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q. Now the next in order opcneth another Gate (going up upon
the lame Bridge ilill. ) The reft of the building from the Gate inward,
feemeth very round and bright : yet there appear no windows
in it. It is a frame, made as though the 7 PJanets moved in
Moon feemeth to-be New Moon.
it. The
There ftandeth Armour,and this man putteth on, all white Harnefi^.
He feemeth to kick down the Moon, and her frame or Orb ; and feem-
eth to make powder of all i
For there is no mercy here^faith he.
4. Now another ofthem goeth forward to another Gate, and open-
there appear an infinite multitude ofmqn.
There fitteth amancloathed like a Prieft, havinga great Crown on
eth the Gate, and goeth in ;
his head: here are many preaching in this place. He goeth to that
Crowned P)ieft,and he takcth away divers patches of the Vefture which
he had, and the patches feemed to be like Owls, and Apes, and fuch
like.
He faith A King is a King^anda Prieft is a Prieji.
He taketh from the reft their Keyes and Purfes, and giveth them a
Staff'and a Bottle in their hiinds. He goeth from them. He putteth
all that he took from them in a houfe befide the Gate, and writethon
the door, Cogtiofcat qujfquefuum.
Nowthey proceed to another Gate, and another of them opened that
Gate. The Bridge continueth ftill, afcending upward. Now there
appeareth ( that Gate being opened ) a marveJlous great Wildernefle.
There cometh a great number ofnaked wilde men to him. He Jfhaketh
that Gate with his hands, and it falleth in pieces, one falleth on
one fide into the River, and the other falls
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on the other fide into the
Let both thefe places be made one. Let the fpoil of the firft,be th^omfcrt of
the la'i : For from them that have Jhalt be takjri, and unto them that have notjhall
be given.
6. E. K. Now he goeth, and the laft of his Company openeth an-
other Gate ; he is longer in opening of that Gate,than any of the reft. •
There appeareth a buihy place, and there runneth a great River on
the very top of the Hill,and a great Gate ftandeth beyond the Hill,and
a Very rich Tower all of precious Scones, as it feemeth.
Here he filleth his Tankard in the River, and holdeth his hands up,
and maketh fhew as he would return.
He faid This was my coming., andfboidd be my return.
E. K. Now they appear fuddcniy before the firft Gate, and there
the Principal man diggeth the earth, and putteth ftones and brambles,
and leaves afide. There he taketh out a dead carkafe, and bringeth it
to a fire, and ftroketh it : a very lean carkafe it is j it feemeth to be a
dead Lion i for it hath a long tail with a bufli at the end.
He faith .
him.
.... Come let us take him up^ and comfort him j for it is in
Now the Lion feemeth to fit up and lick himfelf, and to drink of the
v^rater, and to ihake himfelf, and to roar. The man taketh of the fegs
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