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2UIIII KALENDAS MAI, NATALE SANCTI GEORGII MARTYRIS .
3GEDWOLMEN AWRITON GEDWYLD ON HEORA BOCVM BE ÐAM halgan were
4ðe is gehaten Georius.
5Nu wille we eow secgan þæt soð is be ðam,

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6þæt heora gedwyld ne derige digellice ænigum.
7Se halga georius wæs on hæþenum dagum rice ealdorman under
8ðam reþan casere þe wæs Datianus geciged, on ðære scire
9Cappadocia.
10þa het Datianus ða hæðenan gegaderian to his deofolgildum
11his Drihtne on teonan, and mid manegum ðeowracum þæt
12mancynn geegsode, þæt hi heora lac geoffrodon
13þam leasum godum mid him.
14þa geseah se halga wer þæra hæðenra gedwyld hu hi ðam
15deoflum onsægdon and heora Drihten forsawon, ða aspende
16he his feoh unforh on ælmyssum hafenleasum mannum þam
17hælende to lofe, and wearð þurh Crist gebyld, and cwæð
18to ðam casere, Omnes dii gentium demonia, dominus autem
19caelos fecit ; Ealle þæra hæðenra godas synd gramlice
20deofla, and ure Drihten soðlice geworhte heofonas.
21þine godas, casere, syndon gyldene and sylfrene, stænene and
22treowene, getreowleasera manna handgeweorc, and ge him weardas
23settað þe hi bewaciað wið þeofas.
24Hwæt þa Datianus deofollice geyrsode ongean ðone halgan
25wer, and het hine secgan of hwilcere byrig
26he wære oððe hwæt his nama wære.
27þa andwyrde Georius ðam arleasan and cwæð, Ic eom soðlice
28Cristen and ic Criste þeowige.
29Georius ic eom gehaten, and ic hæbbe ealdordom on minum
30earde, ðe is gehaten Cappadocia, and me bet licað to
31forlætenne nu þisne hwilwendlican wurðmynt, and þæs
32wuldorfullan Godes cynedome gehyrsumian on haligre drohtnunge.
33þa cwæð Datianus, þu dwelast, Geori, genealæc nu ærest
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35þam unoferswiðendum Apolline, seðe soþlice mæg þinre
36nytennysse gemiltsian, and to his manrædene gebigan.
37Georius þa befran þone feondlican casere, hwæðer is to
38lufigenne, oððe hwam lac to offrigenne, ðam
39Hælende Criste ealra woruldra alysend oþþe Apolline ealra
40deofla ealdre?
41Hwæt ða Datianus mid deofollicum graman het ðone halgan wer
42on hencgene ahæbban, and mid isenum clawum clifrian his lima,
43and ontendan blysan æt bam his sidum.
44het hine þa siððan of ðære ceastre alædan and mid
45swinglum þreagen and mid sealte gnidan; ac se halga wer
46wunode ungederod.
47þa het se casere hine on cwearterne don, and het geaxian ofer
48eall sumne æltæwne dry.
49þa geaxode þæt Athanasius se dry, and com to ðam casere,
50and hine caflice befran, hwi hete ðu me feccan þus færlice
51to þe?
52Datianus andwyrde Athanasie ðus, Miht þu adwæscan þæra
53Cristenra drycræft?
54þa andwyrde se dry Datiane ðus, Hat cuman to me þone
55Cristenan mann, and beo ic scyldig gif ic his
56scyncræft ne mæg mid ealle adwæscan mid minum drycræfte.
57þa fægnode Datianus þæt he funde swylcne dry, and het of
58cwearterne lædan ðone godes cempan, and cwæð to ðam
59halgan mid hetelicum mode, For ðe, geori, ic begeat þisne
60dry; oferswyð his drycræft oððe he þe oferswyðe,
61oððe he fordo þe oððe þu fordo hine.
62Georius ða beheold þone hæðenan dry, and cwæð þæt he
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64Athanasius ða ardlice genam ænne mycelne bollan mid bealuwe
65afylled, and deoflum betæhte ðone drenc ealne, and sealde
66him drincan ac hit him ne derode.
67þa cwæð eft se dry, Git ic do an þincg, and gif him þæt
68ne derað, Ic buge to Criste.
69He genam ða ane cuppan mid cwealmberum drence, and clypode
70swyðe to sweartum deoflum, and to ðam fyrmestum deoflum,
71and to ðam ful strangum, and on heora naman begol þone
72gramlican drenc, sealde ða drincan þam Drihtnes halgan;
73ac him naht ne derode se deofollica wæta.
74ða geseah se dry þæt he him derian ne mihte, and feol to
75his fotum fulluhtes biddende; and se halga Georius hine sona
76gefullode.
77Hwæt ða Datianus deoflice wearð gram, and het geniman þone
78dry þe þær gelyfde on God, and lædan of ðære byrig and
79beheafdian sona.
80Eft on þam oþrum dæge het se arleasa casere gebindan
81Georium on anum bradum hweowle, and twa scearpe swurd settan
82him togeanes, and swa up ateon and underbæc sceofan.
