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

                                
                                  And [al. om.]  opon euereches heued a-liȝte a-doun : wel faire, with-outen doute, [al. clerore þane aboute] 
                                
                                  And op-on þis kniȝtes heued al-so : an þoruȝ him smot a-non,
                                
                                  And þoruȝ euerech lime and lith of him : þat swete liȝt gan gon;
                                
                                  Þa[t] so muche wille [r. winne?]  and Ioye : him þouȝte, neuere he nadde.
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                                  he stod, ase þei he were i-nomen : for Ioye þat he þo hadde,
                                
                                  Ȝweþur he were quik oþur ded : bote ase he in metingue were.
                                
                                  louerd, murie is þe Ioye of heuene : ase he i-felde wel þere!
                                
                                  Ake it ne laste heom bote luytele ȝwile : þat þe leome ne with|drovȝ;
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                                  And naþeles, þei it luyte laste : þar-of heo weren fulle i-novȝ.
                                
                                  Þe kniȝt stod and bi-heold a-boute : and is riȝte stat onder-stod.
                                
                                  So fol he was of þat holi leome : þat so swete was and guod:
                                
                                  him þouȝte, þei he leouede euere-more : and neuereft more ne ete,
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                                  Ne scholde him neuer-eft to mete luste : so guod was þe leome and swete.
                                
                                  "Lo," seide þis oþur gost : þat schewede him al þis place,
                                
                                  "Sum-del þov hast nouþe iseiȝe : of ore louerdes grace
                                
                                  ¶ Of þe pine þat þe wrechche gostes : habbeth for heore mis|dede,
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                                  And of þe Ioye þat guode gostes : in parays doth lede,
                                
                                  And sum-del of þe grete Ioie : þat in þe riȝte heuene is.
                                
                                  Eche daiȝe we beoth i-fedde : ones with swuche Ioie and blis,
                                
                                  And þanne beo we al dai fulle i-novȝ : for-to ore louerd more us sende:
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                                  In swuche Ioie heo beoth þat beoth in heouene : and worþez with|oute ende,
                                
                                  And ȝuyt sum-del in more : it ne faillez heom neuere mo,
                                
                                  And we ne beoth a day bote enes : for-to we þudere go;
                                
                                  And ȝwan þat we þudere comieth : we schulle with-outen ende,
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                                  And þou, ȝif þov a-seruest heuene forth : þudere for-to wende.
                                
                                  Þov miȝt don ase þov wolt : ȝwane þov comest to eorþe, i-wis,
                                
                                  And þudere anon a-ȝen þou most— : for-soþe, at þe time it is;
                                
                                  And ȝif þov wolt guod lif lede : þine mede þov miȝt i-seo;
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                                  And ȝwat pine heo habbez, þov hast i-seie : þat luþere wollez beo.
                                
                                  A-ȝein þou most wende a-non : go forth a-godes name! [folio 103b]

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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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