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

                                
                                  On-bounde he was of þe deueles bendes : and ȝwodere he wolde he wende.
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                                  he þrettnede faste hermogenes. : to seint Ieme sone he cam
                                
                                  And godes desciple was and is : and aveng cristindom.
                                
                                  Þo hermogenes i-herde þis : þat he was so vn-bounde
                                
                                  And þat seint Ieme hadde i-brouȝt : al is dede to grounde,
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                                  ¶ Manie deuelene he conIurede : þat huy to him wende.
                                
                                  "Wel ȝe wutez," he seide, "ȝwi it is : þat ich after eov sende:
                                
                                  Ore alre fo, Iemes, hath : mine desciple me bi-nome.
                                
                                  Bote ȝe beon strengore þane ich am : i-wis we beoth ouer-come.
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                                  Ich hote eov þat ȝe wenden a-non : and doth a god preiȝe,
                                
                                  Nimeth and bringuet heom to me : faste i-bounde beiȝe.
                                
                                  Certes, bote ȝe it mouwen do : ase ȝe wel i-seoth,
                                
                                  Ouwer power nis nouȝt wurth an hawe : for ouer-come we beoth."
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                                  ¶ "We schulle sone," þe deuelene seiden : "with heom on vrþe [Vern. a noþur]  pleiȝe,
                                
                                  Faste i-bounde al to þine wille : we schulle heom bringue beyȝe.
                                
                                  huy comen fleo oppe in þe loft : ouer þe apostle seint Ieme.
                                
                                  And a-non so huy weren ouer him i-come : huy guonne to grenne and reme, [al. feme] 
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                                  Belewi and wel foule crie : "Iemes, Iemes, þin ore!
                                
                                  We brennez here are it ore tyme be : and beth i-tormented ful sore."
                                
                                  "Ho tormentede [al. tormenteþ]  eov," quath seint Ieme : "and ȝwat wolde ȝe nouþe here?"
                                
                                  "Bote we buth i-come," þe feondes seiden : "to nime þe and þi fere;
                                
                                  Hermogenes us made hidere wiende : þoruȝ is conIuringue,
                                
                                  Þat we eov scholden faste i-bounde : beiȝe to him bringue.
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                                  Bote a-non so we comen here ouer þe : Aungles to us come
                                
                                  With brenninde raketeiȝene : and faste vs bounde and nome;
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                                  here huy us beteth and tormentieth : with brenninde fuyre.
                                
                                  A wey, wei, Iemes, ȝwat schulle we do? : we ne mowen nouȝt þis duyre.
                                
                                  A, Iemes, Iemes, leoue louerd : of us wrechches haue reuþe,
                                
                                  And neuereft we nelleth neiȝ þe come : pliȝhte we wolleth ore treouþe."

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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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