| The sakryd terys and the weymentynge | |
| The firy strokys and the desirynge | |
1065 | That loues folkes in this worlde enduryn | |
| The othes be her couenauntis assuren | |
| Plesaunce hope desire and fool hardinesse | |
| Beaute and yongthe baudry and richesse | |
| Charmys and sorcerye lesinges and flaterye | |
1070 | Dispence besinesse and Ielowsye | |
| That wered of yelow gold a garlond | |
| And a Cuckow sittyng on her hond | |
| Feestis instrumentis carollis and daunsis | |
| Lust and aray and alle the circumstauncis | |
1075 | Of loue whiche that I rekene and shal | |
| Be ordir were peynted on the wall | |
| And mo than I can make mencion | |
| For sothly al the mounte of sitheon | |
| There venus hath hir principal dwellyng | |
1080 | Was shewd on the wal here portreyyng | |
| With al the ioye and al the lustinesse | |
| Nought was foryeten the Porters idelnesse | |
| Ne Narcysus the faire yore agoon | |
| Ne yet the folye of kyng Salamon | |
| The enchauntement of Medea and hardynesse | |
| Of Iason I wil not now expresse | |
| Ne of turnus with his hard fyre corage | |
| The riche Cresus caytifs in seruage | |
| Thus may ye se that wisedom ne riches | |
1090 | Beaute sleyghte strengthe ne hardinesse | |
| Ne may with venus holde champartye | |