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

                                
                                  Þis guode Men þat vnder him weren : bischopes and oþere also,
                                
                                  Fondeden boþe niȝht and day : aftur is wissingue do.
                                  Line 124 
                                
                                  huy crieden on him with al hore miȝhte : alle of one [al. þe]  cite :
                                
                                  For he wuste so muche and vnder-ȝat : of ore louerdes priuete
                                
                                  Þe ȝwile he with him on eorþe was : and next him euere also,
                                
                                  Þat he scholde of is holie lijf : in sum guode bok do,
                                
                                  And of is kuynde ȝwat he was : and þat folk don to lore, [al. aboute lere] 
                                
                                  Þat huy miȝhten þe betere iwite : ȝwat ore swete louerd wore.
                                  Line 130 
                                
                                  ¶ Seint Iohan bi-souȝte þat folk ȝeorne : for him þat huy bede
                                
                                  In fastingue and in orisones : to don a swuch holi dede;
                                  Line 132 
                                
                                  And wende into a derne stude : and bad ore louerd faste
                                
                                  Þat he scholde þene holie gost : into is heorte caste,
                                
                                  Þe holie Godspel of him to make : al-holie churche to lere,
                                
                                  Ȝware-þoruȝ euerech cristine man : þe betere bi-lieued were.
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  he bad al-so þat þare ne scholde : þoruȝ ore louerdes grace
                                
                                  wind. ne reyn. ne oþur weder : come neiȝhim in þat place
                                
                                  To letten him of is holie dede : þe ȝwyle he þare-a-boute were.
                                
                                  Ore louerd heorde is bone wel : þat no weder ne lette him þere,
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  Ne cam no wynd ȝeot to þis day : ase þe holie Man it bad,
                                
                                  Ne oþur tempeste in þulke stude : as þe bok was i-mad, [al. a v. more: Holi is þe bok when so holi is þe stede] 
                                
                                  Ne [al. þat þer ne]  miȝhte neuereft come tempeste : ase þe holie man it bad. [hadde ibede] 
                                
                                  A-non so seint Ion bi-gan : to don þis holie dede,
                                
                                  I-tend he was of þe holie gost : þat ech del þat he seide
                                
                                  he sek of ore louerdes breoste : ase he þar-to lay
                                
                                  Þe ȝwile he made is swete cene : a-schere-þoresday;
                                
                                  Þare he sek out þat holie wit : of þe holie godspelle
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  Þat he made sethþe in Efese : a-mong cristine Men to telle.
                                
                                  he was þe feorþe Ewangelist : and herre nas þare non;
                                
                                  And is godspel he made last : of heom euerechon.
                                
                                  Seint Matheu and seint Mark : and eke seint luc, i-wis,
                                  Line 152 
                                
                                  heore god-spelles huy hadden longue i-maud : are he bi-guonne his.
                                
                                  Ake seint Iohan bi-gan his hext : for þare-on he bi-gan
                                
                                  Of ore louerd al ȝwat he was : are þat he were Man;
                                
                                  he bi-gan so heiȝe is godspel [MS. godspell]  : of ore louerdes kuynde, i-wis,
                                  Line 156 
                                
                                  Þat vnneþe ani Man eorþelich : entendeth ȝwat it is.
                                
                                  For he souȝhte so deope is kuynde : and of him bi-gan so heiȝe,

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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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