¶ But whan I came in meruayled gretly ¶ Of that I behelde & herde reporte ¶ For fyrst in a chayre apparaylled royally ¶ There sate dam doctryne her childern to exorte ¶ And about her was many a sondry sorte ¶ Some wyllyng to lerne dyuerse scyence ¶ And some for to haue perfyte intellygence ¶ Crowned she was lyke an Emperesse ¶ With .iii. crownes standyng on her hede on by ¶ All thyng about her an Infynyte processe Original has ¶ Were to declare I tell you certaynly teyng ¶ Neuerthelesse some in mynde therof haue I instead of ¶ Whiche I shall to you as god wyll yeue me grace thyng ¶ As I sawe & herde tell in short space ¶ Fast by Doctryne on that one syde ¶ As I remembre sate holy Texte ¶ That opened his mouthe to {the} people wyde ¶ But not in comparyson to Glose {that} sate nexte. ¶ Moralyzacyon with a cloke contexte ¶ Sate & Scrypture was scrybe to theym all ¶ He sate ay wrytyng of that that sholde fall ¶ These were tho that I there knewe ¶ By no maner waye of olde acqueyntau{n}ce ¶ But as I before saw theym with Vertewe ¶ Company in felde & hauyng dalyau{n}ce ¶ And as I thus stood halfe in a traunce ¶ Whyle they were occupyed in her besynesse ¶ Aboute the walles myn ey gan I dresse ¶ Where I beheld the meruaylous story ¶ That euer I yet sawe in ony pycture ¶ For on tho walles was made memory ¶ Syngulerly of euery creature ¶ That there had byn bothe forme & stature ¶ Whoos names reherse I wyll as I can ¶ Bryng theym to mynde in ordre euery man ¶ Fyrst to begynne there was in portrature ¶ Adam & Eue holdyng an apell rounde ¶ Noe in a shyp & Abraham hauyng sure ¶ A flyntstone in his honde & Isaac lay bounde ¶ On an hyghe mou{n}te Iacob slepyng sounde ¶ And a long ladder stood besyde ¶ Ioseph in a Cysterne was also there that tyde. ¶ Next whom stode Moyses with his tables two ¶ Aaron and Vrre his armes supportynge ¶ Ely in a brennyng chare was there also. ¶ And Elyze stode clad in hermytes clothynge. ¶ Dauyd wyth an harpe and a stone slynge. ¶ Isaye Ieremy and Ezechyell. ¶ And closed wyth Lyons holy Danyell. ¶ Abacuc Mychee with Malachy. ¶ And Ionas out of a whales body comynge. ¶ Samuel in a Temple & holy zachary. ¶ Besyde an aulter all blody stondynge. ¶ Osee wyth Iudyth stood there conspyryng. ¶ The deth of Dioferne & Salamon. ¶ A chylde wyth hys swerde dyuydynge in two. ¶ Many mo p{ro}phetes certeynly there were. ¶ Whoos names now come not to my mynde: ¶ Melchysedech also I espyed there. ¶ Brede & wyne offryng as fell to his kynde. ¶ Ioachym & Anna stode al behynde. ¶ Embraced in armes to the golden gate. ¶ And holy Iohan Baptyst in desert sat.