The Gospel. Mark xiv.

AFTER two daies was Easter [=Passover], and the dayes of swet [=unleavened] bread. And the hie Priestes and the Scribes sought how they might take him by crafte, and put him to death. But they sayde; not in the feaste daye, leste any busynes arise among the people. And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Symon the leper, even as he sate at meat, there came a woman havying an Alabaster boxe of oyntment called Narde, that was pure and costly; and she brake the boxe, and powred it upon his head. And there were some that were not contente within themselves, and sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment? for it mighte have been solde for more than ccc pence, and have been geven unto the poore. And they grudged agaynste her. And Jesus sayde: let her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke on me: for ye have poore with you alwayes, and whensoever ye wyll ye may do them good; but me have ye not alwayes. She hath done that she coulde, she came aforehand to anoynte my body to the buriyng. Verely I saye unto you; whersoever. this Gospell shalbe preached throughout the whole worlde, this also that she hath done, shalbe rehearsed in remembraunce of her.
    And Judas Iscarioth, one of the xii, went awaye unto the hye priestes to betraye hym unto them. When they hearde that they were glad, and promised that they woulde geve him money. And he soughte howe he mighte conveniently betraye him. And the fyrste daye of swete bread, (when they offered Passeover,) his disciples sayde unto him: where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou maiest eat the Passeover? And he sent furth two of his disciples, and sayd unto them; go ye into the citie, and there shall mete you a man bearyng a pitcher of water, folowe him. And whithersoever he goeth in, saye ye unto the goodman of the house, the master sayth; where is the gest chamber, where I shall eate Passeover with my disciples? And he wil shew you a great parlour paved [=furnished] and prepared: there make ready for us. And hys Discyples wente furth, and came into the citie, and founde as he had sayd unto them: and they made ready the passeover. And when it was now eventide he came with the xii. And as they sate at boorde, and did eate, Jesus sayd, verely I say unto you, one of you (that eateth with me) shall betraye me. And they began to be sory, and to say to him one by one; is it I? and another sayd, is it I? he aunswered and sayd unto them: it is one of the xii, even he that dippeth with me in the platter. The sonne of man truely goeth, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whome the sonne of man is betrayed: Good were it for that man if he had never bene borne. And as they dyd eate, Jesus tooke breade, and when he had geven thankes, he brake it, and gave to them, and sayd: Take, eate, this is my bodye. And he toke the cup, and when he had geven thankes he tooke it to them, and they all dranke of it. And he sayd unto them, Thys is my bloude of the new testament, whiche is shed for many. Verelye I saye unto you, I will drynke no more of the fruycte of the vyne, untyll that day that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of God. And when they had sayde grace, they wente oute to the mount Olivete.
    And Jesus sayeth unto them, all ye shall be offended [=fall into sinful ways] because of me, this night. For it is written; I will smite the shepeherd and the shepe shall bee skatered: but after that I am risen agayn, I will goe into Galile before you. Peter sayd unto him; and though all men be offended, yet wil not I. And Jesus sayeth unto him; verely I say unto the, that this day, even in this night before the Cocke krowe twise, thou shalt denie me thre times. But he spake more vehementlye: no, if I shoulde dye with thee, I will not deny thee. Lykewise also sayde they all. And they came into a place whiche was named Gethsemany: and he sayd to hys disciples; sit ye here, while I goe asyde and pray. And he taketh with hym Peter, and James, and John, and began to waxe abashed and to be in an agonye, and sayd unto them My soule is heavy, even unto the death; tary ye here, and watche. And he wente furth a litle, and fell downe flat on the ground, and prayed: that if it were possible, the houre might