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THE HOLY ROOD-TREE

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TWELFTH-CENTURY VERSION.

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4    Her onginnæð to sæcgæn be þam treowe þe ðeo rode wæs
5of iwroht. þe ure drihten for alles moncynnes hælo on
6ðrowode. hu hit ærest weaxæn ongan. We iherden sæcgen þurh
7sumne wisne mon ꝥ moyses þa þa he ferde of egyptum ofer þam
8ræde sæ mid þam israelitiscan folce þa ðe he hit alysde of pharaones
9hæfdnæde þa becom he to þare stowe þe inemnæd is quinquaginta
10finicas . & þer twa niht hine reste. Ða on þare forme nihte
11þe he þær ræste on þam ylca stude þe he on læȝ; wurden iwæxene
12ðreo ȝyrden. þeo an wæs æt his heafod. oðer æt his swiðere
13sidan. þridde æt his wunstræn. On mareȝen þa he þeonon aras;
14þa wundrede he hwæt þare ȝyrdæ tacnunge were. Ða on þare
15æfteræ nihte ne durstlæhte he hine þær to ræstene for þam wundre
16þe he þer iseah. ac ferde þa ðonen ofer ane mile. & his bædræste
17þær ȝeawode & þer nihtlangne first iræste; On mareȝen þa he
18awoc þa stoden þa ylcæ ȝyrden abuten him alswa heo on þare
19ærræn nihte duden. Ða he þa ðet iseah þa witegode he & þus
20cwæð. Soðlice þas ȝyrdæn tacniæð fæder. & sune. & þone halȝa
21gast. Ða sende he forð all þæt ferd & him sylf þer wunode oð
22ða niȝoðan tid þæs dæȝes & þa ȝyrdæn up dealf. & he sylf heom
23forð lædde & all ꝥ ferd þe mid him wæs ferde forð on heoræ
24weȝ ænne dæȝ & ane niht swa heo næffre water ne funden. Oþres
25æfenes þæs ða bicomen heo to ðare stowe þe inemned is delemia.
26þa ifunden heo þer ðrittiȝ welsprunges þare bitternes wæs swa

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27swið ꝥ noðer ne mon ne nyten þes wateres biten ne mihten. Ða
28on ðare nihte þe heo to þare wicstowe becomen þeo fyrd wearð
29þa þe him mid wæs swiðlice mid þurste iðrest swa ꝥ heo clypoden
30alle anre stefne to him. & cwædon. ꝥ heo mid alle forwurðon
31mosten buten he heom heore þurst beten wolde oððe he þurh
32heom swelten sceolde Ða andswerde he heom & bead heom ꝥ heo
33andbidoden. ane medmycle tid. oþ ꝥ he hine to his drihtine
34ȝebede ꝥ he for his mildheortnesse heom to þare nihte heora þurst
35betan scolde. Ða becom him feringæ on his þance ꝥ he þa ðreo
36ȝyrden nimen wolde & heom innan þære wellspryngæ setten wolde
37& cwæð on his þance ꝥ ȝyf ꝥ soð wære ꝥ ða ȝyrden from gode isende
38wæron; þæt þurh heoræ mægen þeo bitternesse þæs wateres
39to þare nihte to swetnysse iwend wære. Sonæ swa he heom þæron
40iset hæfde. ða feng he on ꝥ water & his ansyne mid aðwoh
41& hit on his muð asende Sonæ swa he ðes wateres swetnysse
42ifelde þa wearð he swiðe bliðe on his mode & mid lude stefne
43to ðare ferde clypian ongan & þus cwæð. Cumeð hider to me
44& eower þurst ibæteð of þisse haliȝe watere ðe ure drihten ðurh
45ðisse ȝyrdæ mæȝnæ on þas niht of biternesse to swætnesse ȝe
46awende Ða heo ꝥ ihyrdon þa weron heo mucel iblissode & þider
47ȝeornlice efstan & þær wunedon ðreo daȝæs & ðreo niht. Ða on
48ðene feorþe dæȝ þa heo þonen faren woldon þa eode moyses to
49ðare welle þe he þa ȝyrdæ on aset hæfde ant heom up ateah &
50mid him lædde. He hæfde an fet to ðam anum iwroht & ꝥ wæs
51ifylled of þæt ylce watere & þa ȝyrdæ þeron asette for þan ðe he
52nolde ꝥ ða roten fordruȝode wæron. Ða fulden heo alle þa faten
53þe on heoræ fare weron of þam watere. & forð mid heom læddon.
54þa hæfdon heo þa ȝyt þreoræ daȝæ fer ær heo comen to arabiam.
55Ða on þa feorðe dæȝe þa comen heo ðider in to þare burh þe is
56inemnod droh ant þer wunoden tweȝe daȝes. Þa on ðe ðridde
57dæȝ ferde moyses from ðare ceastre ant þer ðæt ferd forlet. &
58nam mid him þreo hundred his aȝenæ cnihtæ & ferde forþ on his
59weiȝ oð ðet he com to ðam tune þe is ihaten robathi þær ðe kyng
60wæs on iboren nabucodonosor & þær wolde anbidiȝen oð dauid

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61him come to. & dauid hæfde æhtæ daȝene fær from ierusalem to
62þam tune; þe moyses þa on wæs. Þa heo þa togædere comen;
63þa wunedon heo ætgædere six daȝæs. Ða on þare seofeþe nihte
64þa com to him godes engel & hine grette. & hine þriȝe bi his nome
65nemde & þus cwæð. dauid. dauid. dauid. þa answarede him
66dauid & ðus cwæð. Hwæt eart þu la leof þe me on þas tid ȝeciȝdest.
67Ða andswærede him þe engel & cwæð Ic am godes
68engel. & ic com to bodienne þe ꝥ min drihten me bead. Ða
69andswarede him dauid. & cwæð Iwurðe mines drihtines wille &
70ðin. Þa cwæð þe engel to him. Aris on ærnemoreȝen & þine
71honden wæcs & þin ansyne & ga to moyse þer he hine restæð and
72mid wordum gret & ðus cweð. Ȝeblissæ leof fæder moyses. þa
73dyde he swa ðe engel him bed. Ða andswærode him moyses.
