THE SECOND NUNS TALE（第15页）

forwhichalmachius*didhimto-beat**seenote

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withwhipoflead，tillhehislifeganlete.**quit

cecilehimtook，andburiedhimanon

bytiburceandvaleriansoftely，

withintheirburying-place，underthestone.

andafterthisalmachiushastily

badehisministersfetchenopenly

cecile，sothatshemightinhispresence

dosacrifice，andjupiterincense.**burnincenset

butthey，convertedatherwiselore，**teaching

weptefullsore，andgavefullcredence

untoherword，andcriedreandre;

"christ，goddesson，withoutedifference，

isverygod，thisisalloursentence，**opinion

thathathsogoodaservanthimtoserve

thuswithonevoicewetrowe，*thoughwesterve.***believe**die

almachius，thatheardofthisdoing，

badefetchcecilie，thathemighthersee;

andalderfirst，*lo，thiswashisasking;*firstofa

"whatmannerwomanartethou?"quothhe，

"iamagentlewomanborn，"quothshe.

"iaskethee，"quothhe，"thoughittheegrieve，

ofthyreligionandofthybelieve."

"yehavebegunyourquestionfoolishly，"

quothshe，"thatwouldesttwoanswersconc露de

inonedemand?yeaskelewedly."**ignorantly

almachanswerdtothatsimilitude，

"ofwhenceesthineansweringsorude?"

"ofwhence?"quothshe，whenthatshewasfreined，**asked