<fol. 130r>to hem & blamed hem . that they war~ so sone turned fro the
feythe that shuld haue seued her sowles . And had take
the false beleue that was Dampnacou@ to hem And beleueden~
vpon A man that wrow3t All by the deuell crafte . Than
hard Ermogines of this . And send to james philet his
disciple . for to dispute wt hym of the feythe . hopyng wt
the helpe of the fende that he shuld haue ouer-come hym .
But James in heryng~ of All the pepull ouer-come hym .
And so many miracles schewd in his sy3t . that Philetus
for-soke his mayster . And all the fendes crafte And be-cam
James disciplen . And whan heˆ[r]mogines hard her~ of he was
ny3e wode for Angur And callyd to hym A company of fendes
And bad hem go to James And to philete his discipull
And bryng~ hem to hym But whan the fendes come
towarde . James goddes Angell war~ redy . & bownden@ thes
fendes so . that sore wt brynnyng chaynes . that they criden .
to James for woo And seyden James goddes Apostell haue
mercy on vs . For Angell han bownden . vs wt brynnyng@ chay
nes that wo is vs on eche syde . Than seyd James
war~ to be ye come hedur . Than seyd they . Ermogines
in a grete wrathe send vs hedur . to bryng@ the And
Philetur y-bownden to hym . And now goddes Angell haue so
bownden vs that We mow not ster~ ne hond ne fote And
wo is vs to suffre this peyne . Than seyd James god
lose yow so that ye go to Ermogenes And brynge hym
hydur bownden@ to me . so ye do hym no harme . Than
<fol. 130v>come thes fendes to hermogines And seyd to hym thys
Thow sendist vs thedur as we ware bownden wt brynnyg~
chaynes . but now we shull bynde the And bryng~ the to
James But he hathe forboden vs to do the any harme .
And so they brow3ten@ hym bownde be-fore James And
seyd thes . This man hath don the moche persecucou@ &
vs meche desese . Wher~for yefe vs power And we
shull a-venge bothe the And vs on hym . Than seyd Ja
mes my Maystur Jhesu criste bad me and all odur do gode A
yenste ille . And than he bad plylete go And vnbynde
hym . And so let hym go lose whedur euer he wolde . Than
was Ermogines so confusyd . that he seyd thus to
James J know the males of thes fendes . whar~-for
y pray the take me su@ thyng~ of thyne wt me that
y mey defende me or ell they woll sle me . Tha~
James toke hym hs staffe . And whan he had that he yede
boldly to hs owne hows . And toke all his bokes And ber~
hem [in] to the see . leste the sauer of hem shuld effecte
any man if thay had b[r]ende . And whan he had so do
he come A-yen to James And fill downe at hs feete
And byd hym mercy . And prayd hym mekely that he wolde
cristen hym . Than was James Fayne and cristen And made
hym stedfaste in the beleue of Jhesu criste . so that he was
aftur An holy man . And [of] seche perfectoun <?> that god suffered
wro3t many miracerles for hym . Than hard the Jewes
her~-of And A-noun they toke James And did A rope Abow<?>
his necke And drow3 hym to kyng~ herode . Praynge hym
to <ill><1 word></ill> [yefe hem] lefe to do hym to deth . Or ell he woll turne
<fol. 131r>all owr~ nacou~ to crystes feythe . And distroye owr~ lawe
Than herode commawnded to smy3t of his hed And so
when he was beheded . Ermogines . and Philete And
odur mo of his discipulles token~ James body And for
they durste not bery hit there . they token hit wt
hem in-to a schyppe . And rowden@ in the se Prayeg~
god to lede hem thedur as he wolde that hit shuld
be beryed . Than god gouerned so the schyppe that ht
londed in spayne . in the lond ther as was A que
ne whiche was called Lupa that is in englysche
A she-wolfe . that for her cursyd lyuyng~ was callyd
so . Than toke they this cors & leyd hit on A stone
whiche wax so softe vndur the cors that the cors
dyued downe in-to the stone And lay ther-in as ht
had be a tumbe made ther-for And whan they had so
done sum of hem kept the cors . And sume zede to
the quene lupa and seyd to her By cause that
she wold not reseyue James cristes Apostell whyle
he leued . god hathe send his bones hedur wt-owt
any gouernawnce of schypmen . to be beryed here
where-for they prayd her of a plase as longyth
for seche an holy seynt to be beryed in . Than
this qwene did her wolfes kuynde . And she wyst
well that the kyng~ of spayne was an wyckyd
man of maners and wickydly wold do by hem
wher~-for she send hem to the kyng~ Prayenge hym
to ordeyne for hem se seche A place as war~ Abell
for the cors . And whan they come to the kyng@
<fol. 131v>And diden~ her message . Anon he made to caste hem in prisoun
And bownde hem faste wt yron chaynes . And while he
sate at mete A Angell come fro heuen . And opuned
the preson And bad hem go her whey . And so they dyd .
