xiii. kl̅ februarii . passio sci̅ sebastiani martyris.
Sebastianus hatte sum halig godes ðegn .001
se wæs lange on lare on mediolana byrig .
and wearð on criste gefullod . mid fullum geleafan .
He wæs swiðe snotor wer . and soðfæst on spræce .004
rihtwis on dome . and on ræde fore-gleaw
getreowe on neode . and strang fore-þingere
on godnysse scinende . and on eallum þeawum arwurðful .
Dæghwamlice hé gefylde his drihtnes þenunge geornlice.008
ac he bediglode swa þeah . his dæda þam casere
dioclitianæ se wæs deofles big-gencga .
He lufode swa þeah ðone halgan wær .011
nyste þæt he gelyfde . on þone lifigendan god .
He ge-sette hine to ealdre . ofer an werod .013
and hét hine symble beon ætforan his gesihðe .
and ealle þa hyred-menn hine hæfdon for fæder .
and mid lufe wurðodon . forðon þe god hine lufode .
He folgode þam kasere uncuð him swa þeah .017
na swylce he ne dorste for his drihtne ðrowian .
ac he wolde gehyrtan . ða þe se hæðena casere .
dæghwamlice acwealde . for cristes geleafan .
Þa geseah sebastianus hú sume þa cristenan .021
woldon awácian . for ðam ormætum witum .
and gehyrte heora mod . to þæs hælendes geleafan .
and þa gode gebrohte . þe se deofol æt-bredan wolde .
Þa wæron twegen gebroðra æþelborene for worulde .025
marcus . and marcellianus . mycclum geswencte .
on bendum and on swingelum . for ðam soþan geleafan .
Hi sceoldon þa under-hnigan . nacodum swurde .028
ac heora frynd abædon fyrst . æt þam gerefan
ðrittigra nihta . þæt hi hi gebigdon
to ðam hæðen-gylde . þe hí sylfe wurðodon .
Þa be-tæhte chromatius . se heah-gerefa þa cnihtas .032
sumum þegne to ge-healdenne . se hatte nicostratus .
Tranquillinus hatte þyssera halgena fæ|der .034
and heora modor wæs martia gecyged .
hæðena þa gyt . and hi þyder comon
mid mycelre sarnyssa . þær heora suna wæron gehæfte .
and mid mycclum heofungum heora geleafan
woldon awendan . and þa wita gestillan .
Þær comon eac heora magas . and mid manegum tihtingum040
þæra cnihta mod fram cristes geleafan .
woldon awecgan . swylce hí wislice dydon .
heora wíf eac bæron . heora bearn him on handum .
and axodon mid wope . hwi hi swá wælhreowlice dydon .
þæt hi freonda ne rohton . ne fæder oððe meder .
and heora wíf awurpon . and wiðsocon heora bearn .
and heora swuran gearcodon sylfwylles to slege .
Hwæt ða lá ongunnon þa godes cempan hnexian048
and heora mod awendon to hyre maga sarnysse .
Ða geseah sona sebastianus þæt .050
hu þa godes cēpan . ongunnon hnexian .
for þam mycclan gewynne . and wearð him þa tomiddes .
and cwæð to þam cnihtum . mid cenum geleafan .
Eala ge godes cempan . ge be-comon to sige .054
and nu ge awurpað eowerne cyne-helm .
for þam earmlican swæsnyssum . þissera heofiendra
Ne awurpe ge ic bidde eowerne beorhtan sige .057
for wifa swæsnyssum . oððe for cyldra tearum .
Arærað eower sige-becn . fram eorð-licum ge-wilnungum .059
and onginnað eower gefeoht . ongean ða unge-sewenlican fynd .
Þas þe hér nú wepað . woldon mid eow blissian .061
gif hi geare wiston . þæt þæt ge nu witon .
hi wenað to soþum . þæt þis lif ana sy .
and ne cunnon þæt oðer . þe æfre endeleas bið .
Þis lif is swa swicol þæt hit sȳble bepæcð .065
þa ðe hit swiþost lufiaþ . and geleafan him to habbað .
