not withstondyng with her euyll sauour and poyson she
infecteth and corruptyth other. The shepe as loge
as she is a lyue norryseth with her mylke, clothet
with her wolle, makyth riche with her lambes, when
she is deade she gyueth vs good and profytable lether,
and all her body is good meat. Euen so, cruell
men, gyuen all to the world, so longe as they lyue
be vnprofitable to all me, when they be deade, what
with ryngyng of bellys, and pompyouse || funeralles
they greue them that be on lyue, and often tymes vexe
ther successours with new exactyones. Good men
of the other syde at all assais be profytable to all
men, and hurtfull to noo man. As thys holy man,
whyle he was yet alyue, by hys good example, hys doctryne,
his goodly exhortatyons prouokyd vs to vertuouse lyuynge,
he dyd cofort the coforthlesse, he helped ye poure,
ye and now that he is deade, he is in a maner more
profytable. He hathe buylded thys costly & gorgeouse
churche, he hath caused greate authoryte thorough
out all Englande vnto the ordre and presthode.
At ye last, thys pece of the show dothe susteyne a
company of poure people. Me. Thys is of my
faythe a godely cotemplacyo, but I maruayll greatly,
seyng you ar thus mynded, that ye neuer dyd vysyte
saynt Patryckes purgatory in Yerlande, of the || whiche
the comyn people boost many wonderouse thynges, whiche
seme to me not lyke to be true. Ogy. Of a suerty
ther is not so meruelouse talkynge of it here, but
the thynge it selffe doth fare excede. Me. Hast
thou bene ther than, & gonne thorow saynt Patryckes
purgatory? Ogy. I haue saylede ouer a ryuer
ot hell, I went downe vnto the gates of hell, I saw
what was doe ther. Me. Thou dost me a greate
pleasure, if thou wyll wotsaue to tell me. Ogy.
Lett this be the prohemy or begynnynge of owr communycatyon,
longe enough as I suppose. I wyll gett me home,
& cause my souper to be made redy, for I am yet vndynede.
Me. Why haue you not yet dyned? is it bycause
of holynes? Ogy. Noo of a truthe, but it is
bycause of enuy and euyll will. Me. Owe ye
euyll wyll to yowr bely? Ogy. No, but to the
couetyse || tauerners euer catchynge and snatchynge
the whiche when they wyll not sett afore a man that
is mete & conuenyent, yet they are not afearde to
take of straugers that, whiche is bothe vnright and
agaynst good consciens. Of thys fashyo I am acustomed
to be auengede vpon the. If I thynke to fare well
at souper other with myne acquayntauns, or with some
host som what an honest man, at dyner tyme I am sycke
in my stomacke, but if I chaunce to fare after myne
appetyte at dyner, before souper also I begynne to
be well at ease in my stomacke. Me. Wre ye
not ashamede to be taken for a couetouse fellow &
a nygerde? Ogy. Menedeme they that make cost
of shame in soche thynges, beleue me, bestow theyr
money euyll. I haue lerned to kepe my shame for
other purposys. Me. Now I longe for the rest
of yowr comunycacyon, || wherfore loke to haue me


