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A19336	Here after foloweth the prologue of the foure last thynges ...; Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. English.	Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name.; Gerardus, de Vliederhoven, 14th cent, attributed name.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. ed.	1496 (1496)	STC 5759; ESTC S114682	87,652	186

it sholde be often in your Remembraunce to defende you from fallynge to synne whereby ye sholde lese the companye of the happy blysshed sayntes and the celestiall glorye whiche is perdurable and shall dure worlde withouten ende ¶ How there be many condycyons of tourmentes encreasynge the paynes of helle ¶ The thyrde chapitre of the thyrde parte pryncypale NOw resteth to declare the thyrde parte of this mater whiche is in shewyng the condicōn of thinfernale tourment whiche be full dyuerse Certeyne there be sondry condicōns that specyally encreace by occasyons the paynes of helle The fyrste is bytternesse wepyng gryndyng of tethe complaynyng the perpetuell dethe paynfull languyssynge in despayre the wrath blamyng of the creatour of alle thynges with other many tourmētes paynes innumerable to be recyted whiche doubteles shall be well fel●e vnderstonde there by syn̄ers as it appereth in dyuerse places of holy scrypture as it is wryten in Thapocalyps in the .xvi. chapitre They haue eten theyr conges for grete sorowe haue blasphemed the god of heuen for theyr anguysshys theyr woūdes saynt Gregory sayth that he that is cōdempned to the cormentes fyndeth more payne there then̄e can be supposed or thought sayne The rome seyth that the force of the sorow in helle shal be soo grete that it can not addresse his corage but as the force of the said so rowe wyll cōstrayne Certeyn the synner shall say then as is wryten in Iheremye in the .viii. chapitre My woo encreaseth in sorowe vppon sorowe The egrenesse of the paynes of helle shal be so grete that synners shall hate dysprayse lyfe whiche vnyuersally is delyted with a brennyng desyre wysshe to fynde deth whiche euery man wolde flee As it is wryten in the Apocalyps in the .ix. chapitre A day shall come that men shall desyre wysshe for deth shall not haue it they shall requyre deth it shall flee away from them In trouthe our lorde wytnesseth the egrenesse of the paynes of helle in Iheremy in the .ix. chapitre where he sayth I shall fede my people with absynth comonly named worm wode the whiche is a bytter herbe I shal gyue them to drynke galle wherby is signifyed the bytternes of the tormentes of helle It is red that this egrenesse was wel consydered by a yonge man whiche was delycyously nourysshed Neuerthelesse he entred in to thorder of prechers and whene he had ben in the sayde order a whyle there came a man from his kynesfolkes to amonisshe hȳ to depart thens or he were professed shewyng hȳ howe delyciously he had ben brought vp therfore he myght not susteyne the dures paynes troubles perteynyng to the sayd order The yonge man answered I haue entred in to this order knowynge well that I was voluptuously nourysshed and myght not well suffre But I remēbre well that the troubles paynes of helle shall be importable wherfore I hadde leuer to susteyne the lityll payne of this ordre then the paynes whiche ar incōparable For Iob saythe in his .vi. chapitre the snowe shall falle vppon them that shall drede the lytyll myst This consyderacyon moued an here myte called Pyers to enterpryse a merueylous penaunce whiche he accomplysshed as Saynt Gregory sheweth in the .iiii. boke of his dyalogis this heremyte dyed by a sekenesse yet after his deth his soule was restored agayne to his body Also Saynt Gregory sayth that there was somtyme a monke horn of Irlonder called Pyers this monke affermed how he had seen the greuous tourmentes of helle the innumerable paynfull places flāmes of fyre and tolde how he hadde seen there certeyn mighty men of this worl de hanged vp in the sayd flāmes And he sayd as he was brought for to be cast in sodeynly appered an angell clothed alle in whyte whiche saued him and bad hym goo thens attentyfly to remēbre how he sholde lyue from thens forthwarde to kepe him out of the danger of the paynes After that he had herde that voyce he reuyued and came to him selfe lityll and lityll and shewed vnto his brethern there all the thyngis that he had felte