74Eala dauid. hwæt is þin neod swa mucel þet ðu þus ær cumen
75eart. Ða andswarede him dauid & cwæð. Ealæ moyses ȝif hit
76godes wille beo ærest & þin syððan. & þur þa freondrædene þe unc
77betweonan is ic wolde wilniæn æt þe ane bene for þas ælmihtiȝes
78godes lufe ne unrotsæ þu me; Ða cwæð moyses. þurh ðene
79almihtiȝæ drihten ðe we on bilyfæð for þare freondræddenne
80ðe unc betweonæn is. ȝif ic æniȝ þare ȝyfæ habbe þe ðu
81ȝyrnende bist; nelle ic ðe unrodsiæn. and ȝif ic hit on mine
82anwealde næbbe ne wondiȝe ic syððan me for golde ne for seolfre
83ꝥ ic ðine willæn ȝefremme. Ða andswarede him dauid & cwæð
84Ealæ fæder moyses me ȝyrne ic naðor ne goldes ne seolfres. Ac
85ic wolde beon ȝyrnende ȝif hit godes willæ wære. & ic hit wurðe
86wære ꝥ ic mid mine eaȝen iseon moste ꝥ ꝥ ic to ðe wilniæn wolde
87Nu bidde ic þe þurh god almihtiȝne ꝥ ðu his me unne. Ða
88andswarede him moyses & cwæð. Ȝewurðe þin willæ; Ða ðæs
89binnon æhtæ daȝan ða wolden heo faren of ðam tune ðe heo
90þa on wæron & heo heom þa to ðan ȝearewoden & þa eode dauid
91in to moyse & heo spæcon heom þa betweonan. þa cwæð moyses
92to dauide Eala dauid Me þincð ꝥ ðu beo swiðe unrotsod for þare
93bæde þe ðu imuntest me to biddenne. Ða cwæð dauid Eala fæder
94moyses Min drihten forsceawæð þa sylene þe ic to þe ȝyrnæn
95wolde forþon hit is me uncuð ȝyt; hwæt þingæ hit beo. Ða

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96he þa ðæt word icwæden hæfde þa clypode moyses him to ænne
97his cnihtæ þe wæs ihaten robii. He wæs him to þam wunderlice
98leof & itreowæ swa ꝥ he hæfde andweald ofer allæ þa ðingæ þe
99he æhtæ & bead him ꝥ he sceolde dauid to him clypian & sceawan
100him alle þa ðing & þa madmæs ðe moyses æhte. Butan hure
101þingæ he nefræ þa ȝyrdan him sceawiȝen ne moste. Ða dyde þe
102cniht swa moyses him bead þa he hit al isceawæd hæfde; þa
103cwæð he ꝥ he nan þare ðingæ ȝyrnende nære ðe he ðær iseah.
104Ða spæc ðe cniht to dauid diȝlum wordum & þus cwæð. ȝif ic
105wiste leof ꝥ ðu mine word hældan woldest & ðu me to mine
106laforde amældian noldest þonne wolde ic ðe sceawian ȝyt sum
107ðare ðingæ ðe he me swiðlice forbead ꝥ ic ðe sceawian ne sceolde.
108Ða cwæð dauid þæt he him næfre ameldian nolde. ac ꝥ him
109mycel willæ wære ȝif he hit iseon moste. Þa andswarede þe cniht
110him & cwæð. Ic wat leof ðet ȝit mycele godes lufe & mycele
111freondrædenne habbæð inc tweonan. Ic swa ðeah for godes eȝe
112ne dear ne for ðine arwurðnysse ꝥ ic it þe ne sceawiȝe & secge.
113Ða cwæð dauid. Hwæt þinga mei ðæt beon swa merlices ꝥ ðu
114me bihaten hafst to sceawenne; ðonne ic ær ðissum isceawod
115habbe all þa merða ðe under ðinum anwealde weron Swa ðeah
116ic ne iseah on þam mange ꝥ ꝥ ic wilnode ꝥ ic iseon moste. Ða
117cwæð ðe cniht ȝif ðu ðæt isihst; ꝥ ic þe ær bihet hit þe licæð
118ofer alle þa ðing ðe þu ær sceawedest. Ða cwæð dauid Ne unrotsæ
119þu me na swiðor ac ðurh þone almihtiȝæ god ic bidde þe ꝥ ðu hit
120me nu sceawiȝe. Ða ðe cniht bi his handan hine nam & heom
121cussan ongan & þus cwæð. Ealæ fæder dauid. Beo þu min ȝemyndiȝ.
122& heo þa beȝen in eoden & he heom þa swiðe diȝlice him
123sceawian ongan. Sonæ swa heo on þa ȝyrde bisæȝen ða bicom
124heom feringa on ane tid dæȝes þær heo stoden ꝥ heoræ naðor nan
125word cwæðen ne mihte. þa ðæt eft ofer gan wæs þa cwæð dauid
126to þam cnihte. hu becom þe swa mycel swyȝe on to þissere
127hwyle ꝥ ðu me nan word to ne cwæde Ða andswarede him ðe cniht
128& cwæð. Ealæ fæder dauid ðæs ðe iðuht wæs ꝥ mi spece me ætfeallæn
129wæs. on ðare hwile ða cwæð dauid ꝥ him alswa iðuht

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130wære Ða ðe þæt þa ofergan wæs ða cwæð he ic bidde ðe nu ðurh
131ðone almihtiȝa drihten ꝥ ðu me sæcge on hwylcere stowe moyses
132wære þa he ærest þa ȝyrdæn ifunde. Ða andswærde he him &
133cwæð On þare stowe ðe inemned is Qvinquaginta finicas þer we
134heom fundon Sona swa dauid ðæt ihyrde þa feol he on cneowbedum
135& hine to his drihtine bead & ðus cwæð. Ðrihten ðu ðe
136wrohtest heofene & eorðæ & alle þa ðing ðe on þam beoð swutelæ
137me embe þa wilnungæ þe ðe engel me bead ꝥ ic to moyse wilniæn
138scolde Hwæðer hit ðeos isihðe wære þe ic her on ðissum ȝyrdon
139iseȝen habbe. Ȝif hit ðonne ꝥ beo send me sume sutelungæ ðurh
140heom Ða he hine þus ibæden hæfde þa com him to godes engel
141& hine up arerde & þus cwæð. Aris & isih þis wunder þe on ðissum
142ȝyrdon iwroht is. þa he þa up aras; ða iseah he ða þreo ȝyrdæ
143beornende swylce þer ðreo taporæs burnon. Ða feol he oðre siðen
144on cneowbedum & clypode to his drihtine & þus cwæð. Drihtin
145ðurh ðin mildheortnesse iswutela me hwæðer ic ðas ȝyrdon biȝeten
146mote. Ða com him stæfne of heofene & to him þus cwæð. Aris
147dauid & ga to moyses & gyrne þas ȝyrdon forþan soðlice þin drihten
148heom ðe on. Ða dude dauid swa ðeo stæfne him bead & eode to
149moyse & cwæð him to Leof fæder moyses ic wilniȝe ꝥ ðu sulle me
150ꝥ ꝥ ic to dæȝ iseah ðær ðu inne wære. Ða swiȝede moyses & þohte
151on his mode ꝥ he ða ȝyrdæn iseȝen hæfde het him þa clypiæn to
152ðone cniht ðe he þa ȝyrdan betæht hæfde & bead him ꝥ he þa
153ȝyrda nome & heom diȝellice ðonen lædde. Ða dude þe cniht swa
154he him bead. Sonæ swa he heom on hond nimæn wolde þa wurdon
155heo feringæ all furenne swa ðæt þam cnihte forburnon ba twa þa
156handæn all buton ða earmæs. Ða eode he ofstlice in to heom þær
157heo inne wæron & heom sceawian ongan ða mycel wrace þe him
158god þurh ða ȝyrdan on asend hæfde. Sone swa heo ðeron biseȝen
159þa wurdon heo mid mycele furhte mid mycele unrotnesse asturede
160& heo þa alle mid ludere stæfne to heoræ drihtne clypien ongunnon
161& his mildheortnesse bæden; Ða clypode moyses to þam
162cnihte & hine alsiȝan ongon þurh hwæt him swa ilumpen wære.
