x kl̅ augusti. nat̄l̄ sci̅ apollonaris martyris.
On ðæs caseres dagum ðe clavdius wæs gehaten .001
com se eadiga petrus fram antiochian byrig .
in to rome byrig mid manegum gebroðrum .
and bodode geleafan bealdlice þam folce
romaniscum . and Iudeiscum . swa swa drihten him gewissode .
swa þæt ða romaniscan and ða reðan iudeiscan
manega gelyfdon on þone lyfigendan hælend
þurh petres bodunge . and ge-bugon to fulluhte .
be-hreowsigende heora synna mid soðre dædbote .
Hi under-fen|gon þa godes word mid gastlicre blysse .010
þæt god wolde asendan his sunu to man-cynne .
and þurh hine ge-edniwigian ðisne ealdan middan-eard .
Þa wæs ðær mid petre sum arwurðe godes man013
apollonaris gehaten . þæs halgan apostoles folgere .
to ðam cw̅ petrus æfter sumum fyrste .
Efne þu eart gelæred on eallum þingum be ðam hælende .016
Arís nu and under-foh þone halgan gast .017
and haligne bisceop-had on þæs hælendes naman .
and far to þære byrig þe is gehaten rauenna .
þær wunað micel folc on fulum hæðenscype .
boda heom [him → heom] be þam hælende . and ne beo ðu afyrht .
Swutollice ðu wast þæt se is soð godes sunu .022
seðe deadum for-geaf lif æfter deaðe .
and wanhalum mannum mid his worde læce-dóm .
Æfter ðysum wordum se eadiga petrus025
gehadode Apollonarem and gehalgode to bisceope .
and his handa sette ofer his heafod and cw̅ .
Asende ure hælend crist his halgan engel mid þe .028
se geforðige ðé . and þine fare gewissige .
and þe ge-tiþige þæs ðe þu ge-wilnige .
and hine swa sende to ðære byrig mid siblicum cosse .
Appollonaris ða ferde to ðære fore-sædan byrig .032
and Sumne blindne mann gehælde . ærþan þe he to ðære byrig become .
and manega gelyfdon þurh ðæs mannes hælþe
on ðone soðan god . and swa wurdon gefullode .
He com ða to rauenna ðære byrig and hraðe þær geswutelode036
þæs hælendes mihte on wann-halum mannum .
Þær wæs sum forð þegen on þære fore-sædan byrig .038
se hæfde gehyred be ðam halgan were .
and axode gif he cuðe aht on læce-cræfte .
Apollonaris him cw̅ to .041
Ne cann ic naht on lacnunge041
buton on þæs hælendes naman . and se þegen him cw̅ to .
| Efne min wif is for manegum wintrum untrum .043
þam wæs ælc læce-cræft wiðer-ræde oð þis .
Nu gif ænig miht is on ðe . ge-opena hí mid weorcum .045
Apollonaris ða andwyrde and cw̅ .046
ge-openige god ælmihtig eowre heortena eagan .
þæt ge on þone hælend gelyfan . þonne ge geseoð his wundra .
He genam ða ðæs wifes hand . þas word clypigende .049
Arís nu on ðæs hælendes naman . and on hine gelyf .050
and ne sege þu heonon-forð þæt ænig sy his gelica .
Heo aras þa sona andsund of þam bedde .052
and cw̅ þæt nan god nære butan se hælend þe he embe bodade .
Þa wundrode se þegn his wifes hælðe .054
and hi ealle sædon þæt se is soð god
þe swilce wundra macað . and se mæg on ge-feohte
þam sige forgifan . þe hine soðlice lufiað .
He wearð þa gefullod mid his wife . and cildum .058
and eall his hyred on þæs hælendes naman .
and fela þæra [þære → þæra] hæðenra fengon to geleafan .
Apollonaris þa ðær wunode mid him061
on rauenna byrig . and bodode geleafan .
and manega gefullode ðæs folces meniu .