And whan the kyng~ hard that they whare goon he
send many kny3tes aftur hem . to fette hem A3en . But
whan the kny3tes come to A bryge the as they had
gon ouer . they sudenn fersly aftur . And A non~ the bryg
brake vndur them . And they fellen~ in-to the watur
And war~ drownde euery-chone Than was the kynge
so a-ferd of that veniawnce And send other men aftur
hem . prayeng~ hem to come a3en to hym beheteng~ hem that
they shuld haue all her desyre . And so they turned
a-yen <exp>aftur</exp> to the kyng~ And conuertyd all the pepull
of the cyte to cristes beleue . But whan the quene
hard hard her~-of . Sche was ny3 wode for hangur .
And thow3t to do hem bothe shame & harme And
send aftur hem praynge hem fayr~ to come to her And
she wold ordeyne well for them . So whan they come
to them her she seyd to l them . Go to seche An hille
And take ther~ bullus and putteth hem in-to A
wayne . And whether so euer they lede the way
ne J grawnte yow . that place to bery the cors
yn . This she seyd for grete malys hopynge
that the wylde bestes wolde haue sleyn hem or ell
all-to-draw3ne the wayne And so A corue Sent
James body pees mele . But whan thes men
come to the hille and sey the bullus Tey made
<fol. 132r>a cros A-genste hem and so the bullus stoden styll whiles
they yocked hem in the wayne . And than they lete hem
go And so in sy3t of all men . they led the wayne wt the
cors streyte in-to the quenes Pales . And whan the
quene sey that she repented her of her males . And
Asked god mercy And sent James And was cristende And so
whyt good will yafe her pales all to sent James And
all that lay ther-to . And so bilde ther~ An honeste chir
che And beryed sent James wt all the worchepe that
she cowde where god in to this day worcheth many mi
racles . of the whiche this is on ¶ A man that was
called Barnarde was taken wt enmyes And was done
in A depe dongen . And was bownde wt yron As miche
as he my3t bere And whan he was in that wo he
criyed And prayd hertly to Sent James for helpe . Than come
sent James to hym And bad hym be of gode comforte . And
brake the yrons that he was bownde wt And hunge
hem A-bow3te his necke . And bad hym sue hym vppe in-to
the coppe of the towre . And ber~ his chaynes to his
tumbe in spayne . And so he lepe downe to the erthe
wt-owt harme . And yede to sent James And offerd yer
his chaynes As seynt James bad hym ¶ Also iij kny3tes
yeden to sent James in a company to-gedur of the whiche
on by the prayer of a pore woman . in the wey toke her
scrype to bere . for she was wery . And so aftur he fonde
A syke man in the wey . toward sent James And for he
my3t not go . he sett hym on his hors . And he hym-sylfe
yede on his feete . berynge the por~ wommans scryppe
And the pore syke mannes staffe . But wat for hete of
the sonne . And for trauell whan he come to synt James