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A16444	Here begynneth a lytell boke, that speketh of purgatorye [et] what purgatorye is [et] in what place, and of the paynes that be therin, and whiche soules do abyde therin tyll they be pourged of synne, and whiche abyde not there. ...; Prick of conscience. Book 4.	Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349, attributed name.	1534 (1534)	STC 3360; ESTC S104624	17,494	44

man haue but he well werche For it is a treasoure of holy churche That gadred is for mede of pardon Through vertue of Chrystes holy passyon And of the worthynesse and of the dedes Of holy sayntes and of theyr medes And it is gadred of mykell goode Fyrste through martyrdome and shedynge of blode Of holy Martyres that moche loued Chrystes laye For whose loue they were brought in to great afraye And in penaunce and trauayle of confessours And through good techynge of wyse doctours And of chastyte of good vyrgynes and clene That to god euer wolde theyr mone mene And also of all holy churche werkes And of prayers of holy preestes and clerkes And of all this that I haue nowe before tolde Is gadred this treasoure both newe and olde And of that treasoure the Pope bereth the kaye That openeth and closeth and synnes doth awaye For that falleth to hym of offyce to holde For he is vycar in erth god hym make wolde The kayes be nothynge elles to vnderstonde But ful power gyuen to hym through goddes sonde Through whiche power he maye the lawe fulfyll Bynde and vnbynde after his wyll For the same power hym falleth to haue That god gaue to Peter soules to saue For god gaue to Peter in erth full power And sayde to hym in this maner Quodcūque ligaueris super terram erit ligatum et in celis et quodcūque solucris super terram erit solutum et in celis ¶ All that thou byndest in erth sayth he Shall euer in heuen bounde be And all that thou vnbyndest in erth ryght Shall be vnbounde in heuen bryght This power to all popes gaue our lorde After saynt Peter to holde that worde As telleth therof in an exposycyon Of the Gospell in a lesson Than semeth it well by this reason That eche pope hath a great iurysdyccyon To assoyle a man and hym forgyue All dettes of payne that he shulde be to dryue But yet must a man yelde forsothe also All that he hath wrongefully take or do For the pope whan he graunteth that grace He byndeth holy churche in that same place For hym to whom that grace auayleth To fulfyll all thynges that hym fayleth But the bysshoppes that ben of lesse state Haue lesse power as clerkes knoweth that For theyr dygnyte is moche lasse Therfore they maye not theyr power passe And though it be not so suffysaunt As is the popes yet they maye make a graunt Of theyr power of pardon a great partye To theyr vnderlynges both lowe and hye But yet it must as I before haue sayde Be gyuē through holy churches treasour by god rede And neuerthelesse there maye no man pardon wynne But he ben out of deedly synne For he that hath the kepynge of that treasoure That to mannes soule is so precyous a floure Maye not gyue it to holy churches foose Lest he gette hym therby an euyll loose For suche men they ben and none other ywys That dwell in deedly synne and euer doth amys For they ben out of holy churche lawe Therfore they maye no pardon to them drawe But frendes of holy churche maye well craue After pardon for they shulde it haue For they be suche that euer be fre Of deedly synne and in parfyte charyte To them suche pardon shall neuermore fayle But in purgatorye to them shall auayle To brynge out of payne theyr soules clene As ferforth as the pardon maye mene As clerkes telleth that god wyll sette For the remenaunt of paynes that ben of dette That perchaunce is lefte and not done here As it maye fall in dyuerse manere A partye of penaunce that is enioynt And is not done here before dethes poynt And in partye of venyall synnes wrought And in partye of synnes that ben out of thought And in partye for lytell repentaunce And in partye for ouer lytell penaunce And in partye of penaunce enioynt and not do And perchaunce with lytell deuocyon also And all these maye be called the remenaunt Of dette of payne that is not suffysaunt That shulde be fulfylled in erth here Other in purgatorye to make the soules more clere But suche dette maye soone there be quyte who that to suche pardon hath any delyte In forgyuenesse of all penaunce y e maye be thought whether it be enioyned here or be nought For so moche pardon maye a man pourchace Here in his lyfe that he maye haue grace In purgatorye to be quyte of all maner dette That from the blysse myght hym lette For so large is holy churches treasoure That it maye brynge soules from all doloure And from all paynes of dette that maye be Of all men that ben in chrystente And thus pardon i purgatorye to soules may auayle But some clerkes gyueth vs counceyle That we shulde kepe it and hooly spare Tyll we to purgatorye come all yare And in erth do penaunce whyle we