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relate_v as_o i_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o reverend_a bishop_n pechtelm_n chap._n 15._o i_o myself_o know_v a_o brother_n who_o i_o will_v i_o have_v not_o know_v who_o be_v admonish_v by_o his_o brother_n to_o amend_v his_o life_n bring_v unto_o desperation_n by_o a_o vision_n he_o have_v of_o his_o place_n in_o hell_n say_v there_o be_v no_o time_n for_o i_o to_o amend_v my_o former_a life_n thus_o he_o die_v without_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n none_o of_o all_o the_o convent_n dare_v say_v mass_n sing_v psalm_n say_v the_o least_o prayer_n for_o dead_a his_o soul_n this_o stir_v up_o many_o to_o do_v penance_n for_o their_o sin_n which_o effect_n god_n grant_v it_o may_v work_v in_o those_o who_o shall_v read_v this_o chap._n 16._o about_o this_o time_n many_o of_o the_o scot_n in_o ireland_n as_o also_o of_o the_o briton_n admit_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o celebrate_v easter_n teach_v by_o the_o catholic_a church_n for_o adamon_n a_o virtuous_a priest_n abbot_n of_o the_o 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