proue them as he dyd Iob whan he suffred that the deuyll hym dyd so many of ylles and of tourmentes for to preue hym in his grete pacyeÌ„ce for without the permyssyon of god they haue noo puyssaunce but ben as the hange man the which without the byddynge of the Iuge may not hange nor bete ony euyll doer wherfore my chylde thou sholdest retourne the vnto god and vnto the sayntes and to lyue holyly as sayth the psalmyst Non timebis amore nocturno That is to say thou shalt not drede of those folysshe vysyons by nyght For they be not but Illusyons made by the ennemye as it is sayde ¶ Mayster may the ennemy be constrayned to come by wordes or by sygnes My chylde nay yf he ne wyll but they ben the couÌ„tenauÌ„ces that he hath with those that beÌ„ of his secte the which in sayenge some wordes or iÌ„ makynge some tokens or carateres thyder cometh and maketh that that he demaundeth to th ende that he them holde the better in his lyne the mayster the discyple ¶ Master what say ye of these dremes My chylde thou sholde take none hede vnto them for they ne be but vysyoÌ„s of some thyÌ„ges on the whiche a maÌ„ hath thought or sene before wakynge a man dremeth often of that the which is semblable vnto his complexioÌ„ master how knowe the ê“phetes tho dayes that that they sawe by dreme My chylde that was not by dremes all onely but it was by the reuelacyon of god for with the vysyon they had an Imagynacyon and beleue especyall in the bounte of our Lorde that that same thynge that they hadde seen in slepynge came ¶ Mayster syth that God dyscendyd in erthe for to saue the synners wherfore beÌ„ they daÌ„pned My chylde there is not so grete a synner in this worlde that if he reknowlege his synne and crye god mercy with good herte but that he be pardoned by the meryte of the deth passyon of Ihesu cryste but those that wyll not knowlege thyr synne but ben obstynate tyll vnto the deth know thou that they ben damned eternally for God saueth not the synner the whiche wyll not saue hymselfe and also paradyse is not deseruyd by synne but it is lost ¶ Mayster syth that god dyed for our synnes wherfore be we baptysed My chylde for the baptym is the homage yâ— we owe vnto oure lorde Ihesu cryst by the whiche all our synnes ben pardoned and in suche wyse ordeyned he it as telleth the gospell that sayth thus QuicuÌ„que baptisatê° fuerit That is to say who so shall be baptysed shall be saued and he that is not shall be dampned ¶ Mayster how many persones shall be saued My chylde there shall be as many saued as there fell of the cursyd aungelles of paradys by theyr pryde for the men and the womeÌ„ ben made for to be in theyr place and for that cause is the ennemy so enuyous ayenst man ¶ Mayster from whens came the fyrst Idolatres My chylde they were fyrst founde in abell the whiche is now callyd babylon yâ— grete and there shall the antecryst be borne and there was the toure with the gyauntes the which is of .xl. stages There regned the fyrst kynge of this worlde the whiche men called Neron the whiche caused to be made an Image of Appolyn and commaundyd all those of his realme that they sholde do hym sacryfyce and worshypped hym and in lykewyse dyd they the whiche came after hym in suche wyse that whan some grete princes were deed theyr successoures caused to make of Images maruaylously ryche iÌ„ the name of theyr predysessoures and made theyr subgettes to adoure theÌ„ to do sacryfice were callyd Idolles in to whom the deuyll entred spake tolde them many of abusyons so dyde they of grece vnto theyr kynge and they of rome vnto Romulus as men fynde by the wrytynges and auncyent cronycles ¶ Mayster wherfore ne made God that man ne sholde ete but one tyme in a weke My sone the honger is one of the passyons yâ— we suffre by the synne of Adam and so we haue euery day hoÌ„ger thyrste colde and heet and many other passyons to th ende that we trauayle alway for to thynke on oure nedes and of our neyghboures to the ende that by oure trauayle and laboure contynuall we haue