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Now for wengaunce of that dede
that Iudas did for coueytise,
Pilate also for grete drede,
the Iewes for en[u]y alle vnwise,
To alle these felle vengaunce i-wys,
as I wol tel er I go away,
but of Pilate that did mys
furst sum-what I wol say.