Caplm .xli.
DIues. How is it that spyry∣tes walke so about whan men be deed. ¶Pauper. Comon∣ly suche spyrytes ben fendes and goo soo about to sclaundre them that ben deed / and for to brynge the people in to errour and bachytynge and wyc∣ked demynge / that yf the people de∣med euyll & spake euyll of them byfo¦re theyr dethe / to do them speke & de∣me moche worse after theyr dethe / & soo to brynge the people full depe in synne. And somtyme they gone in to the bodyes of theym yt ben deed & bu∣ryed & bere it about to do them vylo∣ny. But whan spyrytes goo in this maner / they do moche harme & mo∣the dysease. Nathelesse by the leue of god the soules appere in what maner god wyl to hem that ben alyue / some for to haue helpe / somtyme to shewe that the soules lyue after the bodye to conferme them that ben feble in the fayth & byleue not saddly that man∣nes soule lyued not after his deth / but suche spyrytes do no harme but to tho