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Þa^t made wiþ him Ioie Inouȝ : euer þe leng þe more •
Þo he isei of is godnesse : ⁊ of is wise lore •
Uor deynte þa^t he hadde of him : he let him sone bringe •
Biuore þe prince of engelond : aþelston þe kynge • {Athilstan R. Angl.}
Þe kyng him made Ioie Inouȝ : ⁊ gr^antede al is bone •
Of what þing so he wolde bidde : ȝif it were to done •
Þo bad he him an abbey : þa^t he was on vorþ ibroȝt •
In þe toun of glastynbure : þa^t he ne wurnde him noȝt •
Þe kyng him gr^antede is bone anon : ⁊ after him also •
Edmond is broþer þa^t was kyng : ⁊ in is poer ido •
To glastynbure wende sone : þe gode mon seyn dunston •
Þo bere þe kynges him ȝeue leue : edmond ⁊ aþelston •
Of þe hous of glastynbure : a gret ordeynor he was •
⁊ made muche of hor gode reule : þa^t neuer er among hem nas •
At þa^t hous þa^t was uerst bygonne : four hondred ȝer byuore •
⁊ ek þre ⁊ þrittififti ȝer : ar seynt dunston were ibore •
Uor þer was ordre of monekes : ar seyn patrⁱc com
⁊ ar seyn Austyn to engelongd : broȝte cristentom •
⁊ seyn Patrⁱc deide : four hondred ⁊ to ⁊ fifti ȝer
After þa^t our swete leuedi : our lord anerþe ber •
At none monekes þer nere uerst : bote as in hudynge echon •
⁊ as men þa^t drowe to wildernesse : vor drede of godes son •
Seyn dunston ⁊ seyn aþelwold : as our lord it bisay •
Iordeyned to prestes were: boþe in one day •
⁊ after sone to glastynbure : seyn dunstan anon wende •
Abbod he was þer Imad : his lif þer uorto amende •
⁊ uor he nolde bi is wille : no tyme idel be •
A prⁱue smyþþe bi is celle : he gan him bise •
Uor wen he moste of is orisons : reste uor werinesse •
To worke he wolde is honden do : to fle idelnesse •
Seruy he wolde poure men : þe wule he miȝte dure •
Al day uor pe loue of god : he ne kepte of hem non hure •
⁊ wen he sat at is worke þere : is honden at is dede •
As herte at ihesu crist : is mouþ is beden sede •
So þa^t al at one tyme : he was in þre studes
His honden þere is herte at god : is mouþ to bidde is bedes
Þeruore þe deuel hadde to him: gr^et enuye ⁊ onde •
A tyme he com to is smyþþe : al one him to fonde •
Riȝt as þe sonne eode adoun : as he wommon were •
⁊ spak wiþ him of is worc : wiþ liȝynde chere •
⁊ sede þa^t he hadde wiþ him : gr^et worc to done •
Truflynd heo smot her ⁊ þer : ⁊ in anoþer tale sone