the collocucyons of the faders in lyke wyse as recyteth the dyscyple sayeth that after that a holy abbot named iohan hadde done many myracles there was brought vnto hym a man the whiche had the deuyl in the body And the sayd Iohan was strongly requyred of many that he sholde chase the deuyll from the sayd man And for to be shorte that sayd Iohan coÌ„maunded vnto the deuyll from god that he sholde go oute The whiche deuyll answered that he wolde not / that he ne sholde go out for hym And vpoÌ„ his wordes there arryued a goode symple man yll clothed the whiche bare his tythe vnto the preest the whiche herde how the deuyll answered that he ne sholde go oute for the sayd abbot / that whiche symple man sayd to the deuyll And wherfore ne goest thou oute so thou shalt I coÌ„maunde the from god that thou go oute Than the deuyll yode oute the whiche sayd that he ne was gone forthe for the sayd Iohan / but that he was constrayned by god to go forthe for the bounte of the sayd symple man than the good abbot was a meruaylled the whiche demauÌ„ded of the symple man of what lyfe he was And how be it that he drewe backe to tell it / he answerd that he payed well his tythes incontynent that they were deu And them put vnto prouffyte and payed them Ioyously of the beste / and bare them vnto the person or vnto the vycayr I go vnto the chirche sayd he euery daye And yf I maye there I here euery daye masse I kepe wele the feestes the commaundementes of god / at the begyÌ„nyng of my yonge aege I had wyll to be relygyous for that that my fader hadde no more chyldren but me / they ne wolde that I were relygyous to th ende that to possede theyr herytage I obeyed vnto them they maried me vnto a good woman / we kepe wele our maryage togyder And yf she deyed I haue yet the wyll to be relygyous / it is not yet chaunged There is the life that I am of Than the sayd Iohan fel on knees before hym and requyred hym that he wolde praye for him c. In this example is to be noted that a good symple man labourer is somtyme more nerer vnto god more holy persone digne to do myracles than ne ben the grete bysshoppes doctours prelates Whan the daye of Iugement shall come god ne shall demaunde hast thou be doctour or mayster in suche scyence or in suche / but he shall demaunde hast thou done the werkes of mercy / hast thou payed thy dysmes / hast thou obeyed vnto the chirche c. D. ¶ Another example of those the whiche take of dysmes lxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge how saint renobert the whiche was the seconde bysshop of bayeux sawe one tyme that a man toke a iauel of corne out of a shefe of dysme for to gyue it vnto his hors / and saynt renobert badde hym leue it / but he wolde not / wherfore his hors enraged c ¶ Tenatitas A. ¶ Other examples of people to moche holdynge vnmercyfull And fyrst example of the cursed ryche man lxxxiiii IT is wryten in the .xi. chapytre of the gospelles of sayÌ„t luc that ther was a ryche man clothed with purple with precyous vestymentes / that whiche ete dranke euery daye delycyously And ther was a lazar full of woundes the whiche let hym before the yate of the sayd ryche / whiche demaunded the croÌ„mes that fell from his table but he gaue hyÌ„ none but set dogges on hyÌ„ they lycked his fete So he deyed and the ryche man also / the poore man wente to heuen the ryche man to helle The yll ryche lyft vp his eyen as he was in torment sawe Abraham a ferre of the lepre in his bosome He made two requestes of the whiche he was denyed The fyrst was of one droppe of water The seconde to goo tell vnto his brederne that they myghte correcte them c. This ryche man is an exaÌ„ple vnto all cursed ryche men the whiche vse yll of theyr rychesses / this poore is example of all good poores that haue pacyence in aduersite The riche was dampned for many thynges pryncypally for foure The fyrste is bycause he was wtout mercy / for he lete the poore deye for hongre at his gate CupieÌ„s saturari de micis qÌ„ cadebant de meÌ„sa diuitis And therfore god sent hym in to the fyre of hell wtout pite / shall say to hym at the daye of Iugement I haue had hongre thurst thou hast not gyuen me mete nor drynke Et ideo Ite maledicu iÌ„ igneÌ„ eternuÌ„ math .xv. The seconde for bycause he appetyted the honours of the worlde And he was proude in herte And therfore the gospel sayeth sygnantly that he was clothed in purple with precyous vestymentes the whiche denoteth vaynglorye Induebatur pupura et bysso The thyrde that he was moche lykorous and that he nourysshed his bely with metes made dylycatyuely the whiche draweth vnto lechery / maketh the man vnmercyfull And therfore sayth the gospell Expulebatur cotidie splendide He lyued after the wyll of the body the whiche ledeth vnto dampnacyoÌ„ VnÌ„ ad roma viii Si scdm carnem vixeritis monemini He ne lyued in this worlde buâ— .xl. yeres to lyue delyciously / and he is in the fyre of hell fro the tyme of Moyses two M. yeres past in so grete pouerte that he ne myght haue one droppe of water / so was it vnto hym a ryght cursed market from the kechyn The fourth is that he declyned not frome euyll wordes the whiche comynly he spake in dynynge And therfore sygnauntly he playned that he was tourmented in the toÌ„gue whan he demaunded a droppe of water What prouffyted vnto that man the rychesses / honoures / and meetes whan he is dampned The rychesses delyuereth hym not from dethe The metes kepeth not his body from wormes / and the honours from stynke Vnde bernardê° O diuites quid ê“sant vobis diuitie / quid epule / quid honores diuitie non liberabunt vos a morte / epule a verme / honores a fetore ¶ Et poeta dicit Quid tuÌ„c the sauri / qid aceruê° ê“derit auri Quando pctoÌ„res / mittuntur in inferiores Malet preterite / ê™ in omni tempore vite Pauper vixisset / quam diuitias habuisset Et math .xvi. Quid prodest homini si munduÌ„ vniuersum lucretur / anime vero sue detrimentum patiatur This saued begger is the example of all good poore folke He is blyssed in as moche as he had pacyeÌ„ce in pouerte VnÌ„ luce vi Beati pauperes quia vestruÌ„ est regnum dei Also he is blyssed in as moche as he had pacience in honger and thurst whan he coueyted to haue of the crommes Vnde luce vi Beati qui esuritis qr satura bimini Et
deuylles in the forme that I haue sene theym I sholde chose more sooner to put me in the fyre than to beholde them afterwarde the quene of heuen and of mercy came the whiche chased awaye the deuylles And whan I se her I conceyued esperaunce / for the grete ioye that I hadde I haue laughed and blyssed the houre that I entred in to relygyon and the vyrgyn mary Whan he had spoken these wordes he deyed debonayrly c. A. ¶ Another example how the vysyon of the deuyll is horryble Cix IT is wryten in some bokes this the whiche foloweth that the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye and sayeth that the abbot of saynt agathe came vnto coleyne with one of his monkes a conuers with a woman demonyacle And whan the abbot asked the deuyl of some thynges he ne wolde anâ—wer The abbot sayd afterwarde I coniure the by hym that I haue trayted in the masse that thou answer me And incontynent the deuyll answerd vnto tho thynges that men demaunded hyÌ„ After the abbot coniured hym that he sholde go forthe of the woman The deuyll answerde And wheder shall I go The abbot sayd I haue opened my mouthe to the ende that thou ther entre The deuyl sayd I ne maye there entre / for this daye the ryght hault god there entred Than the abbot sayd Lepe vpon my two fyngers / my thombe that nexte it The deuyll answered I wyll not for thou hast this daye trayeted the ryght hault with them And he sayd vnto hym that he sholde go forth The deuyll sayd the ryght haulte ne wyll it not / I shall be yet two yeres in her / than she shall be delyuered And soo was it done / Than the monke the conuers prayed the abbot that he wolde shewe hymself vnto them in forme naturell And he fyrste refused it afterwarde he wolde it sayd vnto the deuyll I coÌ„maunde the in the vertue of Ihesu cryst that thou appyere vnto vs in thy naturall kynde And the deuyl said And wyll ye not departe yf ye se me not / and the abbot sayd naye Than the deuyll shewed hymselfe so horryble within the body of the woman that it was meruayll to se / his eyes sparcled as a furnayse embrased in fyre smokynge Whan the sayd monke conuers sawe that they fell vnto the erthe as deed for fere / thou abbot had also fallen yf he had not coÌ„mauÌ„ded the deuyll to take his fyrste forme The whiche thynges he dide the deuyll sayd Thou neuer coÌ„mauÌ„ded me soo folysshe a thynge / knowe thou for certayne that yf thou haddest not receyued this daye the dyuyne thynges / none of you ne had reported vâ—to ony man that the I haue shewed / wenest thou that a man may seme lyue / naye In th ende the monke the conuers were reuyued by colde water c. B. ¶ Another example how a man consydered yf after a hondreth thousande yeres the dampned sholde be delyuered froÌ„ helle Cix THe dysciple reciteth in his promptuarye and sayeth that as a man moche seculer delycatyf thought one tyme vnto hymself yf after a hondred thousande yeres the soules of the dampned sholde be delyuered frome paynes And his thought answered hym that naye And after a hondred thousande yeres naye And yf after as many of yeres as there are of droppes of water in the see naye And in thynkynge suche thynges he was moche troubled And as he was ferfull he began to vnderstonde to apperceyue that the louers of the worlde acursed in derkenes the whiche renne in paynes eternelles for a lytell of tyme that they lyue in this worlde in ioyes transytoryes in the wyll of the flesshe A man sholde here vnderstande that whan the synners deye impenytentes / obstynate / abyde in theyr synnes theym bere with them with takynge awaye the gylte of the sayd synnes by contrycyon penaunce ne without askynge ony grace ne mercy of as moche as whan they lyue in this worlde that they haue the tyme the place that to doo And for as moche as the soule is eternell and immortal the whiche shall be sente in to the fyre of helle there for to abyde / and that she shall haue with her euermore synne the whiche is the matere of the fyre that it shall brenne In lyke wyse the soule shall euermore suffre payne and euermore shall brenne with the sayd fyre the whiche neuer shall haue mercy nor grace c. C. ¶ Another example that it enioyed vnto a persone to be in a good bedde wtoute departynge Cix IT is wryten in the promptuary of the dyscyple that the bysshop of marseylle sayd vnto hymselfe Whan I was a louer of the worlde / had gyuen me vnto worldly vanytes I began to thynke one tyme of the eternyte of the paynes of helle And I sayd in my herte Yf thou were establed to lye the euermore in a bedde softe delycatyf in suche manere that thou sholdest not departe for ony occasyon soo euer it sholde be / with greate payne sholdest thou susteyne that How mayst thou than lye brenne in suche payne eternell / intollerable in helle yf it falle that thou be theder sente By this occasyon I lefte all and made me monke c. D. ¶ Another example how a yongman made hym relygyous for to thynke yf his fayre membres sholde be the pasture and the matere of the fyre of helle Cix IT is wryten in some bookes this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye and sayeth that one tyme as mayster iordayn persewaded a yonge man noble fayre of membres that he sholde entre in to the ordre of prechers / he founde hym that he was not prompte that to do And he sayd vnto hyÌ„ in the ende of the wordes I praye the that thou do it incontynent for the loue of god or beholde thy handes and the other fayre membres / what doÌ„mage shall that be yf so fayre membres shall be the pasture of the fyre eternell And he dyde it For for this thynge he entred in to the ordre and so contemned hymselfe for the loue of god ¶ Rapina E. ¶ Another example of the punycyon of a knyghte the whiche toke awaye the cowe of a woman wedowe Cix SOme maysters hathe wryten this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his boke of sermons and sayth that one tyme a knyght toke away the cowe of a woman wedowe / as she wepte and prayed hym to restore it for to nourysshe her chyldren The knyghte answered Yf I toke her not another after me sholde come the whiche shold take her After her dethe by the suffraunce of god the sayd knyght was sene that fyrste many grete deuylles hedeous and blacke hyÌ„ tormented ryghte cruelly and horrybly / specyally one amongest all the other ceassed not to bete hym to torment hyÌ„ with out beynge wery / or without leuyng hym
of fornycacyon that god defendeth .xxxv. B. Fo. lxxxiiii ¶ Of the synne of aduoutry the whiche god defendeth .xxxvi. A Fo. lxxxv ¶ Of thynges merytoryous / and of the offences lecherouses that man coÌ„mytteth with his owne wyfe .xxxvi. D. Fo. lxxxvii ¶ Fyue examples ben wryten here of some the whiche hath knowen theyr owne wyues vnduely .xxxvi. e / f / g / h / i. Fo. lxxxvii ¶ Of defloracyon the whiche god defendeth .xxxvii. A. Fo. lxxxviii Of incest that is defeÌ„ded .xxxvii. b. Fo. lxxxviii ¶ Of sacrylege as vnto lechery that god defendeth .xxxvii. C. Fo. lxxxviii ¶ Of thynges the whiche aggraueth the synne of the flesshe in men of the holy chyrche .xxxvii. D. Fo. lxxxviii ¶ Examples in eodeÌ„ loco e / f. Fo. lxxxix ¶ Of the synne agaynst nature of sodomyte that god defendeth .xxxvii. g. Fo. lxxxx ¶ Of the vertue of chastyte in all sortes of people .xxxviii. A Folio lxxxx ¶ Of dronkennes and glotonny that god defendeth .xxxix. A Fo. lxxxxii ¶ Of fastynge the whiche god commaundeth .xxxix. B. Fo. lxxxxiii ¶ That the synne of lechery noyeth in many maners vnto the soules of them the whiche breke the .vii. commaundement Quere xliiii b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / k. Fo. Ciii ¶ Of the .viii. commaundement THe .viii. commaundemente of god deffendeth all wordes the whiche ben agaynst the dyleccyon of his neyghbour .xl. A Fo. lxxxxiiii ¶ Of fals wytnessynge that god dooth defendeth .xl. B Fo. lxxxxiiii ¶ Of cursed language that god dooth defendeth .xl. C Fo. lxxxxvi Of lyenge that god defeÌ„deth .xli. a. Fo. lxxxxvii ¶ Eyght kyÌ„des of lyenge .xli. b. Fo. lxxxxvii ¶ That a man sholde fle lyenge loue veryte for many thynges .xli. C Fo. lxxxxviii ¶ Of the .ix. commaundement THe .ix. coÌ„maundement of god defendeth the lecherous thoughtes coÌ„mauÌ„deth clennes of herte .xli. a. Fo. lxxxxix ¶ The concupyscence of the flesshe How a man commytteth lecherye in his thought .xlii. B Fo. lxxxxix ¶ The ylles and domages that the yll thoughtes done .xlii. D Fo. C ¶ Of the .x. commaundement THe .x. commaundement of god defendeth all yll thoughtes of thefte / couetyse / auaryce the whiche ben agaynst the dyleccyon of his neyghbour .xliii. A. Fo. C ¶ That those the whiche haue broken the commaundementes of god and the whiche ben in mortal synne sholde not withdrawe to do of good dedes though they sholde be dampned .xliii. B Fo. Ci ¶ The dyfference betwene the good dedes the whiche is done in mortal synne that that is done in the state of grace .xliii. D. Fo. Cii ¶ The thynges esmoeuynges for to kepe the coÌ„maundementes of god .xliiii. A. Fo. Ciii ¶ That many thynges ben noysaunts vnto those the whiche breketh the commaundementes of god .xliiii. B Fo. Ciii ¶ Fyrst the soule of the fractoure of euery commaundement is put vnto pouerte / for all inobedyence the whiche is mortal synne maketh to put inforgetfulnes the vertues and good operacyoÌ„s lately goten in eodeÌ„ b ¶ Secondly inobedyeÌ„ce the whiche is mortall synÌ„e noyeth vnto the soule / for yf she reygne in ony person she kepeth letteth it frogetynge of vertues of good spyrytuall dedes that ben merytoryous .xliiii. C Fo. Cv ¶ Thyrdely Inâ—bedyence noyeth For she dyffameth the persones the whiche it commytteth .xliiii. D Fo. Cvi ¶ Fourthly Inobedyence noyeth