Of his behauyour in the extremes of his lyfe

AFter that he hadde r[…]ceyued the holy body of our sauyour whan they offred vnto hym the crucyfyx (y• the ymage of chrystes ineffable passion suffred for oure sake: he myght ere he gaue vp the ghost / receyue his full draught of loue and cōpassyon in the beholdynge of that pytefull figure as a stronge defence agaynst all aduersyte and a sure port culiouse agaynst wikked spirites / the preest demaunded hym whether he fermly beleued y• crucyfyx to be the Image of hym that was very god & very man whiche in his godhed was before all time begoten of his father: to whome he is also equall in all thynge: and whiche of ye holy ghos[…] god also: of hym & of the father coeternalli goy[…]ge forth (whiche.iij. persones be one god) was in y• chaste wombe of our lady a perpetuall virgyne cōceyued in time / which suffred hungre / thrust / hete / colde / laboure / trauayle / & watche. And whiche at the laste for wasshynge of our spotty syn̄e cōtracted and drawen vnto vs in the synne of Adame for the soueraigne loue that he had to mankynde: in the aulter of the crosse wyllyngely & gladly shedde out his moost precyouse blode. when y• preest enquyred of him these thynges & suche other as they be wonte to enquere of folke in suche case. Picꝰ answered hym y• he not onely beleued hit but also certaynly knewe it. whā y• one Abertꝰ his systers sone a yonge man both of wit / concōnynge / & cōdicyons: excellent: began to cōforte hym agaynst deth: & by natural reason to shewe hym why hit was not to be fered but strongely to be taken: as y• onely thynge which maketh an ende of all y• laboure / payne / trouble / & sorowe of this short miserable deedly lyfe: he answered y• this was not the cheyese thyng y• sholde make hym […]tent to dye: bycause y• deth determyneth the many folde incommoditees and paynfull wretchednes of this life: but rather this cause sholde make hym not content onely: but also glad to dye: for that deth maketh an ende of synne: in as moche as he trusted: y• shortnes of his lyfe sholde leue hym no space to synne and offende. He asked also all his seruauntes forgyuenes / yf he had euer before that daye offended ony of them. for whom he had prouyded by his testament.viij. yeres before / for some of them mete and drynk / for some money / eche of them after theyr deseruynge. He shewed also to the aboue named Albertꝰ & many other credible persons y• y• quene of heuen came to hym y• nyght with a meruaylouse fragrant odour refresshynge all his mēbres y• were brosed & frusshed with that feuer & ꝓmysed him that he shold not vtterly dye. He lay alwaye with a plesaunt and a mery coū tenaunce and in the verye twytches and panges of deth he spake as though he behelde y• heuens opene. And all y• came to hym & saluted hym offerynge theyr seruyce: wt very louyng wordes he receyued / thāked / & kyssed. The executour of his moueable goodes he made one Antony his brother. The heyer of his landes he made y• pore people of the hospytall of florence. And in this wyse in to ye handes of oure sauyoure he gaue vp his spiryte.