passe from hym. And he sayd; Abba father, al thinges are possible unto the, take away this cup from me; neverthelesse, not that I will, but that thou wilte bee doone. And he came and founde them sleping, and sayth to Peter: Simon slepest thou? Couldeste thou not watche one houre? watche ye and pray, leste ye enter into temptacion, the spirite truely is ready, but the flesh is weake. And again he went aside and praied, and spake the same wordes. And he returned and found them aslepe agayne, for their iyes were heavye, neyther wiste [=knew] they what to aunswere him. And he came the third time and sayde unto them: slepe hencefoorthe, and take your ease, it is enoughe. The houre is come, beholde, the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of sinners: Rise up, let us goe; loe, he that betrayeth me is at hande. And immediately while he yet spake, cummeth Judas, (which was one of the xii,) and with him a great noumber of people with sweordes and staves, from the hye priestes, and Scribes, and elders. And he that betrayed hym, had geven them a generall token, saiyng; whosoever I doe kysse, the same is he; take hym and leade hym awaye warely. And as sone as he was come, he goth streghtway to him, and saith unto him, Master, Master; and kissed him: and they laid their handes on hym, and toke hym. And one of them that stode by drewe out a sweord, and smote a servaunte of the hye prieste, and cut of his eare. And Jesus aunswered, and said unto them; ye be come out as unto a thefe with sweordes and staves for to take me: I was dayly with you in the temple teachyng, and ye toke me not: but these thynges come to passe that the Scriptures shoulde be fulfilled. And they al forsooke hym, and ranne awaie. And there folowed him a certaine yong man clothed in linnen upon the bare, and the yong men caughte hym, and he left his linnen garmente and fled from them naked. And they led Jesus awaye to the higheste pryeste of all, and with hym came all the hie priestes and the Elders and the Scribes. And Peter folowed hym a greate waye of, (even tyll he was come into the palace of the hye prieste,) and he sate with the servauntes, and warmed hymselfe at the fyre. And the hie priestes and all the counsaile sought for witnes against Jesu to put hym to deathe, and founde none: for manye bare false witnesse againste hym, but theyr witnesses agreed not together. And there arose certayn, and brought false witnes against hym, saiyng; wee hearde hym saye, I wyll destroye this temple that is made with handes, and within iii daies I wyll buylde another made withoute handes. But yet their witnesses agreed not together. And the hye prieste stode uppe among them, and asked Jesus saying; aunswerest thou nothyng? Howe is it that these beare witnesse against the? But he helde his peace, and answered nothing. Againe the hie prieste asked him, and said unto him; art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed? And Jesus said; I am. And ye shal see the sonne of manne sitting on the righte hande of power, and comming in the cloudes of heaven. Then the hie priest rent his clothes, and said, what ned we any further of wytnesses? ye have heard blasphemy, what thynke ye? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death. And some began to spyt at hym, and to cover his face, and to beate hym with fystes, and to saye unto hym; arede [=prophesy], and the servauntes buffeted hym on the face. And as Peter was beneth in the palace, there came one of the wenches of the hieste prieste, and when she sawe Peter warmyng himselfe, she loked on hym, and said; waste not thou also with Jesus of Nazareth? And he deined, saying, I knowe hym not, neyther wote [=know] I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porche, and the Cock krewe. And a damosel (when she sawe him) began again to saye to them that stode by: thys is one of them. And he denied it againe. And anone after they that stode by, said againe unto Peter: surely thou art one of them, for thou art of Galile, and thy speche agreeth therto. But he beganne to curse and to sweare, saying, I knowe not this man of whome ye speake. And agayne the Cocke krewe, and Peter remembred the worde that Jesus had sayd unto hym; before the Cocke crowe twyse, thou shalt deny me thre tymes. And he began to wepe.