For she aueugleth blyndeth the in wat de eyemof the soule .xliiii. E Fo. Cvii ¶ Fyfthely inobedyence noyeth For it is a lyen that holdeth the soules .xliiii. F. Fo. Cviii ¶ Syxtely inobedyence noyeth / for she sleeth spyrytually the soule of the dethe of gylte .xliiii. G Fo. Cix ¶ Seuenthly inobedyence noyeth / for she maketh to curse and too excommunycate .xliiii. H. Fo. Cix ¶ Eyghtly inobedyence noyeth / for she putteth from paradyse .xliiii. I Fo. Cix ¶ Nynthly inobedience noyeth / for she byÌ„deth to payne punycyon .xliiii. K. Fo. Cxi ¶ All these thinges beforesayd serueth and also appropryeth vnto euery commaundement eyght condycyons the whiche the pylgrym of paradyse ought for to haue QueÌ„ .xlv. A / b / c / d / e. c. Fo. Cxii ¶ Example that the body the whiche is a fole draweth the soule in to the waye of perdycyon of hell .xlvi. A Fo. Cxvi ¶ That the pylgrym of paradyse sholde coÌ„syder .iiii. thynges .xlvi. B Fo. Cxvi ¶ Of the rewarde eternall that they shall haue the whiche kepe the commaundementes of god .xlvii. A Fo. Cxvii ¶ Item of the rewarde of them the which well or euyl haue enployed theyr wyttes of nature vpon the holy commaundementes of god .xlviii. A Fo. Cxx ¶ The maledyccions excommunycacioÌ„s of them the whiche haue dysobeyed god the chyrche .xlviii. B Fo. Cxx ¶ Of the punycyon eternall that they shal haue the whiche breke the coÌ„maundementes of god .xlix. A Fo. Cxxiiii ¶ Examples Cvii A / b / c / d / e. Fo. CCxxx ¶ The deference of the fyre of helle of that of this worlde .xlix. B Fo. Cxxiiii ¶ Questyon / yf the dampned shal haue punycyon for euery synne .xlix. C. Fo. Cxxv ¶ The deference of the fyre of helle of the of purgatory .xlix. D Fo. Cxxvi ¶ The table for to fynde the synnes and vertues And fyrst QVestyon vnder what commaundemente ben defended the seuen mortall synnes / where ben defended the euyll wordes / thoughtes / and operacyons v. A. B. C. Fo. xi ¶ The braunches of the seuen synnes mortalles .v. D Fo. xiii ¶ Of theft auaryce .xxix. A. B Fo. lxx ¶ Of slouthe .xix. B Fo. xlii ¶ Examples .xix. C. D. Fo. xlii ¶ Of enuy xxvii K Fo. lxvii ¶ Of hate xxvii A Fo. lxiiii ¶ That these haynours sholde pacyfy theÌ„ togyders .xxvii. G Fo. lxvi ¶ Examples Cii l. m Fo. CCxlii ¶ Of yre .xvi. A / b / c / d. Fo. liii ¶ Of vengeaunce .xxvi. H Fo. lx ¶ Of glotony xxxix A Fo. lxxxxii ¶ Of lechery xxxv A / b. Fo. lxxxiiii ¶ The vertues ¶ Of humylyte .ix. F Fo. xxi ¶ Of charyte iiii A Fo. x ¶ To loue god .i. C / D / e / f / g. Fo. i ¶ To loue his neyghbour ii e / f Fo. v ¶ Of faythe ii B Fo .v. Et .vi. B. Fo. xii ¶ Of hope .ii. C Fo. v ¶ Of prudence / attemperaunce / Iustyce / and force .ii. K Fo. vii The brauÌ„che of the .vii. vertues .ii. L. Fo. vii ¶ The werkes of mercy .xxiii. A. Fo. l Et. ii H. I Fo. vi To serue god deuoutly .xvi. A Fo. xxxiiii Et .xxx. C. Fo. lxxii ¶ Of pacyence xxviii A Fo. lxviii ¶ That god sendeth of trybulacions for v consyderacyons .xxvi. G Fo. lx ¶ Of fastynge .xxxix. D Fo. lxxxxiiii ¶ Of the vertue of chastyte in all sortes of people .xxxviii. A Fo. lxxxx ¶ The pater noster .xvi. C Fo. xxxv The aue maria expouÌ„ded Cxix B. Fo. cclii ¶ The credo .vii. A Fo. xvi ¶
counceyle for to make to commyt fornycacyon with the chyldren of ysraell / for there were .xxiiii. thousāde brent with the fyre that descended from heuen lxxxx D Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ That a wytche counceyled yll Theophyle to renye god lviii B Fo. Cxliii ¶ That kinge Ezechyas sought counceyle of the deuyll / his messagers were brent with the fyre celestyall lx G Fo. Cxlvi ¶ Of a man that gaue yll counceyle to martyr the crysten men / that counceyle redoūded fyrst on hymselfe lviii F Fo. Cxliiii ¶ That the yonge men counceyled yll the kynge Roboam to gyue proude answere to the chyldren of ysrael lxxxxix M Fo. CCxiii Adulterium ¶ Examples of aduoutry ¶ That a woman vsed her lyfe in lecheryes and glotonyes / and her husbande was vnto the contrary the whiche lyued ryght sobrely lxxxxii A Fo. CC ¶ Of the dāpnacion of a burgeys aduoutrer of a woman wedded lxxxxii B Fo. CCi ¶ Of an aduoutrer that deuyls posseded at the chyrche dore lxxxxii C Fo. CCi ¶ Of an aduoutresse dampned that two dragons tourmented lxxxxii D Fo. CCi ¶ Of the payne of a man that knewe the wyfe of his neyghbour lxxxxii E Fo. CCi ¶ That a man sawe a woman payned for her aduoutry lxxxxii F Fo. CCi ¶ Of a yonge man that synned with his wyfe maryed lxxxxii G Fo. CCi ¶ That .ii. aduoutresses bet eche other for a pyece of clothe lxxxxii H Fo. CCi ¶ That a quene rode on Arystotle that was a grete clerke lxxxxii I Fo. CCii ¶ That Dauyd cōmytted aduoutry and homycyde lxxvii E Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of a woman aduoutresse that bare an hote yren lxxxxii K Fo. CCii Deccatum in matrimonio ¶ That in the solempnyte a man sholde abstayne fro his wyfe lxxxxiii A Fo. CCii ¶ That the chyldren of a man and of a woman might not haue baptym for the synne the whiche they commytted togyder in maryage lxxxxiii B Fo. CCii ¶ That a woman chylded .ix. chyldren at a burden lxxxxiii C Fo. CCii ¶ Of this mater .iiii. examples ben wryten in the floure of the commaundementes of god xxxvi e / f / g / h / i / Fo. lxxxvii Sacrilegium ¶ Examples of lecherous people of the chyrche ¶ That a preest that was a fornycatoure deyed sodaynly lxxxxiii D Fo. CCiii ¶ That two relygyous were lecherous appostates lxxxxiii E Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the dampnacyon of a nonne that cōmytted lechery lxxxxiii F Fo. CCiii ¶ Of two lecherous prestes Iuges that coueyted Susanne lxxxxvi C Fo. CCvii ¶ That the deuyll charged a woman to do lechery with prestes lxv F Fo. Clvii ¶ That a relygious appostate lecherous had mercy in requyrȳge the sone of the vyrgyn mary on crystmas day Cxiiii A Fo. ccxliiii ¶ That a pylgrym sawe a preste caste in the pytte of hell lxxxxiii G Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the punycyon of two prestes the whiche receyued theyr creatour redemptour in synne xxxvii E Fo. lxxxx ¶ Of a relygyous woman dampned that was a grete almeswoman in her lyfe / but she conceyued a chylde and secretely dyde sle it lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the terryble Iugement and horryble punycyon that was doone of an archebysshop named Vdo a grete harlot of cursed lyfe Cvi D Fo. CCxxviii ¶ Of a relygyous that couered his handes of drede to touche his moder in goynge ouer a water xxxvii F Fo. lxxxx Castitas et bonitas ¶ That a vyrgyn sawe a preste clere fayre in syngȳge masse lxxxxiiii A Fo. CCiiii ¶ That two relygyous vyrgyns were fro crystmas tyl the day of saynt Iohn̄ baptyst in spekȳge of god wende to haue be there but two houres lxxxxiiii B Fo. CCiiii ¶ Other examples xxxviii E Fo. lxxxii ¶ That a bysshop chast and pure sawe on ester day some cōfessed the which were blacke other whyte lxxxxiiii C Fo. CCiiii ¶ Other examples xxxvii F Fo. lxxxx Peccatum sodomyticum ¶ Examples of the synne of sodomye ¶ Of the lechery and meruaylous punycyon of Sodom lxxxxv A Fo. CCv ¶ Of the warre and slaughter that was made vpon the sodomytes Beniamyn for the lechery that they commytted in the wyfe of Leuyte pylgrym lxxxxv B Fo. CCv ¶ Of a man the whiche haunted his wyfe sodomytly lxxxxv C Fo. CCvi ¶ That a sodomytyke deyed Impenytent dyspeyred that sayd that he sawe hell / the tourments the deuyls lxxxxv D Fo. CCvi ¶ That a woman sodomytyke was vnburyed horrybly lxxxxvi E Fo. CCvi ¶ That the deuylles haue horroure of the synne of sodomye lxxxxv F Fo. CCvi ¶ Octauum preceptum Testimonium ¶ Examples of fals wytnessynge OF a crystyen that forsware hym cauteloussion the auter of saynt Nycolas lxxxxvi A Fo. ccvi ¶ That they the whiche kept the tombe of Ihesu cryst toke money for to wytnes fals that the dysciples had stolen the body by nyght lxxxxvi b. Fo. CCvi ¶ Of the fals wytnessynge that two auncyent prestes made agaynst Susanne yl came vnto them lxxxxvi C Fo. CCvii ¶ That the kynge Achab Iesabell made to make fals wytnesses agaynst the good man Naboth for to slee him and to possede his vyneyarde lxxvi B Fo. Clxxiii Periurium ¶ Examples of periurynge ¶ Of thre persones the whiche forsware them in imposynge fals cryme vpon a patryarke lxxxxvii A Fo. CCvii ¶ Of a man that forsware hym myght not wtdrawe his hande lxxxxvii B Fo. CCvii ¶ Of a man that wolde forswere hym for money lende lxxxxvi C Fo. CCviii ¶ Of two men the whiche forsware them and the one was mesell and the other was seke of the fyre of saynt Anthony by dyuyne suffraunce lxxxxvii D Fo. CCviii ¶ Of a kynge of many of his people the whiche forsware theym and they deyed sodaynly lxxxxvii E Fo. CCviii ¶ Of maryners the whiche forswore them of drede for to gyue of almesse vnto a poore man lxxxxvii F Fo. CCviii ¶ Of hym the whiche constreyned a man to swere and knewe well that he sholde be forsworne lxxxxvii G Fo. CCviii ¶ Of a earle that gaue vnto the deuyl that the he hadde to ete whan two clerkes him demaūded almesse lxxxxvii H Fo. CCviii ¶ Of a frere deane of Coleyne the whiche forsware hym for money that had be lende to hym lxxxii C Fo. Clxxxxiiii Mendatium ¶ Examples of lyenge / and it is to be noted that al fals wytnesses and periuryes ben lyes ¶ That the holy saynt Iherom was belyed before god / the whiche commaunded that he were beten / and af er the sayd Iherom dyde penaunce lxxxxviii A Fo. CCix ¶ That two marchaūtes sayd vnto theyr curate that they coude nothȳge sell wtout lyenge swerynge lxxxxix K Fo. CCxii ¶ That the deuyll lyed vnto a noble man to deceyue hȳ at his dethe lx B Fo. Cxlv ¶ That the deuyll lyed vnto our fyrst moder Eue. liiii A Fo. Cxxxiii ¶ Of a doughter the whiche
had stolen his maysters fygges myght not receyue our lorde of saynt Thomas lxxxi B Fo. Clxxxi ¶ That a woman that wolde haue hāged her selfe was delyuered in herynge them rynge to a sacrynge lxv B Fo. Clvi ¶ That the deuyls kept an heretyke from brennynge / but whan the body of Iesu cryst was brought they myght noo longer kepe hym lix A Fo. Cxliiii ¶ Of a man that wolde not leue his synne came to receyue his creatour agaynst the defence of the preste Cii Q Fo. CCxx ¶ That a woman appered to a preste in sȳgynge masse lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ Of the punycyon of some the whiche retourned vnto theyr glotonyes and synnes after Eester Cii T Fo. CCxxii ¶ Another example lxxix C Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ Of a man the which was delyuered fro the paynes of purgatory by the saynge of thre masses Cii V Fo. CCxxii ¶ Of a frere the whiche sholde haue be .xv. yeres in purgatory / he was delyuered by one masse Cii x Fo. CCxxii ¶ That one of the relygyous of saynt Gregory was delyuered fro purgatory by .xxx. masses lxxxii E Fo. Clxxxiiii Perditio bonorum ¶ Examples of them that deye in mortal syn̄e dampne themselfe / lose paradyse and al goode spyrytualles as vnto the soule ¶ In lykewyse as the water departeth fro the broken pot euen so dooth all the vertues of a man by mortall synne Cii Y. Fo. CCxxiii ¶ Another example that the aungell sayd to a vyrgyn / chaste / deuout / almesgyuer / and charytable that she myght not be saued but yf she had pacyēce / for the synne of yre reygned in her lxxxxix B Fo. CCx ¶ Of the doughter of a kynge a grete almesgyuer the which was dampned for one mortall synne lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That a woman a gyuer of almesse was dampned for the delyberacyon of wyl to do lechery C. A Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a woman gyuer of almesse dāpned that slewe .ii. chyldren lxxxxii D Fo. CCi ¶ That a woman the which fasted excercysed her in oraysons good operacyons was dampned for kepynge of yre without wyll to pardon lxxviii D Fo. Clxxviii ¶ That a monke lost the breed celestyall after that he had done synne Ci. A Fo. CCxv ¶ That a yonge man the which had lyued lowably ynough in Innocence vyrgynall was dampned and lost by cōmytynge mortall synne lxvii D Fo. Clix ¶ That the sone of a ryche man that serued god in fastynges / orayson / in good operacyōs was dampned for kepynge yre in his herte wolde be auenged lxxix A Fo. Clxxviii ¶ That an erle was dampned for an herytage yll wtholdē though that he had done good operacyons lxxxii A Fo. Clxxxiii Finis iniquorum est peccatum ¶ Examples of mortal synne the whiche is the lyne wherby the deuylles holdeth synners ¶ That the deuylles helde a man bounden with a chayne and ledde hym with grete so lace Ioye Cii Z Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That saynt Bernarde sawe a synner that had a chayne about his necke the whiche had mo than an C. lynkes / at euery teere that he wept there fell a lynke lv A Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ That the deuyll sayd to a doctour that a man beynge in synne is so bounde that he ne may do ony operacyon the whiche to hȳ is merytoryous Cii Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That saynt Anthony sawe the worlde ful of the deuyls nettes Cii r Fo. Cxxiii ¶ That a monke sawe of ryche men hāged wtin the fyre of hell / hanged that is to say by the lyne of the deuyll lxxxiiii D Fo. Clxxxviii ¶ Of a woman dāpned bounde with chaynes in a basket lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ Of some auarycyous vsurers hanged in the fyre of hell lxxxvi A Fo. Clxxxxi ¶ That foure men were hanged in hell for that / that they dyde possede vniustly an herytage lxxxi G Fo. Clxxxiii Mors bonorum ¶ Examples of some the whiche hath accōplysshed the wyll cōmaundement of god hath deyed of good dethe hath had consolacyon of god of his sayntes ¶ That a holy fader sawe at his dethe god his prophetes Ciii A Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That the sayntes of paradyse and the angelles god came vnto the dethe of an holy fader Ciii B Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That a woman sawe Ihesu cryst at her dethe Ciii C Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That a frere shewed Iesu cryst with his fȳger in syngynge Ciii D Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That a holy bysshop was cōforted with sayntes at his dethe Ciii E Fo. CCxxv ¶ That sayntes conforted an holy bysshop at his deche Ciii F Fo. CCxxv ¶ That saynt Peter conforted a mayden named Gelyne Ciii G Fo. CCxxv ¶ That a preste that fledde the company of a woman was conforted at the dethe of the sayntes of paradyse Ciiii. A Fo. CCxxv ¶ That by the good correccyon the whiche was done vnto a chylde he fynysshed well his dayes lxxiiii B Fo. Clxx ¶ That a frere went to heuen as swyftly as an arowe Ciiii. B Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of the dethe of a pylgryme that was conforted of angelles of paradyse / of the dethe of a synner Ciiii. C Fo. CCxxvi ¶ That a knyght sawe the dethe of an yll man that the deuylles tourmented And also he sawe the dethe of a good man that angelles bare to heuen Ciiii. D Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of an holy fader that deyed in the drede of god Ciiii. E Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of a pryour relygyous the whiche sayd that he deyed lawfully / faythfully / amyably Ioyously Ciiii. F Fo. CCxxvii ¶ Examples of the inestymable Ioyes of paradyse xlvii b / c / d. Fo. Cxix ¶ Of a monke the which was chosen to be bysshop and he refused it / and after deyed well Ciiii. G Fo. CCxxvii ¶ Examples of the dethe of many holy persones of the whiche the byble maketh mencyon Ciiii. H Fo. CCxxvii Mors malorum ¶ Examples of some the whiche hath not wylled to accomplysshe the cōmaundementes of god they ben deed of euyll dethe in paynes and dolours ¶ That the deuyll drewe the soule from the body of a cursed riche man with a hoke a woman wydowe was conforted of our lady other vyrgyns Cv. A Fo. CCxxvii ¶ Of a monke ypocryte that eate secretely fayned to fast / and the dragon infernall deuoured hym Cv. C ¶ That the deuylles gate the soule of an ypocryte with an hoke Ciiii. C Fo. CCxxvi ¶ That a knyght sawe that the deuyls take a yll mannes soule Ciiii. D Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Another example Cvii D Fo. CCxxxi ¶ Another exāple lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That Cayn was cursed of god deyed impenytent lxxvi A Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ That the pyllars of sodom deyed impenytentes lxxxxv A Fo. CCv ¶ That Chore / Dathan / and Abyron impenytences descended all quycke in to the helles liiii H Fo. Cxxxix ¶ That Absolon impenytent deyed myscheuously lxx A Fo. Clxiii ¶ That the harlot Iesabell was caste by a
