ui. non̅ iul̅. nat̄l̄ sci̅ swyðuni epi̅
On eadgares dagum ðæs æðelan cynincges . 001
Þaða se cristendom wæs wel ðeonde þurh god
on angel-cynne under ðam ylcan cynincge .
þa geswutelode god þone sanct swyðun
mid manegum wundrum . þæt he mære is .
His dæda næron cuðe ærðan þe hi god sylf cydde . 006
ne we ne fundon on bocum hu se bisceop leofode
on þysre worulde . ærðan þe he gewende to criste .
Þæt wæs þæra [←þære] gymeleast þe on life hine cuþon .009
þæt hi noldon awritan his weorc and drohtnunge
þam towerdum mannum ðe his mihte ne cuðon .
ac god hæfð swa þeah his lif geswutelod .
mid swutelum wundrum and syllicum tacnum .
Ðes swyðun wæs bisceop on winceastre . 014
swa þeah ofer hamtun-scire gesælig godes þeowa .
and eahta [←eahte] bisceopas wæron betwux him and sce̅ aðelwolde .
nu næs us his lif cuð swa swá wé ǽr cwǽdon
butan þæt he wæs bebyrged æt his bisceop-stole
be westan þære cyrcan and ofer-worht | syððan .
oþþæt his wundra geswutelodon his gesælða mid gode .
Þrym gearum ærðan þe se sanct into cyrcan wære gebroht021
of ðære stænenan þryh þe stent nu wið-innan
þam niwan geweorce . com se arwurða swyðun
to sumum gelyfedan smyðe . on swefne æteowiende
wurðlice geglencged . and ðas word him cwæð to .
Canst þu ðone preost þe is gehaten eadzige . 026
þe wæs of ealdan mynstre mid ðam oðrum preostum adræfed
for heora unþeawum þurh aðelwold bisceop .
Se smið þa andwyrde þam arwurðan swyðune þus . 029
Gefyrn ic hine cuðe leof . ac he ferde heonon 030
and ic nat to gewissan hwær he wunað nu .
Þa cwæð eft se halga wer to ðam ealdan smyðe . 032
Witodlice he wunað nu on wincel-cumbe ham-fæst . 033
and ic ðe nu halsige on þæs hælendes naman
þæt ðu him min ærende ardlice abeode .
and sege him to soþan þæt swiðun se bisceop
hét þæt he fare to aþelwolde bisceope .
and secge þæt he ge-openige him sylf mine byrgene .
and mine bán gebringe binnan ðære cyrcan .
forðan þe him is getiþod . þæt ic on his timan
beo mannum geswutelod . And [sic @ Skeat] se smið him cw̅ to .
La leof . eadzige nele gelyfan minum wordum . 042
Ða cw̅ se bisceop eft . Gange him to minre byrgene . 043
and ateo ane hringan up of ðære þryh .
and gif seo hringe him folgað æt þam forman tige .
þonne wat he to soðan þæt ic þe sende to him .
Gif seo hringe nele up þurh his anes tige 047
þonne ne sceall he nates hwon þinre sage gelyfan .
Sege him eac siððan . þæt he sylf geriht-læce 049
his dæda and þeawas to his drihtnes willan .
and efste anmodlice to þam ecan life .
Sege eac eallum mannum þæt sona swa hi 052
geopeniað mine byrgene . þæt hi magon ðær findan
swa deorwurðne hord [→goldhord] . þæt heora dyre gold
ne bið nahte wurð | wið þa fore-sædan maðmas .
Se halga swyðun þa ferde fram þam smiðe up . 056
and se smið ne dorste secgan þas gesihðe ænigum menn .
nolde beon gesewen unsoðsagul boda .
Hwæt ða se halga wer hine eft gespræc 059
and git þryddan siðe . and swyðe hine þreade .
hwi he nolde gehyrsumian his hæsum mid weorce .
Se smið þa æt nextan eode swa ðeah to his byrgene . 062
and genam ane hringan earhlice swa ðeah .
and clypode to gode þus cwæðende mid wordum .
Eala ðu drihten god ealra gesceafta scyppend . 065
getiða me synfullum þæt ic ateo þas hringan
up of ðysum hlyde . gif se lið hér on innan
seðe me spræc to on swæfne triwa .
