| | Among the cursid Iues she hym soughte | |
| | She axith and she freyneth pitously | |
| | Of euery Iue that duellid in that place | |
| 150 | To telle her yf her child wente aught forth by | |
| | They sayde nay but Ihesu of his grace | |
| | Yaf in her thought with ynne a litil space | |
| | That in that place aftir her son she cryde | |
| | Where he was cast in a pit beside | |
| 155 | O grete god that parfourmyst thy laude | |
| | By mouth of Innocentis lo here thy might | |
| | This gemme of chastite this emeraud | |
| | And eke of martirdom the Ruby bright | |
| | There he with throte I coruyn lith vpright | |
| 160 | He Alma redemptoris gan to synge | |
| | So loude that al the place gan rynge | |
| | The cristen folk that by the strete went | |
| | In cam forto wondir vp on this thing | |
| | And hastely they for the Prouost sent | |
| 165 | Whiche fonde the childe freshly yet bledyng | |
| | And herieth crist that is of heuene kyng | |
| | And eke his modir honour of mankynde | |
| | And aftir that the Iues lete he bynde | |
| | This child with petous lamentacion | |
| 170 | Vp takyn was synging this song alwey | |
| | And with honour and gret processioun | |
| | They carye hym in to the nexte abbey | |
| | His modir swonnyng by his bere lay | |
| | Vnnethe mighte the pepil that was there | |
| 175 | This sorouful rachel meue from the bere | |
