The Second Nun's Tale Folio 200r 2 of 14 folios
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How manye wondres / Iħ c for hē wrougħ te
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But at the laste / to tellen short and pleyn
The sergeaū tez of the Toun of Rome / hē sougħ te
And hem / biforn Almache the per fect brougħ te
Whicħ hem opposed / and knew al here entente
And to the ymage / of Iubiter / hem sente
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Swape of his hed / this is myn sentence heere
A noon theise martirs / that I ȝow deuyse
Oon Maximë / that was an officere
Of the per fectes / and his cornyculere
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Hem hente / & whan he fortħ / the Seyntes ladde
Hī self he wepe / for pitee þ at he hadde
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He gat hī / of the Turmentours leue
And hadde hē to his hous / wt oute more
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And witħ here per chyng / er þ t it were eue
They gonnen fro the tr mentours / to reue
And fro Maxime / and fro his folk echone
The false feitħ / to trowe in god allone
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W Preestes / þ t hē cristened alle I feere
Cecile hī seide / witħ a ful stedfast cheere
Now Cristes owne knygħ tes / leeue & deere
Cast al a wey / the werkes of derknesse
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And armetħ ȝow in armes / of brigħ tnesse
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Ȝoure cours is don / ȝoure feitħ haue ȝe conserued
Gotħ to the corone of lyf / þ at may nat faile
The rigħ tful Iuge / whicħ that ȝe han serued
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Shal ȝeue it ȝow / as ȝe han it deserued
And whan this thyng / was seid / as I deuyse
Men ledde hē fortħ / to don the sacrifise
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To tellen shortly / the conclusioun
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They nolde encence / ne sacrifise rigħ t nougħ t
But on here knees / they setten hē a doun
W humble herte / and sad deuocioū
And losten bothe here heuedes / in the place
Here soules wenten / to the kyng of grace