And seyde, ‘who so wol nat sacrifyse, 365
Swap of his heed, this is my sentence here.’
Anon thise martirs that I yow devyse,
Oon Maximus, that was an officere
Of the prefectes and his corniculere,
Hem hente; and whan he forth the seintes ladde, 370
Him-self he weep, for pitee that he hadde.