Thei comen lepand þiderwarde, And þat hem fel swiþe harde. Ih{es}u wolde nouȝt þ{a}t schame; He made hem boþe blynde {and} lame. 708 Off hem alle, was þ{er} none That myȝt a fote on erþe gone. Here mouþes were to here nek went; Thei þouȝt alle þat þei were schent. 712 Boþe here feet {and} here handes Where bounde w{i}t{h} stronge bandes: Ful sore bounden þei were, For þei ne myȝt go ne here. 716 Than comen here frendes hem to, And seide, “alas, whi leie ȝe so, In ȝoure armo{ur} so fast ycliȝt, That beþ so faire {and} so bryȝt? 720 [Sidenote: [leaf 77]] Ȝoure speres, ȝo{ur} schildes, helpeþ ȝow nouȝt; Telleþ vs what ȝe haue þouȝt.” Thei answerd nouȝt þat leyen þere, For þei ne myȝt hem noȝt here, 724 But so{m}me of hem þat myȝt speke Seide, “alas! who schal vs wreke?” And eu{er} þei cryede many a stounde, “Alas, how harde we lie here ybounde!” 728 Off fyue þousand was þer none That myȝt of þat stede gone. Than seide some þat stode hem bi, That hadde ysene þat ferli, 732 That ‘seynt Petir {and} his fere Bare oure ladi on a beere, “Thise men wolde hure haue nomen,” And þus þei ben ou{er} comen. 736 The ladi þei wolde haue dou{n} schame; Ther fore þei hauen godes grame.’ The folke hem bad m{er}cy to crie To ih{es}u cryst of here folie, 740 And leue þat he is godes sone, And siþen crysten men bi come. [Headnote: _The Virgin Mary’s body is laid in the tomb._] “We hope þ{a}t ih{es}u schal sone tyme Delyuere ȝow of ȝoure pyne.” 744 [Sidenote: [leaf 77, back]] Thei criede “m{er}cy” with good wille, So{m}me lowde {and} so{m}me stille, And ih{es}u, þorw his mochil myȝt, Here feet {and} handes gan to ryȝt. 748 Thorw myracle þat þer was doun, Bi-come cristene many on, And leuede on cryst and criede m{er}cy, That none oþ{er} god was so myȝty. 752 to the vale of Iosephas to ley her{e}, ther{e} her{e} wille was, [_No gap in MS._] and leid the body in a ston{e}, The apostles went forþe on here way, To Iosephat, to þat Valay. When þe apostles comen were, Wel softe þei setten doun þe beere. 756 With gret deuocioun, eu{er}ychone, Thei leide þe bodi in a stone,