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¹ And the whole multitude of them arose and ledde him vnto Pylate.² And they beganne to accuse him sayinge: We have founde this felowe pervertynge the people and forbiddynge to paye tribute to Cesar: sayinge that he is Christ a kynge.³ And Pylate apposed him sayinge: arte thou the kynge of the iewes? He answered him and sayde: thou sayest it.⁴ Then sayde Pylate to the hye prestes and to the people: I fynde noo faute in this man.⁵ And they were the moore fearce sayinge. He moveth the people teachynge thorowout all Iewry and beganne at Galile even to this place.⁶ When Pilate hearde mencion of Galile he axed whether the ma were of Galile.⁷ And assone as he knewe that he was of Herodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at Ierusalem in those dayes.⁸ And when Herode sawe Iesus he was excedinglie gladde. For he was desyrous to se him of a longe season because he had hearde many thinges of him and trusted to have sene some myracle done by him.⁹ Then questeoned he with him of many thinges. But he answered him not one worde.¹⁰ The hye prestes and scribes stode forthe and accused him straytly.¹¹ And Herod wt his men of warre despysed him and mocked him and arayed him in whyte and sent him agayne to Pylate.¹² And the same daye Pylate and Herod were made frendes togeder. For before they were at variaunce.

¹³ And Pylate called to geder the hye prestes and the rulers and the people¹⁴ and sayde vnto them: Ye have brought this man vnto me as one that perverted the people. And beholde I have examined him before you and have founde no faute in this man of those thinges where of ye accuse him.¹⁵ No nor yet Herode. For I sent you to him: and lo no thinge worthy of deeth is done to him.¹⁶ I will therfore chasten him and let him lowsse.¹⁷ For of necessite he must have let one lowse vnto them at that feast.¹⁸ And all the people cryed at once sayinge: awaye with him and delyvre to vs Barrabas:¹⁹ which for insurrccion made in the cite and morther was cast into preson.²⁰ Pylate spake agayne to them willynge to let Iesus lowse.²¹ And they cryed sayinge: Crucify him Crucify him²² He sayde vnto them the thyrde tyme. What evyll hath he done? I fynde no cause of deeth in him. I will therfore chasten him and let him lowse.²³ And they cryed with loude voyce and required that he myght be crucifyed. And the voyce of them and of the hye Prestes prevayled.²⁴ And Pylate gave sentence that it shuld be as they required²⁵ and let lowse vnto them him that for insurreccion and morther was cast into preson whom they desyred: and delyvered Iesus to do with him what they wolde.

²⁶ And as they ledde him awaye they caught one Symon of Syrene commynge out of the felde: and on him layde they the crosse to beare it after Iesus.²⁷ And ther folowed him a greate company of people and of wemen which weme bewayled and lamented him.²⁸ But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayde: Doughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me: but wepe for youre selves and for youre chyldren.²⁹ For beholde the dayes will come when men shall saye: happy are the baren and the wombes that never bare and the pappes which never gave sucke.³⁰ Then shall they beginne to saye to the mountaynes fall on vs: and to the hilles cover vs.³¹ For yf they do this to a grene tree what shalbe done to the drye?

³² And ther were two evyll doers ledde with him to be slayne.³³ And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary there they crucified him and the evyll doers one on ryght honde and the other on the lefte.³⁴ Then sayde Iesus: father forgeve them for they woot not what they do. And they parted his rayment and cast loottes.³⁵ And the people stode and behelde. And the rulers mocked him with thee saying: he holpe other men let him helpe him selfe yf he be Christ the chosen of god.³⁶ The soudiers also mocked him and came and gave him veneger³⁷ and sayde: yf thou be that kynge of ye Iewes save thy silfe.³⁸ And his superscripcio was writte over him in greke in latine and Ebreu: This is the kynge of the Iewes.³⁹ And one of the evyll doers which hanged rayled on him sayinge: If thou be Christ save thy selfe and vs.⁴⁰ The other answered and rebuked him sayinge. Net herfearest thou god because thou arte in the same damnacion?⁴¹ We are ryghteously punesshed for we receave accordynge to oure dedes: But this man hath done nothinge amysse.⁴² And he sayde vnto Iesus: Lorde remember me when thou comest into thy kyngdome.⁴³ And Iesus sayde vnto him: Verely I saye vnto the to daye shalt thou be with me in Paradyse.

⁴⁴ And it was about the sixt houre. And ther came a darcknes over all the londe vntyll ye nynth houre⁴⁵ and the sonne was darckened. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent even thorow the myddes.⁴⁶ And Iesus cryed with a greate voyce and sayd: Father into thy hondes I comende my sprete. And when he thus had sayd he gave vp the goost.⁴⁷ When ye Centurion sawe what had happened he glorified God sayinge: Of a surtie this man was perfecte.⁴⁸ And all the people that came to geder to that sight beholdynge the thinges which were done: smoote their bestes and returned home.⁴⁹ And all his acquayntaunce and the wemen that folowed him from Galile stode a farre of beholdynge these thinges.

⁵⁰ And beholde ther was a man named Ioseph a councelloure and was a good man and a iuste⁵¹ and dyd not consent to the counsell and dede of them which was of Aramathia a cite of the Iewes: which same also wayted for ye kyngdome of God:⁵² he went vnto Pilate and begged the boddy of Iesus⁵³ and toke it doune and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth and layed it in an hewen toumbe wherin was never man before layed.⁵⁴ And that daye was ye Saboth even and the Saboth drue on.⁵⁵ The wemen that folowed after which came with him from Galile behelde the sepulcre and how his body was layed.⁵⁶ And they returned and prepared odoures and oyntmetes: but rested the Saboth daye accordynge to the commaundement.