Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born in Englonde in the towne of saynt Albone [and] speketh of the wayes of the holy londe towarde Jherusalem, [and] of marueyles of Ynde [and] of other dyuerse cou[n]trees.

¶ Yet of the Temple of god. ca.xxiij.

ANd ye shall vnderstande y^• this is not the Temple that Salomon made for y^• Tem ple lasted but a thousande an hondred & two yere. For Tytus Despasianus sone y^• was Emperour of Rome that layd syege about Ierusalem for to dyscomfyte y^• Iewes for they had do Cryst to deth without ••eue of the Emperour / & whan he had ta ken the Cyte he dyde brenne the Temple & cast it downe / & toke all the Iewes & put of theym to deth .xi.C.M. and the other he put in pryson and solde

xxx. for a peny / for they sayd that they bought ••hu cryst for. xxx. pens. And sythen gaf Iulyan apos∣cata leue to the Iewes to make the Temple of Ie rusalem agayne for he hated crysten men / & yet he was crysten but he forsoke his lawe. And whan y^• Iewes had made the Temple than came an erthe quaue as god wolde & caste downe all y^• they had made. Sythen Adryan themperour y^• was of them of Troye made Ierusalem agayne & the Tem∣ple in that same maner that Salomon made it & wolde that no Iewe sholde dwelle there but all cry sten men / for yf all it were so that he was not cry∣stened he loued crysten men more than ony other men / saue men of his owne fayth. And this Em∣perour dyde enclose & walle the chirche of the ho∣ly sepulcre within the cyte y^• before was ferre with out the cyte / & he wolde haue chaūged the name of Ierusalem & called it Helyam / but y^• name lasted not longe. And ye shall we••e y^t the sarasyns do gre te worshyp to that Temple / & they saye y^t place is ••ght holy / & whan they go there in they go bare foot & knele many tymes downe. And whan my felowes & I came there in we dyde of our harneyse & came hare foot in to the Temple & thought y^t we sholde doo as moche or more than they that were mystrowynge / and this Temple is thre score and thre cubytes of wydenesse and as moche of length and .xxxij. cubytes in the heyght / & couered with leed / & it is within full of pylers of marble.

And in myddes of the Temple is a stage of .xxiiij grees of heyght & good pylars all about. This place called the Iewes Sancta sancto{rum}. That is to saye. Holy of holyes / & in that place cometh no∣ne but oonly theyr prelate that maketh theyr sacre fyce / & the people standeth all about in dyuerse sta ges after they are of dygnyte & of worshyp / and there be four entrynges to that Temple & the do res are of cypres well dyght / & within the eest dore our lorde sayd here is Ierusalem. And on the north syde within the dore is a fontayne but it renneth not / of the whiche holy wrytte speketh & sayth th{us} ••idi aquā egredientē de templo. That is to saye. I sawe water comynge out fro the Temple. And vpon the other syde is a roche y^t men called somty∣me Moryach / but after was it called Belet or the arke of god with the relykes of the Iewes. This arke dyde Tytus carye with hym to Rome whan he had dyscomfyted all the Iewes. In that same ar ke were the .x. cōmaūdementes / & of Arons rodde & of Moyses rodde with whiche he departed with the reed see whan the people of Israell passed tho∣rugh on drye foot / & with that rodde he dyde ma∣ny wondres / & there was a vessell of golde full of Manna / & clothynge & ornamentes / and the taber nacle of Aron / & a table square of golde with .xij. precyous stones / and a boxe of Iaspes grene with foure fygures & . viij. names of our lorde within / and .vij. candelstyckes of golde / & four censers of

golde / & an awter also of golde / and foure lyons of golde / vpon the whiche they had Cherubyn of golde. xij. span longe / & a tabernade of golde / and also. xij. trompettes of syluer / & a table of syluer / and. vij. barly loues / & all other relyhes that were before the Natyuyte of Ihesu. Also vpon this Ro∣che slept Iacob whan he sawe angels go vp and dnwne & sayd. ••ere locus iste sanctus est et ego ig norabā. That is to saye. Forsoth this place is ho∣ly & I wyst it not. And there the angell chaūged Iacobs name & called hym Israell. And in that place sawe Dauyd the angell that slowe the peo∣ple with a swerde & put it all blody in the shethe / And in this roche was saynt Symeon whan he re ceyued our lorde in to the Temple / & on this roche he sette hym whan the Iewes wolde haue stonedr hym / and the roche ryued in two & in that ryft he hydde hym / & a sterre came done & gate hym lyght And on this roche sate our lady & lerned her saw ter. And there forgaue our lorde the synnes to the woman that was taken & foūde in aduoutry / and there was our lorde Ihesu cryst cyrcūcysed / & there the angell denoūced to Zacharye the Natyuyte of saynt Iohn baptyst / & there offred fyrst Melchy∣sedech brede & wyne and water to our lorde in to∣kenynge of the sacrament that was to come. And there felle Dauyd prayenge to our lorde for mer∣cy for hym & for his people whan he sawe the an∣gell slee his people / and our lorde anone herde his

prayer / & therfore wolde he make the Temple in that place. But our lorde Ihesu cryst forbadde hȳ by an angell / for he had done treason whan he dy de slee ••ryas a good knyght for to haue his wyf. And therfore all that he hadr ordeyned for to ma∣ke the Temple he betoke it vnto Salomon his sone / and he made it & he prayed our lorde that all those that prayed in that place deuoutly and with good herte that he wolde here that prayer & graū∣te that they asked ryghtwysly / & our losde graūte it / & therfore Salomons sone called it the Tem∣ple of coūseyll & helpe of god. Without the dores of that Temple is an awter where Iewes were wonte to offre dou••es & turtylles / and in y^• Temple was Zacharye slayne / and on the pynnacle the Iewes sette saynt Iames on the erthe that fyrste was bysshop of Ierusalem / and a lytell fro this Temple on the ryght syde is a chirche couered w^t leed that is called the scole of Salomon. And to∣warde the south is the Temple Salon that is full fayre and a grete place / and in this place dwelle knyghtes that are called Templers / & that was the founder therof and of theyr ordre / and in that Templū dm̄ dwelle chanons. Fro this Temple towarde the eest at. xxvi. paces in a corner of the cyte is the bathe of our lorde & this bathe was won te to go to Paradyse / & besyde is our ladyes bedde & nere there is the tombe of saynt Symeon / and without the cloyster of the Temple towardes

the north is a ryght fayr chirche of saȳt Anne our ladyes moder / & there was our lady conceyued / & before that chirche is a grete tree y^t began to growe that same nyght. And as men go downe fro that chirche. xxij. grees lyeth Ioachym our ladyes fa∣der in a tombe of stone / & there nere was layde so∣me tyme saynt Anne / but saynt Elyne dyde trans late her in to Constantynople. In this chirche is a welle in maner of a cysterne that is called Proba∣tica pilcina / that had fyue entrynges / & in y^t cyster ne was wonte an angell to descende & stere the wa ter / & what man that bathed hym fyrst therin af∣ter the mouynge was made hoole that was syke what sykenes so euer he had / & there was the man of the palsy made hole y^t was syke. xxxviij. yere / & our lorde sayd vnto hym in this maner wyse. Tol∣le grabatū tuū et ambula. That is to saye in En∣glysshe / take thy bedde & go. And there besyde was the hous ef Pylate / & a lytell thens was the hous of kyng Herode that dyde slee the Innocentes.