lorde whiche hathe soo hyghe reysed Iherusalem to the entente that his royame be aboue in the worlde of worldes O how gloryous is the Royame where in the blyssed sayntes reioy se them with Ihesu Cryste and they cladde as in whyte aulbes folowe alwayes the lambe Now of this worlde to come speketh saynt Austyn in his boke of the debate by twix vertues vyces sayeng The loue of this prelence worlde is departed from me for there is no creature but he must nedys fynysshe dye here Hit all other wyse of the loue of the worlde that is to come In the whiche all be soo vyuyfyed that they can neuer dye after therin And therin is none aduersyte noo trouble none anguysshe no payne no dysease ennoyng nor werynesse but therin reygnen sempyter nall Ioyes The Psalter sayth The Iuste folkes eten and drynken
and therin rote myserably Our lorde lokoth vppon the sone of man and beholdeth yf there be ony axinge grace or in good dysposycyon but well away he seeth to fewe Inclyned therto and many dysposed to the contrarye in all synne and wretchednesse where by is to be drad that the myserable tyme of this worlde is nyghe comen whiche Mycheas prophecyed of in his .vii. Chapitre sayeng Holynesse is perysshed in the erthe and amonge the men is there none that is ryght wyse O Remembre well how euery man almoost now a dayes seketh for his owen particuler cause and lucre the shedyng of blode and the wrongynge of other what shall I more saye fewe there be that wyll entende to ony good perfeccyon nor open theyr eyen for theyr saluacoÌ„n so be they blynded in theyr malycyous folye O cursed malyce vnhappy folye wherby the lyfe is voluntarely loste and the dethe wonne the we le despysed and the harme accepted our lorde dyspleased and the fende obeyed Now thenne my right dere brethern and frendes stryke not of your hedes with your owne swerdes as to saye lete not your owen dedes be your destruccion perpetuall Ryse out of synne loke vp and remembre you what oyfference is betwix eternale dampnacyon and perpetuale Ioye and blysse Forsake renounce your synnes and defende you from the fendes power whiche ye may surely do with contrycyon and in axinge helpe and grace of our lorde Iwys it is meruayll that man whiche aboue all erthly thynge is a creature resonable ensueth not the verayorygynall of reason but dysprayseth forsaketh that that is moost proufytable eternally good for that that is mortale and moost harmefull O good lorde what vnhap causeth it and werfore sholde we by oure folye lose tho soules that thou hast bought so dere with thy moost precyous bloode Certaynely the cause is lacke of prudence good counseyll grace and cordyall Remembraunce of the sayde four laste thynges O our Redemptour almyghty and mercyfull Ihesu graunte vs soo thy grace that we may yet surely purueye for our last thynges and soo cordyally frequente the Remembraunce of thy godhede that it cause vs here after to repelle and reuoque oure synnes Resyste our goostely enemye and conforme vs in alle good werkes vnto thy blessyd wyll to the obteynynge fynally with the happy sayntes of thyne eternall glorye To whiche bryng vs the fader and the sone and the holy goost reygnyng in vnyte sempyternally worlde withouten ende AMEN THis boke is thus translated oute of frenshe in to our maternall tonge by the noble and vertuouse lorde Anthonie Erle Ryuyres Lorde Scales and of the Isle of wyght De fensour and dyrectour of the â—uses Apostolyque for oure holy fader the Pope in this Royame of Englonde Vncle and gouernour to my lord prynce of Wales whiche boke was delyuered to me wyllyam Caxton by my sayd noble lord Ryueires on the daye of puryfycacyon of our blessyd lady fallyng the tewsdaye the seconde daye of the moneth of Feuerer In the yere of oure lorde a. M. CCCC and .lxxviii. for to be enprynted and soo multyplyed to goo abrood amonge the people that therby more surely myght be Remembred the four laste thynges vndoubtably comynge And it is to be uoted that sythen the tyme of the grete tribulacoÌ„n and aduersyte of my sayde lorde he hath ben full vertuously occupyed as in goÌ„ynge of pylgremages to Saynt Iames in in Galyce to Rome to Saynte Barthylme we to Saynte Andrewe to Saynt Mathewe in the Royalme of Naples and to Saynte Nycholas de Bar in Puyle and other dyuerse holy places Also he hath procured and goten of our holy fader the Pope a grete and a large Indulgence and grace vnto the chapell of oure lady of the Pyewe by Saynte Stephens atte Westmestre for the relyef and helpe of crysten soules passed out of this traÌ„sytorye worlde whiche grace is of lyke vertue to thindulgence of Scala celi And not withston dyng the grete labours and chargis that he hath hadde in the seruyce of the kynge and of my sayde lorde prynce as well in wales as in England whiche hath be to hym noo lytyll thought and besynes bothe in spyryte and in body as the fruyt therof experymently sheweth yet ouer that tenriche his vertuous dysposycyon he hath pnt hym in deuoyr atte all tymes whenÌ„e he myght haue a leyser whiche was but starmele to translate dyuerse bookes out of frenshe in to englyshe Amonge other passyd thorugh myn honde the booke of the wyse sayenges or dystes of phylosophers and the wyse and holsom prouerbys of xprystene the pyse sette in metre Ouer that hath made dyuerse balades ayenst the seuen dedely synnes Furthermore it semeth that he conceyueth well the mutabylyte and the vnstablenesse of this presente lyfe and that he desyreth with a grete zele and spyrytuell loue our goostly helpe and perpetuell saluacyon And that we shall abhorre and vtterly forsake the abhomynable and dampnable synnes whiche comunely be vsed now a dayes as Pryde periurye terryble sweryng thefte murder and many other Wherfore be toke vppon hym the translatynge of this presente werke named Cordyall trustynge that bothe the reders and the herers there of sholde knowe themselfe herafter the better and amende theyr lyuynge or they departe and lose this tyme of grace to the recouer of theyr saluacyon Whiche Translatynge in my Iugemente is a noble and a merytoryous dede wherfore he is worthy to be gretely commended and also syngulerly Remembred with our good prayers For certaynely as well the reders as the herers well conceyuyng in theyr hertes the forsayde foure laste thynges maye there by gretly be prouoqued and called from synne to the grete and plenteuous mercy of our blyssed sauyour whiche mercy is aboue alle his werkes And noo man beynge contryte and confessed nedeth to fere the obteynynge therof as in the preface of my sayde lordes booke made by hym more playnly it appereth Thenne in obeynge and folowynge my sayde lordes commaundemente In whiche I am bounded soo to doo for the manyfolde benefetes and large rewardes of hym hadde and receyued of me vndeserued I haue putte me in deuoyr taccomplysshe his sayd desyre and com maundemente whome I beseche almyghty god to kepe and mayntene in his vertuous and laudable actes and werkes And sende hym thaccomplyssnemente of his noble and Ioyous delyres and pleasers in this worlde And after this shorte daungerous and transytory lyfe euerlastynge permanence in heuen Amen Whiche werke presente I began the morne aiter the sayd Puryfycacyon of oure blyssed Lady Whiche was the daye of Saynt Blase Bysshop and Martyr And fynysshed on the euen of the Annuncyacyon of oure sayde blessyd Lady fallyng on the wennesdaye the four twenty daye of Marche In the .xix. yere of hynge Edwarde the fourthe ¶ Enprynted atte westmystre Anno vss ¶ RegistruÌ„ quaternon abcdefghiklm Memorare nouissima c. Memorare nouissima c.