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

                                
                                  To þe temple he wende a-non : ope ȝwan huy a-vouweden heore schame,
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                                  And a-mansede þat sori temple : in ore louerdes name.
                                
                                  A-non with þis mansingue : al þat on half dachste a-dovnn
                                
                                  Þoruȝ grete wreche of þis temple : with gret noyse and soun.
                                
                                  Þo þe schrewes i-seiȝen þe wreche : þat so schamelese were,
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                                  huy bi-lefden þulke schendfole dede : huy ne dorsten non-oþur for fere.
                                
                                  þis holie man wende him forth : ferrore in þe lond : [MS. londe] 
                                
                                  Tymon, þat was an holi man : in a stude he fond,
                                
                                  Þat in a strong acces was of a feuere : and al atþe deþe neiȝ.
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                                  Seint Barnabe of-þouȝte it sore : þo he him i-seiȝ.
                                
                                  Þe godspelles of seint Mathev : with him euere he ber
                                
                                  In a bok; ase god it wolde : with him he hadde as þer :
                                
                                  Þis bok he leide ope þis man : ase he so sijk þer lay :
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                                  he bi-cam anon hol and sound : ase al þat folk i-say, [MS. i isay] 
                                
                                  And wende forth with him a-boute : hol and glad i-novȝ,
                                
                                  And prechede ȝeorne of ihesu crist : and folk fram sunne drovȝ.
                                
                                  Of ore swete louerd of heouene : seint Barnabe hadde swich grace
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                                  Þat, ȝif he founde ani sijk man : ase he wende in ani place,
                                
                                  And he leide ope him þis bok : þat so holi and guod was
                                
                                  Of þe godspelles of seint Mathev : so strong siknesse non nas
                                
                                  Þat he þoruȝ ore louerdes grace : ne helde þar-of a-non;
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                                  Þare-þoruȝ he maude mani men : to Iesu criste gon.
                                
                                  Þoruȝ vertue of þis holie Man : and of þis holie bok al-so
                                
                                  Muche fair miȝthte ore louerd hath : in his seriaunz ido.
                                
                                  Þis holie man seint Barnabe : ȝet forþere he wende
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                                  And prechede þe giwes faste : hore lijf for-to amende.
                                
                                  Manie he tornede to cristindom : and þene holi gost on heom tende,
                                
                                  Þoruȝ miracles þat he dude : and þoruȝ grace þat god him sende.
                                
                                  ¶ Bareu was a luþur giv : þat euere weorrede faste
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                                  Seint powel and seint Barnabe : and cudde it at þe laste :
                                
                                  For þo he fond seint Barnabe : þat folk to ore louerd so wiende,
                                
                                  To þe luþere Iustise of þe lond : þe tiþingue he gan siende.
                                
                                  Þis holi man was sone i-nome : and to dome i-brouȝt.
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                                  huy tormenteden him harde and stronge : forto torni is þouȝt

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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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