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| SNT 121 Was comen of Romayns and of noble kynde, | 2 |
| SNT 122 And from hir cradel up fostred in the feith | 2 |
| SNT 123 Of Crist, and bar his gospel in hir mynde. | 4 |
| SNT 125 Of hir preyere and God to love and drede, | 6 |
| SNT 125 Of hir preyere and God to love and drede, | 6 |
| SNT 127 And whan this mayden sholde unto a man | 8 |
| SNT 130 And day was comen of hir marriage, | 10 |
| SNT 131 She, ful devout and humble in hir corage, | 12 |
| SNT 134 And whil the organs maden melodie, | 14 |
| SNT 136 " O Lord, my soule and eek my body gye | 16 |
| SNT 138 And for his love that dyde upon a tree | 18 |
| SNT 139 Every seconde and thridde day she faste, | 20 |
| SNT 141 The nyght cam, and to bedde moste she gon | 22 |
| SNT 143 And pryvely to hym she seyde anon, | 24 |
| SNT 144 " O sweete and wel biloved spouse deere, | 24 |
| SNT 145 Ther is a conseil, and ye wolde it heere, | 26 |
| SNT 151 And thanne at erst to hym thus seyde she: | 32 |
| SNT 155 " And if that he may feelen, out of drede, | 36 |
| SNT 158 And in youre yowthe thus ye shullen dye; | 38 |
| SNT 159 And if that ye in clene love me gye, | 40 |
| SNT 161 And shewen yow his joye and his brightnesse. " | 42 |
| SNT 161 And shewen yow his joye and his brightnesse. " | 42 |
| SNT 164 Lat me that aungel se and hym biholde; | 44 |
| SNT 165 And if that it a verray angel bee, | 46 |
| SNT 167 And if thou love another man, for sothe | 48 |
| SNT 171 So that ye trowe on Crist and yow baptize. | 52 |
| SNT 174 And to the povre folkes that ther dwelle, | 54 |
| SNT 178 For secree nedes and for good entente. | 58 |
| SNT 179 And whan that ye Seint Urban han biholde, | 60 |
| SNT 181 And whan that he hath purged yow fro synne, | 62 |
| SNT 184 And right as hym was taught by his lernynge, | 64 |
| SNT 187 And he anon withouten tariynge | 68 |
| SNT 188 Dide his message; and whan that he it tolde, | 68 |
| SNT 200 And with that word anon ther gan appeere | 80 |
| SNT 203 And gan bifore Valerian to stonde. | 84 |
| SNT 205 Whan he hym saugh, and he up hente hym tho, | 86 |
| SNT 206 And on his book right thus he gan to rede: | 86 |
| SNT 208 O Cristendom, and Fader of alle also, | 88 |
| SNT 209 Aboven alle and over alle everywhere. " | 90 |
| SNT 217 And Pope Urban hym cristned right there. | 98 |
| SNT 218 Valerian gooth hoom and fynt Cecilie | 98 |
| SNT 220 This angel hadde of roses and of lilie | 100 |
| SNT 222 And first to Cecile, as I understonde, | 102 |
| SNT 223 He yaf that oon, and after gan he take | 104 |
| SNT 225 " With body clene and with unwemmed thoght | 106 |
| SNT 231 But he be chaast and hate vileynye. | 112 |
| SNT 232 " And thow, Valerian, for thow so soone | 112 |
| SNT 234 Sey what thee list, and thou shalt han thy boone. " | 114 |
| SNT 240 And bothe with the palm of martirdom | 120 |
| SNT 242 And with that word Tiburce his brother coom. | 122 |
| SNT 243 And whan that he the savour undernoom, | 124 |
| SNT 244 Which that the roses and the lilies caste, | 124 |
| SNT 246 And seyde, " I wondre, this tyme of the yeer, | 126 |
| SNT 248 Of rose and lilies that I smelle heer. | 128 |
| SNT 254 Snow white and rose reed, that shynen cleere, | 134 |
| SNT 256 And as thou smellest hem thurgh my preyere, | 136 |
