Meir Egiptiaca a bresswyllyus en tei e ^[1] that deudeng blyned. Ac odena wedy e chymell o aniweirdep e kerdws hyt en Alexandria. En e wal honno yd emrodes e chorff e buteindra heb gaffael [ Richards 1937, p. 46 ] e dogyn a hep dim gverth ^[2] idi hitheu dwy vlyned ar bymthec. Ac odena pan weles e niveroed ^[3] mwyhaf en menet Gaerusalem a Chroes, bryssyav a oruc hitheu gyt ac wyntwy parth a’r llong a rodi e phriaut gorff dros y lle a’e hemborth ar e mor. A guedy dyuot o’r llong ac etwa hep gafael e dogyn o’e godinap, [ Mittendorf 1996, p. 227 ] hi a gerdws gyt a phaub gan barhau en e drycvuched ene doeth e’r dinas kyssygredic. A Diw Gwyl e Groc en e kynhaeaf oed henne, a phaub en kerdet en ryd e’r demyl gyssygredic, y proues hitheu vynet eno ac nys gallei, canys o amneit Duw e gurthledit. En e diwed wede daall ohonei er achaus, hi a dechreu<w>s llevein ar delw Veir a oed yn drws e demyl, ac edrech arnei a maedu e dwyvronn gan dagreuoed, ac adav en gadarn na halogei e chorff byth o henne allan. Ac odena hi a aeth e’r demyl, ac en vuyd dihewydus adoli prenn e Groc. [ Mittendorf 1996, p. 228 ] A dyuot drachevyn a oruc ar delw e wynvydedic Veir a dywedut urthi gan emdiryet: ‘Arglwydes’, hep hi, ‘kyvarwydhaa vi en e lle e mynnych.’ ‘O cherdy’, hep er argluydes, ‘e tu draw y Eurdonen, ti a geffy orfowys da.’ Ac ar e geir hvnnv ^[4] kerdet a oruc en gyflym o drws e demyl. Ac e rodes vn idi teir keinnyauc ac er e rei henne e prynws hitheu teir torth. A phan emachludws er heul e nos honno, e doeth y egluys Yeuan Vedydywr ar lan Eurdonen. [A] thrannoeth wedy kemryt eno corff er Argluyd, e kerdws e diffeith e tu draw y Eurdonen, [ Mittendorf 1996, p. 229 ] ac ena e bu hep vwyt en dieissyeu wedy y chymunav seith mlyned a deugeint, ac a vu o’e buched en ol, nyt amgen dwy vlyned ar bymthec, e buchedocaws ar e their torth. E dwy vlyned ar bemthec kentaf e doeth e’r didryf e cauas avlonydwch ^[5] gan e chnavt, a chan ganhorthwy e wynvydedic Wyry eissyoes ny pheryglws.

Ac eissyoes pan nessaws tervyn e buched, e kyuarwydhaws Duw atei menach, a Zosimas oed y enw, a hitheu a vynegis idav ^[6] ef kyffes e holl vuched. [ Mittendorf 1996, p. 230 ] A phan doeth enteu y’w vanachloc, e menegis y’u vrodyr e gyvranc. A’r ulwyden rac wyneb Nos Yeu Cablut eg kylch ^[7] gosper, pan ytoed e menach en kerdet e’r vn didryf gynt, a chorff er Argluyd ganthav a pheth bwyllvr [ Richards 1937, p. 47 ] idav e hun, nachaf hitheu en dyuot, a guede dodi arwyd y ^[8] groc ar e dwuyr, kerdet en droetsych dros Eurdonen megys ar vaes guastat hyt ar Zosimas, a chemryt e ganthav ^[9] corff er Argluyd. A gvedy e gennic idi o’r manach, hi a gemyrth ychydic o’r bwyt. Ac vn agved ac e dothoed, emchuelut trwy e dwuyr a gvediaw Zosimas ac adolwyn idav er vn amser hvnnv em penn ^[10] e vlwyden, pa furw bennac e mynnei Duw idav e chaffael hi, y dyu[ot] eno. Ac evelly e gwnaethpvyt. A phan doeth, ef a gavas corff e santes honno wedy y chyweiryav herwyd Cristyonogaul deuavt, ac en yscrivenedic en e daear ger llaw e corff: [ Mittendorf 1996, p. 231 ] ‘E tat Zosimas, clad corfyn e druan Veir.’ A phan weles henne, llawen vu cany wydyat e henw kynn no henne. A phan ytoed en emovalu pa furw e cladei, yd anvones Duw llew idav, a hvnnv a’e cladws urth e orchemen enteu. Ac evelly e bu diwed e santes honno.

