So þat traIan þe Aumperour : her-of heorde telle :
Ane duyk of gret power he sende þudere : þane guode man for|to quelle.
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Þis duyk him nam and liet to [overlined.] him binde : grete [orig. and gr.] stones wel faste,
And ladden him feor in-to þe deope se : and riȝt a-midde him caste.
Welle, muche was þe deol : þat is desciples for him made!
In-to þe se huy ornen to sechen him : ase feor ase huy dorsten wade.
Þo huy ne miȝten neiȝ him come : ore louerd wel ȝeorne huy beade [r. bade]
to ȝiuen heom a siȝt of seint clement : þe more to beon glade.
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Ase huy seten opon þe .se : and crieden on him wel faste and ȝeorne,
Þe .se. wel swiftliche hire with-dravȝ [al. wiþdrouȝ] : and with gret eyr In gan eorne :
So þat with-inne þe deope .se : þreo grete Milene and more
A swiþe fair wei and druye þare was : i-here[d] beo godes ore!
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Þis guode men bi þis faire wei : In-to þe .se. gonne to wende :
Ane churche hui founden, of Marbre i-maud : riȝt atþe weies ende.
With-Inne þe churche huy founden ane cofre : of seluer and of golde
And þarinne seint clementes bodi : ase ore louer[d] it wolde.
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Welle, louerd, muche was þe Ioye : þat þis guode Men inne were,
For þe faire Miracle of seint clement : þat huy founden þere!
huy beden heore beden ȝwat-so huy wolden : and wenden aȝen at|þenende :
euere orn þe se after heom wel faste : at heore helene bi-hinde,
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For-to heo cam to hire riȝte stude : and þare heo gan atstonde.
Þis guode men serueden god þe bet : and þonke[den] ȝeorne is sonde.
Longue þer-aftur it bi-feol : þoruȝ ore louerdes heste,
fram ȝer to ȝere seue dawes : at seint clementes festes
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þat þe se ire wolde so with-drawe : and makie ane wei wel druye
To þe holie chapele of seint clement : þat no watur ne scholde man a-nuye;
Þat ech Man alle þe seuen dawes : al druye wende and clene,
For-to honouri þat holie bodi : ase it bi-feol eche ȝere ene;
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And Anon-riȝt þe se wende a-ȝein : with watur and with slyme
[folio 147] After þe eiȝte dawes, and heold him so : for-to an oþur ȝer þat tyme.
Awommon cam [MS. cam cam] þudere at one tyme : and a child þat was hire sone,
