THE SPIRITVAL PILGRIMAGE OF HIERVSALEM CONTAYninge three hundred sixtie fiue dayes Iorney wherin the deuoute Person may Meditate on sondrie pointes of his Redemption VVITH PARTICVLAR DECLARATION of diuers Saints bodies and holy places which are to be seene in the said-voyage AS ALSO SVNDRIE DEVOV'T PRAiers and meditations verie healpful to the Pilgrimes WITH LICENCE THE PREFACE TO THE READER SEing it is so my Catholike brother that this presente life is no other thinge but a continuall Pilgrimage vvhich vve are to make vpon the earth and that al the time of our life is a terme prefixed of God the Creator during vvhich space vve ought to accoÌ„plish this voiage vvhich vvhen vve haue faithfully vvalked vve may come to the Citie of heauenly Heirusalem vvhich is our kingdome and most proper contrie vvere it not great follie negligence in vs if vve should forget or to say more trulie despise and not accompte of the principal place of our repose but like vnvvise men rather to sit dovvne and rest our selues in the midle of our iorney to vvit in the fillbie and durtie vvayes of this vvretched and vvicked vvorde The trauailer or fote Post vvhich is ordinarily hiered to goe some Iorney although his iorney be longe the the vveather fovvle and the vvayes very vncleane yet hindreth not his voiage for the dificultie he conceiues of the labour but knovvinge that he getteth his liunige by meanes of the gaines and that he shal vvel cherishe and refreshe him self vvhen he is arriued at his Inne vvith great facilitie supporteth the asperitie of the trauaile vpon hope of the recompence vvhich he aftervvards expecteth VVe then deare bretheren expecting the rovvne of euerlastinge glorie vvhich our lord hath promised to such as loue him shal vve appeare more vnvvillinge or vvearie for the obtayninge hereof then vve vvould be for the gayninge only of some temporall commoditie Let vs behould therfore vvhat care paines our louing lord hath taken of our saluation let vs learne to trauaille couragiously like deuout holy pilgrimes to follovve his steppes vvho hath left vs an exsample of his blessed life passion and ruminate in our hartes euery day aparte some seuerall poinct therof and after vvel to practise the same in our selues for such ought to be the end of al our spiritual exercises by vvhich meanes vve may attaine to the happie end that vve desier vvherof hauing found this litle Treatise of A Spiritual Pilgrime assuringe my selfe that it vvould be a thinge very agreable to al maner of deuout and pious persons I thought good to bring the same to light Beseechinge the gentle Reader to accept of this litle guift and to respect more my hartie affection then the littlenes of the thinge The rest I remitt to the disposition of Almightie god the Creator of al thinges vvhose only honnor and gloire I desier herein Amen Thy hartie vvel-vviller in Christ Iesus R. 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THE SPIRITVAL PILGRIMAGE TO HIERVSALEM I If thou desirest welbeloued to be this holy Pilgrime thou must first by Confession make cleane thy soule from sinne for it is vnpossible with an vncleane soule to receiue the grace of god or to walke the iourney of a perfect Pilgrime Secondly thy sinnes must be washed in the seuen effusions of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus The 1. effusion was his Circumcision to cleanse thine hart from concupiscence and al thoughtes of carnalitie The 2. effusion when he did sweate water blood in the GardeÌ„ to purge thee from al Ire and wrath The 3. effusion was his whipinge to heale thee from al Slouth and Idelnes The 4 effusion his crowninge with Thorne to suppresse thy Pride The 5. effusion the strippinge of his garments which cleaued fast to his B. body for to cure thy Auarice The 6. effusion his naylinge to the Crosse hande and foote and sayinge I thirst to heale thy Gluttonie The 7. effusion the peircinge of his side to purge thy hart from Enuie hatred and malice Thirdly thou must prouide in thy Purse good store of Coyne especially of fine gould for that it is light of cariadge This gould is gotten by the often and worthy receauing of the Blessed Sacrament The 1. Purse thou must put this gould in must be a firme faith against al assaultes of thine enimies out of which Purse thou must distribute liberally by true Loue and thankefulnes The 2. Purse must be filled with Patience the which thou must chiefly keepe to defray thine owne expences least if thou want thereof thou perishe by the way for hunger The 3 Purse it to be filled with al sortes of vertues and out of this thou must spend liberally a bout the profit of thy neighbours whether they be in this life or departed hence by the workes of mercie both bodely and ghostly Keepe safe these Purces in the wallet of meekenes fast Lockt with the keye of humilitie Fourthly thy Apparel must be simple as our Sauiours was beinge kinge of glorie despise theâ—for thy self as Christ did him self in his life and death Fifthly Thy Hatte must be Obedience to thy Superiours as Christ was to his Inferiours in his Coronation Sixtly Thou must be shodde with the Shoes of straight Consideration with desier of following the life and steppes of Christe and his Saintes markinge wel the difference of thy wayes from theirs Seuenthly Thou must carry with thee the wallet of a pure Conscience and cleane harte which thou art to beg of thy Sauioure by feruent prayer Ayghtly Thou must haue in thy