Here thei take Jhesu and lede hym in gret hast to the Herowde; and the Herowdys scafald xal unclose, shewyng Herowdes in astat, alle the Jewys knelyng, except Annas and Cayphas, thei xal stondyn, etc.
Primus doctor. Heyl, Herowde, most excyllent kyng!
We am comawndyd to thin presens, —
Pylat sendyth the be us gretyng,
And chargyth us, be oure obedyens,
Secundus doctor. That we xuld do oure dylygens
To bryng Jhesus of Naȝareth onto the,
And chargyth us to make no resystens,
Becawse he was born in this countré.
Annas. We knowe he hath wrowth gret folé