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THE ANCIENT CORNISH DRAMA,
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY Mr. EDWIN NORRIS, Sec. R.A.S.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II. OXFORD: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
M.DCCC.LIX.
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OF OXFORD ^ HIC INCIPIT
ORDINALE DE RESURREXIONE
DOMINI NOSTRI JHESU CHEISTI.
VOL. II. B
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57*. HIC INCIPIT
ORDINALE DE RESURREXIONE
DOMINI NOSTRI JHESU CHRISTI.
PILATUS
ihesu a fue anclethyys
hag yn beth a ven gorrys
gans ioseph ha tus erel
y leuerys ef yn weth
datherghy an tressa deth 5
y wre pur wyr hep fyllel
mar tufe ha datherghy
mur a tus [a] wra crygy
ynno y vos dev a nef
dyswrys a vyth ol iudy *o
ha kellys an lagha ny
dre reson sur me a'n pref
consler thy'mmo lauara
pyth yv an cusyl wella
orth an dra-ma hep lettye 15
gyllys of yn pryderow
mur y v ow fyenasow
yn certan war ow ene
CONSTJLTOR
arluth dout thy'mmo yma
ha preder mur a vn dra 2 °
an corf eth hythev yn pry
L. 2. We may perhaps read a veu gorrys, "who was put."
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HERE BEGINS THE DRAMA
OF THE RESURRECTION OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
PILATE.
Jesus, who was buried,
And put into a tomb of stone,
By Joseph and other persons,
He said likewise,
Rise on the third day, S
He would, very truly, without fail.
If he comes and rises,
Many people will believe
In him, to be the God of heaven ;
Undone will be all Judaea, to
And our law lost,
By reason sure I will prove it.
Counsellor, tell me,
What is the best advice
For this thing, without delay? 15
Lost I am in thoughts,
Great are my anxieties
Certainly, on my soul,
COUNSELLOR.
Lord, a fear there is to me,
And much thought of one thing ; • 2 °
(The body this day goes to earth ;)
L. 7. ittfa B. L. 8. dus B.
B %
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RESURRECTION OF
ioseph baramathia
the laddra map maria
ha cous ef the thasserh y
PILLATUS
ytho pyth yv the cusyl H
worth an dra-na the wf uthyl
. lauar lemmyn
ha ty a vyth rewarddys
may leuerry me a grys
kyns pen sythyn 30
CON8ULTOR
ioseph yn dan naw alweth
ha nichodemus yn weth
gureugh y pur fast
ma na allons yn pryveth
y laddra yn mes a'n beth 35
dre nep fals east
[Mc veniet Josep et Nioodmms ad pUaturn]
IOSEPH
syr pilat thy's lowene
corf cryst a gysseugh gyne
yn beth gallas
NICHODEMUS
as wrussough cam tremene 40
cuth gueles y theWeth fe
namna'n dallas
PILATTJS
corf yn beth a worseugh why
a wre bost a thasserghy
yn certan the pen try deyth 45
pleme thy'mmo leuereugh
mas the wel y'm gorthebeugh
fast prysonys why a vyth
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 5
That Joseph of Arimathea
May steal the Son of Mary,
And say he has risen again.
PILATE.
Now what is thy advice 25
To do about that thing ?
Say now :
And thou shait be rewarded
If thou sayest, I think.
Before the end of a week. 30
COUNSELLOR.
Joseph, under nine keys,
And Nicodemus also,
Make them very fast ;
That they may not privily
Steal him out of the tomb - 35
By some false trick.
[Here Joseph and Nicodemus shall come to Pilate.]
JOSEPH.
Sir Pilate, joy to thee !
The body of Christ, which you left with me,
Is gone to the tomb.
NICODEMUS.
You did permit an unjust deq,th ; 40
A grief to see his end it was,
It almost blinded us.
PILATE.
The body ye have put in the tomb,
He boasted it would rise again
Certainly at the end of three days. 45
Where is it, tell me ?
Unless ye answer me the better,
Fast prisoners you shall be.
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6 RESURRECTION OF
■57'
IOSEPH
an corf a worsyn yn beth
dre henna ioy hep thyweth 5 a
sur yn y wlas
ef a sef the pen try deth
ha henna ny a'n guylvyth
gans dev lagas
PILATUB
a fals harlot gowek pur ss
ty a yn pryson yn sur
na wylly deyth
ha me a wyth na'n lyttry
na cous ef the thasserghy
vn ger tuch vyth 60
NICHODEMUS
dasserghy sur ef a wra
par del prennas an bys-ina
gans y gyk ha gans y wos
me a leuer an guyr thy's
kepar del y we scryfys 65
piir wyr gans lyes profos
PILATUB
ha ty a ganso yn weth
pur wyr yn dan naw alweth
scon yn certen
ha ty a vefch prysonys 70
na wylly golaw yn bys
bys pen vlythen
IOSEPH
yn pryson mos ny treynyn
agan bew kyn kentreynnyn
ol agan kyc 75
L. 73. dreynyn B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 7
JOSEPH.
The body we have put into the tomb,
For that there is joy without end ; 50
Surely in his country
He will stand at the end of three days,
And that we shall see it
With eyes.
PIH.TE.
false knave, very liar, 55
Thou shalt surely go to prison,
Nor see day.
And I will keep that thou steal him not,
Nor say that he rises again,
One word at any time, 60
NIOODBMUS.
Rise again surely he will,
Like as he redeemed this world
With his flesh and with his blood ;
1 say the truth to thee,
Like as it is written 65
Very truly by many prophets.
PILATE.
And thou shalt go with him also,
Very truly under nine keys,
Soon certainly ;
And thou shalt be imprisoned, 70
Nor see light in the world,
Till the end of a year.
JOSEPH.
* To go to prison we torment not
Our lives, though we should pierce
All our flesh ; 75
L. 73 and 74. Very doubtfully rendered.
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RESURRECTION OF
rak ihesu luen a vercy
agan gor sur the'n keth ioy
byth na thyfyc
PILATUS
how. geyler jplos re'th fo meavl
ygor scon abarth a'n iaul 80
the tharasow
gor an thew-ma yn pryson
pan fons fast ro thy'm hep son
the alwethow
CABCBBATOR
a treytors anfesugyon 85
eugh aberueth lemmyn scon
a thev aso why gocky
[carcercmms ducit eos ad carcerem]
syr iustis kymmer hep son
naw alwyth agas pryson
na fo dout a treghury 90
\hic tradet eibi c&w?e*[
PILATUS
rak the vos geyler mar len
me are thy 9 so lemyn
fekenel ol yn tyen
carvenow inwet merthyn
CABCBRATOft
grant merci syr iustis 95
vynytha syngys of thy^s
Lines 92-94. These three lines are by B; the places named
are in Cornwall.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 9
For Jesus, full of mercy,
Brings us, sure, to that same joy
Which never decays.
PILATE.
Now, dirty jailor, curses to thee !
Open at once, in the devil's name, 80
Thy doors.
Put these two in prison ;
When they are fast, give me, without noise,
Thy keys.
JAILOR.
O traitors, hypocrites, 85
Go in now immediately :
you two are fools.
[The jailor takes them to prison.]
Sir magistrate, take, without noise,
Nine keys of your prison,
That there be no doubt of their staying. 9°
[Here he shall gwe him the keys.]
PILATE.
Because, gaoler, thou art so trusty,
1 give thee now
Fekenel, all entirely ;
Carvenow, also Merthyn.
JAILOR.
Gramercy, sir magistrate, 95
Ever bound I am to thee.
L. 87. Or, " O God, ye are fools,
B 3
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10 RESURRECTION OF
hie spiritus uenit adportas in/emi
58 a . 8PIMTU8 OHBISTI
why pryncys a'n dewolow
scon egereugh an porthow
py mar ny wreugh y fyth guow
yn certan kyns tremene ioo
rak an porthow hep dyweth
a vyth ygerys yn weth
sur may thello aberueth
an myghtern a lowene
LUCIFER
ny dal thy^s scornye gyne 105
py v myghtern a lowene
a thesempys thy'm lauar
* spibitus
arluth cref ha galosek
hag yn bateyl barthesek
. rak henna ygor hep mar 1 10
why pryncis
LUCIFER
ny dal thy's scornye gyne
py v myghtern a lowene
thy'mmo lauar
byth ny thueth agy the'n yet 115
ke yn kergh dywhans hep let
na strech hep mar
spntiTUS
arluth gallosek ha cref
worto an porthow ny sef
yn certan kyns tremene 120
L. 99. I suppose guow to be a plural of go, implied in
goef, govy, &c.
L. 101. Pryce gives "delay" for one of the meanings of
dyweth ; but it looks as if invented for the occasion. One
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 11
Here the Spirit comes to the gates of hell.
SPIRIT OF OHBIST.
Ye princes of the devils,
Immediately open the gates ;
If you do not, there shall be woes,
Certainly, before passing. 100
For the gates, without delay,
Shall be opened also,
Surely that may enter in
The King of joy.
LUCIFER.
It behoves thee not to strive with me ; 105
Who is the King of joy ?
Tell me immediately.
SPIRIT.
The Lord, strong and powerful,
And in battle valiant ;
For this open without delay, no
Te princes !
LUCIFER.
It behoves thee not to strive with me :
Who is the King of joy ?
Tell me.
No one ever comes within the gate ; "5
60 thy way quickly without stopping,
Nor stay, doubtless.
SPIRIT.
The Lord, powerful and strong,
Against him the gates stand not,
Certainly, before passing, 120
of the values is "twice," the Welsh dwywaithj hep dyweth
may then be rendered, "without twice bidding," "imme-
diately."
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12 RESURRECTION OF
drefen mar mur yv ow ras
ef y v gallosek yn cas
ha myghtern a lowene
why pryncis
\Jramgwnifwr portae infirn%\
et sic tercio. tv/nc intrabit in infenvam et dicit
foieifer
LUCIFER
a out guereseugh laddron "5
gallas an porthow brewyon
hag ol myns o
belsebuc ha lawethan
dylieugh lohes ha taran
quyt a'n Iosco *3<>
BELSBBUC
thy'imy gueres ny dal man
myl vyl dyaul a vye guan
er-y-byn ef
yn nep tol fyen the'n fo
alemma bys may thello l 3S
sul a the'n nef
TULFBYC
ha my caugeon lawethan
merwel a wren ow cul tan
yn dan an chek
eue ythese gynef l 4°
moy ages myl vyl enef
yn bros pur dek
[hie 8pvritu8 extendU mamtm]
ADAM
an luef a'm gruk me a wel
ha'y odor whekke ys mel
ow tos warnaf H5
L. 144. whekka B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 13
Because my grace is so great.
He is powerful in the cause,
And King of joy,
Te princes!
[The gates of hell are broken.]
And so ike third time. Then he shall go into hell ;
and Lucifer says : —
LUOIFBE.
Oh! out! help! thieves! 125
Gone are the gates to pieces.
And all that there was.
Beelzebub and fiends
Send forth lightnings and thunder,
That it burn him quite. 130
BEELZEBUB.
Nothing avails to help us ;
A million devils would be weak
Against him.
Into some hole let us flee away
Hence, until he enter, 135
Going up to the heaven.
TULFRIC.
And my dirty fiends,
We will die making a fire
Under the kettle.
Drink, there are with me . 140
More than a million souls
In a very fair broth.
[Here the Spirit holds forth his hcmd.]
ADAM.
I see the hand that made me,
And his odour sweeter than honey,
Coming upon me. hs
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14 RESURRECTION OF
dre ov fegh ty a*m collas
ha gans the wos a'm prennas
merci pysaf
58 b . EUA
lemmyn cryst agan arluth
mur worthyans thy's del theguth 150
worth agan dry alemma
bynyges re bo an prys
may fe a venen genys
an wyrhes ker maria
[hie venlt spvrUus cum omnibus m platea*]
8PIRITU8
a enefow ol warbarth 155
deugh gynef ol why a wharth
kemmys re wruk both ow thas
ha nep na'n gruk war nep tro
yn peynys trygens eno
hep ioy prest may's teffo cas 160
a a adam thy'so cres
yn weth the ol ow fleghes
myns yv guyryon
*' yn paradys deugh thu'm clos
th'agas prenne me a ros 165
gos ow Aolon
\hic 8piritus ducit eoi\
ADAM
a arluth mur gras re'th fo
rak lowene ny gen bo
yn le may fuen
lemmyn pocvan ha leaky 17°
ow flerye ov movsegy
kepar ha kuen
a These words were written by B and struck out again.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 15
Through my sin thou didst lose me,
And by thy blood thou hast purchased me :
I pray mercy.
EYE.
Now Christ our Lord,
Much worship to thee, as is due, 15°
For carrying us hence.
Blessed be the time
That he was born of woman,
The dear Virgin Mary.
[Here the Spirit, with aU, comes on the stage.]
SPIRIT.
souls, all together, 155
Come with me : all ye shall laugh,
As many as have done the will of my Father.
And he who has not done it on any occasion,
In pains let him dwell there, 159
Without joy always, that anguish come to them.
0, O, Adam, peace to thee !
Also to all my children,
All who are innocent !
In paradise come to my glory,
To purchase you I have given 165
The blood of my heart.
[Here the Spirit leads them.]
ADAM;
Lord, great thanks be to thee,
For joy may not be ours
In the place where we have been ;
But disease and burning, *7°
Smelling, stinking,
Like to dogs.
* a
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16 RESURRECTION OF
SUA
a ihesu myghtern a nef
ty re glewas agan lef
yr ascen thy's *75
kemmys na greysa goef
yn peynys yfarn y sef
bys gorfen bys
spirit™
eugh lemmyn yn paradis
kepar del y gys prynnys 180
marthys yn tyn
bys ma thyllyf vy the nef
yn vr-na cafus gynef
re me a vyn
myhal yn scon gorr'y th'y 185
yn tekter hag yn mur ioy
dre pegh a fue kellys kyns
rag pan yskynnyf the nef
me a fyn cafus gynef
kekeffrys eleth ha syns '9°
[spirUua vadit ad sepidcrum comitaiu cmgdorum]
et time adorn cum videbit ibi ermoc et heliam qua-
rto admiremdo
ADAM
creator a brys benen
yn yfarn na feugh gynen
fatel thutheugh why omma
yma thy'mmo mur dysyr
a wothfes ortheugh an guyr 195
pyNv ough leuereugh henna
L. 175. This is Pryce's reading and rendering; but the
MS. has y rascen.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 17
EVE.
Jesus, King of heaven,
Thou hast heard our voice
Ascending to thee. 175
Whoever believes not, miserable he !
In pains of hell he shall stay,
Till the end of the world.
SPIRIT.
60 now into paradise,
like as I have redeemed ye, 180
Wondrous painfully,
Until that I go to heaven ;
In that hour take with me
Them I will.
Michael, put them forthwith there, 185
In pleasure and in much joy,
Which was lost before through sin ; '
For when I ascend to heaven,
1 will take with me
Also angels and saints. 190
[The Spirit goes to the sepulchre with a company
of angels.]
And then Adam, when he shall see Enoch and
Elijah, wondering asks: —
ADAM.
Creatures from the bosom of woman,
In hell ye were not with us ;
How came ye here ?
There is to me a great desire
To know of you the truth ; * '95
Who are you ? tell that.
L. 176. greys A.
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18 RESURRECTION OF
59*. ENNOC
ennoc sur ythof hynwys
the'n plas-ma y fuf rafsys
yn kyc yn kuevs
the nor vys ythsf arte 200
rak gothaf mernens mey fe
kyns ys deyth brus
ADAM
ellas pendra wroth yn bys
ena anken ha trystys
prest ow bones 205
woge bos yn lowene
ty the dos drok y v gyne
the tut ancres
me a leuer an guyr thy's
bewe pel a wruk yn beys *«<>
ynlafur hag yn anken
gorhemmyn dev a terrys
dre henna y fuf dampnys
the vos neffre yn yfern
ow arluth cryst dr'y vercy "5
a wruk ow dysprenne vy
mes a yfarn yn teffry
gans y kyc ha'y wos keffrys
an enefow a ponow
y's dros omma the'n golow «<>
me a leuer thy's hep gow
na whyla gy mos the'n beys
ENNOC
reys yv thy'm agy the lyst
emloth worth an antecryst
hag ef thu'm gruthyl marow **5
L. 212. derrys B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 19
ENOCH.
Enoch surely I am named,
To this place I was carried
In flesh, in blood.
To the face of the world I go again, 200
That I may suffer death
Before the day of judgment.
ADAM.
Alas ! what will you do in the world ?
There grief and sorrow
Always being ; 205
After being in joy,
HI it is with me that thou shouldst come
To great disquiet.
I tell the truth to thee ;
I lived long in the world a 10
In labour and in sorrow ;
The command of God I broke,
Through' that I was condemned
To be ever in hell.
My Lord Christ, by his mercy, 215
Did redeem me
Out of hell, really,
With his flesh and his blood also.
The souls from pains
He brought them here to the light ; * 220
I tell thee, without a lie ;
Do not seek to go to the earth.
BNOCH.
Need is to me in the lists
To fight against the antichrist,
And he to put me to death ; 22 s
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20 RESURRECTION OF
wose try deyth ha hanter
bos yn nef yn .vhelder
gans cryst myghtern hep parow
ATI ATM
[adam loquitur ad heliam]
ny won fatel yl wharfos
ty a then omma the vos 230
dynythys yn kyc yn kuevs
me a'th pys gans the ganow
lauar thy'mmo the hanow
rak wheth byth ny thueth deyth brues
HELIAS
helyas of yn certan 235
me a fue yn kert a tan
the'n keth plas-ma kymerys
yn plas-ma me a worto
antecryst bys may teffo
er-y-byn ythaf the'n beys «4°
ADAM
prag ytheta er-y-pyn
rak cryst a brennas yn tyn
omma a'th dros
an beys yv cales kylden
yn lafur whys hag anken 245
ha deyth ha nos
t 59 b . HELYAS
an antecryst yn lyes plu
a treyl pobyl thyworth dev
yn pup le may kertho ef
the'n beys ny a er-y-byn »5°
hag yn y cous y'n fethyn f
dre grath a yap dev a'n nef
L. 236. dan B. L. 248. dreyl B. L. 251. gous B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 21
After three days and a half,
To be in t_£ on high
With Christ, King unequalled.
ADAM.
[Adam speaks to Elijah.]
I do not know how it can be.
That thou, O man, canst be here, 230
Come in flesh and in blood.
I pray thee, with thy mouth
Tell me thy name,
For yet the day of judgment has not come.
ELIJAH.
Elijah I am, certainly ; 235
I was in a chariot of fire
Brought to this same place ;
In this place I stay
Until antichrist comes ;
Against him I go to the world. 240
ADAM.
Why goest thou against him !
For Christ, who painfully redeemed,
Hath brought thee here.
The world is a hard lodging,
In labour, sweat, and sorrow, 245
Both day and night.
ELIJAH.
The antichrist, in many districts,
Has turned people from God
In all places where he goes.
To the world we go against him, *5*
And in his talk we may vanquish him, .
Through the grace of the Son of God of heaven.
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99L RESURRECTION OF
yth orden agan lathe
rak na yl agan f ethe
dre lauarow 2 55
ty a wor kyns dos thtfn cres
reys y v thy*n gothaf mernes
ha bos marow
et time uertat ad latronem et dicU ei
ADAM
ty creator bynyges
fattel thuthte gy the'n cres **>
na fues gynen yn yfarn
lauar thy'mmo vy pyv os
rag omma awos the vos
gynef vy by nyn sj r w bern
DISMAS LATRO
lader of a fue iuggys 26 S
ha ryp ihesu cryst gorrys
yn crous a pren
me a gryes warnotho
rak paynys pan na*n gefo
tyller th'y pen 2 1°
y'n gylwys caap dev yn prof
ahanaf may portho cof
pan deffe th'y wlascor ef
thy'm y leuerys perfeyth
agy the ewhe a'n geyth 2 75
yn paradys ty a sef
ADAM
yn beys awos gothaf crok
ny brefsys anken na drok
dev guyn the vys
bos yn yfarn yw drok fok 28 °
ow lesky yn tan ha mok
anken pup prys
L. 261. nafues paynys yn yfarn B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. S*
He will order us to be killed,
For he cannot vanquish us
By words. 255
Thou wilt know, before coming to rest,
That need it is for us to feel death,
And to be slain.
And then let Mm twrn to the thief, and he says to him : —
ADAM.
Thou blessed creature,
How earnest thou to peace ? 260
Thou wast not with us in hell.
Tell me who thou art,
For because of thy being here
With me there is never hindrance.
THE THIEF DYSMA8.
I am the thief who was judged, 265
And put beside Jesus Christ
On the cross of wood.
I believed in him,
When for pains he did not find
A place for his head. 270
I called him the Son of God, in proof
That he would keep remembrance of me
When he should come to his kingdom.
To me he said perfectly,
" Within the evening of the day 275
In paradise thou shalt stand."
.ADAM.
Because of suffering hanging on earth,
Thou hast not felt grief nor evil ;
God I happy thy lot I
To be in hell is an evil fire-place, *8o
Burning in fire and smoke,
Sorrow always.
L. 261. Thou wast not punished in hell B.
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24 RESURRECTION OF
DISMAS LATRO
cryst y w arluth a vercy
kemmys a fynno crygy
hft, y pygy ef 285
hep dout ef a vyth sylwys
pan fo a'n beys tremenys
yth a the'n nef
[tvlfryk mferrvum dicti]
TULFRYK
ru'm fay lemmyn a'n caffen
er an ascal y'n toulsen 29°
yn creys a'n tan
ellas na thelleys a'm gwen
th'y lesky vn luhesen
ha crak taran
6oa # BBLSEBUC
ellas thy'nny ny dal man «95
duello luhes na taran
th'y lesky ef
govj vyth drok yv gynef
bones mar lyes enef
ow mos the'n nef 300
SATHANAS
gouy er bos dy wolow
namn'agan dallas golow
pan thueth an guas
gallas mur a enefow
a peyn hagh a tewolgow 305
ellas ellas
L. 291. creys B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 25
THE THIEF DY8MAS.
Christ is the Lord of mercy;
Whoever will believe,
And pray to him, , 285
Without doubt he shall be saved ;
When he shall have passed from the world,
He shall. go to the heaven.
\Tvlfric speaks in heU.]
TULFMC.
By my faith, now I would take him,
By the armpit I would cast him 29°
In the midst of the fire.
Alas ! that I have not sent forth
A lightning to burn him,
And a clap of thunder.
_ BEELZEBUB.
Alas ! it avails us not a bit 295
To discharge lightning nor thunder
To burn him.
Oh ! ever evil it is to me,
To be so many souls
Going to heaven. 300
SATAff.
Wo is me for the abode of devils !
Light almost blinded us,
When the fellow came.
Gone are many souls
From pain and from darkness. 3°5
Alas! alas!
L. 292. Not strictly literal here.
vol. n.
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26 RESURRECTION OP
[tunc dicit Joseph in ccurcere]
JOSEPH A.
ihesu map ras * agan sylwyas
dues gueres ny
ha drengys tas * a wruk pup gulas
ha den a pry 3">
N1CHODBMU8
amen yn weth * aberth yn beth
del re'th worsyn
pen vyghterneth • dre the eleth
byth socor tby'n
DETJ8 PATER
eugh ow dew el * thu'm seruons lei 315
yn pryson bvs
hep ygery • na fos terry
drew hy yn mes
MICHAEL
a arluth ker * prest hep danger
y wren the yoth 32°
ol yn pup le • pur wyr neffre
kepar del goth
[hie descendant angeli et transient ad ioseph et
Nichodemum in carcerem]
GABRIEL
yn mes duegh why • hep terry chy
ha hep alwheth
gylwys why • pen arlythy 3*5
gortheugh an beth
JOSEPH
the ihesu gras * luen yv a ras
hag a vercy
fos ny torras * na war tharas
ny thue thy'nny . 330
L. 319. I have ignorantly given a wrong equivalent for
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OUtt LORD JESUS CHRIST. 27
[Then says Joseph in prison ;]
JOSEPH OF ARlMATTLfiA.
Jesus, Son of grace • our Saviour,
Come, help us ;
And Trinity, Father, • who hath made all countries,
And man of earth. 3<°
NICODEMU8.
Amen also, • within the tomb,
As we have put thee,
Head of royalty • by thy angels
Be succour to us.