The Gospell. Mark xv.

AND anone in the dawnynge, the hye priestes helde a counsaile with the Elders and the Scribes, and the whole congregacion, and bounde Jesus, and led hym awaye, and delyvered hym to Pilate. And Pilate asked hym: art thou the kyng of the Jewes? and he answered and sayd to hym; thou saiest it. And the hie priestes accused him of many thynges. So Pilate asked him again, saiyng: aunswerest thou nothing? Beholde howe many thinges they lay to thy charge. Jesus aunswered yet nothyng, so that Pilate mervailed. At that feast Pilate dyd deliver unto them a priesoner, whomsoever they woulde desire. And there was one that was named Barrabas, whiche laye bounde with them that made insurreccion: he had committed murther. And the people called unto him, and beganne to desyre him, that he woulde doe according as he had ever done unto them. Pilate answered them, saiyng: will ye that I lette loce unto you the King of the Jewes? For he knewe that the hye priestes had delivered him of envye. But the hye priestes moved the people, that he shoulde rather deliver Barrabas unto them. Pilate answered againe, and saide unto them; what will ye that I then do unto hym, whom ye cal the kyng of the Jewes? And they cryed againe, crucifye hym. Pilate saide unto them: what eivill hathe he doone? And they cryed the more ferventlye, crucifie hym. And so Pilate wyllyng to contente the people, lette loce Barrabas unto them, and delivered up Jesus (when he had scorged him) for to be crucified. And the souldiours ledde hym awaye into the common hall, and called together the whole multitude, and they clothed hym wyth purple, and they platted [plaited] a croune of thornes and crouned him withall, and began to salute him; Hayle kyng of the Jewes. And they smote hym on the heade with a reede, and did spit upon him, and bowed their knees and worshypped him. And when they had mocked him, they toke the purple of him, and put hys owne clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And they compelled one that passed by called Simon of Cirene, (the father of Alexander and Rufus,) whyche came out of the feld to beare his crosse. And they brought hym to a place named Golgotha (whiche if a manne interprete it, is the place of dead mens sculles) and they gave him to drinke wyne mingled with mirre [myrrh], but he receaved it not.
    And when they had crucifyed hym, they parted hys garmentes, castyng lottes upon them what every man should take. And it was about the third houre, and they crucyfied him. And the title of hys cause was wrytten, The kyng of the Jewes. And they crucified with hym two theves; the one on his right hand, and the other on hys left. And the scripture was fulfyiled, which sayeth; he was counted among the wicked. And they that went by, rayled on him; wagging their heades and saying; Ah wretche, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it againe in thre dayes; save thyselfe and come doune from the crosse. Lykewyse also mocked hym the hye priestes among themselves, with the scribes, and sayd; he saved other men, himself he cannot save. Let Christ the king of Irsael descende nowe from the crosse, that we maye see and beleve. And they that were crucyfied with hym, checked [=rebuked] hym also. And when the sixt houre was come, darcknes arose over all the earth until the ninth houre. And at the nynth houre Jesus cryed with a loude voyce, saying; Eloy, Eloy, lamasabathany? whyche is, (if one interprete it,) my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stoode by, when they heard that, sayd; behold, he calleth for Helias [Elijah]. And one ranne and fylled a sponge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, and gane hym to dryncke, saiyng; let him alone, let us se whether Helias will come and take hym downe. But Jesus cryed with a loude voyce, and gave up the gost. And the vayle of the temple rente in ii peces, from the top to the bottom. And when the Centurion (which stoode before him) sawe that he so cryed, and gave up the gost, he sayde: truely this man was the sonne of god. There were also weomen a good way of, beholding him; among whome was Marye Magdalene and Marye the mother of James the litle [=younger], and of Joses [Joseph], and Mary Salome (which also when he was in Galile had folowed him, and ministred unto him;) and many other weomen, which came up with him to Jerusalem. And nowe when the even [evening] was come, (because it was the day of preparyng that goeth before the Sabboth,) Joseph of the citie of Aramathia, a noble counsailor, whiche also loked for the kingdome of God, came and went in boldely unto Pilate, and begged of hym the body of Jesu. And Pilate marveiled that he was alredy dead, and called unto hym the Centurion, and asked of him, whether he had bene any while dead. And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion, he gave the bodye to Joseph. And he bought a linnen cloth, and toke him down, and wrapped him in the linnen cloth, and laied him in a sepulchre that was hewen out of a rocke, and rolled a stone before the dore of the sepulchre. And Mary Magdalene, and Mary Joses behelde where he was layde.

The Gospel. Luke xxii.

The Epistle. 1 Cor. xi.

The Gospell. Luke xxiii.

