{"id":14754,"date":"2021-11-02T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=14754"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:10","slug":"la-seconde-nonne-64","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/the-second-nun-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterburry Tales: The Second Nun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBreton mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Contes_de_Canterbury\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geoffrey Chaucer is an English writer and poet who was born in London in the 1340s and died in 1400 in that same city. His most famous work is <i>Canterbury Tales<\/i>. The <i>Canterbury Tales<\/i> are, with <i>Sire Gauvain and the Green Knight<\/i> (from an anonymous person) and <i>Peter the Plowman<\/i> (by William Langland), the very first great works of English literature. Here is the first tale: the second nun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"canterbury tales the second nun\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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Nun<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contes-de-Canterburry-Le-conte-de-la-seconde-nonne\"><\/span>Canterburry Tales: The Tale of the Second Nun<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\t\tThe Prologue to the Tale of the Second Nun.<\/p>\n<p>The servant and the nurse of vices<br \/>called in English &quot;Ydelnesse&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\"><\/sup>,<br \/>who is the guardian of the door of delights<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\"><\/sup>, -<br \/>to avoid it, and by its opposite to overwhelm it,<br \/>that is to say by lawful industry,<br \/>we should put all our efforts,<br \/>lest the devil out of idleness take us.<\/p>\n<p>Because he, who with his thousand twisted laces<br \/>is always on the lookout to catch us,<br \/>10 quand il peut apercevoir homme oisif,<br \/>he knows how to catch him so quickly,<br \/>that as long as he is not gripped by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/\">Basque<\/a>,<br \/>he does not realize that the demon has it in hand;<br \/>we should work well and fight idleness.<\/p>\n<p>And although the man was not afraid of dying,<br \/>yet he sees very clearly, due,<\/p>\n<p>that idleness is rotten sluggishness,<br \/>from whom no good fruit comes out;<br \/>and see that laziness<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\"><\/sup> keep on a leash<br \/>20 pour qu\u2019elle ne fasse que dormir et que manger et boire<br \/>and devour the labor of others.<\/p>\n<p>And to keep us from such idleness,<br \/>which is the cause of so much confusion,<br \/>I give myself here as a faithful task,<br \/>following the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-5\"><\/sup> to translate<br \/>your glorious life and passion,<br \/>you with the garland woven of roses and lilies;<br \/>I mean you, virgin and martyr Saint Cecilia.<\/p>\n<p><i>Invocation to Mary.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And you who are the flower of all virgins,<br \/>30 dont plut \u00e0 Bernard<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\"><\/sup> write so well,<br \/>it is you that I first invoke at my beginning;<br \/>O our comfort, poor sinners, give me to write<br \/>the death of your servant, who won by her merit<br \/>eternal life and victory over the devil,<br \/>as we can read below in its history.<\/p>\n<p>You virgin and mother, daughter of your son<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\"><\/sup>,<br \/>you well of thanks, cure of the sinful soul,<br \/>in whom God, out of goodness, wanted to dwell,<br \/>you humble, and high above any creature,<br \/>40 tu as ennobli \u00e0 tel point notre nature,<br \/>that the creator did not have contempt of our generation,<br \/>to clothe and wrap his son in blood and flesh.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the cloister blessed with your flanks<br \/>received eternal love and peace in human form<br \/>which of the triple space<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\"><\/sup> is king and guide,<br \/>that the earth and the sea and the sky never cease<\/p>\n<p>to rent ; and you, spotless virgin,<br \/>you have given birth, and remain a pure virgin,<br \/>the creator of all creatures.