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

                                
                                  Þe mide-wyues him wolden habbe i-bured : ac þe moder seide euere nay.
                                  Line 16 
                                
                                  A-ȝein eue he cudde furst is lif. : to churche he was i-bore,
                                
                                  And for seint Eadmundes day : he [was] Eadmund i-cleoped þare-fore.
                                
                                  ¶ Þis child wax and wel i-þev— : elles wonder it were.
                                
                                  Þo it was of ani elde : þe moder it sette to lere,
                                  Line 20 
                                
                                  And Robert al-so, hire oþur sone— : for sones heo hadde to,
                                
                                  And tweye maydenes clene i-nouȝ : hire douȝhtren were al-so,
                                
                                  Dame Margerie and dame Alis : þat at catesbi weren i-do
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                                  And þare in religion Nonnes huy weren : and ȝuyt liggez þare boþe-to.
                                
                                  ¶ Dame Mabile, heore guode moder : þeos children heo louede i-nouȝh,
                                
                                  And wissede heom to clene liue : and to alle guodnesse heom drouȝh.
                                
                                  Þe ȝwyle þe children ȝongue weren : heo ȝaf heom ofte mede
                                
                                  For-to faste þane friday : to watur and to brede.
                                  Line 28 
                                
                                  Þoruȝ mede and þoruȝ ire faire bi-heste : huy weren so þar-on i-brouȝt,
                                
                                  Þat, þo huy weren of grettore elde : it ne grefde heom riȝht nouȝht.
                                
                                  ¶ Þe moder werede þe strongue here : for ore louerdes loue,
                                
                                  Fram þe scholdre to þe hele : and on haubark þare-a-boue—
                                  Line 32 
                                
                                  In swuche manere he ladde hire lif : þe widewe þat was so wis.
                                
                                  wel ȝongue heo sende boþe hire sones : to scole to paris,
                                
                                  And bi-tok heom spense luyte i-nouȝ : ase heo it miȝhte bi-seo.
                                
                                  huy senden hire word [al. seide aȝe]  þat huy ne miȝhten : with so luyte beo.
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                                  "leoue sones," quath þe mode[r] : "ichulle beon a-ȝein eov hende;
                                
                                  Ȝif ȝe wollez aftur me do : ich can eou more sende,
                                
                                  And it schal eov like swiþe wel : bi þat ȝe wyteth þe ende;
                                
                                  Ne spariez nouȝht, mi leoue sones [al. ȝif ȝe dorre mid so lute]  : out of londe to wende."
                                
                                  ¶ "Leoue Moder," queþen þe sones : "we schullen do aftur þi lore;
                                
                                  Ake wel þou wost þat we ne mouwen nouȝt libbe : bote þou us sende more." [folio 180] 
                                
                                  ¶ Þe moder tok wel stilleliche : eyþur of heom ane here
                                
                                  And bad heom boþe for hire loue : þat huy with heom as bere
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                                  And werie as twie oþur þrie : eche woke þere,
                                
                                  And heo wolde heom sende spense i-nov : þe ȝwuyle huy at scole were.
                                
                                  ¶ Þis children ȝeoden to scole þo : and duden heore moder heste
                                
                                  And wereden þe here twie a wike : oþur þrie at þe leste.
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                                  So longe huy woneden heom þar-to : þat huy nomen as ofture þo,

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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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