The York Cycle, Play 34 Christ Led to Calvary Shermen 001 Miles 1. Pees, barnes and bachillers that beldis here aboute, 002 Stirre noyot ones in this stede but stonde stone stille, 003 Or be the lorde that I leue on I schall gar you lowte. 004 But yoe spare when I speke youre speche schall I spille 005 Smertely and sone, 006 For I am sente fro sir Pilate with pride 007 To lede this ladde oure lawes to abide, 008 He getis no bettir bone. 009 Therfore I comaunde you on euere ilke a side, 010 Vppon payne of enprisonment that no man appere 011 To suppowle this traytoure, be tyme ne be tyde,. [... ...] 012 Noght one of this prees, 013 Nor noght ones so hardy for to enquere, 014 But helpe me holly alle that are here 015 Žis kaitiffe care to encrees. 016 Therfore make rome and rewle you nowe right, 017 That we may with this weried wight 018 Wightely wende on oure waye. 019 He napped noght of all this nyght, 020 And this daye schall his deth be dight- 021 Latte see who dare saie naye? 022 Because tomorne is prouyde 023 For oure dere Sabbott day, 024 We wille no mysse be moued, 025 But mirthe in all that euere men may. 026 We haue bene besie all this morne 027 To clothe hym and to croune with thorne, 028 As falles for a fole kyng, 029 And nowe methynkith oure felawes skorne, 030 They highte to haue ben here this morne 031 Žis faitour forthe to bring. 032 To nappe nowe is noyot goode- 033 We, howe! High myght he hyng! 034 Miles 2. Pees man, for Mahoundes bloode, 035 Why make yoe such crying? 036 Miles 1. Why, wotte thou noght als wele as I, 037 Žis carle burde vnto Caluery 038 And there on crosse be done? 039 Miles 2. Sen dome is geuen that he schall dy 040 Late calle to vs more companye, 041 And ellis we erre oure-fone. 042 Miles 1. Oure gere behoues to be grayde 043 And felawes sammed sone, 044 For sir Pilate has saide 045 Hym bus be dede be none. 046 Where is sir Wymond, wotte thou oght? 047 Miles 2. He wente to garre a crosse be wroght 048 To bere this cursed knave. 049 Miles 1. That wolde I sone wer hyder broght, 050 For sithen schall othir gere be soght 051 That vs behoues to haffe. 052 Miles 2. Vs bus haue sties and ropes 053 To rugge hym tille he raue, 054 And nayles and othir japes 055 If we oureselue wille saue. 056 Miles 1. To tarie longe vs were full lathe, 057 But Wymond come it is in wathe 058 But we be blamed all three. 059 We, howe, sir Wymond wayteskathe. 060 Miles 2. We, howe, sir Wymond, howe. 061 Miles 3. I am here-what saie yoe bathe? 062 Why crye yoe so on me? 063 I haue bene garre make 064 Žis crosse, as yhe may see, 065 Of that laye ouere the lake- 066 Men called it the kyngis tree. 067 Miles 1. Nowe sekirly I thought the same, 068 For that balke will no man vs blame 069 To cutte it for the kyng. 070 Miles 2. This karle has called hym kyng at hame, 071 And sen this tre has such a name 072 It is accordyng thyng 073 Žat his rigge on it may reste, 074 For skorne and for hethyng. 075 Miles 3. Methoughte it semyd beste 076 Tille this bargayne to bryng. 077 Miles 1. It is wele warred, so motte I spede, 078 And it be lele in lenghe and brede 079 Žan is this space wele spende. 080 Miles 3. To loke theraftir it is no nede, 081 I toke the mesure or I yode, 082 Bothe for the fette and hende. 083 Miles 2. Beholde howe it is boorede 084 Full euen at ilke an ende. 085 This werke will wele accorde, 086 It may not be amende. 087 Miles 3. Nay, I haue ordande mekill more, 088 3aa, thes theues are sente before 089 Žat beside hym schall hyng. 090 And sties also are ordande thore 091 With stalworthe steeles as mystir wore, 092 Bothe some schorte and some lang. 093 Miles 1. For hameres and nayles 094 Latte see sone who schall gang. 095 Miles 2. Here are bragges that will noght faile, 096 Of irnne and stele full strange. 097 Miles 3. Žanne is it as it aweth to bee- 098 But whiche of yowe schall beere this tree, 099 Sen I haue broughte it hedir? 100 Miles 1. Be my feithe, bere it schall hee 101 Žat theron hanged sone schall bee, 102 And we schall teeche hym whedir. 103 Miles 2. Vppon his bakke it schalle be laide, 104 For sone we schall come thedir. 105 Miles 3. Loke that oure gere be grayede 106 And go we all togedir. 107 John. Allas for my maistir that moste is of myght, 108 That yoister-even late, with lanternes light, 109 Before the busshoppe was brought. 110 Bothe Petir and I we saugh that sight 111 And sithen we wente oure wayes full wight, 112 When the Jewes wondirly wrought. 113 At morne thei toke to rede 114 And soteltes vpsoght, 115 And demed hym to be dede 116 Žat to tham trespassed noght. 117 Allas for syte what schall I saie? 118 My worldly welthe is wente for ay, 119 In woo euere may I wende. 120 My maistir that neuere lakke in lay 121 Is demed to be dede this day, 122 Ewen in hys elmys hende. 123 Allas for my maistir mylde 124 That all mennys mysse may mende, 125 Shulde so falsely be filed 126 And no frendis hym to fende. 127 Allas for his modir and othir moo, 128 Mi modir and hir sisteres alsoo, 129 Sittes samen with sighyngis sore. 130 Žai wate nothyng of all this woo, 131 Forthy to warne tham will I goo 132 Sen I may mende no more. 133 Sen he schall dye as tyte 134 And thei vnwarned wore, 135 I ware worthy to wite- 136 I will go faste therfore. 137 But in myn herte grete drede haue I 138 Žat his modir for dole schall dye, 139 When she see ones that sight. 140 But certis I schal not wande forthy 141 To warne that carefull company 142 Or he to dede be dight. . [... ...] 143 Sen he fro vs will twynne 144 I schall the neuere forsake. 145 Allas the tyme and tyde, 146 I watte wele the day is come 147 Žat are was specified 148 Of prophete Symeoun in prophicie: 149 The swerde of sorowe schulde renne 150 Thurghoute the herte, sotelly. 151 Maria 2. Allas this is a sithfull sight, 152 He that was euere luffely and light 153 And lorde of high and lawe, 154 Oo, doulfully nowe is he dight. 155 In worlde is none so wofull a wighte 156 Ne so carefull to knawe. 157 Žei that he mended moste 158 In dede and als in sawe, 159 Now haue they full grete haste 160 To dede hym for to drawe