2   And Pilat axide him, Art thou kyng of Jewis? And he answeringe seith to him, Thou seyst. 3   And the hi&yogh;este prestis accusiden him in manye thingis. 4   Pilat forsothe eftsoone axide him, seyinge. Thou answerist not ony thing? Seest thou, in how manye thingis thei accusen thee? 5   Forsothe Jhesus more no thing answeride, so that Pilat `schulde wondre. 6   Forsoth by `a solemne day he was wont to leeue to hem oon bounden, whom euere thei axiden. 7   Forsoth `there was he that was seid Barabas, that was boundun with `sleeris of men, and that hadde don manslau&yogh;tre in `seducioun, that is, debaat in cytee. 8   And whanne the cumpany hadde `sti&yogh;e vp, he bigan for to preye, as he euermore dide to hem. 9   Sothely Pilat answeride to hem, and seide, Wolen &yogh;e I leeue to &yogh;ou the kyng of Jewis? 10   Sothli he wiste, that the hi&yogh;este prestis hadden taken him by enuye. 11   Forsothe the bischopis stireden the cumpenye `of peple, that more he schulde leeue to hem Barabas. 12   Forsoth eftsoone Pilat answeringe seith to hem, What therfore wolen &yogh;e I schal do to the kyng of Jewis? 13   And thei eftsoone crieden, Crucifie hym, or `put hym on the cros. 14   Forsoth Pilat seide to hem, Sothli what of yuel hath he don? And thei crieden more, Crucifie him. 15   Sothli Pilat willinge for to `do ynow to the peple, lefte to hem Barabas, and bitook `to hem Jhesu, smyten, `or betun, with scourgis, that he schulde be crucified. 16   Forsothe kny&yogh;tis ledden him withynne, in to the floor of the moot halle, and clepiden to

gidere al the cumpenye of kny&yogh;tis, 17   and clothiden him with purpur. And thei foldinge a corowne of thornes, puttiden to `him; 18   and bigunnen for to greet him, sayinge, Hail, thou kyng of Jewis. 19   And thei smyten his heed with a reede, and bispatten him; and `puttinge her knees thei worshipiden him. 20   And aftir that thei hadden scornyd him, thei vnclothiden him fro purpur, and clothedyn him with his clothis, and ledden him, that thei schulde crucifie him. 21   And thei constreyneden sum man passynge forth, Symount of Syrenen, comynge fro the town, the fadir of Alysandre and Rufe, that he schulde take his cross. 22   And thei ledden him in to a place Golgotha, that is interpretid, `or expowned, the place of Caluarie. 23   And thei &yogh;auen him for to drynke wyn meddelid with myrre, and he took not. 24   And thei crucifiynge him departiden his clothis, sendinge lot, who what schulde take. 25   Forsoth it was the thridde our, that `men clepen vndrun, and thei crucifieden him. 26   And the title of his cause was writun, Jhesus of Nazareth, kyng of Jewis. 27   And thei crucifien with him twey theues, oon `at the ri&yogh;t-half, `and oon at his lefthalf. 28   And the prophecie is fulfild that seith, And he is gesside, `or ordeyned, with wickide men. 29   And passinge forth thei blasfemyden him, mouynge her heedis, and seyinge, Fy&yogh;! thou that distroyest the temple of God, and in thre dayes a&yogh;en bildest it; 30   thou comynge down fro the cros, make thi self saf. 31   Also and the hi&yogh;este prestes scornynge

him, ech to other, with scribis, seiden, `Crist, kyng of Yrael, maade othere men saf, `he maye not saue him silue. 32   Come he down now fro the cross, that we se, and bileue. And thei that weren crucified with him, puttedyn wrong, `or fals repref, to him. 33   And the sixte our, `or mydday, maad, derknessis ben maad vpon al the erthe til `in to the nynthe our, `that is, noon. 34   And in the nynthe our Jhesus criede with greet vois, seyynge, `Heloy, Heloy, lamazabatany, the which `interpretid is, My God, my God, whi, `or wherto, hast thou forsake me? 35   And summe of men stondinge aboute heeringe seiden, Lo! he clepith Hely. 36   Sothli oon rennynge, and fillinge a sponge with vynegre, and puttinge aboute to a reede, &yogh;aue him drynke, seyinge, Suffre &yogh;e, se we, if Hely come for to do hym down. 37   Forsoth Jhesus, a greet vois sent out, deiede, `or sente out the breth. 38   And the veil of the temple is kitt in to tweyne fro the hi&yogh;este til to down, `or bynethe. 39   Forsoth centurio seynge, `the which stood euene a&yogh;enst, for so criynge he hadde deied, seith, Verrili, this man was `Goddis sone. 40   Sothli `there weren and othere wymmen biholdinge fro affer, among whiche was Mary Mawdeleyn, and Mari of James the lasse, and `modir of Joseph, and Salome. 41   And whanne Jhesus was in Galilee, thei folowiden him, and mynystriden to him, and manye othere wymmen, that `to gidere sti&yogh;eden vp with him to Jerusalem. 42   And whanne euentyd was now maad, for it was the euentyd bifore the

saboth, 43   Joseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, `that hadde ten men vndir him, cam, the which and he was abidinge the rewme of God; and hardily he entride in to Pilat, and axide the body of Jhesu. 44   Forsothe Pilat wondride, if he hadde now deied. 45   And centurio `axid to, `or brou&yogh;t to, he axide him, if he were now deed; and whanne he hadde knowun of centurio, he &yogh;af the body of Jhesu to Joseph. 46   `Sothli Joseph byinge him `lynnen cloth, and doynge him doun, wlappede in the lynen cloth, and puttide in a `newe sepulcre that was hewen in a stoon, and walewid to a stoon at the mouth of the sepulcre.

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