That is to saye None things so secretely kepte but oure lorde shall haue therof knowlege in the daye of Iugement and no thing so vnbeknowen but it shal be knowen in coÌ„mun of euery man in tho dayes c. ¶ Of that xij token THat xij token shal be that sterres shulleÌ„ fallen out of heuen for al planetes the whiche that goo aboute wyth the cours of the elementis and also they that stande stylle be called in latyn planete or stelle errancie Shullen fallen and casten oute grete cometes with longe tayles lyke a burning spere that whiche shal bee sore fertfull on to see And shullen all beestes come to gyder and makiÌ„g a grete noyse wythout mete or drynke Lyke matheus writted of the sterres in his xiiij chaptre ¶ Stelle cadent de celo et virtutes celorum mouebuntur Of this maye ye vnderstande that the peple shal see no more lyke yf they had be caste out of heuen Lyke ye maye vnderstande of saint ambrosius Iheronimus and beda As the sonne and mone and alle othe bryghtenes of heuen shullen chaunge ther brightnes into derkenes nott that they shullen lese there bryghtnes To vnderstand as our lord shal come to Iustice than shal be suche a brightnes that the sonne and mone shullen lese their brightnes Here of sayde the prophete Iohel in his iij. chaptre ¶ Sol conuertetur in tenebras et luna insanguinem antequam veniat dies dnÌ„i magnus et horribilis That is to saye Afore oure lorde IhuÌ„ shal come tho Iugement shal the sonne lese her bryghtnes and the mone shal tourne her in to blode Lyke in apocalipst is shewed ¶ Sol factus est niger quasi factus cilicinus et luna fctaÌ„ est quasi sanguinis et stelle cadent super terram That is to saye In tho dayes shal be a meruelyos token as that the sonne shal be like a sacke caste with esshes and the mone shal be redde like the blodde And this is to vnderstande that alle creatures off heuen syeng the eynde of the worlde Wherfor that they ware made to gyue bryghtenes in token off soroufulnes Lyke whan the mayster is deth thaÌ„ the seruaunt putt on hem blacke clothes in token of mornyng And not that the sterres shullen falleÌ„ done to the erth but they shullen abeyde aboue in the ayer and makyng a grete noyse of lyghtning and they shullen not be wasted but shullen abeyde in that loweste parte of the ayer and the peple shal wene that they fallen to the erth And verely as men sayd the myght of heueÌ„ ys lyke angels goostes and the workes of heuen shullen peruerten tremblem in the daye of Iugement Not that thei haue feere of dampnacion but the tremble for the reuerencie that they shullen done but whan thei shullen seen they grete myght of our lorde comyÌ„g to Iugement wyth alle his Empire and myght lokyng so ferthfully ayenst they that be dampned and than the angels shullen humbli bowe them Lyke yf they sholden suffer the euerlasting payne And ye maye also vnderstande of the peruerten of the angels and goostes that she hem peruerten for to fulfylle the wyl of oure lorde And this shall god suffer that the sterres shullen fallen for to feere theym tho that bee fallen fro their belyue and for theym that haue not meyntened oure belyue and tho that haue kepte it a backe c. ¶ Of that xiij token THat xiij token shal be that all men wyÌ„ meÌ„ and children they than bee alyue op the worlde shulleÌ„ deye wythout ony remedy And hy shall this done for that they shullen aryse ayenst the day of dome wyth them that haue ben dede in the begynning of the worlde to that daye to aforesayde ¶ And certeynly this shal bee a pytuosly worke that all people tho that ben alyue goyng sytting standing liggyng etyng or drynking shullen be hurt so shortly wyth the lancie of deth sudenly ¶ O ye wretched people ye wene to lyue euer but thinke that ye shal deye you knowe nor daye nor houre And also you thinke not on your synnes ¶ O ye men and wymmen what shal ye do whan