<County: Yorkshire North Riding>
<Code: L0174>
<MS reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson Poet. 175>
<Text: Prick of Conscience>
<Tranche 1>
<fol. 55va><line 6>All cristen men both more & les
yat in yis werld her~ wonand es
Aw for to think both day & nyght
And to haue mynd wt mayn & might
How ihesu crist our god so gude
Boght vs wt his preciouse blode
And sufferd ded for our mysdede
Here-to suld ilk a man+tak hede
And loue him euer both loud & styll
yt slyke kyndnes wald schew vs tyll
And for ye passyoun of ihesu crist
Es medefull for till be puplist
And nedefull to all cristen men
Clerely for to kun and ken
yarfor yus es it ordand here
jn ynglysch lawd men for to lere
Als haly writt wytnes & says
ihesus fasted fourty days
Ensaumple for till tech vs to
Fleschly penance for to do
yan ye fende yat es our faa
Fand yat he had fasted swa
He hoped yat he had hunger grete
And sone wald fail for faut of mete
To wildernes he went in hy
And temped our lord God al-myghty
He knew no-thing of his godhede
yarfor he wend wt-outen drede
To ger him wirk som werkes wrang
By-cause yt he had fasted lang
Bot he yat gouernes gud & ill
And all yis werld may weld at will
Sufferd fandyng of ye fende
And answerd euer wt wordes hende
To gyf vs cause & enchesoune
To suffer here sere temptacioune
Of ye fende and of our flesch
And of ye werld yt wyked es
And euer stabily for to stand
<fol. 55vb>And noght faintly to be fayland .
So sall we gett ye victory
Of ye fende our fals enmy
Als ihesus yare ouer-come ye fende
And at his will yethen gert him wende ;
Afterward yan yus by-fell
Als witnes beres in our gospell
Jt neghed nere ye tyme certayne
yt Crist in erth suld suffer payne
ye wordes wex full wonder wyde
Of his werkes on ilk a syde
For ouer all in yat contre
He gert dom spek & blynd men se
And draue out deuels fro men bidene
And other signes yat oft was sene
And als for La3ar yat he raysed
Many of ye folk full fast him praysed
Bot ye iewes had gret envy
And said he ferd al foly
And fast yai ordand yam omell
How yai myght best his ferlies fell
ye jewes gert to-gyder call
ye pharisews & Prynces all .
And all ye maisters of yair lawes
And yus yan said yai in yair sawes
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yai said omang yam euer-ilk-ane
jf we lat him yus furth gane
All ye folk sall trow him in
And so yan sall our lawes blyn
Romains and folk of vncouth land
Sall feche our folk out of our hand
And do vs dole till we be ded
And mak maistries here in our sted
Cayphas was yair bysschop yan
Thurgh prophecy yus he by-gan
And sayd vn-to ye princes all
Ne wate yhe noght what will byfall
A man bus vn-to ded be broght
So yat all folk perysch noght
yus he sayd thurgh prophecy
ye ded of Crist to signify
Bot of him-self he said it noght
ye haly gast ye wordes wroght
<fol. 56ra>To proue yt crist God son myghty
For synfull man in erth suld dy
A gret fest yan come nerehand
yat Pasch was named in yt land
And all yai said he suld be slane
Als sone als yair fest war gane
And all assented to habyde
Till it war passed yt hegh-tyde
So yat nonekyns noys suld ryse
Ne no wonder on none wyse
For in yt tyme it wald noght seme
Any man tyll ded at deme
And when ye fest-days war ful-fyld
Ryght als crist him-seluen wyld
He drogh him to ye same cete
Whare he wist he suld demed be
He cald of his discipels twa
And bad yat yai suld smertly ga
To ye cete yat by-for yam stode
And yus he said wt myld mode
Twa bestes bi-for yhow sall yhe fynd
And baldly sall yhe yam vnbynd
And vn-to me yat yai be broght
