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Cesarius tellis þat in þe cetie of Argentyne þer was ane heretike, at was purseyvud̛ be burnyng with a hate yrn̛; bod he renayid̛
& shrafe hym̛, & tuke his penance. And when̛ he had done, his wyfe chiddid̛ hym̛ & said̛; "O þou vnhappye man̛! Whatt hase þou done? For þou sulde titter hafe putt þi bodie in a hondretℏ fyris, þan̛ for to recede away fro so provid̛ a faithe." And so be fals cownceƚƚ of his wife, he turnyd̛ agayn̛ vnto his fals error þat he was in befor̛. And onone he was taken̛, & þe hate yrn̛ layd̛ in his hand̛, and it burnyd̛ hym̛, & his wife was burnyd̛ also hir handis, evyn̛ vnto þe hard̛ bonys. And þan̛ þai war lattyn̛ go, & þar̛ handis war so sore at þai might not forbere crying; & þai durst not cry in þe cetie for purseyvyng, & þai went vnto þe wuddis. & þer þai war so turment with þer burnyng, at þai cryed̛ and yowlid̛ as þai had bene wulvis, vnto so mekuƚƚ, at þai of þe cetie fand̛ þaim & broght þaim home, & keste þaim bothe in a grete fyre. And̛ onone þai war burnyd̛ vpp̛ vnto verray assℏ.