In the poem, the word goodly means admirable. This adjective follows a statement that has a similar word: <em>fair, which means attractive in appearance; beautiful. Both sentences are similar.</em>
Answer:
2. evil counsellors - D: rulers
Explanation:
He writer mentions earlier in the poem that "we have sinned - and our rulerswent from righteousness...", then he repeats <em>"We were led by evil counsellors... the Lord shal deal with them!"</em>