and ye two shall both (thou and thy brother) be martyred together.'
And the angel therewith returned up to heaven.
Then they pondered with gladness and spake concerning God's will,
until his brother came blithely in the morning to them,
and kissed them both, and said with joy:
'I wonder exceedingly how now, on a winter's day,
here lily-blossom or rose's breath
smells so winsomely and so sweetly.
Though I had the blossoms in my hand
they could not make such a winsome perfume;
and I say in sooth that I am so filled
with the sweet breath as if I were made anew.'
Then said the brother: ' through my prayer
this winsome breath came to thee, that thou mayest know
henceforth
whose blood is red in likeness to a rose,
and whose body is white with a lily's fairness.
We (both) have holy crowns with us
shining like a rose and snow-white like a lily,
which thou mayest not see, though they be shining.'
Then said Tiburtius, ' tell me, brother mine, hear I this in sleep,
or sayest thou it in earnest ?' The other said to him,
'Until this we have lived as if we were asleep,
but now we are turned unto righteousness;
the gods which we worshipped are cruel devils.'
Then said the other; ' how became that known to thee?'
Valerian answered; 'God's angel taught me,
and him thou mayest see if indeed thou wilt be
washed in baptism from foul idolatry.'
So they spake long time until he turned to the faith,
and the brother desired to be baptized.
Then enquired Tiburtius who should baptize him.
The other said to him: ' Urban the pope.'
Then again Tiburtius answered him and said;
