A Mumming at London:
Trinity R.3.20 Verses
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Þe foure Cardinale •Was witħ him / of acqweyntaunce •
whicħ him made In his ententys •
To gyf alle Rigħtwyse Iugementis •
Wher
fore
þis lady whicħ yee heer see •
Witħ hir balaunces / of equytee •
Haþe þe scaalis hanged soo •
Þat she haþe no thing to doo •
Neuer witħ ffortunes
doublenesse •
ffor euer in oon stant Rigħtwysnesse •
Nowher
moeving / too ne froo •
In no thing þat she haþe to doo •
Takeþe heede þis fayre lady loo •
Ycalled is ffortitudo •
Whame philosophres by þeyre sentence •
Ar wonte to cleepe Magnyfysence •
And ffortitudo / sooþely sheo
higħt •
Ageyns alle vyces / for to figħt •
Confermed as by surtee •
Ageynst ałł adversytee •
In signe wher of sheo bereþe a swerde •
Þat sheo of no thing is aferd •
ffor comune profit al so she •
Of verray magnanymyte •
Thinges gret dooþe vnderfonge •
Taking enpryses wheeche beon stronge •
And mooste sheo dooþe hir power preove •
Namely vponn a grounde of trouthe •
Þanne in hir þer is no slouthe •
ffor to maynteyne þe goode comune •
And alle þassautes of fortune •
Of verray stidfastnesse of thougħt •
Alle hir chaunges / she sette as nougħt •
ffor þis vertu magnyfycence •
Notes
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The EETS edition has "communalitee" here, but the number of minims in the word does not support this. BL Additional 29729 has "communalte." ↩
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