Such one was Idlenesse, first of this company.
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And by his side rode loathsome Gluttony,
Deformed creature, on a filthie swyne;
His belly was up-blowne with luxury,
And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne,
And like a Crane[°] his necke was long and fyne,
With which he swallowed up excessive feast,
For want whereof poore people oft did pyne;