| SNT 259 Bileve aright and knowen verray trouthe. " | 140 |
| SNT 265 " How woostow this? " quod Tiburce, " and in what wyse? " | 146 |
| SNT 269 The ydoles and be clene, and elles naught. " | 150 |
| SNT 269 The ydoles and be clene, and elles naught. " | 150 |
| SNT 270 And of the myracle of thise corones tweye | 150 |
| SNT 273 Commendeth it, and seith in this manere: | 154 |
| SNT 276 The world and eek hire chambre gan she weyve; | 156 |
| SNT 277 Witnesse Tyburces and [Valerians] shrifte, | 158 |
| SNT 280 And made his angel hem the corones brynge. | 160 |
| SNT 284 Tho shewed hym Cecile al open and pleyn | 164 |
| SNT 286 For they been dombe, and therto they been deve, | 166 |
| SNT 287 And charged hym his ydoles for to leve. | 168 |
| SNT 290 And she gan kisse his brest, that herde this, | 170 |
| SNT 291 And was ful glad he koude trouthe espye. | 172 |
| SNT 294 And after that she seyde as ye may heere: | 174 |
| SNT 299 Go with thy brother now, and thee baptise, | 180 |
| SNT 300 And make thee clene, so that thou mowe biholde | 180 |
| SNT 302 Tiburce answerde and seyde, " Brother deere, | 182 |
| SNT 303 First tel me whider I shal, and to what man? " | 184 |
| SNT 311 And woneth in halkes alwey to and fro, | 192 |
| SNT 311 And woneth in halkes alwey to and fro, | 192 |
| SNT 312 And dar nat ones putte forth his heed? | 192 |
| SNT 315 And we also, to bere hym compaignye; | 196 |
| SNT 316 " And whil we seken thilke divinitee | 196 |
| SNT 320 " Men myghten dreden wel and skilfully | 200 |
| SNT 322 If this were lyvynge oonly and noon oother. | 202 |
| SNT 327 And al that wroght is with a skilful thoght; | 208 |
| SNT 330 " By word and by myracle heigh Goddes Sone, | 210 |
| SNT 336 And now of three how maystow bere witnesse? " | 216 |
| SNT 339 Memorie, engyn, and intellect also -- | 220 |
| SNT 343 Of Cristes come, and of his peynes teche, | 224 |
| SNT 344 And manye pointes of his passioun; | 224 |
| SNT 347 That was ybounde in synne and cares colde; | 228 |
| SNT 349 And after this Tiburce in good entente | 230 |
| SNT 351 That thanked God, and with glad herte and light | 232 |
| SNT 351 That thanked God, and with glad herte and light | 232 |
| SNT 352 He cristned hym and made hym in that place | 232 |
| SNT 354 And after this Tiburce gat swich grace | 234 |
| SNT 355 That every day he saugh in tyme and space | 236 |
| SNT 356 The aungel of God; and every maner boone | 236 |
| SNT 360 But atte laste, to tellen short and pleyn, | 240 |
| SNT 362 And hem biforn Almache, the prefect, broghte, | 242 |
| SNT 363 Which hem apposed, and knew al hire entente, | 244 |
| SNT 364 And to the ymage of Juppiter hem sente, | 244 |
| SNT 365 And seyde, " Whoso wol nat sacrifise, | 246 |
| SNT 369 Of the prefectes, and his corniculer, | 250 |
| SNT 370 Hem hente, and whan he forth the seintes ladde, | 250 |
| SNT 374 And ladde hem to his hous withoute moore, | 254 |
| SNT 375 And with hir prechyng, er that it were eve, | 256 |
| SNT 377 And fro Maxime, and fro his folk echone, | 258 |
| SNT 377 And fro Maxime, and fro his folk echone, | 258 |
| SNT 381 And afterward, whan day was woxen light, | 262 |
| SNT 383 " Now, Cristes owene knyghtes leeve and deere, | 264 |
| SNT 385 And armeth yow in armure of brightnesse. | 266 |
