And Simon of Swineshead, after drinking the poison, says,-- {403}

"To send me to heaven god rynge the holye belle,
And synge for my sowle a masse of _Scala Celi_,
That I may clyme up aloft with Enoch and Heli."
(p. 82.)

There are bulls of indulgence in Scala Coeli in Rymer's _Fædera_, xii.
565. 591. 672., xiii. 102.; but I can now only give the reference, as I
have not that work in hand.

C.H. COOPER.
Cambridge, April 6, 1850

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WATCHING THE SEPULCHRE.

"T.W." (No. 20. p. 218.) will find no end of "Items" for watching the
sepulchre, in the "Churchwardens' Accounts" before the Reformation, and
during the reign of Queen Mary. At Easter it was the custom to erect a
sepulchre on the north side of the chancel, to represent that of our
Saviour. This was generally a temporary structure of wood; though in
some churches there still remain elaborately ornamented ones of stone.
Sometimes the founder's tomb was used for the purpose. In this sepulchre
was placed on Good Friday the crucifix, and occasionally the host, with
other emblems; and a person was employed to watch it till the morning of
Easter Day, when it was taken out with great ceremony, in imitation of
our Lord's resurrection. It was the payment for this watching that