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[^TEXT:  GREGORY THE GREAT, DIALOGUES (MS C).
BISCHOFS WAERFERTH VON WORCESTER
UEBERSETZUNG DER DIALOGE GREGORS
DES GROSSEN.
BIBLIOTHEK DER ANGELSAECHSISCHEN PROSA, V.
ED. H. HECHT.
LEIPZIG: GEORG H. WIGAND'S VERLAG, 1900.
PP. 34.23  - 43.17   (SAMPLE 1)
PP. 70.34  - 79.7    (SAMPLE 2)
PP. 123.17 - 133.12  (SAMPLE 3)^]

<S SAMPLE 1>
[^B9.5.2^]
<P 34>
[}HU MAN HET +AQUITIUM CUMAN TO ROME.}]
<R 4.34.23>
+ta +at nexstan becom +tisses ylcan weres hlisa to cy+tnysse
Romana biscope, & +ta w+as hit sona, swa 
hit for oft by+d, +t+at seo tunge +tara leasolecendra cwele+t
& swence+t +t+as sawle, +te hi gehieran lyste+t.
<R 4.34.29>
swa on +ta ylcan tid, +te +ta preostas gehyrdon +tises
apostolican setles biscopes +tone hlisan +t+as 
halgan weres, hi +ta sona ol+acende w+aron ymb +t+at 
<P 35>
seofiende & +tus cw+adon: hw+at is +tes ceorlisca wer, +te
+tus hafa+d him sylfum genumen +ta ealdorlicnysse +t+are
halgan lare & ne+te+t +tus ungel+ared, +t+at he 
agna+d him sylfum +ta +tenunga ures apostolican hlafordes?
<R 4.35.7>
ac la, hlaford, gif hit +tin willa sy, s+ande man +arendwrecan
to him, & se hine hider gefecce, +t+at 
we magan ongytan, hwilc his seo circlice streng+t sy.
<R 4.35.12>
+ta sona swa hit +teaw is, +t+at +tam mode, +te bi+t abysgod
in manigum +tingum, swi+te undercreope+d seo 
lease olehtung, gif heo ne by+t +ty hra+tor onweg adrifen fram
+t+are heortan +amtignesse.
<R 4.35.17>
swa +ta l+arendum +tam preostum se papa ge+tafode, +t+at
Equitius moste beon gel+aded to Romebyrig, & 
+t+at man ong+ate, hw+at se his wisdom w+are.
<R 4.35.22>
& he +ta s+ande Iulianum his witan, se +after +ton wear+d
biscop on Sabinense +t+are cyrcan, & +t+at bebead,
+t+at he hine gel+adde mid mycelre are, +ty l+as se Godes
+teow +aniges teonan oht ongeate for +tissere
gemetingce.
<R 4.35.28>
he +ta sona wolde gehyran be +t+are wisan +tara preosta
willan & ferde ofstlice to +t+as halgan mannes 
mynstre.
<R 4.35.31>
& +ta he +t+ar com +afweardum +tam abbode, he gemette +ta
writeras +arest writende & +ta acsode he hi, hw+ar se 
<P 36>
abbud w+are.
<R 4.36.1>
hi him cw+adon to: he mawe+t heig on +tissere dene, +te lige+t
beneo+tan +tisum mynstre.
<R 4.36.4>
se ylca Iulianus h+afde +anne swi+te oferhigdigne cniht &
mycelne wi+derbrecan, +tam he sylf mihte 
unea+de gewyldan.
<R 4.36.7>
+ta s+ande he +tisne to +tam halgan men, +t+at he hine
hr+adlice to him gel+adde.
<R 4.36.9>
+ta arn se cniht & mid +tweorum gehigde eode hw+atlice on
+ta m+adwe, & +ta geseah he, +t+at hi ealle 
meowan +t+at heig, +ta +te +t+ar w+aron.
<R 4.36.14>
+da acsode he, hwilc w+are Equitius.
<R 4.36.15>
+ta sona swa he geacsode, hwilc he w+as, & he hine feorran
onlocode, +ta wear+d he mid unm+atum ege 
ge+tread.
<R 4.36.18>
he ongan him ondr+adan & wergian & to +ton swi+de cwacian,
+t+at he unea+de hine sylfne aberan mihte, &
+ta swa bifigende com to +tam Godes m+an & sona mid his earmum
befeng his cneowu & w+as cyssende & him
s+ade, +t+at his hlaford +tider to him cumen w+are.
<R 4.36.26>
& he +ta se Godes +teowa gehalette +tone cniht & him +tus
bebead & cw+a+d: aris & ber +tis grene hig +tam 
horsum to mete, +te ge hider on comon.
<R 4.36.30>
& nu is lytel to lafe +tysses m+a+tes & swa +tis gedon by+t,
ic ga +after +te.
<R 4.36.33>
+ta wundrode Iulianus swi+te, +te +tider ons+anded w+as, hw+at
+t+at 
<P 37>
w+are, +t+at se cniht yldode, +t+at he hra+dor ne come.
<R 4.37.2>
+ta he +ta geseah +tone cniht to him cyrrende & hig berende on
his sweoran of +tam m+adwum, +ta ongan he
swi+de yrre clypigan ong+an him & +tus cw+a+d: hw+at is +tis,
+t+at +tu dyst?
<R 4.37.8>
ic wende, +t+at +tu scoldest me mann to l+adan, nu byrst +tu
heig.
<R 4.37.9>
se cniht him andswarode & cw+a+d: he cym+d +after me, se +tu
secest.
<R 4.37.12>
+ta com se Godes wer gescod mid gehammenum scon & b+ar on his
eaxle his hegsi+te.
<R 4.37.14>
+tam habbude +ta gyt feorr gangende se cniht s+ade +ta his
hlaforde, +t+at +t+at w+are, se +te he sohte.
<R 4.37.17>
+ta semninga se ylca Iulianus, swa he geseah +tone Godes
+teowan, he forseah hine sona for his 
gegerelan & +tohte mid +twerum mode on his oferhigdum, hu he 
sceolde him to sprecan.
