How Jhesus Crist was trauayland
In partise of Philip Sesar land.
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And þus es in oure godspel graid [In oure godspell es gudeli graid]
How he to his disciples said; [How Crist. desciples.]
Þe trouth of þam forto enquere, [trewth.]
He askid þam on þis manere: [asked. Das lat. Citat nach 24 fehlt.]
Quem dicunt homines esse fil. hominis—
"Omang þe folk here whor ȝe wun [Whilk of all here whare ȝe won]
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Whilk says þe men es mans sun?" [Sais men suld be manes sun.]
Þat may þus vnderstanden be:
What here ȝe þe men sai of me? [In werld what sais þe men of me.]
For ouerall whore he went þan, [whare.]
He namid him-self þe sun of man. [cald.]
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Þis question askid he in þat land [asked. þe.]
Whore kyng Philip was regnand, [whare.]
And he was (sun) of Herod þe king [was Herodes sun þat slow]
Þat gert sla all þe childer ȝing; [Al þe childer for Jhesu.]
And in þat land, als clerkis knaw, [And in þat land in Cristes bering]
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Vsed al men high and law [Vsed men both ald and ȝing.]
Trowage vnto Rome at gif,
Or els in pese þai suld noght lif. [might.]
Sen erthli kinges in þat cuntre
Of þaire sogettes askid swilk fe, [asked slike.]
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Wele might þe king of heuyn þare [þe heuinly kyng ask þare]
Ask of what trouth his menȝe ware. — [Of whatkin trowth.]
Ensaumple taght he vs vnto [And ensaumple he taght vs to.]
How curates of hali kirk suld do: [Þat st. how. so st. do.]
Enquere of soiettes suld þai [Enquere of þam þat with þam ere]
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What þe folk will of þam say; [What þe folk sais of þaire affere.]
And if þaire pople fall in syn, [þe pople.]
Enquere wham þe defaut es in. —
When Crist had askid on þis manere, [asked.]
Ilkone þan gaf þaire answer sere. [ilkane. þan fehlt.]
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Sum said man sun was Isay, [mans.]
And sum said it was Jeremy,
And sum said it was John Baptist [And sum men als toke John B.]
Man sun, in stede of Jhesu Crist, [In þe stede of Jhesu Crist.]
And sum, oþer prophettes of þe law — [prophetes.]
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Þus sere men of him says sere saw. [had st. says.]
And ȝit, for he wald wit þaire will, [And ȝit fehlt. wit his appostels will.]
On þis maner he sayd þam till: [wise.]
"What say ȝe of me ȝow al omang [folio 153] [al fehlt.]
Who am I þat has led ȝow lang?"
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Saynt Peter þan with hertly will
Answerd and said þus þartill. [him till. Im lat. Citat fehlt Cristus.]
Tu es xpc̄ filius dei uiui. —
"Þou ert Crist, þat we on call,
Goddes sun lifand, þat saue vs sall, [ [folio 231] Goddes sun of heuyn.]
Þi life sall last with-outen ende". [And þat sall lif w. e.]
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Þan answerd Crist þir wordes hende.
"Blisced be þou, Simon Bariona,
For fless and blude tald þe noght swa" — [fles.]
Þat es to mene, none erthly witt [to say.]
Gifes þe kunyng to knaw it —
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"Bot my fader, of heuin kyng, [in st. of.]
He has gifen þe swilk knawing".
And þus when Jhesus clerely knew
Þat Peter in trouth was trist & trew, [trowth. traist.]
More vnto him al þus said he: [Vnto him þus answerd he.]
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"Peter, for suth I say to þe,
In þis werld þou es þe stone [world.]
Þat I sal big my kirk opone" — [sall. opon.]
Þat menes þus: I sal mak þe [þat es to say I sall.]
Þe heuyd of hali kirk to be: [þe fehlt.]
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For Peter es noght els to mene
Bot a stone þat in erth es clene; [stane. sene st. clene.]
