The Assemble of Goddes | Page 8

Achylles nor many another mo

¶ For fayr nor foule gat of me no grace
¶ But al be at {the} last I
seased hem {with} my mace.
¶ Thus haue I brought euery creature
¶ To an ende both man fysshe
foule and best
And euery other thyng in whome dame nature
¶ Hath
ony Iurysdyccion eyther most or lest
¶ Except oonly one in whome
your be hest
¶ Is to me broke for ye me promysed
That my myght
of non{e} shold haue be dyspysed
¶ Wherof the contrary daoe I well a uow Original has ¶ Is trew for one
there is that wyl not apply aontrary ¶ Vnto my correction nor in no
wyse bow instead of ¶ To the dynt of my darte for dole nor
desteny· contrary ¶ What comfort he hath nor the cause why
¶ That
he so rebellyth I can not thynk of ry{gh}t Original has But yf ye hy{m}
grau{n}ted your alders saf condyght. yot instead
of not ¶ And yf he so haue than do ye not as goddis.
¶ For a goddys
wrytyng may not reuersed be.
¶ Yf it shold I wold not gyue you ii
pesecodd{i}s
¶ For grau{n}t of your patent of offyce nere of fee.
Original has ¶ Wherefore in this mater do me equyte gra{n}ut ¶
Accerdi{n}g to my patent for tyl this be do instead of ¶ Ye haue no
more my seruyse nor my gode wyl grau{n}t
¶ And whan al the goddis had attropos hered
¶ As they had ben wode
brayd vp attones
¶ & sayd they wold not rest tyll he were
conq{ue}red
¶ Taken and dystroyed body blode and bones
¶ And
that they swere grete othes for {the} nonis
¶ Her lav to dyspyce that
was so malapert
¶ They sayd he shuld be taught for to be so pert
¶ Wel sayd Appollo yf he on erth be
¶ wyth my brennyng chare I
shall hy{m} co{n}found
¶ In feyth quod neptunus & he kepe these

¶ He may be well sure he shall be drownd
¶ A syr sayd Mars this

haue we wel found
¶ That ony dysubeyed oure goodly precept
¶ We
may well thynk we haue to long slept
¶ But neuertheles where I may hym fynd
¶ wyth thu{n}d{er} &
lyghtning about I shall hy{m} chase ¶ And I quod Saturnus before and
behynd.
¶ {with} my bytte cold shall shew hy{m} harde grace
¶
well sayd Mercuryus yf I may se his face.
¶ For euer of his spech I shall hym depryue
Original has
¶ So that hym were better dede than alyue
depryur

instead of
¶ Ye quod Othea yet may he well be
depryue
¶ In the eyr where he wyll & ax you no leue
¶ wherfore my counseyl
is that all we
¶ May entrete Neptun{us} his rancour foryeue. Original
has ¶ And than I dout not Colus wyl hy{m} myscheue rahcour ¶ So
may ye be sure he soal you not escape instead of ¶ & ellis of you anger
he wyll make but a iape. rancour
¶ But for to tel you how Colus was brought.
¶ In daungere of Pluto
yet had I forget
¶ wherfore on this mater forther wyl I nou{gh}t.
¶
Procede tyll I therof haue knowlege you let
¶ It befell on a day the
weder was wete
¶ And Colus thought he wold on his dysport.
¶ Goo
t[u] reioyse his spyrytis and comforte
¶ He thought he wold se what was in {the} grou{n}d
¶ And in a
krauers forth he gan hym dresse
¶ A drough had the erthe late before
found.
¶ That caused it to chyne & krauy more & lesse /
¶ Sodenly
by wete constreyned by duresse
¶ Was the ground to close his
sup{er}fycyall face.
¶ So streyt that to scape col{us} had noo space
¶ This seyng Colus be styll wythin abode.
¶ Seky{n}g where he
my{gh}t haue gene fer or nere.
¶ A[n]one he was espyed and one to
Pluto rode
¶ And told hy{m} how Colus was in his dau{n}gere.
¶

Than sayd he to Cerber{us} fet me