heo iwerth a-non out of hire witte : and feol a-doun riȝt þer.
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Þat folk made gret deol for hire : and ech man þat hire i-saiȝ.
An holi man þat þarof heorde : þuder-ward wende adai.
A-non so he cam toward hire : þe deuel gradde for fere
And seide, "a weilawei! ȝwat dude ich here : bote op one herbe sat þere
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And heo me nam and swaluz [r. swalȝ] me in : and bot me al-so wel sore?
Þou miȝt ȝwite me ȝwat þou wolt : ake i-ne habbe gult non more."
"Þou schalt," quath þis holi man : "an oþer.In. habbe to-ȝere.
For heo for-ȝat to blessi hure : ful redi þou were þere."
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Þoruȝ signe of þe holie croiz : þene deuel he drof out þere;
Ȝeollinde and fol sori he wende a-wei : with ful grislich bere.
Þare-fore ich rede ech man beo i-war : þat wilnez wel to do,
blessi is mete are he it ete : þat he ne beo i-serued so.
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Nouþe, god, for þe rode loue : þat þou were on ido,
bringue us to þe heiȝe Ioye : þat þou us bouȝtest to. Amen.
11. S. Dunstan. [This legend, and S. Cristofer, I have edited before in 'Lemcke, Jahrbuch für rom, und engl. phil., 1875.']
SEint Dunston was of enguelonde : i-come of guode more.
Miracle ore louerd dude for him : þe ȝuyt he was un-bore.
For þo he was in his moder wombe : In a candel-masse day,
Þat folk was muche at churche : ase hit to þe tyme lay:
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As huy stoden alle with heore liȝt : riȝt also men stondeth ȝuyt nou,
heore liȝt queincte ouer-al : þat no mon nuste hou;
here þat liȝt barnde swiþe wel : and here it was al oute.
Þat folk stod al in gret wonder : and weren in grete doute,
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And bispeken ech to oþur : in ȝwuche manere it were
Þat it queinte so sodeinliche : al þat liȝt þat huy bere.
Also huy stoden and þarof speken : in gret wonder ech-on,
Seint Dunstones moder taper : a-fuyre werth a-non
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Þat heo huld in hire hond— : heo nuste ȝwannes it cam.
Þat folk stod and þat bihuld : and gret wonder þar-of it nam;
No man nuste fro whannes it cam : bote þoru ore louerdes grace.
Þarof huy tenden alle heore liȝt : þat weren in þe place.
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