 | The Guarding of the Sepulchre |  |
here þe princys xal do reuerens to oure lady and gon here way and
leve þe maryes at be sepulcre. Cayphas goth to Pylat seyng þus
Cayphas
herk sere pylat lyst to me
I xal þe telle tydyngys new
of o thyng we must ware be
er ellys here after we myth it rewe.
þou wotyst weyl þat jhesu
he seyd to us with wordys pleyn
he seyd we xuld fynd it trew
þe thryd day he wold ryse agey
yf þat hese dyscyplys come serteyn
and out of his graue stele hym away
þei wyl go preche and pleyn seyn
þat he is reson þe thryd day.
þis is þe cowncel þat I gyf here
take men and gyf hem charge þerto
to weche þe grave with gret power
tyl þe thryd day be go.
Pylat
ius miles
Sere pylat we xal not ses
we xal kepe it strong A-now.
ijus miles
Ȝa and An hunderyd put hem in pres
þei xal dey I make A vow.
iijus miles
And han honderyd fy on An C. and an C. þer-to
þer is non of hem xal us with-stonde.
iiijus miles
ȝa and þer com An hunderyd thowsand and mo
I xal hem kylle with myn honde.
Pylat
Cayphas
in feyth ser it is sure A-now
hardely haue ȝe no dowth.
ius Arfaxat ij
let se ser amaraunt where wele ȝe be
wole ȝe kepe þe feet or þe hed.
ijus Ameraunt
At þe hed so mote I the
and ho so come here he is but ded.
ius Arfaxat ii
And I wole kepe þe feet þis tyde
þow þer come both jakke and gylle.
iijus cosdram iii
And I xal kepe þe ryth syde
and ho so come I xal hym kylle.
iiijus Affraunt 4
And I wole on þe lefte hand ben
and ho so come here he xal nevyr then
fful sekyrly his bane xal I ben
with dyntys of dowte
syr pylat
Syr pylat haue good day
We xal kepyn þe body in clay
And we xal wakyn wele þe way
and wayten all abowte
Pylatus
Now jentyl serys wole ȝe vouch-saffe
to go with me and sele þe graffe
þat he ne aryse out of þe grave
Þat is now ded
Cayphas
We graunte wel lete us now go
Whan it is selyd and kepte Also
Than be we sekyr with-owtyn wo
And have of hym no dred.
Tunc ibunt ad sepulcrum pilatus Cayphas Annas et omnes milites et dicit
Annas
Loo here is wax ful redy dyght
Sett on ȝour sele anon ful ryght
þan be ȝe sekyr I ȝow plyght
he xal not rysyn agayn.
Pilatus
On þis corner my seal xal sytt
And with þis wax I sele þis pytt
now dare I ley he xal nevyr flytt
out of þis grave serteayn.
Annas
Here is more wax fful redy loo
all þe cornerys ȝe sele Also
And with a lokke loke it too
Than lete us gon oure way
And lete þese knytys abydyn þer by
And yf hese dysciplys com preuyly
to stele awey þis ded body
to vs they hem brynge with-out delay.
Pilatas
Pylat Annas and cayphas go to þer skaffaldys and þe knyghtys sey[OMITTED]
Affraunt 4
Now in þis grownnde
he lyeth bounde
þat tholyd wounde
ffor he was ffals
þis lefft cornere
I wyl kepe here
Armyd clere
bothe hed and hals.
Cosdran 3
I wyl haue þis syde
what so betyde
If any man ryde
to stele þe cors
I xal hym chyde
with woundys wyde
Amonge hem glyde
with fyne fors.
Ameraunt ijus
The hed I take
here by to wake
A stele stake
I holde in honde
Maystryes to make
crownys I crake
Schafftys to shake
And Schapyn schonde.