the more meryte for yf the man hadde not of necessyte he sholde haue no care to trauayle but he sholde be euermore in slouthe and sholde not knowe what good were worthe and also he sholde mysknowe his creatoure And howe be hyt that the grete lordes and geÌ„tylmen and other that be ryche trauayleth not corporallye All be it that they trauayled spyrytuallye euermore That is to vnderstande in theyr vnderstandynge and wyll in hauynge euermore desyre to gete for he that moost hathe and more wolde haue moost hath in thynkynge and so my chylde none ne may lyue without payne trauayle but euery man hath moche to do in his ryght the mayster the discyple the mayster the dyscyple the dyscyple the mayster MAyster howe fro wheÌ„s shall the Antecryst come my chylde he shall be borne in babylon of a cursyd man of a cursyd woman the which shall be of the lygnage of Dam of the woÌ„be of his mother he shall be full of the cursed spyryte shall be nourysshed and confermed in enchauntementes and shall be Emperour of all the worlde shall put the people vnder him in foure maners That is to vnderstande the prynces other ryche couetous by gyftes for he shall haue by his enchauntementes all the tresoures hydde in the erthe The poore by grete drede rygoure of Iustyce for he shall make them greuously to be martred The clergy by connynge whereof he shall be full For he shall conne yâ— .vij. artes all the other scryptures the deuoute persones by tokens by myracles that shall be marueylous For he shall make the fyre to dyscende that shall brenne his ennemyes before hym also he shall make the deed men to aryse not truely but the deuyll shall entre in to the bodyes of some daÌ„pned and the deuylles shall bere them anone make them to speke by his enchauntement to walke as if they were on lyue shall reedyfye Ihrlm and there he shall make hym to be honoured as god there shall be receyued in grete honoure men shall come to hym frome all partes he shall make semblauÌ„ce to the people by his enchauÌ„tementes that he shall dye that he shall aryse shall make hym to be lyft vp in heyght by the deuyls sayenge yâ— he wyll wounte in to the glorye of paradys than god seynge his grete pryde thyder shall sende his auÌ„gels of paradys for to confounde hym in suche wyse that the deuyls yâ— shall lyfte hym shall fle shall lette hym fall to the erthe in suche wyse that he shall gyue so grete a stroke
scalded with the fyre of the candell in suche wyse that often he falleth vnto the erthe also he ryseth agayn the best wyse he can and with all his power he putteth hymselfe agayne in the fyre of the candell all holly that he there abydeth not withstandynge that he seeth well the daungere Also done those the whiche dampneth themselfe for how be it that they se and knowe the daunger that therin is and also that they ben often scalded by trybulacyous and aduersytees to th ende that they conuert theÌ„ and that by inspyracyon dyuyne they haue some remors how be it for that they cease not tyll vnto that that of theyr owne wyll wtout ony constraynt they put them so depe in the fyre that they there abyde and shall neuer go forthe And how be it that good wyll of symple wyll that all men be saued and hath one so grete a gyfte as the realme of paradys without ony meryte and by suche wyse my chylde knowe thou that god hath made the man not to th ende that he be dampned but to th ende that by his holy operacyoÌ„s in suffryng pacyentlye trybulacyons and aduersytees and in resystynge and fyghtynge valyauntlye ayenst the deuyll the worlde and the flesshe he may meryte to be saued ¶ Mayster those the whiche ben predestynate to be saued may they be saued without deseruynge it to trauayle therefore My chylde nay for god knowith well that by theyr merytes and trauayles they shall be saued And in lykewyse may a man say of the dampnyd ¶ Mayster syth that those the whiche beÌ„ predestynate to be saued may they not be daÌ„pned and those the whiche shold be dampned may they be sauyd what auayleth it elles