thyder Attropos voyd of all gladnesse.¶Wrapped in his shete & axed of ony wyght.¶Coude wysse hym the vay to the lorde of light.¶Or ellis where myght fynde ryghwysnesse.¶Forsothe sayd reyson I trowas I gesse.¶At Vertu his castell ye may soone
the hyest degre of goodenesse. that enforceth hym to be good him self And he is in the .ij. degre that enforceth him to cause other to be goode / and he that rekketh of none of thiese ij. is
¶And saide ware the of drōkenship for the wit that is oucome with wyne / is like the hors that cas¦teth his maistre ¶And said take hede of the guydyng of him that thou axes {con}seyle of / if he
mer¦uaile of thoes that blame so moche the foule thingis vpon o∣ther and think hem fayr vpon hem self / Dimycrates saide pacience is a castell imprenable & worship is the fruyte of trouth & repētaunce is the fruyte of
lyke thereto of nobles ne of wor¦thynes and of myghte / Thenne for the grete name and many folde praysynges and merueyles that we¦re there. the grettest of byrthe of the progenye & kyn¦redde of Vaws came out of Inde
openyng & this clernesse of wytte is made by the ghostly presence of Ihū / For right as the gospell sayth of ii. discyples goynge to the castellof Ema¦us bren̄ynge in desyre & spekyng of our lorde Ihū: our
part of their peple to kepe the feld tyll on the morne. Then̄e the duke of york wt his secōd sone de{per}ted thu∣rgh walys toward Irlād / leuyng his oldest sone the erle of the mar¦che wt the Erles of
goodnesseOf her fredome. & of her bounteous largenesseSo wommanly. that her lyst take hedeHym to refresshe. in his grete nedeBehotyng her. with all his full myghtHe wolde be her seruaunte. and her knyghtwhyle he lyueth. of what she wolde hem
/ he founded syn a castell where he dwellyd vnto the tyme of hercules.¶How Perseus torned the kynge athlas in to a stone And how the quene auria wyf of kynge pricus wax amerous of the knyght belleforon that reffused
that oon of Iupiter & that other of Amphitrion / By space of tyme the fruyt of her wombe began to appere þe tidynges were born all aboute And also in to Crete and cam to the eeres of kynge
bee allwey well at his case / In this estate than laomedon brought hercules in to Troye vnto the castellof ylion and his gre¦kes with hym and fested hem as hit apperteyned Her∣cules and his grekes were foure dayes
connyngest of all the world / And furthermore that he dwelte in a castell standyng on the toppe of a ryght hye montaygne named Athlas after the name of the same kynge In this remembrance hercules beyng couey¦tous of the
The seruant of kyng Athlas with thise wordes wente forth on his waye. and hercules wente vp in to the mon¦taigne & cam to the gate of the castell / where he fonde four knyghtes that demanded hym what he
and with the strook all they of the fortresse assaylid hercules / Than hercules put hym self to deffense myghtly by the rigour of his Clobbe / And with .xij. strokes he slewe .xij. of his enemyes / After he
sorowfull & woo begon of the wounde that he had in the heed / hercules requyred hym Instantly that he wold teche hym his scyence / Athlas wold in no wise do hit in the begynnyng of his sorowe /
with hym / His contre and hys cyte of patrace was all dest∣royed / whan hercules had taken the castell After he wente in to the contre and in to the cyte of patrace / And entryng in all places
the canell of the necke / that he fyll doun ded / And assayllyd the other and caste hem doun of the brygge / And they began for to crye moche lowde / and whan they of þe castell herde
sone after ayen and toke Crescenciū the consull and stroke of his heed and put out the eyn of this man the wich put out his cosin of the dignite of the pope. And maymet him on odir menbyrs and
wylliam basterd duke of Normandie come in to en¦glond and kylled kyng Harold.Willam{us} Cōq̄stor.Here come Nor∣mans and expulsed Harold a saxon.ANd when this batall was done harold bicome so prou¦de and wold nothing {per}t with his pepull of thyng that
of Cantorburi ¶And that other Dauid kyng of Scotlond and after him all the Erles and Barons of englond ¶Al∣so after that the nobull man the erle of Angoy that was a wor¦thy knyght sent vn to the kyng