Inthefifteenthcenturywondersincreased。In1418wehavetheLordofCaumont，whomakesapilgrimageandgivesusastatementwhichistheresultofthetheologicalreasoningofcenturies，andespeciallyinterestingasatypicalexampleofthetheologicalmethodincontrastwiththescientific。HecouldnotunderstandhowtheblessedwatersoftheJordancouldbeallowedtominglewiththeaccursedwatersoftheDeadSea。Inspite，then，oftheeyeofsense，hebeheldthewaterwiththeeyeoffaith，andcalmlyannouncedthattheJordanwaterpassesthroughthesea，butthatthetwomassesofwaterarenotmingled。AstothesaltstatueofLot’swife，hedeclaresittobestillexisting；and，copyingatableofindulgencesgrantedbytheChurchtopiouspilgrims，heputsdownthevisittothesaltstatueasgivinganindulgenceofsevenyears。
Towardtheendofthecenturywehaveanothertravelleryetmoreinfluential：BernardofBreydenbach，DeanofMainz。Hisbookoftravelswaspublishedin1486，atthefamouspressofSchoeffer，andinvarioustranslationsitwasspreadthroughEurope，exercisinganinfluencewideanddeep。HisfirstimportantnoticeoftheDeadSeaisasfollows：“Inthis，Tirustheserpentisfound，andfromhimtheTiriacmedicineismade。Heisblind，andsofullofvenomthatthereisnoremedyforhisbiteexceptcuttingoffthebittenpart。Hecanonlybetakenbystrikinghimandmakinghimangry；thenhisvenomfliesintohisheadandtail。”BreydenbachcallstheDeadSea“thechimneyofhell。”andrepeatstheoldstoryastothemiraculoussolventforitsbitumen。He，too，makesthestatementthattheholywateroftheJordandoesnotminglewiththeaccursedwateroftheinfernalsea，butincreasesthemiraclewhichCaumonthadannouncedbysayingthat，althoughthewatersappeartocometogether，theJordanisreallyabsorbedintheearthbeforeitreachesthesea。
AstoLot’swife，varioustravellersatthattimehadvariousfortunes。Some，likeCaumontandBreydenbach，tookhercontinuedexistenceforgranted；some，likeCountJohnofSolms，sawherandweregreatlyedified；some，likeHansWerli，triedtofindherandcouldnot，but，likeSt。Silvia，athousandyearsbefore，werenonethelessedifiedbytheideathat，forsomeinscrutablepurpose，theseahadbeenallowedtohideherfromthem；somefoundherlargerthantheyexpected，evenfortyfeethigh，aswasthesaltpillarwhichhappenedtobestandingatthevisitofCommanderLynchin1848；butthisonlyaddedanewprooftothemiracle，forthetextwasremembered，“Thereweregiantsinthosedays。”
OutofthemassofworksofpilgrimsduringthefifteenthcenturyIselectjustonemoreastypicalofthetheologicalviewthendominant，andthisisthenotedbookofFelixFabri，apreachingfriarofUlm。Iselecthim，becauseevensoeminentanauthorityinourowntimeasDr。EdwardRobinsondeclareshimtohavebeenthemostthorough，thoughtful，andenlightenedtravellerofthatcentury。
FabriisgreatlyimpressedbythewondersoftheDeadSea，andtypicalofhishonestyinfluencedbyfaithishisaccountoftheDeadSeafruit；hedescribesitwithalmostperfectaccuracy，butaddsthestatementthatwhenmatureitis“filledwithashesandcinders。”