The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...

                                
                                  And sette hit to my sone syde, [al. 2 vv. more.]  [L setten. D sonis. After 618 L And crieden on him as þei were wode, Shof vp þei seiden what so betide. D Þe Iewis on him were criand Put vp, Longius, now is þe tide.] 
                                
                                  And Longeus þruste wiþ gret mod [D þorw hem was Longius wel willand. L om. And: L. shef wiþ egre m.] 
                                
                                  To my sone herte gon glyde; [D sonis. DL it gan.] 
                                  Line 620 
                                
                                  Þe water & þe rede blod [D Blod & watir þer com rennand L Anon spronge oute water & blode.] 
                                
                                  Ron doun of his woundes wyde. [D Out of þat wounde þat was so wide L & ran doun enlonges be his side. 613-14 om. in DL here. After 624 DL have these 2 stanzas: Þan wax (L was) myn herte heuy so (L as) led, Whan (L ffor) I saw (seye) þat ruful (reuful) sihte, Þe (om. in L) watir wiþ þe (L & eke) blod so red, To Longius hand it ran doun rihte (L Ran oute of þe wounde aplighte). Doun I fel as I were ded, Lengere to stande (L stonde) had I no myht (cf. Vern. 623-4). Iohn my cosyn (my c. om. in L) comfort (counforte) me bed, & so dide (so d. om. in L) Ioseph, þat (L þe) trewe knyht.—Þe blod ran (L fel) doun to Longius hond (L londe), He wipid (L wipte) his eyen & wel he sey, L ffelde & wode water & londe, ffoul in firmamente on hey D þer is no creature in watir ne lond Þat myht suffre þe sorwe þat had I. DL On knes (L kneos) he þankid goddis (godes) sond(e), Toward heuene his heuyd (L hede) on hi (L he bey), Þat sihte my care (L of c.) mekil (L him) vnbond, So dide it (L & alle) my (L his) frendis þat were (weren) me (L him) bi.] 
                                
                                  Doun I fel al þer I stod,
                                  Line 623 
                                
                                  No lengor stonde I ne miȝte þat tyde. [623-4 superadded.] 
                                
                                  "Þei weore [al. þe Iewis þan]  went to sire Pilate, [DL þe Iewis þan (om. in L) wente(n) to P.] 
                                
                                  And we bi-lafte wiþ reuthful rou[n]. [MS. ron]  [DL lefte (lafte) þer. D ruful L reuful DL roun.] 
                                
                                  Whon þei weore I-gon heore gate, [D And whan. L weren. D were alle. DL gon. D hire L here.] 
                                  Line 627 
                                
                                  [I bad] [MS. And]  Ioseph nime [MS. nome]  hym a-doun, [DL I bad I. takin (L take) him doun.] 
                                
                                  Til I hym hedde, me þhouȝte ful late, [L him haue D haue him. D þinkiþ L thinkeþ. DL om. ful.] 
                                
                                  Þe Iewes weoren alle ful feloun. [D ffor alle þe Iewis þat ben f. L aren ful f. (alle om.).] 
                                
                                  Ioseph seide to me wiþ þate: [al. we ben þer-ate]  [DL I. seyde we ben (beoþ) þer-ate.] 
                                
                                  'To bringe him þe we ben ful boun.' [D to the. D I am. L beoþ. L om. ful.] 
                                  Line 632 
                                
                                  "Nichodemus þe nayles out drowȝ, [D naylis. drow.] 
                                
                                  And Ioseph nom him in his Arm; [L Iosep. DL tok.] 
                                
                                  Mi sone he louede wel I-nouȝ, [D hem louid. inow.] 
                                
                                  He tok hym doun wiþ-outen harm, [D Þei L &.] 
                                  Line 636 
                                
                                  And nom him of þe heiȝe bouȝ [D ffayre & softe fro þat bow. L bar. fro.] 
                                
                                  And leyde him softe in my Barm. [D leyden. D om. softe; L gostly.]

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Title: The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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Publication: London,: Pub. by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., for the Early English Text Society,; 1892-1901.
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