The siege of Jerusalem
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In Tiberyus tyme že trewe emperour
1
Sir Sesar hym sulf seysed in Rome
2
Whyle Pylat was prouost vnder žat
prince riche
3
& Iewen iustice also in Judeus
londis
4
Herodes vnder his emperie as
heritage wolde
5
Kyng of Galile ycalled whan žat
Crist deyed
6
Žey Sesar sakles wer žat oft synne
hatide
7
Žrow Pylat pyned he was & put on že
rode
8
A pyler pyȝt was doun vpon že playn
erže
9
His body bonden žer to beten with
scourgis
10
Whyppes of quyrboyle by-wente his
white sides
11
Til he al on rede blode ran as rayn
[i]n že strete
12
Suž stoked hym on a stole with styf
Mannes hondis
13
Ȝif žou be prophete of pris
prophecie žey sayde
15
Whiche [beryn] her aboute bolled že
laste
16
A žrange žornen croune was žraste on
his hed
17
Vmbe-casten hym with a cry & on a
croys slowen
18
For al že harme žat he hadde hasted
he noȝt
19
On hem že vyleny to venge žat his
veynys brosten
20
Bot ay taried ouer že tyme ȝif žey
tourne wolde
21
Ȝaf hem space žat hym spilide žey
hit spedde lyte
22
Forty wynter as y fynde & no fewer
ȝyrys
23
Or princes presed in hem žat hym to
pyne wroȝt
24
Til hit tydde on a tyme žat Tytus of
Rome
25
Žat alle Gascoyne gate & Gyan že
noble
26
Whyle noye noyet hym in Neroes tyme
27
He hadde a malady vn-meke a-myd[dis]
že face
28
Že lyppe lyž on a lumpe lyuered on
že cheke
29
So a canker vnclene hit cloched to
gedres
30
Also his fader of flesche is ferly
bytide
31
Hyued vpon his hed he hadde hem of
ȝouže
33
And Waspasian was caled že waspene
bees after
34
Was neuer syknes sorer žan žis sir
žoled
35
For in a liter he lay laser at Rome
36
Out of Galace was gon to glade hym a
stounde
37
For in žat cuže he was kyng žey he
car žolede
38
Nas žer no leche vpon lyue žis
lordes couž helpe
39
Ne no grace growyng to gayne her
grym sores
40
Now was žer on N[a]than Neymes sone
of Grec[e]
41
Žat souȝt oft ouer že se fram cyte
to ožer
42
Knewe contreys fele kyngdomes manye
43
& was a marener myche & marchaunt
bože
44
Sensceus out of Surye sent hym to
Rome
45
To že athel Emperour an eraunde fram
že Jewes
46
Caled Nero by name žat hym to noye
wroȝt
47
Of his tribute to telle žat žey
withtake wolde
48
Nathan toward Nero nome on his way
49
An heye settež že sayl ouer že
[salte] water
51
& with a dromound on že deep drof on
faste
52
Že wolco[n] wanned anon & že water
skewež
53
Cloudes clateren gon as žey cleue
wolde
54
Že racke myd a rede wynde roos on že
myddel
55
& sone sette on že se out of že souž
syde
56
Blewe on že brode se bolned vp harde
57
Nathannys naue a-non on [že] norž
dryuež
58
So že wedour & že wynd on že water
metyn
59
Žat alle hurtled on an hepe žat že
helm ȝemyd
60
Nathan flatte for ferde & ful vnder
hacchys
61
Lete že wedour & že wynde worže as
hit lyked
62
Že schip scher vpon schore schot
froward Rome
63
Toward vncouž costes keuerež že yžes
64
Rapis vnradly vmbe ragged tourres
65
Že brode sail at o brayd to-brestež
a twynne
66
Žat ožer doun in že deep as alle
drenche wolde
68
Ouer wilde wawes he wende as alle
walte scholde
69
St[a]rke stremes žrow yn stormes &
wyndes
70
With mychel langour atte laste as
our lord wolde
71
Alle was born at a by[rre] to
Burdewes hauene
72
By žat wer bernes atte banke barouns
& knyȝtes
73
& [citezeins] of že syȝt selcouž
[hem] žoȝt
74
Žat euer barge ožer bot or berne
vpon lyue
75
Vnpersched passed hadde že peryles
wer so many
76
Žey token hym to Titus for he že
tonge couže
77
& he [hem] fraynes how fer že flode
hadde yferked
78
Sir out of Surre he seide y am come
79
To Nero sondis-man sent že
[seygnour] of Rome
80
Ffram Sensceus his seriant with
certayn leteres
81
Žat is iustise & iuge of Jewen lawe
82
Me wer leuer at žat londe le[ngede]
žat y wer
83
Žan alle že gold ožer good žat euer
god made
84
& saide Canste žou any cur or craft
vpon erže
86
To softe že grete sore žat sittež on
my cheke
87
& y schal že redly rewarde & to Rome
sende
88
Nathan nyckes hym with nay sayde he
non couže
89
Bot wer žou kyng in žat kužže žer
žat Crist deyed
90
Žer is a worlich wif a womman ful
clene
91
Žat haž softyng & salue for eche
sore out
92
Telle me tyt quož Titus & že schal
tyde better
93
What medecyn is most žat žat may
vsež
94
Whežer gommes ožer graces or any
goode drenches
95
Ožer chauntementes or charmes y
charge že to say
96
Nay non of žo quož Nathan bot now
wole y [telle]
97
Žer was a lede in our londe while he
lif hadde
98
Preued for a prophete žrow preysed
dedes
99
& born in Bethleem one by of a burde
schene
100
Lines 101 through 200
& ȝo a mayde vnmarred žat neuer man
touched
101
As clene as clef žer cristalle
sprynges
102
Without hosebondes helpe saue že
holy goste
103
A touche of že trinyte touched hir
hadde
105
Žre persones in o place preued to
gedres
106
Eche grayn is o god & o god bot alle
107
& alle žre ben bot one as eldres vs
tellen
108
Že first is že fader žat fourmed was
neuer
109
Že secunde is že sone of his sede
growyn
110
Že žridde in heuen myd hem is že
holy goste
111
Nežer merked ne made bot mene fram
hem passyž
112
Alle ben žey endeles & euer of o
myȝt
113
& weren endeles euer [er] že world
was bygonne
114
As sone was že sone as že self fader
115
Že holy goste with hem hadde žey
euer
116
Že secunde persone že sone sent was
to erže
117
To take careynes kynde of a clene
mayde
118
& so vnknowen he came caytifes to
helpe
119
& wroȝt wondres ynowe ay tille he wo
driede
120
Wyne he wroȝt of water at o word ene
121
Ten lasares at a logge he leched at
enys
122
Pyned myd p[ar]il[sye] he putte to
hele
123
& ded men fro že dež eche day rered
124
Bož že dombe & že deue myd his der
wordes
126
Dide myracles mo žan y in mynde haue
127
Nis no clerk with countours couže
aluendel rekene
128
Fyf žousand of folke is ferr to here
129
With two fisches he fedde & fif ber
loues
130
Žat eche freke hadde his fulle & ȝit
ferre leued
131
Of brede & of broken mete bascketes
twelue
132
Žer suwed hym out of an cite
[seuenty] & twey
133
To do what he dempte disciples wer
hoten
134
Hem to citees he sende his sawes to
preche
135
Ay by two & by two til hy wer
a-twynne
136
Hym suwed of an-ožer cite semeliche
twelue
137
Pore men & noȝt prute aposteles wer
hoten
138
Žat of cay[ti]fes he ches holy
churche to encresche
139
Že out-wale of žis worlde žis wer
her names
140
Peter James & Jon & Jacob že ferže
141
& že fifže of his felawys Phelip was
hoten
142
Bertholomewe žat his bone neuer
breke nolde
144
Že eyȝt man was Mathu žat is myche
yloued
145
Tadde & Tomas her ben ten euen
146
& Andreu že elleuež žat auntred hym
myche
147
Byfor princes to preche was Petrus
brožer
148
Že laste man was vnlele & lužer of
his dedis
149
Judas žat Jesu Crist to že Jewes
solde
150
Suž hymsulf he slowe for sorow of
žat dede
151
His body on a balwe tree to-breste
on že myddel
152
Whan Crist hadde heried helle & was
[to] heuen passed
153
For žat mansed man Mathie žey
chossyn
154
Ȝit vnbaptized wer bože Barnabe &
Poule
155
& noȝt knewen of Crist bot comen
sone after
156
