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Then all the disciples forsoke him and fleed. And they toke Iesus and leed him to Cayphas the hye preeste where the Scribes and the Elders where assembled.

what thinke ye? They answered and sayd: he his worthy to dye.

Then spat they in his face and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes

And after a whyle came vnto him they yt stode bye and sayde vnto Peter: suerly thou arte even one of the for thy speache bewreyeth ye.

sayinge: I have synned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that.

And they toke counsell and bought with them a potters felde to bury strangers in.

Then was fulfylled that which was spoken by Ieremy the Prophet sayinge: and they toke .xxx. sylver plattes the prise of him that was valued whom they bought of the chyldren of Israel

and they gave them for the potters felde as the Lorde appoynted me.

And when they were gadered together Pilate sayde vnto the: whether wyll ye that I geve losse vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ?

But the chefe preestes and the elders had parswaded the people that they shulde axe Barrabas and shulde destroye Iesus.

Then the debite answered and sayde vnto them: whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loosse vnto you? And they sayde Barrabas.

Then sayde the debite: what evyll hath he done? And they cryed the more sayinge: let him be crucified.

And they stripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe

And when they had mocked him they toke the robe of him ageyne and put his awne reymet on him and leed him awaye to crucify him.

And as they came out they fonnde a man of Cyren named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.

And whe they cam vnto ye place called Golgotha (that is to saye a place of deed mens sculles)

they gave him veneger to drinke mengled with gall. And when he had tasted therof he wolde not drinke.

When they had crucified him they parted his garmentes and did cast lottes: to fulfyll that was spoken by the prophet. They deuyded my garmetes amonge them: and apon my vesture did cast loottes.

And they sate and watched him there.

And they set vp over his heed the cause of his deeth written. This is Iesus the kynge of the Iewes.