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				Mary Magdalene 
				Peter 
				Paul 
				Apostle 3 
				Apostle 4 
				Apostle 5 
				Jesus 
				Apostle 6 
				Apostle 7 
				Apostle 8 
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				Thomas 
				 
				Thomas Indie 
				 
				Hayll, brether, and God be here. 
				I bryng to amende youre chere: 
				Trist ye it and knawe 
				He is rysen, the soth to say. 
				I met hym goyng bi the way; 
				He bad me tell it you. 
				 
				Do way, woman, thou carpys wast. 
				It is som spirite or els som gast; 
				Othere was it noght. 
				We may trow on no kyns wyse 
				That ded man may to lyfe ryse. 
				This then is oure thoght. 
				 
				It may be sothe for mans mede 
				The Jues maide hym grymly blede 
				Thrugh feete, handys, and syde; 
				With nayles on rode thay dyd hym hang, 
				Wherfor, woman, thou says wrang, 
				As myght I blys abide. 
				 
				Do way youre threpyng! Ar ye wode? 
				I sagh hym that dyed on roode 
				And with hym spake with mowth. 
				Therfor you both, red I, 
				Putt away youre heresy; 
				Tryst it stedfast and cowth. 
				 
				Do way, woman; let be thi fare 
				For shame and also syn; 
				If we make never sich care, 
				His lyfe may we not wyn. 
				 
				And it is wretyn in oure law: 
				Ther is no trust in womans saw, 
				No trust faith to belefe, 
				For with thare quayntyse and thare gyle 
				Can thay laghe and wepe somwhile 
				And yit nothyng theym grefe. 
				 
				In oure bookes thus fynde we wretyn — 
				All manere of men well it wyttyn — 
				Of women on this wyse: 
				Till an appyll she is lyke; 
				Withoutten faill ther is none slyke 
				In horde ther it lyse. 
				 
				Bot if a man assay it wittely, 
				It is full roten inwardly, 
				At the colke within. 
				Wherfor in woman is no laghe, 
				For she is withoutten aghe, 
				As Crist me lowse of syn. 
				 
				Therfor trast we not trystely, 
				Bot if we sagh it witterly 
				Then wold we trastly trow; 
				In womans saw affy we noght, 
				For thay ar fekill in word and thoght, 
				This make I myne avowe. 
				 
				As be I lowsid of my care, 
				It is as trew as ye stand thare, 
				By hym that is my brothere. 
				I dar lay my heede to wed 
				Or that we go untill oure bed 
				That we shall here anothere. 
				 
				If it be sothe that we here say, 
				Or this thrid day be away 
				The sothe then mon we se. 
				Bot it be sothe to trow 
				As ye mon here, els pray I you 
				For fals that ye hold me. 
				 
				Waloway, my lefe deres. 
				There I stand in this sted, 
				Sich sorow my hart sheres 
				For rewth I can no red. 
				Sen that Mawdleyn witnes beres 
				That Jesus rose from ded, 
				Myn ees has letten salt teres 
				On erthe to se hym trede. 
				 
				Bot alas that ever I woke 
				That carefull catyf nyght, 
				When I for care and cold qwoke 
				By a fyre burnyng full bright, 
				When I my Lord Jesu forsoke 
				For drede of womans myght. 
				A rightwys dome I will me loke, 
				That I tyne not that semely sight. 
				 
				Bot ever alas, what was I wode. 
				Myght no man be abastir. 
				I saide if he nede bestode 
				To hym shuld none be trastir; 
				And for a woman that there stode 
				That spake to me of frastir, 
				I saide I knew not that good 
				Creature, my master. 
				 
				Alas, that we fro thee fled, 
				That we ne had with thee gone. 
				When thou with Jues was sted, 
				With thee was dwelland none 
				Bot forsoke thee that us fed, 
				For we wold not be tayn; 
				We were as prysoners sore adred 
				With Jues for to be slayn. 
				 
				Now Jesu, for thi lyfe swete 
				Who hath thus mastryd thee, 
				That in the breede that we eytt 
				Thiself gyffen wold be, 
				And sythen thrugh handys and feytt 
				Be nalyd on a tre? 
				Grauntt us grace that we may yit 
				Thi light in manhede se. 
				 
				Tunc venit Jesus et cantat “pax vobis” et non tardabit. 1 
				 
				Hec est dies quam fecit dominus: 2 
				This is the day that God maide; 
				All be we glad and blythe. 
				The Holy Gost before us glad 
				Full softly on his sithe. 
				Red clethyng apon he had 
				And blys to us can kith; 
				Softly on the erthe he trade, 
				Full myldly he did lythe. 
				 
