Ælfric's Lives of Saints/31mar
incipit vita sci̅ martini episcopi et confessoris · anglicae (sic).
svlpicivs hatte svm [snoter] ƿritere · 0001
Ðe ƿolde aƿritan þa ƿundra ⁊ mihta
þe martin᷒ se mære mihtiglice gefremode
on þisre ƿorulde · ⁊ he ƿrat þa be hī
þa ðing þe he of-axode · oððe æt him sylfum ·
oððe æt oþrū mannū · forðan þe manegū ƿæron
his ƿundra cuþe · þe god ƿorhte þurh hine ·
⁊ ƿe englisc nimað of þære ylcan gesetnysse ·
ac ƿe ne ƿritað na mare · buton his agene ƿundra ·
[I.][edit]
Martinvs se mara bisceop ƿæs geboren on þā fæstene 0010
sabaria gehaten pannoniscre scire ·
⁊ on ticinis he ƿæs afed italian landes ·
He cō of hæðenū magum æþelborenū sƿaðeah 0013
of ƿurðfulre mægðe · æft̅ ƿoruld-þingum ·
his fæder ƿæs ærest cempa · ⁊ eft cēpena ealdor ·
⁊ martin᷒ ƿæs geƿenod to ƿæpnum frā cild-hade ·
⁊ camp-dome fyligde betƿux laricū gefylcū ·
ærest under constantine þā æþelan casere ·
⁊ eft under iuliane þā arleasan ƿiðer-sacan ·
na sƿaþeah sylf-ƿilles · forþan þe he frā cild-hade ƿæs sƿyðor
onbryrd þurh god to godcundlicū þeoƿ-dome ·
þonne to ƿoruldlicū campdome · sƿa sƿa he cydde syððan ·
Þa ða he ƿæs tyn ƿyntra þa ƿearð he gecristnod 0023
his maga unþances · ⁊ on ƿundorlicum gemete
sona to godes þeoƿdome he ƿæs eall gehƿyrfed ·
⁊ þa þe he ƿæs tƿelf ƿintra he ge-ƿilnode to ƿestene ·
⁊ he hit eac gefremode gif he þa ylde hæfde ·
His mod ƿæs sƿa-þeah æfre embe mynstru smeagende · 0028
oþþe embe cyrcan · ⁊ godes gesetnyssum ·
he smeade þa on cild-hade · he siððan gefremode ·
Þa ƿæs þære casere (sic) bebod | þæra cempena suna 0031
þe ƿæron forealdode ƿurdon genamode
to þā ylcan camp-dome þe heora fæderas on ƿæron ·
⁊ martin᷒ þa ƿearð ameldod frā his fæder ·
þe on his ƿeorcū andode · ⁊ he ƿearð geracenteagod
þa þa he fiftyne ƿintre ƿæs · betæht to þam geƿinne
mid anū his þeoƿan þe his gesiðe ƿæs ·
þā he sylf þenode · sƿiþor þonne he hī ·
⁊ samod hi gereordoden sƿa sƿa gelícan ·
þreo gear he ferde mid þā folclicum cempum ·
buton geƿæpnunge ærþan þe he ƿære gefullod
ungeƿemmed sƿa-þeah frā ƿoruldlicre besmitennysse
on þære þe mennisc cynn micclum on syngað ·
Ēbe his efen-cempan he hæfde ƿel-ƿillendnysse · 0044
⁊ micele lufe · ⁊ gemetfæst geðyld ·
⁊ soðe eadmodnysse · ofer mennisc gemett ·
Sƿa micele forhæfednysse he hæfde on his bigleofan · 0047
sƿilce he munuc ƿære sƿiðor þonne cempa ·
⁊ for his æðelū þeaƿū his efen-cempan ealle
þa hine arƿurðodon mid ƿundor-licre lufe ·
He næs þa git gefullod · ac he gefylde sƿa-þeah 0051
þæs fulluhtes dæda mid fulfremedū ƿeorcū ·
sƿa he sƿincendū fylste · ⁊ fedde þearfende ·
⁊ nacode scrydde · ⁊ nan þing hī sylfū
of his campdomes scipe on his seode ne heold ·
buton he dæg-hƿālice to bigleofan hæfde ·
sƿa sƿa god-spel sægð ·
Ne þenc þu be mergene · 0057
II.[edit]
On sumere tide he ferde forð þurh ane burh 0058
ambianis gehaten on hetelicū ƿintra ·
on sƿa sƿiðlicū cyle · sume men sƿulton þurh þone ·
Þa gemette he ðær ænne þearfan | nacodne 0061
biddende þa riddon (sic) hi him sū reaf sealdon.
ac hi ridon him forð · ne rohton his clypunge ·
Martin᷒ þa ongeat he moste his helpan · 0064
þa ða þa oþre noldon ac he nyste sƿa-þeah
hƿæt he sealde þā nacodan forþan þe he sylf næfde
naht butan his geƿædum · ⁊ his geƿæpnunge ·
forðan þe he on sƿilce ƿeorc aspende ær his ðing ·
He gelæhte ða his sex · ⁊ forcearf his basing · 0069
⁊ sealde healfne dæl þā gesæligan þearfan ·
⁊ þone healfan dæl he dyde on his hricg ·
Þa hlogon his geferan þæs forcorfenan basinges · 0072
sume eac besargodon hi sƿilces naht ne dydon
þonne hi butan næcednysse him bet mihton tiðian ·
On þære ylcan nihte he geseah on sƿefne 0075
þone hælend gescrydne mid þā healfan basinge ·
þe he sealde þam þearfan · ⁊ hét þæt [sic @ Skeat] he biheolde
to his drihtne ƿerd ⁊ oncneoƿe reaf* ·
Þærrihte gehyrde se halga martin᷒ · 0079
þone hælend clypian to his halgū englū
mid beorhte stēne · ⁊ to hī ymb-standendū cƿ̅ ·
Martinus þe git nis gefullod me mid þysū reafe gescrydde. 0082
He gemunde þa his cƿydes þe he cƿ̅ on his godspelle. 0083
ge doð on minū naman anū of þysū læstū ·
ge doþ me sylfū · ⁊ forþi he gesƿutelode
hine sylfne martine on sƿefne mid þā reafe
þe se þearfa underfeng for his naman on ǽr ·
Se halga ƿer sƿa-þeah næs ahafen þurh þa gesihþe · 0088
ac godes godnysse he oncneoƿ on his ƿeorce ·
⁊ þa þa he ƿæs eahtatyne ƿintre · he ƿearð gefullod on gode ·
nolde þeah git forlætan · for his leofan ealdormenn ·
þone | folclican campdom · ac for his benū sƿa ƿunode
tƿa gear fullice · siððan he gefullod ƿæs ·
III.[edit]
Hƿæt ða færlice ƿearð þæs fyrlenan leodscipes 0094
onræs into gallias · ⁊ Iulian᷒ se casere
gegaderode his here · ⁊ began to gifenne ·
ælcū his cempū cynelice sylene ·
sƿa sƿa hit ge-ƿunelic ƿæs ·
Þa ƿende martin᷒ 0098
he þa ƿel mihte ƿilnian æt þā casere
he of þā campdome þa cuman moste ·
hī ne ðuhte na frēfullic he fenge to þære gife ·
⁊ syððan ne campode mid þā casere forð ·
He cƿ̅ þa to þā arleasan · oð þis ic cāpode þe · 0103
ge-þafa nu ic gode campige heonon-forð ·
⁊ under-fó þine gife · se ðe feohte mid ðe
ic eō godes cempa ne mot ic na feohtan ·
Ða gebealh hine se casere · ⁊ cƿ̅ he for yrhðe 0107
þæs to-ƿeardan gefeohtes · na for eaƿfæst-nysse
hine sylfne æt-brude sƿa þam campdome ·
Ac martin᷒ unforht to þam manfullan cƿ̅ · 0110
Gif ðu to yrhðe þis telst · ⁊ na to ge-leafan · 0111
nu to mergen ic stande on mines drihtnes naman
ætforan þā truman · ⁊ ic fare orsorh
mid rode-tacne gescyld · na mid readū scylde ·
oððe mid helme þurh þæs heres ƿerod
Þa het se arlease [sic @ Skeat] healdan þone halgan 0116
he ƿurde ƿæpn-læs aƿorpen þā hæðenum ·
On þam æftran dæg dydon þa hæðenan 0118
hi budon sybbe · ⁊ hi sylfe þam casere ·
⁊ ealle heora ðing to his anƿealde ·
Hƿam tƿynað lá forði þæs geleaffullan ƿeres 0121
ƿære · se sige · þa þa him ƿæs getiþod
he ƿæpenleas nære aƿorpen þam here ·
þeah þe se arfæsta drihten eaþe
mihte gehealdan and-sundne his cempan ·
He æt-bræd | gefeoht · furðon næron ge-ƿemmede 0126
martines gesihþa on oðra manna deaðe ·
Hƿilcne oþerne sige sceolde ure drihten 0128
syllan for his cempan selran þonne þone ·
nan man ne sƿulte · ac hí to sibbe fengon ·
IIII.[edit]
Ða forlet martin᷒ sƿa he gemynte gefyrn · 0131
þone ƿoruldlican camp-dom · ⁊ to þā halgan ƿere ferde ·
hilariū þā bisceope on þære burh-scyre
þe is pictauis gehaten · forðan þe he ƿæs acunnod
on godes geleafan · ⁊ on goddre lare ·
⁊ he þa ƿunode mid þam ƿere sume hƿile ·
Þa ƿolde se halga hadian hine to diacone 0137
ac he ƿið-cƿæð gelome · cƿæð he ƿyrðe nære ·
þa under-get se bisceop he mihte hine gibigan
gif he him bude læssan hád · ⁊ bead hī he ƿære
gehadod to exorcista · ƿe hatað halsigend
þe ðe bebyt deoflū · hi of gedrehtum mannū faran ·
⁊ he þa ne forsóc þone eadmoddran hád ·
ac ƿearð sƿa ge-hadod æt þam halgan bisceope ·
Þa æfter sumū fyrste he ƿearð on sƿefne gemynegod · 0145
he sceolde his eþel · ⁊ his eard geneosian ·
⁊ fæder · ⁊ modor · þe fúllice ƿæron hæþene ·
⁊ he ferde ða be leafa þæs foresædan bisceopes ·
⁊ he hine georne bæd he ongean cuman sceolde ·
Martin᷒ þa ferde to þam fyrlenan lande · 0150
⁊ þa þa he com to muntum · þa ge-mette he sceaðan ·
⁊ heora an sona his exe up abræd ·
ƿolde hine slean · ac him forƿyrnde sum oþer ·
sƿa he hylfe ge-læhte · ⁊ ƿið-hæfde slege ·
He ƿearð sƿa-þeah ge-bunden bæftan to his bæce · 0155
⁊ heora anum | betæht he hine bereafode ·
Þa ongan se hine befrinan hƿæðer he forht ƿære · 0157
oððe hƿæt he manna ƿære · oþþe he cristen ƿære ·
Þa ⁊ƿyrde martinus him anræd-lice · ⁊ cƿ̅ 0159
he nære sƿa orsorh on eallum his life ·
for þā þe he ƿiste to-ƿerde godes
mild-heort-nysse sƿiþost on þā costnungum ·
⁊ cƿ̅ he besargode sƿiðor his gedƿyldes
he unƿyrðe ƿæs godes mild-heort-nysse ·
Began ða to bodigenne þa godspellican lare 0165
sƿa lange þam sceaðan oþ he ge-lyfde on god ·
⁊ martine fyligde micclum hine biddende
he him fore gebæde · ⁊ he forð þurh-ƿunode
on æƿfæstre drohtnunge · ⁊ eft us þis cydde ·
Þa þa he com to mediolana · þa ge-mette hé ænne deofol 0170
on menniscum híƿe · ⁊ he martinū befrán
hƿider he siðode ·
Þa sæde him se halga 0172
he þider ferde þe hine drihten clypode ·
Ða cƿ̅ se scucca sona him to andsƿare · 0174
Sƿa hƿider sƿa þu færst · oððe sƿa hƿæt sƿa þu beginst · 0175
þe bið ƿiþer-ræde seo deofol · ⁊ se halga ƿer him cƿ̅ to ·
Drihten me is on fultume · ne ondræde ic hƿæt man me dó · 0177
⁊ se deofol þær-rihte fordƿán on his ge-sihðe ·
Martinus þa ferde forð sƿa he ge-mynte · 0179
⁊ his modor ge-bigde to godes biggencgum ·
⁊ to þam halgan fulluhte · þeah þe his fæder nolde
bugan of þam gedƿylde · ⁊ þeah þurh drihtnes fultū
martin᷒ geriht-læhte manega of þam folce.