And if any say to yhow oght
Sais yhour maister of yam has nede
yan sall yai suffer yhow gud spede
ye apostels went wt hert glad
And all yai fand als ihesu bad
yai broght vn-to him bestes twa
Ane Asse wt hir fole all-swa
yair clathes yai layd wt-outen lett
And ihesu sythen o-bouen yai sett
And so he rade vn-to ye toune
yai keped him wt processioune
And did vn-to him gret honoure
Als yair souerayne & sauyoure
Bot in all wirschepe yat yai did
Envy ay in yair hertes war hyd
Bot neuer ye les in yat ilk day
Wt-outen harme he went o-way
Fra ya folk full of envy
And toke ye way to Bethany
Crist & his meneyhe myld & meke
Went to ye toune rest for to seke
<fol. 56rb>yai come vn-tyll a gud+mans+hows
yat named was symon+leprows
And als yai at yair sopere satt
Mary Mawdelayn come in yat
And vn-to crist fast gan scho cry
And for hir mysdedes asked mercy
Doun scho fell & wesch his fete
Wt ye teres yat scho grete
And sythen scho dryed yam wt hir hare
And for hir syns scho mourned sare
Ane oynement wt hir scho broght
yt was of precyouse thinges wroght
And yare-wt scho enoynted hime
Als men may fynd by-for yis tyme
jn ye gosspell wha-sa will luke
yat sett es of hir in buke
Bot ye process clerely to declare
Here J sall yhit muster mare
Als scho enoynted him heued & fette
And honourd him hir bales to bete
ye oynement went o-bout full wyde
Jn ye hows on ilk a syde
And ane of yam yat was yare-in
Comberd was in sorow & syn
Judas Scarioth was his name
yat sythen soght his lord wt schame
He wald yat oynement sald had bene
And yus he sayd to yam in tene
Me think he said we do ryght ill
yis oynement yus gate for to spill
We myght haue sald it sone on ane
And thre hundreth penyse yerfor tane
And yat myght haue done mykell gud
To be gyuen to pouer mens fode
Bot for pouer men said he it noght
On his awen wynyng was all his thoght
For he had all yair tresore hale
And ye tend to him-self he stale
yar-fore him thoght both skath & skorn
yat yis oynement so was lorn
jhesus yat kan all counsaill knaw
Answerd softly to yat saw
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<fol. 56va>Pouer men he said sall yhe haue
Almus of yhow for to craue
At yhour will yhe may yam gyf
For j sall noght lang wt yhow lyf
Ye werk yt yis woman has wroght
Euer-mare sall be on thoght
Scho dose full wele lat hir all-ane
Hir dede in mynde sall euer be tane
When Judas herd yir wordes meke
His awen sorow fast gan he seke
And under in his hert he thoght
All yis sall avayl ye noght
Vn-to ye Jewes J sall ye sell
For all ye tales yt you kan tell
Vp fra ye sopere ryght he rase
And graythely to ye Jewes he gase
And all to-gyder sone he fand
ye maisters of ye Jewes land
And of yair princes gret plente
And vn-to yam all yus sayd he
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What will yhe gyf me vn-to mede
And to Jhesu J sall yhow lede
Vn-to yhow now sell him will J
Says if yat yhe will him by
J+wate wt him yhow greues sare
And J wald yat yhe venged ware
ye Jewes vn-to him wele+gan+lythe
And in yair hertes yai war ful blythe
And sone yai said yai vowched saue
To gyf him what-so he wald craue
He asked of yam in yat stounde
Thretty plates of penyes rounde
Vn-to his saw yai all assent
And hastily made yai his payment
yus for his lord yat tyme toke he
Thretty plates of yair mone
He was wele payd & so war yai
When yis was done he went his way
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Here may men ye enchesoun here
Whi it by-fell on yis manere
yat our lord ihesu was sald;
<fol. 56vb>For thretty penyes playnly tald .
