And thereby is the tree on which Judas hanged himselfe for dispaire when he had soulde Christ. And thereby is the synagoge where the Bishops of Jewes and the Pharyses came to hold theyr counsel and there Judas cast the xxx pence before them & said _Peccavi tradens sanguinem justum_, That is to saye, I haue sinned in betraying the innocent bloude. [Illustration] [Footnote 1: Shut.] [Footnote 2: Kept the Passover.] [Footnote 3: The Pool of Siloah.] CAP. XXVI. _Of the feelde of Acheldemack[1] which was bought with the xxx pence._ ON the other syde of mount Syon towarde the South a stons Cast, is the feeld that was bought with those xxx pence for which Christe was sold, that men call Acheldemack, that is to say the feeld of bloude, in that feelde is many tombes of Chrysten men for there bee many pylgrims graven.[2] And also in Hierusalem toward the weast, is a fayre churche where the tree grew of which the crosse was made and thereby is a fayre churche where our lady mette with Elizabeth when they were both with Chylde & sainct Jhon styrred in his mothers wombe and made worship to our Lord his maker, and under the aulter of the church is a place where Sainct Jhon was borne and thereby is the castell of Emax.[3] [Footnote 1 Aceldama.] [Footnote 2 Buried.] [Footnote 3: Emmaus.] CAP. XXVII. _Of mount Joye._ TWO myle from Hierusalem is the mounte Joye that is a fayre place and a liking, & there lieth Samuell the prophete in a fayre tombe, and it is called mount Joye for there many pylgrims se first Hierusalem. And in the middle of the Vale of Josaphat is a lyttle ryver that is called Torrens[1] Cedron, and over thwart this laye a tree, of the which the crosse was made, that men passed over on. Also in y^e vale is a churche of our lady, and there is the sepulchre of our lady, and our lady was of age when she dyed, lxxii yeare. And there nere is the place where our Lorde forgaue Sainct Peter all his sinnes and mysdedes that he had done. And beside that is a chappell where Judas kissed our Lorde, that men call Getsemay,[2] and he was taken of the Jewes, and there lefte Christ his disciples before his passion, when he went to praye, and seyd, _Pater si fieri potest, transeat a me calix iste_, that is to say in English, Father if it may be done, let this chalice go from me. Also thereby is a chapell where our Lord swet both bloud & water and there is the tombe of King Josaphat, of whom the Vale had the name, and on the syde of that Vale is the mount Olivet, and it is called so for there groweth many Olive trees, and it is higher than Hierusalem & therefore from that hill men may see into the streetes of Hierusalem. And betwene that hill and the citie is nothing but the vale of Josaphat and that is not full large, and uppon that hyl stode our Lorde when he went into heaven, and yet semeth there the steppe[3] of his left foote in the stone. And there is an Abbey of black chanons