<R 4.37.22>
ac +ta sona swa se Godes +teowa him w+as neah, on +t+as ylcan
Iulianus mod gefor unar+afnedlicu fyrhtu, 
swa +t+at he forhtode, +t+at unea+de [{him{] mihte [^MS: +t+at 
he unea+de mihte^] his tunge genihtsumian, to +ton +t+at he 
s+ade his +arende, +te he +tider fore com.
<R 4.37.29>
he +ta sona mid geeadmodadum gaste georne to his cneowum
gewilnode, +t+at 
<P 38>
he for hine geb+ade & s+ade,
+t+at his f+ader se apostolica biscop hine geseon wolde.
<R 4.38.3>
+ta ongan se arwyr+da Equitius don unm+ate +tancas +tam
[{+almihtigan{] Gode & +t+at s+ade, +t+at hine 
geneosode seo uplice gifu +turh +tone hean biscop +t+as 
apostolican setles.
<R 4.38.8>
& +ta hra+de gecigde his bro+ter & him bebead, +t+at on +ta
ylcan tid sceoldon beon heora hors 
gegearwode & ongan his geferan swi+de +treagan, +t+at hi 
scoldon on +ta tid utfaran.
<R 4.38.13>
+ta cw+a+d Iulianus to him: ne m+ag +t+at n+anigra +tinga
beon, for+ton ic eom swi+te werig for +ty langan 
wege, +t+at ic [{ne{] m+ag tod+ag heonan faran.
<R 4.38.18>
+ta andswarode se halga him & +tus cw+a+d: +tu geunrotsast me
+tonne, min sunu, for+ton ic wat, gif we 
on +tysum ylcan d+age ne fera+t, +t+at we tomorgen n+anig
f+areld ne +turhteo+d.
<R 4.38.23>
& +ta swa se Godes +teowa w+as genyded fram werignysse his
[{geferan{] , +t+at he wunode +ta niht on his mynstre.
<R 4.38.27>
+ta +te +afterfylgendan d+age sona on d+agred com +arendraca
to Iuliane mid epistolan & mid swi+de 
geswenctan horse for +arnige.
<R 4.38.30>
in +tam epistolan w+as beboden, +t+at he ne gedyrstl+ahte to
+ton, +t+at he aht grette +tone Godes +teowan,
<P 39>
o+t+te hine of +dam mynstre styrede.
<R 4.39.2>
& +ta sona swa he acsode, for hwon se cwide onw+anded w+are,
he ong+at, +t+at +ty ylcan nihte, +te him se
+arendraca +after w+as s+anded, +t+at se apostolica biscop
w+as swi+de abreged on swefne +turh nihtlice 
gesih+te, for hwon he ge+trysstl+ahte, +t+at he hete +tone 
Godes man swa sw+ancan & to him spanan.
<R 4.39.11>
& +ta hra+de aras Iulianus se +arendraca & hine sylfne +t+are
gebedr+adenne +t+as arwur+dan weres bef+aste
& +ta cw+a+d to him: eower f+ader eow bidda+d, +t+at ge ne
scylen eow swencan on +tone si+t.
<R 4.39.17>
+ta se Godes +teowa +tis gehyrde, +ta w+as he sona geunrotsod
& +tus cw+a+d: hu, ne s+agde ic gyrstand+age,
+t+at gif we +ta sona ne ferdon, +t+at us nu n+are alyfed to
farene?
<R 4.39.22>
& +ta fore gegearwunge +t+are so+tan lufe he h+afde +tone
+arendracan Iulianum hwylcnehugu fyrst in +tam 
mynstre, to +ton +t+at he him swa gelettum & swa genyddum
forgeafe & gedyde hw+athugu get+ase his 
gewinnes.
<R 4.39.29>
ongyt nu, Petrus, on hu mycelre Godes hyrnysse beo+d, +ta +te
cunnon hi sylfe forseon on +tysum life, &
mid hwylcum ceasterwarum beo+d in are getealde innan, +ta
+te ne 
<P 40>
scamia+d, +t+at hi syn mannum forsewene utan.
<R 4.40.2>
swa eac wi+d +tan beforan Godes eagum licga+d forsewene, +ta
+te a+tinda+d & aswella+d +turh +ta wilnunge 
+t+as idlan gylpes mid heom sylfum & beforan [{+tam{] [^THE
WORD +tam ADDED BY THE EDITOR^] eagum heora nehstena.
<R 4.40.7>
be +tan seo so+df+astnys, +t+at is Crist, cw+a+d to sumum
mannum: ge w+aron +ta +te eow sylfe godia+t beforan
mannum, ac God cann eowre heortan, for+ton eall +t+at mannum
+tince+d healic, +t+at by+t onscuniendlic 
beforan Gode.
<R 4.40.14>
Petrus cw+a+d: ic wundrige swy+te, +t+at +afre mihte be
swilcum were & swa mycclum biscope beon 
undercropen seo deofollice scinnys +turh +ta olehtinga +tara 
preosta.
<R 4.40.20>
Gregorius him andswarode: to hwan wundrast +tu, Petrus,
for+ton +te we men syndon & beo+t ful oft 
belogene fram o+trum mannum?
<R 4.40.24>
hw+a+ter +te of mode abeah, +t+at +tu ne gemundest, +t+at
Dauid, +te gewunade, +t+at he h+afde witedomes gast
in him, he demde dom ongen +tone unscyldigan Ionathanes sunu,
+ta +ta he gehyrde +t+as leogendan 
cnihtes word?
<R 4.40.31>
+t+at +tonne hw+a+tre gedon w+as +turh Dauid, we gelyfa+d,
+t+at hit riht w+are in +tam diglan Godes 
<P 41>
dome, ac 
hw+a+tre we ne magon na geseon ne ge+t+ancan, hu hit riht
w+are in +tam m+anniscan rihte.
