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

                                
                                  Anoure ore godes, ich rede, a-non : and heom sacrefise,
                                
                                  Oþur ichulle þe tormenti so : þat men schullen of þe agrise."
                                  Line 44 
                                
                                  "For nouȝt þou spext," quath Albon : "þar-aboute þou spillest þi brethþ,
                                
                                  I-nelle neuere þene deuel honoure : for drede of þe dethþ."
                                
                                  ¶ Þo was þe Iustise swyþe wroth : þane holie man he nam,
                                
                                  Nakede, and [al. he]  liet him faste binde : and ȝaf him sone is dom:
                                  Line 48 
                                
                                  With schourges he made is tormentours : leggen on him i-nowe.
                                
                                  On him huy leiden þat huy werie weren : and al is bodi to-drowe.
                                
                                  Þe harde scourgene in is tendre flechs : deope gonne wade;
                                
                                  Þe more þat huy tormenteden him : þe gladdore he him made;
                                  Line 52 
                                
                                   [[53-4 added in L.]] he þonkede god þat he moste : þare for is loue
                                
                                  To þe stat of cristindom : þoruȝ is torment come.
                                
                                  ¶ þo þe luþere Iustise i-saiȝ : þat it was al for nouȝt,
                                
                                  Þat he ne miȝhte fram Iesu crist : for no-þing torne is þouȝt,
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                                  he hiet him lede with-oute toun : and is heued smite of sone.
                                
                                  I-redie weren þe tormentours : for-to do is bone,
                                
                                  huy harleden him wel filliche : þat schame it was to se,
                                
                                  For-to huy comen to þulke stude : þare he scholde i-martred be.
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                                  huy comen to an vrninde brok : þere huy mosten ouer wade:
                                
                                   [[63-4 added in L.]] Þe tormentores woden ouer al a-brod : and no strencþe þar-of ne maden.
                                
                                  ¶ Ake ore louerd for seint Albones loue : dude miracle þere,
                                
                                  A-non so þe schrewe tormentores : ouer i-wade were:
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                                  For þo þis holie Man to watere cam : þat watur him with-drouȝ
                                
                                  And ouer þe broke made ane wei : druyȝe and clene i-nouȝ,
                                
                                  þat he wende ouer al-so druyȝe : ase it a-londe were;
                                
                                  And euere þat watur bi-hinden him : smot to-gadere þere
                                  Line 68 
                                
                                  And cam al a-ȝein ase it was er : þo he cam to londe.
                                
                                  Louerd, muche is þi miȝhte : ho-so him wole onder-stonde!
                                
                                  ¶ þe maister of þe tormentores : to ȝwam he was bi-take,
                                
                                  Þo he i-saiȝ þe faire miracle : þene deuel he gan fur-sake,
                                  Line 72 
                                
                                   [[73-4 spurious.]] And seide he wolde to Ihesu crist : al is heorte wende,
                                
                                  For þe Miracle þat he þare i-saiȝ : þat so fair was and hende;
                                
                                  his sweord þat he on honde bar : wel feor fram him he caste
                                
                                  And to seint Albones fet he feol a-doun : and criede him merci faste,

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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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