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

                                
                                  So þat bi hore boþe redes : þis dede was i-do.
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                                  Þe pope honorie, þat was þo : hidere he gan sende
                                
                                  Ane legat fram Rome, þat het pandulf : to bringe þis dede to ende.
                                
                                  Þe pope ȝaf alle pardon : þat þudere wolden gon,
                                
                                  Þat men nusten in Engelonde : suuych pardon non.
                                
                                  Þare-fore, for-to honouri þis holi man : þere cam folk i-novȝ;
                                
                                  Of bischopes and of Abbodes : mani on þudere drouȝ,
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                                  Of priores and of persones : and manie oþur clerkes al-so;
                                
                                  Of Eorles and of barones : and manie kniȝtes heom to;
                                
                                  Of seriaunz and of squiers : and oþere house-bondes i-nowe;
                                
                                  And þe simple men of þe londe : so þicke þudere drowe
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                                  Þat al þe contreie þare-a-boute : þe tounes wide and longe [MS. londe] 
                                
                                  Vnneþe miȝten al þat folk : þat þudere cam a-fonge.
                                
                                  ¶ So þat þis heiȝe men : þat scholden þis dede do
                                
                                  Weren in care hov heo miȝten : for prece comen þer-to;
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                                  So þat Erchebischop steuene : of ȝwam ich er ov seide,
                                
                                  And þe bischop Richard of Salesburi : þar-of heom nomen to rede,
                                
                                  And prior water of þe house : and þe couent al-so,
                                
                                  Wenden heom in priuete : þis dede for-to do.
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                                  bi niȝte, þo men weren a-slepe : and luyte þar-on þouȝte,
                                
                                  heo nomes [r. nomen]  op þe holi bones : and in one cheste brouȝte, [folio 88] 
                                
                                  And setten heom in a priue stude : for-to þe time was i-come
                                
                                  þat [MS. hit]  was i-crid into al þat lond : þat heo scholden beo up i-nome.
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                                  It was in þe monþe of Iulie : euene þene seuenthe dai,
                                
                                  bi a tiwesdai it was þo : ase al þat folk i-saiȝ.
                                
                                  Þo þe dai was i-come : to þe munstre heo wenden a-non,
                                
                                  Kyng henri þat ȝonge child : an þe heiȝe men ech-on;
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                                  A-boute onderne of þe daie : to þis holi bones heo come.
                                
                                  PAndulf wende furst þer-to : þat legat was of rome,
                                
                                  And þe Erchebischop of Caunterburi : and þe Erchebischop of reins al-so,
                                
                                  Þat for þulke þinge cam : fram bi-ȝeonde se þer-to,
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                                  And sire hubert de boruȝ : þat þo was heiȝ Iustise.
                                
                                  Þeos foure grete louerdes : þat noble men weren and wise,
                                
                                  On heore scholdres huy nomen up : þis holi bodi a-non;
                                
                                  ¶ Bischopus and Abbodes al-so : it beren ful mani on.

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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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