<R 4.41.4>
hwylc wundor is +t+at for+ton, Petrus, +teh +te we hwilum syn
gel+adde in [{o+ter{] [{of{] leogendra mu+te, we +te 
n+anige witigan n+aron?
<R 4.41.7>
ac we witan, +t+at +t+at swi+te mycel is, +t+at anra gehwilces
biscopes mod by+t forhergod & todrife+t full
oft seo +ticnes +tara woruldlicra ymbhogena, & +tonne hit
+t+at mod by+d tod+aled to manegum wisum, hit 
by+d +ty medmare to hwylcum synderlicum +tingum.
<R 4.41.15>
& swa myccle ma hit by+t undercropen mid scinnysse & beswicen
in hwylcumhugu anum +tinge, swa myccle
hit rumor & widdor by+t abysgod on manegum wisum.
<R 4.41.20>
Petrus him cw+a+t to: swi+de so+de w+aron +ta word +te +tu
sagast.
[}HU SEO EARC W+AS AWORPEN OF +AQUITIES BYRIGENE.}]
<R 4.41.24>
Gregorius him andswarode: ne sceall ic na forswigian, +t+at ic
[{iu{] ong+at +ty +te me hit s+agde se 
arwyr+ta wer Ualentinus be +tam ylcan abbude.
<R 4.41.28>
he cw+a+d, +t+at his lichama w+are bebyrged in +tam gebedhuse
+t+as eadigan Laurenties +t+as martyres.
<R 4.41.31>
+ta eode sum ceorl & asette his earcan mid 
<P 42>
hw+ate gefylde ofer +t+as halgan mannes byrgene & ne gymde,
+t+at he ge+tohte o+t+te him ondrede, hu mycel & hu arwur+de
wer +t+ar reste.
<R 4.42.5>
+ta semninga w+as geworden +toden of heofonum, +t+at he ahof
upp +ta earcan, +te aseted w+as ofer +ta 
byrgene & hi for+d awearp feorr of +ton +te heo on stod, & 
elles ealle +ta +ting +te +t+ar w+aron gewunedon on 
heora agnum stede, efne [{swa +t+at{] openlice ealle +ta +te
+t+ar w+aron ong+aton, hu [{mycelre{] geearnunge w+as, 
se +te his lichama +t+ar reste.
[}HU +TA RE+DAN LANGBEARDE AWEDDON, & +TA MUNECAS WURDON
ALYSEDE.}]
<R 4.42.18>
Eac +ta word, Petrus, +te ic her gyt secgcan wille, ic oncneow
of s+agene +t+as forecwedenan & +t+as 
arwur+tan weres Fortunates, +t+as yldu & weorc & bylwitnes me
lica+t swi+te wel.
<R 4.42.23>
se ylca me s+ade, +t+at Langbearde foron hergiende in
Ualeriam +ta m+ag+de.
<R 4.42.25>
+ta +ta munecas of +t+as arwur+tan weres mynstre Equities
geflugon in +t+at gebedhus, hi ongunnon teon ut
+ta munecas & hi todrifon +turh manegu tintregu & eac sume
mid heora swurdum acwealdon.
<R 4.42.31>
+ta an +tara muneca w+as onstyred mid grimman sare, he
ageomrode & 
<P 43>
cleopode +tus: loca nu, +tu halga Equitius.
<R 4.43.2>
lica+d +te, +t+at we synt +tus atogene, & +tu us nylt no
scyldan?
<R 4.43.4>
sona to +t+as stefne se uncl+ana gast gefor on +ta re+tgiendan
Langbeardan, & hi +ta urnon geond +t+at 
land wedende, & swa lange hi w+aron fram deofle geswencte, o+t
+t+at +ta Langbeardas ong+aton, +ta +te +t+ar ute
w+aron, +t+at hi ofer +t+at ne dorston nohte gretan +ta
halgan stowe.
<R 4.43.12>
& hit gelamp +ta, +t+at se halga wer mundbyrde his agene
+tegnas, & he forg+af eac manegum o+trum l+acedom
& mundbyrd, +te +tyder +after +ton geflugon to his
byrgenne.

<S SAMPLE 2>
<P 70>
[}X. HU FURTUNATUS +T+AT DEOFOLSEOKE WIF GEH+ALDE.}]
<R 10.70.34>
Gregorius him andswarode: sum swi+te arwyr+des lifes wer w+as
on 
<P 71>
+tam ylcan d+alum, +tam w+as nama 
Furtunatus, se w+as biscop +t+are ylcan cyrcan Tudertine.
<R 10.71.3>
se w+as +teonde & weaxende on unm+atre gife gastlicra m+agna
to +ton swi+de, +t+at he +ta uncl+anan gastas of
mannum aflyman mihte, swa +t+at he ful oft +tara deofla
weoredu adraf of +tam mannum, +te hi +ar 
geswencton.
<R 10.71.10>
& he w+as geornfull mid teolone his singalra gebeda +tem
ang+an gesettum deofla m+anigum, +te wi+d him 
teolonge wunnon, +t+at he hi oferswy+dde.
<R 10.71.14>
eac sum wer w+as +tissere ylcan cyrican mundbora, +t+as nama
w+as Iulianus.
<R 10.71.17>
he w+as us se hiwcu+desta, & he w+as nu unfyrn on +tissere
ylcan byrig for+dfered.
<R 10.71.19>
for +t+as ges+agenum, cw+a+d sanctus Gregorius, ic geleornode,
+t+at ic nu secgan wille, for+ton he oft 
betweoh w+as Furtunates d+adum mid bylde +t+are hiwcu+dnysse.
<R 10.71.24>
& +after +ton his gemynd he geheold us to trymnysse, for+ton
hit him w+as swa wynsum, swa he h+afde 
beobreades swetnysse on his mu+te.
<R 10.71.29>
he s+ade, +t+at +t+ar w+are sum +a+tele gesi+dwif in +tam
neahd+alum Tuscie m+ag+de.
