“Bi fore alle oþ{er} I hure ches, And I was born of hure flesches. 436 Thritti wynt{er} {and} so{m}me del more, Men to wissen, I was þore. Men dide me moche euelte; Myn owyn þat ouȝt for to be, 440 Thei token me {and} bette me sore, And atte þe last þei dide wel more, With oute gult þei me swongen, And to a piler þei me bounden. 444 Nailes þei smyten in my fette; Off blode myne handes weren rede. Myn hert þei stongen w{i}t{h} a spere; That sawe alle þat weren þere. 448 Ther I hange nailed on þe tree, My modre was wel wo for me, And also was hure cosin Ion. I callid hure to me soone anon, 452 And seide, ‘Io{ha}n, for my loue, Kepe wel þis wyf; I am hure sone.’ Boþe þei wenten þo fro me; Al one I hanged on þe tree, 456 [Sidenote: [leaf 71, back]] Mi soule fram my bodi I nam, In to þe pyne of helle sone I came. Alle my frendes þat I þer fonde, I toke hem oute w{i}t{h} my ryȝt honde, 460 Adam {and} Eue {and} many mo, I dide hem oute of helle go. When I hadde harwed helle, And don as I ȝow telle, 464 And fet adam fro þe quede, The þridde dai I ros fro dede. Fram erþe to heuene I cam; God {and} man, bothe I am, 468 In heuene {and} in erþe is my myȝt; “Now I wol forþe in ryȝt, That my modre be me bi; This tyme I wol for þi, 472 Comeþ with me with mury songe, And do we hure come vs amonge.” [Headnote: _Conversation between Jesus and Mary._] [Sidenote: Ih{es}us] Tho cam Iesus from heuene, w{i}t{h} angelis {and} archangelis seuene, yn to hir{e} bour{e} w{i}t{h} mery song; moche merthe was them among. 368 no wond{er} thogh ther be blisse in eche place ther Ih{esus} ys. Than cam ih{es}u w{i}t{h} his mayne, Aungeles, archaungeles, moche plente, 476 In to þe chambre þ{er} sche was Inne, with ful many of hure kynne. That chambere was ful of moche blis, As eu{er} is þer ih{es}u is. 480 none of them that wer{e} there a soche blisse saw they ner{e}. 372 amonge al blisses of the trone Mary knew her{e} leue sone. [Sidenote: Maria] when she hym saw, she was ful glad, he herd the bone that she bad. 376 [Sidenote: [leaf 72]] Tho seide alle þat were þere, Suche a blis sawe þei neu{er} ere. Amonge þat Ioie {and} þat glewe, Oure ladi, hure sone knewe. 484 When sche hi{m} sawe, sche was glad; Listeneþ þe bede þat sche bad: