The Cuttelores
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295	PILATUS   Undir the ryallest roye of rente and renowne, Now am I regent of rewle this region in reste, Obeye unto bidding bud busshoppis me bowne, And bolde men that in batayll makis brestis to breste. To me betaught is the tent this towre begon towne, For traytoures tyte will I taynte, the trewthe for to triste, The dubbyng of my dingnité may noght be done downe, Nowdir with duke nor dugeperes, my dedis are so dreste.1 My desire muste dayly be done With thame that are grettest of game, And ther agayne fynde I but fone, Wherfore I schall bettir ther bone. But he that me greves for a grone, Beware, for wyscus I am. Pounce Pilatt of thre partis    than is my propir name. I am a perelous prince    to prove wher I peere. Emange the philosofers firste    ther fanged I my fame, Wherefore I fell to affecte    I fynde noght my feere. He schall full bittirly banne    that bide schall my blame, If all my blee be as bright    as blossome on brere. For sone his liffe shall he lose,    or left be for lame, That lowtes noght to me lowly    nor liste noght to leere. And thus sen we stande in oure state Als lordis with all lykyng in lande, Do and late us wete if ye wate Owthir, sirs, of bayle or debate, That nedis for to be handeled full hate Sen all of youre helpe hanges in my hande. CAIPHAS   Sir, and for to certefie the soth in youre sight, As to you for oure soverayne semely we seke. PILATUS   Why, is ther any myscheve that musteres his myght Or malice thurgh meene menn us musters to meke? ANNA   Ya, sir, ther is a ranke swayne    whos rule is noght right, For thurgh his romour in this reme    hath raysede mekill reke. PILATUS   I here wele ye hate hym,    youre hartis are on heght, And ellis if I helpe wolde His harmes for to eke. But why are ye barely thus brathe? Bees rewly, and ray fourth youre reasoune. CAIPHAS   Tille us, sir, his lore is full lothe. PILATUS   Beware that we wax noght to wrothe. ANNA   Why, sir, to skyfte fro his skath We seke for youre socoure this sesoune. PILATUS   And if that wrecche in oure warde    have wrought any wrong, Sen we are warned we walde witte    and wille or we wende; But and his sawe be lawfull,    legge noght to lange, For we schall leve hym if us list    with luffe here to lende. I DOCTOR   And yf that false faytor    youre fortheraunce may fang, Than fele I wele that oure folke    mon fayle of a frende. Sir, the strengthe of his steven ay still is so strange That but he schortely be schent, he schappe us to schende.2 For he kennes folke hym for to call Grete God Son, thus greves us that gome, And sais that he sittande be schall In high heven, for there is his hall. PILATUS   And frendis if that force to hym fall, It semes noght ye schall hym consume. But that hymselfe is the same    ye saide schulde descende, Youre seede and you then all for to socoure. CAYPHAS         A, softe sir, and sese, For of Criste whan he comes    no kynne schall be kenned; But of this caytiffe kynreden    we knawe the encrese. He lykens hym to be lyke God,    aylastand to lende, To lifte uppe the laby to lose or relesse. PILATUS   His maistreys schulde move you,    youre mode for to amende. ANNA   Nay, for swilke mys fro malice    we may noght us meese, For he sais he schall deme us, that dote, And that tille us is dayne or dispite. PILATUS   To noye hym nowe is youre noote, But yitt the lawe lyes in my lotte. I DOCTOR   And yf ye will witt, sir, ye wotte, That he is wele worthy to wyte. For in oure Temple has he taught    by tymes moo than tenne Where tabillis full of tresoure lay    to telle and to trye Of oure cheffe mony changers;    butte, curstely to kenne, He caste tham overe, that caystiffe,    and counted noght therby. CAYPHAS   Loo, sir, this is a perjurye    to prente undir penne, Wherfore make ye that appostita,    we praye you, to plye. PILATUS   Howe mene ye? CAYPHAS         Sir, to mort hym for