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But again. If any one come into de hall vid dirty or ragged apparel, as de Phipsyterians and all oder hereticks do, dey vill be immediately trus down into de kitchen, dat ish hell, my friends; no question will be ask; no excuse vill be hear, but away dey vill be hurrry, vidout repleven, nor benefit of de clergy.

And ish brings me, in de turd plash, to consider de pennance and purgation dat de shouls of our dear departed friends do shuffer dere, and undergo in dish turd plash.

De sheverest of one of which punishments ish, de stink of hereticks througing through to hell: de damnable stench of de phiggish Phipsyterians, which make me curl my nose to tink upon it: but de best of ish, dey are not suffer to tarry long, or be slow in deir passage thro' Purgatory, lest dey should contaminate de consecrated plash vid de emanation of deir heresy.

De shecond punishment is occasioned by its being situate upon de very edge of hell: for de plash is all laid vid great flags of iron, and plates of brass which are strongly heated by de force of de great fires, at phich de hereticks are roasting one another upon spits, dat 'tis great torment to valk upon dem. You know phen you vill throw off your brogues by de fire-side at night, and set your bare foot upon de stone in de harth—he vill be very shore,—ah! wod'ent he?—By my shoul, yon is five hundred times as sore as dat. Or, if you would make a truly experiment of de ting, take a girdle and put her 'pon de fire till she be most red hot, den set her down and clap your bare arse upon her, dat will be a nearer resemblance of her still; but vill not come