++Wes iþon time as þe redunge telleð. þe modi Maximien keiser irome. heriende. ⁊ heiende heaðene maumez. wið unimeað {20} muchel hird. ⁊ wið heh duheðe. ⁊ fordemde alle þeo þe o drihtin bilefden. Þes mihti maximien luuede an eleusium biuoren monie of his men. Akennet of heh cun. ⁊ swiðe riche of rente. ⁊ ȝung{e} mon of ȝeres. þes ȝunge mon eleusi{us}. þ̵ þ{us} wes wel wið þe king{e}. hefde iunne feolahschipe to affrican. ⁊ wes iwunet ofte to cumen wið him {25} [f. 37v] to his in. ⁊ iseon his dohter. [Linenote: 25. _inune_ MS.] as he sumchere iseh hire utnume feir. ant freoliche. he felde hi{m} iwundet. þ̵ wið{}uten lechnunge of hire libben he ne mahte. Affrican wiste wel þ̵ he wes freo boren. ⁊ þ̵ him walde bicumen a freo boren burde. ant ȝettede h{im} his dohter. ⁊ wes sone [f. 57r] ihondsald al hire unwilles. ah {25} heo truste on him þat ne trukeneð namon{;} þ̵ trusteð treowliche on him. ant euch deis dei eode to ch`i´rche to leornen godes lare. ȝeornliche to witen hu ha mahte best witen hire unweommet. . . ++As he hefde en chere bihalden swiðe ȝeorne hire utnumne feire. ⁊ freoliche ȝuheðe{;} felde him iwundet in{}wið in his heorte wið þe flan þe of luue fleoð. swa þ̵ him þuhte þet ne mahte he nanes weis wið{}ute þe lechnunge of hire luue libben. Ant efter lutle {30} stounde wið{}ute long{e} steuene. wes him seolf sonde to affrican hire feader. ⁊ bisohte him ȝeorne þ̵ he hire ȝeue him. ⁊ he hire walde menskin wið al þ̵ he mahte. As þe þi{n}g i þe world þ̵ he meast luuede. Affrican wiste þ̵ he wes swið freo iboren. ant walde wel bicumen him a freo iboren burde. ⁊ ȝetede him his bone. Ha wes {35} him sone i{}hondsald þah hit hire unwil were. AH ha truste upon him þ̵ ne truked na mon. ha trewliche him truste on. ⁊ eode to chirche euche daheðes dei. to leornin godes lare. biddinde ȝeorne wið reowfule reames. þ̵ he wissede hire o hwuche wise ha mahte witen hire meiðhað. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {40} [Linenote: 36. After _were_, _al_ erased.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ah as ha wende hire summes weis to witene{;} sende him to seggen. þ̵ nalde {30} ha lihten swa lahe ne nehlechen him for nan liuiende mon. er þen he were under Maximian hehest in rome þ̵ is hehreue. Sone so he iherde þis. he bi{}ȝet et te keiser þ̵ he ȝettede him reue to beonne as þ̵ he iȝirnd hefde. ant he as me þa luuede. lette leaden him i{n}to {c}ure. ⁊ te riche riden in. ⁊ tuhen him ȝont te tun{;} from strete to strete. {35} ant al þe {c}ur wes bitild. þ̵ he wes in. wið purpre wið pal. ⁊ wið ciclatu{n}. ⁊ deorewurðe claðes. as þe þ̵ heh þing hefde to heden. ant þa he hefde þis idon{;} he sende hire to seggen. þ̵ he hefde hire wil iwraht. ⁊ heo schulde his wurchen. [Linenotes: 34, 36. _ture_ _tur_ MS. || 37. _ciclatur_ MS.]