[6-text p 187]
Yaf in hire thouȝt with inne a lytyl space
That in that place aftyr hire sone sche cryede
Where he was casten in a pit be-syde
Line 1796
O greete god that parfornedist this laude
By mouth of innocentis lo here thyn myght
This gemme of chastite this emeroude
And ek of martyredom the rubye bryȝt
Line 1800
There he with throte I-korvyn lygh vp ryght
He alma redemptoris gan to synge
So loude that al the place gan to rynge
Line 1803
The cristene folk that thurgh the strete wente
In comyn for to wonderyn vp-on this thyng
And hastyliche they for the prouost sente
He cam a-non with-outyn taryeng
Line 1807
And heryeth Crist that is of heuene kyng
And his modyr honour of mankynde
And aftyr that the Iewis leet he bynde
Line 1810
This child with pitous lamentacioun
Vp takyn was syngynge his song alwey
And with honour of greet processyoun
They caryen hym vn-to the nexte abbey
Line 1814
His modyr swoūnynge by the beere lay
Vnnethe mygh[t]e the puple that was there
This newe Rachel bryngyn from the beere
Line 1817
With turnement & with schameful deth echon [folio 322a]
This prouost doth these Iewis for to sterue
That of this mustere wiste & that a-noon
He nolde non swich cursedenesse obserue
Line 1821
Euele schal he haue that euele wele disserue
Therefore with wilde hors he dede hem drawe
And aftyr that he hyng hem by the lawe
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