<\/p>\n<p>50 En toi sont r\u00e9unies la magnificence<br \/>and thank you, kindness and pity such<br \/>that you, who are the sun of excellence,<br \/>not only help those who pray to you,<br \/>but many times, in your blessing,<br \/>generously, before the man pleads for your help,<br \/>you warn him and make yourself the doctor of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Now help, O sweet and blessed virgin kind,<br \/>I, poor exile in this desert of gall;<br \/>think of the Chanaan woman, who used to say<br \/>60 que les petits chiens mangent des miettes<br \/>who fell from their masters table<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\"><\/sup>\u00a0;<br \/>and although, unworthy son of Eve<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\"><\/sup>,<br \/>I am a sinner, yet accept my faith.<\/p>\n<p>And since faith is dead without works,<br \/>to work, give me time and knowledge,<br \/>may I leave places which are so dark!<br \/>O you, who are so beautiful and full of grace,<br \/>be my lawyer in this high stay<br \/>where endlessly we sing &quot;Hosanna&quot;,<br \/>70 toi m\u00e8re du Christ, fille ch\u00e8re d\u2019Anne\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>With your clarity illuminates my trapped soul,<br \/>who is troubled by the contagion<br \/>of my body and also by the weight<br \/>earthly desires and false affections;<br \/>oh harbor of refuge, oh hello<br \/>of those who are in pain and distress,<br \/>or help me, because I want to put myself in my work.<\/p>\n<p>But please, you who read what I write<sup id=\"cite_ref-11\"><\/sup>,<br \/>forgive me if i am not diligent<br \/>80 \u00e0 r\u00e9diger avec art cette histoire-ci\u00a0;<\/p>\n<p>because I have both the words and the sentences<br \/>of the one who out of reverence for the saint<br \/>wrote history, and I am his legend,<br \/>and beg you to amend my work.<\/p>\n<p><i>Interpretation of the name of C\u00e9cile proposed by brother Jacob de Voragine in the Golden Legend.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>First of all I would like to explain the name to you<br \/>of Saint Cecilia, as we can read in her story;<br \/>he means in English &quot;hevenes lilie&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\"><\/sup>,<br \/>for the pure chastity of her virginity;<br \/>or else, for what had the whiteness of honor,<br \/>90 et la verdeur de la conscience, et de bon renom<br \/>the sweet smell, &quot;lily&quot; was her name.<\/p>\n<p>Or C\u00e9cile means &quot;the way of the blind&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-13\"><\/sup>,<br \/>for she was an example by her good doctrine;<br \/>or C\u00e9cile, as in writing I find,<br \/>is formed, by a kind of assembly,<br \/>of &quot;sky&quot; and of Lia &quot;; and here, figuratively,<br \/>the &quot;sky&quot; is set for her thoughts of a saint,<br \/>and &quot;Lia&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\"><\/sup> for its constant activity.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9cile can also be explained in this way,<br \/>100 \u00ab\u00a0exempte de c\u00e9cit\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb<sup id=\"cite_ref-15\"><\/sup> for its great light<br \/>of wisdom, and for its clear virtues;<br \/>or, here it is! the shining name of this virgin<br \/>comes from &quot;sky&quot; and &quot;leos&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-16\"><\/sup> for what, quite rightly<br \/>we could call it &quot;the people&#039;s sky&quot;,<br \/>being the example of all good and wise works.<\/p>\n<p>Because &quot;leos&quot; means &quot;peple&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\"><\/sup> in English,<br \/>and just as we can see in the sky<br \/>the sun and the moon and the stars on all sides,<br \/>likewise, spiritually, in this generous virgin,<\/p>\n<p>110 voyait-on la magnanimit\u00e9 de la foi,<br \/>and also the perfect clarity of wisdom,<br \/>and various works, brilliant of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>And just as philosophers write<br \/>that the sky is swift and round and fiery<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\"><\/sup>,<br \/>in the same way was this beautiful C\u00e9cile la blanche<br \/>very fast and active always in good works,<br \/>and round and perfect in good perseverance,<br \/>and ardent always in very brilliant charity;<br \/>or told you what his name was.<\/p>\n<p><i>Explicit.<\/i><i>Here begins the tale of the Second Nun, on the life of Saint Cecilia.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>120 Cette vierge brillante C\u00e9cile, dit sa vie,<br \/>was descended from the Romans, and of noble race,<br \/>and from the cradle raised in faith<br \/>of Christ, and carried his gospel in the spirit;<br \/>it never stopped, as in writing I find,<br \/>his prayer, and to love and fear God,<br \/>imploring her to keep her virginity.