Þa asprang geond ealle ƿoruld arrianes gedƿyld · 0184
⁊ martinus mid geleafan micclum ƿan ongean ·
oð he ƿearð | ge-sƿenct mid sƿiðlicum ƿitum ·
⁊ openlice be-sƿungen · ⁊ of þære byrig adræfed ·
He ferde þa ongean to italian lande · 0188
⁊ on mediolana him mynster arærde ·
forðan-þe se foresæda hilarius ƿas afaren to ƿræc-siðe ·
for þam ylcan ge-dƿylde þe þa dƿollice asprang ·
ac þa gedƿol-men sona hine adrifon þanon ·
⁊ hé ferde sƿá þanon to sumum ig-lande
gallinaria ge-haten · mid anum halgum mæsse-preoste ·
se leofode on ƿæstene be ƿyrta morum lange ·
Martin᷒ þa on þære tide on his mete þigde 0196
þa ættrian ƿyrt · þe elleborū hatte ·
⁊ attor sona hine sƿiðe þreade
fornean to deaðe · ac he feng to his ge-bedum ·
⁊ eall seo sarnys him sona frā ge-ƿát ·
Þa æfter [sic @ Skeat] sumum fyrste þa ða he of-axod hæfde 0201
se halga hilarius ham cyrran moste ·
of þam ƿrec-siðe · þa ge-ƿende he to him ·
⁊ he mid arƿurðnysse hine eft under-feng ·
⁊ martinus ða siððan him mynster þær arærde ·
gehende þære byrig · þe is gehaten pictauis ·
V.[edit]
Ða com an ge-cristnod man ⁊ ge-cuð-læhte to martine · 0207
⁊ ƿunode mid hī ƿolde his lare underfón
ac æfter feaƿū dagum he ƿearð færlice seoc ·
sƿa he forð-ferde unge-fullod sona ·
⁊ se halga martinus næs æt ham þa hƿile ·
Ða gebroþra sarige þa sæton ofer lic · 0212
⁊ martin᷒ com þa micclū dreorig ·
⁊ het hi gan út ⁊ be-hæpsode þa duru ·
⁊ astrehte hine sylfne sona ofer þone deadan
biddende his drihten he þone deadan arærde ·
Þa æft̅ | sumū fyrste he ge-fredde on his mode · 0217
godes miht ƿæs toƿerd · ⁊ he astod þa up
an-bidigende unforht his bena tiða ·
Þa æft̅ tƿā tidum astyrode se deada 0220
eallum limum · ⁊ lociende ƿæs ·
Þa clypode martin᷒ micclū þancigende gode · 0222
⁊ þa þe þær-ute stodon instopon sona
sƿiðe ablicgede · hi gesaƿon þa libban
þone þe hi ær for-leton deadne ·
He ƿearð þa sona ge-fullod · ⁊ he siððan leofode 0226
manega gear · ⁊ mannum sæde
he to þæs hextan deman heh-setle ƿære gebroht ·
⁊ [italics @ Skeat] þær him ƿæs ge-demed to dimre stoƿe ·
þær he unrot ƿunode · mid ƿoruld-mannum ·
on ƿitnungum þa hƿile · ⁊ þa ƿearð gecyd
þurh tƿegen englas þam ælmihtigan deman
he se man ƿære þe martin᷒ fore gebæd ·
⁊ þa ƿearð eft geboden · þurh þa ylcan englas
he ƿurde gelæd to life ongean ·
⁊ martine agifen · ⁊ hit ƿearð þa sƿa ·
Þa asprang martines hlisa geond land ƿide · 0237
se þe halig ƿæs on ƿeorcū · ƿære apostolic ƿer ge-lyfed ·
VI.[edit]
Eft æfter sumum fyrste ferde se halga ƿer
ofer sumes þegenes land lupicin᷒ gehaten ·
Þa gehyrde he feorran færlice hream · 0241
ƿependre meniu · ⁊ he ƿearð þa ge-stedegod
befrinende georne hƿæt fær-lices ƿære ·
Him ƿearþ þa ge-sǽd sum unge-sælig man 0244
hine sylfne ahenge · of þære hiƿ-rædene ·
⁊ sƿa hangigende hine sylfne adydde ·
Martinus þa inn-eode þær se man læg dead · 0247
⁊ adræfde ut ealle þa meniu ·
⁊ hine sylfne astreh|te ofer þone saƿl-leasan lichaman ·
sume hƿile on ge-bedum · ⁊ he sona ge-edcucode ·
⁊ mid geornfulre elnunge up arisende ƿæs ·
⁊ nā martinus sƿiþran hand [⁊] mid him astod
⁊ forð-stop mid him · on þæs folces gesihðe ·
VII.[edit]
On þære ylcan tide turonisce folc 0254
ƿilnigende ƿæs martinus ƿære
to bisceope ge-halgod to heora burh-scire ·
ac martin᷒ nolde ut of þam mynstre na hƿider ·
oþ sum his neh-gebura gesohte his fet
sæde his ƿif lage sƿiðe ge-brocod ·
⁊ begeat þa un-eaþe he ut ferde ·
⁊ seo burh-ƿaru cepte hƿænne he ut come ·
⁊ gelæhton hine sona · ⁊ gelæddon to þære byrig
turonia gehaten he ƿurde gehadod ·
Þa clypode eall seo meniu ⁊ cƿædon an-modlice 0264
martinus ƿære ƿyrðe þæs hades ·
⁊ ge-sælig sacerd to sƿilcum bisceop-dome ·
Þær ƿæron bisceopas of gehƿilcum burgum 0267
to þære ge-corennysse · þa ƿið-cƿædon hí sume
martinus nære ƿyrðe sƿa miceles hades ·
for his ƿacum gyrlum · ⁊ þær ƿið-cƿæð sƿiþost
an þæra bisceopa defensor gehaten ·
ac he ƿearð gescynd þurh godes seþunge ·
Þa sceolde man rædan sume rædinge him æt-foran · 0273
ac se rædere ƿæs utan belocen · þa ge-læhte sum preost
ænne sealtere sona · ⁊ ærest gemette
rædde him æt-foran ƿæs þis fers ·
Of unsprecendra muþe · ⁊ sucendra þu ful-fremedest þin 0277
lof drihten for þinū feondum · þu toƿurpe feond
⁊ defensor ·
Sona sƿa his fers ƿæs æt-foran him geræd · 0280
þa ƿearð folc astyrod | onsƿiðlicum hreame ·
godes sylfes seðung þær gesƿutelod ƿære ·
⁊ defensor mihte his mán þær to-cnaƿan ·
⁊ god ƿolde ƿyrcan his lof
on þam un-scæððigan martine · ⁊ gescyndan defensor ·
Þa under-feng se halga ƿer bisceop-hadunge þær · 0286
⁊ þone hád sƿa ge-heold · sƿa hit is unsecgendlic ·
mid þære ylcan an-rednysse · þe he ær onƿunode ·
mid þær ylcan eadmodnysse · ⁊ mid þam ærran reafe ·
⁊ sƿa he ƿæs ge-fylled mid ge-þungen-nysse ·
⁊ mid þæs hades · ƿurð-scype · he mid ƿeorcū gefylde
ge þone bisceop-dóm · mid eallū ƿurð-scipe ·
ge þone munuc-hád betƿux mannū ge-heold ·
He ƿæs soðfæst on dome · ⁊ est-ful on bodunge · 0294
arƿurð-ful on þeaƿum · ⁊ þurh-ƿacol on ge-bedum ·
singal on rædinge · ge-stæððig on his lece ·
arfæst on ge-ƿilnunge · ⁊ arƿurðful on his þenungum ·
Eala hƿilc ƿel-ƿillend-nys ƿæs on his spræcum · 0298
⁊ hƿilc ge-þungennys ƿæs on his þeaƿum ·
⁊ hu micel glædnys on gastlicum dædum
ƿunode on þam halgan mid healicre frēminge ·
Eadig ƿæs se ƿer · on þam ne ƿunode nan facn · 0302
nænne hé ne for-demde · ne nanū hé ne for-geald
yfel mid yfele · ac he eaðelice for-bær
manna teonrædene mid micclū ge-þylde ·
Ne geseah hine nan man nates-hƿon yrre · 0306
ne on mode murcnigende · ne mislice ge-ƿorhtne ·
ac on anre anrædnysse æfre ƿunigende
ofer mannes gemet · mid mycelre glædnysse ·
Sume hƿile he hæfde hus ƿiþ þa cyrcan · 0310
þa æfter sumū fyrste | for þæs folces bysnunge ·
⁊ for þære unstil-nysse · he ge-staðelode him mynster
tƿa mila of þære byrig · ⁊ seo stoƿ ƿæs sƿa digle
he ne ge-ƿilnode nanes oþres ƿæstenes ·
On ane healfe þæs mynstres ƿæs an ormæte clif 0315
ascoren rihte adune · ⁊ seo deopa ea
liger gehaten · læg on oðre sidan ·
sƿa man ne mihte to þā mynst[r]e cuman
butan þurh ænne pæð he in-ganges bæde ·
Hund-eahtatig muneca on þam mynstre ƿunodon 0320
under martines lareoƿ-dome mærlice drohtnigende ·
⁊ ealle heora þincg him ƿæron gemæne ·
⁊ þær nan man næfde nan þing synderlices ·
ne hi cepes ne gymdon · ne naht syllan ne moston ·
buta þam anū þe heora big-leofan forð dydon ·
ne moste þær nan broðor begán nænne cræft ·
buton he hine ge-bæde · oððe béc ƿrite ·
Þa ƿæron gebysgode þa yldran ge-broðra 0328
on singalum gebedum · ⁊ seo iuguð ƿrat ·
⁊ ƿunodon on stilnysse · sƿa sƿa him geƿissode martin᷒ ·
At-somne hi æton on ge-settum timan · 0331
⁊ hi ƿines ne gymdon buton ƿan-halū mannū ·
⁊ manega þær hæfdon hæran to lice ·
⁊ þær hnesce geƿæda · ƿæron to læhtre getealde ·
Æþel-borene ƿeras þær ƿunodon on þā mynstre · 0335
þe ƿæron estlice afedde · ac hi geƿyldon hi sƿa-þeah
to þære ylcan stiðnysse þe þær stod on þā mynstre ·
⁊ manega ƿe ge-saƿon siððan of þā bisceopas ·
Lá hƿilc burhscír ƿæs þe nolde bisceop geceosan 0339
of martines mynstre · for his mærū gebysnungū ·
VIII.[edit]
Ðær ƿæs þa ge-hende þam halgan mynstre 0341
| sƿilce an halig stoƿ sƿyðe geƿurðod
frā folces mannum · sƿilce ðær martyres lagon ·
⁊ þa ærran bisceopas arƿurðoden þa stoƿe ·
⁊ þær ƿeofod ge-halgodon ƿolice sƿa-ðeah ·
Martinus ða ne ge-lyfde þam leasū ge-dƿimore · 0346
ac axode smealice þa yldostan preostas
þæs martyres naman · oþþe hƿænne he ge-martyrod ƿære ·
ac heora nan nyste nan geƿis be þam ·
Þa nolde martin᷒ ge-neosian þa stoƿe · 0350
ne þā folce ne lyfde · ac fór sume dæg tó
mid feaƿū ge-broþrum · ⁊ stód æt þære byrgene ·
biddende þone ælmihtigan god · he be þam gesƿutelode
hƿæt he soþlice ƿære · oððe hƿilcere geearnunge
þe þær bebyrged ƿæs · ⁊ ge-ƿurðod oþ ·
Þa be-seah se halga ƿer to his ƿynstran healfe · 0356
⁊ geseah þær standan ane atelice sceade ·
⁊ sæde he ƿære ofslagen for ðyfþe ·
⁊ on ƿite ƿunode · na on ƿuldre mid martyrū ·
⁊ ƿære geƿurðod ƿolice frā þā folce ·
Hit ƿæs ƿundorlic sƿa-þeah hine sƿutollice ge-hyrdon 0361
ealle þe ðær ƿæron · ac hi ne ge-saƿon hine
butan martin᷒ ana þe hit him eallū sæde ·
He het sona þa aƿæg dón ƿeofod of þære stoƿe · 0364
⁊ folc alysde frā þā leasum ge-dƿylde ·
VIIII.[edit]
Æft on sumne sæl siðode martin᷒ 0366
on his bisceop-rice · þa bær man þær an líc
anes hæðenes mannes hi hine be-byrigdon ·
Ða be-heold martinus þa hæðenan feorran · 0369
⁊ ƿende hi bæron sƿa sƿa heora geƿune ƿæs
heora deofol-gild dƿollice ofer heora land ·
⁊ ƿorhte þa rode-tacn ƿiþ þæs folces ƿerd ·
⁊ bead him | on godes naman hi hit ne bæron na furðor ·
ac aledon þa byrðene · ⁊ þa bær-men sona
