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{Dunstanus}
¶ Of his abbeie he drof him out · ⁊ dude him sschame ynoȝ ·
Þe more sschame þa^t he him dude · þe more þe godeman loȝ ·
He drof him out of Engelonde · ⁊ let him crie fleme ·
Þis godeman him wende vorþ · ⁊ ne tok neuere ȝeme ·
¶ To þe abbeye of seint Amound · be ȝonde se he droȝ ·
To soiorny þere longe · ⁊ ladde þere god lif ynoȝ ·
Aftir kinge edwynis deþe · edgar þat was is broþir ·
Was kinge ymad aftir him · vor he was ner þan eny oþir ·
¶ Suþþe godeman he bi com · ⁊ louid holi churche ·
And eche man þat him þar to radde · aftir him he gan wirche ·
Ne tolde him of seint dunston · þat is broþer drof out of londe ·
Wiþ vnriȝt vor is godnesse · ⁊ bygan him vndirstonde
¶ Aftir him he sende anon · þa^t he com aȝen sone ·
And bileue is conseiler · of þat he hadde to done ·
Seint Dunston com hom aȝen · v vaire was vndiruonge ·
And hadde is abbeie al in pes · fram wan he was longe ·
¶ Wiþ þe kinge he was swiþe wel ⁊ was al is conseiler ·
Moche me spak of is godnesse · wel wyde ver ⁊ ner ·
Hit biuelle þat þe busschop of Wircestre was ded ·
Þe kinge ⁊ þe erchebusschop ode þer of nome hore red
¶ ⁊ þe holi abbod seint dunston · busschop made þere ·
To make him herre in godis lawe is wille þei it nere ·
Som men esschte at þe erchebusschop · of cantelburie sire ode ·
Ware vore busschop he him made · ⁊ is gr^acis were so gode ·
¶ Vor he sschal quaþ þis godeman · aftir me here be ·
Erchebusschop of cantelburie ⹎ · ⁊ þat me sschal yse ·
Wat wostou þis oþir sede þou spekist folliche ywis ·
Nostou namore þan þi vot · vp god al it is ·
¶ Mileue vrende quaþ þis godeman · ne dorre ȝe me blami noȝt ·
Wel ichot þat oure louird crist in mine mouþ haþ ybroȝt ·
As wo seiþ of þulke þinge · þat he haþ in me ysed ·
Telle ich may þei it biualle aftir þat icham ded ·
¶ Busschop he was of londone · Seint dunston suþþe also ·
Of londone ⁊ of Wircestre · ⁊ held boþe two ·
Hit biuille þat þe erchebusschop · of canterburie was ded ·
Þe pope ⁊ þe kinge edgar · þer of nome hore red ·
¶ ⁊ madde þe gode seint dunston ⁊ erchebusschop þere ·
Godemen þat him yknewe · wel glad þer of were ·
Cristindom of engelonde · to god stat be droȝ ·
⁊ þe riȝtis of holi churche he helde vp vaste ynoȝ ·