¶ Idylnes set the comyns in aray
¶ Without the palayse on a fayr felde
¶ But there was an ost for to make a fray
¶ I trow suche a nother neuer man beheld
¶ Many was the wepyn among hem that they weld
¶ What they were that came to that dysporte
¶ I shall you declare of many a sondry sort
¶ There were bosters crakers & brybours
¶ Praters sasers strechers and wrythers
¶ Shamefull shakelers soleyn slauedours
¶ Oppressours of people and myghty crakers
¶ Mayntenours of quarels horryble lyers
¶ Theues traytours with false heretykes
¶ Charmars sorcerers & many scysmatykes.
¶ Preuy symonyakes wyth false vsurers
¶ Multyplyers coyn wasshers & clyppers
¶ Wrong vsurpers wyth grete extorcyoners
¶ Bacbyters Glosers and fayre flaterers.
¶ Malycyous murmurers with grete claterers
¶ Tregetours Tryfelers Feyners of tales·
¶ Lastyuous lurdeyns and Pykers of malys.
¶ Rouners Vagabundes Forgers & lesingis.
¶ Robbers Reuers Rauenous Ryfelers.
¶ Choppers of Chyrches Fynders of tydynges
¶ Merrers of maters and mony makers.
¶ Stalkers by nyght wyth Euysdroppers.
¶ Fyghters Brawlers Brekers of louedayes
¶ Getters Chyders Causers of frayes.
¶ Tytyuyllis Tyrauntis with Tourmentours.
¶ Corsyd apostatis Relygyous dyssymulers:
¶ Closshers Carders wyth comon hasardours.
¶ Tyburne colops and Purskytters.
¶ Pylary knyghtys double tollyng Myllers.
¶ Gay Ioly tapters with hostelers of the stewes.
¶ Hores and Bawdes that many bale brewes
¶ Bold blasfemers wyth false Ipocrytes.
¶ Brothellers Brokers abhomynable swerers.
¶ Dryuylls Dastardes dyspysers of ryghtis
¶ Homycydes Poyseners & comon morderers
¶ Scoldis Caytyues Comberous clappers.
¶ Idolatres Enchauntors with false regenates.
¶ Sotyl ambydextrys and sekeers of debatis.
¶ Pseudo Prophetes false Sodemytes.
¶ Quesmers of chyldren wyth fornycatours.
¶ wetewoldes that suffre syn in their syghtis.
¶ Auoutrers and abhomynable auauntours.
¶ Of syn grete clappers & makers of clamours
¶ Vnthryftes & vnlustes came al to that game
¶ with luskis & loselis that might not thryue for shame
¶ These were the comons that came thider that day.
¶ Redy bowne in batayl Vertu to abyde.
¶ Apollo theym beholdyng began to say·
¶ To the goddys & goddesses beyng there that tide
¶ Me semyth conuenyent an herowd to ryde
¶ To Vertu & byde hym to batayl make hym boune
¶ Hymself to defend forsoth it shal be sone.
¶ And let hym not be sodeynly take.
¶ All dyspureyed or that he beware.
¶ For than shold our dyshonour awake.
¶ If he were cowardly take in a snare.
¶ Ee quod Vyce for that haue I no care.
¶ I wyll auauntage take where I may.
¶ That heryng Morpleus preuely stale away.
¶ And went to warne Vertu of al this afray.
¶ And bad hym awake and make hymself strong
¶ For he was lyke to endure that daye.
¶ A grete mortall shoure er it were euensonge.
¶ with Vyce wherfore he bad hym not longe.
¶ Tary to send after more socoure.
¶ If he dyde it shold torne hym to dolour.