GOD THB FATHER.
Go, my two angels, • to my faithful servants, 3*5
Who are in prison ;
Without opening * or breaking wall,
Bring them out.
MICHAEL.
O dear Lord, • always without delay
We do thy will, • 3*©
In all places • very truly ever,
As it behoveth.
[Here let the angels go down, and they shall pass to
Joseph and Nieodemus m prison.]
GABRIEL.
You come out, • without breaking house,
And without keys ;
Ye are called, • chief of Lords ; 32s
Ye honour the tomb.
JOSEPH.
Thanks to Jesus, * he is full of grace
And of mercy ;
He has not broken walls, • nor through doors
He comes not to us. 33°
danger hitherto. See Ducange, dangerium = incommodum
difficultas, mora, contentio.
C 2
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28 RESURRECTION OP
NICHODEMU8
cres ys a hos • dev a alios
y yones thy'n
scullyas y wos * rak yonk ha los
sylwel mar myn
[hie vmimt qimtuor miliUs adpUatom]
6o b . P MILES
adpiUUumdi^t
syre me a'th cusulse 335
ordyne tus the wythe
heth a'n treytor y v marow
meneugh fest y wruk bostye
an trege deyth dasuewe
kyn fe lethys mar garow 340
n 8 MILES
ha mar ny*wrer y wythe *
y thyskyblon yn pryve
a'n lader yn mes a'n beyth
hag a leuer yn pup le
yvos dasuewys arte 345
ha gyllys the ken tyreth
m 8 MILES
yn della mar a whyrfeth
myl weth a uyth an dyweth
me a'n te re synt iouyn
ha hakcre es an dalleth 35°
rak henna tus ervys freth
gor th'y wythe a termyn
L.331. The h\_f] is nearly erased by B, who may have
read cresys a os, «* I believe thou art." It might perhaps be
translated " stronger than the wall." Dev a aUos may be
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 29
NICODBMUS.
Midst of the wall, • God has been able
To come to us ;
He has shed his blood ■ for young and
gray-teaded,
If he will save.
335
[Here the/am soldiers shall come to Pilate.]
FIRST SOLDIER.
He says to Pilate : —
Sire, I would advise thee,
Order men to guard
The tomb of the traitor who is dead :
Very often he did boast
To revive on the third day,
Though he were killed so cruelly. 340
SECOND SOLDIER.
And if it be not guarded,
His disciples privily
Will steal him out of the tomb ;
And will say in every place,
That he has revived again, 345
And gone to another country.
THIRD SOLDIER.
If it happen so,
A thousand times worse the end will be,
I swear it by saint Jove,
And more odious than the beginning. 350
For that, men strongly armed
Put to guard him in time.
"God of power;'* but the passage is doubtful, and perhaps
corrupt.
L. 352. dermyn B.
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30 RESURRECTION OF
IV s MILES ,
mar ny fethe ef guythys
gans y tus y fyth leddrys
ha'n corf yn mes kymerys 355
ha gorrys ef the ken pow
y a leuer ol yn weth
y vos daserghys a'n beth
ha gyllys gans y eleth
yn pur wyr the nef golow 3&>
PILATUS
eugh lemmyn ow marreggyon
bys yn beth alemma scon
del owgh tus ven
cryst myghtern a'n yethewon
na'n laddro an crystenyon 36$
guytheugh war peyn
I s MILES
syre pilat hep parow
guy the an corf yv marow
dy'nny y v reys
y laddre mar whyle den 37°
war ow ene ef a'n pren
may fo dyswrys
PILATUS
gueyteugh ol er agas fyth
pan bostyas the pen try deyth
y tasserghy the vewnans 37&
gobar da why agas byth
gon dansotha ha cruk heyth
mar scap ytheugh the'n mernans
n 8 MILES
me a'n guyth kyn tassorgho
thy-worthy'n den na'n laddro 380
by na porth dout
L. 354. dus B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 31
FOURTH SOLDIER.
If he be not guarded,
By his people he will be stolen,
And the body taken out, 355
And be carried to another country ;
And they will all say also,
That he is risen from the tomb,
And gone with his angels
Very truly to bright heaven. 3*>
PILATE.
Go now, my knights,
Unto the tomb, hence presently,
As ye are trusty men ;
Christ, King of the Jews,
That the Christians steal him not, &s
Guard ye, under penalty.
FIRST SOLDIER.
Sir Pilate without equal,
To guard the body which is dead,
To us is necessary ;
If a man seek to steal it, 370
Upon my soul he shall pay for it,
That he be destroyed.
PILATE.
All take care on your faith,
Since he boasted, at the end of three days
He would rise again to life ; 375
A good reward shall be to you.
The plain of Dansotha, and Barrow Heath ;
If he escape, you go to death.
SROOND SOLDIER.
I will keep him though he should rise again ;
From us man shall not take him, 3&o
Never have fear.
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m RESURRECTION OF
dalhen mar cafaf ynno
pur wyr ny scap kyn fynno
na'n geffo clout
6i a . m s MILB8
ny'm bues ovn vyth annotho 385
ha dreheuel kyn teffo
scon me a re clout tbotho
may ro'n mayle war an dor
agy the'n beth men y v clos
me a'n guyth sur deth ha nos 39°
awos y dysciplys plos
kyn teffons y vyth mar clor
IV s MILBS
dun alemma cowethe
y weles me a garse
ow thastel ym-threheuel 395
yn certan mar remvfe
y pen crak me a torse
kyn couse vyth mar huhel
et time ibunt ad sepulcrum
I 8 MILES
an beth me re anysyas
warnotho yma men bras 400
dres ol an myn
coskyn ny gans dyaha
kyn dasvewo ny'n dregha
thy war y geyn
tau sy cowys renothas 405
vyth nynsyv yn della vas
thy's lauaraf guyryoneth
reys yw the onan golyas
war y torn pup y thyffras
y gowyth pyw a thalleth 410
L. 405. The first letter is quite uncertain.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 33
If I hare hands on him,
Truly he scapes not, however he may wish,
From getting a beating.
THIRD SOLDIER.
There is to me not any fear of him ; 385
And though he should come to rise,
Soon I will give him a clout,
That shall wrap him to the earth.
Within the tomb of stone he is closed ;
I will surely guard him day and night, 39°
In spite of his dirty disciples,
Though they come ever so fierce.
FOURTH SOLDIBB.
Let us go hence, comrades ;
I would like to see him
Struggling to raise himself; 395
Certainly if he moved,
His head crack ! I would break,
Though he should talk ever so high.
And then they shaU go to the tomb.
FIRST SOLDIER.
I have arranged the tomb ; \
Upon it there is a great stone, 400
Above all the stones.
Let us sleep with security ;
Though he rise, he will not carry it
From off its back.
Hold thy tongue, comrade, by the father 405
There is never any good so,
I tell thee the truth ;
Need is that one should watch ;
In his turn every one protecting
His companion ; who begins ? 4"
L. 409. dorn B. L. 409. a thyffras B.
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34 RESURRECTION OF
III s MILES
dallathans nep a fynno
rak coske reys y v thy'mmo
re synt iouyn
sur lour of yy annotho
den marow na threharo 4*5
sur bys deyth fyn
TV 9 MILES
guythens pup y tenewen
ha me a gosk ryp y pen
rag y wythe
I s MILES
nynsus gorryth na benen 420
• byth wel cusyl bys vycken
a lauarre
[hie dormiwnt nulites]
tunc swrrexit Ihesus a mortuis et iet ubicwique
vokterit et cantant cmgeli cristvs reawrgem [et
postea dicit marid]
MARIA
a tas ker yn huhelder
ty a formyas nef ha beys
rak luen os a hunelder 4*5
hag a alius kekeffrys
ty a wor yn pup maner
fatel fue ow map lethys
yn grous yntre dev lader
y corf whek a fue gorrys 43©
pan wylys vy y wane
dre an golon gans an guv
L. 417. a'y denewen B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 35
THIRD SOLDDSB.
Let him begin who will,
For need is to me to sleep
By saint Jove.
Sure enough I am of him ;
A dead man will not rise 4'5
Certainly, till the last day.
FOURTH SOLDIER.
Let every one keep his side,
And I will sleep by his head,
To guard him.
FIRST SOLDIER.
There is no man or woman 420
Any better advice, to eternity,
Who can mention.
[Here the soldiers sleep.']
Then Jesus rose from, the dead, cmd he shall go
wherever he likes, cmd the angels sing " Gh/ristms
reswrgens? [cmd afterwards Mary says :] —
MARY.
O dear Father on high,
Thou hast created heaven and earth ;
For thou art full of greatness, 425
And of power likewise ;
Thou knowest in every way
How my Son was slain ;
On the cross, between two thieves,
His sweet body was put. 430
When I saw them pierce him
Through the heart with the spear,
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36 RESURRECTION OF
me a wruk scon clamdere
byth ny wylyn yn nep tu
y weles me a garse 435
ha cous orth ow map ihesu^
mar ny thue thu'm eonfortye
ow mornyngh vyth ogh ha tru
6i h . me a wruk y anclethyes
hag a'n gorras yn beth men 440
the voth sur mar pe genes
guelas ow map y carsen
a tas dre the luen weres
the pygy certan mensen
tarye lemmyn na wrelles 44s
rak yma thy'mmo vy ken
•
ow map whek me a vynse
a luen golon the pygy
a thos thy'm ha fystyne
del thethyvsys thy'mmo vy 450
y wres yn ban dasfewe
the'n tryge deth yredy
lemmyn gura ow kerenge
kepar yn beys del vynny
IHC.
o salve sancta parens 455
the nep yv ioy ow colon
ha'm melder kepar ha kens
dre pur natur ha reson
pan wreth hepcor an bevnens
hep guthyl na moy cheyson 460
a hugh an eleth ha'n sens
ty a thue the nef thu'm tron
L. 443. das B.
L. 459. hepcor must be the Welsh hebgor, "to renounce/'
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 37
I fainted immediately ;
I saw nothing on any side.
I would like to see him, 435
And speak to my Son Jesus.
If he comes not to comfort me,
My mourning will be " oh" and " alas."
I did bury him,
And put him into a tomb of stone ; 440
Thy will surely if it be with thee,
I would like to see my Son.
O Father, through thy full help
I would pray thee certainly,
That thou do not tarry now, 445
For anguish is to me.
My sweet Son, I would wish,
With full heart to pray thee,
To come to me and hasten,
As thou didst promise to me, 450
That thou wouldst rise up
On the third day really.
Do now, my love,
As in the world thou wouldst.
JESUS.
O hail, holy parent, 455
Thou who art the joy of my heart,
And my sweetness as formerly,
Through pure nature and reason ;
When thou shalt put away life,
Without suffering any more trouble, 460
Over the angels and the saints,
Thou shalt come to heaven to my throne.
or "to lay aside." Compare lines 1433 and 2337.
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88 RESURRECTION OF
MARIA
ota gy ow map ihesu
dynythys thu'm confortye
an tryge deth yv hythev 4<>5
thy-worthyf aban ethe
whet ny ellys yn nep tu
gothfos ganso fatel fe
y carsen guelas an fvu
anotho y voth mar pe 470
[genujlectit Maria]
mo.
ow mam whek ha'm kerenge
me yv ihesus the vab ker
me re thuth the'th confortye
nak na vy gy yn a wher
datherghys na wra doutye 475
of a vernans ow melder
ty a yl y atendye
bos guyr ow cous kettep ger
[Maria amplexatwr eum et otculatur]
MARIA
a uap ker lowene thy's
ha sylwadur a'n bys-ma 480
a'n beth the vos datherghys
y luen crygy me a wra
ow colon y v mur huthys
nynsus peyn orth ow greffya
bynyges re bo an prys 485
may wruk the thon y'm nascra
vs whet the'th corf galarow
na torment orth the greffye
L. 469. Instead of an fvu Pryce reads avf w, and trans-
lates it " a full view/ 9 fabricating a meaning as usual; but a
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 39
MARY.
Behold thee, my Son Jesus,
Born to comfort me ;
The third day it is to day, 465
Since he went from me,
Yet I could not on any side
Know how it was with him.
I would wish to see the form
Of him, if it be his will. 47°
[Mary kneels.']
JBSUS.
My sweet mother and my love,
I am Jesus thy dear Son,
I am come to comfort thee,
That thou be not in sorrow.
Risen, doubt not, 475
I am from death, my sweetness ;
Thou canst expect it,
That my speech is true, every word.
[Mary embraces and kisses him.]
MART.
O dear Son, joy to thee,
And Saviour of this world 1 480
That thou art risen from the tomb
Fully I believe ;
My heart is greatly exalted,
No pain is afflicting me ;
Blessed be the time 485
That I bore thee in my womb.
Are there yet sores on thy body ?
Or does torment afflict thee ?
comparison with a similar passage in 1. 741 is sufficient to
justify the version given.
L. 486. So in MS., but Pryce has nostra.
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40 RESURRECTION OF
y w saw ol the wolyow
a wylys vy the squerdye 49°
a wruk an gu ha'n kentrow
the kyc precius dafole
lauar thy'mmo caradow
lemmyn gorthyp fatel fue
[genujiectU Jhs]
mc.
reuerons thy'so a vam ker 495
lienor mur ha lowene
ny'm gref peyn yn nep maner
a wrello thy'm drok neffre
mernans trystyns hag anger
me a wruk aga fethe 5°°
may thy w lemmyn da ow cher
nynsus tra orth ow greffye
MARIA
confortys yv ow colon
pan clewys ow teryfas
bones leghys the pascyon 505
a fus tyn garow ha bras
the'n tas huhel yn y tron
y grassaf lemmyn an cas
ty the vynnes thy'm danfon
tha'm confortye the yap ras 5">
[oscidcmtwr et separant]
6a a . I s MILBS
mey fe me re goskes pos
ha ru'm kemeres drok glos !
dre ow hvn me a welas
L. 504. In Pryce this verse is rendered, " Since I heard
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 4l
Are all thy wounds healed
Which I saw tearing thee ? 490
Which the spear and the nails made,
Deforming thy precious flesh ?
Tell me, beloved ;
Now answer how it was.
[Jesus kneels.]
JESUS.
Reverence to thee, mother dear, 495
Much honour and joy !
No pain afflicts me in any way
Which ever may do me evil ;
Death, grief, and anguish,
I have vanquished them, 500
That my state now is good ;
There is nothing that afflicts me.
MABY.
My heart is comforted,
When I have heard thee declaring
Thy Passion to be alleviated, 505
Which was cruel and great pain.
To the Father high on his throne,
I am grateful now for the case,
That he would send thee to me
To comfort me, thou Son of grace. s»°
[They kiss and separate.]
FIRST SOLDIER.
My faith, I have slept heavily !
And an evil pang has seized me,
•Through my dream which I saw ;
thy resurrection ;" but teryfas is clearly daryvas, with the
usual initial change after the participial particle 010.
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n RESURRECTION OF
neb ese aberth yn beth
gans can ha mur a eleth 5*5
the vewnans y tassorghas
II s MILES
pur wyr me a henrosas
ha war ow kyn a'n clewas
yn mes a'n beth ow seuel
mar syv dyenkys ellas 520
rak me a wel an men bras
war glan a'n beth fest huhel
in 8 MILES
pos re teulseugh agas clvn
rag me a'n guelas dufrn
dresof ef a tremenas 525
hag a wor yn pa vaner
ganso crous worth y baner
wharre ef a thyspleytyas
IV s MILES
yn sur gans ow dev lagas
ow syuel me a'n guelas 530
ha garow hag vthyk bras
yn kerth gallas mes a'n beth
ny yllyn syuel yn ban
rak ovn anotho certan
y wolow mur a splan 535
del leuaraf theugh yn weth
I s MILES
a thysempys whylewhe
mar a sethe the cuthe
yn nep bos tew/ py yn sorn
L. 513. Pryce gives this, " But cast off your complaint,"
not a word of which is in the whole line. The meaning is
520
525
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 43
He who was within the tomb,
With a hundred and more of angels, 5 1 5
To life has risen.
SECOND SOLDIBB.
Truly, I dreamed,
And oh my back I heard him,
Outside of the tomb standing.
If he is escaped, alas I
For I saw the large stone
On the side of the tomb very high.
THTBD SOLDIBB.
Heavily have ye darkened your sense,
For I saw him wide-awake,
He passed by me ;
And I know in what manner ;
With him a cross on his banner
Soon he displayed.
FOUBTH SOLDIBB.
Surely with my eyes,
Standing I saw him ; 530
And fierce and monstrous huge,
Forth he went from the tomb.
I could not stand upright
For fear of him, certainly ;
His light was yerj brilliant, 53S
As I tell you likewise.
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FIRST SOLDIBB.
Immediately seek ye,
If he be gone, to hide
In some bush, hole, or in a corner.
clearly, " Ye have slept soundly," but I cannot justify my
version ; dun is an unknown word.
L- 523. deukeugh B.
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44 RESURRECTION OF
♦
mara kyllyn y gafus 540
vynytha na theppro bous
me a'n kelm auel pusorn
n 8 MILES
me a'n kyf by god ys blod
kyn fo an harlot mar wod *
ma mar houtyn y body 545
for y dred noth by my hod
hys red baner ne hys rod
the pilat nan dryllyn ny
nP MILES
na gefyn war ow ene
kyn fen nefire ow ponye 55°
yn pup tol worth y whylas
me a'n guelas ow nyge
ganso mur a gowethe
ha guyn o aga dyllas
IV s MILES
ha me yn weth a'n guelas 555
ha ganso ef company bras
orth y sy we lyes guas
ny yllons bos nyfyrys
tra uyth ny amont thy'nny
sur y whylas ef na moy 5 60
ym-cusylle gureny ny
pyth y v guella the bos gurys
62 b . • I s MILES
pandra wren agan peswar
a rak pilat sur hep mar
pan theffyn ny yn teffry 565
ef the seuel a'n beth men
ha'y yos datherys certen
y gous ny dal thy'nny ny
L. 545. See O 2069. L. 546. hovd B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 45
If I can find him, 540
May he never eat food ;
I will tie him like a handle.
SECOND S0LDD3R.
I will find him, by God's blood,
Though the rogue be never so mad,
Or so haughty his body : 545
For I dread not, by my head,
His red banner nor his cross.
Now let us return to Pilate.
THIRD SOLDIBB.
We shall not find, upon my soul,
Though we be ever running 550
In every hole to seek him.
I saw him flying,
With him many companions,
And white was their dress.
FOURTH SOLDIER.
And I likewise saw him, 555
And with him a large company ;
Many fellows following,
They could not be numbered.
Nothing avails us
Surely to seek him any more ; 560
Let us consult together
What is best to be done.
FIR8T 80LDD3R.
What shall we four do,
Before Pilate surely, without fail,
When we go, seriously ? 565
That he has risen from the tomb of stone,
And is ascended, certainly,
It behoves us not to say.
L. 547. rood B.
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46 RESURRECTION OF
II s MILES
y cussylyaf yn certan
leuerel dos nerth warnan 57°
ha'y thon the ves
yn vr-na y fyth clewys
. del ony ganse brewys
hag elf at es
III s MILES
yn della ny vynnyn ny 575
a'n beth ef the thasserhy
me a leuer
par del o dev luen a ras
ganso del fethas yu cas
worth crous baner 580
IV s MILES
del leuaraf yn tor-ma
honna yv an forth wella
assentye ol the henna
sur me a vyn
ny fynnaf leuerel gow 585
awos dout bones marow
gallas ef the nef wolow
gans eleth guyn
I s MILES
saw py w a vyn leuerel
the vewnans ef the seuel 59°
hythew yn mes a'n beth pry
nag a feth mos the'n iustys
rag dout y vones lethys
my ny vynnaf ieuody
L. 574. Pryce, voc. elf, gives, " and this I swear." I can-
not guess what e\f may mean, unless it be put for efl, " evil ;"
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 47
SECOND SOLDIER.
I advise, certainly,
To say a force came on us 570
And took him away.
In that hour it will be heard,
As we are wounded by them,
* And ill at ease.
575
THIRD SOLDIER.
We will not do thus ;
From the tomb that he is risen
I will say ;
Like as he was God full of grace,
By him thus the cause is gained
Through the banner of the cross. 580
FOURTH SOLDIER.
As I say at this time,
That is the best way ;
Assent to all that,
Surely, I will ;
I will not tell a lie, 585
From fear of being slain ;
He is gone to the bright heaven,
With angels white.
FIRST SOLDIER.
But who is there who will say
That he rose to life 590
To-day out of the tomb of earth ?
Or will go to the justice :
From fear of being slain,
I will not, I swear.
we have at es again in 1. 1024.
L. 594. eredy B,
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48 RESURRECTION OP
II s MILES
na porth dout me a genes 59f
mar pyth othom the'th weres
hag a leuer fattel fue
UP MILBS
mar a talleth pertheges
ny a wra y wowheles
rak pup ol a gar bewe 600
et fame eant adpUatvm et dicit IIII* miles
»
IV s MILBS
lowene thy's syr pilat
awos bos ny peswar smat
guythe an beth ny ylsyn
desefsen dotho ry what
thy'nny ef a wruk an prat 605
hag a fyes thyworthy'n
PILATUS
out warnough fals marregion
pyth yw an whethlow ha'n son
a glewaf aberth yn pow
re vahun y tof yn weth 610
mar sywe lyddrys a'n beth
why a's byth ages ancow
63*. I s MILES
pilat the gous nynsyw va*
nep na'n synso y sylwyas
a thu goef 615
me a'n guelas dre mur ras
a'n beth gans ov dev lagas
ow mos the'n nef
L. 604. For the signification of desefsen, see O 1. 908.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 49
SECOND SOLDIER.
Hare no fear, I will go with thee, 595
If it be necessary to help thee,
And will say how it was.
THIRD SOLDIER.
If he begin to be angry,
We will he to him,
For all love to live. * 600
And then let them, go to Pilate; and the fourth
soldier says: —
FOURTH SOLDIER.
Joy to thee, sir Pilate !
Though we be four fellows,
We could not keep the tomb ;
We wished to give him a blow ;
To us he did the deed, 605
And fled from us.
PILATE.
Out upon ye, false knights !
What are the tales and the report
That I hear in the land ?
By Mahound I will go also ; 6iq
If .he be stolen from the tomb,
You shall have your death.
FIRST SOLDIER.
Pilate, thy speech is not good ;
Who does not hold him his Saviour
Will become miserable. 615
I saw him with much grace,
From the tomb, with my eyes,
Going to the heaven.
L.611. sywa B.
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SO RESURRECTION OF
PILATU8
tau harlot out of my sygth
rag mar ny'n kefough a plygth 610
but why a'n pren
the'n beth pan y ges gorrys
thy'mmo why a thethywys
na 1 n laddro den
II s MILES
me a leuer thy's rak clem 6«s
dyswe thy'nny nychodem
ha ioseph baramathya
ha ny a thyswe yn weth
an corf a syUeugh yn beth
yw ihesu map maria 630
pilatus
ty was geyler kesadow
ygor scon an darasow
ha heth an prysnes yn mes
otte omma alwhethow
ha mar ny wreth the ancow <>35
me a vyth by god ys pes
CABGERATOR
drew hy thy'mmo hep lettye
ha me a's ygor wharre
an darasow agan naw
na greseugh bos treyson gures *4©
guel yv thywhy why mones
ages honan the'n they yaw
et tune ipse eat ad carceremet noninuemet eoe et
dicitpilatue
pilatus
ny geusyth mes a reson
pie thesos ioseph caugyon
h&'th cowyth nychodemus 6 4S
[descendit pilatus]
L. 619. taw B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 51
PILATB.
Peace, knave, out of my sight !
For if you do not find him, a pledge 6ao
Surely ye shall pay it.
To the tomb when I sent ye,
You pledged yourselves to me,
Man should not steal him.
SBOOND SOLDIHB.
I say to you, for defence, - 6>5
Shew us Nicodemus,
And Joseph of Arimath&a,
And we will shew also
The body you put in the tomb ;
It is Jesus, the son of Mary. 63°
PILATE.
Thou gailor, dirty fellow,
Open directly the doors,
And haul the prisoners out.
See here the keys ;
And if thou dost not, thy death 635
I will be, by God's peace.
GAOLER.
Bring them to me without delay,
And I will open them soon,
Our nine doors.
Do not think that treason is committed ; 640
It is better that you should go, you
Yourself to the two lads.
