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

                                
                                  he may corsi euere-more : his mis-farinde pruyte.
                                  Line 180 
                                
                                  for al-so sone as ore louerd I-maud : heouene and eorþe and helle,
                                
                                  he makede him furst and is felawes : ase ich ov mai here telle.
                                
                                  And he ase-sone ase he was imaud : he bi-gan to smite in pruyte:
                                
                                  Al-so heiȝ ase ore louerd he wolde beo : he bi-ȝat þare-with wel luyte.
                                
                                  Manie heolden faste with him : and nouȝt alle of one lore:
                                  Line 185 
                                
                                  And [al. om.]  manie likeden wel is dedene : some lasse and some more,
                                
                                  Some ferden ase huy ne rouȝten : noþer of on .ne of oþur.
                                  Line 187 
                                
                                  þare ne bi-lefte in heouene non of heom : ne heore maister noþer.
                                
                                  Seint Miȝhel was maister to driuen heom : out of heuene a-doun:
                                
                                  þat was þe batayle þat he made : with þe luþere dragoun.
                                
                                  þe maister-dragoun lucifer : and is riȝte felawes ech-on
                                
                                  þat faste heolden with is pruyte : he drof heom to helle anon.
                                  Line 192 
                                
                                  Ake huy þat heolden sumdel with him : and nouȝt fulliche so faste, [folio 134b] 
                                
                                  Out of heouene he drof heom : and In-to þe lofte heom caste,
                                
                                  Al here bi-neþe toward þe eorþe : þare mest tempeste is:
                                
                                  And þare heo schullen in tempest and [in t. and al. om.]  in pine beo : to þe daye of dome, i-wis;
                                  Line 196 
                                
                                  And ase hore gult þe more was : heore pine was [al. is]  al-so,
                                
                                  þe worse stude heom [was] i-take : heore penaunce for-to do.
                                
                                  Ake to helle huy ne schullen nouȝt : are domes-day i-wende;
                                
                                  Ak þare huy schullen after-ward : bi-leue with-outen ende.
                                  Line 200 
                                
                                  Oþure þare weren þat for heom [r. him]  : sumdel in mis-þouȝte weren,
                                
                                  Ake natheles huy heolden betere with god : and [al. ac]  vnneþe fur-bere:
                                
                                  þulke wenden out of heouene al-so : and a-boue þe oþure beoth,
                                
                                  An heiȝ onder þe firmament : and godes wille i-seoth,
                                  Line 204 
                                
                                  And so schullen sumdel in pine beo : a-non to þe worldes ende,
                                
                                  Ake huy schullen at domes-day : a-ȝein to heouene wende.
                                
                                  In eorthþeliche parays : some beoth ȝeot al-so,
                                
                                  And in oþur studes on eorþe : heore penaunce for-to do.—
                                  Line 208 
                                
                                  For heore defaute in heouene : þoruȝ ore louerdes grace
                                
                                  Man was formest on eorþe i-wrouȝt : to fulfulle þulke place.
                                
                                  ¶ For ten ordres of Aungles : þare weren i-makede þo,
                                
                                  And þe teoþe ordre ful a-doun : In-to pine and wo:
                                  Line 212 
                                
                                  And ȝeot þare beot ordres Nyne : and þare-fore man is i-wrouȝt,
                                
                                  To fulfulle þe teoþe ordre : þat was out of heouene i-brouȝt.

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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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