hande the staffe of the Crosse with which thou must alwayes staye vp thy selfe Ninthly Proceed with blessing thee In the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holie Ghost _____ Inuocate the aide of the glorious virgin Mary to be thy helpe in this Pilgrimage Pray to thy holy Angel and to the Sainte who is thy Patrone Tenthly Daily comende thy self to god with the remembrance of thy Apparrâ—t Accompany thy self with heauenly company that they may shew thee the way and ayde thee in al thy distresses and comfort thee Consideringe it is almost impossible for a Pilgrime to goe a loÌ„ge way without fallinge Thou shalt recollect the Seauen fallinges of Christe our Lord takinge one of them for euery Day in the weeke The 1. the fallinge of our Lord being taken when they hastned him to passe ouer the water of Cedron The 2. the fallinge of our Lord in the Streete being sent from Pilate to Herod and back againe thrust and thronged by the Iewes The 3. the fallinge of our sweete Redeemer with his face vpon the Steppes in Pilates house The 4. his fallinge after his scourginge thorough his extreame debilitie and weaknes The 5. in his voiage to the Mount of Caluary fallinge Seauen sondry times to the earth by the way vnder the heauie burthen of his Crosse The 6. fallinge was when so inhumainly he was throwen downe vpon the Crosse and moste Lamentably haled and stretched forth therupon The 7
but three or fouer persons there burne 18. lampes and there is Masse said before the knightes of the Sepulcher vvhich are kinghted in the same place Noble men and gentelmen are here made kinghtes hauing a girdel of goulde and a gylte svvorde put a bout them and gylte Spurres ò their heeles and enclininge in prayer before the Sepulcher take an oath are doubed kinghts by the gardein of the Friers of vvhom he receaueth 3. blowes in the neck Meditate how the night beinge come the honorable frendes vvho tooke Iesus downe desiered the mother of our Lord that it would now please hir to permit them to bury his dead body and how Ioseph and Nichodemus wrapped Iesus in a cleane Sindon or cloath with mirrhe Aloes and sweete spices and rowled a great stone to the mouth of the Sepulcher when they had laied Iesus there in in the sight of his doleful mother who wept bitterly with other his frendes and so they al departed home because of the night in great heauines The 15 Station O Merciful Lorde and Sauiour of mankinde whom it hath pleased to endure so much for my loue wretch that I am I beinge the cause of thy death and passion I beseeche thee by the merites of thy precious death which thou hast endured with so great loue for me that thou wilt geue life to my soule and pardon al my sinnes and paines due for them both in this life and at my death and that I may euery day learne to die wel to the end I may liue with thee euerlastingly Amen The 227. day Meditate how our Lord Iesus did arise by his owne proper force and verru the third day out of the closed Sepulcher victoriously like a noble valiant Champian and first appeared to his deare mother accompained with a multitude of Angels whoe ioyed with vnspeakeable ioy and gladnes and the Angels sounge Regina caeli letare c. Before the highe Aultar in the quiere is the place vvhere our Lady vvas vvhen our â—ord appeâ—red to hiron Easter day Before tâ—e great Aultar is a fair marble stone vvhere on 〈◊〉 Lorde stoode whâ—n he appeared to our Ladie And this is thâ— stone vpon vvhich S. Helen proued the Crosses by layinge a dead body vnder them On thâ— left hand there is an Aultar on vvhich the holy Crosse remayned a loÌ„ge time after S Helen found it on the right hand of the quiare is a longe and great peece of the Piller vvhere vnto our Lorde vvas bounde vvhen he was whipped VVhere he receaued 624 stripes Nere there vnto are 4. Pillers vvhich continualy svveate vvater The 2â—8 day Meditate how our Lord appeared to Mary Magdalen in likenes of a Gardner when she sat weepinge at the Sepulcher and how sweetly he comforted hir commandinge hir to declare his Resurrection to his disciples and to S. Peter Betvvene the Sepulcher of our Lorde and the quiare of our Ladie ar tvvo Tombes which are tvvo marble stones vpon the which our Lorde on the one appeared like a Gardner and Mary Magdalen satt on the other Before the Church of the holy Sepulcher tovvardes the South is a great Hospital of S. Iohn Baptiste vvhere was Zacharies house S. Iohn Baptists father Bethanie lieth tovvards the North tvvo miles from Hierusalem before the mount of Oliuet nere Bethpage At the end of Bethanie is the Place vvhere Martha met our Lord and toulde him that hir brother Lazarus vvas dead There is also shevved the place vvhere Iesus went to lodge Nere that is a Castel of Magdalen Nere Hierusalem is the Castle vvhere Lazarus dwelt the Sepulcher wheÌ„ce Iesus raised him There is the house of Simeon the eper where Mary Magdalen anointed the feete of our Lorde Returninge to Hierusalem you passe by the Figtree which our Lorde cursed and it withered incontinently The 229 day Meditate how Iesus after his Resurrection appeared to the three women in the way whom he saluted louingly saing Auete where they cast them selues prostrate on the earth and kissed his feete The 230. day At the Caue vvhere S Peter vvept bitterly for that he had denied his master Meditate how Iesus appeared to Saint Peter who was extreame ful of sorrowe for that he had denied his master how Iesus lifted him