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

                                
                                  ¶ To seint Edwardes toumbe he wende : þat was of Marbre-ston,
                                
                                  A [r. and?]  nam up is croiz wel mildeliche : and smot þe point þar-on.
                                
                                  Þe staf wende into þe marbreston : ase it were in nesche sonde,
                                
                                  And þo heo was inne deope i-nouȝ : þe guode Man hine liet stonde.
                                
                                  "Nou," he seide, "ich him habbe bi-take : him þat as tok me
                                
                                  And bi-fore eov here : i-ȝollden op þe dignete.
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                                  Takez as nouþe ȝwam ȝe wollez : som þat bet beo in lore,
                                
                                  And habbez guod dai nouþe euerech-one—; ȝe ne mouwen esche me non-more."
                                
                                  ¶ Þis holie Man wende forth : a-mon[g] heom alle wel softe.
                                
                                  Þat folk stod ase it were i-nome : and bi-heolden þe croce wel ofte,
                                
                                  hou heo stod in þe Marbre-ston : so deope and so faste;
                                
                                  Of þe Miracle heom wondrede alle : and some weren sore a-gaste,
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                                  Some wenden þar-to sone : þe croce up for-to drawe:
                                
                                  Þare nas non so strong of heom : þat miȝhte hire enes wawe.
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                                  huy porueiden er sire Gondolf : bischop of roucestre,
                                
                                  Þat he scholde aftur seint wolston : beon Bischop of wirecestre:
                                
                                  ¶ Þe Erchebischop aros him up : to saisi þe croiz a-non,
                                
                                  Þe Bischop of Roucestre wel baldeliche : þudere-ward gan gon,
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                                  Þe croiz he nam and faste he drouȝ : in þe Marbre-ston:
                                
                                  he ne miȝhte hire nouȝt enes wawien. : þat folk wondrede ech-on,
                                
                                  And þare-a-boute wel þicke ornen : þat wonder for-to seo.
                                
                                  Þo þe king and þe Erchebischop i-seiȝen : þat non oþur it ne miȝhte beo,
                                  Line 160 
                                
                                  heom of-þouȝte heore dede : and after seint wolstan sende,
                                
                                  And þat huy wolden in faire manere : heore trespas a-mende.
                                
                                  ¶ Þe Messagers i-redie weren : and aftur him sone wenden.
                                
                                  Ȝeot þis holie Man for al þe gult : is heorte to heom bende,
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                                  And seide, "ich mot nede do : mine souereines wille;"
                                
                                  To court he wende a-ȝein to heom : wel mildeliche and stille.
                                
                                  Þo he was to court i-come : huy a-risen a-ȝein him þere,
                                
                                  Þe king and þe Erchebischop al-so : and oþere þat þare were;
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                                  With gret honur huy cleopeden him forthþ : and for-ȝiuenesse him bede,
                                
                                  And boden a-mendi a-ȝein him : al heore grete misdede,
                                
                                  And beden him nime a-ȝein is croce : and don bi heore rede,

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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.
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