,transcriber's note3 ,the original text has no page numbers2 instead1 the first few leaves of each #af-page signature are marked4 ,this information is shown between paired double lines3 ,a iij44 ,other page breaks have been marked with double lines ,a few apparent typographic errors were corrected and are listed at the end of the text4 ,other possible errors are also noted but were left unchanged4 ,all other spelling and punctuation are as in the original4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a dialoge or communication of two persons1 deuysyd and set forthe in the la- t tonge1 by the noble and famose clarke4 ,desiderius ,erasmus intituled ye pyl- gremage of pure de- uoty- on4 ,newly trslatyd into ,englishe4 99 99 99 99 99 ij4 ,to the reder4 ,amongest the writinges of all men1 dearly belouyd reder1 not onely of the diuersyte of tongues1 but also the noble drawghts of so artificyall paynted figures1 whiche haue so lyuely expressed to ye quycke ymage1 the nature1 ordre1 proporcyon of all states1 as concernynge the gouernaunce of a ,christen comwealthe1 that ther is 7as ,i suppose7 no parte of the scripture1 which is not so enpowndyde1 furnysshed1 and set forthe1 but that euery ,christen man1 therby may lerne his dewty to god1 hys prynce1 and hys nebure1 and so consequently passe thourough the strayte pathe of the whiche scripture doth testyfye vp1 very fewe can fynde ye entrye1 wherby thorough faythe in the redptyon of the worlde thorowe ye bloode of ,christe the sone of god1 to rayne with the father and the holy goste eternally1 accordynge to the promyse of ,christe1 sayinge4 ,in my fathers hawse ther be many placys to dwell in1 we wyll come to hym and make a mansyon place with hym and ,i haue and shall open thy name vnto them1 that the same loue with the whiche thou louydest me1 may be in theym1 and ,i in th1 and thys is the kyngdome of god so often mouyd to vs in holy scripture1 whiche all faythfull shall possesse and inheret for euermore3 where as ye vnfaythfull1 vnryghtswye1 and synner shall not entre in to the kyngdome of god1 bycause1 of chagynge the glory of gode immortall in to the ymage of a corruptyble man1 and therfore to incentiously he hathe suffrede them to wandre in theyr clowdes of ygnoraunce1 preferrynge the lyes and corrupte iij4 iudgmentes of man the veryte and the truthe of god1 rather seruynge the creature then the creator1 amongest all the parties of the whiche 7as was spoken at the begynnyng7 thys alwaye not alonely in the newe law1 but also in the olde ,testament was as a thynge moost abhomynable and displesant in the sight of gode prohybyte and forbyden3 but our nature whiche hath in hym1 the dampnable repugnace of synne agaynst the omnypott power of gode1 lest euyn frome owre fyrst father ,adam1 is so enclyned to vyces1 amongest the whiche it hath not gyuen the least parte to thys desperate synne of ydolatrye1 agaynst the immaculate1 and fearefull commandement of god4 ,thou shalt haue no straunge ,gods in my syght1 that it is sore to be dreadde the same iudgement to be gyuyn vpon vs that was gyuen vpon the cytye of ,ninyue to be absorped of the yerthe in to the yre and vengeannce of gode1 whiche hathe ben the cause that so many wryters bothe of late dayes1 and many yeres passede1 haue euyn to deathe1 resisted thes dampnable bolsterers of ydolatrye1 gyuen theyr selues to the crosse in example of reformacyon to theyr bretherne1 bothe in wrytinge and cownsell1 exhortynge the flocke of ,christe frome soche prophane doctryne1 amongest whome the noble and famouse clerke ,desiderius ,erasmus hath setforthe to the quycke ymage1 before mennys eyes1 the supersticyouse worshype and false honor gyuyn to bones1 heddes1 iawes1 armes1 stockes1 stones1 shyrtes1 smokes1 cotes1 cappes1 hattes1 shoes1 mytres1 slyppers1 sadles1 rynges1 bedes1 gyrdles1 bolles1 iiij4 belles1 bokes1 gloues1 ropes1 taperes1 candelles1 bootes1 sporres1 7my breath was almost past me7 with many other soche dampnable allusyones of the deuylle to use theme as goddes contrary to the immaculate scripture of gode1 morouer he notethe as it were of arrogancye the pryuate iudgment of certayne that of theyr owne brayne wolde cast out ymages of the temple1 with out a comen consent and authoryte1 some there be that alway seke halowes1 and go vpon pylgramages vnder a pretense of holynes1 whervpon thes brotherhoddes and systerhoodes be now inuented1 morouer they that haue ben at ,hierusalem be called knightes of the sepulcre1 and call one an other bretherne1 and vpon palme-sondaye they play the foles sadely1 drawynge after them an asse in a rope1 when they be not moche distante frome the woden asse that they drawe4 ,the same do they conterfayte that haue ben at saynt ,iames in ,compostella4 ,but they be more pernycyouse1 that set forthe vncertayn relyques1 for certayne1 and attrybute more to them than they oughte to haue1 and prostytute or sett theym forthe for fylthye lukre4 ,but now whan they perceyue1 that this theyr dpnable 99,corbane 99,a tresure boxe of ye ,iewes4 dothe decay1 and that theyr most to be lamented blyndnes and longe accustomed errours shuld be redressed1 they1 all fayre bothe of god and man set asyde1 rebelle and make insurrectyones contrary to the ordynaunce of gode1 agaynst theyr kynge and liege lorde1 prouokynge and allurynge the symple comynaitye to theyre dampnable ypocrysye and conspyracy1 myndyng v4 and goynge about to preuente our most soueraigne lordes iudgment1 not yet gyu vpon theyr ,sodomiticall actes1 and most horryble ypocrysy4 ,but the worde of the lorde whiche they so tyrannously go aboute to suppresse with all the fauerours therof shall ouercome destroy all soch most to be abhorred deceyuable inuegelers dysturbers of ye symple people to soch detestable treason4 ,and that it may so do to the terryble example of thes and a#aa other rebelles and most dysloyal subiectes1 and to ye greate comforthe csolacy of his gracys faythfull and true comens4 ,i requyre him which brethethe where he willithe and raygnethe eternall gode to grat vnto our seyde most dradde soueraygne lorde whose maiesty as it euydently appereth onely applieth his diligence to the aduaunsynge lettynge forthe of the most holsome documenth and teachyng of almyghty god1 to the redres of long accustome euylls and damnable sectes1 to the supportacion and mayntenaunce of godly and alowable ceremonyes1 to the suppressynge and most to be desired abolishyng of the deuelishe and detestable vsurped aucthoryties1 dampnable errours and prophane abuses brought in by that myghty ,golyas1 that obdurated ,phareo1 that proude ,nembroth 7whome god amde7 the byshope of ,rome1 to graunte 7,i say7 vnto hys hyghnes1 suche hys godly ayde and assistence1 that hys grace with hys moost honorable counsell 7agaynst whome this arrogant conspyracy is nowe moued and begonne7 may ouercome and debelle the stud traytres as in tymes paste hys maiestye hath prudently do other1 that haue hertofore attempted to perpetrate and brynge to passe like sedicyous mishief1 and so to establishe the hartes of hys gracys true subiectes that they may wyllyngly and according to theyr dueties1 obey and fulfyll hys most lawfull and godly ordened lawes and commaundements wherby they shall not onely do the thyng agreable to goddes wylle and teachynges1 in that he willeth euery soule to be subiected to the hygher power and obedyent to theyr prynce1 but also 7to theyr greate laude and prayse7 shall shewe them selfe to be redy and confirmable to do theyr dueties in aydyng hys excellent hyghnes to the reformacyon of all pernicious abuses chiefly of detestable ydolatrye1 whiche is so muche prohibited in holy scripture and most displeasant to god1 for whiche intent and purpose the sayd most noble and famous clarke ,desiderius ,erasmus1 compiled made this dialoge in ,laten1 as it foloweth herafter nowe lately translated into our mother the ,englishhe tonge4 ,auoyd therfore1 most deare readere1 all abuses whereby any inconuenyence may growe1 other to the hynderaunce of godes worde1 to the displeasure of thy prynce1 7whome thou arte so straytly commaunded to obaye1 or to the domage of a publike weale1 whiche aboue all vices is noted most to be abhorred1 not alonely of the most holy wryteres and expownderes of scripture1 but also of prophane gentylles1 whiche neuer perceyuyd other thinge than nature enclyned theyr hartes vnto1 and so consequently to obtayne the fruytion of the godhode thorowe the faythe that was spoken of at the begynnynge to the whiche the lorde ,iesus ,chri- ste brynge vs all with a perfaycte quyetnes1 ,so be it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a4 ,a pylgremage1 for pure deuocy4 ,menedemus4 99,signifieth to forsake4 ,what new thynge ys it1 that ,i se8 doo ,i nat see ,ogygyus my neybur1 whom no m could espie of all thes sex monthes before8 yt was a sayng that he was deed1 ,it is euen he1 except that ,i be ferre deceyuyd4 ,i wyll go to hym1 byd hym good morow4 ,good morow ,ogygyus499was faynyd of an old kynge of ,thebanes4 ,good morow to you ,menedemus4 ,mene4 ,i pray you frome what contray do you come to vs ayen so saffe4 ,for here was a great comunicacy that you dyd sayle streght to hell4 ,ogy4 ,no1 thankyd be god1 ,i haue faryd as well syns ,i went hens1 as euer ,i dyd in all my lyffe4 ,me4 ,well1 a man may well perceyue that all soche rumours be but vanytye4 ,but ,i pray you what araye is this that you be in1 me thynke that you be clothyd with cokle schelles1 and be lad on euery syde with bruches of lead and tynne4 ,and you be pretely garnyshyd with wrethes of strawe your arme is full of 99snakes egges499,signifyeth bedes4 ,malsyngam ys callyd parathalassia by cause it is ny to ye see4 ,ogy4 ,i haue bene on pylgremage at saynt ,iames in ,compostella1 at my retourne ,i dyd more relygyously vysyte our lady of ,walsyng in ,england1 a very holy pylgremage1 but ,i dyd rather vysyte her4 ,for ,i was ther before within this thre yere4 ,me4 ,i trowe1 it was but for your pleasure4 ,ogy4 ,nay1 it was for pure deuocyon4 ,me4 ,i suppose you learnyd that relygy of the ,grecyanes4 ,ogy4 ,my mother in law dyd make a vowe that if her dougther shuld be delyueryd of a man chyld alyue1 than that ,i shuld go to saynt ,iames on pylgremage1 and ther to salute and thke hym4 ,me4 ,dyd you salute saynt ,iames alonly in your name1 and your mothers4 ,ogy4 ,no1 in the name of all owre house4 ,me4 ,a ij4 ,verely ,i thynke that your howshold as well shold haue prosperd1 in case you had not salutyd hym at all4 ,but ,i pray you what answer dyd he make to your salutacyon4 ,ogy4 ,nothynge at all4 ,but wh ,i dyd offre1 me tought he dyd lawghe vpon me1 and becke at me with hedde1 dyd reche to me this cokleshell4 ,me4 ,wherfore dothe he gyue rather suche schelles1 than other thynges4 ,ogygy4 ,for the see1 whiche is nye vnto hym dothe mynystre plenty of suche4 ,me4 ,o holy saynt ,iames1 that bothe is a mydwyffe to women with chyld1 and also dothe helpe his pylgrymes4 ,but ,i pray you what new kynd of makyng vowes is that that whan a m is ydle he shall put the burden apon an other mannes bakke8 ,in case that you doo bynd youre selffe with a vowe1 that yf ye matter chaunche happyly whiche you haue in hande1 that ,i for you shall fast twyse in on weke1 do you beleue that ,i can fulfyl youre vow8 ,ogy4 ,no1 ,i doo not beleue it if that you dyd vowe it in youre awne name4 ,it is but a sport with yow to mokke sayntes4 ,but this was my mother in law1 ,i must nedys obey her1 you know womenes affectyones1 ,i must obaye heres4 ,me4 ,if that you had not perfourmyd your vowe1 what iopertye had you be in8 ,ogy4 ,i graunt1 he could not haue had an accyon ayenst me in ye law1 but he myght from hensforthe be deafe to my vowes1 orels pryuyly send some calamytye or wretchednes amongste my housholde1 yow know well enuffe the maneres of great men4 ,me4 ,tell me now what that same honest m saynt ,iames dothe1 and howe he farythe4 ,ogy4 ,moche colder th he was wontyd to do4 ,me4 ,what is the cause of it8 ,his age8 ,ogy4 ,oh you scoffer1 yow ,a iij4 know wel enoghe that sayntes wax nat olde4 ,but this new learnynge1 whiche runnythe all the world ouer now a dayes1 dothe cause hym to be vysytyd moche lesse than he was wontyd to be1 for if any doo come thay salute him alonly1 but they offre lytle or nothinge1 and say that theyr monaye may bettre be disposyd amongste pore people4 ,me4 ,o a wykyd comunicacyon4 ,ogy4 ,ye so great an ,apostle whiche was wtyd to stand all in precyous stones gold1 now stdythe all of wodde hauynge before hym skaresly a wax candle4 ,me4 ,if it be trew that ,i here1 it is great ioperdy lest that same chance to all the rest of the sayntes4 ,ogy4 ,i thynk it wel1 for ther is an epistle abrode whiche our lady dyd wryte apon the same matter4 ,me4 ,what lady8 ,ogy4 99,she that hathe her name of a stone499,our ladi of stone in ,raurachia whiche is a certayne cuntre4 ,me4 ,i trawe it is in ,raurachia4 ,ogy4 ,that same is it4 ,me4 yow tell me of a stony lady1 ,but to whome dyd she wryte8 ,ogy4 ,the epistle dothe playnely shew his name4 ,me4 ,by whome was it sent8 ,ogy4 ,no dowbt but by an angell1 whiche dyd lay the wrytynges ap the aultre1 wherof he prechythe to whome it was sent4 ,and lest there shuld be any suspecty of crafty cuayance in you1 you shall se the epistle wryten with his owne hande4 ,me4 ,do you know so well the hand of thangell whiche is secretary to our lady8 ,ogy4 ,yee why nat8 ,me4 ,by what argumt8 ,ogy4 ,i haue redde that 99,epithaphe 99,is a scripture wryten on a graue4 of ,bede which was grauyd of the angell3 and the letteres agre in all thynges4 ,i haue redde also ye obligacy whiche was sent to saynt ,gyles as dothe aper4 ,dothe not thes argumentes proue that mater to be good enoghe4 ,me4 ,may a man loke apon them8 ,ogy4 ye and if you wyll swere to kepe it ,a iiij4 preuy4 ,me4 ,oh you shall speake to a stone4 ,ogy4 ,ther be stones now a dayes of that name very slawnderous1 that wyll hyde nothynge4 ,me4 you shall speake to a domme man1 yow trust nat a stone4 ,ogy4 ,apon ye condycyon ,i wyll tell it1 loke that you here with bothe youre eyares4 ,me4 ,so ,i doo4 ,the epistle of our ,lady4 ,ogy4 ,mary the mother of ,iesu to 99,glaucoplutus 99,glaucoplutus desirus of ryches4 sdythe gretynge4 ,insomoche as you folowe ,luther1 you nobly perswade1 that it is but in vayne to call ap sayntes1 do ye well know for that to be grettly in my fauore4 ,for vntyll thys day ,i haue almost be slayne with the importunate prayers of men4 ,of me alone they askyd althynges1 as who shuld say my sone were alway a babe1 because he is so faynyd and payntyd ap my breste1 that yet he wold be at my commaundemt and durst nat denye my petycyon1 dredynge that if he denye my petycyon1 that ,i shuld denye hym my teate whan he is a thurst3 and very oft thay requyre that of me1 whiche a shamfast yongman dare scantly aske of a ,bawde1 yee they be suche thynges as ,i am ashamyd to put in wrytynge4 ,now comythe ye marchauntman and he redy to sayle into ,spayne for a vantage1 dothe cmytte hys wyues honesty to me4 ,than commythe thet lytle preaty ,nunne and she castythe away her vayle redy to runne away1 she leuythe with me the good name of her vyrgynytye1 whiche shortly she entendythe to take monay for4 ,than cryeth the wykyd soudyer purposyd to robbe saythe1 blessyd lady send me a good praye4 ,now cmythe the vnthryfty dyasser and cryethe1 send me good chance ,lady thow shalt haue parte of my wynnynges3 and if the dyasse runne ayenst hym1 he blasphemes1 and cursythe me1 bycause ,i wyll nat fauor his noghtynes4 ,now cryeth she that sellythe her selffe for fylthye lukre saythe1 swete lady send me some costomers1 if ,i denye it1 they exclame ayenst me say1 thou arte not the mother of marcy4 ,moreouer the vowes of some women be no lesse wykyd th folishe4 ,the mayd cryeth saythe1 ,o swet ,mary send me a fayre and riche husbond4 ,the maryed wom saythe send me goodly chylderen4 ,now laborythe the woman with chyld1 and cryeth dere lady dylyuer me of my bondes4 ,than cmythe ye olde wyffe1 and saythe flowre of all women send me to lyue longe withowt coghe and drynes4 ,now crepythe the the dotynge old man saythe1 lady send me for to wax yonge ay4 ,th cmythe forth the phylosopher and cryethe send me some argumtis that be soluble4 ,the great prest cryeth send me a fat benefyce4 ,th saythe the bysshope kepe well my churche4 ,th cryethe ye hye ,iustyce shew me thy sone or ,i passe out of this worlde4 ,th saythe ye ,cowrtyer send me trwe confession at the howre of my deathe4 ,the husbondman saythe send vs temperate wether4 ,the mylke wyffe cryethe owt blessyd lady saue our catell4 ,now if ,i denye anythynge by by ,i am crwell4 ,if ,i cmytte it to my sone1 ,i here them say1 he wyll what so euer you wyll4 ,shall ,i than alone bothe a woman and a mayd helpe maryneres1 sawdyeres1 marchantmen1 dyasseres1 maryed m1 women with chyld1 iudges1 kynges1 and husbondmen8 ye and this that ,i haue sayd is the least parte of my payne4 ,but ,i am nat now so moche trobled with soche busynes1 for that ,i wold hartely thanke you1 but that this commodytye dothe brynge a greater discmodytye with hym4 ,i haue now more ease1 but lesse honor profett4 ,before this tyme ,i was callyd quene of heuen1 lady of the world1 but now any man wyll skarsly say aue ,maria or hayle ,mary4 ,before ,i was clothyd with precyous stones and gold1 and had my chaunges1 and dayly ther was offeryd gold and precyous stones1 now ,i am skarsly coueryd with halffe a gowne and that is all beeyten with mysse4 ,my yerly rentes be now so smalle that ,i am skarsly able to fynde my pore quere kepar to light a wax cdle before me4 ,yet all this myght be sufferyd1 but you be abowt to pluke away greater thynges1 you be abowt 7as they say7 that what so euer any saynte hathe in any place1 to take hyt frome the churches1 but take hede what you doo4 ,for ther is no saynte without a way to reuge his wronge4 ,if you cast saynt ,petre forthe of the churche1 he may serue you of the same sauce1 and shite vp heuyngates ayenst you4 ye saynt ,paule hathe his sworde4 ,barthylmew is nat withowt his great knyffe4 ,saynt ,wyllyam is harnysyd vnder his monkes cloke1 nat withowt a greate speare4 ,what canst thou doo ayenst saynt ,george whiche is bothe a knyght all armyd with hys longe spere and his fearfull sword8 ,nor saynt ,antony is nat withowt hys weapenes for he hathe holy fyre with hym4 ,ye the rest of the sayntes haue theyr weapones or myschefues1 whiche they send apon whome they liste4 ,but as for me thou canst not cast owt1 except thou cast owt my sone1 whiche ,i hold in myne armes4 ,i wyll nat be seperat frome hym1 other thou shalt cast hym owt with me or els thou shalt let vs bothe be1 except that you wold haue a temple withowt a ,christe4 ,these be the thynges that ,i wold yow shall know ymagyne you therfore what shal be your answer4 ,for this thinge pleasythe me very well4 ,frome oure stony churche the calendes of ,auguste1 the yere frome my sonnes passyon a ,m4 ,,ccccc4 xiiij4 ,i stony lady subscrybyd thys with myne owne hande4 ,me4 ,trewly that was a soro and fearfull epistle1 ,i suppose that ,glaucoplutus wyll beware fr hsforthe4 ,ogy4 ,ye if he be wyse4 ,me4 ,wherfore dyd nat that good saynt ,iames wryte to that man of the same mater4 ,ogy4 ,i can nat tell1 except it be bycause he is so ferre of1 and now a dayes men be moche searchyd for suche maters1 in theyr iornaye theyr lettres tak frome them4 ,me4 ,i pray you1 what god dyd send you into ,engld8 ,ogy4 ,i saw the wynd maruelouse prosperouse thyderward1 and ,i had almoste promysyd this to that blessyd lady of ,walsyng that ,i wold seke her within 4ij4 yere1 ,me4 ,what wold you