To hit you on the snout. _The_ DEVIL _entereth_. LU. Ho, ho, ho! mine own boy, make no more delay, But leap up on my back straightway. NEW. Then who shall hold my stirrup, while I go to horse? LU. Tush, for that do thou not force! Leap up, I say, leap up quickly. NEW. Woh, Ball, woh! and I will come by and by. Now for a pair of spurs I would give a good groat! To try whether this jade do amble or trot. Farewell, my masters, till I come again, For now I must make a journey into Spain. [_He rideth away on the_ DEVIL'S _back. Here entereth_ VIRTUOUS LIFE _and_ HONOUR. V. L. O worthy diadem, O jewel most precious, O virtue, which dost all worldly things excel: How worthy a treasure thou art to the virtuous? Thy praise no pen may write, nor no tongue tell. For I, who am called Virtuous Life, Have in this world both honour and dignity: Immortal fame of man, child and wife, Daily waiteth and attendeth on me. The commodity of virtue in me you may behold, The enormity of vice you have also seen: Therefore now to make an end we may be bold, And pray for our noble and gracious Queen. HONOUR. To do so, Virtuous Life, it is our bounden duty; And because we must do so, before we do end, To aid us therein, Good Fame cometh verily, Which daily and hourly on you doth attend. _Here entereth_ GOOD FAME. G. F. Virtuous Life, do what you list: To pray or to sing I will you assist. V. L. O Lord of hosts, O King Almighty, Pour down thy grace upon our noble Queen! Vanquish her foes (Lord), that daily and nightly Through her thy laws may be sincerely seen. HONOUR. The honourable council also (O Lord) preserve, The lords both of the clergy and of the temporality: Grant that with meekness they may thee serve, Submitting to thee with all humility. G. F. O Lord, preserve the Commons of this realm also; Pour upon them thy heavenly grace; To advance virtue and vice to overthrow, That at last in heaven with thee they may have place. AMEN. _A Song._[361]