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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Folio 69 Verso
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Be hold the paynemes / of whom that I was take •
Be hold the cordes / with which þat I was bounde •
Be hold the Armoures / which made my herte to quake •
Be hold the gardeyn In which þat I was founde •
Be hold how Iudas / toke xxx pens rounde •
Be hold his tresoun / beholde his couetyse •
Be hold how I / with mortałł wounde •
Was1 like a lambe offred in sacrifice •
So my discyple / which that hath me sold •
And se this feyned fals salutacioun •
And se the monye / whicħ that he hath told •
And se his kyssyng and false decepcioun2 •
Be hold also the compassed false tresoun •
Take as a thef / with lanternes in ther guyse •
And afterwarde for mannes redemcioun •
Was3 like a lambe offered in sacryfice •
Be hold to cayphas how he was presented •
Be hold how Pilat lyst ȝeve me no respite •
Be hold how bysshopes / were to my deth assented •
And se how herawde had me in despite •
And like a fool how I was clad in whight •
Drawen as a feloun in most cruełł wyse •
And last of alle I after ther deligħt •
Was4 like a lambe offered in sacryfice •
Notes
  1. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  2. There is a suspension mark over the terminal "oun" here, but it is likely to be an otiose mark as the word has both "u" and "n" present and the following line lacks any suspension mark at all. ↩
  3. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  4. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩

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