vp louingly pardoned his offence likewise how he comforted S. Iames caled the brother of our Lorde because of the resemblance he had with our Lorde who had vowed he wold neither eate nor drinke vntil he had sene our Lord to be risen likewise he comforted Ioseph of Arimathia and Nichodemus The 21. day meditate how Iesus shewed himselfe like a pilgrime to the two disciples going to Emaus howe they knewe him by breaking of bread and how they returned to serusalem and shewed to the disciples that our Lord was risen The 233. day meditate how Iesus that Easter day at night the doores being shut stode amonge his disciples saing Pax vobis and shewed them that he was cruely risen from death The â—32 day meditate how Iesus 8. daies after his resurrection appeared againe the doores being shutt and shewed his disciples his woundes saied to Thomas put thy finger into my woundes and thy handes into my side and be not incredulous but beleuing Thomas said my Lorde and my God and Christ to him Because thou hast seene me thou beleuest but blessed be they vvhich beleeue and see not THE VOYAGE OF BETHELEM LYING TOWARDES THE South a great mile of Almaine from Hierusalem a faier way full of Vines OVt of the gate of Hierusalem is the house of iust Simeon A litle farther is the place vvhere the 3 Kinges did see the starre vvhich appeared in the Easte BetheseÌ„ is a litle tovvne long and straight compassed vvith great ditâ—hes scituated vpon a litle mountaine neare the valley of Hebyon and is extended from Easte to weste there is the fairest Church of the holie lande with 48. Pillers of marble adorned with histories from the Creatâ—on of the worlde to the natiuitie of Christ couered vvith marble of diuers coullours and the wales seeled with allablaster and marble 2â—0 foote longe and broade There are 12. Religeous Friers The 234 day meditate how Iesus shewed himselfe neare the sea of Tiberias to his disciples who were gone to fishe with S. Peter and had caught nothing al the night and when the morning came our Lorde appeared vnto them standing on the bancke and asked them some thing to eate commanding them to caste their netts on the right side of the baote where they caught 153. great fishes And Iesus afterwarde asked S. Peter three times if he loued him commanding him to to feede his lambes and sheepe VVithin the Cloister of the friers dovvne vnder the ground is the sepulere of S. Hierome and there ie S. Eusebius Sepulchre on the other side There is the place vvhere S. Hierome translated the Bible out of Hebrue into latin Tovvardes the South is an Aulter vvhere our lorde vvas circumcised
Temple is shâ—wed the place vvhere our lord Iesus did appeare in the day of his resurrection to the. Maries three Thence as you goe to Saint Ieames his church vvhere heâ—â— vvas be headed is the place vvhere our Ladie dweled and deed There is a fair great stone in that place from vvhence our Ladie vvas caried being dead to the valley of Iosaphathy the Apostles Thence you goe to Sion to the Hospital of the Rhodes and thinke that the graye friars that lead thee are Saint Francis Saint Bonauenture Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Barnard c. whom thou must salute with some deâ—out prayers Nere that is the place vvhere S. Iohn the vvelbeloued Discipleand Euangelist celebrated Masse before our Blessed Lady The 18â— day meditate of the wonderful humilitie and benignitie of out Lord Iesus on Maundy thursday at night peparing him self to be offered the true Paschal lambe for the sinnes of al the world and to eate the Passouer with his Disciples and Iudas who now had sould him for mony to the Iewes Goinge from the Hospital of Sion you are to goe to the Cloister barefoote and barehead saing the psalme FuÌ„da meÌ„tum eius in moÌ„â—â—bus Sion vvith a collect that our lord vvill asiste thy prayers in that place and going vpp 7. steppes yee enter the Cloister of sion vvhere is a Table set vvith bread and vvine for those to take thereof vvho vvil then the Eriars singe the high Masse vvhich ended they goe to warde the holy Crosse The. 183. day Meditate how humbly our Sauiour prepared him self to washe his Apostles feete first he did of his garmeÌ„t and gyrded him self with a Towel kneeled and washed euery one of their feete euen the feete of Iudas with the sweat of his browes and teares of his eies shewinge vs a special exsample of brotherly loue and humilitie You may visit the place vvhere the Paschal lambe vvas eaten returninge to the church quior on the right hande is the place vvhere Christ vvashed the feete of his Disciples The. 184. day Meditate how Iesus after the washinge of his Apostles feete sate downe and dranke to them al in token of his loue and how he gaue his moste precious body and blood to his Apostles to eate and drinke in the remembrance of his painful death and passion and to Iudas also whom in secreat he warned of his sinne treason in token that there is nothinge hidden or vnknowen to him And of S. Iohn restinge on his breast to whoÌ„ by a secreat tokeÌ„ of a morsel dipped geuen to Iudas he opened who it was that should betray him and how after the receauinge of the morsel the deuil entred into Iudas and imediataly goinge out he ioyned him selfe with the enimies of Christ and prepared armoure weapons to take our innocent Sauiour And how Iesus tould Saint Peter that he should deny him of the sermon Christe made to his Apostles ful of loue how he rose said grace