Ana] k& him then go to the prison, and he shall not
find them ; and Pilate says : —
PILATE.
Thou speakest not without reason.
Where art thou, Joseph, dirty fellow ?
And thy comrade, Nicodemus ? 6 4S
[Pilate goes down.]
L. 633. prysners B.
D 2
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52 RESURRECTION OF
a out pie ma an prysnes
mar ny's cafaf scon thu*m dues
ty a fyth drok oremus
QABCOK
a syre na blamyowg ny
a nyngese alwheow 650
warbarth yn ages guyth why
ha dyen an darasow
PILATUS
guyr a geusyth ievody
hem yy marth hep falladow
rak an darasow deffry 655
dyen ol yns ha'n fosow
marregyon though ny won* blam
rak thy'mmo y fye scham
gul drok thywhy
an prysners galsons yn weth 660
ese yn dan naw alweth
ny torsans chy
6$ h . ni MILBS
henna ny a vyn notye
le may thyllyn yn pup le
certan y vos dasserhys 665
kepar del sevys a'n beth
the'n nef gans mur a eleth*
ny th'y weles yskynnys
PILATDB
teweugh awos lucyfer
a henna aa geuseugh ger 670
pypenagol a wharfo
L. 646. The MS. has prysners, but the rhyme shews the
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 58
Oh ! out ! where are the prisoners ?
If I do not find them soon come to me,
Thou shalt have an evil oremus.
SERVANT.
O sir, do not blame us ;
Were not the keys *5©
Together in your keeping,
And the doors whole ?
PILATE.
Thou sayest the truth, I swear ;
This is a miracle, without fail,
For the doors indeed *55
Are all whole, and the walls.
Knights, to you I know not blame,
For to me it would be a shame
To do harm to ye.
The prisoners are gone also, *fo
Who were under nine keys ;
They have not broken the house.
THIRD SOLDIER.
That we will note,
The place where we go, in every place,
Certainly that he is risen again ; 66j
Like as he rose from the tomb
To the heaven with many angels,
That we saw him ascend.
PILATE.
Hold your tongues, by Lucifer ;
Of that speak not a word, 670
Whatever may happen ;
word to have been prysnes, as in 1. 633.
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54 RESURRECTION OF
ha why a's byth gobftr bras
penryn yn weth ha hellas
me a's re theugh yn luen ro
IV* MOBS
♦
aban osa mar gortes 675
ny a wra del leueryth
ha pup onan ol iammes
neffre parys thyi a vyth
et Umc ueniet maria magd. et maria iacobe et
scUome et dicit maria
MAR. MAGD.
pendra wra-ma vy ellas
ow arluth yn beth gallas 680
hythew yv an trege deyth
mones the vyras deffry
mar a tueth ha dasserhy
del leuerys thy'm perfyth
MARIA IACOBE
mos the vyres me a vyn 685
an corf a'm prynnes yn tyn
mar tassorhas
mur a confort of thy'n
y vernans ef pan wylsyn
ellas ellas 690
MARIA SALOME
en trege deyth yy hythew
corf cryst dasserhys mar syw
mos the vyras
rak an torment a'n gefe
y'm colon yma nefire 695
cvth-ma na'm gas
[hie cbtdabU eis]
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 5«
And you shall have a great reward :
Penryn and likewise Hellas,
I give them to you in full gift.
FOUBTH SOLDIBB.
Since thou art so courteous, *7*
We will do as thou say est ;
And everyone always
Ever will be prepared for thee.
And then Mary Magdalene, and Mary (mother)
of James, and Salome shall come ; and Mary
says : —
MARY MAGDALENE.
What shall I do, alas !
My Lord went to the tomb, *•«
To-day is the third day ;
Go to see indeed
If he comes and rises,
As he said to me truly.
MART MOTHER OF JAMBS.
I will go to see ttf
The body of him who redeemed me with pain,
If it be risen again.
Great comfort he was to us ;
That we should have seen his death 1
Alas ! alas ! tyo
MART SALOMB.
The third day is to-day ;
If the body of Christ be risen,
Go to see.
For the torment which he had
Is ever in my heart ; 695
This sorrow does not leave me.
[Here she shall meet them.]
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56 RESURRECTION OF
MARIA MAGD.
benenes theugh lowene
ha maria iacobe
ha salome kekeffrys
kueth vs y'm colon eyhan 7«*
mar Beth corf dev y honan
py le y fythe keffys
MARIA IACOBB
yn della yma thy'mmo
mur a torment bras ragtho
mar ny fyn dre y rasow 705
ow gueres a termyn ver
ow colon ynnof a ter
pur evn dre fyanasow
MARIA SALOME
yn della thy'mmo y wher
arluth re wella ow cher 71°
war y lergh ef
del ywe pen myghterneth
me a grys yn mes a beth
hythew a sef
64*. MARIA MAG.
& fystynyn ny yn fen 7*5
rag dreheuys yv an men
thyworth an beth
arluth fattel byth haneth
mar ny wothefaf pie theth
pen vyghterneth 7*0
MARIA IACOBI
ha re pel ny re strechyas
ow arluth yn kerth gallas
mes a'n beth sur
L.'foo. See the note 011 D 2599.
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OUR LORD JfiSUS CHRIST. 57
MAR? MAGDALENE.
Women, joy to ye !
And Mary, mother of James,
And Salome also.
Sorrow is in my heart, alas ! 7**
If the body of God himself is gone,
Where may it be found ?
MART MOTHER OF JAMBS.
So is with me
Much of great torment for him ;
If he will not, through his graces, 7©5
Help me in a short time,
My heart in me will break
Very really through troubles.
MART SALOME*
So with me is sorrow ;
May the Lord see my state 7*o
After him.
As he is head of sovereignty,
I believe that out of the tomb
To-day he will rise.
MARY MAGDALENE.
Oh ! let us hasten at once, 7*5
For the stone is raised
From the tomb.
Lord, how will it be this night,
• If I know not where goes,
The head of royalty ? • 7*°
MART MOTHER OP JAMES.
And too long we have stayed,
My Lord is gone his way
Out of the tomb, surely.
L. 715. For ynfen, "at once," (literally, "on end,") see
lines 1242 and 2275.
D 3
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58 RESURRECTION OF
ellas ow colon y v claf
ny won vyth pur y*n guelaf 7*5
nep yv dev pur
MARIA SALOMB
me a wor guyr hag a'n crys
y vos yn ban dasserghys
yn geth hythev
fatel byth thy'nny lemyn 73©
agan arluth na gefyn
ellas tru tru
content
ellas mornyngh y syngh mornyng y cal
our lord ys deyd that bogthe ovs al
MARIA MAOD.
ellas byth rak gallarow 735
ow arluth whek y v marow
a fue crousys
[piorai mar. magd. ad mowumerUum]
ef a porthas hep a wher
mur a peyn war y corf ker
rak tus a'n bys 740
MARIA IACOBI
ny allaf guelas an f u
anotho ef yn nep tv
ellas gouy
cous ganso me a garse
y volungeth mar a pe 745
yn pur deffry
MARIA SALOMB
yraa thy'mmo hyreth tyn
yn ow colon pup termyn
ha morethek
1
1
1
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 59
Alas ! my heart is sick ;
I know not indeed if I shall see him, in
Who is very God.
MART SALOME.
I know truly, and I believe it,
That he is risen up
In this day.
How will it be to us now, 73°
That we find not our Lord ?
Alas ! woe ! woe !
They $vng.
Alas ! mourning I sing, mourning I call,
Our Lord is dead that bought us all.
MABT MAGDALENE.
Alas ! it is through sorrows, 735
My sweet Lord is dead
Who was crucified.
[Mary Magdalene weeps at the tomb.]
He bore, without complaining,
Much pain on his dear body,
For the people of the world. 74«
MABT MOTHER OF JAMBS.
I cannot see the form
Of him in any side ;
Alas ! wo is me 1
I would like to speak with him,
If it were his will, 745
Very seriously.
MART SALOME.
There is to me sharp longing
In my heart always,
And sorrow ;
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60 RESURRECTION OF
ellas ow arluth ihesu 75<>
rak ty yv luen a vertu
ol gallosek
ellas mornyngh y syngh mornyng y cal
our lord ys deyd that bogthe ovs al
MARIA MAOD.
ihesus cryst arluth a nef 755
a clew lemmyn agan lef
nep na grys ynnos goef
ny fyth sylwys
pan prydyryf a'y passon
nynsa ioy vyth y'm colon 7 60
ellas na allaf yn scon
keusel worthy's
MARIA IACOBI
gallas ef the ken tyreth
ha ganso mur a eleth
ellas lemmyn rak moreth 7*5
ythof cuthys
me a'th pys arluth a ras
a thanfon thy'nny carinas
may ben nepith aswonfas
fatel yw thy's 77°
64 b . MAR. SALOMB
a ihesu luen a vercy
ahanan gura prydyry
the'th wlascor pan deffyn ny
clew agan lef
rak hyreth galsof pur claf 775
ny allaf syuel a'm saf
ellas lemmyn pendra wraf
a arluth nef
ellas mornyngh y syngh mornyng y cal
our lord ys deyd that bogthe ovs al 780
L. 753 and 779. Tn the repetitions of this song, the first
i
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 61
Alas ! my Lord Jesus, 75°
For thou art full of virtue,
All mighty.
Alas ! mourning I sing, mourning I call,
Our Lord is dead that bought us all.
MART MAGDALENE.
Jesus Christ, Lord of heaven, 755
hear now our voice ;
Who believes not in thee, miserable he !
He will not be saved.
When I think of his Passion,
There is not any joy in my heart ; 7 60
Alas ! that I cannot at once
Speak to thee.
MART MOTHER OF JAMES.
Gone he is to another land,
And with him many angels ;
Alas ! now for grief 765
I am sorrowful.
1 pray thee, Lord of grace,
To send a messenger to us,
That something we may be knowing
How it is to thee. 77<>
MART SALOME..
Jesus, full of mercy,
Do think of us ;
To thy kingdom when we come,
Hear our voice.
For desire I become very sick, 775
1 cannot stand on my standing,
Alas! now what shall I do ?
O Lord of heaven !
Alas ! mourning I sing, mourning I call,
Our Lord is dead, that bought us all 780
words only are given in the MS.
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m RESURRECTION OF
I 8 ANGELUB
me a wor a wfaeleugh why
ihesu omma nynsugy
rak seuys yw
the veunans yn pur deffry
del leuaraf vy thy why 785
par del y v gyyw
MA. MAG.
a el ytho thy'm laoar
an corf na'n gefes vyth par
py le re seth
kepar del y v mur y ras 79°
ioy thy'm gans ow dew lagas
y weles wheth
II s ANGBLU8
a maria eugh yn scon
leuereugh th'ythyskyblon
ha the pedar 795
par del dythy wys thethe
ef a thue the galile
pur wyr hep mar
MARIA IACOBI
ytho dasserghys y v sur
ihesu agan sylwadur 800
gallas a'n beth
gorthyans thotho ef pup prys
ef y v arluth nef ha bys
pen vyghterneth
MAR. SALOME
alemma dun ny the tre 805
ha leueryn yn puple
del wylsyn ny
ihesu y vos dasserghys
hag a'n beth yn kergh gyllys
the'n nef deffry 810
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 63
FIRST ANGEL.
I know whom ye seek :
Jesus is not here,
For he is risen
To life in very earnest,
As I tell you, 785
Like as he is worthy.
MABT MAGDALENE.
angel, now tell me,
The body, (none is found equal to him,)
In what place is it gone ?
Like as his grace is great, 790
Joy to me, with my eyes
To see him yet.
SECOND ANGEL.
Mary, go forthwith,
Say to his disciples
And to Peter, 795
Like as he promised to them,
He will go to Galilee,
Very truly without doubt.
MART MOTHER OF JAMES.
Now he is risen again indeed,
Jesus our Saviour, 800
Gone from the tomb.
Worship to him always ;
He is Lord of heaven and earth,
Head of sovereignty.
MART SALOME.
Hence go we to the city, 805
And let us say in every place
As we have seen :
That Jesus is risen,
And from the tomb forth gone,
To heaven really. 810
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64 RESURRECTION OF
MAR. MAGD.
neffre the dre my nynsaf
ow arluth mar ny gafaf
eth yn grous pren
a ihesu myghtern a ras
ioy thy'm vn weth the welas 815
amen amen
MARIA IACOBI
maria re bo gynes
benneth ol a'n benenes
ha benneth ihesu map ras
a luen golon me a'n pys 820
ioy grath a will da pup prys
thy'nny lemmyn a thu tas
MAR. MAO.
ow benneth geneugh yn weth
a cryst del ythys yn beth
ioy theugh guthyl da hethew 821
arluth ro thy'mo an gras
vn wyth the weles the fas
the voth genes mara syw
65*. MARIA SALOME
amen amen may whyllyn
cryst agan prennas yn tyn 850
gans y gyk ha gans y wos
mur a peyn a wothefys
rak kerenge tus a'n bys
del yw myghtern a gallos
[hie mar. jacobi et salorne recedurU a sepulcro et
sedent parwm/per abhinc]
MAR. MAG.
nep a wruk nef * del eth yn beth 835
war y lyrgh ef • mur ow hyreth
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 65
MART MAGDALENE.
Ever to the city I shall not go,
If I do not find my Lord,
Who was on the cross tree.
Jesus, King of grace,
Joy to me once to see thee, 815
Amen, Amen.
MARY MOTHER OF JAMES.
Mary, be with thee
All the blessings of women,
And the blessing of Jesus son of grace ;
Of full heart I pray him, 8ao
Joy and grace always good to do
To us now, from God the Father.
#
MART MAGDALENE.
My blessing on ye also,
From Christ, as he is gone to the tomb,
Joy to ye to do well to day. *n
Lord, give me the grace
Once to see thy face,
If it be thy will with thee.
MART SALOME.
Amen, amen, let us seek
Christ, he redeemed us in pain, • *3<>
With his flesh and with his blood ;
Much pain he suffered,
For love of the people of the world,
As he is the King of power.
[Here Mary the mother of James, and Salome
retire from the tomb, and sit down a Utile way
from UJ]
MART MAGDALENE.
He who made heaven, * as he is gone to the tomb,
After him * great is my desire, *$6
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66 RESURRECTION OF
i
cryst clew oy lef * pesaf y weth
may fy gynef • orth ow dyweth
arluth ihesu ' ro thy'm an gras
par may feyf gvyw * the gafos spas 84©
gynes hythev * but yn nep plas
may borne vu * ha guel a'th fas
del os formyas * the'n nef ha'n lur
ha dysprynnyas • thy'nny pup vr
cryst ow sylwyas * clev mar a'th dar 84s
thy's daryyas * del garsen mur
dre mur hyreth ' ythof pur squyth
ha'm corf the weth • yscarn ha lyth
pie ma haneth * a wor den ryth
may caffen wheth • cryst len a wryth 850
[vadil ad ortwrh]
ORTOLANUS [s. JHO]
a vynyn ryth • py le ytheth
rak kueth pygyth * garme a wreth
na ol na scryg • nep a whyleth
syghsys y treys • gans the thy v pleth
MAR. MAG.
arluth dremas ' mar cothas myr 855
cryst ow sylwyas * pie ma the wyr
er y whylas • rof thy's ow tyr
ihesu map ras • clew ow dysyr
L. 845. murath dur is given by Pryce, " my great hard-
ship," which is simply nonsense. A comparison of lines
1059 and 1898 seems to justify the version given above.
L. 853. scryg is supplied by B, and treys is made dreyg by
the same hand ; but the full rhyme would require scryth and
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 67
Christ, hear my voice, • I pray also
That thou be with me * at my end.
Lord Jesus, * give me the grace,
As I may be worthy * to find occasion, 840
With thee to day, * surely in some place,
That I may have a view * and sight of thy face.
As thou art Creator - of heaven and earth,
And a Redeemer * to us always,
Christ my Saviour, * hear, if it regards thee 845
Disclose to thee, - as I much would desire.
Through great longing * I am quite weary,
And my body also, ' bones and back.
Where is there to-night * any man who knows
Where I may yet find • Christ full of sorrow. *5<>
[She goes to the garden.]
GARDENER [VIZ. CHRIST.]
O woeful woman, * where goest thou ?
For grief thou prayest, * cry out thou dost.
Weep not nor shriek, * he whom thou seekest
Thou didst dry his feet * with thy two plaits.
MARY MAGDALENE.
Good lord, * if thou hast chanced to see *55
Christ my Saviour, • where is he truly ?
To see him * I give thee my land ;
Jesus son of grace, * hear my desire.
treyth. Scryg or scryth may be "scream," as the Welsh
ysgrech.
L. 854. Pryce has gans the thyu pleth, " with thy hair
spread ;" arbitrarily making thyu " hair." I suppose in the
female head-dress of the time when this drama was composed,
that the hair was divided so as to leave a plait on each side.
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68 RESURRECTION OF
ORTOLANU8
a maria * del won the bos
berth yn bys-ma * onan a'y uos 860
a'n guelesta * a thyragos
a alsesta ' y aswonfos
MAR. MAG.
galsen y ta * the'n kense fu
map maria * henwys ihesu
rak na'n guela • thy'm a nep tu 865
kueth a portha * ny gansen tru
65*. et time demonetrabat lotus ejus ad mariam mag.
et dicit : —
ORTOLANTJS
maria myr • ov pym woly
crys my the wyr • the thasserghy
toy's y whon.gras • rak the thesyr
ioy yn ow gulas • y fyth pur wyr 870
MAR. MAGHD.
a ker arluth • eth yn grous pren
thy'm ny thogouth • amme the'th pen
me a'th pysse - a lauasos
lemmyn amme • vn wyth the'th tros
mulier noli me tangere
ORTOLANUS
a vyhyn ryth • na tuche vy nes 875
na na wra gruyth • na fo the les
ny thueth an prys
er na gyllyf * the'n nef thu'm tas
may tewhyllyf * arte thu'm gulas
the gous worthy's 880
L. 860. Pryce has aynas, " dignity ;" but I have ventured
to read uos, " blood :" it is in accordance with grammar, and
suits the context.
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our Lord jesus christ. 69
GARDENER.
Mary, * as I know thee to be
Within this world, • one of his blood, 860
If thou shouldst see him * before thee,
Couldst thou * know him ?
MART MAGDALENE.
Well I could, * the former shape
Of the son of Mary, * named Jesus;
For that I see him not * to me on any side, 865
1 feel sorrow ; * I would not sing " alas !"
And then he shall shew his side to Mary Magda-
lene, and he says : —
GARDENER.
Mary, see • my five wounds,
Believe me truly • to be risen ;
To tfiee I acknowledge thanks * for thy desire,.
Joy in iny land • shall be very truly. 870
MART MAGDALENE.
dear Lord, • who wast on the cross tree,
To me it becomes not ' to kiss thy head.
1 would pray thee • to presume
Now to kiss • once thy feet.
Womcm, touch me not !
GARDENER.
woful woman, * touch me not near, 875
No, it will not be service, • nor be for advantage ;
The time is not come ;
Until I go • toieaven to my Father,
When I will return • again to my country,
To speak with thee. 880
L. 873. Compare lanasos with the Welsh llafasu. The
meaning in the Vocabulary " to persuade" is inapplicable ;
see also 1. 1835, and D 926.
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70 RESURRECTION OF
MAB. MAG.
cryst clew of lef * lauar an vr
may tuth a'n nef - arte the'n lur
the cous worthy'n
the thyskyblon * y v serrys mur
ha'n yethewon * gans nerth pup vr 885
yge kerhyn
OBTOLANUS
o maria * lauar thethe
pur wyr me a ° the galile
del leuerys
ha dres henna * porth cof lauar 890
confort yn ta • thy'mmo pedar
mur yu kyrys
[hie venit maria ad apostolos et dicti eis in Go-
Idea]
M. MAGD.
lemmyn a abesteleth
lauaraf though newothow
ihesu dasserghys a'n both 895
me a'n guelas agynsow
worto y keusys yn weth
y vyrys y wolyow
aga guelas trueth
the'n bys kyns ens ylyow 900
THOMAS
tav ty wrek gans the whethlow
ha cous guyr del y'th pysaf
cryst a fue lythys garow
y yos by w my ny gresaf
L. 886. kerhyn, the Welsh cyrchyn.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 71
MABT MAGDALENE.
Christ, hear my voice, * say the hour
That thou comest from heaven * again to the earth
To speak with us.
Thy disciples * are very sad,
And the Jews * with violence always 885
Are round about them.
GABDBHEB.
Mary, * tell them,
Truly I go "to Galilee,
As I said;
And besides that, * bear in memory to speak 890
Good comfort • to Peter by me ;
Much he is loved.
[Here Marry comes to the apostles, and says to them
in Galilee : — ]
HART MAGDALENE.
Now, O apostles,
I will tell you news :
Jesus is risen from the tomb ; 895
I saw him lately,
I spoke to him also,
I looked on his wounds,
It was pitiful to see them ;
To the world rather they are healings. 9°°
THOMAS.
Silence, thou woman, with thy tales,
And speak truth, as I pray thee ;
Christ who was cruelly slain,
To be alive I will not believe 5
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72 RESURRECTION OF
na wast na moy lauarow 9°5
rak gowegneth ny garaf
agan arluth yw marow
ellas guyr a lauaraf
M. MAO.
guyr a gousaf vy thomas
ha me a'n pref kyn kescar 9 10
agensow my a'n guelas
an arluth na'n gefes par
ha gynef y tanfonas
y te though pare veugh war
kepar ha del ambosas 9*5
ny hynwys thy'm saw pedar
66*. THOMAS
tav ha na gous ty venen
me a'th pys scomye gynen
lemyn na wra
stout awos castel maudlen 9*°
mar querth me a ter the pen
thy's awartha
M. MAGD.
awos ovn my ny tauwaf
me a'n pref guyr a gousaf
kyns ys dybarth 9*5
kepar del y v myghtern nef
gans a'n tas dev yma ef
a thyow barth
PETBUS
a ihesu cryst guyn ow bys
clewas y vones sevys 930
yn mes a'n beth
rak me a wor fat yn te
y vos map the varia
ha dev yn weth
L. 910. Kescar is a puzzling word here; in P. 24. 3 it is
translated " poverty," and in O 360 it appears to be a verb ;
the Breton kee is " a beggar/' but Mary Magdalene is repre-
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 78
Waste no more words, 9°5
For I do not love falsehood ;
Our Lord is dead ;
Alas ! I speak the truth.
MABT MAGDALBNB.
I speak true, Thomas,
And I will prove it, though poor. 9">
Lately I saw him,
The Lord (none is found equal to him),
And by me he sent,
I swear to ye, as ye may be aware,
Like as he promised ; 9 ! 5
He named to me none but Peter.
THOMAS.
Silence, and speak not, thou woman!
I pray thee, mockery with us
Now do not make ;
Stout though Castle Maudlen be, 9"
If thou dost I will break thy head
To thee from above.
MABT MAGDALBNB.
I will not be silent from fear ;
I will prove it true what I say
Before that we separate. 9*5
Like as he is King of heaven,
He is with God the Father,
On his right side.
PBTEB.
Ah ! Jesus Christ, happy am I
To hear that he is risen 93°
Out of the tomb ;
For I know very well
That he is son to Mary,
And God likewise.
sented as wealthy : see 1. 857 and 920. Also D 486.
L. 914. tve B; making the version "towards ye."
L. 928. parth B.
vol. n. B
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7* RESURRECTION OF
THOMAS
peder tav ha gas the flous 935
rak euereth yy the gous
ef the seuel
byth ny yl awos an bys
den yy th bones dasserhys
wose merwel 94°
JACOBUS MAJOR
a gil thomas fest yn ta
map dey dasserhy a wra
pan y vynno
rak ihesu map maria
ef a wruk nef ha'n bys-ma 94S
tra uy th nago
THOMAS
a iamys thy^s ny dal man
den a yo marow eertan
ny thasvew nes
vfereth fol yv na^n gas 9S<>
lemmyn mos the tharyuas
tra na wra les
JOHANNES
a thomas assosa fol
hen yv agan crygyans ol
ihesu cryst woge merwel 955
y vones gorrys yn pry
woge henna dasserghy
the pen try dyth ha seuel
THOMAS
a iowan na gous a drues
rak ahanas marth a'm bues 9*°
ty the leuerel folneth
L. 949. Compare 1. 102 1 for the value of nes here.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 75
THOMAS.
