*WHEN yAIR LYUES ER NEzE FORLORNE yAI ANSUERD HEYRIOSLY IN LASTE *TO PRAY FOR yAIM WE HALDE IT WASTE yAI HAUE FORDONE OUR~ ALDE LAWES *AND BROGHT IN NEWE yAT NA MAN KNAWES *WERE yAI ALL DEEDE IT WAR NA CHARGE yAN MYGHT WE LEUE ALL AT OURE LARGE *JT SEMES yAT TIME RELIGIOUSE *TO LAWED MEN WAS FULL HEYRIYOUSE *ON HAPP FOR yAI yAT LYF REPROUED yAT SYNFULL LAWEDMEN yAT TIME LOUED *WHEN yUS HE yAIRE COUNTENANCE SEES HE KNELES DOUNE ON BATHE HIS KNEES *AND BOWED HIS HEUED IN TO yE ERTHE *PRAYED GOD TO GIF yAIM BETTer WERDE yAN yE WYND IT CHAUNGED BELYUE *AND ALL yE BATES AGAYNE DRYUE *WITH ALL yAIR~ CHARGE WHARE yAI WALDE BE *COME yE BATEMEN WITH GAMEN AND GLE *WHEN yE BEWSCHIRS yAT yAIM BLAMED *SAW yIS yAI WERE A-SCHAMED . *FOR yAI TROWED BEFORE A-MYS *AND CUTHBERT FAYTHE yAI LOUE AND BLIS *AND EFTIRWARDE yAI WALDE NOzT SEES *AY IN HIS LOUYNG TO ENCREES *yIS TALE TO SAINT BEDE WAS TOLDE *OF ANE OF yAIM yAT CASE BEHOLDE *yAT WAS A TREWE AND SYMPLE MAN *yAT WALDE NOzT LYE NE FEYN yAN **IN yIS FORDE CHAPITILL yOU SALL WAT GIF yOU REDE WILL *BEFORE HE WAS FOURTEN zERE ELDE HE HAD HIS WITTES WELE IN WELDE HENDE HIRDMEN HE WAS SETT AMANGE HE SAW AUNGELS WITH IOY AND SANGE *BISCHOP SAULE *AYDANE BEERE TO HEUEN *OF HALY ELAND yE FIRST MEN NEUEN *WHEN GOD yAT GYUES ALL GRACE *WALDE CHAUNGE HIS CHESON *TO PurPOSE OF STRAYTER LYUYNG HIM TO BLISSE OF HEUEN TO BRYNG *JN HILLES WITH HIRDES BESTIS HE KEPID *AND ON A NYGHT WHEN yAI SLEPYD *HE WAKED IN PRAYERS AS HE WAS WONT *HE SAW WITH IN A SCHORT STONT *COME FRA HEUEN A+LUFSOM LYGHT *AND yAT WITH MANY WORTHY WYGHT yAI TOKE A SAULE WAS CLERE AND CLENE *AND BARE IT TO HEUEN yAIM BETWENE HE WAS CONPUNCTE ENTIERLY yIS SYGHT WHEN HE SAW SODANLY *AND THOGHT MARE GASTELY LYFE TO LEDE *A-MANG GUDE MEN TO GETE HIM MEDE HE LOUED AND THANKED GODDIS NAME *AND STERYD HIS FELAWS TO yE SAME *ALLAS HE SAIDE WE WAFULL WRECHES yAT FOR OUR~ SLEPYNG AND MYSTECHES *WITH GODDIS SERUANDE WE LETE TO WAKE LYGHT AND SYGHT OF HEUEN TO TAKE LO BRETHIR A LITIL STOUNDE *J HAUE BENE WAKAND ON yIS GROUNDE HEUEN YATE *J . SAW OPYN *AND HALY AUNGELS LEDE yIDER I%N yE SAULE OF SOME BISCHOP IT IS yIT WITH SLYKE LYGHT WAS LEDD TO BLIS