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29
Whan this creatur wyth hir felawshep cam to the grave
wher owyr Lord was beriid,
anon, as sche entryd that holy place, sche fel down wyth hir
candel in hir hand as sche
schuld a deyd for sorwe. And sythen sche ros up ageyn wyth gret
wepyng and sobbyng
as thow sche had seyn owyr Lord beriid even befor hir. Than sche
thowt sche saw
owyr Lady in hir sowle, how sche mornyd and how sche wept hir
sonys deth, and than
was owyr Ladiis sorwe hir sorwe. And so ovyr al wher that evyr
the frerys led hem in
that holy place sche alwey wept and sobbyd wondyrfully, and specialy
whan sche
cam ther owyr Lord was nayled on the cros. Ther cryed sche and
wept wythowtyn
mesur that sche myth not restreyn hirself. Also thei comyn to
a ston of marbyl that
owyr Lord was leyd on whan he was takyn down of the cros, and
ther sche wept wyth
gret compassyon, havyng mend of owyr Lordys Passyon.
Aftyrwardys sche was
howselyd on the Mownt
of Calvarye, and than sche wept, sche sobbyd, sche cryed so
lowde that it wondyr was to heryn it. Sche was so ful of holy
thowtys and medytacyons
and holy contemplacyons in the Passyon of owyr Lord Jhesu Crist
and holy dalyawns
that owyr Lord Jhesu Crist dalyed to hir sowle that sche cowde
nevyr expressyn hem
aftyr, so hy and so holy thei weryn. Meche was the grace that
owyr Lord schewyd to
this creatur whyl sche three wekys was in Jerusalem. Another
day erly in the morwenyng
thei went ageyn to the gret hyllys. And her gydes teld wher owyr
Lord bare the cros on
hys bakke, and wher hys Modyr met wyth hym, and how sche swownyd,
and how
sche fel down and he fel down also. And so thei went forth al
the fornoone tyl thei cam
to the Mownt Syon. And evyr this creatur wept abundawntly al
the wey that sche went
for compassyon of owyr Lordys Passyon.
In the Mownt Syon is a place wher owyr
Lord wesch hys disciplys fete, and a lityl therfro he mad hys
Mawndé wyth hys
disciplys. And therfor this creatur had gret desyr to be howselyd
in that holy place
wher owyr mercyful Lord Crist Jhesu fyrst sacryd hys precyows
body in the forme of
bred and gaf it to hys discipulys. And so sche was wyth gret
devocyon, wyth plenteuows
teerys, and wyth boystows sobbyngys, for in this place is plenyr
remyssyon. And so is
in other four placys in the tempyl. On is in the Mownt of Calvarye;
an other at the
grave wher owyr Lord was beriid; the thridde is at the marbyl
ston that hys preciows
body was leyd on whan it was takyn of the cros; the ferd is ther
the holy cros was
beriid, and in many other placys of Jerusalem.
And, whan this creatur cam into the
place ther the apostelys receyved the Holy Gost, owyr Lord gaf
hir gret devocyon.
Aftyrward sche went to the place ther owyr Lady was beriid, and
as sche knelyd on
hyr knes the tyme of tweyn messys heryng, owyr Lord Jhesu Crist
seyd onto hir, "Thu
comyst not hedyr, dowtyr, for no nede but for meryte and for
mede, for thy synnes wer
forgovyn the er thow come her, and therfor thu comyst hedyr for
incresyng of thi
mede and of thi meryte. And I am wel plesyd wyth the, dowtyr,
for thu stondist undyr
obedyens of Holy Cherch and that thu wylt obey thi confessowr
and folwyn hys
cownsel, whech thorw auctorité of Holy Cherch hath asoyld
the of thi synnes and
dispensyd wyth the that thu schuldist not go to Rome
ne to Seynt
Jamys les than thu
wyl thin owyn selfe. Notwythstondyng al this, I comawnde the
in the name of Jhesu,
dowtyr, that thu go vysite thes holy placys and do as I byd the,
for I am above al Holy
Cherch and I schal gon wyth the and kepyn the rygth wel." Than
owyr Lady spak to
hir sowle on this maner, seying, "Dowtyr, wel art thu blyssed,
for my sone Jhesu schal
flowyn so mech grace in the that al the world schal wondryn of
the. Be not aschamyd,
my derworthy dowtyr, to receyve the gyftys whech my sone schal
gevyn the, for I
telle the in trewth thei schal be gret gyftys that he schal geve
the. And therfore, my
derworthy dowtyr, be not aschamyd of hym that is thi God, thi
Lord, and thi lofe, no
mor than I was whan I saw hym hangyn on the cros, my swete sone,
Jhesu, for to
cryen and to wepyn for the peyn of my swete sone, Jhesu Crist;
ne Mary Mawdelyn
was not aschamyd to cryen and wepyn for my sonys lofe. And therfor,
dowtyr, yyf thu
wylt be partabyl in owyr joye, thu must be partabil in owyr sorwe."
Thes swet spech
and dalyawns had this creatur at owyr Ladiis grave, and mech
mor than sche cowde
evyr rehersyn. Aftyrward sche rood on an asse to Bedlem
and whan sche cam to the
tempyl and to the crybbe wher owyr Lord was born, sche had gret
devocyon, mech
spech, and dalyawns in hyr sowle, and hy gostly comfort wyth
mech wepyng and
sobbyng so that hir felaws wold not latyn hir etyn in her cumpany.
And therfor sche
ete hir mete be hirselfe alone. And than the Grey
Frerys whech had led hir fro place to
place receyved hir into hem and sett hir wyth hem at the mete
that sche schuld not etyn
alone. And on of the frerys askyd on of hir felawshep yyf that
wer the woman of
Inglond the which thei had herd seyd spak wyth God. And, whan
this cam to hir
knowlach, sche wist wel that it was trewth that owyr Lord seyd
to hir er sche went owt
of Inglond, "Dowtyr, I schal makyn al the werld to wondryn of
the, and many man and
many woman schal spekyn of me for lofe of the and worshepyng
me in the." |