[6-text p 546]
(76)
Thre strokis in the nekke he smoot hire tho [folio 380b]
The turmentour but for no manere chaunce
He myghte nat smyte al hire nekke a two
And for there was that tyme an ordynaunce
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That no man schulde doon / man swich penaunce
The fourte strook to smyte soffte or sore
This turmentour ne durste doon no moore
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(77)
But half deed with hire nekke I-koruyn theere
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He lefte hire lye / & on his woye is went
The cristene folk whiche that a-boute hire weere
With scheetis han the blood ful fayre I-hent
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Thre dayis leuede sche in that turnement
And neuere sesede hem the feyth to teche
That sche hadde fosterede hem sche gan to preche
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(78)
And hem sche ȝaf hire meoblis & hire thyng
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And to the Poope Vrban bi-tok hem tho
And seyde I axede this of heuene kyng
To haue thre dayis respit & namo
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To recommende to ȝow / er that I go
These soulis lo & that I myghte do werche
Heere of myn hous perpetuelly a cherche
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(79)
Seynt vrban with hise dekenys priuily
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The body fette & beriede it be nyght
Among hise othere seyntis honestely
Hyre hous the cherche of seynt cecile hyghte
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Seynt Vrban halwede it as he weel myght
In which in to this day in noble wyse
Meen don to Cryst & to his seynt seruyse
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