Manega eac befæstan syððan hi gefullode wæron .064
heora cild to lare þam soðfæstan bydele .
and godes geleafa ðær weox . and wanode se hæðen-scype .
Hwæt se halga bisceop þa on ðære byrig wunode067
ða twelf gear fullice . and gefullode þa leode .
and gelome heom [him → heom] mæssode . and mæsse-preostas gehadode .
and diaconas . and clericas . and dæghwamlice mid him
godes lof gefylde mid gastlicum sangum .
On ðære byrig wæs sum þegn bonifacius gehaten .072
se wearð færlice dumb . and his wif þa asende
to þam halgan bisceope . and bæd his geneosunge .
Efne ða se bisceop eode to his huse .075
and an wif-man wæs ðær wod on his huse
| and se deofol clypode and cwæð þurh þone wodan
to ðam halgan bisceope . ic gedó þæt man gebint ðe .
handum and fotum . and heonon ðe swa tihð
of þysre byrig . and se bisceop andwyrde .
Adumba ðu deofol . and of hire gewít .081
and ne spræc þu næfre eft þurh ænigne mann .
Þa ge-wát se deofol of ðam wodan sona .083
and se bisceop eode þær bonifacius læg .
dumb on his bedde . and gebæd for hine ðus .
Drihten hælend crist þu ðe be-clysedest086
þyses mannes muð . þæt he ne moste leng
clypian to hæðen-gildum swylce him to fultume .
ge-opena nu his muð þæt he mærsige þinne naman .
and gelyfe þæt þu eart lifigende god on worulde .
Hi cwædon ða amen . and on ðære ylcan tide091
wearð his tunge unbunden . and he blyssigende cwæð .
Nis nan oþer god ón to gelyfenne .093
butan se ana þe ðes eadiga bodað .
On þam ylcan dæge gelyfdon of þære leode on god .095
ma ðonne fif hund manna micclum þancigende gode
and þam halgan were . þurh þone þe hi wurdon onlihte .
Rufus wæs gehaten sum hæðen mund-bora098
þe ða burh bewiste . ða wearð his dohtor seoc .
Þa sende se fæder sona to ðam bisceope .100
and sona swa he þyder com swa sawlode þæt mæden .
Hi weopon ða ealle ðe þær-inne wæron .102
and se halga wer cw̅ . to hire fæder ðus .
Ongin nu wel rufe and behat me mid aðe .104
gif ðin dohtor nu hal bið . þæt þu hire geðafige
þæt heo folgie criste . and ðu oncnæwst nu his mihte .
Rufus him andwyrde .107
Efne heo is nu dead .107
ac gif ic ge-seo þæt heo eft gesund leofað .
ic herige þonne godes mihte and heo hire hælende folgie .
Mid þam ðe hi ealle weopon þa eode he to ðam lice .110
and clypode mid | geleafan to criste . and cw̅ .
Min god drihten hælend . þe minum lareowe petre112
forgeafe his gewilnunga swa hwæt swa he gewylnode æt ðe .
arǽr nu ðis mæden of ðysum reðum deaðe .
forðan þe heo is þin gesceaft . and nis nan god buton ðu .
Heo arás þa sona . and mid hreame clypode .116
Mære is se god þe ðes mann us bodað .117
and nis nan oðer god buton hé ana .
Þa blissodon þa cristenan on cristes herunge .119
and þæt mæden wearð gefullod and hire modor samod .
and eall heora hired samod . sume þreo hund manna .
and fela ðæra hæðenra fengon to ge-leafan .
Se fæder swa ðeah rufus . for þæs caseres reðnysse .123
ne dorste ge-openian þæt he on drihten gelyfde .
ac he digellice lufode þone geleaffullan bisceop .
and mid wistum him þenode . and his dohtor wearð gehadod
to godes ðeow-dome . and þurh-wunode mæden .
