“Your princes erren, as your nobley 4569 doth,” Quoth then Cecile, “and with a wood 4570 senténce 4571 Ye make us guilty, and it is not sooth: 4572 For ye that knowë well our innocence, Forasmuch as we do aye reverence To Christ, and for we bear a Christian name, Ye put on us a crime and eke a blame.

“But we that knowë thilkë namë so For virtuous, we may it not withsay.” Almach answered, “Choose one of these two, Do sacrifice, or Christendom renay, That thou may’st now escapë by that way.” At which the holy blissful fairë maid Gan for to laugh, and to the judgë said;