THE whole multitude of them arose, and led hym unto Pylate. And they began to accuse him, saying; we founde this felowe pervertyng the people, and forbydding to paye tribute to Cesar; saying that he is Christe a kyng. And Pylate apposed [=questioned] hym, saying; art thou the king of the Jewes? he answered him and sayd, thou sayest it. Then sayd Pilate to the hye priestes and the people; I fynde no faute in this manne. And they were the more fierce, saying; he moveth the people, teachyng throughout all Jury [Jewry, i. e., Judea], and began at Galile, even to this place. When Pylate heard mencion of Galile, he asked whether the manne were of Galile. And as sone as he knew that he belonged unto Herodes jurisdiccion, he sent hym to Herode, whiche was also at Jerusalem at that tyme. And when Herode sawe Jesus he was excedyng glad; for he was desirous to see hym of along season, because he had heard many thinges of hym, and he trusted to have seen some myracle done by hym. Then he questioned with hym many wordes. But he answered hym nothyng. The hye priestes and Scribes stode furth and accused him straightly. And Herode with his menne of warre despised hym. And when he had mocked hym, he arayed hym in whyte clothing, and sente him againe to Pylate. And the same daye Pylate and Herode were made frendes together. For before thei were at variaunce. And Pilate called together the hye priestes, and the rulers, and the people, and sayd unto them; ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I examine hym before you, and finde no faute [fault] in this man of those thynges wherof ye accuse him, no nor yet Herode: For I sent you unto him, and be, nothing worthy of death is done unto him: I will therfore chasten him and let hym looce. For of necessitie he must have let one loce unto them at that feast. And all the people cryed at once, saying; away with him, and deliver us Barrabas: (whiche for a certayne insurreccion made in the citie, and for a murther, was cast in prison.) Pilate spake again unto them, willing to let Jesus looce. But they cryed, saying; crucifye hym, crucifye hym. He sayed unto them the thirde tyme, what evyll hath he done? I fynde no cause of death in hym: I will therfore chasten hym, and let him go. And they cried with loude voices; requiring that he myght be crucifyed. And the voices of them and of the hie priestes prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it shoulde be as they required, and he let loce unto them him that (for insurreccion and murther) was cast into pryson, whom they had desired; and he delivered to them Jesus, to do with hym what they would. And as they led him away, they caught one Symon of Ciren [Cyrene], commyng out of the fielde: and on him laide they the crosse, that he myght beare it after Jesus. And there folowed him a great companye of people, and of women, which bewayled and lamented him. But Jesus turned backe unto them, and sayd; ye daughters of Jerusalem, wepe not for me; but wepe for yourselfes, and for your children. For beholde, the dayes wyll come, in the which they shall say; Happy are the baren, and the wombes that never bare, and the pappes which never gave sucke. Then shall they begynne to saye to the mountaynes; fall on us, and to the hylles, cover us. For if they do this in a grene tree, what shalbe done in the drye? And there were two evylldoers led with him to be slaine. And after that they were come to the place (which is called Calvarie), there they crucyfied him, and the evildoers, one on the ryght hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, father forgeve them, for they wote not what they do. And they parted hys rayment, and cast lottes. And the people stoode and behelde. And the rulers mocked hym with them, saiyng: he saved other menne, lette hym save hymselfe yf he be very Christ the chosen of God.
    The souldiers also mocked him, and came and offred him vineger, and sayd; if thou be the kyng of the Jewes, save thy selfe. And a superscripcion was written over him with letters of Greke, and Latin, and Hebrue; this is the kyng of the Jewes. And one of the evildoers, which wer hanged, railed on him, saiyng; If thou be Christ, save thyselfe and us. But the other answered and rebuked hym, saiyng; fearest thou not God, seyng thou art in the same damnacion? we are righteously punyshed, for we receive according to our dedes: but this man hath done nothing amysse. And he sayd unto Jesus; Lorde, remembre me when thou commest into thy kyngdom. And Jesus sayd unto hym, verely I saye unto thee; to-daye shalt thou be with me in Paradise. And it was about the vi houre: and there was a darkenesse over all the earth untyll the ix houre, and the Sonne was darkened. And the vayle of the temple did rent, even through the middes. And when Jesus had cryed with a loude voyce, he sayd: father, into thy handes I commende my spirite. And when he thus had said, he gave up the ghost. When the Centurion saw what had happened, he gloryfied God, saiyng; verely this was a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that syght, and sawe the thynges which had happened, smote their brestes, and returned. And all his acquaintaunce, and the women that folowed him from Galilee, stoode afarre of beholdyng these thynges. And, behold, there was a man named Joseph a consailor, and he was a good man, and a just: the same had not consented to the counsaill and dede of them, which was of Aramathia, a citie of the Jewes, which same also waited for the kyngdome of God: he went unto Pylate and begged the bodye of Jesus, and tooke it doune, and wrapped it in a lynnen cloth, and layd it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone, wherin never man before had beene layde. And that daye was the preparyng of the sabboth, and the Sabboth drue on. The women that followed after, whyche had come with him from Galilee, behelde the sepulchre, and howe hys body was layde. And they returned and prepared swete Odours and ointmentes; But rested on the Sabboth daye, accordyng to the commaundement.

[At Evensong.

The Epistle. Heb. x.

The Gospel. John xviii. xix.