maye For a man in purgatorye shall thynke one daye Longer than hym thought euer in erth here The space and tyme of an hole yere Than is one daye of pardon in forgyuenesse More worth than all this worldes rychesse For the soule had leuer that suche payne shall dryue One daye of pardon than any thynge on lyue For all this wyde worlde and it were his He wolde gyue to haue rest there one daye ywys Of this mater that I make of mencyon Is good helpe of frendes and eke of pardon That auayleth to them that in pryson be sette wherfore I haue myne auctours for me fette And so sayth Innocent and saynt Austyne That speketh in theyr bokes of this well afyne And mayster Raymonde also speketh of the same In a boke that is called after his name And Thomas Alquin speketh also Of this mater and other mo In a boke that is of great phylosophye That is called Ueritas theologye And to you I haue many maters red That in this lytell boke before ben sped In the whiche ye haue herde me specyfye Of the condycyons of Purgatorye And nowe I wyll no further wende But of this mater thus I make an ende ¶ Finis ▪ ¶ Here endeth the Boke of Purgatorye And hereafter foloweth a lytell regestre or table of the same ¶ Here begynneth the regestre or table FYrste the Prologue Folio primo ¶ Here he telleth what Purgatorye is Folio i. ¶ In what place purgatorye is Folio ii ¶ Of two purgatoryes that god hathe ordeyned Folio iii. ¶ Of the paynes that ben in purgatorye Folio iii. ¶ Of the soules that wendeth in to purgatorye and abydeth there tyll they ben pourged of synne whiche soules abyde not there Folio viii ¶ For whiche synnes a soule goth to hell Folio ix ¶ Of the helpe that soules hath that ben in purgato rye of good frendes that be left behynde them lyuynge in erth Folio xiii ¶ what pardon auayleth to mānes soule Folio xvi ¶ Here endeth the regestre or table of this present Boke ¶ Cum priuilegio Regali ▪ ¶ Imprynted by me Robert wyer dwellynge at the sygne of saynt Iohan Euangelyste in saynt Martyns parysshe in the felde in the bys shop of Norwytche rentes besyde Charynge Crosse.

¶ Here begynneth a lytell boke that speketh of Purgatorye what Purgatorye is in what place and of the paynes that be therin and whiche soules do abyde therin tyll they be pourged of synne and whiche abyde not there And for what syn̄es a soule goth to hell of the helpe that soules ī purgatorye may haue of theyr frendꝭ that be on fyue what pardon aueyfeth to mānes soule ¶ The Prologue MAny men speke as they in the boke rede Of the paynes of purgatorye but fewe it drede For many a man wotteth not what thynge it is Therfore they drede it the lesse ywys And for some men haue therof no knowynge Of the place of purgatorye not vnderstandynge Therfore I wyll tell what it is in lykenes And in what place as the boke is wytnes And whiche soules goth thyther and for what syn And what maner of paynes ben therin And also what thynge is most in certayne That myght a mannes soule brynge out of payne ¶ Fyrste here it telleth what is Purgatorye PUrgatorye is nothynge elles to tell But a clensynge place soules in to dwell That haue done syn̄e and haue cōtrycyon And ben in the waye of saluacyon And there they shulde suffre both sorowe and wo Tyll all theyr synnes ben awaye ydo And clensed of all synnes that euer they wrought Both in worde and wyll in dede and eke in thought For so pured golde neuer none there was As the soules shall ben or they thens passe wherfore the payne that the soule there shall hent Is more bytter than all the tourment That all martyres suffred both yonge and olde Syth that god was borne and to the Iewes solde For the leste payne of the paynes there Is more bytter than the most payne that is here As wytnesseth a great clerke and sayth shortly In a boke that speketh of Purgatorye Minima pena Purgatorii maior est maxima pena mundi ¶ He sayth the leste payne is well more In Purgatorye that greueth sore Than the most payne that maye be In all this worlde to fele or se For the payne there is more ferse and fell Than herte maye thynke or tonge maye tell Betwene the payne of hell certaynly And betwene the payne of Purgatorye Is no dyfference but certes that one Shall haue an ende and that other none For the paynes of hell shulde neuer cease Ne the soules therin haue neuer release But in purgatorye the soules dwelleth styll Tyll they ben clensyd of all maner yll And as moche ben there .xl. dayes tolde As here .xl. yere be a man neuer so olde So that a payne there one daye to se Is as moche as a yere tolde here maye be But euery daye of penaunce that is done here Shall stande there in stede of an hole yere As Chryste sayth openly and wytnesseth well By his holy prophete Ezechiell Diem pro anno deditibi ¶ That is so moche to vnderstande nowe For an hole yere I gaue one daye to you Than serueth that payne as the boke telleth To clense the soules that therin dwelleth But penaunce here done with good wyll Serueth for two thynges goddes lawe to fulfyll One cause is to clense the soules well Of all deedly synnes and eke venyell Another is to haue in heuen more mede To these two thynges penaunce maye vs lede For euery penaunce that a man doth here Shall haue a specyall ioye in heuen clere That euer without ende shall than last Yf they done penaunce with herte stedfast ¶ In what place Purgatorye is THe place there that purgatorye is holde Is vnder erth as clerkes men tolde Aboue the same place as clerkes men telleth There that deed chyldren vnchrystened dwelleth That from the fayre syght of goddes face Ben put for euer without any grace And that place is euen aboue hell pyt Betwene purgatorye and hell is it And so is the place of purgatorye sette Aboue them both thyther soules be fette That must nedes theyr payne there haue And after that payne Ihesus wyll them saue Yet aboue that stede is that fayre place That god after his deth vysyted through his grace And all that were there with hym he toke And lefte none therin as telleth the boke Nor from that tyme as clerkes can tell Come neuer no soule there for to dwell Ne neuer none hereafter therin shall fall For that place is Lymbo as clerkes it call That is a fayre pryson as telleth the boke where oure forne fathers were in yloke And of all these foure men maye one hell make And eueryche of them for hell maye be take And therfore holy churche that for soules prayth Calleth purgatorye hell and thus therof sayth Domine Ihesu christe libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum de manu inferni et de profundis aquaram c. ¶ Lorde Ihesu chryste delyuer out of hell honde All chrysten soules that ben there vnder bonde That is from that place in to heuen blysse For moche pyne haue soules there ywysse But from the lowest hell without any doute Maye no soule thens be delyuered oute Of mercy to haue is no hope ne truste As holy Iob telleth that the soth wyste Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio ¶ He sayth that in hell that is so farre adowne Is neuer delyueraunce for no raunsowne And therfore masses prayers helpeth them nought To the same soules that thyther be brought For masse ne prayer abateth not theyr pyne As wytnesseth the holy man saynt Austyne Si sarem patrem aut matrem in inferno non pro eis orarem ¶ He sayth yf my father and my mother were In the pytte of hell and I wyst them there I wolde neuer by daye ne by nyght Praye for them to god that is full of myght But purgatorye so longe last not maye For it lasteth no lenger than tyll domes daye For after domes daye as clerkes can se The place of purgatorye shall no where be Than shall hell be full of fendes within That euermore shall last to auenge synne But some men haue wonder and asketh why That purgatorye is ordeyned with mercy And hell without mercy that is so lowe The cause why men must well knowe For the same synne that in erth is wrought From the erth vpwarde ne passeth nought Than nedes punysshed must be that synne Here vpon erth or elles within That is here in erth there that we dwell Other elles in purgatorye or elles in hell For the soule synne is so heuy and harde That it draweth the soule euer downewarde And tyll the synne with penaunce be awaye nome Erst maye the soule neuer to heuen come ¶ Of two Purgatoryes that god hath ordeyned YEt telleth these clerkes more openly That two purgatoryes there be namely One is cōmon for to tell That is within erth aboue hell And the other is specyally through grace That is here in erth in dyuerse place For some ben not in cōmon stede pyght But they ben punysshed

his sake that byddeth it to be done That in his herte hath charyte knyt And for his sake wolde do it For god wyll nothynge do for his sake That wyll not charyte in his herte take This case falleth ofte as I vnderstande Betwene a lorde and his seruaunt bonde There that the lorde good and ryghtfull is And his seruaunt is wycked ywys And yf his seruaunt do any maner thynge That is good to the lordes byddynge Yet it maye auayle to some profyte Though he in goodnes haue no delyte And that is through reason and goodnes ywys Of hym through whom that prayer is For though it be agaynst the doers wyll Yet as agaynst the bydder it standeth styll But yf in charyte they were bothe The more were the helpe to the deth for sothe And also though a preest in any maner tyme be Synfull and out of charyte Yet he is goddes mynyster and holy churches That the sacrament vpon the aulter werches That is nought the lesse of myght All thoughe the preest lyue not aryght For though a preest that syngeth the masse Be neuer so full of wyckednesse Yet that sacrament that is so holy Maye not be enpayred through his foly Than maye a masse from payne soules brynge Though a synfull preest doth it synge For he syngeth the masse in goddes name Under whiche ordre he maye do no shame But preuy prayers made with good entent That be sayde besydes the sacrament Of a good preest doth more god paye Than of a synfull preest vsed eche daye But the