APPENDIX.
The XIII Poems in the englisht Be Guilleville's 'Pilgrimage of the Soul.'
Egerton MS. 615, Brit. Mus.
Egerton MS. 615, Brit. Mus.
(1) The epistle of grace sent to the seek man. littera. [folio 17b]
[26 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababb, cc.]
(1)
I' Gracë quen, and heuenly princesse,—
Line 1
As depute [? MS. deprite.] be the souereyn kyng eterne,
In erthe a-lowe to be the gyderesse
That [That = of him that. (Tags t r f &c. are not printed.)] liste the redy wey[ë]s for to lerne,
In pilgrymagë him selff to gouerne—
Line 5
Gretyng, with yerde & lore of disciplyne,
To the that hast, and must be, one of myn.
Line 7
(2)
It is me don to knowe & vnderstonde,
Line 8
Þat, this dethës seruaunt, malady,
The hath arrest, and holdith now in hande,
And the oppressith, nought knowyng the forwhi.
I wil therfore, as for thi remedy,
Line 12
Ordeyne[n] in my best[ë] manere wise;
I rede þe that thi self þou wel aduyse.
Line 14
(3)
I haue be with the whan thu knewe it nought,
Line 15
Enserchyng, lo, thi poin[t]is of conscïence,
Be wich I knewe the innermost of thought.
Thu hauest, thi self, with veari neclegence,
And also for defawte of diligence,
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Noght take heed to thi gouernaunce,
Thi selffë brought in anguysshe & greuaunce.
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