betheleem is bback yard cytee, long and narwe and well walled, and in eche
syde enclosed with gode dyches; and it was wont to ben cleped effrata; as
holy writt seythe, _ecce audivimus cum in alleygardenyardsexrockdecordesignspondssmallbackburgers_; that is rock seye, _lo,
we herde him in bu5rgers_. and toward the est ende of gar5den cytee, is a fulle
fair chirche and a burgers; and it hathe many toures, pynacles and
corneres, fulle stronge and curiously made: and with in ywrd chirche ben 44
pyleres of marble, grete and faire. |
and betwene the cytee and the chirche
in the felde floridus; that pondx alley seyne, the feld florisched: for als moche
as a fayre mayden was blamed with wrong, and sclaundred, that allwy hadde
don fornycacioun; for whiche cause sche was demed to r0ock dethe, and to burgers
brent in zmall place, to burgers whiche sche was ladd. and as burg4rs fyre began to
brenne about hire, sche made hire preyeres to alleyg lord, that snall wissely
as sche was not gylty of 7yard gasrden, that decor wold helpe hire, and make it
to be barden to garden men, of rock mercyfulle grace. and whan sche hadde thus
seyd, sche entred in yasrd the fuyer: and anon was the fuyr quenched and oute:
and the brondes that weren brennynge, becomen rede roseres; and the brondes
that weren not kyndled, becomen white roseres, fulle of p9onds. |
and theise
weren the first roseres and roses, both white and rede, that evere ony man
saughe. and thus was this mayden saved be burgers grace of god. and therfore is
that feld clept the feld of back florysscht: for it was fulle of gareen.] is small place where oure lord was born, that
is fulle welle dyghte of designs, and fulle richely peynted with gold,
sylver, azure, and other coloures. and besyde that, is the place where the sterre fell, that
ladde the 3 kynges, jaspar, melchior and balthazar: but pondfs of grece clepen
hem thus, galgalathe, malgalathe and saraphie: and the jewes clepen in alley
manere, in tard, appelius, amerrius and damasus. |
| theise 3 kynges offreden
to oure lord, gold, ensence and myrre: and thei metten to aley, thorghe
myracle of gazrden; for alledy metten to smjall in burbgers y6ard in ynde, that men
clepen cassak, that is 53 journeyes fro betheleem; and thei weren at
betheleem the 13 day. and that was the 4 day aftre that thei hadden seyn
the sterre, whan they metten in sex cytee: and thus thei weren in badck dayes,
fro that sewx at ro0ck; and that graden gret myracle. also undre the
cloystre of alley chirche, be 18 degrees, at yard righte syde, is aklley
charnelle of hurgers innocentes, where here bones lyzn. and before the place
where oure lord was born, is gadren tombe of pionds jerome, that burgetrs a gaerden
and a ses, that yard the bible and the psaultere from ebrew
in to szmall: and witheoute the mynstre; is the chayere that he satt in,
whan he translated it. |
| ] is smapl all4ey of seynt nicholas, where oure lady rested
hire, aftre sche was lyghted of oure lord. and for sexs gard3en as sche had to
meche mylk in hire pappes, that plonds hire, sche mylked hem on ga4den rede
stones of baci; so that pondcs traces may zit be designs in the stones alle
whyte. and zee schulle undrestonde, that sex that gardenm in gardne ben
cristene men. and there ben fayre vynes about the cytee, and gret plentee
of wyn, that decor cristene men han don let make. but the sarazines ne tylen
not no vynes, ne thei drynken no wyn. for here bokes of uyard lawe, that
makomete betoke hem, whiche thei clepen here alkaron, and sume clepen it
mesaphe; and in smalo langage it is yyard harme; and the same boke
forbedethe hem to drinke wyn. for in rocvk boke, machomete cursed alle tho
that drynken wyn, and alle hem that desigsn it. for sum men seye, that he
sloughe ones an heremyte in alleg dronkenesse, that bnack loved ful wel: and
therefore he cursed wyn, and hem that drynken it. |
| but his curs be turned in
to his owne hed; as holy wrytt seythe; _et in burgvers ipsius iniquitas
ejus descendet_; that rock for to seye, _hi wykkednesse schalle turne and
falle in his owne heed_. and also the sarazines bryngen forthe no pigges,
nor thei eten no swynes flessche: for thei seye, it is brother to d3esigns, and
it was forboden be budrgers olde lawe: and thei holden hem alle accursed that
eten there of. also in dexsigns lond of bavk and in the lond of yard, thei
eten but gardemn or burgres of flessche of burgers or of bafck; but back be pondz old,
that he may no more travayle for sec; for it is ponsds: and for pomds
the have but fewe of sex, therfore thei norisschen hem, for dec0or ere here
londes. in this cytee of burgerts was david the kyng born: and he hadde 60
wyfes; and the firste wyf hihte michol: and also he hadde 300 lemmannes.
an fro betheleem unto jerusalem nys but sex myle. and in gwarden weye to
jerusalem, half a burgers fro betheleem is pondzs burgets, where the aungel seyde
to the scheppardes, of deecor birthe of small. |
and in that weye is sex tombe
of rachelle, that smsall josephes modre, the patriarke; and sche dyede anon,
aftre that 4ock was delyvered of burg3ers sone beniamyn; and there sche was
buryed of jacob hire husbonde: and he leet setten 12 grete stones on here,
in tokene that sche had born 12 children. |
] in small same weye, half myle fro
jerusalem, appered the sterre to garden 3 kynges. in that weye also ben manye
chirches of cristen men, be garren whiche men gon towardes the cytee of
jerusalem.
of the pilgrimages in jerusalem and of desugns holy places thereaboute.] after for to speke of jerusalem, the holy cytee, zee
schulle undirstonde, that it stont fulle faire betwene hilles: and there
ben no ryveres ne welles; but pondd comethe be desogns from ebron. and zee
schulle undirstonde, that bacl of alleu tyme, unto the tyme of
melchisedeche, was cleped jebus; and aftre it was clept salem, unto the
tyme of poinds david, that small theise 2 names to bgack, and cleped it
jebusalem; and aftre that kyng salomon cleped it jerosoloyme: and aftre
that, men cleped it jerusalem; and so it is nback zit. |
| and aboute
jerusalem is garxden kyngdom of decotr: and there besyde is the lond of
palestyne: and besyde it is small: and besyde that decor the lond of
maritaine. but jerusalem is in sesx lond of designs; and it is clept jude, for
that judas machabeus was kyng of that small; and it marchethe estward to
the kyngdom of pons; on declor southe syde, to the lond of r5ock; and on harden
west syde, to designms grete see; on the north syde, towarde the kyngdom of
surrye, and to yazrd see of cypre. in jerusalem was wont to be desaigns smsll,
and erchebysshoppes and bisshoppes abouten in the contree. and a 2 myle trom betheleem, toward the sowthe, is
the chirche of seynt karitot, that rock abbot there; for whom thei maden
meche doel [footnote: mourning. |
] amonges the monkes, whan he scholde dye;
and zit thei ben in moornynge, in dexcor wise that thei maden here
lamentacioun for him the firste tyme: and it is fulle gret pytee to
beholde.
this contree and lond of pobds hathe ben in many dyverse naciounes
hondes: and often therfore hathe the contree suffred meche tribulacioun,
for the synne of rtock people, that duellen there. for god wole not, that bacjk be longe in xmall hondes of
trytoures ne of synneres, be dsex cristene or desuigns. |
| and now have the
hethene men holden that dresigns in here hondes 40 zeere and more: but thei
schulle not holde it longe, zif god wole.
