The Second Nun's Tale
Folio 172v
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So þat ȝe me assure it nought to be wrayn
Valerian gan faste vnto hire swere
That for no cas ne þing þat mighte be
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He scholde for no þing neuer bywreyen hire
And þanne at erst þus to him sayde sche
I haue an aungel which þat loueþ me
That wiþ gret loue wheþer so I wake or slepe
Is redy ay my body for to kepe
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And if þat he may felen out of drede
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He wolde ȝou loue as me for ȝour clennesse /
And schewe ȝou of his ioye and his brightnesse
Valerian corrected as god wolde
Answerde aȝein if I schal truste to þe /
Let me þat aungel see and him biholde
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And if þat it a verray aungel be
Thanne wol I don as þou hast preyed me
And if þou loue anoþer man for soþe /
Right wiþ þis swerd I wol I sle ȝou boþe
Cecily answerde anon in þis wise
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If þat ȝou luste þat aungel schul ȝe se
So þat ȝe trowe on crist and ȝou baptise
Goþ forþ to via apia quod sche
Þat from þis toun ne stant by myles þre
And to þe pouere folkes þat þere dwelle /
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Sey hem rigħt þus as þat I schal ȝou telle /
Telle hem þat I Cecile ȝou to hem sent
To schewen ȝou þe goode vrban þe olde
For secre needes and for good entent
And whan þat ȝe seint vrban han byholde /
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Telle him þe wordes whiche þat I ȝou tolde /
And whan þat he haþ purged ȝou from synne
Þanne schal ȝe see þat aungel er ȝe twynne
Valerian is to þat place y gon
And rigħt as him was taugħt by his lernyng
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He fond þis holy vrban þer anon
Among þese seyntes buriels lotying