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

                                
                                  Ȝif he ne may with is techare : maken is wei roume,
                                
                                  with is "strongue" he tollez þanne : with is schrewe þoume,
                                  Line 356 
                                
                                  And seith, "þov art strong i-nov : more sunne to biete;
                                
                                  woldest þou bi-leue so murie þing? : þench þat it is swete, [al. 2 vv more.] 
                                
                                  And biet þine sunnes aftur-ward : for þe ne faillez strenþe non;
                                
                                  And wel fieblore þane þou art : ofte wolleth mis-don
                                  Line 360 
                                
                                  And sethþe doth heore penaunce : ake natheles nouȝt wel strongue,
                                
                                  For ore louerd is euere ȝare : sunful Man to fongue."
                                
                                  In þis manere þe luþere schrewe : ȝwane he vnder-ȝit ouȝt
                                
                                  þat men lokiez touward him : and sumdel chaungiez heore þouȝt,
                                  Line 364 
                                
                                  he tollez heom euere ner and ner : with is fingres a-rewe.
                                
                                  Nouþe luþer þrift on al is hond : for euere he was a schrewe!
                                  Line 366 
                                
                                  Daþeit þat sori wolde beo : þei he were al-to-hewe!
                                
                                  For he bringuez to sunne mani on : and to amendement wel fewe.
                                
                                  Þare-fore þenchez, ȝwane he wole : eou to sunne puyte
                                
                                  And with is fingres tollez eov : and seiz þe sunne is luyte
                                  Line 370 
                                
                                  And þat ore louerd is guod leche and milsful : and þat þou schalt libbe longue
                                
                                  And þat oþure sunegiez more : þat ne beoth nouȝt so strongue:
                                  Line 372 
                                
                                  A-non so ȝe þenchez swuch a þouȝt : bi-þenchez ov þer-to [folio 136b] 
                                
                                  hou þe schrewe tollez eov : and with wuch finguer al-so:
                                
                                  Seggez him þat he lyȝth loude : ho-so it dorste him telle,
                                
                                  Saue þat he is maister : in þe deope putte of helle;
                                  Line 376 
                                
                                  Þat god holde him is dignete : and is grete maistrie
                                
                                  For-to sum riche man ȝiue al is guod : to bi-nimen him is baylie.
                                
                                  For-soþe, he deoth vuele I-nouvȝ : þat comez in his tollingue:
                                  Line 379 
                                
                                  He wole him bringue euere ner ant ner : In deoppore suneguyngue,
                                
                                  Atenende In-to þe putte of helle : þare euere he worth fur-lore,
                                
                                  þat onneþe him worth þe grace : to with-drawen him bi-fore.—
                                
                                  þei we ne mouwen nouȝt þe feondes i-seo : a-mong us huy beoth wel þicke;
                                
                                  And þei huy ovte of helle beon : heore pinene beoth strongue and wicke.
                                  Line 384 
                                
                                  For huy farez ase doth þe man : þat in ane hache [al. acces]  of þe feueres is:
                                
                                  Beo he in house oþur in fielde : is brenningue i-last, i-wis;
                                
                                  Feor and neor he may go : ake euere i-last is pine.

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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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