¶ And whan Appolo had herd the reporte ¶ Of Pluto in a maner smylynge he sayd. ¶ I se well Colus thou hast small comforte. ¶ Thy selfe to excuse thou mayst be dysmayde· ¶ For to here so grete co{m}pleyntes ayen the layd ¶ And notwythstondyng if thou can say ought ¶ For thyne own wele say and tary nought ¶ Nota ¶ Forsoth sayd Colus yf I had respyte. ¶ Hereto an answere cowd I counterfete. ¶ But to haue her grace more is my delyte. ¶ wherfore I pray you all for me entrete. That I may by your req{ue}st her gode grace gete ¶ And what payn or greef ye for me prouyde ¶ wythout ony grutchyng I shall it abyde. ¶ Lo good dame sayd god Appollo. ¶ what may he do more but sew to your grace. ¶ Beholde how the teres from his eyen goo. ¶ It is satysfaction half for his trespace. ¶ Now gloryo{us} goddes shew your petio{us} face ¶ To this pore prysoner at my request. ¶ All we for youre honour thynke thus is best. ¶ And yf it lyke you to do in thys wyse. ¶ And so to foryeue hym clerely his offence. ¶ One thynge surely I wyll you promyse. ¶ If he ought rebell and make resystence ¶ Or dysobey vnto your sentence. Original has ¶ For euery tree that he maketh fall. sencence ¶ Out of the erthe an /C/ ryse shall. instead of sentence ¶ Soo that youre game shall not dyscrease ¶ For lacke of shade i dare vndertake ¶ well syr Appolo sayd she than wyll I cease ¶ Off all my rancour and mercy {with} you make ¶ And than god Neptunus of his maner spak ¶ Saying th{us} appolo though dyana him relese ¶ yet shall he sue to me to haue his pease. ¶ A sayd Appolo ye wende I had forgete. ¶ You for my lady Dyana the goddesse. ¶ Nay thynke not so for I wyll you entrete. ¶ As well as her wythoute longe processe. ¶ wyll ye agre that Phebus your maystresse. ¶ May haue the guydyng of your varyaunce. ¶ I shall abyde quod he / her ordynaunce. ¶ Wel than quod appolo I pray you godd{i}s all ¶ And goddesses that ben here presente. ¶ That ye companable wyll aborde falle. ¶ Nay than sayd Othea it is not conuenyente. ¶ A dew ordre in euery place is expedyente. ¶ To be hadde wherfore ye may not lette. ¶ To be your own marshal at your own ba{n}ket ¶ And whan appolo se it wolde none other be ¶ He called to hym Aurora the goddesse. ¶ And sayd though ye wepe ye shall before me. ¶ Ay kepe your course and put yourself in p{re}sse ¶ Soo he her set fyrste at his owne messe. ¶ wyth her moyst clothes {with} teres all be sprey{n}t ¶ The medewes in may shew therof her co{m}plei{n}t