He that is o God in personys thre, defende ȝou fro ȝour fon!
Be the leve and soferauns of allemythty God,
We intendyn to procede the matere that we lefte the last ȝere;
Wherefore we beseche ȝow that ȝour wyllys be good,
To kepe the passyon in ȝour mende that xal be shewyd here.
The last ȝere we shewyd here how oure Lord for love of man
Cam to the cety of Jherusalem mekely his deth to take;
And how he made his mawndé, his body ȝevyng than,
To his apostelys evyr with us to abydyn for mannys sake.
In that mawnd he was betrayd of Judas, that hym solde