yUS yE HIRDES HERTES HE MOUE yAIR~ GOD TO WIRSCHIP TO THANKE AND LOUE *ON yE MORNE CUTHBERT KNEW *BE TELLYNG OF MEN yAT WERE TREW *WHEN HE SAWE AUNGELS FRA HEUEN GLYDE yE SAME OURE SAINT *AYDANE DYED . . . . yAT BISCHOP OF HALY ELAND WAS HIS SAULE yAT TIME TO HEUEN IT PAS yE BESTES TO HIS KEPYNG BETAUGHT HE zELDE TO LORDI%S yAT yAI%M AUGHT *AND WENT A MYNSTER FOR TO SEKE *TO LEDE HI%S LYFE IN MONKHEDE MEKE **yIS FYFT CHAPITER TELLES VERRAY . *HOW GOD SPED HIM IN HIS WAY *WHILS yAT HE PURPOSE HELDE *TO CHAUNGE HI%S LYFE AS IT TELDE *GOD WALDE SHEWE HIM BE TAKENYNG CLERE yAT WHA SO SEKYS HIS KYNGDOME HERE *AND yAR OF yE RYGHTWYSNES *GOD GYUES LYUELADE TO MARE AND LES *JT FELL ON A DAY HE RADE *TOWARDE MAILROSE MONKE TO BE MADE HE SAW A TOUNE STANDE O FER *TO BAYTE HIS HORSE HE DREW IT NER HE GESTYND AT A HUSWYF HOUSE *WAS DEUOTE AND RELIGIOUSE yE WOMAN GLADLY TOKE HIR GEST *TO ORDAYNE METE SHO WAS FULL PREST *AND PRAYED HI%M HERTLY TO yE METE *BOT yAN ON NA WYSE WALDE HE ETE *FOR IT WAS FRYDAY DAY OF FAST yE THRID OURE OF yE DAY WAS NOzT PAST zIT yE GUDE WYFE FOR LYKYNG HAD DEUOCION~ OF COSTENYNG . *MADE INSTANCE TO HIM TO HABYDE *AND SAIDE yOU HAFE SO FERR TO RYDE yAT yE SONn SALL BE WENT DOUNE *OR yOU COME WHIDER yOU ERT BOUNE *AND IN yE WAY FRA yOU BE GANE *METE NE HERBERY FONDES yOU NANE yARFORE *J . PRAY yE ETE BEFORNE yAT yOU FAST NOzT WHIL TO MORNE *FOR ALL yAT EUer yE WYFE MYGHT PRAY HE RADE FASTAND ON HIS WAY *AND TRAUELD WHILS yE SOnN WAS SETT *METE NE DRYNK HE NANE GETT *NE TO yE PLACE WHARE HE WALDE LENDE *WITH DAY-LYGHT HE MYGHT NOzT WENDE *SO AS HE RADE AT EUEN TIDE HE LOKED A LITIL HIM BESYDE HIRDES HOLETTS SOWE HE yARE *OF MAN AND BESTE HE FANDE yAIM BARE HIS HORSE VP BE A WALL HE BANDE HE HAD NA HAY TO HIM AT HANDE *BOT OF yE THAK yAT HE yAR~ FYNDE WAS BLAWEN AWAY WITH yE WYNDE yE WHILK BEFORE HIS HORSE HE LAYDE *AND WHILS HE ETE HE WENT AND PRAYDE *WHEN yE HORSE OF yAT HAD LAKK HE DROW DOUNE OF yE HOUSE THAKK *AMANGE HIS MOUTHEFULL AS I%T HAPPED HE DROW DOUNE A CLATHE SAMEN LAPPED *CUTHBERT HIS PRAYER ENDYD HE SAW yE CLATHE AND SERCHID IT HALFE A HATE LAFE AND SOULE HE FANDE yAT TO A MALE WAS SUFFYSCHANDE yAN GRETE