He teah ða þæt isen up swa eaðelice [MS. has a redundant ‘up’ here] of ðam stane . 069
swilce hit on sande stode . and he swyðe þæs wundrode .
He ða hit eft sette on þæt ylce þyrl . 071
and þyde mid his fét . and hit swa fæste eft stod .
þæt nan man ne mihte hit þanon ateon .
Þa eode se smið ge-esgod þanon . 074
and gemette on cypincge þæs eadzies mann .
and sæde him gewislice hwæt swyðun him bebead .
and bæd hine georne þæt he hit abude him .
He cwæð þæt he hit wolde cyðan his hlaforde . 078
and ne dorste swa ðeah hit secgan æt fruman .
ærþan ðe he beþohte þæt him ðearflic nære
þæt he ðæs halgan hæse forhule his hlaforde .
sæde þa be ende-byrdnysse hwæt swyðun him bebead .
þa onscunode se eadsige aðelwold þone bisceop
and ealle ða munecas þe on ðam mynstre wæron .
for þære ut-dræfe þe he gedyde wið hí .
and nolde gehyran þæs halgan bebod .
þeah ðe se sanct wære gesib him for worulde .
He gebeah swa þeah binnan twam gearum 088
to þam ylcan mynstre and munuc wearð þurh god .
and þær wunode oðþæt he gewát of life .
Geblætsod is se ealmihtiga god þe ge-eadmed þone modigan . 091
| and ða eadmodan ahæfð to healicum geðincþum .
and gerihtlæcð þa synfullan . and symle hylt ða godan
þe on hine hihtað forðan þe he hælend is .
Eft wæs sum earm ceorl egeslicc [sic; egeslice?] gehoferod . 095
and ðearle gebiged þurh ðone bradan hofor .
þam wearð geswutelod on swefne gewislice .
þæt he sceolde gefeccan æt swyðunes byrgene
his lichaman hæle . and þære alefednysse .
He aras ða on mergen micclum fægnigende . 100
and mid twam criccum creap him to wynceastre .
and gesohte ðone sanct swa swa him gesæd wæs .
biddende his hæle gebigdum cneowum .
He wearð þa gehæled þurh þone halgan bisceop . 104
swa þæt næs gesyne syððan on his hricge .
hwær se hofor stode þe hine gehefegode oðþæt .
Þa nyston þa munecas be ðam mæran halgan . 107
and wendon þæt sum oðer halga gehælde þone mann .
ac se ceorl sæde þæt swyðun hine gehælde .
forðan þe he sylf wiste gewissost be ðam .
Sum wer wæs geuntrumod swiðe yfelum broce . 111
swa þæt he earfoðlice þa eagan undyde .
and uneaðe mihte ænig word gecweðan .
ac læg swa ge-ancsumod orwene his lifes .
Ða woldon his freond ealle hine ferian to niwan mynstre 115
to þam halgan iudoce . þæt he him hæle forgeafe .
ac him sæde sum man þæt him selra wære
þæt hi to ealdan mynstre þone adligan feredon
to swyðunes byrgene . and hi dydon swa sona .
Hi wacodon ða þa niht wið þa byrgene mid him . 120
biddende þone ælmihtigan god . þæt he ðam adligan menn
his hæle forgeafe . þurh þone halgan swyðun .
Se untruma eac wacode oðþæt hit wolde dagian . 123
þa wearð he on slæpe . and seo wurðfulle [← -a] byrgen
þæs ðe him eallum þuhte eall bifigende wæs .
and þam adlian þuhte swylce man his ænne scó
of ðam fét him atuge | and he færlice awóc .
He wæs ða gehæled þurh ðone halgan swyðun . 128
and man sohte þone scó swyðe geornlice .
ac hine ne mihte nan man gemetan [←gemetan] þær æfre .
and hi gewendan þa hám mid þam gehæledan menn .
Þær wurdon gehælede æt ðære halgan byrgene 132
eahta untrume menn . ærðan þe he of ðære byrgene
up genumen wære . wundorlice þurh god .
Eadgar cyning þa æfter ðysum tacnum 135
wolde þæt se halga wer wurde up gedón .
and spræc hit to aðelwolde þam arwurðan bisceope .
þæt he hine up adyde mid arwurðnysse .
Þa se bisceop aðelwold mid abbodum and munecum . 139
dyde up þone sanct mid sange wurðlice .
and bæron into cyrcan sce̅ petres huse .
