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¹ And anoon in the morewtid the hiyeste prestis maden a counsel with the elder men, and the scribis, and with al the counsel, and bounden Jhesu and ledden, and bitoken hym to Pilat.² And Pilat axide hym, Art thou kynge of Jewis? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou seist.³ And the hieste prestis accusiden hym in many thingis.⁴ But Pilat eftsoone axide hym, and seide, Answerist thou no thing? Seest thou in hou many thingis thei accusen thee?⁵ But Jhesus answeride no more, so that Pilat wondride.⁶ But bi the feeste dai he was wont to leeue to hem oon of men boundun, whom euer thei axiden.⁷ And `oon ther was that was seid Barabas, that was boundun with men of dissencioun, that hadden don manslauytir in seducioun.<sup>8</sup> And whanne the puple was gon vp, he bigan to preie, as he euer more dide to hem.<sup>9</sup> And Pilat answeride `to hem, and seide, Wolen ye Y leeue to you the kyng of Jewis?¹⁰ For he wiste, that the hiyeste prestis hadden takun hym bi enuye.¹¹ But the bischopis stireden the puple, that he schulde rather leeue to hem Barabas.¹² And eftsoone Pilat answerde, and seide to hem, What thanne wolen ye that Y schal do to the kyng of Jewis?¹³ And thei eftsoone crieden, Crucifie hym.¹⁴ But Pilat seide to hem, What yuel hath he don? And thei crieden the more, Crucifie hym.

¹⁵ And Pilat, willynge to make aseeth to the puple, lefte to hem Barabas, and bitok to hem Jhesu, betun with scourgis, to be crucified.¹⁶ And knyytis ledden hym with ynneforth, in to the porche of the mote halle. And thei clepiden togidir al the cumpany of knyytis,¹⁷ and clothiden hym with purpur. And thei writhen a coroun of thornes, and puttiden on hym.¹⁸ And thei bigunnen to grete hym, and seiden, Heile, thou kyng of Jewis.¹⁹ And thei smyten his heed with a reed, and bispatten hym; and thei kneliden, and worschipiden hym.²⁰ And aftir that thei hadden scorned him, thei vnclothiden hym of purpur, and clothiden hym with hise clothis, and ledden out hym, to crucifie hym.²¹ And thei compelliden a man that passide the weie, that cam fro the toun, Symount of Syrenen, the fader of Alisaundir and of Rufe, to bere his cross.

²² And thei ledden hym in to a place Golgatha, that is to seie, the place of Caluari.²³ And thei yauen to hym to drynke wyn meddlid with mirre, and he took not.²⁴ And thei crucifieden him, and departiden hise clothis, and kesten lot on tho, who schulde take what.²⁵ And it was the thridde our, and thei crucifieden hym.²⁶ And the titil of his cause was writun, Kyng of Jewis.²⁷ And thei crucifien with hym twei theues, oon `at the riythalf and oon at his lefthalf.<sup>28</sup> And the scripture was fulfillid that seith, And he is ordeyned with wickid men.<sup>29</sup> And as thei passiden forth, thei blasfemyden hym, mouynge her heedis, and seiynge, Vath! thou that distriest the temple of God, and in `thre daies bildist it ayen;³⁰ come adoun fro the crosse, and make thi silf saaf.³¹ Also the hiyeste prestis scorneden hym ech to othir with the scribis, and seiden, He made othir men saaf, he may not saue hym silf.³² Crist, kyng of Israel, come doun now fro the cross, that we seen, and bileuen. And thei that weren crucified with hym, dispiseden hym.

³³ And whanne the sixte hour was come, derknessis weren made on al the erthe til in to the nynthe our.³⁴ And in the nynthe our Jhesus criede with a greet vois, and seide, Heloy, Heloy, lamasabatany, that is to seie, My God, my God, whi hast thou forsakun me?³⁵ And summe of men that stoden aboute herden, and seiden, Lo! he clepith Helye.³⁶ And oon ranne, and fillide a spounge with vynegre, and puttide aboute to a reede, and yaf to hym drynke, and seide, Suffre ye, se we, if Helie come to do hym doun.³⁷ And Jhesus yaf out a greet cry, and diede.³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent atwo fro the hiyeste to bynethe.³⁹ But the centurien that stood forn ayens siy, that he so criynge hadde diede, and seide, Verili, this man was Goddis sone.⁴⁰ And ther weren also wymmen biholdynge fro afer, among whiche was Marie Maudeleyn, and Marie, the modir of James the lesse, and of Joseph, and of Salome.⁴¹ And whanne Jhesus was in Galilee, thei folewiden hym, and mynystriden to hym, and many othere wymmen, that camen vp togidir with him to Jerusalem.

⁴² And whanne euentid was come, for it was the euentid which is bifor the sabat,⁴³ Joseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, cam, and he abood the rewme of God; and booldli he entride to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu.⁴⁴ But Pilat wondride, if he were now deed.⁴⁵ And whanne the centurion was clepid, he axide hym, if he were deed; and whanne he knewe of the centurion, he grauntide the bodi of Jhesu to Joseph.⁴⁶ And Joseph bouyte lynnen cloth, and took hym doun, and wlappide in the lynnen cloth, and leide hym in a sepulcre that was hewun of a stoon, and walewide a stoon to the dore of the sepulcre.⁴⁷ And Marie Maudeleyne and Marie of Joseph bihelden, where he was leid.