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

                                
                                  Þo ore louerd was to heouene i-went : he prechede of him wel faste
                                
                                  And wende wide in mani a lond : þe ȝwyle is lijf i-laste.
                                
                                  So þat to þe londe of .Inde : he cam þoruȝ godes wille;
                                
                                  At þe onende of þe lond : he bi-lefde wel stille.
                                  Line 8 
                                
                                  Ase an vncouth pilegrim : he ȝeode up and doun,
                                
                                  he ne seide neiþer on ne oþur : bote bi-heold þane toun.
                                
                                  In þe temple was a fals god : a maumet luþur i-novȝ,
                                
                                  Þare-inne was þe feond of helle : and muche folk to him drovȝ—
                                  Line 12 
                                
                                  ¶ huy cleopeden þat Maumet Astaroth. : þat þoruȝ þe deoueles miȝte
                                
                                  Ofte he wolde Answerie men : and manie [MS. nanie]  he bi-nam heom heore siȝte,
                                
                                  heore speche and heore limes al-so : and dude [MS. duden]  men wo i-novȝ;
                                
                                  & ȝwane he a-ȝen ani sick man cam [om. cam]  : of his vuele he [r. him]  with-drouȝ,
                                  Line 16 
                                
                                  Þanne was þe sike man hol anon : ase he moste nede a-mende
                                
                                  Ȝwane he ne hadde non oþur vuel : bote ase þe schrewe him sende;
                                
                                  And he with-drovȝ him of is vuel : he moste nede hol beo.
                                
                                  Þe schrewe tolde þe men þanne : þat þis wonder miȝten i-seo,
                                  Line 20 
                                
                                  Þat he hadde þoruȝ is miȝte : þe men i-maud hol i-novȝ—
                                
                                  And þei [r. Al-þei?]  þe schrewe ne dude non oþur guod : bote of is vuele him with-drouȝ.
                                
                                  Þare-fore sike men al dai : ful þicke a-boute him souȝte
                                
                                  And criden on him wel deolfulliche : þat he to hele heom brouȝte.
                                  Line 24 
                                
                                  ¶ Of þingue þat was al-so for-to come : men axeden him feor and neor
                                
                                  And he heom tolde of alle þing : þoruȝ þe deoueles pouwer;
                                
                                  Folk cam þicke a-bouten him : bi daiȝe and bi niȝte,
                                
                                  And he ansuerede heom of al þat huy wolden— : muche is þe deoueles miȝte!
                                  Line 28 
                                
                                  Ake after þat seint Bartelmev : to þulke cite com,
                                
                                  Þe power of þat false god : clanliche he bi-nom:
                                
                                  For he ne miȝte aftur þulke tyme : with [al. for]  no man speke riȝt nouȝt
                                
                                  Ne ȝiuen Ansuere of no-þing : so he was bi-neoþe i-brouȝt;
                                  Line 32 
                                
                                  Þat folk cam þicke a-boute him : to witen at him heore wille
                                
                                  Of þingues, ase huy weren bi-fore i-woned : and euere he was puyr stille.
                                
                                  Þare-fore was wonder inovȝ : deol and sor al-so,
                                  Line 35 
                                
                                  huy weren a-ferd to beon for-lore : and þat huy hadden ouȝt misdo:

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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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