þær he stend mid wurðmynte and wundra gefremað .
Þær wurdon gehælede þurh ðone halgan wer . 143
feower wan-hale menn binnan ðrym dagum .
and geond fif monþas feawa daga wæron
þæt ðær næron gehælede . huru ðry untrume .
hwilon fif . oððe syx . seofon oððe eahta .
tyn oððe twelf . syxtyne . oððe eahtatyne .
binnon tyn dagum þær wurdon twa hund manna gehælede .
and swa fela binnan twelf monðum þæt man hi getellan ne mihte .
Se lictun læg afylled mid alefedum mannum . 151
swa þæt man eaðe ne mihte þæt mynster gesecan .
and þa ealle wurdon swa wundorlice gehælede
binnan feawa dagum . þæt man þær findan ne mihte
fif unhale menn of þam micclan heape .
On þam dagum wæron on wihtlande þreo wíf . 156
þa twa wæron blinde geond nigon geara fec .
and þæt þrydde ne geseah þære sunnan leoht næfre .
Hi begeaton þa earfoðlice him ænne latteow159
ænne dumbne cnapan and comon to þam halgan .
and ane niht þær wacodon and wurdon gehælede .
| ge ða blindan wíf ge se dumba latteow .
Þa sæde se cnapa þam cyrcwerde þæt . 163
and cw̅ þæt he næfre ær naht cweðan ne mihte .
and bæd þæt hi sungon þone gesettan lof-sang .
On þære ylcan tide wæs sum wyln gehæft to swinglum 166
for swyðe lytlan gylte . and læg on hæftnedum
þæt heo hetelice wære þæs on mergen beswungen .
þa wacode heo ealle ða niht and mid wope clypode
to ðam halgan swyðune þæt he hulpe hire earmre .
and fram þam reðum swinglum hi ahredde þurh god .
Mid þam þe hit dagode and man drihtnes lofsang ongan . 172
þa feollan ða fot-copsas færlice hire fram .
and heo arn to cyrcan to þam arwurðan halgan
gebundenum handum swa swa se halga wolde .
and se hlaford com æfter and alysde hire handa .
and gefreode hi sona for swyðunes wurðmynte .
Sum þegn læg alefed lange . on paralisyn . 178
and ne mihte of his bedde for manegum gearum .
Þa cwæð he þæt he wolde to wynceastre syðian180
huru on his hors-bære . and biddan his hæle .
Mid þam þe he þis cwæð to his cnihtum and freondum . 182
þa wearð he gehæled and gewende swa þeah
to þam halgan sancte . siðigende on fotum
fyrmest on þam flocce on ealre þære fare .
and ðancode þam halgan his hæle geornlice .
Fif and twentig manna myslice ge-untrume 187
comon to þam halgan heora hæle biddende .
sume wæron blinde . sume wæron healte .
sume eac deafe . and dumbe eac sume .
and hi ealle wurdon anes dæges gehælede
þurh þæs halgan ðingunge . and him ham gewendon .
Sum þegn wæs on engla lande on æhtum swyðe welig . 193
se wearð færlice blind . þa ferde he to rome .
wolde his hæle biddan . æt þam halgum apostolum .
He wunode þa on rome and ne wearð gehæled . 196
feower gear fulli|ce . and befran þa be swyðune
hwylce wundra he worhte syððan he gewende þanon .
he efste þa swyðe and to his earde gewende .
and com to þam halgan were and wearð gehæled þær .
and ham gewende mid halre gesihðe .
Sum wer wæs eac blind wel seofon gear fulle . 202
se hæfde ænne latteow þe hine lædde gehwider .
ða sume dæg eode hé swa swa he oft dyde .
and se latteow wearð gebolgen and þone blindan forlét .
arn him aweg . and se oðer nyste
hu he ham come . ac clypode to gode
mid innewerdre heortan . and mid angsumnysse cwæð .
Eala þu mihtiga drihten manna and engla . 209
geseoh mine yrmðe ic geseon ne mæg .
and min lyðra latteow forlet me þus ænne .
Gemiltsa me drihten þurh ðone mæran swyðun . 212
and forgif me gesihðe . for ðæs sanctes geearnungum .
