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VISIT TO A MONASTERY.
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at mass and wex candls burninge. He pute me into
a pue, whear I satt and saw the behaveour of the people,
for thare weare about 20 men, but not a woman emongstc
them ; for the wemen weare in a lower chapell by them
selves,1 ycatc myghte they heare and se. Ned Hale cam
after, but hauingc loste sighte of me, at his cominge into
the chappell he kncled Downe nearc unto the wemen, but
saw them not; but they saw him, and wondred at his
behaveour ; for, after I had kneeled Downe, I stode up in
my pue to louk for him, and than I saw tow wemen put
outc there hcades and laughed at him—as indeed they
myghte, for he behaved him selfe verrie foolishly. Nether
hc nor I had ever sene any parte of a mass before, nether
weare we thinge the wyser for that. This chapell was verrie
curiusly paynted and garnished round aboute, as before
that time I had never scene the lyke. Sarvis beinge
ended, we Departed out of the chapell; but presently one
cam after us, who did seme verrie kindly to intreat me to
goo backe againe, and he leed us throughe the chappell
into the cloyster, wheare we found standing eyghte verrie
fayrc wemen, and rychly apparled, som in reed satten, som
whyte, and som in watchell Damaske,2 there heads verrie
finly atticrcd, cheanes of pearle and juels in there eares,
7 of them verrie yonge wemen, the eighte was Anchante
(ancient), and all in blackc. I thoughtc they hade bene
nones, but presently after I kenewe they wear not. Than
weare we brought into that house wheare before I had
dranke. Clothe beinge layde, we weare requested to sitt
downe, and sarved with good breade and verrie good
wync and egges, the shels of them collored lyke a
damaske Rose,3 and these mad lyke an alia compana
{alia campagna^) Route, for they keep it in the earthe,
1 The "ivvaiKctov, or woman's quarter in a Greek church.
2 Vide note 3, p. 17. 3 Easter eggs.
4 Eggs for a country festivity.
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at mass and wex candls burninge. He pute me into
a pue, whear I satt and saw the behaveour of the people,
for thare weare about 20 men, but not a woman emongstc
them ; for the wemen weare in a lower chapell by them
selves,1 ycatc myghte they heare and se. Ned Hale cam
after, but hauingc loste sighte of me, at his cominge into
the chappell he kncled Downe nearc unto the wemen, but
saw them not; but they saw him, and wondred at his
behaveour ; for, after I had kneeled Downe, I stode up in
my pue to louk for him, and than I saw tow wemen put
outc there hcades and laughed at him—as indeed they
myghte, for he behaved him selfe verrie foolishly. Nether
hc nor I had ever sene any parte of a mass before, nether
weare we thinge the wyser for that. This chapell was verrie
curiusly paynted and garnished round aboute, as before
that time I had never scene the lyke. Sarvis beinge
ended, we Departed out of the chapell; but presently one
cam after us, who did seme verrie kindly to intreat me to
goo backe againe, and he leed us throughe the chappell
into the cloyster, wheare we found standing eyghte verrie
fayrc wemen, and rychly apparled, som in reed satten, som
whyte, and som in watchell Damaske,2 there heads verrie
finly atticrcd, cheanes of pearle and juels in there eares,
7 of them verrie yonge wemen, the eighte was Anchante
(ancient), and all in blackc. I thoughtc they hade bene
nones, but presently after I kenewe they wear not. Than
weare we brought into that house wheare before I had
dranke. Clothe beinge layde, we weare requested to sitt
downe, and sarved with good breade and verrie good
wync and egges, the shels of them collored lyke a
damaske Rose,3 and these mad lyke an alia compana
{alia campagna^) Route, for they keep it in the earthe,
1 The "ivvaiKctov, or woman's quarter in a Greek church.
2 Vide note 3, p. 17. 3 Easter eggs.
4 Eggs for a country festivity.