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ðe sto. aldelmo
He esste atte marchens. wer hy hadde out þe.
Eny þing of holy churthe þat to pulle were
Ve merchans þoȝte storn of hi. as gerigs walleþ wide be wilde
And ȝyrþ hi hober answere. foz he þoȝte ???? ⁊ milde
Hoz ssiþ smat aȝen into þese. m gret tempest anon.
So þat hi wer uþe þe þime porto advenche ethon.
Gret wreche is þis qþ^a on op hom. we mowe welvnder stonde.
We nns and werede þe godema. þ^t sþal wiþ us alonde
Ffor he is holyman ⁊ god. and þroute tongons we-beoþ.
?nddeþ hi anon for ȝuienesse. þe wile we him iseoþ.
Thy o^lde anon on seint aldelm. m god ????? snou.
þe tepeste was fulle anon. hoze ssip to londe drou
Abo? þ^t me duþeþ bible. þ^t is of eiþer lawe
Boþe of þe olde ⁊⁊ of þe nywe· seint aldelm hi bere fawe
Samoze hi nolde mis answer hi· snou hom paȝæ er·
þis bible is ȝate at malmesburi· ⁊ eue^r ept haþibeo þer

¶Seint Austin, þat crstendom· broȝte into engelonde, Ðe s[anc?]to. Agstino
Reiȝt is among oþ[r?] iwis· þt hebeo vnder stonde.
Sein Grgori þe holyman· Pope was of rome
Engelond he louede muche· þei he neue[d? r?] þer ne come
me tolde þt þe lond was god. and þt it heþene was
Sori was sein Grgori: þat hit u[?][?]stened nas·
hy sulp he wolde habbe iwend· her into engelonde,
Ac he ne moste for is Cardinals· ac stolde sende his sonde
¶Cwiþ an forti of gode men seint Austin he nom·
And sende hom here into engelonde· to p[?]ihi crstendom