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

                                
                                  And þus heo and al hire compaygnie : to þe Ioye of heuene gan wiende;
                                
                                  And þe ȝongue king of Enguelonde : and is Moder also,
                                
                                  And is ȝongue soster Florentine : to deþe weren i-do,
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                                  And þe pope Ciriac : and Bischopes mani on
                                
                                  Þat for trewe hope of Martyrdom : with heom weren i-gon.
                                
                                  Ore louerd hadde swiþe [al. Ou louerd þe]  gret Ioye : of þat swete ferrede,
                                
                                  þat swuch martyrdom for is [al. þi]  loue : a-fenguen with-oute drede.
                                
                                  In þe to hondrede ȝere [al. om.]  : and eiȝte and þrittiþe ȝere
                                
                                  After ore louerdes buyrtyme : þis maidenes i-martrede were.
                                
                                  ¶ Þis endleue þousend of clene maydenes : and al þis compaygnie
                                
                                  I-burede weren in Coloyne : in one Nonnerie.—
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                                  An Abbot þere was bi-side : þat heorde of þis cas,
                                
                                  And ofte of þis clene Maydenes : þat gret Miracle þere was:
                                
                                  he bad þe Abbesse of Coloyne : þat heo him graunti scholde
                                
                                  A bodi of þis clene Maydenes : and he wolde it don in golde.
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                                  Þo þis bodi was him i-take : twelf Monþe he liet it beo
                                
                                  With-oute seluer oþur gold : in one cheste of treo.
                                
                                  ¶ Þo þe twelf monþes weren a-go : ase þe Monekes weren ech-one
                                
                                  A nyȝt at Matines, þis [MS. þis þis]  holie bodi : a-ros hire up allone,
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                                  heo beuȝ hire to þe heiȝe weued : and wende mildeliche
                                
                                  A-mong al þe Couent forthþ : and out wel stilledliche. [r. stilleliche] 
                                
                                  Þe Monekus, þo huy þis i-seiȝen : of-dradde and sorien [r. sorie]  were:
                                
                                  huy eoden to þe cheste þare heo [was] inne i-leid : and ne founden ire nouȝt þere.
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                                  ¶ "Þis," quath þe Abbod, "is ore wreche : for we hire i-do nadde
                                
                                  In a schrine of gold, ase we bi-heten : þo we ire hidere ladden."
                                
                                  To þe Abbesse of Coloyne : þe Abbod wende a-non
                                
                                  And tolde þis cas al-hou it was : of þat Maide i-gon.
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                                  huy wenden forthþ to þulke stude : þare heo was i-leid inne er,
                                
                                  And heuen up þe þrouwes lid : and founden hire ligge þer
                                
                                  Faire and euene ase heo dude er— : so luyte lime þere nas
                                
                                  Þat ne lai ase heo was furst i-leid. : a fair Miracle þere was!
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                                  Þe Abbesse was þo swyþe glad : and þe Nonnes euerechon,
                                
                                  And þonkede god of þat faire Miracle : and heiȝe sounguen a-non.
                                
                                  ¶ Þe Abbot bad þat he moste habbe : þis holie bodi eft-sone,

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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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