[folio 79a] "Stond wel, moder, vnder rode,
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byholt þy sone wiþ glade mode;
blyþe, moder, myht þou be!"
" 'Sone, hou shulde y blyþe stonde?
y se þin fet, y se þin honde
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nayled to þe harde tre.' "
"moder, do wey þy wepinge:
y þole deþ for mon kynde, [mon kynde, vgl. die Bmk. zu VIII, 52.]
for my gult þole y non."
" 'Sone, y fele þe dedestounde,
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þe suert is at myn herte grounde,
þat me byhet Symeon.' "
"moder, merci, let me deye,
for adam out of helle beye, [for gehört zu dem inf. "beye", vgl. IV, 22.]
ant his kun, þat is for lore."
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" 'sone, what shal me to rede?
my peyne pyneþ me to dede,
Lat me deȝe þe by fore!' "
"moder, þou rewe al of þi bern,
þou wosshe awai þe blody tern,
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hit doþ me worse þen my ded."
" 'sone, hou may y teres werne?
y se þe blody stremes erne
from þin herte to my fet.' "
"moder, nou y may þe seye,
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betere is þat ich one deye,
þen al monkunde to helle go."
" 'Sone, y se þi bodi by swongen, [by swongen, ms. by swngen; vgl. X, 44.]
fet & honde þourh out stongen, [honde, Wright liest "honden", indem er die in diesem Falle aller|dings aussergewöhnlich lange Schleife des "d" als Zeichen eines zu ergän|zenden "n" ansieht. Jede der beiden Formen lässt sich durch andre Stel|len der Handschrift belegen; s. das Glossar.]
no wonder þah me be wo!' "
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