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

                                
                                  At þis bruydale was plei i-nouȝh : song and gret hoppingue,
                                
                                  Tabours and fiþele and symphanye : stiues and harpingue.
                                  Line 80 
                                
                                  Seint Thomas and þis Aben : wenden to þis feste,
                                
                                  So Manie Men wel ofte doth : with liȝt biddingue oþur heste.
                                
                                  ¶ A Taborere song atþe mete : ase it is [al. om.; r. ire?]  riȝhte was.
                                
                                  Ase he eode singuynde op an doun : he bi-heold on seint Thomas :
                                
                                  hire [MS. him]  þouȝhte þat he was cristine man : to paiȝen him he gan singue
                                
                                  "Cristine men habbez ane god : louerd of alle þingue."
                                  Line 86 
                                
                                  Þo seint Thomas þis i-heorde : he bad hire singue eft-sone.
                                
                                  Þis taborere song up an doun : and dude seint Thomas bone.
                                
                                  Þe Botiler chidde with seint Thomas : for he made hire singue more,
                                
                                  And smot him a boffat onder þe Ere : þat him smert ful sore.
                                  Line 90 
                                
                                  ¶ "I-nelle nouȝt a-rise," quath seint Thomas : "heonne fram mi fere [folio 162] 
                                
                                  Are ich i-seo an hound bringue þulke hond : a-mong al þis folke here."
                                
                                  Þo þat folk hadde al-mest i-ȝete : þe Botiler wende sone
                                  Line 93 
                                
                                  Out to ane welle to fechche in watur : ase he hadde þare-with to done.
                                
                                  Þo he out to þe welle cam : a leon þere cam gon
                                
                                  Ant hente þene botiler bi þe þrote : and a-stranglede him a-non,
                                  Line 96 
                                
                                  And to-drouȝh ech lime fram oþur. : an hound þere cam bi cas
                                
                                  And kipte up þe hond in is mouth : þat he smot with seint Thomas,
                                
                                  And bar as in bi-fore al þat folk : and so bi-fore þe kingue.
                                
                                  Þare nas non þat þis i-saiȝh : þat ne wondreden of þat þingue,
                                  Line 100 
                                
                                  And seiden, "þis is an holi Man : þat god deth fore swuch dede :
                                
                                  For bi þe botilere it is icome : riȝht ase he er seide."
                                  Line 102 
                                
                                  ¶ Þe kyng liet cleopie bi-fore him : seint Thomas a-non,
                                
                                  And seide, "þou art an holi man : þat þus a-wrecxt þe of þine fon :
                                
                                  Þou schalt with me to mi douȝter : into hire chaumbre wende
                                  Line 105 
                                
                                  And blessi hire, and hire spouse : þat huy habben þe bettere ende."
                                
                                  Seint Thomas with þe king : in-to chaumbre gan gon;
                                
                                  Þat ȝongue wif and hire spouse : a-ȝein him come a-non.
                                  Line 108 
                                
                                  Seint Thomas is holie hond : ope beiȝe heore heuedes leide
                                
                                  And blessede heom a-godes name : and is oresun seide.
                                  Line 110 
                                
                                  ¶ he nam is leue and wende a-ȝein : and þe ȝongue spouse
                                
                                  ladde him forth & þonkede him : þat he cam in þe house. [This verse on the margin.] 
                                
                                  A ȝeord of palm cam in is hond : he nuste hou it cam,

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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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