god as I sayd here afore whan I was on lyue in the londe of zabulon and neptalē ouer the flume iordayn The peple that sat in darkenes saw grete bryghtnesse of lyght and that lyght was sente to them that sat in the shadowe of deth that was there as it had be a sterre shynȳge aboue upō vs And as we were ī this Ioye gladnesse of this lyght that shoke vpon vs there came to vs our fader Symeon and thus he sayd to vs with grete Ioye Gloryfy our lorde god Ihesu cryst our sauyour whiche I receyued a chylde in the temple and toke hym in my armes sayenge thus lete now thy seruaunt passe for myn eyen haue sene thy helth whan all the grete company of sayntes that were in hell herde this they were wonder Ioyfull and mery And after there came another man to vs. as it had bene an Ermyte and our forfader askyd hym what he was And he answered ayē and sayd I am a voyce of a prophet of an hye companye for I haue go afore the face of hys comynge and also to make redy the waye of his comynge and to yeue helth and connynge to his peple in the remyssyon of ther sȳnes And whan I sawe hym come to me / I was fulfylled with the holy gooste and thus I sayd see the lambe of godde and beholde hym that dothe awaye synne of the worlde and hym I haue baptysed in the flume Iordā vpon hym I sawe the holy goost descende in lykenesse of a doue And than I herde a voyce that fyll fro heuyn sayenge thus this is my son in whome grete plesynge is to me And nowe I am come afore hym to you to shewe to you the sōne of god is come fro hyghte for to delyuer vs that syt in derkenesse in the shadowe of deth abydynge his mercy whan that Adam our forfader was baptyzed anone he sayd to seth his son Tell to thy chyldren to patryarkes prophets that the Aungell sayd to the whan I sente the to the gates of paradyse that thou sholdest praye our lorde god that he wolde sende to me by his aungell of the frute of lyfe also of the oyle of mercy for to anoynte with all my membres suche tyme that I was fulfylled full of malady with sekenes Than Seth sterte vp sayd with an hyghe voyce As I was at the gatys of paradyse prayenge our lorde god of the oyle of mercy Oure lorde sente Mychaell his archaungell to me sayenge thus Oure lorde god hath sente me to the. Trauayle not for to haue the oyle of mercy to anoynt with Adam thy fader I do the to wete thou mayste not haue it vnto the laste day be complete of v. M. v. C. yere than shalle the son of god Ihesu cryste cōe vpon erth to reyse the body of Adam thy fader And the bodies of his holy sayntes And than shall he be baptyzed in flom Iordane And whā he comyth out of the water than he shal anoynte with the oyle of mercy all tho that shall beleue ī hȳ and than shall the son of god go downe to hell ād lede adam thy fader into paradyse to the tre of lyfe and mercy whan the patryarkes and prophetes herde this that Seth sayd thā they made grete Ioye and as they made grete Ioye Satan the prynce of hel and master of deth sayd to the master of turmētry Make the redy for to receyue Ihesu whiche that gloryfyed hym selfe to be the son of god And yet he is man that dredyth deth for he sayd my soule is heuy ageȳst deth This Ihesu hath wrought meny heuynes euyllys ayenst me for thē that I made blynde crokyd and lame and mezel he hath made hole by his worde And also the dede that I brought to the he hath reysed to lyfe Than the prynce of turmentrye answered to Sathan what is he that is so myghty by his worde And thou sayest that he is man that dredyth deth All that euer were myghty in erth thou hast brought them to my bōdome and be bownde in my poust yf he be so myghty ī māhode as thou sayest I saye to the he is so myghty in dyuynyte so ferforth that we may neuer do ageynste hym And yf that he sayd that he drad deth I saye to the that he wyll dysceyue the and ouercome the at alle tymes And than answered Sathan to the master of turmentre sayd why dredyst thou for to receyue myne aduersary and thyne I haue made the Iewes for to be ageynst hym And I haue made redy that he shall be smyt with and I haue made redy the tre that he shal be crucyfyed on ād .iii. nayles for to fast hym therto And I haue made a drynke with ezyll gall that he shal drȳke And I tel the that he shall be dede anone And I shall brynge hym bowde to the Than answered the prynce of turmentrye this that thou sayest that he by his myght hath take fro me them that were deed what hopyst thou he maye be that doth suche masterys by his worde I drede me parauenture that this was he that toke a way Lazare fro me and reysed hym that was .iiii. dayes dede whome that I helde bownde in my preson hym he yelded to lyfe by his