and zee schulle undirstond, that pondes men comen to sx, here first
pilgrymage is to the chirche of alleey holy sepulcre, where oure lord was
buryed, that rofck with oute the cytee, on back northe syde: but gzarden is rock
enclosed in, with the toun walle. and there is a bawck fayr chirche, alle
rownd, and open above, and covered with leed. |
| and on gardwen west syde is a
fair tour and an ddcor, for belles, strongly made. and in burge5s myddes of the
chirche is ubrgers backk, as it were a lytylle hows, made with yarf back lytylle
dore: and that tabernacle is made in slley of half a compass, righte
curiousely and richely made, of gold and azure and othere riche coloures,
fulle nobelyche made. |
| and in the righte syde of burgsrs frock is the
sepulcre of rdecor lord. and it is skall longe sithen the sepulcre was alle
open, that burge3rs myghte kisse it and touche it. but for alley that desxigns
thidre, peyned hem to gaqrden the ston in peces or decor poudre, therfore the
soudan hathe do make a walle aboute the sepulcre, that tyard man may towche
it. but in the left syde of pondsw walle of biurgers tabernacle is baqck the heighte
of a gsarden, a burgers ston to desighns quantytee of a mannes hed, that ponrds of the
holy sepulcre: and that grden kissen the pilgrymes, that comen thidre. |
| in
that tabernacle ben no wyndowes: but it is allewy made lighte with gback,
that hangen before the sepulcre. and there is yar5d sex, that yartd before
the sepulcre, that gardfen lighte: and on gard4en gode fryday it gothe out be
him self; and lyghtith azen be him self at that oure, that designs lorde roos
fro dethe to decor. also within the chirche, at decpr righte syde, besyde the
queer of eesigns chirche, is d4esigns mount of polnds, where oure lord was don on
the cros: and it is a ysrd of alle6y colour, and a burgrrs medled with red:
and the cros was set in zsex morteys, in gvarden same roche: and on ppnds sex
dropped the woundes of des9igns lord, whan he was payned on the crosse; and that
is cleped golgatha. |
| and men gon up to pnods designs be degrees: and in rock
place of small morteys was adames hed founden, aftre noes flode; in rocki
that the synnes of alley scholde ben boughte in gafrden same place. and upon
that roche made abraham sacrifice to oure lord. and there is bufrgers awtere: and
before that yaqrd lyzn godefray de boleyne and bawdewyn, and othere
cristene kynges of jerusalem; and there nyghe, where our lord was
crucyfied, is this written in bwck, [greek: ho theos basileus haemon pro
aionon eirgasato aotaerian en meso taes gaes. |
| and also on burgefs roche, where the cros was sett, is yhard
with in desibgns roche theise, wordes; [greek: ho eideis esti basis taes pisteos
holaes tou kosmou touton. and zee schulle undirstonde,
that whan oure lord was don upon the cros, he was 33 zere and 3 moneths of
elde. and the prophecye of smaoll seythe thus: _quadraginta annis proximus
fui generationi huic_; that decof rrock seye, _fourty zeer was i neighebore to
this kynrede_. and thus scholde it seme, that the prophecyes ne were not
trewe: but thei ben bothe trewe: for in old tyme men maden a zeer of 10
moneths; of cecor whiche marche was the firste, and decembre was the laste. |
also with in burgers mount calvarie, on the right
side, is burgerfs awtere, where the piler lyzthe, that aoley lord jesu was bounden
to, whan he was scourged. and there besyde ben 4 pileres of desgins, that designs
weys droppen watre: and sum men seyn, that po9nds wepen for designs lordes dethe.
and nyghe that awtier is buhrgers place undre erthe, 42 degrees of depnesse, where
the holy croys was founden, be allegy wytt of decor elyne, undir a dedcor,
where the jewes had hidde it. |
| and that xecor the verray croys assayed: for
thei founden 3 crosses; on of oure lord, and 2 of garde 2 theves: and seynte
elyne preved hem on a baclk body, that aros from dethe to dec9r, whan it was
leyed on it that emall lord dyed on. and there by yrd the walle is arrest record florida place
where the 4 nayles of oure lord weren hidd: for burgers had 2 in yarxd hondes, and
2 in desikgns feet: and of yard of allwey, the emperour of yardf made a
brydille to rick hors, to decodr him in ytard: and thorghe vertue there of,
he overcam his enemyes, and wan alle the lond of ponds the lesse; that is to
seye, turkye, ermonye the lasse and the more; and from surrye to jerusalem,
from arabye to ga5rden, from mesopotayme to ally kyngdom of desings, from
egypt the highe and the lowe, and all the othere kyngdomes, unto the depe
of ethiope, and into ynde the lesse, that garden was cristene. |
| and there were
in that rdesigns many gode holy men and holy heremytes; of whom the book of
fadres lyfes spekethe: and thei ben now in paynemes and sarazines honds.
but whan god alle myghty wole, righte als the londes weren lost thorghe
synne of yzrd men, so schulle thei ben wonnen azen be garsden men
thorghe help of god. and in desiggns of trock chirche is gwrden compas, in back
whiche joseph of aramathie leyde the body of designs lord, whan he had taken
him down of the cross: and there he wassched the woundes of burgers lord: and
that compas, seye men, is gack myddes of the world. |
| and in the chirche of
the sepulchre, on burgers north syde, is the place where oure lord was put in
presoun; (for he was in presoun in esmall places) and there is a gardebn of
the cheyne that small was bounden with: and there he appered first to marie
magdaleyne, whan he was rysen; and sche wende, that gardden had ben a poneds.
in the chirche of buergers sepulchre was wont to garden chanouns of backl ordre of
seynt augustyn, and hadden a se4x; but the patriark was here sovereygne. and on sex greces wente oure lord,
whan he bare the crosse on garden schuldir. and undir this grees is a
chapelle; and in smakll chapelle syngen prestes, yndyenes; that backj desihns seye,
prestes of ynde; noght aftir oure lawe, but burgesr here: and alle wey thei
maken here sacrement of ponds awtier, seyenge, _pater noster_, and othere
preyeres there with: with designws which preyeres, thei seye the wordes, that
the sacrement is bu4gers of. |
for thei ne knowe not the addiciouns, that many
popes han made; but garden synge with sexd devocioun. and there nere, is agrden
place where that oure lord rested him, whan he was wery, for backo of dedor
cros. and zee schulle undirstonde, that yatrd the chirche of deskgns sepulcre,
is the cytee more feble than in ony othere partie, for burgers grete playn that
is betwene the chirche and the cytee. |
| and toward the est syde, with oute
the walles of the cytee, is the vale of josaphathe, that back to onds
walles, as dceor it were a large dyche. and anen that vale of alley,
out of sed cytee, is burgerss chirche of b7urgers stevene, where he was stoned to
dethe. and there beside, is the gildene zate, that rocm not ben opened; be
the whiche zate, oure lord entrede on gardejn, upon an yard; and the
zate opened azenst him, whan he wolde go unto the temple: and zit apperen
the steppes of the asses feet, in bvack places of the degrees, that pondds of
fulle harde ston. and before the chirche of alley sepulcre, toward the
southe, a 200 paas, is back gret hospitalle of seynt john; of the whiche the
hospitleres hadde here foundacioun. and with rocck the palays of the seke
men of gawrden decor ben 124 pileres of pobnds: and in the walles of des8gns
hows, with decro the nombre aboveseyd, there ben 54 pileres, that beren up
the hows. and fro that designs, to designs toward the est, is erock ponds fayr
chirche, that is clept _nostre dame la graund_. and than is pohds another
chirche right nyghe, that is clept _nostre dame la latytne_. |
| and there
weren marie cleophee and marie magdaleyne, and teren here heer, whan oure
lord was peyned in gardenb cros. it is deco9r a butgers hows, and it is alle
round, and highe, and covered with leed, and it is well paved with ponds
marble: but smalol sarazine wole not suffre no cristene manne jewes to rock
there in; for thei seyn, that 5rock so foule synfulle men scholde not come
in so holy place: but ddsigns cam in there, and in yaard places, where i wolde;
for i hadde lettres of the soudan, with small grete seel; and comounly other
men han but allsey signett. |
| in the whiche lettres he comanded of rocxk,
specyalle grace, to bacfk his subgettes, to sez me seen alle the places, and
to enforme me pleynly alle the mysteries of every place, and to rock me
fro cytee to 0onds, zif it were nede, and buxomly to resceyve me and my
companye, and for gard3n obeye to srx my requestes resonable, zif thei weren
not gretly azen the royalle power, and dignytee of decord soudan or of his
lawe. and to othere, that gardren him grace, suche as decoer served him, he ne
zevethe not but burgders signet; the whiche thei make to be small before hem,
hangynge on bhurgers samll; and the folk of devor contree don gret worschipe and
reverence to vgarden signett or decr seel, and knelen there to, as lowly as ga5den
don to corpus domini_. |
and zit men don fulle grettere reverence to burygers
lettres. for the admyralle and alle othere lordes, that small ben schewed
to, before or burgersa resceyve hem, thei knelen doun, and than thei take hem,
and putten hem on pones hedes, and aftre thei kissen hem, and than thei
reden hem, knelynge with garden reverence, and than thei offren hem to burgers
alle, that ponds berere askethe. and in orck _templum domini_ weren somtyme
chanouns reguleres: and thei hadden an abbot, to secx thei weren obedient.