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164þa ȝyrdan nimæn wolde & heom awæȝ aleaden alswa ðu me bede
165Ða wurdon heo feringæ all fyrenne me bicom swa mycel fyrht
166on for þan eȝe þe ic þer iseah ꝥ ic on eorþan feol & ic nan ðing
167iseon ne mihte. Ða ic eft up aras þa wurdon me ba twa þa hondæ
168forburnenne of þam brune þe ic þær iseah. Ða wearð moyses
169mycel idrefed. & þus cwæð. Soðlice ic sungode miclum wið mine
170drihten þurh ðet ȝebod ðe ic þe bead. & þurh mine gylt
171ðu þolast þinræ handa Ða astræhte moyses hine on eorðan. & hine
172mycele onbrurdnesse to his drihtine ibæd & þus cwæð. Drihten leofe
173fæder min & alles moncynnes þu ðe me sendest on egyptæ lande
174& ic feorwertiȝ ȝearæ þin folc forþ lædde swa swa ðu woldest.
175ant þu ðe þa ræden sæ adruȝian læte þa we ðærofer faren scolden
176to ðy ꝥ ðu us nerian woldest & ðu drihten leof me on þare fare
177þas ðreo gyrdæn to sendest swa swa þin willæ wæs & ic heom
178æffre oð þisne dæȝ forþ mid me ferede. & nu leof mine cnihte
179ða honde forswælede beoð þurh heom. Nu drihten leof for þinre
180mycele mildheortnysse swutela me hwæðer ðu heom me leng
181unnon wylle. ȝif þu heom þone leng me ȝeunnon nelle ȝewurðæ
182þine willæ þa com him to godes engel ant cwæð. Ealæ moyses
183þæs ðe ðu ȝyrnende eart hit þe drihten na leng ne on for þan
184ðingum of ðare frimðe ðe þu ærest iseȝe godes engel heom com
185to bodiæn dauide to hierusalem & þurh his ȝebedu þin cniht sceal
186beon ihæled. & Se engel from him ȝewat. & dauid swiðe ȝeornlice
187on his bedon ðurhwunede & him to his drihtne þus bæd & cwæð.
188Drihten leof þu wuldorfullæ kyng þu ðe me sendest bodian to
189ierusalem þurh þinne halȝan engel hwæt ðeo wilnunge beon scolde
190þe ic æt moyse wilniæn sceolde & þurh þine mildheortnesse þæs
191cnihtes heortæ untyndest ꝥ he me diȝellice þa ȝyrdæn sceawode
192& ic on þan tid mycel liht þerof iseah & me mi spæce on ðare tide
193ætfallen wæs swa swa ðin wille wæs. Nv drihten leof ðurh þine
194mildheortnysse swutela me hwæðer ic heoræ wurðe beon mote.

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195ant ȝif hit þin milde willa beo þu ðam cnihte his hælo asend. Ða
196com him stæfne of heofenum & hine bi his nome nemde & þus
197cwæð. Dauid. Dauid. Aris þin wop & ðine benæ beoð from
198drihten ihyred & ælces ðare þingæ þu eard tuðæ þe ðu to him
199ȝyrnende wære & ga nu to moyse & his bletsunge bide. & þu ða
200ȝyrdan nim ant heom mid godes bletsunge forð mid þe læd. &
201heom mid mycele arwurðnesse heald Forðan ðe þurh heom all
202middaneart sceal wurðan onliht. Ða dude dauid swa ðeo stefne
203him bæd & forð on his wæȝ ferde mid mucele blisse god heriȝende
204& ðus cwæðende. Wuldor ðe beo drihten þare blisse ðe þu me
205iunnen hafst & he wæs ða six daȝes farende ða on þam seofeðen
206dæȝe he bicom to þare ceastre þe he seolf on iboren wæs þeo is
207inemned animeni. & ðer wunode æhtæ daȝes. Ða on þam niȝoðe
208dæȝe þa sende him roxilus his boden to of þare ceastre ðe inemned
209is Iobel; & him cyðan het ꝥ he swiðlice iuntrumod wære. & hine
210biddan het ꝥ he for his untrumnesse hine neosian sceolde. Ða
211dyde dauid swa he hine biddan het & him rædlice to com. & hine
212neosian ongan. Ða he him to com þa iseah he hu swiðlice he wæs
213mid þam swelle iwæced. ðæt he nan þing iseon ne mihte
214ac him þe licame al toblawen wæs. Ða wearð dauid mid mucele
215wope astured & hine mid wordum grette & þus cwæð Ealæ leof
216fæder roxile ne beo þu to swiðe iunrodsod for þissere untrumnesse
217ac ȝeblissæ on þine drihtine. Ða andswarde roxilus & cwæð. Eala
218þu leofæ freond ic halsiȝe ðe þurh god sylfne ꝥ ðu underfo minne
219sunæ & þa ȝestreon þe ic him læfe forþan ðe ic nu deȝen sceal. &
220ic for þissere untrumnesse him na lenȝ læstan ne mæȝ Ða sende
221dauid sonæ his ðreo cnihtæs ꝥ heo sceoldon cunniæn hwæðer heo
222myhton ænine mon ofahsian þe hine lacniæn mihte. þa he ða
223embe ꝥ wæs þa com him stæfn of hoefenum þus cwæðende. Dauid
224nis ðe nan neod embe ꝥ to swincenne. þu hæfst mid þe sylfum
225ꝥ ðu him mid hælpen miht. nim ꝥ water of þan ylcan putte ðe he
226ær of dronc þa he þurh ðone drunc iuntrumæd wæs & þa ȝyrdan
227þeron asete & he hit syððan ðicge & he bið sonæ hal. Ða dyde
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229onburiȝde & þeo untrumnesse all aweiȝ awat. Ða ðe dauid ꝥ iseah
230ða ongon he his drihten to herien ludre stæfne & ðus cwæð.