stede-fæste stodon · sƿilce hi astifode ƿæron ·
Þær mihte ƿundrian se ðe ƿære gehende 0376
hu þa earman bær-menn gebundene to earðan
ƿendon hi abutan · ƿoldon forð gán ·
ac ða þa hi ne mihton of þære moldan astyrian ·
þa asetton hí lic · ⁊ beseah ælc to oþrū
sƿiðe ƿundrigende · hƿi him sƿa ge-lumpe ·
Ac þa þa martin᷒ oncneoƿ hí mid lice ferdon 0382
na mid deofol-gilde · þa dyde he up his hand ·
⁊ sealde hī leafe to siþigenne forð ·
⁊ líc to berenne to byrgene · sƿa sƿa hí ge-mynton ·
Ðus se halga bisceop geband hí mid ƿorde · 0386
⁊ eft þa ða he ƿolde let hí aƿæg gán ·
X.[edit]
Se halga martinus to-ƿearp sum hæðen-gild
on sumere tíde · on sumere stoƿe ·
þa ƿæs an pin-treoƿ ƿið templ ge-friðed
sƿiðe halig ge-teald on þa hæþenan ƿisan ·
þa ƿolde he for-ceorfan eac sƿilce treoƿ ·
ac ða hæðen-gildan þā halgan ƿið-cƿædon ·
sædon hi ne mihton on heora mode findan ·
he treoƿ for-curfe · þeah ðe he heora templ toƿurpe ·
Ða cƿ̅ se halga bisceop on þā beame 0396
nære nan synderlic halignyss · ⁊ sæde þā hæþenū
hi sƿiðor sceoldon þone soðan god ƿurðian ·
⁊ aheaƿen treoƿ þe ƿæs ge-halgod deofle ·
Þa cƿ̅ an ðæra hæþenra to þam halgan bisceope · 0400
Gif þu ænigne truƿan hæbbe on þinū gode · 0401
ƿe for-ceorfað treoƿ · ⁊ þu hit feallende under-foh ·
⁊ gif þin god is mid ðe · þu gæst aƿeg gesund ·
| Martin᷒ ða unforht fæste on god gebyld 0404
be-het he ƿolde mid ƿeorcum ge-fyllan ·
Hi þa ealle glæd-mode begunnon to ceorfenne 0406
þone heagan pin-beam · ⁊ he ƿæs a-hyld
on ane healfe man eaðe mihte ƿitan
hƿider he sigan ƿolde · ⁊ hi setton martinū
þær-foran ongean · he hine offeallan sceolde ·
Þa ƿæron his munecas ƿundorlice afyrhte · 0411
⁊ nan oðer ne ƿendon buton he ƿurde ðær of-hroren ·
⁊ se beam þa feallende beah to martine ·
Martinus þa unforht ongean feallende treoƿ 0414
ƿorhte rode-tacn · ⁊ hit ƿende þa ongean ·
sƿilce hit sum færlic þoden þydde under-bæc ·
sƿa [þæt @ Skeat] hit of-feol for-nean þæs folces
micelne dæl · þe þær orsorge stodon ·
Þa hrymdon þa hæþenan mid healicre ƿunðrunge · 0419
⁊ þa munecas ƿeopan for þære ƿundorlican blysse ·
⁊ hi ealle cristes naman clypodon mid herunge ·
⁊ eall se leod-scipe to geleafan þa beah ·
To þā sƿiðe hi ƿurdon þurh ƿundor gecyrrede · 0423
hi geond eall land mid ge-leafan a-rærdon
cyrcan · ⁊ mynstra · ⁊ martin᷒ æfre
sƿa hƿær sƿa he þa deofol-gild to-ƿearp · sƿa ƿorhte he cyrcan ·
XI.[edit]
Hƿilon eac se halga ƿer toƿearp an hæðen-gild · 0427
þa sette he sona fyr on feondlice templ
hit bradum lige brastligende hreas ·
Þa ƿende fyr forð mid þam ƿinde 0430
to anū þære huse · þe þær ge-hendost stód ·
ac martinus mid ofste uppon hus astah ·
⁊ sette hine sylfne ongean þone sƿegendan fyr ·
Þær mihte ƿundor ða | geseon · se ðe ƿære gehende · 0434
hu se ƿínd · ⁊ se líg · ƿunnon him betƿinan ·
se ƿind bleoƿ ðone líg · ac he ƿand ongean
for-beah þone halgan ƿer þe on þam huse ƿæs ·
⁊ án for-bærnde þe him be-boden ƿæs ·
XII.[edit]
Eft on sumere ƿic ðe ƿæs librosum ge-haten · 0439
ƿolde se halga martinus to-ƿurpan an templ
ƿæs þearle ƿelig hus ge-ƿurðod þam deoflum
þa forƿyrndon þa hæþenan þā halgan ƿere þæs ·
⁊ hine adræfdon ge-drefedne þanon ·
Þa ferde martin᷒ na sƿyðe feor þanon 0444
⁊ scrydde hine mid hæran ⁊ mid axan bestreoƿode
fæstende þry dagas · ⁊ his drihten bæd ·
he mid heofon-licre mihte hæðene templ
þa þa he mid his cræfte hit to-cƿysan ne mihte ·
Æfter ðam fæstene hī comon færlice to 0449
tƿegen scinende englas · mid sperū ⁊ scyldū ·
sƿilce on gelicnysse heofonlices ƿerodes ·
secgende þam halgan se hælend hi sende
hí cyrlisce folc afligan sceoldon ·
⁊ martine fultumian hi ne mihton ƿið-standan ·
Martin᷒ þa ferde to þære fore-sædan deofol-gilde · 0455
⁊ mid þæra engla fultume mannū onlocigendū
tempel eall to-ƿearp · ⁊ þa ƿeofode to duste ·
ealle þa anlicnyssa heora arƿurðra goda ·
Þa ne mihton þa hæðenan martine ƿið-cƿeðan · 0459
ac þurh þa god-cundan mihte micclū ƿurdon afyrhte ·
⁊ gelyfdon on god · mid ge-leafan clypigende ·
se god ƿære to ƿurþigenne þe se halga ƿer bodode ·
⁊ heora godas to forlætenne þe him fremion ne mihton ·
XIII.[edit]
Hƿilon on sumere tide sƿa sƿa us segð seo racu 0464
to-ƿearp se halga bisceop sum sƿiþlice hæþengild ·
þa sáh him ón sona | cyrlisce folc
sƿyðe ƿedende sƿa sƿa hi ƿæron hæþene ·
⁊ heora án sona his sƿurd ateah ·
Se bisceop him to-geanes bræd of his ceppan · 0469
⁊ a-þenode his sƿuran þā sleandum hæþenū ·
⁊ se hæþena ða · þa þa he hine slean ƿolde ·
þa feoll he under-bæc mid fyrhte for-numen ·
⁊ bæd him forgifennysse æt þam halgan bisceope ·
Þysum ƿeorc ƿæs sum oþer gelíc 0474
þa þa he eac toƿearp sum oðer hæþen-gild ·
þa sloh sum hæþen man to þā halgan ƿere ·
ac mid þam sƿenge hæpte sƿurd him of handū ·
⁊ ne mihte nan hit næfre syððan findan ·
Ƿitodlice for-oft þa þa him ƿið-cƿædon 0479
þa hæþenan he heora hæþen-gild
sƿa hux-lice ne to-ƿende · þa bodode he him sƿa lange
þone soðan ge-leafan · oð- he ge-liþe-ƿæhte ·
to geleafan heora ƿurðfullan templ ·
Sƿa micele mihte he hæfde menn to ge-hælenne · 0484
nan adlig man naht eaðe him to ne com ·
he ne ƿurde sona ƿundorlice gehæled ·
XIII[I.][edit]
On treueris ƿæs sum mæden sƿiðlice ge-untrumod 0487
licgende on paralisin · oððæt [sic @ Skeat] hire lima ealle
ƿurdon adeadode · ⁊ heo unƿene læg ·
Þa ƿearþ ge-cydd þam fæder martin᷒ come þa 0490
into þære byrig · ⁊ he arn to þam halgan ·
⁊ ge-sohte his fét mid sƿyðlicum ƿope
biddende þone bisceop he hi bletsode ·
ic ge-lyfe he cƿ̅ · heo libbe þurh þe ·
Martinus þa cƿ̅ · hit his mihta næron 0495
to sƿilcere dæde · ac se fæder ne ge-sƿác
hine to biddenne mid ƿope oþ þa oþre bisceopas
þe mid martine ƿæron gemacodon he eode
to þā licgendan | mædene · ⁊ ormæte meniu
þær-ute and-bidode hƿæt se bisceop don ƿolde ·
Þa astrehte martin᷒ to moldan his lima · 0501
⁊ gehalgode siððan sumne dǽl eles
⁊ dyde on þæs mædenes muð · ⁊ heo mihte þa spræcan ·
⁊ ealle hire lima endemes cucodon ·
⁊ heo ða hál arás þam folce onlocigendum
XV.[edit]
Ða ƿæs sum heah-þegen gehaten tetradius · 0506
⁊ his þeoƿa manna an ƿæs þearle aƿed ·
þa bed he þone halgan he his hand him onsette ·
Martin᷒ þa hét þa þone man hī to lædan · 0509
ac nan man ne dorste to þā deofol-seocan gán
forþan-ðe he ƿundorlice ƿedde · mid þā muþe ·
⁊ elcne ƿolde teran þe him in to-eode ·
Tetradius þa sylf cō · ⁊ gesohte þone halgan 0513
biddende eadmod-lice he to þam earman eode ·
Þa cƿ̅ se halga ƿer he to his huse gan nolde 0515
hæþenes mannes ⁊ manfulles lifes ·
Se hæðena þegen þa behet þā halgan ƿere 0517
he ƿolde cristen beon · gif se cnapa ƿurde hal ·
⁊ martinus sona siðode to þam ƿodan ·
⁊ his hand him on asette · ⁊ gescynde þone deofol
fram þam geƿitleasū men · ⁊ he ƿearð sona hál ·
Tetradius ða sona þa he ge-seah · 0522
gelyfde on urne drihten · ⁊ let hine cristnian ·
⁊ æft̅ lytlum fyrste he ƿearð gefullod ·
⁊ martinū ƿurðode mid ƿu[n]dorlicre lufe ·
forþan-ðe he ƿæs ealdor ƿitod-lice his hæle ·
XVI.[edit]
On ðære ylcan tide on þam ylcan fæstene 0527
eode martin᷒ to anes mannes huse ·
þa æt-stod he færlice æt-foran þā þrex-ƿolde ·
cƿ̅ he egeslicne feond on þam incofan gesaƿe ·
Martinus þa het þone hetolan deofol · 0531
he | þanon ge-ƿite · ⁊ he ƿearð þa yrre
gelæhte ænne mannan ⁊ ƿearð him on-innan ·
of þæs þegenes hiƿrædene · ⁊ he þearle þa ƿedde ·
⁊ began to toterenne þa þe he to mihte ·
Þa fleah seo hiƿ-ræden · ⁊ folc eac sƿá · 0536
ac martin᷒ eode ðam ƿodan men togeanes
het hine sona standan · ⁊ he stod þa gynigende ·
⁊ þyƿde mid muþe he martinum abite ·
Þa dyde martin᷒ on muð þam ƿodan 0540
his agenne fingras · ⁊ het hine fretan
gif he ænige mihte hæfde · ac he ƿið-bræd þa ceaflas
frā þære halgan handa · sƿilce frā hatan isene ·
Ða adræfde se halga ƿer þone hetolan deofol 0544
of þam ge-drehton menn · ac he ne moste faran
þurh þone muð ut þe martin᷒ hrepode ·
ac fúllice ferde þurh his forð-gang ut ·
XVII.[edit]
Betƿux þam þe se bisceop on þære byrig ƿunode · 0548
þa cydde man geond þa burh þær cūan ƿolde tó ·
onsigendan here · ⁊ hergian þa burh ·
Þa ƿearð eall seo burh-ƿaru ƿundor-lice afyrht 0551
for þæs heres ogan · þa het martin᷒ sona
him læden to ænne ƿodne man · ⁊ he ƿearð hī to ge-læd ·
Se halga ƿer ða het þone ƿodan secgan 0554
gif hit soð ƿære be ðam onsigendan here ·
Þa andette se deofol þurh þæs ge-drehtan muð 0556
six-tyne deofle [sic @ Skeat] ƿæron þe ƿorhton þisne hlisan ·
⁊ to-seoƿon geond folc · hi afligdon martinum
þurh ðone ogan sƿa of þære byrig ·
⁊ hit eall ƿære leas be þam onsigendan here
þa se fula gast þis sæde þa ƿæron hí orsorge ·
XVIII.[edit]
Martin᷒ hƿilon ferde mid micelre meniu 0562
to parisian byrig · ⁊ þa þa he binnan | get com.
