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Life of St Edmund §

Edited by Tarrin Wills

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Hē wæs ēadmōd and geþungen and swā anrǣd þurhwunode þæt hē nolde abūgan tō bysmorfullum leahtrum, ne on nāþre healfe hē ne āhylde his þēawas, ac wæs symble gemyndig þǣre sōþan lāre, ‘þū eart tō hēafodmen geset? ne āhefe þū ðē, ac bēo betwux mannum swā swā ān man of him’. 

He was humble and virtuous and continued resolutely thus so that he would not submit to shameful sins; nor in any way did he [¤] alter his conduct, but was always mindful of that true teaching, ‘you are appointed as ruler? do not [¤] exalt yourself, but be amongst men [¤] as one man among them’.  

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