¶ All the tresour erthely vnder {the} fyrmame{n}t ¶ That euer was made of goddys creacyon. ¶ To reward theym euenly were not equyualent. ¶ For her noble labour in his affleccyon. ¶ Wherfore take vpon you your Iurisdyccyon ¶ Rescu yonder knyghtes & recontynu fyght. ¶ And els a dew your crown for al your gret my{gh}t ¶ Vith these & suche wordys as I haue you tolde ¶ By good perseueraunce vttred in this wyse. ¶ Vertu hym remembred & gan to vexe bolde. ¶ And sayd yeue trew knyghtis to rescu I auyse ¶ Let vs no lengar tary from this entrepryse. ¶ Agayn to {the} felde soo Vertu retourned. ¶ That caused he{m} be mery {that} lo{n}g afore had morned ¶ Auaunt baner q{uo}d he in {the} name of Iesu ¶ And with {that} his people set vp a gret shoute. ¶ And cryed with a loude voce a Vertu a Vertu. ¶ Then began Vyce his hoost for to loke a boute. ¶ But I trow p{er}seuerau{n}ce was not long withoute ¶ He bathed his swerd in his foos blood. ¶ The boldest of hem all not ones hy{m} withstoode. ¶ Constau{n}ce hym folowed & brought hy{m} his spere ¶ But when p{er}seuerau{n}ce saw Vyce on his stede. ¶ No man coude hym let tyll he came there. ¶ For to byd hym ryde I trow it was no nede. ¶ All Vertu his oost prayed for his good spede. ¶ Agayn Vyce he rode with his grete shaft. ¶ And hym ouerthrew for all his sotyll craft. ¶ That seyng Frewill came to conscyence. ¶ And gan hym to repente {that} he with hym had be. ¶ Prayeng hym of cou{n}sell for his grete offence. ¶ That he agayn Vertu had made his arme. ¶ What was best to doo to humylyte: ¶ Q{uo}d conscyence must {thou} go so he hym thyder sent ¶ Dysguysed {that} he were not knowen as he wente. ¶ And whan he thyder came humylyte hym toke. ¶ A token & bad hym go to conffessyon. ¶ And shew hym his mater with a peteous loke ¶ Whiche done he hym sent to contrycyon. ¶ And fro thensforthe to satysfaccyon. ¶ Thus fro poost to pyler was he made to dau{n}ce. ¶ And at the last he went forthe to penau{n}ce. ¶ But now for to tel you whe{n} Vyce was ou{er}throw ¶ A gret part of his oost about hym gan resorte. ¶ But he was so febyll {that} he coude noman know. ¶ And whan they se {that} they knew no comforte. ¶ But caryed hym away be a preuy porte. ¶ And as they caryed dyspeyre with hy{m} met. ¶ With Vyce his rewarde he cam theym for to fet ¶ Then came there downe goodly ladyes tweyn. ¶ From the hyghe heuen aboue the fyrmamente. ¶ And sayd the gret Alpha & Oo moost souereyn. ¶ For that nobell tryumphe had hem thyder sent. ¶ One of hem to dryue Vyce to grete tormente. ¶ With a fyry strong {that} she bare in her hande. ¶ And so he dede dyspere & all his hole bande.