Mary of Egypt dwelt in her father’s house for twelve years. And then urged by wantonness she journeyed to Alexandria. In that den she yielded her body to prostitution without obtaining satisfaction and without any meed for herself for seventeen years. And then when she saw huge multitudes going to Jerusalem with a cross she hastened along with them to the ship, and gave her own body for her berth and sustenance at sea. And after coming from the ship and still without obtaining satisfaction of her lust she travelled along with everybody persisting in her evil life until she came to the Holy City. And that was Holy Rood Day in the harvest, and as everyone was walking freely to the holy temple she attempted to go there and could not, for she was repelled by the sign of God. At last, when she understood the reason she began to cry out upon the image of Mary which was before the temple and gazed upon it and tearfully beat her breast promising firmly that she would never defile her body from that forward. And then she went to the temple and worshipped the wood of the Cross obediently and eagerly. And she came again to the image of the Blessed Mary and addressed it trustfully. ‘ Lady ’ she, [sic!] said, ‘ direct me where thou wilt ’. ‘ If thou travellest ’, said the Lady, ‘ to the other side of the Jordan thou wilt find a good resting-place ’. And at that word she journeyed swiftly from belore [?sic!] the temple and one gave her three pence and for those she bought three loaves. And when the sun went down that night she came to the Church of John the Baptist on the bank of the Jordan. And the next day after partaking of the Body of the Lord she traversed the desert beyond Jordan ; and then she was for forty-seven years without food without necessity after communing. And what there was of her life behind, namely seventeen years, she lived on her three loaves. The first seventeen years she came to the desert she [ Ibid., p. 49 ] had trouble from her flesh, and by the aid of the Blessed Virgin nevertheless she took no harm.

And then when the end of her life approached God directed to her a monk whose name was Zozimas, and she related to him the confession of her whole life. And when he came to his monastery he related to his brethren his story. And the next year on the eve of Maundy Thursday about vespers when the monk was travelling the same desert as before and the Body of the Lord with him and some provender for himself behold she came to Zozimas with dry feet over the Jordan as (if she were) on a level plain. And she took a little of the food after the monk had offered it to her. And in the same manner as she had come she returned through the water and prayed Zozimas and implored him to come there at the same time at the end of the year, whatever way God willed him to find her. And it was done thus. And when he came he found the body of that saint laid out according to Christian practice, and written in the earth near her body : O Father Zozimas, bury the body of wretched Mary. And when he saw that he was joyful for he knew not her name before then. And when he was considering how he should bury her God sent to him a lion who buried her according to his direction. And thus was the end of that saint.

[...] [ Unger 1877, p. 501 ] Enn þa er kom .+. messudagr, þa foru menn fiolmentt til kirkiu fyrir guðs sakar ok hans lof fram at flytia ok halæitliga hans tign at gera. Þa skynda ek gongu minni i þeira flokc fyrir illsku minni ok otru at lata sem flesta menn sia mig. Þa komu vær til kirkiudura, ok gengu þa allir menn i kirkiuna inn adrir, enn ek matta eigi inn komazs. Þa þotti mer kynligtt, hvi sætti. Þa gekk ek i þrau(n)g manna, ok hugða ek, at menn skylldu hrinda mer inn með ser, enn mer tioði þat ecki. Þa geck alltt folkk inn, enn ek matta eigi inn komazs.

8. Enn er ek hafða leingi við þat brotizst at þraungvazs inn, þa var ek sva moð, at ek matta eigi sva leingr lata, ok hvarf ek þa með kirkiunni annan veg hia vegginum fyrir utan i ra eina, k kom mer þa i hug, hvatt vallda munði þvi, er ek matta eigi i kirkiuna ganga sem alltt kristit folkc annat, ok þotumzs ek þa finna, hvatt ek hafða syzst, ok mundi guð mig fyrir þat utt recka, [ Unger 1877, p. 502 ] at ek var verri enn eingin maðr annara. Þa tock ek at grata af ollum hug ok bardag ꜳ briost mer, ok andvarpada ok idrudumzst ek synða minna. Enn er ek sa or ra þeiri, er ek stoð i, hvar skriptt ein var sett gerr eptir Mariu modur drottins vors, [...]