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

                                
                                  Þe see drof here schip after wil : þe wynd was gret ynouȝ;
                                
                                  As þe wynd hem drof est forþ : wel euene þe schip him drouȝ,
                                
                                  Euene aȝe þat þe sonne ariseþ : a-midsomeres day—
                                
                                  Nou nuste non of hem whar he was : ne no lond he nesay.
                                  Line 112 
                                
                                  Euene forþriȝt fourti dayes : þe wynd hem drof faste:
                                
                                  So þat hi seȝe in þe norþside : a gret ylle [r. yle]  atte laste,
                                
                                  Of harde roche & gret ynou : in þe see wel heȝe;
                                
                                  Þreo dayes hi wende þer-aboute : er hi miȝte come þer-neȝe.
                                  Line 116 
                                
                                  ¶ A lute hauene hi [MS. he]  fonde þo : alond hi wende þere;
                                
                                  hi wende alond as maskede [al. masid]  men : hi nuste whar hi were.
                                
                                  Þer com go a wel fair hound : as hit were hem to here;
                                
                                  At seint Brendanes fet he ful adoun : & makede him faire chere.
                                  Line 120 
                                
                                  ¶ "Beau freres," quaþ seint brendan : "ȝe neþore noþing drede:
                                
                                  Ich wot þis is a messager : þe riȝte wei ous to lede."
                                
                                  Þis hound ladde þis holi man : to an halle, fair ynouȝ,
                                
                                  Gret & starc & suyþe noble : euene in he drouȝ.
                                  Line 124 
                                
                                  Þis monekes fonde in þis halle : bord & cloþ isprad,
                                
                                  & bred & fisch þer-vppe ynouȝ— : þer nas non þat nas glad.
                                
                                  hi sete adoun & ete faste— : for hem luste wel þerto.
                                
                                  Beddes þer were, al ȝare ymaked : er here soper were ido:
                                  Line 128 
                                
                                  After here soper to bedde hi wende : to resten hem, as þe wise.
                                
                                  Þo hi hadde alle islepe ynouȝ : sone hi gonne arise,
                                
                                  & wende to here schip : as hi hadde er ibeo.
                                
                                  In þe see wel longe hi were : er hi miȝte lond iseo.
                                  Line 132 
                                
                                  ¶ Þo hi seȝe [r. seȝe hi]  as bi þoþer side : an ylle fair ynouȝ,
                                
                                  Grene & [wiþ] wel fair lese. : þiderward here schip drouȝ.
                                
                                  Þo hi come on þis faire lond : & bihulde aboute wide, [Harl. 2277 folio 43b] 
                                
                                  Þe faireste scheep þat miȝte beo : hi seȝe in eche side;
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  A scheep was grettere þan an oxe : whittere ne miȝte non beo.
                                
                                  Gret ioye hi hadde in here hurte : þat hi miȝte þis iseo.
                                
                                  Þer com [al. þo com þer]  go a wel fair man : & grette hem wiþ faire chere,
                                
                                  & seide, "ȝe beoþ hider icome : þer ȝe neuere nere.
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  ¶ Þis is icliped þe lond of scheep : for scheep wel faire her beoþ,
                                
                                  Mochele & white & grete ynouȝ : as ȝe aldai iseoþ;
                                
                                  Fairere hi beoþ þan ȝoure scheep : & grettere vnyliche,
                                
                                  For murie weder is her ynouȝ : & lese suyþe riche.
                                  Line 144 
                                
                                  her nis neuere wynter non : for her nis non [al. ne non hei]  ifounde,
                                
                                  Ac hi eteþ þerbes nue : as hi springeþ of þe g[ro]unde.
                                
                                  Ne me ne gadereþ noȝt of here mulc : þat hi scholde þe worse beo;
                                
                                  ¶ For þis þing, & meni oþer : þe bet hi mowe iþeo.
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  To a stede ȝe schulle hunne wende : þurf oure louerdes grace,

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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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