fallinge when he was nayled lifted vp and let ral in to the mortice of the Crosse With a moste stronge torture and ruful paine to al his holy members And for that a Pilgrimes repast is often times on greene hearbes thy Meate must be the seauen leaues which came forth of the mouth of our Sauiour when he grewe and was fixed on the holy Tree of the Crosse The 1. leafe o father forgeue them here pray for meekenes be slow to reuenge c. The 2. leafe this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise here pray for the forgeuenes of thy sinnes The 3. leafe behold thy mother here pray for diuine asistance neuer to be seperated from god The 4. leafe my God my God why hast thou forsaken me here pray for helpe and comfort of god in al thy Distresses and that he neuer forsake thee especially in the hower of thy death The 5. leafe I Thirst here pray for an earnest desier thirst of the loue of god With a feruent holy honger worthely to receaue the B. sacrament The 6. leafe It is finished here pray for fortitude to laboure and perseuer faithfully to the end in our Lords holy seruice and in thy true estate and vocation The 7. leafe O father in to thy handes I comend my spirit here pray for the worthy offeringe vp of thy soule at the hower of thy death in to the handes of thy Redeemer For thy Drinke in the Tauernes thou shalt finde in the the Sellers of our Sauiour that wyne maketh glad the hart of man Which be the seauen effusion of the blood of our Lord Iesus The 1. effusion his Circumcision here pray for the circumcision of al superfluitie and to be filled with the sweete dew of a pure and innocent life and perfectly to be cleansed from lust and concupiscence The 2. effusion in sweating water blood here pray to forsake al câ—etures and the loue of this wretched world The 3. effusion in his whiping here learne to reioyce in abstinence penance The 4. effusion In his Coronation pray to reioyce in nothing but in the Crosse of Christ The 5. effusion In plucking of his garments pray to pluck away from thee al old infirmities which haue long cleaued fast vnto thee the loue of al transitory thinges that thy soule may be perfectly adorned with the garment of diuine loue The 6 effusion In his nayling here pray to haue a firme constancie in the Catholike faith The 7. effusion In the peircing of his Blessed hart here pray to receaue worthelie before thy departure the holie Eucharist This Pilgrime must haue also a Tent for the night which may be the seauen sorrowes of our Blessed Lady The 1. sorrow to heare old Simeon say that the sword of sorrow should pearce hir hart here pray for the obtayning of trew knowledg and repentance of thy sinnes and compassion for the same The 2. sorow when she fled by night in to the couÌ„try of Egipt and here pray for patience in al thy tribulations The 3. sorowe when she had lost Iesus and could not til three Dayes find him againe here pray that thou neuer leese his grace but euer find it againe The 4 sorow when Iesus was caryeng his Crosse here pray that thou maiest willingly carry the Crosse of Christ al the dayes of thy life The 5 sorow when she saw hir soÌ„ne hanginge on the Crosse and comendinge hir to his disciple here pray so to liue in this world that his holy passion be not voide frustrate in thee The 6. sorow when Christ was let downe in hir lappe from the Crosse being dead here pray to haue grace to receiue with fruite the blessed Sacrament and to haue the benifit of euery Masse The 7. sorow when Iesus was buried and she returned to Hierusalem pray that thou maiest euer haue Iesus abidinge in thy hart and haue compassion of our blessed Lady The lenght of this Iorney This spiritual voyage is deuided in to Three hundred sixtie fiue dayes Iorneyes which is for euery day in the yeare one meditation to the end thou maiest not be silent one hower euer in any day hauinge likewise in minde al the foresaid necessaries to wit thy Aparel Thy Purse thy Staffe thy Diet thy loginge c. From London or the like place For the 1. day Meditate of God that he is incoÌ„prehensible the begining and endinge of al the fountaine of al goodnes and abone al to be honored loued and magnified For the 2 day meditate how god hath created the Angells ful of glory to