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

                                
                                  Þat euere ani man a-ȝein is wille : to him beo i-brouȝt."
                                
                                  ¶ "A, merci," quath hermogenes : "þis deuelen me beteh [r. beten]  so sore
                                
                                  Þat I-ne dar anne fot fram þe go : laste huy me nimen more;
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                                  huy me wullez a-sle, ȝif huy me a-fongueth eft : and þare-fore ich bidde þe
                                
                                  Þat þov me take sum þing þat ich mouwe : for heom bere with me."
                                
                                  Seint Ieme him tok is staf on honde : "go nov forth," he seide,
                                
                                  "Þere nis no deuel þat dorre nouþe : neiȝ þe come, for drede."
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                                  Hermogenes wende him forth. : his bokes alle he nam
                                
                                  Þat he hadde of his enchauntemenz : to þe Apostle a-ȝein he cam
                                
                                  And bad þat he as for-brenne scholde. : þe Apostle sone heom nam
                                
                                  And caste heom in þe deope .se : faste i-bounde echon.
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                                  ¶ Hermogenes criede him merci : and wilnede cristindom;
                                
                                  So þat he i-cristned was : and swiþe holi man bi-cam.—
                                
                                  Abiatar, þat þo was : Iustise, luþur i-novȝ,
                                
                                  For þis dede he was wroth : toward seint Ieme, with gret wouȝ.
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                                  he nam him faste and swor is othþ : þat he it scholde a-bugge deore;
                                
                                  to þe kyingue heroudes he liet him lede : a rop a-boute is swere.
                                
                                  Heroudes ȝaf his dom a-non : his þrote to smite a-two,
                                
                                  And Iosie þe quellare he was bi-take : þulke dede for-to do.
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                                  Ane Rop he dude a-boute is necke : and ladde him toward is dome. [folio 35b] 
                                
                                  Ane Man he helde of þe palasie : are heo þudere come.
                                
                                  Þo Iosie þis isaiȝ : merci anon he criede;
                                
                                  Seint Ieme þe holie Apostle : he bad wel sone a-bide
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                                  And cristni him in þe place : a-non-riȝtes þere.
                                
                                  A-seinte marie day in leinte : bi-haueded boþe heo were.
                                
                                  Ake holie curche halt of ore leuedi : feste þat ilke day;
                                
                                  Bi-fore lamasse seueniȝht : we holdeth is day þer-fore, [MS. bi-fore] 
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                                  For þulke daye is bodi was : in-to schrine i-bore.
                                
                                  ¶ A-non so seint Ieme þe holie man : bi-haueded was þere,
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                                  his desciples him wolden lede a-wei : ac huy ne dorsten for fere.
                                
                                  heore tyme huy a-wayteden wel : ȝwanne none Men þare neiȝ nere,
                                
                                  And þat bodi wel stilleliche : out of þe countreye bere.
                                
                                  In a schip huy leiden it in þe se : and forth þare-withþ huy wende,
                                
                                  And none ȝeme ne nomen ȝwoderward fare : bote ase god he[m] kende.
                                
                                  Þat schip wende forth bi him-seolf : and hit cam on a day

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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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