¶ On his helm for his crest he bare on ospray.
¶ And next after hym folowed abstynence.
¶ Rydyng on an hete was trapure and gay.
¶ He semed a lorde of ryght grete excellence.
¶ A popyniay was his crest he was of gret dyffe{re}ce.
¶ Next hym folowed chastyte on an vnicorne.
¶ Armed at all poyntes behynde & beforne.
¶ A tortyldoue he bare on hyghe for his crest.
¶ Than came good besynesse last of {the} seuen.
¶ Rydyng on a panter a sondry coloured best.
¶ Gloryously beseen as he had come from heuen.
¶ A crane on his hede stood his crest for to steuen.
¶ All these .vii. capteyned had standardis of pryce.
¶ Eche of hem accordy{n}g after his deuyse.
¶ Many pety capteyns after these went.
¶ As trew feyth & hope mercy pease & pyte.
¶ Ryght trouth mekenesse {with} rood ente[n]t.
¶ Goodnes concorde & parfyte vnyte.
¶ Honest trewe loue with symplycyte. Original has
¶ Prayer fasty{n}g preuy almysdede. Hoeest
¶ Ioyned with {the} artycles of the crede. instead of
Honest
¶ Confessyon contrycyon & satysfaccyon.
¶ With sorow for synne & grete repentaunce.
¶ Foryeuenesse of trespas {with} good dysposycyon.
¶ Resystence of wrong performy{n}g of penance.
¶ Holy deuocyon wyth good contynaunce
¶ Presthode hem folowed with the sacrame{n}tis
¶ And sadnesse alse wyth the commau{n}dementes
¶ Suffraunce in trouble wyth Innocensy
¶ Clennes contynence and virgynyte
¶ Kyndnes reuerence {with} curteysy
¶ Content & pleased wyth pyteous pouerte
¶ Entendyng wel mynystryng equyte
¶ Twene ryght & wrong hole indyfferently
¶ And labouryng the seruyse of god to multyply
¶ Refuse of ryches & worldly vaynglory
¶ Perfeccyon wyth perfyght contemplacyon
¶ Relygyon professyon wel kept in memory
¶ Verry drede of god wyth holy predycacyon
¶ Celestyall sapyence wyth gostly inspyracyon
¶ Grace was the guyde of al this meyne
¶ Whome folowed konnyng {with} his genealogy
¶ That is to say gramer and Sophystry
¶ Phylosophy naturall logyke and Rythoryke
¶ Arsmetrycke geometry wyth astronomye
¶ Canon and Cyuyll melodyous musyke
¶ Noble Theology and corporal physyke
¶ Moralyzayson of holy scrypture
¶ Profound poetry and drawy{n}g of pycture
¶ Thyse folowed connyng & thyd{er} wyth hin cam
¶ Wyth many one mo offryng her seruyse
¶ To Vertu at that nede but notwythsto{n}dy{n}g than
¶ Some he refused and sayd in nowyse
¶ They shuld wyth hym go & as I coud auyse
¶ Thyse wore her names fyrst Nygro{m}mancy
¶ Geomansy magyke and glotony
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