ye haue none tyme for to amende your synnes ¶ Of that xiiij token THat xiiij token shal be that heuen and erth and alle elementen shullen bernen and specially alle thinges that whiche is operthe And the bodyes of men and wymmen shullen be burneth in to esshes Lyke Genesi sayde in his iij. chaptre ¶ Puluis es et in puluerem reuerteris And of the same resolucien of heuen and the et the sayde Matheê in his xiiij chaptre Celuin et terra transibuÌ„t And of this same fyre sayde Psalmista ¶ Ignis ante ipsum precedet That fyre shal goo afore that comun Iugement Whiche fyre shal be very grete by the myght of oure lorde Not allone that fyre iÌ„ hem self but all fyres in erth and shulleÌ„ come aboue to gyder for to for burne alle the worlde And the doctours saye that this fyre shal haue thre maner of myght As the myght of the fyre of erth for too take and to burne all to thinges that ye maye fyle Lyke trees herbes and in general all tho thinges that ben in erth For that same fyre shal tourne in to esshes As all bodyes of men and wyÌ„men And it shal haue the myght of the fyre of the elementis and shal purgyren the ayer and elementes And this same fyre shal goo aboute alle the worlde and make clene all the elementes of the Infectie of the people And this same fyre shal goo also hyghe as the Infectie is gone of the synful people for to purge all that same Lyke our lorde sayde that heuen and erth shal be burned and fergo not that the be wastable na the substancie for the be Incorruptible or wastable and that same fyre shal goo aboue all hylles xv cubytes lyke the dyluuye dydde for too purge that opperste parte of the ayer the whiche that the synful people hadde be smytted wyth there grete synnes And in this maner shal the heueÌ„ bee purget But the thinges of heuen shullen not bee wasted in noo maner of wyse Lyke propheta sayde ¶ IpiÌ„ ê‘ibunt tu auÌ„t permanes That is to saye That the heueÌ„ shal fergo after somme disposicie and chaunge lyke it now is And the shal not bee wasted to saye after ther corruptibilier substaÌ„cien And than it shal not bee nedeful c. ¶ Of that xv token and of that laste THat xv token shal be that heuen and erthe shal be chaunged and made newe Lyke it is sayde asore And all people shullen aryse too the Iugement Lyke saint Thomas sayde That the elements shullen be made newe And the erth shal be bryght and that water like the cristal and the ayer lyke heuen and that fyre lyke the bryghtnes of heuen and I shal see noo thynge in the ayer aboue but shal stande stylle and remeue
herbes shullen swete that shall god suffer for to punysshe the manquellers and mordenars in a peayne tho that haue kylled theym that neuer was gylty Lyke as SeneuÌ„ sayde in his iiij chapitre Spekyng in the person of god to Cayin that blode of thy broder Abel cryed to me of the erth into heuen ¶ And that wepyng and cryeng of thise byrdes shullen not wylling bee to ete nor to drynke And shal be done in a peayne and in a token of they dronkarts tho that be euermore dronken in this worlde and so lyue in moche etyng and drynkyng but they shullen be punisshed in helle of the honger ther deed Lyke salistinus sayde ¶ Mors depassed eos And so they shullen be punysshed with dyuers tormentes ¶ Of that vi token THat vi token shalke that alle townes Castels tours houses and other byldynges shullen falle downe Lyke saint Lucas Matheê saydeÌ„ in xxiiij chaptre ¶ NoÌ„ relinquetÌ„ lapis suê‘ lapidem qui non destruatur That is to saye ¶ There shal not one stone abeyde by that other And that shal god suffer for they in that haue laboured for to make grete castels and fayr houses for theyr pleasur Than to make one fondacien or to bylde in the worship of oure lorde for to fynde a house in heuen Lyke saint Iohan sayde in his xxiiij chaptre ¶ In domo patris mei mansiones multe sunt ¶ That sayde oure