And brouȝte him a-ȝein to is owene fourme : al þoruȝ godes miȝte.
Þo was þere gret Ioye bi-tweone [is sones] [om.] : and him and eke is wiue,
þo huy weren in riȝte fourme : to-gadere alle fiue.
Euere is strengore ore swete louerd : þane þe deuel atþende!
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And symon Magus-is tricherie : op-on him-sulf it gan i-wiende.
Al [al. for] Auntioche wel gret loue : opon seint petre caste,
And sore heom longuede after him : and leten him seche faste.
¶ Seint Petre cam to Auntioche : ase he hadde er I-lome :
Men and wommen of þe lond : wel glade a-boute him come,
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And Anoureden him suyþe muche : ase ane prince of godes lawe
And Ase heore maister and heore louerd— : huy weren of him wel fawe;
In riche chayre huy setten him : and knevlede him bi-fore,
And beden wel ȝeorne him wardi heom : and techen, þat heore soulene neren for-lore.
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¶ Þis was a-seint petres day : þat comez in feuerer,
Þat for þe honour of þulke dede : men helewiez feor and ner.
Þo þis dede was al I-don : and seint petre þannes i-wend,
Symon Magus hyede þudere : and heold him foule I-schend.
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bi-fore al þis folk he cam : "Muche wonder me þinchez," he sede,
"Þat ich ouwer soule-bote here-bi-fore : and to eouwer guod gan eov rede,
Þat ȝe ne flouwen petre, þane trichour : þat he a-mong eov ne come; [folio 145b]
And nouȝt one ne [al. ȝe] Anoreden him : ake wit grete nobleie him nome
And an heiȝ in chaire [MS. in chaire In chaire] setten him : ase he eouwer crist were.
Fleoth fram him, ȝif ȝe wollez i-sauede beon : and doth ase ich eov lere!"
¶ Þo al þat folk i-heorde þis : for wrathþe heo weren neiȝ wode;
"False trichour," huy seiden, "þis oþur day : bi-fore us here þov stode
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And seidest þat he was treowe and guod : and þat we after him do scholde,
And seist nouþe þat he is luþer and fals! : þi ȝwile worth sone i-ȝolde,"
huy sturten forth and beoten þis foule þeof : þat he was neiȝ a-slawe;