axe of her4 ,ogy4 ,no new thyngs at all1 but suche as be comen1 as to kepe saffe and sownd my housholde1 to encreasse my goodes1 and in thys world to haue a lge and mery liffe1 and wh ,i dye euerlastynge lyffe in another worlde4 ,me4 ,may nat owr lady grante the same at home with vs8 ,she hathe at ,antwarpe a moche more lordly temple th at ,walsyngame4 ,ogy4 ,i denye nat but it may be so1 but in dyuers places she grantes dyuers thynges1 wether it be her pleasur so to do1 or bycause she is so gentle1 that as ccernynge this purpose1 she wyll gyue her selfe to our affectyes4 ,me4 ,i haue harde oft of saynt ,iames1 but ,i pray you describe to me the kyngdome of ,walsyngam4 ,ogy4 ,verely ,i shall tell you as shortly as ,i canne4 ,yt is the most holy name in all ,england1 and you may fynde some in that yle1 that suppose thayr substce shal nat prospayre except they vysyte her with thayr offerynge euery yere ones as thay be able to gyue4 ,me4 ,wher dothe she dwell8 ,ogy4 ,at the vttermost parte of all ,england betwyxt the ,northe and the ,weste1 nat vary ferre from the see1 skarsly iii myles1 the towne is almost susteynyd by the resort of pylgrymes4 ,the college is of ,canes1 but thay be suche as hathe thayr name of the ,laten tonge and be called ,seculares1 a kynd betwyxte monkes ,chanones4 ,me4 ,what you tell me of 99,amphybyanes1 99,amphybyanes be thynges doutfull4 suche as ye mstre 99,fyber is499,fyber is a beste of ye see ye land4 ,ogy4 ,no thay be rather suche as the 99,cocatrice4 99,a ,cocatrice wil kyll a man with a loke1 ,but withowt dissimulation1 ,i shall put you owt of this dowte in thre wordes4 ,to them that thay hate1 thay be ,chanones1 and to them that thay loue thay be ,monkes ,menede4 ,yet yowe doo nat open thys redle4 ,ogy4 ,i shall paynte it before youre eyes1 if the bysshope of ,rome doo shot hys thonderbowlt amgst all monkes1 thay wyll than be chanones1 nat monkes1 but and if he wold suffre all monkes to take wyues1 th wyll they be monkes1 ,me4 ,o new partakeres1 ,i wold to god they wold take away my wyffe4 ,ogy4 ,but to come to our purpose1 the college hathe skarsly any other 99emolumtes 99,rttes4 but of the liberalite of our lady4 ,for the great offeryngs be kepyd stylle1 but if ther be any litle some of monaye offerid that goith to the comens of the company1 the mayster whome thay call pryoure4 ,me4 ,be thay of a vertuous lyffe8 ,ogy4 ,nat to be dispraysyd1 thay be more vertuous th ryche of thayr yerely renttes4 ,the temple ys goodly goregious1 but oure ,lady dwellythe nat in it1 but that was purchasyd for the honor of her sone4 ,she hathe her owne temple1 ,b4 that she may be of the ryght hand of her sone4 ,me4 ,apon the right hd4 ,whiche way dothe her sonne loke than8 ,ogy4 ,it is well remembryd4 ,whan he lokythe to the ,west1 his mother is ap his right hand1 but wh he turnythe hym to the ,este she is apon the lefte hand4 ,but yet she dwellythe nat in that churche1 for it is nat yet buyldyd all vpe1 and the wynde runnythe thorow euery parte with open wyndowes dowres1 and also nat ferre of is the ,occiane seye father of all wyndes4 ,me4 what doo yow tell me wher dothe she dwell th8 ,ogy4 ,in ye same churche whiche ,i told you was nat all fynyshyd1 ther is a lytle chapell seelyd ouer with wodde1 on ether syde a lytle dore wher ye pylgrymes go thorow1 ther is lytle light1 but of ye taperes1 with a fragrant smell4 ,me4 ,all these be mete for religyon4 ,ogy4 ,ye ,menedemus if you loke within you wyll say that it is a seate mete for sayntes1 all thynges be so bright in gold1 syluer1 and precyous stones4 ,me4 ,you almost moue me to go thyther also4 ,ogy4 ,it shalnat repente you of your iornay4 ,me4 ,spryngithe ther no holy oyle8 ,ogy4 ,i trowe you dote1 that spryngythe nat but owt of the sepulchres of sayntes1 as saynt ,andrew1 saynt ,kater1 owr lady was nat beried4 ,me4 ,i grat ,i sayd amysse1 but tell on your tale4 ,ogy4 ,so moche more as thay persayue youre deuocy1 so moche larger reliques wyl thay shew to you4 ,me4 ,ye and peraduture that thay may haue larger offerynges1 as is sayd that1 many lytle offerynges makythe a heuy boxe4 ,ogygy4 ,her chaplens be alway at hand4 ,me4 ,be thay of ye ,chanones8 ,ogy4 ,no1 thay be nat permyttyd to be with her1 lest that peraduenture by occasyon of that religyon1 thay shuld be plukkyd ,b ij4 frome thayr owne religy1 and whylst thay kepe that virgyne1 thay regard very lytle thayr awne virgynyte1 alonly in that inner chapell whiche is our ladyes preuy chbre1 ther standithe a certayne ,chan at the autre4 ,me4 ,for what purpose8 ,ogy4 ,to receyue and kepe1 that whiche is offeryd4 ,me4 dothe any man gyue ayenst hys wyll4 ,ogy4 ,no1 but many men hathe suche a gentle shamfastnes1 that thay wyll gyue some thynge to hym that standythe by1 other thay wyll offre more largely1 whiche thay wold nat doo perauture if that he were absent1 that standithe there4 ,me4 ,you tell me of mannes affectiones1 whiche ,i my selffe prouyd very ofte4 ,ogy4 ,ye trewly there be some so gyu to our blessyd lady1 that whan thay apere to put vpe thayr handes to offre1 with a pure cusyance1 thay stayl that whiche other men hathe gyuen4 ,me4 ,than lett no man be there1 wyll nat oure ,lady shote her thonderbowlte at suche4 ,ogy4 ,wherfor shuld our lady rather doo so1 than ,god hymselffe1 whom thay be nat affrayd to pluke owt hys robes1 breake ye churche walles therfore4 ,mene4 ,i am in a great doubt whether ,i shuld1 rather maruayle apon thayre wykyd boldnes1 or ,goddys great gtlenes and longe sufferynge4 ,ogy4 ,ap the ,northe parte ther is a certayne gaate1 but lest that you should make a lye1 it is nat of the churche1 but of the pale that compassithe a bowte the churche yarde1 and that hathe a lytle wykyt1 suche as be in great mennes gaates1 that who so euer wyll entre1 must fyrst putin hys legge1 nat withowt some ioperdie1 and than bowe downe hys hedde4 ,me4 ,it is ioperdie to goo thorow suche a dore1 to a mannes enemye4 ,ogy4 ,so it is1 the sexten dyd tell me that ,b iij4 ther was ones a knyght whiche fleeynge hys enemye1 than aprochynge1 dyd ride thorow ye wykyte1 and than the wretche dispayrynge in hym selffe1 apon a soden motion1 dyd commend hymselffe to ye blessyd virgyne1 whiche was than at hand4 ,but now commythe the myrakle4 ,by and by that knyght was all in the churche yarde1 and hys aduersary was ragynge at the dore wowte4 ,me4 ,and dyd he tell you so maruylous a myrakle for a trewthe8 ,ogy4 ,no dowte4 ,me4 ,but ,i suppose that he could nat so lyghtely doo that to you so a great a philosopher4 ,ogy4 ,he dyd shewe to me in that same wykytte in a plate of coper1 the ymage of the knyght fastenyd with nayles and with the same garmentes that the ,englishmen were wontyd to wayre at that tyme1 as you may see in that olde pictures1 whiche wyl nat lye1 ,barbours had but lytle lyuynge at that tyme3 and dieres websteres gotte but litle monay4 ,me4 ,why so8 ,ogy4 ,for he had a berd like a goote1 and his cote had neuer a plyte1 it was so litle1 that with strayte gyrdynge it mayd hys body to apere lesse than it was4 ,ther was another plate1 that was in quantyte and fourme like to a cheste4 ,me4 ,well now it is nat to be doubtyd ap4 ,ogy4 ,under ye wykyte ther was a grate of yrne1 that no man c passe theryn but a footem1 for it is nat conuenyent that any horsse shuld tread after apon ye place1 whiche the knyght dyd csecrate to owr lady4 ,me4 ,nat withowt a good cause4 ,ogy4 ,frome that parte toward the ,este1 there is a litle chapell1 full of maruayles and thyther ,i wte1 ther was ,i receyuyd of another of our ladyes chaplenes1 ther we knelyd downe1 to make our litle prayeres4 ,by by1 he broght forthe ,b iiij4 the ioynte of a mannes fynger1 the greatyste of thre1 which ,i kyssyd1 askyd whose relyques thay were1 he dyd say that thay were saynt ,petres4 ,what thapostle sayd ,i4 ,ye sayd he4 ,than ,i dyd better beholde the ioynte1 whiche for hys greatenes myght well haue be a ,gytes ioynte1 rather than a mannes4 ,than sayd ,i1 saynt ,peter must nedys be a great man of stature4 ,but at that word1 ther was one of the gentlem that stode by1 that could not forbere lawghynge1 for the which ,i was very sory4 ,for if he had holden hys pease1 we had sene all the relyques1 yet we metely well pleasyd mayster ,sext1 with gyuynge hym 4ij4 or 4iij4 grotes4 ,before that chapell there was a litle howsse1 which he sayd ones in wynter tyme whan that there was litle rowme to couer the reliques1 that it was sodenly broght sett in that place4 ,under that house there was a couple of pittes1 bothe fulle of water to the brynkys1 and thay say that ye sprynge of thos pittes is dedicate to our lady1 that water is very colde1 and medycynable for the hede ake and that hartburnynge4 ,me4 ,if that cold water wyll hele the paynes in the hede and stomake1 than wyll oyle put owte fyre from hensforthe4 ,ogy4 ,it is a myrakle that ,i tell1 good syr1 or els what maruayle shuld it be1 that cowld water shuld slake thurste8 ,me4 ,this may well be one parte of your tale4 ,ogy4 ,thay say that the fowntayne dyd sodenly sprynge owte of the erthe at the commaundement of our lady1 ,i dilygently examenynge althynges1 dyd aske hym how many yeres it was sythe that howsse was so sodenly broght thyther4 ,many yeres agone saythe he4 ,yet1 sayde ,i1 the wallys doo nat apere so old4 ,he dyd nat denay it4 ,no mor thes woden ,b v4 pyleres4 ,he cowld nat denay but that they were sette there nat longe agoo1 and also the mater dyd playnly testyfye ye same4 ,afterward1 sayd ,i1 thys roffe which is all of rede dothe apere nat to be very olde1 he granted also1 thes greete bemes which lye ouerthwerte1 and these rafteres that hold vpe that howsse were nat sett longe agone4 ,he affyrmyd my saynge4 ,well sayd ,i seynge that no parte of the housse is lefte but all is new1 how can yow say that this was the house whiche was broght