The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann.

                                
                                  Þei it luytel ȝwile i-laste : with loue heo departeden ato.—
                                  Line 1752 
                                
                                  ¶ Seint thomas bi-gan to sike sore : þo he gan him onder-stonde
                                
                                   [reprimacio thome.] Þat he hadde longe i-beo : oute of engelonde;
                                
                                  Þei it were a-ȝein is wille : it þouȝte him luþer dede
                                
                                  Þat is bischopriche so longe was : with-oute conseille and rede:
                                  Line 1756 
                                
                                  to þe king of Fraunce he wende furst : and to oþere guode and hende [folio 80b] 
                                
                                  And faire he tok is leue at heom : to engelond for-to wende;
                                
                                  he þonkede heom of alle honur : þat heo him hadden i-do;
                                
                                  With fair conduyt and gret loue : fram heom he wende so.
                                  Line 1760 
                                
                                  Fram Fraunce he wende with gret honour : toward engelonde;
                                
                                  At one hauene he gan a-bide : þat Men cleopiez ȝwit-sonde. [[near Calais]] 
                                
                                  Þe lettres þat he hadde of rome : to Engelond he sende,
                                
                                  to don þe sentence al a-brod : bi-fore him ase he wende.
                                  Line 1764 
                                
                                  Þe Erchebischop of Euerwyke : In sentence he let do
                                
                                  And þene bischop of salesburi : and of londone al-so;
                                
                                  for heo hadden i-crouned þene ȝonge king : a-ȝen þe dignete
                                
                                  With onriȝte In is bischopriche : he a-mansede hem alle þre.
                                  Line 1768 
                                
                                  ¶ Þo þe tiþinge to heom cam : heo maden heom wroþe i-novȝ,
                                
                                  And þretneden þis holi man : þei it were with wouȝ.
                                
                                  Seint thomas eode toward þe schipe : In-to engelonde for-to wende:
                                
                                  A man þare cam fram engelonde : aȝen heom, [r. him]  guod and hende.
                                  Line 1772 
                                
                                  "A, sire," he seide, "for godesloue : ne passe nouȝt þe se,
                                
                                  For þare beoth kniȝtes in Engelonde : Iporueide þe for-to sle;
                                
                                  At eche hauene Men a-waytiez : to kepe þe, mani on;
                                
                                  Ȝif þou comest a-mong heom ovȝt : þov worst a-slawe a-non."
                                  Line 1776 
                                
                                  "Certes," quath þis holi Man : "Inelle no leng a-bide,
                                
                                  to Engelonde Ichulle me drawe : tide ȝwat bi-tide;
                                
                                  Þei ich beo drawe lime mele : I-nelle bi-leue non-more,
                                
                                  to longe ich habbe þaunes i-beo : þat rewez me wel sore.
                                  Line 1780 
                                
                                  Þe soulene þat ich habbe þare for-to loke : six ȝer and more, i-wis,
                                
                                  With-oute wardein habbez i-beo : allas! to longe it is.
                                
                                  A-slawe ich worþe, wel ich wot : þare, are come ouȝt longe,
                                
                                  Ichulle for holi churche riȝte : gladliche þene deth a-fonge.
                                  Line 1784 
                                
                                  Ake biddez for me Ihesu crist : i bidde eov par charite!
                                
                                  bi-fore alle oþere nameliche : o þing biddeth for me:

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Title: The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann.
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1887.
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