commaunded It is here agaynst charyte and mortall synne Quia accidia secundum sanctum thomam est tristicia de spirituali bono in quantum est diuinum ad quod quis de necessitate tenetur Slouthe is to haue trystesse of spyrytuall goodnes in as moche as it is dyuyne whervnto some is holden of necessyte To tary / to withdrawe or to fle the goynge to euensonge / masse / matyns / predycacyons / processyons and all other seruyces Yf he sancyfy not well and honour god and his sayntes in theyr solempnitees And by this ben reproued the slouthfull late comers / neglygentes / people not carynge / forgetefull / ydle / weyke in spyryte / soft / tendre / ennoyfull / sluggardes / and dyffaylers / in so moche that they ne wyll obey to serue god his sayntes after the commaundement the whiche vnto theym is gyuen ¶ Example how that god reproued the ydle people the whiche ne dyde no good operacyon Vnde mathei .xx. Quid hic statis tota die ociosi ite in vineam meam Also those the whiche ben ydle and slouthfull to go vnto seruyce of the solempnytees ben to be reproued as these beforesayd Legitur luc .xii. Ille seruus q i cognouit voluntatē dn̄i sui / et nō se p̄parauit et non facit scdm voluntatē eius vapulabit mltis That seruaūt that knoweth the wyl of his mayster or lorde prepareth not hymselfe / ne dooth after his wyll shall be moche beten Also they shall be sent in to the fyre of hell Wherof it is wryten luce iii et math vii Oīs arbor que nō facit fructū bonū excidetur in ignem mittetur That is to saye Euery tree / that is euery persone the whiche ne maketh good fruyte that is good operacyons shall be cut and sente into the fyre of hell / wherof it is spoken after Quere .xlix. b. A tree the whiche bereth no fruyte ne dooth but occupye the erthe wherin it is / and therfore men cutteth it brenneth it In lykewyse shall the slouthfull be the whiche dooth noo good dede shall be taken out of this worlde and sent vnto the fyre of hel / in the whiche they shall be cōstreyned to abyde eternally / and so to holde thē wyl they or not without euer to haue ayde ne socoures C. ¶ Example of a relygyous that wolde doo no goodnesses It is wryten in the dyalogue of saynt Gregory of a frere the whiche came vnto a relygyon more by necessyte thā by wyl vnto whome it was grefe whā men spake vnto hym of his helthe / he ne wolde do ne here the good / and to all goodnes flouthfull he was to do it Whan he was seke and at the dethe all his brethren came thyder / and as he laboured at the laste ende he cryed and sayd vnto his bredren Departe you / go you hēs for I am gyuen to a dragon for to deuour me / that whiche ne may englout me for your presence / my heed is now plunged in his mouthe / gyue hym place to swalowe me / and that he tourment me no more / and that he do that thynge that he sholde do Yf I be gyuen vnto hym for to be deuoured / wherfore shall I suffre to tary for you Than the bredren vnto hym sayd Broder what thinge is that / that thou spekest / make the token of the crosse He answered I wolde make it but I may not for the scales of this dragon Than his sayd brethren fell flatte vnto the erthe in orayson and wepynge for the ayde and delyueraunce of hym / by theyr prayers he was delyuered He thanked thē and correcked hymselfe / for he was no more slouthful but prompte and dylygent vnto all goodnesse / and after ended well his dayes / and yf he had not correcked hymselfe he had be dampned and put from paradyse ¶ Another example of a man that whiche was dampned for that he wolde do no good dede D. ¶ We fynde by wrytynge how a holy man beynge in deuocyon herde by the permyssyon dyuine the voyce of a soule the whiche cryed horrybly alas / alas / alas / and that sayd holy man hym demaunded what he was / he answered I am a soule dampned and he agayne demaūded / what hast thou doone wherfore thou arte dampned He answered for that / that I was slouthfull to doo good operacions / sayd not the good that I knewe / nor I yode not vnto the chyrche in time and place / and dyde not the good that I was holden to doo / and therfore I am dampned By this example men sholde vnderstande that it suffyseth not to declyne frome euyll for to be saued / but with that it behoueth to doo good dedes Vnde psalmista Declina a malo et fac bonum The sayd man was not dampned for the theftes / ne fornycacyons c. but for that that he loste the tyme of grace without doynge of good dedes / and without confessyng hȳ after his dethe he myght neuer confesse hym ne do good operacyons / for he hadde loste the tyme of grace / and also he was not in the place where he myght doo it Nichil preciosus tempore / sed heu hodie nichil vilius ¶ Another example of a preest the whiche taryed too mynyster the sacramentes vnto his parysshen the whiche departed deyed This example is wryten here before in the fyrst commaundement / quere .viii. c Dylygence is agaynst the synne of slouthe for good seruauntes sholde be prompt and dylygent to serue god and his sayntes in lykewyse as it is declared here before .xvi. A and they shall be praysed / and shall haue grete rewarde in lykewyse as it is wryten in the chapytre of sacrylege Quere in the .vi commaundement .xxx. C. A. ¶ Here foloweth the fourth commaundement of god the whiche treateth that we sholde loue our faders .xx. ¶ Faders and moders thou shalt honour And them socoure in necessyte To helpe thy neyghbour in euery houre Be thou dylygent in all equyte THis commaundement is wryten / Exo. xx ca. Math. xix Marc. vii Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam Honour thy fader and thy moder or euyll shall come vnto the / in lykewyse as it is comen vnto many Quere in thexam .lxx. b d. And it is wryten Math. xxii Et adroma xiii Diliges proximum tuum sicut teip̄m Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy self in lykewyse as it is wryten here before quere .ii. f. g. h. ¶ For to declare this commaundement it behoueth to se and knowe many thynges ¶ And fyrst B. ¶ Whiche ben the faders that we sholde honour .xx. VEnerare patris Honour thi faders Foure pryncypall faders there ben vnto whom honour is due That is to vnderstande Our fader creatour / he the whiche hath engendred vs / the fader spyrytuall / and the fader temporal ¶ The fader fyrst that we sholde honour is god
that ye pardon me that that I haue offended agayn you to haue slayne your fader And that knyghte toke hym vp and pardonned hym al for the loue of our sauyoure Ihesus And in token of pardon and reconsylyacyon he hym embraced kyssed And whan it came to the offrynge that the sayd knyghte yode to kysse the crosse as he was accustomed than Ihesus on the crosse embraced the sayd knyght with his armes and kyst hym before all the people / and a voyce was herde of all that was there Thou the whiche hast pardonned on this daye hym the whiche hathe slayne thy fader for the loue of me And I pardon the this daye al thy synnes And in that knyghte was accomplysshed that the whiche is wryten Luce. vi dimitte et dimittimini Forgyue meÌ„ shall forgyue you / pardon men shall pardon you And those that ben obstynate the whiche wyll not pardon as it is sayd shall haue no pardon what soo euer confessyon that they make Vnde ysodorus de suÌ„mo bono Erustra deum sibi ê“pitiari querit qui cito in proximo placari negligit He the whiche dysprayseth to pacyfye with his neyghboure / for nothynge secheth he to endebonayre god in hym Example of a man that the deuyll slewe for kepyng of hate and ne wolde pardon lxxix c. Another example of a woman dampned for the kepynge of her ire without beynge in wyll to pardon lxxviii d. Another example how the deuyl wende to lette saynt Thybault to concorde the barons of the companye the which were in diuysyoÌ„n Another example cxii l K ¶ How enuye and all her braunches dependences ben defended by this commaundement Ca. xxviii SAynt Austyn sayth quam inuidia est dolor aliene felicitatis Ennye the whiche god defendeth is to haue doloure / heuynes bytternes to se that his neighboure aboundeth in temporell goodes / or spyrytuell Also he reioyseth hym to se the yll / the doÌ„mage / the ruyne / dampnacyon / and perdycyon of his neyghboure is enuy that god defendeth Vnde prouerbi xxiiii Cum ceciderit inimicus tuus ne gaudeas / et in ruina eiê° ne exaltet cor tuuÌ„ Thou shalte not enioye the whan thyne enemye shall be fallen And thyn herte shall not exalte in his ruyne Et legitur prouer xviii Qui in ruina letatur alterius non erit iÌ„punitus He the whiche enioyeth hym in the ruyne of another shall not abyde vnponysshed Enuye is a cursed tree / his rote is he uynes / his stroke is malyce / his brauÌ„ches ben rancoure hate / his floures ben palenes / and lenenes / the fruyte is worthe nothynge / it is but bytternes wherfore the tre is not good but to brenne in the fyre of hel Vnde ma. vii Omnis arbor qÌ„ non facit fructum bonum excidetur / et in igneÌ„ mittetur Euery tree / that is euery persone the whiche ne dothe good fruyte / that is good operacyons shal be cutte / that is taken from this worlde and sente in to the fyre of helle Also by enuye for to noye his neyghboure the enuyous sayeth of hym many yll wordes by detraccyon / susurracyon / and mockerye for to put hym from his good renoÌ„me / and to menysshe his good This mater is declared in the .viii. coÌ„maundement Also by enuy many proces / noyses / hates iniuryes / warres / bataylles / and occysyoÌ„s ben done / the whiche to haue dampnacyon and perdycyon Also by enuye of the deuyl dethe dampnacyon and perdycyon ben comen in to this worlde And those the whiche ben enuyous foloweth the sayd deuyll and shall go with hym in to hell in perdycyon yf they deye impenytentes Vnde sapientie ii Inuidia diaboli mors intrauit iÌ„ orbem terrarum / mittatur autem illum q i sunt ex patre illius Also by enuy Cayn slewe his broder Abell / as it is wryten in the examplary Quere lxxvi Also by enuy Ioseph was solde of his owne bredren the whiche sayd vnto theyr fader that they hadde founde his gowne all blody that he was deed And theyr sayd fader sayd illud genesis xxxvii Hera pessima deuorauit filiuÌ„ meum ioseph A cursed beest hathe deuoured my sone ioseph / that is enuye c. Charyte the whiche is agayne the synne of enuye is here commaunded / the whiche is the moder and the cause of all vertues in lyke wyse as it is declared before Quere iiii a. A. ¶ Of the vertue of pacyence the whiche is agayne the synne of yre Ca. xxviii IT is wryten prouerbiorum xii Non contristabit iustum quidquid acciderit ei The sage sayth that the iuste wratheth hym not by passyon of ire ne of troblemeÌ„t for payne ne aduersyte that to hym cometh / For he bereth all pacyently for the loue of god Pacience in aduersyte is a vertue / by the whiche the bounte of the man is proued in lyke wyse as men shall here hereafter / And it is to be noted that pacyence in trybulacyon maketh the man pacyent to haâ—â—â—any goodes spyrytuelles ¶ Fyrst paâ—â—â—nce in trybulacyon enlumyneth the enâ—endement of the man and it maketh for to knowe hymselfe Vnde ysaie xxviii Tantummodo sola vexatio dabit intellectum auditui ¶ Secondly pacyence in tribulacyon maketh the man sage and gouerneth by grete prudence / and he the whiche is impacyent lyfteth vp hymselfe and sheweth his folye Vnde prouerbioruÌ„ xiiii Qui paciens est multa gubernatur prudentia / qui autem impaciens est exaltat iustitiam suam Et legitur prouerbiorum xix Doctrina viri per pacientiam eius noscitur The doctryne of the man is knowen by his wysdome Example howe the sone of Abraham Ysaac susteyned pacyentely whan his sayd fader wolde a made sacryfyce of hym Quere in the exemplayre li. a. ¶ Thyrdly pacyence in aduersyte kepeth the vertues and the spyrytuell goodes of the soule as the coffre and the purse kepeth the moneye and the treasoure of the man Vnde lii xxi In pacientia vestra possidebitis animas vestras ¶ Example how Dauid was moche pacyent agayne the warres tormentes that Saul dyde vnto hym and wolde not slee hym / where he myght wele haue done it many tymes yf he hadde wolde as it is wryten .i. regum xxiiii Also whan he cutte one parte of his mauntell and whan he founde hym a slepe Vt habetur .i. regum xxvi And yf the theuys breketh the coffre lyghtly they take the treasoure Also yf a man be broken in trybulacyon by impacyence lyghtly the deuyll taketh and deceyueth the soule Legitur ecclesiastici xxi Cor fatui quasi / vas confractum et omnem sapientiam non tenebit ¶ Fourthly pacyence in trybulacyon and swete wordes in answer appeseth the ire of his enemyes Vnde prouerbioruÌ„ xv Vir iracuÌ„dus prouocat rixas qui autem paciens est mitigat suscitatas In eodem capitulo Responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durê° suscitat furorem
xxviii Tantummodo sola vexatio dabit intellectum auditui ¶ Secundo The fyre breÌ„neth the wodde and the thynges combustibles soo dothe tribulacyons the delectacyons of the body and of the worlde ¶ Tertio The fyre maketh softe the lede / the yron and the thynges harde In lyke wyse trybulacyon and losse of goodes maketh sort hertes / and maketh them to cease and to holde rygoure ¶ Quarto The fyre purgeth and maketh clene the ruste of the yron and of metall In lyke wyse trybulacyon purgeth the man from the ordure fylth of synne / and hym maketh to confesse and to requyre god Mala qÌ„ nos hic premiuÌ„t ad deum nos ire compellunt Quinto the fyre prouueth the golde in the furneyse for to vnderstonde yf it be good / pure / clene In lyke wyse god sendeth of trybulacyoÌ„s vnto man to the ende that he be prouued manyfestly yf he be good or yll for to haue trybulacyon in good or yll / how be it that god hym knoweth wele Vnde psal Probasti nos deus igne nos examinasti sicut examinatur argentum IteruÌ„ psal Domine probasti cor meum vesitasti nocte igne me examinasti Et legitur eccle xxvii Vasa figuli ê“bat fornax homines multos temptatio tribulationis Also for to knowe that that is within a persone him behoueth to speke some iniurye that prycketh hym / and his courage shall appyere without forth Vnde hugo de sancto victore Qualis vnusquisque aput se lateat illa ta iniuria probat Sexto The hete of the fyre goeth vpwarde In lyke wyse tribulacyons maketh the persones to take hede vnto god to th ende that they possede paradyse / vnto the whiche we maye go cum illo qui est benedictus in secula Amen A ¶ Here foloweth the syxte commaundement of god / the whiche treate of thefte and auarice Capitulo xxix Nothynge of other mennes thou shalte take By thefte / extorcyon / ne gyle A full strayte accompte must thou make Lyue thou longe or lytell whyle IN the olde testament is wryten this commaundement deuteroum v. ca. leui xix Non facies furtum Thou shalte do no theft in manere what soo it be / or yll shall come vnto the yf thou deye without correccyon and amendement / in lyke wyse as thou shalt fynde by many examples Quere lxxx a.b. This worde here theft to take it generally comprehendeth vnder it all auaryce / the whiche is defended by this commaundement and all sacryleges / all pylleryes / symonyes / vsuryes / treasons / trecheryes / fraudes / begylynges / decepcyons / and all other cautelles / braunches dependauntes that a man may recompte by the whiche the esperyte