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ande as scho mad [had] þis prayere,
son wes herde a fellon bere
of thonir and of erdine,
þat brak þe fat, scho wes put in,
in pecis al, & al þe bandis,
þat bundine had hyr fet & handis;
& þis merwale alson cane be
as man mycht twinkil with his e.
þane com a dou of hewin fleand,
al þe puple þat seand,
& in þe neb brocht a cron,
& on hyr hewid set It don;
& out of hewine a voce can say:
“confort þe wele, my blissit may!
for of hewine my falowis al
bydis þi cumyne, gret & smal.”
þane stud scho by & lowinge mad
to god þat hyre deliuerit had
of gret parel & panys sere.
þane al þe folk þat þare were,
þ[at] herd þat erdine & þat stewyn,
þat spak with hyre out of þe hewyn,
al with a voyce criyt þane:
“mykil is þe god of cristine men!”
þane of þame þat þare can stand
conuertit fyfe thousand,
for-owtine weman & bernis fele,
þat conuertit to lestand heile;
þat þane til vndo furth ware led,
& for cristis sak þe blud sched,
& baptyst ware in þare blud
for godis sak with blyth mud.
olibrius þane dret rycht þare
gyf margaret langar lifand ware,
þane mony suld conuertit be.
for-þi on hyre sentence gef he,
þat þai suld smyt hyr nek in twa.
&, as he bad, son þai hyre ta
& his byding haf þai don,
& to þat place led margret son.
& þe basare, malchus to name,
a scharpe sword son has tane
to strik hyr hed of but abad.
bot scho request has til hym mad
to gyf hyr respyt and delay,
til scho mycht hyr prayere say;
& he til hyr tyd hyre bowne.
& one kneis fel scho sowne,
& þis wise mad hyr prayere
to god of hewine, þat al mycht here: