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prayer_n	angel_n	holy_a	saint_n	2,185	5	5.9190	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68182	The descrypcyon of Englonde Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the whiche treateth of the descrypcyon of this londe which of olde tyme was named Albyon and after Brytayne and now is called Englonde and speketh of the noblesse and worthynesse of the same; Polycronicon. English. Selections	Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364.; Trevisa, John, d. 1402.	1498 (1498)	STC 13440B; ESTC S116801	50,014	50

In that one partye is grete dysturbaūce dyscomfort of fendes in y t other partye grete lykynge comforte of holy angels Ther is also saynt Patryks purgatorye y t was shewed at his prayers to conferme his prechynge his lore whan he preched to mysbleued men of sorowe payne y t euyll men sholde suffre for her wycked werkes And of Ioye of blysse y ● good men shall resceyue for her holy dedes he telleth that who y t suffreth the paynes of the purgatorye yf it be enioyned hym for penaūce he shall neuer suffre the paynes of helle but he deye fynally without repentaūce of synne as the ensample is sette more full at this chapytres ende ¶ Treuisa But truly noman may be saued but yf he be very repentaunt what someuer penaūce he do euery man y t is very repentaunt at his lyues ende shall be sekerly saued though he neuer here of saynt Patryks purgatorye There is an ylonde in Connacte Salo that is in the see of Conaccia halowed by saynt Brandan that hath no myse there deed bodyes ben not buryed but ben kept out of the erthe roten not In Mamonia is a welle who y ● wassheth hym w t that water of that welle he shall waxe hore on his heed There is an other welle in Vltoma who someuer is wasshen therin he shal neuer wexe hore afterwarde Ther is a welle in Mounstre or Mamoma ●f ony man touche that welle anone shal falle grete rayne in all the prouynce y ● rayne shall neuer cesse tyll a preest y ● is a clene mayden synge a masse in a chapell fast by blesse the wa●er w t mylke of a cowe y ● is of one heer bel prȳge the welle so reconcyle the welle in this straūge maner At Glyndalcan about the oratorye of saynt ●eywyn withges berith apples as it were apple trees ben more holsome than sauery That holy saynt brought forth these apples by prayers for to hele his childe that was seke Ther is a lake in Vlster moche fysshe therin whiche is .xxx. myle in length and .xv. in brede The Ryuer Ban renneth out o● that lak● in to the north Occean and men saye that this lake began in this maner There were men in that coūtr●e that were of euyll lyuynge 〈◊〉 cūbrutis And there was a welle in y ● londe in grete reuerence of olde tyme and alwaye couered yf it were lefte vncouered the welle wolde ryse drowne all the londe And so it happed y t a woman wente to y t welle for to fetche water hyed her fast to her childe y t wept in the cradell lefte the welle vncouered thenne the welle sprange so fast y ● it drowned the woman her childe made all the coūtree a lake a fysshe ponde For to preue that this is south it is a grete argument that whan the weder is clere fysshers of y t water se in the groūde vnder the water roūde toures hyghe shapen as steples chirches of that londe In the north syde of Irlonde in the coūtre of Ossyryens euery .vij. yere at the prayer of an holy Abbot tweyne y ● ben wedded a man a woman must nedes ben exiled forshapen in to lyknes of wolues abyde out .vij. yere And atte ende of .vij. yere yf they lyue they come home agayn take agayn theyr owne shappe and thenne shall other tweyne go forth in theyr stede so forshapen for other .vij. yere Ther is a lake in this londe yf a poole of tree be pyght stycked therin that parte of the shaft or poole y ● is in the erthe shall torne in to yron that parte y ● abydeth in the water shall torne in to stone the parte that abydeth aboue shall be tree in his owne kynde Also ther is a lake y ● torneth hasell in to asshe asshe in to hasell yf it be done therin Also in Irlonde ben thre samon lepes there as samons lepe ayenst a ●●che a longe speres length Also in 〈◊〉 is a ponde there be seen 〈◊〉 byrdes y ● byrdes ben called certell●● come homely to mānes honde but yf men do hein wronge or harme thry gone awaye come not agayn the water there shal wexe bytter stynke he y ● dyde the wronge shall not a sterte without wretche myschyef but yf he do amendes ¶ R. As touchynge Patryks purgatorye Ye shall vnderstand y t the seconde saynt Patryk that was abbot not bysshop whyle he preched in Irlonde laboured studyed for to torne thylke wycked men that lyued as bestes out of her euyll lyf for drede of paynes of helle for to comferme hem in good lyf they sayd they wolde not torne but some of them myght knowe somwhat of the grete paynes also of blysse y ● he spake of T●enne saynt Patryk prayed to god almyghty therfore our lorde Ihu cryst appyred to saynt Patryk toke hym a staff ladde hȳ in to a wylde place shewed hym there a rounde pytte y t was derke within sayd that yf a man were very repentaūt stable of byleue went in to this pytte walked therin a daye a nyght he sholde see the sorowes the paynes of euyll men the Ioye blysse of good men Thenne Cryst vanysshed out of Patryks syght saynt Patryk arered buylded there a chirche put therin chanons reguler closed the pytte about with a walle is now in the chirche yerde atte cest ende of the chirche fast shytte w t a stronge dore For no man sholde nycely go in without leue of y ● bysshop or of the pryour of the place Many men wente in come out agayne in Patryks tyme tolde of paynes Ioye that they had seen the meruaylles y t they sawe ben their yet wryten by cause therof many men torned were conuerted to ryght byleue Also many men went in come neuer agayne In kyng Stephens tyme kynge of Englonde a knyght that hyght Owayne wente in to saynt Patryks purgatorye come agayne dwelled euer after durynge his lyf in the nedes of thabbaye of Ludensis that is of thorder of Chystews tolde many wondres y ● he had seen in Patryks purgatorye The place is called Patryks purgatorye the chirche is named Reglis Noman is enioyned for to go in to y t purgatorye but coūseylled that he sholde not come therin but take vpon hȳ other penaūce And yf a man haue auowed be stable wyll nedes go therin he shall fyrst go to the bysshop then̄e he shal be sente with letters to the pryour of the place they both shall coūseyll hym to leue and yf he wyll nedes go therto he shal be in prayers in fastynge .xv. dayes after .xv. dayes he shall be houseld ladde to the dore