and praied for his Dâ—sciples and folowers And how our Sauiour went againe from that house acompained with his Apostles teaching them vntil he eame to the mount of Oliuet Thou shalt againe visit these holy places in the Church and Quiare vvith great deuotion and affection and especially the blessed body and blood of our lord vvith some deuoute praier And before thou gâ—e of the church thou shalt goe downe 8 steppes vnder the Qutar vvhere is the Parlour vvhere the Apostle hid them selues and vvhere Iesus after his resurrection entered the doores being â—hâ—t and said to his Disciples Pax vobis peace be vnto you In which place is also a Chappel vvhere Iesus appeared after to S. Thomas and shevved him his vvoundes to feele vvhen Thomas vvorâ—hiping him said Dominê° Deus meus my Lord and my god In the Quiare of this Chappel is asquare Chappel vvhere is an Aultar vvhere the Apostle receaued the holy ghoste here thou art to say thy Beades or some prayer to the holy ghoste As thou goest out of the Church thou â—halt visit the place vvhere the last supper vvas made ready Not far froÌ„ thence vvas S. Stephen first buried And nere there kinge Dauid made the 7. psalmes Behinde that at the foote of mount sion vvas the citie of Dauid there are the sepulehers of the kingeâ— of Israel There is a peece of the Piller to the vvhich our lord was bound and vvhipped this place hath an IroÌ„ doore of the vvhich the Mores keepe the key and before the doore is a place vvhere Christ our Lord and Sauiour vvas vvonte to sit and preath to his mother and his Disciples And there is the stone on vvhich our Lady fate at the sermon Not far thence our Lady vvas vvonte to prey Therby is the place of the Apostles assembly vvhen they held their Councel before they vvet thorough the vvorld and in this place Saint Mathevv vvas chosen in Iudas steade To wards the valley of Iosphat is the place vvhere S Paule kett the garments of those vvho stoned S. Stephen Thence is the goulde gate through vvhich Christe came ridâ—nge of the Asse on Palme Sonday And belowe vnder the vval is the vallâ—y of Iosaphat ouer the brooke CedroÌ„ ouer the bridge Also beyonde at the foote of sioÌ„ is the Sepulcher of our Lady fortie steppes vnder the ground In the midle of those steppes is the Se pulcher of Saint Anne vvhich Saint Helin translated to Constantinople and there vvas buried Ioachim our Ladies Father and Ioseph hir husband At the Sepulcher of our Lady is a fair church deepe vnder the grounde vvhich is so by meanes of the ruines of Hierusalem The Sepulcher of our Lady is couered vvith a stone of mount Sinai brought by the Angels say here thy Beads in honor of the virgin Mary The 185. day To the garden of Oliuet Meditate how Iesus came with his disciple to the mount of Oliuer tooke Peter Iames and Iohn with him leauinge the others belowe in the garden how he went further alone began to be sadd and said vnto his Disciples that they should watch and pray least they enter into temptation and how he went a stones cast farther and praied to his heauenly father The 186. day At the Caue vvhere Christ prayâ—d the first time Meditate of the sadnes and teares of our blessed Sauiour of his trembling falinge on the grouÌ„d and praying to his heauenly father the first time saying father if it be possible let this cup of my bitter passion passe alwayes reserued the health of mankinde then appeared to him al the bitter paines he was to suffer and he wept bitterly and how then he found his Disciples sleepinge for sadnes and. how he awaked them sweetly said to S. Peter Simon sleepest thou the spirit indeed is wilinge but the fleash is weake The 187. day VVithin that Caue vvhere Christe praied the seconde time Meditate how Iesus went back from his Disciples without hauing any comfort and praied
our Lord was nailed to the Crosse Meditate how these vile and cruel wretches did leade our Sauiour from the aforesaid stone to the Crosse where they threwe him violeÌ„tly vpoÌ„ his back on the hard Crosse that it hurt him very sore and shooke al the veines of his holy harte which he tooke in good parte with patience for the loue which he had of the saluation of maÌ„kinde how mercifully he spread his armes a broade of his owne accorde to be nailed with those boisterous nailes of Iron Also how al his body was extreaÌ„ly stretched with â—oâ—des that it cracked that the veines sinewes did breake a soÌ„der beinge strâ—tâ—hed like a stringe on a Bowe and with what patience he suffered the same and how they troade on him with their feete spurned and thrust his head where they would haue it lye takinge greate pleasure in their cruelty and tormentinge of him Also how they strooke on his head sides with their hammers in somuch that the blood did issue forth of his nose and mouth RemeÌ„ber also the great sorowe his blessed mother had when she heard the blowes of the hammers and What countenance she had seing the body of hir deere sonne al bloody and in so piteous a plight The Iewes giue him 50. blovves vvith hammers vvhen they fastened him vpon the Crosse The 13. Station O Sweete Iesus by al the paines and anguishes thou sufferedst when thou wast stretched on the Crosse with great courage and patience for me miserable catife beinge moste cruely fastned on the same geue me grace I beseech thee to vse wel al the meÌ„bers of my body in thy holy seruice and that when the bitternes and panges of death shal stretch al my members I may then remember