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

                                
                                  heiȝ man he made him sone : and chanun seculer—
                                
                                  Wel luyte tolde þe holie Man : of is grete power.
                                  Line 32 
                                
                                  Þare weren false cristine Men : a-boute in þe londe, [folio 124b] 
                                
                                  þat nolden nouȝt clanliche : þe riȝte bi-leue onder-stonde,
                                
                                  Ne huy ne bi-lefden nouȝt þat ore louerd were i-bore : of þe maide Marie—
                                
                                  Swuch manere fals bi-leue : Men cleopeden heresie.
                                  Line 36 
                                
                                  A-ȝein heom þis holie man : despuytede alday faste,
                                
                                  And manie of heom þoruȝ godes grace : into riȝte bi-leue heom caste.
                                
                                  An Eorl þare was in þe londe þo : þat guod Man was i-nouȝ:
                                
                                  Sire Symon de Mountfort : þat to alle guodnesse drouȝ,
                                  Line 40 
                                
                                  his fader þat was here a-slawe : a-mong us in Engelonde
                                
                                  Atþe batayle of Euesham : þat longue worth onder-stonde.
                                
                                  Þis guode knyȝt sire Symon : strong knyȝt was i-nouȝ
                                
                                  And a-ȝein þis vuele cristine Men : to batayle al day he drouȝ.
                                  Line 44 
                                
                                  Seint Domenic al-so a-boute ȝeode : and prechede aȝein heom wel faste:
                                
                                  So þat þis tweye guode Men : to-gadere heore heorte caste,
                                
                                  Þat huy weren boþe at one rede : þe on with his prechingue,
                                
                                  Þe oþur with strencþe of bataille : þat folk to guode bringue.
                                  Line 48 
                                
                                  And þe guode Erol [r. Eorl]  syre symon : þe ȝwile is lijf i-laste,
                                
                                  Euere heold op with his power : seint Dompnic wel faste;
                                
                                  And þoruȝ is pouer muche-del : þe ordre he bi-gan
                                
                                  Of frere prechours, þat ȝeot is : for-to saui mani a man.—
                                  Line 52 
                                
                                  bi-twene þis men for heore heresie : þe striuingue ofte was
                                
                                  And þe holie Manne seint Domenic. : ase ore louerd ȝaf þat cas,
                                
                                  Op-on þe hul of vittorie : A day þare was i-nome
                                
                                  Of desputisun bi-tweone heom : and þo þe day was i-come,
                                  Line 56 
                                
                                  Seint Domenic cam forth þo : and In a writ he brouȝte
                                
                                  his resones for cristin-dom : and þis luþere Men it bi-tauȝte,
                                
                                  to counseilie heom þare-upon bet : and Answerien þare-to
                                
                                  Oþur beon studefastore in heore bi-leue : bote huy heom couþen ondo.
                                
                                  þis Men of heore heresie : louȝwen þo wel smere; [A v. om.] 
                                
                                  A gret fuyr huy maden a-non : and þat writ heo casten In þere,
                                  Line 62 
                                
                                  And seiden, ȝif it barnde þo : of none vertue it nere.
                                
                                  Þat writ lay longue in þat fuyr : and neuere þe weorse it nas,
                                  Line 64 
                                
                                  Ne nouȝt i-wemned of one lette[r] : and þat was a fair cas!

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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.
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