Peter, peace, and leave thy mockery, 935
For idle it is to say
That he is risen.
Never can, for the world,
Any man be raised
After dying. 940
JAMBS THB GBKATBB.
Thomas, very well it may be ;
The Son of God will rise
When he will ;
For Jesus Son of Mary,
He made he&ven and this world ; 945
Every thing was not.
THOMAS.
James, it is of no use for thee ;
A man who is dead certainly
Does not live again.
Foolish idleness it is not to leave it, 950
But to go to assert
A thing of no benefit.
JOHN.
Thomas, thou art a fool ;
That is our belief of all :
Jesus Christ after dying, 955
To.be put into the ground,
After that to rise again
At the end of three days, and to stand up.
THOMAS.
John, speak not absurdly,
For my wonder at thee is great, 9&>
That thou shouldst speak folly.
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76 RESURRECTION OF
cryst a fue dre galarow
yn grous pren gurys pur varow
war nep a^n gruk ow molleth
BARTHOL.
thomas crys thy'm kyn of los 9*5
ny'n gyfye den gallos
the'n mernens y worre ef
ragon y fynnes merwel
ha mos yn beth ha seuel
rak dry pup crystyon the'n nef 97*
66 b . THOMAS
a bertyl asoge mvs
ha goky dres ol an dus
py ytho fol
dev a alse hep merwel
gul the pup den ol sylwel 975
dres an beys ol
MATHBUS
hen yv guyr ef a galse
pup tra y thyswul arte
moy ys na fe
saw bytegyns ragon ny &*
cryst a vynnas mos yn pry
ha dasuewe
THOMAS
h'essoge goky mathew
mar asos fur ty a tew
hag a ymden 9 s *
ny vew dre ver lauarow
nep a wylys o marow
war an grous pren
L. 983. hesspge — ha assoge.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 77
Christ through sufferings was
Indeed put to death on the cross tree ;
My curse on him that did it !
BARTHOLOMEW.
Thomas, believe me, though I am gray ; 965
Man could not hare power
To put him to death.
For us he would die,
And go into the tomb, and rise,
To carry all Christians to heaven. 970
THOMAS.
Bartholomew, thou art mad
And stupid beyond all the men
Who are fools.
God, without dying, might have
Caused all men to be saved, 975
, Over all the world.
MATTHEW.
That is true, he could
Destroy every thing again,
That it be no more.
But nevertheless for us, 9 8 °
Christ wished to go into the ground,
And to live again.
THOMAS.
And thou art a fool, Matthew ;
If thou art prudent thou wilt be silent,
And withdraw. 985
He lives not through many words,
Whom I saw, he was dead
On the cross tree.
L. 984. dew B.
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78 RESURRECTION OF
PHILIPPUS
ellas the vos mar wokky
cammen na vynny th crygy 990
pen yyghterneth
hag ef ow cous thy'nny ny
woge merwel y syvy
yn mes a'n beth
THOMAS
tav sethe vyn ty phelip 995
rak pur wyr ty a gam dip
warnotho ef
cryst brew y esyly
ha war y corf myl woly
ellas ny sef 1000
IACOBUS MAJOR
a na lauar yn della
ihesu an arluth guella
na yl syuel
rak pur wyr dasserghys y w
bos y seruont nagos guyw 1005
da yth heuel
THOMAS
a ty iacob bew a pe
y seruont me a vye
fast yn lowen
sav ef ny vew gas the son w, °
an dreyn bys yn ympynnyon
eth yn y pen
STMON
kynseth an dreyn yn y pen
dre'n golon yn tenewen
guylys an guv IOI S
L.995. tens the B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 79
PHILIP.
Alas ! to be so foolish !
Crookedly, thou wilt not believe 99«
The Head of sovereignty ;
And he saying to us
That after dying he would rise
Out of the tomb.
THOMAS.
Sit silent, wilt thou, Philip, 995
For most truly thou swearest wrongly
About him.
Christ's limbs were bruised,
And on his body a thousand wounds;
Alas ! he is not risen. 1000
JAMBS THE OREATBB.
do not say so,
That Jesus the best Lord
Cannot rise,
For very truly he is risen ;
To be his servant thou art not worthy, 1005
It appears well.
THOMAS.
O thou James, if he were alive,
His servant I would be
Very joyfully.
But he is not alive, leave off thy noise ; k»p
The thorn even into his brain,
Went to his head.
SIMON.
Though the thorn went into his head,
Through the heart in his side
The spear was seen, k> 1 S
L. 996. a gam is altered by B from a gan.
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80 RESURRECTION OF
bytegyns reys y v crygy
ihesu cryst the thassergby
del y w guyr thyw
THOMAS
a symon na gous vn ger
navyth navyth yn a wher ioao
ny seuys nes
saw yn della mara pe
warbartb ol ny a vye
marthys at es
67: iuda
syr thomas yn della yv 1025
ef re tbassorghas by thyr
yn mes a'n beth
rak na wrello dasserghy
neffre nygen byen ny
ioy hep thyweth 1030
THOMAS
a iude iude gas the gres
y golon squyrdys a les
me a welas
awos a gousa den vyth
an kerth corf-ne gorthewyth 1035
ny thassorghas
ANDREAS
tav thomas ha na gous ger
pur wyr agan arluth ker
dasserghys y w
yn sur re re thyscryssys "»4°
rak maria a geusys
worto hythyw
THOMAS
asota gokky androw
an voran re geusys gow
na preder ken 1045
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 81.
Nevertheless need is to believe
Jesus Christ to rise again,
As he is true Ood.
THOMAS.
Simon, do not speak a word ;
Never, never, unhappily, 1010
He has not risen again.
But if it were so,
Together we should all be
Exceedingly at ease.
JUDAH.
Sir Thomas, it is so, 1015
He has risen again to-day
Out of the tomb.
For if he should not rise again,
Never with us would there be
Joy without end. 1030
THOMAS.
Judah, Judah, leave thy belief;
His heart torn in pieces
I saw.
Notwithstanding what any man may say,
That same body will remain ; 1035
It has not risen.
ANDREW,
Peace, Thomas, and say not a word ;
Very truly our dear Lord
Is risen again.
Surely too much thou hast disbelieved, 1040
For Mary has spoken
With him to-day.
THOMAS.
Thou art a fool, Andrew ;
The girl has told a lie,
Do not think otherwise. 1045
B 3
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88 RESURRECTION OF
neffre ef the thasserghy
me ny fynnaf y grygy
bew hedre yen
MAB. MAGD.
> ny leuerys vn ger gow
rak thy'm ol y wolyow 1050
a thyswethas
ha the henna me a vyn
don dustuny pup termyn
bos guyr an cas
[kic descendant thomas et mcvria magd.]
THOMAS
awos lauarow trufyl 1055
ny grysaf thy's ty a fyl
gul thy'm crygy
kyn whrylly flattre mar mur
ahanas tra uyth ny*m dur
kyn thos bysy 1060
MARIA MAGD.
me a leuer an guyr thy's
an el thy'n a leuerys
sur worth an beth
y vo8 yn ban dasserghys
ha the nef golow gyllys Io6 5
gans mur eleth
THOMAS
tay flattores na gous moy
ny fynnaf thy'so crygy
y vos the'n nef
an corf a wylys marow 10 7°
mur yy ow fyenasow
war y lergh ef
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 83
That he ever rose again
I will not believe it
As long as I am alive.
MART MAGDALENE.
I have not said an untrue word ;
For to me all his wounds 1050
He shewed.
And to that I will
Bear witness at all times,
That the case is true.
[Here let Thomas and Mary Magdalene go
dovm.]
THOMAS.
Notwithstanding vain words, 1055
I do not believe thee ; thou failest
To make me believe.
Though thou dost chatter so much,
Any thing from thee regards me not.
Though thou be busy. 1060
MART MAGDALENE.
I tell thee the truth ;
The angel said to us,
Surely at the tomb,
That he was risen up,
And was gone to the bright heaven, 1065
With many angels.
THOMAS.
Peace, chattering woman, say no more ;
I will not believe thee,
That is gone to heaven
The body which I saw dead ; »°7°
Great are my anxieties
After him.
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84 RESURRECTION OF
MAR. MAGD.
Bar maria iacobe
ha maria saJome
thy'm dustyny 1075
kepar ha me a welas
del leuaraf thy's an cas
gura y crygy
6y b . THOMAS
byth ny yl mos y'm colon
an corf marow thyragon 1080
the thasserghy
pan predyryf a'y passyon
moreth a'm kymmer yn scon
ragtho govy
MARIA MAOD.
yma marth thy^m ahanas 1085
bos the golon mar calas
na'n crygyth ef
mar ny wreta y crygy
byth ny thueth neffre the^n ioy
sur vs yn nef ioy>
THOMAS
tav the gy lemmyn rak meth
gans ihesu nyn sos pryveth
sur yn della me a grys
peghadores es hep gow
an brassa ege yn pow 1095
gans pup ol ty o gylwys
MA. MAOD.
me re bue peghadoras
a peghas marthys yn fras
war ihesu me a cryas
ow trespas thy'mmo gafe uoo
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. &5
MARY MAGDALBNE.
Surely Mary mother of James,
And Mary Salome,
Will witness to me ; 1075
Like as I saw.
So I tell the case to thee ;
Do believe it.
THOMAS.
Never can it go into my heart,
That the body dead before us 1080
Should rise again ;
When I think on his passion,
Grief takes me immediately
For him, wo is me !
MART MAGDALBNE.
There is to me wonder of thee, 1085
That thy heart is so hard,
Thou believest it not.
If thou dost not believe it,
Never shalt thou come to the joy
Surely which is in heaven. 1090
THOMAS.
Silence thou, now, for shame ;
With Jesus thou art not privy
Surely so, I believe ;
Thou art a sinner without a lie ;
The greatest that was in the country 1095
By every body thou wast called.
MARY MAGDALBNE.
I have been a sinner ;
I have sinned wondrous much ;
On Jesus I cried,
That he would forgive me my trespass ; "00
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86 RESURRECTION OF
ha thy'm ef a leuerys
the pegh thy*s a vyth gefys
dre the fay ythos sylwys
ha na moy na wra peghe
thomas ythos pur woky 1105
drefen na fynnyth crygy
an arluth the thasserghy
du pask vyttyn
nep na crys ny fyth sylwys
na gans dev ny vyth trygys mo
ha rak henna me a'th pys
creys a termyn
THOMAS
sens the clap na fyth bysy
rak ny fynnaf thy's crygy
an corf a wylys a vy n is
tackys yn grous gans kentrow
gans gu lym y a'n guanas
dre an golon may resas
the'n dor an gos a cothas
hag a'n gruk ef scon marow mo
ny yl an corf-na bewe *
na seuel yn ban arte
sur ty venen
nynsus den vyth a bys-ma
a wra gul thy'm yn tor-ma "»s
crygy nahen
MAB. MAOD.
thomas ty yv muskegys
hag yn muscokneth gyllys
drok yv gynef vy lemmyn
me a'th cusyl a grysy "30
ha ma ny wreth yn teffry
ty a fyth sur edrek tyn
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 87
And he said to me,
Thy sin is forgiven to thee,
Through thy faith thou art saved,
And no more do not sin.
Thomas, thou art very stupid, 1105
Because thou wilt not believe
The Lord to have risen
Easter-day morning.
Who believes not shall not be saved,
Nor with God shall he dwell, mo
And for that, I pray thee,
Believe in time.
THOMAS.
Hold thy prate, nor be busy,
For I will not believe thee ;
The body was seen by me "15
Fastened on the cross with nails ;
With a sharp spear they pierced him,
So that it passed through the heart ;
To the earth the blood fell,
And made him soon dead. « "<>
That body cannot live,
Nor rise up again,
Surely, thou woman.
There is not any man of this world
Who shall make me now 1IJ 5
Believe otherwise.
MART MAGDALENE.
Thomas, thou art mad,
And in madness lost ;
Evil it is with me now.
I advise thee to believe, "3<>
And if thou dost not, seriously,
Thou shalt have surely sharp repentance.
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88 RESURRECTION OF
68 a . THOMAS
genough aban na'm byth cres
thywortheugh mennaf mones
adro yn pow "35
nynsough lemmyn gokyes
yn della dev thu'm gueres
ny garaf gow
tunc Ihc. uenit ad apostolos et dicit \in Galileo,
januis clausis oscvlatur eos]
IHC.
cres dev a abesteleth
my cryst the seuel a'n beth '14°
creseugh yn ta
rak certan kemmys a^n crys
ha a vo lei Tygythys
sylwel a wra
PBTBUS
a arluth ker guyn ow bys 1145
the welas yn tasserghys
ihesu kyn wruk the naghe
luen tregereth me a pys
del vs yethewon pup prys
omma worth agan baghe 1150
ihesu arluth nef ha beys
ha sylwadur thy'n keffrys
gaf thy'mmo vy ow trespys
rak mur yv ow govygyon
yma tby'm sur edrek tyn "55
rak the naghe gy lemmyn
yn certan a luen golon
rac.
pedar gyffyens ty a fyth
rak the eddrek y v perfyth 1 i6q
dre'n spirys sans
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 89
THOMAS.
With you since there is no peace for me,
From you I will go
About in the country. 1 135
Are ye not now fools ?
So God help me,
I love not lies.
Then Jesus comes to the apostles, and says [in
Galilee, the doors being closed, he kisses them:] —
JESUS.
The peace of God, O apostles !
I Christ to rise from the tomb, 1140
Believe well ;
For certainly as many as believe it,
And are faithfully baptized,
Shall be saved.
PETER.
O, dear Lord, happy is my lot 1145
To see thee risen again,
Jesus, though I denied thee.
Abundant mercy, I pray,
As the Jews are always
Here laying snares for us. 1 150
Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth,
And Saviour to us also,
Pardon me my trespass,
For great are my sorrows.
For surely sharp repentance is to me 1155
For denying thee : now
Mercy I pray at all times,
Certainly, with full heart.
JESUS.
Peter, pardon thou shalt get,
For thy repentance is perfect, 1 160
Through the Holy Ghost.
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90 RESURRECTION OF
par del y'th prynnys yn ker
hafasta sy tJie vreder
yn luen grygyans
IOHANNE8
a arluth ythof lowen * lft 5
ty the vynnes dos gynen
omma th'agan lowenhe
henna me a leuer wheth
ythesen dre pur hyreth
war the lergh ov th'ymwethe "7°
mo. .
thy wortheugh my a thu'm glas
a thyow barth the thu tas
yth ysethaf
thagas fastye yn crygyans
theugh confort a spyrys Bans "75
a thanfonaf
IACOBUS MAJOR
arluth assy v varthusek
pan thueth ihesu gallosek
th'agan myras
ha leuerel thy'nny cres » «*°
asso fast ytho dyges
agan daras
[hie recedit the. ab apoetolu]
68 b . ef yv arluth a alios
hag a prynnas gans y wos
pobel a'n beys Il8 S
ihesu cryst the thasserghy
vn deyth vs ow tos goy
kemmys na'n crys
MATHBUS
thy'n kyns ef a leuerys
ol annotho del whyrys "9°
yn nor bys-ma
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 91
Like as I redeemed thee dearly,
Strengthen also thy brethren
In full belief.
JOHN.
O Lord, I am glad "65
That thou wouldst come with us
Hither, for our joy ;
That I will say likewise,
We are, through great longing,
After thee pining. "7°
JB8U8.
Prom you I go to my country ;
At the right side of God the Father
I shall sit.
To strengthen you in belief,
To you the comfort of the Holy Ghost "75
I shall send.
JAMES THE GREATER.
Lord, it is wonderful ;
When thou comest, Jesus powerful,
To look at us,
And to speak peace to us, 1180
Though they were fast, thou didst open
Our doors.
[Here Jesus goes away from the apostles.]
He is the Lord of power,
And he has purchased with his blood
The people of the world ; « l8 5
That Jesus Christ is risen again,
A day is coming, miserable
As many as believe it not.
MATTHEW.
To us he told before
All that had been done by him l "9°
On the face of this world ;
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92 RESURRECTION OF
rag a'n prenna y fyrwy
hag arte y tassergby
woge henna
JOHANNES
by ny geusy ken ys wyr - "95
nep a formyas mor ha tyr
hag ol pup tra
yn weth ol rag agan les
y fue gynys a wyrhes
ker maria noo
IACOBU8 MINOR
ihesu asse yllyn ny
lemrnyn kymeres mur ioy
gothfos the wyr
cryst agan prennas yn tyn
ef the thos the gous worthy'n 1205
th'agan dysyr
SYMON
lemmyn leuerys thomas
an arluth na thassorghas
prof ny wra
warbarth ol del y'n guelsyn mo
thyragon ow cous worthy'n
map maria
IUDAS
thu'm tybyans wheth ef ny grys
bos ihesu cryst dasserghys
dre y mur ras ni5
yma dout thy'm pur theffry
mUrs ef a'n creys nagusy
aberth yn fas
h- Wj, leueryns B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 98
To redeem it he would die,
And again he would rise,
After that.
JOHN.
Thou never sayest other than the truth ; 1195
He who created sea apd land,
And all things,
Also all for our advantage
He was born of a virgin,
Dear Mary. 1200
JAMBS THE LESS.
Jesus, permit that we may
Now receive great joy,
To know truly,
That Christ, who redeemed us painfully.
He came to speak to us 1205
At our desire.
SIMON.
Now let Thomas say
The Lord has not risen ;
He will not prove it.
All together as we have seen him 12 10
Before us speaking to us,
The Son of Mary.
JUDAH.
To my thinking, he does not yet believe
Jesus Christ to be risen again,
By his great grace. 12 15
There is fear to me really,
Unless he believe it, he is not
Within the faith.
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94 RESURRECTION OF
ANDBBAS
the grygy thomas a thue
rag gans ov arluth y fue "*°
kyns lemmyn marthys kerys
ha kemmys an gorthyo ef
gans mur ioy y tue the'n nef
dre y thadder oberys
PHILIPPIT8
me a leuer thy why why "*5
ol warbarth don dustuny
bos cryst a'n beth dasserghys
ny a'n gorthyp certan ef
y fue gynen arluth nef
ha worth/n ol a gensys "3<>
\deophas et socms wmbulcmt in platea]
CLBOPHAS
a cowyth me re clewas
tus ow cous mur a barth bras
yn geyth hythew
cryst a fue yn grous gorrys
yn mes a'n beth dasserghys "35
certan ythy w
69 s . socius
hep dout marsyw guyr henna
me a vyn mos alemma
pur thystough th'y
rak dev yv ha den yn weth "4<>
don agan offryn the'n beth
yn fen guren ny
CLBOPHAS
ru'm leaute dun a thystough
namna fue ow colon trogh
pan wylys gorre an gu "45
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 95
ANDBBW.
To believe Thomas will come ;
For by our Lord he was • 1210
Before now greatly loved ;
And as many as worship him,
With great joy shall come to heaven,
By his goodness wrought.
PHILIP.
I say to you, 1225
All together to bear witness
Christ to be risen from the tomb :
Certainly we will answer for it;
The Lord of heaven was with us,
And spoke to us all. 1230
[Cleophas and his companion walk on the stage.']
CLEOPHAS.
companion, I have heard
People speaking in great part,
On this day,
That Christ, who was put on the cross,
Out of the tomb risen again 1235
Certainly is.
companion.
Without doubt, if that be true,
1 will go hence
Very directly to him,
For he is Ood and man also ; 1240
Carry our offering to the tomb,
At once we will.
CLEOPHAS.
By my truth, let us go immediately ;
My heart was almost broken
When I saw the lance put 1245
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96 RESURRECTION OF
yn golon dre'n tenewon
ha'n guryn spern war y pen
rag ef o pur wyr map du
sottus
whet yma mur a lostvan
yn ov colon ow honan
ol ragtho ef
awos trauyth nynso reys
mos the worre the'n mernes
map dev a'n nef
i«S<>
IHC.
bos trest thy why pendra wher
ha ponfosj/k agas cher
may though serrys
nagues ioy y ges colon
lemjn dar nep marthegyon
vs wharfetbvs
"55
1260
CLEOPHAS
tuperegrinus es
a nynsose pryeryn
vfereth y v thy's govyn
pyth yv an marth a wharfe
a vn profits bynyges
yn grous ha thy w vregh a les
squerdys y treys ha'y thywle
1265
socius
ha ene dre gallarow
woge y vos gurys marow
tus yn beth a'n anclethyas
rak henna mos a wren tlTy
del yv leuerys thy'nny
lemmyn ef re thassorhas
1270
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 97
Into the heart through the side,
And the crown of thorns upon his head ;
For he was. very truly the Son of God.
COMPANION.
There is yet much burning
In my heart of myself, 1250
All. for him.
Because of any thing it was necessary not
To go to put to death
The Son of God of heaven.
JBSU8.
What is your grief, that ye are sad ? "55
And why troubled is your cheer,
That you should be sorrowful ?
Nor is joy in your heart ;
But doubt of some wonders
Which have occurred. "60
CLB0PHA8.
Art thou a stranger f
If thou art not a stranger,
It is idle for thee to ask
• What is the wonder which has occurred,
Of a blessed prophet
On a cross, and his arms extended, 1265
Torn his feet and his hands.
companion.
And his soul through sorrows.
After he was put to death,
People buried him in a tomb ;
For that we are going to.it, I2 7°
As it is told to us
That now he has risen again.
vol. n. F
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98 RESURRECTION OP
IHC.
ysough gokky ha fellyon
ha teul yn agas colon
rak fout crygy "75
reys o tho cryst mos yn both
ha the pen try deyth yn weth
sur dasserghy
CLBOPHAS
dasserhy but ef a wruk
ha mur a payny* re thuk «&>
war y corf ker
y whylsyn y verthurye
hag yn grous pren y squerdye
drok agan cher
mc.
ragas bo cres ha mur ioy "85
pyth y v teulys genough why
bos erbyn nos
an oorf a whyleugh deffry
ganso ytheugh yredy
sur yn y clos "9°
6$ b . socius
kepar del eson yn weth
keffrys yn kueth yn moreth
ragtho hep frays
n y iwggy 11 niones nep pel
lemmyn bys yn vn castel "95
henwys emmavs
ictc.
lemmyn me a grys yn ta
y fynnaf yy mos pella
es ough haneth
sav bytygyns cresough why moo
an corf-na the thasserghy
kyns y v aneth
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 99
JESUS.
Ye are foolish and dupes,
And deceived in your heart,
For want of belief. 1175
Need was to Christ to go to the tomb,
And at the end of three days also
Surely to rise again.
CLBOPHAS.
Rise surely he did,
And many pains he bore «8o
On his dear body.
We have seen them martyr him,
And tear him on the cross-tree ;
Evil is our cheer.
JESUS.
Peace be to you and great joy ! 1285
What is purposed by you .
To be against night ?
The body which you seek really,
With it ye shall go indeed,
Surely into his glory. "9°
COMPANION.
Like as we were also,
Both in grief and in sorrow
For him, without deceit,
We do not think to go any distance,
But so far as a village 1295
Called Emmaus.
JESUS.
Now I believe well,
I will go further
Than you to-night ;
But nevertheless believe ye, 1300
That body to rise again
Before it is to-night.
f 2
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100 RESURRECTION OF
CLBOPHAfi
tryk gynen a gouwyth ker
rak namnag y w gorthuer
ha dewethas x 3°5
yma thy'mmo cowyth da
mur a ioy sur yn tor-ma
a'th tyryvas
[hie pwraMvr pemis]
me.
ytho gyneugh me a tryk
y ges byth ioy na thyfyk ^^
though lauara
y«*etheugh a termyn ver
a-thyrageugh me a ter
tor/A a vara
[ortendti eis vulnera]
SOCITJS
a arluth pen ylyow l 3 l $
me a wel the wolyow
warbarth a les
[hie trmmet Jhc de cleophas et soems]
kettel tersys an bara
aswonys cryst a gara
mar tha del reys «3*°
nonne cor nostrum ardem erat nobis in uia
CLBOPHA8
a nynsese ynnon ny
agan colon ow lesky
a ihesu map maria
pan wruk an bara terry
ha'n scryptor y egyry *3*5
literas nobis in via
L. 1309. dryk B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 101
CLBOPHAS.