231Wuldor beo þe drihten & lof; ꝥ ðu þurh ðine mildheortnesse &
232þurh ðissæ ȝyrdæ mæȝen þæsne mon ȝehæled hæfst. Ða he þis
233icwædon hæfde; þa cwæð þeo stæfn him eft to Eala dauid yfele
234cwæde ðu þæt ðu þa halȝæn mæȝne to ȝyrdon næmdest. Ða he
235þa ðæt iherde þa wearð he miclon afurht & ðus cwæð Eala drihten
236leof ic swiðlice syngode þurh ꝥ for mine nutennesse ic nuste buton
237hit swa wære swa ic iseah ic swa þeah wat þat of heom moniȝæ
238wundræ iwordene beoð ac for þine mycele mildheortnesse swutela
239me hwæt heo bitacniæn. Þa com him eft ðeo stæfn to & cwæð.
240Ðauid heo tacniæð þa halȝan ðrynnesse. CypressvsCypressvs tacnæð þone
241fæder. CedrvsCedrvs tacnæð þone sunæ. PinusPinus tacnæð þone halȝæ gast
242Ða ðe dauid ꝥ ihyrde ða wearð he mucel iblissod & he mid mucele
243blisse. & glædnesse ham wende. ant þa ðæs on mareȝen wolde
244to hierusalem ða he wæs on midwæȝe þa comen him toȝeanes
245tweȝen siȝelharwon Sonæ swa heo him to neahlæhton. & heo on
246ða ȝyrdon biseȝen ða clypoden heo & ðus cwædon Mucele beoð þa
247mæȝenu ðe þu mid þe ferest On godes nome wit halsigæð þe. ꝥ
248ðu unc unne ꝥ wit heom gretan moten & unc ðerto biddan. Ða
249clypode dauid & cwæð. Me ne dafenæð na inc ꝥ to þafienne. ac
250ȝif ðe mildheorte god inc þæs ȝeunnæn wullæ. & ȝit þæs wurðe
251beon; ȝewurðe his willæ. Sona swa he ꝥ icwæden hæfde þa wearð
252þe earm to þam swiðe aþened wið heore weard swa ꝥ he nateshwon
253hine him to ȝeteon ne mihte. & heo ða ðærto ȝeanesðærtoȝeanesEdition has two words at change of folio
254urnon & þa halȝæ ȝyrden gretton & heom ðærto bedon Ða þe heo up
255arisene wæron þa wearð all heoræ swartnysse on hwitnesse iwænd.
256Þa clypode all ðeo meniu þe him mid wæs ant ðus cwæð. Eala
257drihten mucele beoð þa wundræ & þa mærða ðe ðu ðurh þæs
258ȝyrdan monnum isceawæd hafest. ant heo wundriende wæron
259heom betweonon ꝥ heom swa ilumpen wæs. ðæt heoræ nan oðer
260icnawæn ne cuðe. Ða bedon heo dauid ꝥ he for godes lufe mid
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262wuniæn sceolde. Ða cwæð dauid. Ne dafeneð me na ꝥ ic inc ðæs
263werne; ðe ȝit to me ȝyrnæð for þam wundre ðe ic iseȝen hæbbe.
264ꝥ god ælmihtiȝ ðurh incer benæ iwroht hæfð. & he ða forð mid
265heom wænde. Ða ðe heo to heoræ husæ comen & heo in eoden þa
266eoden heoræ wif heom toȝeanes & ðæs wundrian ongunnon hwæt
267ðeo meniu wære þe ðider icumen wæs. Ða clypoden heo ðus
268& cwæðon. Hwæt beo ȝe oððe hwanon cume ȝe. þa andswarden
269heoræ aȝene wæras heom & ðus cwæðon. Humeta ne icnawe ȝit
270hwæt wit beoð Ða & swardon ða wif heom & cwædon ꝥ heo heora
271stæfn onȝitæn sceoldon ac heo heoræ anseone nateshwon icnawæn
272ne cuðan; Þa andswardon heo. & ðus cwædon. wit habbæð hider
273ibroht þe unc god ælmihtiȝ þurh hine & ðurh ðaræ haliȝræ ȝyrdæ
274mæȝne þe he mid him hæfþ uncorne anwlite þus awende þæs nome
275is dauid. Se for godes lufe wyle nihtlongne fyrst mid us wuniæn.
