brake the ryght thygh and threwe downe our lady ymage that stode by the roode / therafter cam a stynkynge smoke that fylled all the chirche / and dured till the monkes hadde goo a procession aboute all the places
delyueraunce / than william was boden come oute but he wol¦de not / than he was compellyd by fyer and smoke to come oute maugre his teeth / whanne he cam oute the bourgeys sonne / that he had slayne
I am the pou∣re synnar. that am dampned to perpetuel fyre. For god sheweth that my wretchyd body gyueth oute smoke and torment by en∣sample / And I shall telle to yow / how it hath bifalle me by the
passed the water of wa lye / & the scottes sette a fyre the stakkes of heye / & the smoke therof was huge that the Englysshmen myght not see the scottes / and whan the Englysshmen were gone ouer
ye for that we fere ne drede theym no. ¶ And Incontynente theyr Impetuosyte sessed. and as a fu∣me or smoke vanysshed awaye / ¶ But yet they came agayne after as wood ho¦undes / ¶ And in the same
/ Af¦ter he cōiured in ye name of god al this multytude of deuylles that soone went awaye as the smoke dooth / The nexte daye in the mornyng he callyd to hym his bredern. & rehercyd to theim al
golde / Vpon some of the whiche was wryten / Hony ryght good And vpon the other / Hony wythoute smoke / ¶The sayde Patryce or Ruler whan he sawe thise superscrypcōns sen¦te worde to the sayd holy man that
vnder the erthe. they sette fyre in mowthes of alle the caues / and sente in to it so moche smoke / that by force they muste come out. Oure men slewe ynowgh of them. And the remenaunt they toke
coton & in the sackes of beye that benge on the walles / They dyde his commaundement thenne aroos a smoke so blacke and so thycke that they myght nothynge see. The wyn¦de was northeeste and blewe vpon the Turkes
whom he seeth most sprent wyth the moyst of malen colie. him he trowblith & aueylith moost wyth goostli temptacyon For clerkes that treten of kynde tellen y• the smoke of blacke colour passing vp in to the brayn comyth
it makyth many a man wene that fals thynges ben sooth. And that errour were trouth / For thyl∣ke maner̄ smoke of blacke coloure ouercouereth the braine. and letteth suche mennes dome / that they see not vtterly the sothfastnes
pryde. as in the rote of al enemyte / And to this purpoos sayenthe naturyens that the thondres. lyghtnynges and the gretewyndes ben caused of somme erthely thynges whyche ascendetylly vp aboue by the rayes of the soune /
hym lye styll and kele two dayes. Vnfrette hym then̄e and lete hym drye in an hous roof in the smoke tyll he be thrugh drye ¶In the same season take a fayr yerde of gre¦ne hasyll & beth hym
that myschannce for they passed the wa of swa∣le& the scottes sette a fire the stakkes of hey & the smoke ther ofwas huge that the englishmen myght not see the scottes ¶Andwhen the englishmen were gone ouer the water
I telle y• forsoth wel shal that offryng lyke in the syghte of thy lord Ihū / and swete shall the smoke of that fy∣re smelle to the face of thy lorde Ihesu / This is for to saye /
hath whāne he is wakynge And in asmoche as the effecte of thinges is tokē of his causes / as smoke is tokē. of the fyre So suche dremys ben tokenes of causes that they co∣me of And on this
come of / yit knowe they nat what let¦tynges ben on other bihalue / by way of kynde.Diues.Tel so∣me example.Pauper.Whanne smoke medlyd with fire cometh out of an house by the wyndow or by the louerys / men that seen
veritate theologie In hel shalbe ouerdon hete of fyre and gnastīg of teeth for cold and for payne derkenes and smoke and bitter wepynge. Withoute ende / Rorynge and be¦lewynge of foule fendes. Wepīg and weylynge sobbynge & sigh∣ynge of
an holy mā and said thurgh the sprete of {pro}phesi. yt the enmys of the chirche shuld parych as the smoke. & it is to be leuyd yt god sesid the tri¦bulacions of the chirch thurgh his meritis. this man
/ thou and thy syluer in to eternall perdi¦cyon / And that sayde the plater vanys¦shed awaye· as fume or smoke depar∣tyth from the fyre / ¶ And after that he sawe a grete masse of golde / And for