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

                                
                                  ¶ Tellen ichulle for us alle : ȝwy we beoth hidere i-wend.
                                
                                  For ore louerd þe king of Engelonde : Þat hauez us hidere i-send
                                
                                  to schewi furst þe reuerence : and grete loue also
                                
                                  Þat he hath to eov i-bore : and euere he þenchez to do;
                                  Line 1312 
                                
                                  And þare-of he sent þe word bi us : ase we bi-fore þe stondez,
                                
                                  Eorles, barones, and bischopes : þe hexte of þe londe—
                                
                                  Ȝif he hadde ani herre i-haued : hidere he hadden i-wend.
                                
                                  Ake to one so heiȝe court ase þeos is : he hath us hidere i-sent,
                                  Line 1316 
                                
                                  to schewi eov furst in his name : þat, also wid ase þe world is,
                                
                                  So trewe prince nis onder god : ne þat so muche ov loueth, i-wis,
                                
                                  Ne þat so muche Anoureth holi churche : and euere hath i-do.
                                
                                  Þe Erchebischop of Caunterburi : is a noble man also,
                                  Line 1320 
                                
                                  Þat, ȝif omanere of him nere : ase ich me onder-stonde,
                                
                                  Þare nere no lond In cristinedom : a-ȝeinest engelonde, [MS. engelonge] 
                                
                                  Ne holi churche so wel i-wust : and i-schild fram ech wouȝ,
                                
                                  Onder noble prince and prelat : boþe guode men i-nouȝ.
                                  Line 1324 
                                
                                  Ake þes thomas, þis guode Erchebischop : so hath a luyte wille,
                                
                                  Þat muchel a-peirez his guodnesse : and bi-guynneth þat lond to spille.
                                
                                  his wille is suych þat, ȝwane he is : icomen in fole þouȝt, [This verse on the margin.] 
                                
                                  he nele þoruȝ conseil ne þoruȝ no rerd : þarof beo i-brouȝt.
                                  Line 1328 
                                
                                  In swuche folie he is nouþe i-come— : ore louerd is þouȝt wende!
                                
                                  bote men mouwen is þouȝt wenden : þat lond he wole al schende.
                                
                                  Þare-for mi louerd þe king ov bit : þat ȝe with us sende
                                
                                  Ane legat into engelonde : to ofgropi al þen ende,
                                  Line 1332 
                                
                                  Oþur certus he is ope þe poynte : al þat lond to spille;
                                
                                  And þat ȝe him chasti þoruȝ riȝte lawe : & bi-nime him is fole wille."
                                
                                  Of alle þe clerkes þat þare seten : non of heom þar nas
                                
                                  Þat ne preisede muche þis heiȝe man : for he so renable was.
                                  Line 1336 
                                
                                   [papa.] ¶ "Louerdingues," quath þe pope : "wel we onder-stondez i-nouȝ
                                
                                  Þat [ȝe] to-ward þe Erchebischop tellez : with riȝte oþur with wouȝ.
                                
                                  Ake we ne mouwen þar-of non dom ȝiue : bote him-sulue here were,
                                
                                  For we ne mowen bi-hinden him no Iuggement ȝyue : ne no riȝt i-wis it nere."
                                  Line 1340 
                                
                                   [comes.] ¶ "Sire," quath þe Eorl of Arundel : "ȝe moten bet onder-stonde.
                                
                                  A certein dai us is i-set : to come in-to engelonde,

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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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