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We rede how som̛ tyme ij men̛ war at debate, & þat grete; and þe iustis cuthe nott witt whethir of þaim was gyltie. And he
broght þaim bothe vnto ane altar & garte þaim purge þaim be þer athe. And he besoght þe aposteƚƚ at aght þe altar to send hym̛ som̛ takyn̛ þat he mot knaw þe treuthe. And when̛ he þatt was giltie sware [Arund. MS. et nichil mali passus esset, iudex, eius malicie conscius, exclamauit; "Senior iste Petrus aut nimis misericors est, aut iunioribus defert."] , he began̛ to wax aƚƚ seke & iƚƚ at ease. And þe iustis purseyvid̛ it, & he said̛; "Owder is þis gude aposteƚƚ Petur passand mercefuƚƚ, or els he differs þis martyr. And þerfor̛," he said, "we wiƚƚ go vnto Pancrace grafe." And when̛ he þat was gyltie sware on̛ Pancrace grafe, he wold̛ hafe takyn̛ his hand̛ away bod he myght nott, bod it held̛ hym̛ stiƚƚ. & with-in a little while after, þer he swelte. et c̛. And so yit vnto þis day in þat [MS. þan.] contrey þai swer̛ yit vppon̛ Saynt Pancras tombe, and any þing be in varyans emang þaim.