Thereupon he drew the iron out of the stone as easily
as if it had stood in sand, and greatly wondered thereat.
Afterward he replaced it in the same hole,
and pressed it with his foot, and it again stood so fast
that no man was able to draw it therefrom.
Then went the smith awestricken thence,
and in the market-place met a serf of this Eadsige,
and told him exactly what Swithhun bade him,
and earnestly prayed him to report it to him.
He said that he would make it known to his lord,
but however he durst not tell it at first,
until he bethought him that it would not be well for him
if he hid from his lord the saint's behest.
Then he told him in order what Swithhun had enjoined him.
At that time this Eadsige shunned bishop AEthelwold
and all the monks who were in the minster
because of the ejection that he had made regarding them,
and would not obey the saint's command,
though the saint was of worldly kindred to him.
He retreated however within two years
to that same monastery, and became a monk through (the grace of) God,
and there continued till he departed this life.
Blessed is the Almighty God, Who humbleth the proud,
and exalteth the humble to high estate,
and correcteth the sinful, and ever preserveth the good
who hope in Him, forasmuch as He is the Saviour.
Again, there was a certain poor churl, awfully humpbacked,
and painfully bowed together in consequence of the broad hump.
To him was certainly revealed in a dream,
that he should obtain at Swithhun's sepulchre