hyther so longe agoo4 ,me4 ,i pray you how dyd the howskeper1 auoyde hymselffe frome your argumt4 ,ogy4 ,by by he dyd shew to vs the mater by the skyne of a bayre whiche had hangyd be the rafteres a longe season1 and dyd almost moke the symplenes of owre wyttes that could nat perceyue so manyfeste an argumte we beynge perswadyd by this argument1 askid pardon of our ignorance1 and callid into our communycacyon the heuly mylke of our lady4 ,me4 ,o how like to the sone is the mother1 for he hath left to vs so moche blood here in erthe1 she so moche mylke1 that a man wyl skarysly beleue a woman to haue so moche mylke of one chylde1 in case the chyld shuld sukke none at all4 ,ogy4 ,thay saye the same of the holy crosse1 whiche is shewyd in so many places bothe openly1 and pryuately1 that if ye fragmentes were gathered apon one heape1 they wold apere to be a iuste fraghte for a shipe1 and yet ,christe dyd bere all his crosse hymselffe4 ,me4 ,but do nat you maruayll at this8 ,ogy4 ,it may welbe a strge thynge1 but no maruayle1 seynge that the lord whiche dothe encreasse this at hys pleasure1 is almyghty4 ,me4 ,it is very gently expownded1 but ,i am afrayd1 that many of thes be faynyd for lukre4 ,ogy4 ,i suppose that ,god wold nat suffre hymselffe to be deludyd of suche a fasshion4 ,mene4 ,yis1 haue nat you sene that wh bothe the mother1 the sone1 the father1 and the holy ghoste hathe be robbyd of thes sacrilegyous theues1 that thay woldnat ones moue1 or styre nother with bekke or crakke wherby thay myght fray away the theues4 ,so great is the gentles of ,god4 ,ogy4 ,so it is1 but here out me tale4 ,this mylke is kepyd apon the hye aultre1 and in the myddys ther is ,christe1 with his mother apon hys ryght hand1 for her honor sake1 the mylke dothe represente the mother4 ,me4 ,it may be sene than8 ,ogy4 ,it is closyd in crystalle4 ,me4 ,it is moyste th8 ,ogy4 ,what tell you me of moystenes1 wh it was mylkyd more than a thowsand and fyue hunthrithe yere agone1 it is so congelyd1 that a m wold saye that it were chalke temperyd with the whyte of a egge4 ,me4 ,ye1 but do thay sette it forthe bare8 ,ogy4 ,no1 lest so holy mylke shuld be defowlyd with the kyssynge of men4 ,me4 ,you say well4 ,for ,i suppose that ther be many that kysse it1 whiche be nother clene mouthyd1 nor yet be pure virgynes4 ,ogy4 ,whan ye sexten sawe vs1 he dyd runne to the aultre1 put apon hym his surplese1 his stole about his nekke1 knelyd downe relygyously1 and worshipyd it1 and streghtforthe dyd offre the mylke to vs to kysse4 ,and at the ende of the aultre we knelyd downe deuoutly1 the fyrste of all we salutyd ,christe1 than after we callyd apon our lady with thys prayer1 whiche we had mayd redy for the same purpose4 ,o mother mayde1 whiche dyd gyue sukke with thy virgynes teates the lorde of heuen and yerthe1 thy sone ,iesus ,christe1 we beynge puryfyed thorowe hys precyous blode1 do desyre that we may attayne1 and come to that blessyd infancye of thy colombynes meknes1 whiche is immaculate without malice1 frawde1 or diseyte1 and with all affectyon of harte dothe couett and stody for the heuenly mylke of the euangelicall doctryne1 to go forthe and encrease with it into a perfaycte man1 into the mesure of the plentefulnes of ,christe1 of whose cpany thou haste the fruycyon1 togyther with the father1 the holy ghost for euermore1 so be it4 ,me4 ,uerely thys is a holy prayer4 ,but what dyd she8 ,ogygy4 ,thay bothe bekkyd at vs1 excepte my eyes waggyd1 and me thoght that the mylke daunsyd4 ,in the meanseson the sexten came to vs1 withowt any wordes1 but he held out a table suche as the ,germanes vse to gather tolle apon bridges4 ,me4 ,by my trothe ,i haue cursyd veryofte suche crauynge boxes1 whan ,i dyd ryde thorowe ,germany4 ,ogy4 ,we dyd gyue hym certayne monay whiche he offeryd to our lady4 ,th ,i axyd by a certayne yonge man1 yt was well learnyd1 whiche dyd expownde and tell vs the saynge of ye ,sext1 hys name 7as fere as ,i remembre7 was ,robert alderisse1 by what tokenes or argumtes he dyd know that it was the mylke of owr lady4 ,and that ,i very fayne1 for a good purpose desyred to knowe1 that ,i myght stope the mowthes of certayne newfanglyd felowes1 that be wotyd to haue suche holy relyques in derysyon and mokage4 ,fyrst of all the ,sexten with a froward cowntence wold nat tell1 but ,i desyryd the yong man to moue hym more instantly1 but somwhat more gently he so courtesly behauyd hymselffe1 that and he had prayd owr lady herselffe after that fashion1 she wold nat haue be dysplesyd therwith4 ,and th this mystycall chapleyn1 as and if he had be inspyryd with ye holy ghoste1 castynge at vs a frounynge loke1 as if he wold haue shote at vs ye horryble thonderbolte of the greate curse1 what nede you 7saythe he7 to moue suche questyones1 whan yow see before your eyes so autentycall old a table4 ,and we were afrayd lest that he wold haue cast vs out of the churche for heretykes1 but that oure monay dyd tempte hys greate furye4 ,mene4 ,what dyd you in the meaneseason8 ,ogygyus4 ,what suppose you8 ,we were amasyd as and if a man had stryke vs with a clube1 or we had be slayne with a thonderclape1 and we very lowly axid pardon of oure folishe boldenes1 and gote vs frome thens4 ,for so must we entreate holy thynges4 ,frome thens we went in to ye howse where owre lady dwellithe1 and whan we came there1 we sawe another ,sexten whiche was but a noues1 he lokyd famylarly as and if he had know vs1 and wh we came a litle further in1 we sawe another1 that lokyd moch after suche a fashion1 at the last came the thyrd4 ,me4 ,perauenture thay desyryd to descrybe you4 ,ogy4 ,but ,i suspecte another mater4 ,mene4 ,what was it8 ,ogygy4 ,there was a certayne theffe that had stole almost all owr ladyes frontlet1 and ,i supposyd that they had me in suspycyon thereof4 ,and therfore whan ,i was within the chapell ,i mayd my prayers to our lady after thys fashi4 ,oh cheffe of all women ,mary the mayd1 most happy mother1 moste pure virgyne1 we vnclene1 and synners1 doo vysyte the pure holy1 and after our abylytye we haue offeryd vnto the1 we pray thy that thy ,c4 sone may grante this to vs1 that we may folow thy holy lyffe1 and that we may deserue thorow the grace of the holy ghoste1 spirytually to cceyue the lord ,iesus ,christ1 after that conceptyon neuer to be separat from hym1 ,amen4 ,this done ,i kyssyd the aultre1 and layd downe certayne grotes for myne offerynge and went my waye4 ,me4 ,what dyde our lady now1 dyd nat she make one sygne1 that you myght know that she had hard youre prayeres4 ,ogy4 ,the lyght 7as ,i told you before7 was but litle1 and she stode at the ryght ende of the aultre in the derke corner1 at the last the communicaty of the fyrst ,sexten had so discoregyd me1 that ,i durst not ones loke vpe with myne eyes4 ,me4 ,this pylgremage came but to smale effecte4 ,ogy44 ,yes1 it had a very good mery ende4 ,me4 ,you haue causyd me to take harte of grasse1 for 7as ,homere saythe7 my harte was almost in my hose4 ,ogy4 ,whan dynar was done1 we returnyd to ye temple4 ,me4 ,durste you goo be susspecte of felonye8 ,ogy4 ,perauenture so1 but ,i had nat my selffe in suspici1 a gyltles mynde puttythe away feare4 ,i was very desyrous to see that table whiche the holy ,sexten dyd open to vs4 ,at the last we fownde it1 but it was hgyd so hye that very fewe could rede it4 ,my eyes be of that fashion1 that ,i can nother be callyd 99,linceus1 99,linceus ys a beaste so quike eyed that it wyll see thorow any wall nother purre blynd4 ,and therefore ,i instantly desyryd ,alldryge to rede it1 whose redynge ,i folowyd with myne owne eyes1 because ,i wold skarsly truste hym in suche a mater4 ,me4 ,well1 now all doubtes be discussyd4 ,ogy4 ,i was ashamyd that ,i doubtyd so moche1 ye mater was so playne set forthe before oure eyes1 bothe the name1 the place1 the thynge it selffe as it was ,c ij4 done1 to be breffe1 there was nothynge lefte owte4 ,there was a mane whos name was ,wylyam whiche was borne in ,parise1 a man very deuoute in many thyngs but pryncypally excedynge relygyous in searchynge for the relyques of all sayntes thorowowt all the world4 ,he after that he had vysytyd many places1 contrayes1 and regyones1 at the laste came to ,cstantynenople4 ,for ,wylhelmes brother was there byshope1 whiche dyd make hym pry to a certayne mayde1 whiche had professyd chastyte1 that hadde parte of oure ladyes mylke1 which were an excedynge precyous relyque1 if that other with prayer1 or monaye1 or by any crafte it myghte be gotte4 ,for all the reliques that he hadde gotte before were but tryfles to so holy mylke4 ,wyllyam wold not rest there tyll that he had gotte halffe of that holy mylke1 but whan he had it1 he thoghte that he was richer than ,croeseus4 ,me4 ,why nat1 but was it nat withowt any goodhope8 ,ogy4 ,he went th streght home1 but in hys iornay he fell seke4 ,me4 ,iesu there is nothynge in thys worlde that is other permanent1 or alwayes in good state4 ,ogy4 ,but whan he sawe perceyuyd that he was in greate ioperdye of his lyffe1 he callyd to him a frenchman1 whiche was a very trusty companyon to hym in hys iornay4 ,and commaundyd all to auoyd the place1 and make sylence1 pryuyly dyd betake to hym thys mylke1 apon this condycy1 that if it chcyd to come home saffe sownde he wuld offre that precyous tresure to our ladyes aultre in ,paryse1 whiche standythe in the myddys of the ryuere ,sequana1 whiche dothe apere to separat hymselffe to honor and obaye our blessyd lady4 ,but to make short tale4 ,wylyam is deade1 ,c iij4 buryed1 the ,frenchman mayd hym redy to departe apon hys iornay1 sodly fell seke also4 ,and he in great dyspayre of amendynge1 dyd commyth ye mylke to an ,englishm1 but nat withowt great instance1 and moche prayer he dyd that whiche he was mouyd to doo4 ,than dyed he4 ,and ye other dyd take the mylke1 and put it apon an aultre