Tercio propter sue potestatis ostensionem.
The thrid cause was forto schowe
apertely what was his power,
and men the s[o]the mighten knowe
that he had told byfore here.
Potestatem habeo ponendi animam meam & iterum sumendi eam.
He sayd byfore he had ful might
forto put hys sole away
and take hit efte aȝayne in hight,
As he did the thrid day.
Thenne had he resen up anone
when soule was gone from his body,
men schuld have leuet euerichone
hit had ben but a fantasy,
And that he was not werrayle dede,
but supposit by sorcery
that lyf had in hys body ben led
and he schewet other sotily.
Ther-fore to preue that mon might se
that he was fully ded i-wys,
he lay [in] sepulcre dayes thre
and ros the thrid day with grete blisse.
