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

                                
                                  And southampte-schire and soþereye : þat of þe [r. o]  bischopriche is, [folio 150] 
                                
                                  Þe bischopriche of wynchestre : þat ȝuyt is þere, i-wis;
                                
                                  And somer-sete [þat] to welles : þulke tyme drouȝ—
                                
                                  Nov it is þe bischopriche of baþe : ȝe schullen i-wyten. [al. ȝe witeþ wel inouȝ]  [vv. 63-4 are transp. in the MS.] 
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                                  ¶ Þe kyng of west-sex hadde sethþe : al deuene-schire, i-wis,
                                
                                  And Cornwaile, þat in þe bischopriche : of Eccestre nouþe is.—
                                
                                  Þe king of kent was þo kyng : of al þe londe of kent,
                                
                                  Þat weren inne tweie bischopriches : and ȝeot nis it nouȝt i-went :
                                  Line 60 
                                
                                  Þe bischopriche of Caunterburi : þat in Engelonde ȝeot is hext,
                                
                                  And þe bischopriche of Roucestre : þat inþe west-side is next.—
                                
                                  Þe king þat was of ast-londe : king was of North-folk,
                                
                                  Þe bischopriche of Northwich : and al-so of south-folk
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                                  And al þe bischopriche of hely : þat þe Yle of hely ȝeot is,
                                
                                  And grauntebrugge-schire : þare-to fallez, i-wis;
                                
                                  Seint Eadmund was of þat lond : kyng bi olde dawe—
                                
                                  For he was in is owene lond : for is guodnesse a-slawe.—
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                                  Þe kyng of North-humber-lond : was kyng, ich onder-stonde,
                                
                                  Of al þe londe bi-ȝeonde houmber : A-non into scotlonde,
                                
                                  Þe bischopriche of Eouerwik : and of Duyrham, i-wis;
                                
                                  Seint Oswold bi olde dawe : was kyng of al þis.
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                                  Þus manie kyngues weren : ȝwylene in Engelonde,
                                
                                  And heore londes de-partede weren : þus, ich under-stonde.—
                                
                                  Þe kyng þat was of þe march : ase ich telle bi-gan,
                                
                                  Kenulf kyng he was i-cleoped : swiþe holi and guod man :
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                                  Seint kenelm was is sone : and is eir al-so;
                                
                                  Borewenild and quendrith : weren is douȝtrene two.
                                
                                  In þe foure-and-twentiþe ȝere : of is kynedom
                                
                                  Þe kyng [on the margin.]  kenulf deide : and to þe IoIe of heuene he com—
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                                  hit was afftur þat ore louerd : in his moder a-liȝte
                                
                                  Eiȝte hundret ȝer and Nyntene : bi a-countes riȝte.
                                
                                  ¶ Seint kenelm, is ȝonge sone : In is seuenþe ȝere
                                
                                  kyng was I-mad aftur him : al-þei he ȝong child were.
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                                  his [o] soster Borewenild : louede him i-nouȝ
                                
                                  And in eche manere : to alle guod-nesse heo drouȝ.
                                
                                  Quendrith, þe oþur soster : of hire maneres nas nouȝt,
                                
                                  For heo tornede to feolonie : and [orig. ant]  to quede hire þouȝt.

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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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