He sauyd hijs herth with many a scharpe wounde,

Ffor to sawe erth owght of hell grounde,

He deyd in erth vpon þe rode with many a blody vounde[10].

22 And God ros ovght of the est[11] this erth for to spede,

80

And went into hell as was gret nede,

And toke erth from sorowe þus[12] erth for to spede,

The ryght wey to heuen blys Iesus Cryst vs lede!

fine.

(The rest of the page is occupied by a coloured picture of a knight and a skeleton with Latin mottoes, v. Introduction, p. xiv.)