 | The Trial of Christ before Annas and Caiaphas |  |
here xal A massanger com in-to þe place rennyng and criyng
Tydyngys tydyngys
and so rownd Abowth þe place jhesus of
nazareth is take Jhesus of nazareth is take
and forth-with heylyng
þe prynces þus seyng
Massanger
Annas
Cayphas
What arn þi dysciplys þat folwyn þe A-boute
and what is þi dottryne þat þou dost preche
telle me now some-whath and bryng us out of doute
þat we may to othere men þi prechyng forth teche.
jhes[us]
Al tymes þat I haue prechyd opyn it was don
in þe synagog or in þe temple where þat all jewys com
Aske hem what I haue seyd and Also what I haue don
þei con telle þe my wordys Aske hem everychon.
ius judeus
What þou fela to whom spekyst þou
xalt þou so speke to A buschop
þou xalt haue on þe cheke I make A vow
and ȝet þer-to A knok.
here he xal smyte jhesus on þe cheke.
jhesus
yf I haue seyd Amys
þer-of wytnesse þou mayst bere
and yf I haue seyd but weyl in þis
þou dost Amys me to dere.
Annas
Serys takyth hed now to þis man
þat he dystroye not oure lawe
and brynge ȝe wytnesse A-ȝens hym þat ȝe can
so þat he may be browt of dawe.
ius doctor
Sere þis I herd hym with his owyn mowth seyn
brekyth down þis temple with-out delay
and I xal settynt up Ageyn
as hool as it was be þe thrydde day.
ijus doctor
ȝa ser and I herd hym seyn Also
þat he was þe sone of god
and ȝet many A fole wenyth so
I durst leyn þer-on myn hod.
iijus doctor
Ȝa ȝa and I herd hym preche meche þing
And A-ȝens oure lawe every del
Of wheche it were longe to make rekenyng
to tellyn all at þis seel.
Cayphas
What seyst now jhesus whi Answeryst not
heryst not what is seyd A-ȝens þe
Spek man spek spek þou fop
hast þou scorn to speke to me
Heryst not in how many thyngys þei þe Acuse
Now I charge þe and conjure be þe sonne and þe mone
þat þou telle us and þou be goddys sone.
Jhesus
Goddys sone I am I sey not nay to þe
And þat ȝe all xal se At domys-day
Whan þe sone xal come in gret powere and majeste
And deme þe qweke and dede as I þe say.
Cayphas
A out out Allas what is þis
heryth ȝe not how he blasfemyth god
what nedyth us to haue more wytness
here ȝe han herd All his owyn word
Thynk ȝe not he is worthy to dey.
et clamabunt omnes
ȝys ȝys ȝys All we seye he is worthy to dey ȝa ȝa ȝa.
Annas
Takyth hym to ȝow and betyth hym som del
ffor hese blasfemyng at þis sel.
here þei xal bete jhesus A-bout þe hed and þe body and spyttyn in his face and pullyn hym down and settyn hym on A stol and castyn A cloth ouyr his face and þe fyrst xal seyn
ius judeus
A felawys be ware what ȝe do to þis man
ffor he prophecye weyl kan.
ijus judeus
Þat xal be A-sayd be þis batte
what þou jhesus ho ȝaff þe þat.
et percuciet super caput
iijus judeus
What whar now wole I
Wetyn how he can prophecy
ho was þat.
iiijus judeus
A and now wole I a newe game begynne
þat we mon pley at all þat arn here-inne.
whele and pylle whele and pylle
comyth to halle ho so wylle
ho was þat.
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Massanger
All heyle my lordys princys of prestys
Sere cayphas and sere Annas lordys of þe lawe
tydyngys I brynge ȝou reseyve þem in ȝour brestys
Jhesus of nazareth is take þer-of ȝe may be fawe.
Sere cayphas and sere Annas lordys of þe lawe
tydyngys I brynge ȝou reseyve þem in ȝour brestys
Jhesus of nazareth is take þer-of ȝe may be fawe.
he xal be browth hedyr to ȝou A-non
I telle ȝou trewly with A gret rowth
whan he was take I was hem Among
and þer was I ner to kachyd a clowte.
I telle ȝou trewly with A gret rowth
whan he was take I was hem Among
and þer was I ner to kachyd a clowte.
Malcus bar A lanterne
and put hym in pres
A-noon he had A towche and of went his ere
Jhesus bad his dyscyple put up his swerd and ces
And sett malcus ere Ageyn as hool as it was ere.
A-noon he had A towche and of went his ere
Jhesus bad his dyscyple put up his swerd and ces
And sett malcus ere Ageyn as hool as it was ere.
So moty the methowut it was A strawnge syth
Whan we cam fyrst to hym he cam vs A-geyn
And haskyd whom we sowth þat tyme of nyth
We seyd jhesus of nazareth we wolde haue hym fayn.
Whan we cam fyrst to hym he cam vs A-geyn
And haskyd whom we sowth þat tyme of nyth
We seyd jhesus of nazareth we wolde haue hym fayn.
And he seyd it is I þat am here in ȝour syth
With þat word we ovyr-throwyn bakward every-chon
and some on here bakkys lyeng up-ryth
but standyng up on fote manly þer was not on.