Eft he clypode þus . and cw̅ to ðam halgan . 214
Eala þu milda bisceop þe manega wundra of cumað 215
þurh þone lifigendan god . leof ic þe bidde
þæt þu me geþingie to þam mihtigan hælende .
ic gelyfe þæt he wille gewislice þe tiðian .
He wearð þa gehæled . and hæfde his gesihðe . 219
and ham eode blyðe butan latteowe ana
Se ðe lytle ær þanon wæs gelæd þurh ðone oþerne . 221
and his magas ðancodon mycclum ðæs gode .
Aþelwold þa se arwurða and se eadiga bisceop . 223
þe on ðam dagum wæs on winceastre bisceop .
bead his munecum eallum þe on ðam mynstre wunodon .
þæt hi ealle eodon endemes to cyrcan .
and mid sange heredon þæs sanctes mærða .
and god mærsodon swa on þam mæran halgan .
swa of swa ænig wan-hal mann wurde gehæled .
Þa dydon hi sona swa . and sungon þone lofsang . 230
oðþæt heom [←him] laðode eallum þæt hi swa oft arisan .
hwilon þrywa on niht . hwilon feower syðum
to singenne þone lofsang þonne hi slapan sceoldon .
| and forleton ealle endemes þone sang .
forðam þe se bisceop wæs bysig mid þam cynincge .
and nyste butan hi sungon þone lof-sang forð on .
Hwæt ða se halga swyðun sylf com on swefne 237
wundorlice geglencged to sumum godan menn . and cwæð .
Gang nu to ealdan mynstre . and þam munecum sege 239
þæt gode swyðe oflicað heora ceorung . and slæwð .
þæt hi dæg-hwamlice geseoð drihtnes wundra mid him .
and hi nellað herian þone hælend mid sange .
swa swa se bisceop bebead þam gebroðrum to donne .
and sege gif hi nellað þone sang gelæstan .
þonne geswicað eac sona ða wundra .
and gif hi þone lofsang willað æt þam wundrum singan .
swa oft swa wanhale menn þær wurðað gerihte .
þonne wurðaþ mid him wundra swa fela .
þæt nan man ne mæg gemunan on life .
þæt ænig man gesawe swylce wundra ahwær .
Þa awæcnode se wer of þam wynsuman slæpe . 251
and swyðe be-sargode þæt he geseon ne moste
ne nan læncg brucan þæs beorhtan leohtes .
þe he mid swiðune hæfde ða gesewen .
He arás swaðeah and swiðe hraðe ferde 255
to aþelwolde bisceope . and him eall þis sæde .
Aþelwold þa asende sona to þam munecum 257
of cyninges hyrede . and cw̅ þæt hi sceoldon
þone lof-sang singan . swa swa he ge-set hæfde .
and se þe hit forsawe . sceolde hit mid fæstene
seofon niht on án swarlice gebetan .
Hi hit heoldon þa syððan symle on ge-wunon . 262
swa swa we gesawon sylfe for oft .
and þone sang we sungon unseldon mid heom [←him] .
Sum wer wæs betogen þæt he wære on stale . 265
wæs swaðeah unscyldig . and hine man sona gelæhte
and æfter woruld-dome dydon him ut þa eagan .
and his earan forcurfon . þa arn him þæt blod
into þam heafde . þæt he gehyran ne mihte .
Þa wæs he seofon monðas wunigende swa | blind . 270
and his hlyst næfde . oþþæt he mid geleafan ferde
to þam halgan swyðune . and gesohte his ban
biddende þone halgan þæt he his bene gehyrde .
and him huru geearnode þæt he gehyran mihte
forþan ðe he ne gelyfde þæt he onliht wurde .
and cwæð þæt he wurde wolice swa getucod .
Þa wearð godes wundor geworht an þam menn 277
þurh swyðunes þingunge þæt he geseah beorhte
ansundum eagum . þeah ðe hí ær wæron ut adyde
of þam eah-hringum . and se oðer æppel was ge-emtigod .
and se oðer hangode gehal æt his hleore .
Him wæs eac forgifen þæt he wel mihte gehyran . 282
se ðe ær næfde ne eagan . ne hlyst .
Is swa ðeah to witenne þæt we ne moton us gebiddan . 284
swa to godes halgum swa swa to gode sylfum .
forðan þe he is ana god ofer ealle þincg .