Že princes & že prelates aȝen že
paske tyme
157
Alle žei hadde hym in hate for his
holy werkes
158
Hit was a doylful dede whan žey his
dež caste
159
Žrow Pilat pyned he was že prouost
of Rome
160
& žat worliche wif žat arst was
ynempned
161
Haž his visage in hir veil Veronyk
ȝo hatte
162
For loue he left hit hir til hir
lyues ende
164
Žer is no gome [o]n žis [grounde]
žat is grym wounded
165
Meselry ne meschef ne man vpon erže
166
Žat knelež doun to žat clož & on
Crist leuež
167
Bot alle hapnež to hele in [ane]
hand whyle
168
At Rome reyned že emperour quož že
kyng riche žan
169
Cesar synful wrecche žat sent hym
fram Rome
170
Why nadde žy lycam be leyd low vnder
erže
171
Whan Pilat prouost was made suche a
prince to jugge
172
& or žis wordes wer [wel] wonne to
že ende
173
Že canker žat že kyng hadde clenly
was heled
174
With out faute že face of flesche &
of hyde
175
As newe as že nebbe žat neuer was
wemmyd
176
A corteys Crist seide že kyng riche
žan
177
Was neuer worke žat y wroȝt woržy že
to telle
178
Ne dede žat y haue don bot žy dež
mened
179
Ne neuer sey že in siȝt goddis sone
der
180
To stire Nero with noye & newen his
sorowe
182
& y schal buske me boun hem bale to
wyrche
183
To do že deueles of dawe & žy dež
venge
184
Telle me tit quož Titus what tokne
he lafte
185
To hem žat knew hym for Crist & his
crafte leued
186
Nempne že trinyte by name quož
Nathan at žries
187
& žer myd baptemed be in blessed
water
188
Forž žey fetten a font & foulled hym
žer
189
Made hym cristen kyng žat for Crist
werred
190
Corrours in to eche coste žan že
cours nomen
191
& alle his baronage broȝt to
Burdewes hauen
192
Suž with že sondes-man he [s]ouȝt to
Rome
193
Že ferly & že fair cure his fader to
schewe
194
& he gronnand glad grete god žanked
195
& loude criande on Crist carped &
saide
196
Woržy wemlese God in whom y byleue
197
[Als] žou in Bethleem was born of a
bryȝt mayde
198
Sende me hele of my hurt & heyly y
a-fowe
199
Lines 201 through 300
Žat tyme peter was pope & preched in
rome
201
Že lawe & že lore žat our byleue
askež
202
Folowed faste on že folke & to že
fayž tourned
203
& crist wroȝt for žat wye wondres
ynow
204
Žer of waspasian was war žat že
waspys hadde
205
Sone sendež hym to & že sože tolde
206
Of crist & že kerchef žat keuered že
sike
207
As nathan neymes sone seide žat [was
to nero] come
208
Žan to consayl was called že knyȝtes
of rome
209
& assenteden sone to sende messages
210
Twenti knyȝtes wer cud že ker[ch]yf
to fecche
211
& asked trewes of že emperour žat
erand to done
212
Ac without tribute or trewes
tenfulle wyes
213
Že knyȝtes with že kerchef comen ful
blyue
214
Že pope ȝaf pardoun to hem žat
passed žer aȝens
215
With processioun & pres princes &
dukes
216
& whan že womman was war žat že wede
owede
217
[of] seint peter že pope ȝo platte
to že grounde
218
Vmbefelde his fete & to že freke
saide
219
Žan bygan že burne biterly to wepe
221
For že doylful dež of his der
mayster
222
& longe stode in že stede or he
stynte myȝt
223
Whan he vnclosed že clože žat
cristes body touched
224
Že wede fram že womman [he] warpe
atte laste
225
Receyued hit myd reuerence &
rennande teris
226
Out of že place myd pres žey passed
on swyže
227
& ay held hit on hey žat alle byhold
myȝt
228
Žan twelf barouns bolde že emperour
bade wende
229
& že pope departe fram že pople
faste
230
Veronyk & že vail waspasian žey
broȝt
231
& seint peter že pope presented bože
232
Bot a ferly byfelle forž myd hem
alle
233
In her temple bytidde tenful žynges
234
Že mahound & že mametes tomortled to
peces
235
& al tocrased as že clož žroȝ že
kirke passed
236
Into že palice with že printe žan že
pope ȝede
237
Knyȝtes kepten že clože & on knees
fallen
238
Was neuer odour ne eyr vpon erže
swetter
240
Že kerchef clansed hit self & so
cler wexed
241
Myȝt no lede on hit loke for liȝt
žat hit schewed
242
As hit aproched to že prince he put
vp his hed
243
For comfort of že clož he cried wel
loude
244
Lo lordlynges her že lyknesse of
crist
245
Of whom my botnyng y bidde for his
bitter woundis
246
Žan was wepyng & wo & wryngyng of
hondis
247
With loude dyn & dit for doil of hym
one
248
Že pope availed že vaile & his
visage touched
249
Že body suž al aboute blessed hit
žrye
250
Že waspys wenten away & alle že wo
after
251
Žat er lasar was longe lyȝtter was
neuere
252
Žan was pypyng & play his pyne was
awey
253
Žey ȝelden grace to god žis two
grete lordes
254
Že kerchef ariež fram alle & in že
eyr hangyž
255
Žat že symple myȝt hit se in to
soper tyme
256
Garde hit gayly agysen in gold & in
seluere
258
Ȝit is že visage in že vail as
veronyk hym broȝt
259
Že romaynes at rome a relyk hit
holden
260
Žis whyle nero hadde noye & non
nyȝtes reste
261
For his tribute was [tynt] as nathan
told hadde
262
He commaundiž knyȝtes to come
consail to holde
263
Erles & alle men že emperour aboute
264
Assembled že senatours sone vpon
haste
265
To iugge who jewes myȝt best vpon že
jewys take
266
& alle demeden by dome žo dukes to
wende
267
Žat wer cured žrow crist žat žey on
croys slowen
268
Žat on waspasian was of že wyes twey
269
Žat že trauail vndertoke & titus an
ožer
270
A bold burne on a blonke & of his
body comyn
271
No feržer sib to hymself bot his
sone der
272
Crouned kynges bože & mychel crist
loued
273
Moste žei hadde hit in hert her
hestes to kepe
275
& her forwardis to fulfille žat žei
byfor made
276
Žan was rotlyng in rome robbyng of
brynnyes
277
Schewyng of scharpe [stele] scheldes
ydressed
278
Lauȝte leue at žat lord leften his
sygne
279
A grete dragoun of gold & alle že
[g]yng folwed
280
By žat schippis wer schred yschot on
že depe
281
Takled & atired on talterande yžes
282
Ffresch water & wyn wounden yn faste
283
& stof of alle maner store žat hem
strengže scholde
284
Žer wer floynes a flot farcostes
many
285
Cogges & crayers ycasteled alle
286
Galees of grete streyngže with
golden fanes
287
[že brede] on že brod se aboute four
myle
288
Žey tyȝten vp tal-sail whan že tide
asked
289
Hadde byr at že bake & že bonke
lefte
290
Souȝte ouer že se with soudeours
manye
291
Suree cesaris londe žou may seken
euer
293
Ful mychel wo m[o]n be wroȝte in žy
[w]lonk tounes
294
Cytees vnder s[yon] now is ȝour
sorow uppe
295
Že dež of že dereworž crist der
schal be ȝolden
296
Now is bethleem žy bost ybroȝt to an
ende
297
Jerusalem & ierico forjuggyd
wrecchys
298
Schal neuer kyng of ȝour kynde with
croune be ynoyntid
299
Ne jewe for jesu sake [i]ouke in ȝou
more
300
Lines 301 through 400
Žey setten vpon eche side surrie
withyn
301
Brente ay at že bak & [all] bar
laften
302
Was noȝt bot roryng & r[u]th in alle
že riche tounnes
303
& red laschyng lye alle že londe
ouer
304
Token toun & tour teldes ful fele
305
Brosten ȝates of brass & many borwe
wonnen
306
Holy že hežen here hewyn to grounde
307
Bož in bent & in borwe žat abide
wolde
308
Že jewes to ierusalem ž[ere]
josephus dwelde
309
Flowen as že foule dož žat faucoun
wolde strike
310
A cite vnder syon sett was ful noble
311