GOD HE THANKYD yAT TO HIM SLIKE GRACE DID yAT SYN HE FASTED FOR HIS LUF yUS HELPID HIM AT HIS BEHOUE HALF HIS BREDE HIS HORSE HE GAUE *AND KEPID TO HIM SELF yE LAUE *AFTIR yIS FASTYNG : HE LEUED *FOR BE EXPERYENS HE HAD PREUED yAT GOD TO HIM yAT CLATHE SPREDD *AS *ELY I%N DESERT HE FEDD *BE BRIDDES OF HEUEN FELE SITHES yUS OUR~ GOD HIS KYNDNES KYTHES *TO yAIM yAT IN HIS MERCY TROWES *AND TO HIS BIDDING BAYNLY BOWES *A MONKE OF *WERMOUTH NAMED *JNGUALDE *OF CUTHBERT yIS TALE TO BEDE TALDE **OF yIS CHAPITER yE SEXT IN yE RUBRYKE IS yE TEXT HOW BOSILUS BARE WITNES *JN CUTHBERT COmMYNG OF HIS GUDNES *AND HOW HE TOKE HIS ABYTE *AND LYUED zE SALL HERE ALS TITE HE LEFT ALL yE WERLDES GUDE *AND TO RELIGIOUn HE zODE *NOGHT TO LYUE AS LUST LYST *BOT TO THOLE HUNGRE AND THRIST *JN HALY ELAND KIRKE HE KNEW HALY MEN AND WYSE YNEW yAT COUTHE HIM MONKES LARE LERE *BOT HIM THOGHT BETTer AND MARE DERE *FOR TO LEUE IN MAYLROS *FOR yE GRETE NAME AND GUDE LOOS *OF BOISIL yAT HALY MAN yAT PASSAND MONK WAS HALDEN yAN *WHEN yAT CUTHBERT COME THIDIR HIS HORSE HIS HERNAYS ALL-TO-GYDIR HE HADE A SERUAND TO TAKE TENT *AND TO yE KIRKE SONE HE WENT *BOISIL STODE yE zATES BESYDE *AND SAW CUTHBERT COMEN yAT TIDE HE SAYDE TO yAIM yAT BY HIM STANDE BEHALDE AND SE GODDIS SERUANDE *AS CRISTE SAIDE OF ANATHAEL *SE A TREW MAN OF ISRAEL yIS TALDE A MONK *GYDFRIDE HIS NAME yAT HE HARDE BOISIL SAY yE SAME *AFTIR AT *JAROW *GIDFRIDE WAS *AND yARE OUTE OF yIS WERLDE HE PAS *WHEN CUTHBERT HIS PRAYER HAD DONE *TO BOISIL yE PRIOR WENT HE SONE *AND TELDE HIS PURPOSE AND ENTENT *BOISIL TO HIM SONE ASSENT *AND RESSAYUED HIM BENYNGLY *AND HELD HIM IN HIS COMPANY *WHILS yE COMYNG OF yE ABBOT *FOR HIM BEHOUED KNYT yE KNOTT *EATA MEN yE ABBOT CALL HE WAS A WORTHI MAN AT ALL *AFTIR BISCHOPE OF *ELANDSCHIRE *AND ABBOT OF yE KIRKE AND SIRE HE COME HAME TO HIS ABBAY *BOSYL COME AND TO HIM SAY *OF CUTHBERT PURPOSE AND HIS WILL *AND PRAYDE HIM IT TO FULFILL yE ABBOT ASSENT yAR TO ALS TITE *AND GAF HIM TONSOUR~ AND HABITE *TO yE COUENT HE HIM PUTT *JN RELIGIOUN TO PROUE HIS CUTT yAN HIS REULE HE LERID AND DID *ALL OBSERUANCE yAT yAI HIM BID *AND GAF HIS BYSYNES yARTO *MARE STRAYTELY FORTO DO *JN WAKYNG I%N REDYNG AND PRAYING *JN FASTYNG AND OTHIR THING *ALS DID SAMPSON yE FORTE KEPID ALL LICOURS FRA HIS CORS yE WHILK MYGHT HIM DRONKYN MAKE *ALS OTHIR EXCES HE FORSAKE *NEUer-yerE-LES AS HE HAD NEDE HIS KYNDE HE COUET FORTO FEDE yAT HE MYGHT BE CONABILL *TO SERUE GOD IN STRENTH STABILL HE HAD YNOGH OF FORCE AND STRENTH *BODILY TRAUELL FORTO LENTH **IN yIS SEUENT CHAPITER~ *AND zE WILL LOKE zE MAY LERE HOW CUTHBERT HADE AN AUNGEL GEST *AND HIM TO SERUE HE WAS PREST *WITH ERDELY BREDE AND COMONn STORE HE LEFT HIM HEUENLY BREDE yARFORE *JT FELL AFTIR zERIS TIDE yAT A GUDE KYNG ALCHFRIDE *WALDE IN *RIPON A MYNSTER MAKE *FOR HELE OF SAULE AND GODDIS SAKE *TO *EATA HE IT GANE GEUE HIM AND MONKES yAR TO LEUE yAN *EATA AS SAYS yE BUKE *CERTAYN MONKES OF MAYLROS TUKE *AMANG yE WHILK CUTHBERT WAS ANE VNTO *RYPONn SAMEN yAI GANE yE SAME OBSERUANCE yAR yAI AVYSED *BEFORE AT MAILROSE yAN HAD yAI VSED *CUTHBERT WAS MADE HOSTELER~ *TO GESTYN COMMERS FRA FERR AND NERE *AND yARE AS yE STORY TELL *CUTHBERT HERBERD AN AUNGELL *JN A MORNYNG OF A WYNTER DAY *TO yE GEST HALL HE TOKE yE WAY yAR yAN HE FANDE A GEST SITTE HIM SEMED A zONGE MAN TO HIS WITTE yAT ALL yAT NYGHT HAD TRAUAILDE HONGYR AND CALDE IT SEMED HIM AYLDE *ALS HE GANE THURGH HARDE AND NESCHE *AND yIDER COME HIM TO REFRESCHE *CUTHBERT WELCOMED HIM WITH MANHEDE *AND BROGHT HIM WATER WITH GUDE SPEDE *TO WASCHE HIS HANDES CUTHBERT HIS FETE *WASCHID AND WYPED AWAY yE WETE *JN BOSOM HE PUTT HIS HANDES TO HETE *AND SITHEN HE PRAYED HI%M TO yE METE *BOT HE EXCUSED HIM yAT NOBIL HEYN *AND SAIDE HIS DUELLYNG WAS FERR yEYN *BOT SLYKE INSTANCE TO HIM HE MADE yE TIME OF METE yAT HE HABADE *BE GODDIS NAME HE HIM ADI%URED yAN AS COMPELLED HE BADE TO BURD *WHEN yE OURE OF TERCE WAS DONE *CUTHBERT SETT A BURDE SONE *AND SETT METE yAR OPON *AND PRAYDE HIS GEST HE WALDE ETE ON *J SAL GA FET A LAFE HATE *FOR IT IS BAKEN WELE *J . WATE *WHEN yAT CUTHBERT COME AGAYNE HIS GEST WAS GANE HE WAS VNFAYNE HE SOGHT AND LOKED AFTIR HIS TRACE HE FANDE NA TAKYN IN yAT SPACE *WHAT WAY HE WENT HE COUTHE NOzT KNAWE yOF ALL yE ERDE WERE HILDE WITH SNAWE *CUTHBERT WAS GRETLY STONYED *AND HE HIM SELFE BISILY STEDYED