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Saint austin þa^t cristendom brouȝte in to englond riȝt is among oþer y [rois?] þa^t he be vnderstond · sent g^regori þe holiman· pope was of rome· englond he loveþe moche· þeihe neiler rer come me tolþe hemþa^t þat lond was gog en þa^t [iȝtrede?] was sori was sein ge^egori þa^t hit i cristenei was him self he wolde habbe y went þere in to englonde ac þe ne moste foe his cardinals ac scholde sende his sonde Wit an fourti of godemen senct austen he nom· ⁊ sente him self in to englonde to preche cristendom þa^t echone monkes wore seint austin ⁊ ek þe opere þis [holiness?] wente fore þa^t alle coere as broere · after þa^t god was i bore [vif?] hondred ȝer hit was ⁊ [poiþri?] [????] ⁊ [???] to ȝer þa^t hi dede þis holi cas Bi dradde hom sore for he ne couþe þe speche of engelond Bi nome men þa^t tonþe coþe · [langage?] vnderstond · Bi dede him fort in þe se þo hi [þerer?] rome towarde þe hane of englond· þen riȝte wei bi nome ·

¶ To an yle bi este kent hoȝ schip gr^ace [eiu?] wende þa^t senct is y deþet as our lord [do?] [woldie?] sende · þe^r bi nome ferst hoȝ in · ⁊ nome hem sone to rede how in miȝte best on take to don þis holi dede · þe king albriȝt þa^t was do · king of englond bi an quinte messager faire in sente hor sonde þa^t hi [toere?] messageris ⁊ fram hei man y come to don him a message · fram þe coiþt of rome þa^t scholde worle wit outen end · to him ⁊ to al his londe to gret prou ⁊ richesse be ȝif hi þa^t wolde vnderstonde ¶ Þo þis wore to þe king com · he stod an while in þouȝt god tiding he sede mote hit be þa^t ȝ habbet me ibr[?]it vndersongere hem fair y nou · ⁊ honoureþen his also · ⁊ findeþe hem plente y nou of þa^t hi habbet neþe to forte ichabbe wit hem i spoke · ⁊ hor message ise · god leue as hi me bihoteþ wer þa^t hit mote [na?] prouwe ¶ his hese was fol wel iholde · me [afeng?] [hom?] faire y nou · þe king toward þilke yle · sone per after drou · þo he to þe yle com · to senct austin he sende · þa^t be to don · has message · wit his felanes to his mende Seint austin him [grevidede?] wel ⁊ his felanes echon forto fiȝte a ȝen de deuel ⁊ to bataile gon · hi made þe signe of þe crois oper arme nad hi non foȝ to don þis bataile ⁊ overcome his fon ¶a crois of selier wit þe fourme of god hi lete a rerer ⁊ in stede of baner a forme hom alle bere ⁊ eode foȝt wel baldeliche · as hardi kniȝtes ⁊ gode ⁊ suede hoȝ suete baner cort þe [foerme?] of þe rode hi [?omie] [piuge?] þe letanie for prov of þe londe · þa^t ouir lord hom sende grace · hoȝ preching to vnderstonde ¶ þe king hi grette hi suyþe faire þo hi to him come ⁊ sede hor erande þa^t hi brouȝte fram þe court of rome ⁊ precheþe him c^ristendom · ⁊ of oure lordes lawe þa^t goþer hele him ⁊ alle his wolde he þaerto drawe hi bihete him þe ioie of heven þa^t so riche was ⁊ is þa^t he scholde after þulke lif torne to þulke blis ⁊ be þere wit outen ende wit god þa^t ous bouȝt þa^t king stod þo he herde eis as þei he were in þouȝte ¶ suiþe fair þing hit is he sede þa^t re bihoteþ me · were ich siker þa^t hit [roerese?] soþ don wolde after þe ·

ac i ne consenti nont perto · for hit is ȝet uwe ar ichabbe more vnderȝite þa^t þis message be trewe ac for ȝe þus itr^auaile beþ fr^am so ferre ne lond · ⁊ for mine gode as ȝe seggeþ ⁊ doþ me to vnderstonde weni nel ich ȝou nout ac wel fayre bi ȝou do ⁊ vnderfonge ȝou ⁊ finde ȝou ⁊ þa^t ȝe habbeþ neþe to ¶ ⁊ ich grant · al þilke · [e?] þa^t wolleþ to ȝou [ti?rne] god leue ich ȝiue echmam · y nel no man werne · þis was at ferste me þingþ a god bigining þer after þer was þe bete hope · to come to god ending seint austin ⁊ all his a [sinþe?] fair woniyng þe [img?] ȝaf in þe town of douer to don mine hoz þreching seint austin ⁊ his felawes bigonne to þrechi faste so þa^t rome þa^t gode weren to hom hoeherte caste ⁊ torneþe hom to cristendom · euer þe leng þe mo so þa^t fole aboute hom cam · so þiffe so hit miȝte go hor dede sprong so wide sone · þa^t to þe king hit com · þe faire mir^acles þa^t hi dede · as hi precheþe cristendom þe king wente ⁊ herd hor preching him penȝte hit was wel god to long ichane he sede abide ar · ich þis vnderstoþ he torneþw him to cristendom ⁊ let him baptise anon · ⁊ bileneþe on ihsu crist ⁊ his men echon so fonge þa^t þis holiness hor wil badde aren ende þa^t þet fose of [enitou?] · to crristendom gau wende Seint austin went a ȝen do þe pope he tolþe of rome hen al þa^t folc of englond cristendom nome þo was þe pope seint gregori ibront in grete blisse he het seint austin wende a ȝen · þa^t lond bet to wisse · ¶ seint astin went anon/ a ȝen ⁊ do he bideþ com twelf bishopes he made in þis lond to [wardi?] cristendom · ⁊ þe ?rateþe ge was him self as our lord ȝef þa^t cas erchebischop at [don?e] þe ferste þa^t eure was seint austin brouȝte cristendom · þus to engelond wel auȝte we his dai ?olde ȝif we weren wel vnderstonde his dai is toward ȝif þe ende of mai · for þilke dai he wende out of þis liue to ihsu crist þa^t after him þo sende ¶ þe king ailberd seide do sey houdies ȝer riȝt ⁊ seþtene after þa^t oiye lord in his [mor?] was aliȝt ⁊ on ⁊ tuenti ȝer also after his cristendom ⁊ in six ⁊ fifti ȝer of his kinedom · non bidde we ȝerne seint austin · þa^t to cristendom gus brouȝte þa^t we to þe ioie come to [???] oure lord ous b ouȝte