And nouther for les ne for mare
ye verray cause J will declare
Judas als we haue herd here
When yai satt at yair sopere
All samen in Symon leprows hall
And Mary to Ihesu fete gan fall
Wt hir oynement precyouse
ye odore went ouer all ye howse
yan Judas thoght als it es kend
yt yis oynement was euell despend
And said yt it suld haue bene sald
Thre hundreth penyes to haue tald
He was combyrd in couatyse
And yarfor said he on yis wyse
For all yat yai had for till spend
Was haly gyfen in-to his hend
And in his bages o-bout+he bare
All yair tresore les and mare
And of all yt come to yam twelue
ye tend euer tok he till him-selue
Jn lytell purses euer he stale
Þe tend of yair tresore vitale
yat broght he euer vn-to his wyfe
yus cursedly h led his lyfe
And if ye oynement les & mare
Had bene sald als he sayd are
For thre hundreth plates fully
yan suld him-self haue had thretty
yt of thre hundreth es ye tende
yt thoght he wele wt him suld wende
For the tend to him-self he toke
Of all yair syluer als says ye buke
And for ye tende comes to no mare
Of thre hundreth als J said are
Bot to thretty als es sayd by-forne
So mykell thoght him he had lorne
yt suld haue comen in-to his wald
yarfor his maister so he sald
And asked nouther more ne les
Bot yat ye tend of ye hundreth+es
yat es thretty trewly to tell
When yis was done he wald noght dwell
Bot to his felaws he went ogayne ;
<Tranche 2>
<fol. 73ra>Suthly he sais wt-outen mys
Verray god son of heuen was yis
Bi sygnes yt here er sene on raw
Þat he was godes may we knaw
When crist was ded yus als J tell
His godhede hastily went to hell
And sone he brak ye yhates strang
Ogayns him war yai sperd wt wrang
ye fendes war so sare adred
Jf yai myght yai wild haue fled
Bot ferrer may yai neuer fle
yair herytage es yare to be
Sathanas he fested fast
Wt bandes yt sall euer last
And so he sall be bonden ay
Vn-till yt it be domesday
Wt him he toke Adam & Eue
And other yt war to him leue
Johnn ye Baptist Moyses al-swa
Abraham & other ma
yt he had boght wt payns fell
All he led yam out of hell
And putt yam in-to paradys
Whare ioy es euer and endeles blys
And gaf yam ioy for euer-mare
Jn ye welth whare yai war are
yus yt tre yt gan vs greue
Thurgh ye first mysdede of Eue
Of ye same our bote by-gan
Now when it bare both god & man
Herd yhe haue how ye rod tre
Was comen first of kyrnels thre
And of yt ilk tre war yai tane
For whilk man saule wt syn was slane
And sithen it bare our sauyoure
vn-to wham be euer honoure
yus whils ye saule vn-to hell yhode
ye body hynged o-pon ye rode
Centurio als J said are
To spek him gud wald he noght spare
He said of crist ay als he knew
yt he was prophet gud & trew
ye jewes had yare-at despyte
vn-to presoune yai toke him tyte
<fol. 73rb>Jn hard payns yai him ponyst
For yat he carped gud of crist
Yus when yai war hynged swa
Jhesus & ye theues twa
Heghest of yam hynged was he
So yat all men suld him se
When yai had made all yair hethyng
Hame yai went & lete him hyng
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Mary his moder wt drery+mode
Dwelled euer vnder ye rode
And other yt war wt hir in fere
Sorowand euer wt symple chere
ye trowth yan left in hir anely
yt cristen saules er saued by
For yt he suld ryse trowed nane
When he was ded bot scho all-ane
Scho trowed it euer in hert & will
Als he bifore had tald hir tyll
And had scho noght bene trew in thoght
Wt dole scho had to ded bene broght
So efter help yare gan yai hone
Vn-tyll it was efter ye none
Yan come yare vn-to yt cete
A rych man of gold & fee
Yt lord was of Aramathy
And in yt contre had maistry
Joseph was yt mans name
Full myghty was he halden at hame
Jhesu lufed he wonder wele
For fayth yt he in him gan+fele
And hastily when he herd tell
Of all yes ferlies how yai fell
And how Jhesu was done to ded
Wrangwisly wt wicked red
Vn-to him myght he do no mare
Bot yat ye body biryed ware
And yarfor fast he toke ye gate
Vn-to he come to sir Pilate
Sir he said now pray J yhe
Jhesu body graunt you me
Suffer me to tak it doune
And bere it sone vn-to som toune
Yan Pilate asked sir Cayphas
<fol. 73va>And Anna what yair counsail was .
Yai said sir yhe sall vnderstand
Oure sabot day es nere comand
And hyngand sall no bodyse be
Jn tyme of yis sollempnite
Yarfore we red yhe gyf yam leue
To+tak him doune it may noght greue
yus yai all assented ware
Yan Pilate said to Joseph yare
Jhesu body graunt J ye
Bot J will witt yt he ded be
Knyghtes called he him vn-to
And bad yai suld wt Joseph go
Vn-to ye Mownt of Caluery
To witt ye soth all witerly
If he yt hynged in yt stede
ye fals prophet war fully dede
And if he be ded on yt hyll
Lat Joseph wirk wt him his will
Ye knyghtes went wt Joseph yan
And so did many ane-other man .