Ðises lifes gewilnung . ge-læt þa unstæððian067
to manegum leahtrum . and to mislicum freced|nyssum
He cwæð þa to þam magum . ðe þa martyras mis-tihton .069
Gif nu þas gebroðra . be eowrum benum gebugað .070
fram heora hælende to eowrum hæðenscype .
ðonne beoð hí mid eow on sceortere blysse .
and beon siððan ascyrede . swa þæt ge hí næfre ne geseoð [gcseoð @ Skeat] .
buton on reðum witum . on þam widgyllan fyre .
þær dracon and næddran . mid deofollicum toðum .
þæra hæðenra breost . bitelice ceowað .
Þær is wóp . and wanung . and þæs ne wurð nan ende .077
Geþafiað ic bidde þisum gebroþrum nú .078
þæt hí þas witu for-bugan . and beo ge embe þæt ylce .
lætað hí nu faran . to ðam forestihtan kynehelme .
and ne beo ge ofdrædde . ne beoð hí fram eow ascyrede .
ac hí farað to heofonum . to hælende criste .
and rodorlice wununga witodlice under-foð .
on þam ge sylfa moton mid him æfre wunian .
ælces yfeles orsorge on ecere blysse .
Æfter þissere lare . and oðrum langsumum spræcum .086
com leoht of heofonum . to ðam halgan wære .
and mid þam leohte æt-eowde . an engel wið hine .
Þa wurdon hí ealle . þurh þæt wundor ablicgede .089
and þæs þægnes ge-bedda . ðe þa ge-broþra heold .
wæs for six gearum . for swiðlicre untrumnysse .
hire spræce be-næmed . and heo hnáh adune
to sebastianes fotum mid fullum geleafan .
Þa cwæð sebastianus . gif ic soð godes þeow eom .094
and gif þæt is soð þæt ic eow sæde .
ge-openie þonne se ælmihtiga hælend
þises wifes muð . þæt heo mæge spræcan
seðe Zacharian muð his mæran witegan .
mid witegunge geopenade þa ða he awrat Iohannes .
Þa spræc þæt dumbe wíf . hire nama wæs Zoe .100
and cwæð þæt heo gesawe . þone scinendan æncgel .
cumende of heofenum . to þam halgan wære .
and heold ane bóc . æt-foran his eagum .
and be þære béc . sæde sebastian᷒ þa lare .
Þa cwæð Zoe to sebastiane | eft .105
Eadige synd þa þe þinum wordum gelyfað .106
and þa beoð awyrigde þe þises twyniað .
swa swa dægred to-dræfð þa dimlican þystra .
and manna eagan onlyht þe blinde wæron on niht .
Swa adræfde þin lár þa geleaf-leaste fram me .110
and minne muð geopenode . and min mod onlihte .
Hwæt ða nicostratus wearð swiðe afyrht .112
þa ða he þæt wundor ge-seah . on his wife gedon .
and feol adune sona . to sebastianes fotum .
biddende forgifennysse . þæt he þa broðra heold .
and únbánd heora handa . and bæd þæt hí awæg eoden .
ac hi þurh-wunodon swa þeah on þam gewinne oð deað .
þa ongunnon heora magas mycclum be-hreowsian .
þæt hi æfre þa martyras mis-læran woldon .
and ge-lyfdon þa ealle . endemes on crist .
Þa hét sebastianus þone hæðenan þegn .121
þæt he þa hæftlingas . þe hé heold on þam cwearterne
gebrohte to his spræce . wolde hi ge-bigan to criste .
Ferde þa siððan . and ge-fette ænne mæsse-preost .124
policarpus gehaten . halig wær and snotor .
þæt he þa nige-hwyrfedan mid fulluhte aþwoge .
Þa wearð gefullod se fore-sæda nicostratus .127
mid his wife . Zoe . and þrym and ðrittigum mannum
þe him ǽr folgodon . and mid him gefullode wæron .
Æfter þisum wearð gefullod þæra martyra fæder130
tranquillinus mid blysse . and his gebedda martia .
mid heora hiwum . and heora suna wifum .
Æfter þysum þa hæft-lingas þe sebastianus133
hét lædan of þam hæftum ealles sixtyne .