HE BARE yE BORDECLATH TO yE SPENS yAR FELDE HE ODOUR~ PAST ENCENS **IN yIS CHAPITER TELLES SAINT BEDE WHA SO WILL yARTO TAKE HEDE *NOW yAT CUTHBERT MANY MEN *GASTELY TECHINGS GON yAIM KEN *AND HOW yE DEUEL WITH WHAYNTISE WAS ABOUTE yAIM TO SUPPRYSE *JN ENGLAND IN yE FERREST SYDE yE FAME OF CUTHBERT LYFE GON GLYDE *DIUERS FOLK yAT OF HIM HERE yAI DREW TO HIM BATHE FERR AND NERE *WHAT DISEES . yAI HAD OR PYNE yAI HOPED OF HIM TO GETE MEDECYNE *AND yAIR HOPE WAS NOzT IN VAYNE *FOR NANE VNCONFORTHED WENT AGAYNE yAAS yAT WAR HEEUY AND TRYST HE COUTHE COMFORT yAIM IN CRIST HE WALDE yAIM TELL OF HEUENS BLISSE *AND WHAT ANGYR IN yIS WERLDE IS *AND HOW yE DEUEL OFT TYME DISEES yAIM yAT STUDYS GOD TO PLEESE yAAS yAT ER NOzT IN CHARITE *JN yE FENDE BANDES BONDEN BE *ALSO HE WALDE OFT TYMES DECLARE HOW FREELE IS WERLDLY WELEFARE *ALSO yAT HE yAT GOD LOUES *AND TO HIS NEGHBURE NANE EUELL CONTROUES *AND HIS TREUTH STANDES STABILL HIM THAR NOT DREDE yE DEUELS CABILL *ALSO OFT HIM SELF HE TALDE HOW yE FEENDIS LAIDE ON HIM HALDE *AND OUER A HE ROCHE PUTT HYM DOUNE *AND SOME TYME CASTEN AT HIM STANES *FOR TO BREKE AND BRYST HIS BANES *AND SEND HIM FANDYNGS MANY MA *TO COMPELL HIM FRA FARNE TO GA *NEUer-yE-LESS HARME HE NANE HAD *NA DREDE BOT STODE IN TREUTH SAD *ALSO HE SPAK OFT TO HIS BRETHIR yAT OF HIS LEUYNG yAI SULD NOzT WONDIR *TO BREKE H *NA HALDE IT HALY ALL yOF IT WARE *SOLITARY FRA yE SEKYLL FARE *BOT LEUYNG IN MYNSTER IT IS TO PRAYS *WHARE RELIGIOUSE NYGHTS AND DAYS ER SUBIECTS AND REDY IN ALL THINGES *TO DO yAIR ABBOTS BIDDYNGES *TO WAKE TO PRAY TO FASTE TO WIRKE *AND OF yAIR~ TRAUAIL yAI ER NOzT YRKE *SLIKE LYFE HE SAIDE IS GUDE AND FYNE *AND MARE PerFITE yAN NOW IS MYNE *SLYKE MONKES HAUE *J . KNAWEN AND SENE yAT WERE yAN IN SAULE MARE CLENE *AND HAD MARE GRACE OF ProPHECY yAN EUer HIDERTO HAD *J . *AMANG yE WHILK BOYSIL WAS ANE yE MASTE WIRSCHIPFUL MAN I%N WANE : *WHEN HE WAS AN ALDE MAN *AND *J . zONG HE NORYSCHT ME yAN *JN *MAILROS MYNSTER MANY zERE *AND yARE HE TALDE ME WORDES CLERE *AND ProPHET BEFORE THINGES ALL yAT SULDE EFTIR TO ME BE-FALL *OF WHILK zIT A THINGE SALL BE *WALD GOD yAT NEUer *J . IT SULD SE yIS SAIDE HE FOR