of ye same place the ,chanones beynge present1 whiche were yt as we call ,regulares4 ,thay be yet in the abbaye of saynt ,genofeffe4 ,but ye ,englishm obtaynyd the halffe of that mylke1 caryed it to ,walsyng in ,england1 the holy ghost put suche in hys mynde4 ,me4 ,by my trothe this is a godly tale4 ,ogy4 ,but lest there shuld be any doubte of this mater1 ye ,byshopes whiche dyd grante pardon to it thayre names be wryten there1 as thay came to vysyte it1 nat withowt thayre offerynges1 and thay haue gyuen to it remyssyon1 as moche as thay had to gyue by thayre authorite4 ,me4 ,how moche is that8 ,ogy4 ,fowrty dayes4 ,mene4 ,yee is there dayes in hell4 ,ogy4 ,trewly ther is tyme4 ,ye but whan thay haue grtyd all thayre stynte1 thay haue no more to grante4 ,ogy4 ,that is nat so for whan one parte is gone another dothe encrease1 and it chansythe dyuersly euyn as the tonne of ,canaidus4 ,for that althoghe it be incontynently fyllyd1 yet it is alway emptye3 and if thou be takynge owt of it1 yet there is neuer the lesse in the barell4 ,me4 ,if thay grte to an hunderithe thowsand m fowrty dayes of pardone1 wuld euery man haue elyke8 ,ogy4 ,no doubte of that4 ,me4 ,and if any haue forty byfore dynar1 may he axe other forty at after souper1 is there any thynge left than to gyue him8 ,ogy4 ,ye1 if thou aske it ten tymes in one howre4 ,me4 ,i wold ,c iiij4 to ,god that ,i had suche a pardon bagge1 ,i wold aske but 4iij4 grotes1 and if thay wold flowe so faste4 ,ogy4 ,ye but you desyre to be to ryche1 if that you myght for wyshynge1 but ,i wyl turne to my tale1 but there was some good holy man whiche dyd gyue this argumente of holynes to that mylke1 and sayd that our ,ladyes mylke whiche is in many other places1 is precyous to be worshipyd but thys is moche more precyous1 to be honoryd1 bycause the other was shauen of stones1 but this is the same that came out of the virgynes brest4 ,me4 ,how kno you that8 ,ogy4 ,the mayd of ,cstantynople1 which dyd gyue it1 dyd saye so4 ,me4 ,perauenture saynt ,barnard dyd gyue it to her4 ,ogy4 ,so ,i suppose4 ,for wh he was an old man1 yet he was so happy that he sukkyd of ye same mylke1 that ,iesus hymselffe sukkyd apon4 ,me4 ,but ,i maruayle why he was rather callyd a hony sukker than a mylke sukker4 ,but how is it callyd oure ladyes mylke that came neuer owt of her breste8 ,ogy4 ,yes it came owt at her breste1 but perauenture it light apon the stone that he whiche sukkyd knelyd apon1 and ther was receyuyd1 and so is encreasyd1 by ye wyll of god is so multyplyed4 ,me4 ,it is wel sayd4 ,ogy4 ,whan we had sene all thys1 whyle that we were walkynge vpe downe1 if that any thynge of valure were offeryd1 so that anybody were present to see thaym ye ,sextens mayd great haste for feare of crafty cuayce1 lokynge ap thaym as thay wold eate thaym4 ,thay poynte at hym with there fynger1 thay runne1 thay goo1 thay come1 thay bekke one to an other1 as tho thay wold speake to thaym that stand by if thay durste haue be bold4 ,mene4 ,were you afrayd of nothynge there8 ,ogy4 ,yis ,i dyd loke ,c v4 ap hym1 lawghynge as who shold saye ,i wold moue him to speake to me1 at laste he cam to me1 and axid me what was my name1 ,i told him4 ,he axid me if yt were nat ,i that dyd hange vpe there a table of my vowe writen in ,hebrew1 within 4ij4 yere before4 ,i confessid that it was ye same4 ,me4 ,c you wryte hebrewe8 ,ogygy4 ,no but all that thay cnat vnderstond1 thay suppose to be ,hebrewe4 ,and than 7,i suppose he was send for7 came the posterior pryor4 ,me4 ,what name of worshipe is that8 ,haue thay nat an abbate8 ,ogy4 ,no ,me4 ,why so8 ,ogy4 ,for thay cannat speake ,hebrew4 ,me4 ,haue thay nat a ,bishope8 ,ogy4 ,no4 ,me4 ,what is ye cause8 ,ogy4 ,for oure lady is nat as yet so ryche1 that she is able to bye a crosse1 a mytre1 whiche be so deare1 ,me4 ,yet at least haue thay nat a presedente8 ,ogy4 ,no veryly4 ,what lettythe thaym8 ,ogy4 ,that is a name of dygnyte and nat of relygy4 ,and also for that cause suche abbayes of ,chanones1 doo nat receyue the name of an abbate1 thay doo call thaym maysters8 ,me4 ,ye1 but ,i neuer hard tell of pryor posterior before4 ,ogy4 ,dyd you neuer learne youre grmere before4 ,me4 ,yis ,i know prior posterior amgst the fygures4 ,ogy4 ,that same is it4 ,it is he that is nexte to the prioure1 for there priour is posterior4 ,me4 ,you speake apon the supprioure4 ,ogy4 ,that same dyd entertayne me very gently1 he told me what greate labure had be abowt ye readynge of thos verses1 how many dyd rubbe thayr spectakles abowt thaym4 ,as oft as any old ancyent doctor other of deuynyte or of the lawe1 resorted thyder1 by and by he was broght to that table1 some sayd that thay were lettres of ,arabia1 some sayd thay were faynyd lettres4 ,well at the last came one that redde the tytle1 it was wryten in laten with greate ,romayne lettres1 ye ,greke was wryten with capytale lettres of ,greke1 whiche at the fyrst syght do apere to be capytale lat lettres1 at thayr desyer ,i dyd expownde ye verses in laten1 trslatynge thaym word for word4 ,but wh thay wold haue gyuyn me for my labour1 ,i refusyd it1 seynge that ther was nothynge so hard that ,i wold not doo for our blessyd ladyes sake1 ye thogh she wold commad me to bere this table to ,hierusal4 ,me4 ,what nede you to be her caryoure1 seynge that she hathe so many angelles bothe at her hedde and at her fette4 ,ogy4 ,than he pullid owt of hys purse a pece of wodde1 that was cutt owte of the blokke that our ladye lenyd apon4 ,i perceyuyd by and by thorow the smell of it1 that it was a holy thynge4 ,than whan ,i sawe so greate a relyque1 putt of my cappe1 and fel down flatte1 very deuoutly kyssyd it 4iij4 or 4iiii tymes1 poppyd it in my pursse4 ,me4 ,i pray you may a man see it8 ,ogy4 ,i gyue you good leue4 ,but if you be nat fastynge1 or if you accompanyed with yowre wyffe the nyght before1 ,i conceyle you nat to loke apon it4 ,me4 ,o blessed arte thou that euer thou gotte this relyque4 ,ogy4 ,i may tell you in cowncell1 ,i wold nat gyue thys litle pece for all ye gold that ,tagus hathe1 ,i wyll sett it in gold1 but so that it shall apere thorow a crystall stone4 ,and than the ,supprioure wh he sawe that ,i dyd take the relyque so honorably1 he thoght it shuld nat be lost1 in case he shuld shew me greater mysteries1 he dyd aske me whether ,i hadde euer sene our ladyes secretes1 but at that word ,i was astonyed1 yet ,i durst nat be so so bold as to demande what thos secretes were4 ,for in so holy thynges to speake a mysse is no small danger4 ,i sayd that ,i dyd neuer se thaym but ,i sayd that ,i wold be very glade to see thaym4 ,but now ,i was broght in1 and as ,i had be inspired with the holy ghost1 than thay lyghted a couple of taperes1 set forthe a litle ymage1 nat couryously wroght1 nor yet very gorgeous1 but of a meruelous virtue4 ,me4 ,that litle body hathe smale powre to worke myrakles4 ,i saw saynt ,christopher at ,parise1 nat a carte lode1 but as moche as a greate hylle1 yet he neuer dyd myrakles as farre as euer ,i herd telle4 ,ogy4 ,at our ladyes fette there is a precyous stone1 whos name as it is nother in ,greke nor ,laten4 ,the ,frenchem gaue it the name of a tode1 bycause it is so like1 that no man 7althoghe he be conynge7 can set it forthe more lyuely4 ,but so moche greater is the myrakle1 that the stone is litle1 the fourme of the tode dothe nat apere1 but it shynythe as it were enclosyd within that precyous stone4 ,me4 ,perauenture they ymagyne ye symylytude of a tode to be there1 euyn as we suppose whan we cutte ye fearne stalke there to be an egle1 and euyn as chyldren 7whiche they see nat indede7 in ye clowdes1 thynke they see dragones spyttynge fyre1 hylles flammynge with fyre1 armyd m encownterynge4 ,ogy4 ,no1 ,i wold you shuld know it1 there is no lyuynge tode that more euydtly dothe expresse hymselffe than it dyd there playnly apere4 ,me4 ,hetherto ,i haue sufferyd thy lyes1 but now get the another that wyll beleue the1 thy tale of a tode4 ,ogy4 ,no maruayle ,menedemus thogh you be so disposyd1 for all the world cannot make me to beleue yt1 not all doctoures of dyuynyte wold swere it were trewe4 ,but that ,i sawe it with myne eyes1 ye with thes same eyes1 dyd ,i proue it4 ,but in ye meanseson me thynke you regard naturall phylosophye but litle4 ,me4 why so1 because ,i wyll nat beleue ye asses flye8 ,ogy4 ,an do you nat se1 how nature the worker of all thynges1 dothe so excell in expressynge ye fourme bewty1 coloure of thaym maruylously in other thynges1 but pryncypaly in precyous stones8 moreouer she hathe gyuen to ye same stones wonderouse vertu and strkthe that is almost incredyble1 but that experience dothe otherwyse testyfye4 ,tell me1 do you beleue that a ,adamand stone wold drawe vnto him stele withowt any towchynge therof1 and also to be separate frome him ayen of hys owne accorde1 excepte that yow had sene it with yowre eyes4 ,me4 ,no verely1 nat and if 4x4 ,arystoteles wold perswade me to the contrarye4 ,ogy4 ,therfore bycause you shuld nat say thys were a lye1 in case you here any thynge1 whiche you haue not sene prouyd4 ,in a stone callyd ,ceraunia we see ye fashon of lightnynge1 in the stone ,pyropo wyldfyre1 ,chelazia dothe expresse bothe the coldnes and the fourme of hayle1 and thoghe thou cast in to the hote fyre1 an ,emrode1 wyll expresse the clere water of the seye4 ,carcinas dothe counterfayte ye shape of a crabfishe4 ,echites of the serpente vyper4 ,but to what purpose shuld ,i entreat1 or inuestygate the nature of suche thynges whiche be innumerable1 wh there is no parte of nature nor in the elementes1 nother in any lyuynge creature1 other in planetes1 or herbes ye nature euyn as it were all of pleasure hathe not expressyd in precyous stones8 ,doo yow maruayle th that in thys stone at owre ladies fote1 ,d4 is the fourme and fashon of a tode4 ,me4 ,i maruayle that nature