Mute in the midst, the whole man one amaze,

Staring amain and crossing brow and breast.

"How now?" asked I. "'T is seventy years," quoth he,

"Since I first saw, holding my father's hand,

Bodies set forth: a many have I seen,

Yet all was poor to this I live and see.

Here the world 's wickedness seals up the sum:

What with Molinos' doctrine and this deed,

Antichrist surely comes and doomsday 's near.

May I depart in peace, I have seen my see."