With þat word we ovyr-throwyn bakward every-chon
and some on here bakkys lyeng up-ryth
but standyng up on fote manly þer was not on.
Cryst stod on his fete As meke as A lom
and we loyn stylle lyche ded men tyl he bad us ryse
Whan we were up fast handys we leyd hym up-on
but ȝet me thought I was not plesyd with þe newe gyse.
and we loyn stylle lyche ded men tyl he bad us ryse
Whan we were up fast handys we leyd hym up-on
but ȝet me thought I was not plesyd with þe newe gyse.
Ther-fore takyth now ȝour cowncel
and A-vyse ȝou ryth weyl
And beth ryth ware þat he make ȝou not A-mat
Ffor be my thryfte I dare sweryn at þis seyl
ȝe xal fynde hym A strawnge watt.
here bryng þei jhesus be-forn Annas and C. and on xal seyn þus
And beth ryth ware þat he make ȝou not A-mat
Ffor be my thryfte I dare sweryn at þis seyl
ȝe xal fynde hym A strawnge watt.
Lo Lo Lordys here is þe man
þat ȝe sent us fore.
þat ȝe sent us fore.
Annas
þerfore we cone ȝou thanke than
and reward ȝe xal haue þe more.
and reward ȝe xal haue þe more.
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Jhesus þou Art welcome hedyr to oure presens
ful oftyn-tymes we han þe besyly do sowth
we payd to þi dyscyple for þe thretty pens
and as an ox or an hors we trewly þe bowth.
ful oftyn-tymes we han þe besyly do sowth
we payd to þi dyscyple for þe thretty pens
and as an ox or an hors we trewly þe bowth.
þer-fore now art oure as þou standyst us be-fore
Sey why þou ast trobelyd us: and subuertyd oure lawe
þou hast ofte concludyd us and so þou hast do more
Where-fore it were ful nedful to bryng þe A dawe.
Sey why þou ast trobelyd us: and subuertyd oure lawe
þou hast ofte concludyd us and so þou hast do more
Where-fore it were ful nedful to bryng þe A dawe.
Cayphas
What arn þi dysciplys þat folwyn þe A-boute
and what is þi dottryne þat þou dost preche
telle me now some-whath and bryng us out of doute
þat we may to othere men þi prechyng forth teche.
jhes[us]
Al tymes þat I haue prechyd opyn it was don
in þe synagog or in þe temple where þat all jewys com
Aske hem what I haue seyd and Also what I haue don
þei con telle þe my wordys Aske hem everychon.
ius judeus
What þou fela to whom spekyst þou
xalt þou so speke to A buschop
þou xalt haue on þe cheke I make A vow
and ȝet þer-to A knok.
here he xal smyte jhesus on þe cheke.
jhesus
yf I haue seyd Amys
þer-of wytnesse þou mayst bere
and yf I haue seyd but weyl in þis
þou dost Amys me to dere.
Annas
Serys takyth hed now to þis man
þat he dystroye not oure lawe
and brynge ȝe wytnesse A-ȝens hym þat ȝe can
so þat he may be browt of dawe.
ius doctor
Sere þis I herd hym with his owyn mowth seyn
brekyth down þis temple with-out delay
and I xal settynt up Ageyn
as hool as it was be þe thrydde day.
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ȝa ser and I herd hym seyn Also
þat he was þe sone of god
and ȝet many A fole wenyth so
I durst leyn þer-on myn hod.
iijus doctor
Ȝa ȝa and I herd hym preche meche þing
And A-ȝens oure lawe every del
Of wheche it were longe to make rekenyng
to tellyn all at þis seel.
Cayphas
What seyst now jhesus whi Answeryst not
heryst not what is seyd A-ȝens þe
Spek man spek spek þou fop
hast þou scorn to speke to me
Heryst not in how many thyngys þei þe Acuse
Now I charge þe and conjure be þe sonne and þe mone
þat þou telle us and þou be goddys sone.
Jhesus
Goddys sone I am I sey not nay to þe
And þat ȝe all xal se At domys-day
Whan þe sone xal come in gret powere and majeste
And deme þe qweke and dede as I þe say.
Cayphas
A out out Allas what is þis
heryth ȝe not how he blasfemyth god
what nedyth us to haue more wytness
here ȝe han herd All his owyn word
Thynk ȝe not he is worthy to dey.
et clamabunt omnes
ȝys ȝys ȝys All we seye he is worthy to dey ȝa ȝa ȝa.
Annas
Takyth hym to ȝow and betyth hym som del
ffor hese blasfemyng at þis sel.
here þei xal bete jhesus A-bout þe hed and þe body and spyttyn in his face and pullyn hym down and settyn hym on A stol and castyn A cloth ouyr his face and þe fyrst xal seyn
277
A felawys be ware what ȝe do to þis man
ffor he prophecye weyl kan.
ijus judeus
Þat xal be A-sayd be þis batte
what þou jhesus ho ȝaff þe þat.
et percuciet super caput
iijus judeus
What whar now wole I
Wetyn how he can prophecy
ho was þat.
iiijus judeus
A and now wole I a newe game begynne
þat we mon pley at all þat arn here-inne.
whele and pylle whele and pylle
comyth to halle ho so wylle
ho was þat.
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