WHEN Jesus had spoken these woordes, he went furth with his disciples over the broke Cedron [=Kidron valley] where was a garden, into the whiche he entred with his disciples. Judas also whiche betrayed him, knewe the place: for Jesus oftetymes resorted thither with hys disciples. Judas then, after he had received a bend [band] of men, (and ministers of the hye priestes and Phariseis,) came thither with Lanterns and fyerbrandes and weapons. And Jesus, knowing al thinges that should come on him, went furth, and said unto them, whome seke ye? They answered him; Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus sayeth unto them; I am he. Judas also whiche betrayed him, stoode with them. As sone then as he had sayde unto them; I am he, they went backeward, and fel to the ground. Then asked he them again; whome seke ye? They saide: Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus aunswered; I have tolde you that I am he. If ye seke me therfore, let these goe theyr way: that the saying might be fulfilled, whiche he spake; Of them whiche thou gavest me, have I not lost one. Then Simon Peter having a sword, drew it, and smote the hye priestes servaunt, and cut of his right eare. The servauntes name was Malchus. Therfore sayeth Jesus unto Peter, put up thy sweorde into thy sheathe: shall I not drinke of the cup whiche my. father hath geven me? Then the cumpany and the capitayne, and the ministers of the Jewes, toke Jesus, and bound him, and led him away to Anna first; for he was father in law to Cayphas, whiche was the hye prieste the same yere. Cayphas was he that gave counsel to the Jewes, that it was expedient that one man shoulde dye for the people. And Simon Peter folowed Jesus, and so dyd another disciple: that disciple was knowen to the hye priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the hye priest. But Peter stoode at the doore without. Then wente out the other disciple, (whiche was knowen to the hye priest,) and spake to the damosell that kept the doore, and broughte in Peter. Then said the damosel that kept the doore unto Peter; Art not thou also one of this mans disciples? he sayd, I am not. The servauntes and ministers stode there, whiche had made a fyer of coales; for it was colde, and they warmed themselves. Peter also stode among them, and warmed himselfe. The hye priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of hys doctryne. Jesus aunswered him; I spake openly in the worlde, I ever taughte in the Sinagoge, and in the temple, whither al the Jewes have resorted, and in secrete have I said nothyng. Why askest thou me? Aske them whiche heard me, what I sayde unto them. Beholde they can tell what I sayde. When he had thus spoken, one of the ministers, whiche stoode by, smote Jesus on the face, saying; Aunswerest thou the hie priest so? Jesus aunswered him; If I have eivill spoken, beare witnesse of the evill: But if I have well spoken, why smitest thou me? And Annas sent him bounde unto Cayphas, the hye priest. Simon Peter stoode and warmed himselfe. Then sayde they unto him. Art not thou also one of his disciples? he denied it, and said; I am not. One of the servantes of the hye priestes (his cosin whose eare Peter smote of) said unto him; did not I se thee in the garden with him? Peter therfore denied againe, and immediatly the Cocke krewe. Then led they Jesus from Cayphas into the hal of judgement. It was in the morning; and they themselfes went not into the judgement hall, leste thei should be defiled, but that thei might eate the Passeover. Pylate then went out to them and sayd; what accusacion bryng you against this man? They answered and sayd unto him; If he were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered hym unto thee. Then sayed Pylate unto them; take ye him, and judge him after your owne lawe. The Jewes therfore sayd unto him; It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: that the woordes of Jesus myght bee fulfilled, whiche he spake, signifying what death he should dye. Then Pilate entred into the judgement hal again, and called Jesus, and sayd unto him; Art thou the king of the Jewes? Jesus answered; sayest thou that of thyself, or did other tel it thee of me? Pilate answered; am I a Jew? Thine owne nacion and hye priestes have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered; my kingdome is not of this worlde: if my kingdome were of this worlde, then woulde my ministers surely fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jewes: but now is my kyngdom not from hence. Pilate therfore sayd unto hym; Art thou a kyng then? Jesus answered; thou sayest that I am a kyng. For this cause was I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I shoulde bear wytnes unto the trueth. And all that are of the trueth, heare my voyce. Pylate sayd unto hym, what thyng is trueth? And when he had sayd this, he went out again unto the Jewes, and sayth unto the; I finde in him no cause at al. Ye have a custome, that I should deliver you one loce at Easter [=Passover]: wil ye that I loce unto you the king of the Jewes? Then cryed they all again, saying: Not him, but Barrabas: the same Barrabas was a murtherer. Then Pilate toke Jesus therfore and scourged hym. And the souldiers wound a croune of thornes, and put it on his head. And thei did on hym a purple garment, and came unto hym and sayed; hayle kyng of the Jewes: and they smote hym on the face. Pylate went furth agayne, and sayed unto