[598] wrthè = worthy.
[599] me stende, &c. = men stoned thee.
[600] leve = dear.
[601] wreke = avenged.
[98. St. Stephen and King Herod]
I
Saint Stephen was a clerk
In King Herod’s hall,
And servèd him of bread and cloth
As every king befall.
II
Stephen out of kitchen came
With boar’s head on hand,
He saw a star was fair and bright
Over Bethlehem stand.