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

                                
                                  For he was þo þe cuyndeste englische man : þat was of enie manhede,
                                
                                  And for alle oþure weren deseritede neiȝh. : þe king was with heom [r. him]  wrothþ
                                
                                  Þat he was so luyte a-drad of him : and swor a-non is othþ
                                  Line 108 
                                
                                  To pulte him out of is bischopriche. : he liet [him] somoune al-so
                                
                                  To westmunstre, to answerien him : of þat he him hadde mis-do.
                                
                                  ¶ Nou nas nouȝt seint wulston : wel gret clerk in lore—
                                
                                  For þo he scholde to scole gon : to churche he ȝeode wel more.
                                  Line 112 
                                
                                  To westmunstre he cam to is day : ase he was i-somoned er.
                                
                                  Þe king was in grete wrathþe : wel prest to kepe him þer,
                                
                                  And þe bischop of Caunterburi : lanfranc was is name,
                                
                                  And þe bischop gondolf of Roucestre : alle to don him schame.
                                  Line 116 
                                
                                  Seint wolston bi-fore heom cam : þat a-ȝein him weren so strongue
                                
                                  Ase a þeof bi-fore Iustise : his dom to vnder-fongue.
                                
                                  ¶ Þe king and þe Erchebischop al-so : speken to him wordes grete,
                                
                                  Þat he scholde, ase he wuyrþe was : is bischop-riche lete;
                                  Line 120 
                                
                                  For-to holden swuch dignete : to luyte he couþe of lore,
                                
                                  And huy him hadden to longue i-þoled : And þo nolden huy nonmore,
                                
                                  And grete foles huy weren þat swuch a fol : formest brouȝte in swch miȝhte,
                                
                                  And ȝif he was folliche onder-fongue : huy wolden don him out with riȝhte.
                                  Line 124 
                                
                                  ¶ Seint wolston stod wel mildeliche : and herknede al þat huy sede—
                                
                                  Nadde he noman bote god : to his answere him rede.
                                
                                  "Sires," he seide, "riȝht it is : þat ich eoure heste do,
                                
                                  For, sire king, þou art mi souerein : and þe [r. þu]  erchebischop al-so.
                                  Line 128 
                                
                                  Þe Croce ich habbe ȝare i-bore : þat ȝe i-seothþ here, lo,
                                
                                  A-knowe ich am and wel ich wot : þat i-nam nouȝt wuyrþe þer-to;
                                
                                  Ȝwane ȝe wollez þat ich as bi-leue : ase man þat vnwurþe is,
                                
                                  Wel fain i-chulle eouwer heste do : ase mine souereines, i-wis.
                                  Line 132 
                                
                                  Vn-bouȝhsome to holie churche : i-wis i-nelle be nouȝt:
                                
                                  To ȝelden hire up ase ȝe me hotez : ich habbe as here i-brouȝt.
                                
                                  ¶ Ake, for ȝe ne token as me nouȝt : I nelle eou take non,
                                
                                  Ake him þat as me bi-tok : bi-fore eov euerech-on:
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  Þe guode Man þat as me bi-tok : ȝeonde he lijthþ wel stille,
                                
                                  Ich as wulle him taken up : and þanne ich do eoure wille."

About this Item

Title: The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann.
Canvas: Page 74
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by N. Trübner & co.,; 1887.
Subject terms: Christian saints

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/aha2708.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/aha2708.0001.001/122:3

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:aha2708.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/aha2708.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item