BOISIL TELDE *WITH CURE OF BISCHOP HE SULD BE MELDE *AND yAT HE COUET TO ESCHEW yAR-FORE TO FARNE HE HIM DREW **IN yIS CHAPITER SAYS SAINT BEDE HOW AN ABBAS CALLED *ELFLEDE *ALS A MAYDEN yAT WITH HIR DUELT yAI WERE BATH HEELYD THURGH CUTHBERT BELT yOF ALL HE DWELT FARR FRA MEN zIT GRETE GOD SLIK GRACE HIM LEN *JN MYRACLES OF HEELYNG TO HAUE FAME yAR WAS AN ABBAS *ELFLEDE HIR NAME *SHO WAS HALDEN A WOMAN GUDE *A VIRGYNE AND OF KYNGES BLODE PASSANDLY SHO LOUED CUTHBERT *AND LIKED TO THINK HIM IN HIR HERT *A PRESTE OF *ELAND CALDE HEREFRIDE *TELD yIS TALE TO BEDE OFT TYDE HOW yIS ABBAS SO SEKE WAS yAT SHO WAS LIKLY HETHIN TO PAS yAR COUTHE NA LECHE HIR BALE BETE *BOT GODDIS GRACE yAT IS SO SWETE *ABATED SOMWHAT OF HIR BALE *BOT SHO WAS NOzT ALL HALE yE WERKENES OF HIR SEKENES WITH-IN *BEGAN TO DEBATE AND BLYN *HIR BODY WAX SOM-WHAT STRANG *BOT SHO MYGHT NOUTHIR STANDE NA GANG *BOT ALS A BEEST ON ALL FOURE *SHO WAS BENOMEN ALL AT OURE *SHO HAD SOROW AND HEUYNES FOR DREDE OF LASTYNG SEKENES *AS ON A TYME SHO LAY AND THOGHT *WHAT WONDIRS GOD FOR CUTHBERT WROGHT *WALD GOD SHO SAIDE SOM-WHAT *J . HAD *OF CUTHBERT THINGES yAT WALD ME GLAD *FOR *J WATE WELE *J . WERE SURE yAT *J . SULD ME SONE CURE *SONE EFTIR SHO HAD HIR ENTENT *A BELT OF LYNCLATHE HE HIR SENT *SHO WAS GLAD FOR yAT PRESAND *AND IN HIR THOGHT SHO VNDIRSTAND yAT CUTHBERT HIR DESIRE KNEWE *BE INSPIRACION IT WAS TREWE *SHO BELTID yE BELT HIR ABOUTE *SHO WAS SONE HALE WITH-IN AND WITH-OUTE *APON yE MORNE SHO STODE VP-RYGHT *WITH-IN THRE DAYS ALL HALE DYGHT *SONE AFTIR-WARDE IT BE-FELL yAT A VIRGYNE yAT WITH HIR GUN DUELL HAD SLYKE SEKENES IN HIR HEDE *SHO MOGHT NOGHT STERE HIR O yE STEDE *FOR TO DY SCHO SEMED IN PLYTE yE ABBAS COME HIR TO VYSITE *SHO SAW HIR DEED SEMED NERE AT HANDE yE BELT ABOUTE HIR HEDE SCHO BANDE *ALS SONE WITH IN yE SAME DAY *ALL HIR HEDEWERK WENT AWAY yE BELT WAS LOKKED IN A KYST yE ABBAS AFTIR SHO IT MYST *JT WAS NEUer AFTIR SENE NA FONNE *JN NA PLACE VNDIR SONNE *JT SEMYD ALL GODDIS ORDENANCE yAI yARE SULD FARE SLIK A CHAUNCE yA yAT WERE TREW MEN AND SAGE *MOGHT HAUE OPYN KNAWLAGE *OF yE HALYNES OF yAT GUDE MAN *BE yE MYRACLES yAT HE WROGHT yAN *AND yAT