<R 10.71.31>
seo h+afde ane snore, +ta hire sunu lytle +ar him to wife
onfeng.
<R 10.71.33>
seo w+as gela+dod mid 
<P 72>
+t+are ylcan hire swegre to
cirichalgunge +t+as eadigan martyres Sebastianes gebedhuses.
<R 10.72.3>
+ta gelamp +t+are ylcan niht, +te heo scolde on morgen to
+t+are cyrichalgunge faran +t+as foresprecenan 
gebedhuses, +ta wear+d heo mid hire lichaman luste
oferswi+ded, swa +t+at heo ne mihte hi sylfe 
forhabban fram hire were.
<R 10.72.11>
& +ta gewordenum +tam +armergene heo wear+d on hire inge+tohte
afyrhted, for+ton +te heo +ta +turhtogenan 
lustas on hire lichaman gefremede.
<R 10.72.15>
hire forbead +ta +tone for+dgang seo sceomu to +t+are
[{cyrichalgunge{] , for+ton +te heo w+as ma scamigende for
manna onsyne, +tonne heo w+are +tone Godes dom ondr+adende.
<R 10.72.20>
+ta ferde heo for+d mid hire swegre to +t+are halgunge +t+as
gebedhuses.
<R 10.72.22>
+ta sona swa hi w+aron gangende in +t+at gebedhus, +t+ar +ta
reliquias w+aron +t+as eadigan martyres 
Sebastianes, +ta gegrap se awyrgda gast heo +ta ylcan snore 
+t+as fores+adan gesi+twifes, & beforan eallum +tam
folce he ongan heo swi+de swencan.
<R 10.72.29>
& +ta se m+assepreost +t+are ylcan cyrcan geseah, +t+at heo
swi+de geswenced w+as, he genam sona +ta scetan
of +tam weofode & oferwreah hi mid.
<P 73>
<R 10.73.1>
& +ta sona eode se deofol in +tone ylcan m+assepreost, &
for+ton +te he wolde ofer his agen m+agn aht 
swylces gene+tan, he w+as genyded, +t+at he mihte on his agenre
gesw+ancednysse ongytan, hw+at he sylf 
w+as.
<R 10.73.7>
+ta +ta men, +te +t+ar +at w+aron, namon +t+at wif on +tam
gebedhuse mid heora handum & hi b+aron to hire 
agnum huse.
<R 10.73.10>
& +ta +ta se ealda feond mid langre gesw+ancednysse bregde
+tis ylce wif swy+de [^MS: &^] +ta hire magas, +te hi
lichamlice lufedon & for +t+are lufan hire mid w+aron,
bef+aston hi +tam drym & +tam scincr+aftigum, to
+ton +t+at hi beg+aten hire +t+ar h+alo & l+acedom +t+ar
funden, & hi na ne scrifan, +teh hi eallinga hire 
sawle adw+asctan.
<R 10.73.20>
+ta ongunnon hi helpan hire lichaman mid heora drycr+aftum to
sumre hwile.
<R 10.73.23>
heo w+as gel+aded to anre ea & bedypped in +t+at w+ater, & hi
+t+ar +ta dryas ongunnon ferian geond +t+at 
w+ater & mid langum onsangum hi golon on, o+d +t+at se deofol 
of hire uteode, +te hi +ar in gefor.
<R 10.73.29>
ac +ta for +tam wunderlican dome +t+as +almihtigan Godes, +ta
se an deofol hire w+as of adrifen mid heora
+tam forcyrdan cr+afte, sona on hi geeode mycel m+aniu
<P 74>
deofla, & heo +ta ongan on +ta ylcan tid swa 
manegum styrenyssum beon onstyred & swa manegum stefnum &
cleopungum hlydan, efne swa heo fram 
manegum awyrgdum gastum w+as geh+afd & ge+tread.
<R 10.74.7>
+ta eodon hire magas in ge+teaht & geandetton, +t+at hit
heora agnes ungeleafan scyld w+are, +t+at hi 
+tone l+acedom to +tam scincr+aftigum sohton.
<R 10.74.11>
ac hi +ta gel+addon +t+at wif to +tam arwyr+dan were
Furtunato +tam biscope & hi to +tam forleton.
<R 10.74.14>
& he +ta hi onfeng & hine +ta sylfne abysgode on his gebede
manega dagas & nihta, & swa mycele ma he
gefealh mid geornnysse +tam gebedum, swa myccle ma he
ong+at him ong+an standan in anum lichaman
+t+at weorod +tara deofla m+anigeo.
<R 10.74.22>
& +ta ymb manega dagas he ag+af heo hire freondum [{swa{] hal 
& gesund, swilce hire se deoful n+afre +anigne anweald ne 
ahte.
[}HU FURTUNATUS +TONE AWYRGEDAN GAST ADRAF OF SUMAN GEDREHTUM
MEN.}]
<R 10.74.29>
Eac hit gelamp on o+dre tid, +t+at se ilca wer Furtunatus
+t+as +almihtigan Godes +teowa adraf +tone 
uncl+anan gast of sumum 
<P 75>
geswenctum & ofsettum men.
<R 10.75.1>
& se awyrgda +ta +ta se d+ag +afnode geseah, +t+at seo tid
w+as mannum dyglu, geonlicte hine sylfne to 
sumum +al+teodigum men & ongann gan ymb +ta c+astre & geond +ta
str+ata & +tus cw+a+d: gehyra+d nu, hw+at se 
halga werr dyde Furtunatus se biscop.
<R 10.75.9>
nu he adraf me +al+teodigne man of his huse, & ic for+ton
sece, hw+ar ic me gerestan scyle, nu ic on
his c+astre nane ne fand.
<R 10.75.13>
+ta sum man s+at +at +tam gledum in his huse mid his wife &
mid his lytlan suna.
<R 10.75.16>
se gehyrde his stefne & acsode, hw+at se biscop him dyde, &
hine la+dode, +t+at he s+ate mid him in his
huse +at +tam gledan.
