| | He right anon wil sle you with the dede | |
| | And in your youthe thus shul ye dy | |
| | And yf that ye in clene lif me gy | |
| 160 | He wol you loue as me for your clennes | |
| | And shewe to you his ioye and his brightnes | |
| | This Valerian correctid as god wolde | |
| | Answerde agayn yf I shal triste the | |
| | Lete me that aungel se and hym beholde | |
| 165 | And yf that it a verry aungel be | |
| | Than wol I do as thou hast praid me | |
| | And yf thou loue anothir man for soth | |
| | Right with this swerd than wol I sle you both | |
| | Cecily answerde anon right in this wyse | |
| 170 | Yef that you list anon right the aungel shul ye se | |
| | So that ye trowe on crist and you baptise | |
| | Goth forth to via appia quod she | |
| | That from this toun stondith but mylis thre | |
| | And to the poure folkis that there duellyn | |
| 175 | Sey hem right thus as I shal you tellyn | |
| | Tel hem that I Cecili you to hem sent | |
| | To shewen you good vrban the olde | |
| | For secretnes and for good entent | |
| | And whan that ye saint vrban haue beholde | |
| 180 | Telle hym the wordis whiche that I to you tolde | |
| | And whan that he hath purgid you from synne | |
| | Than shal ye se that aungel or ye twynne | |
| | This Valerian is in to the place goon | |
| | And right as he was taught be her lernynge | |
| 185 | He fond this holy man vrban anon | |
