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

                                
                                  And weren a-knowe of al hore gult : and þe Miracle him sede
                                
                                  hov seint Nicholas to heom cam : with is sidene blod-rede.
                                
                                  Þe giv, and þe þeues al-so : to seint Nicholas bede
                                  Line 476 
                                
                                  Þat he for-ȝeue heom heore gult : and nolden more don to quede.
                                
                                  Þe þeues bi-comen trewe men : and ne stelen neuereft more,
                                
                                  And þe giv him let cristny sone : and tok him al-to godes lore,
                                
                                  And euereft more euerechone : loueden seint Nicholas.
                                  Line 480 
                                
                                  Me þincheth, a-mong alle oþere : a fair Miracle þat was! [vv. 480-1 al. om.] —
                                
                                  ¶ In anoþur time a guod man was : þat hadde a clerk to sone;
                                
                                  Eche ȝere he wolde for is loue : a-seint Nicholas dai bi wone
                                
                                  Of manie clerkus gret feste holden : and wurthschipien [al. om.]  seint Nicholas al-so,
                                  Line 484 
                                
                                  with offringue and seruise at churche : gret honur him do.
                                
                                  Þe feond hadde þar-to onde. : a dai he [MS. ase he]  cam þere
                                
                                  A-seint Nicholas day to þe ȝate : ase þei it a beggare were,
                                
                                  And bad, for seint Nicholas loue : þat man sum guod him [orig. heom]  ȝeoue.
                                  Line 488 
                                
                                  Anon so þat child wuste him þere : he nolde no leng bi-leue
                                
                                  Ake bred he nam in is hond : þane schrewe forto beode.
                                
                                  And þo þat child cam toward þe ȝate : þe schrewe aweiward ȝeode;
                                
                                  Þat child eode euere after-ward : to ȝiuen him of þe brede,
                                  Line 492 
                                
                                  Ake he ȝeode euere forth, ase it were : a-weiward þat child to lede :
                                
                                  And þo he cam in-to a derne stude : he bi-turnde him ate laste, [folio 115b] 
                                
                                  Ase it were to nime þat bred : and anon he nam wel faste
                                
                                  Þat child bi is seli þrote [MS. þr ote]  : and a-stranglede him a-non;
                                
                                  Þat child lai þare and deide sone : and þe schrewe a-wei gan gon.
                                
                                  Þe guode man, þo he miste is child : he souȝte it wel wide;
                                  Line 498 
                                
                                  Ake þo he fond it ligge a-slawe : wel deolfulliche he cride.
                                
                                  "Louerd," he seide, "seint Nicholas : ich bidde þe milce and ore!
                                
                                  honoured ich þe habbe mani a dai : ant ȝeot ich hopie more,
                                
                                  And for anchaisun of mi sone : þe more, and for is lore,
                                
                                  Þat þou me sendest Ioie of him : and schildest me fram sore :
                                
                                  Ȝwi ȝelstov mine ȝwyle þus? : louerd, ȝwi dest þou so?
                                  Line 504 
                                
                                  hov miȝtþou þus, seint Nicholas : for reuþe bi me do?
                                
                                  Ȝif me gladnesse of mi child : þat ich mote him a-liue i-seo,

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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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