and seen and from that day forthwarde he vsed lyued a blessyd lyfe in fastyng doyng penasice so that by his conuersacion after it myght well seme the paynes of helle ar to be dred The secōde cōdicion encreasyng the paynes of helle is the multyplyeng of the tourmentes there In certeyn they be innumerable And as the psalter sayth The paynes whiche be without nombre haue enuyroūd beclypped me It is wryten in Deutronomy the xxxii chapitre I shall assemble many dyuers paynes vpon them I shal accōplyshe or spende the shot of myn arowes in them as it is wryten in Isay the .v. chapitre His arowes be full sharpe alle his bows are bent oure lorde hath many arowes in his quiuer whiche he hath not yet shot forthe but after the Iugement he shall smyte alle synners with them These arowes are the dyuerse paynes of helle where as sȳners shall be thenne tour mented in many maners the Psalter sayth The arowes of the myghty that is to saye of oure lorde be sharp amonges the coles of desolacyon Our lorde sayth in Deutronomy the xxii chapitre I shall ●mbrewe myne arowes in theyr blood my swerde shall deuour theyr flesshe they shall perysshe by famyne the byrdes shall strangle them with a ful bytter morsell I shall sende avenst them the tethe of wylde bestes with the furour of those that rampe deuour vpon the erthe Outwarde the swerd shall destroye them Inwarde fere drede shall wast them Of this multytude of paynes speketh saynt Gregory in the .viii. chapitre of Saynt Mathew sayeng They shall be caste out in to thuttermeste tenebres that is to saye helle where shall be an vnsuffrable colde an vn quencheable hete an immortale worme an intollerable stynche a derkenesse manyable and an hortyble vysyon of deuel les thresshyng and betynge a confusyon of syn̄ers a separacyon of all Ioyes And therfore sayd a wyse man that helle is a mortyfyeng pyt full and accomplysshid with all paynes and myseryes The Psalter seyth It shall reyne brymstone vppon synners and the spyrytes of tempestis whiche be part of the sorowes and tourmēntes of helle And that sayeng is to be noted by cause that there be many other partes of tourmentis impossyble to be expressed all that euer we haue spoken of the paynes of helle is a full lytyll thynge in regarde of the grete infynyte multytude of them but to th entent that the multyplycacōn of the ●e paynes may be the more expressely declared It is also to be noted howe dampned soules shall be full of all myseryes so rowes for they shall euer haue wepyng eyen gryndyng of theyr tethe stynche in theyr noses wayllyng in theyr voyces fere in theyr ere 's brennynge of fyre in all theyr membres therin shal be

of helle And what is a more Ioyefull blysse than celestyall glorye Saynt Bernard sayd in the same sermon These ben the four wheles of the chare wherof the Remembraunce bryngeth mānes soule to the euerlastyng glorye of paradyse These ben also iiii moeuynges that awake the spiryte of man to the ende that he disprayse alle worldly thynges retorne vnto his creatour maker Lo it is then both cōuenyent proufytable that they be had contynuelly in remembraūce therfore sayth the wyse man in the xxviii chapitre of Ecclesiasticꝰ Bere in thy mynde the last fynall thyng is loke alway perfyghtly vpon them to th entent that they may be surely fixed printed in thy memorie Now syn all this processe princypally soueraynly enforseth hymselfe tenduce euery crature to haue an assured mynde an hole remembraūce of these iiii last thynges that they may cordyally be enprynted with in your hertes Therfor it is consonant accordyng yf it so may please that this present treatyse may be entytled and bere the name of the Cordyall ¶ Thus endeth the prologue of this booke named Cordyall Whiche treateth of the four last and fynall thynges that ben to come And here begynneth the fyrste parte of the sayd four last thynges THe fyrst parte of the four last thȳges wherof the remembraunce withdraweth a man fro synne is deth present or temporell And therfore seyth saynt Bernard in a bok called the Myrour of monkes The most souerayn phylosophye is to thynke all way on deth And he that beryth it in his mynde in what place so euer he go shall neuer synne Saynt Austyn sayth in his boke of exortacyons There is noo thyng that soo well reuoketh and calleth a man from synne as often Remembraūce of dethe Certayn it is that thynge whiche causeth a man