				This dede thrugh God is done 
				Thus in all oure sight. 
				Mighty God, true kyng in trone, 
				Whose Son in Marye light, 
				Sende us, Lord, thi blissid bone, 
				As thou art God of myght, 
				Sothly to se hym sone 
				And have of hym a sight. 
				 
				Iterum venit Jesus et cantat “pax vobis” et non tardabit. 3 
				 
				Whoso commys in Goddys name 
				Ay blissid mot he be; 
				Mightfull God shelde us fro shame 
				In thi moder name Marie. 
				Thise wykid Jues will us blame; 
				Thou grauntt us for to se 
				The self body and the same 
				The which that died on tre. 
				 
				Peasse emangys you everichon. 
				It is I, drede you noght, 
				That was wonte with you to gone 
				And dere with ded you boght. 
				Grope and fele flesh and bone 
				And fourme of man well wroght; 
				Sich thyng has goost none. 
				Loke wheder ye knawe me oght. 
				 
				My rysyng fro dede to lyfe 
				Shall no man agane moytt; 
				Behold my woundes fyfe 
				Thrugh handys, syde, and foytt. 
				To ded can luf me dryfe 
				And styrryd my hart roytt; 
				Of syn who will hym shryfe 
				Thyes woundys shal be his boytt. 
				 
				For oon so swete a thyng 
				Myself so lefe had wroght, 
				Man sawll, my dere derlyng, 
				To batell was I broght. 
				For it thay can me dyng 
				To bryng out of my thoght; 
				On roode can thay me hyng, 
				Yit luf forgate I noght. 
				 
				Luf makys me, as ye may se, 
				Strenkyllid with blood so red 
				Luf gars me have hart so fre 
				It opyns every sted. 
				Luf so fre so dampnyd me 
				It drofe me to the ded. 
				Luf rasid me thrug his pausté; 
				It is swetter then med. 
				 
				Wytterly, man, to thee I cry: 
				Thou yeme my Fader fere. 
				Thyn awne sawll kepe cleynly 
				Whyls thou art wardan here; 
				Slo it not with thi body 
				Synnyng in synnes sere. 
				On me and it thou have mercy, 
				For I have boght it dere. 
				 
				Mi dere freyndys, now may ye se 
				Forsoth that it is I 
				That dyed apon the roode tre 
				And sythen rose bodely. 
				That it allgatys sothfast be 
				Ye shall se hastely; 
				Of youre mett gif ye me 
				Sich as ye have redy. 
				 
				Paratur mensa et offerat sextus apostolus favum mellis et piscem, dicendo, 4 
				 
				Lord, lo, here a rostid fish 
				And a comb of hony 
				Laide full fare in a dish 
				And full honestly. 
				Here is none othere mett bot this 
				In all oure company, 
				Bot well is us that we have this 
				To thi lykyng only. 
				 
				Mi dere Fader of heven 
				That maide me borne to be 
				Of a madyn withoutten steven 
				And sithen to die on tre, 
				From ded to lif at set stevyn, 
				Rasid me thrugh thi paustee 
				With the wordys that I shall neven, 
				This mette thou blis thrugh me: 
				 
				In the Fader name and the Son 
				And the Holy Gast, 
				Thre persons to knaw and con 
				In oone godhede stedfast, 
				I gif this mett my benyson 
				Thrugh wordys of myghtys mast. 
				Now will I ette as I was won 
				My manhede eft to tast. 
				 
				My dere freyndys, lay hand till, 
				Eyttys for charité. 
				I ette at my Fader will; 
				At my will ette now ye. 
				That I ette is to fulfill 
				That writen is of me 
				In Moyses law, for it is skyll 
				Fulfillyd that it be. 
				 
				Myn ye noght that I you told 
				In certan tyme and sted, 
				When I gaf myself to wold 
				To you in fourme of bred, 
				That my body shuld be sold, 
				My bloode be spylt so red, 
				This cors gravyn ded and cold 
				The thrid day ryse fro ded? 
				 
				Youre hartes was fulfillyd with drede 
				Whyls I have fro you bene, 
				The rysyng of my manhede 
				Unethes wold ye weyn. 
				Of trouth now may ye spede 
				Thorow stedfast wordys and cleyn. 
				Leyf freyndys, trow now the dede 
				That ye with ees have sene. 
				 