<\/p>\n<p>And when this virgin owed a man<br \/>marry, who was very young in age,<br \/>and had name Val\u00e9rien,<br \/>130 et que le jour fut venu de son mariage,<br \/>she, very devout and humble in her heart,<br \/>under her golden dress which fit very nicely,<br \/>was against the flesh covered with a haire.<\/p>\n<p>And while the organs made melody,<br \/>to God alone in her heart as she sang:<br \/>&quot;O Lord, keep my soul and my body too<br \/>spotless, lest I be lost \u201d,<br \/>and for the love of the One who died on the cross,<br \/>every two or three days she fasted,<br \/>140 toujours priant en ses oraisons tr\u00e8s ardemment.<\/p>\n<p>Night came and to bed she had to go<br \/>with her husband, as is often the custom,<br \/>and privately she soon said to him:<br \/>&quot;O sweet dear beloved husband,<br \/>it&#039;s a secret, if you want to hear it,<br \/>that I would gladly tell you,<br \/>if you swear you won&#039;t betray me. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rien swore firmly to him<br \/>that in any case, whatever happens,<br \/>150 jamais il ne la trahirait.<br \/>So to start she said to him:<br \/>&quot;I have an angel who loves me,<br \/>and who with great love, whether I sleep or sleep,<br \/>is always ready to keep my body.<\/p>\n<p>And if he can smell (don&#039;t doubt it)<br \/>that you touch or love me for villainy,<br \/>immediately he will kill you in the act<br \/>and in your youth thus you will die;<br \/>and if you guide me in pure love,<br \/>160 il vous aimera comme moi, pour votre puret\u00e9,<br \/>and will show you its joy and its brilliance. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rien, corrected as God wanted,<br \/>said: &quot;If you want me to trust you,<br \/>let me see this angel and contemplate him;<br \/>and if he&#039;s a true angel,<br \/>then I will do as you prayed to me;<br \/>but if you love another man in truth,<br \/>with that same sword I will kill you both. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9cile immediately replied in this way:<br \/>170 \u00ab\u00a0Il ne tient qu\u2019\u00e0 vous de voir cet ange\u00a0:<br \/>believe in Christ and you baptize.<br \/>Go the Appian way (she does)<br \/>who from this town is only three miles away<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\"><\/sup>,<br \/>and, to the poor people who live there,<br \/>talk to them just as will tell you.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tell them that I, C\u00e9cile, sent you to them<br \/>so that they show you the good old Urban<sup id=\"cite_ref-20\"><\/sup>,<br \/>for secret necessity and good intention.<br \/>And when you have seen Saint Urban,<br \/>180 dites-lui les paroles que je vous ai dites\u00a0;<br \/>and when he has purged you of sin,<br \/>then will you see this angel, before you go. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rien in this place is gone,<br \/>and as we had instructed and informed him,<br \/>he soon found the holy old man Urbain<br \/>muss\u00e9 among the sepulchres of the Saints<sup id=\"cite_ref-21\"><\/sup>.<br \/>And he, without staying long,<br \/>made his message; and when he said it,<br \/>Urban with joy raised his hands to the sky.<\/p>\n<p>190 De ses yeux les larmes tomb\u00e8rent\u00a0:<br \/>\u201cAlmighty Lord, O Jesus Christ (he said),<br \/>sower of chaste counsel, pastor of us all,<br \/>the fruit of this seed of chastity<br \/>that you sowed in Cecile, gather it!<br \/>See ! like a diligent bee, without deceit,<br \/>Your servant C\u00e9cile always serves you!<\/p>\n<p>Because this husband, whom she once took<br \/>just like the proud lion, she sends it here<br \/>as gentle as ever was a lamb, towards you! &quot;<br \/>200 Et \u00e0 ce mot voici qu\u2019apparut<br \/>an old man, dressed in bright white clothes,<br \/>who had a <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\">book<\/a> with gold letters in hand,<br \/>and stopped standing in front of Val\u00e9rien.<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rien fell as if scared to death<br \/>when he saw him, and he lifted him up then,<br \/>and on his book he proceeded to read the following:<br \/>&quot;A lord, a faith, a God without more,<br \/>one baptism, one father of all,<br \/>who is above all and among all everywhere<sup id=\"cite_ref-22\"><\/sup>. &quot;<br \/>210 Ces mots \u00e9taient tous d\u2019or \u00e9crits.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When it was read, then said this old man,<br \/>&quot;Do you believe this thing or not? say yes or no. &quot;<br \/>&quot;I believe all that (said Val\u00e9rien)<br \/>because something truer than this, I dare say,<br \/>no being under heaven can think. &quot;<br \/>When the old man fainted, he did not know where,<br \/>and Pope Urban baptized him on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rien goes home, and finds C\u00e9cile<br \/>inside his room with a standing angel;<br \/>220 cet ange avait de roses et de lis<br \/>two crowns, which he held in his hand.