Appollonaris þa wearð ge-wreged to þam casere128
and to witnunge gelæd . and on þam witum geandette
þæs hælendes naman . and sum hæðen mann
þe him swyðost onwann awedde ðær-rihte .
and his lif ge-endode yfelum deaðe .
Þa woldon þa cristenan bewerian þone halgan .133
and ofslogon þæra hæðenra sume twa hund manna .
Se dema þa het lædan þone geleaffullan bisceop135
into blindum cwearterne . and on bendum healdan .
and him ætes forwyrnan þæt he swa ateorode .
Ac godes engel com to þam godes men nihtes .138
and hine gereordode and mid his ræde gehyrte
eallum onlocigendum . þe ðær on ymbhwyrfte wæron .
Hwæt ða on þone feorðan dæg het se fore-sæda dema141
gelædan ðone halgan on heardre racentage
feorr on wræc-sið . ferigende | on scipe .
Þær wæs sum æðelboren man . atelice hreoflig .144
þa axode se bisceop . wylt ðu beon hál .
He cw̅ ic wylle . and him andwyrde se halga bisceop; [sic @ Skeat]146
Gelyf on hælend crist . and se hæðena him andwyrde .147
gif he me gehælð he bið min hælend god .
Appollonaris ða hrepode þone untruman hreoflian149
on ðæs hælendes naman . and he wearð hal sona
mid þam ðe he clypode cristes naman him to fultume .
Þa awearp se gehæleda his hæðen-scype him fram .152
and gelyfde on ðone hælend . and mid geleafan wearð ge-fullod .
Hit gelamp þa æfter fyrste . þæt þa unge-leaffullan hæðenan154
ge-bundon þone bisceop . and to ðære byrig rauenna
geleddon on bendum . and beoton hine wodlice .
Ða ge-bæd hine se bisceop bealdlice to gode .157
and heora deofol-gild wearð to-wend . and heora templ to-worpen .
Þa gesawon ða hæðenan þæs halgan weres mihte .159
and clypodon mid gehlyde . be ðam geleaffullan were .
Beo se ealda [←ealde] arleasa ardlice ofslagen .161
þurh þone synd to-worpene ða wuldor-fullan godas .
Þa blissodon þa cristenan . and cwædon mid geleafan .163
þæt se ana is soð god þe swylce wundra wyrcð .
þa betæhton þa hæðenan þone halgan wer to slege .
sumum arleasum cwellere se wæs geciged taurus .
and se taurus ge-samnode ða ceaster-gewaran him to .
and axode þone halgan þurh hwæs mihte he ge-fremode
þa wundorlican tacna . þæt swa micel werod him folgode .
Appollonaris him andwyrde .170
Nis ðeos nan oðer miht170
butan hælendes cristes . and we habbað godes gife
on urum heortum . and þa betwux oþrum spræcum
cw̅ se ylca taurus to þam arwurðan were .
Ic hæbbe ænne sunu þe | ne ge-seah næfre dæges leoht .174
gedó þæt he geseo on þines drihtnes naman [namen → naman] .
and we sona gelyfað þæt he is soðlice god .
elles we ðe for-bærnað for ðinum deopum gyltum .
Ða cw̅ se bisceop him to .178
Cume se blinda to me .178
Þa com se blinda him to . and he cw̅ mid geleafan .179
On þæs hælendes naman geopena þin eagan180
and geseoh þurh hine . and he sona wearð hal
beorhte locigende . seðe blind wæs geboren .
Hi wundrodon þa ealle . and anmodlice cwædon183
þæt se wære soð god þe swylce wundra worhte .
and manega þa gelyfdon þurh ða mihte on god .
Taurus þa brohte þone bisceop digellice .186
of ðæs folces gehlyde to sumum his landa [lande → landa] .
and hine þær afedde feower gear mid wistum .
Syx mila fram rauenna . and hine sohton þa cristenan .189
and his lare hlyston mid geleafan georne .
And [sic @ Skeat] ealle ða untruman þe hī oft to comon191
wurdon gehælede . and ham gesunde cyrdon .
