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

                                  
                                    to þe heiȝe weuede of þe trinite : þe holie bones heo bere,
                                  
                                    And leiden þe Cheste al þare-with : In a noble schrine þere.
                                  
                                    Þis king henri was so ȝong : þat he ne dorste nouȝt
                                  
                                    With þe oþere bere þat holi bodi : laste men him hurten ouȝt.
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                                    It was bi a tiwesdai : þat heo þe bones op nome;
                                  
                                    Alle is chaunces þat he hadde : bi tiwesdawes him come.
                                  
                                    In a tiwesdai he was i-bore : and of is moder wombe he cam;
                                  
                                    And also ase men bringuth ane þeof : for-to a-fonge is dom,
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                                    bi-fore þe kynge at Norehaumptone : op-on a tiwes-daiȝ
                                  
                                    Wit gret schame he was i-brouȝt : ase al þat folk i-saiȝ—
                                  
                                    Filloker þane ani þef : folk him þare schende;
                                  
                                    bi tiwesday he was i-flemd al-so : and out of londe he wende;
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                                    And bi a tiwesdaiȝ at pounteneie : ore louerd to him com
                                  
                                    And seide to him þat swete word : of is martyrdom—
                                  
                                    ¶ "Thomas," seide ore swete louerd : "ȝeot schal of þine blode
                                  
                                    Al mi churche honoured beo—" : þis wordes weren wel guode;
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                                    bi a tiwesdai also gud : to engelonde he cam,
                                  
                                    After þat he was i-flemd : to a-fonge is martirdom;
                                  
                                    bi a tiwesdai at Caunterburi : to deþe he was i-do;
                                  
                                    And sethþe bi a tiwes-dai : Ischrined he was al-so.
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                                    Þeos seuen Auntres bi tiwesday : him comen atþe leste:
                                  
                                    Þare-fore we i-seoth manie men : makien one bi-heste
                                  
                                    to bi-leue flesch þene tiwesdai : oþur to o mel faste,
                                  
                                    For-to heo comen to Caunterburi : oþur þe ȝwyle heore lif i-lastez.
                                  
                                    Nov Iesu crist for þulke loue : þat seint thomas on þouȝte,
                                  
                                    Ȝyue us part of þulke Ioie : þat he so deore a-bouȝte.
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28 [Prologue] Fabian Sebastian.

                                    
                                      AL þis bok is i-maked of holi dawes : and of holie mannes liues
                                    
                                      Þat soffreden for ore louerdes loue : pinene manie and riue,
                                    
                                      Þat ne spareden for none eiȝe : godes weorkes to wurche;
                                    
                                      Of ȝwas liues ȝwane heore feste fallez : men redez in holi churche.
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                                      Þei ich of alle ne mouwe nouȝt telle : ichulle telle of some, [folio 88b] 
                                    
                                      Ase euerech feste after oþur : In þe ȝere doth come.—
                                    
                                      Þe furste feste þat in þe ȝere comez : we cleopiez ȝeres-dai,
                                    
                                      Ase ore louerd was circumciset : In þe giwene lay,

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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.
Subject terms: Christian saints

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