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

Ore lauedie he þonkede and hire grace : þat to swuche guodnesse him brouȝte. [al. 2 vv. more.] 160 ¶ Þis cas bi-feol in leinte : on a satures-day at niȝt. A-morewe, þene sonenday : þe day was cler and briȝt [al. as þe day was liȝt] , Þe bischop and is clerkes : and muche folk al-so to churche comen, ase riȝt was : godes seruise to do. 164 Riȝt þo godspel was i-rad : Theofle forth him wende, To þe bischopes fet he feol a-doun : and þene Deuel more he schende : he tolde þe bischope euerech del : and al þe folke al-so, Þat foreward [MS. fereward] and þe sikernesse : þat he hadde þe Deuele i-do, 168 And hov of þe Deueles miȝte : ore swete leuedi him caste And brouȝte him þe chartres þat he made : þat bi-loke was in helle faste. Þe chartre bi-fore al þat folk : he let þe bischope rede, Þat ech man i-seiȝe is luþere sunne : and ore leuedie mildhede. 172 Þa[t] folk wolde þe chartre witen : for miracle, þat [al. as] huy bede. "A, Merci, merci, for godes loue" : Theofle ofte seide, "For þe ȝwyle þe chartre is i-hol : ȝeot euere-more me dredeth; Are heo beo to douste i-brent : siker lijf ne mai ich lede." 176 Þe chartre huy barnden bi-fore heom alle : þat ech man miȝte i-seo. "Certes, nouþe ich hopie," theofle seide : "þat siker ich mouwe beo." ¶ Þo þe bischop hadde is masse i-do : þat folk cam mani-folde A-boute Theofle in eche side : þat wonder to bi-holde. 180 briȝtore þane þe sonne, heom þouȝte : he schon in-to al is face, Þat non ne miȝte for briȝthede : bi-holde him in þat place. [folio 130] he liet dele and ȝiue pouere men : þat [al. his] guod wel clene þere, And seide þat he out of churche nolde : þe ȝwile he a-liue were. 184 To þe stude he wende a-non : þat [al. þer] ore leuedi to him a-liȝte And brouȝte him þe chartres of is sunnes : þoruȝ hire swete miȝte. A-non-riȝt he bi-gan to sikni : and þare riȝt a-doun lay; his breþren he custe echone : and deide þene þridde day. 188 þat folk dude bi him þat was to done : and bureden him riȝt þere. his soule wende to heuene [MS. henene] anon : þare I-cholde we alle were. For he is a seint in heuene an heiȝ : and his day fallez in þe ȝere A luyte bi-fore Aueryl : ase þe bok us doth lere. 192 Wel fair Miracle ore leuedi dude : þat brouȝte him of þulke wo, Ase heo hath manye oþere i-don : and ȝeot heo wole wel mo.
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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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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by N. Trübner & co.,
1887.
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