Þa sendon ða hæðengildan mid hetelicum geðance193
ærende to þam casere . þæt he acwellan hete
þone halgan bisceop . þæt heora biggencgas ne wurdon
mid ealle adwæscte . þurh ðone drihtnes bydel .
Ða sende se casere sona him þis gewrit .197
Gif ænig man gremige ure godas dyrstiglice198
gebete he wið hi . oððe he beo adræfed
awæg of ðære byrig . forðan þe hit ne bið na rihtlic
þæt we wrecon ure godas . ac hi wrecað hi sylfe
gif hi beoð astyrode .
Beoð ge gesunde .202
Þa hét se burh-ealdor [→ burhge (for burge) ealdor] þone bisceop hī to gefeccan .203
and axode hine sona . hwylcere eawfæstnysse he wære .
swylce he cwæde hwæðer eart ðu cristen oððe hæðen .
Se dema hatte demosten . and he wæs deofles biggencga .206
Þa cw̅ se halga wer to þam hæðenan de|man .207
Ic eom soðlice cristen . and scs̅ petrus me lærde .208
and he me hider asende to þissere ge-sæligan byrig .
þæt ðurh þæs hælendes naman eow hæl becume .
Demosten þa andwyrde ðam arwurðan halgan .211
Hwæt sceall hit swa lang-sum . efne nu is se tima .212
þæt ðu forlæte þine ydelnysse and lac ðam godum geoffrige .
Appollonaris him andwyrde .214
Ic offrige me sylfne214
for minum gastlicum bearnum þe ic hér gode gestrynde .
and swa hwá swa hine ne gebit to þam heofonlican gode .
se bið ecelice for-demed on þam ecan fyre .
and ða ðe on god gelyfað and mid geleafan beoð gefullode .
þa habbað þa ecean reste . and unawendendlice welan .
Hwæt ða demosten deoflice wearð gehát-hyrt .220
and betæhte þone halgan sumum hundredes ealdre
to healdenne on cwearterne . oðþæt he hine acwealde .
Se hundredes ealdor wæs ðam hæðenan bediglod .223
and wæs digellice cristen . and cw̅ to þam bisceope .
Min fæder ic ðe bidde . ne beo þu swa hræd to deaðe .225
forðan þe us is þin líf nyd-behefe git .
ac far þe nu digellice þær ðu frið hæbbe .
oþþæt ðises folces hatheortnyss hwæt-hwega beo gestylled .
He eode ða nihtes þæt he his life geburge .229
ac ða hæðenan wurdon wære his fare
and hine gelæhton . and hine swa lange beoton
oðþæt hi wendon þæt he wære dead .
He wearð swa-þeah gebroht þurh his gebroðra þenunge233
eft to ðam cristenum . and he anbidode on life
seofon niht fullice . and hi fægre tihte
to þam ecan life . and to geleafan georne .
He cw̅ ic secge eow þæt swára ehtnysse becumað237
ofer þa cristenan for cristes naman .
ac æfter | þære ehtnysse bið eft sybb forgifen .
and ða caseras bugað to cristes geleafan .
and ælc deofolgild bið adilegod mid ealle .
swa þæt man freolice mot mærsian þone ælmihtigan god
geond ealne middan-eard . and him lác offrian .
and se ðe on geleafan þurhwunað . se leofað á on ecnysse .
Æfter ðyssere tihtinge . and oðrum manegum spræcum .245
gewát se halga wer of worulde to gode .
mid þam he á wunað on þære ecean eadignysse [ecan wuldre → ecean eadignysse] .
and his leorning-cnihtes ledon his lic arwurðlice
on ane stænene þruh . and seo stod wið þone weall .
Twam læs ðryttig geara he wæs heora bisceop250
on manegum ehtnyssum . þam ælmihtigan þeowigende .
and his edlean bið nu ende-leas forðy .
mid þam ælmihtigan gode . þe on ecnysse rixað . AMEN .