Austyn images for Julius D.IX fol. 88v

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