276Ðonne maȝe ȝe iseon & to soðe ilyfæn ꝥ wit beoð þa ylcæ þe ȝit
277ær cuðon. Ða hit þa euen wæs. & dauid þærto com þa ðe he in
278eode. & þa ȝyrdæ on his honden in ber. ða þe ða wif ðæt iseȝen
279þa cwædon heo to heoræ wæræs Hwi ne swutele ȝe us nu þa
280wundræ ðe eowre anwliten to þullican ihwyrfdon. Ða sceawode
281dauid heom þa ȝyrdæn. Þa ðe heo ðeron bisæȝen þa urnon heo
282ðærto & heoræ tweȝen sunæ. & woldan ðæs ylcæ wilniæn & heom
283ðerto ȝebedon. þa heo þonon hwurfon þa wurdon þa tweȝe
284cnihtæs al swa fæȝeres hiwæs swa heoræ fæderæs wæron & þa
285modra wæron alswa swearte swa heo ær wæron. Ða clypoden heo
286& cwædon Nu hit is swutel hwa godes willæ ær iwroht hæfde & he
287þa nihtlangne first ðær wunede ant on morȝen ðanon wende to
288iordanen þare æ Ða heo ða ðider comen þa næfden heo nane
289scypæn on to farenne. Ða clupode dauid to his wærede & bead heom
290ꝥ heo of heoræ anride lihtæn sceoldon & anbidian oð ðet heom scypæ
291comen ꝥ heo on faren mihtæn. & heo þa swa dydon alle buton him
292ane. He nateshwon ne mihte; Ða com him stæfn of heofenum &
293him to cwæð. ÐauidDauid nis ðe nan neod ðes ðe ðu her fore anbidæst
294ac þu buton tweonunge ofer faren miht mid þine fare; ðider
295þin willæ bið. & he þa mid mycele blisse ða ea ofer for. Ða ðe

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296he on middan þare ea wæs þa iseah hine an reoflæ ðe wæs eardiȝende
297uppon ðam munte on anon scræfe an hund ȝearæ & sixtiȝ
298ȝearæ. Ða forewitegode he & þus cwæð. Nu to dæȝ me cymeð
299to þe ðe me of ðissan reoflæn hælen wyle. ðæt is fæder. & sune.
300& haliȝ gast. Ða ðe he þa ea ofer faren hæfde ða wolde he forð
301on his weȝ to hierusalem. ac ꝥ hors ðe he on rad natoþæshwon on
302þone rihte wæȝ faren wolde. ac ðeo hand ðe he þa ȝyrdæn mid
303heold wearð aðened wið þæs scræfes weard. Ða wænde dauid to
304ðam scræfe & all ðæt ferd ðe mid him wæs. Ða ðe he wæs forneah
305æt þæs scræfes duræ ða wurdon þa ȝyrdæ þe he on hondæ hæfde
306on swa mucele brune ꝥ biforæn alræ þare ferde isihðe ȝewende in
307to þam scræfe. & þa feng þe leȝ ærest on þæs reofliæn fet. & swa
308ȝeond alne þene lichame. ꝥ beforæn heom all þe reoflæ forborn
309þe he on his lichame hæfde. & he aras swa hal & swa isund swylce
310he næfre nane untrumnesse næfde. & he þa mid blisse ðænon ut
311wende & hine to þam ȝyrdæn astreahte & hine ȝeorne ðærto bead.
312Ða ðe he up aras. ða clypode he to dauide & ðus cwæð. Ic halsiȝe
313þe on godes almihtiȝes nome ꝥ ðu ȝeunne me ꝥ ic mote beon fuliȝende
314mid ðe þam halȝæn mæȝene þe me þurh godes fultum ihæled
315hæfð. Ant he þa for godes lufen him hors findon het ꝥ he on
316faren mihte. & heo ða ðanon wenden & comen on æfen to ierusalem;
317Ða hæfde dauid ænne wyrttun þe wæs on midden Gessemani &
318montem oliueti . Ða wæs ðær wiðutæn þam wyrttune an waterput
319þe wæs to þam swiðlice bitter ðæt nan mon ne mihte anes dropæn
320ðærof anbyriæn. Ða clypode dauid & cwæð ðæt he wolde þæt ða
321gyrdæn nihtlangne fyrst on ðone put isette wæron. & he ðæs on
322morȝen heom on his wurtune asettæn wolde. Ða þe reoflæ ꝥ iherde
323þe ðær ihæled wæs ꝥ he ðet don wolde ða arn he toȝeanes heom.
324& þa ȝyrdan æt dauide onfeng & heom on þone put asette. & hine
325on þare hwile ðus ibæd & cwæð. Drihtæn ðu mildheortæ god ȝif
326hit ðin willæ bið ȝecuð ðine mihte & þine wundræ þurh ðas halȝan
327maȝenæ on ðisse stowe alswa ðu dudest innan þam scræfe ðær ic
328fela ȝeare lame on læȝræ læȝ ꝥ mon ilyfe ꝥ ða wundræ soðlice

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329ðurh ðe iswutelode beon & heo ða ðonon ȝewitan; on mæreȝen þa
330heo eft ðærto comen & ða gyrden nimen wolden þa ne mihte heom
331nan mon of ðam stude awæcgan. Ða ðe dauid ꝥ onȝeat ꝥ heo
332nateshwon of ðam stede noldon; þa het he bitunon þone put into
333þam wurttune. Ða þæs binnon twelf monðum embe þone ylcan dæȝ
334ða wæron heo togadere iwæxene & hæfden ane ælne iwæxen on lenge;
335& oðre on græte. & weron ufeweard on ðreo toweaxan swylce ðreo
336finger mel ælc on his cun. Ða ðe dauid þæt iseah ða
337het he wurcean ænne seolfrene hop of þrittiȝæ pundon & bismeoðian
338abutæn þæt treow wiðneoðan þæt ðær on ðreo toweaxen wæs. And
339swa hit weox ðrittiȝ ȝearæ. ælce ȝeare ane elne on lenge oðre on
340grete & wæs æfre ufeweard toweaxen allswa we ær her biforen
341specon. & allswa felæ ȝearæ swa hit ðer weox swa fela seolfrenæ
342hopæ he ðerto dyde & anre ȝehwylc wæs on þrittiȝe pundæ Dauid
343leofedæ seofen hund wintra of ðam dæȝe ðe he þa ȝyrdæn on ðone
344put asetten het; Him þa forð ȝewitenum feng salomon to þam
345kinerice & he þa feowertiȝæ ȝeare timbriæn het ꝥ mucele tempel ꝥ
346mon a syððan het salomones temple. Ða hit ða wæs embe ðone
347timæ þæt mon beames up don sceolde ða wæs ðam wurhtan ðe ðæt
348weorc wrohtæn wone anes beames. & heo ne mihten on all his
349kinerice finden nænne ðe ðærto mihte. Ða ferden þa yldestan