Princes & prelates & poreil of že
londe
313
Clerkes & comens of contrees aboute
314
Wer schacked to žat cite sacrifice
to make
315
At paske tyme as preched hem prestes
of že lawe
316
Many swykel at že sweng to že swerd
ȝede
317
For penyes passed non žoȝ he pay
wolde
318
Bot diden alle to že deže & drowen
hem after
319
With engynes to jerusalem žer jewes
wer žykke
320
Žey sette sadly a sege že cite alle
aboute
321
Piȝten pauelouns doun of pallen
webbes
322
With ropis of riche silk raysen vp
swyže
323
Grete tentis as a toun of torke[is]
cložys
324
Choppyn ouer že cheuentayns with
charboklis four
325
A gay egle of gold on a gilde appul
326
With grete dragouns grym alle in
gold wroȝte
327
Lyk to lyouns also lyande žervnder
328
Paled & paynted že paueloun was vmbe
329
Stoked ful of storijs strayned myd
armys
330
Of quaynte colour to know kerneld
alofte
331
Toured with torettes was že tente
žanne
333
Suž britaged aboute briȝt to byholde
334
Er alle že sege was sette ȝit of že
cite comyn
335
Messengeres wer made fram maistres
of že lawe
336
To že chef cheuentayn žey chosen her
wey
337
Deden mekly by mouže her message
attonys
338
Sayen že cite haž [vs] sent to
serche ȝour wille
339
To here že cause of ȝour comyng [&
what] ȝe coueyte wolde
340
Waspasian no word to že wyes schewed
341
Bot sendež sondismen aȝen twelf
siker knyȝtes
342
[gert hem greithely] to go & že
gomes telle
343
Žat alle že cause of her com[e] was
crist forto venge
344
Sayž y bidde hem be boun bishopes &
ožer
345
Tomorow or [mydday] [alle
modur-nakyd]
346
Vp her ȝates to ȝelde with ȝerdes an
hande
347
Eche whiȝt in a white scherte & no
wede ellys
348
Jewyse for iesu crist by juggement
to take
349
Or y to že walles schal wende &
walten alle ouere
351
Schal no ston vpon ston stonde by y
passe
352
Žis sondismen sadly to že cite ȝede
353
Žer že lordes of že londe lent weren
alle
354
Tit tolden her tale & wonder towe
made
355
Of crist & of cayphas & how žey come
scholde
356
& when že knyȝtes of crist carpyn
bygonn
357
Že jewes token alle twelf without
tale mor
358
Her hondis bounden at her bak with
borden stauys
359
And of flocken her fa[x] & her fair
berdis
360
Made hem naked as a nedel to že
nežer houe
361
Her visages blecken with bleche & al
že body after
362
Suž knyt with a corde to eche
knyȝtes swer
363
A chese & charged hem her chyuentayn
to ber
364
Sayž vnbuxum we bež his biddyng to
ȝete
365
Ne noȝt dreden his dom his dež haue
we atled
366
He schal vs fynde in že felde ne no
ferr seke
367
Tomorowe pryme or hit passe & so
ȝour prince telliž
368
Aȝen message to make fram že maister
jewes
370
Was neuer waspasian so wrože as whan
že wyes come
371
Žat wer scorned & schende vpon
schame wyse
372
Žis knyȝtes byfor že kyng vpon knees
fallen
373
& tolden že tale as hit tid hadde
374
Of žy manace ne žy myȝt žey make bot
lyte
375
Žus ben we tourned of our tyre in
tokne of že sože
376
& bounden for our bolde speche že
batail žey willež
377
Tomorowe prime or hit passe žey put
hit no ferre
378
Hit schal be satled on žy-self že
same žat žou atlest
379
Žus han žey certifiet že [to saye] &
sende že žis cheses
380
Wode wedande wrož waspasian was
žanne
381
Layde wecche to že walle & warned in
haste
382
Žat alle maner of men in že morowe
scholde
383
Be sone after že sonne assembled in
že felde
384
He streyȝt up a standard in a stour
wyse
385
Bild as a belfray bretful of wepne
386
Whan oȝt fauted in že folke žat to
že feld longed
387
A dragoun was dressed drawyn a lofte
389
Wyde gapande of gold gomes to swelwe
390
With arwes armed in že mouže & also
he hadde
391
A fauch[ou]n vnder his feet with
four kene bladdys
392
Žerof že poyntes wer piȝt in partyis
four
393
Of žis wlonfulle wor[l]de žer žei
werr fondyn
394
In forbesyn to že folke žis fauchoun
hengež
395
Žat žey hadde wonnen with [werre] al
že world riche
396
A bal of brennande gold že beste was
on sette
397
His taille trayled žer aboute žat
tourne scholde he neuere
398
Whan he was lifte vp[his liche] žer
že lord werred
399
Bot ay lokande on že londe tille žat
al lauȝte wer
400
Lines 401 through 500
Žer by že cite myȝt se no setlyng
wolde rise
401
Ne no trete of no trewes bot že toun
ȝelde
402
Or ride on že romayns for žey han
her rede take
403
Žer britned to be or že [burghe]
wynne
404
With belles bordored aboute al of
briȝt seluere
406
Redy whan ouȝte runnen to rynge ful
loude
407
With eche [wap] of a [wynde] žat to
že wynges sprongyn
408
Ibrytaged aboute že belfray was
žanne
409
With a tenful tour žat ouer že toun
gawged
410
Že b[est] by že briȝtnesse burnes
myȝt knowe
411
Four myle žer fro so že feldes
schonen
412
& on eche pomel wer pyȝt penseles
hyȝe
413
Of selke & sendel with seluere
ybetyn
414
Hit glitered as gled fur ful of gold
riche
415
Ouer al že cite to se as že sonne
bemys
416
Byfor že four ȝates he formes to
lenge
417
Sixtene žousand by somme while že
sege lastež
418
Sette ward [to] že walles žat noȝt
awey scaped
419
Sixe žousand in sercle že cite alle
aboute
420
Was noȝt while že nyȝt laste bot
nehyng of stedis
421
With armyng of olyfauntes & ožer
arwe bestes
423
Aȝen že cristen to come with castels
on bake
424
Waspasya[n] in stele wede & his wyes
alle
425
Weren diȝt forž by day & drowen to
že vale
426
Of josophat žer jesu crist schal
juggen alle žinges
427
Bigly batayled hym žer to bide[n]
žis ožer
428
Že fauward titus toke to telle vpon
ferste
429
With six žousand soudiours assyned
for že nones
430
& mony in že mydward wer merked to
lenge
431
Žer waspasian was with princes &
dukes
432
& sixtene žousand in že žridde with
a žryuande knyȝt
433
Sir sabyn of surrie a siker man of
armes
434
Žat prince was of prouynce & michel
peple ladde
435
Fourty hundred in helmes & harnays
to schewe
436
& ten žousand atte tail at že tentis
lafte
437
Hors & harnays fram harmyng to kepe
438
By žat bemys on že burwe blowen ful
loude
439
& baners beden hem forž now blesse
vs our lorde
440
Že jewes assembled wer sone & of že
cite come
441
An hundred žousand on hors with
hamberkes atired
442
Without folke vpon fot at že four
ȝates
443
Žat preset to že place with pauyes
on hande
444
Fyf & twenti olyfauntes defensable
bestes
445
With brode castels on bak out of
burwe come
446
& on eche olyfaunte armed men manye
447
Ay an hundred an hey an hundred
withyn
448
Žo drowen dromedarius doun deuelich
žicke
449
[an] hundred žousand & yheled with
harnays of mayle
450
Eche beste with a big tour žer bold
men wer ynne
451
Twenty told by tale in eche tour
euene
452
Cameles closed in stele comen out
žanne
453
Faste toward že feld a ferlich nonbr
454
Busked to batail & on bak hadde
455
Echon a toret of tre with ten men of
armes
456
Chares ful of chosen charged with
wepne
457
A wonder nonbr žer was who so wite
lyste
458
Wer fond fey in že feld er žat fiȝt
endid
460
An olyfaunt yarmed came out at že
laste
461
Keuered myd a castel was craftily
ywroȝt
462
A tabernacle in že tour atyred was
riche
463
Piȝt as a paueloun on pileres of
seluere
464
A which of white seluere wal[w]ynde
