And four Monþes and four dawes : i-beo in worlde [r. wolde? the other MSS. bishop]
Four-score ȝer he was old : and seuene al-so neiȝh
Are he wende out of þis lijf : to þe Ioye of heuene an heiȝ.
¶ Þo þis holie man was ded : þe Monekes comen sone
In þe priorie of wirecestre : and duden þat was to done:
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Wuschen þat bodi, ase it was riȝht : and to churche it bere;
Þe Monekes alle with gret honour : þat is breþerne were,
Þe seruise a-bouten him huy duden : ase it was wel riȝht,
And to seggen heore sauteres al-so : þare-bi huy woken a-niȝht.
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¶ Þo it was wel with-inne niȝht : ase huy seiden in heore boke,
heom luste slepe swiþe wel : þat vnneþes huy miȝhten loke,
And some ne miȝhten nouȝt fur-bere : ake leiȝen and slepen faste,
Some ase it were in dweolkningue : heore eiȝene to-gadere huy caste.
Þat holie bodi, þat lai þare ded : a-mong heom in þe bere,
A-ros up wel mildeliche : ase þei it a-liue were,
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And a-weiȝhte heom euer-ech-on : and bi-gan atþon ende
And al along þe rewe : þoruȝ þe queor he gan i-wiende;
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And euere ase he a-weiȝhte heom : sumdel he [superscr.] gan heom chide
Þat huy nolden with heore slep : heore riȝhte tyme a-bide.
¶ So muche [was] is holi heorte : þe ordre for-to wite [folio 50b]
Þat he nolde, þei he were ded : his breþerne fur-ȝite!
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Þis Miracle was sone i-kud : ase riȝht was þat it were.
At wirecestre he was i-bured : and ȝuyt he liht þere.
Þare Man may for is holie bodi : mani fair Miracle i-seo.
Nou god graunti þat we mote with him : in þe Ioye of heouene beo.
21 Matheu.
SEint Matheu þe Ewangelist : apostel he was and is, [al. i-wis]
Ewangelist and eke a-postle : for-soþe he was and is:
Ewangelist, for he godspelles made : þat men doth ofte rede,
Apostel, for ore louerd here on vrþe : seint Matheu with him gan lede.
For ase ore louerd eode ouer lond : seint Matheu he saiȝ bi cas
his mester don of walkingue : for a follare [al. tollare] he was,
Fals and trichor of is werk : and liuede bi falshede.
Ore louerd him hiet bi-leue is weork : "cum siwe me," he seide.
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And he bi-lefde þo is weork : and wiz ore louerd eode,