so moche to trauayle for to haue paradys or hell My chylde if thou be predestynate to be saued in the glorye eternall thou sholdest not encrease thy paynes in purgatory to lesse thy glory in paradys by faute to do well yf thou be predestynate to be daÌ„pned thou sholdest not therfore euermore lyue in synne but thou sholdest euermore enforce the to do well to do penaunce for to lesse thy paynes in hell for as moche as thou knowest not whereunto thou art destynate thou sholde alwayes thynke on the better ê‘ty that is to vnderstaÌ„de that god the hath made vnto his seÌ„blaunce hath bought the with his precyous blode for to saue the not to dampne the. wherfore my chylde thou shold euermore do good dedes to fle the yll knowe thou my chylde that god the hath gyueÌ„ wytte vnderstaÌ„dynge reason fre wyll lyberall arbytre to chose the good or the yll to th ende that thau haue not ony cause of Ignoraunce or of ImpuyssauÌ„ce ¶ Master what say ye of them the which neuer hereth the coÌ„maundementes of god ne none they done My chylde the men ben made vnto the Image vnto the semblauÌ„ce of god to th ende that they hym loue serue drede and therfore if they knowe not theyr creature in this worlde we shall not knowe them in the other ne yet by theyr Ignoraunce they shall not be excused but more soner accusyd for the IgnorauÌ„ce excusyth not the synne ¶ Mayster yf a chylde were nourysshed in a wood he had neuer harde speke of the fayth of Iesu cryste shal he be daÌ„pned yf yâ— he dye in suche wyse My chylde it is a thynge to beleue that god maketh reuelacyoÌ„ vnto euery persone of the fayth of Iesu cryst by techynge of man or by reuelacyon dyuyne or otherwyse if he go ayenst the sayd reuelacyon knowe thou that he shall be dampned ¶ Mayster ben the soules made from the begynnynge of the worlde My chylde nay but god them createth all the dayes theÌ„ putteth in the bodyes of the chyldren wtin the wombe of theyr moder that is to vnderstaÌ„de vnto men at .xl. dayes after theyr coÌ„cepcyon Mayster what auayleth vs coÌ„fessyoÌ„ My chylde it is the secoÌ„de baptym For in lykewyse as by baptym all synnes be pardoned In lykewyse by the vertu of the sacrament of coÌ„fessyon all our synnes be pardoned for as moche as a man knowlegeth his defaute before god or before his lyeutenaunt for God loueth more obedyeÌ„ce thaÌ„ sacryfyce for obedyeÌ„ce is mother of all vertues ¶ Mayster auayleth more penauÌ„ce don by enioynynge of the coÌ„fessoure than penauÌ„ce don by wyll My chylde if thy coÌ„fessoure the hath enioyned in penauÌ„ce one pater nâ— all onely thou leue it to say an hole sauter synÌ„est thou shalt not acquyte the of thy penauÌ„ce but yf thou saydest the PeÌ„nrÌ„ yâ— which to the was enioynyd and thou leuest to say the sauter or other many fayre orysons that thou sayst by symple wyll thou shalt not synÌ„e but thou shalt acquyte the of thy penauÌ„ce for as I haue tolde the more better is obedyeÌ„ce done to our lorde than doth the sacryfyce ¶ Mayster what auayleth contrycion at the poynt of deth My chylde those the which abydeth theÌ„ to repent tyll vnto the houre of deth ben trechoures vnto our lord as the trechoure yll payer that promyseth for to paye at a certayne terme but he wolde that the terme sholde neuer come and for this mater cause he maketh a M. trecheryes vnto his creature to th ende that he ne paye hym so sone or neuer and of the other parte saynt Luke sayth that god is not well payed of hym the which hym payeth of that thynge that he ne may no lenger holde Howe be it it is wryten that at what houre that the synner shall declare his synne in grete repentaunce and coÌ„trycyoÌ„ that it vnto hym shall be pardoned But my childe it is a ryght grete parell to abyde hym to repeÌ„t for thaÌ„ a man is so troubled that a man knoweth not hymselfe nor none other for as sayth the psalmys OmÌ„noÌ„ est in morte q memor sit tui in iferno auÌ„t quis confitebitur tibi That is to say that as the deed man hath no remembraunce of god and that is no tyme hym to repent