Aȝens this no man may answere,
ffor he was born in Bedlem Judé;
And this ȝe knowe, now alle I have don here,
That it stant in the lond of Galelye.
Pylat. Weyl, serys, syn that I knowe that it is so,
The trewth of this I must nedys se:
I undyrstand ryth now what is to do,
The jugement of Jhesu lyth not to me.
Herowde is kyng of that countré,
To jewge that regyon in lenth and in brede;