				Ye have forthynkyng and shame 
				For youre dysseferance; 
				I forgif you the blame. 
				In me now have affyance. 
				The folk that ar with syn lame, 
				Preche theym to repentance. 
				Forgif syn in my name; 
				Enjoyne theym to penance. 
				 
				The grace of the Holy Gost to wyn, 
				Resave here at me 
				The which shall never blyn. 
				 
				Hic respirat in eos. 5 
				 
				I gif you here pausté: 
				Whom in erth ye lowse of syn 
				In heven lowsyd shall be, 
				And whom in erthe ye bynd therin 
				In heven bonden be he. 
				 
				Hic discedet ab eis. 6 
				 
				Jesu Crist in Trynyté, 
				Jesu to cry and call 
				That borne was of a madyn fre, 
				Thou save us synfull all; 
				For us hanged apon a tre, 
				Drank asell and gall, 
				Thi servandys save fro vanyté 
				In wanhope that we not fall. 
				 
				Brethere, be we stabyll of thoght, 
				Wanhope put we away 
				Of mysbelefe that we be noght; 
				For we may safly say 
				He that mankynde on rood boght 
				Fro dede rose the thryd day; 
				We se the woundys in hym was wroght, 
				All blody yit were thay. 
				 
				He told us fyrst he shuld be tayn 
				And for mans syn shuld dy, 
				Be ded and beryd under a stayn 
				And after ryse up bodely; 
				Now is he quyk fro grafe gon 
				He cam and stode us by 
				And lete us se ilkon 
				The woundys of his body. 
				 
				Deth that is so kene 
				Jesu overcomen has; 
				As he us told yit may we mene 
				Fro ded how he shuld pas. 
				Jesu stode witnes betwene 
				That with hym dwelland was; 
				All his dyscyples has hym sene, 
				Safe oonly Thomas. 
				 
				If that I prowde as pacok go, 
				My hart is full of care; 
				If any sorow myght a man slo, 
				My hart in sonder it share. 
				Mi life wyrkys me all this wo; 
				Of blys I am full bare, 
				Yit wold I nawthere freynd ne fo 
				Wyst how wo me ware. 7 
				 
				Jesu, my lyfe so good, 
				Ther none myght better be, 
				None wysere man then better food, 
				Nor none kyndere then he: 
				The Jues have nalyd his cors on rood, 
				Nalyd with nales thre, 
				And with a spere thay spylt his blood; 
				Great sorow it was to se. 
				 
				To se the stremes of blood ryn, 
				Well more then doyll it was, 
				Sich great payn for mans syn, 
				Sich doyllfull ded he has. 
				I have lyfid withoutten wyn 
				Sen he to ded can pas, 
				For he was fare of cheke and chyn. 
				For doyll of ded, alas. 
				 
				Hic pergit ad discipulos. 8 
				 
				Myghty God for to dyscryfe, 
				That never dyed ne shall 
				Wo and wandreth from you dryfe 
				That ye not therin fall. 
				He thee save with woundys fyfe, 
				His Son Jesu to call, 
				That rose from deth to lyfe 
				And shewyd hym till us all. 
				 
				Whannow, Peter, art thou mad? 
				On lyfe who was hym lyke? 
				For his deth I am not glad; 
				For sorow my hart will breke, 
				That with the Jues he was so stad 
				To ded they can hym wreke. 
				Thou hym forsoke, so was thou rad 
				When they to thee can speke. 
				 
				Let be, leyf brothere Thomas, 
				And turne thi thoght belyfe, 
				For the thryd day Jesus rase 
				Fleshly fro ded to lyfe. 
				Till us all he cam apase 
				And shewyd his woundys fyfe 
				And lyfyng man, and etten hase 
				Hony takyn of a hyfe. 
				 
				Let be, for shame. Apartly 
				Fantom dyssavys thee. 
				Ye sagh hym not bodely; 
				His gost it myght well be, 
				For to glad youre hartes sory 
				In youre adversyté. 
				He luffyd us well and faythfully, 
				Therfor sloes sorow me. 
				 
				Thou wote, Thomas, and sothe it was, 
				And oft has thou hard say 
				How a fysh swalod Jonas: 
				Thre dayes therin he lay, 
				Yit gaf God hym myght to pas 
				Whyk man to wyn away; 
				Might not God that sich myght has 
				Rase his Son apon the thryd day? 
				 
