| Legends of the Saints in the Scottish Dialect of the Fourteenth Century | ||
eftir þis sancte Andrew can ga
to þe cite of Nicea.
and þa of þat cite can hym say,
þat, nere set uas by in þe way,
sewine fendis fers and fell,
and al þat passit by can quell.
þar he to god for þam can pray;
and þai fendis but delay,
In forem of hundis, can apere
mekly befor al þat þar wer.
and he bad þame opynly,
þat þai suld hald þar way in hy
to sic place, þat neuir mare
þai grewit men lat no are.
þar þai wanyste awai sone.
and al þe folk, quhene þat wes don,
becom cristine, and baptism tuk
thru sancte Androw, as sais þe buk.
to þe cite of Nicea.
and þa of þat cite can hym say,
þat, nere set uas by in þe way,
sewine fendis fers and fell,
and al þat passit by can quell.
þar he to god for þam can pray;
and þai fendis but delay,
In forem of hundis, can apere
mekly befor al þat þar wer.
and he bad þame opynly,
þat þai suld hald þar way in hy
to sic place, þat neuir mare
þai grewit men lat no are.
þar þai wanyste awai sone.
and al þe folk, quhene þat wes don,
becom cristine, and baptism tuk
thru sancte Androw, as sais þe buk.
| Legends of the Saints in the Scottish Dialect of the Fourteenth Century | ||