And right so as these philosóphers write, That heav’n is swift and round, and eke burning, Right so was fairë Cecilíe the white Full swift and busy in every good workíng, And round and whole 4473 in good perséveríng, And burning ever in charity full bright; Now have I you declared what she hight. 4474

This maiden bright Cecile, as her life saith, Was come of Romans, and of noble kind, And from her cradle foster’d in the faith Of Christ, and bare his Gospel in her mind: She never ceased, as I written find, Of her prayére, and God to love and dread, Beseeching him to keep her maidenhead.