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to the grete fysshe, (where ‘they sayde 
matyns and masse, von ester-day. And. 
whan the masse was done, the fysshe 
began to moeve) and swamme forthe 
faste in to the see; wherof the Monkes 
were sore agaste: whche stode upon 
hym:; for it was a grete mervelle to see 
suche a fyshe, as greate us al u centre, 
‘for to swynme 60 faste in the water.” 
The next, and last extract, which I 
shall give, is a picturesqne and strange 
account of the situation of Judas, in the 
infernal regions. This situation is. a 
subject of much frecuency in the middle 
ages, as may be seen in the Monkish 
Chroniclers, M. Paris, &c. and punish- 
went, like his, is a common denunciation 
gn Anglo-saxon Charters.—-See Duyd. 
Mionast. Ece. Cath. ili, 129, 303, 
4,5, &c. 
“*And thenne anonre the wynde tourned 
znte the northe, and droof the shyppe 
into the southe, whiche sayled seven 
gayes continuelly ; and they came toa 
grete rocke, stondyng in the see, and 
theron sate a naked man in full grete 
maisery and payne. For the waves of 
the see had so beten hys body, that all 
the fleshe was gone, aud no thyng left 
but synewes and bare bonys, and whan 
the wawes were gone, there was a can- 
vas, they hyng over his hede, whiche bete 
his body full sore wythe the blowing of 
the wynde ; and also there were two oxe 
tonges and a grete stone, which he sat 
on wyche dyd him full grete ease. 
“« And thenne saynt Brandon, charged 
bym to telle him, what he was; and he 
sayd, (my name js Judas) that sulde our 
Lora Shesu Cryst for xxx pens: whyche 
sytteth here thus wretchedly, (how be it} 
i am worthy to be in tue grettest payne, 
that is bat our Lord is so mercyfull, 
whieh he hath rewarded me better than 
Thave deserved. For of ryght my place 
is in the brenning helle. Buti am here 
but certeyne tymes of the yere, that is, 
from Crystmasse to twelfth daye, and 
from Ester to Whytsontide be paste, and 
every festefull daye of our Jady, and 
every Satyrday none, tyll Sonaay, that 
evensong been don. But all other 
tyes I lye still in helle, in full bren- 
-nyng fyre, with Pylate, Therode, and 
Cayphas. Therefore, aceursed he the 
tyme that ever I knewe them. And 
thenne Judas prayed Saynt Brandon to 
abyde styll there all that nyght. And 
et he wolde kepe hym there stylle, and 
Scarce Tracis, Xe. 
‘punished. 
[fan. 1; 
the fendes sholde not fetche hym to’ 
helle. And he sayde, ‘Wyth Gode’s 
helpe thou shalt abyde here all this 
night.” And thenne he asked Judas, 
what cloth that was that henge over hys 
hede ; and he sayde, ¢ It was a cloth, that 
he gave to alepre, whyche was bought 
wyth the money that he stale fro our 
Lord: whan I bare his purs, wherfore it. 
doth to me full grete payne now, in 
betyng my face with the blowing of the 
wynde. And thyse twe oxe ‘tonges that 
hange here above me, I gave thevm 
somtyme to two preestys, to praye for 
me, themme I bought with myn ogne 
(sie} money, and therefore they ease 
me, by cause the fyshes of the see gnwe 
on them, and spareme. And this stone 
that Isette on, laye sometime in a de- 
selate place, where it eased no maa, 
And I toke it thens, and layde it ina. 
foule waye. And therfore it eased me 
now for every good dede, shalle be re- 
warded, and every evill dede shall be 
{ Benefactions to highways, 
were anciently recommended from the: 
pulpit.] And the Sonday agaynst even. 
ther came a grete multitude of fendes, 
blastyng and roryng, and bad Saynt 
Brandon go thens, that they myght have 
theyr servaunte Judas; for we dare not 
come in the presence of our mayster, 
but yewe brynge hym £o belle wyth us.” 
And thenne sayde Saynt Brandon, ‘I lete 
not you to do your mayster’s com- 
maundement, but by the power of our 
Lord Jhesu, I charge you to leve him - 
this night tyll to-morow, how darest thon 
helpe hym that so solde his mayster for 
xxx pens to the Jewes, and caused hym 
aiso to deye the most shamfull deth upon 
the crosse” ve 4S 
“ And thenne Saynt Brandon charged 
the fendes by hys passion, that they 
shold net noye hym that nyght. And 
thenne the fendes went theyr waye ro- 
ringe, and cryeng toward helle to theyr 
mayster the ge@te devyll. And thenne 
Judas thanked Saynt Brandon so rutho- 
fully, that it was pyte to see, and on the’ 
morn the fendes,came wyth an horryble 
noyse, sayeng, that they had that niyght 
suffred grete payne, bycause they 
brought not Judas: and sayden that he 
sholde suffre deuble payne the vi day 
tollowyng, and they. toke then Judas 
trembivnge, for forewyth them to 
payne.” ies Oe 
Extracts 
