A   The ^note feast of swete breed drue nye, which is called Easter, and the hye Prestes, and Scrybes ^note sought how they myght kyll him, for they feared the people. ^noteThen entred Satan into Iudas, whose syr name was Iscarioth (which was of the nombre of the twelue) and he went his waye and c&obar;muned with the hye prestes and officers, how he myght betraye him to th&ebar;. And they were glad ∧ promysed to geue hym money. And he c&obar;sented, and sought oportunyte to betraye hym vnto them, when the people were awaye.

^noteThen came the daye of swete breed, wh&ebar; of necessyte Passeouer must be offered. And he sent Peter ∧ Iohn, sayinge: go ∧ prepare vs the Passeouer, that we maye eate. They sayde vnto him. Where wilt thou, þt; we prepare? And he sayd vnto th&ebar;: Beholde, when ye entre into the cytie, B   ther shall a man mete you, bearynge a pytcher of water, h&ibar; folowe into the same house that he entreth in, and ye shall saye vnto the good man of the house: The master sayeth vnto the: where is þe; gest chamber, where I shall eate Passeouer &wt; my disciples? And he shall shewe you a greate parloure paued. Ther make ready. And they went and founde as he had sayd vnto them, and they made ready the Passeouer.

^noteAnd when the houre was come, he sate downe, ∧ the .xij. Apostles wyth hym. And he sayde vnto them: I haue inwardly desyred to eate thys Passeouer wyth you, before that I suffre. For I saye vnto you: hence forth I wyll not eate of it eny more, vntyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God. And he toke the cup, and gaue thankes, and sayd: Take thys, and deuyde it amonge you. For I saye vnto you: I wyll not dryncke of the frute of the vyne, vntyll the kyngdome of God come.

^noteAnd he toke breed, and whan he had geuen thankes, he brake it, and gaue vnto th&ebar;, sayinge: Thys is my body, whych is geuen for you. Thys do, in the remembraunce of me. Lykewyse also, when he had supped, he toke the cup, sayinge: Thys cup is the new testament in my bloude, whych is shedd for you.

Yet beholde, þe; h&abar;de of hym that betrayeth me, is wyth me on the table. And trulye the sonne of man goeth, as it is apoynted: But wo vnto that m&abar;, by whom he is betrayed. And they began to enquyre amonge them

selues, whych of them it was, þt; shulde do it.

C   &cross2; And ther was a stryfe amonge them, whych of them shuld seme to be the greatest. And he sayde vnto them: the kynges of nacyons raygne ouer them: and they that haue auctoryte vpon them, are called gracious lordes. But ye shall not be so. ^noteBut he that is greatest amonge you, shalbe as the younger: and he that is chefe, shalbe as he that doth mynister. For whether is greater, he that sytteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he þt; sytteth at meate? But I am am&obar;ge you, as he þt; mynistreth. Ye are they, whych haue bydden wyth me in my temptacyons. And I apoynt vnto you a kyngdom, as my father hath apoynted to me: that ye maye eate and dryncke at my table in my kyngdome, ∧ ^note syt on seates, iudgynge the twelue trybes of Israell. &cross3;

And the Lord sayde: Symon, Simon, beholde, Satan hath desyred to syfte you, as it were wheate: but I haue prayed for the, that thy fayth fayle not. And when thou arte conuerted, strength thy brethren. And he sayde vnto hym: ^note Lorde, I am ready to go wyth the into preson, and to deeth. D   And he sayd: I tell the Peter, the cocke shall not crowe thys daye, tyll thou haue thryse denyed that thou knewest me.

And he sayde vnto them: ^note when I sent you wythout wallet and scryppe and shoes lacked ye eny thynge? And they sayde, no. Then he sayde vnto them: but now he that hath a wallet, let hym take it vp, and lykewyse hys scrippe. And he þt; hath no swearde, let hym sell hys coate, and bye one. . For I saye vnto you, that yet the same whych is wrytten, must be performed in me: ^note euen among the wycked was he reputed. For those thynges whych are wrytten of me, haue an ende. And they sayde: Lorde, beholde, here are two sweardes. And he sayde vnto them: it is ynough.

^noteAnd he came out, and went (as he was wonte) to mounte Olyuete. And the discyples folowed hym. And when he came to the place, he sayd vnto them: ^note praye, lest ye fall into temptacyon.

E    ^noteAnd he gate hym selfe from them, about a stones cast, and kneled downe, &abar;d prayed, saying: Father, yf thou wylt, remoue thys cup from me. Neuerthelesse, ^note not my wyll, but thyne be fulfylled. And ther appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen, confortynge hym. And he was in an agoyne, and prayed the longer. And hys sweate was lyke droppes of bloud, trycklynge downe to þe; gro&ubar;de. And whan he rose vp from prayer and was come to hys discyples, he founde them slepynge for heuynesse, and sayde vnto them: why slepe ye? Ryse, and praye, lest ye fall into temptacyon.

^noteWhyll he yet spake: beholde, ther came a company, and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue, went before them, and preased nye vnto Iesus, to kysse hym. But Iesus sayde vnto hym: Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of man wyth a kysse? Wh&ebar; they which were about hym, sawe what wolde folow, they sayde vnto him: Lorde, shall we smyte with swearde. ^note F   And one of th&ebar; smote a seruaunt of the hye preste, ∧ stroke of his ryght eare. Iesus answered ∧ sayde: suffre ye thus farre forth. And whan he touched hys eare he healed hym.

Then Iesus sayde vnto the hye prestes and rulers of the temple and the elders, whych were come to hym. Ye be come out, as vnto a thefe, wyth sweardes and staues. When I was dayly wyth you in the temple, ye stretched forth no handes agaynst me. But thys is euen youre very houre, and the power of darcknes. Then toke they hym, and ledde hym, and brought hym to the hye Preastes house. But Peter folowed a farre of

And when they had kyndled a fyre in the myddes of the palace, and were set downe together. ^notePeter also sate downe amonge them. But whan one of the wenches behelde hym, as he sate by the fyer (and loked vp on hym) she sayde: thys same felow was also wyth hym. ^noteAnd he denyed hym, saying: woman: I knowe hym not. And after a lytell whyle, another sawe hym, &abar;d sayd, thou art also of them. And Peter sayd: man I am not. And about the space of an houre after, another affyrmed, sayinge: verely thys felowe was wyth hym also, for he is of Galile. And Peter sayde: m&abar; I wote not what thou sayest. And immediatly whyll he yet spake, þe; cocke crew. G   And the Lorde tourned backe, and loked vpon Peter. ^noteAnd Peter remembred the worde of the Lord, how he had sayd vnto hym: before the cocke crowe, thou shalt deuye me thryse. And Peter went out, and wepte byttrely.

And the m&ebar; that toke Iesus, mocked him, and smote him: and wh&abar; they had blyndfolded him, they stroke hym on the face, ∧ asked hym, saying: arede, who is it that smote the? And many other thynges despytfullye sayd they agaynst hym.

And assone as it was daye, the elders of the people and the hye Prestes and Scrybes, came together, and ledde hym into their co&ubar;cell, sayinge: art thou very Chryst? tell vs. And he sayde vnto them: yf I tell you, ye wyll not beleue. And yf I aske you, ye wyll not answere me, nor let me go: ^note Her after shall the sonne of man syt on the ryght hand of the power of God. Then sayde they all: art thou then the sonne of God? He sayd: ye saye that I am. And they sayde: ^note what

nede we eny further wytnes? For we oure selues haue herde of hys awne mouth.

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