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Wiþ an fourti of godemen ⸵ seint · Austyn he nom ·
⁊ sende her into Engelond ⸵ to p^rechi c^ristendom
Þ a^t echone monekes wer^e ⸵ seint Austim ⁊ eke þe oþers·
Þ is holi men wen[de] uorþ ⸵ þa^t alle wer^e as broþe^re ·
Aftur þa^t god was ibore⸵ bif hondred ȝer it was
⁊ four score ⁊ ney two ȝer ⸵ þa^t hi dude þis holi cas·
H i dradde hem sore uor hi ne couþe ⸵ þe speche of engelonde·
H i nome men þa^t couþe ⸵ hoþe langages understonde·
H i dude hem uorþ in þe se ⸵ þo hi þuder come·
Toward þe hauene of engelond ⸵ þen riȝte wei hi nome·
T o an yle be este kent ⸵ hor stip san euene wende
Þa^t tenelit is ichuped ⸵ as our lord he wolde sende·
Þ er hi nome bu^rst hor In ⸵ ⁊ nome hem sone to rede ·
H ou hi miȝte best on take ⸵ to don þis holi dede·
þ ekyng ailbriȝt þa^t was þo ⸵ kyng of engelonde·
B iaqueynte messager ⸵ baner hi sende hor sonde·
Þa^t hi werer messagg ⸵ ⁊ from an hei man icome
T o don him amessage from þe court of rome·
Þa^t scholde worþe wiþþouten ende ⸵ to hi m⁊ al is londe·
T o g^ret prou ⁊ richesse be ⸵ rif hi it wolde undurstonde·
Þ o þis word to þe kyng com ⸵ he stod an wiile in þot·
Gode tydynge he sede mote to be ⸵ þa^t ȝe halbeþ me ibroȝt·
I nduongeþ hem bair inouȝ ⸵ ⁊ honoureþ hem also·
⁊ fyndeþ hem pleynte inouȝ ⸵ of þa^t hi halbeþ neode to·
F orte ichhabbe wiþ hem ispeke ⸵ ⁊ hor message ise
G od leue·as hi me bi hoteþ wel ⸵ þa^t it mote my prou be ·
H is heste was iholde uol wel ⸵ me aueng hem uair inouȝ·
Þ e kyng toward þulke yle ⸵ sone þer aftur drouȝ
Þ o he to þe ylecom ⸵ to · seint austyn he sende·
Þa^t he to don is message ⸵ wiþ is felawes to him wende ·
Seint Austyn him greyþed wel ⸵ ⁊ is felawes echon·
F orte fiȝte aȝen þa deuel ⸵ into batayle gon·
H i made þe signe of þe croys ⸵ oþer armur naddein non ·
F orte don þis batayle ⸵ ⁊ to ourcome he fon ·
⁊ croys of seluer wiþ þe fourme of god ⸵ hi let rerer
⁊ in stude of baner · biuore hem alle lette berer ·