Perhaps the reader would like to have a sample or two
of these far-famed Indulgences. The following is in the
Hours after the Use of Sarum, printed at Paris, in 1526 :
" To all that be in a state of grace, that devoutly say
this prayer (fol. 38) before the Blessed Lady of Pity ;
she will show them her Blessed Visage, and warn them
the day and hour of their death." Again, "John the
Third, Pope of Rome, at the request of the people of
England, hath granted to all them that devoutly say this
prayer, before the image of our Lord crucified, as many
days of pardon as there are wounds in the body of our
Lord, in the time of His bitter passion, the which were
5465."*

Eichrath attained great popularity as a preacher, at
Worms. But he did not avoid the extravagances into
which men of his class so easily fall. He once said that,
if Peter instituted fasting, it was with a view to getting a
better market for his fish ! His writings were burned, and
he was sent to the Convent of Augustinian Friars at
Maintz (Mayence), where he soon afterwards died.
Yes ! Maintz, the home of printing in Germany, would
be Tyndale's last stopping-place. And, no doubt, his
purpose would be strengthened, as he reflected how the
printing presses here had groaned under German Bibles
long enough ; whilst his own country was destitute of one
single printed English Bible. Fourteen complete editions

*The prayers are in Latin (Antiquarian Repository, London, 1807).
