Everyman :

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Title
Everyman :
Author
Anonymous
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Manchester, Eng.: Manchester University Press
1961
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"Everyman :." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/Everyman. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2025.

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Scene 3

Dethe.
Dethe.
Almyghty God, I am here at your wyll, Line 64 Your commaundement to fulfyll. Line 65
God.
Go thou to Eueryman Line 66 And shewe hym, in my name, Line 67 A pylgrymage he must on hym take, Line 68 Whiche he in no wyse may escape; Line 69 And that he brynge with hym a sure rekenynge Line 70 Without delay or ony taryenge. Line 71
Dethe.
Lorde, I wyll in the worlde go renne ouer-all Line 72 And cruelly out-serche both grete and small. Line 73 Euery man wyll I beset that lyueth beestly Line 74 Out of Goddes lawes, and dredeth not foly. Line 75 He that loueth rychess I wyll stryke with my darte, Line 76 His syght to blynde, and fro heuen to departe— Line 77 Excepte that almes be his good frende— Line 78 In hell for to dwell, worlde without ende. Line 79 Loo, yonder I se Eueryman walkynge. Line 80 Full lytell he thynketh on my comynge; Line 81 His mynde is on flesshely lustes and his treasure, Line 82 And grete payne it shall cause hym to endure Line 83 Before the Lorde, Heuen Kynge. Line 84 Eueryman, stande styll! Whyder arte thou goynge Line 85 Thus gayly? / Hast thou thy Maker forgete? Line 86
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