83þa gebæd Georius hine bealdlice to Gode, Deus in
84adiutorium meum intende; domine, ad adiuuandum me
85festina ; God beseoh ðu on minum fultume, drihten, efst þu
86nu me to fultumigenne, and he wearð þa gebroht mid þysum
87gebæde on þam hweowle.
88þa tyrndon þa hæðenan hetelice þæt hweowl, ac hit sona
89tobærst and beah to eorðan, and se halga wer wunode
90ungederod.
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92and swor ðurh ða sunnan, and ðurh ealle his godas,
93þæt he mid mislicum witum hine wolde fordon.
94ða cwæð se eadiga Georius him to, þine ðeowracan synd
95hwilwendlice, ac ic ne forhtige for ðinum gebeote, þu hæfst
96minne lichaman on ðinum anwealde, ac ðu næfst swa þeah
97mine sawle, ac God.
98þa het se casere his cwelleras feccan ænne ærene hwer, and
99hine ealne afyllan mid weallendum leade,
100and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwær, þaða he hattost wæs.
101þa ahof se halga to heofonum his eagan, his Drihten biddende
102and bealdlice cweðende, Ic gange into þe on mines Drihtnes
103naman, and ic hopige on Drihten þæt he me ungederodne of
104ðisum weallendum hwere wylle nu ahreddan, þam is lof and
105wuldor geond ealle woruld.
106And he bletsode þæt lead and læg him onuppan, and þæt
107lead wearð acolod þurh Godes mihte, and Georius sæt
108gesund on ðam hwere.
109ða cwæð se casere to þam Cristes þegene, Nast þu, la
110Geori, þæt ure Godas swincað mid þe, and git hi synd
111geþyldige þæt hi þe miltsion.
112Nu lære ic ðe swa swa leofne sunu, þæt ðu þæra
113cristenra lare forlæte mid ealle, and to minum ræde
114hraðe gebuge, swa þæt ðu offrige þam arwurðan Appolline,
115and þu mycelne wurðmynt miht swa begitan.
116þa se halga martyr mid ðam halgan gaste afylled, smearcode
117mid muðe and to ðam manfullan cwæð, Us gedafenað to
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119æfter ðisum bebead se ablenda Datianus þæt mann his deadan
120godas deorwurðlice frætewode, and þæt deofles templ mid
121deorwurðan seolfre; and het þider lædan þone geleaffullan
122martyr, wende þæt he wolde wurðian his godas, and his lac
123geoffrian ðam lifleasum godum.
124Hwæt ða Georius to eorðan abeah þus biddende his Drihten
125gebigedum cneowum, Gehyr nu, God ælmihtig,
126þines þeowan bene, and þas earman anlicnyssa mid ealle
127fordo, swa swa wex formylt for hatan fyre,
128þæt menn ðe oncnawan and on ðe gelyfan, þæt þu eart ana
129God, ælmihtig scyppend.
130æfter ðisum gebede bærst ut of heofonum swyðe færlic fyr,
131and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle ða godas grundlunga
132suncon into þære eorðan, and ne æteowdon siððan.
133Eac swylce þa sacerdas suncon forð mid, and sume ða
134hæðenan þe þær gehende stodon; and Georius axode þone
135arleasan casere, On hwilcum godum tihst þu us to gelyfenne?
136Hu magon hi ahreddan ðe fram frecednyssum, þonne hi ne
137mihton hi sylfe ahreddan?
138Hwæt ða Datianus gedihte þisne cwyde, and het ðus acwellan
139þone Godes cempan, Nimað þisne scyldigan þe mid
140scincræfte towende ure arwurðan godas mid ealle to duste,
141and dragað hine niwelne his neb to eorðan geond ealle ðas
142stræt and stænene wegas, and ofsleað hine syþþan mid
143swurdes ecge.
144þa tugon þa hæðenan þone halgan wer swa Datianus him
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146oðþæt hi comon to ðære cwealmstowe, and se martyr bæd
147þæt he hine gebiddan moste to ðam ælmihtigan Gode and his
148gast betæcan.
149He þancode ða Gode eallra his godnyssa, þæt he hine
150gescylde wið þone swicolan deofol, and him sige
151forgeaf þurh soðne geleafan.
152He gebæd eac swylce for eall Cristen folc, and þæt God
153forgeafe þære eorðan renas, for þan ðe se hæða þa
154hynde ða eorðan.
155æfter ðisum gebæde he bletsode hine sylfne, and bæd his
156slagan þæt he hine sloge.
157Mid þam ðe he acweald wæs, ða comon þyder sona his agene
158landleode geleofede on God, and gelæhton his lic and læddan
159to þære byrig þe he on ðrowode, and hine ðær bebyrigdon
160mid mycelre arwurðnysse, þam ælmihtigan to lofe.
161þa asende Drihten renscuras, and þa eorðan gewæterode þe
162ær wæs forburnen, swa swa Georius bæd ærðan þe he abuge
163to slege.
164Hwæt ða Datianus wearð færlice ofslagen mid heofonlicum
165fyre, and his geferan samod, þa ða he hamwerd wæs mid his
166heah þegenum, and he becom to helle ærðan þe to his huse;
167and se halga Georius siðode to Criste, mid ðam he a wunað
168on wuldre; Amen.