shuld haue so moche lesure1 so to counterfayt the nature of althynges4 ,ogy4 ,it was but to exercyse1 or occupye the curyosytye of mannes wytte1 and so at the lest wyse to kepe vs frome ydlenes1 and yet as thoghe we had nothynge to passe ye tyme with all1 we be in a maner made apon foles1 apon dyesse1 and crafty iogeleres4 ,me4 ,you saye very truthe4 ,ogy4 ,there be many men of no smale grauytye1 that wyll say thys kynd of stones1 if that you put it in vynagre1 it wyll swyme1 thoge you wold thruste it downe with violence4 ,me4 ,wherfore do thay sette a tode byfore our lady8 ,ogy4 ,bycause she hathe ouercome1 trode vnderfote1 abolyshyd all maner of vnclennes1 poys1 pryde1 couytousnes1 and all wordly affectyones that raygne in man4 ,me4 ,woo be to vs1 that hathe so many todes in owre hartes4 ,ogygy4 ,we shal be purgyd frome thaym all1 if we dylygtly worshipe owre lady4 ,me4 ,how wold she be worshipyd4 ,ogy4 ,the most acceptable honor1 that thou canste doo to her is to folowe her lyuynge4 ,me4 ,you haue told all at ones4 ,but this is hard to brynge to pass4 ,ogy4 ,you saye truthe1 but it is an excellente thynge4 ,me4 ,but go to1 and tell on as you begane4 ,ogy4 ,after thys to come to owre purpose1 the ,supprioure shewyed to me ymages of gold and syluer1 and sayd1 thes be pure gold1 and thes be syluer and gyltyd1 he told the pryce of euery one of thaym1 and the patrone4 ,whan ,i wonderyd1 reioycynge of so maruelous ryches1 as was abowt our lady1 than saythe the ,sext bycause ,i percayue1 that you be so vertuously affecte1 ,i suppose it greate wronge1 to hyde any thynge frome you1 but now you shall see the pryuytyes ,d ij4 of our lady1 and than he pullyd owt of the aultre a whole world of maruayles1 if ,i shuld tell you of all1 a whole daye wold nat suffyse1 so thys pylgremage chansyd to me most happy4 ,i was fyllyd euyn full withe goodly syghts1 and ,i brynge also with me this wonderous relyque1 whiche was a tok gyuen to me fre our lady4 ,me4 ,haue you nat it prouyd1 what valewre your woden relyque is on8 ,ogy4 ,yis1 that ,i haue1 in a certayne ,inne within thys thre dayes1 ther ,i fownde a certayne man that was bestraght of hys wytte1 whiche shuld haue be bownde1 but thys woden relyque was put vnder hys nekke pryuyly1 wherapon he gad a sadde and sownd sleape1 but in the mornynge he was hole and sownde as euer he was before4 ,me4 ,it was nat the phrenysy1 but the dronk dropsye1 sleape ys wontyd to be a good medicyne for ye dysease4 ,ogy4 ,wh you be dysposyd to skoffe ,menedemus1 yt ys best that you gette a nother maner of gestynge stokke than thys1 for ,i tell you it is nother good nor holsome1 to bowrde so with sayntes4 ,for thys same m dyd say1 that a woman dyd apere to hym1 in hys sleape1 after a maruelouse fashion1 which shold gyue hym a cuppe to drynke apon4 ,mene4 ,i suppose it was 99,ellebor4 99,elleborum wyll restore a man to hys senses that hathe lost th4 ,ogy4 ,that is vncertayne1 but ,i kno well ye m was well broght into hys mynde ayen4 ,me4 ,dyd you other come or goo by ,sante ,thomas of ,cantorbury that good archebishope4 ,ogy4 ,what els_/there ys no pylgremage more holy4 ,me4 ,i wold fayne here of yt1 and ,i shold nat trouble you4 ,ogy4 ,i pray you here1 take good hedd4 ,kente ys callyd that parte of ,england1 that buttythe apon ,frace and ,flanders1 the cheffe cytye there of ys ,cantorburye1 in yt there be ij4 ,d iij4 ,abbayes1 bothe of thaym be of ,saynte ,benedycts ordre1 but that which ys callyd ,saynte ,augustyns dothe apere to be the oldre1 that whiche ys callyd now ,saynte ,thomas dothe apere to haue be the ,archebyshope of ,cantorburys see1 where as he was wontyd to lyue with a sorte of monkes electe for hymselffe1 as ,byshopes now adayes be wontyd to haue thayr howses nye vnto the churche1 but aparte frome other canons howses4 ,in tymes paste bothe ,byshopes ,chanones were wontyde to be monkes1 as may be playnly prouyd by many argumentes4 ,the churche which ys dedycate to ,saynte ,thomas1 dothe streche vpe apon heght so gorgeously1 that it wyll moue pylgrymes to deuocion a ferre of1 and also withe hys bryghtnes and shynynge he dothe lyght hys neybures1 the old place whiche was wontyd to be most holy1 now in respecte of it1 is but a darke hole and a lytle cotage4 ,there be a couple of great hye toures1 which doo seme to salute strangeres aferre of1 and thay dow fyll all the contray abowt bothe farre and nere1 with the sownde of great belles1 in the fronte of the temple1 whiche is ap the southe syde1 there stand grauen in a stone thre armyd men1 whiche with thayr cruell handes dyd sleye the most holy saynte ,thomas1 and there is wryten thayr surnames ,tracy1 ,breton1 and ,beryston4 ,me4 ,i pray you wharfore doo thay suffer thos wykyd knyghtes be so had in honoure4 ,ogy4 ,euyn suche honor is gyuen to thaym as was gyu to ,iudas1 ,pylate1 and ,caiphas1 to the compauy of the wykyd sowdyeres1 as you may se payntyd in the tables that be sett before aultres4 ,thayr surnames be putto lest any man hereafter shuld vsurpe any ,d iiij4 cause of thayr prayse4 ,thay be payntyd byfore mennes eyes1 bycause that no cowrtyer after thys shuld laye violt handes other ap ,byshopes1 or the churche goodes4 ,for thes thre of this garde strayght apon that wykyd acte1 wente starke madde1 nor thay had neuer had thayr mynde ayen1 but that thay prayd to blessyd saynt ,thomas4 ,me4 ,o blessyd pacyence of suche martyres4 ,ogy4 ,at our entre in1 lord what a pryncely place dyd apere vnto vs1 where as euery m that wyll may goo in4 ,me4 ,is there no maruayle to be sene4 ,ogy4 ,nothynge but the greate wydnes of the place1 and a sorte of bokes1 that be bownde to pyleres wherein is the gospell of ,nicodemus1 and ,i cannat tell whos sepulkre4 ,me4 ,what than8 ,ogy4 ,thay do so dylygtle watche lest any m shulde entre in to the quere of yron1 that thay wyll skarsly suffre a man to loke apon it1 whiche is betwyxte the greate churche the hye quere 7as thay calle it7 a man that wyll go thyther must clyme vp many stayres byfore1 vndre the whiche there is a certayne wykyt with a barre that openythe the dore apon the northe syde4 ,there standythe forthe a certayne aultre whiche is dedycate to our lady1 it is but a lytle one1 and ,i suppose set there for no other purpose1 but to be a olde monumt or sygne1 that in thos dayes there was no greate superfluyte4 ,there thay saye that thys blessyd martyr sayd his last good nyght to our lady1 wh he shuld departe hensse4 ,in ye aultre is the poynte of the sword that styryd abowt the braynes of thys blessyd martyr4 ,and there lye his braynes shed apon the yerthe1 whereby you may well knowe yt he was nere deade4 ,but the holly ruste of thys grat ,i deuoutly kyssed for loue of ye ,d v4 blessyd martyr4 ,from thens we wt vndre the crowdes1 whiche is nat withowt hys chaplaynes1 there we sawe the brayne panne of that holy martyr whiche was thraste quyte thorow1 all the other was coueryd with syluer1 the ouerparte of the brayne panne was bare to be kyssyd1 and there with all is seth forthe a certayn leden table hauynge grauyd in hym a tytle of saynte ,thomas of ,acrese4 ,there hange also the sherte of heyre1 hys gyrdle with hys heren breches where with that noble champy chastnyd hys body1 thay be horryble to loke apon1 and greatly reproue oure delycate gorgeousnes4 ,me4 ,ye perauture so thay do the mkes slotefulnes4 ,ogy4 ,as for that mater ,i cnat affyrme nor yet denye1 nor yet it is no poynte of my charge4 ,me4 ,ye saye truthe4 ,ogy4 ,frome thens we returnyd in to the quere1 apon ye northe syde be ye relyques shewyd1 a wonderouse thynge to se1 what a sort of bones be broght forthe1 skulles1 iawes1 thethe1 handes1 fyngres1 hole armes1 wh we had worshipyd thaym all1 we kyssyd thaym1 that ,i thoght we shuld neuer haue mayd an ende1 but that my pylgremage felow whiche was an vnmete companyon for suche a busynes1 prayd thaym to make an end of sethynge forthe thayre relyques4 ,me4 ,what felowe was that8 ,ogy4 ,he was an ,englyshma callyd ,gratiane colte a man bothe vertuouse and well learnyd1 but he had lesse affectyon toward pylgremages than ,i wold that he shuld haue4 ,me4 ,one of ,wyclyffes scoleres ,i warrante you8 ,ogy4 ,i thynke nat1 althoghe he had redde hys bokes1 how he came by thaym ,i cannat tell4 ,me4 ,he dysplesyd mayster ,sext greuosly4 ,ogy4 ,th was there broght forthe an arme whiche had yet the redde fleshe apon it1 he abhorryd to kysse it1 a man myght se by hys countenance that he was nothynge well pleasyd1 than by and by mayster ,sexten put vp hys relyques4 ,but than we lokyd ap the table whiche was ap the aultre1 and all hys gorgeousnes1 aftrewarde thos thyngs that were hydde vnder the aultre4 ther was nothynge but riches excedynge1 a man wold accompte both ,midas and ,cresus beggers in respecte of thos riches that ther was sett abrode4 ,me4 ,was ther no more kyssynge th8 ,ogy4 ,no1 but an other affection and desyre came ap me4 ,me4 ,what was that8 ,ogy4 ,i syghed that ,i had no suche relyques at home4 ,me4 ,oh a wycked desyre an euyl thought ,ogy4 ,i graunt1 and therefore ,i axyd1 forgyfnes of saynt ,thomas before ,i remouyd one fote1 to departe out of the church4 ,after thes thus we were brought in to ye reuestry1 o good lorde what a goodly syght was ther of vestmtes of veluet clothe of golde1 what a some of candlestykes of gold8 ,we sawe ther saynt ,thomas crosse staffe1 ther was se also a rede ouerlayed with syluer1 it was but of a smalle wyght1 vnwrought1 nor no longer then wold retch vnto a mans mydgle4 ,me4 ,was ther no crosse8 ,ogy4 ,i sawe none at all1 ther was shewed vs a robe of sylke treuly1 but sowed with cowrse threde1 garnysshyd with nother gold nor stone4 ,ther was also a napkyn full of swette blody1 wher with saynt ,thomas wypyd bothe hys nose and hys face1 these thynges as monumtes of auncyent sobernes we kyssed gladely4 ,me4 ,be not