žer-ynne
465
On four goions of gold žat hit fram
grounde bar
466
A c[h]osen chayr žerby on
charbokeles twelfe
467
Betyn al with barn[d] gold with
brennande sergis
468
Že chekes of že chayr wer
cha[r]-bokles fyue
469
Couered myd a riche clože žer
cayphas was sette
470
A plate of pulsched gold was piȝt on
his breste
471
With many preciose perle & pured
stones
472
Lered men of že lawe žat loude couže
synge
473
With sawters seten hym by & že
psalmys tolde
474
Of douȝty david že kyng & ožer der
storijs
475
Of joseph že noble jewe & judas že
knyȝt
476
Cayphas of že kyst kyppid a rolle
477
& radde how že folke ran žroȝ že
re[d]e wa[ters]
478
Whan pharao & his ferde wer in že
floode drouned
479
& myche of moyses lawe he mynned žat
tyme
480
Whan žis faižles folke to že feld
comen
481
& batayled after že bent with many
burne kene
482
For baneres žat blased & bestes
yarmed
483
Myȝt no man se žrow že sonne ne že
cite knowe
484
Waspasian dyuysež že vale alle
aboute
485
Žat was with baneres ouer[brade] to
že borwe wallis
486
To barouns & bold men žat hym aboute
wer
487
Seiž lordlynges aloude lestenyž my
speche
488
Her nys king nožer knyȝt comen to
žis place
489
Baroun ne burges ne burne žat me
folwež
490
Žat že cause of his come nys crist
forto venge
491
Vpon že faižles folke žat hym
fayntly slowen
492
Byholdež že hežyng & že harde
woundes
493
Že betyng & že byndyng žat že body
hadde
494
Lat neuer žis lawles ledis lauȝ at
his harmys
495
[i] quyckeclayme že querels of alle
quyk burnes
497
& clayme of euereche kyng saue of
crist one
498
Žat žis peple to pyne no pite ne
hadde
499
Žat preuež his passioun who so že
paas redež
500
Lines 501 through 600
Hit nediž noȝt at žis note of nero
to mynde
501
Ne to trete of no trewe for tribute
žat he askež
502
Žat querel y quikcleyme [qwežer] he
ne wilnež
503
Of žis rebel to rome bot resoun to
haue
504
Bot mor žing in our mynde mynež [vs]
today
505
Žat by resoun to rome že regnance
fallyž
506
Bože že myȝt & že mayn [&]
mais[trie] on e[rže]
507
& lord[chipe] of eche londe žat liže
vnder heuen
508
Lat neuer žis faižles folke with
fiȝt vs wynne
509
Hors ne harnays bot žey hit hard
byen
510
Plate ne pesan ne pendauntes ende
511
While any lyme may laste or we že
lif haue
512
For žei ben feyn[t] at že fiȝt fals
of byleue
513
Nožer grounded on god ne on no grace
tristen
515
Bot alle in st[erynne]s of stour &
in strengž one
516
& we ben diȝt today driȝten to serue
517
Hey heuen kyng [take] hede to his
owne
518
Že ledes louten hym alle & aloude
sayde
519
Today žat fleže any fote že fende
haue his soule
520
Bemes blowen anon blonkes to neȝeȝ
521
Stedis stampen in že felde stif
steil vnder
522
Stiže men in stiropys striden alofte
523
Knyȝtes croysen hemself cacchen her
helmys
524
With loude clarioun cry & alle kyn
pypys
525
Tymbris & tabourris tonelande loude
526
Ȝeuen a schillande schout schrynken
že jewes
527
As womman [welter solde in swounn]
whan hir že water neȝež
528
As fur out of flynt ston ferde hem
bytwene
530
Doust drof vpon lofte dymedyn alle
aboute
531
As žonder & žicke rayn žrowolande in
skyes
532
[žei] beren burnes žrow brosten
launces
533
Knyȝtes crosschen doun to že cold
erže
534
Ffouȝt faste in že felde & ay že
fals vnder
535
Doun swowande [one] swelt with out
swar more
536
Tytus tournež hym to tolles of že
beste
537
Forjustes že jolieste with joyn[yng]
of werr
538
Suž with a briȝt bronde he betiž on
harde
539
Tille že brayn & že blod on že bent
ornen
540
Souȝt žroȝ an ožer side with a sore
wepne
541
Bet on že broun stele while že
bladde laste
542
An hey breydež že brond & as a bore
lokež
543
How hetterly doun hente who so wolde
544
Alle briȝtned že bent as bemys of
sonne
545
Ffor schyueryng of sche[l]des &
schynyng of helmes
547
Hit ferde as alle že firmament vpon
a fur wer
548
Waspasian in že vale že fanward
by-holdež
549
How že hežyn her heldiž to grounde
550
Cam with a fair ferde že fals men to
mete
551
As greued griffouns girden in samen
552
Spakly her speres on sprotes žay
ȝeden
553
Scheldes as schidwod on scholdres
tocleuen
554
Schoken out of schepes žat scharpe
w[ere] ygrounde
555
& mallen metel žroȝ vnmylt hertes
556
Hewen on že hežen hurtlen togedr
557
Forschorne gilt schroud sch[o]dered
burne[s]
558
Baches woxen ablode aboute in že
vale
559
& goutes fram gold wede as goteres
žey runne
560
Sir sabyn settež hym vp whan hit so
ȝede
561
Kenely že castels came to assayle
563
Žat že bestes on her bake out of
burwe ladden
564
Atles on že olyfauntes žat orible
wer
565
Girdiž out že guttes with grounden
speres
566
R[o]ppis rispen forž žat redles an
hundred
567
Scholde be busy to burie žat on a
bent lafte
568
Castels clateren doun cameles
brosten
569
Dromedaries to že dež drowen ful
swyže
570
Že blode fomed hem fro in že
flasches aboute
571
Ž[at] knedepe in že dale dascheden
stedes
572
Že burnes in že bretages žat aboue
wer
573
For že doust & že dyn as alle doun
ȝede
574
Al forstoppette in stele
storteblynde wexen
575
Whan hurdiȝs & hard erže hurtled
togedre
576
& vnder dromedaries doun diȝten hem
sone
577
Was non left vpon lyue žat a lofte
standež
578
Saue [ane] olepy olyfaunt at že
grete ȝate
579
He say že wrake on hem wende & away
tournež
581
With twelf maystres made of moyses
lawe
582
An hundred helmed men hien hem after
583
Er žey of castel myȝt come cauȝten
hem alle
584
Bounden že bischup on bycchyd wyse
585
Žat že blode out barst eche band
vnder
586
& broȝten [to] že [berfraye] alle
[žo] bew clerkes
587
Žer že standard stode & stadded hem
žer
588
Že beste & že britage & alle že
briȝt ger
589
Chair & chaundelers & charbokel
stones
590
Že rolles žat žey redden [on] & alle
že riche bokes
591
Žey broȝte myd že bischup žou hym
bale žouȝte
592
Anon že feyžles folke fayleden herte
593
Tourned toward že toun & tytus hem
after
594
Ffe[l]de of že fals ferde in že
felde lefte
595
An hundred in her helmes myd his
honde one
596
Že fals jewes in že felde fallen so
žicke
597
So was že bent ouerbrad blody
byrunne
599
With ded bodies aboute alle že brod
vale
600
Lines 601 through 700
Myȝt no stede doun stap bot on stele
wede
601
Or on burne ožer on beste or on
briȝt scheldes
602
So myche was že multitude žat on že
molde lafte
603
Žer so many wer mar[red] mereuail
wer ellis
604
Ȝit wer že romayns as rest as žey
fram rome come
605
[vnrevyn] eche a renk & noȝt a ryng
brosten
606
Was no poynt perschid of alle her
pris armur
607
So crist his knyȝtes gan kepe tille
complyn tyme
608
An hundred žousand helmes of že
hežen syde
609
Wer fey fallen in že felde [žat no
freke skapide]
610
Saue seuen žousand of že somme žat
to že cite flowen
611
& wy[nn]en with mychel wo že walles
with-ynne
612
Ledes lepen to a-non louken že ȝates
613
Barren hem bigly with boltes of yren
614
& portecolis with pile picchen to
grounde
616
Žei wynnen vp whyȝtly že walles to
kepe
617
Fr[e]sche vnfonded folke & grete
defence made
618
Tyež in-to tourres tonnes ful manye
619
With grete stones of gret & of gray
marble
620