Ac we sceolon biddan soðlice þa halgan . 287
þæt hí us þingion to þam þrym-wealdendum gode .
seþe is heora hlaford . þæt he helpe us .
Hwilon wacodon menn swa swa hit gewunelic is 290
ofer an dead lic . and ðær wæs sum dysig mann
plegol ungemetlice . and to þam mannum cwæð
swylce for plegan . þæt he swyðun wære .
Ge magon to soðum witan þæt ic swyðun eom 294
se ðe wundra wyrcð . and ic wille þæt ge beran
eower leoht to me . and licgað on cneowum
and ic eow forgife þæt þæt ge gyrnende beoð .
He woffode ða swa lange mid wordum dyslice . 298
oðþæt he feoll geswogen swylce he sawl-leas wære .
and hine man bær ham to his bædde sona .
and he læg swa lange his lifes orwene .
His magas ða æt nextan þone mann feredon 302
to þam halgan swiþune . and he sylf andette
his dyslican word þe he dyrstiglice spræc .
and bæd him forgifnysse . and he wearð þa gehæled .
swá þæt he hal eode ham mid his magum .
Is eac to witenne þæt menn unwislice doð307
þa ðe dwollice plegað æt deadra man|na lice .
and ælce fulnysse þær forð-teoð mid plegan .
þonne hi sceoldon swyðor be-sargian þone deadan .
and ondrædan him sylfum þæs deaðes tocyme .
and biddan for his sawle butan gewéde georne .
Sume menn eac drincað æt deadra manna lice 313
ofer ealle þa niht swiðe unrihtlice .
and gremiað god mid heora gegaf-spræce .
þonne nan gebeorscype ne gebyrað æt líce.
ac halige gebedu þær gebyriað swiþor .
Hwilon comon to ðam halgan hund-twelftig manna318
mislice geuntrumode mid manegum brocum .
and þa wurdon ealle wundorlice gehælde .
binnan þrym wucum . and hi wendon ham
þancigende þam ælmihtigan gode and þam arwurðan swiþune .
Sumes þegnes cniht feoll færlice of his horse323
þæt him to-bærst se earm . and se oðer sceanca .
and swiðe wearð gecwysed . þæt hi sona wendon
þæt he þær-rihte sceolde sweltan heom [←him] ætforan .
He wæs his hlaforde swyþe leof ærþan . 327
and se hlaford þa besargode swyðe þone cniht .
and bæd þone ælmihtigan mid inwerdre heortan .
þæt he þam menn geheolpe þurh ðone mæran swiþun .
He clypode eac to swiðune þus secgende mid geomerunge . 331
Eala ðu halga swiðun . bide þone hælend . 332
þæt he lif forgife þysum licgendum cnihte .
and ic beo þæs þe geleaffulra þam lifigendan gode .
eallum minum dagum gif he deð þis þurh þe .
Se cniht ða aras hal gehæled þurh sce̅ swiþun . 336
and se hlaford þæs fægnode . and mid geleafan god herede .
Sum eald þegn wæs eac on wihtlande untrum . 338
swa þæt he læg bæddryda sume nigon gear .
and of ðam bedde ne mihte buton hine man bære .
Him comon þa on swefne to twegen scinende halgan . 341
and heton hine yrnan ardlice mid him .
| Þa cwæð se adliga hu mæg ic yrnan mid eow . 343
þonne ic ne arás of þysum bedde ana .
nu for nigon gearum butan oþres mannes fylste .
Þa cwædon þa halgan . þu cymst to ðære stowe 346
gif ðu færst mid us nu . ðær þær ðu under-fehst þine hæle .
He wearð þa swyðe fægen . and wolde faran mid heom [←him] . 348
ac þaþa he ne mihte heom [←him] mid syðian .
þa flugon hi geond þa lyft and feredon þone adligan .
oðþæt hi becomon to sumum ænlicum felda fægre geblowen .
and þær wæs an cyrce of scinendum golde .
and of gymstanum standende on þam felda [←felde] .
and se halga swiðun on scinendum mæsse-reafe
stód æt ðam weofode . swylce he wolde mæssian .
