Why wole ȝe hens now from us go?
ȝe xal abyde, as I ȝow plyght;
ȝe xal not walke this nyght us ffro.
Cleophas. This nyght fro us ȝe go not away,
We xal ȝow kepe betwen us tweyne;
To us therfore ȝe say not nay,
But walke with us, the wey is pleyne.
Christus. Sythyn ȝe kepe me with myght and mayn,
With herty wylle I xal abyde.
Lucas. Of ȝour abydyng we be ful fayn,