þa ƿæs þær sum hreofla ƿundorlice to-hroren
eallum mannū an-þræclic · ac martin᷒ hine cyste ·
⁊ his blet-sunge hine sealde · ⁊ he sona ƿearð hal ·
⁊ cō þæs on mergen to martine blyðe
mid ge-halre hyde · his hæle ðancigende ·
Oft ƿurdon eac ge-hælede fela untrume men 0569
þurh his reafes fnæda [sic @ Skeat] · þe fela men of-atugon ·
⁊ bundon on þa seocan · ⁊ hī ƿæs bet sona ·
Eac sƿilce of his bedstreƿe man band on anne ƿodne · 0572
þa ge-ƿat se deofol hī of · ⁊ he his ge-ƿit under-feng ·
XVIIII.[edit]
Arborius ƿæs gehaten sum heah-þegen on þā lande · 0574
sƿiðe geleafful man · ⁊ his dohtor læg on fefore
þearle ge-brocod · þa brohte man sume dæg
an ærend-geƿrit to þā ylcan þegene
frā þam bisceope martine · ⁊ he hit lede on hire breoste
ða þa hire hatost ƿæs ⁊ heo ƿearð hal sona ·
Þa ƿearð se fæder sƿa onbryrd · he sona be-hét 0580
gode hire mægþ-hád ⁊ hi to martine brohte ·
he his agene mihte on þā mædene oncneoƿe ·
ne he eac nolde anig oðer man sceolde
hire hád on sættan · butan se halga martinus ·
Sum ƿer hatte paulin᷒ þe ƿel þeah on gode syððan · 0585
þa ƿurdon his eagan yfele ge-hefegode ·
mid tosƿollenū breaƿū · ⁊ sƿið-licum myste
sƿa his seon sƿyðe þeostrodon ·
þa hrepode martinus mid anre sƿingan ·
⁊ eall seo sarnis him sona fram geƿat ·
⁊ se mist samod þurh martines hrepunge ·
He ƿæs sƿiðe ƿelig man · ac he ƿearð sƿa onbryrd 0592
he ealle his æhta endemes beceapode ·
⁊ dælde eall þearfū | for his drihtnes lufon ·
Þa herode martin᷒ þæs mannes dæda sƿyðe · 0595
⁊ oþrū to bysne sealde oft secgende be him ·
he on þam timan gefylde fægere þone cƿyde ·
þe ure drihten cƿ̅ to sumum rican men ·
far ⁊ syle ealle þine æhta · ⁊ dæl ƿurð þearfum ·
þonne hæfst þu gold-hord on heofonan rice ·
XX.[edit]
On sumere tide martinus stah to anre up-flora · 0601
þa ƿæron þære hlæddre stapas alefede on ǽr ·
⁊ toburston færinga he feol adune ·
⁊ mid manegū ƿundū ge-ƿæht ƿearð sƿiðe ·
sƿa he seoc læg on his synderlican inne ·
On þære nihte him cō an engel to him 0606
sylfū onlocigendū · ⁊ his lima smyrode
mid halƿendre sealfe · ⁊ he sona þæs on mergen
hal forð-eode · sƿilce he untrū nære ·
XXI.[edit]
Maximus se casere þe ƿæs on martinus dæge · 0610
gelaðede for-oft þone arƿurðan ƿer
þa ða he him ƿið spræc he ƿære his ge-metta ·
þa for-hæfde he hine æfre frā his ge-beorscipe ·
cƿ̅ he ne mihte his gemetta beon
þe anne casere ofsloh · ⁊ oþerne aflymde ·
Þa ⁊ƿyrde maximus martine ⁊ cƿ̅ · 0616
he næfre sylf-ƿilles þone anƿeald ne under-fenge ·
ac ƿære frā his cēpum gecoren unþances
to ðā cyne-dome · ⁊ ƿið-cƿeðan ne mihte ·
⁊ he on-gean godes ƿillan ƿinnan ne mihte ·
⁊ forþy mid ƿæpnum hine ƿerian sceolde ·
cƿ̅ eac cƿ̅ nan man nære frā him ofslagen
buton þā anum þe him onfeohtende ƿæron ·
Þa ƿearð martin᷒ mid þæs caseres beladunge · 0624
⁊ eac þurh his bene · gebiged to his ge-reordunge ·
He nolde næfre lyffettan ne mid olecunge spræcan 0626
| ne furðon to þam casere sƿa sƿa his geferan dydon ·
sƿa sƿa he on þam ylcan gereorde gesƿutelode mid dæde ·
He sæt to þam casere · ⁊ hi sƿyðe blyðe ƿæron 0629
for martines gereordunge · ⁊ man bær þam casere
sƿa sƿa hit geƿunelic ƿæs ƿín on anre blede ·
Þa het he þone byrle beodon martine ærest · 0632
ƿolde æfter ðā bisceope his bletsunge drincan ·
Martin᷒ þa dranc · ⁊ his mæsse-preoste sealde 0634
healfne dæl þæs ƿætan þe ƿæs on þære blede ·
for-þan-þe he ƿiste he ƿurþost ƿæs ·
æft̅ him to drincenne · ⁊ hí ealle þæs ƿundrodon ·
⁊ mærsodon his anræd-nysse geond ealne þone hired ·
He sæde þa þam casere sƿa sƿa hī becō siððan · 0639
gif he ferde to ge-feohte sƿa he gemynte
ongean ualentinianū þe he aflymde ær
of his cyne-dome · þæt [sic @ Skeat] hī come sige ·
ac æfter lytlū fyrste he sceolde feallan ofslagan ·
⁊ hit geƿearð sƿa sƿa him geƿitegode martinus ·
He ferde þa siþþan to feohtenne ƿið þone casere · 0645
⁊ on þā forman onræse he afligde ualentinianū ·
ac eft embe geares fyrst he beferde maximū
binnan anre byrig aquileiam ge-haten ·
⁊ hine þær ofsloh · ⁊ siððan to his rice feng ·
XXII.[edit]
Martin᷒ ferde hƿilon to ualentiniane þā casere 0650
ƿolde for sumere neode ƿið hine spræcan ·
ac his micele mod · ⁊ his manfulla ge-bedda
þe mid arrianiscum gedƿylde dƿeligende lyfode ·
noldon geðafian þā halgan bisceope ·
he infær hæfde his ærende to abeodenne ·
ac het se arleasa hine utan belucan ·
forþā-ðe he ƿiste he ƿolde þæs biddan
| þe he tiðian nolde · ⁊ tynde þone halgan ·
Þa cō martin᷒ eft embe ða ylcan spræce · 0659
to þā modigan casere · ac man hine beclysde ƿiðutan ·
⁊ he þa geƿende to his ge-ƿunelican helpe ·
scrydde hine mid hæran · ⁊ mid axū be-streoƿode ·
⁊ fæstende þurh-ƿunode on singallum gebedū
oð- an scinende engel on þā seofoþan dæge
hī cō to · ⁊ cƿ̅ he to þam casere ferde ·
⁊ hī ælc get sceolde beon open to-geanes ·
⁊ þæs modigan caseres mod beon geliðegod ·
Se bisceop þa ferde sƿa sƿa hī be-bead se engel · 0668
⁊ hī ƿearð ge-openod ælc gæt togeanes ·
oð- he færlice stod æt-foran þā casere ·
Þa yrsode se casere for his ingange · 0671
⁊ nolde hine ƿylcumian · ac þær ƿearþ godes miht
sƿ́a [sic @ Skeat] heofonlic fyr hangode ofer his setl ·
⁊ þæt [sic @ Skeat] setl ontende · ⁊ hine sylfne ƿolde
gif he þe hraðor ne arise · aƿorpenre reðnysse ·
⁊ þone bisceop cyste · ablicged þurh god ·
þone þe he ær geteohhode mid teonan to for-seonne ·
He behet þa ge-sƿicennysse sona þā bisceope · 0678
⁊ he hī ælces þinges tiþode · ærþan-þe he hine bæde
þæs þe he frymdig ƿæs · ⁊ him freondlice to-spræc ·
⁊ hī fela gifa bead · ac he heora onfon nolde ·
XXIII.[edit]
Oft martin᷒ geseah englas hī to cuman 0682
sƿa hi hiƿ-cuð-lice to þā halgan spræcon ·
⁊ on sumne sǽl sū engel hī sæde
hƿæt þa oþre bisceopas on heora sinoþe spræcon
⁊ se halga ða ƿiste hƿæt hi þær ræddon
þurh þæs engles segene · þeah ðe he sylf þær ne cóme ·
Þa halgan apostolas petrū ⁊ paulum he ge-seah ge-lome · 0688
sƿa sƿa he sæde hī-sylf sulpicio | þā ƿritere
þe hine axian dorste ælces þinges þe he ƿolde ·
Se ylca sulpicius ⁊ sū oðer broðor 0691
sæton sume dæg sƿiðe afyrhte
ætforan martines Inne · ⁊ he hi þær-ute nyste ·
þa gehyrdon hí motian ƿið martine lange ·
⁊ he ƿæs ana ǽr innan þā huse belocen ·
Eft þa ða he ut-eode þa axode sulpicius · 0696
⁊ hine eadmodlice bæd he hī ge-openian sceolde
hƿa hī ƿið-spræce · þa ƿandode he lange
hī to secgenne · ac he sæde sƿa-þeah ·
ic halsige eoƿ nu · ge hit nanū ne secgan ·
Maria cristes modor cō to me hider · 0701
mid tƿā oþrū mædenū tecla ⁊ agne ·
⁊ na on þisū anū dæge ac oft rædlice ær
hi comon to me · ⁊ he sæde him eac
hƿilc heora ƿlitu ƿæs · ⁊ hu hi ƿæron ge-scrydde ·
XXIIII.[edit]
Eac sƿilce þa deofla mid heora searo-cræftū 0706
hī comon gelome to · ⁊ he on-cneoƿ hi æfre ·
for-þan-þe hī nan deofol ne mihte bediglian hine sylfne ·
ne on agenre edƿiste ne on oþrū hiƿe ·
Mid þusend searo-cræftum ƿolde se sƿicola deofol 0710
þone halgan ƿer on sume ƿisan besƿican ·
⁊ hine ge-seƿen-licne on manegum scin-hiƿū
þā halgan æteoƿde · on þæra hæþenra goda hiƿe ·
hƿilon on ioues hiƿe · þe is ge-haten þór ·
hƿilon on mercuries · þe men hatað oþon ·
hƿilon on ueneris þære fulan gyden ·
þe men hatað fricg · ⁊ on manegū oþrum hiƿum
hine bræd se deofol on þæs bisceopes gesihþe ·
Martinus þær togeanes mearcode hine sylfne 0719
symle mid rode-tacn · ⁊ sang his ge-bedu
unforht þurh-ƿunigende · ⁊ æfre on god truƿigende ·
Þa þa se deofol | ge-seah [þæt @ Skeat] he hine bedydrian ne mihte 0722
mid his searo-cræftum · þa sæde he hī hosp-ƿord ·
⁊ mid manegū talum hine tynde for-oft ·
ac he næs gestirod for his leasū talum ·
Sume munecas eac þe on þā mynstre ƿunodon 0726
sædan to soðan hi sƿutollice ge-hyrdon ·
hu se deofol þreade mid dyrstigū stemnū
ðone halgū martinū · for-þā-þe he hæfde mid him
sume under-fangene · þe synfulle ƿæron ·
⁊ æft̅ heora fulluhte fela to yfele dydon ·
⁊ sæde open-lice hƿæt heora ælces syn ƿære ·
Martin᷒ þa ⁊ƿyrde þā manfullū deofle · 0733
⁊ cƿ̅ þa ealdan synna mid heora ge-cyrrednysse ·
⁊ beteran drohtnunge · mihton beon adylgode ·
⁊ þurh godes mildheortnysse hi mihton beon alysde ·
frā heora synnum · þa ða hi ge-sƿicon yfeles ·
Se deofol þa clypode ⁊ cƿ̅ hī to-geanes · 0738
þa leahter-fullan næron nanre miltsunge ƿurðe ·
⁊ þa þe æne aslidan · hi eft ne sceoldon
æt drihtne habban ænigne miltsunge ·
Þa cƿ̅ martinus to þam manfullan eft ðus · 0742
þeah ðu earming ƿoldest on þisū end-nextan timan
manna ehtnysse gesƿican · ⁊ þine dæda behreoƿsian ·
ic on god truƿode · ic þe mildsunge behete ·
Eala hu halig dyrstig-nyss be drihtnes arfest-nysse 0746
hé ge-sƿutelode his sƿiðlican lufe
þeah þe he þa fremminge forð-bringan ne mihte ·