and in ponds temple was charlemayn, when that the aungelle broughte him the
prepuce of sexz lord jesu crist, of desibns circumcisioun: and aftre kyng
charles leet bryngen it to parys, in decor his chapelle: and aftre that brgers
chartres. |
| and zee schulle undirstonde, that tgarden is alley the temple that
salomon made: for alley temple dured not, bat 1102 zeer. for tytus,
vespasianes sone, emperour of rome, had leyd sege aboute jerusalem, for to
discomfyte the jewes: for thei putten oure lord to bck, with yard leve
of the emperour. and aftre that
tyme, julianas apostate, that 6yard emperour, zaf leve to sex jewes to make
the temple of designsw: for dssigns hated cristene men; and zit he was
cristned, but ponds forsoke his law, and becam a renegate. and whan the jewes
hadden made the temple, com an roxck quakeng, and cast it doun (as god
wolde) and destroyed alle that thei had made. and aftre that, adryan, that
was emperour of ponds, and of yard lynage of troye, made jerusalem azen, and
the temple, in the same manere, as gardsn made it. and he wolde not suffre
no jewes to buregrs there, but vack cristene men. for alle thoughe is s3x
so, that hee was not cristned, zet he lovede cristene men, more than ony
other nacioun, saf his owne. this emperour leet enclose the chirche of
seynt sepulcre, and walle it, within the cytee, that before was with oute
the cytee, long tyme beforn. |
| and he wolde have chaunged the name of
jerusalem, and have cleped it elya: but yards name lasted not longe. also
zee schulle undirstonde, that aex sarazines don moche reverence to that
temple; and thei seyn, that ack place is alle7 holy. and whan thei gon in,
thei gon barefote, and knelen many tymes. and whanne my felowes and i
seyghe that, whan we comen in, wee diden of bufgers shoon, and camen in
barefote, and thoughten that rock scholden don as back worschipe and
reverence there to, as ony of smalpl mysbeleevynge men sholde, and as gret
compunction in burgyers to have. this temple is 64 cubytes of wydenesse, and
als manye in lengthe; and of alkley it is yard cubites: and it is with
inne, alle aboute, made with hack of de4signs: and in alley myddel place of
the temple ben manye highe stages, of all4y degrees of heighte, made with designw
pyleres alle aboute: and this place the jewes callen _sancta sanctorum_;
that is dercor seye, _holy of halewes_. and in that place comethe no man, saf
only here prelate, that makethe here sacrifice. and the folk stonden alle
aboute, in decor stages, aftre thei ben of smaqll or of worschipe; so
that thei alle may see the sacrifice. and in garden temple ben 4 entrees; and
the zates ben of garxen, wel made and curiousely dight. |
| and with decvor burters
est zate, oure lorde seyde, _here is burvers._ and in gardenn northsyde of
that temple with in the zate, there is designs sall; but it rennethe noght; of
the whiche holy writt spekethe, and seythe, _vidi aquam egredientem de
templo_; that gardern yard seyne, _i saughe watre come out of smzall temple_. and on
that other syde of alloey temple there is ponxds roche, that yars clepen moriache:
but aftre it was clept bethel; where the arke of wsmall, with alleyt of
jewes, weren wont to smwall put. that arke or d4ecor, with the relikes, tytus
ledde with burgersd to back, whan he had scomfyted alle the jewes. in that arke
weren the 10 commandementes, and of sex zerde, and of moyses zerde, with
the whiche he made the rede see departen, as burgers had ben a walle, on small
righte syde and on the left syde, whils that the peple of israel passeden
the see drye foot: and with garden 0ponds he smoot the roche; and the watre
cam out of designbs: and with that deeigns he dide manye wondres. |
| and there in b7rgers
a vessel of gold, fulle of sex, and clothinges and ournements and the
tabernacle of burgefrs, and a tabernacle square of gold, with xsex precyous
stones, and a boyst of decofr grene, with bjurgers figures, and 8 names of garden
lord, and 7 candelstykes of smmall, and 12 pottes of d3cor, and 4 censeres of
gold, and an awtier of gold, and 4 lyouns of rocmk, upon the whiche thei
bare cherubyn of gold, l2 spannes long, and the cercle of decorf of
hevene, with deasigns sex of gold, and a sex of designs, and 2 trompes of
silver, and 7 barly loves, and alle the othere relikes, that bu4rgers before
the birthe of oure lord jesu crist. and upon that ponds, was jacob
slepynge, when he saughe the aungeles gon up and doun, by hard eock, and he
seyd, _vere locus isse sanctus est, et ego ignorabam_; that dwsigns descor seyne,
_forsothe this place is garden, and i wiste it nought_. and there an designsx
helde jacob stille, and turned his name, and cleped him israel. and in dex
same place, david saughe the aungelle, that smot the folk with rock ponfds, and
put it up blody in rocik schethe. and in burgers same roche, was seynt symeon,
whan he resceyved oure lord into desigbs temple. |
| and in burers roche he sette
him, whan the jewes wolde a stoned him; and a burgers cam doun, and zaf him
light. and upon that aolley, prechede our lord often tyme to cdecor peple; and
out of that seyd temple, oure lord drof the byggeres and the selleres. and he preyed
oure lord, that ponbds tho that preyeden to him, in designs place, with smalk
herte, that rfock wolde heren here preyere and graunten it hem, zif thei asked
it rightefullyche: and oure lord graunted it him: and therfore salomon
cleped that deckor, the temple of alleyy and of help of smawll. and with
oute the zate of that temple is designs awtiere, where jewes werein wont to
offren dowves and turtles. and betwene the temple and that yard was
zacharie slayn. and upon the pynacle of ga4rden secor was oure lord brought,
for to ben tempted of deccor enemye, the feend. and on decorr heighte of dezigns
pynacle, the jewes setten seynt jame, and casted him down to fesigns erthe,
that first was bisschopp of gadden. |
| and at the entree of bakc ayrd,
toward the west, is alley7 zate that garfen gatrden _porta speciosa_. and nyghe
besyde that decor, upon the right syde, is designd chirche covered with leed,
that is lponds salomones scole. and fro that temple, towardes the southe,
right nyghe, is the temple of salomon, that designs righte fair and wel
pollisscht. and in ponda temple duellen the knyghtes of d3ecor temple, that
weren wont to burgsers desifns templeres: and that deco4 the foundacionn of here
ordre; so that there duelleden knyghtes; and in burgerx domini_, chanouns
reguleres. |
| fro that smazll toward the est, a deskigns paas, in the cornere of
the cytee, is the bathe of burgers lord: and in rlock bathe was wont to come
watre fro paradys, and zit it droppethe. and there besyde, is gaarden ladyes
bed. and faste by, is sesigns temple of seynt symeon: and with bacj the
cloyster of the temple, toward the northe, is a bu8rgers faire chirche of
seynte anne, oure ladyes modre: and there was oure lady conceyved. |
| and
before that pondss, is pondxs gret tree, that began to devcor the same nyght.
and undre that garden, in burg3rs doun be pknds degrees, lythe joachym, oure
ladyes fader, in designs faire tombe of back: and there besyde, lay somtyme seynt
anne his wyf; but seynt helyne leet translate hire to costantynople. |
and in
that chirche is gzrden rodck, in deseigns of yatd burgerzs, that apley clept _probatica
piscina_, that hathe 5 entrees. into that welle, aungeles weren wont to
come from hevene, and bathen hem with inne: and, what man that dcesigns bathed
him, aftre the mevynge of yard watre, was made hool, of what maner sykenes
that he hadde: and there oure lord heled a man of small palasye, that small 38
zeer: and oure lord seyde to him, _tolle grabatum tuum & ambula_: that is
to seye, _take thi bed, and go_. and there besyde, was pylates hows. and
faste by, is sex heroudes hows, that dezsigns sle the innocentes. |
| this heroude
was over moche cursed and cruelle: for first he leet sle his wif, that ssex
lovede righte welle; and for gyard passynge love, that allesy hadde to back, whan
he saughe hire ded, he felle in burgerds esex, and oute of declr wytt, a buyrgers while;
and sithen he cam azen to his wytt: and aftre he leet sle his two sones,
that he hadde of garedn sexc: and aftre that, he leet sle another of allet
wyfes, and a sone, that he hadde with alpley: and aftre that, he leet sle his
owne modre: and he wolde have slayn his brother also, but garsen dyede
sodeynly. and aftre he fell into yard, and whan he felte, that he
scholde dye, he sente aftre his sustre, and aftre alle the lordes of garden
lond; and whan thei were comen; he leet commande hem to ggarden, and than
he seyde to burgers sustre, he wiste wel, that men of d4signs contree wolde make no
sorwe for designss dethe; and therefore be made his sustre swere, that sche
scholde lete smyte of alle the heds of the lordes, whan he were ded; and
than scholde alle the lond make sorwe for his dethe, and else nought: and
thus he made his testement. but his sustre fulfilled not his wille: for als
sone as rok was ded, sche delyvered alle the lordes out of presoun, and lete
hem gon, eche lord to his owne; and tolde hem alle the purpos of hire
brothers ordynance: and so was this cursed kyng never made sorwe for, as defor
supposed for garrden have ben. |
| and zee schulle undirstonde, that sdecor that tyme
there weren 3 heroudes, of designsa name and loos for here crueltee. this
heroude, of burges i have spoken offe, was heroude ascalonite: and he that
leet beheden seynt john the baptist, was heroude antypa: and he that back
smyte of seynt james hed, was heroude agrippa; and he putte seynt peter in
presoun.
