good hert
luste to do good.
¶ The auctour.
THus as I hauynge grete delyce
To here them speke so wysely
Lept fro my bed without respyte
And made me redy hastely
Good wyll wente full redely
To lyght a candell at myne instaunce
Whiche as she wente songe so merely
That her to here I had plesaunce
I toke my clothes vnto me necessary
And made me redy at theyr instaunce
Lust to do good full gladly
To bere the candell had grete plesaunce
Than went they forth all in ordynaunce
As folke replenysshed wi [...] [...]sse
That to beholde theyr co [...]ce
My herte was fylled with gladnesse.
Lust to do good / went alway
Before berynge the candell lyght
Good wyll went nexte in fayre aray
And than good herce / I folowed ryght
Sothly it was a plesaunt syght
To se togyder so meke a company
I had not suche sorow all the nyght
As I had than myrth and melody.
[...]
¶ Good wyll.
[Page]Go sone thou must bestowe thy t [...]
In other wyse than thou hast done
Let to laboure for no cryme
Lettynge thy dedes ay sounde to [...]
And as for me / I me abandon
With my husbande on the to wayte
Vnto this castell and noble manyson
Wherin is rychesse without disceyte.
Who other begyleth him selfe discer [...]th
Rychesse yll goten commeth to yll end [...]
Who in this castell falshode conceyu [...]
good herte.
good wyll.
lust to do good.
The castell of labour▪
THan entred we in to the way
Of great payne called diligence
Without restynge I went alway
There fonde I no resystence
These thre were euer in my presence
For the way was vnknowen to me
I hasted me vnder their defence
That I myght there the soner be.
Thus went we forth a lytell whyle
Of the way was I ygnoraunt
My thre felowes dyde on me smyle
On me beholdynge with glad semblaunt
Than sawe I this castell fayre and pleasaunt
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