[Sidenote: [The ij^de Met{ur}.]]
++Who so þat þe couertures of her veyn apparailes myȝt[e] strepen of
þise proude kynges þat þou seest sitten on heyȝe in her chayeres
glyterynge in shynynge purpre envyroned wiþ sorweful arm{ur}es manasyng
wiþ cruel mouþe. blowyng by woodnesse of herte. ¶ He sholde se þan þat
ilke lordes beren wiþ i{n}ne hir corages ful streyte cheynes for
leccherye tormentiþ he{m} on þat oon syde wiþ gredy venyms {and}
troublable Ire þat araiseþ in hem þe floodes of troublynges tourmentiþ
vpon þat oþer side hir þouȝt. or sorwe halt he{m} wery or ycauȝt. or
slidyng {and} disseyuyng hope tourmentiþ hem. And þerfore syn þou seest
on heed. þat is to seyne oon tyraunt bere so many[e] tyrauntis. þa{n} ne
doþ þilk tyraunt nat þat he desiriþ. syn he is cast doune wiþ so many[e]
wicked lordes. þat is to seyn wiþ so many[e] vices. þat han so wicked
lordshipes ouer hym.