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

                                
                                  ¶ Þat dai þat he masse song : flechs nolde he non,
                                
                                  Ne þat dai next bi-fore : for man þat miȝhte gon;
                                  Line 410 
                                
                                  Fram þat Men loke alleluya : for-to cam estur-day,
                                
                                  he ne .Et. nouȝht, þat þolede deth : ase muche folk isaiȝh,
                                
                                  Ne in þe aduent na-þe-mo. : ake þat was luyte i-novȝ
                                
                                  A-ȝein is oþur penaunce : þat he al day forth drovȝ.—
                                  Line 414 
                                
                                  ¶ Hit bi-fel þat þe Erchebischop : of caunterburi was ded :
                                
                                  Seint Eadmund þar-to was chose : ase Commuyn nam heore red.
                                
                                  Þo þe Eleccioun was i-maud : in þe chapitle at Caunterburi,
                                
                                  A-non huy senden heore messagers : to him to salesburi.
                                  Line 418 
                                
                                  huy wenden toward salesbury : ake þare nas he nouȝt;
                                
                                  huy founden him at Calne : þo huy longue hadden i-souȝt.
                                
                                  ¶ In is chaumbre he sat priueliche : at is boke ful stille :
                                
                                  No man ne dorste come him neiȝh : to letten him of [al. forto wite]  is wille.
                                  Line 422 
                                
                                  Ake naþeles on þat was him next : ase it were is chaumberlein,
                                
                                  Guode tiþingue he þouȝhte him bringue : and þarof was wel fain :
                                
                                  he tolde him þat he was ichose : Erchebischop to beo.
                                
                                  Þis holie man gan him chide faste : and hiet him fram him fleo,
                                  Line 426 
                                
                                  "Be stille, þou fol! ich hote þe" : he seide, "and go out heonne a-non,
                                
                                  Make faste þe dore aftur þe : and ne lat þou no man in gon
                                
                                  For-to lette me of mi studie : ake lat me in pays beo!"
                                
                                  Of þat tiþingue he tolde luyte : ase þare men miȝten i-seo. [al. 2 vv. more.] 
                                  Line 430 
                                
                                  ¶ Þis Messagers bi-lefden þare oute : and carefole weren of þouȝht,
                                
                                  For þe day passede swiþe : and heore erinde ne duden [huy] nouȝht.
                                
                                  huy wenden for heore guode tiþingue : nobleliche beon onder-fongue,
                                
                                  For þe muruþe of is semblaunt : ȝuyt þare hem þouȝhte longue!
                                  Line 434 
                                
                                  heore ȝiftus huy miȝhten eþe a-bere : þat þis holie man heom caste!
                                
                                  huy bi-menden, and it of-þouȝhte heom sore : heore hiȝingue þuder so faste.
                                  Line 436 
                                
                                  ¶ he ne a-ros nouȝht a fote fram is bok : are god þe tyme sende,
                                
                                  Ase he was an oþur day i-woned— : ake forthþ þo ful softe he wende.
                                
                                  Þo he cam out of is chaumbre : þe messagers come
                                
                                  And seiden heore erinde hou it was. : þar-of he tok luyte gome.
                                  Line 440 
                                
                                  Þo þe lettres weren i-radde : "beu freres," he sede,
                                
                                  "I-chulle loke ȝwat mine felawes : of þis þing wollez rede

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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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