Stay with us, dear companion,
For it is almost dark,
And late. 1305
There is to me a good companion ;
Much of joy surely at this time
He will shew thee.
[Here bread is got ready.]
JBSUS.
Now with you I will stay ;
To ye be joy unfailing, 1310
I say to you.
Sit for a short time ;
Before you I will break
A loaf of bread.
[He shews them his wounds,]
COMPANION.
Lord, head of healings, 13 15
1 see thy wounds
All together disclosed.
[Here Jesus shall pass away from Cleophas and
his companion*]
As thou didst break the bread,
' I knew Christ whom I love,
As well I ought. 1320
Bid not our heart burn within us in the way ?
CLBOPHAS.
Ah ! was not within us
Our heart burning ?
Jesus, Son of Mary ;
When he did break the bread,
And open the Scripture, 1325
Literas nobis in via.
L. 1313. der B.
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102 RESURRECTION OF
SOCIUS
ese dour ha ponvos bras
wharre y gen lowennas
kettel thueth er agan pyn
ny gen bo whans guariow 1330
a les ol y wolyow
a-thyragon pan guylsyn
CLEOPHA8
ny a yl bos lowenek
guelas ihesu galosek
arluth a ras 1335
ef y v sur luen a verci
nep a wrello y pygy
ny fyl a gras
SOCIUS
ny a fyn leuerel ol
yn pow sur the pub den ol 1340
fatel wrussyn ny keusel
orth an arluth ker ihesu
ha mettye orto hythu
yn forth certan dyougel
\cleopha8 et socius trameunt versus apofitolos]
70* tunc thoma8 ueniet ad apostolos et dicit petrus
PETBUS
thomas lemmyn gueyt crygy 1345
an .arluth the thasserghy
rak omma y fue gynen
ha kekemmys na'n cresso
goef termyn a theffo
deuones a brys benen 1350
L. 1327. Pryce has a warmth" for dour, but I do not
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. lOtf
COMPANION.
There was water (?) and great trouble ;
Soon he gladdened us,
When he came to meet us ;
We had no want of pastimes, 133©
All his wounds disclosed
When we saw before us ?
CLBOPHAS.
We may be joyful
To see Jesus the powerful
Lord of grace ; *m
He is surely full of mercy ;
He who does to him pray
Shall not fail of favour.
COMPANION.
We will tell all,
Surely to every man in the country, 1340
How we did speak
To the dear Lord Jesus,
And meet him to-day
On the road certainly, positively.
[Cleophas and his companion go towards the
apostles.] Then Thomas shaU come to the apostles, and Peter
says : —
PBTER.
Thomas, now take care to believe 1345
The Lord to rise again.
For here he was with us ;
And whoever does not believe it,
Unhappy the time that he came,
Nurtured by the breast of woman. 1350
know on what authority.
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RESURRECTION OF
THOMAS
a pedar ty a'n nahas
rak bos y peyn mar ahas
thy's ny gressaf
ha me a'th peys gas the wov
na whyle plontye Thethlow
del y'th pesaf
IORANNES
pur wyr gow ny leuer ef
ihesu cryst map dev a'n nef
a thueth yn chy
ha'n darasow 01 deges
whet y lauar a fue cres
01 thywhy why
THOMAS
iohan nynsos lemmyn flogh
namnag yw ov colon trogh
rag agas cous
ihesu agan arluth ny
ellas ny yl dasserghy
sur war nep oys
JACOBUS MAJOR
thomas na vyth dyscrygyk
pys gans colon dywysyk
war cryst aln nef
a'n beth sur ef a syuyy
rak hythew ny a geusys
01 orto ef
1355
j 360
1365
1365
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
THOMAS.
O Peter, thou didst deny him,
For his pain being so
dreadful ;
I will not believe thee,
And I pray thee leave thy
lie,
Nor seek to plant idle tales,
As I pray thee.
JOHN.
Very truly he does not tell a
lie ;
Jesus Christ, Son of the God
of heaven,
Came into the house,
And the doors all he opened ;
Ever his speech was, Peace
To you all."
TEOMAS.
John, thou art not now a
child ;
My heart is almost broken
For your talk.
Jesus our Lord,
Alas cannot rise again,
Surely, on any account.
JAMES TRE GREAT.
Thomas, be not unbelieving ;
Pray with undoubting heart
To Christ of heaven.
From the tomb surely he has
risen,
For to-day we have spoken
All to him.
THOMAS.
James. do not grieve me,
For sorrow enough is in my
heart,
So that it is very Bick.
10.5
1355
r 360
1365
1370
j 375
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106 RESURRECTION OF
ha whet mur ov galarow
bones ow arluth marow
ha na'n guelaf l ^ So
MATHBUS
hythew a tryckes yn tre
thyragos ty a'n guelse
byw yn poynt da
an guyryoneth kyn clewyth
awos tra uyth ny'n cregyth "3*5
marth yv henna
THOMAS
a synte mari mathew
mar a colyth ty a tew
gans the whethlow
gul ges ahanaf a wreth *39°
marth y v gynef na thues meth
ow keusel gow
70*
philippus
thomas gov ef ny geusys
saw thy'so y leuerys
kepar del yw x 395
cryst yv pen gor ha benen
yn chem-ma y fue gynen
pur wyr hythyw
THOMAS
a phylip geneugh ny fue
mar ny vyth an whethlow due f 4o°
yn ages mysk
dre pur anger ha duon
me a wor lour nep onon
sur me a wysk
L. 1388. dew B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 107
And yet great are my sorrows.
To be my Lord dead,
And I see him not. 138°
MATTHEW.
To-day, if thou hadst staid at home,
Before thee thou wouldst have seen him
Living, in good point.
Though thou hearest the truth,
For any thing thou dost not believe it ; n*S
That is a wonder.
THOMAS.
Saint Mary ! Matthew,
If thou wilt listen, thou wilt be silent
With thy tales.
Thou dost make a jest of me ; *39°
It is a wonder to me, shame comes not
Speaking lies.
PHILIP.
Thomas, he has not told a lie,
But he said it to thee
Like as it is. 1395
Christ, who is head of man and woman,
In this house was with us,
Very truly, to-day.
THOMAS.
Philip, he was not with you ;
If the idle tales be not finished moo
Amongst you,
For very anger and vexation,
1 know very well some one
Surely I shall strike.
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108 RESURRECTION OF
IAOOBUS MINOR
thomas Berry thy's na dal m°5
cryst arluth merciabal
dassorghaa sur
ahanas marth y v gyne
mar a kyllyth the ene
nynsos den fur J * l °
THOMAS
ov bos serrys nynsyw marth
ages bones ol warbarth
porrys worth ov duwenhe
duon agas lauarow
ha hyreth bos cryst marow ^ M15
pur wyr a yl ow guethe
BABTHOLO.
warlergh cryst mar asos trest
lemmyn pur lowenek fest
bos ty a yl
crys ef the seuel a'n beth ^ 2 °
ha lowene hep thyweth
thy'so ny fyl
THOMAS
fettel allaf vy crygy
corf ihesu the thasserghy
a wylys a vy marow I4 * 5
an laddron a'n dyalas
dre lyes torment ahas
ha dre mur a gaJarow
SYMON
aban na dal the gesky
dout tan yfarn the'th lesky '43°
bos dyscregyk
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 109
JAMBS THE LESS.
Thomas, anger avaife thee not ; 1405
Christ, the Lord merciful,
Has surely risen again.
Of thee a wonder is to me ;
If thou losest thy soul,
Thou art not a wise man. 1410
THOMAS.
That I should be angry is no wonder,
All of you together being
Willed to grieve me.
Grief of your speeches,
And sorrow that Christ is dead, 141 5
Very truly may destroy me.
BARTHOLOMEW.
After Christ if thou art grieved,
Now very joyful indeed
Thou mayest be.
Believe him to have risen from the tomb, 1420
And joy without end
Will not fail thee.
THOMAS.
How can I believe
The body of Jesus to have risen,
Which was seen by me dead ? h»5
The thieves mocked him,
By many torments unceasing,
And by many sorrows.
SIMON.
As it behoves thee not to jest, (?)
Fear hell-fire burning thee *43
To be unbelieving.
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110 RESURRECTION OF
ha maga fuer drok deffry
mones the hepcor an ioy
byth na thyfyk
THOMAS
a symon my ny'm bues clout 1435
the leuarow kyns yns stout
ny dalons man
ihesu the verwel mar scon
dre pur hyreth ow colon
mart yr na ran 1440
IUDA
a creys the'n nep a'n guelas
yn few aban dassorghas
y fue gynen
mur fest y gen lowenhas
dotho ny thyalwhethas 1445
gour ha benen
71*. THOMAS
ken ys wyr a leueryth
iude mar a'm evn geryth
me a'th pys thymmo gas cres
tarosfan a thue deffry 1450
war tus vas pan vons yn chy
h'aga darasow degeys
ANDBBAS
thomas ty yv me a grys
an gokye den yn beys
ha henna yv drok 1455
dout mar ny vynnyth crygy
bos yn yfarn ow lesky
yn tan yn mok
L. 1439. hokm B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Ill
And it would be a great evil indeed
To go to reject the joy
Never failing.
THOMAS.
O Simon, there is no fear to me ; 1435
Although thy words be stout,
They are not worth a mite.
That Jesus died so soon,
Through very sorrow that my heart
Is not broken, is a wonder. 1440
JUDAH.
Oh ! believe those who saw him
Living, when rising again,
He was with us.
Very much he rejoiced us ;
To him we unlocked, 1445
Men and women.
THOMAS.
Other than truth thou speakest.
Judah, if thou lovest me well,
I pray thee leave peace to me.
Phantoms come indeed 1450
Upon good people when they are in house,
And their doors open.
ANDREW.
Thomas, thou art, I think,
The foolishest man in the world,
And that is bad ; *455
Fear, if thou wilt not believe,
To be in hell burning
In fire, in pmoke.
L. 1450. tarotfan : see tarofvan in O 2364.
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112 RESURRECTION OF
THOMAS
andrev mur yv the thysyr
an dra-na na yl bos guyr «4*q
gul thy'm crygy
y vos yn ban dathserghys
ha the'n beys arte treylys
yssos goky
hie de8cendit thomas
CLEOPHAS
a thomas nynsyw goky l &&
y thesas ow muskegy
yn mes a forth
ty [a] alse sur crygy
the'n abesteleth deffry
galsos pur worth "47°
socius
mos a wren ny the'n castel
emavs gylwys dyougel
leuaraf thy's
ha war forth ny a gafas
ihesu yv arluth a ras *475
lemmyn thy'n crys
THOMAS
adres pow sur palmoryon
y a fyth mur gowygyon
hag a leuer the tus gow
nynsa y'm colon hytheu h^
why the geusel orth ihesu
ow arluth whek caradow
CLEOPHAS
an scryptor thy'n agores
pur wyr a thafleth moyses
ha lyes profus aral "4*5
L. 1470. gyUes B.. L. 1480. hythev B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 118
THOMAS.
Andrew, it is much thy wish
That thing which cannot be true 146©
To make me believe ;
That he is up risen again,
And turned again to the world :
Thou art a fool.
Sere Thomas goes down.
GLEOPHAS.
Thomas, he is not a fool, 1465
Thou art mad,
Out of the way ;
Thou mightest surely believe
To the apostles really :
Thou art become very contrary. >47<>
COMPANION.
We were going to the village
Called Emmaus, clearly
I tell thee ;
And on the road we met
Jesus who is Lord of grace ; M75
Now believe us.
THOMAS.
Around the country palmers surely
Are great story-tellers,
And tell people lies ;
It goes not into my heart to-day, 1480
That you spoke to Jesus,
My sweet Lord beloved.
CLBOPHAS.
The Scripture he opened to us,
Truly from the beginning, Moses
And many other prophets. 1485
L. 1470. Worth is perhaps the Welsh gorth.
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114 RESURRECTION OF
me a wor y bones ef
arluth a'n bys-ma ha nef
cous ganso genen o mal
socius
an arluth ihesu guella
a-thyragon torth vara 1490
ef a torras
a rak agan lagasow
a les ol y wolyow
ny a welas
THOMAS
teweugh rak meth dew adla '495
ym-thysquethas ny yynna
the plussyon a uelongh why
a re'n arluth dev a ras
yma thy'mmo gorgys bras
ahanough yn pur deffiry >5°°
7i b . CLBOPHAS
na gymer hemma gorgys
rak an arluth a geusys
hythew worthy'n yn geyth splan
crys y vones dasserghys
ha mar ny wreth ty sylwys i5°5
neffre ny bythyth certan
THOMAS
nynsy v crygy the beggars
hag a fo aga dyllas
cloutys gans dyuers pannow
nynsough lemmyn gowygyon >5 10
ow mos dres pow flatturyon
ow leuerel an nethow
socius
galsos lemmyn pur woky
rak na fynnyth thy'n crygy
a foul thomas 1 S 1 S
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 115
I know that he was
Lord of this world, and heaven ;
To talk with him the will was to us.
COMPANION.
The Lord Jesus, the best,
Before us a loaf of bread 149°
He broke.
Before our eyes,
Displayed all his wounds
We saw.
THOMAS.
Silence, for shame, ye two knaves, '495
Represent to myself I will not
The sores which you saw ;
By the Lord God of grace,
There is to me a great distrust
Of you, in pure earnest. 1500
CLBOPHAS.
Do not take this distrust,
For the Lord spoke
To us to-day, in shining day-light.
Believe him to be risen again,
And if thou dost not, saved 1505
Never shalt thou be, certainly.
THOMAS.
It is not fit to believe beggars,
And their clothes being
• Patched with divers cloths.
Are ye not now liars, 15 1°
Going through the country chattering,
Telling the news ?
COMPANION.
Thou art become now quite foolish,
For thou wilt not believe us,
O fool Thomas. *5i5
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116 RESURRECTION OP
galsofi mur yn dyscrygyans
ny'm bus a'th lauarow whans
aga clewas
OLEOPHAS
thomas ty yr dyscrygyk
pur wyr ha mur anfusyk 15*
ty a yl bos cuthygyk
na grys y vos dasserghys
yma thy's colon galas
na le ys ty the vynnas
gase the yes an er bras 15*5
ken ny yllyth both sylwys
THOMAS
ellas ny won pendra wraf
ow arluth rak na'n guelaf
neffre ny fyjinaf crygy
ken ben vyth mar mur duwon 153°
er na hyndlyf y golon
gans ov luef dre y woly
tunc them veniet ad ctpostolos et dicit
mc.
a abesteleth thyugh ores
lemmyn an daras dyges
fast warnough why sur kyn o <535
me re thuth th'agas myres
[jawuM clcm8t8 osculatwr eos]
y grygyans pup ol guythes
puppenagol a wharfo
a thomas doro the luef
yn woly guynys may fuef *54©
dre an golon
L. 1524. I read ley$=lehy8> and understand vynnas as
signifying here " obstinacy."
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 117
Thou art gone much in unbelief;
I have no want of thy words
To hear them.
CLBOPHA8.
Thomas, thou art an unbeliever
Most truly, and very mischievous ; l S*°
Thou mayest be ashamed
Not to believe him risen again.
There is to thee a hard heart,
' Nor hast thou lessened thy will ;
Leave off the great defiance, 1525
Else thou canst not be saved.
THOMAS.
Alas ! I know not what I shall do,
For I have not seen my Lord ;
I will not ever believe,
Though there be ever so much grief, - «53°
Until I touch his heart
With my hand through his wound.
Then Jesus shall come to the apostles, and he
says : —
JESUS.
apostles, to you in the midst
Now of the opened door,
Fast though it was surely on you, l SSB
1 am come to see you ;
[The doors being closed, he salutes them.]
His belief let every one keep,
Whatever may happen.
Thomas, put thy hand
Into the wound where I was pierced l S4°
Through the heart ;
L. 1525. I suppose er may be the Welsh her, " a chal-
lenge."
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118 RESURRECTION OF
hag yn treys hag yn thyvle
crys yn tyn me the prenne
an grystonnyon
THOMAS
a arluth kymer pyte 1545
dev merci yn cheryte
gon lour ty yw
me a'th pys thy'm a gafe
ny gresyn ty the vewe
wheth bys hythew 155°
72*. mc.
thomas rak ty the weles
ol ow golyow a les
yn the golon ty a grys
the kekemmys na'm guello
hag yn perfyth a'n cresso 1555
ow len benneth me a pys
THOMAS
arluth bynyges re by
kepar del os luen a gras
parys prest yv the vercy
the'th seruont sur yn pup plas 1560
byt nyn gevyth fout a ioy
nep a yl guelas j?e fas
pan ello ow corf yn pry
guyth vy rak an ioul drok was
a they ysse fuef goky 1565
pa na vynnan vy crygy
a'n beth y vos dasserghys
ha me guarnys gans lyes
yn cref bras me re peghes
arluth geffyans thy worthy's 157°
L. 1562. We have here the Anglosaxon \> I think: the
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 119
And in feet and in hands ;
Believe that I have bought painfully
The Christians.
THOMAS.
Lord, take pity, 154s
God of mercy, in charity
I know well thou art.
1 pray thee to forgive me,
That I did not believe thee to live
Yet until this day. 155°
JESUS.
Thomas, because thou hast seen
All .my wounds openly,
In thy heart thou believest ;
To as many as shall not see me,
And shall perfectly believe it, 1555
My full blessing I pray.
THOMAS.
Lord, be blessed,
Like as thou art full of grace,
Thy mercy is always ready
For thy servant surely in every place. *5k>
Never shall he have lack of joy
Who can see thy face.
When my body goes to clay,
Preserve me from the devil, the evil wight.
God, I was indeed a fool, "565
That I would not believe
Him to be risen again from the tomb,
And I warned by many ;
Very grossly I have sinned.
Lord, pardon from thee ! *57°
word looks like pe, but the p is not of the usual form.
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120 RESURRECTION OF
mc.
lemmyn ow abesteleth
seueugh yn agas crygyans
aban of seuys a'n beth
gothfetheugh y's byth sylwans
ha pup crystyon ol yn weth 1575
a vynno pygy gyfyans
y'skyrhafgansoweleth
dre vertu a'n spyrys sans
ow bennath genogh re bo
me a vyn mones thu'm galas 1580
ysethe del reys thy'mmo
yn nef a thyow thu'm tas
the'n crystynnyon ol adro
yntrethe gasaf ow ras
yn ow gulascor may teffo 1585
bewnans neffre ioy hep cas
et sicjmicUwr rew/rreccio domini
[hie ludit teberiu8 Cesar]
incipit morte pilati et dicit tiberius cesar
TYBBBIUS CB8AB
hep par of dres tus a'n bys
say bones mur ow thrystynys •
ow bones claf
pyth yv guella the bos gurys 1590
mar ny allaf bos yagheys
ny won pyth wraf
CONSULTOB
arluth ow ciisyl yv sadt
danveneugh why the pyladt
gans messeger 1 595
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 121
JE8US.
Now my apostles,
Stand in your belief;
Since I am risen from the tomb,
Ye know that ye have salvation ;
And all Christians also, 1575
Who will pray for pardon,
I will bring them with my angels
Through virtue of the Holy Ghost.
My blessing be upon you !
I will go to my country, 15 80
To sit as need is to me,
In heaven, at the right of my Father.
To the Christians all around,
. Among them I leave my grace,
In my kingdom to find 1 S&$
Life, ever joy without trouble.
And thus let the Resurrection of our Lord be con-
cluded.
[Here Tiberius Oasa/r acts.']
And the DEATH OF PILATE begins, and Ti-
berius Casar speaks : —
TIBERIUS CJ3SAR.
I am without equal above the people of the world,
But great is my sadness,
I being sick.
What is best to be done ? *59°
If I cannot be cured
I know not what I shall do.
COUNSELLOR.
Lord, my advice is seriously :
Send you to Pilate
By a messenger ; »595
vol. 11. g
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122
RESURRECTION OF
may tanfonno thyugh yn scon
cryst myghtem a'n yethewon
kettuth ha'n ger
ha henna saw agas gura
a pup cleues yn bys-ma
del y v duy pur
ef yy arluth nef ha bys
ganso ty a fyth sauwyys
pur wyr yn sur
IMPBBATOB
ow bennath thy's consoler
lygth of fout ow messyger
ow seruont da
reys yv thy's mones nygys
thy'inmo vy a thesempys
pols a lemma
72 b . NUNCIUS*
lord tibery by my houd
a wette vy lygth of foud
theugh dynythys
ahanaf pendra yynny
lauar thy'inmo yy deflry
a thesempys
IMPBBATOB
ke bys yn pilat yn soon
cryst myghtem a'n yethewon
yv dev hep par
pys e thy'm ma'n danfonno
thy worthyf gras ma'n geffo
thotho lauar
NUNCIUS
a arluth ker * sur hep danger
guraf the nygys
ny strechyaf pel • genes farwel
leuaraf thy's
1600
1605
|6ip
1615
1620
1625
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, 123
That he send to you forthwith
Christ King of the Jews,
As soon as the word.
And that will cure you
From all malady in this world, 1600
As he is very Qod ;
He is Lord of heaven and earth,
By him thou shalt be healed,
Very truly, surely.
BMPBBOB.
My blessing on thee, counsellor ! i*©s
Light of foot, my messenger,
My good servant,
Need is to thee to go a message
For me immediately,
A little from hence. 1610
MESSENGER.
Lord Tiberius, by my head,
Thou seest me, light of foot,
Come to you.
Of me what wilt thou ?
Tell me really, 1615
Immediately.
BMPBBOB.
Go even to Pilate forthwith ;
Christ, King of the Jews,
Who is God without equal,
Pray him that he send him to me, *6ao
That he may have favour from me,
Tell him.
MES8BNGEB.
dear Lord, * surely without delay
I will do thy errand,
1 will not stay long * with thee ; farewell, 1625
I say to thee.
second alternately; but there was obviously only one; and
the list at the end has but one.
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124 RESURRECTION OF
[ad pUatum dici£\
syre pilat lowene thy's
genef ythos dynerghys
gans cesar an emperour
thotho gueyt may tanfenny l6 3©
cryst bys yn daras y chy
dres pup methek del yv flour
PILATUS
messeger me a'th pys ke
aberth yn pow the wandre
vn pols byan l6 35
rak mar asugy yn wlas
me a vyn mos the vyras
sur ow honan
et tunc nvMcius et let et spacwbit vn pUtiea pa-
rv/m/per et ei obuiabit uemona
VBRNONA
den yonk whek guandre a wreth
me a'th pys pyy a whylyth l6 4°
thy'mmo lauar
NUNcnrs
pandra yy henna thy'so
guel he ny yllyth thy'mmo
pur wyr hep mar
an emprour re'u danfonas l6 *5
a whylas yn pow gueras
thotho yma cleues bras
ny gyf methek a'n sawya
pie ma ihesu the pygy
a leuerel thy'mmo vy l6s °
ef a'n sawse yn teffry
a pup dysseys yn bys-ma
L. 1643. guelhee B.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 126
[He saps to Pilate : — ]
Sir Pilate, joy to thee !
Through me thou art greeted
By Caesar the emperor.
To him take care that thou send 1630
Christ, even to the door of his house,
As he is the flower above every leech.
PILATE.
Messenger, I pray thee go
Within the country, to walk
A little while ; 1635
For if he is in the land
I will go to see,
Surely myself.
And then, the messenger shall go and walk about on
the stage a little ; and Veronica shall 'meet him.
VERONICA.
Sweet young man, who dost walk about,
I pray thee who is it that thou seekest ? 1640
Tell me.
MESSENGER.
What is that to thee ?
Thou canst not shew him to me,
Very truly without doubt.
The emperor has sent me 1645
To seek help in the country ;
To him is a great malady,
He finds not a leech who can cure him.
Where is Jesus, I pray thee
To tell me; 1650
He would cure him really
From all disease in this world.
