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

with þine breþren in mine riche : for it [al. þat (for om.)] schal euere i-leste. For þou schalt nouþe a-sonenday : þat þene fifte day heonne is, Line 452 Þe day of mine oprisingue : to me comen, i-wis." ¶ Þis holie man hiet his desciples : þat huy him to churche bere— Þat of him and in his name : Aristod[i]mus [MS. Aristodinus] liet a-rere. Þat folk cam sone þicke þudere : with deol and sor i-nouȝh, Line 456 For hit was couth swiþe sone : þat he toward is ende drouȝh. ¶ Þene sonen-nyȝht wel tyme : his seruise he gan to do, And sethþe he gan þat folk to wisse : and to prechi al-so; Atþe furste cocke þat creuȝ : he gan to prechie faste, Line 460 And for-to heiȝh vnderne of þe daye : his prechingue i-laste. Þo hiet he is desciples þat huy ane put : four-huyrned him made, Faste bi-side þe heiȝe weuede : with schouelene and with spade, And þat huy casten out at þe churche-dore : þe eorþe, ȝeorne he bad. With weop and with soruwe i-nouȝh : þe put was þare i-mad. ¶ Þo þe put was al-ȝare i-maud : In alle heore eyȝene siȝhte Line 466 Þis holie man wel softeliche : þudere in gan a-liȝhte; his hondene he huld up on heiȝh : "swete louerd," he seide, Line 468 "Ich am cominde to þine feste : ase þou me erore bede. ¶ Louerd, muche ich þonki þe : þat it þi wille is To þine gistningue cleopie [me] : for muche ich it wilni, i-wis. Þine sones ich bi-take [þe] to loke : ȝwane i-ne may no lengore heom wite, Line 472 Þat holie churche, þine clene spouse : þoruȝ me þe hath bi-ȝite. Vnder-fong me with mine breþren : þat þou brouȝhtest with þe Þo þou me bede to þine holie feste : and come aftur me." ¶ Þo cam þare a-boute þis holie man : so muche liȝht a-liȝthe, Line 476 Þat no man ne miȝhte for cler leome : habbe of him no siȝhte. Þis holie man him blessede : and wel softe a-doun he lay; "Mine breþren," he seide, "i-blessede ȝe beon : and habbez nouþe guod day!" ¶ Þis guode man wende out of þis world : al-clene with-oute ech pine, Ase he was clene in mayden-hod— : he cam to a swete fine. Þat clere liȝht þat a-boute him was : laste almest ane tyde; Line 482 Þat folk ne seiȝen nouȝt of him— : faste huy weopen and cride. [folio 174] Þo þis liȝth a-passed was : huy [lokede] in þe put to grounde: Line 484
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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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