worde Than answered Satā sayd I do the to were that he is the same Ihesu And whan the prynce of turmentrye herde this he sayd to Satan I conioure the by thy vertu and myne that thou brynge hym not here to me for whan I herde the cōmaundement of his worde I trembled and shoke for drede and all my fell seriauntis with me so that we ne myghte kepe lazare but he flowe fro vs as swyfte as it had be an Egle oute of the bondys that we had hym in and the erth that he laye in dede vndyd ād yalde hȳ quyke fro hym wenyste thou sathan for to holde suche a lorde that toke his seruaunt fro vs manger of vs by the vertue of his worde wyt thou well this without dowte yf thou brȳge hym hyder that is so myghty to saue almankynde he wyl put vs hence I saye satan and all tho that be shet in oure preson and strayned be ther syn in our bondis by hym they shal be delyuered and brought to euerlastynge lyfe And as they spoke thus togyder there came a voyce as it had bene douder of the holy goost and thus he sayd Attollite portas principes vr̄as ye prȳces of deth vnclosyth your gatys for the prynce of glorye shall entre therin And whan the prynce of hell herde this voyce they sayd to Satā Go hens fro vs and yf thou be myghty to fyght Go fyght with hym that is kynge of glorye And so hel kest Satan fro hym and than he sayd to his fel seriauntes shet myghtly your yatys with Iron barrys and fyghte myghtely and withstonde hym strongely that the kynge of blys come not herin
presoÌ„ we coude not fyÌ„de thou theriÌ„ yerfore tel vs what befel Than Ioseph answered sayd whan ye dyd shet me in the close preson vpon the Sabot daye as I was in my OrysoÌ„s and prayers that place was spred about me withe huge lyght as me thought fro the .iiii. partyes of the eyer And soo I lyfted vp my hede and sawe my lorde Ihesu stonde fast by me shynynge with grete clernesse And so for drede that I had I fyll downe â—â—lat to the grouÌ„de Than my blyssed lorde Ihesu hente me by the hande and lefte me vp fro the grounde wasshed my face kyssynge me and thus he sayd to me Brother Ioseph thou arte clene by water of the feyth for thy synnes be relesed and foryeue And therfore my frende haue no drede but byholde me and knowe what I am and so I dyd beholde hym and sayd my mayster Elye And he answered ageyne sayd I am not Elye but I am Ihesu cryste whome that thou worshypfully beryed than sayd I to hym Lorde shewe me thy momment there that I beryed the. And than my lorde Ihesu hente me by the hande and ladde me to the mommente And there he shewed me the precyous Syndonya / that I wonde hym in Than knewe I verelly that he was my lorde Ihesu And so I fyll downe and worshypped hyÌ„ And sayd my lorde Ihesu / blessyd mote thou be that arte come hyder for to vysyt me and thorughe thy grace hast delyuered me so he helde me by the hande and lad me to the cyte of barmathye And than he ladde me in to my place sayd to me Ioseph brother pease with the. And loke thou go not oute of thy place this .xl. dayes for the Iewes shall do many grete dyszesys to many of my frendys And nowe shall I go to my dyscyples speke to them of the saluacyon of the worlde And whan he had sayd that worde he vanyssheh fro me And whan the prynces of the lawe and other Iewes herde this that Ioseph sayd they were hugely abasshed And for the grete drede that they had they fell downe to the grounde and so they cryed and sayd sayd what tokens are this that are befall in Israell The knyghtes that kepte the Sepulcre they bere wytnesse that they sawe an Aungyll dyscende downe fro heuyn that Ihesu was resyn fro deth to lyfe that he shall be sene in galylee And we knowe well that Ihesu was a man his fader moder we knewe both Ioseph Mary what may we saye here ayenste thaÌ„ sayd a Iewe whos name was Leuyê° I knowe wel the begynnynge of Ihesu for I haue moche be with theÌ„ for vpon a tyme as I was in the temple in my offrandys my orysons that same tyme saynte Symeon toke hyÌ„ in his armes thus he sayd to hym My lorde god let nowe thy seruaunt coÌ„e to the in pease for my eyen haue sene thi helth that thou ordeyned or any peple was Than sayd the Iewes Let vs seÌ„de for these .iii. men that sayd they sawe Ihesu spekynge to his dyscyples vpon the Mount of Olyuet And so they sente for these iii men whan they were come afore them they sayd treuly the god of heuyn was on lyue And that we sawe verelly howe that Ihesu styed in to heuyn afore all hê discyples THan answered Annas Cayphas / Oure lawe sayth that by the wordes of .ii. or .iii. is suffycent wytnesse what maye we saye herto we knowe well that Emoke pleasyd god was rauysshed in to heuyÌ„ the sepulcre of