We xul kepe counsel,

Where so evyr we dwelle

We xul no talys telle, —

Be not dysmayd.

XXXVI. THE THREE MARIES.

Hic venient ad sepulcrum Maria Magdalene, Maria Jacobi, et Maria Solomæ; et dicit Maria Magdalene,

Swete systeryn, I ȝow beseche,

Heryght now my specyal speche;

Go we with salvys ffor to leche