Þat is foweles parays : a wel ioyful place :
Þer ȝe schulle þis ester beo : & þis wit-sonedai also.
Wendeþ forþ a-godes name : þat þis veyage were ido!"
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SEint Brendan & his breþeren : to schipe wende anon,
& rue forþ faste in þe see : wiþ tempest meni on.
So þat hi seȝe in anoþer side : an ylle gret ynouȝ.
here schip þurf godes grace : þiderwardes drouȝ.
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Þo hit cam almest þerto : vpe þe roche hit gan ride,
Þat hit ne miȝte noȝt to þe yle come : ac bileuede biside.
Þis monekes wende [al. wode] vp to þis yle : ac seint brendan noȝt.
Þis monekes gonne makie here mete : of þat hi hadde ibroȝt :
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hi makede fur & soden hem fisch : in a caudroun faste.
Er þis fisch were isode [I-nouȝ] : somdel hi were agaste :
For þo þis fur was þurf-hot : þe yle quakede anon
& wiþ gret eir hupte al vp— : þis monekes dradde echon,
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[& þe wei toward hor schip : ech after oþer nom,
God leuest hem þoȝte he was : þat sonest þuder com.] [om. in H.]
hi bihulde hou þe yle : in þe see wende faste
& as a quic þing hupte vp & doun : & þat fur fram him caste;
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he suam more þan tuei myle : while þis fur ilaste.
Þe monekes iseȝe þe fur wel longe : & were sore agaste :
hi cride ȝurne on seint brendan : what þe wonder were.
"Beoþ stille," quaþ þis gode man : "for noȝt ȝe nabbe [al. habbeþ] fere.
Ȝe weneþ þat hit beo an yle : ac ȝe þencheþ amis :
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hit is a fisch of þis grete see : þe gretteste þat þer is.
Iastoni he is icleped : & fondeþ niȝt & dai [Harl. 2277 folio 44]
To pulte his tail in his mouþ : ac for gretnisse he nemai."—
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Forþ hi rue in þe see : euene west wel faste,
Þreo dayes, er hi seȝe lond : hi were somdel a-gaste.
¶ Þo seȝen hi a wel fair lond : of floures þikke ynouȝ—
wel glade hi were þo hi seȝe : þat here schip þider drouȝ.
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In þis faire lond hi wende : lengere þan ic telle :
So þat hi fonde in a place : a suyþe noble welle.
Bi þe welle stod a treo : brod & round ynouȝ;
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Foweles white & faire ynouȝ : were in euerech [al. so þicke were in ech] bouȝ,
Þat vneþe eni leef : hi miȝte þeron iseo—
Þer was ioye & blisse ynouȝ : to lokie on suche o treo.
¶ Seint Brendan for ioye wep : & sat adoun akneo
And bad oure louerd schowi him : what such a cas miȝte beo.
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Þo fleȝ þer vp alute fowel : þo he gan to fleo, [al. & toward him gan te]
As a fiþele his wynges furde : þo he to him-ward gan teo. [al. þo he gan to fleo]
