ei sone fynde
?at scholde hele doumbe & blynde,
a relik preciouse. 378
? ?en ?ei ede sone anan,
& asked sire Eufemian
?if he kneu? such a mon. 381
He onswerde ful rediliche,
'i sigge ou lordingus sikerliche
of such ne wot i non.'
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? ?enne wente for? ?e Emperours,
Archadius & honorius,
& Inocent ?e Pope,*.
[[Pope eras't]]
Anon to
Eufemians
in,--
er ?
ei weore ?er, wolde ?ei not blin,--
with hem a god gret frape. 390
?en com a knaue sone a-nan,
& seide to sire Eufemian,
'go we, sire, i rede,
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And loke, sire, at oure pilgrime,
?at ?e han fed in long tyme,
wher he beo quik or dede. 396
'?if he be ded ?at was so meke,
he is ?at mon ?at ?ei seke,
i wot, with-outen drede. 399
He was a mon of holy lif,
of him com nei?er cheste ne strif,
ne vuel word ne dede.
