As þay prudly hade piked of pomgarnades; For alle þe blomes of þe boȝes wer blyknande perles & alle þe fruyt i{n} þo formes of flau{m}beande ge{m}mes, 1468 Ande safyres, & sardiners, & semely topace, Alabau{n}derynes, & amarau{n}ȝ & amaffised stones, Casydoynes, & crysolytes, & clere rubies, Penitotes, & pynkardines, ay perles bitwene, 1472 So trayled & tryfled a trau{er}ce wer alle, Bi vche bekyrande þe bolde, þe brurdes al vmbe; Þe gobelotes of golde grauen aboute, [Sidenote: [Fol. 77b.]] [Sidenote: The goblets were ornamented with flowers of gold.] & fyoles fretted w{i}t{h} flores & fleeȝ of golde, 1476 Vpon þat avter watȝ al aliche dresset. [Sidenote: The candlestick was brought in, with its pillars of brass, and ornamental boughs, upon which sat birds of various hues.] Þe candelstik bi a cost watȝ cayred þider sone, [V]pon þe pyleres apyked þat praysed hit mony, Vpon hit baseȝ of brasse þat ber vp þe werkes, 1480 Þe boȝes bryȝt þer abof, brayden of golde, Brau{n}ches bredande þer-on, & bryddes þer seten Of mony kyndes, of fele-kyn hues, As þay w{i}t{h} wy{n}ge vpon wynde hade waged her fyþ{er}es, 1484 [Sidenote: Lights shone bright from the candlestick, which once stood before the “Holy of Holies.”] In-mo{n}g þe leues of þe lampes wer grayþed; & oþ{er} louelych[77] lyȝt þat lemed ful fayre, As mony mort{er}es of wax merkked w{i}t{h}-oute, W{i}t{h} mony a borlych best al of brende golde. 1488 Hit watȝ not wonte i{n} þat wone to wast no serges, Bot i{n} te{m}ple of þe trauþe trwly to stonde; Bifore þe s{an}c{t}a, s{an}c{t}or{um} soþefast dryȝtyn, Expouned his speche sp{irit}ually to special p{ro}phetes. 1492 [Sidenote: The pollution of the sacred vessels is displeasing to God.] Leue þ{o}u wel þat þe lorde þ{a}t þe lyfte ȝemes Displesed much, at þat play i{n} þat plyt stronge, Þat his ineles so gent wyth iaueles wer fouled, Þat p{re}syo{us} i{n} his presens wer proued su{m} whyle. 1496 Soberly i{n} his sacrafyce su{m}me wer anoynted, Þurȝ þe somones of him selfe þat syttes so hyȝe; [Sidenote: For “a boaster on bench” drinks from them till he is as “drunken as the devil.”] Now a bost{er} on benche bibbes þerof Tyl he be dronkken as þe deuel, & dotes þ{er} he syttes; 1500 [Sidenote: God is very angry.] So þe worcher of þis worlde wlates þer-wyth, Þat i{n} þe poynt of her play he poruayes a mynde; [Sidenote: Before harming the revellers He sends them a warning.] Bot er harme hem he wolde i{n} haste of his yre, He wayned hem a warny{n}g þat wonder hem þoȝt. 1504 Nov is alle þis guere geten glotou{n}es to serue; Stad i{n} a ryche stal & stared ful bryȝtȝ,[78] [Headnote: THE SACRED VESSELS ARE DEFILED.]