fro my sone a messynger; he wołł no leng{er} that y be here. but y wote that rueth me, that y shałł dep{ar}te fro the; 244 for thi loue and thi s{er}uice that thu me dost in al wise. thu hast made me ofte glad; thu has don{e} as my sone bad. 248 my sone shal it yelde to the; y wol hym p{ra}y when y hym se.” Fro my sone a massagere; He wol no lengere þat I be here, 248 Wite þou wel hit rewiþ me That I schal, Ioh{a}n, p{ar}te fram þee. For þi loue {and} þi seruyce That þou hast dou{n} on eche wise, 252 Thou hast me boþe fed {and} clad, And doun also my sone þee bad. My sone schal it wel ȝelde þee; I schal him telle when I him se.” 256 [Sidenote: Ioh{ann}es] Tho answerd to her{e} seynt Ioh{a}n, and was a fułł sory man~, 252 “A, lady Marie, what shal y be when y shałł the no leng{er} se? my ioye thu art eu{er}y dełł; no leng{er} in erthe worth y wełł, 256 now we shul dep{ar}te a two.” Than answerde seynt Iohan, That was a ful sori man, And seide, “ladi, how mai þis be That I schal þee no more se? 260 Mi ioie, my blis, is do{u}n eche del; Ne schal me neu{er} worþen wel, Sithen we ben p{ar}ted atwo.” [Sidenote: Maria] Then seid Marie, “whi seist þ{o}u so? for sothe, thogh y go be-fore, yet shal thu not be for-lore. 260 y shall p{ra}y my lef sone, that thu may vnto vs come. And o thyng, Ioh{an}, y bidde the, [Sidenote: [leaf 79]] for the loue thu hast to me, 264 Þo seide our ladi, “why saistou so? 264 [Sidenote: [leaf 67, back]] Wite þou wel, I go be-forn; Thi seruyse schal noȝt be forlorn; I schal to my sone seie of þee That þou with hym {and} me schal be. 268 But herestou now, my frende Io{ha}n, When þou sest þat I am gon, [Sidenote: no{t}a hic v{er}b{is} Marie] loke anon{e} when y am nome, that the fals Iewys ne come my body for to don{e} shame, for thei haten moche my name. 268 thei wole feyn shame me, that honged my sone on þ{e} rode tre. y wote wełł thei loue me noght; ther-for thei ben{e} mysthought. 272 Kepe my bodi þat I ne be binomen, When þe fellon Iewes comen, 272 Mi bodi forto doun no schame, For þei hate no þing~ more þan my name. Mi sone þei hongen on a tre; Wel I wote so wolde þei me. 276 I wote wel þei louen me nouȝt; But þ{er} of be þi most þouȝt. when y am be-nome fro the, to my body they do no foly. Ih{es}u Crist our{e} aller{e} dright, gef ham neu{er} that ilke myght.” 276