Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

¶ The Pystell on Trinyte Sondaye. The. iiij. Chapiter of the Reuelacyon of saynt Iohan. A

I Loked vp & sawe a dore open in heuē / and the fyrst voyce which I hearde / as it were of a trō pette talkynge with me / whiche sayde / come vp hy∣ther / and I wyll shewe the thynges whiche muste be fulfylled here after / and immediatly I was ī the spirite / & beholde / a seate was put in heuen and one sate on the seate / and he that sat was to loke vppon lyke vnto a Iasper stone / & a Sardyne stone / & the∣re was a rayne bowe aboute to seate / to loke vpon lyke vnto an Emeralde / and aboute the seate were. xxiiij. seates / and I saw on the seates. xxiiij. elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment / & had on theyr hedes crownes of golde / & out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges. & thondrynges & voyces / & there were vij. lampes of fyre burnyng before the seate / whiche are the. vij. spirites of god / and before the seate the∣re was a see of glasse / lyke vnto crystall / & ī the myd∣des of the seate / & rounde aboute the seate / were. iiij. beestes full of eyes before & behynde / & the fyrst beest was lyke a lyon / the seconde beest lyke a Calfe / and the thyrde beest had a face as a man / and the fourthe beest was lyke a flyeng Egle / and the fowre beestes had eche one of thē. vi. wynges about hym / and they were ful of eyes with in / & they had no rest day ney∣ther nyght sayenge. Holy / holy / holy / lorde god al∣myghty which was / & is / and is to come. And when these beestes gaue glory / honour / & thankes to hym that sate on the seate / whiche lyueth euermore / the xxiiij. elders fell downe before hym that sate on the trone & worshypped hī that lyueth euer & caste theyr crownes before the trone sayenge / thou art worthy lorde to receaue glory / honour / and power / for thou hast created al thynges / and for thy wylles sake they are and were created.