The tyme is nere that I must deye.

ffor alle mankynde his sowle to bye,

A crown of thorn xal perchyn myn brayn,

And on the mont of Calvarye,

Upon a cros I xal be slayn.

XXV. THE COUNCIL OF THE JEWS.

Demon. I am ȝour lord Lucifer, that out of helle cam,

Prince of this werd, and gret duke of helle.

Wherefore my name is clepyd Sere Satan,