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Legenda aurea : vulgo historia Lombardica dicta ad ... - Pot-pourri

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Cap. L. De sancto Patricio. 215<br />

himinis ferreis ciuideiitibus a dacmoniljus nsque <strong>ad</strong> viscera flagcllari<br />

aliosquc vciitrcs Iiabcntcs deorsum terram prae dolore mordcre ct<br />

clamarc : paroe , parce ! quos tunc dacmones graA'ius flagcllabant.<br />

Aliosque vidit, quorum mcmbra scrpentcs vorabant, ct bufones igni-<br />

tis aculcis corum visccra cxtrahcbant. Qui cum iis asscntire nollet,<br />

ui eondem ignem et poenas projicitur et iisdem laminis et pocnis<br />

flagellatur. Sed cum illc cxclamassct: Jcsu Christe etc. , a pocna<br />

prae<strong>dicta</strong> protinus libcratus cst. Dcinde ducitur <strong>ad</strong> quendani locum,<br />

ubi homines in sartagine frigebantur , iibi rota maxima erat uncinis<br />

ferreis ignitis plena , in quibus per divcrsa nicmbra homincs erant<br />

suspensi, quae tam vclocitcr volvcbatur, quod globum igncum cmit-<br />

tebat. Post hoc videbat maximam domum Iiabentem fovcas nictallis<br />

bullicntibus plenas, in quibus alii unum pcdem, alii duos habcbant.<br />

alii ibi crant usquc <strong>ad</strong> gcnua, alii usquc <strong>ad</strong> vcntrem, alii usquc <strong>ad</strong><br />

|)«ctus , alii usque <strong>ad</strong> collum, alii usquc <strong>ad</strong> oculos, sed hacc omnia<br />

percurrens nomen Dei invocabat. Processit itenim et qucndam la-<br />

tissimum putcuia intuetur, de quo funius horribilis ct foctor into-<br />

lcrabilis cxibat , indequc homines ut ferrum candcnlcs in modum<br />

favillarum exibant, scd dacmoncs cos reimpingcbant dixcruntque ci<br />

dacmones: locus ille, quem conspicis, est infcrnus, in quo doniinus<br />

noster Bcclzcbub habitat. In ipsuni igilur pulcum tc jactabinius,<br />

si nobis asscntire rccusas , postquam autcm illuc jactalus fucris,<br />

nullum inde remedium ev<strong>ad</strong>endi obtinebis. Quos dum illc audirc<br />

contcmnerct, ipsum arripicntcs in pracdictum putcum jactavcrunt,<br />

qui tam vchenicnti dolore absorptus cst , iit fcrc oblitus sit nonien<br />

domini invocare, scd dum ille <strong>ad</strong> se rcdicns : Jcsu Christe etc. ex-<br />

clamassct corde , quia voce non potcrat, protinus inde illaesus exi-<br />

vit ct oinnis daemonum multilndo tanquam victa evanuit. Dudus<br />

igitur <strong>ad</strong> locuin alium vidit qucndam pontcin, supcr quem enui trans-<br />

ire oportcbat, qui quidein crat strictissiinus et instar glaciei poli-<br />

tus ct lubricus, sub quo fluvius ingens sulphureus ct igncus flucbat,<br />

super quera transirc dum se posse omnino desperaret, tamcn re-<br />

cordatus vcrbi, quod eiiin de tot malis cripuit, confidenter acccssit<br />

et uiium pcdcm supcr poiitcm poncns, Jcsu (ihriste etc. dicere coe-<br />

pit. Validus autem clamor <strong>ad</strong>co eum tcrruit, ut subsistere vix va-<br />

lcrct, sed praedictum vcrbum protulit et sccurus maiisit, dciiidc<br />

aliiim pedcm posuit ct c<strong>ad</strong>cm vcrba iteravit, <strong>ad</strong> qucnilibct cniiu<br />

passum e<strong>ad</strong>em vcrba protulit et sic sccurus transiit. Cum crgo<br />

transiisset, in quoddam pratuui aniocnissimuul dcvcnit, ubi divcr-

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