It is the story of Saint Andrew and his journey to rescue Saint Matthew from the Mermedonians .
Andreas is 1,722 lines long and is the closest of the surviving Old English poems to Beowulf in style and tone .
Old English is the Old English of Saint Andrew and Andreas ' journey to rescue Saint Matthew from the Mermedonians .
Andreas is 1,722 lines long and is the closest of the surviving Old English poems to Beowulf in style and tone .