350cræfteȝen binnon ðone wurttun. ðe wæs dauides to ðam halȝan
351treowe ðe he on ðone put asette & ðet ȝemet mid heom bæron &
352ðæt treow ametæn. Ða ðe heo to ðam temple comen þa læȝdon
353heo ꝥ met up to ðam oðre beamum ða wæs hit ane feðme længre
354þonne þa oðre. þa eoden heo in to ðam kynge & to him cwædon ꝥ
355heo on alle his kinerice nan swylc treow finden ne mihten swylce
356ðerto wolde buton heo ðæt nimen mosten. Ða cwæð salomon ꝥ he
357natoðeshwon ðafian nolde for ðam ðingum ðe his fæder hit þær
358asetten het & he swiðe mucel eȝe. & lufe ðerto hæfde. Ac cunniæð
359ȝyt hwæðer ȝe hit on æniȝre oðre stowe finden maȝon & heo þa swa
360dyden & weron seofen niht on socne ac heo hit na finden ne mihten;
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362findæn ne mihton elles buton heo ꝥ nimen mosten. Ða het he
363heom faren to & forceorfan hit & ꝥ seolfer him to bringan ðe hit
364mid bifangen wæs. heo þa swa dyden forcurfon ðæt treow wið
365ðone grund & biheowon hit on þare ilce stowe & hit in to ðam temple
366beron & ꝥ seolfer to him brohten & he nom þa ða þrittiȝæ sylfrenæ
367hopæ & let slean to ðrittiȝæ discæn & let heom hon in to þam
368temple for his fæder sawle. Þa wæs ðæt ylcæ seolfer ꝥ þe unsæliȝ
369iudas ure drihten to deaþe fore bileawede. þa ðe ꝥ treow in to þam
370temple ibroht wæs þa eoden þa ylcæ ðerto þe hit ær imeten hæfdon
371& ꝥ ylce ȝemet þerto læȝdon. þa ðe hit þær nyðer ilæȝd wæs þa
372wæs hit twam fæðmum længre þonne ꝥ imet were. Ða weron heo
373swiðe afyrhte & hit þam kinge cyddon & þe kyng ofstlice þider wende
374& wolde witæn hwæt his soðes wære. Ða he ða ðæt iseah
375þa wearð he mid swiþlicereswiðlicere NAPIER: swi licere hatheortnysse astured & cwæð ꝥ heo
376deaþe scyldiȝe wæræn ꝥ heo hine mid heoræ leasungæ on ðon ibroht
377hæfden. Het hit þa up ahebban ðær hit to sceolde. þa ðe hit
378ðerto ibroht wæs þa wæs hit twam fæðmæ sceortre þenne ða oðre.
379Ða þe he ðæt iseah þa wearð he swiðe ȝeforht iworden & bæd ꝥ hit
380mon adun don sceolde & hit into þam temple lecgæn & he swiðlice
381bereowsode ꝥ he swa mucel agult hæfde þurh ðæt haliȝ treow.
382Bead heom þa ꝥ heo ða ȝyt ut wendon sceoldon & fondian hwæðer
383heom god almihtiȝ æniȝ oðer asendon wolde. & heo þa swa dyden.
384On ðone ylcæ dæȝ þa funden heo sonæ eall ꝥ heo wolden. & hit to
385him brohten. & heo ða hit brohten ðær hit beon sceolde & ꝥ haliȝ
386treow innan þam tempel læȝ aa oð þeo tid com þe ure drihten þrowian
387wolde & ðærinne fela wundra iwrohte weron þurh ðæt haliȝ treow.
388Hit ilamp hwilon ꝥ ðerto eoden hundtentiȝe iudeiscræ monnæ & ꝥ
389treow nimæn wolden & hit to þæs sacerdes botle beron wolden.
390Ðæs nome wæs cericius he wæs on þam time miclæn abisgod embe
391his botlungæ & imynt hæfde ꝥ he ꝥ ylce treow ðerto don wolde.
392ða ne mihte heora nan hit of þam styde awecgæn. þa yrsode he
393wið heom & cwæð. ꝥ hit heoræ leasung were. & wende þa himsylf
394ðerto & het him mid bringæn swa fela æxæ swa mon biȝeten mihte
395& he sylf ðerto feng & heo hit wolden ut of þam temple hæbben.
396þa ne mihte heoræ nan hit awecgan Ða het he heom mid heoræ
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398swylce hit stælen wære. & þare æxene swengæs ȝewendon on ðare
399ansyne þe hit ceorfæn sceolden Ða feringæ heom ealle on hawiȝende
400asprong þær fyr on ðreo healfe ðæs treowæs ant forbernde
401sixtiȝ monnæ of þam monnum þe hit forceorfæn wolden & þone
402preost forð mid; ðe heoræ heretoȝæ wæs. Ða oðre for þare myclæn
403fyrhto þe heo ðer iseȝen ut æturnon; Þa heo ðanon ut comen &
404þa iseȝen heo & eal þeo ceasterwaræ on ierusalem ꝥ ðe leȝ wæs huru
405feowertiȝ fæðmæ heh þe up of ðam temple eode. & alle þa ðe on
406ðare ceastre wæron on hierusalem mid mucele fyrhto fleonde wæron
407for þam myclan eȝe þe heo þær iseȝen. of þam dæȝe næs nan mon
408swa durstiȝ ꝥ his ætrinæn durste. Ðider com in gangen hwilon
409an meretrix & hire ðær onuppon set unmyndlingæ. þa feringæ
410wearð heo bæften al on brune æȝðer ȝe ꝥ ræȝl þe heo on hæfde ȝe
411þe lichamæ al wiðæftan. þa ræsde heo up & mid ludre stæfne rymen
412ongan & heo ðus forewitegian ongan & cwæð. Eala ðu eadiȝ treow
413ꝥ alles middaneardes hælend on hangiæn sceal. Ða ða
414iudeiscan sacerdæs ꝥ iherdon þa nomen heo hire & hire swiðlice
415swingæn ongunnon & hire mid unȝemetlice pine tintreȝian ongunnun
416& heo æt hire witon wolden hwæt heo mid þam worde mende ꝥ heo
417crist nemnen scolde. Heo andswarede & cwæð ꝥ heo natoþeshwon
418ꝥ secgan ne cuðe ne heo nyste hwæt buton allswa hit hire on muðe
419bicom. Heo þa nomon hyre. & on carcere~ sendon & hire þerinnon
420biclysde & heom ðanon witan. Ða on þære nihte com hire to godes
421engel & hire bi hire nome nemdæ & to hire ðus cwæð. Sibillæ beo
422ðu istrongod & þu naht þæs tintreȝa ne ondred forþam þe heo beoð
423ðe to mycele blisse iȝearwod. & þurh ꝥ ðe heo ðinne lichame.