and to confesse his synne whan that a man is in hell for the senteÌ„ce of god is gyuen Than my chylde thou shold repent coÌ„fesse the whaÌ„ thou hast tyme space thou sholdest not tarye tyll to morowe for thou knowest not whether thou shalte deye to morowe or sooner the discyple the mayster MAyster sythen that the synne of pryde is ê‘doned by baptyme wherfore dyeth those the which ben baptysed My chylde the good deyeth to the ende that they ben taken from the trybulacyon of this worlde they be crowned in the realme of paradys and the euyll deyeth by theyr synnes to the ende that they be put from the Ioyes and delytes of this worlde ben in greate doloure punysshed eternally in hell ¶ Mayster what noyeth the sodyen dethe vnto the man My chylde that man the whiche dyeth so daynly so that he be in the
state of grace he gothe in to paradys or in to purgatory to accomplysshe his penaunces and vnto hym the sharpe deth is merytoryous agaynst his syn̄es venyalles vnto the dymynucyon of the paynes of purgatory vnto the augmentacyon of the glory of paradyse yf he dye sodeynlye in mortall Synne the sodeyn deth hym putteth in as moche as he is vnpourueyed and without cōfessyon ne repentaūce takynge than he is damyned eternally by this and for this cause my chylde thou sholde be euermore redy for to deye in kepynge the from syn̄e for thou knowest not whan ne of what dethe thou shalte dye ¶ Mayster what auayleth it a man to be buryed in the chyrche yarde My chylde if he be ī purgatorye he is the soner delyuered as well by the prayers of the chyrche as of his kynnesmen and frendys the whiche vysyteth his sepulture in prayenge god for hym And oftē it happeth that the chyrcheyardes bē sanctyfyed by the bodyes of some sayntes that there be prayeth for them wherof if those that there ben buried ben saued they be right Ioyfull whā theyr bodyes ben with the bodyes of other sayntes but yf they ben dāpned it profyteth them nothynge For the good dedes that men there done for them ne may helpe them ¶ Mayster what maner of lyfe is the moost excellent and best for to make his saluacyon My chylde to haue a true affeccyon of true loue in our lorde in seruynge hym honourynge with all his herte in eatynge y◠breed that thou hast Iustly laufully gotten by the trauayle of thy body as wytnessyth the psalmyst the which sayth Labores manuum tuarū qr manducabis That is to say that thou shalt be right happy if thou eate the labour with thyn owne handes wherunto it is shewed the y◠thou ne sholdest vse of the goodes the which by the or by thyne be gotten falsely but thou sholde yelde them yf thou knowest vnto whome to vse of them the whiche ben Iustly loufully gotten the mayster the discyple MAyster he the which is in mortall synne may he belonge wtout cōmyttynge syn̄e ▪ my chylde naye For as one good dede drawes another In lyke wyse one yll draweth another for so the deuyll maketh of the man the which is in mortall synne as a man dothe of a beest y◠he ledyth by the toppe where him semeth best master whyder go the soules of them that be deed My chylde the soules of the Innocentes that deyeth without baptym gooth vnto the lymbe that which is a chambre of hell where they haue no Ioye nor heuynes for they haue nothynge meryted but for as moche as they be not purged frome orygynall syn̄e by baptym they be put from paradys from the vysyon of god and the soules of them the whiche ben baptysed the which dyeth in the state of Innocencye gooth in to paradys all ryght and the soules of them the whiche dyeth in the state of grace without syn̄e where if they haue synned and if they haue done penaunce suffycyent in this worlde gooth all ryghte in to paradyse ben in glory after that that they haue meryted by theyr holy werkes and the soules of thē the which haue had contrycyon dyspleasaunce of theyr synnes ben returned vnto god in cryenge hym mercy that they haue not accomplysshed theyr penaūces ī this worlde gothe in to an other parte of hell named purgatory there they accomplysshe