<R 10.75.19>
& he +ta swa dyde.
<R 10.75.20>
+ta spr+acon hi heom betwux wel fela worda, o+d +at nexstan
se ylca awyrgda gast gefor in +tone lytlan
sunu +t+as earman mannes & hine awearp in +da glyda, & +t+ar
sona his feorh him +at+trang.
<R 10.75.26>
& he +ta sona se earma man swa astyped & swa bereafod his
suna ong+at hra+de, hw+ane he sylfa 
feormode, ge eac hwane se biscop +ar ut adraf.
<R 10.75.31>
Petrus cw+a+d: hw+at cwe+da+d we la, hw+at +t+at sy, +t+at se
ealda feond onfeng swylcere bylde to acwyllane
in +t+as huse, +te hine gela+tode to him mid cumli+tnysse
<P 76>
gyfe & wende, +t+at he +al+teodig w+are?
<R 10.76.2>
Gregorius him andswarode: fela +tinga, Petrus, beo+d gode
gesewene, ac hi ne beo+d na gode, for+ton hi
ne beo+d of godum mode cumene.
<R 10.76.6>
be +tan seo so+df+astnys cw+a+t on his godspelle: gif +tin
[{eage{] by+d manfull, +tonne by+d +tin lichama eall
+tystrig.
<R 10.76.9>
for+ton +tonne +t+at inge+tanc +t+as mannes by+d woh &
forcyrred, +te +t+ar foregange+t, +tonne bi+d +t+at weorc 
eall +tweorh & unriht, +te +t+ar +afterfylge+t.
<R 10.76.14>
for+ton ne wene ic na, +t+at +tes wer w+are mid arf+astnysse
mode gelustfullod, ac mid t+alnysse +t+as 
biscopes.
<R 10.76.17>
se +te his suna bereafod w+as, se ongan swilce he for Godes
lufan gestli+tnysse gegearwode.
<R 10.76.20>
so+dlice +t+at +afterfylgende wite +t+ar cy+t+de, +t+at seo
+arre feormung n+as na butan scylde & gylte.
<R 10.76.23>
eac swylce manige men syndon, +te for+ton tilia+d, +t+at hi
god don, +te hi willa+d gedwellan +ta gife 
o+dera manna weorces.
<R 10.76.27>
ne hi na for+ton o+tre m+an feormia+d, +t+at hi mycclum
gyman, hw+a+ter heom +t+at god sy +t+at hi do+d, ac ma
hi wylla+d, +t+at hi syn beforan o+drum mannum wel geherede.
<R 10.76.32>
for +tere wisan ic wene, cw+a+d sanctus Gregorius, +t+at 
<P 77>
we magon ma behealdan +tysne wer, +te +tone 
awyrgdan gast on gestli+tnysse onfeng in +ateownysse +t+as 
idlan gylpes +turh +ta deofollican costunge, 
+tonne we magon ge+tencan, +t+at he betran d+ade dyde +tonne se
Godes wer.
<R 10.77.7>
ac he wolde, +t+at for mannum gesewen w+are, +t+at he betran
lifes w+are +tonne se biscop, +ta he +tone man
onfeng, +te se drihtnes wer [{Furtunatus{] +ar onweg adraf.
<R 10.77.12>
Petrus cw+a+d: eall hit is swa hit ges+agd is.
<R 10.77.13>
so+tlice +t+as weorces +ande gecy+tde, +t+at +t+at inge+tanc
n+as cl+ane.
[}HU FURTUNATUS GEH+ALDE +TONE BLINDAN & SUM HORS FRAM 
DEOFLE.}]
<R 10.77.18>
Gregorius him andswarode: eac hit s+ag+d, +t+at sum man w+are,
+te forlet his [{eagena{] gesyh+de.
<R 10.77.20>
+ta w+as he gel+aded to +tam Godes were, to +tan +t+at he
gewilnode & ab+ade him +ta helpe +t+as halgan 
mannes +tingunga.
<R 10.77.24>
so+dlice +ta +ta se Godes wer h+afde gedon & gefylled his
gebedu, he asette & awrat Cristes rodetacen
ofer +t+as mannes eagan +t+as bysenan, & +ta sona agyfenum
+tam leohte seo niht +t+are blindnysse gewat 
fram +tam eagum.
<R 10.77.31>
[{on{] ufan +t+at eac gelamp, +t+at sumes militisces mannes 
hors w+as gecyrred in myccle re+dnysse, 
<P 78>
swa +t+at 
hit mihte unea+te beon fram +anigum mannum gehealden, ac swa
swilce swa hit mihte, hit slat & wundode
heora limu mid [{bitum{] .
<R 10.78.5>
+ta wear+d hit +teh gebunden fram manegum mannum & w+as
gel+aded to +tam Godes were.
<R 10.78.8>
he +ta sona awrat Cristes rodetacen on +tam h+aafde +t+as
horses mid his [{a+tenedre{] handa & gecyrde ealle
his re+dnysse in man+tw+arnysse, swa +t+at hit w+as 
[{stilre{] , +tonne hit w+as +ar +t+are wedenheortnysse.
<R 10.78.15>
+ta se ylca +tegn +t+at his hors, +te he geseah acyrred fram
his wedenheortnesse mid swa hr+adlicum 
bebode +t+as halgan wundres, he +ta bebead, +t+at man +tam 
halgan were +t+at ilce hors eft bringan sceolde.
<R 10.78.21>
+ta wi+dsoc he, +t+at he hit nateshwon underfon nolde.
<R 10.78.22>
ac he on his wilnunge +turhwunode & b+ad, +t+at he his gife ne
forsawe.
<R 10.78.24>
+ta se halga wer nam +t+at hors & healfne +tone weg on
geferde.
<R 10.78.26>
& he +t+as militiscan mannes bene gehyrde & hw+a+tre wi+dsoc,
+t+at he hit to gife habban nolde swa for 
gebedenum m+agene.
