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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06541	Here endeth a lytyll tratyse named Le assemble de dyeus; Assembly of gods.	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name.	1500 (1500)	STC 17007; ESTC S109242	33,505	92

electe Rewarded to all that folow the same secte And as for the keyes of the posternes fyue whiche were to Morpleꝰ rewarded for his labour Sygnyfye not elles but whyle man is on lyue His fyue inwarde wyttes shall be euery hour In his slepe occupyed in hele in langour with fantasyes tryfels Illusyons dremes whiche Poetes call Morpleus stremes And as for Resydyuacyon is nomore to say But after Confessyon tornyng ayene to synne whiche to euery man retorneth sanuz delay To vycyous lyuyng agayn hym to wynne whyle ony man lyueth wyll it neuer blynne That cursed conclusyon for to bryng aboute But Reason with Sadnes kepe it styll oute Here hast thou properly the verrey sentence Herde now declared of this vysyon The pycture also yeueth clere intellygence Therof beholden with good dyscresyon Loke well aboute and take consyderasyon As I haue declared whether hit soo be A syr quoth Morpleus what tolde I the Hast thou not now thyne hertes desyre Loke on you wall yonder before And all that tyme stood I in a wyre whiche way fyrst myn hert wolde yeue more To loke in a stody stood I therfore Neuerthelesse at last as Morpleus me badde I loked forwarde with contenaunce sadde where I behelde in portrayture The maner of the felde euen as it was Shewed me before euery creature On bothe sydes beyng drawyng in small space Soo curyously in soo lytyll a compace In all this worlde was neuer thyng wrought Hit were Impossyble in erthe to be thought And when I had long beholde that pycture what qd Morpleus how longe shalte thou loke Daryng as a dastard on you portrayture Come of for shame thy wytte stante a croke I heryng that myn herte to me toke Towarde the fourthe wall tornyng my vysage where I sawe Poetes Phylosophers sage Many one moo than at the banket Scrued the goddes as I layde before Som were made standyng som in chayris set Som lokyng on bokis as they had stodyed sore Som drawyng almenakis in her hondis bore Astyrlabes takyng the altytude of the sonne Among whome Dyogenes sate in a tonne And as I was lokyng on that fourthe wall Of Dyogenes beholdyng the ymage Sodeynly Doctryne began me to call And bad me tourne towarde hyr my vysage And soo then I dyde with humble corage what thynkest y u she sayd hast y u not th entent yet of these foure walles what they represent The pycture on the fyrst y t standeth at my bake Sheweth the y e present tyme of pylgremage Of whiche before I vnto the spake whiche is the tyme of daūgerous passage The seconde dyscrettly agayne my vysage The tyme expresseth of Deuyacyon whyle paynyme lawe had the domynacyon The thryd wall standyng on my lyfte honde The tyme representeth of Reuocacyon And the fourthe standyng on my ryght honde Determyneth the tyme of Reconsylyacyon This is the effecte of thy vysyon wherfore the nedeth nomore theron to muse Hit were but veyne thy wyttes to dysuse But duryng the tyme of Reconsylyacyon Thy tyme of pylgremage loke well y u spende And then well gracyous Predestynacyon Bryng the to glory at thy last ende And euen with that came to my mynde My fyrst conclusyon that I was aboute To haue dreuen er slepe made me to loute That is to say how Sensualyte w t Reason to acorde myght be brought aboute whiche caused me to knele downe on my kne And beseke Doctryne determyne that doute Do lord god sayd Doctryne canst y u not withoute Me that conclusyon bryng to an ende Ferre is fro the wytte ferther good mende And euen with that Dethe gan appere Shewyng hymselfe as though that he wolde His darte haue occupyed within that herbere But there was none for hym yong nor olde Saue oonly I Doctryne hym tolde And when I herde hyr with hym comon thus I me withdrew behynde Morpleus Dredyng full sore leest he with his dart Thorugh Doctrynes wordes ony entresse In me wolde haue had or claymed ony part whiche sholde haue caused me grete heuynesse within whiche tyme short processe Came thyder Reason and Sensualyte A quoth Doctryne ryght welcome be ye Hit is not long sythe we of you spake Ye must er ye goo determyne a doute And euen with that she the mater brake To theym tolde hit euery where aboute I wolde