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4. The Nail in the Balance
(rendered in N, f. Iv5a-llb)
LXII60V A man there was, that was seke nere to the dethe, ånde sawe ij. aungills,
a goode, ånde a bade; the which ij. wedyne in ballaunee his werkes, bothe
goode ånde bade. Ånde when he sawe his goode werkes were but fewe, then
he seide, “A! Lorde Jhesu Criste, shalle it not helpe me that thou deyeste
6 for me, ånde suffrede thy pynefulle passione for me, ånde was naylede to
the crosse for me ?” Ånde when he hade seide thus, he wepte faste. Ånde
anone a grete nayle feile into the balaunce, where his goode werkes were;
ånde than they weyede mych more than his badde; and this man was
sauyde, blessyde be Gode! Deo gracias. Amen &c.
5. Priest Prays for Mother in Hell
(rendered in N, f. lv lla-32; in O, f. Iv7a-2r20)
Lxxxi72r There was a man, that drede the paynes of purgatorie, ånde prayde
oure Lorde, that he wolde sende hym a sekenesse in the stide of purgatorie ;
ånde Gode sente into hyme the fallynge euylle, ånde the lipre, ånde the
fyre of helle. Ånde he suffrede tho iij. sekenesse xv. yere, ånde than eome
6 an aungille to hyme, ånde seide, “Thy sekenesse are take frome the, ånde
Gode hathe forgeuyne the thy synne.” Ånde when he was hole, he spake