praise him and for the sauegard of his creatures For the 3. day meditate how god made heauen and earth and al that in them is with in the space of seauen dayes For the 4. day Mediate of the ioy of the Angells in the creation of man For the 5. day Meditate of the creation of Adam and Eue and of theiâ— placinge in Paradise and what Goâ— commanded them For the 6. day meditate of the Driuing of Adam and Eue out of Paradice and now Adam liued in this world nine hundred thirtie yeares in PenaÌ„ce labouring for his bread with the sweat of his browes For the 7. day Meditate of the diuine councel in heauen for the Deliueringe of mankind from the captiuitie of the deuil wherinto he fel thorough sinne and of the vnion togeather of Gods Iustice and Peace Mercie and Truth For the 8. day Meditate of the agreement of the holy Trinitie touchinge the saluation of mankinde For the 9 day meditate vpon the amiable leaue that our Sauiour Iesus Christ tooke of his father in heauen and of al the celestial court and of the wordes which his father vsed at his departure 1. Saing Goe my sonne goe bringe man hither to vs that he may be deliuered from damnation euerlasting 2. Goe My sonne in to al miserie Goe out of al glorie with out any maner of consolation 3. Goe that thy pure humanitie be subiect to thy diuinitie 4. Goe like a kinge to whom sodainly shal be done al princely honor 5. Goe my only childe that thy innocencie may satisfie for the faultes and offences of al men 6. Goe and remember al thy paines and torments to come to the end they may be the more greueous vnto thee 7. Goe and I wil breake and cut the course of thy life in thy florishing youth 8. Goe and I wil giue the sworde in to thy enimies handes with ful power to doe to thee whatsoever they wil. 6. Goe and endure the most cruel death and looke for no comfort at al of thy father 10 Goe and accomplish entirely by workes whatsoeuer my holy Prophets haue spoken of thee before in wordes 11. Goe my welbeloued sonne and make partakers both the good the euil of thine ignominius and shamful death that by true repentance they may receiue it 12. Goe and suffer that thy death and passion may be so inestimable for the which no man
the beginninge of the worlde The 315. day Meditate what prayses and thanksgeueing shal be yealded to god the father eternally by his elect and saued creatures for that by his grace he hath preserued them The 316. day Meditate how the moste excellent praise of Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus is songe in heauen without ceasinge blessed be thou o Christ eterâ—nally that haste redeemed and saued vs. The 317. day Thinke how the heauenlie spiâ—ittes and saued sowles do reioyce in behouldinge the face and pleasant visage of our Lord out of which may be drawen alioy and pleasure The 318. day Thinke how al saued creatures doe now reioyce in makinge ioy beinge set at the heauenly table with ful delighteâ— perpetual rest puisance and riches and doe drinke of the aboundance of gods howse and talkinge of such great ioy as neuer â—ie hath seâ—ne care hath heard nor â—â—uer â—ntreâ— in to the harte of man The 3â—9 Meditate how god hath created the â—urning Seraphins most noble and incomparable faier shaning a houe al Angelical creaturs And how the beutie of the most highe and holie Trinitie shineth infinitlie about the â—outie of the Seraphinâ— The 320 day meditate how the roble Scraphins burning in the love of God doe ioy without ceasing in the diuine fulnes in behoulding continually the heauenly and most diuine iufluence betwene the father and his welbeloued-Sonne The 321. day Thinke how the noble Cherubins haue there regarde amiablie fixed on god do admire of the excellent sweetenes and influence of his most noble diuiâ—itiâ— The 322 day Thinke how much wisdome is giuen to the most excellente Cherubins whereby they haue knowledge of theire Creator and doe enioy the illumination of the most high diuinitie The 323. day meditate how the Throanes doe rest the selues quietly in God and doe enioy a maruelous sweeteneâ— in him The 324. day meditate how all the happie spirits of the caelestiall Courrâ— abounding with innumerable inestimable delightes without ceasing doe giue continual praise to the most