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Folio 79 Recto
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And alle ẏe women / tappere mẏn heuẏnesse •
remembreth the processe / of his dredful victorie •
So to for pilat / bẏ manẏ fals wẏtnesse •
how he was dampned in the Concẏstorẏe •
Radde ẏe euere // or sauh in his storẏs •
Of anẏ sorwes // that maẏ compared be •
on to the sorwẏs // grave in mẏ memorẏe •
To se mẏ sone / thus naẏlled to a tre •
And ẏif ẏe lẏke // of routhe for to leere •
and at mẏ terẏs ẏeve ẏe nat dẏsdeẏne •
but of compassioun // meeklẏ lẏst to heere •
how a sharp suerd / mẏn hert hath corve on tweẏne •
A1 swerd of sorwe / thoruħ perced euerẏ veẏne •
now deth hath slaẏn mẏ sone and spareth me •
allas fro wepẏng // how sholde I me restreẏne •
To se mẏ sone // thus naẏlled to a tre •
O peple onkẏnde / whẏ wil ẏe noon heed take •
to se the lord // of helle erthe and hevene •
meek as a lamb / thus offred for ẏour sake •
To sle the dragoun / with his hedẏs sevene •
dauntẏng the power // of his Infernal levene •
Out of his thraldam / to make ẏow go ffre •
with manẏ mo woundẏs / than anẏ man can nevene •
whan he at Calvarẏ / was naylled to a tre •
Notes
  1. This appears to have been an intentional decoration of a mid-stanza capital, perhaps to draw emphasis to the line. Unlike where it occurs in other witnesses, it does not take the place of rubrication or illustration of the capital of the next stanza. ↩

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