¶ Then came there downe goodly ladyes tweyn. ¶ From the hyghe heuen aboue the fyrmamente. ¶ And sayd the gret Alpha & Oo moost souereyn. ¶ For that nobell tryumphe had hem thyder sent. ¶ One of hem to dryue Vyce to grete tormente. ¶ With a fyry strong { that} she bare in her hande. ¶ And so he dede dyspere & all his hole bande.
¶ The name of this lady was called Prestyence. ¶ She neuer left Vyce ne none { that} wolde hy{ m} folow. ¶ Tyll they were co{ m}mytted by { the} dyuyne sentence. ¶ All to payne perpetuell & Infynyte sorow. ¶ Right wysnes went to se { that} noma{ n} shold he{ m} borow. ¶ Th{ us} al entreted sharpely were they tyll Cerber{ us} ¶ Had hem beshut within his gates tenebr{ us}.
¶ And all { the} whyle { that} Prestye{ n}ce { with} her scorge smert ¶ To rewarde Vyce gan her thus occupy. ¶ With all his hole bende after her desert. ¶ That other gloryo{ us} lady { that} came fro heue{ n} on hy. ¶ Hauyng in her honde the palme of vyctory. ¶ Came downe to Vertu & toke hym to { that} p{ re}sent. ¶ Sayeng thus that Alpha & Oo hath hym sent.
¶ And as ferre as I ryght coude vnderstonde ¶ That ladyes name was Predestynacyon. ¶ Vertu & his oost she blessyd with her honde. ¶ And in heuyn graunted hem habytacyon. ¶ Whereto eche of hem reseruyd was a crowne. ¶ She sayd in token that they enherytours. ¶ Of the glory were & gracious conquerours.
¶ Wych done the ladyes ayen to gyder met ¶ And towarde heuen vp they gan to fly ¶ Embraced in armes as they had ben knyt. ¶ Togyd{ er} { with} a gyrdyl but so sodenly. ¶ As { the}y wer{ e} vanysshyd saw I neu{ er} thy{ n}g { with} ey. ¶ And anone Vertu wyth al his company. ¶ Kneled dou{ n}n & tha{ n}ked god of { that} vyctory.
¶ Yet had I forget whan Vyce was ouerthrow. ¶ To haue told you hou many of Vycys hoost. ¶ Gan to seke pease & darked dou{ n}n ful low. ¶ And besought mercy what so euer it coste. ¶ To be her mene to Vertu els { the}y we{ re} but lost. ¶ And some in lyke wyse to feyth & hope sought. ¶ What to do for pease they sayd they ne rou{ gh}te.
¶ Some also Baptym sewed to be her mene. ¶ Som to one som to other as thei he{ m} gete my{ gh}te. ¶ But al to Confessyon we{ n}t to make he{ m} clene ¶ And as { the}y came to co{ n}sye{ n}ce he they{ m} bad go ly{ gh}te. ¶ Er tha{ n} old attropes of he{ m} had a sy{ gh}t. ¶ For yf he so theym toke lost they we{ re} for euer ¶ He sayd Vyce to forsake better late thy{ n} neuer.