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

                                
                                  A-boute him al-so sike men : wel þicke comez nov gon,
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                                  Crokede and blinde and oþure al-so : and [he] heom heleth ech-on."
                                
                                  ¶ "Leoue soster," quath þis Quiene : "ȝweþur þis mouwe soth beo?"
                                
                                  "Ȝe, Dame, certes," quath þis oþur : "and ȝif þou it wolt i-seo,
                                
                                  Go we þudere and þou schalt : þe soþe finde a-non."
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                                  Þe Quiene þouȝte þo ful longue : are heo were þudere i-gon.
                                
                                  huy come and founden seint Thomas : riȝht ase þis womman seide.
                                
                                  Þe Quiene stod and him bi-heold : and alle is holie dede:
                                
                                  ¶ To is fiet heo ful a-doun : heo ne miȝhte no leng a-bide,
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                                  And bad him ȝiuen hire cristindom : and merci faste him cride.
                                
                                  Sone þo heo i-cristned was : hamward þane wei heo nam
                                
                                  To þe kyngue, and longue hire þouȝte : are heo to him cam.
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                                  "Sire," heo seide, "ich habbe i-founde : þis guode wijf Migdonie [r. þare-fore; al. so þat] 
                                
                                  In grete wisdome, and ich wende er : to finde hire in folie; [folio 165] 
                                
                                  And, gode þonk, of hire wisdom : heo partede with me:
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                                  And þare [r. þare-fore; al. so þat]  i-nelle in þine folie : non-more siwe þe."
                                
                                  Þo was þe kyng sori inovȝ : he nuste ȝwat þar-of to do.
                                
                                  For-to quelle is wif þare-fore : none heorte he nadde þar-to.
                                
                                  ¶ He cleopede Carik, is cosyn : "we beoth bi-traide," he seide,
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                                  "Mine Quiene ich sende, ase þou wel wost : þi wif for-to rede,
                                
                                  To bringue hire out of fole þouȝt : ase þou me for loue bede,
                                
                                  And nouþe ich habbe hire for-lore : forth with hire, ich drede,
                                
                                  For loue of þe one i-lore boþe : alas, þe wrechhede!
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                                  we moten us a-wreken of þat þeof : þat bringueth heom in swuch dede."
                                
                                  ¶ He liet sienden aftur seint Thomas : ȝif Men him miȝhten finde;
                                
                                  And þo þis holie Man i-founde was : faste men him guonne binde,
                                
                                  And harli him forth bi-fore þe kyng : his hondene him bi-hinde:
                                
                                  So þat he was to deþe i-brouȝt : in þe londe of Inde.
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                                  For þo he was bi-fore þe kyngue i-brouȝt : þe kyng him hiet a-non
                                
                                  For-to honouri heore false godes : þat weren of treo and ston, [a v. om.] 
                                
                                  Oþur he wolde laten him tormenti : and to-drawe is flechs fram þe bon.
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                                  ¶ Þis holie Man for-sok þo : is heste forto do.
                                
                                  Irene plates he liet nime : brode and longue also,

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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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