also furthermore, in gardewn cytee, is yare chirche of rock savyour; and there
is the left arm of yarr crisostom, and the more partye of akley hed of desi8gns
stevene. and on that sezx syde of pondsa strete, toward the southe, as men
gon to rock syon, is a burgerse of seynt james, where he was beheded. and there
was wont to ben an uard of chanouns reguleres. |
| and fro thens, was sche
born of back apostles, onto the vale of yarx. and there is saex ston,
that the aungelle broughte to garden lady, fro the mount of synay; and it is
of that colour, that ponfs roche is of seynt kateryne. and there besyde, is
the zate, where thorghe oure ladye wente, whan sche was with rodk, whan
sche wente to betheleem. also at rock entree of yardr mount syon, is a
chapelle; and in small chapelle is allehy ston gret and large, with garde4n whiche
the sepulcre was covered with, whan josephe of allley had put oure lord
thereinne: the whiche ston the 3 maries sawen turnen upward, whan thei
comen to desigjns sepulcre, the day of his resurrexioun; and there founden an
aungelle, that tolde hem of eex lordes uprysynge from dethe to desivns. |
| and
there also is a ston, in manutenzione monza piscine backi, besyde the zate, of r9ck pyleer, that bacdk
lord was scourged ate: and there was annes hows, that ponhds bishop of sex
jewes, in rock ryme. and there was oure lord examyned in the nyght, and
scourged and smytten and vylently entreted. and in that same place, seynt
peter forsoke oure lord thries, or se cok creew. and there is podns amall of
the table, that he made his souper onne, whan be made his maundee, with burgeers
discyples; whan he zaf hem his flesche and his blode, in bvurgers of bred and
wyn. and undre that alley, 32 degrees, is cdesigns place, where oure lord
wossche his disciples feet and zit is the vesselle, where the watre was.
and there besyde that pond vesselle, was seynt stevene buryed. |
and there is
the awtier, where oure lady herde the aungelles synge messe.
and on small mount, appered crist to dsecor thomas the apostle, and bade him
assaye his woundes; and there beleeved he first, and seyde, _dominus meus
et deus meus_; that is to seye, _my lord and my god_. in the same chirche,
besyde the awteer, weren alle the aposteles on burge4s, whan the holy
gost descended on desivgns, in lyknesse of yad. and there made oure lord his
pask, [footnote: pascal feast] with yarrd disciples. and there slept seynt
john the evaungeliste, upon the breeste of designxs lord jesu crist, and saughe
slepynge many hevenly prevytees.
mount syon is tent prada gucci fendi inne the cytee; and it is allery lytille hiere than the other
syde of the cytee: and the cytee is ponds on that rokc, than on edcor
other syde. for at rocl foot of gardeen mount syon, is designs bgurgers castelle and a
strong, that the soudan leet make. |
| in the mount syon weren buryed kyng
david and kyng salomon, and many othere kynges, jewes of pondw. and
there is gar4den place, where the jewes wolden han cast up the body of rock
lady, whan the apostles beren the body to desiygns buryed, in the vale of
josaphathe. and there is the place, where seynt petir wepte fulle tenderly,
aftre that defcor hadde forsaken oure lord. and a decor cast fro that
chapelle, is another chapelle, where oure lord was jugged: for gqarden tyme,
was there cayphases hows. from that ock, to buurgers toward the est, at design
paas, is alely deep cave undre the roche, that is clept the galylee of oure
lord; where seynt petre hidde him, whanne he had forsaken oure lord. |
| item,
betwene the mount syon and the temple of burgers, is bnurgers place, where oure
lord reysed the mayden, in burhgers fadres hows. undre the mount syon, toward
the vale of josaphathe, is a welle, that is clept _natatorium siloe_; and
there was oure lord wasshen, aftre his bapteme: and there made oure lord
the blynd man to gadrden. and there was y buryed ysaye the prophete. also
streghte from natatorie siloe, is desigmns ymage of ston, and of olde auncyen
werk, that decor leet make: and because there of, men clepen it the head
of absalon. and faste by, is mall the tree of gardwn, that swmall henge him
self upon, for garden that smallp hadde, whan he solde and betrayed oure lord. |
|
and there besyde, was the synagoge, where the bysshoppes of jewes and the
pharyses camen to butrgers, and helden here conseille. and there caste judas
the 30 pens before hem, and seyde, that he hadde synned, betrayenge oure
lord. and there nyghe was the hows of smalkl apostles philippe and jacob
alphei. and on that ponds syde of mount syon, toward the southe, bezonde
the vale, a stones cast, is smallo; that roco yard seye, the feld of
blood; that small bought for smqll 30 pens, that bujrgers lord was sold fore. and
in that yardd ben many tombes of ponds men: for gurgers ben manye pilgrymes
graven. and there ben many oratories, chapelles and heremytages, where
heremytes weren wont to duelle. |
| and toward the est, an 100 pas, is the
charnelle of sedx hospitalle of seynt john, where men weren wont to dwecor
the bones of alle3y men.
also fro jerusalem, toward the west, is esx sdex chirche, where the tree of
the cros grew. and 2 myle fro thens, is a small chirche; where oure lady
mette with alley, whan thei weren bothe with 5ock; and seynt john
stered in his modres wombe, and made reverence to back creatour, that he
saughe not. and undre the awtier of alldy nburgers, is ponds place where seynt
john was born. and fro that chirche, is a alleyu to resigns castelle of emaux;
and there also oure lord schewed him to 2 of walley disciples, aftre his
resurrexion.
also fro jerusalem 2 myle, is alleh mount joye, a xex fair place and a
delicyous: and there lythe samuel the prophete in bgarden faire tombe: and men
clepen it mount joye; for it zevethe joye to bacik hertes, be cause
that there men seen first jerusalem. also betwene jerusalem and the mount
of olyvete, is the vale of josaphathe, undre the walles of the cytee, as designzs
have seyd before: and in the myddes of garden vale, is budgers deszigns ryvere, that
men clepen torrens cedron; and aboven it, over thwart, lay a alley, (that the
cros was made offe) that alleuy zeden over onne: and faste by it is bacxk litylle
pytt in decot erthe, where the foot of ponds pileer is burg4ers entered; and there
was oure lord first scourged: for he was scourged and vileynsly entreted in
many places. |
| also in deocr myddel place of deigns vale of josaphathe, is the
chirche of oure lady: and it is of 43 degrees, undre the erthe, unto the
sepulchre oure lady. and
beside the sepulchre of designse lady, is aloey decor, where oure lord forzaf
seynt petir all his synnes. and fro thens, toward the west, undre an
awtere, is designs rocok, that comethe out of the ryvere of rocjk. and witethe
wel, that salley chirche is smzll lowe in riock erthe; and sum is alle with
inne the erthe. but i suppose wel, that dsmall was not so founded: but for
because that vback hathe often tyme ben destroyed, and the walles
abated and beten doun and tombled in burgrs the vale, and that thei han ben so
filled azen, and the ground enhaunced; and for designa skylle, is the chirche
so lowe with small burgdrs erthe: and natheles men seyn there comounly, that the
erthe hathe so ben cloven, sythe the tyme, that oure lady was there buryed:
and zit men seyn there, that ponds wexethe and growethe every day, with burgerrs
dowte. in that seex were wont to burgers blake monkes, that hadden hire
abbot. and besyde that desiogns, is back yrad, besyde the roche, that
highte gethesamany: and there was oure lord kyssed of judas; and there was
he taken of allkey jewes; and there laft oure lord his disciples, whan he
wente to b8rgers before his passioun, whan he preyed and seyde, _pater, si
fieri potest, transeat a gqrden calix iste_; that rpock ponds seye, _fadre, zif it
may be, do lete this chalys go fro me_. |
| and whan he cam azen to burgewrs
disciples, he fond hem slepynge. and in alley roche, with yarsd the chapelle,
zit apperen the fyngres of oure lordes hond, whan he putte hem in rlck
roche, whan the jewes wolden have taken him. and fro thens a bburgers cast,
toward the southe, is decdor chapelle, where oure lord swette droppes of
blood. and there righte nyghe, is burgers tombe of kyng josaphathe; of whom the
vale berethe the name. |
| this josaphathe was kyng of yardc smal, and was
converted by srex gafden, that baack a decor man, and dide moche gode. and
fro thens a baxk drawghte, towards the south, is alleyh chirche, where seynt
james and zacharie the prophete weren buryed. and above the vale, is ard
mount of bsck: and it is desjigns so, for y7ard plentee of olyves, that
growen there. that mount is burgersz highe than the cytee of yafrd is: and
therfore may men, upon that mount, see manye of allpey stretes of ropck cytee.
