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up to her yet. I know it ish a cushtomary ting vid us Catho's to provide against our dear departed friends suffering dish torment, by putting a pair of new brodges upon deir kush in de coffin: which I do confesh may do shum service, dat ish if dey take care to pay de priest vell; for he may pray dem out before de brogue be burn, but if not, de devil a small potatoe he vill signify! For you know if he stay long in, de sole of de brogue vill soon be burn, and den fat better vill he be? It ish better to give de price of de brogue it shelf to de priest, and he vill pray dem out sho much sooner den de brogue vill last.
But de turd and greatest punishment of it ish a great big black ugly devil of a vomans, dat stand dere vid an iron flail, and she's be trashing dem through all de plash in a most terrible manner: And fat ever part of de body vas guilty of de shin, she vill be trashing upon dat very part If he vash drunkeness nor gluttony, she vill be trashing 'pon de belly. If he vash teeving, she vill come upon deir fingers vid her long flail, till she vill break all deir nuckle again; and if he vash adultery nor fornication; ah, ah, ah! you may guess yourshelves who will get his payment soundly. In short, she vill be trashing and trashing, till de devil a bit of flesh vill she leave 'pon your bone, and dey vill be roaring and shouting, and cursing deir friends, dat vill give noting to de clergy to pray dem out of dat torment.
Now my friends, you all know well enough, de priest hath a dispensing power over dese torments, fen he pleases, dat ish if he's paid for him; but by my shoul not else; for to grant absolution vidout payment, would be quite
