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

                                
                                  Al-so was þis holi man : ase men miȝten i-seo þere;
                                
                                  For ore louerd wolde þat is deth : semblable to his were.
                                
                                  Are seint thomas þe holi man : to is churche come,
                                
                                  Þe Monekus with procession : a-ȝein him þene wei heo nome.
                                  Line 1860 
                                
                                  Of is palefrai he liȝte a-don : and custe þe Monekes ech-on;
                                
                                  to þe weuede wel mildeliche : heo ladden him a-non.
                                
                                  Þo he hadde at churche i-do : al þat him was to done,
                                
                                  With is men wel mildeliche : to is In he wende sone.—
                                  Line 1864 
                                
                                   [Milites retro veniunt.] ¶ Seint thomas ne hadde i-beo : at is paleis nouȝt longe,
                                
                                  Þat þe kniȝtes ne comen : heore answere forto afonge.
                                
                                  heo beden him ase heo beden er : on-don is mansinge
                                
                                  And a-soilli þe bischopes [MS. bischepes]  : þat he let þare-Inne bringe.
                                
                                  "bev freres," quath seint thomas : "þat ne mai i do nouȝt,
                                
                                  For heo beoth In mansinge : þoruȝ þe pope i-brouȝt,
                                  Line 1870 
                                
                                  And .I.-ne mai nouȝt on-do is dede : ȝe wuten wel, in none place.
                                
                                  Ake nouȝt-for-þan ich truste wel : so muche In his grace,
                                  Line 1872 
                                
                                  Þat ichulle a-soilli heom : In þusse fourme fawe:
                                
                                  Þat heo don sikernesse for-to stonde : at holi churche lawe
                                
                                  And to þe lokinge of holi churche— : ake in oþur fourme non."
                                
                                  Þe knyȝtes, þo heo herden þis : chidden faste ech-on,
                                  Line 1876 
                                
                                  And þo heo nadden non oþur word : in wrathþe forth heo wende
                                
                                  And tolden þe bischopes heore ansuere : þat heom þudere sende.
                                
                                  Þe bischopes maden heom wroþe i-nouȝ : ant þretneden him wel faste.
                                
                                  Ake naþeles þe tweyne of heom : with-drowen heom atþe laste:
                                  Line 1880 
                                
                                  ¶ Þe bischop of salesburi : and of londone al-so;
                                
                                  to holi churche heo wolden stonde : and to is lokinge al-so.
                                
                                  ¶ Ake þe Erchebischop of Euerwik : a-non-riȝt heom with-sede:
                                
                                  "Daþeheit habbe þat so atstonde : so folliche at ower rede,
                                  Line 1884 
                                
                                  For-to don us in is grace : þat euere hath i-beon ore fo
                                
                                  And hath i-don us mani a schame : and þanne he wolde wel mo!
                                
                                  Þei he habbe ouer ov power : ouer me ne hauez he non,
                                
                                  For erchebischop ich am, wel ȝe wutez : ase wel ase he is on.
                                  Line 1888 
                                
                                  Ich habbe a luytel Coffre : þat stant hol and sount,
                                
                                  Atþe leste þare beoth Inne ȝeot : Eiȝte hundret pound:
                                
                                  Ȝare ich am to spene þat : and ȝeot me þinchez to luyte,
                                
                                  For-to a-wreken us wel of him : and for-to a-legge is pruyte.

                                  Line 1892

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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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