No knowleche had of thi persone a-right,
Pilate hath put up thi name in scripture,
That knowë it may eueri crëature,
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ffor þat thi penaunce schuld[ë] not be hid.
O, wo is me, þat see alle this beted!
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How may my eynë [þat] be-holde alle this,
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Refreynë hem to schewë by wepyng
Myn hert[es] greef? mot I not wepe? o, yis.
Sone, if thu hadist here, fadire lievyng,
Þat woldë wepe and makë weymentyng
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ffor cause he had[de] part in thi persone,
That were [a] gret abreggyng of my mone.
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But thu, in erthë, fadir had[dist] neuere;
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No wight for the, suche cause hath for to wepe,
As now haue I. schalt thu fro me disseuere,
That art all hooly myn? my sorwes deepe
Have all myn hert-is ioyës leyd to slepe. [folio 65]
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No wight with me, in the, my sone, hath part;
Alle holy of my blod, dere child, þou art.
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That dowbleth al my torment & my greef;
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Vn-to myn hert it is confusïon,
Thi harme to see, þat art to me so leef.
Myght not this raunsom or redempcïon
Of man, have be withowt effusyon
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Of thi blood? Yis, if it had be thi lust;
But what þat it be do, suffre the must.
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O deth, þat so kithest thi bittirnesse,
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ffirst on my sone, and afterward on me,
Bittere art thu, and ful of crabydnesse,
That thus my sone hast slayne with cruelte,
And noght me slest! certayn I wil not flee.
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Come of, come [of], and slee me here, as blyff; [[MS. be lyff]]
ffro him departë wil I not a-lyffe.
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