THE SECOND NUNS TALE（第16页）

"ofwhence?"quothshe，whenthatshewasfreined，**asked

"ofconscience，andofgoodfait混♂feigned."

almachiussaide;"takestthounoheed

ofmypower?"andshehimanswerdthis;

"yourmight，"quothshe，"fulllittleistodread;

foreveryrtalmannespoweris

butlikeabladderfullofwind，y-wis;**certainly

forwithaneedlespoint，whenitisblow，

mayalltheboastofitbelaidfulllow."

"fullwrongfullybegunnestthou，"quothhe，

"andyetinwrongisthyperseverance.

knowstthounothowourmightyprincesfree

havethusmandedandmadeordinance，

thateverychristianwightshallhavepenance，**punishment

butifthathehischristendomwithsay，**deny

andgoallquit，ifhewillitrenay?"**renounce

"yourprinceserren，asyournobley*doth，"*nobility

quoththencecile，"andwitha*woodsentence**madjudgment*

yemakeusguilty，anditisnotsooth:**true

foryethatknowewellourinnocence，

forasmuchaswedoayereverence

tochrist，andforwebearachristianname，

yeputonusacrimeandekeablame.

"butwethatknowethilkenameso

forvirtuous，wemayitnotwithsay."

almachanswered，"chooseoneofthesetwo，

dosacrifice，orchristendomrenay

thatthoumaystnowescapebythatway."

atwhichtheholyblissfulfairemaid

ganfortolaugh，andtothejudgesaid;