While {that} felde thus rewled reson with sadnesse. ¶ Maugre dame Nature for all her carnall might ¶ Came thyder Attropos voyd of all gladnesse. ¶ Wrapped in his shete & axed of ony wyght. ¶ Coude wysse hym the vay to the lorde of light. ¶ Or ellis where myght fynde ryghtwysnesse. Original has ¶ Forsothe sayd reyson I trow as I gesse. ryghwysnesse instead of ¶ At Vertu his castell ye may soone hym fynde. ryghtwysnesse ¶ If ye lyst the laboure thyder to take. ¶ And there shall ye know yf ye be not blynde. ¶ The next wey to the lord of lyght I vndertake. ¶ So thyder went Attropos petycyon to make. ¶ To ryghtwysnesse preyeng that he myght. ¶ Be take in to the seruyse of the lorde of lyght. ¶ What sad ryghtwysnesse {thou} olde dotyng foole. Original has ¶ Whome hast thou seruyd syth the worlde bega{n} ryghwysnesse, ¶ But oonly hym where hast {thou} go to scole. yast and oonhl ¶ Whethery art {thou} double or elles the sam man. instead of ¶ That thou were fyrst a syr sayd he than. ryghtwysnesse, ¶ I praye you hertely holde me excused. hast and oonly ¶ I am olde & febell my wyttys are dysused. ¶ Well sayd ryghtwysnes for as moche as thow. ¶ Knowest not thy mayst{er} thy name shal I chau{n}ge ¶ Dethe shalt {thou} be caled from he{n}s forward now ¶ Among all the peple that shal be had strau{n}ge. ¶ But whan {thou} begynnest to make thy chalau{n}ge. ¶ Dredde shalt thou be where so thou become. ¶ And to noo creature shalt thou be welcome. ¶ And as for theym whome thou dedest serue. ¶ For as moche as they presume on hem to take. ¶ That hygh name of god they shal as they des{er}ue ¶ Therfore be rewarded I dare vnd{er}take. ¶ Wyth payn p{er}petual among fendes blake. ¶ And her names shall be put to oblyuyon. ¶ Among men but it be in dyrysyon. ¶ Aha sayd Attropos now begy{n}ne I wex glad. ¶ That I shal thus auenged of hem be. ¶ Syth they so long tyme haue made me so mad. ¶ Yee q{uo}d ryghtwysnesse here what I say to the. ¶ The lorde of lyght sent the worde by me. ¶ That in Macrocosme sesyne shalt thou take ¶ wherfore thy darte redy loke thou make ¶ And as soone as Vertue that vnderstood ¶ He sayd he was pleased that it sholde soo be ¶ And euen forth with he co{m}maunded presthood ¶ To make hym redy the felde for to se ¶ So thyder went presthode with benygnyte ¶ Conueyeni{n}g thyder the blessyd sacrament ¶ Of Eukaryst but fyrst were thyder sent