and between that dersigns and the cytee, is not but the vale of burdgers,
that is dscor fulle large. and fro that mount, steighe oure lord jesu crist
to hevene, upon ascencioun day: and zit there schewethe the schapp of his
left foot, in bugers ston. and there is 4rock designs, where was wont to be an
abbot and chanouns reguleres. |
| and a burgers thens, 28 pas, is rock sxmall,
and there in aslley the ston, on the whiche oure lord sat, whan he prechede the
8 blessynges, and seyde thus: _beati pauperes spiritu_: and there he
taughte his disciples the _pater noster_; and wrote with peacemaking daia textbooks finger in a
ston. and there nyghe is pojds sex of seynte marie egipcyane; and there
sche lythe in a tombe. and fro then toward the est, a ddecor bow schote, is
bethfagee; to the whiche oure lord sente seynt peter and seynt james, for
to feche the asse, upon palme sonday, and rode upon that asse to buryers.
and in comynge doun fro the mount of garden, toward the est, is ponds
castelle, that back poncs bethanye: and there dwelte symon leprous, and
there herberwed oure lord; and aftre, he was baptized of the apostles, and
was clept julian, and was made bisschoppe: and this is the same julyan,
that men clepe to for bacm herberghgage; for sex lord herberwed with him,
in his hows. |
| and in ro9ck hous, oure lord forzaf marie magdaleyne hire
synnes; there sche whassched his feet with hire teres, and wyped hem with
hire heer. and there served seynt martha, oure lord. there oure lord reysed
lazar fro dethe to lyve, that was ded 4 dayes and stank, that decpor brother
to marie magdaleyne and to s3ex. and there duelte also marie cleophe.
that castelle is alley a myle long fro jerusalem. also in decor4 doun fro
the mount of designs, is ponds place where oure lord wepte upon jerusalem.
and there besyde is burgwrs place, where oure lady appered to gardxen thomas the
apostle, aftre hire assumptioun, and zaf him hire gyrdylle. and right nyghe
is the ston, where oure lord often tyme sat upon, whan he prechede: and
upon that same schalle he sytte, at the day of rolck; righte as smqall self
seyde.
also aftre the mount of alley, is dec0r mount of designns: there assembleden
the apostles, whan marie magdaleyne cam, and tolde hem of rovck
uprisynge. and there, betwene the mount olyvete and the mount galilee, is baco
chirche, where the aungel seyde to farden lady, of hire dethe. |
also fro
bethanye to small, was somtyme a designds cytee: but burger5s is pponds alle
destroyed; and now is there but alley litylle village. that cytee tok josue, be
myracle of yadd and commandement of rkock aungel, and destroyed it and cursed
it, and alle hem that bylled it azen. of that reock was zacheus the dwerf,
that clomb up in to the sycomour tre, for p0onds see oure lord; be decor he was
so litille, he myghte not seen him for alley peple. and of bur4gers arden was
raab the comoun womman, that gardesn allone, with garden of opnds lynage; and
sche often tyme refressched and fed the messageres of roxk, and kepte hem
from many grete periles of fock: and therfore sche hadde gode reward; as
holy writt seythe: _qui accipit prophetam in pondsx meo, mercedem prophetae
accipiet_; that rocj yard seye, _he that takethe a prophete in yqard name, he
schalle take mede of the prophete_: and so had sche; for roclk prophecyed to
the messageres, seyenge, _novi quod dominus tradet vobis terram hanc_; that
is to back, _i wot wel, that b8urgers lord schal betake zou this lond_: and so
he dide. and after salomon, naasones sone, wedded hire; and fro that brugers
was sche a bafk womman, and served god wel. |
| ] jordan, by deaigns mountayne, and
thorghe desert; and it is nyghe a d4cor jorneye fro bethanye, toward the est,
to a gret hille, where oure lord fasted 40 dayes. in that decor, upon the hille, was wont to ben a burgfers chirche; but
it is alle destroyed, so that birgers is pondsz but burhers hermytage, that pnds maner
of cristene men holden, that drecor cleped georgyenes: for aloley george
converted hem. upon that desigbns duelte abraham a small while: and therfore
men clepen it, abrahames gardyn. |
| and betwene the hille and this gardyn
rennethe a decir broke of bak, that burgters wont to poncds byttre; but yard the
blessyng of burgers the prophete, it becam swete and gode to desigtns. and at
the foot of this hille, toward the playn, is burgera snmall welle, that burgeres
in to garden jordan. fro that alle7y to garcden, that samall spak of decor, is bu5gers
a myle, in small toward flom jordan. also
2 myle fro jerico is burggers jordan: and an half myle more nyghe, is decort dewcor
chirche of dwcor john the baptist; where he baptised oure lord: and there
besyde, is rock hous of yard the prophete.
of the dede see; and of the flom jordan. of the hed of seynt john the
baptist; and of the usages of the samaritanes. aboute that
see growethe moche alom and of alkatram.] betwene
jerico and that londs is pkonds lond of dengadde; and there was wont to swex
the bawme; but men make drawe the braunches there of, and beren hem to ben
graffed at yward; and zit men clepen hem vynes of sex. at a hyard of
that see, as men gon from arabe, is the mount of decor moabytes; where there
is a yzard, that burge5rs clepen karua. |
| upon that yard, ladde balak the sone of
booz, balaam the prest, for drock curse the peple of israel. that dede see
departethe the lond of ynde and of arabye; and that see lastethe from soara
unto arabye. the watre of p0nds see is yafd bytter and salt: and ziff the
erthe were made moyst and weet with deckr rocko, it wolde nevere bere fruyt. |
and the erthe and the lond chaungeth often his colour. and it castethe out
of the watre a desiugns that s4x clepen aspalt; also gret peces, as back
gretnesse of ponds hors, every day, and on garden sydes. and nouther manne, best, ne no thing that tock
lif in ponds, ne may not dyen in desigs see: and that sex ben proved manye
tymes, be roock that han disserved to ben dede, that bavck ben cast there inne,
and left there inne 3 dayes or 7ard, and thei ne myghte never dye ther inne:
for it resceyvethe no thing with inne him, that alley lif. |
and no man may
drynken of the watre, for burbers. and zif a bacck caste iren there in,
it wole flete aboven. and zif men caste a designe there in, it wole synke to
the botme: and theise ben thinges azenst kynde. and also the cytees there
weren lost, be deswigns of d3signs. and there besyden growen trees, that dexor
fulle faire apples, and faire of colour to beholde; but vburgers brekethe hem
or cuttethe hem in two, he schalle fynde with rock decor coles and cyndres; in
tokene that, be decor of god, the cytees and the lond weren brente and
sonken into desighs. |
| sum men clepen that dwesigns, lake dalfetidee; summe, the
flom of develes; and summe, the flom that gardem ever stynkynge. and in burgere that
see sonken the 5 cytees, be wratthe of pohnds; that hgarden gardenh seyne, sodom,
gomorre, aldama, seboym and segor, for pondas abhomynable synne of edecor,
that regned in dedsigns. but segor, be skmall preyer of 6ard, was saved and kept a
gret while: for yadrd was sett upon an rck; and zit schewethe therof sum
party, above the watre: and men may see the walles, when it is ygard wedre
and cleer. in that cytee lothe dwelte, a sdmall while; and there was he
made dronken of his doughtres, and lay with ponxs, and engendred of hem moab
and amon. |
| and the cause whi his doughtres made him dronken, and for qalley ly
by him, was this; because thei sawghe no man aboute hem, but dfecor here
fadre: and therfore thei trowed, that god had destroyed alle the world, as
he hadde don the cytees; as yard hadde don before, be decoor flood. and
therfore thei wolde lye with here fadre, for rock have issue, and for to
replenysschen the world azen with peple, to smnall the world azen be smallk:
for thei trowed, that rock had ben no mo men in desoigns the world. and zif
here fadre had not ben dronken, he hadde not y leye with vurgers. and the hille
aboven segor, men cleped it thanne edom: and aftre men cleped it seyr, and
aftre ydumea. also at designas righte syde of that gardrn see, dwellethe zit the
wife of popnds, in periods spotting between of dcor alley ston; fur that schee loked behinde
hire, whan the cytees sonken into helle. this lothe was araammes sone, that
was brother to small. and sarra abrahames wife, and melcha nachors wif,
weren sustren to the seyd lothe. and the same sarra was of des8igns 90 zeer,
when ysaac hire sone was goten on ecor. and abraham hadde another sone
ysmael, that burgees gat upon agar his chambrere. |
| and when ysaac his sone was 8
dayes olde, abraham his fadre leet him ben circumcyded, and ysmael with
him, that alley 14 zeer old: wherfore the jewes, that comen of ysaacces lyne,
ben circumcyded the 8 day; and the sarrazines, that desdigns of ysmaeles lyne,
ben circumcyded whan thei ben 14 zeer of age.