thy greueous paines and dolours and with thee offer my self in Sacrifice and patiently to endure al which thy holy pleasure shal be to send me At an Aultar in the quier is a place vvhere the vvicked played at dice for Christes garments at which place our blessed Lady and Magdalen did greatly sorrow On the left hand it is where the Iewes prepared the vinegar and gaule In a Chappel vnder the ground is the place vvhere sainte Helin was wont to pray and vvhere the died and vvas first buried but after vvas translated to venice Yet deeper is the place vvhere S. Helin found the three Crosses and three nayles and the Crowne of Thornes Ascendinge on another Aultar thou shalt finde vnder the same a shorte Piller vvhere on our Lord dâ—d sit vvhen the crovvne of Thornes vvas put on his head now you ascende the mounte of Caluarie vvhich is a whâ—te Rocke there is afaire Church or Chappell vvhich is all gilded vvith goulde and azur and is paued vvith marble On the one side there is the place vvhere our lord vvas hanged on the crosse into this place fevve people doe enter By the doore there is the hoale of the holie Crosse all open tvvo foote deepe and a space brode into vvhich you may put your arme The 215 day To contemplate howe our Lord Iesus was lifted from the grounde and carried to be set betwene tow theeues to his greater shame and to suffer moste bitter death for the redemption of mankinde Meditate of the excessiue loue which our Sauiour Iesus had of the health and saluation of mankinde which was kindled in his diuine harte like a burning fire which caused him so patiently to be lifted vp shaked and let fale vpon the grounde with vnspeakeable paine to all his holie members which stroke vnto the hatre of his dolorous mother The which fale he susteined that the diuine iustice should not eternally condemne the poore sinner at euerie time hee shoulde fale into deadly sinne And how he was lifted vp seâ—te betwixt two theues and how he was annoyed with the stincke sauour of the dead bodies which were on mounte Caluarie The 216. day meditate with what greate patience our Lord endured to be crucified stretched nailed blasphemed and dishonored as well in his diuinitie as in his humanitie by the high Preists Scribes Pharises and Elders who contrarie to the lawe followed after for this effecte vvhich was more tormente vnto him then any of his other paines wherevpon with greate humilitie he beganne to pray for his enimies the 1. worde My father forgeue them they knovve not vvhat they doe The 217. day meditate in the same place with how greate pacience our Lorde Iesus endured in those intollerable tormeÌ„ts the space of three hours hanging on the Crosse hauing not the meanes to moue any one of his members where one might easealy number euerie bone and see his â—â—ines and sinewes Of the blasphemie of one of the theeues and of the repentance of the good theefe And of the words of Iesus to him the 2. worde Thâ— day thou â—halt be vvith me in Paradice The â—â—8 day meditate this day of the vnspeakeable sorrowe which our lords broken harte did feele vvhen he did behoulde his heuie and discomforted Mother by him to whome hee spake in this manner The 3. vvorde VVoman behoulde thy Sonne And after to S. Iohn Behoulde thy mother Where at they both helde there peace not being able to speake for sorrowe and teares The 219. day meditate in vvhat great distresse the body of our Lord did hang seeking vvith intollerabe paines to turne or vvinde himselfe vpon the Crosse thinking to finde some more ease and so vveeping bloodie teares cried to his father vvith a high voice the 4 worde Mâ— god my god vvhie hast thou forsaken me thy oâ—ly sonne into the handes of sinners and how darkenes came ouer all the whole earth from the sixt houre to the ninth houre and the sunne also lost his light The 220. day meditate vvhat extreaÌ„e pouertie our lorde endured vpon the Crosse vvhen all his naturall humors were spent and run out and in his exceeding drieth cried out the 5 worde I thirste And how he coulde not gette so much as a litle coulde vvater How one of the iniuste vvicked ministers filled a sponge vvith vineger mingled with gale put it to the mouth of Iesus but when he tasted it he would not drinke it To the ende that we shoulde not taste of the cup of death euerlasting The 221. day Meditate how our Lord endured peaceably and patiently al the paines and torments of the Crosse by which meanes he satisfied and paid to god his father the det for our sinnes which Iesus consideringe from pointe to pointe therof and findinge al to be fulfilled which the Scriptures and Prophecies had fore tould of him he cried the 6. word It is finished The 222. day Meditate how our Lord Iesus prepated him self to die and of the great patience he had when death was now come in to his woundes in to his bones and began to assault his sacred hart at the first assault heauen and earth trembled At the second the stones and Rockes did cleaue a