SCHREWES SULD NA DOUTE HAUE *BOT yAT MOGHT SEKE SAUE *FOR HAD yE BELT BENE yARE STILL *SEKE MEN WALDE HAUE DRAWEN yAR-TILL *AND GIF A SCHREW OF HEELE VNWORTHY *ON HAP HAD NOzT HELPID yAR-BY *CUTHBERT HALYNES HE WALD BAK-BYTE *AND OF FAUTE OF HIS HEELE HIM WYTE yARFORE yE BELT WAS WITHDRAWEN yAT CUTHBERT HALYNES MYGHT BE KNAWEN *AND TO REMOW OCCASIOUN *FRA SHREWES OF WRANGE SUSPICIOUN **yIS CHAPITER TWENTI AND FOURE *WHA SO WILL REDE IT OURE *CUTHBERT TELLED A MERUAILE THING *TO ELFLEDE OF *EGFRIDE yE KYNG HOW LANG TYME HERE LYF SULD HE *AND HOW HIM SELF SULD BE *ELFLED yAT HONORABIL ABBAS *TO WHAIM CUTHBERT SA SPECIAL WAS *SHO SENT TO HIM AND HIM PRAYS *ON GODDIS NAME yAT BE ANY WAYS yAT HE WALDE COME TO HIR *SHO HAD GRETE NEDES AT HIM SPIR *HE TOKE A SHIPP AND BRETHIR SAMEN VNTO KOKET JLE yAI COME *OF MONKES yAR WAS AN ABBAY *TO METE yAI WERE SETT yAT DAY *FRA yAT CUTHBERT COME yIDER yAR yAI SPAKE LANG TO-GYDER *WHAT SHO WALDE OF HIM SHO LERYD *WHEN MANY THINGES SHO HAD SPERYD *SHO KNELYD SODANLY TO yE GROUNDE *AND ADIURED IN yAT STOUNDE *BE HI%S NAME I%S MASTE OF MYGHT *AND BE ALL HIS AUNGELS BRYGHT yAT SOME TAKYN HE WILL HIR GEUE HOW LANG KYNG *EGFRIDE SULD LEUE HE WAS HIR BROTHIR yARFORE SHO WALDE yAT HE yE KYNGDOME LANGE SULD HALDE *SHO SAIDE TO CUTHBERT WELE WATE *J . yOU HASE yE SPIRIT OF ProPHECY *GIF yOU WILL yOU MAY ME WYSSE HOW LANG yE KYNGDOME SALL BE HYSS *CUTHBERT GRETELY WAS ASTONYD *OF HIR CONIURACION~ yAT TYDE *NEUer-yE-LES HE WALDE NOzT *TELL HIR OPENLY yAT SHO SOGHT *BOT TO HIR ASKYNG HE ANSUERD yUS *TO ME I%T ES MERUAYLOUS *AND yOU A WOMAN OF HY WI%TT AND WELL LERNYDE In HALY WRYTT yAT yOU WILL CALLE LANG LYF OF MAN *SEN yOU DAUID SANGE CAN *ALL OURE zERI%S HE SAYS PLAYN *SALL BE THOGHT AS AN YRAYN *ALL HIS WEBB yAT HE WEUES *A PUFT OF WYNDE AWAY REUES *ALSO yOU MAY THINK yAR ON *FOR yUS SAYS SALAMON *GIF A MAN LEUE MANY zERE *AND AS HIM LYKES HE GLAD HERE zIT HIM AWE TO HAUE IN MYNDE yAT ALL HIS DAYES SALL BE FYNED *AND THINK ON yAT TYME SO MYRK *WHEN ONHAPPE HIS SAULE SALL YRKE *JN yAS DAYES WHEN yAI SALL COME *THINGES yAT ER PAST SOME *SALL HE HALDEN BOT VANYTE yUS MEN SULD THINK IN ALL DEGRE *SEN MANNES LYF IS