Ðæra martyra fæder marcellianes . and marces .135
wæs endlyfan gear ær his fulluhte ge-untrumed
þurh þa mycclan fót-adle . and nahte his fæðes geweald
ne furðon ne mihte his mete him aræcan .
for þam ægeslican wearrum . þe on his limum weoxon .
ac sona swa hé andette | mid ealre heortan
þa halgan þrynnysse on þam fulluht-baðe .
þa wearð he ge-hæled . fram eallum his sarnyssum .
and herede þone hælend . þe him his hæle forgeaf .
Þær wæron eac untrume . oðre twægen cnapan .144
oðer wæs wæter-seoc . oðer eall on wundum .
ac hi wurdon gehælede . fram heora untrum-nysse
mid þam þe se mæsse-preost . hí mid þam fulluhte aþwóh .
Hi wurdon þa ealle . þurh þa wundra onbryrde .148
and on godes herungum hí sylfe gebysgodon .
and gearcodon heora mod . to ðam martyr-dome .
cáflice to campienne . for cristes geleafan .
Hwæt þa chromatius se mihtiga gerefa .152
þe romana byrig . under þam casere geweold .
het tranquillinum . þæt he him to come
wolde witan æt him . hwæt his suna hræddon .
binnan þam ðrittigum nihtum . þe he him lét fyrste .
hwæðer hí gebugan woldon . to ðam bysmor-fullum godum .
oððe þurh-wunian on ðam witum . for criste .
He com ða gehaten to þam heah-gerefan .159
and eac ne be-diglode . þæt he on drihten gelyfde .
Þa cwæð se heah-gerefa . þe þa git hæðen wæs .161
and eall swa yfele ge-tucod . swa tranquillin᷒ wæs ær .
Me þincþ þæt þu bæde þinum bearnum fyrstes .163
to þí þæt þu gelyfdest . heora leasum gedwyldum .
Þa cwæð tranquillinus . to chromatiæ þus .165
Þa godas þe ge wurðiað . wæron arlease menn .166
yfele geborene . and bysmor-fulle on life .
mid facne afyllede . and forð-ferdon earmlice .
Cwyst þu lá þæt nære nan lyfigende god .169
ær þan ðe saturnus his suna abite .
and heora flæsc æte on þam Ig-lande créta .
Eft his sunu Iouis . þe gé wurðiað for god .172
se wolde acwellan his unclænan fæder .
þe abát his gebroðra þa | hi geborene wæron .
se iouis wæs afylled . mid fulre galnysse .
and nam his agene swystor . to his fulum synscype .
swa swa ge rædað on eowrum gerecednyssum .
La hú ne dwælast ðu . þe on þysum gedwylde gelyfst .178
and þas arleasan menn arwurðast for godas .
þu for-lætst þone ælmihtigan god . þe eardað on heofonum .
and cwæðst to þam stane . ðu eart min god .
Þa ge-wende tranquillinus . awæg æfter þysum .182
ac se heah-ge-refa . hét hine gefeccan
dearnunga on niht . and him digellice bead
anne gyldene wecg . wið þam þe he him tæhte
þone mæran læce-cræft . þe hine swa mihte-lice gehealde .
Þa cwæð tranquillinus . þæt mann cristes gife .187
ne moste syllan wið sceattum . oþþe swa ge-bicgan .
ac gelyf on þone hælend and þu bist swa hál swa ic .
Chromatius þa bæd þæt he him gebrohte ðone mann .190
þe hine gefullode . and fram þære coðe gehælde .
Tranquillinus ða eode to ðam arwurðan preoste .192
sæde hú hí spræcon . and hine sona gelædde .
to þam heah-ge-refan . and he cwæð him tó .
Þeah þe þæs kaseres ehtnys þa cristenan gedrecce .195
þeah for minre hæle . ic sylle eow healfne dæl
ealra minre æhta . gif gé mine atelican lima .
þurh ænig þing gehælen magon . fram þysum heardum wearrum .
Þa hlóh policarpus . and cwæð to þam untruman .199
crist mæg þine nytennysse . þurh his miltsunge onlihtan .
and eaðelice æt-eowian . þæt he is þin ed-staþeligend .
