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Seint Nicholas anoþer tyme bi a fair treo com
He fond þer men þat dude þing aȝen here Cristendom
Hi stoden þer as hi ofte dude & dude here sacrefise
To þe deuel vnder þis treo þat men miȝte agrise
Seint Nicholas hem turnde anon gode men forto beo
& makede hem bileue þe deueles lore & hewe adoun þe treo
Þe deuel after þulke tyme to him hadde gret onde
Forto alegge his poer in ech maner he gan fonde
He fond þer men þat dude þing aȝen here Cristendom
Hi stoden þer as hi ofte dude & dude here sacrefise
To þe deuel vnder þis treo þat men miȝte agrise
Seint Nicholas hem turnde anon gode men forto beo
& makede hem bileue þe deueles lore & hewe adoun þe treo
Þe deuel after þulke tyme to him hadde gret onde
Forto alegge his poer in ech maner he gan fonde
| The South English Legendary | |