And afftyrward wiþ-Inne a þrawe
Þou schalt be heuedyd, ar euere I stent,
Wiþ houndys & foules al to-drawe,
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Þorwȝ myn owne comaundement."
Whenne þis emperour was war
Þat sche nolde nouȝt turne here þouȝt,
On alle maner þan bad he þar
Þat sche schoolde out off towne be brouȝt.
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Þenne lokyd sche to Kateryne,
And myldely sche here besouȝt
To don here erende in þat pyne
To god off heuene, þat al haþ wrouȝt.
Þenne sayde Kateryne, here trewe ffrende:
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"For soþe, dame, I telle it þe:
Off þe ioye wiþ-outen ende
Trust & sekyr may þou be,
Ȝiff þou þy deþ in hys name has
Þat spredde hys body vpon þe tree,
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As hys swete wylle was,
Forto maken oure soules ffree."
Men drowen here pappys off here brest
And hedyd here, as I haue told.
Þan bad þe emperour ful feste
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Þat noman scholde be so bold
For to beryyn here body —
For houndes scholde haue it at wolde.
Þe soule com ful hastyly
Before Jhesu, þat it fore was solde.
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Þenne afftyrward, whenne it was nyȝt,
Afftyr þys stronge passyoun,
Com Purphurye, þe goode knyȝt,
And ffond here lye wiþ-outen þe toun;
In crystene beryeles wiþ good entent
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He beryyd here wiþ deuocyoun,
Agayn þe kyngys comaundement —
To suffre deþ he was ful boun.
Þenne afftyr on þat oþir day
Men tolden þe emperour ful raþe
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Þat sche was beryyd, soþ to say.
Þan spak he wurdys grymme & wraþe:
"Enserches faste who þis haþ don,
My seriauntys þat I cloþe & fede!"
