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 LFRIC'S HOMILIES.

(THIRD SERIES.)

[Cotton MS. Julius E. VII, fol. 120, back. Partially collated with G.(= Gloucester fragments, ed. Earle) and O.(=Otlio B. 10); both very imperfect.]

XXIII B.

DE TRANSITU MARIAE AEGYPTTACE.

-pw AS Hekigendlicestan gehwykfednysse 8eg]:'er ge dseda ge Ay J)eawa . and pSL imcclan lireowsunga . and swa ellenlic gewinn jpsere arwurSan ^ egyptiscan marian . hu heo liyre lifes tida on J^am 4 westene gefylde . of grecisc gej^eode on Iseden gewende . paulus se arwur^a diacon . ^ancte nedpolis J^sere cyrcan.

itodlice hit is gersed ])cet raplialiel se heah-engel wsere to tobie . sprecende . aefter J^sera eagena forlsetnysse . and eft sefter 8 ]?8era wulderfsestan onlihtnysse . and sefter J^am for'S-gewitendum frecednyssum . Ipe h^ of genered wses . and J^us . cwce'S . soSlice hit is swi'Se derigendlic Ipcet [man] ^ mancynnes digle geopenige . and eft J)8ere sawle is micel genySrung. pcet mon pa. wuldorfsestan

12 godes weorc bediglige. for f>am J^ingum ic nsenige J)inga ne for-su- wige pa halgan gersecednyssa . se me gecydde pcet ic on gefealle on f)one genycSredan cwyde psds slawan peaAvas ^. se J^one onfange- nan tdlent fram his hlaforde butan geweaxnysse ahydde on eor'San.

16 ac ne sy m6 ndn man to tingeleafful be J?am })ingum writende pe ic gehyrde . and ge-axode on })issa wisan. ne gewur'Se hit p(^t ic on J)am halgum gerecednyssum wsege ofjjje ic pa, sprsece forsuwige :

ITEM RATIO DE EADEM.

UM WER W^S ON ANUM MYNSTRE ON PALESTINA 'S^RE ms^gpe

on his lifes J?eawum he wses swif)e gefrsetewod . se wses fram cild-hade on munuclicum j^eawum heahce getyd . and gelsered . se

^ Leaf 121. ^ nian seems required ?iere. ^ Sic; read l>4owes.