high and holie Trinitie The 325. day meditate how the holie Trinitie is the fountaine and increated nature from whence al things doe descend in forme and Creation The 362. day meditate how the holie Trinitie is the cleare glasse wherein all Saints doe behoulde and contemplate the diuine power wisdome bounâ—ie them selues also and all thinges The 327. day Meditate howe the father without ceasinge giueth influence ingenderinge his soÌ„ne in new delights of ioyes The 328. day Meditate of the person of the Sonne who is the eternall wisedome of the father being eternally engendred and borne of his father as a most shinning beame of the light of the Sonne The 329. day Meditate how the SoÌ„ne of god reioyceth al the heauenly citie and geueth recreation to al the blessed spirites who without any means are vnited and conioyned with god The. 330. day Meditate how the SoÌ„ne of god loueth the Father the Father the Sonne and what great ioy the SoÌ„ne hath in behouldinge his Father and againe the Father in behouldinge his Sonne The. 331. day Thinke of the holie ghost proceeding froÌ„ the father the Sonne how continually he filleth all them that are in heauen with the pleasant sappe of ioy and entertayneth them without ceasing with fre she ioy The 3â—2 day To S. Georges Churche in Venice vvhere is his arme and his hande Meditate of the greate ioie that the Queene of Paradise and mother of god Marie hath at this present of the honour that shall be shewed to her euermore in heauen of God of al faued creatures The 334 day To S. Barb aras Church vvhere her body is and a great bone of S. Christopher Meditate how the sweete flower of the Virginitie of Marie incessaÌ„tly marueleth for that the Creator of all creatures was so much humbled as to sucke her pappes The â—3â— day Meditate how the mother of God is now an Aduocatrixe a pacifier of al sinns before out heaueÌ„ly father with her Sonne shewing hir Virginall pappes for the whicâ— all humane creatures which be saued yeald therefore to her euermore praise honour and thankes-geuing The â—35 day meditate how great the sweetenes is wâ—ich Mâ—cie takâ—th now in the glorie of Paradice for the riches of the nolie Gâ—oâ—t is opened vnto her The 336. day VVithin Venice vvhere thou art to recken vvâ—th the Patron of the galley S Peter vviâ—h hâ—s comâ—anie If thou haste satisfied all thou â—româ—sed him in the â—0 date and giue him thankeâ— vvith some praier to his honour Meditate vvâ—at great â—oy the Queene of Paradise hath being sett nexte the most holy and glorious Trinitie The â—37 day To Palia Meditate vvhat greate ioy Macie taketh in that she hath bene the â—nother of the euerlaâ—ting worde The â—38 day meditate how sweetely Marie lowlie giâ—eth thâ—nkes to the holy Trinitie and giâ—eth thanks without ceasing and knoweth perfectlie she is beloued The â—â—9 day Meditate how our Ladie is sweetely enâ—â—roned with holie Angels the heauenly noste and how her â—rightnes and theirs compared together are like a â—hadow to the bright Sunne The â—40 day Meditate how the Apoâ—tels reioyse in heaueÌ„ clothed with â—auce pouâ—sered witâ— starrs of Christian faith â—hining like the sunne The â—4â— day Aâ— Trâ—nt where is the body of the Infance Simeon vvhâ—e vvas martyred â—y the Infideâ—ls meditate how greatly the Apostels reioyced for that they shall be sette of twelue seates iudginge alâ— nations of the earth The â—41 day Meditate how the holie virgins doe follow the Lambe of God clothed with long white robes â—hiniÌ„g with cleannes and Virgintie The â—4â— day meditate with what fâ—veeroues the espouses of the lambe who VirginÌ„s doe carrie the singuler garland and Croâ—ne of golde which is caled Auâ—eola ouer the faier Corone of the heauenly glorie The â—44 day Meditate how hartely the spouses of the lambe are beloued of the holie Trinitie because that for the loue of him they coÌ„tinued notanie white soptted or defiled The â—45 day Meditate how the holy Virgings doe receaue of our lorde Iesus the coller of golde with other ornamentes for theire neckes by moste sweete loue The 346. day meditate how the Patriarckes Prophets reioyce without ceasing for that they see in glorie hi. whose death accomplished all which they did Prophesie of him