theyr penaunces and ben purged of theyr synnes that done they go in to the glory of paradys And the soules of them the whiche dyeth in one mortall synne or many goth in to the depenes of hell where they bē punysshed after theyr deseruynge and the soules of the Iewes and of the myscreaūtes the whiche dyeth in the estate of Innocencye gone in to a parte of hell with all the other chyldren the whiche dyeth without baptym but the soules of the other Iewes myscreauntys that haue wytte vnderstādynge goth in to hell with the dāpned ¶ Mayster in how lytell tyme ben the soules delyuered from purgatory My chylde some there abydeth more longely than other after as they haue deserued for some ben delyuered at the ende of .vii. dayes therfore maketh a man the semell otherwyse called the returne in makynge prayers almesdedes for their delyueraunce for greatlye vnto them may profyte the prayers almesdedes that is done for them These other ben delyuered at the ende of .xxx. dayes therfore is made the trentall These other ben delyuered at the ende of one yere therfore is made the yeres mynde these other abydeth there by many yeees by longe tyme after that they haue deseruyd therfore make men remembraunce euery yere of them and whan they ben all purged that they ben delyueryd as by theyr penaūces accomplysshed as by our prayers and oraysons they go all ryght vnto the glory of paradys ¶ Mayster in what place is paradys My chylde there ar .iij. maner of paradys that is to wyte paradys celestyall paradyse terrestre and paradys spirituall Paradyse celestyal is aboue all the heuens in the whiche is god and all the sayntes holy men and women as I haue sayd before paradyse terrestre is in the erth towarde the oryent paradys spyrytuall is ayenst god to loue hym perfytely that is ouer all In that paradys ben our good aūgelles the whiche seeth loueth god ¶ Mayster where is hell My chylde there are .ij. maner of helles that is to wyte hel spirituall hell corporall hell spūall is ouer all where the soules the cursed aungels bē in payne tourment be it in erth or in the see this may be in many places as we rede of a soule that was turmēted with a flage of yse the a bysshop delyuered by .xxx. masses who was boūde to be there lōge tyme. Hell corporall is in the myddle of the erthe as the carnell of an apple is in the myddle of the apple is a grete caue blacke darke in which ben iiij stages the one aboue the other At the fyrst stage is the place wherin were the holy soules of the holy fathers aūcyētes of them that by theyr holy lyfe cōuersacion haue meryced the realme of paradys the whiche our lorde Ihesu cryst delyuered whan he dyed on the tre of the crosse and now there is none For at that tyme were all delyuered At the seconde stage is purgatory wherin the soules the whiche sholde be saued goth to accomplysshe theyr penaūce the which they haue not accomplysshed in this worlde in theyr lyfe In the .iij. stage ben the soules of the Innocentes the whiche dyeth without baptym And ī the .iiij. stage the which is the moost lowe in depnes ben the deuylles and the soules of the poore myserable dampned the mayster the discyple MAister what paynes haue they the which bē in purgatorye My chylde
vpoÌ„ the erthe that he shall scatter so that the trypes shall lepe out of his bely so shall he dey myscheuously the deuylles shall bere hym vysybly iÌ„ to hell Than those that by hym hath beÌ„ deceyued shal returnethem vnto god to the holy predycacyons of Helye of Enoch that they haue before herde shall be confermyd in the holy fayth of Iesu criste and they shall haue xl dayes of space for to do penaunce and anone after they shall suffre sharpe deth ¶ Mayster iÌ„ what age shall Helye Enoch come My chylde they shall come in suche aege as they were whaÌ„ they were rauysshyd in to paradys terrestre wherin they be yet and shal be tyll vnto the comynge of Antecryste the whiche shall kyll them and shal reygne by thre yeres and an halfe and shall holde his syege in the mounte of olyuete