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;