bigynnyng of creature whiche God hath made til now, neither schulen be; and but the Lord hadde abreggid tho daies al fleisch hadde not be saaf; but for the chosen, whiche he cheese, the Lord hath mad schort tho daies. And than if eny man seie to ȝou 'Lo, here is Crist! lo, there!' bileeue ȝe not. For false Cristis and false prophetis schulen rise, and schulen ȝeue tokenes and wondris to disseyue, if it mai be doon, ȝhe, hem that ben chosen. Therfore take ȝe kepe; lo y haue bifore seide to ȝou alle thingis. But in tho daies aftir thilk tribulacioun the sunne schal be maad derk, and the moone schal not ȝeue hir liȝt, et cætera.
The iije. argument is thoruȝ weel nyȝ ech word the same and oon with the firste semyng skile sett bifore in the iiije. party of this book, the viije. chapiter. Which argument gooth up [on] ij. longe processis in Holi Scripture, of whiche the oon is writun Math. xve. capitulum., and the other is writun Mark vije. [x e., MS.] capitulum.; and therfore who wole se this iije. argument, as he mai be mad aȝens the vje. principal gouernaunce, turne he thidir and he schal it there se.
The iiije. argument into the iustifiyng is this: The holi maide and religiose nunne Seint Hildegart, visitid with the spirit of prophecie, wroot manie prophecies whiche weren examyned and approued in a general counceil holdun at Treuer undir Pope Eugeny the [Thridde], [A space left in the MS. for the number.] at which counseil Seint Bernard was pre|sent, as it is writun in famose cronicles. [See Coleti, Concil. tom. 12, p. 1675, s. ann. 1148 A.D., and Al|beric. Chron. ad ann. 1141, (cited by Fabric. Bibl. Lat. Med. et Inf. Æt. vol. 3, p. 771).] And among the prophecies and reuelaciouns spokun bi the seid holi maide Seint Hildegart sche spekith that aftir hir daies schulde rise iiij. ordris of beggers; and not oonli