And when yai come to Caluary
yare fand yai other bydeand+him by
His moder mornand wt drery chere
And other of his frendes in fere
Vn-to ye theues first come yai
Yf yai war ded for to assay
Som wt staues & some wt stanes
Sonder brak yai yair the banes
yan had Mary mykell wo
yat yai suld do wt Jhesu so
Bot when yay come vnto Jhesu
Bi his countenance wele yai knew
yat he was ded wt-outen drede
To brek his banes it was no nede
Bot yare omang yam was a+knyght
Longius for-soth he hyght
And all if he war styf & strang
Blynd he was & had bene lang
Vnder ye cross yai gert him stand
And gaf him a scharp spere in hand
ye point yai sett to Jhesu syde
And bad him putt fra him yt tyde
ye knyght yt wist noght what he wroght :
<fol. 73vb>Putted fast & spared noght
ye schere spere sone glyde he gert
Vnder ye Papp to Jhesu hert
Both water & blude bi-lyue out ran
Of yt ilk bale our bote bi-gan
ye water wesch all our wa o-way
ye blode vs boght to blys for ay
Bot Mary when scho saw yt syght
For sorow lost both mayn & myght
Doun vn-to ye erth scho draue
Both hyde & hare for rewth scho raue
Bot John hir cosyn myld of mowth
Comforth hir all yt he cowth
Yus all his frendes in bale war braste
Bot hir mournyng was euer ye maste
Als Longius stode yt noble man
ye blude vn-tyll his fyngers ran
yan till his eghen he towched ryght
And hastily so he had his syght
And when he wist how he had wroght
Jn his hert sare him for-thoght
He hoped god suld tak vengeance sone
For ye ded yt he had done
Yarfor on knese doun gan he fall
And to Crist gan he mercy call
And loued God all his grace
yt so was poplyst in yt place
ye body yai toke Joseph vn-tyll
And bad him wirk yare-wt his will
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Josep yan gat help full gude
And toke ye cors doune of ye rode
Ye nayls out of his hend yai drogh
And fra his fette wt mykell wogh
yai clensed yan his woundes wete
And dryed ye holes in hend & fette
yai toke ye cors yan yam bi-twene
And lapped it in clathes clene
Obout yai band a sudary
Als custom was in ye Jewry
yan in a graue ye cors yai layd
yt Joseph had yarfore puruayd
Coruen was it in a stane
yare-in bi-fore had lygen nane
<fol. 74ra>yan Mary his moder was full fayne
For scho hoped he suld ryse ogayne
And in yat trowthe was other+nane
Stedfastly bot scho all-ane
Nichodeme was a man gude
He helped Joseph with myld mode
And wt him broght he spycery
To strew in ye graue whare crist suld ly
And wt ane oynement noble of force
Enoynted he all Cristes cors
So yat ye cors might lyg styll
And yt no wormes suld towch yare-tyll
And when it was dyght all by-dene
yai lapped it in sendell clene
yt Joseph had him-seluen boght
And yider wt him he had it broght
And so yai layd him in ye graue
yai hoped wele yair mede to haue
A heuy stane yai gatt in hy
And couerd ye graue full conandly
yai made it both full fast & fytt
For no man suld it yethen flytt
When it was made all till yare pay
yai lete it be & went yare way
Sone+on ye morn ye Jewes kene
Toke a counsail yam bi-twene
For it was tald in yare presence
How Jhesus was grauen wt gret reuerence
And yarfor had yai gret envy
Vn-to Joseph of Aramathy
yai gert seke him in yt sesoune
And sone yai sett him in presoune
And said no syluer suld him saue
For he had so layd crist in graue
ye presoune was all wroght of stane
And lyght of wyndows was yare nane
Ne dores on ye hows was none
Bot ane whare-at he was in done
And yat yai sperd wt lokkes grete
For no man suld him yethen gete
And sithen yare seles yai sett all so
yt no sustenance suld com him to
And when yai had yir dedes done
Vn-to sir Pilate went yai sone
<fol. 74rb>All samen for a+sertain skyll
And on yis wyse yai tald him tyll
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Sir yai said we vnderstand
yis lurdan whils he was lyfand
Said whare he went bi ilk away
yt he suld on ye thred day
So tald he his discipels all
Of ferlyse yat suld efter fall
He said luke yt yhe trow ilk-ane
When ye Jewes here has me slane
Thurgh my myght wele J may
Ryse fro ded on ye thred day