Kepten kenly with caste že kernels
alofte
621
Quar[r]en qu[a]rels out with
quart[ote]s attonys
622
Žat ožer folke at že fote freshly
assayled
623
Tille eche dale with dewe was donked
aboute
624
With-drowen hem fro že diche dukes &
ožer
625
[for] že caste was so kene žat come
fram že walles
626
Comen forže with že kyng clene as
žey ȝede
627
W[ant]ed noȝt o wye ne non žat wem
hadde
628
Princes to her pauelouns passen on
swyže
629
Vnarmen hem as tyt & alle že nyȝt
resten
630
With wacche vmbe že walles to many
wyes sorowe
631
Sone as že rede day ros [o]n že
schye
633
Bemes blowen anon burnes to aryse
634
Že kyng comaundež a cry žat comsed
was sone
635
Že ded bodies on že bonke barforto
make
636
To spoyle že spilt folke spar
scholde none
637
Geten girdeles & ger gold & goode
stones
638
Byes broches bryȝt besauntes riche
639
Helmes hewen of gold hamberkes manye
640
Kesten ded vpon ded was deil to
byholde
641
Made wide weyes & to že walles comen
642
Assembleden at že cite saut to
bygynne
643
Ffolke ferlich žycke at že four
ȝates
644
Žey broȝten toures of tre žat žey
taken hadde
645
A-ȝen euereche ȝate ȝarken hem hey
646
By-gonnnen at že grettist a garrite
to rer
647
Groded vp fro že grounde on twelfe
grete postes
648
Ffyue hundred in frounte to fiȝten
at že walles
650
Hardy men vp-on haste hyen at že
grecys
651
& bygonnnen with bir že borow to
assayle
652
Quarels flambande of fur flowen out
harde
653
& arwes [vn]arwely with attyr
enuenymyd
654
Taysen at že toures tachen on že
jewes
655
Žroȝ kernels cacchen her dež many
kene burnes
656
Brenten & beten doun žat bilde was
wel žycke
657
Brosten že britages & že brode
toures
658
By žat was many bold burne že burwe
to assayle
659
Že hole batail boun a-boute že brode
walles
660
Žat wer byg & brode & bycchet to
wynne
661
Wonder heye to byholde with holwe
diches vnder
662
Heye bonked a-bou[t]e vpon bože
sydes
663
Riȝt wicked to wynne bot ȝif wyles
helpe
664
Bow-men atte bonke benden her ger
665
Schoten vp scharply to že schene
walles
666
With arwes & arblastes & alle žat
harme myȝt
667
Že jewes werien že walles with wyles
ynowe
669
Hote [p]l[ay]ande picche a-monge že
peple ȝeten
670
Brenn[a]n[d] leed & brynston barels
fulle
671
Schoten schynande doun riȝt as schyr
water
672
Waspasian wendež fram že walles
wariande hem alle
673
Ožer busked wer boun benden engynes
674
Kesten at že kernels & clustred
toures
675
& monye der daies worke dongen to
grounde
676
By žat wriȝtes han wroȝt a wonder
stronge pale
677
Alle aboute že burwe with bastiles
manye
678
Žat [no freke in myȝt fonde
with-owttyn fethyrhames]
679
[ne] no segge vnder sonne myȝt fram
že cite passe
680
Suž dommyn že diches with že ded
corses
681
Crammen hit myd karayn že kirnels
vnder
682
Žat že stynk of že steem myȝt strike
ouer že walles
683
Že cors of že condit žat comen to
[že] toun
685
Stoppen euereche a streem žer any
str[ande] ȝede
686
With stockes & stones & stynkande
bestes
687
Žat žey no water myȝt wynne žat
weren enclosed
688
Waspasian tournež to his tente with
titus & ožer
689
Commaundež consail anon on cayphas
to sitte
690
W[hat] dež by dome žat he dey
scholde
691
With že lettered ledes žat žey
lauȝte hadde
692
Domes-men vpon de[y]s demeden swyže
693
Žat ech freke wer quyk fleyn že
felles of clene
694
Žen to be on a bent with blonkes
to-drawe
695
& suž honget on an hep vpon heye
galwes
696
Že feet to že firmament alle folke
to byholden
697
With hony vpon ech [halfe] že
hydeles anoynted
698
Corres & cattes with claures ful
scharpe
699
Ffour kagge[d] & knyt to cayphases
žeyes
700
Lines 701 through 800
Žat renten že rawe flesche vpon rede
peces
702
So was he pyned fram prime with
persched sides
703
Tille že sonne doun souȝt in
sommere-tyme
704
Že lered men of že lawe a litel
bynyže
705
Weren tourmented on a tre topsail
walten
706
Knyt to euerech clerke kene corres
twey
707
Žat alle že cite myȝt se že sorow
žat žey dryuen
708
Že jewes walten ouer že walles for
wo at žat tyme
709
Seuen hundred slow hem-self for
sorow of her clerkes
710
Somme hent her heer & fram že hed
pulled
711
& somme [down] for deil dasch[e]de
to grounde
712
Že kyng lete drawen hem a-doun whan
žey dede wer
713
Bade a bole-fur betyn to brennen že
corses
714
Kesten cayphas žer-yn & his clerkes
twelf
715
& brenten euereche bon in-to že
browne askes
716
Suž went to že walle on že wynde
syde
717
Žer is doust [to] ȝour drynke a
du[ke] to hem criež
719
& bade hem bible of žat brož for že
bischopes soule
720
Žus ended coursed cayphas & his
clerkes alle
721
Al to-brused myd bestes brent at že
laste
722
In tokne of tresoun & trey žat he
wroȝt
723
Whan crist žrow his conseil was
cacched to dež
724
By žat was že day don dym[m]ed že
skyes
725
Merked [že] montayns & mores a-boute
726
Foules fallen to fote & her fežres
r[y]s[t]en
727
Že nyȝt-wacche to že walle & waytes
to blowe
728
Bryȝt fures a-boute betyn a-brode in
že oste
729
Že kyng & his consail carpen to-gedr
730
Chosen chyuentayns out & chiden no
mor
731
Bot charged že chek-wecche & to
chambr wenten
732
Kynges & knyȝtes to cacchen hem
reste
733
Waspasian lyž in his logge litel he
slepiž
734
Ofte tournež for tene & on že toun
žynkež
736
Whan schadewes & schir day scheden
attwynne
737
Leuerockes vpon lofte lyften her
steuenes
738
Burnes busken hem out of bedde with
bemes loude
739
Bože blowyng on bent & on že burwe
walles
740
Waspasian bounys of bedde busked hym
fayr
741
Fram že fote to že fourche in fyne
gold cložes
742
Suž puttež že prince ouer his
pal[l]e[n] wedes
743
A brynye browded žicke with a
brest-plate
744
[že] gra[te was] of gray steel & of
gold riche
745
Žer-ouer he castež a cote
colour[ede] of his armys
746
A grete girdel of gold with-out ger
ožer
747
Layž vmbe his lendis with lacchetes
ynow
748
Of pur purged gold že pomel & že
hulte
750
A brod schynande scheld on scholdir
he hongiž
751
Bocklyd myd briȝt gold abou[t]e at
že necke
752
Že glowes of gray steel žat wer with
gold hemmyd
753
Haulež [ouer] harnays & his hors
askež
754
Že gold hewen helme haspež he blyue
755
With viser & with a-vental deuysed
for že nones
756
A croune of clene gold was closed
vpon lofte
757
Rybaunde vmbe že rounde helm ful of
riche stones
758
Pyȝt prudely with perles in-to že
pur corners
759
& so with saphyres sett že sydes
a-boute
760
He stridež on a stif stede & strikež
ouer že bente
761
Liȝt as a lyoun wer loused out of
cheyne
762
His segges se[y]en hym alle & echon
sayž to ožer
763
Žis is a comlich kyng knyȝtes to
lede
764
He bowež to že barres or he bide
wolde
765
Comež caytifes forž ȝe žat crist
slowen
767
Knowež hym for ȝour kyng or ȝe
cacche mor
768
Waytež doun fro že walle what wo is
on hande
769
May ȝe fecche ȝou no fode žoȝ ȝe fey
worže
770
& žoȝ ȝe waterles wede wynne ȝe noȝt
o droppe
771
Žoȝ ȝe dež scholde dey daies in ȝour
lyue
772
Že pale žat i piȝt haue passe hit
who myȝt
773
Žat is so byg on že bonke & haž že
burowe closed
774
Ffourty to fyȝten aȝens fyue hundred
775
Žoȝ ȝe wer etnes echon in scholde
[ȝ]e [tourne]
776