Swyðun cwæð þa sona to þam seocan menn . 356
ic secge ðe broðor þu ne scealt heonon-forð
nanon menn yfel don . ne nanne man wyrigan .
ne nænne man tælan . ne teonful beon .
ne ðu man-slagum ne geðwærlæce . ne manfullum reaferum .
ne ðeofum þa ne olæce . ne yfeldædum ne ge-ðwærlæce .
ac swiðor gehelp swa þu selost mæge
wan-hafolum mannum mid þinum agenum spedum .
and þu swa þurh godes mihte sylf bist gehæled .
Se adliga þa ðohte þæt he yfel nolde dón365
buton þam anum þe him ǽr yfel dyde .
and ðam wolde dón wel þe him wel dyde ǽr .
Þa wiste se halga swiðun hu his heorte smeade . 368
and cwæð bliðelice him to .
Broðor ic þe secge . 369
ne do þu swa þu smeadest . þæt ðu derige ænigum
þeah ðe he derige ðe . ac þinum drihtne ge-efenlæc .
se ðe nolde wyrian þa ðe hine dydon to cwale .
and het his folgeras þæt hí for heora fyondum ge-bædon .
Eac cwæð paulus se apostol to eallum cristenum mannum . 374
gif ðinum fynd hingrige fed hine mid mettum .
| oððe gif him þyrste ðu do him drincan .
Þa cw̅ se bedryda to ðam bisceope eft . 377
La leof . sege me hwæt þu sy manna . 378
nu ðu manna heortan miht swa asmeagen .
Þa cwæð se halga swyðun . ic eom seþe nu niwan com . 380
swylce he cwæde swa . ic wæs geswutelod nu niwan .
Þa cw̅ se bædryda to ðam bisceope eft. 382
hu eart ðu gehaten . and se halga him cw̅ to .
Þonne ðu cymst to winceastre . þu wast minne naman . 384
Se man wearð þa gebroht to his bedde eft sona . 385
and awóc of slæpe . and sæde his wife
ealle ða ge-sihðe þe he gesewen hæfde .
Þa cwæð þæt wif him to . þæt hit wære swyðun 388
se ðe hine lærde mid þære halgan lare .
and þone ðe he geseah on ðære cyrcan swa fægerne .
Heo cw̅ ða to þam were . hit wære nu full góód . 391
þæt ðe man bære to cyrcan . and þu bæde þone halgan
þæt he ðe gehælde þurh his halgan ge-earnunga [←ge-earnunge].
Hine man bær ða sona of ðam bedde to cyrcan 394
binnan withlande [sic @ Skeat] . and he wearð gehæled sona
þurh þone ælmihtigan god . for swyðunes ge-earnungum .
and eode him ða ham hal on his fotum .
seðe ær wæs geboren on bære to cyrcan .
He ferde eac siððan to winceastre for-raðe . 399
and cydde aðelwolde þam arwurþan bisceope .
hu he wearð gehæled þurh þone halgan swiþun .
and land-ferð se ofer-sǽwisca hit gesette on læden .
Nu is to witenne þæt [þæt @ Skeat] we ne sceolan cepan ealles 403
to swyðe be swefnum . forðan þe hi ealle ne beoð of gode .
Sume swefna syndon soðlice of gode . 405
swa swa we on bocum rædað . and sume beoð of deofle
to sumum swicdome hu he ða sawle for-pære .
ac his gedwimor ne mæg derian þam godum .
gif hi hi bletsiaþ . and hi | gebiddað to gode .
Þa swefna beoð wynsume þe gewurðaþ of gode . 410
and þa beoð egefulle ðe of þam deofle cumað .
and god sylf forbead þæt we swefnum ne folgion .
þe læs ðe se deofol us bedydrian mæge .
Sum man on winceastre wearð yrre his ðeowan men 414
for sumere gymeleaste . and gesette hine on fetera .
He sæt ða swa lange on þam laðum bendum . 416
oðþæt he bestæl ut mid his stafe hoppende .
and gesohte ðone sanct swyðun mid geomerunge .
Se scyttel ða asceat sona of þære fetere . 419
and se ðeowa aras ahred þurh ðone halgan .
Sum mann wæs gebunden on-butan þæt heafod 421
for his hefigum gylte . se com to þam halgan .
and his swara heafod-bend sona to-bærst . swa he hine gebæd
Ne mage we awritan ne mid wordum asecgan 424
ealle þa wundra þe se halga wer swiðun .