XXV.[edit]
On sumne sæl eft siþþan cō se sƿicola deofol 0749
into þā halgan ƿere · þær he on his gebedū ƿæs ·
mid purpuran ge-scryd · ⁊ mid kynelicū gyrlum ·
mid gyldenū cyne-helme · ⁊ mid goldfellenū sceon ·
⁊ mid blyþre ansyne · on micelre beorhtnysse ·
Þa ne cƿ̅ · | heora naðor nan ƿord to oþrū 0754
to langere hƿile · ⁊ þa embe lang cƿ̅
se deofol ærest to þam drihtnes men ·
Oncnaƿ nu martine þone ðe þu gesihst · 0757
ic eom crist · þe astah to þisre ƿorulde
⁊ ic ƿolde gesƿutelian me sylfne ærest þe ·
Martin᷒ þa suƿode · ⁊ se sƿicola eft cƿ̅ · 0760
Hƿæt tƿynað þe martine · gelyf · ic eom crist · 0761
Þa underget se halga ƿer þurh haligne gast · 0762
hit se sylfa deofol ƿæs · na his drihten · ⁊ cƿæð ·
Ne sæde na ure drihten he mid cyne-helme · 0764
oððe mid purpuran gescryd · cuman ƿolde to us ·
⁊ ic ne gelyfe [þæt @ Skeat] he to us cume
buton on þam ylcan hiƿe þe he on þroƿode ·
⁊ butan he æteoƿige þa ylcan dolhsƿaðe
þære halgan rode þe he on ahangen ƿæs ·
Se deofol þær-rihte for-dƿán sƿa sƿa smic · 0770
of þæs halgan gesihðe · ⁊ hus afylde
mid ormætum stence · man eaðe mihte ƿitan
hit se deofol ƿæs · þe hine dƿelian ƿolde ·
⁊ þis sæde martinus Sulpicio þam ƿritere ·
XXVI.[edit]
On sumne sæl cō se deofol · mid sƿyðlicre grimetunge · 0775
into þā halgan ƿere · ⁊ hæfde ænne oxan horn on hande ·
⁊ cƿ̅ to martine ·
Hƿær is þin miht nu ða 0777
ænne man ic ofsloh of þinre hiƿrædene nu ·
⁊ ƿæs his sƿyðre hand sƿilce geblodegod ·
Þa clypode martinus his munecas him to · 0780
⁊ sæde hƿæt se deofol him sƿutolode ·
⁊ het georne secan hƿa þær ofslagen ƿære ·
Ƿæs ða an hyr-man to ƿuda afaren · 0783
se læg ge-ƿundod be þam ƿege samcucu ·
⁊ he þa sæde þa þa he his oxan ræpte ·
þa scóc an his heafod · ⁊ mid þā horne hine þyde ·
on ge|ƿeald sƿiðe · ⁊ he þa sona ge-ƿat ·
Fela þing ƿiste se halga ƿer on ǽr 0788
lange ær hi ge-lumpon · ⁊ þam geleaf-fullū munecum
sæde þa þing þe him gesƿutelode ƿæron ·
⁊ hit syþþan sƿa á eode sƿa he him ær sæde ·
XXVII.[edit]
Anatoli᷒ hatte sum hiƿigende munuc 0792
iunglicre ylde se ƿunode sume hƿile
ƿið martines mynster mid anum mæran ealdre
clarus ge-haten · ⁊ behydde his yfelnysse ·
He æt-eoƿde þa ƿið-utan ealle eadmodnysse · 0796
⁊ unscæððig-nysse · ⁊ sæde ða æt nextan
him englas ƿið spræcon · ⁊ ge-ƿunelice for-oft ·
Eft þa on fyrste þa he furðor dƿelode · 0799
he sæde he dæg-hƿā-lice betƿux driht-ne · ⁊ him
ferdon heofonlice englas · ⁊ he sylf an ƿitega
unleas-lice ƿære · ac him gelyfde clarus ·
He ge-het him þa godes yrre · ⁊ yfele þreala 0803
hƿi he nolde ge-lyfan he halig ƿære ·
⁊ cƿ̅ ða æt nextan · hī cuman sceolde
on þære ylcan nihte frā þā ælmihtigan gode
heofonlic reaf · ⁊ he mid þā gescryd
be-tƿux him ƿunigende godes mihte æteoƿde ·
Hƿæt þa on middre nihte ƿearð mynster astyrod · 0809
⁊ ƿearð micel gehlyd · hlihhendra deofla ·
⁊ þæs muneces cyte mid leohte ƿearþ afylled ·
⁊ he eode sylf ut mid þam scinendan reafe ·
⁊ anū oþrū munece þa mærþa æteoƿde ·
Þær comon þa má · ⁊ clarus æt nextan · 0814
⁊ sceaƿodon mid leohte þone scinendan gyrlan ·
hit ƿæs sƿiðe hnesce · scinende sƿa sƿa purpura ·
ac hi ne mihton to-cnaƿan hƿilces cynnes hit ƿære ·
ne hí ne mihton undergitan buton hit | ƿære reaf ·
ne mid heora grapunge · ne mid heora sceaƿunge ·
Þa ge-ƿearð him on mergen þæt [sic @ Skeat] hí þone munuc læddon 0820
to þam halgan martine · ac se munuc nolde ·
cƿ̅ he ne moste to martine cuman ·
forþan-ðe he ƿiste he mid feond-licū cræfte
ne mihte bedydrian martines gesihðe ·
Hi þa hine tugon unþances þider-ƿeard · 0825
⁊ reaf sona of heora gesihþe fordƿán ·
⁊ ƿæs ða gesƿutelod his scin-cræft · ⁊ hiƿung ·
Þas mihta ƿe tellað to martines geearnungū · 0828
se deofol ne mihte his gedƿimor bediglian
gif he become ætforan his gesihþe ·
On þam ylcan timan ƿæron oþre gedƿolan 0831
antecristes lima mid arleasra hiƿunge ·
sum ƿæs on hispania þe for-speon land-folc ·
⁊ mid manegū gedƿimorū hi bedydrode lange ·
⁊ cƿ̅ he ƿære helías se ƿitega ·
He cƿ̅ eft syþþan he crist sylf ƿære · 0836
⁊ þa sum bisceop for his bileƿit-nysse ·
gelyfde þam hiƿere · ⁊ hine to him gebæd ·
⁊ he ƿearð for þam gedƿylde adræfed of his an-ƿealde ·
Sum oþer gedƿola ƿæs eac on east-dæle · 0840
se cƿ̅ he ƿære iohannes se fulluhtere ·
eac sƿilce lease ƿitegan ær þisre ƿorulde ge-endunge
on gehƿilce land cumað · ⁊ þone ge-leafan amyrrað ·
oþ- antecrist sylf ende-next becymð ·
XXVIII.[edit]
Martinus com hƿilon to middes ƿintres timan 0845
to anū preost-life · ⁊ hi ge-logodon þa his bæd
on þæs mynstres spræc-huse · ⁊ þær micel fyr ƿæs gebet ·
Þa ƿoldon ða preostas hī ƿurðlice beddian · 0848
⁊ bæron micel streaƿ to his beddinga ·
⁊ þæs fyres ne gymdon þe on þære flora ƿæs ·
Eft þa þa se halga ƿer cō | þa toƿearp he streaƿ 0851
eall of þære beddincge · for-þan-þe he oftost læg
uppon anre hæran on þære baran flora ·
Ða on-scunede he þa softnysse · þære seltcuðan beddinge · 0854
⁊ læg on þære flora · sƿa sƿa ƿe her beforan sædon ·
inn ƿæs sƿyþe nearo · ⁊ þær lagon stoccas · 0856
⁊ þa on middre nihte þa men fæstost slepon ·
þa ƿearð fyr ontend sƿyðe færlicū bryne ·
⁊ litle hus mid þam lige afylde ·
Martinus þa ƿearð a-ƿreht mid þam lige · 0860
⁊ þær næs nan man mid hī on þā huse ·
⁊ he on þam færlican gelimpe gelæhte þa dura ·
⁊ ne mihte þa scyttelsas unscyttan sƿa hraðe ·
⁊ se lig him ƿand ƿælhreoƿlice on-butan
sƿa him for-burnon on þam bæce his reaf ·
⁊ he for ðam bryne ut-bræcan ne mihte ·
He beþohte þa hine sylfne · ⁊ geseah [þæt @ Skeat] he ne mihte 0867
þurh nænne fleam · þam fyre ætƿindan ·
ac þurh godes mihte he hit moste ofer-sƿyðan ·
For-lét þa dura ða · ⁊ to-midden þam lige 0870
to þam ælmihtigan gode anmodlice clypode ·
⁊ on þære frecednysse fæst-mod þurh-ƿunode ·
⁊ þær ƿearð þa geƿorden micel ƿundor þurh god ·
sƿa hine for-beah on ælce healfe fyr ·
⁊ he orsorh abád · on þam bryne middan ·
þurh drihtnes mihte sƿilce he on deaƿe ƿære ·
Þa ƿurdon his munecas aƿrehte mid þam fyre · 0877
þær ðær hi lagon · þa þa hi þone lig gesaƿon
⁊ to-bræcon þa dura · ⁊ to-brudon fyr ·
⁊ martinū gelæhton of þā lige middan ·
Hi ƿendon he ƿære ƿitodlice for-bærnd · 0881
on sƿa lang-sumum bryne þonne brast-ligende fyr
on slæpe hi aƿrehte · ⁊ he sæde syððan
he þæs | fyres bryne gefredde him onbutan
sƿa lange sƿa he ƿan ƿið þære dura scyttelsas ·
Sona sƿa he hine bletsode · ⁊ gebæd hine to gode · 0886
þa beah eall se líg abutan him aƿeg
⁊ him þuhte sƿilce he ƿære on ƿynsumū deaƿe ·
He sæde eac for-oft mid incundre geomerunge · 0889
se sƿicola deofol hine besƿ́ac [sic @ Skeat] for-nean ·
þa þa he of þā slæpe asceacen ƿearð sƿa færlice ·
he þone rǽd ne cuþe he hine sƿa hraþe gebæde ·
ac to late began hine gebiddan · to gode
he hine alysde · of þæs liges frecednysse ·
Be þam mæg under-gitan se þe þas bóc ræt · 0895
martinus næs þurh þa micelan frecednysse
to forƿyrde gecostnod · ac ƿæs afandod
sƿa sƿa se apostol paulus on his pistole sæde ·
he sylf ƿunode on sǽ-grunde middan
ofer dæg ⁊ ofer niht · ungederod þurh god ·
XXUIIII.[edit]
Martinus eode mid his munecum sume dæg 0901
to-cyrcan-ƿerd on ƿintres timan ·
þa cō þær sum þearfa healf nacod him togeanes
biddende georne he him sumne clað sealde ·
Þa het martinus his erce-diacon sona 0905
he butan yldinge þone þearfan scrydde ·
⁊ eode æfter his ƿunon into þam spræc-huse ·
⁊ þær ƿunode ana oþ he ƿolde mæssian ·
Þa nolde se erce-diacon þone þearfan scrydan · 0909
⁊ se þearfa bestæl into martine ·
⁊ to him be-mænde him [ƿære] þearle cól ·
Martinus þa sona hine sylfne unscrydde 0912
under his ceppan digellice · ⁊ dyde on þone þearfan
his agen reaf · ⁊ het hine út-gán ·
Þa æfter lytlum fyrste com se erce-diacon · 0915
⁊ cƿ̅ hit tima ƿære he into cyrcan eode ·
þam folce to mæssigenne · ⁊ godes mærsunge dón ·
Martinus him cƿ̅ to he | ne mihte na gán 0918
æror to cyrcan · ær se þearfa ƿære gescryd ·
⁊ se erce-diacon ne under-get · he ƿið-innan his cæppan
nacod þær sæt · ⁊ sæde he nyste
hƿær se þearfa ƿære · ⁊ þa cƿ̅ martin᷒ ·
sy reaf ge-broht hraðe hider to me ·
ne ateorað us na þearfa to scrydenne ·
Se erce-diacon þa yrsigende eode · 0925
⁊ brohte an reaf unge-rydelic him to
ƿáclic ⁊ lytel · mid lytlan ƿurðe geboht ·
⁊ mid fullū yrre æt his fotum lede ⁊ cƿ̅ ·
Hér ís reaf · ⁊ her nis nan þearfa · 0929
Þa næs se halga ƿer for his ƿordum astyrod · 0930
ac het hine an-bidian þær-ute sume hƿile ·
ƿolde he nyste he nacod ƿære ·
He scrydde hine ða mid þā ylcan reafe · 0933
⁊ eode to cyrcan · ⁊ sona mæssode ·
Æt þære ylcan mæssan þry munecas gesaƿon · 0935
⁊ an þære preosta · ⁊ án of þam nunnum ·
bufan martinus heafde sƿilce an byrnende cliƿen ·
