Now than me thynkyth it were ryth,
To lete Jhesus now go qwyte,
And do to hym no mo dyspyte,—
I wolde wete what ȝe say.
Seres, this is myn avyse.
Here alle thei xul cryen, “Nay! nay! nay!”
Primus doctor. Delyvere us the theff Barabas,
That for mansclawth presonde was.
Pylat. What xal I than with Jhesu do?
Whether xal he abyde or go?