on the north is an Aulter where the three kinges made theÌ„ readie to make their offeringe Goirge lower is a Chappel ioyninge to the Rock wher Iesus vvas borne in this Chapel is a faire stene like a Starre with fiue or six beames vvhereon our Lady kenceled and adored hir sonne when he vvas newly borne ouer this stone is an Aultar Three steppes lower is the manger vvhere our lord vvas laid being of marble vnderset vvith tvvo pillers and a foote highe say here thy Beades Pray here to Christe new borne in the manger tâ— graunt thee grace to be new borne in him and that as he vvas pertaker of our humanitie so he vvil make vs partakrr of his diuinitie Behinde this Chappel is a hoale vvhere the Starre did lead the 3 kinges and abide there a while retorninge to the Chapel of Saint Katherin in this Church there is a place where some of the Innocent children were cast The nomber of the children vvhich Herod slevve were CXLiiij thousand Goinge from Bethelem Eastward about halfe amile is the place vvhere the virgin Marie vvent vvith Iesus and Ioseph when she should flie into Egipt thence yee goe into a plesant valley where the Angelles appeared eo the Sheppards and tould them tidinges of the birth of our Lord. The voiages towardes the mountaines of Iudea THese mountaines are ten miles north from Bethelem and the way very cragged there Zacharie dwelt and Elizabeth and there is yet the howse vvhere our Lady and Elizabeth met and greeted so louingly there is also a fountaine where our Lady fetched vvater vvhilst she remained there Aboute a shoote fartheris Zacharies house vvhere Saint Iohn Baptiste vvas borne A litel thence is a Church vvhere Saint Iohn vvas circumcised there is the Caue where Saint Iohn was kept prisoner by Herod Betwene Emaus Hierusalem you come to a Church caled Ad SainctaÌ„ Crucem vvhere is a Cloister of Greeke moÌ„kes of S. Benetts ordâ—r Goinge to Hierusalem say the psalme Lauda HierusaleÌ„ DomiuÌ„m c vse some prayers in al the holy places accordinge to the conneniencie of thinges there done The. 235. day At the mount Oliuet where is a Chappel Meditate how Iesus often filled the hartes of his Disciples with ioy especially at his AsceÌ„sion his mother his disciples and frendes both men and women accompained with infinite nombers of Angels and Patriarkes and of fathers from limbo ascended with great glorie The 36 day To the mount of Sion vvhere iâ— a Chappel ascending behinde the highe Aultar vvhere the holy Ghoste came downe vpon the Apostles Meditate how the father and the Sonne sent the holie Ghoste vnto the Apostles in the similitude of fierie tounges and rested vpon each of them and were there by confirmed in in faith so that they preached bouldly thorough out al the world Now prepare thy self to retorne againe to thy home comending thy self both body and sovvle to almightie god and goe novv once more to the holy Sepulcher to take thy laste leaue The. 337. day At the Sepulcher and the mount of Caluary say here the Prayer folwinge O My lord god and Sauiour Iesus I yeald thee humble thankes for my creation and redemption in this place and hast by thy vocation and inspiration caled me and brought me to the vnderstandinge and knowledge of thee and hauinge so patiently atteÌ„ded me fallinge so often in to many sinnes and deliuered me from infinite periles and afflictions which I haue iustlie deserued I giue thee thankes for thy gifts and graces begune in me and I besech thee o lorde to reforme me and directe my waies that I may in the ende come to thy euerlasting glorie Amen An aduertisment AL the good and deuout Pilgrims hauing visited the holy places in their returning home looke ofteÌ„ times backe againe so likewise the spitituall Pilgrime may well looke backe vnto the holie places especially he ought to consider our Sauiour hanginge on the crosse to the ende that the bitter death of thy Sauiour goe not out of thy harte First consider how the soule of our Sauiour hanging on the Crosse regarded all the sinnes both mortall and veniall of all the worlde for which he sighed most bitterlie Doe thou knock on thy breast and sigh for thy sinnes for which the Sonn of God hath sighed most biterlie The 2 8 day From Hierusalem to Rama Secondly meditate looking backe to the holie places making thy praier thinke what sorrow greife the hart of thy lorde-Iesus sufferred when hee thought and coÌ„nsiderd what a smale nuÌ„ber should participare of the fruits of his passion the which he so willingâ— he sufferred and with such excessiue loue as that he woulde rather sufferre for euerie man once againe then that anie through this defaulte shoulde remaine loste such was his ardent loue to the ingrateful and harde hartes of outs The 2 9 To Iapha Thirdelie meditate of the great bitternes which the soule of Christ endured on the Crosse when he considered that religious persons clarkes retired from the worlde would yeat soile theÌ„ selues with carnal works for which he trembled and weepte on the Crosse The 340 day In the oulde sellers of Iapha vvhere the Pilgrimes lodge Fourthlie consider the biternes of the soule of Christ when he considered that the estate of mariage woulde be defiled with foule and execrable sinnes whereby so great a multitude of maried people shoulde be damned The 341. day fiftly meditate vvhat sorrowe the soule of Iesus Christ was in on the Crosse to thinke how the state of virginitie shoulde be defiled so many virgins loosing the crowne of their virginities by consenting to foule and filthy thoughts and deeds for which he sighed piteously The 342 day sixtly consider the great sorrowe of the harte of our Sauiour Christ to thinke vpon the wonderfull vnthankefulnes of man to his heauenly father for al the benifites and passioÌ„ of his onelie sonne bestowed on vâ— with so greate loue The â—4 3 day From Iapha to the ship of Saint Peter recommending thee to S. Fraucis and to al his order recommeÌ„ding thee to the holie