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[OMITTED]mo vertues that vsed sholde be
[OMITTED] they be banysshed as fereth me

Disobe.
Peas whā I bydde you & come whan I call
I am royally prouyded of lande and of fe
Noble Disobedyence of might moost potencyall
Yet wolde I be called by name due prosperyte
Sholde I be obedyent to the superlatyfe degre
Ne yet to no creature that lyueth in londe
Sythe I am fre I wyll neuer be bonde

Tempe.
That may ye repent ye shall vnderstande

Disobe.
Chorle take thou this nowe of my hande

Humilite
Ye be to blame so for to do
To smyte so hastely it is your shame
It was but good he sayd you to
Thus to be so wrothe ye be to blame

Disobe.
Tell me what thou art called by name

Tempe.
My name is Temperaunce
That neuer dyde greuaunce
To man nor chylde

Humilite
And I am Humylite suffrynge perturbaunce
[OMITTED] to he wrothe to goddes dysplesaunce
But euer meke and mylde

Disobe.
what make ye in this countre
your warke is all in vanyte
ye can not preuayle
[OMITTED]udacyte and dysobedience
[OMITTED]ith Aduersytees presence
[OMITTED]us wyll werayle
[OMITTED]court/in constey and in many a couent
[OMITTED] euery order we dwell present
[OMITTED] duety we assayle

Tempe.


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For dothe [OMITTED]all and tēporall foloweth our ca[OMITTED]
And after vs wyll do

Tempe.
God it amende and it be so
As for relygious I trust in dede
That obedyence with them shall go
Els may they soone stande in drede

Disobe.
That is not so as god me spede
For the poorest nowe in a place
Wyll lacke bothe loue and drede
And rebell in wordes they wyll a pace

Humilite
This tale to here it is a pyteous case
God banysshe this vyce from this countre
And restore obedyence to euery place
That euery creature may knowe his degre
And euer to dwell with Humylite
Than grace wyll folowe vyce to exchewe
And euery man to his maister wolde be trewe

Disobe.
That wyll they neuer by swete Iesu

Tempe.
I wolde fro this place that thou wold[OMITTED]
And remembre thy mysse yt thou hast wrought
For moche is the sorowe that thou hast do
And all disobedyence thou hast in brought

Humilite
Many is the person thou hast put in thought
And banysshed Humylite/with loue and po[OMITTED]
In wylfull hertes sore thou art sought
That thou hast troubled many a noble pla[OMITTED]

Disobe.
And many mo I wyll bringe to that ca[OMITTED]
Audacyte and my brother aduersyte
With the counterfayt name of prosperyte

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