for to vaynquysshe and to trede vnderfote the Iuste men and there shall deye of a sodeyn dethe by the wyll and coÌ„mauÌ„dement of our lorde as it is sayde ¶ Mayster what thynge is that the resurreccyoÌ„ My chyld it is whaÌ„ that a man cometh agayne from deth to lyfe there ben two that is to vnderstande the resurreccyon of the soule whan that it is deed by mortall Synne and is returned vnto lyfe by confessyon and penaunce and the other resurreccyon is of the body as whan the boâ—y the whiche is deed retourneth vnto lyfe whan the soule is put agayne in the body as we rede of Lazare and of many other And as we shall be all at the daye of Iugement the mayster the discyple ¶ Master at what houre and in what tyme shall all mankynde arryse My chylde we shal aryse at such a day and at such an houre as Ihesu Cryste arose at Eester and the good shall be rauysshed in the the ayer with the other good the which shall be areysed And in that rauisshemeÌ„t they shal deye and anone after they shall ryse and in lykewyse beleue we that it was done of our ladye and of Saynt Iohan the euangelyste But the euyll shall dye vpon the erthe in grete anguysshe and doloure of the grete drede that they shall haue and we all shall be of the aege as oure Lorde was whan he deyed on the tree of the crosse That is to vnderstande of .xxxiij. yeres ¶ Mayster shall they aryse in the same flesshe in the which they haue lyued in this worlde My chylde ye for yf a man were eten with a wolfe and that wolfe of an other and the other of alyon yet sholde heryse in his owne body entyerly without that that there shall fayle ony thynge vnto the perfeccyon of nature for as the holy scrypture sayth Capillis de capite vestro non peribit That is to saye that he shall not lose one onely heere of his heed but that there shall be all entyerly For he that made all of nought can wele seuer one mater from another and it returne in his entyer and better than it was before And iÌ„ suche wyse those the whiche haue ben croked or lame and yll formed or who so hath had ony faute in ony meÌ„bre shall be ryght and perfyte entyerly But the dampned shal not be but as they were or had be in the aege of .xxxij. yeres And frome the tyme that they shall be areysed they shall neuer deye but shall lyue the good in glorye eternall the yll euermore in dyenge in the fyre of hell where they shall brenne without power to consume ony thynge but shall be in that doloure and in the payne eternally ¶ Mayster at what houre shall the Iugement be made My chylde at mydnyght at the houre that he dyscendyd in to hell ¶ Mayster howe shall god come in Iugement My chylde as he was whan he mouÌ„ted in to heuen ¶ Mayster where shal the grete Iugement be made My chylde hit shall be made in the vale of Iosophat the which is as moche to saye as the vale of Iugement The whiche is nere to Iherusalem for to confounde the ylle whan they shall se the place where our lorde dyed for the synners In that place shall be all good and ylle the good shall haue theyr good aungels with them and the yll shall haue theyr yll aungels And all shall be of the aege yâ— our lorde was whan he dyed on the tree of the crosse that is at .xxxij. or .xxxiij. yeres and the good shall be lyfte vp in to the ayre with god and his sayntes but the yll shall be in erthe with the deuylles for the grauyte of theyr synnes and oure lorde shall shewe hym in two maners that is to vnderstande vnto the good as he was whan he transfyguryd hym in the mountayne of Thabor But vnto the euyll he shall shewe hym as he was whaÌ„ he honge on the crosse and there shall not be the wood of the crosse but a ryght fayre and clere clowde in the fourme and semblaunce of the crosse And there shall be with oure lorde the vyrgyn Marye on the one syde and saynt Iohan baptyst on the other syde and the .xij. appostles the which shall Iuge with god lyke as wytnessyth the gospell the which sayth thus Sedebitis et nos iudicantes tribus Israell And our lorde Ihesu Cryst shall say vnto the