And when this maiden should unto a man Y-wedded be, that was full young of age, Which that y-called was Valerian, And comë was the day of marriáge, She, full devout and humble in her coráge, 4475 Under her robe of gold, that sat full fair, Had next her flesh y-clad her in an hair. 4476

And while the organs madë melody, To God alone thus in her heart sang she; “O Lord, my soul and eke my body gie 4477 Unwemmed, 4478 lest that I confounded be.” And, for his love that died upon the tree, Every second or third day she fast’, Aye bidding 4479 in her orisons full fast.