at ?e han fed of long tym,
Wher he be quik o?er dede. 396
'?if he be ded ?at was so meke,
he is ?at man ?at ?ei seke,
I wot wi?-oute drede: 399
he was a man of holy lif,
Of him com neuere stout ne strif,
Ne wikke word ne dede.'
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402
Whanne eufemian ?at i-herde,
he ?ede to loke hou alex ferde,
To his hous ful ry?th; 405
[folio 236a] he fond him ded whan he com ?are,
his face, ?
er it lay on bere,
As sonne
schinede
bry?
th. 408
In his hond he fond a skript,
Eufemian ?ede to him as tyd
To wyte what was ?er-Inne; 411
Bote for nones kynnes gyn
out of ?e hond ?at it was In
My?tte he it nat wynne.
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414
Whan he ne my?tte no betere spede,
To ?e emperour he ?ede,
& tolde him ?at tydingge. 417
?ane come? he a?
