there is a certayne wykyt with a barre that openythe
the dore apon the northe syde. There standythe
forthe a certayne aultre whiche is dedycate to our
lady, it is but a lytle one, and I suppose set there
for no other purpose, but to be a olde monumet or
sygne, that in thos dayes there was no greate superfluyte.
There thay saye that thys blessyd martyr sayd his
last good nyght to our lady, wha he shuld departe
hensse. In ye aultre is the poynte of the sword
that styryd abowt the braynes of thys blessyd martyr.
And there lye his braynes shed apon the yerthe, whereby
you may well knowe yt he was nere deade. But
the holly ruste of thys grat I deuoutly kyssed for
loue of ye || D v.|| blessyd martyr. From thens
we wet vndre the crowdes, whiche is nat withowt hys
chaplaynes, & there we sawe the brayne panne of that
holy martyr whiche was thraste quyte thorow, all the
other was coueryd with syluer, the ouerparte of the
brayne panne was bare to be kyssyd, and there with
all is seth forthe a certayn leden table hauynge grauyd
in hym a tytle of saynte Thomas of Acrese. There
hange also the sherte of heyre, & hys gyrdle with
hys heren breches where with that noble champyo chastnyd
hys body, thay be horryble to loke apon, and greatly
reproue oure delycate gorgeousnes. Me. Ye peraueture
so thay do the mokes slotefulnes. Ogy. As for
that mater I canat affyrme nor yet denye, nor yet
it is no poynte of my charge. Me. Ye saye truthe.
Ogy. Frome thens we returnyd in to the quere,
& apon || ye northe syde be ye relyques shewyd, a
wonderouse thynge to se, what a sort of bones be broght
forthe, skulles, iawes, thethe, handes, fyngres, hole
armes, wha we had worshipyd thaym all, we kyssyd thaym,
that I thoght we shuld neuer haue mayd an ende, but
that my pylgremage felow whiche was an vnmete companyon
for suche a busynes, prayd thaym to make an end of
sethynge forthe thayre relyques. Me. What felowe
was that? Ogy. He was an Englyshma callyd Gratiane
colte a man bothe vertuouse and well learnyd, but
he had lesse affectyon toward pylgremages than I wold
that he shuld haue. Me. One of Wyclyffes scoleres
I warrante you? Ogy. I thynke nat, althoghe
he had redde hys bokes, how he came by thaym I cannat
tell. Me. He dysplesyd mayster Sexte greuosly.
Ogy. Tha was there broght forthe || an arme
whiche had yet the redde fleshe apon it, he abhorryd
to kysse it, a man myght se by hys countenance that
he was nothynge well pleasyd, & than by and by mayster
Sexten put vp hys relyques. But than we lokyd
apo the table whiche was apo the aultre, and all hys
gorgeousnes, aftrewarde thos thyngs that were hydde
vnder the aultre. ther was nothynge but riches excedynge,
a man wold accompte both Midas and Cresus beggers
in respecte of thos riches that ther was sett abrode.
Me. Was ther no more kyssynge the? Ogy.
No, but an other affection and desyre came apo me.
Me. What was that? Ogy. I syghed that