<br \/>And first of all to C\u00e9cile, as I understand it,<br \/>he gave one and then he offered<br \/>the other to Val\u00e9rien, her husband.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The body pure and unblemished the thought,<br \/>always keep these crowns well (he says);<br \/>from Heaven have I brought them to you,<br \/>and they will never rot,<br \/>nor will lose their sweet scent, believe me;<br \/>230 et jamais \u00eatre ne les verra de ses yeux<br \/>let him not be pure and hate villainy.<\/p>\n<p>And you, Val\u00e9rien, for what very quickly<br \/>you agree to good advice too,<br \/>say your desire and it will be granted to you. &quot;<br \/>&quot;I have a brother (then said Val\u00e9rien)<br \/>that I love more than anyone in the world.<br \/>I beg you my brother have mercy<br \/>to know the truth, as I do in this place. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>The angel said: &quot;God loves your request,<br \/>240 et tous deux, avec la palme du martyre,<br \/>you will come to his blessed feast. &quot;<br \/>And with that word his brother Tiburce is coming,<br \/>and when he smells the scent<br \/>that roses and lilies spread,<br \/>in his heart he began to wonder very much.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And said, &quot;I admire at this time of the year<br \/>where does this sweet smell come from<br \/>of roses and lilies that I can smell here.<br \/>Because even if I had them in my two hands,<br \/>the scent could not enter me deeper.<br \/>250 La douce odeur qu\u2019en mon c\u0153ur je trouve<br \/>changed me all into another species. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Val\u00e9rien said: &quot;Two crowns do we have,<br \/>snow-white and rose-red, which shine brightly,<br \/>and which your eye has no power to see;<br \/>and as you feel them through my prayer,<br \/>in the same way you will see them, dear brother,<br \/>if you want, without softness,<br \/>well believe and know the real truth. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>260 Tiburce r\u00e9pondit\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Me dis-tu cela<br \/>for real, or is it in a dream that I hear it? &quot;<br \/>&quot;In dreams (says Val\u00e9rien), we have been<br \/>so far, my brother, for sure.<br \/>For the first time in truth is our home. &quot;<br \/>\u201cHow do you know that (said Tiburce), in what way? &quot;<br \/>Said Val\u00e9rien: &quot;That&#039;s what I&#039;m going to tell you.<\/p>\n<p>The angel of god taught me the truth<br \/>That you will also see, if you want to deny<br \/>idols and being pure, and nothing else. &quot;<br \/>270 \u2014 Et du miracle de ces deux couronnes<br \/>Saint Ambrose in his preface was kind enough to speak;<br \/>solemnly the noble dear doctor<br \/>attests it, and says as follows:<\/p>\n<p>To receive the palm of martyrdom,<br \/>Saint Cecilia, filled with the gifts of God,<br \/>the world and even his room began to abandon;<br \/>witness the confession of Tiburce and Val\u00e9rien,<br \/>to whom God in his goodness wanted to dispense<br \/>two wreaths of soft blooming flowers,<br \/>280 et leur fit par son ange porter ces couronnes\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>The virgin led these men to heavenly bliss;<br \/>the world has known what, in truth, is worth<\/p>\n<p>to love chastity devoutly<sup id=\"cite_ref-23\"><\/sup>. -<br \/>Then C\u00e9cile showed him, clear as day,<br \/>that all idols are a vain thing;<br \/>because they are silent and, what is more, are deaf,<br \/>and summoned him to leave his idols.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Whoever does not believe this is a beast,<br \/>(then said Val\u00e9rien) if we must not lie. &quot;<br \/>290 Elle se prit \u00e0 baiser son sein, lorsqu\u2019elle ou\u00eft cela,<br \/>and was very happy that he could see the truth.<br \/>&quot;On this day I take you for my parent&quot;,<br \/>said this dear blessed virgin girl;<br \/>after which she says what you&#039;re going to hear:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;See, as well as the love of Christ (she said),<br \/>made me wife of your brother, all the same<br \/>on the hour I take you here as a parent,<br \/>since you want to despise your idols.<br \/>Go with your brother now and baptize yourself<br \/>300 et purifie\u00a0; pour que tu puisses contempler<br \/>the face of the angels your brother spoke of. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Tiburce said in response: \u201cDear brother,<br \/>first tell me where to go and to whom? &quot;<br \/>\u201cIn front of who? (he says). Come away with a happy face,<br \/>I want to lead you to Pope Urban. &quot;<br \/>\u201cTo Urbain? Val\u00e9rien, my brother,<br \/>(then said Tiburce), is that where you want to lead me?<br \/>Seems to me that would be a great wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#039;t you mean Urban (then he said),<br \/>310 qui tant de fois fut condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 mort,<br \/>and always remains in hiding here and there,<br \/>and dare not show his face?<br \/>We would burn it in such a red fire<br \/>if it was found or could be seen;<br \/>and us too, to keep him company.<\/p>\n<p>And as we seek this deity<br \/>which is hidden in the secret of heaven,<\/p>\n<p>we would not be less ardent here below! &quot;<br \/>To which C\u00e9cile replied proudly:<br \/>320 \u00ab\u00a0On pourrait redouter avec bonne raison<br \/>to lose this life, my dear brother,<br \/>if she was the only life without any other.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a better life in another place,<br \/>that we will never lose, don&#039;t be afraid,<br \/>as the Son of God told us by his grace;<br \/>the Son of the Father<sup id=\"cite_ref-24\"><\/sup> created all things;<br \/>and all that was created by reasonable thought,<br \/>the Spirit who first proceeded from the Father,<br \/>endowed him with a soul, without a doubt.<\/p>\n<p>330 Par paroles et par miracles, le Fils de Dieu<br \/>when he was in this world, declared here<br \/>that there is another life where man can sojourn. &quot;<br \/>To which Tiburce replied: \u201cO dear sister,<br \/>did you not say earlier in your own words,<br \/>that there is only one God, Lord in truth,<br \/>and now of three how can you bear witness? &quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#039;s what I&#039;ll tell you (she says), before I leave.&quot;<br \/>Just as a man has three wisdoms,<br \/>memory, gear<sup id=\"cite_ref-25\"><\/sup> and intellect too,<br \/>340 ainsi, en un seul \u00eatre de divinit\u00e9,<br \/>three people may well be. &quot;<br \/>So she began to preach to him very diligently<br \/>on the coming of Christ and to teach him his sorrows,<\/p>\n<p>and many points of his passion;<br \/>how the Son of God in this world was retained,<br \/>for the full redemption of mankind,<br \/>who was in chains of sin and cold worries:<br \/>all these things she said to Tiburce.<br \/>And after that Tiburce, with good intentions,<br \/>350 avec Val\u00e9rien alla trouver le pape Urbain,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>who thanked God, and, with a joyful and light heart,<br \/>baptized him, and did it in this place<br \/>perfect to know, knight of God.<br \/>And henceforth Tiburce obtained such grace<br \/>that every day he saw, in time and space,<br \/>the angel of God; and all kinds of favors<br \/>that he asked God, were quickly answered.<\/p>\n<p>It would be very difficult to say in order<br \/>how many wonders Jesus did for them;<br \/>360 mais \u00e0 la fin, pour faire court et clair,<br \/>the sergeants of the city of Rome fetched them,<br \/>and before Almache the prefect led them,<br \/>who questioned them, knew all their thoughts,<br \/>and to the image of Jupiter sent them,<\/p>\n<p>and said: &quot;Whoever does not want to sacrifice,<br \/>let him cut off his head, that&#039;s my sentence. &quot;<br \/>On the hour these martyrs of which my tale is,<br \/>a certain Maxime who was an officer,<br \/>of the Prefect and his &quot;corniculaire&quot;<sup id=\"cite_ref-26\"><\/sup>,<br \/>370 les saisit\u00a0; et quand il emmenait les martyrs,<br \/>he himself wept for the pity he felt.<\/p>\n<p>When Maximus had listened to the doctrine of the saints,<br \/>he obtained leave of the tormentors,<br \/>and brought them to his house without more;<br \/>and preached so much that before evening<br \/>they had snatched the tormentors<br \/>and Maxime and each of his people<br \/>to false faith, to believe in God alone.<\/p>\n<p>Cecile came, when it was dark,<br \/>380 avec des pr\u00eatres qui les baptis\u00e8rent tous ensemble,<br \/>and then when the light of day came,<br \/>C\u00e9cile said to them with a very calm face:<br \/>\u201cNow, very dear and much loved knights of Christ,<br \/>reject all works of darkness<br \/>and arm yourself with armor of light.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Verily you have fought a great battle,<br \/>have finished your course, have kept your faith;<br \/>go to the crown of life which cannot fail;<br \/>the righteous judge you served<br \/>390 vous la donnera comme l\u2019avez m\u00e9rit\u00e9e.