Why wolt thou, gracyous Fadyr, that it xal be so? May man not ellys be savyd be non other kende? ȝet, Lord Fadyr, than that xal comforte myn wo, Whan man is savyd be my chylde, and browth to a good ende. Now, dere sone, syn thou hast evyr be so ful of mercy, That wylt not spare thiself for the love thou hast to man; On alle mankend now have thou pety, And also thynk on thi modyr, that hevy woman. XXIX. KING HEROD. _Primus doctor._ O thou altitude of al gostly ryches! O thou incomprehensibele of grete excyllence! O thou luminarye of pure lyghtnes! Shete oute thi bemys ontyl this audyens. _Secundus doctor._ O fili Altissimi! clepyd by eternalyté! Hele this congregacion with the salve of thi passyon! And we prey the, Spiritus paraclyté! With the ffyre of thi love to slake alle detraccion. _Primus doctor._ To the pepyl not lernyd I stonde as a techer, Of this processyon to ȝeve informacion; And to them that be lernyd, as a gostly precher, That in my rehersayl they may have delectacion. _Secundus doctor._ Welcome of the aposteyls, the gloryous qwere, ffyrst Petyr ȝour prynce and eke ȝour presydent, And Andre we ȝour half brother, togedyr in ffere, That ffyrst ffowlyd Cryst be on assent. _Primus doctor._ O ȝe tweyn luminaryes, Jamys and John! Contynually brennyng as bryght as the sonn bem! With the chene of charyté, bothe knyt in on, And offeryd of ȝour modyr to Cryst in Jherusalem. _Secundus doctor._ Welcome, Phelypp, that convertyd Samaryan! And convertyd the tresorere of the qwene Cabdas! With Jamys the lesser, that apud Jherosolyman Was made fyrst patryarke, by the ordenauns of Cephas. _Primus doctor._ Heyl, Mathew the apostel and also Evangelyst! That was clepyd to the fflok of gostly conversacion ffrom thyrknes of concyens that ȝe were in ffest, With Bertylmew that ffled alle carnalle temptacion. _Secundus doctor._ Heyl, Symeon Zelotes! thus be ȝour name, And Judas, that bothe wel lovyd oure Lord! Therffore ȝe have bothe joye and game, Wher nevyr is sstryff but good acorde. _Primus doctor._ Heyl, Poul, grett doctour of the ffeyth, And vessel chosyn be trewe eleccion! Heyl Thomas, of whom the gospel seyth, In Crystys wounde was ȝour refleccion! _Secundus doctor._ Heyl, John Baptyst, most sovereyn creature That evyr was born be naturalle conseyvyng! And hyest of prophetys, as wytnessyth Scrypture; Heyl voys that in desert was allewey cryeng! _What tyme that processyon is enteryd into the place, and the Herowdys takyn his schaffalde, and Pylat and Annas and Cayphas here schaffaldys; also than come ther an exposytour, in doctorys wede, thus seyng_,