				Man, if thou can understand, 
				Cryst saide hisself, mynnys me, 
				That all lokyn was in his hande, 
				All oone was God and he, 
				The son wax marke, all men seand, 
				When he died on the tre. 
				Therfor am I full sore dredand 
				That who myght his boote be. 
				 
				The Holy Gost in Marye light, 
				And in hir madynhede 
				Goddys Son she held, and dight 
				And cled hym in manhede; 
				For luf he wentt as he had hight 
				To fight withoutten drede; 
				When he had termynd that fight, 
				He skypt outt of his wede. 
				 
				If he skypt outt of his clethyng 
				Yit thou grauntys his cors was ded; 
				It was his cors that maide shewyng 
				Unto you in his sted? 
				For to trow in youre carpyng 
				My hart is hevy as led; 
				His dede me bryngys in great mowrneyng, 
				And I withoutten red. 
				 
				The gost went to hell apase 
				Whils the cors lay slayn, 
				And broght the sawles from Sathanas 
				For which he suffred payn. 
				The thryd day right he gase 
				Right unto the cors agayn; 
				Mighty God and man he rose 
				And therfor ar we fayn. 
				 
				All sam to me ye flyte, 
				Youre resons fast ye shawe; 
				Bot tell me a skyll perfyte, 
				Any of you on raw: 
				When Cryst cam you to vysyte, 
				As ye tell me with saw, 
				A whyk man from spyryte, 
				Wherby couth ye hym knaw? 
				 
				Thomas, unto thee anone 
				Herto answere I will: 
				Man has both flesh and bone, 
				Hu hyde and hore thertill; 
				Sich thyng has goost none. 
				Thomas, lo, here thi skyll: 
				Goddys Son toke of Mary flesh and bone; 
				What nede were els thertill? 
				 
				Thou has answerd me full wele 
				And full skylfully, 
				Bot my hart is harde as stele 
				To trow in sich mastry. 
				Say, bad he any of you fele 
				The woundys of his body, 
				Flesh or bone or ilka dele, 
				To assay his body? 
				 
				Yis, Thomas, he bad us se 
				And handill hym with hande 
				To loke wheder it were he, 
				Jesu, man lyfand 
				That dyed apon a tre. 
				Flesh and bone we fand; 
				His woundes had bene pyté 
				To towch that were bledand. 
				 
				Waloway, ye can no good. 
				Youre resons ar defaced; 
				Ye ar as women, rad for blood 
				And lightly oft solaced. 
				It was a goost before you stod, 
				Lyke hym in blood betraced; 
				His cors that dyed on rood 
				Forever hath deth embraced. 
				 
				Certys, Thomas, gretter care 
				Myght no synfull wight have 
				Then she had that wepyd so sare, 
				The Mawdleyn at his grave; 
				For sorow and doyll hir awne hare 
				Of hir hede she rent and rafe. 
				Jesu shewid hym till hir thare, 
				Hir sorow of syn to safe. 
				 
				Lo, sich foly with you is, 
				Wysemen that shuld be, 
				That thus a womans witnes trowys 
				Better then that ye se. 
				In all youre skylles, more and les, 
				For mysfowndyng fayll ye; 
				Might I se Jesu, gost and flesh, 
				Gropyng shuld not gab me. 
				 
				Lefe, Thomas, flyte no more 
				Bot trow and turne thi red, 
				Or els say us when and whore 
				Crist gabbyd in any sted, 
				For he saide us when thou was thore 
				When he hym gaf in bred 
				That he shuld salfe all oure sore 
				Quyk rysand fro ded. 
				 
				He was full sothfast in his sawes, 
				That dar I hertly say, 
				And rightwys in all his lawes 
				Whils that he lyfyd ay, 
				Bot sen he shuld thole hard thrawes 
				On tre whils that he lay, 
				Dede has determyd his dayes; 
				His lyfe noght trow I may. 
				 
				Thyne hard hart thi saull will dwyrd, 
				Thomas, bot if thou blyn. 
				He has ded conquerd 
				And weshen us all fro syn; 
				May nawder knyfe ne swerde 
				Hym eft to ded wyn. 
				Goddys myght in hym apperd 
				That nevermore shall blyn. 
				 
				That God I trow full wele 
				Goostly to you light, 
				Bot bodely never a dele, 
				Jesu that woundid wyght. 
				My hart is harde as stele 
				To trow in sich a myght, 
				Bot if I that wounde myght fele 
				That hym gaf Longeus the knyght. 
				 
