Aue rex Iudiorum. Nota de corona.
That coroun of thornes, as leuet is,
of se-rusches maad hit was,
that as scharpe ben, leue wel this,
as thornes and as muche scharp has;
So scharp thai wirne and so biting
that to the brayne thay ficchit we[r],
as Bernard telles in his teching,
and as in Latyn is writen her:
Bernardus: Capud illud divinum multiplici spinarum
densitate vsque ad cerebrum confixum est.
sayn Bernard sais þat Cristes hede
with thik thornus sharp & kene
riȝt to þe brayn til he was dede
was thrast thurȝe-out, as wel was sene.
