Þe ffyfþe tyme to þe apostles ten,
But Thomas was not wiþ hem þen;
But þat hit was he þei nouȝt bileeued,
ffor a gost to hem he furst bi-semed,
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Til he schewede boþe foot and honde
Amiddes hem þer he con stonde,
"Pees to ȝow" he seide þon—
Þei kneuȝ him wel whon he was gon. [The Spec. adds the 5 other apparitions.]
Biforen vndurne: Of þe passion, and of Witsuntyd.
ÞEnk how crist at vndurne-tyde
Was dispoyled, boþe bak and syde,
And to a piler þenne was he bounde
And skourged so sore wiþ mony a wonde
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Þat from þe foot to þe heued
Hol skin was on [him] luitel be-leued.
Wiþ Mantel of Red þei him cladde,
Bi-foren þe folk þei forþ him ladde,
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ffor Septre a reod token him in honde,
Crouned him wiþ þorn, I vndurstonde,
[In the MS. vv. 867-8 precede v. 863.] And þenne þei kneled him be-forn
And called him kyng al in scorn.
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Vp-on Pilate þen gunne þei crye
Ihesu on Rode to Crucifye.
He bar his Cros wiþ gret anuye
To þe place þer he schulde dye.
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Bifore vndurne of þe holigost.
ÞEnk also at þis same vre
Þe holigost wiþ gret honoure
Crist his apostles sende amonge,
So wonderliche to speke wiþ tonge
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Þat folk þat weoren of oþur langage
Heo[m] vnderstoden, & seiden outrage
Þat of wyn dronken þey were.
Þe holygost also schewed him ful clere
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In fuir, to make hem hard and bolde,
ffor þei schulde not in mischef folde.
