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

                                
                                  "Ȝe," seide þe heremite, "ihered he beo : þat þe in swyche wille brouȝte!
                                  Line 64 
                                
                                  Leue broþer," seide þe heremite, "he is þi louerd : for to manne he þe wrouȝte,
                                
                                  And with is owene flechs and is blod : wel deore he þe a-bouȝte.
                                
                                  Þou most sum-ȝwat soffri for him : and festen eche friday."
                                
                                  "Ine faste neuere," seide Cristofre : "ne, certes, ȝeot Ine may."
                                  Line 68 
                                
                                  "Þou most," seide þe heremite, "to churche gon : and þine beden bidde also."
                                
                                  "I-not," seide Cristofre, "ȝwat it is : ne i-ne can hit nouȝt do."
                                
                                  ¶ "No," seide þe heremite, "þou art strong : and here is a water bi|side
                                
                                  Þat no man may þare-ouer come : bote he þe herre ride:
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                                  Þou most in lesnesse of þine sunnes : habbe þine woneȝingue þere
                                
                                  And ȝwane ani man to þe neode hath : þare-ouer þou most him bere,
                                
                                  In furȝiuenesse of þine misdedes." : he grauntede þat a-non.
                                
                                  Þe heremite ȝaf him cristine-dom : and het him þudere gon.
                                  Line 76 
                                
                                  ¶ CRistofre bi-side þulke watere : one hole he made him þere.
                                
                                  In his hond a long perche he bar : is staf as þei it were; [folio 122b] 
                                
                                  Ȝwane any man wolde ouer þat watur : opon is rug he him caste
                                
                                  And tok is perche and bar him ouer : he stap hardeliche and faste,
                                
                                  For he was boþe strong and long— : þare ne cam so heui non
                                
                                  Þat Cristofre ouer þe deope watere : ne bar heom ouer ech-on.
                                
                                  A niȝt in þe oþur half of þe watur : a uoiz þare cam and gradde
                                
                                  "Hale, hale," to seint Cristofre : þat he him þare-ouer ladde.
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                                  Cristofre a-ros him op a-non : is perche on honde he nam
                                
                                  And wod ouer þe watur—and ne fond no man : þo he to londe cam.
                                
                                  he nas bote i-come hom a-ȝen : þat on ne gradde eft-sone þer.
                                
                                  Cristofre wod ouer, and ne miȝte finde : non more þane he dude er.
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                                  Ȝuyt it gradde þe þridde tyme : þo he cam hom to londe.
                                
                                  And with is rodde wod a-ȝen. : a luyte child he fond þare stonde;
                                
                                  Þat child bad him par charite : ouer þe watere him lede.
                                
                                  "Cum forth, ȝif þou wolt here ouer" : cristofre to him sede;
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                                  Swyþe liȝtliche þat child he nam : and in is Armes it caste.
                                
                                  Euere ase he was ouer-ward : it gan to heuegy faste;
                                
                                  And þat watur wax al-so : þat Cristofre sore agaste

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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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