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Her byrias ſiw ſacramenta

English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

293r.16–293r.33

293r.16

bidhia Ok for͛ thy at th̅nne vnga qͥnnan

pray. And because this young woman

293r.17

wille ſik ey aff ſino̅ loſta halla for͛

would not keep herself from her lust for

293r.18

the høghtidhinna ſkuld genaſt ho̅ ko̅ i

the sake of the feast, as soon as she came into

293r.19

kirkiona tha ko̅ diæwlin in i henna likama

the church the devil came into her body

293r.20

oc pinte hona Oc en p̅ſt kom oc tok

and tormented her. And a priest came and took

293r.21

pallam aff ſc̅i ſebastiani altara oc lagdhe

the pall from St Sebastian's altar and laid [it]

293r.22

a henne at diæwlin ſkulle fly Tha ko̅

on her so that the devil would flee. Then

293r.23

diæwlin oc pinte p̅ſtin oc tho ko̅ diæwlin

the devil came and tormented the priest, and then the devil went

293r.24

fra p̅ſtin oc til qͥnnona i gen Sidha̅

from the priest back to the woman again. Then

293r.25

komo qͥnno̅na frænder oc kalladho koklara

the woman's kinsmen came and called in conjurers

293r.26

at the ſkullo m; kokelſkap diæwlin

so that they should by conjuring drive the devil

293r.27

wtkøra Ok tha koklarene willo diæwlin

out. And when the conjurers tried to drive the devil

293r.28

wtkøra tha pintis ho̅ ſo̅ ho̅ hafdhe thuſanda

out, she was tormented as if she had a thousand

293r.29

diæffla Om ſidhr͛ førdho the hona

devils. At last they took her

293r.30

til en hæligh biſkop oc het fortunatus oc

to a holy bishop, who was called Fortunatus, and

293r.31

for͛ hans bøn ſkuld wardh qͥnna̅ frælſt

through his prayer the woman was set free.

293r.32

Ok thy ſkal hwart hionalagh wæghia helgho̅

And therefore every married couple shall respect holy

293r.33

natto̅ Oc rædhas ſo̅ dauid p̅pha ſighr͛

nights, and fear, as David the prophet says:

Translator's note. 293r.32: to 'shun holy nights' is to abstain from intercourse on them.

The whole original: Menota's corpus at Clarino (open Holm D 4).