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But foorth to relese all the remenaunt
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Of pety capteyns that with Vertu were,
Moderat Dyete, & Wysdom auenaunt,
Euyn Wyght & Mesure, Ware of Contagious Geere,
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Lothe to Offende, and Louyng ay to Lere,
Worshyp, & Profyt, with Myrthe in Manere,
These pety capteyns with Vertew were in fere.
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Comones hem folowyd a gret multitude.
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But in [comparyson] to that other syde
I trow ther was nat, brefely to conclude,
The xth man that batayll to abyde.
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Yet neuerthelese, I shall nat fro yow hyde
What maner pepyll they were & of what secte,
As neere as my wyt therto wyll me dyrecte.
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Ther were notable and famous doctours,
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Example yeuers of lyuyng gracyous,
Perpetuell prestes and dyscrete confessours,
Of Holy Scriptur declares fructuous,
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Rebukers of synne & myschefes odyous,
Fysshers of fowles, & lovers of clennes,
Dyspysers of veyn & worldly ryches,
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Pesyble prelates, iustyciall gouernours,
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Founders of churches, with mercyfull peeres,
Reformers of wrong of her progenitours
On peynfull poore pyteous compassioners,
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Well menyng merchauntes, with trew artyfyceres,
Vyrgyns pure, and also innocentes,
Hooly matronys, with chaste contynentes,
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Pylgryms, & palmers, with trew laborers,
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Hooly heremytes, goddes solycitours,
Monasteriall monkes, & well dysposyd freres,
Chanons, & nonnes, feythfull professoures,
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Of worldly peple trew coniugatoures,
Louers of Cryst, confounders of yll,
And all that to godward yeue her good wyll,
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