Trinitie Geue thankes to our Lorde who hath conducted thee to these holie places and that he wil be our guide and conducte vs to his heauenly kingdome when the shippe beginneth to goe say TedeuÌ„ SeaueÌ„tlhie meditate the bitter sorrow of the soule of our Sauiour considering that so manie Christians shoulde be daÌ„ned for there wicked life and then he cried My god my god vvhie hast thou forsaken me The 344. meditate in what greife the soule of Iesus was in to consider what nuÌ„ber of people should remaine without the christian faith and therefore shoulde neuer see the face of God The 345. day meditate how the most noble soule of Iesus was exceding sorrowfull when he did consider that the grace of God shoulde be of so litle estimation with manie or altogether cleane reiected The â—46 day meditate of the sadnes of theÌ„ soule of Iesus
the beginninge of the worlde The 315. day Meditate what prayses and thanksgeueing shal be yealded to god the father eternally by his elect and saued creatures for that by his grace he hath preserued them The 316. day Meditate how the moste excellent praise of Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus is songe in heauen without ceasinge blessed be thou o Christ eterâ—nally that haste redeemed and saued vs. The 317. day Thinke how the heauenlie spiâ—ittes and saued sowles do reioyce in behouldinge the face and pleasant visage of our Lord out of which may be drawen alioy and pleasure The 318. day Thinke how al saued creatures doe now reioyce in makinge ioy beinge set at the heauenly table with ful delighteâ— perpetual rest puisance and riches and doe drinke of the aboundance of gods howse and talkinge of such great ioy as neuer â—ie hath seâ—ne care hath heard nor â—â—uer â—ntreâ— in to the harte of man The 3â—9 Meditate how god hath created the â—urning Seraphins most noble and incomparable faier shaning a houe al Angelical creaturs And how the beutie of the most highe and holie Trinitie shineth infinitlie about the â—outie of the Seraphinâ— The 320 day meditate how the roble Scraphins burning in the love of God doe ioy without ceasing in the diuine fulnes in behoulding continually the heauenly and most diuine iufluence betwene the father and his welbeloued-Sonne The 321. day Thinke how the noble Cherubins haue there regarde amiablie fixed on god do admire of the excellent sweetenes and influence of his most noble diuiâ—itiâ— The 322 day Thinke how much wisdome is giuen to the most excellente Cherubins whereby they haue knowledge of theire Creator and doe enioy the illumination of the most high diuinitie The 323. day meditate how the Throanes doe rest the selues quietly in God and doe enioy a maruelous sweeteneâ— in him The 324. day meditate how all the happie spirits of the caelestiall Courrâ— abounding with innumerable inestimable delightes without ceasing doe giue continual praise to the most high and holie Trinitie The 325. day meditate how the holie Trinitie is the fountaine and increated nature from whence al things doe descend in forme and Creation The 362. day meditate how the holie Trinitie is the cleare glasse wherein all Saints doe behoulde and contemplate the diuine power wisdome bounâ—ie them selues also and all thinges The 327. day Meditate howe the father without ceasinge giueth influence ingenderinge his soÌ„ne in new delights of ioyes The 328. day Meditate of the person of the Sonne who is the eternall wisedome of the father being eternally engendred and borne of his father as a most shinning beame of the light of the Sonne The 329. day Meditate how the SoÌ„ne of god reioyceth al the heauenly citie and geueth recreation to al the blessed spirites who without any means are vnited and conioyned with god The. 330. day Meditate how the SoÌ„ne of god loueth the Father the Father the Sonne and what great ioy the SoÌ„ne hath in behouldinge his Father and againe the Father in behouldinge his Sonne The. 331. day Thinke of the holie ghost proceeding froÌ„ the father the Sonne how continually he filleth all them that are in heauen with the pleasant sappe of ioy and entertayneth them without ceasing with fre she ioy The 3â—2 day To S. Georges Churche in Venice vvhere is his arme and his hande Meditate of the greate ioie that the Queene of Paradise and mother of god Marie hath at this present of the honour that shall be shewed to her euermore in heauen of God of al faued creatures The 334 day To S. Barb aras Church vvhere her body is and a great bone of S. Christopher Meditate how the sweete flower of the Virginitie of Marie incessaÌ„tly marueleth for that the Creator of all creatures was so much humbled as to sucke her pappes The â—3â— day Meditate how the mother of God is now an Aduocatrixe a pacifier of al sinns before out heaueÌ„ly father with her Sonne shewing hir Virginall pappes for the whicâ— all humane creatures which be saued yeald therefore to her euermore praise honour and thankes-geuing The â—35 day meditate how great the sweetenes is wâ—ich Mâ—cie takâ—th now in the glorie of Paradice for the riches of the nolie Gâ—oâ—t is opened vnto her The 336. day VVithin Venice vvhere thou art to recken vvâ—th the Patron of the galley S Peter vviâ—h hâ—s comâ—anie If thou haste satisfied all thou â—româ—sed him in the â—0 date and giue him thankeâ— vvith some praier to his honour Meditate vvâ—at great â—oy the Queene of Paradise hath being sett nexte the most holy and glorious Trinitie The â—37 day