*CHYRCHE YN THE WURSCHYP OF *SANT STEUYN Y\T IS CALLYD GODDYS HOLY MARTYR Y\T SUFFURD DETHE FOR CRYST SAKE *AFTUR Y\T CRYST STYET UP TO EUEN YAN TO YO\URE DEUOCOUn STYR Y\E MORE TO Y\I\S HOLY *MaRTYR Y\T SUFFRED DETHE FOR CRYSTes SAKE AS Y\E BOKE OF Y\E APOSTUL TELLYTH . *WHEN CRYST *WAS STYET TO HEYUEN YEN Y\E APOSTULLYS TENDYT ALL TO PRECHYNG OF GODDYS WOORD AND TO HOLY PraYERS DUD FOR . YEY MYzT+NOT ALL Y\T TENDYT TO Y\E *FAYTHE YEY CHO# SYN VJ . HOLY MEn OWT OF SEXTY AND X Y\T WERE CRYSTes DYSCYPULS TO HELP HEM YN GODDYS SerUYS OF Y\E WHnCH Y\E SAME STEUEn WAS THE *FURST *AND Yur WYSEST AND SO FUL OF GraCE AND MYzHT OF Y\E HOLY GOST YEn HE DYD MONY WUNDURS AND MYRACULYS YN Y\E PEPULL . *BUT YOUz HE WERE NEUer SO HOLY A LYUer HE HAD HERE MONY EnMYS *WHER-FORE MONY *JUWYS OF DYUerSYS CUnTRYS HAD EnUY TO Y\E SAME STEPHEN THEY RESUNDYD AGAYNS HYM AND SPUTET W\T HYm AzENS CRYSTYN FAYTHE HAUYNG~ PerPOSES YF YEY MYzHT+NOT OUer-CUm HYm BY DYSPUTACOUnS BY FALS WHYCCHYS . DO HYM TO DETHE BUT WHEN SANT STEUYN KNUWE YEYRE MALYS HE THOzT TO SESE HYm BY ON OF YES IIJ WAYS . BE SCHAMYNG~ YN DYSPUTACOUn OR BE DREDE BY REUELACOUn . OR . BY LOUE OFF HOLY *ORYSENS *FYRST HE SAYD BE SCHAMYG~ Yn DYSPUTACOUn FOR YEY BE-GAn TO SPEKE W\T HYm *AND HE WAS SO FUL OF Y\E HOLY GOST Y\T YEY HAD NO W\T NOR NO *POWER TO W\T-STOND HYm BUT HE OUer-CUmME HE~ Yn AL YEYR~ MATerS &~ PreUED Her WYTNES FALS & SAYD Y\T HE *WOS REDY TO DYE In UerEFYYNG~ AL Y\T HE SAYD AND H\T WAS GreTE SCHAME TO HE~ Y\T WER~ CLERKYS & KNUWE Y\E LANE & Y\E ProFECYSE Y\T SCHULD COmME & WERE FULFYLD In IHesU CriST YT HE PreCHED OFF AND *AND YET YEY WOLD NOT *BE-LEUE YN HYM BUT ALL-WAY *AzEN-STODE Y\E HOLY GOST Y\T SPEKE YN HYM AND SCHEWET HEM YN HER CONSCYENS THAT YEY DYD AMYSSE AND YERE AS YEY SAUWE THE COmMYN PEPULL TURNE TO THE FAYTHE FOR WURDDYS OR FOR MYRACULS . Y\T GOD SCHEWYT ALWAY YN THEYRE SYzT YEY ALWAY AGAYNSTODE AND SET GODDYS WORDYS AT NOzT AND NOT ONLY BY MALYS OFF *ENMYS HERTYS AND BY MANY RESON OFF SCRIP=# TURE YAN WERE YEY MORE ANGRY AGAYN HYm AND FRETYD YEYR@ HerTYS W\T-YN-FORTHE AND GNAST W\T YEYR~ TETHE AzEYNYST HYm AND FRETYT HER-SELF AND FOR YEY MYzHT+NOT OUer-CUmME HYm BY DYSPUTACOUn YEY SOzTYN YF YEY MYzHT TAKE HEM YN *ANY WOORD OF CLAUNDUR YN GOD WHERE-FORE YEY MYHTT LAUFULLY HAUE DONE HYm TO DETHE *THEN KNUWE SANT STEUYN HER MALYS AND LYFT UP HYS HYES TO HEYUEN *AND SAU IHesU GODDYS SONE STOND AT YS FADURS HAND YEn SAYD SANT STEPHENE~ LOO . *J SE . IHesU STOND AT HYS FADur HOND REDY TO HELP ME AND YerW\T ANON~ A HYS