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

                                
                                  On þe grounde stod bi-neþe : and smot a-to þis treo,
                                
                                  Þat it feol a-doun to grounde : þat deol it was to seo.
                                
                                  to aluyte foul he [MS. ich]  bi-cam : non fairore ne miȝte non [om. non]  beo,
                                
                                  And bi-gan with Ioye i-novȝ : riȝt into heouene fleo.
                                  Line 128 
                                
                                  Þo þis child þouȝte so : at wynchecombe he lay :
                                
                                  he a-wok and [in] grete þouȝte was : boþe niȝt and day.
                                
                                  he nuste ȝwat tockninge it was : wel þe more was his [MS. hire]  þouȝt;
                                
                                  Are he þarof sum-þing wuste : bliþe nas he nouȝt.
                                  Line 132 
                                
                                  his norice, þat him hadde i-fed : and with hire milk forth i-brouȝt,
                                
                                  Þat child heo louede euere muche : with dedes and with þouȝt;
                                
                                  To hire þat child triste mest : —woluene hire name was :
                                
                                  Þis child tolde hire priueliche : of is metingue al is cas.
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  Þo þis Norice hadde i-heord : þe sweuene, þat was so guod,
                                
                                  heo bi-gan to siche sore : and in grete þouȝte stod;
                                
                                  "Alas," heo seide, "þat ich scholde : euere þis day a-bide,
                                
                                  Þat mi child, mi swete heorte : swych cas schal bi-tide!
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  Alas, mi child, mi swete fode : þat ich habbe forth i-brouȝt,
                                
                                  Þi soster, þat [al. om.]  bi-spekez þi deth : to quelle þe heo hath i-þouȝt.
                                
                                  Ake þe foul, þat þou bi-come to : and to heuene gan i-wende, [folio 151] 
                                
                                  Þat was þi soule, þat þudere schal : aftur þi liues ende."—
                                  Line 144 
                                
                                  Þis metyngue bi-cam soth i-nouȝ : þat he fond atþe laste.
                                
                                  For is soster and Askebert : bi-speken is deth wel faste.
                                
                                  Askebert seide a day : þat þis child scholde wende
                                
                                  An hontingue, to pleiȝen him : bi þe wodes ende,
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  And he with him, ase hit was riȝt : to witien him bi þe weiȝe.
                                
                                  he [= heo, huy]  wende to þe wode of clent : ase it were heom for-to pleie.
                                
                                  Ase huy wenden a-boute þe wode : ase ore louerd ȝaf þe grace,
                                
                                  grete wille þat child hadde : þare to slepen in one place;
                                  Line 152 
                                
                                  A-doun he lai wel soffteliche : and gan to slepe a-non.
                                
                                  Askebert ne þouȝte nouȝt : þat he scholde þannes gon.
                                
                                  bi-side in one derne stude : he gan to deluen faste
                                
                                  Ane put, ȝwane þat child were ded : þare-inne him to caste.
                                  Line 156 
                                
                                  Þat child bi-gan a-wakien sone : ase þei it were bi cas,
                                
                                  After is maister he bi-heold : and ne saiȝ nouȝt ȝware he was.
                                
                                  Ake ore louerd him ȝaf þe grace : þei he nuste nouȝt of is dede,
                                
                                  Þat he spac to his maister : and þeos wordes sede :

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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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