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

                                
                                  So þat heo hadden heore riȝte fourme : ake wel briȝtore was hore hev,
                                
                                  Ant ȝwat men heo were on eorþe : bi heore cloþinge he knev.
                                
                                  Some hadden þe croune of golde : an-ouewarde þe heued ido,
                                  Line 510 
                                
                                  And some beren in heore hond : ȝeordene of golde al-so.
                                
                                  And alle heo þonkeden Ihesu crist : þat so studefast heorte him sende,
                                
                                  Þe kniȝt, for al þe pine þat he hadde : is heorte enes ne wende;
                                
                                  Ech-one heom þouȝte þat for him : In þe more Ioye heo were.
                                  Line 514 
                                
                                  he stod and bi-heold al þis Ioie : as þei no wit on him nere.
                                
                                  Þe on, ase it heore maister were : is Mouth ondude wel softe [folio 102b] 
                                
                                  And welcomede him wel mildeliche : and þonkede ore louerd ofte,
                                
                                  Þat swuch porpos him hadde i-send : and studefast heorte al-so,
                                  Line 518 
                                
                                  Þat he ne chaungede nouȝt is þouȝt : for al þat him was i-do.
                                
                                  "bev frere," he seide, "i-herd beo god : þat þe hauez hidere i-brouȝt
                                
                                  And a-mong alle þine stronge fon : studefast i-wust þi þouȝt!
                                
                                  Of þe pine of sunfule gostes : I-fondet þov hauest i-nouȝ,
                                  Line 522 
                                
                                  And þare-with þine sunnes i-bet : and elles it were wouȝ.
                                
                                  ¶ Þov miȝt here sumdel i-seo : þat þov wilnest more,
                                  Line 524 
                                
                                  Of þe Ioye þat guode soulene habbez : þat comieth to milce and ore.
                                
                                  Þis place þat we inne beoth : ich wene þov ne knowest nouȝt:
                                
                                  It is eorþelich parays : þat Adam was Inne i-brouȝt
                                
                                  And þat he was Inne ymad : and sethþe for is mis-dede
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                                  he was i-cast out þar-of, and we also : on eorþe into alle wrechchehede;
                                
                                  ¶ Al þe Ioye þat þov i-sixt her : he hadde to is wille,
                                
                                  Ake he ne miȝte, þo he was out i-cast : þar-of i-seo wurth a fille.
                                
                                  Of wrechhede we beoth i-kened : and of sunful blode i-come:
                                  Line 532 
                                
                                  And þat us is þoruȝ godes grace : ant þoruȝ ore cristinedom bi-nome.
                                
                                  Ak þat we aftur ore cristindom : of sunne on eorþe wrouȝte,
                                
                                  On eorþe oþur in purgatorie : wel deore we it bouȝte:
                                
                                  For we alle þat þou here i-sixt : þare-forth hidere come
                                  Line 536 
                                
                                  And ore sunnes þare betten : and harde penaunce nome,
                                
                                  Ne miȝte we elles here come. : ase guod bi þe it is:
                                
                                  For ȝif þine sunnes nere for-ȝiue : þov ne come nouȝt here, i-wis.
                                
                                  And alle þat þov þare i-seiȝe : to us þudere heo schullen wende,
                                  Line 540 
                                
                                  And al dai doth some, ȝwane heo habbez : heore penaunce i-brouȝt to ende.
                                
                                  Neuer on not hov longe he schal : þare bi-leue, i-wis;

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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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