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

                                
                                  Ase he bi-heold al-so a-boute : þare come In at þe on ende
                                
                                  Twelf men in ȝwite cloþes : swiþe faire and hende; [folio 98] 
                                
                                  Alle heore crounes weren newe schaue— : and suyþe faire heo him gretten,
                                
                                  And alle heo seten faire a-doun : and þane [kniȝt] bi heom heo setten.
                                
                                  ¶ Þo seide on of heom, ase þei it þe prior were : wel mildeliche and stille:
                                
                                  "bev frere, i-hered beo Ihesu crist : þat on þe brouȝte swuche wille,
                                
                                  And late þe þat þouȝ a-godes name hast bi-gonne : for is holi grace wel ende!
                                
                                  leue broþur, ȝwane þou woldest þis wei : for þine sunnes wende,
                                  Line 116 
                                
                                  Oþur þov most beon studefast and hardi : and in none manere tuyrne þi þouȝt,
                                
                                  Oþur þov worst for-lore, lif and soule : and sone to þe deuel i-brouȝt.
                                
                                  For also-sone ase we beth heonne i-went : þe feondes luþere and wicke
                                
                                  heo wollez come a-boute þe : In-to þis hous ful þicke,
                                  Line 120 
                                
                                  And don þe tormens and wo i-novȝ : and bi-hote þe wel more;
                                
                                  And heo wollez also bi-hote þe Ioye i-novȝ : ȝif þov wolt leue heore lore;
                                
                                  And ȝif heo mouwen þoruȝ ani bi-heste : oþur enie gile, þe ouer-come,
                                
                                  For-soþe þov worst, lif and soule : a-deuele wei al clene i-nome.
                                  Line 124 
                                
                                  Ake ȝif þov art studefast of heorte : and on Ihesu crist wolt þenche,
                                
                                  Ne for bi-heste [MS. heste heste]  ne for wo : fram him þou nelle blenche,
                                
                                  Þou worst quit of alle þine sunnes : þat þov hast euere i-wrouȝt,
                                
                                  And þov schalt i-seo alle þe Ioies : þat guode men beoth inne i-brouȝt,
                                
                                  And al-so þe pine þat luþere men : habbez for heore mis-dede.
                                
                                  Ake in ȝwat wo þat þov euere art : euere þench on god, ich rede,
                                
                                  ¶ And euere ȝwane heo tormentiez þe : cri Iesu milce and ore,
                                
                                  And, ȝif þou art studefast in gode bi-leue : heo ne schullen defouli þe non-more.
                                  Line 132 
                                
                                  We bi-takez þe god of heuene : and ich rede þov do bi ovre lore."
                                
                                  Þo nuste þe kniȝt ȝware heo bi-comen. : he sat and siȝte sore,
                                
                                  Elinge he bilefte alone : and cride on godes miȝte,
                                
                                  And Armede him with holie beden : aȝen þe deuelene to fiȝte,
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  On þe holi gost he cride faste : þat he ne scholde him faile;

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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.
Subject terms: Christian saints

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