To Palia Meditate vvhat greate ioy Macie taketh in that she hath bene the â—nother of the euerlaâ—ting worde The â—38 day meditate how sweetely Marie lowlie giâ—eth thâ—nkes to the holy Trinitie and giâ—eth thanks without ceasing and knoweth perfectlie she is beloued The â—â—9 day Meditate how our Ladie is sweetely enâ—â—roned with holie Angels the heauenly noste and how her â—rightnes and theirs compared together are like a â—hadow to the bright Sunne The â—40 day Meditate how the Apoâ—tels reioyse in heaueÌ„ clothed with â—auce pouâ—sered witâ— starrs of Christian faith â—hining like the sunne The â—4â— day Aâ— Trâ—nt where is the body of the Infance Simeon vvhâ—e vvas martyred â—y the Infideâ—ls meditate how greatly the Apostels reioyced for that they shall be sette of twelue seates iudginge alâ— nations of the earth The â—41 day Meditate how the holie virgins doe follow the Lambe of God clothed with long white robes â—hiniÌ„g with cleannes and Virgintie The â—4â— day meditate with what fâ—veeroues the espouses of the lambe who VirginÌ„s doe carrie the singuler garland and Croâ—ne of golde which is caled Auâ—eola ouer the faier Corone of the heauenly glorie The â—44 day Meditate how hartely the spouses of the lambe are beloued of the holie Trinitie because that for the loue of him they coÌ„tinued notanie white soptted or defiled The â—45 day Meditate how the holy Virgings doe receaue of our lorde Iesus the coller of golde with other ornamentes for theire neckes by moste sweete loue The 346. day meditate how the Patriarckes Prophets reioyce without ceasing for that they see in glorie hi. whose death accomplished all which they did Prophesie of him The 347. day Meditate how sweetlie the holie mâ—rtyres doe reioyse vvith our Lorde for that for the loue of him they haue shedd their precious bloode The 348. day Meditate vvhat companies of holy Martirs with Palmes in their handes in signe of victorie and triumphe proceede in order before the Holie Trinity and receiue aboundant treasures of heauenly ioye and glorie The. 349. day Meditate how the holye Martyrs doe become dronke with the sweete fountaine of heauenly comforts for that they suffered such bitter death for Christes sake The. 350. day Meditate how in the holie Confessors the merites of their holie deuout thoughtes and contemplations is now brightly shininge in them The. 351. day Meditate how all the Saintes in Pardice haue done no one so litle a good deede but hath now his particular recompence and rewarde The 352. day Meditate how al the elect Sanites of god doe now triumphe in Paradise and are highlie rewarded there for al their labours The. 353. day Meditate how al the Saintes are comforted in heauen for al their trauaile they haue so patiently suffered on earth The. 354. day Thinke how al the Saintes in heauen are now crowned with crownes of inestimable ioy for that they haue here on earth behaued them selues so valiantly in fightinge and conqueringe the world the fleash and the Deuil The 355. day Thinke o Pilgrime for what life thou art created and made of thy creator Wherfor behaue thy self valiantly and fight manfully whilst thou art here for the life of man is but a war-fare on earth The. 356 day Thinke o deuout sowle to what holie and happie end thow art elected for the which cause beare thy aduersities with al patience and suffer gladly here for a little time The. 357. day Meditate of the soueraing and cleare brightnes of euerlastinge life and humbly craue that the same blessed brightnes may happpely shinein thy soule The 358. day Thinke of the most pleasant sweetenes of the euerlastinge life and hartely pray that thou maist euen now somwhat feele and taste the same to the end that thy drye hart may be sweetned and comforted ther with The 359 day Meditate of the moste happie felicitie of the eternal life and desier with moste earnest harte that thou maâ—â—t haue comfort of the same and be filled there with The. 360. day you may visit at Colin the bodies of the. 3 â—inges oâ— Saint Vrsula and the XI thousand Virginâ— Meditate of the life to come which is â—eâ—er to die being without aâ— sorâ—â—vâ—or wante of any thinge and desier of thy lord god that once thou maist behould and enioy the face of â—is diâ—ine Maâ—eâ—te The 361. day you may visit at Acâ—n the Smock of the B. Virgin the Hose of Sainte Ioseph and many other reliques Meditate hovv ioyfully one day God the Faâ—hâ—r vvil giue him selfe to the povver of thy memory The. 362. day At Maistrike is the body of Saint Seruace cosen to our Sauiour in the fourth degree Thinke hovv svvetly they Sonne of God shal be vvholie enclosed in the povver of thy vnderstandinge The. 393. day Meditate hovv comfortably the Holy Ghoste like runing streames of vvater shal be continualy povvringe in the desiers of thy harte vvith great and vnspeakable svveetnes to thy sovvle The. 364. day Meditate hovv the Holy Trinitie shal abounâ—antly fille thee vvith al kinde of heauenly delightes in his glorious kingdome of Paradise yea vvith much more then either eie hath seene eate hath heard or the harte of man is able to conceiue The 365. day At thy lodginge in London or from vvhence thou departedst Meditate hovv al faithfull Pilgrimes after this mortal Pilgrimage shal be in greate ease rest and svvetnes for euermore and shal remaine happie vvith out end The vvhich the Holy Trinitie by the intercession of the Blessed mother and of al Saintes graunte vs Amen