axid pardon of oure folishe boldenes, and gote vs frome
thens. For so must we entreate holy thynges. ||
Frome thens we went in to ye howse where owre lady
dwellithe, and whan we came there, we sawe another
Sexten whiche was but a noues, he lokyd famylarly
as and if he had knowe vs, and wha we came a litle
further in, we sawe another, that lokyd moch after
suche a fashion, at the last came the thyrd. Me.
Perauenture thay desyryd to descrybe you. Ogy.
But I suspecte another mater. Mene. What was
it? Ogygy. There was a certayne theffe that
had stole almost all owr ladyes frontlet, and I supposyd
that they had me in suspycyon thereof. And therfore
whan I was within the chapell I mayd my prayers to
our lady after thys fashio. Oh cheffe of all
women Mary the mayd, most happy mother, moste pure
virgyne, we vnclene, and synners, doo vysyte the pure
& holy, and after our abylytye we haue offeryd vnto
the, we pray thy that thy || C.|| sone may grante
this to vs, that we may folow thy holy lyffe, and
that we may deserue thorow the grace of the holy ghoste,
spirytually to coceyue the lord Iesus Christ, & after
that conceptyon neuer to be separat from hym, Amen.
This done I kyssyd the aultre, and layd downe certayne
grotes for myne offerynge and went my waye. Me.
What dyde our lady now, dyd nat she make one sygne,
that you myght know that she had hard youre prayeres.
Ogy. The lyght (as I told you before) was but
litle, and she stode at the ryght ende of the aultre
in the derke corner, at the last the communicatyo
of the fyrst Sexten had so discoregyd me, that I durst
not ones loke vpe with myne eyes. Me. This
pylgremage came but to smale effecte. Ogy..
Yes, it had a very good & mery ende. Me. You
haue causyd me to take harte of grasse, for (as Homere
|| saythe) my harte was almost in my hose. Ogy.
Whan dynar was done, we returnyd to ye temple. Me.
Durste you goo & be susspecte of felonye? Ogy.
Perauenture so, but I had nat my selffe in suspicio,
a gyltles mynde puttythe away feare. I was very
desyrous to see that table whiche the holy Sexten
dyd open to vs. At the last we fownde it, but
it was hagyd so hye that very fewe could rede it.
My eyes be of that fashion, that I can nother be callyd
Linceus, [Linceus ys a beaste so quike eyed
that it wyll see thorow any wall] nother purre blynd.
And therefore I instantly desyryd Alldryge to rede
it, whose redynge I folowyd with myne owne eyes, because
I wold skarsly truste hym in suche a mater. Me.
Well, now all doubtes be discussyd. Ogy. I
was ashamyd that I doubtyd so moche, ye mater was
so playne set forthe before oure eyes, bothe the name,
the place, the thynge it selffe as it was || C ij.||
done, to be breffe, there was nothynge lefte owte.
There was a mane whos name was Wylyam whiche was borne
in Parise, a man very deuoute in many thyngs but pryncypally
excedynge relygyous in searchynge for the relyques