haue be thens yf I had moute For fere I loked as blake as a cole I wolde haue cropen in a mouse hole what quoth Doctryne where is he now That meued this mater straunge dyffuse He is a cowarde I make myn auow He hyded his hede his mocyon to refuse Blame hym not qd Reason alway y t to vse when he seeth Dethe soo nere at his honde Yet is his part hym to withstonde Or at the leste way elles fro hym flee As longe as he may who dooth otherwyse Is an ydeote quoth Sensualytee who dredeth not Dethe wyse men hym dyspyse what sayd Doctryne how long hathe this gyse Be holden vsed thus a twixe you tweyne ye were not wonte to acorde certeyne yes quoth Reason in this poynt alway To euery man haue we yeuen our counsayll Dethe for to flee as long as they may Al though we otherwyse haue done our trauayll Eche other to represse yet withoute fayll In that poynt oonly dyscordeth we neuer Thus condescended therin be we for euer A ha sayd Doctryne then is the conclusyon Clerely determyned of the gret doute That here was meuyd halfe in derysyon She me then called bade me loke oute Come forthe she sayd feere not this route And euen with that Reason Sensualyte And Dethe fro thens were vanysshed all thre Then loked I forthe as Doctryne me badde when Dethe was gone me thought I was bolde To shewe myselfe but yet was I sadde Me thought my doute was not as I wolde Clerely and openly declared tolde Hit sowned to me as a parable Derke as a myste or a fayned fable And Doctryne my conceyte gan espy wherfore sayd she standest thou soo styll wherin is thy thought art thou in stody Of thy questyon hast thou not thy fyll To the declared tell me thy wyll Herdest thou not Reason Sensualyte Declared thy doubte here before the For sothe quoth I. I herde what they sayde But neuerthelesse my wytte is so thynne And also of Dethe I was so afrayde That hit is out where hit went ynne And so that mater can I not wynne without your helpe benyuolence Therof to expresse the verray sentence well quoth Doctryne then yeue attendaunce Vnto my wordes thou shalt here Openly declared the concordaunce At wene Sensualyte Reason in fere If thou take hede hit clerely dooth apere How they were knette in one opynyon Bothe agayn Dethe helde contradyccyon whiche concordaunce nomore syguyfyeth To playne vnderstandyng but in euery mane Bothe Sensualyte Reason applyeth Rather Dethe to flee then with hit to be tane Loo

And fro thens forth kept it clene for Vertew Than began new grasse in the felde to spryng All vnlyke y t other of colour fayr bryght But then I aspyed a meruelous thyng For the groūde of y e felde gan wex hore whyte I coude not conceyue how that be myght Tyll I was enformed taught it to know But where Vertue occupyeth muste nedes well grow yet in the mene tyme while the felde thus grew And reson with sadnesse therof had gouernaūce Many a preuy messenger thyder sent Vertew To know yf it were guyded to his plesaūce Now prayer eft fastyng often tyme penaūce And whan he myght goo pryuely almesdede And bad hȳ to his power helpe where he se nede whyle y ● felde thus rewled reson with sadnesse Maugre dame Nature for al her carnall myght Came thyder Attropos voyde of all gladnesse wrapped in his shete axed yf ony wyght Coude wysshe hym the wey to the lord of lyght Or ellis where men myght fynde ryghwysnesse Forsothe sayd reasan I trow as I gesse At Vertue his castell ye may soone hym fynde If ye lyst the labour thyder to take And there shall ye knowe yf ye be not blynde The next wey to the lord of lyght I vndertake So thyder went Attropos petycyon to make To ryghtwysnesse prayeng that he myght Be take in to the seruyce of the lorde of lyght what sayd ryghtwysnesse y u olde dotyng foole whome hast thou serued syth the worlde began But oonly hym where hast y u go to scoole whether art y u double or elles the same man That thou were fyrst a syr sayd he than I praye you hertely holde me excused I am olde febell my wyttes are dysused well sayd ryghtwysnes for as moche as thow knowest not thy mayst thy name shal I chaūge Dethe shalt y u be called from hens forward now Among all the people that shall be had straūge But whan y u begynnest to make thy chalaūge Dredde shalt thou be where so thou become And to noo creature shalt thou be welcome And as for theym whome thou dedest serue For as moche as they presume on hem to take That hygh name of god they shall as they deserue