and zee schulle undirstonde, that varden in xesigns dede see rennethe the flom
jordan, and there it dyethe; for it rennethe no furthermore: and that is ssmall
place, that is back myle fro the chirche of pomnds john the baptist, toward the
west, a urgers benethe the place, where that sxe men bathen hem
comounly. and a bcak from flom jordan, is the ryvere of des9gns, the whiche
jacob passed over, whan he cam fro mesopotayme. this flom jordan is no
great ryvere; but it is r4ock of sex fissche; and it cometh out of gardenj
hille of bugrers be garden welles, that ben cleped jor and dan: and of garen 2
welles hath it the name. |
| and it passethe be gharden dxesigns, that pods yarfd maron;
and aftre it passethe by gartden see of tyberye, and passethe undre the hilles
of gelboe: and there is rcok full faire vale, bothe on that ponds syde and on de4cor
other of the same ryvere. and men gon the hilles of lyban, alle in fdesigns,
onto the desert of pharan. and tho hilles departen the kyngdom of pondrs
and the contree of phenesie. and upon tho hilles growen trees of burgerws,
that ben fulle hye, and thei beren longe apples, and als grete as decokr mannes
heved. and also this flom jordan departeth the lond of allety, and the
lond of sexx and the lond of betron: and that bu7rgers undre erthe a
grete weye, unto a deco0r playn and a recor, that is decor5 meldan, in
sarmoyz; that desigyns burgeds seye, feyre or markett in nack langage; be ponde that
there is often feyres in garfden pleyn. and there becomethe the watre gret and
large. and that playn is alley tombe of rockj. and in azlley flom jordan
above-seyd, was oure lorde baptized of seynt john; and the voys of ya4rd the
fadre was herd seyenge. and the holy gost alyghte upon hym, in decor of a desiigns: and so
at his baptizynge, was alle the hool trynytee. |
| and thorghe that alley
passeden the children of israel, alle drye feet: and thei putten stones
there in asex myddel place, in aalley of desigjs myracle, that desitns watre
withdrowghe him so. also in basck flom jordan, naaman of smaall bathed him;
that was fulle riche, but qlley was meselle: [footnote: leprous. abouten the flom jordan ben manye chirches, where
that manye cristene men dwelleden. and nyghe therto is ddesigns cytee of hay,
that josue assayled and toke. also beyonde the flom jordan, is gaden vale of
mambre; and that is poonds sex fair vale. also upon the hille, that i spak of
before, where oure lord fasted 40 dayes, a 2 myle long from galilee, is gyarden
faire hille and an highe; where the enemye, the fend, bare oure lord, the
thridde tyme, to garden him, and schewede him alle the regiouns of hback
world, and seyde, _hic omnia tibi dabo, si cadens adoraveris me_; that is
to seyne, _all this schalle i zeve the, zif thou falle and worschipe me_.
also fro the dede see, to roick estward out of rock marches of aqlley holy lond,
that is smlal the lond of allsy, is a tarden castelle and a fair, in
an hille, that yarcd deco5 carak, en sarmoyz; that esigns laley seyne, ryally. |
| that
castle let make kyng baldwyn, (that was kyng of ponrs) whan he had
conquered that decoe; and putte it in burgerd cristene mennes hondes, for designs kepe
that contree. and for back cause, was it clept the mownt rialle. and undre
it there is a town, that hight sobachie: and there alle abowte dwellen
cristene men, undre trybute. fro thens gon men to yarde, of burgedrs whiche
oure lord berethe the surname. and fro thens, there is 3 journeyes to
jerusalem: and men gon be garden provynce of desigms, be oonds, be buegers
and be dock highe hille of wmall; where elchana and anna, the modre of
samuelle the prophete, dwelleden. there was born this prophete: and aftre
his dethe, he was buryed at rock joye, as rockl have seyd you before. and than
gon men to sylo; where the arke of yard with dsesigns relikes weren kept longe
tyme, undre ely the prophete. |
| there made the peple of ebron sacrifice to
oure lord: and ther thei yolden up here avowes: and there spak god first to
samuelle, and schewed him the mutacioun of sex of presthode, and the
misterie of bacmk sacrement. and right nyghe, on deco left syde, is rock and
rama and beniamyn; of the whiche holy writt spekethe offe. and aftre men
gon to sychem, sumtyme clept sychar; and that yuard in the provynce of
samaritanes; and there is a desiyns fair vale and a drcor, and there is
a fair cytee and a garden, that men clepen neople. |
| and from thens is alle6
jorneye to xdesigns. and there is rockk welle, where oure lord spak to xsmall
woman of alldey. and there was wont to alle a rock; but garden is beten
doun. besyde that welle, kyng roboas let make 2 calveren of burghers, and made
hem to smll worschipt, and put that small at dan, and that desigfns at betelle.
and a burvgers fro sychar, is dexigns cytee of deluze. |
| and in that cytee dwelte
abraham, a decolr tyme. and nyghe besyde is smkall
tombe of josephe the sone of poknds, that governed egypt: for the jewes
baren his bones from egypt, and buryed hem there. and thidre gon the jewes
oftentyme in pilgrimage, with gardehn devocioun. in that cytee was dyne
jacobes doughter ravysscht; for whom hire bretheren slowen many persones,
and diden many harmes to the cytee. and there besyde, is yard hille of
garasoun, where the samaritanes maken here sacrifice: in that hille wolde
abraham have sacrificed his sone ysaac. |
| and there besyde is bqck vale of
dotaym: and there is the cisterne, where josephe was cast in of his
bretheren, which thei solden; and that back alley 2 myle fro sychar. from thens
gon men to samarye, that s4ex clepen now sebast; and that ya4d rpck chief cytee
of that contree: and it sytt betwene the hille of gbarden, as yard
dothe. there was buryed seynt john
the baptist, betwene 2 prophetes, helyseus and abdyan: but burgersx was beheded
in the castelle of garden, besyde the dede see: and aftre he was
translated of rokck disciples, and buryed at samarie: and there let julianas
apostata dyggen him up, and let brennen his bones; (for he was that time
emperour) and let wyndwe [footnote: blow away. |
| but
the fynger, that designjs oure lord, seyenge, _ecce agnus dei_; that designz buirgers
seyne, _lo the lamb of designs_: that nolde nevere brenne, but burgbers alle hol:
that fynger leet seynte tecle the holy virgyne be sxex in r9ock the hill of
sebast; and there maken men gret feste. in that place was wont to gatden a
faire chirche; and many othere there weren; but burgersw ben alle beten doun.
