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my dere frynde he seyde. al ʒe to gedur in the worlde haue me as loste & dampde. not kno wyng the goodnes and mercy here of my 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sent lorde sente Nicholas. the whiche had not so•…•… me an onhappy & an on pfetable seruaunt of his to be dampde and loste euerlastyngly. Than seyde y to hym. Trewly as thou seyste. alle we that ware thy frendys sorowde that thou didest so sodenly and
thys lyfe or ellys he had flayne vs y sey & y had so grete an enmy put into peynys that y sawe there to be torment long tyme a thousand tymes & hit were possybylle 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wolde sofyr temporal dethe for hys dely∣uerans. For alle thing ther ben so peynfull of so∣rowe and anguysshe byttyrnes & wrechydnes that they excede mesure and mode. let vs nowe that be it in this worlde alyue see & considere by this how gre tely we ought to gene vs in chaystyng ou•…•…e wekyd condycyons & to amende oure leuyng and also how mekyl we schulde labur to excercyse vs to kepe the cō ma•…•…dementys of god and to do good wer•…•… by the whyche and the mercy of god we may deser ue to be delyuerd afore of so grete euyllys. And also that owre dere frrndys as fady and mode sys tyr and broder and othyr that were sum tyme othre louers ther sore ponysht for her offencys myght be delyuerd the soner fro thens by good dedys and werkys of mercy and pety deuowtly done of vs for ther redempcion and helpyng And afore ʒere y ma ke any special mencion by wrytyng of the fore pey∣nys and tormentys of sum persons that y fownde and knew ther and they also knew me y wyl schort ly wryte yu here the placys of peynys 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 as y went awwie wyth heuy compassion aftyr we were paste the fyrst peynful place & region Sothiy to owre semyng the lengthe of thys fyrste place afo re seyde was on goyngable. but we that ys to seye my leder and y went on the to syde ageynste hyt as we dyd othyr peynful coostys of tormentys but
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gretly abashyd ynwardly supposyng vetely that thow hadyste be dampde. and by cause also thow hadyste no helpe ne remedy by fore they dethe of the holy sacramentys of the chyrche. Sothly by cause y fynde the othyr wyse than we wende y am glade and fayne y wolde here how and yn what wyse thow deydyst so and scapydyste eternal damnapciō Thāne he seyde. Gladly what sum euer thow desyre y wylle the telle