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rodde is a ballance tied, whereof the fcales are /b bigge, 

 as a man may fit in one of them : and the Goqnu f which 

 be divells in humane fhape) commaund theie pilgrims 

 to enter therein one after another, not leaving one of 

 them : then witlian engine or inftrument which moo- 

 veth, by meanes ofa wheele, they make this rodde of 

 yron whereon the ballance is hanged , to hang in the 

 aire,one of tliekXawabufy being fet in one of the fcales 

 oftheballaunce. And as that wherein the man isfettc 

 hath no counterpoifc on the other fide , it prefently 

 hangethdowne, and the other rifeth vntill it meetes 

 with and toucheth the rodde : then the Goqnti telleth. 

 them from the rocke, that they muftconfefle them- 

 (elves of all thefinnes they have committed, to their re 

 membrance , and that with a lowde voyce , to th'end 

 that all the reft may heare him. Then prcfently hee be- 

 ginnethto confefle, whileftfbmeofthe ftandcrs by do 

 laugh at the finnes they doe heare; and others figh, and 

 at every finne they confeflTe, the other fcaleof the bal 

 lance fallesalittle, vntill that having tolde all his finnes, 

 itremaines equall with the other, wherein thefbrrow- 

 fqll penitent fits: then the Goquis turnes the \vheele,and 

 drawes the rodde and ballance vnto him, andthePil- 

 grime comes foorrfyhen enters another,vntill all have 

 pafled. A lapponois reported this after hee waschrift- 

 ned, faying that he had bcrene in this pilgrimage, and 

 entred the ballance feaven times, where he had confefl 

 fed himfelfe publikely. He (aide moreover, that if anic 

 one did conceale any finne, the empty fcaleyeelded 

 not: and if hee grew obftinate after inftancemadeto 

 confefTe himfelfe,refufing to open all his finnes,the Go* 

 ^cafthim downe from the toppe, where in an in- 

 ftant he is broken intoa thonfind peeces. Yet this ehri- 



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