Oxford, Bodelian Library, Bodley 779

Seint Austin þe prechour Seint Austin þat c^ristendom  brouȝt in to in gelonde riȝt is amon oþ^er ywis þat he be ondrestonde seint Gregory þe holymon  þa^t pope was of rome ingelond he loued moche  þey he neu^er þ^er on ne come men told hym þat þe lond was gode  ⁊ þat hit heþen þo was wel sory was seint gregorye  þat hit y cristened nas hym sulf he wolde habbe i went  her in to ingelonde ac he ne most for his cardenales  ac scholde sende his sonde ¶ Þo on ⁊ fourty godemen  seint austin wi^th hym he nom ⁊ sente hem her in to ingelonde  to prechen cristendom Þat echon monkes were  seint austin ⁊ ek þe oþ^er ⁊ þis holymen wente forþ  as þey weren alle breþer forþ ech wente in his way  by lore of seint austin ⁊ brouȝte men in good byleue  ⁊ ek to good fyn ¶ aft^er þat god was I bore  fyue hondred ȝer it was ⁊ four score ⁊ iiij to ȝer  þat hy dede þis cas Þey dradde hem sore for þey no couþe  þe speche of ingelonde Þey nome men þa^t couþe boþe  þe langages vndirstonde Þey dede hem forþ in þe se  þo hy þedir come toward þe haven of ingelonde  þe ryȝt wey hy nome to an ile by est kent  here chip gan even wende Þat tenet lond is y cleped  as oure lord hem wolde sende

XXI Here ded sprong so wide sone  Þat to Þe kyng hit com Þe fayre merakle Þat god hem sended  Þo hy preched cristindom ¶ Þe kynge wente ⁊ herde here preching  hym ÞouȜt hit was wel gode To longe he seyde ich abbe abede  ar ich Þis ondirstode He torned hym to cristindom  and let hym baptyze anon ⁊ hy leved on ihesu crist  ⁊ his men eu^erychon So longe Þat Þis holymen  here wille hadde at Þen ende Þat Þe folk of euerytoun  to cristindom gan wende seint Austin wente aȜen Þo  Þe pope he tolde at rome hou alle Þe folk of ingelonde  to cristindom come ¶ Þo was Þe pope gregory  I brouȜt in gret blisse He let seint austin wende aȜen  Þe londe bet to wisse seint austin wente anon aȜen  ⁊ Þo he Þedir com twelue bysschopes he made in Þis londe to wardy cristindom & Þe ÞrittenÞe he was hym self  as oure lord Ȝaf Þat cas Erchebysschop he was at douere Þe furste Þat euir was ¶ Seint austin brouȜt cristindom  Þus into ingelonde wel auȜte we his day holde  if we were wel ondirstonde His day is toward Þe ende of may  for Þata ilke day he wende out of Þis lyf to ihesu cryst  Þat aft^er hym Þo sende ¶ Þe kyng alberd deyde Þo  syx hondred Ȝer wel ryȜt ⁊ and syxtene after Þat oure lord  in his modir was alyȜt ⁊ one and twenity Ȝer also  aft^er his cristindom ⁊ in Þe syx ⁊ fyftyÞe Ȝer  of his kingdom ⁊ wente to Þe ioye of heuene  Þat seint austin hem be het ⁊ in Þis maner alberd  Þe gode kyng  Þus his lyf he let ¶ Now bidde we Ȝerne seint austin  Þat to cristindome vs brouȜt Þat he preye for vs to ihesu crist  Þat vs dere abouȜt ⁊ graunt vs Þat we mote aft^er oure endyng day com to Þe ioye of heuene Þat lasteÞ euere ⁊ ay. Amen