Austyn images for Julius D.IX fol. 88r

¶ 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 ·