The 347. day Meditate how sweetlie the holie mâ—rtyres doe reioyse vvith our Lorde for that for the loue of him they haue shedd their precious bloode The 348. day Meditate vvhat companies of holy Martirs with Palmes in their handes in signe of victorie and triumphe proceede in order before the Holie Trinity and receiue aboundant treasures of heauenly ioye and glorie The. 349. day Meditate how the holye Martyrs doe become dronke with the sweete fountaine of heauenly comforts for that they suffered such bitter death for Christes sake The. 350. day Meditate how in the holie Confessors the merites of their holie deuout thoughtes and contemplations is now brightly shininge in them The. 351. day Meditate how all the Saintes in Pardice haue done no one so litle a good deede but hath now his particular recompence and rewarde The 352. day Meditate how al the elect Sanites of god doe now triumphe in Paradise and are highlie rewarded there for al their labours The. 353. day Meditate how al the Saintes are comforted in heauen for al their trauaile they haue so patiently suffered on earth The. 354. day Thinke how al the Saintes in heauen are now crowned with crownes of inestimable ioy for that they haue here on earth behaued them selues so valiantly in fightinge and conqueringe the world the fleash and the Deuil The 355. day Thinke o Pilgrime for what life thou art created and made of thy creator Wherfor behaue thy self valiantly and fight manfully whilst thou art here for the life of man is but a war-fare on earth The. 356 day Thinke o deuout sowle to what holie and happie end thow art elected for the which cause beare thy aduersities with al patience and suffer gladly here for a little time The. 357. day Meditate of the soueraing and cleare brightnes of euerlastinge life and humbly craue that the same blessed brightnes may happpely shinein thy soule The 358. day Thinke of the most pleasant sweetenes of the euerlastinge life and hartely pray that thou maist euen now somwhat feele and taste the same to the end that thy drye hart may be sweetned and comforted ther with The 359 day Meditate of the moste happie felicitie of the eternal life and desier with moste earnest harte that thou maâ—â—t haue comfort of the same and be filled there with The. 360. day you may visit at Colin the bodies of the. 3 â—inges oâ— Saint Vrsula and the XI thousand Virginâ— Meditate of the life to come which is â—eâ—er to die being without aâ— sorâ—â—vâ—or wante of any thinge and desier of thy lord god that once thou maist behould and enioy the face of â—is diâ—ine Maâ—eâ—te The 361. day you may visit at Acâ—n the Smock of the B. Virgin the Hose of Sainte Ioseph and many other reliques Meditate hovv ioyfully one day God the Faâ—hâ—r vvil giue him selfe to the povver of thy memory The. 362. day At Maistrike is the body of Saint Seruace cosen to our Sauiour in the fourth degree Thinke hovv svvetly they Sonne of God shal be vvholie enclosed in the povver of thy vnderstandinge The. 393. day Meditate hovv comfortably the Holy Ghoste like runing streames of vvater shal be continualy povvringe in the desiers of thy harte vvith great and vnspeakable svveetnes to thy sovvle The. 364. day Meditate hovv the Holy Trinitie shal abounâ—antly fille thee vvith al kinde of heauenly delightes in his glorious kingdome of Paradise yea vvith much more then either eie hath seene eate hath heard or the harte of man is able to conceiue The 365. day At thy lodginge in London or from vvhence thou departedst Meditate hovv al faithfull Pilgrimes after this mortal Pilgrimage shal be in greate ease rest and svvetnes for euermore and shal remaine happie vvith out end The vvhich the Holy Trinitie by the intercession of the Blessed mother and of al Saintes graunte vs Amen
