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

                                
                                  And in a schip we duden us sone : and Astward euere kenden
                                
                                  In þe .se. of Occean : as ore louerd is grace us sende.
                                
                                  toward þe est so fer we wenden : þat we comen ate laste
                                
                                  In suyþe þuyster stude : and clouden us ouer-caste;
                                  Line 36 
                                
                                  Al ane tide of þe daye : we weren in deorkhede.
                                
                                  Ate laste ore suete louerd : forþere us gan lede.
                                
                                  So þat we i-seiȝen a newe lond : þuder-ward ore schip drov;
                                
                                  briȝttore it þouȝte þane þe sonne : Ioye þare was i-nov,
                                  Line 40 
                                
                                  Of treon and herbes, þikke j-novȝ : bi-set in eche side,
                                
                                  And of suete preciouse stones : þat briȝtte schynen and wide;
                                
                                  Euerech herbe was ful of floures : and ech treo was ful of fruyt;
                                
                                  bote it were in heuene : nas neuere more duyt.
                                  Line 44 
                                
                                  Þare-Inne with Ioye and blisse I-novȝ : longue we duden i-wende;
                                
                                  Ȝeot us þouȝte luytel ȝwyle : ne miȝte we finde non ende
                                
                                  So þat we comen to a watur : cler and briȝt I-novȝ,
                                
                                  þat euere fram-ward þe est : toward þe west it drovȝ.
                                  Line 48 
                                
                                  We stoden and bi-heolden a-boute : for we ne miȝten ouer i-wende:
                                
                                  Þare cam to us a ȝong ȝomman : swiþe fair and hende,
                                
                                  And welcomede us euerech-one : wel mildeliche and swete;
                                
                                  he nemnede euerech is riȝtte name : and faire gan us grete,
                                  Line 52 
                                
                                  And seide þat we ouȝten [al. ȝe aȝte]  Ihesu crist : þonki suyþe wel with riȝte
                                
                                  'Þat schewez eov is priuete : and al-so of is miȝte.
                                
                                  Þis is þat lond þat he wole : ȝuyt are þe worldes ende
                                
                                  [his dernelinges an erþe ȝyue : ȝ hyder he schal [heo scholle, on the margin.]  wende. [This verse added by a later hand in the text and on the mar|gin.] ]
                                
                                  Þis lond is half in þusse half : ase ȝe i-seoz wel wide,
                                
                                  And bi-ȝeonde þe watere haluen-del : al bi þat oþur side—
                                
                                  Þat watur ne mowe ȝe passi nouȝt : þat oþur del to seo.
                                
                                  For [al. om.]  here ȝe habbez al a ȝer : meteles i-beo,
                                  Line 60 
                                
                                  Þat ȝe ne eten ne dronken : ne slepen nouȝt with eyȝe,
                                
                                  Ne chele ne hete ne greuede ev nouȝt : noþur lowe ne heiȝe.
                                
                                  Þis [al. For þis]  is ore louerdes priue stude : and þoruȝ him it is þus liȝt;
                                
                                  Þare-fore it is [her] euere day : and neuere-more niȝt.
                                  Line 64 
                                
                                  ȝif Adam a-ȝein godes heste : ne hadde no-þing mis-do,
                                
                                  here-Inne he hadde ȝuyt i-beo : and is of-sprung al-so.
                                
                                  Ȝe ne mowen no leng here bi-leue : a-ȝen ȝe moten fare; [[Here 2 fol. are torn out in the MS. I supply the gap from MS. Harl. 2277.]]

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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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