movyng of men. PILATUS   Than schulde we make hym to morne    but thurgh youre maistrie. Latte be, sirs, and move that no more But what in youre Temple betyde? I MILES   We, thare, sir, he skelpte oute of score That stately stode selland ther store. PILATUS   Than felte he tham fawte before And made the cause wele to be kydde. But what taught he that tyme    swilk tales as thou telles? I MILES   Sir, that oure Tempill is the toure    of his troned sire, And thus to prayse in that place    oure prophettis compellis, Tille hym that has posté    of prince and of empire. And thei make domus Domini    that deland thare dwellis, The denn of the derfenes    and ofte that thei desire. PILATUS   Loo, is he noght a madman    that for youre mede melles? Sen ye ymagyn amys,    that makeles to myre, Youre rankoure is raykand full rawe. CAYPHAS   Nay, nay, sir, we rewle us but right. PILATUS   Forsothe, ye ar over cruell to knawe. CAYPHAS   Why, sir, for he wolde lose oure lawe Hartely we hym hate as we awe, And therto schulde ye mayntayne oure myght. For why, uppon oure Sabbott day    the seke makes he saffe And will noght sesse for oure sawes    to synke so in synne. II MILES   Sir, he coveres all that comes    recoveraunce to crave, But in a schorte contynuaunce    that kennes all oure kynne. But he haldis noght oure haly dayes —    harde happe myght hym have — And therfore hanged be he    and that by the halse. PILATUS       A, hoo, sir, nowe, and holde in. For thoff ye gange thus gedy    hym gilteles to grave Withouten grounde yow gaynes noght,    swilke greffe to begynne. And loke youre leggyng be lele Withowtyn any tryfils to telle. ANNA   For certayne owre sawes dare we seele. PILATUS   And than may we prophite oure pele. CAYPHAS   Sir, bot his fawtes wer fele, We mente noght of hym for to melle. For he pervertis oure pepull    that proves his prechyng, And for that poynte ye schulde prese    his poosté to paire. II DOCTOR   Ya, sir, and also that caytiff    he callis hym oure kyng, And for that cause our comons are casten in care. PILATUS   And if so be, that borde to bayll will hym bryng And make hym boldely to banne the bones that hym bare. For why that wrecche fro oure wretthe schal not wryng, Or ther be wrought on hym wrake. I DOCTOR                                 So wolde we it ware, For so schulde ye susteyne youre seele And myldely have mynde for to meke you. PILATUS   Wele witte ye this werke schall be wele, For kende schall that knave be to knele. II DOCTOR   And so that oure force he may feele, All samme for the same we beseke you. JUDAS   Ingenti pro injuria, hym Jesus, that Jewe, Unjust unto me, Judas, I juge to be lathe, For at oure soper as we satte, the sothe to pursewe With Symond Luprus full sone,    my skiffte come to scathe. Tille hym ther brought one a boyste    my bale for to brewe, That baynly to his bare feete    to bowe was full braythe. Sho anoynte tham with an oynement    that nobill was and newe, But for that werke that sche wrought    I wexe woundir wrothe. And this, to discover, was my skill, For of his penys purser was I, And what that me taught was untill The tente parte that stale I ay still. But nowe for me wantis of my will That bargayne with bale schall he by. That same oynement, I saide,    might same have bene solde For silver penys in a sowme    thre hundereth, and fyne Have ben departid to poure men    as playne pité wolde. But for the poore ne thare parte    priked me no peyne, But me tened for the tente parte,    the trewthe to beholde, That thirty pens of three hundereth    so tyte I schulde tyne. And for I mysse this mony    I morne on this molde, Wherfore for to mischeve    this maistir of myne, And therfore faste forthe will I flitte The princes of prestis untill And selle hym full sone or that I sitte For therty pens in a knotte knytte. Thusgatis full wele schall he witte That of my wretthe wreke me I will. Do open, porter, the porte of this prowde