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

                                
                                  And seide þat he nas nouȝt wurthe : þat men scholde him with-inne i-seo;
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                                  And with-oute churche pitousliche : he sat a-doun a-kne.
                                
                                  Ake þe Cardinales nolden nouȝt : is bodi al on-wreo,
                                
                                  And somdel a-boue is cloþes : heo a-soileden him riȝt þere;
                                
                                  For deol heo weopen pitousliche : and manie þat þare were.
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                                  his sone al-so made one bi-heste : with wel dreorie chere:
                                
                                  Þe faderes penaunce to folfulle : ȝif he of power nere
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                                  Oþur ȝif he felle in-to feble stat : þat he ne miȝte it nouȝt ful-ende,
                                
                                  Opon him-self þe charge he nam : and dude ase guod and hende.
                                
                                  Þus was þe holi man : i-brouȝt to martyrdom;
                                
                                  Mani was þe fair miracle : þat for him sone com. [Both verses are written in one line.] —
                                
                                   [Jerusalem.] ¶ For In Ierusalemes londe men wusten : of is martyrdom
                                
                                  With-Inne þe furste fourtene-Niȝt : þat he þe det nam.
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                                  For a Monek in þulke londe : In is deþe vuele lai,
                                
                                  And is Abbod cam to him : bi-fore is ende-dai [Both verses are written in one line.] 
                                
                                  And conIurede him [MS. him þat him]  þat he scholde : after is deþe þere
                                
                                  to him comen and tellen him fore : in ȝwuch stat he were.
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                                  So þat þis Monek deide sone : ase ore louerd ȝaf þat cas.
                                
                                  to is Abbod sethþe he cam : ase he I-conioured was,
                                
                                  And seide þat he i-saued was : In þe Ioie of heuene an heiȝ;
                                
                                  he tolde him muche of þe Ioye : þat he þare i-seiȝ.
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                                  he tolde him þat þulke tyme : þat he to heuene cam
                                
                                  Þe Erchebischop of Caunterburi : þolede martyrdom,
                                
                                  And þat is soule þulke tyme : to heuene wende a-non;
                                
                                  "Fair was þat processioun : þat a-ȝen him cam gon
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                                  Of Aungles and of patriarks : and of apostles al-so,
                                
                                  Of Martirs and of confessours : and of virgines þer-to.
                                
                                  heo nome alle þeos holi soule : And bi-fore ore louerd sone [folio 86b] 
                                
                                  brouȝten hire with Ioye and blisse : ase he sat in is throne.
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                                  his croune was al of i-smite : and blodi was is heued,
                                
                                  And is brayn was al i-sched : þare nas nouȝt bi-leued.
                                
                                  ¶ 'Thomas, thomas,' quath ore louerd : 'þus it fallez to þe
                                
                                  To þine louerdus court to come : In swuche manere to me!
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                                  For þi seruise ich þe ȝyue : ase muchel Ioie and blis
                                
                                  Ase ich ȝaf seint peter : þat min Apostel is.'

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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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