Þe .xij. apostelis nemenid beth,
for hire preching þei suffrid deth—
Quia apostoli dicuntur missi, & martires testes apostolorum:
As þing þat is sent ben þe apostelis,
and marteris ben to hem witnes;
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& alle marteris þat were dede
for þei were witnes of þis brede,
Þat god deyde for loue of vs,
& þei for þe loue of crist ihesus.
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petir, andrew, philip, these .iij.
were don vp-on þe rode-tre.
poule, Iamys, and mathew
were heuedid, & bartilmew
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was helt al nakid quyk
for his witnes of þis vnlik.
and þat oþer lesse Iamys,
and symon also, & thadeus,
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hire senewis for cristen lawe
out of hire bodi were drawe.