& more manschyp wer hit ȝit mercy
by-seche
777
Žan metles marr žer no myȝt helpys
778
Was non žat warpiž a word bot waytes
her poyntes
779
Ȝif [any] stertis on st[r]ay with
stones hem to kylle
780
Žan wrož as a wode bore he wendež
his bridul
781
Ȝif ȝe as dogges wol dey že deuel
haue žat recche
782
& efte spakloker speke or y ȝour
speche owene
784
By žat a jewe josophus že gentyl
clerke
785
Hadde wroȝt a wonder wyle whan hem
water fayled
786
Made wedes of wolle in wete for to
plunge
787
Water-waschen as žey wer & on že
walle hengen
788
Že wedes dropeden doun d[r]yed ȝerne
789
Rich rises hem fro že romayns
byholden
790
Wenden wel her wedes hadde wasschyng
so ryue
791
Žat no wye in že wone water schold
fayle
792
Waspasian že wile wel ynow knewe
793
Loude lawȝ[ež] žer-at & lordlynges
byddis
794
No burne abasched be žoȝ žey žis
bost make
795
Hit bež bot wyles of werr for water
hem faylež
796
Žan was no-žyng bot a newe note to
bygynne
797
Assaylen on eche a side že cite by
halues
798
& myche of masouns note žey marden
žat tyme
800
Lines 801 through 900
Žer-of was josophus war žat myche of
werr couže
801
& sette on že walle side sakkes myd
chaf
802
Aȝens že streyngže of že stroke žer
že stones hytte
803
Žat alle dered noȝt a dyȝs bot grete
dy[n] made
804
Že romayns runne to a-non & on
roddes knytte
805
Sižes for že sackes žat selly wer
kene
806
Raȝten to že ropis rent hem in
sonder
807
Žat alle dasschande doun in-to že
diche flatten
808
Bot josophus že gynful her engynes
alle
809
Brente with brennande oyle & myche
bale wroȝt
810
Waspasian wounded was žer wonderlich
sore
811
Žrow že hard of že hele with an
hande-darte
812
Žat boot žrow že bote & že bone
nayled
813
Of že frytted fote in že folis syde
814
Žat wolden wrecken že wounde ožer wo
habben
816
Žey bowyn to že barres bekered ȝerne
817
Fouȝt riȝt felly foyned with speres
818
Jo[k]ken jewes žroȝ engynes by žanne
819
Wer manye bent at že bonke & to že
burwe žrewen
820
Žer wer selcoužes sen as segges mowe
here
821
A burne with a balwe-ston was že
brayn cloue
822
Že gretter pese of že panne že pyble
forž strikež
823
Žat hit flow in-to že feld a forlong
or more
824
A womman bounden with a barn was on
že body hytte
825
With že ston o[f] a staf[-slyng] as
že storyj tellež
826
Žat že barn out brayde fram že body
clene
827
& was born vp as a bal ouer že burwe
walles
828
Burnes wer brayned & brosed to dež
829
Wymmen wide open walte vnder stones
830
& many toret doun tilte že temple
a-boute
832
Že cite had ben seised myd saut at
žat tyme
833
Nad že folke be so fers žat že fende
serued
834
Žat kilden on že cristen & kepten že
walles
835
With arwes & arblastes & archers
manye
836
With speres & spryngoldes sponnen
out hard
837
Dryuen dartes a-doun ȝeuen depe
woundes
838
Žat manye renke out of rome [by]
rest[ing] of ž[e] s[o]nne
839
Was mychel leuer a leche žan layke
myd his ton
840
Waspasian styntež of že stour stewež
his burnes
841
Žat wer for-beten & bled vnder bryȝt
yren
842
Tyen to her tentis myd tene žat žey
hadde
843
Al wery of žat werk & wounded ful
sore
844
Helmes & hamberkes hadden of sone
845
Leches by torche-liȝt loken her
hurtes
846
Waschen woundes with wyn & with
wolle stoppen
847
Suž euereche a segge to že soper
ȝede
849
Žoȝ žey wounded wer was no wo
nempned
850
Bot daunsyng & no deil with dynnyng
of pipis
851
& že nakerer noyse alle že nyȝt-tyme
852
Whan že derk was doun & že day
spr[o]ngen
853
Sone after že sonne sembled že grete
854
Comen forž-with že kyng conseil to
her
855
Alle že knyȝthod clene žat for crist
werred
856
Waspasian waitež a-wide his wyes
byholdež
857
Žat wer frescher to fiȝt žan at že
furst tyme
858
Prayež princes on ernest & alle že
peple after
859
Žat eche wye of žat werr schold his
wille specke
860
For or žis toun be tak & žis toures
heye
861
Michel tor[fere] & tene vs tides on
hande
862
Žay tourned alle to titus & hym že
tale schewež
863
Of že cite & že sege to seyn for hem
alle
864
Žus to layke with žis les[e folke]
vs lympis že worse
866
For žey ben fel[l]e of defence ferce
men & noble
867
& žis toured toun is tenful to wynne
868
Že worst wrecche in že wone may on
walle lygge
869
Strike doun with a ston & stuny many
knyȝtes
870
Whan we schul houe & byholde & litel
harme wirche
871
& ay že lože of že layk liȝt on
vs-selue
872
Now mowe žey ferke no ferr her fode
forto wynne
873
Wolde we stynt of our strif whyle
žey her stor ma[r]-den
874
We scholde with [hunger] hem honte
to hoke out of toun
875
[with-owttyn weme or wounde or any
wo ells]
876
For žer as faylež že fode žer is
feynt strengže
877
& žer as hunger is hote hertes ben
feble
878
Alle assenteden to že sawe žat to že
[sege] longed
879
To že kyng wer called constables
žanne
881
Marchals maser[s] men žat he to
tristiž
882
He chargež hem che[f]ly for chaunce
žat may falle
883
With wacche of waled men že walles
to kepe
884
For we wol hunten at že hart žis
hežes aboute
885
& hur racches renne a-monge žis rowe
bonkes
886
Ride to že reuer & rer vp že foules
887
Se faucouns fle fole of že beste
888
Ech segge to že solas žat hym-self
lyked
889
Princes out of pauelouns presen on
stedes
890
Torn[ei]en trifflyn & on že toun
wayten
891
Žis lyf žey ledde longe & [lord]
ȝyue vs grace
892
In rome nero haž now mychel noye
wroȝt
893
To dež pyned že pope & mychel peple
quelled
894
Senek & že senatours & alle že cite
fured
896
His modir & his my[l]de wif murdred
to deže
897
Combred cristen fele žat on crist
leued
898
Že romayns resen a-non whan žey
ž[i]s rewže seyen
899
To quelle že emperour quyk žat hem
vnquemed hadde
900
Lines 901 through 1100 (lines 998-1097
missing)
Žey pressed to his paleys porayle &
ožer
901
To br[it]ten že bold kyng in his
burwe riche
902
Že cite & že senatours assented hem
bože
903
Non ožer dede was to doun žey han
his dome ȝolden
904
Žan flowe žat freke frendles alone
905
Out at a pore posterne & alle že
peple folwed
906
With a tronchoun of tre toke he no
more
907
Of alle že glowande gold žat he on
grounde hadde
908
On žat tronchoun with his tež he
toggež & bytež
909
Tille hit was piked at že poynt as a
pokes ende
910
Žan abidež žat burne & biterlych
spekež
911
To alle že wyes žat žer wer wordes
aloude
912
Of no karl by že coppe how he his
kyng quelde
914
Hym-self he strykež myd žat staf
streȝt to že hert
915
Žat že colke to-clef & že kyng deyed
916
Six monže after & no mor žis myschef
bytydde
917
Žat waspasian was went to werry on
že jewes
918
Four mettyn myle out of rome to
mynde for euere
919
Žat erst was emperour of alle žus
ended in sorow
920
Že grete to-gedres žan [gete] hem
an-ožer
921
On gabba a gome žat mychel grem
hadde
922
Žroȝ othis l[ucy]us a lord žat hym
longe hated
923
& at že last žat lord out of lyf hym
broȝt
924
Amydde že market of rome že[y] mette
to-gedres
925
Othis falliž hym fey ȝaf hym fale
woundes
926
Žat four monžes & [no] mor hadde
mayntened že croune
927
& žo deyed že duke & že diademe
lefte
928
& whan žat gabba was gon & to
grounde broȝt
929
Že man in his maieste was monžes bot