| SNT 391 And whan this thyng was seyd as I devyse, | 272 |
| SNT 397 With humble herte and sad devocioun, | 278 |
| SNT 398 And losten bothe hir hevedes in the place. | 278 |
| SNT 403 With aungels ful of cleernesse and of light, | 284 |
| SNT 404 And with his word converted many a wight; | 284 |
| SNT 407 Cecile hym took and buryed hym anon | 288 |
| SNT 408 By Tiburce and Valerian softely | 288 |
| SNT 410 And after this, Almachius hastily | 290 |
| SNT 413 Doon sacrifice and Juppiter encense. | 294 |
| SNT 415 Wepten ful soore, and yaven ful credence | 296 |
| SNT 416 Unto hire word, and cryden moore and moore, | 296 |
| SNT 416 Unto hire word, and cryden moore and moore, | 296 |
| SNT 423 And alderfirst, lo, this was his axynge. | 304 |
| SNT 427 Of thy religioun and of thy bileeve. " | 308 |
| SNT 434 " Of conscience and of good feith unfeyned. " | 314 |
| SNT 436 Of my power? " And she answerde hym this: | 316 |
| SNT 443 " And yet in wrong is thy perseveraunce. | 324 |
| SNT 445 Han thus comanded and maad ordinaunce | 326 |
| SNT 448 And goon al quit, if he wole it reneye? " | 328 |
| SNT 450 Quod tho Cecile, " and with a wood sentence | 330 |
| SNT 451 Ye make us gilty, and it is nat sooth. | 332 |
| SNT 454 To Crist, and for we bere a Cristen name, | 334 |
| SNT 455 Ye putte on us a cryme and eek a blame. | 336 |
| SNT 462 Gan for to laughe, and to the juge sayde: | 342 |
| SNT 467 He stareth, and woodeth in his advertence! " | 348 |
| SNT 471 Ye, bothe power and auctoritee | 352 |
| SNT 477 " And if thou drede nat a sooth to heere, | 358 |
| SNT 481 Bothe for to sleen and for to quyken a wight; | 362 |
| SNT 488 " And sacrifice to oure goddes er thou go! | 368 |
| SNT 496 And that thou were in every maner wise | 376 |
| SNT 497 A lewed officer and a veyn justise. | 378 |
| SNT 503 And taste it wel, and stoon thou shalt it fynde, | 384 |
| SNT 503 And taste it wel, and stoon thou shalt it fynde, | 384 |
| SNT 506 So scorne thee and laughe at thy folye, | 386 |
| SNT 509 And thise ymages, wel thou mayst espye, | 390 |
| SNT 512 Thise wordes and swiche othere seyde she, | 392 |
| SNT 513 And he weex wroth, and bad men sholde hir lede | 394 |
| SNT 513 And he weex wroth, and bad men sholde hir lede | 394 |
| SNT 514 Hom til hir hous, and " In hire hous, " quod he, | 394 |
| SNT 516 And as he bad, right so was doon the dede; | 396 |
| SNT 518 And nyght and day greet fyr they under betten. | 398 |
| SNT 518 And nyght and day greet fyr they under betten. | 398 |
| SNT 519 The longe nyght, and eek a day also, | 400 |
| SNT 520 For al the fyr and eek the bathes heete | 400 |
| SNT 521 She sat al coold and feelede no wo. | 402 |
| SNT 529 And for ther was that tyme an ordinaunce | 410 |
| SNT 534 He lefte hir lye, and on his wey he went. | 414 |
| SNT 538 And nevere cessed hem the feith to teche | 418 |
| SNT 540 And hem she yaf hir moebles and hir thyng, | 420 |
| SNT 540 And hem she yaf hir moebles and hir thyng, | 420 |
| SNT 541 And to the Pope Urban bitook hem tho, | 422 |
| SNT 542 And seyde, " I axed this of hevene kyng, | 422 |
| SNT 543 To han respit thre dayes and namo | 424 |
| SNT 545 Thise soules, lo, and that I myghte do werche | 426 |
| SNT 548 The body fette and buryed it by nyghte | 428 |
| SNT 553 Men doon to Crist and to his seint servyse. | 434 |