offrynge of goddes body so swete Bryngeth many soules from paynes greate wherfore me thynketh that masses syngynge Maye rathest a soule from payne brynge That goth out of this worlde in charyte And in purgatorye clensed shall be But to them that be dampned for aye No good dede to them auayle maye Nother almes dede prayer ne masse For they ben as the boke bereth wytnesse Departed fro chryste that of Mary was borne And the soules of them euer be forlorne And as lymmes ben deed and layde in claye And all ben from the body awaye Than maye nothynge helpe in no maner kynde The lymmes that ben dryed as it were a rynde Ryght so all the helpe that a man can tell Nothynge auayleth to them that be in hell But yet helpe of frendes that be in goddes seruyce Maye auayle to the soule in some maner wyse For suche seruyce maye to the good be wrought So that in lesse payne they shall be brought For therto auayleth almes dedes and bedes To the soules that ben in all thre stedes For it auayleth to the soule that in purgatorye is To brynge it rather thens to blys Also it auayleth them that in heuen be sette For eche daye theyr ioye encreaseth therfore the bette And the mo that cōmeth in to that holy place The more is theyr ioye before goddes face Also it auayleth them that be in hell For the fewer shulde come there to dwell And the fewer that cōmeth there for syn The lesse payne they haue that ben therin And the mo that in to that place doth wende The more is theyr payne without ende Thus maye helpe of frendes auayle by reason To the soules that ben in that stronge pryson And namely to them that be in hell And to them also that in purgatorye doth dwell But suche helpe maketh no soules fro payne wende But charyte be with them at theyr ende For in hell was neuer no charyte And in heuen therof no nede maye be And as a man maye here with his honde Make a sete for another that is vnder bonde And is not of power it to make But another maketh it all for his sake Ryght so maye a man for the deed body do For of helpe he hath moche nede therto And the soules that ben to paradyse gone Nede of helpe they haue ryght none But yf any good dede for them be wrought It maye to the nedefull in helpe be brought For all the helpe that specyally is done here Auayleth to the soules that in purgatorye ere And to some more and to some lesse After that they be tolde of worthynesse And after that charyte is in them clere ynowe Of them that lyueth in erth amonges you That euer most be busye well for to do As well for hym selfe as for them in wo For whan a man shall from this worlde flytte Than can no man tell by no maner of wytte whether that he shall than in to purgatorye wende Other in to heuen blysse that hath none ende For some men semeth good and parfyte alone That after theyr deth daye be dampned full soone For perchaunce they ben full foule within And passeth of this worlde in deedly syn And some men semeth here that they lyue amysse That soone ben saued and wendeth to blysse For perchaunce in erth before theyr dyenge They ben amended of theyr myslyuynge But of this maye no man in certayne be For it falleth hooly to goddes ●ryuyte And neuerthelesse we shulde here byleue aye That all tho that dye go in good waye That we saye in erth here good werkes werche And hath all the sacramentes of holy churche And whether so they be oure frende or fo All thynge that is in us we shulde do And praye to almyghty god both lowde and styll For all chrysten soules as it is goddes wyll Yet men maye aske why me doth masses synge For yonge chyldren after theyr dyenge That of masses ne prayer hath no maner nede For they dyd neuer no maner synfull dede To this I maye answere by good reason That for reuerence of god is the encheson That masses me doth synge and prayers make That god both to yonge and olde his mercy take And also for the custome of holy churche And for them that ben deed some good to werche Nowe ye haue herde as the boke is wytnesse Nowe almes dede and prayers penaunce and masse That ben done through frendes true and certayne Maye helpe the soules that ben in stronge payne And nowe I wyll tell to you more therto what profyte pardon the soule maye do That is pourchased in erth in a good manere And also in clene lyfe whyle he lyueth here ¶ what pardon auayleth to mannes soule PArdon helpeth them by many wayes That haue purchased it ● theyr lyfe dayes For pardon of popes of bysshoppes hys That in erth is graunted or a man dye Maye auayle to the soule that in purgatorye is Yf it be purchased worthely ywys And yf they haue for theyr synnes contrycyon And ben shryuen before that same pardon Thā may pardō after theyr deth through godes sōde In purgatorye to them great profyte ●●nde For pardon that is ryght full and certayne Maye a man release both of dette and payne As farre as the pardon maye it areche For thus haue I lerned through clerke speche Pardon is nothynge elles to vs in lykenesse But of payne that is dette forgyuenesse Pardon maye no