them; behold, I bring him furth to you, that ye may knowe that I finde no faulte in hym. Then came Jesus forth, wearyng a croune of thorne, and a robe of purple. And he sayth unto them; beholde the man. When the hye priestes therfore and ministers sawe hym, they cryed; crucifie hym, crucifye him. Pylate sayeth unto them; take ye hym, and crucifye him, for I fynde no cause in hym. The Jewes aunswered hym; we have a lawe, and by oure lawe, he ought to dye; because he made himselfe the sonne of God. When Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afrayde: and went agayne into the judgement halle, and sayeth unto Jesus; whence art thou? But Jesus gave him none answer. The sayd Pilate unto him; Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucifie thee, and have power to looce thee? Jesus answered; Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above. Therfore he that delivered me unto thee, hath the more sinne. And from thencefurth sought Pilate meanes to looce him: but the Jews cryed, saying: yf thou let hym goc, thou arte not Cesars frende: for whosoever maketh hymselfe a kyng is against Cesar. When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus furth, and sate downe to geve sentence m a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrue tong Gabbatha. It was the preparyng daye of Easter, aboute the vi houre. And he sayeth unto the Jewes; beholde your kyng. They cryed, saying; away with hym, away with hym, crucyfye hym. Pylate sayeth unto them; shall I crucyfy your king? The hye priestes aunswered; we have no kyng but Cesar. Then delivered he him unto them to be crucified. And they tooke Jesus, and ledde him away. And he bare his crosse, and wente furthe into a place whiche is called the place of dead mennes sculles, but in Hebrue, Golgotha: where they crucifyed hym, and two other with hym, on eyther syde one, and Jesus in the middest. And Pilate wrote a tytle, and put it on the crosse. The wrytyng was, Jesus of Nazareth kyng of the Jewes. This tytle read many of the Jewes: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nye to the cytie. And it was wrytten in Hebrue, Greke, and Latyn. Then sayed the hye priestes of the Jewes to Pilate; wryte not king of the Jewes, but that he sayed, I am kyng of the Jewes. Pylate aunswered; what I have written, that have I written. Then the souldiers, when they had crucifyed Jesus, toke his garmentes, and made iiii partes, to every souldiour a part, and also his coate. The coate was without seine [seam], wrought upon throughout: They sayed therfore among themselves; let us not devyde it, but cast lottes for it, who shall have it. That the scripture might be fulfylled, saying; They have parted my raymente among them, and for my coate did they cast lottes. And the souldiours did suche thynges indede. There stoode by the crosse of Jesus, his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wyfe of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therfore sawe his mother, and the discyple standyng, whom he loved, he sayeth unto his mother; woman, behold thy sonne. Then sayd he to the disciple, beholde thy mother. And from that houre the disciple toke hir for his owne.
    After these thynges, Jesus knowing that all thynges were nowe performed, that the scripture myght be fulfylled, he sayeth; I thirst. So there stoode a vessell by full of vineger: therfore they fylled a sponge with vineger, and wounde it aboute with Isope [hyssop], and put it to his mouthe. As sone as Jesus then receyved of the vineger, he sayed; It is finished, and bowed his head, and gave up the gost.
    The Jewes therfore, because it was the preparyng of the Sabboth, that the bodyes should not remayne upon the crosse on the Sabboth daye (for that Sabboth daye was an hye daye) besought Pylate, that their legges might be broken, and that they might be taken downe. Then came the souldiours, and brake the legges of the firste and of the other whiche was crucified with hym. But when they came to Jesus, and sawe that he was dead already, they brake not his legges: but one of the souldiours with a speare thrust him into the syde, and forthwith there came out bloud and water. And he that sawe it bare recorde, and his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he sayeth true, that ye might beleve also. For these thynges were done that the scripture should be fulfilled; ye shall not breake a bone of hym.
    And againe another scripture sayth; they shall loke upon him whom they have pearced. After this Joseph of Aramathia (which was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for feare of the Jewes) besought Pylate that he might take downe the bodye of Jesus. And Pylate gave hym lycense: He came therfore and tooke the bodye of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, (whiche at the begynning came to Jesus by night) and brought of Myrre [myrrh] and Aloes mingled together, aboute an hundreth pounde weight. Then tooke they the body of Jesus, and wound it in lynnen clothes with the odoures [=spices], as the maner of the Jewes is to burye. And in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a newe Sepulchre, wherein was never manne layde. There layde they Jesus therfore because of the preparyng of the Sabboth of the Jewes, for the Sepulchre was nye at hande.

[At Evensong.

Easter Even.

[At Matyns.

¶ The First Lesson, Lamentations iv. 5. unto the end.]*

The Epistle. 1 Peter iii.

The Gospel. Matt xxvii.