<R 10.78.30>
+arest he gegearwode him medeme weor+d for +tan horse & +ta
+after +tan nam 
<P 79>
+t+at hors, +te him w+as +ar to 
gife geboden, for+ton +te he geseah, gif he hit ne underfengce,
+t+at se w+are geunrotsod, +te hit +ar 
ahte.
<R 10.79.5>
+ta nydendre +t+are lufe he gebohte, +t+at him nan +tearf
n+as to habbenne.

<S SAMPLE 3>
[^B9.5.4^]
<P 123>
[}X. HU HE ADW+ASCTE +T+AT GEDWIMORLICE FYR.}]
<R 10.123.17>
+da gelamp hit, +t+at in gesyh+te +t+as godcundan weres
gelicode, +t+at he het adelfan in +t+are ylcan stowe
eor+dan for sumre neod+tearfe, & +ta [{hie{] +ta eor+dan
delfende deoppor ofdune becomon, +ta gebro+dru 
fundon +t+ar sum +aren feondgyld, & +ta awurpon hie +t+at to 
sumre hwile in +ta cycenan.
<R 10.123.26>
+ta semninga w+as [{him{] ge+tuht, +t+at +t+ar eode fyr ut, &
+t+at +ateowde in eallra +tara muneca eagum, +t+at 
eall +t+at getimbre +t+are cycenan sceolde beon fornumen.
<R 10.123.30>
+ta ongunnon hio weorpan w+ater & hlydan, swa +ta do+d, +te
fyr & bryne 
<P 124>
dw+asca+d.
<R 10.124.1>
+ta w+as Benedictus se Godes wer gecnysed & onstyred fram +tam
geruxle & com +tider to & +ta sona 
geseah, +t+at +t+at ylce fyr w+as in +tara bro+dra eagum 
ge+tuht & n+as na in his agnum swa gesewen.
<R 10.124.7>
+ta hra+de he gebigde his heafod to gebede & +ta bro+dru
gecigde to him, +te he gemette +t+ar mid +tam 
scinlacan fyre bysmrian, & gel+arde heo, +t+at hie gebletsodon
heora eagan & gesawon, +t+at +t+ar stod gesund
hus +t+are cycenan, & +t+at hio na leng ne beheoldon +ta
ligeas, +t+a se ealda feond leaslice gehiwode 
+turh his scincr+aft.
[}XI. HU HE GEH+ALDE +TONE CNAPAN, +TE W+AS MID HRYRE
TOCWYSED.}]
<R 11.124.19>
Eft hit gelamp, +ta +ta +ta gebro+dra woldon +t+as huses wah
hwene herran getimbrian, for+ton +t+as swa sum
neod+tearflicu wise b+adde, & Benedictus se Godes
wer wunode binnan +tam locum his mynstres in +tam
willan & geornysse his gebedes, +ta se ealda feond bysmriende
+ateowde & s+ade, +t+at he wolde feran to
+tam gebro+drum, +te +t+at hus worhton.
<R 11.124.29>
+ta +t+at sona bebead Benedictus swi+te hr+adlice +tam
bro+drum +turh +arendracan & +tus cw+a+d: bro+dra, do+t 
ge w+arlice, for+ton +te eow cym+t in +tyssere ylcan tide se
awyrgda 
<P 125>
gast to.
<R 11.125.1>
+ta se +te on +t+at +arende for, unea+de he mihte +ta word
abeodan, +ar +ton se awyrgda gast towearp +tone 
wah, +te +t+ar getimbrod w+as, & mid +ty fylle +d+as wages
for+tryccende he ge+tr+aste +anne +tara muneca, se 
w+as anes gerefan sunu.
<R 11.125.8>
+ta sona w+aron ealle +ta bro+tra swi+te geswencte &
geunrotsode, nal+as na for +ty d+amme +t+as wages 
fylles, ac for ge+tr+astednysse +t+as bro+dres.
<R 11.125.12>
hi +ta tilodon hr+adlice mid hefigum heofe, +t+at man +t+at
sceolde bodian +tam arwyr+dan f+ader Benedicte.
<R 11.125.16>
+ta se ylca f+ader het, +t+at man sceolde bringcan +tone
gewundodan cniht to him.
<R 11.125.18>
+ta ne mihton hi hine ne aberan buton on hwitle, for+ton +te
+ta stanas +t+as toglidenan wages nal+as +t+at
an, +t+at hi his limu tobr+acan, ac eac swylce mid ealle his
ban gebrysedon.
<R 11.125.24>
+ta sona bebead se Godes wer, +t+at hine man alegde in his
cytan on +ta meattan, +te he him on gebed, &
+ta s+ande he +ta bro+dra ut & beleac +ta cytan.
<R 11.125.28>
& he +ta se halga wer gefealh his gebede mycle geornlicor,
+tonne he +ar gewunode.
<R 11.125.31>
wundorlicu wise +t+at w+as, Petrus, +t+at on +ta ylcan tid he
ons+ande +tone cniht eft to +tam weorce swa gesundne & swa 
<P 126>
strangne, swa he +ar w+as, to +ton +t+at he
sceolde gegearwian & fulfremman +tone wah mid 
+tam o+trum bro+trum.
<R 11.126.4>
mid +t+as cnihtes forewyrde se ealda feond gelyfde, +t+at he
mihte gebysmrian Benedictum.
<R 11.126.7>
+ta ongan se Godes wer betweoh +tysum wisum eac swylce +teon &
weaxan mid witedomes gaste, +t+at he 
bodode +ta toweardan +ting & s+agde +ta +afweardan andweardum
mannum.
[}XII. HU +TA BRO+DRU +ATON & DRUNCON BUTON LEAFE.}]
<R 12.126.15>
So+tlice +t+as mynstres +teaw w+as, +t+at swa oft swa +ta
bro+dra ut eodon to +anigre andsware, +t+at hi 
n+anigra +tinga ne namon ne ne +tigdon mete ne drync wi+dutan
mynstre.