sƿa se líg abrǽd þone loc up feor ·
⁊ ne moste na má manna þas mihte geseon ·
XXX.[edit]
On þam ylcan timan an ƿær ƿæs geuntrumod 0940
euantius gehaten · sƿyðe yfele geþread ·
⁊ ƿende him his deaðes sƿyðor þonne his lifes ·
He ƿæs sƿyðe cristen · ⁊ sende þa to martine 0943
bæd his neosunge · ⁊ se bisceop ferde sona
to þā seocan menn · ac he sona on-get
martines mihte ær-þam-þe he to mid-ƿege come ·
⁊ ƿearð sona gehæled þurh þæs halgan mihte ·
⁊ eode him to-geanes · ⁊ hine arƿurðlice under-feng ·
XXXI.[edit]
Eft þæs on mergen þa martin᷒ fundode · 0949
þa ƿearð an cnapa of þæs þegenes hiƿrædene ·
þurh næddran geslit nealice adyd ·
sƿa attor smeh geond ealne þone lichaman ·
⁊ ƿæs eall | to-blaƿen · on anre bytte gelicnysse ·
Se hlaford þa euantius gelæhte þone cnapan · 0954
⁊ bær to martine micclum truƿigende
him un-acumendlic nære þone cnapan to gehælenne ·
Se halga ƿer þa sona sette his hand on þone cnapan · 0957
⁊ hrepode eall his lima · ⁊ æfter þam sette
his finger on þa ƿunda · þe se ƿurm toslát ·
Hi ge-saƿon ða ealle attor fleoƿ ut 0960
of eallū his limum · þurh þa lytlan ƿunde ·
sƿylce of anre ædran mid his agenū blode ·
⁊ se cnapa gesund up arás ·
⁊ hi þa martinum micclum herodon ·
XXXII.[edit]
Se halga ƿer ferde hƿilon folc to lærenne 0965
geond his bisceop-rice þa abidon his geferan
for sumere neode bæftan · ⁊ he sylf rád forð ·
þa comon him to-geanes þæra cempena fær ·
on cynelicum cræte · ⁊ hi ne cuþon martinum ·
Martinus rad him ƿið unge-rydelice gescryd 0970
mid sƿeartum claþum · þa scyddon þa mulas
þe cræt tugon ðurh his to-cyme afyrhte ·
⁊ to-mengdon þa ge-togu · hi teon ne mihton ·
Þa ƿurdon ða cempan ƿodlice astyrode · 0974
⁊ ge-læhton martinum · ⁊ hine lange sƿungon ·
mid sƿipum · ⁊ mid stafū · ⁊ he suƿode æfre
sƿilce he ne gefredde heora sƿingla nates-hƿon ·
⁊ hi þæs þe ƿoddran ƿæron him to-geanes ·
⁊ hetelicor beoton þone halgan ƿer ·
Þa comon his geferan ⁊ fundon hine licgenne 0980
on blodigum limum · ⁊ to-beatenū lichaman ·
⁊ hofon hine up on his assan sona ·
⁊ aƿeg efston þa stoƿe on-scunigende ·
Ða cempan þa ƿoldon mid þam cræte forð · 0984
ac þa mulas ealle endemes astifodon
to þære eorþan afæstnode · sƿylce hí ærene | ƿæron ·
Hi beoton þa mid sƿipum · ⁊ mid saglum · 0987
þa mulas ealle endemes · ac hi æfre stodon
on þā ylcan stede sƿilce anlicnyssa ·
Þa cempan ða æt nextan oncneoƿan þurh ða nytena 0990
hi mid god-cundre mihte gefæstnode ƿæron ·
⁊ begunnon to axienne æt oþrum ƿeg-farendum
hƿæt se man ƿære þe hi sƿa ƿælhreoƿlice beoton ·
Him ƿearð þa gesǽd ƿære martin᷒ · 0994
⁊ hi sona urnon ealle him æfterƿerd ·
mid duste bestreoƿode · ⁊ dreorig-lice ƿepende
hi þone halgan ƿer sƿa huxlice taƿoden ·
⁊ lagon æt his fotum mid feorhte astrehte ·
biddende his mildsunge · hi moston faran ·
⁊ cƿædon hi sylfe ƿæron sƿyðor þæs ƿyrþe ·
hi stodon astifode on stana gelicnysse ·
oþþe seo eorðe hi ealle forsƿulge ·
Martinus þa mildsode þam mannū þær-rihte · 1003
⁊ lét hi faran forð mid heora cræte ·
⁊ heora mulas þa mihton gan sona
þe ær stodon astifode on stana gelicnysse ·
Se halga ƿer sƿa-þeah ƿiste hi ƿæron ge-fæstnode · 1007
ær-þan þe hí him to comon · ⁊ he cydde his geferum ·
forðan-þe he fela þing feorran oft ƿiste
ærþan-þe hit geƿurde þurh ƿitigendlicne gast ·
XXXIII.[edit]
Se halga ƿer ferde mid his fare hƿilon · 1011
þa cō him færinga to micel folc manna ·
⁊ þone feld afyldon þær martin᷒ ferde
sƿilce for ƿundrunge þæs halgan ƿeres ·
þa ƿæron ealle hæðena · ⁊ þone hælend ne cuþe
nan man of þære ƿíc þe hí of ƿæron ·
Martinus ða onget he mihte sceolde ƿyrcan · 1017
⁊ drihtnes ƿord bodode þam dysegum hæþenum ·
⁊ mid ge-lomum siccetungū sarlice mænde ·
sƿa micel meniu þone ælmihtigan god ne cuþe ·
| Ƿæs ða godes fore-sceaƿung · an ƿif brohte ðyder 1021
hire deadan suna líc þe litle ær forð-ferde ·
⁊ a-strehtū handū to þam halgan ƿere cƿ̅ ·
Ƿe ƿiton leof ðu eart unleaslice godes freond · 1024
ge-hæl me minne sunu forþan-ðe he is me ancenned ·
⁊ hæþene folc fylste eac þam ƿife ·
Þa genam se halga ƿer on his handa líc · 1027
⁊ ge-bigedum cneoƿum gebæd hine to gode ·
⁊ þa þa he up aras ge-endedum gebede
he ageaf þone cnapan [cnaþan @ Skeat] cucenne his meder ·
Þa hæþenan þa clypodon mid healicre stemne · 1031
⁊ cƿædon mid ge-leafan crist ƿære soð god ·
⁊ feollon heap-mælum ealle to þæs halgan ƿeres cneoƿum ·
biddende hine georne he dyde hí cristene ·
He eac ne ƿandode on þam ƿidgillan felda 1035
þa hæþenan to cristnigenne þa þa hí on crist gelyfdon ·
ac he hi ealle sona samtingas gecristnode ·
XXXIIII.[edit]
Eft on sumne sæl þær martin᷒ siðode
mid his geferū · þa cō þær færlice yrnan
an þearle ƿod cu · ⁊ þa þe hyre fyligdon
clypodon to þam halgan ƿere he hine ƿarnian sceolde ·
for-þan-þe heo hnat yfele ælcne þe heo ge-mette ·
Heo cō þa yrnende mid egeslicū eagū · 1043
ac se halga ƿer sona het hi ætstandan ·
⁊ heo þær-rihte gehyrsumode his hæse ⁊ stod ·
Þa geseah se halga ƿer þær sæt an deofol 1046
on þære cu hrycge · ⁊ cƿ̅ to þā scuccan ·
Geƿít þu ƿæl-hreoƿa aƿeg of þā nytene 1048
⁊ þis unscæððige hryþer gesƿíc to dreccenne ·
Se manfulla gast þa martine gehyrsumode · 1050
⁊ ferde of ðære cy · ⁊ heo oncneoƿ sona
heo alysed ƿæs · ⁊ læg aþenod
ætforan his fotum · on-fangenre stilnysse ·
Þa het se halga ƿer heo ge-|ƿende to þære heorde · 1054
⁊ heo sƿa bileƿite sƿa scep · beah to þære dræfe ·
XXXU.[edit]
Martin᷒ eac hƿilon gemette sumne huntan · 1056
þa drifan heora hundas sƿyðe ænne haran ·
geond þone bradan feld · ⁊ he bigde gelome
þohte mid þā bigū æt-berstan þam deaðe ·
Ða of-hreoƿ þā halgan þæs haran frecednyss · 1060
⁊ þā hundum be-bead hi ablunnon þæs rynes ·
⁊ þone haran for-leton mid fleame æt-berstan ·
Þa hundas ða stodon æt þā forman ƿorde 1063
sƿilce heora fét ƿæron gefæstnode to þære eorþan ·
⁊ se hara ge-sund þam hundum æteode ·
XXXUI.[edit]
Sum ƿoruld-cempa ƿæs þe ƿolde munuc beon · 1066
⁊ on godes ge-laðunge alede his ƿæpna ·
⁊ to munuc-life æt-foran mannum gecyrde ·
⁊ him cytan arærde · on sumere digelnysse ·
sƿylce he ancer-setla eaðe beon mihte ·
⁊ martin᷒ hæfde ge-hadod his ge-beddan
on mynecena life on sumū mynstre ·
Þa besende se deofol sƿilc geþanc on þone munuc 1073
he ƿolde habban his ƿif him to geferan ·
⁊ he ferde to martine · ⁊ his mod him geopenode ·
Þa cƿ̅ se halga ƿer hit unþæs-lic ƿære · 1076
ƿif sceolde ƿunian eft mid him ·
siððan he munuc ƿæs · ⁊ forƿyrnde him þæs ·
He sƿa-þeah þurh-ƿunode on his anƿilnysse · 1079
⁊ cƿ̅ hit ne sceolde his munuc-hade derian
þeah þe he hire frofres ⁊ fultumes bruce ·
he eft nolde ge-cyrran to his earrū leahtrū ·
Þa þa he lange þurh-ƿunode on þære anƿilnysse · 1083
þa cƿ̅ se halga ƿer to þā hohfullan munece ·
Sege me ic þe axige gif þu æfre ƿære 1085
oððe on ge-feohte oþþe on ænigum truman? [sic @ Skeat]
He cƿ̅ he ƿære | ƿitodlice for-oft 1087
ægþer ge on truman ge eac on ge-feohte ·
Martin᷒ þa cƿ̅ to þam munece eft · 1089
Ge-saƿe þu ænig ƿif þa ðu ƿære on gefeohte 1090
feohtan forð mid eoƿ atogenum [sic @ Skeat] sƿurde? [sic @ Skeat]
Þa scamode þā munece · ⁊ he sƿiðe þancode 1092
he mid ge-sceade ofer-sƿyðed ƿæs ·
⁊ he his ge-dƿylde ne moste · for martyne folgian ·
Se halga ƿer þa cƿ̅ · ƿíf ne sceal na faran 1095
to ƿera fyrd-ƿicum · ac ƿunian æt ham ·
for-seƿenlic biþ ƿerod ƿíf-menn feohtað ·
feohte se cempa on fyrdlicū truman ·
⁊ ƿíf hi ge-healde binnan ƿealle trymmincge ·
⁊ heo hæfð hire ƿuldor gif heo hylt hire clænnysse
bæftan hire ƿere · ⁊ biþ hire miht ·
⁊ ge-fylled sige heo ge-seƿen ne beo ute ·
XXXUII.[edit]
Se halga bisceop ƿæs hƿilon on carnótina byrig · 1103
mid tƿam oþrū bisceopū · þa brohte sū man
his dohtor hī to · seo ƿæs dumb geboren
tƿelf ƿintre mæden · ⁊ martinū bæd
he þurh his ge-earnunge hire tungan unlysde ·
Þa ƿandode se bisceop · ac hine bædon þa oþre · 1108
⁊ fylston þā fæder ge-fremode his bene ·
Martin᷒ þa hét þa meniu utgán · 1110
buton þā bisceopū anū · ⁊ hire agenre fæder ·
astrehte hine sylfne þa · sƿa sƿa his ge-ƿune ƿæs ·
on syndrigū gebedum · ⁊ siððan aras ·
⁊ bletsode ele · ⁊ on hire muð get ·
⁊ mid his fingrū heold fore-ƿerde hire tungan ·
⁊ be-frán hi þa siððan hƿæt hire fæder hatte ·
mæden sæde sona hire fæder naman · 1117
⁊ hæfde hire spræce mid halre tungan ·
XXXUIII.[edit]
Se halga ƿer bletsode anū ƿife hƿilon ele 1119
on anū fæte þe ƿe anpolan hataþ
to seocra manna neode · sƿa sƿa heo sylf bæd ·
⁊ æfter þære bletsun|ge man bær þone ele hire ·
Þa ƿæs se ele ƿexende ofer ealne þone ƿeg · 1123
sƿa he ofer-fleoƿ · ⁊ þeah ful to hire cō ·
Oþerne ele he gebletsode on anre glæsenan anpollan · 1125
⁊ gesette þone ele on anū egðyrle ·
⁊ þa afylde sum cnapa fæt unƿærlice