L. 1645. reu in the MS., perhaps -ref for re'm.
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126 RESURRECTION OF
VERITOHA
ihesu a whylyth deffry
marow y w gallas yn pry
nep o agan arluth ny 1655
ha pylat a'n dyallas
saw an corf-na by w a pe
an emperour ef sawse
maga tek bythqueth del fue
kyn fe y cleues mar bras • «6&>
73*. NUNcrus
ellas vyth pan thueyth a dre
an keth corf-na by w a pe
ow arluth a vye saw
rak bos ow arluth mar claf
a thew pie tof na pie ythaf 1665
ny won pie toulaf ow paw
VBRNONA
my onan a'y vynynes
hag a the'n emprour gynes
ha sur yn y hanow ef
mythygyeth a yyth gurys '670
may fo yagh a pup cleues
mar crys y vos dev a'n nef
NUNcros
lowen henna me a vyn
ha thu'm arluth fystynyn
mar a kyl bones yagheys i*75
ty a fyth the lyfreson
hag an our the weryson
neffre the voth a vyth gurys
syre arluth bytheugh attes
an keth profus a why lyes i<*°
gurys y v marow
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 127
VERONICA. .
Jesus, whom thou seekest, indeed
Is dead, gone to clay,
Who was our Lord ; »*55
And Pilate mocked him.
But that body, if it were living,
Would cure the emperor,
As well as ever he was,
Though his malady were ever so great 1660
MESSENGER.
Alas ! that I ever came from home I
If that same body were living,
My lord would be cured ;
Because of my lord being so sick,
God, where shall I come, or where go ? 1665
I know not where I may cast my foot.
veeonica.
1 am one of his women,
And I will go to the emperor with thee ;
And surely in his name
A remedy shall be made, 1670
That shall be a cure of all malady,
If he believe him to be God of heaven.
MFSSENGKR.
I shall rejoiee at that,
And to my lord let us hasten :
If he can be healed '675
Thou shalt have thy liberty,
-And the gold thy guerdon;
Ever .shall thy will be done.
Sire, lord, be you at ease ;
That same prophet whom thou wert seeking 1680
Has been slain.
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128 RESURRECTION OF
sav benen gynef yma
dretho the sawye a wra
a'th galarow
IMPERATOR
messeger ny thebbraf bos 1685
bones marow an profos
a alse sur ow yaghe
a benen pendra keusyth
lauar thy'm mar a kyllyth
yn nep poynt*ov lowenhe 1690
VBRNONA
crys yn cryst del y'th coscaf
form a^y fas a thysquethaf
thy'm del y'n ros yn lyen
ha mar scon del y*n guylly
ef a'th saw hep ken yly 1695
ol a'th cleues yn tyen
IMPERATOR
py hanow os benen vas
ty a yl cafus mur gras
the lauarow mar syns guyr
ha ty a fyth rewardys '7 00
hag arluthes a yyth gurys
yn certan war mur a tyr
VERNONA
ow hanow yv vernona
fas ihesu gynef yma
yn hyuelep gurys a'y whys 1705
ha kekemmys a'n guello
hag ynno ef a grysso
bos yaghes thotho yv reys
L. 1 69 1. coscqfm&y be a slip of the pen for cousaf.
L. 1705. See hevelep in O 2337. The meaning of " hand-
kerchief" attributed to hynelep (sic) as printed in Price, was
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ODE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 129
Bat a woman is with me,
Through him she will care thee
Of thy ills.
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EMPEROR.
Messenger, I will not eat food, 16S5
For that the prophet is dead
Who could surely cure me.
woman, what say est thou I
Tell me if thou canst
In any point gladden me. 1690
VERONICA.
Believe in Christ, as I tell thee ;
The form of his face I will shew,
To me as he gave it on linen:
And so soon as thou seest him,
He will heal thee, without other remedy, 1695
Of all thy malady entirely.
EMPEROR.
What name art thou, good woman ?
Thou mayest find much favour
If thy words be true ;
And thou shalt be rewarded, 1700
And shalt be made lady
Over much land, certainly.
VERONICA.
My name is Veronica ;
The face of Jesus is with me,
In a likeness made by his sweat ; 1705
And whoever sees it,
And believes in him,
Need is to him that he be healed.
evidently a guess made from a consideration of the well-
known legend of Veronica.
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180 RESURRECTION OF
yn cryst reys y w thy's crygy
y tos ef arluth thy'nny t '7><>
ha sylwyans the tus a'n bys
ha sawys sur ty a fyth
a'th cleues mar a mynnyth
a luen colon ty a'n pys
73 b . IMPBBATOR
me a'n pys a luen golon '7 "5
yeghes thy'mmo a thanfon
kepar del os dev guyryon
ha mur the ras
nynsus arluth war an beys
saw ty pur wyr me a greys l l*°
gura gueres thy'm a ver spys
del os sylwyas
IMPBBATOR
dysweth e thy'm me a'th pys
bos tra an par-na guelys
yv thy'mmo vy mur a barth '7*5
dus nes thy'm del y'm kerry
rag keusel moy yn teffry
worthy's gy kyngys dybarth
VERNONA
myr worto hag a ver spys
a'th trok ty a vyth yagheys * 73©
pur quyk ha schaf
crys y yones dev a'n nef
ha sylwadur pup enef
thy's lauaraf
tunc demonstrabU ei svdarivm et ips* gemtflectil
dicms
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST- , 131
Need is to thee to believe in Christ,
That he is Lord to us 17 10
And Saviour of the people of the world ;
And healed surely thou shalt be
Of thy disease, if thou wilt
With full heart pray to him.
BMPBBOR.
I pray him with full heart, «7«5
To send health to me,
Like as thou art true God,
And great thy grace ;
There is no Lord in the world
Save thee, truly I believe; »7*°
Do help to me in a short space,
As thou art Saviour.
EMPEROR.
Shew it to me, I pray thee ;
A thing like that to be seen,
Is much of value to me. 1725
Come near to me, as thou lovest me,
For I would speak more indeed
To thee before separating.
VERONICA.
Look at it, and in a short time
Thou shalt be cured of thy evil, '730
Very quick and rapidly.
Believe him to be God of heaven,
And Saviour of all souls,
I tell thee.
Then she shall shew him the handkerchief, and he
kneels, saying : —
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1 88 RESURRECTION OF
IMPBBATOR
a ihesu luen a pyte 1735
the'th fath ker mennaf amme
\08culatur mdarium]
treat a'm bus ty thu'm sawye
ol a'm cleues
a arluth crist nef ha bys
gorthyans thy'so gy pup prys 1740
[sanativr a lepra]
lemmyn ythof vy yaghys
a pup dyses
arluth bynyges re by
nep agan arluth ny
gurys y w marow '745
nynsus arluth dresto ef
na nyl yn nor nag yn nef
dev hep parow
VBENONA
lemmyn yagheys aban os
yn ta ty a yl gothfos 1750
nag ens dev byth lemmyn ef
pilat a'n lathas hep fal
warnotho telywgh dyal
rak ef crist myghtern nef
IMPBBATOR
vernona whek me a wra l 7BS
rag dretho ef yn poynt ta
a pup cleues ol my yw
mar asugy yn bys-ma
pur wyr the'n mernans ef a
hag ef ha kemmys a'n syvr 1760
74 a . tormentores thy'mmo deugh
py yn sur vyngeans hageugh
why agas byth kyns dos haf
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 188
EMPEROR.
Jesus, full of pity, 1 73s
Thy dear face I will kiss ;
[He hisses the handkerchief.]
Trust is to me that thou wilt cure me
Of all my malady ;
Lord Christ, of heaven and earth,
Worship be to thee always ! 1740
[He is healed of his leprosy ^\
Now I am healed
Of all disease.
Lord, be He blessed
Who was our Lord !
He is put to death. 1745
There is no Lord beyond him,
Nor one on earth or in heaven,
God without equals.
VERONICA.
Now, since thou art healed,
Thou mayest know well 175°
There is not any God but he :
Pilate killed him ; without fail
Take retribution of him,
For he was Christ, the King of heaven.
EMPEROR.
Sweet Veronica, I will do it ; 1755
For through him in good health
I am, from all malady.
If he is in this world,
Very truly to death he goes,
Both he and as many as follow him. 1760
Executioners, come to me,
Or surely vengeance over ye
Shall be to you ere summer comes.
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184 RESURRECTION OF
t
yma thy'mmo mur daon
ha cothys war ow colon '7*5
ny won vyth ol pendra wraf
!• TOBTOR
me lord anon her we buth
agas clewas o pur vth
crye mar bras
lemmyn worth agan gelwel «77 6
rak ovn desefsen merwel
me a crennas
DfPBRATOR
eugh whyleugh thy'mmo pilat
gothfetheugh ma na veugh bad
tusoghaprys »775
drewh e thy'mmo ma'n guyllyf
marow vyth pan y'n kyffyf
a thesempys
n 8 TOKTOR
dun ahanan ha touth da
the whyles an keth guas-na 1780
plos casadow
drok den a fue sur bythqueth
a wul drok ny'n gefe meth
yn y thythow
in' TORTOR
arluth ker hag a ver spys 17*5
thy why ef a vyth kerghys
kyn fe mar cref
me ny sparyaf awos tra
bys omma ny a'n dora
worthy'n ny sef 1790
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 185
Much grief is to me,
And sorrow on my heart ; 1 7*5
I know not what ever I shall do.
PIB8T EXECUTIONER.
My lord, anon here we be ;
Of you very loud was heard
The cry so great.
But at calling to us, 1770
From fear I would have desired to die ;
I trembled.
EMFEBOR.
60, seek Pilate for me ;
See that ye be not delayed ;
Te are men of account.*
Bring him to me, that I may see him ; 1775
He shall be put to death, if I find him,
Immediately.
SECOND EXECUTIONER.
Let us come away, and make haste,
To see that same fellow, 1780
A dirty sloven.
Bad man he was surely ever ;
To do evil he had no shame
In his days.
THIRD EXECUTIONER.
Dear lord, and in a short time 1785
To you he shall be brought, ^
Though he be so strong.
I will not spare for any thing,
Until we bring him here,
To stand before us. <79°
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186 RESURRECTION OF
TV 9 TORTOR
ty pilat thu'm arluth dues
kyn whrylly vyth cous a draes
thy'nny lemmyn
genen ny certan ty a
yn spyt the yap thethama 1795
a fals iaadyn
piLATUs
geneugh why mos ny drynyaf
thu'm arluth lowen ythaf
tyber cesar
gentyl yv the pup huny 1800
toy ov colon yn teffry
mur me a'n car
I* TORTOR
arluth ot omme an guas
del gleseugh a thyallas
an profus ihesus dampnyas 1805
the vos gorrys yn grous pren
hag yn hy ef a verwys
war y corf y whothefys
yn certan mur a peynys
rak sawye lynnyeth map den 1810
[descendit Imperator]
74 b . IMPERATOR
a pylat wolcom os fest
rak me a'th car dev yn test
pan y'th welaf
del leuaraf yn tor-ma
gul drok thy'so ny vynna 1815
byth ny garaf
L. 1795. See D 1967, where the Servant addresses Pilate's
wife, despyt the vyrgh thedama, " In spite of thy daughter
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137
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 137
FOUBTH EXECUTIONER.
Thou, Pilate, come to my lord,
Though thou speak eyer against it
Now to us.
With us certainly thou shalt go,
In spite of thy son Thedama, 1 795
false wilful fellow.
PILATE.
To go with you I do not grieve ;
To my lord gladly I go,
Tiberius Caesar :
Gentle he is to every one, 1800
Joy of my heart indeed,
Much I love him.
FIRST EXECUTIONER.
Lord, see the fellow here ;
•As you have heard, he mocked,
The prophet Jesus he condemned 1805
To be put upon the, cross-tree ;
And upon it He died ;
On His body He suffered
Certainly many pains,
To save the race of sons of men. 1810
[The emperor comes doum.]
EMPEROR.
Pilate ! thou art most welcome,
For I love thee, Ood witnesses it, *
When I see thee ;
As I say at this time,
1 will not do harm to thee ; 1815
I never like.
Thedama."
L. 1804. thyalhas B.
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RESURRECTION OF
PILATUS
a arluth thywhy mur gras
wortheugh why gur daryuas
mur me a car
war an beys ny yns parov
gentyl os a'th lauarow
den os hep par
TORTOR
the henna y fuen ny
ow kerghas an guas thywhy
sur mar vskys
ha'y vones gurys mar attes
ty was dV8 gynen yn mes
a thesempys
1118 TORTOR
yn mes gynen ty a thue
rak thy'so gy marth ywo
lauar thy'n marsos huder
1820
1825
[tenent eum]
'1830
drok na yl den vyth the wul
na nyl the weyth na the sul
gorthyp lemmyn hep a wher
[dimittet eum et recedit non
procu/]
TORTOR
me a grys a lauassen
scon war ow brevth yin
latthen
rak by my huk
me a leuer theugh an cas
an corf hepar renothas
ef re thuswruk
1835
1840
[hic tortores absentant se
parumperl
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
PILATE.
O lord, great thanks to you ;
To you surely I have shewn
Much I love.
On the earth there are no
equals ;
Gentle thou art of thy words,
Thou art a man without equal.
SECOND EXECUTIONER.
Is it for that we were
Bringing the fellow to you,
Sure, so quickly ?
And he to be made so much at
ease I
Thou fellow, come out Witb us
Immediately.
139
1820
1825
EXECVTIOXRR.
Out with us thou shalt go,
For with thee there is a
charm •
Tell us if thou art a
sorcerer ;
No man is able to do harm to
thee,
Nor one hold thee or look at
thee ;
Answer us without a murmur;
[They hold him.]
1830
[He Shau let him go, and he
retireg to no great di8tance.]
potwrn EXECUTIONER.
J think we might venture
At once, on my judgment, to
kill him ;
For, by my hook,
I will tell you the case;
The incomparable body, by the
Father,
Ile has destroyed.
1835
1840
[Herc the executionerg absent
themselve8for a short
time.]
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140 RESURRECTION OF
IMPBRATOB
oat out out harow harow
mar ny vyth pilat marow
the gyns ny won pyth a wraf
ef a'n pren an casadow
ow colon rak galarow 1845
yn certan gallas pur claf
pan thueth yn rak an plosek
ef a geusys Iowenek
thy'm gruk plekgye
yn y worthyp ny gyfyn 1850
fout vyth ol yn nep tennyn
ken th'y lathe
me a grys bones an guas
pystryour ha hudor bras
ny'n gefes cowyth yn wlas ^855
war ow ene
lauar thy'mmo vernona
pyth yv an gusy] wella
del y'm kerry yn tor-ma
scon hep lettye i860
75*. VERNONA
ken teffo y ges golok
thotho ny yllough gul drok
sur me a grys ^
hedre vo yn y gerghen
queth ihesu eth yn grous pren 1865
ny fyth dyswrys
honna yv y bous nessa
ha wheth greugh y thry omma
arte thywhy
ha dyscow y theworto 1870
py ken ny wreugh drok thotho
bys vynary
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 141
EMPEROB.
*
Oat, out, out, haro ! baro !
If Pilate be not slain
I know not wbat rather I shall do.
He shall pay for it, the detestable ;
My heart for sorrows 184s
Is certainly gone very sick.
When the dirty fellow came forth,
He spoke cheerfully,
He did soften me.
In his answer I did not find 1850
Any fault at any time,
Cause to kill him.
I believe the fellow is
A wizard and a great sorcerer.
I have not found his fellow in the country, 1855
Upon my soul.
Tell me, Veronica,
What is the best counsel,
As thou lovest me, in this case,
Soon without delay. i860
VERONICA.
Should he come into your sight,
To him you cannot do harm,
Surely, I believe ;
As long as is about him
The cloth of Jesus, who was on the cross-tree, 1865
He will not be destroyed.
That is his nearest garment,
And do you yet bring him here
Again to you,
And strip it from him, **7°
Or else you will do no harm to him,
Even for ever.
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142 RESURRECTION OF
IMPHBATOB
ow bennath tby's vernona
aban ywe yn della
me a vyn caffus an queth 1875
tormeniores deugb yn scon
may huth-thaho ow colon
agan guryans na'm bo metb
]* TOBTOB
arluth otte ny genough
del farsyn yn ta menough 1880
yn agas soth
lauar thy'nny bos the vrys
ha ny a'n gura ef vskys
kepar del goth
IMPBBATOB
whet kerghough thy'mmo pilat 1885
yn y geuer del fuef badt
y fuf tollys
rak ef y v certan drok was
war ow fieiy mur me a'n cas
an pios fleryys 1890
Jfi TOBTOB
me a'n berg theugh hep hokye
mar leuesyn y knoukye
ol the brewyon
y wren thotho ef hep mar |
say nep a'n guello a'n car 1895 \
yn y colon
m« TOBTOB
kyn y'n carra vyth mar veur j
awos y lathe ny'm dner
nefire ny gan ef yn cur
gans y ganow 1900
L. 1877. thaho is a new word to me; but the translation
is from Pryce.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. k 143
EMPEROR.
My blessing to thee, Veronica !
Since it is so,
I will get the cloth. 1875
Executioners, come forthwith,
That my heart may be exalted ;
Be not our work a shame to me.
FIRST EXECUTIONER.
Lord, behold us with you ;
•As we fared well often, 1880
In your suite,
Tell us the will of thy mind,
And we will do it immediately,
Like as it ought.
EMPEROR. ,
Again, bring Pilate to me 1885
In his affair, as I was ill,
I was deceived.
For he is certainly a bad fellow,
On my faith I hate him much,
The dirty stinkard. 1890
SECOND EXECUTIONER.
I will bring him to you without delay ;
If I might venture to knock him
All to pieces,
I would do it to him without doubt ;
But he who sees him loves him 1895
In his heart.
THIRD EXECUTIONER.
Though he may love him ever so much,
For killing him, no care is to me,
He shall never sing in his court
With his mouth. 1900
h. 1882. I think bos in this line is a mere change of spell-
m 8 for both. The phrase is one of frequent recurrence.
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144 RESURRECTION OF
ottefe lemmyn keffys
dus thum arluth dyssempys
ha scon ty a fyth iuggys
the peyn garow
PILATUS
thotho ythaf lowenek *9 5
del yv arluth gallosek
ha den ryal
yn pur wyr ha mur y ras
emperour war lyes gulas
efyvhepfal >9 IQ
75k. IV s TORTOB
arluth worth an guas myrough
me a grys pan y'n guyllough
thyragogh why
thotho ny ylleugh gul drok
hedre ve y gys golok 1015
yn pur deffry
BfPEBATOR
tormentors eus pup the tre
hag aspyough yn pup le j
mar keus den uyth er ow fyn
lemmyn pilat ievody , 9 20
cafus an bovs-na hep gvry
vs y'th kerghyn me a vyn
PILATUS
arluth why yv a thy gre
an bous ha my thyguysk e
yn sur ragough hy ny wra *9 2 5
na'y dysyrye nynsyw thy's
nynsy v gulan lemmyn mostys
an guyryoneth lauara
L. 1920. This word ievody, which has so long puzzled me,
I now believe to be the French je vous dis. I have hitherto
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 145
Behold him now taken ;
Come to my lord immediately,
And soon thou shalt be sentenced
To cruel punishment
PILATE.
I go to him joyfully, 1905
As he is a powerful lord
And royal man.
Very truly and great is his grace ;
Emperor over many countries,
He is without fail. 1910
FOUBTH EXECUTIONER.
Lord, look at the fellow ;
I think, when you see him
Before you,
You will not be able to do him harm
While he is in your sight, 19 15
Very seriously.
EMPEROR.
Executioners, all go to the city,
And see in every place
If any man speak against me.
Now, Pilate, I tell you, 1920
Take that robe, without price,
Which is about thee, I will.
PILATE.
Lord, to your liking is
The robe, and that I should take it off ?
Surely for you it will not do ; 1925
Nor is it for you to desire it ;
It is not clean, but dirty ;
I say the truth.
followed Pryee, who renders it ft I swear."
L. 1923. ere B.
vol. n. H
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146 RESURRECTION OF
ny fue golhys sol-a-theth
byth nynsyw ragos ru'm feyth 193°
the arluth avel os gy
the pygy me a vynse
na wrylly y dysyrye
yn tor-ma thy worthyf vy
DfPBBATOB
pilat gynef nynsyw meth 1935
awos guyske sur an queth
a fue yn kerghyn ihesu
rak thythy yma thy'm whans
y pray the dysk y dywhans •
hep na moy cous thy'm hythev 1940
pilatus
arluth lemmyn a's dysken
dyragough noth y fyen
ny's vye worshyp yn cas
ha henna nynsyv onour
rak myghtern nag emperour 1945
onest ny vyth ow guelas
VEBNONA
arluth why a hergh thotho
an queth dysk y thyworto
hep na moy ger
rak hedre vyugh ow pleghye 195°
thywhy byth ny's dysk neflfre
yn nep maner
IMPEBATOB
dysk an queth a thysempys
rag na fella ny fyth spys
awos tra uyth *95J
ny whyla thy'm na moy covs
me a vyn eawys an poys
kyn fy mar pyth
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 147
It has not been washed a long time,
Never is it for you, on my faith, 1930
For a lord as thou art ;
I would pray thee,
Do not desire it
In this time from me.
'935
EMPBEOR.
Pilate, with me there is no shame,
Because of wearing surely the cloth
Which was about Jesus.
For there is to me a want of it ;
I pray thee take it off quickly,
Without any more talk to me to-day, 1940
pilatb.
Lord, now if I take it off,
Before you naked I should be ;
It would not be respectful to you in the case,
And that is not becoming ;
For a king or an emperor 1945
It would not be decent to see me.
veronica.
Lord, you command him
To take the cloth from him
Without any further word;
For as long as you are yielding 1950
He will never take it off for you
In any manner.
EMPEROR.
Take off the cloth immediately,
For no longer shall there be space
For any thing ; 1955
Nor seek any more talking to me ;
I will have the robe,
Though it be ever so.
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148 RESURRECTION OF
76*. PILATUB
tru y disky aban reys
alemma rag ny'm byth creys i960
gon the wyr lour
ny welaf vy yth hallan
sawye ow bewnans certan
mars dre mur our
IMPERATOR
out warnas ty harlot was 1965
ihesu ty a thyallas
ow arluth ker
hetheugh thy'mmo ow klethe
rak may^ hyllyf y lathe
kettoth ha'n ger »97°
YERKONA
arluth henna why ny wreugh
an hagkre mernans whyleugh
ma'n ieffo ef
rak an harlot a thyswruk
an keth map ol agan gruk l 97S
mor nor h'an nef
ty a wra y worre scon
a thesempys yn pry sou
an oasadow
bys may hallo bos iuggys 19 80
ha dre lagha bos dampnys
the vos marow
IMPERATOR i
y tho yn pryson ef a
hager vernans an par-na
ef a'n gefyth *9&s
me a ordyn sur ragtho
cales peynys may geffo
ny'n saw den yyth
L. 1973, I suppose %effo**geffo. Pryce reads this " come."
J
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 149
PILATE.
Alas ! since it is necessary to take it off,
Henceforth there is no peace for me ; i960
I know true enough.
I do not see now that I can
Save my life, certainly,
Unless by much gold.
EMPEROR.
Out on thee, thou rascal fellow, 1965
Thou hast mocked Jesus,
My dear Lord.
Reach me my sword,
For that I may kill him
As soon as the word. 1970
VERONICA.
Lord, that do you not ;
Seek the most cruel death
That he can have.
For the villain hath destroyed
The same Son who made us all, 1975
Sea, earth, and the heaven.
Thou shalt put him forthwith
Immediately in prison,
The hateful fellow ;
Till he may be tried, 1980
And by law be condemned
To be put to death.
EMPEROR.
Now into prison he shall go ;
A cruel death like that
He shall get it. 1985
I will surely ordain for him
Hard punishment that he have ;
No man shall save him.
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150 RESURRECTION OF
how ty geyler dus yn rak
ha mar ny thueth me a'th tak >99°
hag a ver spys
ty ha'th yaw na strech lemmyn
reyg y? gul ow gorhemmyn
a thesempys
CARCERATOR
arluth otte ny parys 1995
pendra vynnyth the vos gurys
lauar thy'mmo
ha ny a'n gura thy's wharre
a thyssempys hep lettye
pynag a fo 2000
IMPERATOR
am keth guas-ma gorreugh why
yn drok pryson the peddry
golow na wella deffry
ef y v huder
an haccre mernans a vo 2005
me a vyn ordyne thotho
ihesu a lathas nep o
thy'n sylwader
j6 h . GABOON
arluth henna me a wra
a'n gor yn pyt ysella • *oio
yn mysk pryues
par ma'n geffo mur a pyn
guas iolyf y v whyp an tyn
a th'y aeves
CAROERATOR
kymer toul e yn pryson 3015
na sparye kyn wrello son
ev yv pen cok
L. 201 1. Perhaps pryves may be "reptiles;" but the plural
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 151
How, thou gaoler, come forth !