Se ðe sceattas under-fehð . and sylð godes gife .202
se for-deð his sawle . and se seoca ne bið gehæled .
ác gelyf on þone hælend . and læt þe fullian .
and þu bist swa gesund . swa þæs tranquillinus .
þa bead policarpus him þreora daga fæsten .
and þis sona sæde | sebastiane .
hi ða begen bædon binnon þam fyrste god .
þæt he his geleafan geswutelode þam seocan to hæle .
Coman him siððan to and hine swæs-lice gretton .210
Þa cwæð sebastianus betwux oðrum spræcon .211
ne scealt þu for þinre hælðe anre . to ðam hælende gebugan .
ne for ðinum lichaman anum þe lætan fullian .
ac swiðor for hihte þære ecan hælðe .
and for þam ece life . ðu scealt gelyfan on god .
Do þín mod hluttor þæt þu leornian mæge216
þurh soð-fæst ge-scead hwa þin scyppend sy .
ne miht þu elles habban þa hæle þe þu secst .
Chromatius þa cwæð . sume cristene synd .219
to þam bilewite menn . þæt ðu ne miht afindan
of anum þusende anne þe mæge
þe eawfæst-lice spræce sprecan oððe leornian .
hu mihton þas becuman to cristes geleafan? [sic @ Skeat]
Sebastianus cwæð . crist geceas . fram frymðe224
hyrdas . and yrðlingas . and an-fealde fisceras .
and hí siððan gelærde and to lareowum gesette .
Þu wurðast manega godas . and manega gydenan .227
butan þu hí awurpe . ealle fram þinre heortan .
and þone soðan god . þe ðé gesceop . oncnæwst .
ne miht ðu hæle habban . ne þæt heofonlice líf .
ac læt ús nu secan þine sceandlican godas .
and to-brecon þa stænenan . and for-bernan þa treowenan .
amyltan þa sylfrenan . and eac swilce ða gyldenan .
dælan siððan wædligum . þa amoltenan wæcgas .
Chromatius cwæð ne cume ge to þam teonan .235
ac ic bebeode minum þeowum . þæt hi hi ealle to-bryton .
Sebastianus cwæð . hí ne cunnon ðone geleafan .237
ne eac hí gebletsian . and bið se deofol geare .
hu he him derige . for sumum dyrnum gylte .
and cwæðaþ þa hæðenan . þæt hi wurdon gehynde
forþan þe hí þa anlicnyssa | æfre to-brecan dorston .
Þa þe habbað geleafan . and leornodon to campienne .242
ongean þone swicolan feond . unforhte þurh god .
and habbað cristes byrnan . hi magon to-brecan ða godas .
Chromatius ða cwæð . to þam cenum godes þegnum .245
gewurðe godes willa and eower eac æt þysum [sic @ Skeat] .
Hi þa sona begen be-gyrndon (sic) hí caflice .247
and to gode gebædon . and to-bræcon ða anlicnyssa
má þone twa hund . micclum gode þanciende .
Chromatius hæfde behydd . on his digolnysse .250
án wurð-lic weorc . on machanisc . geweorc .
of glæse . and of golde . and of glitiniendum cristallan .
Se cræft sceolde wissian . gewisslice be steorrum .253
hwæt ge-hwilcum menn gelumpe on his lifes endebyrdnysse .
ac hit wæs swa gehiwod . æfter hæðenum gedwylde .
Þa com sebastianus . and se sacerd policarpus .256
æft to chromatie . and ge-metton hine untrumne .
and cwædon þæt he sum þing hæfde untobrocen .
þe his hæle hremde þurh reðe wiglunga .
He cwæð þa ic hæbbe on minum hord-cleofan .260
an wundorlic weorc me to ge-wissunge .
æfter steorrena gesetnyssum . swa swa hi standað on heofonum .
on þam cræfte aspende tranquillinus min fæder .
of readum golde anum . má þonne twa hund punda .
