Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

•echV. (b) the repressor, II. xi.^^Confirmacioun into ]>is purpos mai be ])is : whanne |)e dai ofseint kateryn schal be come, marke who so wole in his myndealle \>e bokis whiche ben in londoun writun upon seint kate- 80ryns lijf & passiouns, & y dare weel seie ])at ])0U3 |?er were,x. })Ousind mo bokis writun in londoun in Jjilk day of ]>esame seintis lijf & passioun, jjei schulden not so mocheturne |?e citee into mynde of j?e holi famose lijf of seintkateryn & of her dignitee in which sche now is, as doo}? in 855eer ]>e going of peple in pilgrimage to |?e college ofseint kateryn bisidis london, as y dare putte ]?is into iugementof whom euer ha]) seen J^e pilgrimage doon in |>e vigilof seint kateryn bi persoones of london to {?e seid collegewherfore ri5t greet special commoditees & profitis into re- 90membraunce - making ymagis & pilgrimagis han & doon,whiche writingis not so han & doon.AnoJ>er confirmacioun into ])is same purpos is J>is. Inlondoun sumtyme was a bischop whos name was Gravyseende,& which lijj) now buried in ])e chirche of seint poul at 95londoun in j^e plein pament of ]?e chirche weel binejje |)emyddis of ]>q chirche : ])is bischop whanne he was chauncelerof ynglond dide grete benefetis to J)e citee of londoun,& ordeyned ])erfore ])at J?e meir & ]>e aldir-men of londounwi|> manye mo notable persoones of craftis in londoun schulde 1 00at dyuerse tymes in ]>e ^eer come openli to ]>e chirche ofpoulis, & stonde in euer-eij^er side of his sepulcre bi ij.longe rewis, & seie de profundis for his soul. Now, j^ou;it so had be jjat ]?is bischop hadde not intendid J?is to bedoon for him into ])is eende, J^at his greet benefeting whiche 105he dide to london schulde be had & contynued in mynde of]?e citezeins, but \2X he entendid oonli J)is, |>at preiers |?er-bischulden 3eerli be mad l^e sikirer for his soul—as dout is tome, whejjer he entendid ]?ese bo]?e effectes or ])e oon of hemoonli—^it treujje is, \2X if J>e seid bischop wolde haue or- no