1149  1150 1151  1152 1153  1154 1155 1156 1157 1158  1159 1160  1161  1162  1163 1164  1165  1166  1167  1168 1169  1170  1171  1172  1173  1174  1175 1176 1177 1178 1179  1180  1181 1182  1183 1184  1185 1186 1187  1188 1189 1190 1191 1192  1193  1194  1195 1196 1197  1198  1199  1200 1201  1202  1203  1204  1205	N N N                     N         N                     N N               N	22        As this creatur lay in contemplacyon, sor wepyng in hir spiryt, sche seyde to owyr Lord Jhesu Cryst, "A, Lord, maydonys dawnsyn now meryly in hevyn. Schal not I don so? For becawse I am no mayden, lak of maydenhed is to me now gret sorwe; me thynkyth I wolde I had ben slayn whan I was takyn fro the funtston that I schuld nevyr a dysplesyd the, and than schuldyst thu, blyssed Lorde, an had my maydenhed wythowtyn ende. A, der God, I have not lovyd the alle the days of my lyve, and that sor rewyth me; I have ronnyn awey fro the, and thow hast ronnyn aftyr me; I wold fallyn in dyspeyr, and thu woldyst not suffer me." "A, dowtyr, how oftyntymes have  I teld the that thy synnes arn forgove the and that we ben onyd togedyr wythowtyn ende? Thu art to me a synguler lofe, dowtyr, and therfor I behote the thu schalt have a synguler grace in hevyn, dowtyr, and I behest the I schal come to thin ende at thi deyng wyth my blyssed modyr and myn holy awngelys and twelve apostelys, Seynt Kateryne, Seynt Margarete, Seynt Mary Mawdelyn, and many other seyntys that ben in hevyn, whech gevyn gret worshep to me for the grace that I geve to the, God, thi Lord Jhesu. Thow thart drede no grevows peynes in thi deyng, for thu schalt have thy desyre, that is to have mor mynde of my Passyon than on thin owyn peyne. Thu schalt not dredyn the devyl of helle for he hath no powyr in the. He dredyth the mor than thow dost hym. He is wroth wyth the, for thu turmentyst hym mor wyth thi wepyng than doth al the fyer in helle; thu wynnyst many sowlys fro hym wyth thi wepyng. And I have behygth the that thu schuldyst noon other purgatory han than slawndyr and speche of the world, for I have chastysed the myself as I wolde be many gret dredys and turmentriis that thu hast had wyth evyl spyritys bothin slepyng and wakyng many yerys. And therfor I schal preservyn the at thin ende thorw my mercy that thei schal no powyr have ovyr the neythyr in body ne in sowle; it is gret grace and myracle that thu hast thy bodyly wyttys for the vexacyon that thu hast had wyth hem afortyme. I have also, dowtyr, chastised the wyth the drede of my godhede, and many tymes have I feryd the wyth gret tempestys of wyndys that thu wendyst venjawns schuld a fallyn on the for synne. I have prevyd the be many tribulacyons, many gret hevynes, and many grevows sekenes in so mech that thu hast ben anoynted for deed, and al thorw my grace hast thu skapyd. Therfor drede the nowt, dowtyr, for wyth myn owyn handys, whech wer nayled to the crosse, I schal take thi sowle fro thi body wyth gret myrthe and melodye, wyth swet smellys and good odowrys, and offyr it to my Fadyr in hevyn, ther thu schalt se hym face to face, wonyng wyth hym wythowtyn ende. Dowtyr, thu schalt be ryte wolcome to my Fadyr and to my modyr and to alle my seyntys in hevyn, for thu hast govyn hem drynkyn ful many tymes wyth teerys of thyn eyne. Alle myn holy seyntys schal enjoyen of thi comyng hom. Thu schalt be fulfyllyd of al maner lofe that thu coveytyst. Than schalt thu blysse the tyme that thu wer wrowte and the body that the hath bowte. He schal joyen in the and thu in hym wythowtyn ende. Dowtyr, I behote the the same grace that I behyte Seynt Kateryne, Seynt Margarete, Seynt Barbara, and Seynt Powle, in so mech that what creatur in erth unto the day of dom aske the any bone and belevyth that God lovyth the he schal have hys bone and er ellys a bettyr thyng. Therfor and thei that belevyn that God lovyth the thei schal ben blyssed wythowtyn ende. The sowlys in purgatory schal joyn in thi comyng hom, for thei knowyn wel that God lovyth the specyaly. And men in erth schal joyn in God for the, for he schal werkyn meche grace for the and makyn al the world to knowyn that God lovyth the. Thu hast be despysed for my lofe, and therfor thu schalt be worshepyd for my lofe. Dowtyr, whan thu art in hevyn, thu schalt mown askyn what thu wylt, and I schal grawnte the al thi desyr. I have telde the befortyme that thu art a synguler lover, and therfor thu schalt have a synguler love in hevyn, a synguler reward, and a synguler worshep. And, forasmech as thu art a mayden in thi sowle, I schal take the be the on hand in hevyn and my modyr be the other hand, and so schalt thu dawnsyn in hevyn wyth other holy maydens and virgynes, for I may clepyn the dere abowte and myn owyn derworthy derlyng. I schal sey to the, myn owyn blyssed spowse, `Welcome to me wyth al maner of joye and gladnes, her to dwellyn wyth me and nevyr to departyn fro me wythowtyn ende, but evyr to dwellyn wyth me in joy and blysse, whech non eye may se, ne eer heryn, ne tunge telle, ne non hert thynkyn, that I have ordeynd for the and for alle my servawntys the whech desyryn to lofe me and plesyn me as thu dost."'