þurh god gefremode on ðæs folces gesihþe .
ge on gehæftum mannum . ge on unhalum mannum .
mannum to swutelunge . þæt hí sylfe magon
godes rice geearnian mid godum weorcum .
swa swa swiþun dyde . þe nu scinð þurh wundra .
Seo ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum . 431
and mid creopera sceamelum . fram ende oð oþerne
on ægðrum wage . þe ðær wurdon gehælede .
and man ne mihte swa ðeah macian hi healfe up .
Þyllice tacna cyþað þæt crist is ælmihtig god . 435
þe his halgan geswutelode þurh swylce wel-dæda .
þeah ðe ða Iudeiscan þurh deofol beswicene .
nellon gelyfan on þone lyfigendan crist .
ærðan þe antecrist ofslagen bið þurh god .
þonne bugað þa earmingas on ende þysre worulde
ðe þær to lafe beoð mid geleafan to criste .
and ða ærran losiað þe ǽr | noldon gelyfan .
We habbað nu gesæd be swiðune þus sceortlice . 443
and we secgað to soðan þæt se tima wæs gesælig
and wynsum on angel-cynne . þaða eadgar cynincg
þone cristen-dom ge-fyrðrode . and fela munuclifa arærde .
and his cynerice wæs wunigende on sibbe .
swa þæt man ne gehyrde gif ænig scyp-here wære
buton agenre leode þe ðis land heoldon .
and ealle ða cyningas þe on þysum iglande wæron .
cumera . and scotta . comon to eadgare .
hwilon anes dæges eahta cyningas .
and hi ealle gebugon to eadgares wissunge .
Þær-to-eacan wæron swilce wundra gefremode 454
þurh þone halgan swyðun . swa swa we sædon ær .
and swa lange swa we leofodon þær wurdon gelome wundra .
On ðam timan wæron eac wurð-fulle bisceopas . 457
dunstan se anræda æt ðam erce-stole .
and aþelwold se arwurða . and oðre gehwylce .
ac dunstan and aþelwold wæron drihtne gecorene .
and hi swyðost manodon menn to godes willan .
and ælc god arærdon gode to cwemednysse .
þæt geswuteliað þa wundra þe god wyrcð þurh hi .
itē alia.
Mannum is eac to witenne þæt manega dry-men 464
maciað menig-fealde dydrunga þurh deofles cræft .
swa swa wischeras of doð . and bedydriað menn
swylce hi soðlice swylc þincg don .
ac hit is swa ðeah dydrung mid deofles cræfte .
and gif hwa hit bletsað þonne ablynð seo dydrung .
Be ðam we magan secgan sume soðe bysne . 470
Macharius wæs ge-haten sum halig fæder471
on | wæstene wunigende . fela wundra wyrcende
munuc-lifes man . ða wearð an mæden forbroden
þurh dry-manna dydrunge . ge-dwimorlice swa ðeah .
Þæt [sic @ Skeat] mæden wæs swa forbroden swylce heo an myre wære . 475
and eallum þam þuhte þe hire onlocodon
swilce heo myre wære . na mennisces gecyndes .
Þa leddon hire magas hi to macharie . 478
and he sona axode hwæt hi woldon mid þam .
Þa magas him cwædon to . þeos myre þe ðu gesihst 480
wæs ure dohtor arwurðe mæden .
ac awyrigde dry-menn awendon hí to myran .
nu bidde we ðe leof . þæt ðu ge-bide for hí
and hi eft awende to þam ðe heo ær wæs .
Macharius þa cw̅ to hire magum ðus . 485
Ic ge-seo þis mæden on menniscum gecynde . 486
and heo nis na awend swa swa ge wenað þæt heo sy .
and heo nan þincg on hire næfð horses gecyndes .
ac on eowrum gesihþum hit is swa gehiwod
þurh ðæs deofles dydrunge . and his drymenn leaslice .
Macharius ða gebæd for þæt mæden god . 491
and mid ele gesmyrode . and mid ealle adræfde
þas deofles gedwimor . þurh his drihtnes naman .
swa þæt hi ealle gesawon . þæt heo ansund wæs .
Swylce synd þa dydrunga þære dry-manna; [sic @ Skeat] 495
Sy wuldor and lof þam wel-willendan scyppende 496
þe his halgan mærsað mihtiglice mid wundrum .
seðe á rixað on ecnysse . amen .