to be humble to dysprayse hymselfe and to do penaunce ¶ How Remembraūce of dethe maketh a man to be humble meke ¶ The fyrst chapitre of the fyrst parte pryncypal I Say that recordyng the Remēbraūce of deth maketh a man to be meke humble hym selfe And therfor sayth Saynt Austyn in the book that he made of our lord A man knowyng himselfe to be mortall it shal put from hym all maner of pryde In very trouthe all our other thynges as well good as badde be incerteyne But of deth oonly we maye be well ensured And how be it that the hour therof to vs is hydde and incerteyn Yet alway she is approchyng shal surely come without longe taryeng And to this purpose sayth Ecclesiastics in his .xiiii. chapitre Bere well in remembrance that deth shal not tarye It is also wryten in Thoby that deth hasteth that there may no fleeng ●uayle Also by the comune lawe of nature euery man must paye his mortall trybute Saynt Bernarde sayth in a sermon O wretched man why doost thou not dyspose thy selfe to be redy at all houres thynke that thou arte now dede lyns thou knowest well that necessaryly it behoueth the to dye Remembre wel how thyn eyen shall tourne in thy hede the veynes breke in thy body thyn herte shal deuyde in two partes by the righte sharpe anguysshe and payne of deth Who is he thenne that ought not to drede make hȳselfe humble whan he knoweth certaynely that he must retourne and become erthe Now truly there shall be none excepcyon of persones But al shall passe that waye For as it is wryten in the seconde booke of kynges Whe shall all dye and the erthe shall swolowe vs as it dooth water cast therupon whiche neuer retourneth We rede also that this worde Mors in latyn maye well so be called For it is a bytter morsell vnto all men in soo moche that no creature maye escape it And therfore it is sayd in the boke of dyspraysyng of the worlde Dethe cutteth doun and dystroyeth all thynges create and made in fleshe She bothe beteth doun the hye men lowe for the hath domynacion vpon worldly lyuyng thynges She regneth Imperyally ouer the nobles and dredeth no lyuyng creature for her power is comyn ouer prynces and dukes She taketh aswell the yonge as the olde And whan she smyteth she hath mercy of no creature Alle thynges create in flesshe peryssheth vnder her honde Nor ther be none so stronge but that the beteth them doun without rescuse And ther is no thynge beryng lyfe but that she destroyeth and wasteth it without ony escape And the neyther taketh mede allyaunce ne frendshyp What shall I shore saye euydently dethe spareth no body For neyther poore ne ryche shall mowe escape out of her cheyne Certaynly I vnderstande now that dethe is th ende of all worldely lyuynge thynges And therfore it is wryten in Ietha the Poete That deth taketh away and dooth anyntyse all quycke thynges Lo it is not sayde that the wyse Cathon and the good Socrates ben dede Whiche gyueth example that there is neyther scyence ne doctryne that may preserue one fro the ruynouse darte of deth It is writen in Ecclesiastes in the seconde chapitre Aswell dyeth the wyse man as the fole It is wryten in Isaye in the .xxxiii. chapitre Were are now become the lettred men where ben the prechers of the worde of god Where be they that were wont to teche the childern These questions implyed as moche as to saye they lyue not be goon paste in the comyn course with other dede of this worlde Now by cause Ietha named but only the two afore specyfyed I praye the telle me Where is now Hector of Troye where is become Iulius Cesar where is Alexander the grete where is Iudas Machabeꝰ where is the myghty Sampson where is Crassus the riche where to the fayre Absolon where is Galyen the physycyen Auycenne his felowe where is the wyse Salomon where is Arystocle the phylosopher where is Virgyle the right experte poete be not all these dede and passed out of this worlde as pylgryms and gestes departed hens in a right short space yes certaynly ther is not one lefte a lyue of them al their Ioyes were but vanytees and are fayled theyr dayes be consumed passed as the Psalter seyth man passed his dayes resemblyng a shadowe one tyme he is hole strōge of all his membres on the morow seke leyde in the erthe And as Cathon sayth Our lyfe is gyuen vnto vs to be full of doubte and of fragylyte This appereth also clerely by a phylosophre named Secundus whom thēperour Adryane questyoned with of that beyng thestate of man whiche answered as foloweth Man is subget vnto deth dost of the place where he is a voyager passyng semblably vnto a pece of snowe Also lyke a reed bery and lyke a newe apple by whiche thynge is euydencly shewed how frayle how sleder also how lytyll endurȳge is the lyfe of a man And not oonly the lyf of poure people But also the lyfe of