dyabolyke may brynge in mynde vnto the auarycyous of what estate that he be to take to drawe vnto hym the goodes of another vniustly And here is coÌ„maunded the vertue of iustyce as well dystrybutyue as coniunctyue the whiche vs adresseth to yelde vnto euery man that that vnto hym apperteyneth Vnde math xxii c Reddite que sunt cesaris cesari que sunt dei deo And for as moche as couetyse is the rote of all yll In lyke wyse as sayeth saynt pouie i. ad this motheum vi Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas And how that rote extendeth her sauour and humour in all the personnes of the worlde For frome the leste tyll vnto the moost grete all estudyeth taketh hede vnto auaryce dothe trycherye / frande and decepcyon the one vnto the other In lyke wyse as sayeth the prophete Hieremy vi A minore qippevsque maioreÌ„ oeÌ„s auaritie studeÌ„t a ê“pheta vsque ad sacerdoteÌ„ cuÌ„cti faciuÌ„t doiuÌ„ Wherfore it foloweth that this coÌ„maundement is oftymes broken that thefte auaryce bryngeth many to dampnacyon / as it is delared here after by chapytres B. ¶ And fyrst ¶ Of theft that god defendeth xxix NOn furtum facies Thou shalte do not theft / the whiche is coÌ„mytted whan a man taketh the goodes of another vniustly / fraudelently / and secretely agaynst the wyll of the mayster vnto whome they belonge / and without ryght and reason Many sortes of theues reygneth in the worlde in lykewyse as the experyence techeth it vs. There ben some the whiche ben couered the whiche steleth secretely the goodes of another vniustly / the whiche breketh this commaundement / and ben hanged whan they ben knowen The good maÌ„ Thobie feered this synne For on a tyme his wyfe brought a kydde in to his hous / Whan the good blynde man herde it crye he sayd Beware that it be not comen of theft for it behoueth vs not to ete / ne to touche ony thynge that is comen of theft / yelde it agayne vnto the owner VnÌ„ thobie ii NoÌ„ licet nobis aut edere de furto aliqui dant contigere c. Some there ben the whiche ben pryue and of those there beÌ„ two sortes For the one dooth the grete theftes / as the balyfs / sheryfs / and receyuers / the whiche steleth the amendes and fynes and many other thynges frome theyr lordes The other dooth the lytell theftes as the chyldreÌ„ and seruauntes of an hous the whiche steleth the breed / the meet / the wyne / bere / or ale / and the capons / and hennes c. The theues companyons ben they the whiche ben parteyners vnto the thefte in partynge it / or the whiche haue of gyftes / or the whiche theym byeth / or the whiche couÌ„ceyleth that it be doone / or the whiche theym commaundeth to do it / or those the whiche defendeth the theues / or those the whiche theÌ„ lodgeth and receleth / or the whiche ben present whan they ben doone / it seeth / vnderstaÌ„deth / and knoweth / and accuseth them not ne repreueth / nor them correcketh vnto theyr power Qui tacet consentire videtur et in decre Agentes / pacientes / consentientes / pari pena pumentur xvii q. iiii Omnes As moche is he worthe that holdeth as he that fleyeth Also those the whiche haue not accomplisshed the testamentes the bequestes of those that ben deed wtholdynge the goodes ben theues / and shal haue punycyon yf they deye impenytentes without correccyon and restytucyon ¶ Example how the deuylles bare awaye the soule of a man the whiche hadde withholden the horse of a deed knyght / the whiche had gyuen it vnto the poore people Quere in the examplary lxxx C. C. ¶ A questyon For to vnderstande yf a man commyt theft in takynge of a lytelll thynge as of a grete thynge The answere is / ye For thefte is taken where a man taketh vniustly the thynge of ony persone be it grete or lytell And in thefte god taketh hede vnto the herte of the thefe and not vnto the thynge that he taketh Vnde primi regum xvi capitulo Homo videt eaque parent dominus autem intuetur cor Et indecre Hurtum est
a woman Vnde ecclesiastici .ix. Concupiscentia carnis quasi ignis exardescet et sequitur Colloquium mulieris quasi ignis exardescet The whiche is for to saye / who so wyll kepe hym from brennynge / drawe he a ferre from the fyre / that is from company of harlottes For as the fyre brenneth those the whiche toucheth it / in lyke wyse to touche or to handle a woman harlot or enclyned to synne / and to take pleasure in her face and langayge / a man brenneth dystroyeth hymselfe And yf parauenâ—ure some there ben that therwith ben touched the more ferther lette them drawe backe / from the company of euyll women For a bronde that one tyme hathe ben brente the more lyghtely taketh it fyre yf it be not with drawen ferre backe from the fyre A man ne maye be better exyled dystroyed than by fortune of fyre Nor the good spyrytuel of the man and of the woman to be loste / as by the embracemente of lecherye For mayster Hugues of saynt vyctor sayeth / Qui perdit puditiam perdit animam suam perdit deum et perdit seipsum He the whiche leseth chastyte leseth his soule / he leseth god and hymselfe / he is as he the whiche brenneth hymselfe vnto his wyttynge his house and his goodes within it Vnde scryptura Qui peccatum committit quasi qui ignem in propria domo ponit And the moo of synnes that he coÌ„mytteth he is he the whiche putteth as many of fagotes and byllettes of wodde in his house for to brenne it that is for to brenne his soule in helle Example of the doughter of a kynge the whiche was a ryght grete gyuer of almesse / and also moche deuoute towarde god in her prayers and oraysoÌ„s that was dampned bycause that she conceyued a chyld and deyed impenytent without confessyoÌ„ Quere lxxxxiii h. ¶ Another example of a woman the whiche was a greate gyuer of almesse that was dampned for the delyberacyon of wyll to commytte and doo lecherye Quere .c. a. Also he the whiche syÌ„neth mortally as he the whiche hateth his broder euen crysten / or his neyghboure in desyrynge the ylle of his body / or the losse of his temporel goodes / he quencheth and bryngeth vnto nought charite and the other vertues and good operacyons the whiche resteth in his soule In lyke wyse as it is declared and shewed in the synne of hate Quere ante .xxvii. b. And how be it that mortall synne adnychyllateth in suche wyse the vertues and maketh so many of ylles yet sholde not a man drawe backe nor cease to doo euer more of good dedes yf it so were that a man sholde be dampned as it is declared before Quere ad numerum xliii b. C. ¶ Secondly inobedience the whiche is mortall synne letteth and kepeth for to gete vertues and goodes spyrytuelles / the whiche ben merytoryous vnto the 〈◊〉 Capitulo xâ—â—iiâ—â— PEccatum meum contra me est seÌ„per Dicit dauid iÌ„ psal Miserere After that the kyÌ„ge Dauyd had commytted mortall synne / he sayd that his synne was euermore agayne hym Also thou man reasonable knowe thou and holde thou for certayne that yf thou be in ony synne mortall thy synne shall be euer more agayne the and noyeth vnto the soule in al maners and sortes that a man can tell it the. For yf thou wylte gete paradyse and to possede the ioyes the whiche there ben thy synne shall kepe the from goynge theder ony synne mortall what so euer it be And yf thou wylte not haue of payne / ne punycyon temporall / or dampnacyon eternell / thy synne shall make the to haue in this worlde punycyon And yf thou haue not by penaunce / correccyon and amendement / thou shalte haue dampnacyon eternall and shalt be constrayned to be in the fyre and tormentes of helle wylte thou or not And yf thou haue goten of vertues that tyme that thou commytte in wyll or dede ony mortall synne / incontynent withoute ony delaye as thou haste commytted it / it bryngeth to noughte all the good dedes that thou hast done before / as it is specifyed aboue And yf it soo be that thou wylte purchase here in this valeye of myserye of vertues and of goodes spyrytuelles / thy syÌ„ne shall kepe the in al the sortes and maners that thou woldest gete as thou shalte here herafter soo that thou synner mayste saye with dauyd the prophete PeccatuÌ„ meum ê¯tra me eÌ„ semper Synne is sayd mortall bicause it mortefieth good dedes acquired And also it sleeth the meryte the rewarde eternell of the good dedes that a man wolde gete And therfore a man may saye by symylytude that mortall synne is a sekenes spyrytuel vnto the soule the whiche letteth all his goode dedes as the sekenes corporell letteth all the goodes of the body Verbi gratia Yf a seke body drynke or ete also the sekenes letteth / that thynge that he taketh that it ne gothe vnto the nouryture of the body Also the synne letteth the taste / the appetite / the sauoure and the odoure and taketh awaye the strengthe / the beaute and courage of the body Also it letteth to saye his matynes / his seruyce / to go vnto the chirche / to laboure / and to werke In lyke wyse dothe the sekenes and infeccyon of mortall synne to speke spyrytually For yf mortall synne regne in a persone it taketh awaye the taste / the appetyte / the sauour / and the odoure of glorye / draweth backe the wyll for to do good dedes Also it taketh awaye all strengthe / deuocyon to do good operacyons / and kepeth that they ne prouffyte vnto meryte vnto the nourysshynge of the soule in lyke wyse as sayeth these scryptures Vnde papius dicit de consecratione v. Nichil prodest ieiunare scêª quantum ad meruum et orare et alia religionis opera argere nisi mens ab iniquitate reuodetur That is to saye that it prouffyteth nothynge to faste as vnto merite and rewarde eternel / and to praye vnto god and to doo other operacyons of relygyon / yf the thought be not taken awaye and called incontinent with out ony delaye from synne / and saynt poule sayeth in his epystyll i. ad corinth xiii Si linguis hominum loquar et angeloruÌ„ c. et si distribuero iÌ„ cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas c. Caritatem auteÌ„ non habuero nichil michi prodest quantum ad salutem This same auctoryte is expouÌ„ded and declared before all alonge Quere ad numerum Et sanctus thomas dicit Nulius homo potest mereri nisi median te gratia ¶ There is no man the whiche may do a thynge merytoryous but by the meane of grace beynge withoute mortall synne ¶ Example how the fastynges / oraysons and good operacyons that a woman dyde prouffyted her nothynge as vnto saluacyon for the synne of hate and rancoure that she had within her herte
helde them prysoners put them in theyr bondes / seruyce and captyuyte And they were so longe that the fole deyed / and in contynent the cause was put in Iugement before the Iuge / and was declared as it is sayd that for as moche as the sage beleued the fole / and that they wolde not beleue the pastoures that they were fallen in suche inconuenyent Than the Iuge gaue sentence that the sayd fole and the sage were cast togyder in to the fyre to be brente and broyled wtout mercy / it was done Here is the example but it behoueth to expounde it By the fole is vnderstande the body of euery of vs / by the sage is vnderstande the soule / the vyage is this worlde the whiche is but a pylgrymage / the cyte is paradyse / the Iuge that condempneth theym is god The pastoures ben these bysshoppes curates / prelates / prechours the streyte way is to lede a lyfe of austeryte in fastynges / abstynences / so bryete / chastyte / and penaunce The large way is to lyue in all voluptuosytees / carnalytees / of lechery / glotony / daunses c. that the body appetyteth / the enmyes ben the deuylles / the worlde / the flesshe / the theues ben the .vii. deedly synnes the whiche taketh from them al theyr goodes / that is all good vertues paradyse / the Iuge the whiche them condampneth is god that shall condampne the body the soule at the Iugement to be brent togyders c. More openly it behoueth to expounde it That that these prelates counceyleth the strayte way / is that thynge that the gospell of Mathew speketh vii Arecta et angusta est via que ducit ad vitam / lata et spaciosa est via que ducit ad perditioneÌ„ / vt dcmÌ„ est Et prouer xii Iter impiorum decipiet eos Sequitur Iter auÌ„t deuiuÌ„ ducit ad mortem A fole ne wyll beleue tyll that he receyue In lykewyse these folysshe synners wyll not beleue the clerkes prechers tyl that they be in the fyre of hel in dampnacyon By that that is the sage that is the soule the whiche wolde go by the streyte way / the body the whiche is a fole gaynsayeth it It is that the whiche is wryten ad gall v. ca. Caro coÌ„cupiscit aduersus spÌ„m c. illd roma viii SisecunduÌ„ carneÌ„ vixe ritis moriemini By that the the theues that synnes take a way the vertues / it is that that is wryten ecclesiastes .ix. Qui in vno peccato peccauerit multa bona perdet By that that they were put in seruytude is that that is wryten IohÌ„ viii OiÌ„s qui facit pctmÌ„ seruê° est peccati Et .ii. petri ii A quo eiÌ„ quis superatê° est eiê° seruê° est And that that god shal Iuge it is writen Marci xvi Qui crediderit / baptizatus fuerit saluê° erit / qui vero non crediderit condempnabitur B. ¶ How the pylgryme of paradyse sholde consyder .iiii. thynges xlvi DAuyd the prophete sayth in the psalter In corde meo abscondi eloquia tua / vt non peccem tibi I haue hydde thy wordes that ben thy coÌ„mauÌ„dements in my herte to th ende that I synÌ„e not ayeÌ„st thy wyll Thou synner for to kepe the from synne and for to bere lyghtly all the laboures / paynes / trybulacions / sekenesses / and aduersytees the whiche cometh vnto the in doynge the pylgrymage of the worlde CoÌ„syder .iiii. thynges ¶ Fyrst consyder the shortenes of thy lyfe / how at thy dethe all endeth That is to vnderstande all fastinges wakynges / erly rysynge / sekenesses / aduersytees tourmentes that thy body hathe borne and endured What thynge is it as of thy lyfe / it is a vapour apperinge in a lytell thynge VnÌ„ iacobi iiii Queest vita vestra / vapor est ad modicuÌ„ parens And toâ— sayd Remembre the how lyfe is wyÌ„de VnÌ„ iob vii Memento qr ventus est vita mea For in lykewyse as a blaste of wynde is soone paste / so is our lyfe in regarde of eternyte IteÌ„ iob vii Parce michi dnÌ„e nichil suÌ„t enim dies mei Good lorde spare me my dayes ben nothynge / they ben ryght shorte Breues dies hominis sunt c. Thou man labour strongly whyle that thy lyfe dureth and bere all sekenesses trybulacyons pacyently / for thou shalt haue the rewarde eternall of that that thou hast laboured borne for the loue of god ¶ Secondly consyder the laboures / paynes / trybulaclons / dethe that Iesus for to agayne bye the vs all He that is the sone of god eternal / kynge of aungelles / and of sayntes of paradyse Yf a grete kynge bere for thy sake a grete weyght or burdeÌ„ / thou outest to bere for his sake a strawe And the kyÌ„ge celestyall hath borne for the the crosse / fasted laboured / pÌ„ched / suffred deth ThaÌ„ sholdest thou endure euyll for the loue of hym ¶ Thyrdly consyder the paynes / laboures trybulacyons that the dampned bereth in hell / for the whiche paynes we may be delyuered for to labour to endure aduersyte in this worlde for gods loue VnÌ„ ec xxix MinimuÌ„ ê“ magno placeat tibi Lytel thyÌ„ge the pleaseth for a grete thynge For all the paynes of this worlde be nothyng in regarde of them vnto the dampned the whiche beÌ„ eternalles ¶ Example of a man dampned that spake of the fyre of hell of the dampned the whiche ben brent broyled lvii ¶ Another example of tourments that a womaÌ„ had that was dampned lxxxx a. ¶ Fourthly coÌ„syder the grete Ioyes that ben prepared in paradyse vnto those the whiche labour wel in this worlde for the loue of god Wherof speketh saynt Isidore in the boke of souerayne goodnes sayeth Qui vite future premia diligentur excogitat mala oiÌ„a pnÌ„tis vite equanimitur portat qmÌ„ ex illius dulcidiÌ„e huiê° amaritudineÌ„ teÌ„perat That is to saye He that thynketh dylygently on the rewardes of the lyfe to come bereth egally in his courage all the ylles of this preseÌ„t lyfe For it attempereth the bytternes of that by the swetenes of paradyse And saynt Poule sayth Ad romanos viii Non sunt condigne passiones huius teÌ„poris ad futuram gloriam The passyons of this tyme be not coÌ„dygne vnto the glory to come / of the whiche is spokene hre after A. ¶ Of the rewarde eternall that they shal haue the whiche kepe the commaundements of god xlvii IT is wryten in the .xliiii. chapytre of Ysaie And in the seconde chapitre of the fyrst epystle of saynt Poule ad co Quod oculê° noÌ„ vidit nec auris audiuit / nec in cor hoiÌ„s ascendit qÌ„ pre parauit deus diligeÌ„tibê° se This auctoryte speketh grete thynges Fyrst it sayth that neuer eye ne sawe in the worlde soo moche good as god hath prepared