Þa cwæð sebastianus . se ge-sæliga martyr .265
Gif þu þisne cræft healst . þu bist þe sylf un-hál .266
Chromatius cwæð . hwæt derað þis ænigum .267
ne we hit ne wurðiað . mid ge-wunelicum offrungum .
ac hit gewissað us . þurh wisne lareow-dom .
to gearlicum tidum . and tunglena ymbrynum .
Policarpus sæde þis we for-seoð .271
on þam is soðfest-nysse gelicnys . ac hit is leas swa þeah .
Sebastianus cwæþ . þis is swutol ge-dwyld .273
and leas ydelnyss . swa swa we leornodon æt criste .
| Manega menn adrincað . on anum dæge togædere .275
þe on mislicum tidum to middan-earde comon .
Oft on anum gefeohte feallað for wel manige .277
þe under anum tungle . næron ær akennede .
Eft on anre tide twa mæden-cild cumað .279
and bið þæt án syde-full . and þæt oðer sceandlic .
Nis þæt clæne herigendlic . ne þæt gale tallic .281
gif him steorran forgefon . þæt hi swa lyfedon .
Forði synd laga gesætte . þæt menn rihtlice libban .283
and þæt þa riht-wisan beon ge-herode . and þa unriht-wisan ge-hynde .
Þa wundrode chromatius . heora wisera worda . and cwæð .285
se is soð god . þe swa gesceadwise biggengan hæfð .
He ge-þafode ða þæt hi þæt weorc to-wurpon .287
ac his sunu tiburtius sona mid gebeote
cwæþ þæt he nolde nates hwon geþafian.
þæt man swa deorwurðne cræft æfre to-cwysan sceolde .
butan man þa halgan wurpe . on twægen hate ofnas .
gif his fæder nære gehæled . æfter þære bræce .
Þa for-bead se fæder þone frecen-fullan cwyde .293
ac þa halgan tihton þæt man þa ofnas ontende .
and ge-bædon hi to gode . and to-bræcon þæt weorc .
Hwæt þa færlice com fæger godes engel296
and cwæð to chromatiæ . crist me asende to þe .
on þone þe ðu gelyfst . þæt þine lima beon ge-hælede .
Æfter þysum worde . he wearð eall gehæled .299
and arn to þam engle . wolde his fet gecyssan .
Se engel him cwæð to .301
Ne cys þu mine fet .301
ne þu me ne hrepa . forðan þe þu ne eart gyt gefullod .
Þa þa se sunu þæt ge-seah . þa ge-sohte he þæs preostes fét .303
and se fæder feoll to sebastianus fotum .
bægen clypigende . crist is soð god .
and ælmihtig godes sunu . þe git þegnas gode bodiað .
Þa wearð gefullod fæder . and sunu .307
mid heora inn-hyrede . and heora æhta mannum
ægðres hades menn . ma þonne an ðusend .
þa cwæð chromatius . se cristena þegn .
þæt he eallum gemiltsode . þe him æfre abulgon .
and þam eallum forgeafe þe him aht sceoldon .
and gif he hwæne berypte . þæt he him þæt forgulde .
He freode ealle his menn . and him feoh dælde .314
and cwæð ðæt hé wið soce þam geswæsum lustum .
þissere worulde . þe is gewitendlic .
His sunu tiburtius . se snotera cniht cwæð .317
Ic awende minne willan . fram eallum woruld-þingum .318
to gastlicum weorcum . nu ic godes mann eom .
an of þam ge-tele . þe þæt éce líf under-foð .
On þam dagum wæs sum wis papa on rome .321
gaius gehaten . haliges lifes mann .
wið þone rædde chromatius and be his ræde under-feng
ealle þa cristenan into his cafertune .
and him big-lyfan fore-sceawode . for þære swiðlican eht-nysse .
þe ða niwan asprang . æfter carines slege.
Þam casere næs þa gyt cuð . þæt chromatius cristen wæs .327
and he be-geat ða leafe þæt he of þam lande moste .
Þa bebead se papa þam preoste policarpe .329
þæt he ge-wende of rome mid þam rum-gyfolan þegne .
and clypode to ðam cristenum . þe mid chromatiæ wæron .
Ure hælend lyfde þæt mann his life gebeorge .332
fara nú se þe wille . forð mid chromatiæ .
and wunige se þe wille . mid me on þyssere byrig .
