By thy mighty and victorious courage, wherewith thou wentest to meet them that sought thee to the death, Have mercy upon us. For thy great goodness in that thou refusedst not the kiss of Judas, thy betrayer; and the ear of Malchus, that Peter smote off, thou didst restore and heal, Have mercy upon us. For those holy bonds, that thou wert bound with, and led as a prisoner, and the shameful words which thou sufferedst all that night, Have mercy upon us. For the buffet thou enduredst in the presence of the high priest Annas, and other shame done to thee, Have mercy upon us. For that love and charity which thou hadst, when thou wast brought bound before the high priest Caiaphas, Have mercy upon us. By the false witness, and thine unrighteous condemnation, Have mercy upon us. By the spitting on thee, and the scourging of thee, Have mercy upon us. By the buffets. and sore strokes given to thee, Have mercy upon us. By the binding and blindfolding of thy holy eyes; by all the shame and reproach which thou sufferedst all that night, Have mercy upon us. For that merciful look wherewith thou beheldest Peter; and for all that labour and torment, secret and unknown, which thou sufferedst all that night, Have mercy upon us. By thy presentation before Pilate, and the accusations which the Jews made against thee, Have mercy upon us. For the contempt and mocking which thou sufferedst of Herod, and the white garment in which he sent thee again to Pilate, Have mercy upon us. For all the shames, labours, upbraidings, and reproofs, which thou sufferedst, going from one judge to another, Have mercy upon us. For thy great patience and stillness, Have mercy upon us. For the shameful stripping of thy clothes, and the binding of thy most holy body to a pillar, Have mercy upon us. For thy scourgings and cruel beatings, Have mercy upon us. For thine innumerable wounds, and the plenteous shedding of thy blood, Have mercy upon us. For all thy pain, sorrow, cold, and trembling, Have mercy upon us. For thy purple garments, and thy crown of thorns, violently pressed upon thy head, Have mercy upon us. For the grievous pains that thou sufferedst in thine head, crowned with thorns when it was smitten with the reed, Have mercy upon us. By the scornful worshipping of the Jews, and their salutation when they said, Hail, King of the Jews, Have mercy upon us. By the spitting on thy godly face, and cruel beatings, Have mercy upon us. For that heaviness of heart which thou hadst, when Pilate brought thee before the multitude of the people, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and said to them, Behold the Man, Have mercy upon us. Crucifixion. For that fearful sentence of death, and shameful leading to the Mount of Calvary, Have mercy upon us. For thy great love showed to us, when thou barest thy heavy Cross upon thy shoulders, to the place where thou sufferedst thy most painful Passion; and the labour, anguish, slanders, and beatings, which thou sufferedst by the way, Have mercy upon us. For all thy bloody steps, which thou madest going to thy death, Have mercy upon us. By the great weariness thy heart, and all the powers of thy soul, Save us, deliver us, and have mercy upon us. For the parting of thy garments, and the lot which they cast upon thy coat, which was made without seam, thou beholding it, Have mercy upon us. For thy great love, whereby thou didst hang alive upon the Cross three hours, Have mercy upon us. For the abusive and scornful words which, hanging on the Cross, thou heardest spoken to thee, Have mercy upon us. For the blasphemy, sorrow and confusion, which thou sufferedst on the Cross, Have mercy upon us. For all the sorrow and pain that thou sufferedst in thy ribs, reins, and shoulders, in time of thy crucifying, Have mercy upon us. For all the pain which, there being strained upon the Cross, thou sufferedst in thine hands, feet, and all thy members, Have mercy upon us. For that wonderful charity wherewith thou prayedst thy Almighty Father for thine enemies, Have mercy upon us. For thy great mercy, wherewith thou didst promise Paradise to the thief hanging on thy right side, Have mercy upon us. For the tender care which thou hadst for thy Mother in thy torments, commending her to thy well-beloved disciple S. John, Have mercy upon us. For that great and miserable cry which thou madest to thy Father, Have mercy upon us. For the sword of sorrow which went through the soul of thy blessed Mother, and the bitter tears which standing by the Cross lamentably she shed, Have mercy upon us. For those holy tears |