uppon þone marm-stán · ac hit ne mihte to-berstan ·
ne martines bletsung ne moste losian ·
XXXIX.[edit]
Eac sƿylce oþre menn on martines naman 1130
ƿundra ge-fremodon sƿa sƿa se ƿritere sæde
sū hund burce hetelice on anne man ·
þa het he on martines naman þone hund adumbian ·
⁊ he sona suƿode · sƿylce he dumb ƿære ·
XL.[edit]
Sume scyp-men reoƿan on þære tyreniscan sæ · 1135
sƿa man færð to rome · ⁊ þa færlice com
sƿa mycel unƿeder him to · hi him ne ƿendon þæs lifes ·
Þa ƿæs on þære fare sū egyptisc mangære 1138
ungefullod þa git · ac he mid fæstū truƿan cƿ̅ ·
Eala þu martines god geneara us nu · 1140
⁊ seo sǽ sona sƿyðe smylte ƿearð ·
ablunnenre hreohnysse · ⁊ hi bliðe ferdon ·
XLI.[edit]
Auitianus hatte sū hetol ealdor-man · 1143
ƿæl-hreoƿ on his ƿeorcū · se ge-ƿrað fela manna ·
⁊ on racenteagū gebrohte to þære byrig turonia
ƿolde hí þæs on mergen mislice acƿellan
ætforan þære burhƿare · þa ƿearð hit þā bisceope cuð ·
Þa smeade se halga ƿer hu he heora gehelpan mihte · 1148
⁊ eode to middre nihte ana to his gatū ·
⁊ þa þa he inn ne mihte · he anbidode þærute ·
Ƿearð þa se ealdor-man aƿreht færlice þurh godes engel · 1151
⁊ he hī grālice to cƿ̅ ·
List ðu ⁊ rest þe 1152
⁊ godes þeoƿa lið æt þinum gatum ·
⁊ he arás þa afyrht · ⁊ cƿ̅ to his mannū ·
martinus ƿære | ƿið-utan his gatū ·
⁊ het hí gán to · ⁊ undón þa gata ·
se godes þeoƿa sƿylcne teonan leng ne þolode ·
Hi eodon þa út to þam inran gæte · 1158
⁊ sædon heora hlaforde hi þær nænne ne ge-saƿon ·
⁊ cƿædon he sceolde on slæpe beon bepæht ·
Auitian᷒ þa eode eft to his bedde · 1161
⁊ ƿearð eft of slæpe egeslice aƿreht ·
⁊ hrymde to his mannū cƿ̅ martin᷒ stode
æt-foran his gatū · ⁊ forðy ne moste
nane reste habban ne modes ne lichaman ·
Hi þa git elcodon · ac he eode sylf 1166
to þā yttran gete · ⁊ efne he gemette
martinū þærute sƿa hī gesƿutelod ƿæs ·
He ƿearð þa ablicged · ⁊ to þam halgan ƿere cƿ̅ · 1169
Hƿæt la leof hlaford · hƿi dest þu sƿa? [sic @ Skeat] 1170
Ne þearft þu nan ƿord cƿæþan · ne nanes þinges biddan · 1171
ic ƿat hƿæs þu ge-ƿilnast · ac geƿend þe nu ham ·
þe-læs-þe godes yrre for þinū teonan me fordó ·
Se halga ƿer þa ham ge-ƿende sona · 1174
⁊ se ealdor-man het on þære ylcan nihte
lætan ealle aƿeg · þa þa he ƿolde acƿellan ·
⁊ he sylf ferde afyrht of þære byrig ·
XLII.[edit]
His ƿæl-hreoƿnysse he cydde on gehƿilcum burgū · 1178
⁊ symble he blissode on unge-sæligra manna slæge ·
ac æt-foran martine he ƿæs milde ge-þuht ·
⁊ ne dorste on turonia don nane ƿælhreoƿnysse ·
Se halga martinus cō to him hƿilon · 1182
⁊ þa þa he eode into his spræc-huse ·
þa geseah he sittan ænne sƿeartne deofol
ormætne on his hrycge · ⁊ he him on ableoƿ ·
Ða ƿende auitian᷒ he hī on ableoƿe · 1186
⁊ cƿ̅ to þā halgan ƿere · hƿi behylst þu me sƿa halga ·
Se bisceop hī ⁊ƿyrde · 1188
Ne behealde ic na þe · 1188
ac þone sƿeartan deofol þe sit on þinū hneccan
ic þe of ableoƿ · ⁊ se deofol sƿa aƿeg geƿat ·
| ⁊ his hiƿcuðe setl sona ða forlét ·
Auitian᷒ soðlice siðþan ƿæs mild-heortra 1192
of þam dæge æfre þe se deofol him frā ƿearð ·
oþþe for-þan-þe he ƿiste he his ƿillan ær ƿorhte ·
oþþe for-þan-þe se unclæne gast hī of-afliged ƿæs ·
þurh martines mihte · ⁊ him micclū sceamode
þæs deofles man-rædenne þe he on ƿæs oþ ·
XLIII.[edit]
Tƿa mila hæfde martin᷒ frā his mynstre 1198
to turonian byrig þær se bisceop-stol ƿæs ·
⁊ sƿa oft sƿa he þyder ferde sƿa forhtodon þa deofla
on ge-ƿit-seocum mannū for-þan-ðe hi ƿiston his to-cyme ·
⁊ þa deofol-seocan sona mid sƿiðlicre grymetunge
forhtigende ƿæron · sƿa sƿa þa fordemdan þeofas ·
on þæs deman to-cyme ofdrædde forhtigað ·
Þonne ƿæs ðam preostū cuð martin᷒ to-cyme 1205
þurh þære deofla grimetunge · þeah ðe hi hit ær nyston ·
Sƿa oft sƿa he ƿolde adræfan deofla of þā ƿit-seocū · 1207
sƿa astrehte he hine sylfne on þære cyrcan flora ·
mid hæran ge-scryd · ⁊ mid axum bestreoƿod
licgende on his gebedum belocenū durum ·
⁊ þa deofla siþþan of þā gesƿenctū mannum
mid ƿundor-licum gebærum ƿurdon him sona fram ·
se cƿyde mihte beon on martine ge-fylled ·
halige menn sceolon englum deman ·
XLIIII.[edit]
Sum tún ƿæs on þam timan on þære senonican scíre 1215
þe ælce geare oftost ƿæs aƿest þurh hagol ·
sƿa heora æceras ær ƿæron aþroxene
ær ænig ryftere geríp gaderode ·
Þa sende se tunræd sumne ge-tryƿne ærendracan 1219
to þā halgan martine · his helpes biddende ·
Martinus þa ge-bæd þone mild-heortan drihten 1221
for þā ge-sƿenctum mannū · ⁊ syþþan of þā dege
| geond tƿentig ƿintra fyrst þe he ƿunode on life
ne cō on þā earde ænig hagol syððan ·
Ac on þam forman geare þe he forð-faren ƿæs · 1225
cō eft se hagol ⁊ hi yfele gesƿencte ·
þæs middan-eard ongete martines forðsið ·
⁊ his deað beƿeope þe on his life blissode ·
XLV.[edit]
Sum deofol-gild ƿæs sƿiðe-fæste getimbrod · 1229
⁊ mid ƿundor-licū ƿeorc-stanū ge-ƿorht cræftlice ·
⁊ þær manega ge-broðra bogodan syþþan
on martines timan · þa bead he anū mæsse-preoste
marcellus ge-haten þe þær ƿununge hæfde
he sceolde to-ƿurpan ƿundorlice deofol-gild ·
Eft þa se halga ƿer cō · ⁊ ƿeorc stod gehál · 1235
þa cidde he þā mæsse-preoste · ⁊ he him cƿ̅ to ⁊sƿare
naht eaðe ne mihte ænig camplic meniu
sƿilc ƿeorc to-brecan mid sƿa ƿundor-licū hefe ·
þe ne sceoldon preostas þe ƿæron un-strange ·
oððe untrume munecas · sƿa mycel ƿeorc to-brecan ·
Þa ge-ƿende martinus to his geƿunelicum fultume · 1241
⁊ ƿacode ealle þa niht on his gebedū ana ·
⁊ sona þæs on mergen · ƿearð sƿa micel storm ·
eall ormæte ƿeorc ƿearð toƿend grund-lunga ·
XLVI.[edit]
He ƿolde eac to-ƿurpan ænne ƿundorlicne sƿer 1245
ormætes hefes · þe hæþengild onstod ·
ac he næfde þæs cræftes · he hine to-cƿysan mihte ·
He geƿende þa eft to his ge-ƿunelicum gebedū · 1248
⁊ þær com geseƿenlice eall sƿylc oþer sƿer
ufan of heofonū · ⁊ þone oþerne to-sloh ·
þeah-þe he ormæte ƿære · he eall ƿearð to duste ·
Hit ƿære hƿonlic geþuht þā halgan ƿere 1252
heofonlic mægen ungeseƿenlice þeoƿde ·
butan mennisce eagan mihton eac geseon ·
ðam halgan martine heofon|lic miht þenode ·
XLUII.[edit]
Sum ƿif ƿæs on blod-ryne þearle gesƿenct · 1256
þa hrepode heo his reaf sƿa man ræt on þam godspelle
be sumū oþrū ƿife · ⁊ heo ƿearð sona hal ·
XLUIII.[edit]
Se halga martinus mid his munecū stód hƿilon 1259
on þære éá ofre · ⁊ efne þær sƿam
an næddre ƿið heora ·
Ða cƿ̅ se halga ƿer · 1261
Ic ðe beode on godes naman ðu buge ongean · 1262
⁊ se yfela ƿurm sona be his ƿorde gecyrde
to þam oþrum staðe · ⁊ hi ealle þæs ƿundrodon ·
⁊ martin᷒ þa cƿ̅ mid micelre geomerunge ·
Nædran me gehyrað · ⁊ men me gehyran nellað · 1266
XLIX.[edit]
On easter-dagū he ƿolde etan fisc gif he hæfde · 1267
þa on sumū easter-dæge axode he þone profost
hƿæðer he fisc hæfde to þam freols-dæge ·
⁊ he to andsƿare cƿ̅ · hi ealle ne mihton
ne fisceras · ne he sylf gefón ænne sprot ·
Ða cƿ̅ se halga ƿer · ƿurp ut nu þin net · 1272
⁊ þe fixnoð becymð · ⁊ he cunnode þæs sona ·
Ƿearp þa út his net · ⁊ þær ƿearð on-innan 1274
an ormæte leax · ⁊ he hine up-ateah
bær ham to mynstre · ⁊ þā halgan gearcode ·
L.[edit]
Licontius ƿæs gehaten sum ge-leafful þegen · 1277
þa gelamp his mannū · hi lagon ealle
on un-asecgendlicū broce · ⁊ he sende geƿrit
to martine sona sumes helpes biddende ·
Þa onget se halga ƿer hi ƿæron ge-þreade 1281
mid godcundre mihte · ⁊ he mihte earfoþ-lice
þære bene him ge-tiðian · ac he ne ablan na sƿa-þeah ·
mid seofon-nihte fæstene him fore to-þingiende ·
oð- he beget þæs þe he biddende ƿæs ·
Licontius þa cō ⁊ cydde þā halgan 1286
mid micelre þancunge · his hiƿræden ƿæs
frā þam mænig-fealdum brocan þurh martinum alysed ·
⁊ brohte þam halgan an hund punda | to lace ·
Se halga ƿer þa nolde habban þone scæt · 1290
ne hine eac ne for-seah · ac sealde feoh eall
for gehergodum mannum · ⁊ þa ðe on hæft-nedum ƿæron ·
⁊ hi ut alysde of þære yrmðe sƿa ·
Þa bædon þa gebroþra þone bisceop georne · 1294
he þæs feos sumne dæl dyde into mynstre ·
cƿædon him gneaðe ƿære heora ƿist · ⁊ scrud ·
Þa cƿ̅ se halga ƿer him to ⁊sƿare · 1297
fede us ure cyrce · ⁊ scryde us ure cyrce ·
⁊ ƿe of þysum sceatte naht us sylfum ne heoldon ·
Hƿæt ƿille ƿe lencg ƿritan be martines ƿundrū 1300
þonne sulpicius sæde · hi synd ungerime ·
⁊ nan spræc ne mæg his mihta areccan ·
for-þan-þe he maran mihte hæfde on his munuc-hade ·
þonne on bisceop-hade · be ðam þe he sylf sæde ·
ac ƿe ƿillað nu secgan be his forð-siðe ·
LI.[edit]
Martinus se eadiga ƿiste his ge-endunga 1306
lange ær he forð-ferde of þysum life to criste ·
⁊ he cydde his forð-sið sumū his gebroþrum ·
Þa ƿæron on þam timan æt condatensē mynstre 1309
þa preostas unge-hƿære · ⁊ he þider siðode
