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

                                
                                  Seint steuene to deþe huy stenden : þat was ore louerd ful deore,
                                
                                  And manie Men huy flemden : þat cristes limes were;
                                  Line 166 
                                
                                  ¶ Non Apostle ne moste liue : in Giwene londe,
                                
                                  Alle huy weren of londe i-driue : with wrathþe and nyþe and onde.
                                
                                  Seint Maximus was þo : with godes apostles [al. þo was w. g. a. : s. M.]  bi-come;
                                
                                  Sixti .ant. Ten deciples : to-gadere heom hadden i-nome;
                                  Line 170 
                                
                                  ¶ Marie þe Maudeleyne : and hire broþur lazarus,
                                
                                  And heore suster Martha : and þe bischop Maximus,
                                
                                  Mani mo of cristine Men : wel mo þane i can nemne,
                                
                                  weren i-hote fleme : and some to quelle and brenne.
                                  Line 174 
                                
                                  ¶ Huy weren in .A. schip i-pult : with-outen ster and ore,
                                
                                  Þat huy scholden beon fur-faren [al. i-spilt]  : and ne libben no-more;
                                
                                  Þare nas noþur ido with heom : noþur watur ne bred,
                                  Line 177 
                                
                                  For huy scholden of-hongrede beon : and sone þare-aftur-ward ded.
                                
                                  ¶ Huy schypeden in þe salte se : ase Iesu crist it wolde,
                                
                                  For-to þat tyme scholde beo : þat huy a-riui scholde.
                                  Line 180 
                                
                                  To Marcile þe wynd heom drof : a gret name-couth cite;
                                
                                  Euer-ech of heom oþur schrof : are huy comen out of þe se.
                                
                                  ¶ Huy ne founden þare no freond [al. frend non]  : þat wolde heom hereboruwe,
                                
                                  Cristine man ne no giv [Noþer gywe ne cr. man]  : an eue noþur a-moruwe,
                                
                                  Ne ȝyuen heom mete ne drinke noþur [al. om.]  : ne lissen heore soruwe,
                                
                                  Ne no man, for loue ne for swunch : þat huy miȝhten of bugge ne borewe:
                                  Line 186 
                                
                                  ¶ In one olde porche : huy stunten al þat nyȝht,
                                
                                  with-oute liȝht of torche : with-oute fuyr and candle briȝht.
                                  Line 188 
                                
                                  Þe porche was an old [MS. hold]  hous : of olde weorke i-wrouȝt;
                                
                                  Þudere in huy weren alle wel vouse : þat of þe se weren i-brouȝht,
                                
                                  ¶ For huy nusten elle-ȝware : þat huy stunte miȝhte;
                                
                                  Bote huy hadde gre[t] schame and teone : and giwes with heom to fiȝhte.
                                  Line 192 
                                
                                  Þare huy duelden al þat nyȝht : forto it was day a-moruwe.
                                
                                  Þe sarasins heom boden fiȝht : to echen heore soruwe.
                                
                                  ¶ Alle þe Men þat fram þe se : þuder weren i-come,
                                
                                  huy nusten ȝwodere huy miȝhte fleo : for-þi huy weren i-nome.
                                  Line 196 
                                
                                  huy weren i-hote ope lyf and lime [al. on here lyf]  : Iesu crist fur-sake,
                                
                                  And, with þretningue and with strif : to heore false godus take.

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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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