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

                                
                                  bi þis welle ich habbe I-leoued : fourti ȝer and on,
                                
                                  And fifti ȝer ich was old : are ich gan hidere gon; [folio 109b] 
                                
                                  So þat of an hondred ȝer : and twenti ȝer þare-to
                                
                                  Ich am nouþe bi þis time— : ore louerd is wille bi me do.
                                  Line 656 
                                
                                  And mi deth ich a-bide here : ȝwane god it wole sende,
                                
                                  Ȝwanne mi louerd wole þat ich come to him : and of þis world i-wende.
                                
                                  Ake nim with þe of þis watur : þat þou hast neode to,
                                
                                  And wiend þe forth in þe se : for þi wei nis nouȝt al i-do.
                                  Line 660 
                                
                                  For þou schalt ȝeot in þe se : fourti dawes fare,
                                
                                  And þanne þou schalt þine Ester holde : ase þou hast i-don are,
                                
                                  And fram þanne þou schalt wiende forth : to þe londe of bi-heste
                                
                                  And þare þou schalt fourti dawes : bi-leuen atþe leste,
                                  Line 664 
                                
                                  And to þin owene londe aȝein : þou schalt wiende so."
                                
                                  Þis guode men with deol i-nouȝ : þus de-parteden a-two.—
                                
                                  Þis holie men wenden hem forth : in tempeste [al. in þe se]  wel faste,
                                
                                  Fourti dawes euene south : þe ȝwile þat leinte i-laste.
                                  Line 668 
                                
                                  to heore guode procratour : an ester eue huy come.
                                
                                  With heom he made ioie i-nouȝ : ase he dude er i-lome.
                                
                                  he ladde heom to þis grete fisch. : þudere huy comen an eue;
                                
                                  Þe Ester niȝt for-to a-moruwe : þare huy gounne bi-leue;
                                  Line 672 
                                
                                  Þare huy songuen heore matynes : and heore masse al-so.
                                
                                  Þe fisch bi-gan to meouen him : þo þe masse was al i-do,
                                
                                  And bar þis Monekes forth with him : And swam swiþe faste
                                
                                  In þe se wel stuyrneliche— : þe monekes weren a-gaste.
                                  Line 676 
                                
                                  A wonder þing it was to seo : ho-so it hadde i-seiȝe,
                                
                                  A so gret best a-boute wiende : ase it were a gret contreie!
                                
                                  Riȝt to foulene parais : þis monekes he ladde ech-on,
                                
                                  And sette heom up hole and sounde : and wende a-ȝein a-non.
                                  Line 680 
                                
                                  Þis monekes, þo huy þudere comen : wel glade and bliþe huy were.
                                
                                  For-to aftur þe trinite : huy bi-lefden þere.
                                
                                  For heore guode procuratour : þulke tyme brouȝte heom mete and drink i-nouȝ,
                                
                                  Ase he hadde er ido— : into heore schip he it drouȝ,
                                  Line 684 
                                
                                  And al-so he wende forth with heom : ȝwodere-so god heom sende.
                                
                                  Riȝt euene toward þe est : fourti dayes huy wende.

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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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