shall assygne / lodge / put the synners wtin the prysons of hell The fourth clause is vnderstande by this worde ignem the whiche is the god shal put them in possession of a terryble tourment that is the fyre that shall brenne them for the ylles that they haue done The .v. is vnderstaÌ„de by eternuÌ„ the whiche shall make the yll to dyspayre / for after that they ben entred in to hell they shall neuer go forthe / ne neuer haue grace / mercy / helpe / socoures / ne coÌ„fort For in hell shall be theyr bedde / hous / and dwellynge The .vi. is qui paratê° est diabolo et angelis eius That is that the dampned shal be assocyate assembled to be in hel punysshed with the deuylles ¶ Example of a cursed ryche man that brente in the fyre of hell .lxxxiiii. A. Other examples of people excoÌ„munyed Quere .lxxxix. f. g. h. A. ¶ Of the punycyon eternall that those the whiche haue broken the commaundements of god shall haue xlix DAuyd the prophete sayth in the psalter the wordes of god Si iusticias meas prophanaueriÌ„t impii et mandata mea non custodierint vilitabo in virga iniquitates eorum et in verberibê° peccata eorum Yf the cursed synners hathe taken in scorne my Iustyces that they haue not kepte my commauÌ„dementes I shall vesyte theyr inyquytees in a rodde and in strykynge theyr synÌ„es Creatures reasonables we sholde obey to do that that god wylleth coÌ„maundeth for the loue hym the whiche is full of bounte infynyte / of drede to haue punycyon and dampnacyon eternall For it is a thynge certayne that euery man that synneth mortally in brekynge one or many of the commaundemeÌ„tes of god by delyberacyon And yf in suche wyse he deye impenytent / obstynate arested that he shal be put from paradyse sent in to the fyre and tourments of hell wtout ony remyssyon as is beforesayd Thou hast commyted theft or lechery / or broken ony coÌ„mauÌ„demente / I put the case so thou deyest impenytent Than thou shalt be brought in to the fyre of hel the whiche is a tourment moch cruel Vnde appo xx Qui non est inuentus iÌ„ libro vite scriptus missus est in stagnum ignis He that is not fouÌ„de wryten in the boke of lyfe is sente in to the ponde of fyre brennynge And Athanaise in the psalme of qui cuÌ„que Qui mala egeruÌ„t ibunt in ignem eturnum Those the whiche haue doone euyll synne in theyr lyues shall go in to the fyre eternall yf they deyen impenytentes VnÌ„ luce xiii Nisi penitenciam habueritis omnes simul peribitis None of vs ne wolde be brent / ne broyled / ne cast in a fyre brennynge there for to dwell / and soo to abyde without euer goynge forth And it is a thyÌ„ge certayne that all those and they the which deye in mortall synne impenytentes / obstynate and arested shall be sent in to the fyre of hell by the sentence before wryten Ite maledicti in ignem eternum And shall be constrayned there for to dwell and there to holde them wyll they or not God shall not spare them at the daye of vengeaunce the prayers shall do nothynge / ne the wrathe / ne the golde ne the syluer / ne gyftes / ne promysses Vnde prouerbio vi Zelus et furor viri non parcit dominus in die vindicte nec acquiescet cuiusquam precibus nec suscipiet ê“ redemptione dona plurima Also he that whiche hath broken one of the commaundemeÌ„tes of god shall be dampned and put from paradyse / for it as for many yf he be deed impenytent without correccion and amendement / for he hath be transgressoure of the lawe And god wolde that that the whiche he hathe broken were as well kepte as all the other Vnde iacobi ii Quicunque autem totam legem seruauerit offendat autem in vno factum est omnium reus Qui enim dicit Non mechaberis / dixit et non occides ê™ si non mechaberis occides autem / factus es transgressor legis c. Also he the which hath broken the commaundement of god shall fele terryble dolours at his dethe in lykewyse as a man shall fynde in the examplary where it speketh of the dethe of euyll persones And fyrst ¶ Example how the deuyll drewe the soule from the body of a cursed ryche man with an hoke Quere in the examplary C.v. A. B. ¶ A questyon Who so sholde demaunde what is or shall be the fyre of hell where vnto the sayd inobedyentes shall be al sent The answere is after the holy scryptures that it doth deferre in many of maners vntoo that fyre of this presente worlde here Primo that of this presente worlde dothe gyue clerenes â— that the whiche is of hell is blacke / obscure / tenebrous the whiche gyueth no lyght vnto no consolacyoÌ„ And by somtimes it casteth lyght but it is for to gyue more greter tourmentes / payne / drede / and desolacyon Saynt Gregory sayth in his moralles Hic flamma que succendet illuminat illic / ignis q i cruciat obscurat The flambe the whiche brenneth in this worlde gyueth lyght / the fyre that tourmenteth in hell waxeth derke Secundo the fyre of this worlde quencheth / it must be holden togyders with wood with maters combustybles to blowe to kyndle And the fyre of hell is vnto the contrary / for euermore it dureth without quenchinge / wtout wood without to be blowen ne to be kyndeled / and the mater combustible of the sayd fyre of hell where it taketh where it brenneth cruelly / that is all synne / all yll / and inobedyence It is wryten Ysaie vltiÌ„o ca. mar ix Qd vermis eoruÌ„ scilicet daÌ„natoruÌ„ non monetur / et ignis non extinguiter That is to saye The remors of the conscience the worme of the dampned deyeth not / and the fyre ne quencheth nor gooth out / that is incessably it dureth it holdeth in estate / euermore it brenneth The gospell of saynt mathewe sayth that god shall sende them in to the fyre of hell that is inextynguyble Also it is wryten Iob. xx Demorauit illuÌ„ scilicet iÌ„pium ignis qui non succenditur / super quod ait gregorius Gehenne ignis cuÌ„ sit corporeus et in se missos reprobos corporaliter exurat nec humano studio succeÌ„ditur / nec lignis nutritur / sed semel creatus duratinextinguibilis / nec ardore caret The fyre the whiche is not lyght shall deuour the cursed daÌ„pned Saynt Gregory expoundeth this the which sayth The fyre of hell as it is of body breÌ„neth corporally the dampned sent in to it is not lyghted by study humanye / nor nourysshed by wood / but ones created inextyÌ„guyble hath not of indygence successiuely to be holden togyders / it is not without heet
Et math iii. dicitur paleas .i. peccatores coÌ„buret igni inextinguibili Tercio the fyre of this worlde coÌ„sumeth / putteth in to asshes maketh to dye to defayle And that of hel is vnto the contrary / for though that it be moche cruell / eygre / sharpe / hote yet consumeth it not / ne maketh too defayle ne to deye the dampned Saynt Iohan Crysostome de reparatione lapsi Ignis iste qui in presenti vita est consumit cuncra que recipit / ille vero quos suscipit semper cruciat et pene sue semper integros reseruat For the soule is immortal the whiche shal be clothed with a body uncorruptyble immortall at the resurreccyon of the grete Iugement / not vnto the honoure of lyfe but to the grete langour of tourmeÌ„t The psal sayth Sicut oues in inferno positi sunt / mors de pascet eos And sayni Gregory sayth how the dampned shall haue dethe without dyenge / ende without endyng / defaute wtout defaylynge The dethe euermore shal lyue The ende euermore shall begynne The defaute ne may defayle And euermore in dyenge they shall lyue / in lyuynge they shal dye / and dye may they neuer Grego Sit miseris sine morte / finis sine fine / defectus sine defectu / quia mors semper viuit / finis semper incipit / et defectus deficere nescit Quarto the fyre of hell is so brennynge ho to the regarde of that in this worlde and aboue it that our entendement ne may coÌ„prehende and esteme it / the whiche shall broyle the cursed dampned / not egally / but as euery one of them hathe of synne with hym the whiche synne is mater combustyble wherof the sayd fyre holdeth as it sayd is / and in lykewyse as it shall be declared here afterwarde Quinto the fyre of hell is stynkynge / and so is not that of this pÌ„sent worlde ¶ Examples Primo how one of the dampned tolde vnto saynt Machayre the gretenes of the fyre of hell / the dyfference of tourmentes of theym the whiche there do brenne Quere .lvii. A. ¶ Another exaÌ„ple of the cursed Dyues the brenneth in the fyre of hel Quere .lxxxiiii. a. ¶ Another example C.vii. A. ¶ Another exaÌ„ple how a preste sawe his moder that was daÌ„pned tourmented cruelly for arayenge makynge gay atyre vpon her heed / for shewyÌ„ge her brestes / for daunsynge / lepynges / vnshamefull enbrasynges Quere lxxxx.c ¶ Another example of a womaÌ„ aduoutres damned cruelly brenned tourmented lxxxx A. And the dampned endureth wyll they or not the sayd fyre of hell / so haue they many tourmentes They shall haue with the sayd fyre derkenes / stynke / smoke / tempest / honger / thyrste / colde / froste They shal haue foulenes / horrour / heuynes / weykenes / drede / and fere They shal haue terreur of deuylles / serpentes / foule company wherof the soule shall be enuyroned set about They shall haue dyffame / shame reproche / euilles innombrables wtout ende They shall crye bray / they shall deye wtout deyenge They shall haue yre / dyscorde hate / cofusion / they shal blaspheme curse for the punycyon / they shal haue seruytude dolour / bytternes / desolacyon / they shal be sory / enraged / oute of wytte / despayred Also the sayd daÌ„pned shal neuer haue peas for all euylles shal renne warre vpon theÌ„ They shal neuer haue bounte / for they shal be cursed euyll / they shall neuer haue beaute / but euer hydeous / vylanous / blacke / horrybles They shal neuer haue force ne vertue / but euermore weyke feble / they shall neuer haue loue / but euermore shall be in hate / ne honour but dyshonour They shall neuer haue Ioyous lyfe / for they shall haue dethe without deyenge as it is sayd / ne lyght for they shall be in derkenes theâ— shal neuer haue lyberte to go ne to do theyâ— wyll / for they shall be at the subgeccyon â–ª obedyence of all euylles aduersytees vnto the whiche they must obeye wyll they or not They shall neuer haue suerte / but be in drede fere / ne swetenes for they shal be in bytternesse / ne rychesse but euermore in pouerte They shall neuer haue helthe / but euermore sekenes / ne concorde but euermore discorde / ne dysporte but euermore enoy ne wysdome but euermore foly / they shall neuer haue swyftnesse / but alwaye shall be weyghty heuy / ne subtylyte / but alwaye euyll subtylles Also they shall be euermore passybles / immortalles howbeit that they desyre dethe it fleeth fro them Also they shall neuer haue paradyse / rest / glory / ioye / gladnesse / but euyll heuynesse Who so sholde speke of euery of the euylles that they shall haue in pertyculer as the scryptures determyneth it sholde be to longe a thinge to wryte And therfore this suffyseth of thinges thee be spoken in generall C. ¶ Here foloweth a questyoÌ„ for to vnderstonde yf those the whiche commytteth in this worlde many synnes in dyspysynge the commaundementes of god yf they shal haue punycyoÌ„ eternal in hell for eche of those synnes / by suche wyse that yf they deye imponytentes wtout contrycyon ne confessyon The scrypture gyueth the answere that sayth Qd nullum maluÌ„ remanebit ipunituÌ„ Et legit i. ad co iii. Vnusqque auÌ„t propriaÌ„ mercedem accipiet scdm suuÌ„ laboreÌ„ And the psalmist sayth Vureddes vnicuique iuxta oê‘a sua Wherby it foloweth that all synne shal be punysshed And for to dyscerne of the punycyon how grete it shal be it passeth our wyt but god in whome all the treasour of scyence sapyence resteth that is full of bounte infynyte the whiche is Iust the fouÌ„tayne of all Iustyce the whiche seeth knoweth the hertes operacyons of euery one in what intencyon they ben made shal yelde vnto euery man after his laboure be it in well or in yll That is to saye that in suche measure that ony hath synned that is to commytte of grete synnes of grete nombre and taken delectacyon is longe tyme in suche measure he shall be punysshed wtout that he fayle ony thynge VnÌ„ luce vi EadeÌ„ mensura qua messi fueritis remitietur vobis Vbi dicit basil Qua mensura vnusquisque peccat aut bnÌ„ agit / eadeÌ„ premia aut penam sumet ¶ Example a man that hathe done an hondred synnes shall fele an hondred tymes more grete payne than he that hath done but one VnÌ„ deut xxv Pro meÌ„sura peccati erit et plagaruÌ„ modus After the measure quantyte of the synne shall be the maner of the woundes Also of as more as the synne shall be done in the greter degrees of persones they shal be the more greuously punysshed VnÌ„ Ihero In maio u gradi / maior siue
dubio pena As he that is maryed or preste synneth more in coÌ„mittynge lechery than other persones Also of as moche more as they haue takynge more greter delectacyon / or that they shal gloryfye them in theyr synnes vanytees / or of as moche more that they therin haue beÌ„ more longly / of as moche more shall they haue in hell more grete payne tourmentes VnÌ„ appoc xvii .. QuaÌ„tum glorificauit se scilicet peccator in petoÌ„ in deliciis fuit iÌ„ diurnitate tmÌ„ date illi tormeÌ„tum luctuÌ„ Also of as moche more as they haue sought newe delectacyons not accustomed of as moche shal they be tourmented VnÌ„ iob xx Iuxta multitudineÌ„ adiuentionuÌ„ suarum sic et sustinebit Also those membres the whiche hath moost habounded in synne moost shall habounde in tourmentes as sayeth the scrypture VnÌ„ Isodorê° In membro quo quis amplius peccauit / in illo amplius tormenta patietur Et ber dicit In quo meÌ„bro creator plus offendit / in eodeÌ„ peccator grauius pumetur And euery man shal be punysshed per penaÌ„ talionis for his offeÌ„ce to th ende that he there haue euermore reemors in his conscyence that he endureth so moche euyll by his owne operacyon Vnde sapi xi ' Per que peccat quis / per hec et torquetur And in the persone in whome there is moost of synnes of cursednesses the fyre of helle moost terrybly shall take cruelly shall brenÌ„e and tourment For as it is sayd the mater combustyble of the fyre of hell / and wherfore it is create where it taketh for to doo yll / that is for to brenne synne the persone that it commytteth Also we se by experyence that the fyre of this worlde is more grete sharper where as is moost of fagottes of maters combustybles In lykewyse is it of the sayd fyre of hel where there is moost of synnes grete sharpenes of fyre / wherfore the grete synners ben more brente tourmented than they in whome there is lesse of sinnes And yf saynt Peter were within the fyre of hell euen by Lucyfer he sholde haue none harme / for in hym there is no mater combustible / that is no synÌ„e And therfore yf ony persone were all assured and certayne too be daÌ„pned yet sholde he cease to do yll synne / and sholde do the moost of good dedes that he myght to the ende that he haue the lesse of payne in the tourmentes of helle He the whiche thathe noo moo but one sore / botche / or sekenesse hath not to suffre soo moche of payne and anguysshe as he the whiche hathe on hym x. or .xx. D. ¶ A questyon What dyfference is there betwene the fyre of helland that of purgatory / and of the soules the whiche there ben brente / broyled and cruelly tourmented The answere after