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Ande as he entrit in þe towne,
he saw a cors to bere mad bone,
þat ser men in gret effere
war bownand furth It to enter,
þe quhilk, till sc[h]o wes lifand,
ȝarnyt his hame-com in þe land,
þat hatine wes deme drusiane,
þat lufit hym wel. and mony ane
of hir kine, wiffis and barnys,
folowit hyr, makand harmys,
and sad: “Iohne, lo, here drusiane,
þat ded has of þis lyf tane,
þat quhylum gretly luffit þe,
vith beyre nov to enterrit be,
and to þi biddinge ay wes bowne,
and fed vs al in-to þis tovne,
and ȝarnyt ay þi hame-cumyn[g]e
gretly a-beoufe althinge,
sayand ay: ‘sal I hym se?’
and, þu nov cumyne, ma nocht se þe!”
þane bad he set done in hy
þe bere and louse þe body,
sayand: “myn lord Ihesu criste rase þe!
and gange hame sone, & grath to me
þe fud, as þu wes wont to do!”
þane at his biddinge swyth rase scho,
and did son syne, as þe appostil bad;
wittand na wa, bot as scho had
vaknyt of slepe, quhare scho lay.