British Library Harley 2277

{Donstan} As he lay anoþer tyme  in his reste anyȝt He seȝ þe ioye of heuene  ⁊ þe place þerinne wel briȝt Angles he hurde also singe  a murie song þer inne Þa^t me singeþ ȝut in holi churche  whan me doþ þe masse singe Kirieleysson . christeleyson  was þe murie note ⁊ song Þis holi man þa^t þis ihurde  ne þoȝte hit him noȝt longe ¶ Wel auȝte he to heuene come  after his ende day Whan he þe while he was alyue  so moche of heuene isay Harpe he louede suyþe wel  þeren he couþe ynouȝ A day he sat in solaȝ  ⁊ a lay þeron drouȝ ¶ Þe harpe he heng bi þe wowe  þo hit was tyme to ete Þo hit was ȝare þerto ibrouȝt  he sat adoun at his mete Of heuene he gan þenche sone  of þe ioye þa^t was þere Of þe ioyfulle blisse þa^t þer was  of halewen þa^t þer were He sat as he were ynome  so moche þeron he þoȝte His harpe he heng bi þe wowe  of wham he licte roȝte Bigan to cuþe his holi þoȝt  ded treo þeȝ hi were ¶ As oure louerdes wille was  as hi hurde alle þat þer were þere Al bi him silue he gan to harpe  amurie steuene iwis Þat me singeþ ȝut in holi churche  þa^t an englisch is þis Alle halewene soule glade beoþ  þa^t in heuene beoþ ido Þa^t suyeþ oure louerdes way  ⁊ for him schadde also Here blod for his suete loue  þerfore hi schulle wone ⁊ kynges beo bouten ende  wiþ crⁱst godes sone Þis anteyn þa^t murie is  þa^t folc ihurde alle Hou þe harpe song albi him silf  þer he hong bi þe walle Fair gr^ace oure louerd him schowede þere  whan þe dede treo So schulde singe of þulke ioye  þa^t he scholde inne beo Louerd ihered beo þi gr^ace  ⁊ þi miȝte also Þa^t þu woldest her alyue for him  such miracle do ¶ Þo þis holi man hadde ylyued  an vrþe meni adai ⁊ his endedai was neȝ icome  as he him silue isai A holi þursday he worþ sik  as hit ful in þe ȝere He let offende his freond  þat specials to him were His men þa^t him seruede ek  he let hem clipie also ⁊ for ȝaf hem al here trespas  þa^t hi him hadde misdo ⁊ assoillede hem of here sinne  ⁊ in godes bendes lay And so he lay al þulke tyme  ⁊ also þane friday {[bottom marginalia:]si thos ??} {[left side marginalia in late hand unreadable]}

{Aldelm} He let clipie þe Saterday  þe freres bifore him alle ⁊ bed alle godneday  ⁊ seide hem what scholde bifalle And let him do alle his riȝtes  ⁊ oure louerdes flesch nom ¶ His soule wende out of þe wordle  ⁊ sone to heuene com Neoȝe hondred ȝer ⁊ fourscore  inn þe eiȝtetteþe ȝere He deide after þa^t oure leuedi  oure louerde an vrþe bere Nou suete louerd seint Dunstan  þa^t oure archebischop were Bring ous to þe ioye of heuene  as angles þi soule bere {[right margin: in later hand] In edibus Richardi Tottell J. Sanford Jo .....}

þis messagers þoȝte scorn of him ; as gernigs wollþ wylde ⁊ ȝeue him hoker ansuere ; for he þoȝte hem pore ⁊ mylde Here schip into þe see wende ; in gret tempest anon So þat hi were vpe þe peroynte ; forte drenche echon ¶ Gret wreche is þis [con]aþ?? on of hem as we mowe vnderstonde We misansuerede þe gode man ; þat spac wiþ ous alonde For he is holi man ⁊ god ; ⁊ grete cangeornis we beoþ Bidde we him anon forȝeuenisse ; þe while we him iseoþ ¶ Hi ?de anon to seint Aldelm ; in god entente ynouȝ þe tempest was stille anon ; here schip to londe drouȝ Abot þat ine clipeþ þe bible ; þat is of aierþ lawe Be oþe of þe olde ⁊ of þe nue ; sein Aldelm hibere falke Nomore hi nolde misansuerie him ; hem þoȝte ynouȝ er þe bible is ȝut at malinesbury ; ⁊ euerest haþ ibeo þer ¶ Seint Aldelm was bischop sippe ; þreo ȝer before his deþe ⁊ þe bischop briȝt wold ; perto him brouȝte vneþe Ac Albot at malmesbury ; napeles he was ⁊ let him sippe burie þer ; þo þat he ded was ¶So þat þe bischop of wircetre ; seint Edwyne þo com Al yn??e?d toward Rome ; ⁊ þane wey perforþ nom ⁊ seint Aldelm at malmesbury ; faire an vrþe brouȝte And sippe wende forþ to Rome ; ⁊ deore þane wey abouȝte At þo seint Aldelm bischop was ; he amansede alle þo þat þe bons of malmesbury ; mid vnriȝt dude wo To bynyme hem eni priuilege ; þat he hem wan at Rome Ich rede þat King ⁊ bischop ; þerof take gome Non bidde we ȝurne seint Aldelm ; oure erand bere so þat we mote to þe ioye come ; þat he was on ido Amen .