žre
931
Žan he ȝeldež sathanas že soule &
hym-self quelled
932
Že romayns risen vp a renk rome for
to kepe
933
A knyȝt žat vitel was calde & hym že
croune rauȝte
934
Bot for sir sabyns sake a segge žat
was noble
935
Waspasian brožer of blode [žat] he
brytned hadde
936
Waspasian vpon vitel to vengen his
brožer
937
S[en]t out of surrie segges to rome
938
Žat [a]s naked as an nedul že newe
emperour
939
For sir sabyns sake alle že cite
drowe hym
940
Suž gored že gome žat his guttes
alle
941
As a bowe[l]ed beste in-to his
breche felle
942
Doun ȝer[m]ande he ȝede & ȝeldež že
soule
943
& [žey] kayȝt že cors & kast in-to
tybre
944
Seuen monžes žis [segge] hadde
septre on hande
945
& žus loste he že lyf for his lužer
dedes
946
For alle žis grete ben gon & neuer
agayn tournen
948
Now of že cite & of že sege wolle y
sey mor
949
How žis comelich kyng žat for crist
werrež
950
Haž holden yn že hežen men žis ožer
half wynter
951
Žat neuer burne was so bold že burwe
for to passe
952
As he to dyner on a day with dukes
was sette
953
Comen renkes fram rome rapande swyže
954
In bruneys & in bryȝt wede with
bodeworde newe
955
Louten alle to že lord letres hym
rauȝten
956
Sayn comelich kyng že knyȝthod of
rome
957
Žroȝ že senatours assent & alle že
cite ellis
958
Han chosen že her chyuentayn her
chef lord to worže
959
And riche emperour of rome žus redež
žis letres
960
Že lord vnlappež že lef žis letres
byholdež
961
Ouer-lokež ech a lyne to že last
ende
962
Bordes born wer doun & že burne
risež
963
Ȝe ben burnes of my blod žat y best
wolde
965
My sone is next to my-self & ožer
sib manye
966
Sir sabyn of surrie a segge žat y
triste
967
& ožer frendes fele žat me fayž owen
968
Now is me bodeword of blys broȝt
froward rome
969
To be lord ouer žat lond as žis
letres spekež
970
Sir sabyn of surrie sey že by-houyž
971
How y myȝt sauy my-self & i so wroȝt
972
Ffor y haue heylych heyȝt her forto
lenge
973
[tille] me že ȝates ben ȝet & ȝolden
že keyes
974
[and] i žis toured [t]oun ha[ue]
taken at wille
975
& suž houshed on hem žat žis hold
kepyn
976
Brosten & betyn doun žis britages
heye
977
Žat neuer ston in žat stede stond
vpon ožer
978
Kyže ž[i] consail sir knyȝt žis kyng
to hym sayde
979
Žan seiž sir sabyn a-non semelich
lord
981
We ben wyes že with žy worschup to
furžer
982
Of longe tyme bylafte & ledes žyn
owen
983
Žat we doun is žy dede may no man
demen elles
984
Že dom demed was žer who so dož by
anožer
985
Schal be soferayn hym-self sein in
že werke
986
For as fers is že freke atte ferr
ende
987
Žat of fleis že fel as he žat foot
holdež
988
Bytake tytus žy sone žis toun for to
kepe
989
& to že douȝti duke domyssian his
brožer
990
Her i holde vp myn honde myd hem for
to lenge
991
With alle že here žat i haue while
my herte lastež
992
& žou schalt ride to rome & receyue
že croune
993
In honour emperour to be as žyn eure
schapiž
994
So may žy couenaunt be kept žat žou
to crist made
995
Žy-self dest žat žy soudiours by žyn
assent worchen
996
To voiden alle by vile dež žat
vitelys destruyed
1098
Wymmen & weyke folke žat weren of
olde age
1099
Myȝt noȝt stonde in stede bot her
stor mardyn
1100
Lines 1101 through 1200
After [žay] touche of trewe to trete
with že lord
1101
Bot Titus grauntež noȝt for gile žat
že gomes ženke
1102
For he is wise žat is war or hym wo
hape
1103
& with falsede a-fer is fairest to
dele
1104
To worchyn vnder že wal w[a]yes žey
casten
1105
Whan Tytus nold no trewe to že toun
graunte
1106
With mynours & masouns myne žey
bygonne
1107
Grobben faste [i]n že grounde & god
ȝyue vs joye
1108
As Tytus after [on] a tyme vmbe že
toun r[i]dež
1109
Alle outwith že ost out of a kaue
1111
Vp a buschment brake alle of briȝt
hedis
1112
Fyf hundred fiȝtyng men fellen hem
aboute
1113
In jepouns & jambers Jewes žey wer
1114
Hadde wroȝt hem a wey & že wal myned
1115
& Titus tournež hem to without tale
mor
1116
Schaftes schedred wer sone &
scheldes yžrelled
1117
[And many schalke thurghe schotte
with že scharpe ende]
1118
Brunyes & briȝt wede blody by-runne
1119
& many segge at žat saute souȝte to
že grounde
1120
Hacchen vpon hard steel with an
herty wylle
1121
Žat fur out flowe as of flynt stonys
1122
Of že helm & že hed hewen at-tonys
1123
Že stompe vnder stede feet in že
steel leuež
1124
Že ȝong duk Domycian of že dyn herde
1125
Ffel on že fals folke vmbe-feldes
hem sone
1127
As bestes bretnes hem alle & haž his
brožer holpen
1128
Žan Titus toward his tentis tournež
hym sone
1129
Makež mynour[s] & men že myne to
stoppe
1130
After profrež pes for pyte žat he
hadde
1131
Whan he wist of her wo žat wer
withyn stoken
1132
Bot Jon že jenfulle žat že Jewes
ladde
1133
An ožer Symond of his assent forsoke
že profre
1134
Sayn leuer in žis lif lengen hem wer
1135
Žan any renke out of Rome [re]joycid
her sorowe
1136
Sale in že cite was cesed with žanne
1137
Was noȝt for besauntes to bye žat
men bite myȝt
1138
For a feržyng-worž of fode floryns
an hundred
1139
Princes profren in že toun to pay in
že fuste
1140
Bot alle was boteles bale f[or] who
so bred hadde
1141
Nold a goet haue [g]ouen for goode
vpon [erž]e
1142
Ffeynte & fallen doun žat so fair
wer
1144
S[ome] swallen as swyn som swart
wexen
1145
Som lene on to loke as
la[n]terne-hornes
1146
Že morayne was so myche žat no man
couže telle
1147
Wher to burie in že burwe že bodies
žat wer ded
1148
Bot wenten with hem to že walle &
walten [hem o]uere
1149
In-to že depe of že diche že ded
doun fallen
1150
Whan Titus told was že tale to trewe
god he vouched
1151
Žat [he] hadde profred hem pes &
grete pite hadde
1152
Žo praied he Josophus to preche že
peple [to en-forme]
1153
[For] to saue hemself & že cite
ȝelde
1154
Bot Jon forsoke že sawe so for to
wyrche
1155
With Symond žat ožer segge žat že
cyte ladde
1156
Myche peple for že prechyng at že
posterne ȝatis
1157
To for[g]yue hem že gult žat žey to
god wroȝt
1159
& he grauntež hem grace & gaylers
bytauȝt
1160
Bot whan žey metten with mete
vnmyȝty žey wer
1161
Any fode to defye so faynt was her
strengže
1162
Fful že gottes of gold eche gome
hadde
1163
Lest fomen fongen hem schold her
floreyns žey eten
1164
Whan hit was broȝt vp abrode & že
bourd aspyed
1165
[Wižou]ten leue of žat lord ledes
hem slowen
1166
[G]oren euereche a gome & že gold
taken
1167
Ffayn[ere] of že floreyns [žan of]
že frekes alle
1168
Ay wer že ȝates vn[ȝ]et tille two
ȝeres ende
1169
So longe žey [s]ouȝt hit by sege or
žey že [cite] hadde
1170
Eleuen hundred žousand Jewes in že
mene whyle
1171
Swalten while že sweng last by swerd
& by hunger
1172
Now Titus conseil haž take že toun
to assayle
1173
Neuer pyte ne pees profre hem more
1175
Ne gome žat he gete may to no grace
taken
1176
[žei] armen hem as tyt alle for že
werr
1177
Tyen euen to že toun with trompis &
pypys
1178
With nakerers & grete noyce neȝen že
walles
1179
Žer many styf man & stour stondiž
alofte
1180
Sir Sabyn of Surrye on a syde ȝede
1181
Že ȝong duke Domycian drow to an
ožer
1182
XV žousand [fiȝtynge] men eche freke
