[6-text p 186]
I seye that in a warderope they hym threwe
Where as these Iewys purgyn here entrayle
O cursede folk of herodes al newe
What may ȝoure euele entent ȝow a-vayle
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Mordere wele out certeyn it wele nat fayle
And namely there as thonour of god schal sprede
The blod out cryeth on youre cursede dede
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O martyr soudede to virginite
Now mayst tow syngyn folwynge euere in on
The whyte lamb celestial quod sche
Of whiche the greete euangelyst seynt Iohn
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In pathmos wrot / which seyth that they that gon
By-forn this lamb & synge a song al newe
That neuere fleschely woman they ne knewe
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This pore widewe which that waytith al that nyȝt
Aftyr hire lytyl chil[d] & he cam nouȝt
ffor which as sone as it was dayis lyȝt
With face pale of drede & busy thouȝt
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Sche hath at scole & elles were hym souȝt
Tyl fynally sche gan so fer espye
That he last seyn was in the Ieuerye
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With moderis pite in hire brest enclosed [folio 321b]
Sche goth as sche were half out of hire mynde
To eueriplace where as sche hath supposid
Be liklyhede / hire litil child to fynde
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And euere on crystis modyr meke & kynde
Sche cryede & at the laste thus sche wrouȝte
Among the cursede Iewys sche hym soughte
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Sche askyth & sche fraynyth pitously
Of euery Iue that dwelte in thilke place
To telle hire of hire child wente out forth by
They seydyn nay but Ihesu of his grace
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