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

                                
                                  harmles he feol and hol man i-novȝ : his limes weren hole and sounde,
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                                  And a-ros up and dude is weork : ase him no-þing nere.
                                
                                  Louerd, muche is þi miȝte : and þat þou cuddest wel þere,
                                
                                  Þat [he] so harde fram so heiȝe feol : and of eche harme was sker;
                                
                                  Þou art a louerd þat wonderes dest : ase seith þe sauter.
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                                  ¶ Hit bi-feol so þat briȝtey : þe Bischop of wyricestre, was ded:
                                
                                  A clerk was bischop after him : þat Men cleopeden aldred, [folio 48b] 
                                
                                  Þat seint wolston louede wel : and he louede him al-so—
                                
                                  For ech guod man wole louien oþur : it were elles vuele i-do.
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                                  Sethþe it bi-fel þat þe Erchebischop : of Euerwicke was ded:
                                
                                  Erchebischop huy maden þar : þene bischop aldred,
                                
                                  And þe bischopriche of wiricestre : vacaunt was and lere :
                                
                                  Seint wolston was sone i-chose : and bischop i-maked þere.
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                                  Bischop him made þe holie man : seint Edward þe king,
                                
                                  And a-feng him in his dignete : and tok him is staf and ring.
                                
                                  his bischopriche he wuste wel : and also is priorie,
                                
                                  And a-forcede him to serui wel : god and seint Marie.
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                                  Four ȝer he hadde bischop i-beo : and nouȝt fulliche fiue
                                
                                  þo seint Edward þe holie kyng : wende out of þis liue.
                                
                                  Gret reuþe it was to al engelond : so weilawei þe stounde!
                                
                                  For straunge men þere comen sethþe : and brouȝten enguelond to grounde.
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                                  ¶ Harold was þo riȝhtest eyr : for non oþur þere nas;
                                
                                  Þe croune he bar of Enguelonde : ȝwuche ȝwile so it was.
                                
                                  For willame Bastard, þat was þo : Eorl in Noremaundie,
                                
                                  Þouȝte to winne Enguelond : þoruȝ strencþe and tricherie:
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                                   [om.] he let him greiþi folk i-nouȝ : and gret poer with [him]1 nam
                                
                                  And with gret strencþe in-to þe se he him dude : and to Enguelonde he cam.
                                
                                  he liet ordeinie is fierd wel : and is banere up arer[d]e,
                                
                                  And destruyde and nam al þat he fond : and þat folk sore a-ferde.
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                                  ¶ Harold heorde herof telle : þe king of Enguelonde:
                                
                                  he liet greiþie faste is ost : a-ȝein him for-to stonde.
                                
                                  Þe baronie of Enguelonde : redi was wel sone
                                
                                  Þe king to helpe and heom-sulue : ase riȝht was for-to done.

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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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