pyry he
lapped theym in care.
¶ And full oft syth wyth hys boystous blaste.
¶ Or they myght be
war{e} he drof he{m} on {the} sond
¶ And other whyle he brake top
sayl & maste.
¶ which caused thei{m} to peryssh or thei ca{m} to
lond ¶ Then cursed they the tyme {that} euer thei me fa{n}d
¶ Thus
amonge the people lost is my name.
¶ And so by his labour put I am
to blame.
Original has
¶ Consyder this mater and ponder my case.
sencence
¶ Tender my compleynt as rygure requyreth
instead of
¶ Shew forth youre sentence {with} a breef clause sentence ¶ I may not
longe tary the tyme fast expyreth Original has
¶ The offence is grete wherfore it desyreth.
erpyreth
¶ The more greuous payn and hasty iugeme{n}t
instead of
¶ For offence don wylfully wyl non auysement
expyreth
And wha{n} {the} god pluto a whyl had hi{m} bethought
¶ He
rowned {with} mynos what was to do.
¶ Then he sayde openly loke
thou fayl nought
¶ Thy sentence to yeue wythoute fauoore soo.
¶
Lyke as thou hast herde the causes the too.
¶ And so euenly dele
twene thise partyey twein
¶ That none of he{m} haue case on {the}
other co{m}pleint
¶ Thenne sayd mynos full indyfferently.
¶ To Dyana & Neptunus is
there ony more.
¶ That ye wyll declare ageyn hym openly.
¶ Nay in
dede they sayd we kepe none in store /
¶ we haue sayd Inough to
punysshe hym fore
¶ If ye in this mater be not parcyall·
¶
Remembre your name was wont to be egall.
¶ Well than sayd Mynos now let vs see.
¶ what this boystous Colus
for hy{m}self cay say
¶ For here Prima facie to vs doth appere.
¶
That he hath offended no man can say naye
¶ wherfore thou Colus
wythoute more delaye
¶ Shape vs an answere to thyne accusemente
¶ And elles I must procede vpon thy iugeme{n}t
¶ And euen as col{us} was onward to haue said
¶ For his excuse /
came in a messengere.
¶ Fro god Appolo to Pluto and hym prayde.
¶ On his behalfe that he wythoute daungere
¶ wolde to hym come &
bry{n}ge wyth hym in fere
¶ Dyana and Neptunus vnto his banket
¶
And yf they dysdeyned hy{m}self he wold he{m} fet.
¶ Moreouer he sayde to god Appolo
¶ Desyred to haue respyte of the
iugemente
¶ Of Colus bothe of Mynos and Pluto
¶ So Dyana &
Neptun{us} were therwith co{n}te{n}t
¶ And yf they were dysposed
to assente
¶ That he myght come vnto his presente
¶ He it desyred
to knowe his offence
¶ What say ye herto sayd Pluto to hem tweyn
¶ wyll ye both assente
that it shal be thus
¶ ye sayd the goddesse for my parte certeyne
¶
And I also sayd this Neptunus
¶ I am well plesid quod this Colus
¶
And whan they had a whyle th{us} togyd{er} spoke
¶ Pluto
commaunded the court to be broke
¶ And than togeder went they in fere.
¶ Pluto and Neptunus ledynge
the goddesse
¶ whome folowed Cerberus {with} his prysonere.
¶
And alderlast wyth grete heuynesse.
¶ Came I and Morpleus to the
forteresse.
¶ Of the god appolo vnto his banket.
¶ where many
goddes and goddesses met.
¶ Whan Appolo se that they were come.
¶ He was ryght glad &
prayed theym to syt.
¶ Nay sayd Dyana this is all and some.
¶ ye
shall me pardone I shall not syt yet.
¶ I shall fyrste know why Colus
abyde.
¶ And what execucyon shall on hym be doo
¶ For his
offence / well sayd Appollo.
¶ Madame ye shall haue all your plesere.
¶ Syth that it wyll none
otherwyse be.
¶ But fyste I pray you let me {the} mater here
¶ why
he is brought in this perplexyte.
¶ well sayd Pluto that shall ye sone se.
¶ And gan to declare euen by and by.
¶ Bothe
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