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Bochas dampnyth þe Vice of Glotonye.
Heer Iohn Bochas seyng the gret offense
Of this forseid froward companye,
Took his penne of enteer dilligence,
And in his studie gan hymsilff applie
To dampne the vice of hatful glotonye,
Fro which[e] synne, record[e] of Adam,
Al our myscheeuys & sorowis cam.
Of this forseid froward companye,
Took his penne of enteer dilligence,
And in his studie gan hymsilff applie
To dampne the vice of hatful glotonye,
Fro which[e] synne, record[e] of Adam,
Al our myscheeuys & sorowis cam.
Be the outrage of disobeissaunce,
Our said[e] fadir beyng in paradis,
Tween hym and vertu ther roos a gret distaunce,
Cleerli conceyued, he that was so wis,
Aboue creatures be resoun bar the pris,
Til [he] of foli wrongli gaff assent
To be gouernid bi a fals serpent.
Our said[e] fadir beyng in paradis,
Tween hym and vertu ther roos a gret distaunce,
Cleerli conceyued, he that was so wis,
Aboue creatures be resoun bar the pris,
Til [he] of foli wrongli gaff assent
To be gouernid bi a fals serpent.
His innat vertues did hym anon forsake
For his assentyng, & did in hast retourne
Ageyn to heuene, whan the infernal snake
In stede of vertu did with man soiourne.
For which we han gret mateer for to mourne,
Sith that we been difffourmyd in certeyn,
Be vicious lyuyng of vertu maad bareyn.
For his assentyng, & did in hast retourne
Ageyn to heuene, whan the infernal snake
In stede of vertu did with man soiourne.
For which we han gret mateer for to mourne,
Sith that we been difffourmyd in certeyn,
Be vicious lyuyng of vertu maad bareyn.
And thus cam in the domynacioun
Of vices alle, & heeld a gret bataille,
The retenv sent from thynfernal dongoun,
Vs woful wrechchis in erthe for tassaille,
Strechchyng ther poweer, & proudli gan preuaille
Thoruh al the world[e] & pocessioun took,
For our demerites whan vertues vs forsook.
Of vices alle, & heeld a gret bataille,
The retenv sent from thynfernal dongoun,
Vs woful wrechchis in erthe for tassaille,
Strechchyng ther poweer, & proudli gan preuaille
Thoruh al the world[e] & pocessioun took,
For our demerites whan vertues vs forsook.
Thes said[e] vertues comprised in the noumbre
Of foure reknid: Prudence, Attemperaunce,
Of vicious lyff tadawed vs fro the slombre,
Rihtwisnesse taue holde the ballaunce,
And Fortitudo of ther alliaunce;
Whan thei forsake mankynde to gouerne,
Than of al vertu was clipsed the lanterne.
Of foure reknid: Prudence, Attemperaunce,
Of vicious lyff tadawed vs fro the slombre,
Rihtwisnesse taue holde the ballaunce,
And Fortitudo of ther alliaunce;
Whan thei forsake mankynde to gouerne,
Than of al vertu was clipsed the lanterne.
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Thus thoruh dirknesse vices wer made bold,
The multitude almost innumerable.
Amonges all reknid of newe or old,
Ther be foure pereilous & reprouvable:
Slouthe, Lecherye, & most abhominable,
Fals Auarice bi a gredi desir,
With Glotonye, cheef kyndeler of ther fyr.
The multitude almost innumerable.
Amonges all reknid of newe or old,
Ther be foure pereilous & reprouvable:
Slouthe, Lecherye, & most abhominable,
Fals Auarice bi a gredi desir,
With Glotonye, cheef kyndeler of ther fyr.
Nature in soth with litil is content;
And as myn auctour abidith heer a while,
And to remembre was sumwhat dilligent
To write, whan Saturn regned in þe ile
Callid Crete, the prophetesse Cibile,
In hir tyme, bi gret auctorite,
The world deuyded prudentli in thre.
And as myn auctour abidith heer a while,
And to remembre was sumwhat dilligent
To write, whan Saturn regned in þe ile
Callid Crete, the prophetesse Cibile,
In hir tyme, bi gret auctorite,
The world deuyded prudentli in thre.
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