Manegum mannum is cudh seo halige st['o]w S[=ce] Michaheles, on thaere
d['u]ne the is geh['a]ten Garganus. Seo d['u]n stent on Campania landes
gemaeron, widh tha s['ae] Adriaticum, twelf mila on upstige fram anre byrig
the is geh['a]ten Sepontina. Of dhaere stowe weardh araered thises daeges
freols geond geleaffulle geladhunge. Thaer eardode sum thurhspedig mann
Garganus geh['a]ten: of his gelimpe weardh seo d['u]n swa gec['i]ged. Hit
gel['a]mp, thatha seo ormaete micelnyss his orfes on dhaere dune laeswede,
thaet sum modig fearr weardh ['a]ngencga, and thaere heorde-drafe
oferh['o]gode. Hwaet se hl['a]ford tha Garganus gegaderode micele menigu
his in-cnihta, and dhone fearr gehwaer on dham westene sohte, and aet
nextan hine gemette standan uppon dham cnolle thaere healican dune, aet
['a]nes scraefes inngange; and he dha mid graman weardh astyred, hw['i] se
fearr ['a]ngenga his heorde fors['a]we, and gebende his bogan, and mid
geaettrode flan hine ofsceotan wolde; ac seo geaettrode fl['a] wende ongean
swilce mid windes blaede adhrawen, and thone dhe hi sceat thaerrihte
ofsloh.
His magas dha and nehgeburas wurdon thearle thurh dha daede ablicgede, and
heora n['a]n ne dorste dham fearre genealaecan. H['i] dha heora biscop
r['ae]des befrunon, hwaet him be dham to donne waere. Se biscop dha funde
him to r['ae]de, thaet h['i] mid threora daga faestene, swutelunge thaes
wundres aet Gode baedon. Tha on dhaere dhriddan nihte thaes faestenes
aeteowde se heah-engel Michahel hine sylfne tham biscope on gastlicere
gesihdhe, thus cwedhende, "Wislice ge dydon, thaet ge to Gode sohton thaet
thaet mannum digle waes. Wite dhu gewislice, thaet se mann dhe mid his
agenre fl['a]n ofscoten waes, thaet hit is mid minum willan ged['o]n. Ic
eom Michahel se heah-engel Godes Aelmihtiges, and ic symle on his gesihdhe
wunige. Ic secge dhe, thaet ic dha stowe the se fearr geealgode synderlice
lufige, {504} and ic wolde mid thaere geb['i]cnunge geswutelian thaet ic
eom dhaere stowe hyrde; and ealra dhaera t['a]cna dhe dhaer gelimpadh, ic
eom sceawere and gymend." And se heah-engel mid thisum wordum to heofonum
gew['a]t.
Se biscop rehte his gesihdhe tham burhwarum, and hi dha sydhdhan gewunelice
thider sohton, and thone lifigendan God and his heah-engel Michahel
geornlice baedon. Tw['a] dura h['i] gesawon on dhaere cyrcan, and waes seo
suth duru sume daele mare, fram dhaere lagon stapas to dham west-daele; ac
h['i] ne dorston thaet halige h['u]s mid ingange geneosian, ac daeghwomlice
geornlice aet dhaere dura h['i] gebaedon.
Tha on dhaere ylcan t['i]de Neapolite, the waeron dha-gyt on haedhenscipe
wunigende, cwaedon gefeoht togeanes thaere burhware Sepontiniscre ceastre,
the tha halgan stowe wurdhodon, and togeanes Beneuentanos. H['i] dha, mid
heora biscopes mynegungum gelaerde, baedon threora daga faec, thaet hi
binnon tham dhrim dagum mid faestene thaes heah-engles Michaheles fultum
baedon. Tha haedhenan eac swilce mid lacum and offrungum heora leasra goda
gecneordlice m['u]nde and gescyldnysse baedon.
Efne dha on dhaere nihte the thaet gefeoht on merigen toweard waes,
aeteowde se heah-engel Michahel hine sylfne dham biscope, and cwaedh, thaet
he heora bena gehyrde, and his fultum him beh['e]t, and het thaet h['i] ane
t['i]d ofer undern h['i] getrymedon ongean heora fynd. H['i] dha on merigen
blidhe and orsorge, thurh dhaes engles beh['a]t, and mid truwan his
fultumes, ferdon togeanes dham haedhenum. Tha sona on anginne thaes
gefeohtes waes se m['u]nt Garganus bifigende mid ormaetre cwacunge, and
micel liget fleah of dhaere d['u]ne swilce fl['a]n widh thaes haedhenan
folces, and thaes m['u]ntes cnoll mid theosterlicum genipum eal oferhangen
waes. Hwaet dha haedhenan dha forhtmode fleames cepton, and gelice h['i]
wurdon mid tham fyrenum {506} flanum ofscotene, gelice mid thaera cristenra
waepnum hindan ofsette, odhthaet hi heora burh Neapolim s['a]mcuce
gesohton. Sodhlice dha dhe dha frecednyssa aetflugon, oncneowon thaet Godes
engel dham cristenum to fultume becom, and h['i] dhaerrihte heora swuran
Criste undertheoddon, and mid his geleafan gewaepnode wurdon. Witodlice
thaes waeles waes geteald six hund manna mid tham fyrenum flanum
ofsceotene. Tha cristenan dha sigefaeste mid micelre bylde and blisse
h['a]m gecyrdon, and dham Aelmihtigan Gode and his heah-engle Michahele
heora beh['a]t to dham temple gebrohton. Tha gesawon h['i] aetforan dhaere
cyrcan nordh-dura, on tham marmanstane, swilce mannes f['o]tlaesta
faestlice on dham stane gedhyde, and h['i] dha undergeaton thaet se
heah-engel Michahel thaet t['a]cen his andwerdnysse geswutelian wolde. Hi
dha sona dhaer-ofer cyrcan ar['ae]rdon and weofod, tham heah-engle to lofe,
dhe him on tham stede fylstende st['o]d.