SHORTE *BE IT NEUer SO WELE HERE CONFORTE *JT SEMES BE RYGHT RESOUN HE SALL LEUE BOT SCHORT SESOUN yE WHILK SALL DY yIS zERE WITHIN *AND NA LANGER HIS WIRSCHIP WYN *WHEN SHO yIR WORDES WIT HIR EERI%S HERDE SHO FELL IN GRETAND TEERIS *AND WHEN FRA GRETYNG SHO HIR CONTENDE zIT FORTHIR TO HIM SHO MENDE *AND ASKED HIM WITH GUDE ESPAIRE *WHA SULD BE KYNG *EGFRIDE AYRE *BRETHIR NA SONNES HASE HE NANE *NA AYRE TO REWLE HIS KYNGES WANE *CUTHBERT A LITIL WHILE STODE STILL *AND yAN HE SPAK yE ABBAS TILL *AND TELLYD HIR OF ^HIS SUCCESSOUR~ yAT SULD BE KYNG IN HONOUR~ *JN WHAIM HIR LOUE SHO SULD SETT *AS BROTHIR yAT HIR FADER GETT *SHO PRAYED HIM yAT HE WALDE HIR TELL *JN WHAT PLACE yAT MAN HE DWELL *CUTHBERT SAYES yOU SEES yIS SE yAT MANY JLES yARI%N BE yAT MAY HAPP ON ANE OF yAIM *AND AYRE SALL COME yE REWME TO CLAYME yAN yE ABBAS VNDIRSTODE yAT OF ALFRIDE MENED HIS MODE yE WHILK WAS HIR FADER SOnN *AND IN SCOTLANDE AT SCELE FOUn *FORTHIR-MARE yIS ABBAS WIST yAT IT WAS KING *EGFRIDE LIST *CUTHBERT A BISCHOPE TO MAKE *CURE OF SAULE ON HIM TO TAKE yE ABBAS COUET O WYSE ALL *TO WITT GIF IT SULD BEFALL *AS A WOMAN WAR VNWYSE yUS SHO SPIRD HIM HIR DUYSE *SIR SHO SAIDE *J . HAUE MERUAILE *SLYKE VARYANCE MENNYS HERTS ASSAYLE *SOME LOUES SYNNES AY WHARE AND WHARE *SOME LOUES RYCHES AND BEGGARS ARE *AND yOU REFUSE ALL WERDES IOY *AND HALDES yAT WARLDELY MEN FOY *TO BISCHOP STATE yOU MOGHT ATTEYN *TO SITT IN HONOUR IN KIRK AND SEYN *BOT IT SEMES yOU ERT MARE FAYN *TO LEUE IN CLOYSTER OR SOLAYN *J . AM VNWORTHY SAYS CUTHBERT *SLIKE HY DEGRE TO COME TOWARD *NEUer-yE-LES GODDIS ORDENAUNCE *FOR TO ESCHEW . *J . HAUE NA CHAUNCE *AND GIF GOD PUT ME TO yAT CHARGE *J HOPE SONE TO BE FRE AT LARGE *J TROW SONE AFTIR TWA zERE SPACE *J SALL RYST IN ANKIR PLACE *OF GODDIS BEHALUE . *J . yE DEFEND yIS SPECHE yOU NOzT SPEKE NO SPEND *NOUTHIR IN TAWNE NO IN STEDE *OR yE TIME yAT *J . BE DEEDE *FRA HE HAD TELD HIR yAT SHO WALD SPIR HE WENT AGAYN TO HIS MYNSTIR HIS SOLAYN LIF HE HAD BEGONN HE VSED FORTH ALS HE WAS WONN *IT FELL SONE AFTIR yAT TIDE *JN PRESENCE OF GUD KYNG *EGFRIDE *A GEDRYNG OF A SEYN WAS MADE *ARSBISCHOP THEODIR yE REULYNG HADE yE DIOCISE OF HALY ELAND