¶ To stande by at nede of ye wyll it holde ¶ And walke by the way of Vertue ¶ But alwey beware be ye yong or olde ¶ That your Frewyll ay to Vertue more ¶ Apply than to Vyce the easyer may be bore ¶ The burden of the felde that ye dayly fyght ¶ Agayn your .iii. enemyes for all her gret myght ¶ That is to say the Deuyll & the Flesshe ¶ And also the worlde with hith his glosyng chere ¶ Whyche on you loketh euer newe & fresshe ¶ But he is not as he dooth apere ¶ Loke ye kepe you ay out of his daungere ¶ And soo the vyctory shall ye obteyne ¶ Vyce fro you exyled & Vertue in you reyne ¶ And then shall ye haue the tru{m}phall guerdon ¶ That god reserued to euery creature ¶ Aboue in his celestyall mansyon ¶ Ioye & blysse infynyte eternally to endure ¶ Wherof we say we wolde fayne be sure ¶ But the way thyderwarde to holde be we lothe ¶ That oft sythe causeth {the} good lord to be wrothe ¶ And by our deserte our habytacyon chau{n}geth ¶ Fro Ioye to payne & woo perpetuelly ¶ From his gloryous syght thus he vs estrau{n}geth ¶ For our vycyous lyuyng thorugh our owne foly ¶ Wherfore let vs praye to that lorde of glory ¶ Whyle we in erthe be {that} he wyll yeue vs grace ¶ So vs here to guyde that we may haue a place ¶ Accordyng to oure Regeneracyon ¶ Which heuenly spyrytes his name to magnyfy. ¶ Whiche downe descendeth for oure redempcyon ¶ Offryng hymselfe on the crosse to his fad{er} on hy ¶ Now benygne Ihesu that boren was of Mary ¶ All that to this vysyon haue gyue{n} her audyence ¶ Graunte eternal Ioye after thy last se{n}tence A M E N ¶ Here endeth a lytyll Treatyse named The assemble of goddes [Illustration] [Illustration]