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The speaker describes arms stronger than the iron of nails, passage through Christ's holes and making the sign of the cross with a holy ghost.

The speaker links the wounded body with a shared religious gesture. The handwritten with connects parts of the final passage, but the page does not provide a settled doctrinal explanation.

'Pegan Except For Christ': 'Arms held more powerful than the iron in the nails / We know we go through the holes of Christ', with a handwritten 'with' between the last typed rows, ending 'Making the sign of the cross, and our holy ghost'.

The poem sets an almost pagan physical strength against Christian ritual; Pegan is kept as typed.