. Folio 33r of MS 365 of the Yale University Library, showing part of the Middle English translation of Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii. The beginning of the shown text reads (see the transcription at p. 55 of the source reference): They fettyn forthe naylys strong, Bernyng yt wern and reyth full long. Whyll þat þey streynyd forth hys fete, He clepyd to hym þat ys so swete, 'Jhesu,' he seyd, 'full of myth, Haue mercy on me, þi gentyll knyth.' The fyndys fledyn euery on, And let Syre Howyn all alon. (End of the fourth torment, or the second field of torment where the souls are nailed fa
. Folio 33r of MS 365 of the Yale University Library, showing part of the Middle English translation of Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii. The beginning of the shown text reads (see the transcription at p. 55 of the source reference): They fettyn forthe naylys strong, Bernyng yt wern and reyth full long. Whyll þat þey streynyd forth hys fete, He clepyd to hym þat ys so swete, 'Jhesu,' he seyd, 'full of myth, Haue mercy on me, þi gentyll knyth.' The fyndys fledyn euery on, And let Syre Howyn all alon. (End of the fourth torment, or the second field of torment where the souls are nailed face-up.) . Late 15th century (see p. xxix). Unknown 1277 Yale University Library MS 365 Folio 33r
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