good Come you vnto me the whiche ben the blessyd sones of my father and I shall now gyue you the realme of heuen the whiche vnto you is made redy from the begynnynge of the worlde For whan I haue had hunger ye haue fedde me in nourysshynge the poore the whiche ben my membres and whan yâ— I haue had thyrste ye haue gyuen me to drynke and whan I haue hadde colde ye haue warmed me whaÌ„ I haue beÌ„ naked ye haue clothed me and haue done many werkes charytables wherof I wyll now recoÌ„pence you And vnto the cursed in castynge his sentence shall saye thus Goâ— ye acursed vnto the fyre of hell eternally the whiche is made redy vnto you frome the begynnynge of the worlde with all the deuyls And this done our lorde Iesu cryste and all his holy aungels archaungels shall mounte with the good in to the glorye eternall of paradys And the cursed so shall descende in to hell with all the deuylles from whens they shall neuer come nor departe but shall be euermore in payne doloure heuynes in the fyre of hell perdurably ¶ Mayster which ben those that shall be damned My chylde that shall be the Iewes mysbeleuers the cursed crystyens that shall deye in mortall synÌ„e withoute repentauÌ„ce And men shall se clerely at the day of Iugement the conscyence the one of the other wherby euery man shall gyue Iugement of hymself and in this maner shal be knowen all the good dedes the yll For a man dyd neuer ony yll ne synne be hiâ— neuer so secrete but that than it shall be clerely seen shewed openly before god and before all
Mayster was it a thynge resonable that god the fader gaue so noble thynge as is the sone for to by agayne so caytyf a thynge as is the man My chylde in that vs sheweth god the father the grete and abuÌ„daunt loue that he hath vnto creature humayne ¶ Mayster syth that god hath sent downe here alowe his sonne by so grete charyte and for to redeme the humaynes wherfore dyd men to hym so moche of payne My chylde Iudas hym betrayed by couetyse Pylate him coÌ„deÌ„pnyd for drede to lese his offyce the Iewes him put to deth by enuy ¶ Maister wherfore dyed Ihesu cryste on the tree of the crosse My chylde for as Adam synned by the tree of lyfe Also god hym wolde bye agayne by the tree of the crosse thou sholdest knowe that by the foure partyes of the crosse the which sheweth all the worlde it is agayne shewed vnto vs that the dethe of Iesu cryst was suffycyent for to bye not onely nature humayne but also all the vnyuersall worlde if it had be loste ¶ Mayster how longe abode Ihesu cryste in the erthe deed My chylde he there abode .xl. houres And whan we say that he arose the thyrde day that in thre dayes is nor .xl. houres thou sholdest vnderstande that he dyed the fryday at the houre of noone and all the saterdaye he was deed in the holy sepulcre the whiche is the seconde day and the sonday after he arose ryght erly and for as moche as the course of nature is renewed at mydnyght and the daye in takynge one partye of the day for all the day entyer ¶ Mayster whyther yede the soule of Ihesu cryst whan he was deed My chylde he yede in to glory towarde god the fader in yeldynge vnto hym thankes and praysynges in demaundynge hym the holy soules the whiche he had redemed by the meryte of his holy passyon the whiche thynge god hym graunted Than opened the soule of Ihesu cryst the whiche was coniuncte with the deite the gates of paradys the whiche had ben shyt by longetyme vnto all humayne lygnage and the saterday about the houre of mydnyght he descended in to hell and brake the gates yede to vysyte his good frendes That is to vnderstande the soules of the holy auncyent fathers the whiche greatly hym desyred and theym delyuered frome the pryson of the lymbe with all the holy soules the which haue meryted paradys by their holy werkes and this fayre company mounted in to heuen and theym presentyd vnto god the father the whiche them receyued benygnely and them putteth in to the realme of paradise in the places and syeges that the cursed Aungelles loste by