place That I may passe to youre princes    to prove for youre prowe. JANITOR   Go hense, thou glorand gedlyng,    God geve thee ille grace. Thy glyfftyng is so grymly    thou gars my harte growe. JUDAS   Goode sir, be toward this tyme,    and tarie noght my trace, For I have tythandis to telle. JANITOR         Ya, som tresoune I trowe, For I fele by a figure in youre fals face It is but foly to feste affeccioun in you; For Mars he hath morteysed his mark Eftir all lynes of my lore, And sais ye are wikkid of werk And bothe a strange theffe and a stark. JUDAS   Sir, thus at my berde and ye berk It semes it schall sitte yow full sore. JANITOR   Say, bittilbrowed bribour,    why blowes thou such boste? Full false in thy face in faith can I fynde; Thou arte combered in curstnesse    and caris to this coste. To marre men of myght    haste thou marked in thy mynde. JUDAS   Sir, I mene of no malice    but mirthe meve I muste. JANITOR   Say, onhanged harlott,    I holde thee unhende. Thou lokist like a lurdayne    his liffelod hadde loste. Woo schall I wirke thee away but thou wende. JUDAS   A, goode sir, take tente to my talkyng this tyde, For tythandis full trew can I telle. JANITOR   Say, brethell, I bidde thee abide, Thou chaterist like a churle that can chyde. JUDAS   Ya, sir, but and the truthe schulde be tryed, Of myrthe are ther materes I mell. For thurgh my dedis youre dugeperes    fro dere may be drawen. JANITOR   What, demes thou till oure dukes    that doole schulde be dight? JUDAS   Nay, sir, so saide I noght; If I be callid to counsaille    that cause schall be knawen Emang that comely companye,    to clerke and to knyght. JANITOR   Byde me here, bewchere,    or more blore be blowen, And I schall buske to the benke    wher baneres are bright, And saie unto oure sovereynes    or seede more be sawen That swilke a seege as thiselff    sewes to ther sight. My lorde nowe, of witte that is well, I come for a cas to be kydde. PILATUS   We, speke on, and spare not thi spell. CAYPHAS   Ya, and if us mystir te mell, Sen ye bere of bewté the bell, Blythely schall we bowe as ye bidde. JANITOR   Sir, withoute this abatyng,    ther hoves, as I hope, A hyve helte full of ire, for hasty he is. PILATUS   What comes he fore? JANITOR         I kenne hym noght, but he is cladde in a cope; He cares with a kene face uncomely to kys. PILATUS   Go, gete hym that his greffe    we grathely may grope So no oppen langage be goyng amys. JANITOR   Comes on bylyve to my lorde,    and if thee liste to lepe, But uttir so thy langage    that thou lette noght thare blys. JUDAS   That lorde, sirs, myght susteyne youre seele That floure is of fortune and fame. PILATUS   Welcome, thy wordis are but wele. CAYPHAS   Say, harste thou, knave, can thou not knele? PILATUS   Loo, here may men faute in you fele. Late be, sir, youre scornyng, for schame. Bot, bewshere, be noght abayst to byde at the bar. JUDAS   Before you, sirs, to be brought    abowte have I bene, And allway for youre worschippe. ANNA   Say, wotte thou any were? JUDAS   Of werke, sir, that hath wretthid you,    I wotte what I meene. But I wolde make a marchaundyse    youre myscheffe to marre. PILATUS   And may you soo? JUDAS   Els madde I such maistries to meve. ANNA   Than kennes thou of som comberaunce    oure charge for to chere? For, cosyne, thou art cruell. JUDAS   My cause, sir, is kene, For if ye will bargayne or by, Jesus this tyme will I selle you. I DOCTOR   My blissing, sone, have thou forthy. Loo, here is a sporte for to spye. JUDAS   And hym dar I hete you in hye If ye will be toward I telle you. PILATUS   What hytist thou? JUDAS          Judas Scariott. PILATUS                              Thou art a juste man That will Jesus be justified    by oure jugement. But howe gates bought schall he be?    