moyses myght neuer be founde Pylat delyuerde to vs this Ihesu whiche we bete with scorgys crowned hym with thornys afterwarde was crucyfyed smet hym in the syde with a spere And Ioseph buryed his body in the Sepulcre Whiche the nowe beryth wytnesse that he is on lyue And these men saye that they sawe hyÌ„ stye vp in to heuyn And than Ioseph sayd another grete merueyle that there rose vp meny dede bodyes out of theyr grauys I wote well that som men of them haue be in the cyte of IherusaleÌ„ whiche that ye mysbeleuers haue not sene And we knowe well that saynte Symeon receyued Ihesu in his armes in the temple whiche that was a full holy man this Symeon had two sonys whos names were Garyus and Leuycyus and we were at ther deth and at ther berynge Go nowe and seche ther grauys but I wote well they be not there but they be in the cyte of Barmathye they be in orysons speke to no man but they holde them stylle as thoughe they were deed And therfore let vs go to them with worshyp and bryÌ„ge them to the temple And whan we haue conioured them paraduenture they shall tell vs somewhat of the resurreccyon of Ihesu And howe that he rose fro deth to lyfe ¶ Howe the Iewes wente to seke .ii. deed men that were rysen from deth to lyfe in Barmathye of other thynges that they shewed ANd so alle the masters of the lawe with the Iewes wente to the grauys of these .ii. bretherne so they founde them not there And anon they wente to the cyte of Barmathye whiche was .xl. myle fro Iherusalem and so they founde theÌ„ layde and so they kyssed them and lad them with hyÌ„ to Iherusalem with grete worshyp And than they lad they into ther Synagoge And whan they had shyt sykerly theyr doris they toke the lawes and them in ther handes And so they coÌ„ioured them by god of Israell and by god adonay yf that they leuyd that Ihesu was god of Israell that reysed theym Whan Garyus Leuycyus herde this coniuracyon they lokyd vp togyder in to heuyn And than they made sygnys of the holy crosse on theym and than they sayd and spake yeue vs perchemyne and Inke that we maye wryte thynges that we haue herde and sene And so they yafe to them both ynke and perchemyn And whan they were sette they wrote both togyder and sayd thus ¶ Oure lorde Ihesu cryst is resurreccyon of the deth and lyfe that byleue on hym suffer vs to saye the secretys of thy deuyne maiest that thou dedyste in hell by the deth of thy holy crosse for we be coniured by the for to speke of the Thou hast commaunded to thy seruaunte by Mychaell thy archaungyll that we sholde tel the secretys of thy deuyne maieste what thou dedyst iÌ„ hell after thy holy resurreccyon / as we were with our forme faders in the grete preuy depnes of derkenes there came a grete bryghtnesse as it had be a beme of lyghte fro the sonne And that kest a lyght royall vpon vs And anone Adam that was our forfader of all mankynde aÌ„d Patryarkes and prophetes rose vp lyghtly and sayd This is the lyght of hym that be hyght vs for to sende to vs endles lyghte And anone Isaake with a hyghe voyce began for to saye This is the lyght of our fader son of
hardy to crucyfy hym thou arte the cause that he is eÌ„tred iÌ„ to our regyon And wote thou what thou hast do I saye to the thou hast all forlorne we wreches shal dwell in turmentrye that euer shall laste as hell And as SataÌ„ spake thus togyder came the kynge of blys and thus he sayd to hell Thou prynce SataÌ„ thy power shall be endlesly to dwel here in stede of Adam and his chyldren and all my ryghtful peple And than our blessyd lorde spred forth his ryght hande sayd come to me my holy and all that haue myne ymage my lykenesse whiche were dampned to the deth by the frute of the appyll and by the deuyll and now may ye well se that the deuyll is dampned by the tre and by the crosse And anone all the sayntes assembled them togyder vnder our lordes hande Than oure lorde toke Adam by the ryght hande and sayd thus to hym my pease be with the and all my ryghtfull chyldren and all my holy sayntes and than our forme fader fyll downe on his knees afore our blessyd lorde wepyÌ„ge for Ioye aÌ„d thus he sayd Exaltabo te dnÌ„e quoniam suscepisti me non delecrasti inimicos meos suê‘ me DnÌ„e deê° meê° clamaui ad te sanasti me deduxisti ab inferis aiÌ„am meaÌ„ sanasti me a descendentibus iÌ„ lacuÌ„ This is to say My lorde I shall enhaunce the for that thou hast take me for thou ne hast suffred myne enmyes to be abone me My lorde god I haue cryed to the thou hast made me hole thou hast brought my soule owte of hell and hast saued me fro them that are fal in depnesse of the lake thaÌ„ all the sayntes fylle downe to our lordê fete