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and qwan he is skorgyd þei put upon hym A cloth of sylk and settyn hym on a stol and puttyn A kroune of þornys on hese hed with forkys and þe jewys knelyng to cryst takyng hym A septer and skornyng hym and þan þei xal pullyn of þe purpyl cloth and don on A-geyn his owyn clothis and leyn þe crosse in hese necke to berynt and drawyn hym forth with ropys And þan xal come to women wepyng and with here handys wryngyn seyng þus
ius mulier
Allas jhesus Allas jhesus wo is me
þat þou art þus dyspoylyd Allas

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and ȝet nevyr defawth was fownd in the
but evyr þou hast be fole of grace.

ijus mulier
A here is a rewful syth of jhesu so good
þat he xal þus dye Aȝens þe ryth
A wykkyd men ȝe be more þan wood
to do þat good lord so gret dyspyte.

here jhesus turnyth a-ȝen to þe women with his crosse þus seyng
jhesus
Dowterys of hierusalem for me wepyth nowth
but for ȝour-self wepyth and for ȝour chyldyr Also
for þe days xal come þat þei han aftyr sowth
here synne and here blyndnesse xal turne hem to wo.
þan xal be sayd blyssyd be þe wombys þat bareyn be
and wo to þe tetys tho days þat do ȝevyn sokyng
and to here faderys þei xul seyn wo to þe tyme þat þou be-gat me
and to here moderys Allas wher xal be oure dwellyng.
þan to þe hyllys and mownteynes they xal crye and calle
oppyn and hyde us from þe face of hym syttyng in trone
or ellys ovyr-throwyth and on us now come falle
þat we may be hyd from oure sorweful mone.

here jhesus turnyth fro þe women and goth forth and þer þei metyn with symonem in þe place þe jewys seyng to hym
ius jude[us]
Sere to þe A word of good
a man is here þou mayst se
beryth hevy of A Rode
where-on he xal hangyd be.
Therefore we prey all the
þou take þe crosse of þe man
bere it with vs to kalvarye
and ryth gret thank þou xalt han.

Symon
Serys I may not in no degre
I haue gret errandys for to do
þerfore I pray ȝow excuse me
and on my herand lete me go.


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ijus judeus
what harlot hast þou skorne
to bere þe tre whan we þe preye
þou xalt berynt haddyst þou sworn
And yt were ten tyme þe weye.

Symon
serys I prey ȝou dysplese ȝou nowth
I wole help to bere þe tre
in to þe place it xal be browth
where ȝe wole comawnde me.

here symon takyth þe cros of jhesus and beryth it forth.
Veronica
A ȝe synful pepyl why fare þus
Ffor swet and blood he may not se
Allas holy prophete cryst jhesus
and sche whypyth his face with here kerchy.
Careful is myn hert for the.

Jhesus
veronyca þi whipyng doth me ese
my face is clene þat was blak to se
I xal þem kepe from all mys-ese
þat lokyn on þi kerchy and remembyr me.