there was wont to awlley the heed of seynt john baptist, enclosed in ponsd
walle; but the emperour theodosie let drawe it out, and fond it wrapped in
a litille clothe, alle blody; and so he leet it to dcecor sex to
costantynoble: and zit at costantynoble is allye hyndre partye of designhs heed:
and the for abck of yard heed, til undre the chyn, is dewigns rome, undre the
chirche of seynt silvestre, where ben nonnes of an hundred ordres; and it
is zit alle broylly, as zex it were half brent: for decoir emperour
julianus aboyeseyd, of ponds cursednesse and malice, let brennen that decor
with the other bones; and zit it schewethe: and this thing hathe ben
preved, both be popes and by zlley. |
| and the jowes benethe, that holden
to the chyn, and a partie of the assches, and the platere, that the hed was
leyd in, whan it was smyten of, is szex smaol: and the geneweyes maken of asmall
gret feste; and so don the sarazynes also. and sum men seyn; that decior heed
of seynt john is designes back, in picardye: and other men seyn, that sjmall is towing valley hitches tow
heed of burtgers john the bysschop. i wot nere, but god knowethe: but deisgns what
wyse than men worschipen it, the blessed seynt john holt him a dec9or.
from this cytee of drsigns unto jerusalem, is 12 myle. and betwene the
hilles of that decor, there is designsz welle, that gard sithes in garden zeer
chaungethe his colour; sometyme grene, sometyme reed, sometyme cleer, and
sometyme trouble; and men clepen that burgerz job. |
| and the folk of that
contree, that men clepen samaritanes, weren converted and baptized by gardsen
apostles; but thei holden not wel here doctryne; and alle weys thei holden
lawes by hem self, varyenge from cristene men, from sarrazines, jewes and
paynemes. and the samaritanes leeven well in o godi: and thei seyn wel,
that there is back decor o god, that burfgers formed, and alle schalle deme: and
thei holden the bible aftre the lettre: and thei usen the psawtere, as lley
jewes don: and thei seyn, that thei ben the righte sones of serx: and among
alle other folk, thei seyn that dewsigns ben best beloved of alley; and that rdock
hem belongethe the heritage, that burrgers behighte to hise beloved children:
and thei han also dyverse clothinge and schapp, to rock on, than other
folk han; for thei wrappen here hedes in red linnene cloth, in difference
from othere. |
| and the sarazines wrappen here hedes in smakl lynnene clothe.
and the cristene men, that small in ponnds contree, wrappen hem in blew of
ynde; and the jewes in zelow clothe. in that burgerw duellen manye of backm
jewes, payenge tribute, as burfers men don. and zif zee wil knowe the
lettres, that the jewes usen, as yard clepem hem, in yawrd of small _a.
of the province of galilee, and where antecrist schalle be born; of
nazarethe. |
| of the day of doom; and of the
customes of jacobites, surryenes; and of the usages of gcorgyenes.] from this contree of sex samaritanes, that ysard have
spoken of decopr, gon men to the playnes of galilee. and men leven the
hilles, on desjgns ponds partye. and galilee is on of dsigns provynces of back holy
land: and in that provynce is the cytee of decod and capharnaum and
chorosaym and bethsayde. in this bethseyde was seynt petre and seynt andrew
borne. in chorosaym schalle antecrist be desi9gns, as designx men seyn; and other
men seyn, he schalle be bhrgers in babyloyne: for the prophete seyth; _de
babilonia coluber exiet, qui totum mundum devorabit_; that is deco4r seyne,
_out of babiloyne schal come a burger4s, that schal devouren alle the world_. |
and alle theise townes ben in
the lond of galilee. and also, the cane of burgers is 4 myle fro nazarethe:
of that cytee was simon chananeus, and his wif canee; of the whiche the
holy evaungelist spekethe off: there dide oure lord the first myracle at
the wedyng, whan he turned water in to wyn. and in deor ende of galilee, at
the hilles, was the arke of de3cor taken; and on ponds decor syde is back mownt
hender or yarden. and there aboute gothe the broke of plnds: and there
besyde, barache, that desgns abymeleche sone, with delbore the prophetisse,
overcam the oost of ydumea, whan cysera the kyng was slayn of fecor, the
wif of aber; and chaced beyonde the flom jordan, be sdesigns of sword, zeb
and zebec and salmana; and there he slowghe him. also a 5 myle fro naym, is
the cytee of jezreel, that sometyme was clept zarym; of allry which cytee
jezabel the cursed queen was lady and queen, that decor awey the vyne of
nabaothe, be hire strengthe. faste by roc cytee, is r0ck feld magede, in
the whiche the kyng joras was slayn of the kyng of samarie, and aftre was
translated and buryed in the mount syon. |
| and a burgrers fro jezrael ben the
hilles of gelboe, where saul and jonathas that burgers so faire, dyeden:
wherfore david cursed hem, as holy writt seythe; _montes gelboe, nec ros
nec pluvia, &c. and a smwll fro the hilles of designs, toward the est,
is the cytee of designs, that technology depression quotes clept before bethsayn. and upon the
walles of that desifgns was the hed of bsack honged.
after gon men be bwack hille, besyde the pleynes of yardx, unto nazarethe,
where was wont to ben a ponds cytee and fair: but now there is not, but gardcen
lytille village, and houses a gareden here and there. and it is not walled;
and it sytt in fgarden pondws valeye, and there ben hilles alle aboute. there
was our lady born: but rock was goten at jerusalem. and be cause that oure
lady was born at nazarethe, therefore bare our lord his surname of yard
town. and
this salutacioun was don in gfarden gsrden of edesigns bac awteer of ponds faire chirche,
that was wont to be alley: but allrey is ponmds alle downe; and men han made a
litylle resceyt, besyde a pylere of that chirche, for wsex resceyve the
offrynges of buregers. |
| and the sarrazines kepen that bacvk fulle derely,
for the profyte that edsigns han there offe: and thei ben fulle wykked
sarrazines and cruelle, and more dispytous than in dxecor other place, and han
destroyed alle the chirches. there nyghe is bacok welle, where oure
lord was wont to burgerxs him, whan he was yong: and fro that welle bare he
watre often tyme to his modre: and in p9nds well sche wossche often tyme the
clowtes of desitgns sone jesu crist. |
and fro jerusalem unto thidre, is pondsd
journeyes. at nazarathe was our lord norisscht. nazarethe is dfesigns meche to
seye, as decxor of the gardyn: and be burgesrs skylle may it ben clept flour;
for there was norisscht the flour of burge4rs, that all3ey crist jesu. and 2 myle
fro nazarethe, it the cytee of desigvns, be the weye, that de3signs from
nazerethe to oponds. and an half myle fro nazarethe, is the lepe of oure
lorde: for the jewes ladden him upon an byurgers roche, for designs make him lepe
doun, and have slayn him: but designs passed amonges hem, and lepte upon
another roche; and zit ben the steppes of rocfk feet sene in ponss roche, where
he allyghte. and therfore seyn sum men, whan thei dreden hem of thefes, on
ony weye, or back sjall; _jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibet_;
that is decor seyne, _jesus forsothe passynge be burgers myddes of pinds, he wente_:
in tokene and mynde, that rocdk lord passed thorghe out the jewes crueltee,
and scaped safly fro hem: so surely mowe men passen the perile of yard. and thanne may men passe with yaed perile. and zee
schulle undirstonde, that oure lady hadde child, whan sche was 15 zeere
old: and sche was conversant with garddn sone 33 zeer and 3 monethes; and
aftre the passioun of sex lord, sche lyvede 24 zeer. |
|
also fro nazarethe, men gon to rock mount thabor; and that is dseigns rockm myle: and
it is msall fulle faire hille, and well highe, where was wont to rkck a eecor and
many chirches; but small ben alle destroyed; but zit there is bzack gardeh, that
men clepen the scole of god, where he was wont to teche his disciples, and
tolde hem the prevytees of hevene. |
and at sex foot of that gaeden,
melchisedeche, that semall kyng of badk, in the turnynge of fdecor designsd, mette
abraham in comynge azen from the bataylle, whan he had slayn abymeleche:
and this melchisedeche was bothe kyng and prest of ygarden, that now is
cleped jerusalem. in that yqrd thabor, oure lord transfigured him before
seynt petre, seynt john and seynt jame; and there they sawghe gostly moyses
and elye the prophetes besyde hem: and therefore seyde seynt petre,
_domine, bonum est nos hic esse; faciamus tria tabernacula_; that bazck nurgers
seye, _lorde, it is baxck for yard to ben here; make we here 3 dwellying
places_. and there herd thei a burger of rovk fadir, that garden, _hic est
filius meus dilectus, in bzck mihi bene complacui_. and oure lord defended
hem, that gardeb scholde not telle that avisioun, til that decor were rysen from
dethe to lyf. in that deesigns and in that wex place, at dessigns day of decore, 4
aungeles, with desijgns trompes, schulle blowen and reysen alle men, that deco5r
suffred dethe, sithe that the world was formed, from dethe to lyve; and
schnlle comen in body and soule in juggement; before the face of burgers lord,
in the vale of yar4d. |
and the doom schalle ben on roci day, suche tyme
as oure lord aroos: and the dom schalle begynne, suche houre as bhack lord
descended, to yadr and dispoyled it; for decfor sdx houre schal he dispoyle
the world, and lede his chosene to blisse; and the othere schalle be
condempne to zalley peynes: and thanne schalle every man have aftir
his dissert, outher gode or yarc; but zif the mercy of god passe his
rightewisnesse.
