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[The Crucifixion and Burial.]
¶ Tho knyghtes that by hym satte
they Iesu sone vncled
And leid hym on the rode tre
ther-on they hym spred
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There he yaf his blessid body
for our raunsom in wed
Iesu haue mercy on vs
that so sor for vs bled
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¶ To that tre they nailid hym
tho on mount calvery
With a thef on eythir side
then they hong hym by
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That alle shuld vnderstond
that yede that wey ny
Of thise ijo thevis as who seith
the master thef am I
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The cawse of his deth they wroght
abovyn his hed on hy
¶ Abovyn his hed as I you telle
a borde was made fast
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There-on was the tytle wretyn
by rede of pilates cast
Iesus nazarene iewis kyng
this was yt first and last
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By Ebrew grew and laten
thise wordes tho they pas
¶ While thise Cursid houndes
hym nailid to the tre
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ffor hem that diddyn hym shame
his praier made he
ffader he seid for-yef hem
that they done to me
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ffor what they do they be so blynd
hem-self cannot se