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and he lefte his lynnen and fleed from them naked.

And he helde his peace and answered noothinge. Agayne the hyeste Preste axed him and sayde vnto him: Arte thou Christ the sonne of the blessed?

Then the hyest preste rent his cloothes and sayd: what nede we eny further of witnes?

And some begane to spit at him and to cover his face and to bete him with fistes and to saye vnto him arede vnto vs. And the servauntes boffeted him on the face.

And when they had moocked him they toke the purple of him and put his awne cloothes on him and ledde him oute to crucifie him.

And they compelled one that passed by called Symon of Cyrene (which cam oute of the felde and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.

And when they had crucified him they parted his garmentes castinge loottes for them what every man shulde have.

And the tytle of his cause was wrytten: The kynge of the Iewes.

And they crucified with him two theves: the one on the ryght honde and the other on his lyfte.

But go youre waye and tell his disciples and namely Peter: he will goo before you into Galile: there shall ye se him as he sayde vnto you.

After that he appered vnto the eleve as they sate at meate: and cast in their tethe their vnbelefe and hardnes of herte: be cause they beleued not them which had sene him after his resurreccio.

There was in the dayes of Herode kynge of Iurie a certayne prest named Zacharias of ye course of Abia. And his wyfe was of ye doughters of Aaron: And her name was Elizabeth.

And it cam to passe as he executed the prestes office before god as his course came

(accordinge to the custome of the prestes office) his lot was to bourne incece.

And the angell sayde vnto him: feare not Zachary for thy prayer is hearde: And thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare ye a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iohn

and thou shalt have ioye and gladnes and many shall reioyce at his birth.

For he shalbe greate in the sight of the lorde and shall nether drinke wyne ner stronge drinke. And he shalbe filled with the holy goost even in his mothers wombe:

And it fortuned assone as ye tyme of his office was oute he departed home into his awne housse.

And after thoose dayes his wyfe Elizabeth coceaved and hyd her sylfe .v. monethes sayinge:

When she sawe him she was abasshed at his sayinge: and cast in her mynde what maner of salutacion yt shuld be.