neck; they gave thee in derision a reed for thy sceptre, and, kneeling down before thee in scorn, saluted thee, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews;” then took they the reed out of thy hand, and with it struck thy sacred head, and again spat upon thy sacred face.
11. O good and gracious Jesus, who wast brought forth from Pilate to the Jews to be gazed on, wearing the crown of thorns and purple garment, Pilate showing thee to the people, and saying, “Behold the man;” but they cried out with a loud voice and insatiable malice, “Crucify him, crucify him!”
12. O good and gracious Jesus, thou wast delivered up to the will and pleasure of the Jews, who immediately led thee to be crucified, laying thy heavy cross upon thy sore and bloody shoulders; thus didst thou humbly bear thy own cross, whose weight pained thee excessively, and coming to the place all weary and breathless, thou refusedst not to taste wine mingled with gall and myrrh, which was the only relief there given thee.
13. O good and gracious Jesus, being come to Mount Calvary, thou wast again stripped naked, when thy wounds were renewed by the violent pulling off of thy clothes. What bitter pains didst thou suffer, when thou wast fastened to the cross with rough nails, and the joints of thy limbs stretched as on a rack! O, with what love and sweetness of charity didst thou suffer thy hands and feet to be pierced through, whence, as from a fountain, thy precious blood gushed out!
14. O good and gracious Jesus, who, hanging on the cross between two thieves, wast assailed with blasphemies, and after so long a continuance of thy tortures, prayedst to thy Father to forgive them; and even when their fury was at the highest, didst exercise the greatest bounty, promising paradise to the repenting thief, and bequeathing thy dearly-beloved
