¶ Roody as a roose ay he kept his chere.
¶ On his helme on hyghe a pellycan he bare.
¶ Next whom cam pacyence that no where hath no pere
¶ On a camell rydyng as voyde of all care.
¶ A fenix on his helm stood so forth gan he fare.
¶ Who next hym folowed but lyberalyte.
¶ Syteng on a dromedary that was both good & fre.
¶ On his helm for his crest he bare on ospray.
¶ And next after hym folowed abstynence.
¶ Rydyng on an hete was trapure and gay.
¶ He semed a lorde of ryght grete excellence.
¶ A popyniay was his crest he was of gret dyfferece.
¶ Next hym folowed chastyte on an vnicorne.
¶ Armed at all poyntes behynde & beforne.
¶ A tortyldoue he bare on hyghe for his crest.
¶ Than came good besynesse last of the seuen.
¶ Rydyng on a panter a sondry coloured best.
¶ Gloryously beseen as he had come from heuen.
¶ A crane on his hede stood his crest for to steuen.
¶ All these .vii. capteyned had standardis of pryce.
¶ Eche of hem accordyng after his deuyse.
¶ Many pety capteyns after these went.
¶ As trew feyth & hope mercy pease & pyte.
¶ Ryght trouth mekenesse with rood ente[n]t.
¶ Goodnes concorde & parfyte vnyte.
¶ Honest trewe loue with symplycyte.
¶ Prayer fastyng preuy almysdede.
¶ Ioyned with the artycles of the crede.
¶ Confessyon contrycyon & satysfaccyon.
¶ With sorow for synne & grete repentaunce.
¶ Foryeuenesse of trespas with good dysposycyon.
¶ Resystence of wrong performyng of penance.
¶ Holy deuocyon wyth good contynaunce
¶ Presthode hem folowed with the sacramentis
¶ And sadnesse alse wyth the commaundementes
¶ Suffraunce in trouble wyth Innocensy
¶ Clennes contynence and virgynyte
¶ Kyndnes reuerence with curteysy
¶ Content & pleased wyth pyteous pouerte
¶ Entendyng wel mynystryng equyte
¶ Twene ryght & wrong hole indyfferently
¶ And labouryng the seruyse of god to multyply
¶ Refuse of ryches & worldly vaynglory
¶ Perfeccyon wyth perfyght contemplacyon
¶ Relygyon professyon wel kept in memory
¶ Verry drede of god wyth holy predycacyon
¶ Celestyall sapyence wyth gostly inspyracyon
¶ Grace was the guyde of al this meyne
¶ Whome folowed konnyng with his genealogy
¶ That is to say gramer and Sophystry
¶ Phylosophy naturall logyke and Rythoryke
¶ Arsmetrycke geometry wyth astronomye
¶ Canon and Cyuyll melodyous musyke
¶ Noble Theology and corporal physyke
¶ Moralyzayson of holy scrypture
¶ Profound poetry and drawyng of pycture
¶ Thyse folowed connyng & thyder wyth hin cam
¶ Wyth many one mo offryng her seruyse
¶ To Vertu at that nede but notwythstondyng than
¶ Some he refused and sayd in nowyse
¶ They shuld wyth hym go & as I coud auyse
¶ Thyse wore her names fyrst Nygrommancy
¶ Geomansy magyke and glotony
¶ Adryomansy Ornomancy with pyromancy
¶ Fysenomy also and pawmestry
¶ And al her sequeles yf I shal not lye
¶ Yet connyng prayed Vertu he wold not deny
¶ Theym for to know nor dysdeyn his eye
¶ On hem to loke wherto Vertu graunted
¶ How be it in his werres ge wold not they haunted