day Meditate how the childe Iesus being but twelue years old went to Hierusalem to serue god and tarried there three dayes amonge the docters with out the knowledge of his father and mother The 66. day Meditate of the third dolour of our Lady hauing lost hir soÌ„ne about 4 dayes and how she found him in the midest of the docters The 67. day Meditate how Iesus kept him self secreat and simple without shewinge any mirackle vntil he was 30. yeare olde The 68. day Meditate how Iesus opened and declared to his deare mother the Prophecies and secreats of the holy scripture The 69. day Meditate how Iesus kept him self with his mother and Ioseph poorely and in secreat wise and how they liued and did eate together with great sobriety and geueinge thankes vnto God The 70. day Meditate of the amiaable and gracious face of our Sauiour Iesus of the moste comely feature of his body and of his holy condicions and decent demeanors The 7. day Meditate how Iesus kept him self secreat vntil he was 30. yeares of age notwithstaÌ„ding alwayes he did wonderful thinges by reason of his diuinitie and obtained many things for vs of his heauenly father thorough his feruent prayer and deuotion The 72. day Meditate of the sorrowe our Lady had when hir spouse Ioseph died and gaue vp his ghoste in to hir Sonnes handes being but 20. yeares olde The. 73. day Meditate how louingly Iesus comforred his mother when she often wept for to consider the paines of his passion and how he exhorted hir meekely to conforme hir wil to the wil of god The. 74. day Meditate how the word of our lord was vpon S. Iohn Baptist preachinge pennance and remission of sinnes and cryinge in the desart Parate viam Domini The. 75. day Meditate of the leaue our Lord Iesus tooke of his dolent mother to goe to be baptised and of the virgins teares at his departinge The. 76. day Meditate how S. Iohn Baptist seinge Christ cominge towarde him said Ecce Angnus dei that is behould how like an innorent laÌ„be he cometh The. 77. day Meditate how Iesus came to Iohn to be baptised and how first Iohn humbly refused to doe it but seinge it was his holy wil to haue it so he baptised him The 78. day Meditate how that after Iesus was baptised he prayed and the heauens opened the holy Ghost came downe in the likenes of a doue and a voice from heauen said Hic est filius meus dilectus This is my wel beloued Sonne heare yee him The. 76. day Meditate how Iesus after his baptisinge begaÌ„ to fight against the Deuil the enemie of mankinde how he departed in to a wildernes betwixt Hierusalem and Hierico and did conuerse amonge the brute beastes lyenge on the colde grounde many nights The. 80. day Meditate how Iesus ouercame the temptation of the Deuil in Gluttony vainglory and Couetousnes and how after the Angels came and shewed their seruice vnto him The 8â— day Meditate how the next day S. Iohn Baptist saw Christ come towardes Iordane and how he shewed with his finger sayinge againe Ecce Agnus dei and how two of Iohns disciples hearinge those wordes followed our Lord. The 8â— day meditate how S. Andrew led Peter to Christ and how Christ entertayned S. Peter and the next day Christ caled Phillip to folowe him The 8â— day Meditate how Christ went to a mariadge in Cana of Galile and how he tourned water in to wine aâ— his mothers request The 84. day Meditate how poorely nakedly imply Chr st as apareled and how soberly he fed with his disâ—â—ple and â—ooke the worste to him self suffringe colde heate rayne thrist c. The 85. day Meditate how Iesus with his disciples being ignorant persons went to Hierusalem at Easter with a whippe draue out the buyers and sellers and chaungers and ouerthrewe their Tables saying make not the house of my father a house of Marchandise Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur My house shal be caled the house of Prayer The 86. day Meditate how Iesus baptised his Apostles in Iordane and S Iohn in Elim wherat Iohns Disciples were scandalized but Iohn witnessed vnto them not of him self but of Iesus The 87 day Meditate with what feruour and charitie our Sauiour preachâ—d vnto the people and healed the diseased and conuersed with them meekely The 88. day Meditate how humbly Christ compained with his Apostles and answered their rude questions sweetely and with what boldnes they walked close by him You may visite the Churches in Candia and in the Graye Friers is a peece of the holy Crosse one of the armes of Saint Simeon the Apostle and a peece of Saint Lawrence head a peece of the goulden Gate and the miter of Alexandre the Third and â—n Image of Saint Lukes Paintinge and a peece of the Piller at the which our Lord av as vvhiped The 89. day Meditate how much wronge and