lorde In my faders house bee many wonyng places For they soules shulleÌ„ haue that the deserued for one shal haue more thaÌ„ the oder Therfor ther bee many wonyng places thereof sayde Ysayas ¶ Ve qui coniungitis domum ad domum et agrum agro copulatis O wee ye ryche ye make houses by houses wyth begylynge make grete your lande and fyldes and one acker by that other the whiche ye haue taken of the power folke knowelyng by force or stronge hande And they that haue noo myght ayenst you O ye riche loke on your worldely houses the whiche ye haue byldeth wyth grete labour And wylt not ones saye to your owne self O good lorde hadde I made one house in heuen for my soule helt wyth so greate labour as I haue done in erthe I hadde done wysely for my soule c. Of that vij token That vij toke shal be that one stone shal bete that other and shullen fyghte in them self they shullen springe asonder and so fighting thei shullen gyue and maken a grete noyse of cryeng And that shal noo man vnderstande but god allone Lyke it was done as our lorde was Crucified As matheus sayd iÌ„ his xxvij chaptre Petre scisse suÌ„t And that shal be done for to fere theÌ„ tho that ben harder than stones for they haue noo feere of our lorde they maye not be made tendre for no prechiÌ„g of the peyne of helle nor of his Iugement nor of his passion but they stones hauen hadd coÌ„passion of our lorde in his passion in maner of speking But they synner is so harde that they wyl not shryue theÌ„ nor do noo penaunce for their synnes But late vs praye to our lord IhuÌ„ that hy wyll make our hertes tendre that we maye besory for our synnes ¶ Of that viij token THat viij token shal be that ther shal be a general erth shakyng and contrary ther erth And shal be shewed ouer all the worlde so perilous that nor man nor wyf nor beeste shal mowe stande vpright but shullen fallen done the gronde Like it speketh in apocaliê“si xvi chatre Et fcuÌ„s eÌ„terremotê magnus qÌ„lis noÌ„ fuit ex quo hoiÌ„es eeÌ„ ceperuÌ„t That is to saye Afore our lord shal come to Iugement shal be also greate an erthquauyng as euer hath ben sith our lorde the worlde made this shal be done for to fere them tho that ben yet in erthe And shal be a token that the erth shal bere noo more the synners but shal them leue our lord shal do ouer them Iusticie shal theym gyue they maledictie in the pytts of helle wyth Lucifer And the people synners shulleÌ„ seke places holes for them to hyde ther in And there shal be shewed the greate vnmerciful that our lorde hath to the syÌ„ners For the that wolde not leue there syÌ„nes for all they tokens that they myght see here afore ¶ Of that ix token THat ix token shal be that all hilles and valeyes shulleÌ„ be plaen this shal be as Ysay as in his xl chaptre shewed ¶ OiÌ„s vallis iÌ„plebitÌ„ et oiÌ„s moÌ„s et collis huiÌ„liabitÌ„ that is to saye That all hylles shulleÌ„ be leyde done that shal god shewe for to feere al princes tho that make moche of theÌ„ self haue put done they pouer for all kynges lordes priÌ„ces beÌ„ all like the pouer For they be alle made of one substans haue all had one fader and god shal suche kinges lordes gyue wages like they haue deserued Like matheê sayd iÌ„ his xvi chaptre Filiê hoiÌ„o reddaÌ„ vnicuique scdÊ’ oê‘a sua Wythout ony taken out as wel the mayster as the seruauÌ„t Like psal sayde CuÌ„ accepero teÌ„pus ego iusticias iudicabo that is to saye As I shal take the daye the houre shal I Iuge the goode the badde workes of the people as wel the one as the other of what state or coÌ„dycien that thy be ¶ Of that x. token That x. tokeÌ„ shal be that al meÌ„ wyÌ„meÌ„ they that had hydde them in the erth shulleÌ„ come ayen out of ther holes like as madde folke And shulleÌ„ so sore bee aferde / that one shal not mowe speke to that other And this shall god shewe in one token that whan god