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

                                
                                  Leoue fader, ich seide þo : ȝwat eilede eov, alas,
                                
                                  Ȝwy wolde ȝe him to deþe do : ȝwane he so guod was?
                                
                                  he seide þat þoruȝ him it nas nouȝt : ake for þat he with-sede
                                
                                  Mine felawes of heore lawe : huy duden him to deþe,
                                  Line 28 
                                
                                  And sethþe in sepulchre leiden him : and he a-ros to liue
                                
                                  Fram deþe þene þridde day : Mid is woundene fiue,
                                
                                  Þene fourteoþe dai þare-Afterward : to heouene he wende an heiȝ
                                
                                  In þe londe of Galilee : þat muche folk it i-seiȝ;
                                  Line 32 
                                
                                  Twelf Monþe it was þare-afterward : and half ȝer and more
                                
                                  Þat Steuene, þat [was] mi broþur : prechede of is lore,
                                  Line 34 
                                
                                  Þe Giwes him ladden with-oute þe toun : and þreowen him with stones
                                
                                  And þare-with brouȝten him to deþe : and debruysden alle is bones;
                                
                                  Þene Morewe aftur Midewinter day : to deþe huy him brouȝte,
                                
                                  And nouþe he is in þe blisse of heuene : and þat he wel deore a|bouȝte.' "
                                
                                  ¶ Þo Iudas hadde þis tale i-told : þe giwes seiden, ase huy stode:
                                
                                  "Neuer er ne heorde we telle : þus muche of þe rode."
                                  Line 40 
                                
                                  Þo þe tyme icome was, : bi-fore þe quyene huy come.
                                
                                  "Cheoseth," seide þe Quiene a-non : "on of þis tweie domes;
                                
                                  Lijf and deth eov is bi-fore : cheosez ȝweþur ȝe wolle:
                                
                                  bote ȝe me bringue þe holie rode : echone brenne ȝe schulle."
                                  Line 44 
                                
                                  gret fuyr heo liet makie : riȝt bi-fore hore eiȝen. [folio 23b] 
                                
                                  Þe giwes bi-gonne to crien loude : þo huy þat fuyr i-seiȝen,
                                
                                  And seiden : "ȝif any man þare-of wot : þanne wot Iudas,
                                
                                  For Zachee, is fader fader : of swyþe gret power was
                                  Line 48 
                                
                                  Þulke tyme þat Iesus : was op-on þe rode i-do."
                                
                                  Þo liet þe Quiene nime Iudas : and alle þe oþere he [= heo]  liet go,
                                
                                  And bad him beo a-knowe a-non. : he nolde for no þretningue.
                                  Line 51 
                                
                                  Þe Quiene him liet wel faste binde : and in strongue prisone bringue.
                                
                                  With-oute mete and drinke : þare seue dawes he lay;
                                
                                  For strong hounguer he criede loude : þene seuenþe day
                                
                                  And seide : "bringueth me out of þis wo : and ich eov [wole] [om.]  lede
                                
                                  Þare ich wene þat þe rode beo : ase mi fader me seide."
                                  Line 56 
                                
                                  Þo he out of prisone cam : with muche folk he wende
                                
                                  to þe place þare þe rode was : ase is fader him kende.

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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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