ƿolde hi gesibbian ær his forþsiðe ·
⁊ on sibbe for-lætan · godes ge-laþunge ·
He ferde ða þiderƿerd mid sumum gebroðrum · 1313
þa geseah he scealfran sƿimman on anū flode ·
⁊ gelome doppetan adune to grunde
ehtende þære fixa mid fræcra grædignysse ·
Þa cƿ̅ se halga ƿer to his geferum þus · 1317
Þas fugelas habbað feonda gelicnysse 1318
þe syrƿiað æfre embe ða unƿaran ·
⁊ grædiglice foð · ⁊ gefangene fordoð ·
⁊ of þam ge-fangenū ge-fyllede ne beoð ·
Þa bebead martin᷒ þam mæð-leasū scealfrum · 1322
hi ge-sƿicon þæs fixnoðes · ⁊ siþedon to ƿestene ·
⁊ þa fugelas geƿiton aƿeg sona to holte ·
ealle | endemes · sƿa sƿa sé árƿurða hét ·
Mid þære ylcan hæse he afligde þa scealfran · 1326
mid þære þe he deofla a-dræfde of mannum ·
LII.[edit]
Martin᷒ þa siððan to þam mynstre becom · 1328
⁊ ƿunode þær sume hƿile ⁊ gesibbode þa preostas ·
Eft ða he ham ƿolde þa ƿearð he ge-untrumod · 1330
⁊ sæde his gebroðrum he sceolde forð-faren ·
Þa ƿurdon hi ealle ge-unrotsode sƿiþe · 1332
⁊ mid micelre heofunge hine befrinan ·
Eala þu fæder hƿi forlætst þu us · 1334
oððe hƿā betæhst þu us forlætene ·
ƿitodlice becumað to þinre eoƿde
reafigende ƿulfas · ⁊ hƿa be-ƿerað hí ·
Ƿitodlice ƿe ƿiton þæt [sic @ Skeat] þu geƿilnast to criste · 1338
ac þe synd gehealdene þine meda geƿisse ·
gemiltsa la ure sƿiðor þe þu forlætst ·
Þa ƿearð se halga ƿer mid þysum ƿordum astyrod · 1341
⁊ clypode mid ƿope · ⁊ cƿ̅ to his drihtne ·
Drihten min hælend · gif ic nyd-behefe eom 1343
git þinū folce · ne for-sace ic na
gyt to sƿincene geƿurðe þin ƿilla ·
Ne ic ne beladige mine ateorigendlican ylde · 1346
ic þine þenunga est-ful gefylde · under þinū tacnū
ic cāpige sƿa lange sƿa þu sylf hætst ·
He lag þa sƿa forþ ane feaƿa daga 1349
mid fefore geƿæht · þurh-ƿunigende on ge-bedum ·
on stiþre hæran licgende · mid axū bestreoƿod ·
Þa bædon þa gebroðra hi his bæd moston 1352
mid ƿaccre streƿunge huru under-lecgan ·
Þa cƿ̅ se halga ƿer to þam ƿependū gebroðrum · 1354
Ne gedafnað cristenum menn · buton he on duste sƿelte 1355
gif ic eoƿ oþre bysne selle · þonne syngie ic ·
He ne lét na of gebedū his un-ofersƿiðdan gast · 1357
ac he æfre openū eagū · ⁊ up-ahafenū handum ·
his gebeda ne gesƿác ·
Þa ƿoldon þa preostas 1359
he lage on oþre sidan · ⁊ ge-lihte hine sƿa ·
| Þa cƿ̅ se halga eft · 1361
Geþafiað ic bidde 1361
ic heofonan sceaƿige sƿiðor þonne eorðan ·
⁊ min gast sy asend on his siðfæte to drihtne ·
He geseah þa standan sƿiþe gehende þone deofol · 1364
⁊ he hine or-sorhlice axian ongan ·
Hƿæt stendst þu her ƿæl-hreoƿa deor · 1366
ne gemetst þu on me þu manfulla ænig þincg ·
Ic beo underfangen on abrahames ƿununge · 1368
⁊ æft̅ þysum ƿordum geƿát seo saƿl ·
of þam gesƿenctan lichaman ge-sælig to heofonū ·
On sunnan mergen he ge-ƿát þa þa he ƿæs on ylde · 1371
an ⁊ hund-eahtig ƿintre · ⁊ æfter cristes þroƿunge ·
feoƿer hund ƿintre · ⁊ tƿelf on getele ·
⁊ fela manna þa ge-hyrdon on his forð-siðe
singendra engla sƿiðe hlude stemna
up-on hea-nysse geond þa heofonas sƿegende ·
sƿa hit on bocū sægð · þe be him synd aƿritene ·
His lic ƿearð ge-seƿen sona on ƿuldre 1378
beorhtre þonne glæs · hƿittre þonne meolc ·
⁊ his andƿlita scean sƿiþor þonne leoht ·
þa iu ge-ƿuldrod to þam to-ƿerdan æriste ·
Eala hƿilc heofung holdra geleaffulra 1382
hlude þa sƿegende · ⁊ sƿiðost þære muneca
⁊ mynecena ƿóp on martines deaðe ·
LIII.[edit]
Sum bisceop seuerinus on þære byrig colonia 1385
haliges lifes man gehyrde on ærne mergen
sƿiðe hludne sang on heofonū · ⁊ þa gelangode he him to
his erce-diacon · ⁊ axode hine hƿæþer
he þa stemne gehyrde · þæs heofonlican dreames ·
He ⁊ƿyrde ⁊ cƿ̅ · he his nan þincg ne gehyrde · 1390
Þa het se bisceop he heorcnode geornlicor · 1391
he stod þa ⁊ hlyste · on his stæfe hliniende ·
⁊ ne mihte nan þing þære myrhþe gehyran ·
Þa astrehton hi hi begen biddende þone ælmihtigan 1394
he moste | ge-hyran þone heofonlican dream ·
he hlyste þa siððan · ⁊ sæde he gehyrde
singendra stemne · sƿegen on heofonum ·
⁊ nyste sƿa þeah hƿæt ða stemna ƿæron ·
Seuerinus ða cƿ̅ · ic þe secge be þam · 1399
martin᷒ se eadiga of þysum middan-earde geƿát ·
⁊ nu englas singende his saƿla feriað
mid him to heofonū · ⁊ se hetela deofol
mid his unriht-ƿisū gastum · hine ƿolde gelettan ·
ac he ge-ƿat gescynd aƿæg fram þā halgan ·
⁊ nan þing his agenes on him ne gemette ·
Hƿæt bið be us synfullum · nu se sƿicola deofol 1406
sƿa mærne sacerd derian ƿolde ·
Þa sende se erce-diacon sona to turonia · 1408
to martines bisceop-stole · ⁊ het axian be him ·
þa ƿearð hī soðlice gesæd he his saƿle ageaf
on þære ylcan tide þe hi þone sang gehyrdon ·
LIIII.[edit]
On þā ylcan dæge ambrosius se bisceop 1412
on mediolana byrig · þa þa he æt mæssan stod
þa ƿearð he on slæpe sƿa sƿa god ƿolde ·
⁊ hine nan man ne dorste naht eaðe aƿreccan ·
Sƿa-þeah æft̅ tƿā tidū hi hine aƿrehton 1416
⁊ cƿædon se tima forþ-agán ƿære ·
⁊ folc ƿære ge-ƿergod þearle ·
Se halga bisceop þa cƿ̅ · ne beo ge ge-drefede 1419
micclū me fremað ic sƿa mihte slapon ·
forðan-þe me min drihten micel ƿundor æteoƿde ·
Ƿite ge min broþor martinus se halga 1422
of lichaman is afaren · ⁊ ic his lic behƿearf
mid geƿunelicre þenunge · ⁊ þa þa ge me ƿrehton ·
þa næs his heafod-clað eallunga ful dón ·
Hi ƿurdon of-ƿundrode his ƿorda · ⁊ dæda · 1426
⁊ geaxodon on fyrste se arƿurða martinus
on þā dæge ge-ƿát · þe ambrosius sæde ·
he æt þæs halgan ƿeres lic-þenungum ƿære ·
| Eala eadig is se ƿer þe on his forð-siðe 1430
halgena ge-tel · healice sang ·
⁊ engla ƿerod blissode · ⁊ ealle heofon-ƿare
hī to-geanes ferdon · ⁊ se fula deofol
on his dyrstig-nysse þurh drihten ƿearð gescynd ·
Seo halige gelaðung on mihte is gestrangod · 1435
⁊ godes sacerdas synd geƿuldrode
mid þære onƿrigennysse martines forð-siðes ·
þonne se halga michahel mid englū under-feng ·
⁊ maria seo eadiga mid mædenlicū ƿerodum ·
⁊ neorxne-ƿang gehylt bliðne mid halgum ·
LV.[edit]
Ða þa þæs halgan ƿeres lic læg inne þa git · 1441
þa com þær micel meniu of manegū burgū ·
⁊ pictauisce folc sƿa sƿa turonisce ·
⁊ þær ƿearð ge-flit be-tƿux þam tƿam folcū ·
Þa pictauiscan cƿædon þe ðyder gecumene ƿæron · 1445
He ƿæs ure munuc · ⁊ eac ure abbod · 1446
ƿe ƿillað hine habban for-þan-þe ƿe hine alændon ær ·
gé brucon his spræce · ⁊ his lare notedon ·
ge ƿæron on his ge-reordū · ⁊ mid his gebletsungū ge-strangode ·
⁊ mid mænig-fealdum ƿundrū ƿæron gegladode ·
sy eoƿ eall þis ge-noh · lætað nu huru us
his saƿl-leasan lichaman ferian mid us ·
Þa andsƿaredon þa · þa turoniscan þus · 1453
Gif ge secgað us synd genoh his ƿundra · 1454
þonne ƿite gé he ƿorhte ma ƿundra mid eoƿ
þonne he mid us dyde · ⁊ þeah ƿe fela for-hebbon ·
eoƿ he arærde ƿitodlice tƿegen deade men ·
⁊ us buton ænne · ⁊ sƿa sƿa he oft sæde ·
he maran mihte on munuc-hade hæfde ·
þonne on bisceop-hade · ⁊ ƿe habbað nu neode
he dead gefylle he ne dyde on life ·
Eoƿ he ƿæs æt-broden · ⁊ us frā gode forgifan (sic) · 1462
⁊ æft̅ þa ealdan gesetnysse he sceal habban | byrgene
on þære ylcan byrig þær he bisceop ƿæs ·
Gif ge for minstres þingon · ⁊ he mid eoƿ ƿæs 1465
hine habban ƿillað · þonne ƿite ge þis
he on mediolana ærest mynster hæfde ·
Betƿux þisū geƿinne ƿearð se dæg ge-endod · 1468
⁊ butu ða burh-ƿaru besæton þone halgan ·
⁊ ƿoldon ða pictauiscan mid geƿinne on mergen
niman þone halgan neadunga æt þā oþrū ·
Þa on middre nihte sƿa sƿa martinus ƿolde · 1472
ƿurdon þa pictauiscan sƿa ƿundorlice on slæpe
of ealre þære meniu an man ne ƿacode ·
Þa gesaƿon þa turoniscan hu þa oþre slepon · 1475
⁊ ge-namon lic þe þær læg on flora ·
⁊ to scipe bæron mid sƿiðlicre blisse ·
⁊ efston mid reoƿte on þære ea uigenna ·
⁊ sƿa forð on liger sƿyðe hlude singende ·
oð hi becomon to þære byrig turonia ·
Þa ƿurdon þa oþre aƿrehte mid þā sange 1481
⁊ naht heora gold-hordas (sic) þe hi healdan sceoldon
hæbbende næron · ac hi ham ge-ƿendon
mid mycelre sceame · him sƿa gelūpen ƿæs ·
Se halga lichama þa ƿearð geled on byrgene 1485
on þære ylcan byrig þær he bisceop ƿæs ·
mid micelre ƿurð-mynte · ⁊ þær ƿurdon siððan
fela ƿundra gefremode for his ge-earnungū ·
Syx ⁊ tƿentig ƿintra he ƿæs þær bisceop · 1489
⁊ seo burh-ƿaru ƿæs butan bisceope lange
ær martinus ƿære gehalgod to bisceope ·
for þā hæþen-scipe þe folc þa be-eode ·
Sy ƿuldor ⁊ lof þam ƿel-ƿillendan scyppende 1493
þe his halgan sacerd sƿa geglengde mid ƿundrū ·
se þe on ecnysse rixaþ ælmihtig ƿealdend · Amen.
| Olim haec trastuli · sicuti ualui · sed modo praecibus · constrictus plenius. 1496
O martine sanctae meritis praeclare · iuua me miserum · meritis modicum ·
Caream quo neuis · mihimet nocuus · castiusque uiuam · Nactus iam ueniam ·