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Wose seye on rode
Cambridge, Trinity College, MS 323, f. 83v |
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Text
Wose seye
on rode
Iesus is lefmon---
Sori stod him bi wepinde
Sent Marie and Sent Ion, |
Translation
Anyone
who saw on the cross
Jesus his lover----
Grief-stricken, St Mary and St John
Stood weeping beside him, |
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Is
hewid him al abutun
Wid thornis iprikit,
Is faire hondin and is waire wed
Wid naylis ystickit,
Ys rug wid yerdis suonken, |
His
head all around
Pricked with thorns,
His beautiful hands and feet
Pierced with nails,
His back beaten with rods, |
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Ys
syde wid sper ywundit,
Al for sunne of mon---
Sore he may wepin,
And bittre teris letin,
Mon thad of luue con.
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His
side wounded
with a spear,
All because of man's sin---
He may weep his heart out
And shed bitter tears,
Anyone who knows what it is to love. |
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