some scryptures is in this maner of wyse ¶ The sayd fyre is egally hote the one as the other / but it hathe a dyfference in as moche as the one is eternall the other is but for a tyme. And they that ben in purgatory go in to paradyse after that theyr penaunce is ended / but they of hell go not out of the sayd fyre And wherfore abyde they the other gone forth The reason is suche that those that ben in purgatorye hath goten grace or they departed fro this worlde / haue taken away the culpe or gylt of synne by contrycyon confessyon / for that they haue not doone the payne that they haue deserued after penauÌ„ce thider they go to do it in the sayd fyre of purgatory And whan they ben wtin it the fyre taketh and begynneth to brenne the delectacyon spot of synne the whiche is his mater combustyble as it is sayd / neuer shall cease to brenÌ„e and to broyle tyll that it fynde no more mater of synne As a man may se how the fyre of this worlde wel kyndled brenneth the wood all the mater combustyble that vnto it is admynystred tyl that the mater be consumed brent and that al be purged And whan the sayd fyre of purgatory hath coÌ„sumed and purged all the mater of synne the persone is delyuered / so gooth in to paradyse pure and clene And it is to be noted that it behoueth to passe through the fyre / that the fyre shall proue what the operacyon of euery man is And yf the operacyon that he hath edyfyed abyde wtout brennynge / he shal haue rewarde And yf the operacyon that he hath edyfyed brenne he shal suffre tourmeÌ„t He shall be saued also as the fyre VnÌ„ pau i. ad coriÌ„ ii Vnusqsque opus quale sit ignis ê“babit / si cuiê° opus manserit quod suê‘edificauit mercedeÌ„ accipiet si cuiê° opus arserit detrimentuÌ„ patietur ipse auteÌ„ saluus erit sic tamen quasi per ignem The dampned ben vnto the contrary of them of purgatory for whan they deye they ben impenytentes / obstynate / abydeth in theyr synnes / and bereth them with them without takynge away the gylte of the sayd synnes by coÌ„trycyon penaunce ne without getynge ony grace ne mercy whyles that they lyued in this worlde that they haue the tyme and the place for to do it And for as moche as the soule is eternall immortal the whiche shall be sent vnto the fyre eternall / that it shall haue with it euermore synne that the sayd fyre shall brenne In lykewyse the soule euermore shall suffre payne / and euermore shall brenne with the sayd synne the whiche neuer shall haue mercy By these thynges the whiche ben wryten in this boke it appereth that we sholde loue god chyldely and perfytely more than al thynges for the grete good Infynyte the whiche is in hym / and to loue our neyghbour as our selfe in god / and for the loue of hym Morouer it appereth that we sholde do accomplysshe the commaundementes of god for to escape the tourmentes of hell / and to th ende to possede the Ioyes of paradyse Vnto the whiche we may go vs to enioye cum illo qui est benedictus in secula seculorum Amen ¶ Here is the ende of the boke the whiche is called the floure of the commaundementes of god ¶ Here begynneth the exemplayre of the commaundementes of god ii ALmyghty god the fader / the sone and the holy ghost / the whiche is but one only god in trynyte / pleaseth it hyÌ„ to enlumyne the hartes and thoughtes of all those the whiche shall studye this boke the whiche is called the exemplayre of the commaundementes of god / for it is all of examples The whiche examples hathe be extracted gadered in many bookes / in lykewyse as bereth wytnes euery example And hathe be transmuted and chaunged fyrste frome laten in to Frensshe / and from Frensshe nowe lately in to Englysshe tongue To th
operacyon Thou shalte ete yâ— erthe by laboures all the dayes of thy lyfe The erthe shall brynge forthe thornes thy stylles And than thou shalte ere the herbes of the erthe Thou shalte gete thy brede in the swete of thy face tyll vnto that that thou shalte retourne vnto erthe wherof thou arte come For thou arte poudre and asshes / vnto poudre thou shalte retorne And god axed Eue of her inobedyence the whiche excused her vpon the serpente that tempted her but her excusacyon vaylled nothynge / For god said to her illud genesis .iii. Multiplicabo erumnas tuas et conceptus tuos In dolore peries filios tuos et sub viri potestate eris ipse dnÌ„abitur tui That is to saye / I shall multeplye thy poorenes / myseryes / thy conceyuynges Thou shal chylde thy sones in sorowe and thou shalt be vnder the puyssauÌ„ce of the man c. By this example a man sholde vnderstonde that those the whiche synneth mortally in brekynge the coÌ„maundementes of god in obeyenge vnto the temptacyons of the deuyl / of the worlde and of the flesshe shal not haue of execusyoÌ„ before god for to say I haue be tempted but that they shall be put from paradyse and lente vnto the fyre of helle / by the dysobeyssaunce of the bytynge of an apple the whiche is a lytel thyÌ„ge as vnto the bytynge / but a grete thyng to do agayne god the whiche it had defended Paradyse celestyall was close / and adam and eue were put out of paradise terrestre and put in to this worlde full of myserie And by theyr synne it behoueth that we all ben baptysed or put from paradyse Vnde iohaÌ„ .iiii. Nisi quis renatê° fuerit ex aqua et spyrytu sctoÌ„ noÌ„ potest iÌ„troire in regnuÌ„ dei Who soo wele sholde consyder this example he sholde kepe hym to offende agayne the commauÌ„dementes of god B. ¶ Another example how by the dysobeysaunce of the man of god a lyon strauÌ„gled hym in the waye liiii IT is wryten in the .xiii. chapytre of the thyrde boke of kinges that at the prayer of a man of god the kynges hande was heled the whiche was drye Whan he had done this myracle the kynge prayed hym to go dyne with hym that he sholde gyue him of gyftes He answered / Yf thou wolde gyue me the halfe of thy house yet wolde I not ete of brede ne I shall drynke of water in this place / it is in suche wyse sente me in the worde of god the whiche it commaunded Vnde .iii. reguÌ„ Nec comedes panem neque bibes aquaÌ„ nec reuerteris per viaÌ„ qua venisti Than he yode by another waye And the prophete ancyen the whiche dwelled in Bethell there as the kynge had be heled herde the said wordes that the man of god had no wyl ne to etene to dryÌ„ke mounted vpon his asse and yode after hym / and prayed hym to go in to his house and to drynke to eate He excused him and sayd that god hym had defended and he sayd vnto hym I am a prophete as thou arte / and the aungel tolde me brynge him agayne in to thy house to the ende that he ete of brede and drynke of water / he dyde so moche that he brought hym with hym and ete of brede and dranke of the water / And as they sate at the table the worde of god was broughte forthe in this manere Quia noÌ„ obedieÌ„s fiusti ori dnÌ„i noÌ„ custodisti mandatuÌ„ quod precepit tibi dnÌ„s deê° et reuersus es et comedisti paneÌ„ et bibisti aquam non inferetur cadauer tuum in sepulchrum patrum tuorum That is to say for asmoche as thou haste not ben obedyent vnto the mouthe of thy lorde and hast not kepte his coÌ„maundement c. Thy body shall not be borne to be buryed in the sepulcre of thy faders After that they had ete and dronke the man of god mounted vpon his asse and departed for to go / and founde a lyon in the waye the whithe slew hym the body deed abode in the waye the asse by And the lyon ne ete of the sayd body dyde none yl vnto the asse but sat by him c. By this example we sholde vnderstonde that yf god punysshed so holy a man for the fraccyon of so lytell a commaundement that he shal punysshe of grete obedyences And for asmoche as the lyon ne ete of the body it is to vnderstonde that the said man of god is not dampned that his inobedyeÌ„ce was pardoned hym / but he was punysshed for that that he was not obedient he byleued to lyghtly vnto the temptacyon of the other man Non oiÌ„ spuÌ„i credendum est A manne sholde byleue vnto euery spirite C. ¶ Another example of the disobeyssauÌ„ce of two nonnes the whiche demaunded of the pope that they sholde confesse eche other Ca. liiii IT is wryten in some bookes this that foloweth the whiche the discyple recyteth in his sermons sayeth that the nonnes of a monastery were dysposed one tyme that two amongest them sholde go vnto the pope to gete that they myght confesse eche other For they estymed that it was a thyng vnlefull that they sholde declare theyr synnes sekenesses vnto a man / that is vnto a preest Whan they came vnto the pope that he had vnderstonde theyr symplesse and the fraude of the deuyll he toke vnto them a boxe shitte closed and said vnto theim that they sholde bere it with theym vnto theyr lodgynge / and that they sholde brynge it hym agayne in the mornyge with our openynge it that they sholde obteyn that / that they demauÌ„ded Whan they were at theyr lodginge they behelde it dylygently and had grete wyll to open it the one of them sayd vnto the other open wâ—â— it let vs se what is within it The other said we dare not / for the pope hathe defended it vs. In the ende by temptacyons they opened the sayd boxe and thought to haue shytte it agayne as it was And a byrde the whiche was within enclosed toke her flyghte and fledde / than they had drede And in the mornynge whan they retourned vnto the pope and that he had knowen theyr inobedyence / he sayd vnto them In thys thynge men knowe your instabylyte and sekenes In lyke wyse sholde ye do the one with the other yf ye sholde coÌ„fesse eche other / whan the one sholde offende the other / she sholde hyde her synne / and so the pope sente them agayne withoute grauntynge vnto them theyr demaunde D. ¶ Another example how the kynge Amaleche resysted agayne the wyll of god / and yll came vnto hym Ca. liiii IT is wryten in the .vii. chapytre of exode how the kinge amalech fought meruaylously agayn the people of Israhell / and resysted agayne him as he mounted into Egypte / and ylle came vnto hym the whiche
¶ Another example of some chyldren the whiche sware / and in swerynge they were drowned lxâ—â—â— IT is wryten in a boke that is called mariall how a good woman instructe her chylde to salue the vyrgyn Mary The whiche as he ye de with other chyldren to playe they sware and stryued by a water side The water flowed vp the whiche drowned them al in blasphemynge / reserued hym before sayd that our lady toke from the water set hym on her lappe / conforted hym and saued c. ¶ By these examples a man shold vnderstande that swerynges ben to fle / that it is grete synne case too swere vaynely And to name in suche wyse god his sayntes vnlefully Legit ecclesiastice .xxiii. In rationi non assuescat os tuum / multus eâ—â—casus in illa sequitur nominatio dei non sit assidua in ore tuo neque in omnibus factoruÌ„ admiscearis quoniam non eris immunis ab illis / quia omne iuramentum requitet a te C. ¶ Another example how the heed of a swerer torned that that was behynde before / and the cattes cryed vpon his graue after his dethe lxiii MEn fynde by wrytyÌ„ge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayth that a yonge man wrothed hym moshe / for that that he had lost at the playenge at the tenes Therfore he began to swere and to dyspyte god and the vyrgin Mary And incontinent his heed was tourned that / that was behynde before / and his tongue lepte out of his mouthe more than halfe a fote / and thre dayes after he deyed / and was buryed in an abbaye But euery nyght there came so grete multytude of cattes the whiche made there so grete tempest that the moÌ„kes ne myght take no rest / and this dured longe tyme / soo longe that fynally it behoueth to put hym out of the chyrcheyarde / â—kest hym in a dyche ¶ Vota D. ¶ Examples how a man sholde accomplysshe his vowes And fyrste example how the chyldren of ysraell accomplysshed theyr vowes after that they had vyctory lxiii IT is wryten in the byble in the boke of Iudyth that whan the chyldren of Israell were besyeged of holofernes / that they felt grete necessyte they made vowes vnto god for to go in to Iherusalem for to make gyftes oblacyon yf it pleased hym to delyuer them And it is wryten in .xvi. chapytre that after that they had vyctory that Holofernes was slayne all they yode in to Iherusalem to worshyp god fulfyll theyr vowes E. ¶ Another example of a vyrgyn that vowed chastyte after wolde be wedded lxiii SOme maysters hathe wryten this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary / and sayth how a vyrgyn serued faythfully in chastyte the vyrgyn Mary / bounde herselfe by vowe to serue her her sone Iesu cryst in chastyte vnto her dethe And the deuyll of hell had enuy of her good operacions the whiche moeued the courage of a ryche man in her loue for her beaute / dyde so moche that he demaunded her in maryage / offred worldly glory / honour / rychesses / euery day he ceased not by flateryes and promesses to drawe her soo to consent what more The sayd vyrgyn was so wery of the temptacyons of the ennemy that she fell and consented to mary with the sayd ryche mortall man / left the espouse of the kynge eternall the whiche is Ihesu cryst the goodes perpetualles for to haue that godes transytoryes The day of the weddynwas constytute and set And the nyght precedent the day that the weddynge sholde be as she rested in the hous of her parentes / she sawe in her dreme as she slept that she was rauysshed vpon the mouthe of a well / from the whiche proceded so moche stynke that it semed vnto her that the worlde was infect and vndone And also kest so grete clowdes of smoke that she thought that all the clerenes of the worlde was dryuen away / all boyled of serpentes wormes of soules tourmented And as she meruayled her of the horryble clamours of those the whiche were wtin the tourmentes she sawe sodaynly go forth of the sayd well of these moryens of fyre they ben deuylles the whiche toke wtout dyffereÌ„ce the soules deputed to the tourments them plunged kest wtin it And as they drewe the sayd vyrgyn amonge the other for to be plonged there she loked on the one syde on the other as despayred yf there were ony ayde sawe a ferre of her auncyent lady the gloryous vyrgyn Mary that torned to her the backe And the whiche was for that she might not drawe her backe In th ende she coÌ„uerted vnto her with al her herte / called her name and sayd O lady thynke on thy handemayden constytute in so grete bytter necessyte And she approched more nere sayd vnto her What art thou And she answered I am thyn handmayden / I haue be euermore deuout in thy seruyce in thy memory And she sayd / it is not so / thou art not myn / for thou hast dyspised me and my sone / thou arte his that thou hast chosen / thynke on hym and he wyll delyuer yt. And she ne myght bere the wordes sayd O lady ferre of is he fro me / fro my herte / fro my mynde / delyuer thou thyn handmaydeÌ„ and deferre it not O dnÌ„a iam absorbet me ê“funduÌ„ / iam vrget suê‘ me puteê° os suum And she excused her for to ayde her that the ennemyes drewe her without gyuynge vnto her dylacion The moder of pyte Mary the moder of god approched vnto her / touched with her honde toke her / incontynent the enmyes fledde ferre of / durst nomore loke whan they sawe the helpe of the moder of god Than she spake conforted her benygnely sayd Here ben the fruytes of the flesshe / the rewarde of volupt Thou knowest not that thou gyuest the to be cast in this deluge of tourment / fle it now syth that thou hast seen thexperyence / drawe the with all thyn herte and with al thy might to recouer grace to serue me in tyme to come chastely / I shall helpe the by my prayers Than the vyrgyn Mary departed yelded the soule / so she awoke The frendes of the ryche man were there the whiche demaunded what the man sholde do And she answered / mynystres of dethe departe ye ferre of / in grete indygnacyon she put them backe The parentes all were troubled / vnto whome to al togyder she tolde all the thynge before sayd And they left her fre whan they had herde that that she had shewed / she retorned vnto her fyrst purpose And with all her force she excercysed her in penaunce wepynge for to recouer