Þa bæd tiburtius . þæt he beon moste . mid þam papan .335
cwæð þæt him wynsum wære þæt he wurde ofslagan .
gif he mihte þusend siðon . for ðam soðan geleafan .
and þæt ece líf ge-earnian þe nænne ende næfð .
Þa be-láf sebastianus on þære byrig mid þam papan .339
and se geonga tiburtius . and þa twægen gebroðra .
marcus . and marcellianus . mid heora fæder tranquilli|ne .
Nicostratus mid his breðer . and his gebeddan Zoe .
Uictorinus mid his breðer . and his broðor suna .
Þas belifon on rome . on þære reðan eht-nysse .344
and þa oþre ealle endemes ferdon awæg .
mid chromatiæ . swa swa him crist gewissode .
Þa gehadode se papa tranquillinum to preoste .347
his twægen suna to diaconum . and þa oðre to subdiaconum
sebastianum he ge-sette . him eallum to mund-boran .
Hi wurdon ða gebysgode on heora ge-bedum ealle .350
dæges and nihtes . heora drihten herigende .
biddende mid wope . þæt hi wurðe wæron .
for criste to þrowigenne . and be-cuman to his halgum .
Hi ge-hældon untrume mid halgum gebedum .354
and blinde on-lihton . þurh heora geleafan .
and of wodum mannum . þa awyrigedon deoflu afligdon .
Tiburtius gemette ænne mann afeallene.357
þæt he his heafod to-bræc . and eac his bán to-cwysde .
Þa sang he him ofer . pater noster . and credan .359
and se mann sona ge-sund-ful arás .
and beah to fulluhte mid his fæder and meder .
Æfter þysum wearð ge-læht seo eadige Zoe .362
and for criste acweald . and becom to his halgum .
Þa oðre wurdon eac ealle ge-martyrode .364
tranquillinus wearð of-torfod mid stanum .
Nicostratus se æðela wearð æft gelæht .366
mid feower his ge-ferum . and toforan þam deman gebroht .
fabianus gehaten . þe feng to þære scire
æfter chromatiæ . se wæs ðam cristenan onwerd .
He axode þone casere hu hé embe hí sceolde .370
ða hét sé arleasa hí ealle fíf pinian .
Fabianus þa se feondlica dema372
þa ða he ne mihte þa menn gebigan fram criste .
þurh þa reðan wíta . þa hét hé hi wurpan ut on sǽ .
Æfter þysum wearð ge-læht se geleaffulla tiburtius .375
þa hét fabian᷒ þæt hé þam fulan Ioue .
recels ge-offrode . oððe eode him sylf
ofer byrnende gleda mid his barum fotum
| Hwæt ða tiburtius . bealdlice eode .379
ofer ða byrnendan gleda . unfor-bærnedum fotum .
and cwæð þæt him þuhte . swylce he eode ofer blostman .
Fabianus þa þæs feondes þén .382
hét beheafdian þone hálgan tiburtium .
and siððan acwealde þone halgan castolum .
þe hæfde ge-innod ealle þas halgan .
He gehæfte eft siððan tranquillines suna .386
marcellianus and marc᷒ . on anum micclum stocce .
and mid isenum pilum . heora ilas gefæstnode .
and cwæð þæt hí sceoldon swa standan . on þam pilum .
oðþæt hi geoffrodon heora lác þam godum .
Hi sungon þa sona þisne sealm him betwynan .391
Ecce quam bonum et quam iocundum habitare fratres in unum . et cetera .392
Eala hu mycel god ís . and hwylc wynsumnys393
ðær ðær gebroðru beoð on annysse .
Þa cwæð se gerefa þe him swa reðe wæs .395
Eala ge ungesæligan . and soðlice earmingas .396
alecgað eowre ge-wit-leaste . and alysað eow fram witum .
Þa gebroðra cwædon . þæt hi on cristes lufe398
þa wæron gefæstnode . mid fulre blysse.
and on swilcum estum ǽr næron on life .
wiscton þæt hi moston swa wunian oð ende .
Hi stodon þa stille on þam stocce gefæstnode402
ofer dæg . and ofer niht . heora drihten herigende .