Arfaxat ius
I xal not lete
to kepe þe fete
they ar ful w ...
walterid in blood
He þat wyll stalke
be brook or balke
hedyr to walke
þo wrecchis be wood.
ius miles
Myn heed dullyth
myn herte ffullyth
of sslepp
Seynt Mahownd
þis bereynge grownd
þou kepp.
ijus miles
I sey þe same
ffor Any blame
I falle
Mahownde whelpe
Aftyr þin helpe
I calle.
3us miles
I am hevy as leed
ffor Any dred
I slepe
Mahownd of myght
þis ston to nyght
þou kepe.
4us miles
I haue no foot
to stonde on root
by brynke
here I Aske
to go to taske
A wynke.
Cayphas
herk sere pylat lyst to me
I xal þe telle tydyngys new
of o thyng we must ware be
er ellys here after we myth it rewe.
þou wotyst weyl þat jhesu
he seyd to us with wordys pleyn
he seyd we xuld fynd it trew
þe thryd day he wold ryse agey
yf þat hese dyscyplys come serteyn
and out of his graue stele hym away
þei wyl go preche and pleyn seyn
þat he is reson þe thryd day.
þis is þe cowncel þat I gyf here
take men and gyf hem charge þerto
to weche þe grave with gret power
tyl þe thryd day be go.
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Sere Cayphas it xal be do
for as ȝe say þer is peryl in
And it happend þat it were so
it myth make our lawys for to blyn
Ȝe xal se ser er þat ȝe go
how I xal þis mater saue
And what I xal sey þer-to
and what charge þei xal haue.
for as ȝe say þer is peryl in
And it happend þat it were so
it myth make our lawys for to blyn
Ȝe xal se ser er þat ȝe go
how I xal þis mater saue
And what I xal sey þer-to
and what charge þei xal haue.
Come forth ȝe ser Amorawnt
and ser Arphaxat com ner also
Ser Cosdram and ser Affraunt
and here þe charge þat ȝe must do
Serys to Jhesu is grave ȝe xal go
tyl þat þe thryd day be gon
and lete nother frend nor fo
in no wey to towche þe ston.
and ser Arphaxat com ner also
Ser Cosdram and ser Affraunt
and here þe charge þat ȝe must do
Serys to Jhesu is grave ȝe xal go
tyl þat þe thryd day be gon
and lete nother frend nor fo
in no wey to towche þe ston.
yf ony of hese dyscipelys come þer
to fech þe body fro ȝou a-way
bete hym down have ȝe no fere
with shamful deth do hym day
in payn of ȝour godys and ȝour lyvys
þat ȝe lete hem nowth shape ȝou fro
and of ȝour chyldere and ȝour wyfys
for al ȝe lese and ȝe do so.
to fech þe body fro ȝou a-way
bete hym down have ȝe no fere
with shamful deth do hym day
in payn of ȝour godys and ȝour lyvys
þat ȝe lete hem nowth shape ȝou fro
and of ȝour chyldere and ȝour wyfys
for al ȝe lese and ȝe do so.
ius miles
Sere pylat we xal not ses
we xal kepe it strong A-now.
ijus miles
Ȝa and An hunderyd put hem in pres
þei xal dey I make A vow.
iijus miles
And han honderyd fy on An C. and an C. þer-to
þer is non of hem xal us with-stonde.
iiijus miles
ȝa and þer com An hunderyd thowsand and mo
I xal hem kylle with myn honde.
314
wel serys þan ȝour part ȝe do.
And to ȝour charge loke ȝe take hede
With-owtyn wordys ony mo
here þe knytys gon out of be place
And to ȝour charge loke ȝe take hede
With-owtyn wordys ony mo
Wysly now þat ȝe procede.
lo ser cayphas how thynkyth ȝow
is not þis wel browth Abowth.
is not þis wel browth Abowth.
