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1 I| and that he was exiled ere Volusian returned to the
2 I| he was forty days living ere he ascended in to heaven.
3 I| paradise toward the occident, ere he went any other part,
4 I| for man is frail, and yet ere I shall destroy him I shall
5 I| made a feast to them. But ere they should go to bed, the
6 I| sons at once, which two, ere they were born, fought oft
7 I| that my soul may bless thee ere I die. Which all these words
8 I| bless thee tofore our Lord ere I die. Now my son, take
9 I| eaten he may bless thee ere he die. To whom Jacob answered:
10 I| all that he brought to me ere thou camest. I have blessed
11 I| had two sons by his wife ere the famine and hunger came,
12 I| in the gate of the house ere they entered, saying: We
13 I| I shall go and see him ere I die. Then Israel went
14 I| Thy father commended us ere he died that we should say
15 I| midwives as well as we, and ere we come the children be
16 I| is bounden to know. And ere Moses received them written,
17 I| forty days and forty nights ere he received them. In which
18 II| kindred, but should die ere they came to man's estate,
19 II| Samuel departed, and yet ere he departed, he did do slay
20 II| palace was thirteen years ere it was finished. He made
21 II| dead, that he may be buried ere it be light day. And she
22 II| the pit that they had made ere it waxed light, and bade
23 II| mine eyes may see your sons ere I die. And the father and
24 II| buried it honourably. And ere that AEgeas was come again
25 II| which they would buy tofore ere they should assemble by
26 II| two years or thereabout ere the king came, and converted
27 II| I shall abate thy pride ere I leave thee, for I must
28 II| on the sea and departed ere the messengers came, wherefore
29 II| afeard lest he should die ere he might come again to him.
30 III| was found in the sea. And ere this yet was known Judas
31 III| the right great mortality, ere that he was sacred pope
32 III| doubt of the scourge of God ere that we feel it, and yet
33 III| may behold the people die ere they beweep their sins;
34 III| his evil deeds and sins, ere that the judge call him
35 III| went to destroy them. But ere the messenger came to them
36 III| delivered of their children ere their time, deformed and
37 III| showed miracles for him ere he was born. It was so that
38 III| his meed. And S. Aldhelm, ere he died, cursed all them
39 III| him and went to mass. And ere he began he charged that
40 III| and rode home. But tofore ere he departed from Ravenna
41 III| the dedication was made ere he would come and do it,
42 III| honourably. But he died ere he might perform it, so
43 III| with so many of them that, ere they left they tare all
44 III| go see S. Marcial tofore ere they returned in to their
45 IV| he lay in the churchyard, ere he was translated, a hundred
46 IV| rode to his lodging, but ere he departed from Ravenna,
47 IV| write another, if ye will, ere I shall write. And thus
48 IV| the table was covered, but ere he took any meat, the knights
49 V| to him a priest, of whom ere he died he would be confessed,
50 V| crucified and was taken down ere he died, and for to have
51 VI| after slew him by treason, ere he came to the presence
52 VI| degree as he did tofore ere he was bishop. And when
53 VI| bare away my brother. And ere my father might come to
54 VI| fetch the priest, but tofore ere the priest came, the devils
55 VI| would canonise her tofore ere she was buried. Then answered
56 VI| was prioress of the place ere she died, and was a holy
57 VI| blessed Trinity, and was there ere any of his scholars came,
58 VII| masters in her tender age ere she was converted to the
59 VII| thing that ye must receive ere ye come to the presence
60 VII| twelve monks with him, but ere they entered into the ship
61 VII| of you shall go to hell ere ye come again, but not for
62 VII| days they sailed about it ere they could get into the
63 VII| long time in the sea after, ere they could find any land,
64 VII| three days and three nights ere they saw any land, wherefore
65 VII| it was forty days after ere they came thither, wherefore
66 VII| see many a dreadful place ere they came home again. And
67 VII| times shall see this land ere he pass out of this world.
68 VII| he did all these expenses ere he was called to be bishop
69 VII| corpse that we might be there ere the night come. And howbeit
70 VII| celebration of his mass, ere he revested him, he kneeled
71 VII| of the archdeacon. Also ere he changed his manner of
72 VII| way of God to the people, ere he revesteth him with the
73 VII| therefore it is lawful to them ere they come to God that they
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