iniurious wordes our Lord had of the Iewes for that the poore and simple people followed him The 60 day Meditate how Iesus with his disciples went vp in to a mouÌ„taine to watch and pray to pacifie his heauenly father who was angrie with mankinde and how in the morhinge he chose his twelue Apostles The. 91. day Meditate how Iesus sittinge in the morninge taught his disciples the viij Beatitudes The. 92. day meditate on the sweete admonition of our Lord confirming his diciples against tribulations and aduersities comparinge them to Salt and Light The. 9â— day Meditate how Christ admonished his disciples to Patience in turninge the left Cheeke to him who hath stroken thee on the right You may visite in Rhodes in the cheife church where the right hand of S. Iohn Baprist with the fingers with which he baptised Christ Also a peece of the Crosse of Christ and one of the Thornes of his Crowne which bearâ—h euery good friday teaâ—es and flowers also one of the siluer peeces Christ was solde for Also an Arme of S â—loy an Arme of S. George S. Blases Ancklebone S. Barbaras Soul and a peece of S Clare The. 94. day Meditate how our Lord taught his disciples the Pater noster You may visite at Rhodes in the Chappel of the great master the Arme of S. Anne and a peece of S. Steuen The. 95. day Meditate how queitly Christ did beare in his hart al his torments to come not declaringe them to any of his frendes You may visite in Rhodes at S. Catharins Chappel there is the Ringe and finger of hir the which Christ espoused hir withal The. 96. day Meditate how Iesus beheld Mary Magdalen with his merciful eies and drew hir to repentance now she entred the house after him and washed his feete with hir teares and wiped them with the heares of hir head You may visite in Rhodes in the Hospital of the knightes of the Rhodes with was taken anno â—â—22 by the Turkes The 97. day Meditate how S Iohn Baptist
sonder and the graues of the dead did open At the third assault which was moste feirce thorough loue he willingely yealded his hart to be transperced to death and therfore cried the 7. word In to thy handes o Lord I comend my spirite and bowinge downe his head he gaue vp the ghost In his death al the vvorld vvas moued the earth trembled the stones cloaue in peices the Sepulchers opened the veile of the Temple rent in tvvo The Centurion seing al these mirackles and that he died vveepinge he said verely this man vvas the sonne of god and the people astonied at al they saw and heard returned to their ovvne houses knockinge their breastes The mount of Caluarie also cleft as it is novv seene four foote from the boale vvhere in the crosse vvas put at the left side tovvardes the euil theefe it is so longe that a man may lie here in and 18 foote deepe as is thought In he cleaunige of the Rocke the Crosse of the eui beâ—fe vvent farther of Our Sauiour did haâ—ge on the crosse vvith his face tovvardes the vvest he vvas then 33. yeares old 3. monethes and 9. dayes There vvas founde therby a vvritinge in greeke letters sainge Illic deus rex noster ante saecula operatus est salutem in medio terrae The 223 day Meditate how the moste noble soule of our Sauiour left his sacred body hanginge on the crosse in moste miserable and doleful plight when it departed forth in so great violence his cheekes were riueled his nose sharpe his eies and sweete mouth were halfe open his head inclined and hanging downe vpon his breaste his sides vvere very rawe and thinne and so as euery bone might be easely toulde his belly was suncke inward to his back his legges were turned to one side and his feete to a nother al his whole body was ful of woundes and of colour red black blue that it was pittie to see it If it be thus o Lord in thy body which was conceiued without our sinne borne of a virgin moste pure and innocent in al thy life replenished with thy diuinitie what ought I miserable sinner to haue expected if thy great mercie o Lord had not preuented me and with thy bitter paines and torments thou hadest not redeemed me The 224. day meditate of the incredible sorrow of the blessed mother of god seinge hir sweete and wel beloued some hanging dead on the Crosse and what abundance of teares she shed with S. Iohn and other