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

                                
                                  W[i]th þulke dunte he smot al-so : seint thomas ope þe croun,
                                
                                  Þat blod orn bi [MS. bi corr. to to]  is face a-doun : In is riȝt half of þe wounde.
                                
                                  Lovde gradde þis luþere kniȝt : "smitez alle to grounde!"
                                  Line 2104 
                                
                                  Edward grim and [MS. and and]  alle is men : þat þo a-boute him were,
                                
                                  At-ornen a-boute ech in is side : ope þe weuedes for fere.
                                
                                  Ase it bi ore louerd ferde : þo þe giwes him nome :
                                
                                  his desciples flovwen anon : men nusten ȝware heo bi-come;
                                  Line 2108 
                                
                                  For in þe godspel it is i-writen : þat ore louerd him-self seide
                                
                                  "Ȝwane a man smit þene schepherde : þe schep wollez to-sprede";
                                
                                  And ore louered bad for is desciples : þat men ne scholden hem [MS. him]  non harm do.
                                
                                  Þaron þouȝte seint thomas : he bad for is men al-so.
                                  Line 2112 
                                
                                  An oþur kniȝt smot seint thomas : in þulke sulue wounde,
                                
                                  And made him bouwie is face a-doun : and loke toward þe grounde.
                                
                                  Þe þridde in þulke sulue stude : þare-after him smot a-non,
                                
                                  And makede him loute a-doun : is face to þe ston.
                                  Line 2116 
                                
                                  In þulke stude þe feorþe smot : þare þe oþere hadden er i-do,
                                
                                  Þat þe point of is swerd brak : In þe Marbre ato.—
                                
                                  ¶ Ȝeot þat ilke point at Caunterburi : þe Monekus doth wite, [folio 84b] 
                                
                                  For honour of þe holi man : þat þare-with was i-smite.—
                                  Line 2120 
                                
                                  With þulke stroke he smot al of : þe scholle and þe croune,
                                
                                  Þat þut brain ful on þe pauement : al a-brod þare doune.
                                
                                  þat ȝwite brayn [MS. braym]  was i-meind : with þe rede blod þere,
                                
                                  Þat colur was wel fair to seo : þei ich [al. hit]  reulich were.
                                  Line 2124 
                                
                                  Al round it orn a-boute is heued : ase it were a dyademe,
                                
                                  And al-round þare-a-bouten it lay : ȝware-of men token grete ȝeme.
                                
                                  For ȝwane men peyntiez an Anletnesse [al. halewe]  : ȝe ne seoth it nouȝt bi-leued
                                
                                  Þat þere nis depeint a Roundel : al-a-boute þe heued:
                                  Line 2128 
                                
                                  Þat rondel men cleopiez þe diademe. : for manie i-seien þat cas, [al. as me seȝ þer a fair cas] 
                                
                                  bi þe diademe of is brayne : þat he holi was.
                                
                                  Þo þis holi man i-martret was : þis kniȝtes graden ech-on,
                                
                                  "Þis traitour is to deþe i-brouȝt : wende we henne a-non.
                                  Line 2132 
                                
                                  Siwieth us ȝe kingus men alle : and alle þat with him beoth!
                                
                                  Of þis traytur ȝe beoth a-wreke : ase ȝe nouþe i-seoth.
                                
                                  he þouȝte beo herre þane þe king : and bi-nimen him is croune
                                
                                  And bringe to nouȝt al engelond : ake nouþe he lijth þare doune."

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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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