Bidde furthe thy bargayne. JUDAS   But for a litill betyng    to bere fro this bente. PILATUS   Now, what schall we pay? JUDAS         Sir, thirti pens and plete, no more than. PILATUS   Say, ar ye plesid of this price    he preces to present? II DOCTOR   Ellis contrarie we oure consciens    consayve sen we can That Judas knawes hym culpabill. PILATUS      I call you consent, But Judas, a knott for to knytt, Wilte thou to this comenaunt accorde? JUDAS   Ya, at a worde. PILATUS         Welcome is it. II MILES   Take therof, a traytour, tyte. I MILES   Now leve, ser, late no man wete How this losell laykis with his lord. PILATUS   Why, dwellis he with that dochard    whos dedis has us drovyd? I MILES   That hase he done, ser, and dose,    no dowte is this day. PILATUS   Than wolde we knawe why this knave    thus cursidly contryved. II MILES   Enquere hym sen ye can best    kenne if he contrarie. PILATUS   Say, man, to selle thi maistir    what mysse hath he moved? JUDAS   For of als mekill mony he made me delay; Of you, as I resayve, schall but right be reproved. ANNA   I rede noght that ye reken us    oure rewle so to ray, For that the fales fende schall thee fang. I MILES   When he schall wante of a wraste. I DOCTOR   To whome wirke we wittandly wrang. II DOCTOR   Tille hym bot ye hastely hang. III DOCTOR   Youre langage ye lay oute to lang, But Judas, we trewly thee trast. For truly thou moste lerne us    that losell to lache, Or of lande, thurgh a lirte,    that lurdayne may lepe. JUDAS   I schall you teche a token    hym tyte for to take Wher he is thryngand in the thrang,    withouten any threpe. I MILES   We knawe hym noght. JUDAS          Take kepe than that caytiffe to catche The whilke that I kisse. II MILES         That comes wele thee, corious, I cleepe. But yitt to warne us wisely,    allwayes muste ye wacche. Whan thou schall wende forthwith    we schall walke a wilde hepe, And therfore besye loke now thou be. JUDAS   Yis, yis, a space schall I spie us Als sone as the sonne is sette, as ye see. I MILES   Go forthe, for a traytoure ar ye, II MILES   Ya, and a wikkid man. I DOCTOR                                  Why, what is he? II DOCTOR   A losell, ser, but lewté shuld lye us, He is trappid full of trayne the truthe for to trist. I holde it but folye his faythe for to trowe. PILATUS   Abide in my blyssing,    and late youre breste, For it is beste for oure bote    in bayle for to bowe. And Judas, for oure prophite    we praye thee be prest. JUDAS   Yitt hadde I noght a peny    to purvey for my prowe. PILATUS   Thou schalte have delyveraunce,    belyve at thi list, So that thou schall have liking    oure lordschipp to love. And therfore, Judas, mende thou thy mone And take ther thi silvere all same. JUDAS   Ya, nowe is my grete greffe overegone. I MILES   Be lyght than. JUDAS   Yis, latte me allone, For tytte schall that taynte be tone, And therto jocounde and joly I am. PILATUS   Judas, to holde thi behest    be hende for oure happe, And of us helpe and upholde    we hete thee to have. JUDAS   I schall bekenne you his corse    in care for to clappe. ANNA   And more comforte in this case    we coveyte not to crave. I MILES   Fro we may reche that rekeles,    his ribbis schall we rappe And make that roy, or we rest,    for rennyng to raffe. PILATUS   Nay, sirs, all if ye scourge hym    ye schende noght his schappe, For if the sotte be sakles Us sittis hym to save. Wherfore when ye go schall to gete hym, Unto his body brew ye no bale. II MILES   Oure liste is fro lepyng to lette hym, But in youre sight sownde schall ve sette hym. PILATUS   Do flitte nowe forthe till ye fette hym, With solace all same to youre sale.	most royal king; revenue; (t-note) rule; peace; (see note) commands; must; oblige burst entrusted; care; turreted quickly; attaint; trust my status (by right of title) (i.e., most skillful) few petitions grieves me with a groan; (t-note) vicious (see note) Pontius appear achieved aspire peer curse endure countenance; (see note) briar reverences learn felicity let us know if you know (hear); (see note) Either; bale severely (see note) handsome mean (low); subdue rebellious realm; (t-note) riot (commotion) hear (i.e., you are excited) else aggravate so angry Be calm (Behave); set forth very hateful too angry escape; malice (i.e., at this time) custody; (see note) would know ere sayings; (see note) allege; too long believe in peace; allow deceiver favor; gain feel may fail voice always; strong teaches man sitting should belong destroy (i.e., descendants) cease known rascal’s kindred burden error from malice restrain judge; fool to; insult; malice persecute; note (i.e., task) province understand; know blame (see note) count; sort out maliciously; reveal rascal inscribe apostate; (see note) submit kill; influencing happened beat outrageously stood selling; goods at fault known (t-note) tower enthroned father power house of the Lord dealing; (t-note) sacrilege benefit is involved amiss matchless; ensnare; (see note) rancor; rashly evident rule ought [to] sick; sound; (see note) cease; sayings (complaints) relieves recovery time knows keeps; holy luck neck though; proceed; precipitously bury justification grief allegations be true silly stories sayings (charges); certify put forward; accusation; (see note) faults; many become involved power; reduce cast into worry joke; sorrow; (t-note) curse Therefore; wrath; escape destruction were sense of well-being make mild of mind taught; kneel Together Because of a great injury; (see note) loathsome; (t-note) supper Simon Leprous conspiracy; harm To; box obediently eager (t-note) became very angry reason pence (money) treasurer stole lacks buy (purchase) sum approximately given; poor pity not for their part grieved; tenth quick (sharp); lose earth harm priests bargain made In this manner; know anger revenge door; (see note) benefit glowering gadling (rascal); (see note) glaring make; to swell (i.e., become terrified) hinder; course of action treason by the expression fasten fixed; sign; (see note) indication (i.e., a reprobate) beard; bark (shout) beetle-browed briber boasting encumbered by malice come; place hurt determined I’d rather choose mirth ungracious rascal livelihood unless you go brothel (worthless person) but if leaders from harm; (t-note) judge [to] dole; put Await boasting hurry; bench (see note) ere; sowed man sues (requests an audience) (t-note) made known need to stir Since; bear; beauty hesitation hovers hive full up to hilt; anger know; cloak goes about with grievance directly; examine open (careless) quickly (i.e., go quickly) speak thus disturb; their calm happiness flower hearest fault Leave aside But; afraid; wait; (see note); (t-note) honor know; danger endangered agreement; (see note) (i.e., assertions to allege) know; trouble concern; cheer (alert) purchase find out promise; quickly in sympathy with what I are you called Who wishes; brought to justice; (t-note) by what means reward place pence; in full; (see note) presses Else against understand responsible; (t-note) agreed covenant agree quickly leave; know scoundrel plays fool deeds; angered does plotted of him find; offend (i.e., what has he done) much; withheld from me receive; redressed rule; take seriously false fiend; take; (see note); (t-note) lack; trick knowingly wrong (t-note) spin out too much trust; (t-note) must teach catch trick; (see note) rascal may slip off sign quickly pressed; throng dispute (question) Take care becomes you well, curious, I say watch in a large crowd busy look scoundrel; loyalty; belie stuffed full; deception (t-note) stop; complaints remedy bale; submit profit quick put forth; comfort as you wish (i.e., a reason) complaint altogether; (see note) grief gone away happy then leave quickly; criminal; taken (see note); (t-note) promise worthy; good luck expect show; body (t-note) seize; reckless one person (i.e., trying to avoid us); rave [in pain] (see note) injure; body fool; guiltless sits (as a judge) get (entrap) desire; fleeing; prevent we fetch well-being; hall