What that thou xalt do.
I counsel the, be my reed,
This wundyrful tale pray hem to hede,
And upon this ȝeve hem good mede,
Bothe golde and sylver also.
And, sere, I xalle telle ȝow why,
In ȝoure erys prevyly,
Betweyn us thre serteynly,
Now herk, seres, in ȝour erys!
Hic faciant Pilatus, Cayphas, et Annas, privatim inter se, consilium; quo finito, dicat,