And if thou come not, I will throttle thee, 199°
And in a short time.
Thou and thy boy stay not now,
Need is to do my commands
Immediately.
GAOLER.
Lord, behold us ready, 199s
What wilt thou to be done ?
Tell me,
And we will do it for thee soon,
Immediately without stop,
Whatever it be. 2000
EMPEROR.
This same fellow you put
Into a bad prison to rot,
That he may not see light really j
He is a sorcerer.
The most cruel death that is 2005
I will ordain for him ;
Jesus he hath slain, who was
To us a Saviour.
SERVANT.
Lord, that I will
Put him in the lowest pit 2010
Among the gutters ;
That much pain may catch him,
Fellow Jolyf is a smart whip,
To stir him up.
GAOLER.
Take and cast him into prison, 2015
Nor spare, though he make a noise ;
He is a block-head,
of pryv would rather be prevyon.
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152 RESUREECTION OF
na brakgye rak ef a sur
ny skap kyn fo vyth mar fur
na'n gqffo drok 2020
GABOON
lemmyn omma ty a dryk
bys pan pottro ol the gyk
iuggys may fey
ty a vyth mernans calas
yn ta ty a'n dyndylas 2025
gueth os ys ky
PILATUS
leuereugh er agas fyth
thy'mmo pan vernans a 1 m byth
vs thy'm ordnys
gon guyr y fethaf marow 2030
mur yv ow fyenasow
ythof cathys
CARCERATOR
an haccre mernans a vo
war ow fay ty a vetho
iuggys yv thy's 2035
yn bys-ma na tryst na moy
cot yv the thythyow the gy
nahen na grys
PILATUS
worth henna whet me a wyth
yn beys na alio den vyth 2040
gul hager vernans thy'mmo
rak ow colon ow honan
gans ov hollan me a wan
ogh ellas and welawo
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 153
- No mastiff surely he goes forth ;
He escapes not, though he be ever so cunning,
But that evil shall get him. 2020
SERVANT.
Now thou shalt stay here
Until when all thy flesh rots ;
When thou art sentenced.
Thou shalj; have a hard death ;
Well thou hast deserved it, 20 *5
Thou art worse than a dog.
PILATE.
Say on your faith
To me, what death shall I have,
Which is ordained to me ?
I know true I shall be slain ; 2030
Great are my anxieties,
I am overwhelmed.
GAOLER.
The cruelest death that is,
On my faith, will be for thee ;
It is adjudged to thee : 2035
In this world trust no more ;
Short are thy days to thee,
Think not otherwise.
PILATE.
From that I will yet preserve myself,
So that no man in the world may 2 °4<>
Do a cruel death to me ;
For my heart, myself
With my knife I will pierce ;
.Oh! alas I and wellawajr!
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154 RESURRECTION OF
IMPERATOR
vernona del y'm kerry 2045
me a'th pys may leaery
pan vernans a vye guel
the wruthyl the'n harlot was
ma'n geffo peyn mar ahas
ha dre spyt ef the verwel 2050
VEhNONA
asaye ow arluth ker
govynneugh orth an geiler
kyns ol pan pleyt y me fe
yn guyryoneth me a grys
kynyuer peyn vs yn beys 2055
thotho by ny yye re
IMPERATOR
geiler thow schal be wel gladt
pahan pleyt yma pilat
yn le may ma
ha pan semlant vs ganso 2060
lauar ol an guyr thy'mmo
fatel me fa
77». CARCERATOR
arluth pylat yy marow
dre payn ha dre galarow
y honan yth ym-wanas 2065
gans y gollan marthys scon
yth em-wyskys yn golon
hager vernans a whylas
IMPERATOR
ihesn bynyges re by
the'n harlot pan fynsys ry 2070
an hakcre mernans yn beys
L. 2053. * n me f e > 1* 2 °53> an( ^ me f a > !• 2062, me appears
to be put for may ; a like change is found in P 147. 3, where
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 155
EMPEROR.
Veronica, as thou West me, 2045
I pray thee that thou say *
What death will be best
To do to the rascal fellow ;
That he may have such dreadful pain,
And through rage he may die. 2050
VBRONIOA.
Try, my dear lord ; -
Ask of the gaoler,
Before all, what plight he is in.
In truth, I believe,
Whatever pain is in the world, 2055
For him would never be too much.
EMPEROR.
Gaoler, be thou very glad !
In what plight is Pilate
In the place where he is,
And what semblance is to him ? 2060
Tell all the truth to me
How he is.
GAOLER.
My lord, Pilate is dead,
Through pain and through sorrows ;
Himself he hath stabbed. 2065
With his knife wondrous soon
He smote himself in the heart ;
A cruel death he sought.
EMPEROR.
Jesus, blessed be thou,
To the villain when thou wouldst give 2070
The cruelest death in the world ;
we find me ve* L. 2057. tchalt B.
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156 RESURRECTION OF
rak hacre mernans certan
eys em-lathe y honan
ny gaffe den my a grys
ty geyler scon ty ha'th vaw 20 75
kymereugh er an thy v baw
ha gorreugh ef yn dor dovn
rag me [a] grys fest yn ta
lyes map den yn bys-ma
rak y gorf an geayth ovn 2o8 °
CARCERATOR
whyp an tyn kymer an pen
er an treys me a'n kylden
aberth yn beyth
GARCOff
mester my a wra ru'm guen
yyngens re'n geffo amen »<>S5
ha drok thyweyth
et ttme proicietur extra terram
a mester whek by my sonl
war ow fay hemma yv deaul
ymskemnnys
yn mes a'n dor y lammas 2090
rak pur ovn me re vrammas
lauaraf thy's
CARC.
a'n beth pan thueth ha lamme
y fyys yn vn vramme
ovn kemerys 2095
del leuaraf pen bronnen
rak ny alse sur ym-guen
del pi degys
L. 2082. I think kylden maybe the Welsh cefa, "to hide/'
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 157
For a more cruel death, certainly,
Than to kill himself,
No man may find, I think.
Thou gaoler, forthwith, thou and thy boy, 2075
Take him by the two feet,
And put him in deep ground.
For I believe very firmly,
Many sons of man in this world
For his body will have fear. 2080
GAOLBR.
Smart whip, take the head,
By the feet I will let him down,
Within the earth.
SERVANT.
Master, I will do it indeed ;
Vengeance take him, amen, 2085
And a bad end.
And then he shall be thrown out of the earth.
sweet master, by my soul,
On my faith this is a devil
Accursed :
Out of the earth he has jumped ; 2090
For very fear I have exploded,
I tell thee.
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GAOLBR.
From the grave when he comes and leaps,
Thou fleest in a tremor, 2095
Seized by fear.
As I say, rush-head,
Forth he could not surely move himself,
As all uncovered.
or else cildynu, " to drag back."
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158 RESURRECTION OF
GABOON
pur harth dan thotho wharre
gorryn ef yn beth arte 2100
du y w y lyw
me a grys ynno y sef
mar syw abarth dev a nef
bo ken deaul yw
CARC.
h'a nynsyw ef a parth dev 2105
bysy vye ol an blu
rak y wythe
th'y worre aber yn beth
yn dor gorryn ef yn weth
scon hep lettye 2110
et time ponent ewm in terra el proicietur iterate
wursum
GABOON.
war ow fey ef y w deaul crrf
yn dan dor vn tuch ny sef
tebel den yw
certan dev na syns ny'n car
dun the desca the cesar 21 15
scon agan deuv
77*\ CARC.
syre cesar arluth huhel
an guas byth ny vyn seuel
yn dan en dor
IMPERATOR
me a'n nabow dyougel 2126
yth ofe deaul kyns merwel
aberth yn nor
L. 2120. The verb is nabow or annabow, " to know," th«
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 159
SERVANT.
Very boldly let us go to him soon,
Let us put him into the grave again, 2100
Black is his hue !
I believe he will stay in it,
If he be on the part of God of heaven,
Or else he is a devil.
GAOLER.
And if he be not on the part of God, 2105
Hard it would be for all the parish
To keep him,
To lay him within the grave ;
Let us put him in the earth again
Soon without delay. 21 10
And then they shall put him in the ground, and he
shall be thrown up ogam.
SERVANT,
On my faith he is a strong devil,
He does not stay a moment under ground ;
He is a wicked man.
Certainly God and saints love him not ;
Let us go and tell it to Caesar 2 1 15
At once, we two.
GAOLER.
Sire, Caesar, high lord,
The fellow will never stey
Under the ground.
EMPEROR.
I know it certainly, 2120
He was a devil before he died,
Within the world.
Welsh nabod olr admbod, Armoric attavout.
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160 RESURRECTION OF
GABOON
yn beyth pan y'n gorsyn ny
wharre y tueth dealugy
warnan cothas 2125
hag a'n teul ef scon yn ban
ha'n dor warnotho a ran
euth y clewas
IMPERATOR
a out out out pendra wraf
orth en ioul mar ny gaffaf 2130
toul war nep cor
mars cryst a weres deffry
ef a lath gans fleyryngy
ol ow glascor
VBRNONA
arluth yn trok a horn cref 2135
yn dour tyber ef a sef
er y anfevs
hag a le-na yn certan
bynytha ny thue yn ban
bys yn deth brevs 2140
IMPBBATOR
» •
a uernona war ow feyth
yn gusyl da ha perfeyth
thy'm ty a ros .
tormentors com hyder snel
namna gessof ow merwel 2145
orth agas gortos
L. 2128. Pryce renders this "going I heard it;" see
1452 for a similar passage.
L. 2146. This line has a superfluous syllable; lemyn is
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 161
SERVANT.
When we put him in the grave,
Soon come devils
Upon as fallen ; 21 25
And throw him forthwith upwards,
And divide the earth over him ;
I heard them going.
EMPEROR.
Oh ! out, out, out I what shall I do,
If I find not for the devil 2130
A hole in some way ?
Unless Christ helps indeed,
He will kill with the smell
All my kingdom.
VERONICA.
My lord, in a box of strong iron, 2135
In the water of Tiber he will stay
For his wickedness ;
And from that place certainly
He will never come up,
Till the day of judgment. *uo
EMPEROR.
Veronica, on my faith,
A counsel good and perfect
To me thou hast given.
Executioners, come hither quick,
1 almost get my death 2145
By your delay.
added at the beginning by B, which makes a regular seven -
syllable line ; to match this something has been added to the
corresponding line 2143, which is erased, and is now
irrecoverable.
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162 RESURRECTION OP
I 8 TOBTOB
arluth ow tevos a spayn
y thegen yn cres almayn
orth vn prys-ly
yn pur wyr pan fuf gylwys 2150
lauar the voth me a'th pys
yn scon thy"nny
n 8 TOBTOB
leuereugh thy'nny an ken
agas bus the wul genen
nynson tus wast 2155
marsus kuth war the colon
the both a vyth gurys yn scon
genen yn hast
IMPEBATOB
kemereugh corf a'n drok was
vgy ow flerye gans ylas 2160
yw myligys
teuleugh ef yn trok a horn
yn dour tyber yn nep corn
may fo buthys
ill* TOBTOB
wharre an emscumunys 2165
- yn trok horn y fyth teulys
yn tyber yn dour pur dovn
yn vr-na ny reys thy'nny
na den byth ol yn teffry
caffus neffre na moy ovn 2170
L. 2147, 8, 9. These three lines are somewhat absurd, but
they cannot, I think, bear any other meaning; perhaps they
were merely intended to be taken as a joke. I have rendered
prys-ly (in MS. p { sly) " a tavern," or " eating-house/' from
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 165
FIRST EXECUTIONER.
Lord, coming from Spain,
I was in the midst of Germany,
At a tavern,
Very truly, when I was called. * l S°
Say thy will, I pray thee,
Directly to us.
SECOND EXECUTIONER.
Tell us the cause
There is with you to do with us ;
We are not idle men. 2155
If there is sorrow on thy heart,
Thy will shall be done soon
By us in haste.
EMPEROR.
Take the body of the wicked fellow,
Which is now stinking through the country ; 2160
It is accursed :
Cast it, in a box of iron,
Into the river Tiber in some corner,
That it be drowned.
THIRD EXECUTIONER*
Soon the accursed, "65
In a trunk of iron, shall be cast
Into the Tiber, in very deep water ;
In that hour no need to us,
Or any man indeed,
To have any more fear. 2170
prys, " a repast," Armoric pret, or perhaps from the Armoric
pres, " to frequent," and ly, " a place," altered from le
to
suit the rhyme. I at first thought of " breakfast-time," but
the indefinite un would hardly have been used in that case.
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164 RESURRECTION OF
78*. TV 9 TOETOB
corf mylyges mur ywe
ny vyn an dour y gase
aberueth ynno hep wow
yma ganso deylugy
tan a'n ioul mur th'y lysky 2175
na theffo na moy yn pow
i B TOBTOB
ow otto-ma an trok horn
teuleugh why agas dy w dorn
war an logol
ynno an corf mylyges 2 1 80
the'n dour ganso ny a reys
avel tus fol
II s TOBTOB
ot en corf yn trok gorrys
degeugh e a thesempys
the corn a'n dour 2185
drok gen y gyk ef a fue
by th ny sparyaf y tenne
sur awos our
III s TOBTOB
an ioul re'n dogo J>'y plath
en corf emscumunys whatA * l 9°
ef yw pur wyr
dun ganso dy whans touth bras
rak y worre yn dour glas
y v ow dysyr
IV s TOBTOB
ke ty pilat mylyges 2I 95
ena yn dour the woles
certan ty a
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 165
FOURTH EXECUTIONER.
It is a very accursed body ;
The water will not allow it
Within it, without a lie.
Devils are with him ;
The fire of the great devil to burn him, 2 1 75
That he may come no more into the country.
FIRST EXECUTIONER.
See here with me the iron box ;
Put you your two hands
On the coffin,
In it the accursed body; 2180
To the water with it we must go
Like madmen.
* SECOND EXECUTIONER.
Behold the body put into the box ;
Carry it immediately
To the corner of the water. 2185
Evil his flesh though it was,
Never will I spare to drag him
Surely, for gold.
THIRD EXECUTIONER.
The devil carry him to his place !
The body accursed yet . 2190
It is very truly.
Let us come with him very speedily ;
To put him into blue water
Is my desire.
FOURTH EXECUTIONER.
60, thou cursed Pilate ; 2195
There in the water to the bottom
Certainly thou shalt go ;
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166 RESURRECTION OF
ha genes mollat pup plu
drefen fals brugy map dev
map maria 2200
et tunc proicietur corpus in aqucun
VIATOR
guel yv thy'mmo vy may fe
raos the wolhy ow dule
a thesempes
me a yyn omma yn dour
may fons y guyn ha glan lour 2205
a vostethes
et lauabit mcmus et statim morktur
ellas pan fema gynys
ancow sur yw dynythys
scon thy'mmo yy
ny'm bus by we na fella 2210
an dour re wruk thy'm henna
yn pur deffry
1
NUNCIUS
arlut whyleugh cusyl da
den dreys dour tyber nyns a
yn certan na vo niarow 2215
dyswul lyes corf a wra
gorreugh pilat a le-na
awos ihesu the ken pow
IMPERATOR
out out out pendra wrama
marnes drethos vernona 2220
ny'm byth gueres
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 167
And with thee the curses of all the parish,
Because of the false sentence of the Son of God,
The Son of Mary. 2200
And then the body shall be thrown into the water.
A TRAVELLER.
It is best to me that it be so.
Go to wash my hands
Immediately
I will, here in the water,
That they may be white, and clean enough 2205
From dirt.
And he shall wash his hantfs, and shall die imme-
diately.
Alas that I was born !
Death surely is come
Soon to me.
Life is no longer for me, 2210
The water has done that to me
Very clearly.
MESSENGER.
My lord, seek good advice :
A man goes not over the river Tiber
Certainly, without being killed. 2215
It will destroy many bodies ;
Put Pilate away from that place,
For Jesus' sake, to another country.
EMPEROR.
Out, out, but ! what shall I do ?
Unless through thee, Veronica, 2220
There is no help to me.
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168 RESURRECTION OF
an corf yv emscumunys
ro thy'm cusyl dysempys
may beu vy cres
y8 b . VBBNONA
neffre yn dour hedre vo 2225
ny thue dresto na varwo
gour gruek na best
ef a fue drok corf yn bys
me a'th cusyl dysempys
byth na vy trest 2230
awos cost arhans nag our
greugh y tenne mes a'n dour
gorreugh ef yn schath then mor
hj frenne byth nyns yw bern
an schath a'n dek the yfern 2235
my lord y schal be ther for
IMPERATOB
ow bennath thy's uernona
ha bennath map maria
ow arluth ker
tormentores duegh thy'm scon 2240
par-ma alio ow colon
guella ow cher
a pur harlot pie fugh why
pur yth o clewas an cry
genef orth agas gylwel 2*45
yma thy'mmo vy duon
gyllys lemmyn y'm colon
yn della dev thu'm sylwel
I s TORTOB
my ny garaf streche pel
na nyl the wyth na the sul 2250
fysteneugh ow leuerel
pendra reys thy'n the wuthul
L. 2234. bern is the Annoric verb bernout, "to be of im-
portance ;" as ne'vern kit, " it is of no importance." I have
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 169
The body is accursed ;
Give me counsel immediately,
That I may live peaceful,
VERONICA.
Ever in water while he is, a«S
No one goes over it that does not die,
Man, woman, or beast.
He was an evil body in the world ;
I advise thee immediately,
Never be sad ; **3°
For cost of silver or gold,
Drag him out of the water,
Take him in a boat to the sea*
To take it is not a great matter ;
The boat shall carry him to hell, ."35
My lord, I will be warrant for it,
EMPEROR.
My blessing on thee, Veronica,
And the blessing of the Son of Mary,
My dear Lord.
Executioners, oome to me forthwith ; **4<>
This way may my heart
Better my condition.
very rascals, where were ye ?
Very loud was heard the cry
By me to you calling. »*45
There is sorrow to me,
Gone now into my heart,
So God save nie !
FIRST EXECUTIONER,
1 do not like to stay long,
Nothing to do nor to look at; 2250
Hasten to say
What is needful for us to do,
vol. 11. 1
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170 RESURRECTION OF
IMFEBATOB
reys yw though mones certan
the tenne pilat yn baa
yn mes a'n dour 2255
gorreugh ef yn schath the'n mor
and y schal yf yow ther for
try mylyon our
n 8 TOBTOB
wharre ny a'n ten yn ban
mur venions ha calas ran 2260
ef a whylas
ihesu cryst myghtern a nef
ha falslych y'n iuggyas ef
gans cam pur bras
Ufi TOBTOB
yn ban tynnyn ef a'n dour 2*65
ha dyndylyn agan our
a cowethe
teulyn grabel warnotho
scherp ha dalgenne ynno
byth na sohapye 2270
IV s TOBTOB
me re teulys dew grabel
yn mes a'n dour an tebel
corf a thue sur
kyn fo mar pos avel men
hallyens pup den ol yn fen 2a 75
betheugh why fur
I 9 TOBTOB
re'n kergho an dewolow
otte an corf casadow
ow tos y ban
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 171
EMPEROR.
Need is to you to go, certainly,
To draw Pilate up,
Out of the water. «55
Put him in a boat into the sea,
And I shaH give you for that
Three millions of gold.
SECOND EXECUTIONER.
Soon we will draw him up ;
Great vengeance and cruel division 2260
He hath sought
Jesus Christ the King of heaven,
And falsely hath sentenced him
With very great wickedness.
THIRD EXECUTIONER.
Up let us drag him from the water, 2265
And let us deserve our gold,
O comrades !
Let us cast a grappling-iron on him
Sharp, and lay hands on him,
That he may never escape. 2270
FOURTH EXECUTIONER.
I have cast two grappling-irons ;
Out of the water the wicked
Body shall come surely,
Though it be heavy as stone ;
Haul every man at once, 2275
Be ye careful.
FIRST EXECUTIONER.
The devils fetch him !
See the hateful carcase
Coming up.
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172 RESURRECTION OF
me a leuer theugh yn scon 2280
tynnyn ef yn ban war ton
map an ievan
79 a - n 8 tortoe
yynytha hep na moy let
an corf yn schath ny a set
a thesempys 3285
gureugh y herthye a perfeth
gans mollat dev ha'y eleth
ha svns keffrys
in 8 TORTOB
btte a perfeth gorrys
eugh tenneugh a thysempys 929°
y goyl yn ban
may hallo mos gans an guyns
ba ganso mollath a'n syns
ha dev aban
IV* TORTQR
lemmyn hertheugh hy the vea "95
me a glew yn hager noyes
yn earn yn mor er y byn
yma dour ow mos garow
thu'm gothfos mur dewolow
?ak y kerghes ef lemmyn *3*°
1* TORTOR
fystynyn fast th'agan pow
jrak deuones dewolow
the'n teroge
y mons ow crye huthyk
dun yn kergh rak dout pystyk »3°5
aeon hep lettye
L. 2291. hy goyl B.
L. 2303. Teroge is new to me ; it may be from ter, " ter-
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 17#
I tell you, forthwith, 2280
Let us draw him up on the wave*
The son of the evil one*
SECOND EXECUTIONER.
Evermore, without any further delay,
We will put the body into a boat,
Immediately. 2285
Do ye push her off eapitally,
With the curse of God, and his angels,
And saints also.
THIRD EXECUTIONER*
See perfectly placed.
Go draw immediately 2290
Her sail up*
That he may go with the wind,
And with him the curse of the saints,
" And God above.
FOURTH EXECUTIONER.
Now push her out ; 2295
I hear an ugly noise
On a rock in the sea meeting him.
The water is going rough ;
To my knowledge many devils
Forth have carried him now. ajoo
FIRST EXECUTIONER,
Let us hasten quick to our country,
For devils have sucked him
To the deep ;
They are crying loudly.
Let us come away, for fear of witchcraft, 2305
Soon without delay*
tot* 9 and ogov, " a cavern." Perhaps the meaning may be
" destruction/' from terry, " to destroy."
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174 RESURRECTION OF
LUCIFER.
ow dewolow duegh gynef
warparth ol me agas peys
the kerghas gans y enef
corf pylat gans mur a greys *3i°
yn tan whyflyn ef a sef
ha paynys neffire a pys
ha'y gan a vyth ogh goef
the'n bys-ma pan fue genys
ftBTiHfllUIIC
an corf-ma mylyges yw w$
y tho ef a goth thy'nny
the vos yn dor nynsyw guy w
nag yn dour nag yn hyly
SATHANAS
yn dour tyber ef a fue
yn geler horn gorrys dovn »3*°
ha myl den ef [a] wruk due
yn dour-na rak rth hag ovn
BELSEBUK
gorhel vyth ny tremene
an for-na na fe buthys
ny thyndylas lowene *3*5
lemmyn yn tan bos cuthys
LUCIFER
a'n dour y fue drehevys
ha dreys arte the'n tyr mur
hag yn gorhel bras gorrys
gynen may teffo the'n lur ♦ 2330
L. 3320. Compare the Breton gfier and Welsh gelor.
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 175
LUCIFER.
My devils, come with me,
Together all I pray you,
To carry with his soul
The body of Pilate with much strength. 2310
In hissing fire he shall stay,
And tormented ever shall pray ;
And his song shall be " Oh I miserable me,
That I was born to this world P
BBBLZBBUB.
This body is accursed, 9 2315
Now it has fallen to us ;
To be in earth it is not worthy,
Nor in water, nor in brine.
SATAN.
In water of Tiber he was
In a coffin of iron put deep, 2320
And a thousand men he did end
In that water for sorrow and fear.
BBBLZBBUB.
A ship never passed
That way, that was not drowned ;
He has not deserved bliss, 2315
But to be covered with fire.
LUOIPBB.
