Lines 1301 through 1334
Þan melys þe man & þe matere tolde
1301
For þritty penyes in a poke his postel hym solde
1303
So was he bargayned & bouȝt & as a beste quelled
1304
Now corsed be he quoþ þe kyng þat þe cate made
1305
He wexe marchaunte amys þat þe money fenged
1306
To sille so precyous a prince for penyes so fewe
1307
[Thoghe ilke a ferthynge had bene ful florence an hundrethe]
1308
Bot I schal marchaundise make in mynde of þat oþer
1309
Þat schal be heþyng to hem or I hennes passe
1310
Alle þat here bodyes wol by or bargaynes make
1311
By lower pris for to passe þan þey þe prophete solde
1312
He made in myddel of [þe] ost a market to crye
1313
Alle þat cheffare wolde chepe chepis to haue
1314
Ay for a peny of pris who-so pay wolde
1315
Þrytty Jewes in a þrom þrongen in ropis
1316
So wer þey bargayned & bouȝt & broȝt out of londe
1317
Neuer suþ [on] þat syde cam segge of hem after
1318
Þat tormented trewe God þus Titus commaundyþ
1320
Josophus þe gentile clerke a-jorneyd was to Rome
1321
Þer of þis mater & mo he made fayr bokes
1322
& Pilat to prisoun was do to pyne for euere
1323
At Viterbe þer he veniaunce & vile deþ þoled
1324
Þe wye þat hym warded wente on a tyme
1325
Hym-self fedyng with frut & feffyt hym with a per
1326
& forto paren his pere he praieþ hym ȝerne
1327
Of a knyf & þe kempe kest hym a trenchour
1328
& with þe same he schef hymself to þe herte
1329
& so þe kaytif as his kynde corsedlich deied
1330
Whan alle was demed & d[on]e þei drow vp tentis
1331
Trossen her tresour & trompen vp þe sege
1332
Wenten syngyng away & han her wille forþred
1333
& hom riden to Rome Now rede ous our lord
1334
