Harl. MS. 2382, lf. 78, bk.
fro my sone a messynger;
he wołł no lenger that y be here.
but y wote that rueth me,
that y shałł departe fro the; [ 244]
for thi loue and thi seruice
that thu me dost in al wise.
thu hast made me ofte glad;
thu has done as my sone bad. [ 248]
my sone shal it yelde to the;
y wol hym pray when y hym se."
Tho answerd to here seynt Iohan,
and was a fułł sory man̄, [Iohannes]
"A, lady Marie, what shal y be [ 253]
when y shałł the no lenger se?
my ioye thu art euery dełł;
no lenger in erthe worth y wełł,
now we shul departe a two." [ 257]
Then seid Marie, "whi seist þou so?
for sothe, thogh y go be-fore, [Maria]
yet shal thu not be for-lore.
y shall pray my lef sone,
that thu may vnto vs come. [ 262]
And o thyng, Iohan, y bidde the,
for the loue thu hast to me, [leaf 79]
loke anone when y am nome, [nota hic verbis Marie]
that the fals Iewys ne come
my body for to done shame, [ 267]
for thei haten moche my name.
thei wole feyn shame me,
that honged my sone on þe rode tre.
y wote wełł thei loue me noght; [ 271]
ther-for thei bene mysthought.
when y am be-nome fro the,
to my body they do no foly.
Ihesu Crist oure allere dright, [ 275]