Crucifixus pro vobis Attributed to John Skelton

Woefully arrayed, arrayed = afflicted

My blood, man,

For thee ran,

It may not be nay’d; nay’d = denied

My body, blo and wan, blo and wan = black and blue

Woefully arrayed.

Behold me, I pray thee, with thy whole reason.

And be not so hard-hearted, and for this encheason encheason = cause

Sith I for thy soul sake was slain in good season, sith = since

Beguiled and betrayed by Judas’ false treason: treason = treachery

Unkindly entreated,

With sharp cord sore freted,

The Jewes me threted: threted = threatened

They mowed, they grinned, they scorned me, mowed = grimaced

Condemned to death, as thou mayest see.

Woefully arrayed.

Thus naked am I nailed, O man, for thy sake!

I love thee, then love me. Why sleepest thou? Awake!

Remember my tender heart-root for thee brake,

With paines my veines constrained to crake: crake = crack

Thus tugged to and fro,

Thus wrapped all in woe,

Whereas never man was so,

Entreated thus in most cruel wise,

Was like a man offered in sacrifice.

Woefully arrayed.

Of sharp thorn I have worn a crown on my head,

So pained, so strained, so rueful, so red,

Thus bobbed, thus robbed, thus for thy love dead, bobbed = beaten

Unfeigned I deigned my blood for to shed:

My feet and handes sore

Thy sturdy nailes bore:

What might I suffer more

Than I have done, O man, for thee?

Come when thou list, welcome to me! list = wilt

Woefully arrayed.

Of record thy good Lord I have been and shall be:

I am thine, thou art mine, my brother I call thee.

Thee love I entirely – see what is befallen me!

Sore beating, sore threating, to make thee, man, all free:

Why art thou unkind?

Why hast not me in mind?

Come yet and thou shalt find

Mine endless mercy and grace –

See how a spear my heart did race. race = torture

Woefully arrayed.

Dear brother, none other thing I of thee desire

But give me thine heart free to reward mine hire: hire = service

I wrought thee, I bought thee from eternal fire:

I pray thee array thee toward my high empire array = prepare

Above the orient

Whereof I am regent,

Lord God omnipotent,

With me to reign in endless wealth:

Remember, man, thy soules health.

Woefully arrayed,

My blood, man,

For thee ran,

It may not be nay’d;

My body, blo and wan.

Woefully arrayed.