kissing them sorrowfully.
With care & wyth kyssyng he carppeȝ hem tille,
& fele þryuande þonkkeȝ he þrat hom to haue,
& þay ȝelden hym aȝay[n] ȝeply þat ilk;
Þay bikende hym to Kryst, with ful colde sykyngeȝ.
Syþen fro þe meyny he menskly de-partes;
Vche mon þat he mette, he made hem a þonke,
For his seruyse, & his solace, & his sere pyne,
Þat þay wyth busynes had ben, aboute hym to serue;
& vche segge as sore, to seuer with hym þere,