these thynges showed to euery body8 ,ogy4 ,no for sothe good syr4 ,me4 ,how happened it that you were in so good credens1 that no secret thynges were hyd frome you8 ,ogy4 ,i was well acquyntede with the reuerende father ,gwylyame warham the archbyshope4 ,he wrote 4ij4 or 4iij4 wordes in my fauour4 ,me4 ,i here of many that he is a m of syngler humanite4 ,ogy4 ,but rather thou woldest call hym humanite it selfe if thou dydest well know hym4 ,for ther is in hym soche lernynge1 so vertuouse lyffe1 soche purenes of maneres1 that a m cowld wyshe no gyfte of a parfayte ,byshope in him1 that he hathe nat4 ,frome thens afterward we were ladde to greater thynges4 ,for behynde the hyghe aultre1 we ascdyd as it were in to a nother new churche1 ther was shewed vs in a chapell the face of the blessed man ouergylted and with many precyous stones goodly garnysshed4 ,a soden chaunse here had almost marred the matter and put vs out of conceyte4 ,me4 ,i tary to knowe what euyl chaunse yow wyll speke of4 ,ogy4 ,here my company ,grati gote hym lytle fauoure1 for he1 after we had mad an ende of praynge1 inquyred of hym that sate by the hede1 herke1 he seyd1 good father1 is it true that ,i here1 that saynt ,thomas whyl he it lyued was mercyfull toward ye poer people8 ,that is very true saythe he1 and he beg to tell greatly of his liberalyte and compassyon that he shewede to the poer and nedy4 ,then sayd ,grati3 ,i thynke that affection and good mynd in him not to be chaungyde1 but that it is now moche better4 ,unto this graunted ye keper of the hede1 agayn sayd he1 then in as moche as thys holy man was so gratyouse vnto ye poer1 whan he was yet poer1 he hym selfe had nede of monay for ye necessarys of hys body1 thynke ye nat that he wold be contt1 now that he is so ryche1 and also nedethe nothynge1 that if a poer wom hauynge at home chylderne lakynge mete and drynke1 or els doughters beynge in danger to lose ther virginite1 for defaute of ther substaunce to mary them with1 or hauynge her husbande sore syke1 and destitute of all helpe1 in case she askyd lycens1 pryuyly stole away a small porcyon of so greate riches1 to sukkre her howshold1 as and if the shold haue it of one that wold other leane1 or gyue it to herre8 ,and whan he wold nat answere that kepyd the golden hedde1 ,gracyane1 as he is som what hasty1 ,i1 saythe he1 doo suppose playnly1 that this holy man wold be gladde1 yf that she1 now beynge deade1 myght sustayne the necestiye of pore people4 ,but there mayster parson begone to frowne1 byte hys lyppe1 with hys holowe eyes lyke to 99,gorgone 99,a mster that hathe snakes for heares apon her hedde4 ye monstre to luke ap vs4 ,i doo not dowbte he wold haue cast vs out of the temple1 and spytte ap vs1 but that he dyd knowe that we were comendyd of the archebsyhope4 ,but ,i dyd somwhat myttygate the manes ire1 with my fayre wordes1 saynge that ,gratiane dyd nat speake as he thoghte1 but that he gestyd as he was wontyd to doo1 and stoppyd hys mouthe with a fewe pens4 ,mene4 ,treuly ,i do greatly alow your goodly fashion1 but oftentymes ernestly ,i csyder1 by what meaynes they may be acpted without faute blame1 that bestow so moche substance in buyldyng churchys1 in garnysshynge1 and enrychynge them without all mesure4 ,i thynke as touchyng the holy vestmentes1 the syluer plate of the temple ther ought to be gyuyn1 to the solempne seruys1 hys dygnyte and comlynes1 ,i wyll also that the buyldyng of the churche shall haue hys maiesty decent and ,e4 conuenyent4 ,but to what purpose seruyth so many holy water pottes1 so many cdlestyckes1 so many ymages of gold4 ,what nede there so many payre of organes 7as thay call them7 so costely chargeable8 ,for one payre can not serue vs3 what profyteth ye musicall criynge out in the temples that is so derely bought and payed for1 whan in the meaneseson our brothers and systers the lyuely temples of ,christe liynge by the walles_/dye for hungre colde4 ,ogy4 ,ther is no vertuouse or wyse man1 that wold nat desyre a meane to be hadde in thes thynges4 ,but in as moche as thys euyl is growen and spronge vp of superstityon beyond mesure1 yet may it better be sufferde1 specially when we consyder on the other syde the euyll conscience and behauyor of them that robb the churches of what so euer iuellys ther may be so founde1 thes ryches were gyuen in a maner great men1 of pryncys1 the whiche they wold haue bestowede vpon a worse vse1 that is to say other at the dyce or in the warres4 ,and if a man take any thynge from thense4 ,fyrst of all it is taken sacrylege1 then they hold ther handes that were accustomed to gyfe1 besyde that morouer they be allured mouyde to robbynge vaynynge4 ,therfore thes mene be rather the kepers of thys treasures th lordes4 ,and to speake a worde for all1 me thynket it is a better syght to beholde a temple rychely adourned1 as ther be some with bare wolles1 fylthy and euyl fauorde1 more mete for stables to put horses then churches for ,chrysten people4 ,me4 ,yet we rede that ,byshopes in tymes paste were praysede and cmended bycause they solde the holy vesseles of theyr churches1 and with that money helped and releued the ,e ij4 nedy and poure people4 ,ogy4 ,thay be praysede also now in our tyme1 but thay be praysed onely1 to folow ther doynge 7,i suppose7 thay may not1 nor be any thynge dysposede4 ,me4 ,i interrupte and lett yowr cmunycatyon4 ,i loke now for the cclusyon of ye tale4 ,ogy4 ,gyffe audyence1 ,i wyll make an ende shortly4 ,in the meane seson comyth forthe he that is the cheffe of them all4 ,me4 ,who is he8 the abbot of the place8 ,ogy4 ,he werythe a mytre1 he may spend so moche as an abbot1 he wted nothynge but ye name1 and he is called prior for this cause tharchebyshope is tak in the abbotes sted4 ,for in old tyme who so euer was archbyshope of ye dyocese1 the same was also a monke4 ,me4 ,in good faythe ,i wold be content to be namyde a ,camelle1 if ,i myght spende yerely the rentes and reuennes of an abbot4 ,ogy4 ,me semede he was a man bothe vertuous and wyse1 and not vnlearnede ,duns diuinite4 ,he opened the shryne to vs in whiche ye holle body of the holy m1 thay say1 dothe rest and remayne4 ,me4 ,dydste thou see hys bones4 ,ogy4 ,that is not conuenient1 nor we cowld not come to it1 except we sett vp laders1 but a shryne of wod couerede a shryne of gold1 when that is drawne vp with cordes1 th apperith treasure and riches inestimable4 ,me4 ,what do ,i here8 the vilest part and worst was golde1 all thynges dyd shyne1 florishe1 and as it were with lyghtnynge appered with precyouse stones and those many and of great multitude3 some were greater than a gowse egge4 ,dyuerse of ye monks stode ther aboute with greate reuerence1 the couer takyn a way1 all we kneled downe and worshyped4 ,the pryor with a whyte rodde showed vs euery stone1 addynge therto the ,e iij4 frenche name1 the value1 the autor of the gyfte1 for the cheffe stonys were sent thyther by great prynces4 ,me4 ,he ought to be a man of an excedyng witt memory4 ,ogy4 ,you gesse well1 how beit exercyse vse helpeth moche1 for euyn the same he dothe oftentymes4 ,he brought vs agayne in to the crowdes4 ,our lady hathe ther an habitacyon1 but somwhat darke1 closed rownde aboute with double yren grats4 ,me4 ,what feared she8 ,ogy4 ,nothinge ,i trow1 except theues4 ,for ,i saw neuer any thing more laden with riches synse ,i was borne of my mother4 ,me4 ,you show vnto me blinde ryches4 ,ogy4 ,wh they brought vs candells we saw a sight passynge ye ryches of any kynge4 ,me4 ,dothe it excede our lady of walsyng8 ,ogy4 ,to loke vp this1 is richer1 the secret tresure she knoweth her selfe1 but this is not shewede1 but to great men1 or to specyall frendes4 ,at the last we were brought agayne in to the reuettry1 there was taken out a cofer couered with blacke lether1 it was sett downe apon the table1 it was sett open1 by and by euery body kneled downe and worshipyd4 ,me4 ,what was in it8 ,ogy4 ,certayne torne ragges of lynnen clothe1 many hauynge yet remaynynge in them the token of the fylthe of the holy mannes nose4 ,with these 7as they say7 saynt ,thomas dyd wype a way the swett of hys face or hys neke1 ye fylthe of hys nose1 or other lyke fylthynes with whiche mannes body dothe abownde4 ,then my companyon ,gratian1 yet ones agayn1 got hym but smalle fauour4 ,unto hym an ,englyshe man and of famylyare acquayntenance and besyde that1 a man of no smalle authorite1 the ,prior gaff gentylly one of the lynn ragges1 thynkynge to haue gyuen ,e iiij4 a gyfte very acceptable pleasaunt1 ,but ,gratian there with lyttle plea sede and content1 not with out an euydent synge of dyspleasure1 toke one of them betwene hys fyngers1 and dysdaynyngly layd it down agayne1 made a mocke and a mow at it1 after the maner of puppettes1 for thys was hys maner1 if any thing lykede hym not1 that he thought worthy to be despysede4 ,wher at ,i was bothe ashamed and wonderously afrayed4 ,not withstondynge the ,prior as he is a man not at all dull wytted1 dyd dyssemble the matter1 after he had caused vs drinke a cuppe of wyne1 gentylly he let vs departe4 ,when we came agayne to ,london4 ,me4 ,what shuld ye do at ,londo3 seynge ye were not farre from the see cost1 to seale in to yowr cuntre8 ,ogy4 ,it is true4 ,but that see cost ,i refused and gladely dyd fle from it1 as from a place that is noted and more euyl spoken of it1 for robbyng1 stelynge1 and vntrue dealynge1 then is of dangerouse ioperdy in the see1 be that hyll ,malea wher many shyppes be drowned vtterly destroyed for euer4 ,i wyll tell the what ,i dyd se the last passage1 at my commynge ouer4 ,we were many caryed in a bote frome ,calys shore to go to the shyppe4 ,amongest vs all was a pour yge m of ,frace1 and barely appayrelled4 ,of hym he demauuded halfe a grote4 ,for so moche thay dow take and exacte of euery one for so smalle a way rowynge4 ,he allegede