XIV.
Joyne thou to the Pallas the godesse,
And sette hir ryght wyth thi worthinesse.
Yf thow haue hir, good fortune thou shalt fele;
Pallas wyth Mynerve is fittyng[[201]] full wele.
All so where it is seyde that Pallas sholde be ioyned wyth Mynerve, the which is wele fyttyng, men shall vndirstonde that Pallas and Mynerve ys all o thyng, but the names be diueres and be takyn to .ii. vndirstondynges. For the lady that is callyd |f. 18.| Mynerve was so surnamed Pallas of an yle that is called Pallance[[202]] of the whiche she was borne; and because that she generally in all thynges was wyse and foonde many nwe craftes, fayre and sotle, thei called hyr goodes of kunnyng. Mynerve is called thus in that which longeth too knyghthode, and Pallas in all thynges that longeth to wysdom; and therefore it is seyde that he sholde yeuen[[203]] wysdom and knythhode, the which is ful wele acordvng therto, and that armes shulde be keptte may be vndirstonde be feyth. To this purpose seythe Hermes, “Joyne the loue of feithe wyth wisedom.”
And as that Pallas, the whiche is notyd for wysedom, shulde be ioyned with knyghthode, the vertue[[204]] of hope shuld be ioyned with good vertues of the knyghtly speryte, wyhtowte the which he may not avayle. For Orygene seyth in the Omelies opon Exode that the hoope of the goodes that be for to come is the solase of theyme that trauellyth in this bodely lyffe, leche as to laboreres the hoope of there payment softeth there laboures off there besynes, and as [to] champyons that be in bateyle the hoope of the corowne of victorie esyth the woo of there wondes. And to this purpose seyth Seynt Poule the apostyll, [“Fortissimum solatium habemus, qui confugimus ad tenendam propositam spem,” etc.].[[205]]
XV.
Pantassele[[206]] haue thou fauour vnto,
That ffor thi deth shall haue moch woo;