women of his freindes and what feare they were in when as the officers came brake the leggs of both the theeues that haÌ„ged with Iesus that they might die the soâ—ner And how that seing Iesus was dead one of the souldiers stroke our Lorde to the harte with a speare wheÌ„â— issued out bloode and water for our redemption and the remission of our sinnes The which thrust of the speare peirced the hart of our blessed Ladie also The 13. Station O Most mightie conquerour of all our enimies by the incomprehensible loue and paine which thou sufferedst being streched like a stringe vpon the Crosse as well inwardly as outwardly thy veines and sinnewes being broken there withall that thy precious bloode issued forth like fountaines of water And by all the mocks blasphemies iniuries thou then didest suffer when in so great tormeÌ„t thou yealdest vp thy blessed soule vnto thy heauenly father in full satisfaction for all our sinnes I beseche thee geue me grace to perseuer in true pennance to die to the worlde and heare to satisfie for mine offences O Lorde hould me fast by those three nailes of my christian profession that is to renouÌ„ce the worlde the fleshe the diuell As also by these 3. nailes of Religion Pouertie Chastitie and obedience that I neuer fal from thy loue into any sinne or greueous temptation and that I may at the hower of my death with ful confidence say In to thy handes o Lorde I commende my spirite so heare thy voice ful of mercie with the good theefe sainge This day thou stalt be with me in Paradise of heaueÌ„ly glorie Amen The 225. day To a Chappel on mount Caluarie vvhere our Lady and S. Iohn stoode wheÌ„ our lord spoke to them on the crosse Therby is an Aultar vvhere Abraham made sacrifice to our lord Before this Aulter lieth buried S. Godfrie of Bullein Baldwine his brother and many christian kinges of Hierusalem As you goe to the doore is a black stone hauinge 7. lampes hanging ouer it vvhich is the place where our Lady sat vvhen Iesus vvas taken from the Crosse and laied in hir lappe as she vvith teares requested this is almoste the halfe vvay betwixt the Crosse and the Sepulcher The woundes our Sauiour receaued in his body vvere 6666. or as some other say 5475. Meditate how the noble man Ioseph of Arimathia and Nichodemus came to take downe the body of our lord from the crosse with maruelous great reuerence and deuotion both to the body to the crosse and to his blessed mother which she receaued with maruelous and incredible doloure The. 14. Station O Moste merciful redeemer by the great sorrowe of thy deere mother when thy moste sacred body was taken from the Crosse and laid in hir armes in a faire cloath which she washed with many teares I beseeche thee by the same sorrowe and compassion soften my drye hard and stony hart beinge a moste wretched and vile sinner that I may incessantly lament my sinnes and wickednes and with compassion and thankfulnes to bewaile thy bitter death and passion and at my death to receaue deuoutly and worthely thy holy body blood and so with a pure conscience to be alwayes vnited vnto thee Amen Note that the distanâ—e betwixt the Croste and the Sepulcher is 15â— foote The. 226. day Towardes the place of the Sepulcher which is in the midel of the body of the Temple vvich Temple is rounde vvith in and vaulted aboute hauinge 73. Pillers euery one beinge 30. foote highe vvon the Sepulcher is a great rounde houle as large and wide as is the Caue of the Sepulcher so as it is open fovvardes the element the entrie to the Sepulcher is But. 3. foote high and the colour of it vvithin is grey It is 7. foote longe and 6. foote vvide and. 9. foote and a halfe highe And on the right side towards the North is the holy Sepulcher of our lorde and eight handfulls highe from the grounde is a stone as big as a mans head of the Sepulcher fastned in the vval which Pilgrimes doe kisse In this Tabernackle is no vvindowes but only laÌ„pes burninge there is a lampe hanginge before the holy Sepulcher but on good friday it goeth out of it self and lighteth of the one accorde on the holy night of Easter at the hower our lorde did rise from death Also at the Sepulcher is a faire Tombe of marble vvhich is an Aultar very streight where there can enter