Manuscript B. 14, 39, of the thirteenth century, library of
Trinity College, Cambridge, as printed in Wright &
Halliwell's Reliquiae Antiquae, I, 144.
| 1 |
Hit wes upon a Scere-thorsday that ure loverd aros;
Ful milde were the wordes he spec to Judas. |
| 2 |
'Judas, thou most to Jurselem, oure mete for to bugge;
Thritti platen of selver thou bere up othi rugge. |
| 3 |
'Thou comest fer ithe brode stret, fer ithe brode strete;
Summe of thine tunesmen ther thou meiht imete.' |
| 4 |
. . . . .
Immette wid is soster, the swikele wimon. |
| 5 |
'Judas, thou were wrthe me stende the wid ston,
For the false prophete that tou bilevest upon.' |
| 6 |
'Be stille, leve soster, thin herte the tobreke!
Wiste min loverd Crist, ful wel he wolde be wreke.' |
| 7 |
'Judas, go thou on the roc, heie upon the ston;
Lei thin heved imy barm, slep thou the anon.' |
| 8 |
Sone so Judas of slepe was awake,
Thritti platen of selver from hym weren itake. |
| 9 |
He drou hymselve bi the cop, that al it lavede a blode;
The Jewes out of Jurselem awenden he were wode. |
| 10 |
Foret hym com the riche Jeu that heihte Pilatus:
'Wolte sulle thi loverd, that hette Jesus?' |
| 11 |
'I nul sulle my loverd [for] nones cunnes eihte,
Bote hit be for the thritti platen that he me bitaihte.' |
| 12 |
'Wolte sulle thi lord Crist for enes cunnes golde?'
'Nay, bote hit be for the platen that he habben wolde.' |
| 13 |
In him com ur lord Crist gon, as is postles seten at mete:
'Wou sitte ye, postles, ant wi nule ye ete? |
| 14 |
['Wou sitte ye, postles, ant wi nule ye ete?]
Ic am ibouht ant isold today for oure mete.' |
| 15 |
Up stod him Judas: 'Lord, am I that . . .?
'I nas never othe stude ther me the evel spec.' |
| 16 |
Up him stod Peter, and spec wid al is mihte,
. . . . . . |
| 17 |
'Thau Pilatus him come wid ten hundred cnihtes,
Yet ic wolde, loverd, for thi love fihte.' |
| 18 |
'Still thou be, Peter, wel I the icnowe;
Thou wolt fursake me thrien ar the coc him crowe.' |