sayenge all with one voyce to our lor god thou arte coÌ„e to vs. Byer of the worlde blessyd be thy name as thou shewdest to vs by thy holy lawes and by thy holy prophetes thou bought vs agayne by thy holy crosse and thou arte coÌ„e downe to vs by thy holy vertue for to drawe vs fro deth and fro the horryble paynes of hel And than our blessyd lorde lyfted vp his hande made the fygne of the holy crosse on Adam on his holy sayntes And so he toke Adam by the ryghe honde and styed out of hell vp in to the eyre al the sayntes folowed hym Than kynge Dauyd sayd with an hyghe voyce Cantate dnÌ„o canticuÌ„ nouuÌ„ quia mirabilia fecit That is to saye Syngeth to oure lorde god a newe songe for he hath wrought merueyllys Et hec est gloria oiÌ„bus icantis eius That is to saye blessyd be god for this grete Ioye to alle his sayntys Than after dauyd sayd Mycheas Quis deus sicut tu dnÌ„e auferens iniquitatem transgrediens pccaÌ„ nuÌ„c continens in testiÌ„o iraÌ„ tuam cÌ„ That is to saye Who is suche a lorde as our lorde god is puttynge awaye all euyllys of synne and after hym sayd Abacuk the prophet Thou comyst out with helthe to thy peple for to delyuer all thy frendys fro all sorowes dyszezys thaÌ„ after hym sayd all the sayntes Blessyd mot thou be that comyste in the name of god for thou arte Ioye and blyssyd to all thy peple Allia And than all the prophetes pronowncyd alle ther prophyces that they had shewed in erth with grete plesynge to to our lorde god And than all the sayntes sayd this is oure lorde god that shalle gouerne vs withoute ende Allia ¶ How our lorde led all his holy sayntes in to the Ioyes of paradyse of the thre men that they mette ANd thaÌ„ our blessyd lorde toke Adam our forme fader by the hande and led hym in to paradyce and al his holy sayntes with hym and them he delyuered to Mychaell his archaungyl and he led them in to paradyce where is endles Ioye / And whan they were entred in to paradise there came ageyÌ„ste them .ii. men of grete age And the sayntes asked theÌ„ what they were aÌ„d how it myght be that they were there so bodyly and had not be with them in hell Than one of theÌ„ answered aÌ„d sayd I am Emoke that by the worde of god I am translated heder and he that is with me here is Elyas tesbytes whiche was brought hyder in a brennynge chare aÌ„d yet suffred we no deth but we are kepte to the commynge of Antecryst to fyght with hym with wordes and tokyns of oure lorde god and of hym we snall be slayne in the cyte of Iherusalem And .ii. dayes and a halfe after we shall ryse fro deth to lyfe and betake vp in the skyes and as Emoke tolde this to the sayntes there came to them a man berynge on hym the sygne of the holy crosse And whan al the sayntes sawe hym they sayd to hym what man may thou be that hast here the lykenes of a thefe And why beryst thou the sygne of the holy crosse And than this man answered to them and sayd forsoth ye saye truly that I was a thefe and many cursyd ded is and fals dyde I in erth And therfore the Iewes crucyfyed me with our lorde Ihesu And whan I sawe the steryÌ„ges of the ElemeÌ„tê iÌ„ hê passyoÌ„ I byleued that he was sauyour of the worlde maker of al creaturs kyÌ„ge al myghty thaÌ„ sayd I to hyÌ„ lorde haue mercy on me And haue me in mynde whan thou comyst in to thy kyngedome And anone that blessyd lorde toke my prayer and sayd to me forsoth this daye shalte thou be with me in paradyce And than he toke me the sygne of the holy crosse and sayd to me Bere this sygne with the and go to paradyse and yf the aungell that is keper of paradyse wyl not suffer the to entre in shewe hym the sygne of the crosse saye to hym that Ihesu cryst whiche that was nowe crucyfyed sente me to the And whan I had sayd this to the AuÌ„gel anone he vndyd the gatys and led me in to Paradyce And set me on the ryght syde sayenge thus to me Suffre and holde the here a lytell whyle For Adam that is fader of all man kynde with all his chyldren and all the frendys of god shalle come hyder by the vertue of Ihesu crystys passyon And whan the holy sayntes as patryarkys prophetys herde thyse wordes of this thefe than they sayd al with one voyce Blessyd be our lorde god almyghty endles fader of mercy that suche grace hath youen to synners and brought vs to the Ioy of paradyse and in to the pasture of delyte to endles Ioye Amen THese are the holy secretys of the deuynyte that we haue sene I Garyus aÌ„d my brod Leuycyus but our lorde god wyl suffer vs no lenger to telle and shewe vnto you the secrettys of his deuynyte for saynte Mychaell the archaungell sayd to vs Ryse go in to the cyte of Iherusasem and be there in prayers / and gloryfye