_Annas._ Sere, here is a gret record take hed therto, And knowyng gret myschef in this man; And not only in o day or to, It is many ȝerys syn he began. We kan telle the tyme where and whan, That many a thowsand turnyd hath he, As alle this pepylle record weyl kan, From hens into the lond of Galylé. _Et clamabunt “ȝa! ȝa! ȝa!”_ _Pilat._ Serys, of o thyng than gyf me relacyon, If Jhesus were outborn in the lond of Galylye, ffor we han no poer, ne no jurediccyon, Of no man of that contré. Therfore the trewth ȝe telle me, And another wey I xal provyde,— If Jhesus were born in that countré, The jugement of Herowdys he must abyde. _Cayphas._ Sere, as I am to the lawe trewly sworn, To telle the trewth I have no fer; In Galelye I know that he was born, I can telle in what place and where. Aȝens this no man may answere, ffor he was born in Bedlem Judé; And this ȝe knowe, now alle I have don here, That it stant in the lond of Galelye. _Pylat._ Weyl, serys, syn that I knowe that it is so, The trewth of this I must nedys se: I undyrstand ryth now what is to do, The jugement of Jhesu lyth not to me. Herowde is kyng of that countré, To jewge that regyon in lenth and in brede; The jurysdyecyon of Jhesu now han must he, Therfore Jhesu in hast to hym ȝe lede; In halle the hast that ȝe may spede, Lede hym to the Herownde anon present, And sey I comawnde me, with worde and dede, And Jhesu to hym that I have sent. _Primus doctor._ This erand in hast sped xal be, In alle the hast that we can do; We xal not tary in no degré, Tyl the Herowdys presens we come to. _Here thei take Jhesu and lede hym in gret hast to the Herowde; and the Herowdys scafald xal unclose, shewyng Herowdes in astat, alle the Jewys knelyng, except Annas and Cayphas, thei xal stondyn, etc._