Tha weardh micel twynung betwux dhaere burhware be dhaere cyrcan, hwaedher
h['i] inn-eodon, odhdhe h['i] halgian sceoldon. Hwaet h['i] dha on tham
east-daele dhaere stowe cyrcan araerdon, and tham apostole Petre to
wurdhmynte gehalgodon, and thaer-binnan S[=ce] Marian, and Iohanne dham
Fulluhtere weofod asetton. Tha aet nextan sende se biscop to dham papan,
and hine befr['a]n, h['u] him embe thaes heah-engles getimbrunge to
d['o]nne waere. Se papa thisum aerende dhus geandwyrde, "Gif mannum alyfed
is thaet hi dha cyrcan dhe se heah-engel sylf getimbrode halgian moton,
thonne gebyradh seo halgung on dham daege the h['e] eow sige forgeaf, thurh
unnan dhaes Aelmihtigan. Gif dhonne hwaet elles tham heah-engle gelicige,
axiadh his willan on tham ylcan daege." Thadha dheos andswaru tham biscope
gecydd waes, tha bead h['e] his ceastergewarum threora daga faesten, and
b['ae]don tha Halgan Thrynnysse thaet him wurde geswutelod sum gewiss
be['a]cn embe heora twynunge. Se heah-engel dha Michahel, on dhaere
dhriddan nihte thaes faestenes, cwaedh to dham biscope on swefne, "Nis eow
nan neod thaet ge dha cyrcan halgion the ic getimbrode. Ic sylf hi
getimbrode {508} and gehalgode. Ac gadh eow into dhaere cyrcan unforhtlice,
and me aetstandendum geneosiadh tha stowe aefter gewunan mid gebedum; and
thu thaer to-merigen maessan gesing, and thaet folc aefter godcundum dheawe
to husle gange; and ic thonne geswutelige h['u] ic dha stowe dhurh me
sylfne gehalgode."
Hi dha sona thaes on merigen dhider mid heora offrungum blidhe comon, and
mid micelre ['a]nraednysse heora bena on dham suth-daele inn-eodon. Efne
dha h['i] gesawon an l['a]ng portic on dham nordh-daele astreht for nean to
dham marmanstane the se engel onstandende his f['o]tlaeste aeteowde. On
dham east-daele waes gesewen micel cyrce to dhaere h['i] staepmaelum
astigon. Seo cyrce mid hire portice mihte fif hund manna eadhelice bef['o]n
on hire rymette: and thaer st['o]d, gesett widh middan thaes sudh-wages,
arwurdhe weofod, mid readum paelle gescrydd. Naes thaet h['u]s aefter manna
gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed, to gelicnysse sumes
scraefes. Se hr['o]f eac swylce haefde mislice heahnysse: on sumere stowe
hine man mihte mid heafde ger['ae]can, on sumere mid handa earfodhlice. Ic
gelyfe thaet se heah-engel mid tham geswutelode thaet he micele swidhor
sohte and lufode thaere heortan claennysse thonne dhaera st['a]na
fraetwunge. Thaes muntes cnoll widhutan is sticmaelum mid wuda oferwexen,
and eft sticmaelum mid grenum felda oferbraeded.
Sodhlice aefter dhaere maessan and dham halgan husel-gange gecyrde gehw['a]
mid micclum gefean to his agenum. Se biscop dha dhaer Godes dheowas
gelogode, sangeras, and raederas, and sacerdas, thaet hi daeghwomlice dhaer
Godes thenunge mid thaeslicere endebyrdnysse gefyldon; and him dhaer
mynsterlic botl timbrian h['e]t. Nis theah-hwaedhere nan mann to dham
dyrstig thaet h['e] on nihtlicere tide binnan dhaere cyrcan cuman durre, ac
on d['ae]grede, tha Godes theowas thaer-binnan Godes lof singadh. Of dham
hr['o]f-stane on north-daele thaes halgan weofodes yrndh dropmaelum swidhe
hluttor waeter, and wered, thaet gecigdon dha dhe on thaere stowe wunodon,
stillam, thaet is, {510} dropa. Thaer is ahangen sum glaesen f['ae]t mid
sylfrenne racenteage, and thaes wynsuman waetan onfehdh. Thaes folces
gewuna is, thaet h['i] aefter tham halgan husel-gange staepmaelum to dham
faete astigadh, and thaes heofonlican waetan onbyriadh. Se waeta is swidhe
wynsum on swaecce, and swidhe h['a]lwende on hrepunge. Witodlice forwel
menige aefter langsumum fefere and mislicum mettrumnyssum, thurh dhises
waetan thigene hraedlice heora haele brucadh. Eac swilce on odhrum gemete,
ungerime untruman thaer beodh oft and gelome gehaelede, and menigfealde
wundra thurh dhaes heah-engles mihte dhaer beodh gefremode; and dheah
swidhost on thysum daege, dhonne thaet folc of gehwilcum leodscipe tha
stowe geneosiadh, and thaes engles andwerdnyss mid sumum gemete dhaer
swidhost bidh, thaet dhaes apostoles cwyde beo lichamlice gefylled, thaet
thaet h['e] gastlice gecwaedh: he cwaedh, thaet "englas beodh to
dhening-gastum fram Gode hider on worulde asende, thaet hi beon on fultume
his gecorenum, thaet hi dhone ecan edhel onf['o]n mid him."