<R 12.126.20>
mid ty +te +tis w+as gehealden for +tam gewunan +t+as
ymbhydiglican regoles, +ta sume d+age hit gelamp, 
+t+at +ta gebro+dra eodon ut to sumre spr+ace, [{&{] [{in{]
[{+t+are{] [{spr+ace{] hi w+aron genydde, +t+at hi for +t+are
l+attran tide wunedon l+ang +tonne hi sceoldon.
<R 12.126.27>
+ta wiston hi, +t+at hi wicodon neah sumum +awf+astum wife.
<R 12.126.29>
+ta eodon hi in to hire huse & namon +t+ar mete & +tigdon.
<R 12.126.31>
+ta hi eft cyrdon lator 
<P 127>
+tonne hi sceoldon to +tam mynstre,
hi b+adon +t+as halgan f+ader bletsunge, swa
swa hit +teaw w+as.
<R 12.127.4>
sona w+as se Godes wer acsiende +ta bro+dra & +tus cw+a+d:
hw+ar +aton ge?
<R 12.127.6>
hi him andswaredon & cw+adon: nohw+ar.
<R 12.127.7>
Benedictus cw+a+d to +tam bro+drum: for hwon leoga+d ge swa?
<R 12.127.9>
cwe+ta+d ge, +t+at ge ne eodon in +t+as wifes hus?
<R 12.127.11>
ac la ne onfengcon ge +t+ar ne ne +tigdon +tas mettas?
<R 12.127.12>
cwe+da+d ge, +t+at ge ne druncon +t+ar +tus manige calicas
fulle?
<R 12.127.14>
& +ta +ta se arwur+da f+ader rehte +tam bro+drum ge +t+as
wifes hus ge +tara metta cyn ge eac +tone rim +tara
drincena, hi gecneowon sona ealla +ta +ting, +te hi sylfe +ar
dydon, & feollon forhtigende to his 
fotum & w+aron andettende, +t+at hi gegylt h+afdon.
<R 12.127.22>
he +ta sona se Godes wer gearode heom on +t+are scylde, & hi
+ta gehogodon, +t+at hi ofer +t+at swa don 
noldon in +t+as f+ader +afweardnysse.
<R 12.127.26>
be +tam hi ong+aton, +t+at he him symble w+as ondweard on his
gaste.
[}XIII. BE UALENTIANES BRE+DER.}]
<R 13.127.30>
Eac Ualentinianus Benedictes munuces bro+dur, +t+as gemynd ic
+ar bufan dyde, se w+as l+awde wer, ac swa
+teh he w+as swi+de +awf+ast, se gewunode, +t+at he for 
<P 128>
+alce g+are of his agenre stowe, +t+at he becom to 
sancte Benedictes mynstre, to +ton +t+at he onfengce +t+ar
+t+as Godes weres bletsunge & gesawe 
Ualentinianum his geborenan bro+tur.
<R 13.128.6>
witodlice hit gelamp sume d+age, +ta +ta se bro+dor on +tone
weg ferde to Benedictes mynstre, +t+at o+ter
wegferend hine sylfne to him ge+teodde, se b+ar mid him mettas
to +ticgenne in +tam wege.
<R 13.128.12>
& +ta +ta seo l+attre tid com, & seo ufere +t+as d+ages weox
& agan w+as, +ta cw+a+d se wegferenda to +tam 
+awf+astan m+an: bro+tur, cum hider, +t+at wit magan +ticgan 
mete +atsomne, +ty l+as wit wergien on +tisum wege.
<R 13.128.18>
he +ta andswarode +tam & +tus cw+a+d: feorr +t+at sy, +t+at
hit gewur+de, bro+tor.
<R 13.128.21>
nelle ic +t+at don, for+ton +te ic gewunode, +t+at ic com
f+astende to +tam arwyr+dan f+ader Benedicte.
<R 13.128.24>
+ta onfangenre +t+are andsware, se wegferenda geswigode sume
hwile.
<R 13.128.26>
ac +ta +after +tysum hi gefremedon medmycelne d+al +t+as
weges, +ta eft se wegferenda hine l+arde, +t+at hi
+aton, ac him nolde heran se +te getihhode, +t+at he f+astende
sceolde becuman to +tam halgan were.
<R 13.128.32>
& +ta geswigode se +te hine la+dode to ete & mid him f+astende
+ta gyt ferde & +t+at ge+tafode sume hwile.
<R 13.128.35>
ac +ta +ta hi +ta gyt fyrr 
<P 129>
foron on heora weg, & hi +ta seo 
ufere tid mid f+astene geswencte swa 
gangende in +tam wege, +ta gemetton hi f+agre m+adwe & 
easpryng, & eall swa hw+at swa mihton beon gesewene 
lustfullice +tone lichaman mid to gereordianne.
<R 13.129.7>
+ta cw+a+d se wegferenda to him: loca nu.
<R 13.129.8>
her is w+ater & m+adwe & geseoh, +t+at +tis is f+agru stow on
+t+are wit magon unc gereordian & hw+athugu 
gerestan, +t+at wit magon +after +ton +te ea+d uncerne weg
onsunde gefaran.
<R 13.129.14>
mid +ty +ta word gecwemdon his earum, & +ta stowe gelicodon
his eagum, & he +ta mid +t+are +triddan 
manunge [{gel+ared{] gehyrde his wordum & +at mid him.
<R 13.129.18>
+ta on +ta +afentide he becom to +tam mynstre, & +ta +ta he
w+as gecy+ded +tam arwyr+dan f+ader Benedicte, he
gewilnode him sylfum his bletsunge & gebedr+adenne.
<R 13.129.23>
ac sona se Godes werr him +t+at o+twat, +t+at he on +tam wege
dyde, +tus cwe+tende: hw+at is +t+at, bro+dur, 
+t+at +tu dydest?