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>And when it was said as I tell it,<br \/>they were led to make the sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>But when they were brought to the said place,<br \/>to make the conclusion short,<br \/>they did not want to incense or sacrifice,<br \/>but on their knees they fell to the ground<br \/>with humble heart and grave devotion,<br \/>and both lost their heads on the spot.<br \/>Their souls went to the king of grace.<\/p>\n<p>400 Ce Maxime, qui vit la chose arriver,<br \/>with pitiful tears said incontinent<br \/>that he saw their souls slide to heaven<br \/>with angels full of clarity and light,<br \/>and from his word converts more than one;<br \/>why Almache made him beat so much<br \/>with a lead whip, that he lost his life.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9cile took him and buried him on the spot<br \/>gently near Tiburce and Val\u00e9rien,<br \/>inside their tomb, under the stone.<br \/>And then afterwards, Almache in a hurry<br \/>410 envoya ses ministres qu\u00e9rir publiquement<br \/>Cecile, so that she came in his presence<br \/>sacrifice and incense Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p>But they, converted to his wise word,<br \/>cried grievously and gave full credence<br \/>at his word and cried more and more:<br \/>&quot;Christ, Son of God without difference,<br \/>is true God, this is all our thinking,<br \/>he who has such a good servant to serve him;<br \/>420 nous le croyons d\u2019une seule voix, dussions-nous mourir\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Almache, who hears it does,<br \/>had Cecile fetched, so that he could see her,<\/p>\n<p>and first of all, here is what his request was:<br \/>&quot;What kind of woman are you? Then he said.<br \/>- &quot;I was born a nice woman&quot; she said.<br \/>- &quot;I ask you (he said), despite your having some,<br \/>your religion and your belief. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You started your question foolishly,<br \/>(she said), who would like two answers enclosed<br \/>430 en une demande\u00a0; c\u2019est s\u2019enqu\u00eater en ignorant.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>Almache replied to this judgment:<br \/>&quot;How come you answer so harshly?&quot; &quot;<br \/>- &quot; From where ? (she said, to that question),<br \/>of conscience and in good faith not feigned. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Almache said: &quot;Don&#039;t you care<br \/>of my power? She replied:<br \/>\u201cYour power (she said) is very little to fear;<br \/>because the power of every mortal is not<br \/>than like a bladder, full of wind, for sure.<br \/>440 Car avec une pointe d\u2019aiguille, quand elle est gonfl\u00e9e,<br \/>all his swelling can be put down well. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>- &quot;You were at fault when you started (he said),<br \/>and now in your fault you persevere;<br \/>don&#039;t you know that our powerful generous princes<br \/>have thus ordered and made a prescription,<br \/>that every Christian will suffer penance<br \/>if he does not renounce his Christianity,<br \/>but will he go away if he wants to deny it? &quot;<\/p>\n<p>- &quot;Your princes wander like your nobility,<br \/>450 (dit lors C\u00e9cile), et par folle sentence<br \/>you are making us guilty and that is not true;<br \/>because you, who know well our innocence,<br \/>for what we do bow<br \/>to Christ, and that we bear a Christian name,<br \/>you impute it to us with crime and blame.<\/p>\n<p>But we who know that name means<br \/>virtuous, cannot abjure it. &quot;<br \/>Almache replied: \u201cChoose between the two;<br \/>sacrifice or deny Christianity<\/p>\n<p>460 pour que tu puisses ores \u00e9chapper par l\u00e0.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>To what the holy blessed virgin<br \/>laughed and said to the judge:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;O judge, confused in your foolishness,<br \/>do you want me to deny innocence<br \/>to make me a perverse creature? (she says).<br \/>See! he hides here in audience,<br \/>he has wide eyes and he gets angry when he listens to me. &quot;<br \/>To what Almache: &quot;Poor wretch,<br \/>don&#039;t you know how far my power can extend<\/p>\n<p>470 Nos puissants princes ne m\u2019ont-ils pas donn\u00e9,<br \/>yes, and power and authority<br \/>to make people die or live?<br \/>Why then speak to me so proudly? &quot;<br \/>&quot;I only speak firmly (she said),<br \/>not proudly, because I say it, as for us,<br \/>we mortally hate the vice of pride.