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

                                
                                  Necke and senewes and oþur limes— : wel auȝte heo heuene i-winne.
                                
                                  he let don þat oþur in strong fuyr— : ake þare ne miȝte non come hire neiȝ:
                                
                                  Ake sethþe he let hire heued of smite : þo he þat oþer cas i-seiȝ.
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                                  Þus þis twei holie maydenes : to þe blisse of heuene i-wende,
                                
                                  Þoru þe grace þat ore swete louerd : for seint Cristofre heom sende.
                                
                                  ¶ Þe king let þo cristofre fecche : and axede him a-non
                                
                                  Ȝweþur he wolde his Maumates serui : oþur to þe deþe gon.
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                                  Cristofre for-sok heore Maumates : and heore seruiz also.
                                
                                  Þe king het a-non þat Men him scholden : op-on a strong gredile do
                                
                                  And with strong fuyr and pich rosti him. : and þo he was i-leid þar-on,
                                
                                  As wex þat gredile malt a-wei : and þat fuyr a-queynte a-non,
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                                  And he a-ros up with-oute harme. : wroth was þe kyng þo.
                                
                                  To a piler he let him binde faste : and knyȝtes a-boute him go,
                                
                                  For-[to] scheoten him to deþe : with Mani a kene flo.
                                
                                  With bouwe and Areblast þare schoten to him : four hondret knyȝtes and mo:
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                                  Ake þare nas non Arewe þat neiȝ him cam : ake alle heo gliden bi-side
                                
                                  And heo[n]gun [MS. heogun]  in þe Eyr a-boute him : and þare huy gunne a-bide.
                                
                                  A-non so þe king þis i-saiȝ : for wratþe þudere he wende.
                                
                                  An Arewe þat ouer þis guode man heng : a-ȝein him sone kende,
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                                  Boþe is eȝene heo smot out : and deope into þe heued.
                                
                                  Þe king stod for Anguysche and for drede : ase is wit him were bi-reued.
                                
                                  "Þou onselie wrechche," seide cristofre : "ȝwat is nouþe wurth þi miȝte?
                                
                                  A-ȝein him þat þov hauest bi-gonne : feble þou art to fiȝte! [folio 124] 
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                                  Of þi wrechhede ich habbe reuþe : And þat i schal cuyþe þe:
                                
                                  For to-Moruwe mi louerd soffri wole : þat þou schalt laten a-quelle me,
                                
                                  And þanne smeore þine eiȝene with mi blod : and fonde mi louerdes miȝte:
                                
                                  And ȝif þou wolt a-riȝt bi-leue : þou schalt habbe þi siȝte."
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                                  Þe blinde kyng þar-to hopede : and swiþe wel it onder-stod:
                                
                                  A-morewe he let is heued of-smyte : and smeorie him with is blod:
                                
                                  he hadde is siȝt guod and cler : þoruȝ godes grace wel sone.
                                
                                  þoruȝ þe bone of seint cristofre : he tournede to cristine-dome.

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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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