From the water he was raised,
And brought again to the great earth,
And put into a great ship,
To come with us to the abyss, 2330
L. 2322. Uth may be huth ; see also 1. 2506.
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176 RESURRECTION OF
8ATHANA8
goyl ha gvern thotho ordnys
may thelle yn mes a'n wlas
the vn earn y fue teulys
par may cothas yn ow bras
BEL8BBUK
an carna a ygoras 133 $
del destnys thotho ef
rak pur wyr yth hepcoras
dre y ober glascor nef
eno ny a'n receuas
vthyk y w clewas y lef 2346
tan ha mok ha pocvan bras
yn carna nefire y sef
LUCIFBR
pocvan pup vr ha rynny
skrymba bras a'n dewolow
ef a 1 n gevy th genen ny 234$
a pup drok maner ponow
SATHANA8
ha ty corf bras mylyges
the yfarn gans the enef
gynen y fythy th tynnes
the cane a vyth goef 3356
79b. BELSBBUtf
lemmyn pup ol settyes dorn
yn keth schath-ma th'y tenne
ha ty tulfryk pen pusorn
dalleth thy'nny ny cane
fULPHYK
ye re gymmy tol ow guen *35$
rak yn mes yma y pen
sur pur hyr aves thu'm tyn
L. 2344. Skrymba, perhaps the Welsh ytgarm*
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 177
SATAN.
Sail and mast were ordained for him,
That he might go out of the country ;
To a rock he was cast,
So that he might fall into my judgment
BEELZEBUB,
That rock did open, *3&
As it was fated for him,
For in very truth he renounced
By his works of the kingdom of heaven.
There we received him,
Loud is heard his voice, 2340
fire and smoke and great sickness
In that rock shall ever remain.
LUCIFER.
Sickness always and horror,
Great outcries of devils,
He shall find with us ; *34S
And all evil sorts of pains.
SATAN.
And thou, great cursed body,
To hell with thy soul
By us shall be dragged ;
Thy song shall be " wo is me !" *35*
BEELZEBUB.
Now every one put his hand
To drag him in this same boat.
And thou Tulfric, the end of a song
Begin to sing to us.
TULFRIC.
I wag my tail at ye, 235$
For its end is out
Very long surely behind me.
I* 1355-7. These tines are necessarily paraphrased.
*3
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(delwedd F1122) (tudalen 178)
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178 RESURRECTION OF
belsebuk ha sattaoas
kenough why faborden bra*
ha me a can trebyl fyn *3*°
etsioJwUw morspilaH
et incipU aumcio Xti vn odum et dieUpetnus
PBTBUS
arluth ker fattel yyth dy'n
marseth arte thyworthy'n
drok y w gyne
yynytha or na whyllyn
a trauyth ny gemeryn 2365
nop lowene
IHC.
a pedar byth da the cher
faste the gy the vreder
yn lei grygyans
me a athyow thu'm tas 2370
yn oonfort thyugh my a as
an spyrys sans
FHUJPPUS
arluth ker dre the tut ras
dyswe thy'nny ny an tas
ha henna yw lour thy'nny *37J
rak ty y w dev gallogek
the pup a vo othommek
warnos a pysse mercy
IHC.
a phelyp lous os y'th fyth
ha ty gynef solla-thyth *3*o
gothfythy grygy yn fas
L. 2369. The line in the Mfik ispuptr ol yn Ul grygyans;
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(delwedd F1123) (tudalen 179)
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 11$
m
Beelzebub and Satan,
You sing a great bass,
And I will sing a fine treble. 2360
And so ends the death 0/ Pilate.
And the Ascension 0/ Christ to heaven begins; and
Peter says : —
PETER.
Dear Lord, how will it be with us ?
If thou go again from us,
Evil it is with us,
Ever until we see thee ;
From any thing we take not 2365
Any pleasure.
JESUS.
Peter, be thy cheer good !
Strengthen thou thy brethren
In trusty belief.
1 go to the right of my Father ; 2370
In comfort to you I will leave
The Holy Ghost.
PHILIP.
Dear Lord, through thy great grace
Disclose to us the Father,
And that is enough for us ; 2375
For thou art a mighty God,
To all who are needy,
On thee who may call for mercy.
JESUS.
Philip, thou art gray in thy faith,
And thou with me a long time, 2380
Shouldst know how to believe faithfully.
it is in the handwriting of B, who appears to have erased the
original line, thinking it too short perhaps.
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(delwedd F1124) (tudalen 180)
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180 RESURRECTION OF
me a leuer theugh deffry
py v penagh a'm gwellha vy
sur ef a tuylfy th ow thas
dev ha den kepar del of 2385
sur an tas yma ynnof
hagh yn weyth my ynno ef
may tyffough ol the sylwyans
seuough yn agys crygyans
rak thu'm tas me a the'n nef 2390
IACOBUS MAIOR
arluth pie then alemma
thy'n the gemeres trygfa
na theffo den yyth gyneii
ha pygyn dev gallosek
del esen agan vnnek *m
ha na moy gor na benen
IHC.
scon alemma why a spetd
bys yn meneth olyuetd
h^'n tas a glew agas lef
the'n keth plas-na thyugh yth af 2406
a le-na yth yskynnaf
yn ban bys yn glascor nef
[oUsciptdi tramewnt ad montem olivetum]
8o». ANDREAS
arluth ny a th'y wharre
rak ny yllyn yn nep tre
tryge dres nos 4405
del vs an yethewon wheth
pur vr worth agan arveth
hag ow koddros
L. 2408. koddros may be the Welsh jpodori, with the usual
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(delwedd F1125) (tudalen 181)
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 181
I tell you seriously,
Whoever path seen me,
Surely he should see my Father.
Like as I am God and man, *3*t
Surely the Father k in me,
And likewise I in him ;
That ye may all come to salvation,
Stay in your belief,
For I go to my Father to heaven. 3390
JAMBS ttHfe GREATER.
Lord, where shall we go from hence.
For us to take a dwelling,
That not any man may come with us,
And that we pray to mighty X5od ?
As we were ourselves only, 239S
And no more, man nor woman.
JESUS.
You immediately hasten hence,
Even to the Mount of Olives,
And the Father will hear your voice )
To that same place I will go to you, *4©fc
From that place I will ascend
Up even to the kingdom of heaven.
[The disciples proceed to the Mount qf0live8.\
ANDREW.
Lord, we will go to it directly, .
For we cannot in any town
Dwell over night* H<>$
As the Jews are still
Always armed against us,
And annoying us.
change of initial from sonant to surd after the participial owi
or else cydyru, " to drive."
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(delwedd F1126) (tudalen 182)
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18* RESURRECTION OF
IOHAHNBS
dun the'n meneth olyved
yn weth ena ny a red *4»o
y gen lyfryow
gortos y thos ny a wra
ihesu cryst map maria '
the'n beys golow
BABTHOLOMABU8
ha bethens fystenyn d'y *4is
ihesu cryst myghtern a ioy '
re bo gynen
nep na grys y bos sylwyas
goef genys y vonas
a brys benen *4*o
STMOK
a ihesu cryst myghtern nef
me a'th pys clew agan lef
gans drok tra na yen temptys
rak y fo the gras gynen
a torment gour na benen 2425
my ny thowtyaf tra yn beys
IOTA
byth ny reys thy*n doutye tra
y fo cryst map maria
ha'y gras gynen
kens ol ef agan formyas 2430
ha gans y wps a prennas
gour ha benen
mo.
lemmyn ol cres yntrethough
omma kepar del esough
worth ow gortos *435
[oscidatur eos omnes]
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(delwedd F1127) (tudalen 183)
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 188
JOHN.
Let us go to the Mount of Olives,
Also there we will read 2410
In our books ;
We will await his coming.
Of Jesus Christ, the Son of Mary,
To the world of light.
BARTHOLOMEW.
And let us be hastening to it ; 2415
Jesus Christ, the King of joy,
Be he with us.
Who does not believe him to be Saviour,
Miserable that he was born
Of the womb of woman ! 2420
SIMON.
Jesus Christ, King of heaven,
1 pray thee hear our voice ;
With evil thing be we not tempted ;
For thy grace be it with us,
Of torment from man or woman 2425
I fear not any thing in the world.
JUDB.
Never need we doubt any thing
That Christ is the Son of Mary,
And His grace with us.
Before all He created us, 2430
And with His blood redeemed
Man and woman.
JESUS.
Now all peace among you !
Here, like as ye are
Waiting for me. 2435
[He kisses them all.]
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(delwedd F1128) (tudalen 184)
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184 RESURRECTION OF
aban oma dasserghys
dev hugens deyth dyuythys
byth pan fo nos
IACOBU8 MINOR
arluth mar calle wharfos
gynen ty the vynnes bos »44*
omma pap vr
rak pur wyr gynen mar pes
ny a vye pur attes
ha lowen mur
mc.
a ny wothough why vn dra *u$
pup den ol yn bewnans da
ow bose vy ganso ef
kevsyns den myns a vynno
ow kyc ha'ra gos byth ynno
ha ken ny thothye the'n nef 2450
THOMAS
arluth pandra wraf lemman
pan ylly gy ahanan
tho'n nef the'n tas
gynen bythyth yn dovses
rak na yllyn the weles »455
cuth ny gen gas
8o b . inc.
thomas ty a the cynda
hag ena pregoth a wra
yn ow hanow
ha gura thy's moy seruygy ' H&>
yn wlas-na ow len grysy
tus yv tanow
L. 2457. cynda must be India (Sinde), in allusion to the
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(delwedd F1129) (tudalen 185)
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 186
Since I am risen,
Forty days ended
Will be when it is night.
JAMBS THE LB8S.
Lord, if it could be,
With us that thou wouldst be, 2440
Here always !
For very truly, if thou Wert with us,
We should be very much at ease,
And very glad.
JBSUS.
Do ye not know one thing ? *44$
Every man in good life,
That I am with him.
Let a man say all he will,
My flesh and my blood shall be in him,
And else he will hot go to heaven. 2450
THOMAS.
Lord, what shall I do now*
When thou mayest be away from us,
To heaven, to the Father ?
Thou shalt be with us in Godhead,
For if we may not see thee, Usi
Sorrow leaves us not.
JESUS.
Thomas, thou shalt go to India,
And there shalt preach
In my name,
And make for me more servants ; 2460
In that country my true believers
Are few persons.
general belief of the middle ages, that the apostle preached
there.
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(delwedd F1130) (tudalen 186)
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186 RESURRECTION OF
hag yn weth why dew ha dew
a pregoth yn aweyl grew
yn ol an beys *4 6 *
pyv penagh a len grysso
yn weth bysythyys a vo
a vyth sylwys
ha nefTna vynno crygy
ny yl bos a'm seruysy **1°
yn certan awos an beys
me a leuer theugh an guyr
ma ny wrefa ow desyr
y fyth dampnys the peynys
MATHBUS
arluth pregoth ny a wra 2 475
kepar del wrussys pup tra
nag us ken dev ages os
den na gresso dyougel
an keth den-na the selwel
cammen vyth na yl wharfos *4*°
mo.
ow bennath genough gasaf
[hie Jhc osctdatur eoa omne*]
aweyl thengh yth yskennaf
a thesempys
yn pur wyr yn ban the'n nef
athyow thu'm tas yth sef J 4«S
sylwadur beys
[hie ascendtt Jhc!\
L. 2464. I read aweyl for awel, "far off," as more pro-
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 187
And also you, two and two,
60 far away preaching
In all the world. 2465
Whosoever faithfully believes,
And is diligent also,
Shall be saved.
And those who will not believe
Cannot be my servants, 2470
Certainly, for the world.
I tell you the truth ;
Who does not my desire,
Shall be condemned to pains.
MATTH1W.
Lord, we will preach ; 2475
Like as thou hast done every thing,
There is not another God than thou,
The man who does not believe really,
That same man to save
Not any way can exist. 2480
JESUS.
My blessing I leave with you.
[Here Jesus kisses them cdl.]
Far from you I shall ascend
Immediately,
Very truly, up to heaven ;
At the right of my Father I shall sit, 2485
The Saviour of the, world.
[Here Jesus ascends.]
bable than "at work," as translated by Pryce, See also
I.2482.
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(delwedd F1132) (tudalen 188)
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188 RESURRECTION OF
I s ANGBLUS
pyv henna gans deusys mas
re thueth mar vskys the'n wlas
guyskys yn ruth
mur ioy vs er y byn ef *49*
pur tha yth heuel yn nef
y bones druth
II* ANGBLUS
my ny won p'ywe cammen
syth myl ha syth cans blythen
vn den kyn fo ow kerthes *495
ow tos kyn spedye yn geyth
der ygans myldyr perfeyth
omma ny alse bones
III s ANGBLUS
py w a thueth a'n beys yn ruth
avel gos pen ha duscouth *$<*
garrow ha treys
marth thy'm a'n deusys yma
mar vskys del thueth omma
el byth ny neys
IV s ANGBLUS
henna a edom re thueth »5<>£
the vyl deaul mar ny wruk vth
marth yv gytie
rak me a dyp bos hemma
an keth map eth alemma
yw myghtern a lowene* *5»©
8i*. V 8 ANGBLUS
pyy a ylta gy bones
pan yw mar ruth the thylles
yn gulascor nef
L. 3493. The original had bos.
* This irregularity of metre is found also in the stania
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(delwedd F1133) (tudalen 189)
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 189
FIRST ANGEL.
Who is that with Godhead good
Who hath come so swiftly to heaven,
Clothed in red ?
Great joy is meeting him ; 2490
Very good it seems in heaven
That he is brought.
SECOND ANGEL.
I know not what is the way ;
Seven thousand and seven hundred years,
If a man should be travelling, »495
And though he sped in one day's coming
Forty miles complete,
He could not be here.
THIRD ANGEL.
Who is it that came from the earth in red,
Like blood, his head, and shoulders, »s°°
Legs, and feet ?
Wonder to me if this is the Godhead !
So swiftly as he came here,
Angels never fly,
FOURTH ANGEL.
He from Edom hath come ; *5°5
To the vile devil if he caused not grief,
A wonder is to me ;
For I swear that this is
That same Son who went hence ;
He is the King of Joy. »5"o
FIFTH ANGEL.
Who canst thou be,
When thy clothing is so red,
In the kingdom of heaven ?
beginning at 1. 2541.
L. 2506. Or, To a thousand devils.
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190 RESURRECTION OF
rak me a wor lour denses
marnes dre an luen dime* 25 "5
omnia ny sef - <
IHC.
me y v myghtern re wruk cas
ol rag dry adam ha'y has
a tebel scuth
myghtern of a lowene as*©
ha'n victory eth gyne
yn arvow ruth
V s AXGELU8
myghtern nef re by gorthys
del os formyas nef ha'n beys
honor sit deo meo *5*$
ioy del yl or dythane
ny ny tywyn ow cane
Gloria in excelsis deo
tunc content omnes angdi Gloria in excelsis deo
■
VI s ANGELUS
prag yth y w ruth the thyllas
omma aberth yn pen wlas * 2530
le na fue denses byth queth
an eleth omma yv gayn
avel an houl pan thy whyn
yn ken lyw ny's guylys wheth
mo.
ruth y couth thy'mmo bones H3$
ow hobersen a fue gures
tevy dar bol
L. 2514. A comparison with lines 2531, 2609, and 2621,
appears to determine that denses is a plural or collective
form of den. See Welsh dynsawd.
§
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 191
*
For I know certainly, men,
Unless through the full Godhead, *5>5
Remain not here.
JESUS.
I am a King, I have suffered
All, to bring Adam and his seed
Prom evil plight.
The King I am of joy, *5«>
And the victory goes with me,
In arms red.
FIFTH ANGEL.
The King of heaven be worshipped !
As thou art Creator of heaven and earth,
Be honour to my God ! 25*$
As joy may gladden me,
Let us not be silent, singing
Glory to God in the highest !
Then let all the angels ring, " Gloria in eocceUis
. Deo."
SIXTH ANGEL.
Why are thy garments red,
Here within the head of the country, 2530
Where man never was ?
The angels here are white,
Like the sun when it shines ;
In other form I have not yet seen them.
JESUS.
Red it behoves me to be 2535
My habergeon, which was made
•To spread round my body ;
L. 2537. This is rather a desperate guess : I compare tevy
with the Welsh tefu, and dar may be dro ; but I have do
confidence in the version.
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192 RESURRECTION OP
heys ol ow croghen scorgyya
doyn y'm kyo maytho telly*
lyes myl tol 9540
VI 8 ANGBLUS
arluth ny vyen lowen
mar fur torment a cothfen
y bones thy's
my ny wothyen a'th vernans
na vyth moy a'th daserghyans »54J
pan y'tb whylsyn deuethys
vn § ANGBLUS
dre the voth lauar pyy os
dyllas ruth yn an cothfos
prak y's guyskyth
my ny wylys yn wlas-ma »55°
bythqueth dyllas a sevt-na
sur nep den vyth
1HC,
rag dry adam a yfarn
me a tbuk curyn a spern
nep try our adro thu'm pen ?555
asso mur tyn ow passyon
pan eth dreyn yn empynnyon
a pup parth dre a grogen
8i b , vn 8 ANGELAS
ellas my ny wothyen man
bones map dev y honan 2 S*°
< degenow yn mes a'n nef
ol pegh adam pan prennas
pur wyr mur a torment bras
hep dout a wothevys ef
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 198
All the length of my skin scourged,
So that deep in my flesh were pierced
Many thousand holes. 2540
SIXTH ANGEL.
Lord, I should not have been joyful
If I had known the fierce torment
That was to thee.
I knew not of thy death,
Nor any more of thy resurrection, *545
When -I saw thee ended,
8EVENTH ANGEI,.
By thy will, say who thou art,
Red garment knowing it,
Why dost thou wear it ?
I have not seen in this country 255°
Ever a garment of that suit
Surely any man have,
JESUS.
To take Adam out of hell,
I wore a crown of thorns
Some three hours around my head; 3 555
Very sharp was my suffering
When the thorns went into the brain,
On all parts through the skin.
SEVENTH ANGEL.
Alas ! I knew not at all
To be the Son of God himself n*°
Departed out of heaven ;
When he redeemed all the sins of Adam,
Very truly much of great torment
Without doubt he suffered.
VOL. II. K
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194 RESURRECTION OF
vnP4vqsum
ahanas marth yw gene »5<>5
08 myghtern a loweije
prag yth yy the thyllas ruth
ha fattel duthys yn b*n
dre the gallos the honan
ha war the corf mar <Jrok south 2570
mo.
myghtern of guyron ha cref
kyns pegh map den a'm sorras
er ow fyn trauyth ny aef
perth yfarn me a terras
hag a thros lyes enef 2575
* ver drok teryyns ha oas
the ioy y tethons gynef
kemmys a wruk both ow thas
ow stops * fue crous a pren
kyns en myghtern den ha dev 3580
yn le basnet war ow fei*
cqryn a spern lym h* gley
ol ov ysyly yn ten
hag a wel the lyes plu
yn gojon 4re'n tenewen «5*5
the restye syngys ow gu
dre ow thrys y tuth yn smat
gans kentrow dtyja gorre
y fue ow manegow plat
spygys bras dre ow dywle *59°
ytho oy fous ha\n brustplat
purpur garqw thu'm strothe
dre an gos a rak pilat
worto an kyo a glene
pan fue an purpur war akwyoh *I9B
ky chys the yes gans dyw thorn
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 195
EIGHTH ANGEL.
I have wonder of thee, *5 6 5
Thou art the King of joy ;
Why are thy garments red ?
And how didst thou come up
Through thy own power,
And on thy body such evil plight ? *57°
JESUS.
I am a King true and powerful :
First the sin of mankind provoked me,
Against me nothing stands,
The gate of hell I have broken,
And have brought many souls 2575
From great evil, tempest, and torment ;
To joy they are come with me,
As many as have done the will of my Father.
My standing was a cross of wood,
Before I was a King, man, and God ; 2580
Instead of a helmet on my head,
A crown of thorns sharp and stiff;
All my limbs dragged,
And a sight to many a parish :
In heart, through the side, 2585
I felt my spear thrust.
Through my feet a fellow came
With nails to put them ;
And my smooth gloves were
Great spikes through my hands ; 3 59°
My robe and my breastplate were
Hard purple to wring me,
Through the blood before Pilate
The flesh stuck to it.
When the purple was on a sudden 2595
Snatched away with bands,
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196 RESURRECTION OF
worto y glynes hardly ch
ran a'n kyc bys yn ascorn
woge ow da oberow
dywes a yrhys dethe «6oo
thy*m rosons bystyl wherow
byth ny fynnys y eve
gaiifl gu guenys ha marow
dre an golon me a fue
an tryge deth sur hep gow 2605
y wruk dasserghy arte
ym* akgslus
arluth ker bynyges os
a sy v ioy gynef gotfifos
an denses the thos the'a nef
an tas dev dre'n spyrys sans 2610
the'n beys danyonas sylwyaqs
a hohon map dev a seyf
IX 8 ANGELTO
a ihesu cryst luen a r*s
my ny wothyan the vonaa
alemma gyllys the'n beys 2615
ioy y v gynef the clewas
mar tek yw the theryyas
drethos y th of lowenhys
8a*. iho,
a tas bynyges y'th se
lemmyn thy's my re deve *6ao
gans densys yn mes a'n beys
map den my re wruk prenne
gans gos ow colon na fe
nep a wrussyn ny kyllys
DEUS PATflR
wolcom ow map os yn nef ***$
wolcom fest osy gynef
yse thy'mmo a thyow
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 197
To it stack closely
A piece of the flesh even to the bone.
After my good works,
Drink if I required of them, 2600
They gave me bitter gall,
. I would never drink it.
With a spear pierced and killed
Through the heart I was :
On the third day, surely, without a lie, 2605
I did rise again.
BIGHTS ANGEL.
Dear Lord, blessed thou art ;
Joy it is with us to know
That mankind come to heaven.
God the Father, through the Holy Ghost, *<>">
Has sent salvation to the world ;
On high the Son of God will remain,
NINTH ANGEL.
Jesus Christ, full of grace*
1 knew not that thou wert
Hence gone to the world* 2 **S
Joy is with me to hear,
So fair is thy declaration ;
Through thee I am rejoiced*.
JESUS.
O Father, blessed on thy throne.
Now I am come to thee 2620
With men out of the world ;
Mankind I have redeemed
With the blood of my heart* that there may not be
Any that we should lose.
GOD THE FATHER.
Welcome, my Son, thou art in heaven* 2625
Very welcome thou art to me*
Sit at my right I
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198 RESURRECTION OP
ty re fue feet laf ur bras
dre conquest a thy lyf raa
mes a payn an enefow 2 ^i°
IMPBBATOB
•
a tus vas why re welas
a thasserghyens cryst del fue
porthow yfarn a torras
yn mes adam hag eue
kemmys a wruk both a'n tas **3$
y's gorras the lowene
the vap den y tysquethas
pur wyr mur a kerenge
hag yn ban the nef the'n ioy
ihesu a wruk yskynne 2640
worth an iaul ha'y company
rak a's guytho yn pup le
ha'y vennath theugh pup huny
lemmyn ens pup war tu tre
now menstrels pybygh bysy 2645
may hyllyn mos the thonssye
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 199
To thee verjr great labour has been,
By conquest thou hast delivered
The souls out of pain. 2630
fcMPBBOB.
O good people* you have seen
The Resurrection of Christ as it was.
The gates of hell he broke ;
Out Adam and Eve,
As many as wrought the will of the Father, 2635
He placed them in bliss;
To the sons of men he shewed,
Very truly, much love ;
And up to heaven to bliss
Jesus made them ascend, **4<>
From the devil and his company,
That he might keep them in every place ;
And his blessing on you every one.
Now let all go to the side of home.
Now minstrels, pipe diligently* **45
That we may go to damte;
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800
pilatus XXVIII consultor IV
joteph V nichodemus IV
carcerator XI spiritns christi VII
lacifer VI belsebuc
VI tulfryc
III •dam X
eua II ennoc
II helias III
dismas III sathanas IV
deus pater II michael
I gabriel 1
I* miles IX II* miles VIII
82*. Ill" miles
VIII IV* miles VIII
maris VIII
Jhc. XL garcon
VIII maria magd. XXVI
maris iacobi VII maria salome VII
I a angelus I IT* angelus I
thomas xxxvil f>etrus V
iaoobas maunr IV iohannes V
bartholomeus IV mathens
iv phflippus iv
iacobut minor* IV symos
IV iuda IV
andreaa IV cleophas XI
socio* IX imperator XXXIX
nuncios VIII yernona
XVII Is tortor VIII
Il« tortor VII III» tortor VII
IV» tortor VII viator
II I s angelus I
II s angelus I III s angelus I
IV* angelus I V* angelus II
VI» angelus 11 VII* angelus II
VI I Is angelus II IX* angelus
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