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

                                
                                  wite mi god forte ic come : þat hit ne beo forlore!
                                
                                  For, bi seint Nicholas þat ic louie : if hit beo awei ibore
                                  Line 444 
                                
                                  whan ic come aȝe, þu schalt : sore abigge þerfore."
                                
                                  Þe gyw wende forþ his wei : & tok al his god to wite
                                
                                  Þe ymage, forte he come aȝe : as hit is iwrite.
                                
                                  Siþþe hit biful þat liþere men : & þeoues þer come [[Here L. goes on again.]] 
                                  Line 448 
                                
                                  And to [al. om.] -breken þe giwes hous : and is guod a-wei nome. [folio 115] 
                                
                                  Þo þe giv cam hom a-ȝein : and miste al is gvod, [orig. good] 
                                
                                  gret deol he made and seoruwe i-novȝ : and ferde ase he were wod.
                                
                                  to þane ymage he wende a-non : ase he bi þe walle stod :
                                  Line 452 
                                
                                  "Seie," he seide, "ȝwat hauest þou i-do? : þou hauest i-set harm a-brod.
                                
                                  Ich bi-tok þe to witene al mi guod : þat god lente me :
                                
                                  hit is nouþe al i-bore a-wei : and þat ich wite þe,
                                
                                  Ȝwan ich it bi-tok þe in warde : and þou were of pouste
                                  Line 456 
                                
                                  to witen it wel, ȝif þat þou woldest. : þare-fore þou haue maugre. [vv. 456-7 al. om.] 
                                
                                  For ȝwane ich truste so muche to þe : and þou noldest do mi bone,
                                
                                  bi riȝte lawe, ase ich þe bi-het : þov schalt a-bugge sone,
                                
                                  Ȝwane þou ȝolde mine godhede : so vuele atþe laste."
                                  Line 460 
                                
                                  harde scourgene he nam and stronge : and beot þis ymage wel faste,
                                
                                  Þat grete peces borsten a-wei— : he ferde ase he were wod,
                                
                                  And euere he bad þat seli treo : bringue aȝen is guod.
                                
                                  Seint Nicholas þare-afterward sone : to þe þeoues wende,
                                  Line 464 
                                
                                  Al for-woundet and to-drawe : ase þe giv him to-rende;
                                
                                  "Lo," he seide, "hov ich am for ov : I-woundet and for-gnawe,
                                
                                  blok and blodi, ase ȝe i-seoth : and al mi bodi to-drawe.
                                
                                  bringez a-ȝen, ich red ov, sone : þat ȝe habbez a-wei [orig. a-ȝen]  i-bore
                                
                                  And istole of þe giwes guode : oþur ȝe schulle hangi þare-fore. [vv. 466-9 al. om.] 
                                
                                  For-soþe i segge, ȝe schullen hangen : bote ȝe it hom anon lede,
                                  Line 470 
                                
                                  Ȝe schullen some a-bugge with me : ouwer foule mis-dede."
                                
                                  Þeos þeoues weren sore of-dradde : heo nomen heom to rede
                                  Line 472 
                                
                                  And ladden hom a-ȝein þe giwes guod— : huy ne dorsten oþur for drede, [orig. fere]

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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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