And so he dude anon riht:
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And was al hol þorwh Godus miht
And þe preyere of seint Austine,
Þat grete clerk is of dyuyne.
A schepherde bitwenen his scholdres twein [Cum cuidam pastori saevum ulcus inter scapulas ortum esset, adeo morbus invaluit, ut jam totis esset viribus destitutus. Qui dum ad s. Augustinum preces emitteret, eidem Augustinus in visu apparuit et super locum infirmum manum apponens perfecte eum sanavit.]
A gret bocche hedde and a uylein, [bocche = botch, a swelling of the skin.]
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Þat him dude so muche wo
Þat his mihtes were neih ago.
But to seint Austin he preyed fast
To sende him hele, atte last.
Seint Austin in a uisioun
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Apered to him in his deuocioun
And leide his hond vppon þe sore:
And hit was hol for euermore.
ÞAt same mon afturward þo [Idem quoque vir procedente tempore oculorum lumine est privatus. Qui cum s. Augustinum se|dulo invocaret, quodam die circa meridiem eidem apparuit et oculos manibus suis tergens pristinam sibi sanitatem restituit.]
Lost þe siht of his eȝen two.
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To seint Austin his herte he lende
And preyed, his siht him forte sende.
Vppon a day aftur þe meridien
Austin apeered to him þen
And wiped his eȝen wiþ his honde:
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And he was hol þorwh Godus sonde.
ABoute niȝene hundred ȝer [Circa annum domini DCCCCXII viri quidam graviter infirmi numero plus quam XL de Germania et Gallia Romam ibant ad limina apostolorum visitanda; quorum quidam scamnis in terra curvi se ve|hentes, alii cum baculis se sustentantes, alii privati oculis post alios se trahentes, alii contractas manus et pedes habentes pergebant. Qui montes transeuntes ad locum, qui dicitur Carbonaria, pervenerunt.]
And twelue of þe date of vr lord in fer
Þer bifel such a chaunce
Þat fourti sum of men of Germayn in Fraunce [Ms. in st. and; sollte es mehr als ein blosser Schreibfehler sein?]
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Toward Rome wente wiþ gret dilyte,
Þe holy apostles to visyte:
Summe were crupeles in carres led,
And summe were blynde and harde bisted,
And summe wiþouten staues miȝt not stonde,
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And summe hedden lost boþe fot and honde:
Þat passeden ouer hulles monye [þat st. þei?]
Til þei come to þat place, called Carbo|narie.
Whon þei weoren comen almost þan [Cum autem paene ad locum, qui Cana dicitur, advenissent, qui tribus millibus a Papia distat, (1692 Zus.) s. Augustinus pontificalibus indutus, de quadam ecclesia in honore ss. Cosmae et Damiani con|structa exiens, eisdem apparuit eosque salutans, quo tenderent requisivit. Qui cum ei quo tenderent respondissent, adjecit: Ite Papiam et de coenobio s. Petri, quod dicitur Coelum Aureum, interrogate et ibi misericordiam habebitis quam optatis.]
To a place, men clepen Can,
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Þat is fro Papye but þreo mile,
Þer þei rested a luytel while,
Out of a chirche — þat mani a man
Knoweþ: — of seint Cosme and Damian
Com seynt Austin in bisschopes wede
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To þis cumpaigni and bad god spede
And asked hem whodur þei scholde.
Þei seiden to Rome þat þei fayn wolde.
Þen he hem bad þat in hiȝe
Þey schulden wende to Papye,
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þat "aftur seint Petres churche wiþ mylde steuene [Ms. þat st. þer?]
Askeþ, þat men calleþ "þe guyldene he|uene!"
Þer schul ȝe fynden þat merci"
He seide, "þat ȝe sechen, sikerli".