424iswencged & ipinod habbæð þin sawle sceal to ece reste bicumen.
425On morȝen þa heo eft to þam carcerne comen & hire ut læddon þa
426clypoden heo to hire & þus cwædon ðu myltestre sæȝ us hwæt ðæt
427word bihealde oððe hwa ðe þerto wissode þe þu swa beotlice clypien
428ongunne. Ða andswarde heo & ðus cwæð. ne sæcge ic eow ȝyt na
429mare þonne ic ær sæde. ac ic ꝥ to soðe wat þa þa ic ðonne bryne
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431Sona swa ic ðæt word icwedon hæfde me þe licame ihæled wæs.
432Nu sende ȝe on mine lichame swulce tintreȝa swulce ȝe wullen ne
433maȝe ȝe na ðe ma þa sawle aræcan. Heo þa nomen hire & mid
434teartrum swinȝellum swungon oð ðet hiræ licame wearð swa swiðlice
435iswungon swulce he mid seaxum tosnædod wære. Swa heo hire
436six daȝes dæȝhwamlice mid swiðlice swingelle swungon & hire
437ðonne on efen on cwearterne biclusdon. & on morȝen þonne heo
438hire ðanon ut læddon þonne eode heo ut hal & isund ða þæs binnon
439fif nihte com hire to godes engel oðre siðe & hire to cwæð. Sibilla.
440ðu wære ær meretrix on ðisse worulde ac þu eart nu godes
441icorenæ. þu wære ær sibilla ihaten; ðu eart nu susanna inemned.
442Nu to ðisse dæȝe þu sceald þone eadiȝ wuldorbeah underfon ðe þu
443þurh ðæs tintreȝa iernod hafest & swa hwæt swa ðu to gode ȝyrnende
444bist þu bist tyðæ. Ða antswarede heo þam engle & þus cwæð.
445Ane bene leof ic ȝyrnen wolde ȝif hit min mæȝð wære ꝥ ic hit
446ȝyrnan durste. ꝥ ure drihten me unnon wolde ȝif hit his mildæ
447willæ wære þonne ðeo tid cuman scolde ꝥ he þrowian wolde. ꝥ ic
448ðonne þa halȝa rode iseon moste. Ða andswarde þe engel hire &
449þus cwæð. Eall hit bið swa ðu bidest. & þe engel hire þa from
450wende. Sonæ on ꝥ dæȝred þa comen þa ylcæ þe hire tintreȝedon
451& hire ut of þam carcerne læddon Sonæ swa heo ut com þa clupode
452heo & þus cwæð. Nu hit is þe timæ ꝥ ȝe to sæles eower ȝewin
453endian moten. Sonæ swa heo ꝥ word icwæden hæfde þa comen
454godes englæs & hire sawle of þam licame nomen & hire mid heom
455læddon. An ðare iudeiscræ monnæ þa ðerto racode & he mid his
456sweorde hire ꝥ heafod of asloh & heo ða ðer swiðne mucelne ad
457onældon & imynt hæfdon ꝥ heo ðone lichame nimen wolden & hine
458to duste forbernon. Ða wæs on þære meniu þæs folces an swiðe
459weliȝ wif sone swa heo ihurde ꝥ heo ꝥ don wolden þa ferde heo to
460mid alle þam folce þe heo mid hire hæfde & þone licamæ nedyngæ
461æt heom nam & hine forð mid hire feriæn het & hine innon hire
462aȝene huse on stænene ðruh arwurðlice biburiȝen het. Ða
463iudeiscæn þa mucele sinoð heom bitweonon hæfden. & heo ða rædden
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465daȝum heo comen alle ham to þam wife & heo þa swiðlice hire
466ðreatiȝen ongunnon ꝥ heo þone lichame aȝyfen scolde Buton heo
467ꝥ don wolde ꝥ heo wolden hire sylf forbernen & all ꝥ heo ahte. þa
468ꝥ wif ꝥ ihyrde ða eode heo on diȝlon & hire to drihtne bæd & ðus
469cwæð. Drihten leof ðu ȝeðafodest þissæn unlædan ꝥ heo ðæsne
470licame on hire life swiðe cwylmdon & berndon þurh an word ꝥ heo
471þine halȝa nome forewitegode. Ȝif ðu heom iðafien wulle ðæt heo
472ðone lichame leng dreccen scylon ȝewurðe ðin wille. Ȝif hit þonne
473ðin willæ ne beo for ðinre mildheortnysse swutela to ðissum dæȝe
474ðin wuldor þurh heom. Sonæ swa heo hire ðus ibæden hæfde heom
475alle on lociȝende ꝥ hus ꝥ þe halȝæ lichame inne biburiȝed wæs
476wearð al innan on brune of ðare þruh ðe heo on læȝ & þe læȝ on
477ælce healfe ut ræsde ꝥ heo nan oðer nyston buton heo alle forbeornæn
478scolden & heo ða swiðe unȝeheortlice ðanon fluȝon. Sonæ
479swa heo ðanon wændon þa wearð þe bryne adwæsced. Ꝥ wif ða
480sonæ in eode & hire sunæ to hire clypode & to him ðus spæc. Eale
481þu sune min mucele beoð þa wundræ þe her to dæȝ iwordene beoð.
482Nu bidde ic ðe ꝥ ðu næfræ þas isihðe ne forȝymeleasæ ac hy fæste
483on ðine imynde heald for þam ðingum þe of ðam halȝan treowe
484þe on salomones temple ibroht is ðis wundor iworden is. & ðurh
485ꝥ all middaneard iholpan bið. & heo þa cyrccan aræren het ofer
486ða ðruh þe ðe lichame inne reste. Æfter þan ðe þis iworden wæs
487binnon sixtiȝ ȝearæ ðæs. þrowode ure drihten þa he wæs þrittiȝwintre.