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#039;re not afraid to hear the truth,<br \/>So I want to show you everything clearly, for reason,<br \/>that you have told a very big lie in this.<br \/>480 Tu dis que tes princes t\u2019ont donn\u00e9 pouvoir<br \/>and to bruise and give life to a creature,<br \/>you, who can do nothing but take away life alone;<br \/>you have no other power or leave!<\/p>\n<p>It is permissible for you to say that your princes made you<br \/>minister of death; if you say more,<br \/>you lie, because your power is naked<sup id=\"cite_ref-27\"><\/sup>. &quot;<br \/>- &quot;Leave this boldness (said Almache then),<br \/>and sacrifice to our gods, before leaving;<br \/>point<sup id=\"cite_ref-28\"><\/sup> do not harm me insults that you address to me,<br \/>490 car je peux les souffrir en philosophe\u00a0;<\/p>\n<p>but the insults that I cannot endure<br \/>are those you say of our gods \u201d(he said).<br \/>C\u00e9cile replied: &quot;O foolish creature,<\/p>\n<p>you haven&#039;t said a word since you spoke to me<br \/>that I do not recognize your stupidity there;<br \/>and that you are, in any way and what you want,<br \/>ignorant officer and vain judge.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is missing in the eyes of your body<br \/>so that you are blind cause thing that we all see<br \/>500 \u00eatre pierre, ainsi qu\u2019il est visible,<br \/>this same stone you want to call it God.<br \/>I advise you, that your hand rests on it,<br \/>and feel it well, you will realize that it is stone,<br \/>since you can&#039;t see mie with your blind eyes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s a shame that the people have to<br \/>despise you thus and laugh at your madness;<br \/>because we know very commonly and everywhere<br \/>that mighty God is in his heaven above,<br \/>and these images, you can see it well,<br \/>510 ni \u00e0 toi ni \u00e0 elles-m\u00eames ne peuvent en rien servir,<br \/>because indeed they are not worth a crumb. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>She says these words and others like them,<br \/>and he got angry and ordered that she be led<br \/>at home, &quot;and in her house (he said),<br \/>burn her in a bath of red flames<sup id=\"cite_ref-29\"><\/sup>\u00a0&quot;.<br \/>And just as he had ordered so was done;<br \/>because in a bath they locked him up,<br \/>and night and day a great fire below was kindling.<\/p>\n<p>The long night and one more day,<br \/>despite all the fire and ardor of the bath,<br \/>520 elle resta toute froide, ne sentit point de souffrance,<br \/>that didn&#039;t make her sweat a drop.<br \/>But in this bath she was to lose her life;<br \/>because he, Almache, with the very wicked design<br \/>to bruise her in the bath sent his messenger.<\/p>\n<p>With three blows on the collar he then strikes her,<br \/>the tormentor, but no matter what,<br \/>he could not cut the collar in two;<\/p>\n<p>and for what there was at that time an ordinance<br \/>530 que nul homme ne devait \u00e0 homme infliger la p\u00e9nance<br \/>to celebrate the quarter blow, soft or grievance,<br \/>this executioner dared not do more.<\/p>\n<p>But half-dead, the neck cut,<br \/>he left her lying there and went on his way.<br \/>The Christians who were around her<br \/>with linens captured his beautiful blood.<br \/>Three days did she live in this torment<br \/>and never ceased to teach them the faith;<br \/>to those she had built, she began to preach.<\/p>\n<p>She gave them her furniture and her belongings<br \/>540 et au pape Urbain les confia alors<br \/>and said: &quot;I asked the king of heaven<br \/>to have three days&#039; respite and no more,<br \/>to recommend to you, before I go,<br \/>these souls that see and so that I can do<br \/>from my home here forever a church. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>Saint Urban with his deacons privately<br \/>took the body and buried it at night<br \/>among his other saints worthily.<br \/>550 Sa maison fut appel\u00e9e l\u2019\u00e9glise de Sainte-C\u00e9cile\u00a0;<br \/>Saint Urbain consecrated her as best he could;<br \/>and there, still today, in a noble way,<br \/>we pay homage to Christ and his saint.<\/p>\n<p><i>Here ends the tale of the Second Nun.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breton Mythology Wiki Geoffrey Chaucer is an English writer and poet born in London in the 1340s and died\u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25259,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14754\/revisions\/25259"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}