theyr pryde And he delyuered not the soules of the damned as Iudas and of the cursyd ryche man dyues and of many other but theym he lefte in hell in payne and in turment with all the deuylles without gyuynge them ony comforte where they ben yet and shal be for euer And on the soÌ„day before the sonne rysynge returnyd the soule vnto the body of Ihesus that lay in the Sepulcre and rose from dethe vnto lyfe ¶ Mayster wherfore arose not he as soone as he was deed My chylde for a man had lytell presumed that he had ben deed and he wolde begyn for to renewe the worlde on the Sonday by his resurreccyon For at suche an houre all the worlde began to be ¶ Mayster where was he after his â—esurreccyon forty dayes before his ascencyon My chylde he was in Paradys terrester with Helyas and Enoch in enstructynge theym yâ— which was done as whan he appered ¶ Mayster how many tymes apered he My chylde he appered fyrst vnto Ioseph of barmathye yâ— had buryed hym the whiche for so doynge was put in pryson After vnto his mother after to the blessyd Mawdeleyne after vnto the .ij. pylgrymes comynge from the holy sepulcre after to saynt Iames the whiche wolde not ete tyll that he had seen hym After vnto saynt Peter after to the two pylgrymes the whiche went to the castell of malux after he appered vnto his dyscyples the gates shytte after vnto saynt Thomas whan he put his hande in the syde of our lorde Ihesu cryste after vnto his dyscyples in the see of Tyberyon and so my chylde thou shold vnderstaÌ„de that our lorde Ihesu cryst appered .xij. tymes before that he ascendid in to heueÌ„ ¶ Mayster who asceÌ„dyd in to heuen with hym My chylde the Soules of the blessyd the whiche than by theyr merytes were saued and also grete multytude of aungelles of heuen the which hym accompanyed in syngynge melodyously yeldynge thankes vnto god ¶ Mayster wherefore abode he .xl. dayes to mounte in to heuen after that he was rysen My chylde for yâ— that he gaue grete payne .xl. houres whan he abode in the erth vnto his frendes dyscyples wherfore he wolde coÌ„forte them .xl. dayes that is one day for euery houre in tokenynge that for payne he gyueth greate Ioye also he dyd it for to conferme them in the holy faythe as saynt Thomas other vnto whom he apperyd vysybly ¶ Mayster what is that to say that the sone is sette on the right hande of his father My chylde it is to saye that the humanyte is in glory with the dyuynyte ¶ Mayster in what maner and forme ascendyd Ihesu cryste in to heuen My chylde he styed in to heuen in suche fourme and maner as whan he hym transfygured before some of his dyscyples in the mountayne of Tabor that is to vnderstande that he had the armes stretched lyfte vp in heyght and his face shynynge as the sonne And his vestemeÌ„tes were whyte as snowe and a fayre and clere clowde descendynge from heuen it closed rouÌ„de about hym and so mountyd in to heuen in suche wyse that they lost the syght corporall of hym ¶ Mayster wherfore is the sacrament of the awter made of breed and of wyne My chylde for as the grayne of the corne hath ben beten and flayled and had the sede clouen In lykewyse the precyous body of Ihesus was beten scourged and had the syde opened out of the whiche Issued blode and water wherfore men put water vnto the sayd sacrament And as the wyne lepeth from the grape by force of the wryngyuge in the pressour In lykewyse the precyous blode of Iesus lepte from his precyous body on the pressour of the crosse and it was not establysshed of the flesshe nor of the bloode for a man may horrour to drynke blode and to ete flesshe but it was establysshed of breed and wyne that is the moost comune refeccyon that is and also the breed and the wyne ben the moost comune and the moost profytable for to nourysshe the body In lykewyse the sacramente of the awter is the mooste commune and the moost profytable refeccyon for to nourysshe the soule ¶ Mayster howe shall we vnderstande that hit is the holy bodye of Ihesu cryste and his precyouse bloode vnder the