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

                                
                                  For al þat þe kingus feloun hath : þe kingus catel it is,
                                
                                  And ech man in holi churche : is owene take i-wis.'
                                
                                  Seint Thomas grauntede bluþeliche : þeos and oþure mo,
                                
                                  Ake þeos oþere he with-seide— : þat dude him muche wo:
                                  Line 572 
                                
                                   [Ia contradicta.] ¶ 'Ȝif bi-twene tweie lewede men : were ani striuingue,
                                
                                  Oþur bi-tuene a lewed man and a clerk : for holi churche þingue,
                                
                                  Ase for Avouweson of churche : ȝweþur scholde þe churche ȝiue,
                                
                                  Þe king wolde þat In his court : þat plai scholde beon i-driue,
                                  Line 576 
                                
                                  ¶ for ase muche ase a lewed Man : þe o partye, was
                                
                                  clanliche onder þe kingue : and onder no bischop nas.'
                                
                                   [ija.] ¶ An oþur lawe was 'þat no bischop : ne clerk noþe-mo
                                
                                  Scholde out of engelonde : with-oute þe kingus leue go,
                                  Line 580 
                                
                                  And þanne heo scholden swerien heore oth : opon þe boke, i-wis,
                                
                                  Þat heo ne scholden purchaci non vuel : þe kingue ne none of his.'
                                
                                   [iija.] ¶ Þe þridde was, 'ȝif ani man : In mansingue were i-brouȝt
                                
                                  And sethþe come to amendement : and a-ȝen riȝte nere nouȝt,
                                  Line 584 
                                
                                  Þat he ne scholde nouȝt swerie op-on þe boke : ake borewes finde he scholde [folio 67b] 
                                
                                  to stonde to al þat holi churche : with riȝte him lokie wolde.'
                                
                                   [iiija.] ¶ Þe ferþe was 'þat no man : þat of þe kinge heolde ouȝt
                                
                                  In chief oþur In seruise : in mansingue nere i-brouȝt,
                                  Line 588 
                                
                                  bote þe wardeins of holi churche : brouȝte [al. þat br.]  him þer-to,
                                
                                  Þat [al. þe kyng s.]  seiden, oþur is baillifs : ȝwat he hadde mis-do,
                                
                                  And lokede formest ȝweþer heo wolden : to amendement it bringe,
                                
                                  And bote huy wolden, bi heore leue : þanne don þe mansingue.'
                                  Line 592 
                                
                                   [va.] ¶ Þe fifte was 'þat no bischopriche : ne non Abbeie also, [al. þat bischopriches: & abbayes also] 
                                
                                  Þat were voyde with-oute prelat : In þe kingus hond were I-do
                                
                                  And þe king scholde al þat lond : ase is owene take,
                                
                                  For-to atþe laste þat him luste : ani prelat make;
                                  Line 596 
                                
                                  And þanne scholde þilke prelat : of is chapele i-chose beo,
                                
                                  Of is clerkus ȝwuch þat he wolde : þat benefiz to bi-seo;
                                
                                  And þanne ȝwane he were i-chose : In is chapele þere
                                
                                  homage he scholde don to him : are he j-confermed were.'
                                  Line 600 
                                
                                   [vja.] ¶ Þe sixte was, 'ȝif ani plait : to chapitle were i-drawe
                                
                                  And ani man made ani apel : ȝif men duden him a-ȝen lawe,
                                
                                  Þat to þe bischop fram þe Ercedekne : his apel [he] [om.]  scholde make,

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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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