hadde
1183
With many maner of engyne & mynours
ynowe
1184
Tytus at že toun ȝate with ten
žousand helmes
1185
Merkež mynour[s] at že wal wher žey
myne scholde
1186
On ech side for že assaute settež
engynes
1187
& bold-brayned men in belfrayes heye
1188
Was noȝt bot dyn & dyt as alle deye
scholde
1189
At eche kernel was cry & quasschyng
of wepne
1191
& many burne atte brayd brayned to
dež
1192
Sir Sabyn of Surrye whyle že saute
laste
1193
Leyž a ladder to že wal & alofte
clymyž
1194
Wendež wyȝtly žeron žoȝ hym wo
happned
1195
& vp stondiž for ston[es] or for
steel gere
1196
Syx he slow on že wal sir Sabyn
alone
1197
Že seuež hittež on hym an vnhende
dynte
1198
Žat že brayn out brast at bož
nose-žrylles
1199
& Sabyn ded of že dynt in-to že
diche fallež
1200
Lines 1201 through 1300
Žan Tytus wepyž for wo & wariež že
tyme
1201
Syž he že lede haž lost žat he loue
scholde
1202
Ffor now is a duke ded že douȝtiest
y trowe
1203
Žat euer stede bystrode or any steel
wered
1204
Tytus on že same side settež an
engyne
1205
Žat alle ouerwalte žer he went &
wyes an hundred
1207
Wer ded of žat dynt & in že diche
lyȝten
1208
Žan Tytus heuež vp že honde & heuen
kyng žonkež
1209
Žat žey že dukes dež han so der
bouȝte
1210
Že Jewes praien že pees žis was že
paske-euene
1211
& že comelich kyng že keyes out
rauȝten
1212
Nay traytours quož Tytus now take
hem ȝourselfen
1213
Ffor schal no ward on ȝour wal vs že
way lette
1214
We han geten vs a gate a[g]en ȝour
wille
1215
Žat schal be satled sour on ȝour
sory kynde
1216
Or že ȝates wer ȝolden žre ȝer
byfore
1217
Ouer že cyte wer seyn selcouže
žynges
1218
A bryȝt bren[n]yng swerd ouer že
burwe henged
1219
Without hond ožer helpe saue [of]
heuen one
1220
Armed men in že ayer vpon ost-wyse
1221
A calf aȝen kynde calued in že
temple
1223
& eued an ewe-lombe at [že]
offryng-tyme
1224
A wye on že wal cried wonder heye
1225
Voys fram est & fram west & fram že
four wyndis
1226
& sayd Wo wo wo worž on ȝou bože
1227
Jerusalem že Jewen toun & že joly
temple
1228
Ȝif sayž že wye on že walle o word
mor
1229
Wo to žis worldly wone & wo to
my-selue
1230
& deyd whan he don hadde žrow dynt
of [a] slynge
1231
& haplich was had away how wyst I
neuere
1232
& žan žey deuysed hem & vengaunce
hit helde
1233
& wyten her wo že wronge žat žey
wroȝte
1234
Whan žey brutned in že burwe že
byschup seint Jame
1235
Noȝt wolde acounte hit for Crist že
car žat žey hadde
1236
Bot vp ȝeden her ȝates [žey] ȝelden
hem alle
1237
fram none tille že merke nyȝt neuer
ne cesed
1239
Bot man after man mercy bysouȝt
1240
Tytus into že toun takež his way
1241
Myȝt no man st[e]ken [i]n že stret
for stynke of ded corses
1242
Že peple in že pauyment was pite to
byholde
1243
Žat we enfamy[n]ed for defaute whan
hem fode wanted
1244
Was noȝt on ladies lafte bot že lene
bones
1245
Žat wer fleschy byfor & fayr on to
loke
1246
Burges with balies as barels or žat
tyme
1247
No gretter žan a grehounde to grype
on že medil
1248
Tytus tariež noȝt for žat bot to že
temple wendiž
1249
Žat was rayled že roof with rebies
grete
1250
With perles & peritotes alle že
place ferde
1251
As glowande gledfur žat on gold
st[r]ikež
1252
Že dores ful of dyemauntes dryuen
wer žicke
1253
Derst no candel be [ky]nde whan
clerkes scholde rise
1255
So wer žey lemaunde lyȝt & as a
lampe schonen
1256
Že Romayns wayten on že werke warien
že tyme
1257
Žat euer so precious a place scholde
persche for her synne
1258
Out že tresour to take Tytus
commaundyž
1259
Doun bete že bilde brenne hit in-to
grounde
1260
Žer was plente in že place of
precious stonys
1261
Grete gaddes of gold who-so grype
lyste
1262
Platis pecis of peys pulsched vessel
1263
Bassynes of brend gold & ožer bryȝt
ger
1264
Pelours masly made of metals fele
1265
In cop[r]e craftly cast & in clene
seluere
1266
Peynted [with] pur gold alle že
place was ouer
1267
Že Romayns renten hem doun & to Rome
ledyn
1268
Telle couže no tonge že tresours žat
žei žer foundn
1270
Jewels for joly men je[mewes] riche
1271
Ffloreyns of [fyne] gold no freke
wanted
1272
Riche pelour & pane princes to wer
1273
Besantes bies of gold broches &
rynges
1274
Clene cložes of selke many
carte-fulle
1275
Wele wantež no wye bot wale[ž] what
hym lykež
1276
Now masouns & mynours han že molde
souȝte
1277
With pykeyse & ponsone persched že
walles
1278
Hewen žrow hard ston hadde hem to
grounde
1279
Žat alle derkned že diche for doust
of že pouder
1280
So žey wrouȝten at že wal alle že
woke-tyme
1281
Tille alle že cyte was serched &
souȝt al aboute
1282
Maden wast at [a] wappe žer že walle
stode
1283
Bože in temple & in tour alle že
toun ouer
1284
Nas no ston in že stede stondande
alofte
1285
Nožer tymbr ne tre temple ne ožer
1287
Bot doun betyn & brent into blake
erže
1288
& whan že temple was ouertourned
Tytus commaundys
1289
In plowes to putte & alle že place
erye
1290
Suž sow hit with salt & seide žis
wordes
1291
Now is žis stalwourže stede
distroied for euere
1292
Tytus suž sett hym on a sete riche
1293
As juge Jewes to jugge justise
hym-self
1294
Criour[s] callen hem forž as hy žat
Crist slowen
1295
& beden Pilat apere žat prouost was
žanne
1296
Pilat proffriž hym forž apered at že
bar
1297
& he fraynež že freke alle with fair
wordis
1298
Whan Crist of dawe was don & to že
dež ȝede
1299
Of že he[ž]yng žat he hadde & že
hard woundis
1300
Lines 1301 through 1334
Žan melys že man & že matere tolde
1301
For žritty penyes in a poke his
postel hym solde
1303
So was he bargayned & bouȝt & as a
beste quelled
1304
Now corsed be he quož že kyng žat že
cate made
1305
He wexe marchaunte amys žat že money
fenged
1306
To sille so precyous a prince for
penyes so fewe
1307
[Thoghe ilke a ferthynge had bene
ful florence an hundrethe]
1308
Bot I schal marchaundise make in
mynde of žat ožer
1309
Žat schal be hežyng to hem or I
hennes passe
1310
Alle žat here bodyes wol by or
bargaynes make
1311
By lower pris for to passe žan žey
že prophete solde
1312
He made in myddel of [že] ost a
market to crye
1313
Alle žat cheffare wolde chepe chepis
to haue
1314
Ay for a peny of pris who-so pay
wolde
1315
Žrytty Jewes in a žrom žrongen in
ropis
1316
So wer žey bargayned & bouȝt & broȝt
out of londe
1317
Neuer suž [on] žat syde cam segge of
hem after
1318
Žat tormented trewe God žus Titus
commaundyž
1320
Josophus že gentile clerke a-jorneyd
was to Rome
1321
Žer of žis mater & mo he made fayr
bokes
1322
& Pilat to prisoun was do to pyne
for euere
1323
At Viterbe žer he veniaunce & vile
dež žoled
1324
Že wye žat hym warded wente on a
tyme
1325
Hym-self fedyng with frut & feffyt
hym with a per
1326
& forto paren his pere he praiež hym
ȝerne
1327
Of a knyf & že kempe kest hym a
trenchour
1328
& with že same he schef hymself to
že herte
1329
& so že kaytif as his kynde
corsedlich deied
1330
Whan alle was demed & d[on]e žei
drow vp tentis
1331
Trossen her tresour & trompen vp že
sege
1332
Wenten syngyng away & han her wille
foržred
1333
& hom riden to Rome Now rede ous our
lord
1334
