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[A]ne woman was þat tyme nere by,
þat wedyt was wilfully
with ane murthire, & was with barne
with hyme, þat turment hir ȝarne;
& god hire send gret seknes ek,
to punyce, and till mak hir mek.
þan send schow eftyr hyr systir,
and tawld how it stud with hyr,
and bad þat scho suld one one
requir þar goddis, dame dyone,
till helpe hyr þane but abad.
dyane answer to hyr mad:
“quhy prais þou me, þat na thing may
helpe þi sister? bot ga þi way
till andro, cristis appostill,
and byd [hym] ga þi sister till!
for he ma helpe hyr, sekirly,
throw vertu of his god in hy.”
þane sante andro sone scho schocht,
and till hyr cister sone hym brocht,
þat in poynte wes periste to be.
and in þat voice till hyr sad he:
“wikit women, þou tholis þus Ill,
for þu arte maryt a-gane skill,
and has consawit giltfully,
and consalite þe fend wikitfully.
Ȝet þane for-think þi sene, & trow
In þe lar of criste ihesu,
and þat ded thing, þat is in þe,
þu sall caste owt, and wariste be.”
and sone, as he can tell hyr till,
full suthfastly till hyr befell.