				That wounde have we sene, Thomas, 
				And so has mo then we; 
				With Lucas and with Cleophas 
				He welke a day jurnee; 
				Thare hartes that for hym sory was 
				With prophecy comforted he. 
				To Emaus castell can thai pas 
				Ther hostyld thai all thre. 
				 
				Jesu, Goddys Son of heven, 
				At sopere satt betweyn; 
				Ther bred he brake as even 
				As it cutt had beyn. 
				Nothyng that ye may neven 
				His rysyng gars me weyn; 
				If ye me told sich seven 
				The more ye myght me teyn. 
				 
				Thomas, brothere, turne thi thoght 
				And trust that I say thee: 
				Jesu so dere has boght 
				Oure synnes apon a tree, 
				Which rysyng hath broght 
				Adam and his meneyee. 
				Lett be youre fayr; shew it noght 
				That he efte quyk shuld be. 
				 
				That must thou nedelyngys trow 
				If thou thi saull will save, 
				For that we saw we dar avowe: 
				Jesu rose quyk from grave. 
				I have you saide and yit dos now 
				Thise wordes to wast ye have. 
				He shewid hym not to you; 
				For mysfoundyng ye rafe. 
				 
				For we say that we have sene 
				Thou holdys us wars then wode. 
				Jesu lyfyng stod us betwene, 
				Oure Lord that with us yode. 
				I say ye wote never what ye mene. 
				A goost before you stode; 
				Ye wenyd that it had bene 
				The cors that died on roode. 
				 
				The cors that dyed on tre 
				Was berid in a stone; 
				The thurgh beside fande we 
				And in that grave cors was none. 
				His sudary ther myght we se, 
				And he thens whik was gone. 
				Noght bot stolne is he, 
				With Jues that hym have slone. 
				 
				Certys, Thomas, thou sais not right. 
				Thay wold hym not stele 
				For thay gart kepe hym day and nyght 
				With knyghtys that they held lele; 
				He rose has we have sene in sight 
				Fro all the Jues fele. 
				I lefe not bot if I myght 
				Myself with hym dele. 
				 
				He told us tythyngys, Thomas, 
				Yit mynnys me, 
				That as Jonas thre dayes was 
				In a fysh in the see, 
				So shuld he be, and bene has 
				In erth by dayes thre, 
				Pas fro ded, ryse — and rase 
				As he saide, done has he. 
				 
				Certys, that worde I harde hym say, 
				And so harde ye hym all, 
				Bot for nothyng trow I may 
				That it so shuld befall, 
				That he shuld ryse the thrid day 
				That dranke asell and gall. 
				Sen he was God and ded lay, 
				From ded who myght hym call? 
				 
				The Fader that hym sent 
				Rasid hym that was ded. 
				He comforth us in mowrnyng lent 
				And counseld us in red: 
				He bad us trow with good intent 
				His rysyng in every sted. 
				Thyne absens gars thi saull be shent 
				And makys thee hevy as led. 
				 
				Thou says soth: harde and hevy am I 
				To trow that ye me say. 
				Mi hardnes I trow skilfully, 
				For he told us thus ay 
				That his Fader was ever hym by 
				For all bot oon were thay. 
				That he rose bodely 
				For nothyng trow I may. 
				 
				May thou not trow withoutten mo 
				Forsothe that it was he? 
				Thomas, wherto shuld we say so? 
				Then wenys thou fals we be. 
				I wote youre hartes was full wo 
				And fownd with vanyté. 
				If ye swere all and ye were mo 
				I trow it not or that I se. 
				 
				Thomas, of errowre thou blyn 
				And till us turne thi mode. 
				Trow his rysyng by dayes threyn 
				Sen he died on the rode. 
				Noght bot I myght my fynger wyn 
				In sted as nayle stode, 
				And his syde my hande put in 
				Ther he shed his hart bloode. 
				 
				Brethere, all be with you peasse. 
				Leaffe stryfe that now is here. 
				Thomas, of thyn errowre seasse, 
				Of sothe witnes thou bere. 
				Putt thi hande in my syde, no fres, 
				Ther Longeus put his spere. 
				Loke, my rysyng be no les; 
				Let no wanhope thee dere. 
				 
				Mercy, Jesu, rew on me: 
				My hande is blody of thi blode! 
				Mercy, Jesu, for I se 
				Thi myght that I not understode. 
				Mercy, Jesu, I pray thee, 
				That for all synfull died on roode; 
				Mercy, Jesu, of mercy fre, 
				For thi goodnes that is so goode. 
				 
				Kest away my staf will I 
				And with no wepyn gang; 
				Mercy will I call and cry, 
				Jesu that on roode hang. 
				Rew on me, kyng of mercy; 
				Let me not cry thus lang. 
				Mercy, for the velany 
				Thou tholyd on Jues with wrang. 
				 
				Mi hat will I kest away, 
				My mantill sone onone; 
				Unto the poore help it may, 
				For richere knawe I none. 
				Mercy will I abyde and pray 
				To thee, Jesu, alone. 
				My synfull dede I rew ay; 
				To thee make I my mone. 
				 
				Mercy, Jesu, Lorde swete, 
				For thi fyfe woundys so sore: 
				Thou suffred thrugh handys and feete, 
				Thi semely side a spere it share. 
				Mercy, Jesu, Lord, yit 
				For thi moder that thee bare. 
				Mercy for the teres thou grett 
				When thou rasid Lazare. 
				 
				Mi gyrdill gay and purs of sylk 
				And cote, away thou shall. 
				Whils I am werere of swylke 
				The longere mercy may I call. 
				Jesu that soke the madyns mylk 
				Ware noght bot clothes of pall; 
				Thi close so can thai fro thee pyke, 9 
				On roode thay left thee small. 
				 
				Mercy, Jesu, honoure of man; 
				Mercy, Jesu, mans socoure; 
				Mercy, Jesu, rew thi leman; 
				Mans saull thou boght full soure. 
				Mercy, Jesu, that may and can 
				Forgif syn and be socoure; 
				Mercy, Jesu, as thou us wan, 
				Forgif and gif thi man honoure. 
				 
				None myght bryng thee in that wytt 10 
				For oght that thay myght say, 
				To trow that I myght flytt 
				Fro ded to lyfe to wyn away. 
				My saull and my cors have knytt 
				A knott that last shall ay; 
				Thus shall I rase well, thou wytt, 
				Ilk man on domesday. 
				 
				Whoso hath not trowid right 
				To hell I shall theym lede, 
				Ther evermore is dark as nyght 
				And greatt paynes to drede. 
				Those that trow in my myght 
				And luf well almus dede, 
				Thai shall shyne as son bright 
				And heven have to thare mede. 
				 
				That blys, Thomas, I thee hete 
				That is in heven cytee, 
				For I se thee sore grete; 
				Of thee I have pytee. 
				Thomas, for thi teres wete, 
				Thi syn forgiffen be; 
				Thus shall synfull thare synnes bete 
				That sore have grefyd me. 
				 
				Thomas, for thou felys me 
				And my woundes bare, 
				Mi risyng is trowed in thee, 
				And so was it not are. 
				All that it trowes and not se, 
				And dos after my lare, 
				Ever blissid mot thay be 
				And heven be theym yare. 
				 
				Explicit Thomas Indie. 11 
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				(t-note) 
				 
				brother; (t-note) 
				bring [news]; (see note) 
				Trust; know 
				truly 
				 
				 
				 
				chatter uselessly 
				ghost 
				 
				believe in no other way 
				dead 
				 
				 
				true; reward 
				grimly bleed; (t-note) 
				 
				nails on rood (the cross) 
				On account of which; incorrectly 
				bliss 
				 
				quarreling; mad 
				saw 
				mouth 
				advise 
				 
				Trust; known; (see note); (t-note) 
				 
				fuss 
				 
				lamentation; (t-note) 
				 
				 
				 
				words; (see note) 
				believe 
				their cunning; trickery 
				sometimes 
				nothing troubles them 
				 
				 
				know 
				of this manner 
				(see note) 
				such 
				[the] hoard; where 
				 
				try it intelligently 
				 
				core; (t-note) 
				law 
				reverence (awe) 
				delivers me of sin 
				 
				trust; faithfully 
				clearly 
				truly believe 
				speech we have no faith 
				fickle 
				oath 
				 
				delivered; (t-note) 
				true 
				 
				head as pledge; (see note) 
				Before; to 
				hear 
				 
				true 
				(see note); (t-note) 
				must 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				dear darlings; (see note) 
				Where; place 
				cuts 
				grief; know no counsel 
				Since; Magdalene 
				 
				 
				see him tread 
				 
				 
				unfortunate 
				trembled; (t-note) 
				 
