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[A] man in þat cunctre wes,
hafand his erand to pas,
his wyfe, he luffit atoure althing,
betacht þe sanctis in kepyne,
& tacht hire takine, quhareby scho
suld wit quhen scho suld cume hym to;
sa in warld þar wes no ma
wiste þat takine bot þai twa.
fore-þi þe feynd, oure fa fellone,
þat in contrare ay of resone
& of his kynd has wytinge
of manis wil & prewe thing,
sone be-thocht hyme of a wile,
þat sympil woman to begyle.
& of a man þe fourme can ta,
& syne to þe woman can ga,
& sad, hire husband hym had send
hir to conforte & to mend,
& for to tel hyre þat he wes
for a tyme sted in sic a place,
quhare hyme behowit a tym bid stil;
þare-for worth hire cume hyme til,
“& to þat end he sad to me,
þat I suld cume to feche þe.”
þane sad scho: “freynd, I treu þe nocht
bot þu had þat takine brocht,
þat, I treu, wiste no ma
bot we, quhen he went me fra.”
þane sais þe warlou: “suth sais þu;
þar-for, þat þu sal me treu,
þis is þe takine he send to þe,
quhareby þu sal treu to me.”
ȝet wes scho dred[and] & sad þen:
“þe takine suthly wele I kene,
bot, for I Recommendit wes
to damyane & to cosynas,
I wil þu grant til þare altere
ga suere, & put me out of were,
þat to my husband þu me bryng
hale and fere but merryng.
þane, þat done, I sal anter me
but delay to pas with þe.”
þane wente þai to þe kyrk in hy,
quhare þire twa sanctis cane ly,
& [he can] suer one þe altere
to bryng hyre bath hale & fere
til hir husband but ony mare.
þane bounyt þai þame & furth fare,
tyl It tyd þame percase
to cume in-[to] a prywe place,
quhare he thocht hyre for to sla,
& fra hire horse [hir] cane he ta.
& scho, þat wes for hym hery,
mad sare chere, & cane he cry:
“now god of sancte damyane
& of sancte cosyne, helpe one ane!
for I ware nocht [in] þis sted now,
had I nocht trewit in-to ȝow.”
þane come þai sanctis bath in hy,
with a ful bricht cumpany,
þat hyre rescuyt fra hire fa,
þat durste nocht byd, fra þai com sa.
þane of þame sad til hire ane:
“we are cosimus and damyane,
to quhame þi husband tacht þe,
quhene he went of þis cunctre.
þare-for we cume in þi helpyng,
& als for þu gef trewyng
to þe ath þat þi fellone fa
ap-one oure altere he cane ma.”

þe pape philep in Rome gert ma
a kirk in honoure of þire twa,
quhare a man þaim seruice mad
for his heile, þat cancre had,
þat sa consumyt had his the,
þat begare & crepele wes he.
for-þi he prayt to þai twa
sanctis, til helpe hyme þan, sa
þat be þame he mycht get his heile,
& to þame he suld be seruand leile.
syne hapnyt hyme a nycht to ly
fore sorowfulnes al wery,
& saw þire sanctis cume hym til,
til helpe hyme in gud wil,
& brocht with þame enoynmentis fresche
& yrnis scharpe to cut ded flesche.
þane sad ane: “quhare sal we
flesche get þis want to supple?”
þane his bruthire til hym sad:
“in þe kirkȝard ȝestrewen wes lad
ane ethiope, & ȝet his flesche
is caloure Inucht & als fres.”
þe cancryt flesche þai schure away,
& fillyt þar-of but delay,
& it enoyntit syne with slicht,
& slad one owte of his sicht.
with þat þe sek mane waknit swith,
& fand hyme hale, & wes rycht blyth,
myslewand ȝet þat it wes he
wes mad hale in sic degre.
þare-for he cryit hely
to sere men þat ware [hym] by,
& prayt þaim luf god but abad,
þat þis merakil kyd had.
þane, to prowe þis gret ferly,
to þe sad grawe þai send in hy,
& fand it done in suthfastnes,
as here befor recordit wes.
als verraly helpe þai ws to twyne
fra hyne but det & dedly syne.