whyle that ye dyde synge masse to go and vysyte the tauernes with my felawes and to play with them at the dyse cardes / that that I wanne I kept to my selfe without beynge in wyll to make restytucyon And I was the occasyon somtyme that they sware / wrothed and blasphemed god And of this I am not confessed I ne haue done of conscyence ne of penaunce / howbeit that I was warned in sermons and by good people Alas I cared not / therfore I am lost eternally This bisshop Cyrillus wrote this vysyon vnto holy saynt Austyn ¶ This example denoteth that dampnacion cometh vpon those the whiche go to dryÌ„ke and to ete or to playe whan they sholde wake in the seruyce of the chyrche / vnto the solempnytees teestes commaunded yf the they correcke them not and amende by penaunce Also it is to note that it is offence not beynge in wyl to restore / or to be the occasyon to swere and to blaspheme god and his sayntes c. E. ¶ Another example of a maÌ„ named Vodo the whiche yode vnto the tauernes whan he sholde go vnto the chirche / what drinke / what bayne / what bed he hath now in hell lxvii MEn fynde in wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary and sayth that a man named Vodo had of custome to be dronken well nere euery day / and lyued after the voluptuosytees of the body / to drinke wynes and to ete metes goten ryght applykes And for as moche as he dyde good operacyons god sent fyrst his aungell / and secondly warned hym that he sholde amende him / elles that he ne myght in suche wyse be saued / thyrdly the aungell warned hym and with that sayd Yf thou amende the not shortely thou shalte sustayne cursed dethe and so the angel departed The whiche maÌ„ amended him not and perceuered in his syÌ„nes as before And on a daye he layde hym downe dronke / he had a good seruaunt deuout the whiche sawe the soule of his mayster that the deuylles drewe from the body in the sayd nyght / and ledde it vnto the paynes of hell And the prynce of the deuylles rose hym vp and came before hym / and made hym sytte vpon a seete of fyre / and commaunded that deuylles sholde bringe to hyÌ„ to drynke of molten brymstone medled with fyre And they gaue it hym to drynke in saynge For as moche as in the worlde thou hast made thy selfe dronken this shall be here thy drynke / and parforced hym to drynke After the prince of deuylles made to apparayle hym a bayne of fyre in pytche and sulphre medled / was put there in the bayne And the prynce of deuylles sayd vnto hym this here shall be thy bayne for thou hast offended thy creatour in baynynge the with delytes and draughtes of lechery c. Thyr dely that deuyl made to prepayre a bedde / and than he was casten in to a dyche ryght depe the whiche was ful of fyre / smoke / sulphre and stynke And the pryÌ„ce of the deuylles sayd vnto him Hast thou not herde and redde what is sayd by the prophet Amos. Ve qui dormitis in lectis eburneis et lesciuitis in stratis vestris And for as moche as thou shalte be suche this shal be here thy bedde and thou shalt rest in this dyche of fyre for to lay the on c. ¶ By this example that this wretched gloton wolde not leue his synne and beleue the admonycyons of the aungell the whiche gaue hym warnynge to correct hym all glotons sholde vnderstande and other synners the whiche wyll not correct them and leue theyr synnes by the admonycyons that the holy prechours maketh vnto them the whiche in the ende of theyr dayes shall be punysshed And by that that he was perforced to drynke of sulfre And that he was bayned and layde in bed is vnderstande that the dampned shall haue punycion for euery synne that they haue commytted in this worlde Vnd psal Tu reddes vnicuique iuxta opera sua And therfore euery man sholde do the fewest sinnes that he myght so that he may escape payne and punycyon c. F. ¶ Another example of a boucher the mocked the holy asshes / and dranke at the tauerne whan the other good folkes were at masse lxvii IT is wryten in dyaloguo Cesarii that there was in the towne of FloreÌ„ce a boucher the whiche waked well nere al the nyght on the shroue tuesday to fyll his bely as many done the whiche is grete dolour Whan asshewednesday came he mo of his felawes entred in to the tauerne for to vngrese theyr tethe And for to wasshe put away shrouetyde And whan the masse was ronge and the good crystiens yode vnto the holy asshes they abode all alone too drynke to ete / and the one of theym sayd vnto the boucher We tary here to longe / go we to the chyrche to take holy asshes Vnto whome the boucher sayd in mockynge of the holy asshes Syt thou styll and I shall gyue the asshes and thou shalte gyue me And the other toke asshes in the harthe of the fyre kest vp on the heed of the sayd mockynge boucher And incontynent payne punycyon folowed of his mockery / for he felte soo moche dust about his heed and his vysage the whiche on hym was blowen that he was all aferde And as he began to crye soo many asshes entred in to his mouthe that he was well nere choked and his brethe gone ThaÌ„ clamour was there / and many came to se the plage of his mockery He was ledde in to a place nere therunto where as there were none asshes / but it prouffyted hym nothynge by the Iust Iugement of god / ne in waters / ne in gardyns / ne amonge apple trees / ne in no place where so euer it were / he myght neuer defende him from the asshes in hepes the whiche came about hym And in conclusyon with an hepe of asshes he was choked / and so he ended his dayes myserably for his mockery c. ¶ By this example mockers and glotons ben rebuked And aâ—so ben those the whiche gooth-vnto the tauerne whan men go vnto the seruyce of the chyrche Yf the sayd mocker were in suche wyse tourmented in this worlde by punycion dyuyne / by more grete reason it is to presuppose that god punyssheth there semblables in hel yf they deye impenytentes wtout correccyon c. G. ¶ Another example of a knyght the yode to vysyte tauernes whan he sholde vesyte the dedycacyons / and pardons of the chyrche lxvii MEn fynde by wrytinge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayeth that a knyght wolde be dronke often tymes And one tyme he yode with the vessell wherof he dranke vnto the dedycations and pardons of the chyrches / but he vesyted the tauernes cared not of
yll came vnto hym He was also proude and lyft vp ouer puyssaunce humayne / as it is wryten in the .xvi. cha of the sayd Machabees And he was punysshed as he yode he and his army in grete pryde furour to sle them of Iherusalem / god vnto hym sent a cruell ryght stynkynge sekenes in the guttes so that he was borne in a lytter / and from that fell in to puddle of myre lyenge on the erthe Also he was so stynkynge that his seruauntes and his hoost were sore greued / hymselfe ne myght endure his owne styÌ„ke Also he was so seke that maugre in his heed he meked hyÌ„ and than deyed in dyspayre E. ¶ Another example of a man dampâ—â—d that had many benyfyces lxxxv SOme maysters wryteth this the whiche foloweth how the discyple reciteth in the boke of his promptuarye and sayeth that one of the grete maysters of Parys named in scyence was vysyted of the bysshop of paris and admonested at the houre of his dethe that he sholde leue resygne many benyfyces that he had vnlefully / that he sholde holde alonely one And he abode in his opynyon full of errour sayd I shal assay yf ony may be saued with many benefyces After his dethe he appered vnto that bysshop at the houre of tyerce as he was in orayson to praye vnto god And whan the sayd bysshop knewe that it was the sayd deed body he asked hym how it was with hym He answered I am dampned eternally wtout ony remyssyon And he demaunded the cause wherfore He answered for elacyon And the bysshop axed hym of the sayd opynyon He answered that the pluralyte of his benefyces helped hym not / but noyed hym And the sayd dampned him asked yf there were mo persones lyuynge in the worlde The bisshop answered / Why demaundest thou that / the whiche arte so grete a clerke that thou wenest that the worlde is so sone fynysshed He answered Certaynly syth that I deyed there is dyscended in to hell so grete multytude of soules dampned that I wolde skantly beleue that there had ben so many lyuynge in the worlde c. Vnto this purpose the prophete Ysaie sayth / that at the day of Iugement fewe of the people shall be saued in regarde of al sortes of the yll that shall be dampned And gyueth this symylytude of raysyns in the tyme of theyr rypenesse and of olyues in the tyme that they ben gadred Whan the grapes and the olyues haue ben assembled gadered there yâ— abydeth same lytel thynge in the vynes and olyues forgoten lefte And this lytell the whiche there abydeth is to compare by symylytude vnto the saued / and the grete multytude of the raysyns gadered vnto the dampned Vnderstande well this the whiche is here wryten Ysaie .xxiiii. Erunt in medio terre in medio pplorum quo modo si pauce oliue qÌ„ remaÌ„seruÌ„t excutiantur ex olera et raceÌ„m cuÌ„ fuerit finita viÌ„demia / huscm pauci boni saluati lenabuÌ„t voceÌ„ suaÌ„ atque laudabuÌ„t cuÌ„ glorificatus fuerit dnÌ„s c. ¶ This man dampned that had soo many benefyces denoteth that the couetyse of godes honour of the worlde deceyueth dampneth that people of the chyrche Or cupiditas et radix oiÌ„m maloruÌ„ .i. ad thy .vi. ca. F. ¶ Another example that none ought to be constytute in benefyce by prayers carnalles lxxxv MEn fynde by wrynge of anabbot whan he was in his dethe bedde he made all his monkes to come before hyÌ„ Vnto whome he requyred that whaÌ„ he sholde be deed that they shold chuse his neuew for to be abbot after hym The whiche was done And as the newe abbot walked in his gardyn by a well syde he herde a voyce that complayned ruthefully And the sayd yonge abbot coniured the sayd voyce in the name of god that he sholde tell hym what he was He answered I am the soule of thyn vncle that am here brent broyled mestemably in this fountayne / for that that I haue procured carnally that thou were abbot after me To whome the neuew sayd How may this be that thou brennest in a well so colde Than the voyce sayd Go in to the chyrche fetche the candelstyckes of copre cast theym in to this well and thou shalte se how I am brente Than he dyde it / and incontynent the sayd candelstyckes were molten as waxe within the fyre And whan the sayd yonge abbot sawe that he called all the monkes renounced vnto the dygnyte croyse / afterwarde the sayd voyce was no more herde ¶ By this example a man sholde vnderstande that those that whiche entreth so in benefyces entreth not not by the dore / that is Ihesu cryst as before is declared Vnde iohan .x. Qui non intrat per hostium in ouile ouium sed ascender ali unde ille fur est et latro G. ¶ Another example how a man seculer sholde not do the offyce of the preste in the chyrche lxxxv IT is wryten in the .xxv. chapytre of the seconde boke of paralipomenon how the kynge Ozyas lyft vp in pryde whan he was in puyssaunce regal / and dyspraysed his god Morouer he presumed to be worthy to do the offyce of prestes And he entred in to the temple of god and toke the ensencer for to do the offyce of a preste after as the custome was to do honour vnto god And the mayster of the prestes named Azarias entred in to the temple after with grete multytude of prestes stroÌ„ge The whiche resysted agaynst the sayd kynge / vnto whome they sayd that it was not his offyce to do suche thynge VnÌ„ .ii. pa. xxvi NoÌ„ est tui officu vt adoleas incensuÌ„ dnÌ„o / sed est sacerdotuÌ„ qui consecrati suÌ„t ad huiusmodi misteriuÌ„ / egredere de sctuÌ„ario ne conteÌ„pseris / qr noÌ„ reputabitur tibi ingliam hoc a dnÌ„o deo And for as moche as the prestes reprehended the kyÌ„ge therof / he thretened them in grete yre And incontynent before the prestes in the temple he was smyten with a lepry / was soo all his lyfe / dwelled in an hous separated from all other / where he deyed a roten lepre And for the sayd cause he was put out of the temple c. ¶ By this example after scrypture the seculer people sholde not presume to do the offyce of a preste / nor medle to gouerne the goosâ—ly thynges ne the chyrche For suche thynges dyspleaseth god H. ¶ Another example in Alchinê° / how lordes sholde not coÌ„stytute people of yl lyfe to be benefyced lxxxv IT is wryten in the .vii. cha of the fyrst boke of Machabees how kyÌ„ge Demetrius consiytuted in souerayne preste / that is bysshop a yll man warryour named Alchinus the whiche dyde many euylles / also he dyed mischeuously / and he reygned not longe in his bysshopryche / after that he had of eccysyons he began to dystroy
vpwarde she knewe her sayd doughter and sayd vnto her in cryenge Alas my doughter for myn owne operacyons I bere these tourmentes It semed me that the lyfe of sobrenesse chastyte was but mockery I beleued not that the lyfe of lechery rybaudry gaue suche tormentes Lo for the lytell delectacyon of lechery of glotony / for the delytes worldely Ioye that I had I suffre so grete cruelte of fyre tourment And as she required her doughter for helpe he that ledde her toke her set her there as he had taken her / sayd to her Chuse now whiche lyfe thou wylte / eyther of thy fader or of thy moder Than she toke relygyon was saued ¶ By this example it appereth that this woman that lyued after her body was daÌ„pned For the lytell delectacyon that she toke she brenneth and shal brenne eternally shall be in so grete paynes that there is no wryter that it caÌ„ wryte ne clerke / ne tongue tell it And her husbonde the whiche lyued sobrely is in Ioye eternall c. Tu reddes vnicuique iuxta opera sua dicit dauid in psal B. ¶ Another example of the dampnacion of a burgeys aduoutrer of another woman maryed lxxxxii MEn fynde in wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye and sayeth that an holy maÌ„ prayed for his wyfe departed deed She appered vnto hym ledde hym in to a place obscure In the whiche he sawe deuylles horrybles / the whiche keste in a tonne of fyre full of metall boylynge a burgeys deed beynge of her towne and the wyfe of another man / and they were breÌ„t bayned in the sayd metall and they swyÌ„med wtin it as peasen in the pot boylynge they cryed bothe twayne / maledyccyoÌ„ / maledyccyon And the sayd holy man was admeruayled The sayd woman sayd with those here I had ben bayned yf the mercy of god had not called me vnto penaunce / afterwarde sayd These two here hath left theyr propre maryages hath drawen them vnto synne longe time togyders And I haue ben theyr example meane and vnto them I haue taught the way to aske pardon of the sayd synne of aduoutrye / but they ben deed wtout penaunce salutary For the confessyon that they made was wtout charyte for the drede of dethe And my confession was salutary agreable vnto god / I made in it charyte of the loue of him ¶ This exaÌ„ple denoteth that punyssyon dampnacyoÌ„ foloweth to coÌ„myt lechery And for that that the confessyon of the burgeys / of the woman was not good it is to vnderstande that in confessyon a man sholde haue true coÌ„trycyon repentauÌ„ce to haue offended god by synne to be agaynst his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes For those the whiche repente them for â—rede to be dampned / alonely they loue but them selfe they ben out of the loue and charyte of god For they ben not wrothe ne sory to haue of offended god by synne as the sayd woman the whiche made confessyon in charyte she was saued No good dede done is merytoryous whan charyte there fayleth As it is wryten .i. ad cor xiii ca. ¶ Another example of an aduoutrer that the deuylles posseded at the entre of the chyrche lxxxxii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons of a man that after that he