FACE SCHON AS BRYzHT AS HE HADDE BEN AN *ANGELL OF HEUE~ *BUT WHE~ YEY HERD HYM SPEKE YEY FULL FAYN WERE TO STOP YEYRE HERYS *AND YOzHE YEY HAD HERD HYm SPEKE FALS & *SCHALAUNDUR . YN GOD Y\T H\T HAD BEn TO HOREBULL TO ANY MAN TO HAUE HERD HYm LYE SO *THAN~ ANONE YEY DRUW HYM OWT Y\E SETE TO STONE HYM W\T STONYS TO DETHE AS FOR A SCLAUNDURER OF GOD *AND SCHOSEN~ I%J% MEn Y\T BEST COUnTH CAST STONYS AT HYm AND DYSPOYLYT HYm OF H\I\S CLOTHYS AND LAYD HEM AT Y\E *FETE OF A MAN~ WOS CALLUD *SALE Y\T AFTUR WAS SANT PAULE *FOR HE WAS ON OF Y\E CHEEFE Y\T STONET SAN . STEUEn TO DETHE BUT WHAN SAN . STEUEN *THAT HE MYHT+NOT SESEN HYM BY REUELACOUn YA~ TURNED HE TO DEUOWT ORYSON AND YEn YEY CASTYT AT HYm STONYS TO SMYTE+OWT HIS BraYNE HE CRYDE TO GOD & SAYD LORD IHesU TAKE MY SPRETE / *AND FOR HE WOLD PraY MORE DEUOWTLY FOR HIS EnMYS YEn FOR HYm-SELFE HE KNELED DOWNE TO Y\T HerTHE *AND SAYD IHesU LORD LET Y\E SEN OF HEM BE FORzEUEN *AND ANON *WHEN HE SAYD SO HE SCLEPYT YN GOD . THEN TAKETH HEDE GOOD MEn SYCHn A BREnNNYG~ HE HAD YN HYS SAULE Y\T PraY# D MORE DEUOWTLY FOR HIS DEDLY EnMYS YAN HE DYDE FOR HYM-SELFE *JN THYS HE GAFFE AN HYE ENSAMPULL TO ALL CRISTEN ME~ AND WEME~ TO HAUE CHARYTE YCHE ON W\T ODur & TO PraY HerTYLY FOR YEYR~ EnMYS & FOR HEM Y\T PUR=# SUDE YO\U OR DEDE YO\U ANY DYSESE . *FOR HE Y\T PraYTH DEUOUTLY FOR HYS EnMYS HE IS YAn A MaRTur *FOR MARTYRDOME FALLYT IIJ WYSE Y\T IS PASSYON AND WYLLE Yer-TO W\T WYLLE WYT PASSYON BY PASSYON W\T-OUTYN WYLL *JN SCHEUIG~ OF THES IIJ MARTURDOMYS Y\E\S IIJ FESTYS Y\T *SUWEN THE BYRTHE OFF CRYST HE SCHALL BE SET REzT TO IHesU CRYST In HEUEN *SAN STEUE~ FOR HE HAD PASSYON ES NEXT & WYLL YerTO *SAN *JOHn HADE WYLLE BUT HE WAS NOT SLAYNE *JNNOCEnTYS YEY SUFFerD DETHE YEY HAD NO WYLL YUS MANY ON BY MaRTur# DAm YOUzE HE SCHED+NOT HYS BLODE Y\T WHEn HEm SUFFURD WRAnG OR PerSECUCOUn OF ALLE ME~ AND THAnKYT GOD Yer-OFF *AND TAKE H\T W\T GOOD WYLLE & PraYED TO GOD FOR HYS EnMYS Yn *FUL CHARYTE . *FOR MaRTYRDAm W\T-OWT~ CHARYTE AS PAULE SATHn PROFETTes NOT WHER~-FOR~ TAKE GOODE HEDE AND Y\E SCHAL *FYND Y\T Y\E\S I%I%J% WERE Yn FUL CHARYTE SAN . STEUEN WHEn HE SCHULD DYE HE KNELET DOWNE & FOR HYS *EnMYS HE PraYD SAN *JOHn WHEn HE YOODE TO H\I\S DETHn HE SAD TO HEM *C*HYLDRYN LOUE TO-GEDUR *AND Y\T IS YNOzHE *JNNOCEnTes . *FOR YEY WHERE SO YONG~ Y\T YEY COWTHE+NOT SPEKE THEY SCHEWDE HER LOUE BY OPUN SYnNES FOR YEY LOUGHE ON HEM Y\T SLOO HEm *AND PLAYD W\T HER HONDYS THAN FOR ENCHESON Y\T SAN STE# UYN WOS SO GLORYUS A MaRTYR GOD SCWEUD FOR HYm MANY