pouerty1 then for ther pastyme thay searched hym1 plucked of his shoes1 and betwene the shoo and the soule1 thay fownde 4x4 or 4xij4 grotes1 thay toke th from hym laughyng at the mater3 mockinge and scornyng the poer myserable ,frenchman4 ,me4 ,what dyd ye fellow than8 ,ogy4 ,what thyng dyd ,e v4 he8 ,he wept4 ,me4 ,whether dyd they thys by any authoryte8 ,ogy4 ,suerly by the same authoryte that thay steyle and pycke straungers males and bowgettes1 by the whiche they take a way mennes pursys1 if they se tyme and place conuenyent4 ,me4 ,i meruayll that they dare be so bold to doo soch a dede1 so many lokynge vpon them4 ,ogy4 ,they be so accustomed1 that they thynk it well done4 ,many that were in the shyp lokede owt and sawe it also1 in the bote were dyuerse ,englyshe marchauntes1 whiche grudged agaynst it1 but all in vayne4 ,the botem as it had ben a tryflyng mater reiosed and were glade that they had so taken and handelyd the myserable ,frenchman4 ,me4 ,i wold play and sporte with these see theues1 hange them vpon the gallowes4 ,ogy4 ,yet of such both the shores swarme full4 ,here tell me1 ,i pray the4 ,what wyll great m do1 wh theues take vp them to enterpryse soch masterys4 ,therfore1 herafter ,i had leuer go fourty myllys aboute1 th to go that way1 thoffe it be moche shorter4 ,morouer euyn as ye goynge downe to hell1 is easy and leyght1 but ye cmynge frome thens of greate dyffyculty1 so to take shyppynge of this syde the see1 is not very easy1 and the landynge very hard dangeroufe4 ,ther was at ,london dyuerse maryners of ,antwerpe1 with them ,i purposed to take the see4 ,me4 ,hathe that ctre so holy maryners8 ,ogy4 ,as an ape is euer an ape1 ,i grate1 so is a maryner euer a maryner3 yet if thou compare them vnto these1 ye lyfe by robbynge1 and pyllynge and pollynge1 they be angelles4 ,me4 ,i will remembre thy saynge1 if at any tyme ,i be dysposed to go and se ,englde4 ,but come agayne in to ye waye1 frome whens ,i broght the ,e vi4 owt4 ,ogy4 ,then as we whent toward ,london not farre from ,canterbury1 we came in to a great hollow and strayt way1 morouer bowyng so downe1 with hyllys of eyther syde1 that a man can not escape1 nor it cannot be auoyed1 but he must nedes ryde that way4 ,up the lefte hand of the way1 ther is an almes howse for olde people1 frome them runnyth on owt1 as sone as they here a horseman commynge1 he casteth holy water vpon hym1 and anone he offereth hym the ouerlether of a shoo bownde abowte with an yerne whope1 wherin is a glasse lyke a precyouse stone1 they that kysse it gyf a pece of monay4 ,me4 ,in soche a way ,i had leuer haue an almes howse of olde folkes1 then a company of stronge theues4 ,ogy4 ,gratian rode vpon my lefte hande nerer the almes howse1 he caste holy water vpon hym1 he toke it in worthe so so1 when the shoo was proferred hym1 he asked what he ment by it1 saythe he1 it is saynt ,thomas shoo4 ,there at he turned and was very angry1 turned toward me3 what 7saythe he7 meane these bestes1 that wold haue vs kysse ye shoes of euery good man8 ,why doo they not lyke wyse gyue vs to kysse the spottel1 other fylthe dyrt of the body8 ,i was sory for the old m1 gaue hym a pece of money to cforthe hym with all4 ,me4 ,in myn opyny ,gratian was not all together angry with owt a good cause4 ,if shoes and slyppers were kept for a tok of sobre lyuynge1 ,i wold not be moch dyscontent ther with1 but me thynks it is a shame full fashyon for shoes1 slyppers1 and breches to be offered to kysse to any man4 ,if some wold do it by there owne fre wyll1 of a certene affecty of holynes1 ,i thynke they were whorthy of pardon4 ,ogy4 ,it were better not to thes thynges1 if ,i may say as ,i thynke1 yet owt of thes thynges that cannat forthwith be amended1 it is my maner if ther be any goodnes thereyn1 to take it out1 and apply it to the best4 ,in ye meanseson that contemplacy and light delited my mynde1 that a good m is lykened to a shepe1 an euyll man to a benemouse best4 ,the serpent after she is dede1 c stynge no more1 not withstondyng with her euyll sauour and poyson she infecteth and corruptyth other4 ,the shepe as lge as she is a lyue norryseth with her mylke1 clothet with her wolle1 makyth riche with her lambes1 when she is deade she gyueth vs good and profytable lether1 and all her body is good meat4 ,euen so1 cruell men1 gyuen all to the world1 so longe as they lyue be vnprofitable to all m1 when they be deade1 what with ryngyng of bellys1 and pompyouse funeralles they greue them that be on lyue1 and often tymes vexe ther successours with new exactyones4 ,good men of the other syde at all assais be profytable to all men1 and hurtfull to noo man4 ,as thys holy man1 whyle he was yet alyue1 by hys good example1 hys doctryne1 his goodly exhortatyons prouokyd vs to vertuouse lyuynge1 he dyd cfort the cforthlesse1 he helped ye poure1 ye and now that he is deade1 he is in a maner more profytable4 ,he hathe buylded thys costly gorgeouse churche1 he hath caused greate authoryte thorough out all ,englande vnto the ordre and presthode4 ,at ye last1 thys pece of the show dothe susteyne a company of poure people4 ,me4 ,thys is of my faythe a godely ctemplacy1 but ,i maruayll greatly1 seyng you ar thus mynded1 that ye neuer dyd vysyte saynt ,patryckes purgatory in ,yerlande1 of the whiche the comyn people boost many wonderouse thynges1 whiche seme to me not lyke to be true4 ,ogy4 ,of a suerty ther is not so meruelouse talkynge of it here1 but the thynge it selffe doth fare excede4 ,me4 ,hast thou bene ther than1 gonne thorow saynt ,patryckes purgatory8 ,ogy4 ,i haue saylede ouer a ryuer ot hell1 ,i went downe vnto the gates of hell1 ,i saw what was de ther4 ,me4 ,thou dost me a greate pleasure1 if thou wyll wotsaue to tell me4 ,ogy4 ,lett this be the prohemy or begynnynge of owr communycatyon1 longe enough as ,i suppose4 ,i wyll gett me home1 cause my souper to be made redy1 for ,i am yet vndynede4 ,me4 ,why haue you not yet dyned8 is it bycause of holynes8 ,ogy4 ,noo of a truthe1 but it is bycause of enuy and euyll will4 ,me4 ,owe ye euyll wyll to yowr bely8 ,ogy4 ,no1 but to the couetyse tauerners euer catchynge and snatchynge the whiche when they wyll not sett afore a man that is mete conuenyent1 yet they are not afearde to take of stragers that1 whiche is bothe vnright and agaynst good consciens4 ,of thys fashy ,i am acustomed to be auengede vpon th4 ,if ,i thynke to fare well at souper other with myne acquayntauns1 or with some host som what an honest man1 at dyner tyme ,i am sycke in my stomacke1 but if ,i chaunce to fare after myne appetyte at dyner1 before souper also ,i begynne to be well at ease in my stomacke4 ,me4 ,wre ye not ashamede to be taken for a couetouse fellow a nygerde8 ,ogy4 ,menedeme they that make cost of shame in soche thynges1 beleue me1 bestow theyr money euyll4 ,i haue lerned to kepe my shame for other purposys4 ,me4 ,now ,i longe for the rest of yowr comunycacyon1 wherfore loke to haue me yowr geste at souper1 where ye shall tell it more conuenyently4 ,ogy4 ,for sothe ,i thanke you1 that ye offere yowr selfe to be my gest vndesyred1 when many hertely prayed refuse it1 but ,i wyll gyue yow double thankes1 if ye wyll soupe to day at home4 ,for ,i must passe that tyme in doynge my dewty to my howsehold4 ,but ,i haue counsell to eyther of vs moche more profytable4 ,to morrow vnto me and my wyfe1 prepare our dyner at yowr howse1 then and if it be to souper tyme1 we will not leyue of talkynge1 vntyll you say that ye are wery1 and if ye wyll at souper also we wyll not forsake you4 ,why1 claw you your hede8 prepare for vs in good fayth we wyll come4 ,me4 ,i had leuer haue no tales at all4 ,well go to1 you shall haue a dyner1 but vnsauery1 except you spyce it with good mery tales4 ,ogy4 ,but here you1 are ye not mouyd and styrrede in your mynde1 to take vpon yow these pylgremages8 ,me4 ,perauenture it wyll sett me a fyre1 after ye haue told me the resydew1 as ,i am now mynded1 ,i haue enough to do with my statyons of ,rome4 ,ogy4 ,of ,rome1 that dyd neuer see ,rome84 ,me4 ,i wyll tell you1 thus ,i go my statyons at home1 ,i go in to the parler1 and ,i se vnto the chast lyuynge of my doughters1 agayne frome thense ,i go in to my shope1 ,i beholde what my seruauntes1 bothe men and women be doynge4 ,frome thense into the kytchyn1 lokynge abowt1 if ther nede any of my cownsell1 frome thense hyther and thyther obseruynge howe my chylderne be occupyed1 what my wyffe dothe1 beynge carefull that euery thynge be in ordre1 these be statyons of ,rome4 ,ogy4 ,but these thynges saynt ,iames wold dow for yow4 ,mene4 ,that ,i shuld se vn- to these thynges holy scriptu- re commaundethe1 that ,i shuld commyt the charge to sayntes ,i dyd rede yt neuer com- maun- ded4 ,god saue the kynge ,,finis4 99 99 99 99 99 ,corrected ,errors3 v verso 7back of page7 iiij4 the pryuate iudgmegt of certayne was iudgmegt v4 csolacy of his gracys faythfull and true comens was ofh is v4 v prudently was prudenly1 but catchword has prudently vi4 but also 7to theyr greate laude and prayse7 was prayse7 vi4 v ,desiderius ,erasmus was ,dsiderius ,erasmus ,b ,whan he lokythe to the ,west was te ,west ,d iij4 v to the company of the wykyd sowdyeres was compauy ,d v4 ,frome thens we returnyd in to the quere was returuyd ,e ij4 v ,me semede he was a man bothe vertuous and wyse word a printed only as catchword ,e viij4 ,i haue saylede ouer a ryuer to hell was ot ,additional ,problems3 iiij4 to use theme as goddes u printed for v whervpon thes brotherhoddes and systerhoodes v printed for u ,a ,good morow ,ogygyus4 _/ ,good morow to you ,menedemus4 change of speaker not marked ,c v4 ,ogy4 ,no veryly4 ,what lettythe thaym8 ,ogy4 ,that is a name of dygnyte and nat of relygy4 change of speaker not marked ,e ij4 v ,what do ,i here8 the vilest part and worst was golde1 change of speaker unclear