Þat for bobaunt of þe world : liggethþ longue a-liche.
¶ Þo þis holie man was ded— : þei it were bi niȝhte,
A gret hep of lauerkene : opon þe churche a-liȝhte
And murie sounguen al þe longue niȝht : a-boute þe bodie þere,
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Þo þe soule to heouene wende : aȝein kuynde þei it were—
For þe lauerke is a foul : þat muche louez liȝht
And herethþ þane dai with hire song : and restez hire a-niȝht.
Aȝein kuynde huy sounguen þere : ase þei huy hadden in muynde
hou muche he was anoured er : of foules a-ȝein hore kuynde.
¶ Frere Austyn, þat was ministre : under him i-do,
Þo þis holie man was ded : atþe deþe he lai al-so
In þe londe of labour [[Terra di Lavoro]] : þat feor was þare-bi-side.
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Wel longue he lai speche-les : þene dethþ forto a-bide,
And riȝht ase seint Fraunceis deide : feor in an oþur londe,
Þis frere Austin spac wel mildeliche : and heold up is two honden :
"Abijd, broþur," he seide, "ane ȝwyle : ich come with þe a-non."
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his freres axeden him ȝwat it were— : for heom wondrede ech-on.
¶ "Bote frere Fraunceis," he seide, "ore fader : i-brouȝt hath is lif to ende
And is nouþe toward heouene : and with him i-chulle wende."
With þis word he gan deiȝe : and is soule al in pes
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To þe Ioye of heouene wende : with is maister seint Fraunceis,
And þare huy [beoth] boþe : in Ioye with-outen ende.
Nou god for þe loue of seint Fraunceis : late us alle þudere wende. AmeN.
[¶ Vita sancti Albani.] 19 Albon.
SEint Albon þe holie Man : was here of Enguelonde,
I-martred he was for godes loue : þoruȝ Iesu cristes sonde.
Formest he was heþene man : and of heþene men he cam,
And sethþe, ase ore louerd it wolde : he tornede to cristindom.
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¶ Þe luþere prince þat was þo : dioclician,
And an oþur þat was al so : þat heiȝte Maximian,
Cristine men þat huy miȝhten i-wite : huy brouȝten alle to grounde;
In eche londe huy lieten heom seche : ȝware huy miȝhten beon i|founde,
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