To þat follovstone; [To þe fonte-stone.]
Þere hy weren .I.-cristned bein, [There þi wer cristyne tho.]
His wif and hise children tweine — [his childer two.]
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Þo nes he nout alone. [Ne was he not a.]
Wilen he heiȝte Placidas, [Some tyme.]
And nou he is cristned Ewstas — [Now he hyght sir E.]
".I.-herd be god almiȝtte!" [Blyssed be. all-myght.]
In-to þat heye wode anon
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Al abouten hy weren agon
And þonkeden oure driȝtte.
Þe kniȝt wiþ hise .I.-feren þre
Ounder one linde-tre
Reste him hone stounde. [70—5) Betwene þe vndrone & þe none, I wote, þis dede it was done, Ne was it not be nyght. — To þe wodde þi wente anone, Als-so swyth as þi myght gone, Ne restyd þei no stounde.]
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Alse wes ounder wode-bowe, [As þi went vnder þe wodde bowe,]
Wel gode tidingges him come .I.-nowe [Of god t. þer come Inow.]
From hevene to þe grounde: [Fro h. to them on g.]
On aungele seyde, þat wes briȝt: [An angelle seyd þat was fulle bryght.]
"Sire Eustace, godes kniȝt, [Ewstas godys.]
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.I.-blesced mote þou be! [Blyssyd. bene.]
Þine children and þi wif [Thi-selue, þi chylder & þi wyfe]
Sulen hauen þat eche lif [eche, ags. êce, eternal, wie 202.] [Schall in Ioy lede ȝour lyfe]
And alle blisse .I.-se. [And heue(n)s blys schall sene.]
Þey þou lete lond and lede, [Thoffe þou les both.]
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Halle and bour and heye stede, [bowre, palfray & st.]
Ne be þou nout sori! [not sorye.]
Þou art .I.-turnd to cristindome:
Þe fend þe wille sechen .I.-lome
And ofte þe fondi. [88—90) Now þou hast cristindome, vnderstond, The fend wyll ȝerne þe forto fonde, Now þou arte made holye.]
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Wendeþ, quaþ þe aungele, godes way, [Wend ȝe forthe into ȝour waye]
Wytieþ oure soule niȝt and day, [And kepe ȝour saulys, daye.]
And doþ bi mine rede! [And do as I ȝou rede.]
Alle ȝe sulen mid-.I.-wis [All ȝe schalle fore sothe Iwys.]
For þe loue of swete Jhesus
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Mid martirdom ben dede". [In. be.]
To his hous he wente anon, [Syre Eustas wente hym home]
So swiþe so he miȝtte gon, [Also swyth as. gone.]
Mid wif and children two. [With wyfe. childer.]
Þo weren is seep afelde .I.-biten,
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Þe þonre heuede his hors forsmiten —
A fote he moste go. [100—2) He found his schepe in folde wer betyne, And thonder his hors to deth had smyten, On fote ne myght þi gone (!).]
Al þat he louede, him wente fram, [All þat hym louyd wente hym fro.]
Bote is wif and is children twam. [his. childer two.]
Hof londe hy mosten wende. [Sone þi must wende.]
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Er hit dawede liȝt of day, [Erly or it was any daye.]
Wel stilleliche hy wenten away [Stylly þi stalkyd away (Ms. awas).]
Bi one wodes ende. [a woddys.]
Toward Egipte hy gunnen fare,
ffore .I.-bounden al wiþ kare,
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And wiþ loue mourninge
Of Crist þat alle þinge shop
And þat on erþe rod and stop,
Wiþ spere þat let him stinge. [109—114) fehlen.]
To one water hy comen gon: [a. þi gane gone.]
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A ship hy founden þer anon. [A schype þi founde sone anone.]
Þer houer hy mosten seyle. [Thei went þer-tylle.]
In-to þat ship he dede him þo, [þe. þi went tho.]
