"He strongly advised and begged me to by no means enter the purgatory"

"He strongly advised and begged me to by no means enter the purgatory"

Lough Derg--Travelogue--Middle Ages--Purgatory

A famous account of a 1398 visit by Viscount Ramon de Perellós to Saint Patrick's Purgatory

Ramón de Perellós

The Journey of Viscount Ramon de Perellós to Saint Patrick's Purgatory, p. 7

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

1398

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork. Translated by Alan Mac an Bhaird.

Citation for the purposes of criticism

Electronic text translation

English, translated from Spanish

Travelogue

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https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100079A/

"When he knew my wishes, he strongly opposed my journey and strongly advised me not to go on it, saying that over and above the danger of entering the purgatory, neither he nor anyone could make it safe through the lands of king Ó Néill or other lords through whose lands I would have to pass before reaching the purgatory; if he did not wish to get lost in the land, no way should I try it. And afterwards he set me in the vestry of the great church where he strongly advised and begged me to by no means enter the purgatory, telling me much of the dangers and scandals which have happened to various people who were lost inside the purgatory; he told me even more of all the dangers which might ensue or are therein, to which I replied as God had ordained for me and confirmed that never would I leave or abandon making my journey; and when he saw that he could not shift me from my purpose, he gave me all the directions he could and gave me permission to go and heard my confession and I took Our Lord most secretly from his hand and he told me that in the week he would be in a town called Dundalk. And so he did."

The Journey of Viscount Ramon De Perellós to Saint Patrick's Purgatory. Alan Mac an Bhaird (ed), First edition [i + 23 pp] CELT Cork (2012)