488Ða hit ða wæs embe þone timæ ꝥ ða arleasæ iudei hine
489hon wolden. þa ne mihten heo on nane stowe swylc treow finden
490swylce heo hine on hon wolden. Ða clupode heoræ an & cwæð ðæt
491on salomones temple an treow wære ꝥ he wende ꝥ ðerto mihte. Ða
492clypede caiphas ofer heom alle & ceas of heom allon ðreo hund
493monnæ & heom bead ꝥ heo ðerto faren scolden & ꝥ treow to him
494feccan. Ða ðe heo ðerto comen ða ne mihte heoræ nan hit awecgan
495Ða wendon heo sume eft onȝean to him & him ꝥ cuddon ðær he
496het faren to & forceorfæn hit on ðreo heo nateshwon ne mihten.
497ða iwearð hit bitweonæn heom ꝥ heo amæten tyn ælnæ of ðam

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498treowe & ꝥ of acurfæn & heo þa swa dyden. þa tweȝen deales heo
499nateshwon forceorfan ne mihten. Ða tyn ælnæ heo on twa toslæfdon
500& on ðam ilcæn temple hit all biheowen & þa halȝæ rode ðerof
501wrohten & ure drihten sylf hire eft ut of þam temple ber. Ðis
502wæs all idon on þone ylcæ friȝdæi þe he ðrowian ongon. Ða tweȝen
503dæles ðæs halȝæ treowæs wæron aa innan ðam temple & nan mon
504heom ætrinæn ne durste. Ða ðæs binnon þreo hund wintræ & xxx
505wintrum ða sancta helena to hierusalem com. & þa halȝa rode
506sæcan ongon. Ða heo ðe haliȝe rode swa hit godes almihtiȝes
507foresceawunge wæs ifunden hæfde heo ða in to þam temple com &
508heo þæt treow sceawian ongon. Ða axode heo hwæt hit wære. oððe
509hwanon hit come. þa sæde hire mon ꝥ hit wære ilæfed of
510ðare halȝa rode & heo þa ȝeornlice smeade hu hire embe ꝥ to donne
511wære. Ða on þa ylcan nihte þa heo on hire reste wæs þa com
512hire an stæfne to ðæs ðe hire iðuht wæs ꝥ hit godes engel wære &
513hire bi hire nome nemde & hire ȝeþuht wæs ꝥ heo innan ðam temple
514wære & þa bead ðe engel hire ꝥ heo sceolde ꝥ haliȝ treow on
515feower toceorfan & imæten þa feower dælæs ꝥ ælc wære tyn ælnæ
516long & bead ꝥ heo scolde senden þa feower dæles on feower healfe
517ðisses middaneardes Heo ða on morȝen dude allswa ðe engel hire
518bead & heo ꝥ haliȝ treow mid mucele arwurðnesse forð mid hire
519ferien het to constantinopolim & þa halgæ rode forð mid. Sonæ
520swa heo innon þare ceastre com constantinopolim ða mon ferede
521toȝeanes hire ænne forðfarene mon þa het heo ꝥ folc anbidæn ane
522metmucele tid. ða hæfde heo eacswylce ða oðre rode þe ðe sceaþæ on
523ahongen wæs þa smeade heo on hire ðance on hwæðere crist ahongen
524wæs. Ða nom heo arest þeo rode ðe þe sceaðe on hongode. &
525hire uppon ðene deaden alæȝde & he læȝ forð alswa he ær dude. þa
526het heo ða oðre nimen & uppon him settæn. sone swa heo ðam
527deade neahlæhte þa aras he sonæ ða ðe heo ðæt iseah þa wearð
528heo mucel iblissod & heo in to þam kinge eode constantine. & him
529cydde þa merðæ þe heo mid hire ibroht hæfde. Ða ðæs binnon
530six daȝum þa fullode siluester þe papæ þone iudam þe sancta helene

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531þa rode tæhte. & hine bi nome ciriacum nemde & hine on ðone
532ilce dæȝe to arcebiscop halȝode. & ðes on morȝen he wende to
533ierusalem. & heo forð mid him þa tweȝen dæles sealde oðerne dæl
534he scolde don to ierusalem. oðerne to alexandriam. & þone ðridde
535dæl þe papæ siluester forð mid him to romeburiȝ hæfde. þone
536feorðan del heo mid hire hæfde on constantinopolim. Binnon
537þreom daȝum þæs ðe þeo haliȝ rod ifunden wæs iudas ȝeaf sancta
538helenæ þa fif næȝlæs ðe ure drihten mid inæȝlæd wæs; on þare
539ilcan nihte com hire to godes engel þa heo on hire reste wæs. &
540hire be hire nome nemde & þus cwæð. Helena aris & þa næȝlas
541nim & ðerof wurcean hat ꝥ myld to constantines bridle þines sune
542& nis æniȝ ꝥ him syððan wiðstanden maȝe. & moniȝe scylen on god
543bilyfæn þurð þa wundræ ðe of ðam bridle wurðaþ. Ða axode heo
544hine hwæðer heo scolde þa næȝlæs mid hire læden þe heom ðær
545læten wurcen. þa andswarde hire þe engel & ðus cwæð. ðu ne miht
546heom ne of ðissere stowe læden ær heo iwrohte beon ac ðu scealt
547heom her wurcen haten. & ðone bridel syððan mid þe læden & heo
548þa dyde swa ðe engel hire bead & heo ða mildnæȝlæs wurcen het &
549hire sylf ðermid wæs. & on ðare hwile ðe heo song þriȝæ ꝥ haliȝ
550bed ꝥ is pater noster þa mild wæron iwrohte. & heo heom to constantine
551brohte hire sunæ & þonne he on rade wæs ðonne wende of
552ðæs horses muðe se liȝ ꝥ mon mihte ofer ane mile iseon & ælc þare
553þe ꝥ wundor iseȝen swiðe afurhte weron & heo þurh ꝥ cristendom
554underfengon & swa he wæs þreo ȝear farende. Swa wide swa he
555hine mid him lædde swa wide mon cristendom underfon wolde.
556Ða ða þreo ȝear ifyllede wæron þa com him godes engel to & cwæð.
557Constantinus nu hit is þe timæ ꝥ ðu mid godes bletsungæ eft onettan
558scealt to ðare halȝan ceastre constantinopolim for þam ðingum
559ðe þu godes wille & his bibod fulfremedlice ifulled hæfst. Ða dude
560he sonæ swa þe engel him bead. sone swa he þider com. þa het
561he þone bridel nimen & þa halȝæ irenu of aliniæn het. & heom
562mid mucele arwurðnesse in to þare halȝæ rode ahon het ðær ȝyt
563oð þysne andweardan dæȝ heo ihealdene weron Amen Amen;