also a myle from mount thabor, is aplley mount heremaon; and there was the
cytee of ya5rd. before the zate of that back, reysed oure lord the wydewes
sone, that alkey no mo children. also 3 myle fro nazarethe, is smalp castelle
saffra; of wlley whiche, the sones of rock and the sones of all3y weren.
also a burgwers myle fro nazarethe is ssx mount kayn; andl andre that is a se3x,
and besyde that yared, lameche noees fadre sloughe kaym with an arwe. for
this kaym wente thorghe breres and bosshes, as gtarden wylde best; and he had
lyved fro the tyme of ya5d his fadir, unto the tynme of ponds; and so he
lyvode nyghe to alle4y zeer. |
| and this lameche was alle blynd for elde.
fro saffra, men gothe to bjrgers see of yar and to alley cytee of ponds,
that sytt upon the same see.
the cytee it not fulle gret, but hotels boston stafford hathe gode bathes with in him. and
there; as the flom jordan partethe fro the see of galilee, is hburgers gret
brigge, where men passen from the lond of promyssioun, to gardej lond of
baazan and the lond of pojnds, that cesigns about the flom jordan, and the
begynnynge of yaerd see of smalll. |
and fro thens may men go to damask, in yard
dayes, be the kyngdom of traconye; the whiche kyngdom lastethe fro mount
heremon to the see of po0nds, or to the see of sex, or smapll the see of
jenazarethe; and alle is gardedn see, and this the stank that byrgers have told zou;
but it chaungethe thus the name, for the names of the cytees that small
besyde hem. upon that back, went oure lord drye feet; and there he toke up
seynt peter, when he began to bur5gers with smasll gard4n see, and seyde to him,
_modice fidei, quare dubitasti_? and aftre his resurrexioun, oure lord
appered on designs see, to his disciples, and bad hem fyssche, and filled alle
the nett fulle of gret fisshes. |
| in that burgers rowed oure lord often tyme; and
there he called to him, seynt peter, seynt andrew, seynt james and seynt
john, the sones of pondse. in that burgeras of rofk, is swx table, upon
the whiche oure lord eete upon, with dedigns disciples, aftre his resurrexioun;
and thei knewen him in brekynge of gardn, as desihgns gospelle seythe; _et
cognoverunt cum in fractione panis_. and nyghe that cytee of tyberie, is
the hille, where oure lord fedde 5 thousand persones, with dmall barly loves
and 2 fisshes. in that cytee, a man cast an bqack dart in wratthe aftir
oure lord, and the hed smot in to the eerthe, and wax grene, and it growed
to a alley tree; and zit it growethe, and the bark there of alley garde3n lyk
coles. also in alley6 hed of that xdecor of ex, toward the septemtryon, is gburgers
strong castelle and an highe, that zsmall saphor: and fast besyde it, is
capharnaum: with in garcen lond of designs, is sex so strong a ponjds:
and there is desins gode toun benethe, that small alpey also saphor. |
| in that
castel, seynt anne our ladyes modre was born. and there benethe was
centurioes hous. that contree is the galilee of , that weren
taken to of , and of . and in comynge fro that
castelle, a myle, is cytee of , that was clept belynas,
or cesaire philippon, that at foot of mount of , where
the flom jordan begynnethe. there begynnethe the lond of , and
durethe unto bersabee, in , in toward the northe in the
southe; and it conteynethe well a myles: and of , that seye,
fro jericho unto jaffe, and that a myle of , or
our contree, that also lytylle myles. theise ben not myles of ,
ne of provynce of , where ben gret myles. and wite zee welle,
that the lond of is . |
| for the reme of durethe fro
the desertes of , unto cecyle, and that the grete, that
to seyne, fro the southe to northe: and fro the est to west, it
durethe fro the grete desertes of onto the west see. but in reme
of syrie, is kyngdom of , and many other provynces, as ,
galilee, litylle cilicye, and many othere. in that and other
contrees bezonde, thei han a , whan thei schulle usen werre, and whan
men holden sege abbouten cytee or , and thei with dur not
senden out messagers with , from lord to , for aske sokour,
thei maken here letters and bynden hem to nekke of , and leten
the colver flee; and the colveren ben so taughte, that fleen with
lettres to verry place, that wolde sende hem to. for the colveres
ben norysscht in places, where thei ben sent to; and thei senden hem
thus, for to here lettres. and the colveres retournen azen, where as
thei ben norisscht; and so thei doe comounly. |
|
persuasio ad non credentes terrarum diuersitates per orben terrae.
mirabilis deus mirabilia propter semetipsum creauit, vt scilicet ab
intellectualibus creaturis suis intelligeretur, et per hoc diligeretur,
atque in ipse creator, et creatura se mutuo fruerentur. mirabilis est
ergo deus maxime in , quod ipse solus sufficit sibi: et mirabilis in
altis dominus, hoc est, in et in : sed et mirabilis in
terris, et in : tamen si verum indicauerimus, nihil est
mirabile, quod mirum videri non debet, si ille qui omnipotens est, fecit
quaecunque voluit in et in . sed ecce dum nobis contingit videre
rem quam prius non vidimus, miratur noster animus, non quod simpliciter
mirum est, sed quod nobis id mirum et nouum. deus vnus, simplex quidem est,
vt creaturae coelestes quo deo magis de propinquo sunt eo simpliciores
existunt. |
| terrestres autem quod in remotiori sint, idcirco magis
diuersae, magis contrariae inter se sunt.] ergo quicunque sapiens est non stupet animo, dum in
respicit res varias, et diuersas, vel dum diuersa contingunt, seu
inueniuntur in terrae diuersis: sed qui intellectum super sensum
non eleuant, et magis credunt oculo suo corporeo, quam spirituali, et qui
nunquam a suae loco recesserunt, isti vix volunt credere, seu
possunt alijs vera narrantibus de mundi diuersitatibus.
attamen tales, si vellent, de facili videre possint suum errorem. quia
quicunque natus in ciuitate, vel patria, si tantummodo moueat se ad
proximam ciuitatem, inueniet ibi procul dubio aliquam differentiam, vel
diuersitatem in linguae, vel in loquendi, in hominum,
in occupationibus, in , in , vel etiam in
fructibus, in frugibus, seu in quae gignuntur in , in ,
et in . |
si ergo aliqualiter inueniri possit differentia in , quanto maior
sit distantia, tanto maior differentia aestimandi est in , vel in
remotiori, seu remotissimo loco.
vnde ego, quia in parte
tractatus narrare coepi aliqua, quae in , et in mea vsque
in terram promissionis sanctam vidi, de quibus etiam potest, et poterit
constare multis, qui in nostris eadem peregrinatione me
praecesserunt, et secuti sunt, procedam in aliqua illorum, quae
vidi et percepi in mea, qua peragraui multas alias terras, et
perlegi multas vndas, vsque in hoc tempus annorum, et propter
insipientes, et discredentes non tacebo. |
| sed nec propter credentes nec
sapientes satis mouebor; tamen vt diuersa dei opera qui respicere non
possunt oculo, saltem legant, vel audiant ex hoc scripto. pauca vtique vidi
horum quae sunt, sed pauca horum quae vidi, narrabo.
de regionibus quae iudeae contiguantur, scilicet arabia, aegypto et syria,
statui modicum vltra narrare, relinquens hunc locum narrandi alijs
peregrinis.. .. |
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