Þa het fabianus mid fullum graman404
þæt hi man begen ofstunge þær ðær hí on ge-bedum stodon .
and hi swa mid wuldre gewendon to criste .
Hwæt þa fabianus . mid facne gewregde407
þone æðelan Sebastianum . to ðam arleasan casere
dioclitiane . þe on ðam dagum wæs .
þa het se kasere hine gefæccan hraðe .
and cwæð him sona tó . mid swicolum geþance .
Ic hæfde þe mid þam fyrmestan . þe minum hyrede folgodon .412
and þu lutodest oð þis on þam laðum cristen-dome .
þam godum to teonan . and me to un-þearfe .
Sebastianus cwæð [space]415
Crist ic wurðode symle .415
and for ðe þingode . and for þinum folce .
| Ic me gebidde to ðam gode . þe bið eardigende417
on heofonum . mid healicum mægen-þrymme .
Wod bið se ðe bit æt blindum stanum .419
Ænigne fultum . on his frecednyssum .
Þa wearð dioclitianus deoflice gram421
and hét hine lædan on heardum bendum .
út to anum felda and hine þær gefæstnian
and hentan his mid flanum . oð þæt he his feorh ageafe .
Þa læddan þa cempan þone cristes þegn .425
and setton hine to myrcelse . swa swa se manfulla hét .
and heora flán hī on afæstnodon . foran . and hindan .
swa þicce on ælce healfe hwylce iles byrsta .
and for-leton hine swá licgan for deadne .
þa com sum wudewe . þe wæs anes martyres láf .
on þære ylcan nihte . þær he læg forwundod .
wolde his lic bebyrigan . and gemette hine libbendne .
heo lædde hine þa to hire huse cucenne .
and binnan feawum dagum . hine fullice ge-hælde.
Þa coman þa cristenan . and ðone cempan tihton435
þæt he faran sceolde feor fram ðære byrig .
Ac sebastian᷒ ge-bæd hine to gode .437
astáh þa úp to þære stægre . þe stod wið þæs caseres botl .
and þa ða se casere com clypode him þus to .
Eowre hæðen-gyldan þe healdað eowre templa .440
cwyðaþ fela leasunga eow be þam cristenan .
secgað þæt hi syndon swutol-lice wiðer-winnan .
eowrum cyne-dome . and eac eowrum folce .
ac eower kynedóm godað þurh heora godan ge-earnunga .
forþan þe hi gebiddað . for romaniscre leode .
and for eowrum anwealde . unablinnendlice .
Þa beseah dioclitian᷒ se deofollica cwellere447
to ðam halgan were . þe ðær swa heage stód .
and cwæð orgællice . ne eart þu lá sebastian᷒ .
þone ðe ic gefyrn hét mid flanum acwellan .
Sebastian᷒ cwæð . crist me arærde æft .451
to þí þæt ic cyðe eow . ætforan eallum folce .
eower unriht-wisan ehtnysse ofer ða cristenan .
Þa hét se casere þone godes cempan454
| mid saglum ofbeatan . binnan his agenre byrig .
Þa dydon þa cwelleras swa swa se casere hét .456
and on niht behyddon his halgan lichaman
on anum adel-seaðe . secgende him betwynan .
þæt huru ða cristenan ne becuman to his líce .
and him to martyre macion siððan .
Þa æteowde sebastianus on swæfne anre wudewan .461
lucina geciged . swiðe æwfæst man .
and sæde hwær his lichama læg . on þam adelan .
hét hí faran to . and hine ferian þanon .
to catacumbas . þær cristes apostolas .
petrvs and pavlvs ærest bebyrgede wæron .
and lecgan his lic . æt heora fot-læstum .
Lucina þa ferde to ðam fore-seadan seaðe .468
on middere nihte mid hire mannum .
and his lic funde . and ferede mid wurð-mynte
to þære ylcan stowe . þe he sylf bebead .
and mid geornfulnysse hine þær bebyrigde .
þam ælmihtigan to wuldre . se þe ge-wylt ealle þing .
rixiende á on ecnysse . eces wuldres cyning .