Ludus Coventriæ

by Unknown

Here Cryst enteryth into the hous with his disciplis and ete the Paschal lomb; and in the mene tyme the cownsel-hous beforn-seyd xal sodeynly onclose, schewyng the buschopys, prestys, and jewgys syttyng in here astat, lyche as it were a convocacyon; Annas seyng thus,

Annas. Beheld it is nowth al that we do,

In alle houre materys we prophete nowth;

Wole ȝe se weche peusawns of pepyl drawyth hym to,

ffor the mervaylys that he hath wrowth.

Some othyr sotylté must be sowth,

ffor in no wyse we may not thus hym leve;

Than to a schrewde conclusyoun we xal be browth,

ffor the Romaynes than wyl us myscheve,

And take oure astat and put us to repreve,