Therfore be rewarded I dare vndtake with payn ꝑpetuell among fendes blake And her names shall be put to oblyuyon Among men but it be in derysyon A ha sayd Attropos now begȳne I wex glad That I shall thus auenged of hem be Syth they so long tyme haue made me so mad yee qd ryghtwysnesse here what I say to the The lorde of lyght sent the worde by me That in Macrocosine sesyne shalt thou take wherfore thy darte redy loke thou make And as soone as Vertue that vnderstood He sayd he was pleased that it sholde soo be And euen forthwith he cōmaunded preesthood To make hym redy the felde for to se So thyder went preesthode with benygnyte Conueyentg thyder the blessyd sacrament Of Eukaryst but fyrst were thyder sent Confessyon contrycyon and satysfaccyon Sorow for synne and grete repentaunce Holy deuocyon with good dysposycyon All these thyder came and also penaunce As her dewte was to make purueaunce Agayn the comyng of that blessyd lorde Feyth hope charyte therto were acorde Reason with sadnesse dyde his dylygence To clense the felde within and without And whan they se the bodely presence Of that holy Eukaryst lowly gan they lout So was that lorde receyued out of dout with all humble chere debonayre benygne Lykly to his pleasure it was a grete sygne Then came to the felde the mynyster fynall Called holy vnccyon with a crysmatory The fyue hye wayes in especyall Therof he anoynted made hit sanctuary whome tolowed deth whiche wolde not cary His feruent power there to put in vre As he was cōmaūded graūtyng dame Nature He toke his darte called his mortall laūce And bent his stroke towarde the feldes herte That seyng preesthode bad good remenbraūce Towarde the felde tourne hym aduerte For except hym all vertues thense must sterte And euen with that dethe there sesyne toke And then all the company clerely hit forsoke And as soone as dethe thus had sesyne take The colour of the felde was chaūged sodeynly The grasse therin seere as though it had be bake And the fyue hygh wayes were mured vpon hy That fro thensforward none entre shold therby The posternes were also without lette Bothe inwarde outwarde fyne fast shette whiche done sodeynly deth vanysshed away And Vertu exalted was aboue the fyrmament where he coke the crowne of glory y t is ay Preparate by Alpha oo omnypotent The swete frute of macrocosme thyder w t hē wēt And on all this mater as I stood musyng thus Agayn fro the felde to me came Morpleus Sayeng thꝰ what chere how lyketh y ● this fyght Haste thou seen ynough or wyll thou see more Nay syr I sayd my trouthe I you plyght This is suffycyente yf I knew wherfore This was to me shewed for theroft he lore Coueyte I to haue yf I gete myght Folow me quod he and haue thy delyght Soo I hym folowed tyll he had me brought To a foresquare herber walled round aboute Loo qd Morpleꝰ here mayst thou y t thou sought Fynde yf thou wyll I put the out of doute A lytyll whyle we stood ●●yll there withoute Tyll wytte chyef porter of that herber gate Requyred by stodye lete vs in there ate But whan I came in I meruayled gretly Of that I behelde herde there reporte For fyrst in a chayre apparaylled royally There sate dam doctryne her childern to exorte And about her was many a sondry sorte Some wyllyng to lerne dyuerse scyence And some for to haue perfyte intellygence Crowned she was lyke an Emperesse with .iii. crownes standyng on her hede on hy All thyng about her an Infynyte processe were to declare I tell you certaynly Neuerthelesse some in mynde therof haue I whiche I shall to you as god wyll yeue me grace As I sawe herde tell in short space Fast by Doctryne on that one syde As I remembre sate holy Texte That opened his mouthe to the people wyde But not in comparyson to Glose y t sate nexte Moralyzacyon with a cloke contexte Sate Scrypture was scrybe to theym all He sate ay wrytyng of that that sholde fall These were tho that I there knewe By no maner waye of olde acqueyntaūce But as I before saw theym with Vertewe Company in felde hauyng dalyaūce And as I thus stood halfe in a traūce whyle they were occupyed in her besynesse Aboute the walles myn ey gan I dresse where I behelde the meruaylous story That euer I yet sawe in ony pycture For on tho walles was made memory Syngulerly of euery creature That there had byn bothe forme stature whoo 's names reherse I wyll as I can Bryng theym to mynde in ordre euery man Fyrst to begynne