had coÌ„mitted aduoutry entred in to the chirche / forthwith the deuylles posseded hym tourmented / so myscheuously deyed he impenytent before the people D. ¶ Another example of a womaÌ„ aduoutres dampned that two dragons tourmented lxxxxii IT is wryten in the boke of gyftes that an honest man with his wyfe gaue to gods seruyce ony chylde yf it vnto them were gyuen of god or sente And they had a sone the whiche was good relygyous Than the fader and the moder dyde grete almesdedes / but the moder was deceyued chylded .ii. chyldren of other than her husbande that she slewe secretly so she deyed wtout confessyoÌ„ And as her sone prayed for her in his masse she appered to hyÌ„ in grete tourment had two foule dragoÌ„s that bote her pappes She was requyred to tell of her estate And she sayd / I am dampned Than as her sone was heuy she sayd I trusted me in the almesdedes that I dyde am deed wtout confessyon charyt These two dragons that biteth me is for the two chyldren that I had in aduoutry whiche I sholde haue gyueÌ„ souke nourysshed I slewe them ¶ By this example is denoted that dampnacyon cometh for coÌ„myttinge of aduoutry bawdry And for that the sayd woman trusted in almesdedes that she had done a man sholde vnderstande that mortall synne bryngeth to nought maketh to forgete the good operacions done vnto saluacyon rewarde eternall so dampneth the persones the whiche so deyeth wtout correccyon penaunce amendemeÌ„t Howbeit that those the whiche hath done in theyr lyfe of good operacyoÌ„s hath not so many paynes in hel as yf they had done no good dede And therfore none sholde wtdrawe to doo good dedes c. E. ¶ Another example of the payne of a maÌ„ the whiche knewe the wyfe of his neyghboure lxxxxii SOme maysters wryteth this the whiche foloweth how the discyple reciteth in the boke of his promptuarye and sayeth that a yonge man synned with the wyfe of his neyghbour / vnto whome god sent a plaghe he deyed of sodayne dethe wtout confessyon wtout receyuynge the sacrameÌ„tes The whiche by the suffraunce of god vnto the terrour of other aduouterers he appered vnto his rybawde after his dethe in grete tourment and payne And the sayd woman asked hym of his estate He answered I am dampned for the aduoutryes that I coÌ„mytted with the. And he sayd after Wylt thou se how I brenne wtout and within / keste of his vrine the was as metall molten in breÌ„ninge fyre Of this vysyon the woman had so grete fere that she went to confesse / correct / amended her lyfe F. ¶ Another example how a man sawe a woman punysshed for the aduoutry that she had commytted lxxxxii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons that he hath redde that a man was rauysshed before the gates of hell the whiche sawe a woman ryght greuously tormeÌ„ted / and a flambe of fyre enuyroned her beset about in all partes And the man demaunded wherfore that woman was tormented so greuously The answere was gyuen that she suffred suche tourmentes for the rybaudryes that she commytted with straunge men G. ¶ Another example of a yonge man that synned with a wedded woman lxxxxii ALso the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuarye and sayth that a yonge man sinned with a woman maryed and ê‘iured hyÌ„selfe The whiche was seke / the body of Ihesu cryst was brought vnto him / but he wolde neuer receyue it tyl he had made confessyon verytable of
bysshop of coleyne / the sayd bysshop arose on a nyght for to giue laudes to god our lady And after that he had walked through his hall he behelde out at a wȳdowe women that bare in a panyer .viii. chyldren borne in that nyght of a noble matrone of the cyte The whiche for shame retayned one gaue grete somme of money vnto the women for to go drowne viii The sayd bysshop toke the sayd chyldren / baptysed them made them to be nourysshed secretely / made them to be instructe in lettre in songe .x. or .xii. yeres The bysshop made his occupacyons with a burgoys that toke the chyldrē they folowed hym In th ende the sayd bysshop reueled the dede vnto the burgoys and vnto the moder of the chyldren And by the grace of god a cloyster was edyfyed / in the whiche the bysshop the chyldren yelded them vnto god c. ¶ Sacrilegium D. ¶ Examples of men of the chirche lecherous And first example how a preste fornycatour deyed sodaynly lxxxxiii IT is wryten in the lyfe of saynt Loye bysshop how a preste of his bysshopryche was infamed of fornycacyon for a concubyne that he helde with him And after that the sayd preste was often tymes warned to abstayne hym from that synne / that be wolde not the sayd bysshop excōmunycate hym defēded hym to synge masse The preste dyspysed the sentence prepayred hym to synge masse And whan he was at the auter he fell towarde it was strangled of the deuyll deyed sodaynly before al the people ¶ This example denoteth many thȳges The fyrst fyrst is that these lechours that wyll not correcte thē amende whan they ben warned shall be punysshed of god The seconde is that people of the chyrche ne other sholde attende to receyue theyr creatour in synne / without to haue wyll dysposed to abstayne them fro yll For yll came to the preste The thyrde is that excōmunycacyon is moche to drede for as moche as the sayd preste dredde not yll dyde come vnto hym bothe vnto body and vnto soule c. E. ¶ Another example how two relygious were appostates / lecherous / after dyd penaunce lxxxxiii IT is wryten in the lyfe of faders that two relygyous were tēpted of fornycacyon / they yode in to the worlde toke two wyues Afterwarde they sayd togyders What haue we wonne where as we haue left the ordre angelycke for to come to this immundycyte vnclennesse / after these thinges we shall come vnto the fyre of tourmentes Than retorne we vnto our hermytage / do we penaunce of thynges that we haue presumed And they went in to the hermytage prayed the faders that they wolde receyue them confessynge penytentes of thynges that they had cōmytted They wete thā receyued enclosed an hole yere And by penaunce men gaue vnto theym breed water by measure In beholdynge theym they were semblables of one replexym Whan the tyme of theyr penaūce was accomplysshed they yssued And the one was pale / lene / sorowfull / the other fayre ruddy And eche had meruayle for they had egally breed water And they axed hȳ that was lene heuy what he dyde with the thoughtes whan he was enclosed He sayd I thought that I sholde go in to paynes for the euylles that I haue cōmytted my bones harded them to my flesshe for grete fere that I had They demaunded the other what he thought whan he was enclosed He answered I yelded thankes to god that had wtdrawen from me the soylenes of the worlde the paynes of hell / called to the cōuersacyon angelyke And I reioyse whā I thynke on my god And the aūcyents sayd that the penaunce of bothe twayne was egal towarde god ¶ By this example those the whiche hath cōmytted synne sholde retorne vnto god doo penaunce as dyde the sayd relygyous What shall it prouffyte vnto a persone to do synne at his pleasure / after to be dampned c. F. ¶ Another example of the punycyon dampnacyon of a nonne that cōmytted lechery lxxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytinge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayeth that a nonne slewe her chylde in her wombe / so deyed without cōfessyon Afterwarde she appered vnto her cosyn that prayed for her helde a chylde of fyre in her armes / vnto whome she sayd I am dampned / this chylde of fyre that I bere I haue conceyued slayne it And I must bere it eternally by punycyon G. ¶ Another example how a pylgrym sawe a prelate cast within the depnesse of helle lxxxxiii ARnoldus the discyple recyteth in theyr bokes that there was a pylgryme that solde his robe to drinke stronge wyne And he dranke so moche that he was dronken lost his wyt / and that men estemed that he was deed And that houre his soule was borne in too hell in the place of tourmentes / specyally in to a pyt brennȳge couered with a lydde of yron enbrased in fyre And there was the prynce of derkenes / the pylgrym sawe aprelate that was presented vnto y sayd deuyll the whiche greted hym / hym presented to drynke of a cuppe enbrased full of soulphre in fyre molten And whan the prelate had dronken the lydde of the pytte was taken away the prelate was cast within the pytte of fyre And whan the sayd pylgrym sawe that he had grete fere And the deuyl cryed on hygh Brynge me hyder that pylgrym that hath solde his vestement and made himselfe drōken And whan the sayd pylgrym herde those wordes he behelde his good aungell that had brought hym thyder / requyred his ayde / promysed vnto god him that he wolde neuermore be dronken so that he wolde delyuer him at that houre And forth with his sayd soule was put in to his body And the sayd pylgrym noted the houre the day that it so befel went in to his countree and founde that the sayd prelate deyed at the daye at the houre that he was borne in to hell For he was of his countree wherby he wyst that it was very table And therfore the excesse of meet and drynke is to fle c. H. ¶ Another example of a relygyous woman dampned the whiche in her lyfe gaue grete almesse / but she cōceyued a chylde slewe it lxxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge this that whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary sayth that the doughter of a kynge was soo moche deuoute / so good an almeswoman chaste that it was meruayle She nourysshed all the dayes of her lyfe a nombre of poore folke / of wydowes of orphelyns And it befel that by folysshe loke that she made vpon one of her seruauntes she coueyted to lye with hym / and conceyued a chylde And by the counceyle
prelates / curates / people of the chyrche / they sholde vnderstande here yf they vse yll of the dygnyte charge that they haue that god shall punysshe theym cruelly more than these symple persones the whiche ne knoweth / a / ne / b. And therfore who so loueth hym kepe hym from doynge yll ¶ Another example in mani bokes how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary sayth that in the dyoc archebysshopryche of Maydenburgh / there was an archebisshop named Loye / the whiche was in a daunce the whiche was in a towne of his sayd dioc of his sygnoury of women vyrgyns of other of masculyn sexe And by the suffraunce of god as men sayd the fyre toke in the base court of the hous where the daunce was / the sayd fyre brent it no persone ne deyed amonge so grete nombre of men women the whiche were there / but the archebysshop and a mayden that he had ledde in the daunce And albeit some persones felle by the wyndowes ne ranne in poynt of dethe ¶ Peni inferni A. ¶ Examples how mortall synÌ„e maketh the synners inobedyentes to haue many paynes doloures wtin the fyre of hell And fyrst example of a fader of an housholde the whiche sawe two pondes the tourmentes of hell Cvii MEn fynde by wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary sayth that the fader of a housholde yelded his soule to god / all his houshold watched hym kept his body by nyght / by the dyuyne mercy he reuyued yode vnto the chyrche to yelde thankes vnto god And al that he had he gaue to the chyrche to the poores Afterwarde he yode vnto an hermytage / by a water made his dwellynge / entred wtin the sayd water lete his clothes to be ysy frosen nere vnto his flesshe And after that he entred in to a bayne ryght hote / susteyned suche payne tyll vnto the dethe And whan he was repreued to endure suche payne he sayd Yf ye hadde seen that that I haue seen ye sholde do with me that I doo / or more greter thynge And he recounted terryble thinges of the paynes of hell in saynge that whan his soule departed fro his body an aungell led hym in to a valey of infynyte gretenes In the whiche there were two pondes / the one was full of wormes of flambes of fyre eygrely brennynge hote And the other ponde was frosen / there was terrible coldnes of snowe of hayle And these two pondes were full of soules terrybly tourmented / the whiche whan they myght no more sustayne the grete cruelte of the fire they passed in to the colde And they that myght not sustayne the coldenes passed in to the hote c. Afterwarde the aungell ledde him by derkenes right thycke there sawe lytell flambes lytell hepes assemblementes of fyre the whiche proceded from â—he furneys of hell mounted as hye as sperkles of fyre men of fyre thorow them proceded / there felte stynke intollerable / there herde wepynges / waylynges / howlynges incomperables sawe the deuylles ryght terrybles that helde hokes of fyre / the whiche coueyted to catche the fader of the housholde to cast hym in the furneys / but the aungell defended that they sholde not touche hyÌ„ For the iuge had commauÌ„ded that he sholde retorne in to his body for to doo penaunce And there he dyde suche penauÌ„ce that it passed mannes reason After he deyed ioyously c. To the purpose of this example that speketh of the fyry ponde saynt IohnÌ„ sayth apo Qui noÌ„ est iÌ„ueÌ„tê° iÌ„ libro vite scriptê° missus eÌ„ iÌ„ stagnuÌ„ ignis ardeÌ„tis sulphuris He the whiche is not founde wryten in the boke of lyfe whan he is deed is sent in to a ponde of fyre brennynge and of sulphre This ponde here wherof speketh saynt Iohan is not of colde water or boylynge wherin the synners ben plonged / drowned / or boyled / as fals money makers / but it is by symylitude as a ponde or a cawdron of fyre and of sulpre molten brennynge boylynge wherin the dampned ben sent there to be plonged / smored / brent broyled the whiche is the seconde dethe that cometh after the dethe corporel / wherof speketh saynt Gregory in his moralles Fit miseris mors sine morte / finis sine fine / defectê° sine defectu c. ¶ Example of a fader his sone the whiche were seen in hell in tourmente of fyre brennynge boylynge as dooth the peason in a potte on the fyre Quere .lxxiii. Also saynt Iohan sayeth in the appocalyps that the homycydes fornycatours / enuenymours / ydolatres / all lyers shall be sent in to a ponde brennynge of fyre sulphre the whiche is the seconde dethe VnÌ„ appoca xxi Pars illoruÌ„ erit iÌ„ stagno ardenti igne et sulphure ê™ est mors secunda Vnto the purpose of the seconde poÌ„de the whiche was frosen that the dampned passed from the ponde of fyre in to that of the colde It is wryten iob xxiiii Ad calorem nimium transiet ab aquis niuiuÌ„ And from the grete cruelte of colde of tormentes that the dampned haue god sayeth in the gospelles that they shall wepe grynde theyr tethe of grete payne that they shal endure Vnde math viii xxiiii Et luc xiii Ibi erit fletê° et stridor dentium B. ¶ Another example how a ryche man was put in a chyare of fyre Cvii THe dyscyple recyteth how a deuout man sawe by vysyon a ryche man ledde in to hel that had ben moche honoured in this worlde exceded in worldly glory / in glotony / lechery / in songes / and in dyuers solaces And the prynce of the deuylles rose vp from his chayre / came before hym / and made hym to sytte in a chayre all of fyâ—â— / sayd vnto hym Syt thou here for the honour that thou hast had in the worlde And was constrayned to drynke of lycour ryght bytter / stynkynge / foule And they sayd to hy that it was for that he had dronken in the worlde the drynkes ful of swetenesses / two deuylles were there with trompettes the which blewe in his eeres that the flambes of fyre yode out by the eyes / nosethrylles / mouthe / ere 's And it was sayd vnto him that it was for the bayne / songes that he had herde in the worlde And they put serpentes about his necke and vnto his armes / and sayd vnto hym that it was for the embracements of women that he had hadde in lyuynge lecherously c. C. ¶ Another example of a woman that sawe the paynes of her husbonde of other dampned Cvii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons this the whiche foloweth the whiche is also wryten in other bokes sayth that