<R 13.129.27>
se [{awyrgda{] feond, se to +te w+as sprecende +turh +tinne
geferan on wege, se +te +ane gel+aran ne mihte, 
ne eac +at +tam +aftran si+te ne mihte, ac +at +dam +triddan
cyrre he +te gel+arde & oferswi+dde to +ton +te he
wolde.
<R 13.129.34>
+da se +awf+asta man ong+at hra+de 
<P 130>
+ta scylde his tydran
modes, he w+as for+d onloten to +t+as halgan 
mannes fotum, & swa myccle ma ongan his scylde weopan & 
scamian, swa mycclum swa he hine sylfne ma 
ong+at +afweardne agyltan beforan his f+ader eagum Benedictes.
<R 13.130.8>
Petrus cw+a+d: me +tince+t, +t+at in +tam gehigdum +tyses
halgan weres w+are Heliseus gast +t+as witigan, 
for+ton +te he w+as andweard his +afweardum +tegne.
[}XIV. HU HE ARASODE +TA HIWUNGE TOTILLAN +T+AS CYNINGES.}]
<R 14.130.14>
Gregorius him andswarode: +te gedafena+d, Petrus, +t+at +tu
sume +trage geswigige, +t+at +tu ofer +tis mag+a
maran wisan ongytan.
<R 14.130.17>
so+tlice hit gelamp in Gotena tidum, +ta +ta Totilla cyning
gehyrde, +t+at se halga wer h+afde witedomes
gast, he ferde to his mynstre & +ta gewicode +t+ar naht feor
& +tam halgan m+an hine toweardne bodode.
<R 14.130.24>
+ta sona [{w+as onboden of +dam mynstre, +t+at he selfa come. 
+Ta ongan he sona, swa swa he w+as +ta git{] getreowleases 
modes wer, [{girnan{] , h+afde +t+at he sceolde gecunnian &
arasian, hw+a+ter se drihtnes wer h+afde witedomes gast.
<R 14.130.31>
+ta +t+as cyningces sweordbora [{w+as{] Ricgo gehaten, +tam
se cyning sealde his gescy & gedyde, +t+at he 
w+as gyred mid cynelicum 
<P 131>
hr+agle, & he bebead him, +t+at he
ferde to +tam Godes men, swylce hit se cyning sylfa w+are.
<R 14.131.3>
& eac on his +tegnunga he sende III ealdormen, +ta gewunodon,
+t+at hi him fylgdon beforan o+trum 
mannum, +ta w+aron +tus gehatene: Uult, Ruderic & Blidin, 
+t+at hi sceoldon beforan +t+as Godes +teowes eagum 
+tone ylcan Ricgan geonlician Totillan +tam cyningce, & +t+at 
hi sceoldon gan on +alce healfe ymb hine.
<R 14.131.13>
eac swylce him man gegearwode o+dre +tegnunge & gesette
swurdboran, to +ton +t+at hit w+are ge+tuht, +t+at 
he se sylfa cyngc w+are, ge for +tam +tegnungum ge for +tam
godwebbenum hr+aglum, +te he mid gegered w+as.
<R 14.131.19>
& +ta +ta se ylca Ricga mid +tam hr+aglum +tus gewlitegod w+as
gangende in +t+at mynster, & hine mid 
[{si+dode{] seo m+anigeo +tara +tegniendra manna, +ta s+at se 
Godes wer feorran lociende on +tone, +te +tiderweardes
w+as gangende.
<R 14.131.26>
& +ta sona swa hit mihte beon gehyred fram +tam, +te +tider
comon, Benedictus cleopode & +tus cw+a+d: 
alege, sunu, alege +t+at +tu byrst.
<R 14.131.30>
nis hit na +tin.
<R 14.131.31>
+ta sona feoll se Ricga on eor+tan & aforhtode, for+ton +te he
ge+tristl+ahte, +t+at he bysmrode swa 
<P 132>
mycclum & swa arwyr+tum were.
<R 14.132.2>
& ealle +ta men, +te mid him comon to +tam Godes men, w+aron
astrehte on +t+are eor+dan & eft arisende ne
dorston ne to him geneal+acan, ac eft gecyrdon to heora
cyningce & bodedon & s+adon swi+de forhte, on
hu [{mycelre{] hr+adnysse hi w+aron arasode.
<R 14.132.10>
+da se ilca Totilla eode him self to +tam Godes men, & +ta
+ta he geseah feorran hine sittende, he n+as
naht beald him to to ganne, ac hine sylfne astrehte on +ta
eor+dan.
<R 14.132.15>
& +ta se Godes wer cw+a+d twuwa & +trywa: aris, bro+dor,
aris.
<R 14.132.17>
ac swa +teah he ne dorste beon beforan him upp ar+ared of
+t+are eor+dan.
<R 14.132.19>
Benedictus +ta se Cristes +teowa w+as gemedemod +turh hine
sylfne, +t+at he geneal+ahte to +tam astr+ahtan
cyninge & hine +ta upp ahof & him for his agnum d+adum cidde &
mid feawum wordum him fores+ade ealle
+ta +ting, +te him towearde w+aron, & +tus cw+a+d: manega yfel
+tu wyrcest, & manigu +tu worhtest geara +ar.
<R 14.132.28>
ac l+at +te gestyran fram +tinum unrihtum.
<R 14.132.30>
+tu oferf+arest +tone s+a & bist gangende to Romesbyrig.
<R 14.132.32>
+tu rixast nygon g+ar & on +dam 
<P 133>
teo+dan +tu sweltest.
<R 14.133.1>
+ta se cyng +tas word h+afde gehered, he w+as swi+dlice
abreged & gewilnode +t+as halgan mannes 
gebedr+adene, & he him sy+d+dan onweg gewat, & sy+t+tan of 
+t+are tide he w+as swi+de unw+algrim.
<R 14.133.7>
+ta +after lytlum f+ace he gesohte Romesbyrig & ferde to
Siciliam +tam ealande, & +ta +te teo+dan g+are he
w+as his rices bereafod mid +t+as +almihtigan Godes dome.