MYRACULYS OFF Y\E WHYCHn Y\I\S IS ON / *THER~ WAS An HONESTY WOMAn AND HAD VIIJ SOnNES AND IIJ DOUTERS BUT YN A+MYS=# HAP YN A DAY WROTHE DOWN Y\E MODur SO Y\T SCHO IN GRETE MALYS CURSYD HEM *AND ANONE FOR Y\T EUYL . WYLL . *VEnGAnS *FELL OPON HEM SO Y\T YE MEmBURS OF HEm WHOKYN SO Y\T SEE HEM HAD GRET RUTH ON HEM AND RUDEN HEM GreTLY *AND FOR YEY MYzT NAT DO NOT WERKE YEY YODE ALL ABOWTE Y\E *CUNTRE AS NAKYT BESTYS . *THAN H\T HAPP\T SO Y\T ON OF Y\E BRETHerNE Y\T HEzT POULE AND A SYSTer HEzT *PALLIDA COME Yn-TO CHYRCHE OF SANT STEUE~ AND WHE~ Y\IS MAn HERD TEL . HOW DEUOUTLY SAN . STEUE~ PraYED FOR HYS EnMYS Y\T SCLOE HEM THEN HE HAD FUL TRUST Y\T HE WOLD PraY SO FOR HEM *AND YEn HE WOLD BE HYS SerUAND ALWAY AFFTUR . Y\T HE SCHULD BE HOLE AND SO IN FULL HOPE HE YODE YN-TO Y\E CHAUNSELL & W\T HIS HerT PraYT TO SAN STEUEn AND ANONE Yn Y\E SYzT OF ALL MEN HE WOS HOLE AND WHEN Y\E SYSTUR SAU Y\E BroDUR HOLE SCHO PraYD ON THE SAME WYSE TO SAN STEUE~ AND YAn AS SCHO PraYD SCHO FELL A-SLEPE AND WHAN SCHO WAKYT SCHO WAS ALL HOLE AND W\T ALL Her HerT SCHO THANKYD GOD & SAN STEUEN *ANODUR MYRACULL SAN *AUSTEN TELLYnTH OF A SENATur OF *ROME AND HYS WYFFE YEDYN TO IERusaLeM AND Yer HE BYLD A CHAPELL IN WURSCHEP OF SAN STEUEN BUT *LONG AFTUR BUT LONG AFTUR HYS DETHE HYS WYFE WOLD GOO AzEYN TO HER AUNE CUNTRE AND WOLD HAUE Y\E BONYS OF HER HUSBAND W\T Her *AND SO W\T PraYER AND W\T GYFTYS Y\E BYSCHAP BROUzT TO Her Y\E BONYS OF SAN STEUE~ AND ALSO HER HUSBANDYS BONES . AND SAYD TO Her *J KNAUE NOT WHYCHE BEN Y\E BONES OF Y\I HUSBAND YEn SAYD SCHO *Ser Y KNAUE WELL YYES BEN Y\E BONES OF MY MAYSTUR AND SCHO WYST+NOT WHEDUR YEY WERE SO OR NAY . *AND WHAN SCHO CAm TO Y\E SEE A . ANGELL . SONG YN Y\E AYER AND SWET SAUYR CAm OWT OF Y\E BONES Y\T H\T PASSYD ANY SPYCERY *AND YAn FYNDYS CRYDEN WO YS US FOR STOUEN Y\T BYTTURLY BREND US AND BETH US & Yer-W\T RERED SUCHn A+TEMPEST Y\T Y\E SCHYPMEn WnD TO HAUE BEN DROWNNET YAN YEY CRYED TO SAN STEUEN & ANONE HE APERED TO HEM & SAYD BE NOzHT ADREDE AND *A# NONE THE TEmPEST CESYD YEn Y\E FENDYS CRYAND SAYD Y\U WYK# KYD PriNCE OWRE MAYSTUR BRENE Y\E SCHYP . FOR STEUEN Y\T YS OURE ADUerSARE IS Yer-I%N *THAN Y\E PriNCE OF FENDYS SEND . V . FENDYS TO HAUE BREND Y\E SCHYP BUT YAn WAS Y\E ANGEL OF GOD REDY & DROUNET HEM YN Y\E SEE *AND WHAN YEY COME TO LOND W\T Y\E SCHYP *FEENDYS CRYDEN . GODDYS SerUAnD CUmMYS Y\T WAS STONET TO DETHE W\T Y\E WYKKYD *JUES / YEn Yn Y\E WURCHYP OF SAN . STEUEn MEn MADE A CHYRCHE & PUT Y\E BONES Yer-IN WHERE GOD WROzHT MONY MARAnCLS FOR HYm