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

                                
                                  Godes desciple leonard. : ȝwat woltþou habbe i-do?"
                                
                                  "louerd," seide þis selie man : "al-so wis ich bidde þe
                                
                                  Ase ich am gultles here i-do : þat þou helpe me."
                                  Line 144 
                                
                                  A-non-riȝht þis holie Man : þe Gyues he to-brac,
                                
                                  And bi-tweone is Armes he bar him forth : no man a-ȝein him ne spac,
                                
                                  And so hom to is owene hous : bi-twene is Armes him bar,
                                
                                  he bad him beon a guod man : and sette him a-doun þar.
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  ¶ Þis luþere men wit alle hore ginnes : fiebleliche habbuth a-guonne,
                                
                                  huy miȝhten hangen up heore Ax : and leuen weork [a. l. w. al. om.]  : for luyte huy þare wonne!—
                                
                                  ¶ A luþer man in Alemaygne : an onkouth pilegrim nam
                                  Line 151 
                                
                                  And brouȝhte him into strong prisoun : and ȝaf him swiþe hard dom,
                                
                                  Þat bote his freond him wolden out bugge : he scholde bi-leue þere.
                                
                                  Þis selie Man nadde no freond : and Maude wel reulich chere,
                                
                                  he bad for seint leonardes loue : þat he merci of him hadde;
                                
                                  And he nolde him oþur merci do : bote into þat strong prisone him ladde.
                                  Line 156 
                                
                                  ¶ To þe louerd of þat Castel : seint leonard a-niȝht cam
                                
                                  And [hiet] him late gon is seriaunt : þat he with vnriȝhte nam.
                                
                                  An oþur niȝht eft-sone he cam : and þe þridde niȝht also, [folio 190] 
                                
                                  And hiet him deliuri his seriaunt. : ake neuere he nolde it do.
                                  Line 160 
                                
                                  ¶ Seint leonard ladde þis selie man : fram þe prisone a-mong heom alle;
                                
                                  Þe heiȝe tour of þat Castel a-non aftur him : a-doun gan falle
                                
                                  And a-slov al þat folk þat þare was : bote þene louerd one;
                                
                                  Ake boþe is leggues breken a-two : with fallingue of ane stone,
                                  Line 164 
                                
                                  Þat neuereft ne miȝhte he beon hol : noþur of flechs ne of bone;
                                
                                  Croked he was al is lif : he nuste to ȝwam mene is mone.—
                                
                                  ¶ Also in Brutayne was a knyȝht : þat in strong prisone was i-brouȝht;
                                
                                  To seint leonard he cride faste : þat he ofte hadde i-souȝht.
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  Streite wardeines ouer him þare weren : boþe nyȝht and day,
                                
                                  Þare he with strongue feteres : in prisone i-bounde lay.
                                
                                  Seint leonard a-mong alle þe wardeins : in-to þe prisone cam
                                
                                  Ase a maister þoruȝ heom alle : þisne selie knyȝht he nam,
                                  Line 172 
                                
                                  his biendes he brac formest a-two : and ladde him bi þe hond
                                
                                  A-mong alle is wardeins : hom in-to is owene lond;
                                
                                  ¶ his feoteres he tok him in is hond : þat he forth with him bar

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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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