I googled the text, and it's from a 16th-century "morality play" (a play meant to teach the audience a moral lesson) called Interlude of Youth.) From the Wikipedia page on morality plays: "Many of the morality tales were allegories and involved characters with names of Vices (e.g., Gluttony) and Virtues (e.g., Goodness). Their purpose was to direct the playgoers to pursue virtue and renounce vice."