				(see note) 
				 
				righteous judgment; (see note) 
				lose 
				 
				mad 
				more upset; (see note); (t-note) 
				if he stood in need 
				more faithful 
				(see note); (t-note) 
				to test me 
				 
				 
				 
				from 
				never 
				placed 
				 
				nourished 
				caught 
				afraid 
				By 
				 
				sweet; (see note); (t-note) 
				 
				bread; eat 
				given 
				then 
				nailed; cross 
				yet 
				manhood 
				 
				(see note) 
				 
				(see note) 
				 
				joyous 
				glided; (see note) 
				journey 
				clothing 
				bliss; show 
				trod 
				mildly; go; (t-note) 
				 
				deed 
				 
				throne 
				 
				gift 
				 
				soon 
				 
				 
				(see note) 
				 
				(see note) 
				may 
				shield 
				mother 
				wicked 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				among 
				dread 
				accustomed; go 
				 
				feel; (see note) 
				form; made 
				Such; ghost 
				whether 
				 
				 
				argue against 
				five 
				feet 
				 
				heart’s core 
				shrive; (see note) 
				deliverance 
				 
				(see note) 
				dear 
				Man’s soul 
				battle 
				strike 
				deflect my purpose 
				 
				love 
				 
				 
				Sprinkled 
				 
				opens 
				 
				death; (t-note) 
				through his power 
				sweeter than honey wine 
				 
				Truly 
				heed; strong 
				own soul; cleanly 
				While; guardian 
				Slay 
				Sinning in various sins 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				(t-note) 
				 
				since then rose bodily 
				in all ways; truthful 
				 
				food 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				roasted 
				 
				 
				 
				food 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				alteration; (see note) 
				 
				at the appointed time 
				power 
				utter 
				 
				 
				Father’s 
				 
				learn to know 
				 
				blessing 
				greatest might 
				accustomed 
				again to prove; (see note) 
				 
				friends 
				Eat 
				 
				 
				(see note) 
				 
				reasonable 
				 
				 
				Remember; what 
				place 
				into your possession 
				form; bread 
				 
				 
				body buried; (t-note) 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				Scarcely would you believe 
				truth; prosper 
				 
				believe 
				 
				 
				repentance 
				estrangement 
				 
				confidence 
				 
				Preach 
				 
				Impose penance on them 
				 
				(see note) 
				Receive; from 
				cease 
				 
				(t-note) 
				 
				authority 
				deliver from sin 
				delivered 
				 
				bound 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				noble maiden 
				 
				 
				vinegar 
				servants; from 
				despair 
				 
				Brothers; stable 
				Despair 
				disbelief; (see note) 
				safely 
				[the] cross 
				From death 
				 
				 
				 
				captured 
				 
				dead and buried; stone 
				bodily 
				alive from [the] grave gone 
				stood 
				let; each one 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				remember 
				 
				(see note) 
				dwelling 
				seen 
				Save only; (see note) 
				 
				Although I go proud as a peacock 
				heart 
				slay 
				apart; cuts 
				inflicts 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				nailed his body on the cross 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				run 
				Much more than misery 
				Such 
				sorrowful death 
				lived; joy 
				Since he passed into death 
				cheek and chin 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				discern 
				 
				misfortune; drive 
				 
				wounds five 
				 
				 
				to 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				heart; break 
				beset 
				injure 
				afraid 
				 
				 
				Stop, dear 
				at once 
				 
				 
				came apace 
				showed 
				living; has eaten; (see note) 
				Honey; hive 
				 
				Obviously; [fol. 114v]; (see note) 
				Illusion; deceives 
				saw; bodily 
				spirit 
				sad hearts 
				adversity 
				 
				sorrow slays me 
				 
				know; truth 
				heard 
				swallowed; (see note) 
				 
				gave 
				[As] living man; escape 
				such 
				 
				 
				 
				I remember 
				enclosed (locked) 
				 
				sun became dark; seeing 
				 
				doubtful; (see note) 
				savior 
				 
				alighted 
				virginity 
				prepared 
				clad 
				love he came; promised 
				 
				finished 
				escaped; clothing 
				 
				clothing 
				body 
				made showing 
				place 
				believe; chatter 
				heart; lead 
				death; mourning 
				bewildered; (see note) 
				 
				spirit; quickly 
				 
				souls; Satan 
				pain 
				goes 
				 
				 
				glad 
				 
				Together you argue against me 
				show 
				perfect reason 
				together 
				visit 
				speech 
				living; spirit 
				could; know 
				 
				at once 
				 
				 
				Color to [his] skin and hair 
				 
				reason 
				 
				(see note) 
				 