shall gyue Iugement ouer the good and badde Shal hy no man excuse whiche Iugement them is shewed wyth many tokens yf they wolde nott torne theym fro their synnes and doo penaunce And god shal also shewe this token to the people that shal lyue than in erth That Maria the moder of our lorde IhuÌ„ aduocatrice to all synners that in the houre / of Iugement shal she not coÌ„ne helpe no maÌ„nor none saint of heueÌ„ but ther owne good dedes ¶ Of that xi token THat xi token shal be that all graues thombes shullen stande open fro the vprysing of the sonne and goyng done ayen And also alle bones of the bodyes the whiche that bee deth fro the begynning of the world to that same daye to shullen aryse by and by ¶ Lyke Ezechiel sayde in his xxxvij chaptre Erce ego aperiaÌ„ tumulos vestros This same tokeÌ„ shal god shewe to one tokeÌ„ to alle tho that hath bee hydde secretely Lyke synnes that haue nott bee confessyd nor shryuen therof And they that haue done sinnes secretly and haue not shriuen them therof nor haueÌ„ done no penauÌ„ce and all they shullen be dampned Lyke euangelista sayde Nihil oê‘tum ê™ noÌ„ reueletur nec abscoÌ„ditum quod sciatur
not And certeynly this forsaide fyre shal burne all bodyes of the people yf they bee dede or alyue good or bad but there shal be difference it shal gyue peyne to the badde and none to the goode But it fyndeth noothinge there to purge No more than it dydde to the thre children the whiche waren put in a forncyse As daniel sayde in his iij. chaptre ¶ And certeynly all this is not others than as god it wyl haue no man knoweth it but god alone of this tookens afore sayde and yf they shullen bee shewed one after an other And yf there more than one shal bee vp one daye but this same is vncerten vnknowen And therfore it is possyble that that fyre ther purgacien shal come op that same houre as the peple shullen bee slaen and than they shullen be burned to esshes to pouder and dust ¶ And therfore shal men not saye for certeyn that they forsayde tokens shullen bee vpon xv dayes one after an other ¶ Lyke Iheronimus hath fonden in the Hebrewshe Cronicle For hy hemselfe is there of vncertaeyn But the moste parte of thise forsayde tokens maye ye wel belyue for the be geapprobiert with the holy gospels that the worlde shal burne and purge the elementis And also that the hooly bodyes shullen aryse And that same fyre shal goo aboute after the Iugement and shal take all corrupcien wyth hem and shal goo wyth a grete hette to helle and ther wyth to punysshe the badde And alle those that of suttylnes is in this same fyre and off good workes shal abeyde aboue in euerlastiÌ„g glorie And this is knowen that this same fyre shall goo afore that dreful daye of Iugement ¶ Here endeth the xv tokens ¶ And here foloweth who our lord shal 〈◊〉 shal come to Iugement ALle cristeÌ„ peple be of very doute to knowe by the simbol of the belyue That is oure Credo lyke the symple peple saye whiche euery body ought to knowe or to haue penaunce the euerlastinge dampnacion of his soule ¶ And oure lorde shal come at that same daye to Iuge the that be alyue and tho that be dede and good and badde In whiche Iugement hy shal gyue euery body after that they haue serued And this shal be done lyke it is sayde afore But as oure lorde shal come with grete myght in tyme of Iusticie iÌ„ whiche tyme shal be noon mercy After that vision of saiÌ„t Iohan in appocalipsi in his x. chaptre sayde One angel comyng oute of heuen puttyng hys right fote op the see and his lyfter fote vpon the erth makyng his othe by our lorde the whiche is alyue in heuen That that same tyme sholde be no more Glosa the tyme of mercy But the tyme of Iugement and ther Iusticien And sayde that ther spake to hem vij donre claps and there by shulleÌ„ we vnderstande that ther shullen fallen vij peryllosshe thinges The