AND oure Lorde , wyl that there shal be shewed .iiij. tokens after doctours saynge , For our lorde is so mercyfull that he wyl not punysshe vs but he wyl shewe some tokens afore . And that we maye be sory of our synnes , and do penaunce . And after these foresayde .iiij. tokens shall yet be xv . other tokens be shewed . which Iheronimus had founden in the rinskens Cronicle of the Iewes . Of whiche .xv. tokens foresayde shall be declared by order here after .

¶ And the fyrste token of the iiij . shal be that the myght of Sathan through the passion of our lorde was made lasser , and was bounden , and shal be vnbonden . All be it that he by the myght of the passion be bounden , and may not do so moche harme to the menshen as he was wonte to do . But the deuyl is bounden at certen tymes , and he shal be vnbounden that he may do the more harme to the people with temptacion & trybulacion for to assaye them tho that be chosen .

¶ But in the last tyme of the worlde , shall the good be very good , & the euyll , shal be very badde . Lyke the holy wryters shewe in the last chaptre of apocalipsis . ¶ Tempus prope est qui nocet noceat ad huc et qui in sordibus est sordescat ad huc . et iustus iustificetur , ad huc et qui sanctus est sanctificetur , ad huc .

¶ The .ij. token .

THe seconde token , of the foure , shal be , as loue shall be loste , & nomore be vsed . Lykewyse , as the menshen waxen olde , and the nature waxeth colde in them , whiche the Philosopher calleth it the lytell world . Lykewyse is it of the great world . who the more commeth to the ende , The more the loue waxeth colde in her self . But the herte of a body is ghostly of lyuyng in the greatter worlde . And shal al hole fayle , for it gothe sore to the ende of the worlde . As apostolus ad hebreos . Qui antiquatur et se nescit prope interitum est . And a man maye nowe knowe howe that god is seruyd without deuocion . And how he is blasphemyd , and by them sweryng , and al so pull hym all a sonder in peces . And ye may well knowe that the loue is almoste done and is waxen colde , and dryed awaye , but some be naked , and pray hertely , but they fynde no helpe , And they that be hungery dye for hunger , and haue no socoure . The gate of mercy is shytte , the founteyne of compassyon hath shytte her conduytes . And through fayled amonge his frendes , & she shall not be founden afore God shall gyue sentence vpon them that haue hunted charite and pacyence out of this worlde .

¶ The thyrde token .

THe thyrde Token , shal be as al maner of euyll and synnes , shal be in this world , & the fere of God be put downe , & haue none thynkyng on hym . And whan faythfull & pacyence shall not be set by : but all maner of euyll shal be vsed : and whan the menschen shulde loue with a secrete loue and care of no man : but for her owne profyte . And also we shall be afore the ende of the worlde : be poude and hye shall make moche of theym selfe : and shall blaspheme the name of the Lorde , and they shal not care of Father or mother , and than they shall loue flesshely nature more thanne God . As the Apostle in the .ij. Epistle of Thimotheum .

¶ Therfore lette euery body remember in theym selfe what people now a dayes be lyuynge in this worlde , & loke well yf this aforesayd thynges be not nowe a dayes shewed & done , and set by no synne . For it is not well possyble that any bodye myghte wryte the great synnes that now a dayes be done Praye we to God that he wyll come to his people , that they maye do penaunce afore theyr departynge .

¶ The fourth token .

THe fourth Token , that shal be before the ende of the worlde , and afore the other .xv. tokens , & afore the great orryble day of Dome . And than shall there be great peruerten and warre , and there shal be warre in many dyuers Landes of the worlde , and also amonge all creatures in this worlde lyuyng . For as Matheus sayth in the .xiiij. Chapter . Fightynge and warres shal be amonge vs , and also one body shall aryse agaynst the other , and also one kynge agaynst another , and also treason shal be in cyties and townes , yet for all that they made peas , and peas shall be throughout the world , & layde downe agayn , and vp with warre agayne , throughout the worlde : and also the Prynce agaynst his commons : and his commons agaynst hym . Also there shall be no clouster of Monkes , nor of Nonnes , yet there shall be ful of peruertes contrary one the ocher . And than shal it be as Iheremias wryteth in his .x. chapter . Vnusquisque se a suo proximo custodiat . That is for to say Euery man kepe hym of his neyghbour or frende : and truste not in his brother , for one shall shewe another a fayre face , but the herte of hym is full false , And also one brother shall mocke that other , and he shall laye snares and grynnes for hym , to begyle hym yf he may . And than is it fulfylled lyke . Messin as the Prophet sayde , Kepe you of , beware you of your owne wyfe , the whiche slepeth in your armes all nyght , for she shal begyle her owne husbande . And also the childe shal begyle the Father : and the Father the childe : & the doughter the mother : and the mother , the doughter . And also one brother shall delyuer the other to death . And the Father the sone , and the children the father . And whan all these thynges & peruerten shall be throughout all the worlde Than great men and meane men shal loke for theyr owne Synguler welth , and not for no common welth , for they shal scrape twenty mens lyuyng , or a hondred , and care not for the Commaundementes of our Lorde Ihesu christe , sayeng they hym regarde not a whyt Than shall it be a Token of the laste Termyne , or ende of this world . Other peruerten shal be in the fyrmament : but commonly it shal be a dere tyme . not alone in one prouynce , or kyngdome , but throughoute all the worlde : but it shall be that the earth shall bere none fruyte to our behoufe , or nede to lyue with all . And it shall be also great earthquakes be agaynst all nature , that there shall fallen downe Castels & howses . And also in the see & ryuers shal be more peruerten than it hath be afore , And the eyer shal be full of corrupcion and venym , therof shal come great Pestilence , as well in the beests as in the menshen therof : they shall dye . And also it shal be thonderynge , & lyghtenynge , and great tempestes , and wyndes shal be more peryllous than they were wonte to be . And the people shall before aferde . And lykewyse as seynt Iheronimus hathe founde in the .xv. pryncipall tokens , they shal be afore the dredefull day of Dome , of our Lorde Ihesus christe .

¶ But we know not yf these xv . Tokens shall be shewed one after another , or yf there shal be any other token shall be shewed betwene . Therof sayde seynt Iheronimus , no certeyne , nor no Doctour , but they put it in the wyll of oure Lorde , but our Lorde maye therwith doo his wyll , for he is almyghtye .