				[fol. 115r] 
				 
				steel 
				believe in such mastery 
				feel; (t-note) 
				 
				any such thing 
				examine 
				 
				 
				handle 
				whether 
				living 
				 
				found 
				piteous 
				bleeding 
				 
				 
				 
				afraid of 
				Yet often easily comforted 
				 
				streaked 
				body 
				 
				 
				 
				person 
				wept; sore 
				 
				own hair 
				head; ripped and tore 
				showed himself to her there 
				save; (see note) 
				 
				such folly 
				 
				a woman’s words [you] believe 
				 
				reasons 
				misjudgment fail 
				 
				deceive 
				 
				Cease; argue; (see note) 
				believe; change your judgment 
				where 
				deceived anywhere 
				there; (t-note) 
				gave himself in bread 
				heal 
				Alive rising from death 
				 
				truthful; words 
				dare I heartily 
				righteous 
				While he still lived; (see note) 
				But since; suffer; times 
				 
				Death 
				believe; (see note) 
				 
				destroy; (see note) 
				cease 
				conquered death 
				washed 
				neither; sword 
				Deliver him again to death 
				appeared 
				cease 
				 
				believe; (see note) 
				 
				bodily 
				creature 
				steel 
				 
				Unless; feel 
				gave; Longeus; (see note) 
				 
				 
				have more than 
				(see note) 
				walked; journey 
				Their; were sorry 
				 
				 
				lodged 
				 
				 
				supper; (t-note) 
				bread; broke 
				As [if] 
				mention 
				makes me believe 
				seven [times]; (see note) 
				annoy 
				 
				(t-note) 
				 
				 
				cross 
				 
				company 
				fuss; explain 
				again living 
				 
				of necessity believe 
				 
				dare swear 
				alive 
				yet do now 
				waste 
				 
				misjudgment; rave 
				 
				Because 
				worse than mad 
				 
				went 
				know; mean 
				ghost 
				believed 
				body 
				 
				(see note) 
				buried 
				gravestone; found 
				 
				grave cloth 
				from there; alive 
				Nothing but stolen is he 
				By; slain 
				 
				 
				 
				had him guarded 
				loyal 
				as we have seen 
				treacherous 
				believe 
				deal 
				 
				tidings; [fol. 116r] 
				I remember 
				 
				 
				been 
				earth 
				rise; arisen 
				 
				 
				heard; (t-note) 
				 
				 
				happen 
				 
				vinegar 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				[who] remained in mourning 
				advice 
				 
				place 
				causes; injured; (see note) 
				 
				 
				 
				believe 
				 
				always 
				 
				they were but one [person] 
				bodily 
				 
				 
				more [evidence] 
				Truly 
				 
				you believe we are false 
				hearts 
				foolish 
				Even if; more 
				 
				 
				error; cease 
				to; mind 
				Believe; three 
				 
				finger; put; (see note) 
				place 
				 
				Where; heart’s blood 
				 
				peace 
				Leave strife 
				error cease 
				true; bear 
				no doubt; (see note) 
				Where 
				falsehood 
				despair; harm 
				 
				take pity 
				bloody 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				Cast; (see note) 
				weapon go 
				 
				 
				Take pity 
				long 
				villainy 
				endured from; wrong 
				 
				cast 
				cloak; quickly 
				 
				richer know 
				 
				 
				deed; regret always 
				lament 
				 
				sweet 
				 
				 
				fair; pierced 
				yet 
				 
				tears you cried 
				raised 
				 
				bright belt; silk purse 
				coat 
				wearer of such things 
				 
				sucked 
				Wore; scarlet; (see note) 
				 
				few [clothes] 
				 
				 
				help 
				pity your beloved 
				soul; dearly 
				 
				Forgive sin and be a comfort 
				won 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				believe; flee 
				To escape from death to life 
				soul; body; tied 
				always 
				know 
				Every; judgment day; (t-note) 
				 
				believed 
				them lead 
				 
				dread 
				 
				deeds of mercy 
				shine; sun 
				as their reward 
				 
				bliss; promise 
				city 
				weeping sorely 
				pity 
				 
				 
				their; beat 
				grieved 
				 
				feel; (see note) 
				 
				believed by (within) you 
				before 
				 
				command 
				 
				prepared for them 
				 
				 
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