Cayphas
in feyth ser it is sure A-now
hardely haue ȝe no dowth.
ius Arfaxat ij
let se ser amaraunt where wele ȝe be
wole ȝe kepe þe feet or þe hed.
ijus Ameraunt
At þe hed so mote I the
and ho so come here he is but ded.
ius Arfaxat ii
And I wole kepe þe feet þis tyde
þow þer come both jakke and gylle.
iijus cosdram iii
And I xal kepe þe ryth syde
and ho so come I xal hym kylle.
iiijus Affraunt 4
And I wole on þe lefte hand ben
and ho so come here he xal nevyr then
fful sekyrly his bane xal I ben
with dyntys of dowte
syr pylat
Syr pylat haue good day
We xal kepyn þe body in clay
And we xal wakyn wele þe way
and wayten all abowte
Pylatus
Now jentyl serys wole ȝe vouch-saffe
to go with me and sele þe graffe
þat he ne aryse out of þe grave
Þat is now ded
315
We graunte wel lete us now go
Whan it is selyd and kepte Also
Than be we sekyr with-owtyn wo
And have of hym no dred.
Tunc ibunt ad sepulcrum pilatus Cayphas Annas et omnes milites et dicit
Annas
Loo here is wax ful redy dyght
Sett on ȝour sele anon ful ryght
þan be ȝe sekyr I ȝow plyght
he xal not rysyn agayn.
Pilatus
On þis corner my seal xal sytt
And with þis wax I sele þis pytt
now dare I ley he xal nevyr flytt
out of þis grave serteayn.
Annas
Here is more wax fful redy loo
all þe cornerys ȝe sele Also
And with a lokke loke it too
Than lete us gon oure way
And lete þese knytys abydyn þer by
And yf hese dysciplys com preuyly
to stele awey þis ded body
to vs they hem brynge with-out delay.
Pilatas
On every corner now is sett my seale
now is myn herte in welthe and wele
This may no brybour a-wey now stele
þis body from vndyr ston
Now syr buschoppe I pray to the
And Annas also com on with me
Evyn to-gedyr all we thre
hom-ward þe wey we gon.
now is myn herte in welthe and wele
This may no brybour a-wey now stele
þis body from vndyr ston
Now syr buschoppe I pray to the
And Annas also com on with me
Evyn to-gedyr all we thre
hom-ward þe wey we gon.
As wynde wrothe
knyghtys now goht
clappyd in cloth
and kepyth hym well
loke ȝe be bolde
with me for to holde
Ȝe xul haue gold
And helme of stele.
knyghtys now goht
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and kepyth hym well
loke ȝe be bolde
with me for to holde
Ȝe xul haue gold
And helme of stele.
Pylat Annas and cayphas go to þer skaffaldys and þe knyghtys sey[OMITTED]
Affraunt 4
Now in þis grownnde
he lyeth bounde
þat tholyd wounde
ffor he was ffals
þis lefft cornere
I wyl kepe here
Armyd clere
bothe hed and hals.
Cosdran 3
I wyl haue þis syde
what so betyde
If any man ryde
to stele þe cors
I xal hym chyde
with woundys wyde
Amonge hem glyde
with fyne fors.
Ameraunt ijus
The hed I take
here by to wake
A stele stake
I holde in honde
Maystryes to make
crownys I crake
317
And Schapyn schonde.
Arfaxat ius
I xal not lete
to kepe þe fete
they ar ful w ...
walterid in blood
He þat wyll stalke
be brook or balke
hedyr to walke
þo wrecchis be wood.
ius miles
Myn heed dullyth
myn herte ffullyth
of sslepp
Seynt Mahownd
þis bereynge grownd
þou kepp.
ijus miles
I sey þe same
ffor Any blame
I falle
Mahownde whelpe
Aftyr þin helpe
I calle.
3us miles
I am hevy as leed
ffor Any dred
I slepe
Mahownd of myght
þis ston to nyght
þou kepe.
4us miles
I haue no foot
to stonde on root
by brynke
318
to go to taske
A wynke.
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