whiche shullen fallen vpon they tho that bee dampned ¶ And tho that bee sauyd shullen haue vij myrthee in that same daye of Iugement by that first donre clape shal ye vnderstande the arysing of the ded bodyes men and wymmen But after the purgacie of the fyre in erth shal out lord be redy to come to Iugement and his angels shullen blowe the trompettis making a grete noise and they shullen brynge to gyder all frindes of oure lorde the whiche that haue be tourned in to esshes in all foure corners of the worlde Lyke matheus sayde in his xxiiij chaptre ¶ Mittit angelos suos cuÌ„ tuba And this same blowyng shall be herde of good and badde and shullen aryse vpon that same daye As the apostle sayde ad Corintheos ¶ OeÌ„s quidem resurgemus And they trompettis shullen gyue a meruelyous noyse Wherof saint Iheronimus sayde ¶ Siue dormio siue vigilo c. That is to saye Slepe I wake I ete I drinke I. or what that I do euer my semeth that I here the laste trompettis of that drefull IugemeÌ„t Sayng stand op ne deed and cometh to Iugement Lyke one doctour sayde op that booke of sapiens The noyse of thyse trompettis shullen gyue a fylynge sowne the whiche shal coÌ„maunde that coÌ„maundement of our lorde ihuÌ„ xpiÌ„ by whiche commaundement all deed bodyes shullen aryse As Chrisostomus sayd That is one meruelyous sowne of the crompettis that it makith the elementis subgette and also parted the stones And doth open the yate of helle and brecte the yate of Aren and the gate of helle made of yron and brecte the baÌ„des of the ded people And shal gyue euery body his soule ayen and shullen be pulled out of the depnes And eueribody shal than haue his soule open And that same sowne shal not bee herde allone in heuen butt also in erthe And adam shal come fyrst wyth alle his progenie the whiche that haue serued our lord Abraham shal come wyth alle holy patriarchen Isay as wyth all holy prophetes Dauid wyth all good kynges Saint peter wyth all apostles euangelistes and disciples Saint stephen and Saint Laurens wyth all tho that haue shedde there blode for the loue of crist Saint nicolaus and Martimis wyth alle his confessours Saint katherin with all holy virgins Saint elisabeth wyth alle holy sage wymmen weduwes Saint Anna wyth all wymmen that haue not broken there wedlocke And the quene of heuen shal come wyth alle relygious persones the whiche that haueÌ„ serued and worshipped her And lyke wyse shal the noyse bee herde in helle As Crisostimus sayde ¶ And than shullen comen Lucifer Asmodeê Sathanas belsebuck astaroch and other capiteyns and wyth all that in helle is And this forsayd blowyng shal bee herde in all corners of the worlde ¶ And than shall come Cayin the whiche slewe his brother shal goo wyth the forsayd deuyls and also al mordenars Iudas wyth all traytours Pylatus with al vntrewe iewes Herodes wyth all fals kynges princes Barrabas wyth alle theues Lamech with alle tho that haue not kepte there wedlock Nemroch wyth all vserers Yezy wyth all fals marchans Symon maguo wyth alle nygromantiers Athalya wyth all tho that haue kylled there children Isabel wyth all harlottls and lecherous wymmen Like saint Iohan sayde in his v. chaptre Procedent qui bona feceruÌ„t in resurrectioÌ„em vite qui vero male egerint in resurrectoÌ„em iudicij And ye shal vnderstande by the secunde donre clap Wherof that the euangeliste sayde in apocalipst That all tho that shal be to gyder in the IugemeÌ„t shullen bee departed in foure The first company shullen sytte by the Iugement of oure lorde As oure blyssed lady the moder of our lorde IhuÌ„ The apppostles discipules marters Confessours patriarches and prophetes ¶ And this same compasy shal stande there besyde not for to gyue sentence But for to approbere the sentence of oure lorde Ihesu Criste ¶ And in this forsayde Company Alle tho that haue lefte there