mete maketh hit to swelle fastyng maketh hit lene playes maketh hit to erre waylynge destroyed hit besynesse constreyneth hit sewer●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 Remēbre thou then how thy lyfe may be resembled to the wynde Loo now my righte dere frende howe shorte howe lytyll howe mutable how disceyuȳg 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 ▪ 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 thā 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 cōtynually mouynge tyll it come to a certayne poynt then it stryketh sodenly vpon the belle whiche cōstreyneth 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 takē at inconuenyent tymes thꝰ cometh our ende dethe is the last thyng to all thȳges 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 daūger 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 enuyroūde with ruynous deth oure flesshe is but asshes And suche as was the begynnyng suche shal be the ende saynte Bernarde sayth whēne 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 ▪ 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 dilygētely 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

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 ▪ 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 foūde hym staryng his eyen fixed vppon a walle fyrmely withoute moeuyng wolde answere to noo questyon that they demaūded hym he was so moeued with a mernelous fere in the morow his pryour came vnto hȳ 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 tenebroꝰ body what temporale or spyrytuale wytte myght susteyne to beholde hym It is redde in the book of Ditis patrū 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 serpētes 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 tēpted 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 orysōs 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

but lete hȳ do that that he purposed to do sens he was gyuen vnto hym the forsayd Theodorꝰ sayd why suffre ye me soo longe to be in this case Thenne sayde his brethern vnto him what is it that thou seest make the fygure of the crosse vpon the. To who me the sayd Theodorus answered with a lamen table crye I wolde feyne blesse me but I can not for I am to hardely prycked and oppressed with the vyolence of this dragon And whenne his brethern herde hym saye soo they fyll flatte to the erthe with wepynge teeres and began agayne theyr prayers and orysons deuoutly for the helpe and Redempcyon of this Theodorus whiche soone after sodeynly began to crye with a lowde voyce sayeng I yelde louyng thankes and grace to god my creatour for now that Dragon whiche sholde haue deuoured me is dryuen and chased away fro me by your gode and deuout prayers and orysons Also Saynte Gregory telleth an example in the fourthe boke of his Dyalogis that how in the partes of Anchone in a monastery called Congolathon be fell somtyme that there was therin a monke whiche was taken for a very holy man meruelously well dysposed towarde god But whenne his bretheren went that he had fasted he was accustomed secretely to ete And when̄e he was at the batayll of deth he called generally for all his bretheren sayeng vnto them I am delyuered nowe vnto a dragon to be deuoured whiche with his tayll hath knytte togydre my fete also my knees putteth his hede in to my mouth draweth my soule oute of my body and after he had sayd those wordes he dyed forth withall It maye seme these wordes be for the condēpned synners whiche be wryten in Iheremy in the .li. chapitre He hath eten me lyke a dragon This dragon is hydeous grete hath vii hedes .x. hornes in the same as it is wryten in the Apocalyps in the xii chapitre There hath ben a grete batayle in the shye so that saynt Mychyell his angell hath fought with the dragon his angell whiche myght not resyst syth theyr rowmes in heuen coude not be foūde but were cast downe so that dragon aūcyent serpēt whiche is called the deuyll sathan enforceth hȳself to make warre vpon the