Early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum

Felician regnyd emperour in the Cyte of Rome, In the empeire of whom þer was a knyȝt þat hadde weddid a yong dameseƚƚ to wif̘. And withinne fewe yerys þis woman lovid by wey of synne an oþer knyȝt, vndir hire husbond̛, and þat so mocℏ, þat she ordeyned for hire husbonde to be ded. Happyng̘ þat þis knyȝt wold goo on pilgrimage ouer þe see; And þerfore he seide to his wif̘, "Dame, y woƚƚ goo on pilgrimage, ouer þe see; And þerfore gouerne the wele the while til I come home aȝen." And with that she was glad, and seide, "Sir, wiþ þe grace of God aƚƚ shaƚƚ be wele y-do." And shortly for to touche þis mater; he tooke his leve, and ȝede his wey. Nowe þis false quene, his wif̘, ordeyned for his dethe in aƚƚ þat she cowde, and spake þerfore to a nigromauncer in þis forme: "Myn husbond," quod she, "is biȝende þe see; I woƚƚ wite, if þou cowde helpe þat he were ded by ony Crafte. Aske of me what þou wolt, and þou shalt have hit." Then spake he to hyre [leaf 150, back, col. 1] aȝen, and saide, "Ȝis, forsotℏ, lady, that I can. That knyȝt shaƚƚ dye by my crafte, yn what cuntre of the wordle so euer þat he be ynne. And y woƚƚ haue no thing of þe for my trauayle but þe love of thyne hert." [ I. ]

(1200-loppu tai 1300 alku) - EMPERATOR FELICIANUS. (HOW A WIFE EMPLOYED A NECROMANCER TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, AND HOW HE WAS SAVED BY A CLERK. Harl. MS. 7333. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;cc=cme;view=text;idno=GRom;rgn=div1;node=GRom%3A1