¶ Adryomansy Ornomancy {with} pyromancy
¶ Fysenomy also and pawmestry
¶ And al her sequeles yf I shal not lye
¶ Yet connyng prayed Vertu he wold not deny
¶ Theym for to know nor dysdeyn his eye
¶ On hem to loke wherto Vertu graunted
¶ How be it in his werres ge wold not they hau{n}ted
¶ So had they connyng lyghly to depart
¶ From Vertu his feld and they seyng this
¶ By comyn assent hyred them a carte
¶ And made hem be caryed toward Vyce Iwys.
¶ Fro thens forth to serue hy{m} this wold not mys
¶ For loth they were to be maysterles
¶ In stede of the better the worse there they ches
¶ But forth to relese al the remenaunt Original has
¶ Of pety capteins that wyth Vertu were rrmenaunt
¶ Moderate dyet and wysdom auenant instead of
¶ Euen weyght and mesure ware of contagyo{us} ge{re} remenaunt
¶ Loth to offend and louyng ay to lere Original has
¶ Worshyp and profyte {with} myrth in maner ann instead
¶ Thyse pety capteyns wyth Vertu were in fere of and
¶ Comons hem folowed a grete multitude
¶ But in came pyson to that other syde
¶ I trow there was not brefely to conclude.
¶ The .x. man that batayl to abyde.
¶ Yet neuertheles I shal not from you hyde.
¶ what maner people they were & of what secte
¶ As nere as my wyt therto wyll me derect.
¶ There were noble and famous doctours.
¶ Example yeuers of lyuyng gracyous.
¶ Perpetuel prestes and dyscrete confessours.
¶ Of holy scrypture declarers fructuous.
¶ Rebukers of syn & myscheues odyous.
¶ Fysshers of soules & louers of clennes.
¶ Dyspysers of veyn and worldly rychesse.
¶ Peasyble prelatys Iustycyal gouernours.
¶ Founders of chyrches wyth mercyfull peres.
¶ Reformers of wrong of her progenytours
¶ On peynfull pore pyteous compassyoners
¶ well menyng marchau{n}tes {with} trew artefecers
¶ Vyrgyns pure and also Innocentes
¶ Hooly matrones {with} chast contynence
¶ Pylgrymes & palmers {with} trew laborers
¶ Holy heremytes goddys solycytours
¶ Monesteryal monkes & well dysposed freres
¶ Chanons and nonnes feyth p{ro}fessoures
¶ Of worldly people trew coniugatours.
¶ Louers of Cryst Confounders of yll.
¶ And all that to godward yeue her good wyll
¶ Mayntenours of ryghte verey penytentes.
¶ Dystroyers of errour causers of vnyte.
¶ Trew actyf lyuers that set her ententis
¶ The dedis to performe of mercy and pyte
¶ Contemplatyf people that desyre to be.
¶ Salytary seruauntis vnto god alone.
¶ Rather the{n} to habou{n}d in rychesses echone.
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