vnyuersall worlde here And for the cause it is red in the same chapitre That harme come to that erthe to the see for the deuyll is descended among you with all his grete furyous anger This deuyl hath a merueylous grete hate vnto all good peple whiche disposeth them to take possessiō in the towme of heuen from whens he was put out chased in to theterrnall paynes the more that the day of dome approcheth the more tēpteth he more cursedly more forseth hymselfe to do euyll in destroynge of soules O how grete is the wyckednesse the malyce of this deuyll of helle wherof Saynt Bernard talketh in a prose sayeng O howe felonous shall then this tormentours be whiche shall payne tormente synners how terryble shall theyr vengeaūce be in vengyng vyces wret chednes synnes Certeȳly theyr cruell malyce is yet augmēted in dyuerse maners Fyrste because they be so innumerable of so dyuerse sortes The Psalter seyth why be those so multyplyed that tormenteth me there be many that dresse them a yenst me and as it is wryten in Iob in the .xix. chapitre They haue asseged my tabernacle about me It is wryten in ●itis patrū That there was a good auncyent man that sawe the duyll enuyronynge the people were as thyke as beys that make hony wherfore it is sayd also in the Psalter They haue cōpassed me as beys be cause they be many of grete myght ▪ as Thapostle wytnesseth in his pistle ad the Epheseos in the .vi. chapitre where he calleth them prynces potestates gouernours of the world be cause they be subtyll and myghty to noy soules the Psalter seyth The stronge haue fought my soule This strengthe is vnder stonde by the deuylles It is red also of that streng the in Iob the .xli. chapitre There is noo myght vpon the erthe to be compared with that thou hath done soo that it dredeth noo man saue him that seeth all thynge from aboue is kyng ouer all the childeren of pryde the deuylles shall ernstfully exercyse theyr myght in pryde to the punission of synners them shall cruelly tourmente It is wryten in Ecclesiastico the xxxix chapitre There be spyrytes that be ordeyned to take vengeaunce hath confermed the tormentes in theyr furour enduryngly tyll the consummacōn of the worlde Iob sayth in his .xvi. chapitre He hath compassed me with his speris hath not spared me but hath hurt my reynes he hath caste my bowell to the erthe gyuen me woundes vppon woūde this come sholderyng ayenst me lyke agaynd Thirdely the malyce cruelte of the deuyl is cōforted is more greuous be cause they are neuer wery of tormentyng As it is wryten in the boke of Danyell in the .iii. chapitre The mynystres shall not sease in sturynge the fyres of the fourneys to the causynge of paynes Therfore sayd a wyse man that there be tourmentours whiche be more to be lothed then serpentes they be blacke defourmed wyll not be beten downe And they be neuer wery to do harme but newly encreasen theyr malyce al way redy boylyng desyrously to put soules to payne and Incessantly they excersyse theyr cruelte more and more And it is sayde to all synners in Deutronomye in the .xxviii. chapitre Thou shalt serue for thyne enemy whenne oure lorde shall sende the naked vnto hym in honger and thyrste and in alpouerte And thenne shal thysore woundes enereace perpetuelly O howe grete shall the paynes be there to dampned folkes whiche shall laste contynuelly in anguysshe and myserye withoute Intermyssyon lackynge peas or reste It is redde of the synners in Ezechyell in the seuenth Chapitre That whenne they shall fele this Anguysshyous payne they shall desyre and requyre to haue peas but thenne they gete none for they sall haue conturbacyon and sorowe vppon sorowe It is wryten in Thapocalyps the .xiiii. Chapitre That thoos that haue ben beestly shall therfore haue noo rest by day nor nyght Then̄e mowe the synners well saye as it is wryten in Isaye in the xxxviii chapitre I shall not see oure lorde god in the lyuyng londe nor I shall noo more beholde ony man that is inhaby tour of reste Semblable as it is wryten in Ihere mye the .xlv. Chapitre Alas I am vnhappy for oure lorde hath added in me sorowe to sorowe for I can fynde noo Reste Sorowe shall be thenne caste atte his hede and alle Inyquyte shall descende vppon hym Nowe by these thynges aboue sayd it manyfestly appereth how suche as descendet in to helle be punysshed with many dyuerse paynes and therfore me thynketh dere bretheren how