The pilgrimage of the life of man, English by John Lydgate, A. D. 1426, from the French of Guillaume de Deguileville, A. D. 1330, 1335. The text ed. by F. J. Furnivall ... With introduction, notes, glossary and indexes by Katharine B. Locock ...

I schal not leve in myne entent To putte alway a-mendement, [[amendement St.]] Line 264 As yt comyth to my knowynge, Day be day yt rémembrynge. And when that yt a-mendyd ys, And se that nothyng be a mys, [folio 6a] Line 268 By a lace I shal yt were, And a-bowte my nekke yt bere, Send yt forth to euery [[yche St.]] contre, Wher-as to-fforn that yt hath be, Line 272 A-geyn my wyl & my plesaunce.
And thus [[this St.]] for a Remembraunce, Go fforth thow dreme! I sendë [[sende St., send C.]] the By all the placys wher thow hast be; Line 276 I send the to thy provynours, By all the pathys & the tovrs, ffor thow knowest the weyë wel, And the passage euerydel. Line 280 On my be halff[e] thow not ffaylle To dresse yt ewyn by entaylle, Wher thow wer fferst, wych doth me greve, And took of me no maner leve. Line 284 ffor wych I calle yt (thys the ffyn,) No verray weyë off pylgrym. By cavsë, wherso, by the lak, On ffootë, nor on horsëbak, [[horse St., hors C.]] Line 288 Thow sholdest ha mad no Iourne, But thow haddest hadde leve off me. But ffor as myche as I in dede Thynkë the with me to lede, Line 292 Whan I go, as thow schalt se, To Ierusaleem, the cyte; To wych weye, with-ovte [[oute St., ovt C.]] more I am excyted wonder sore: Line 296 Thys myn entent, thider to drawe, And a-mong pylgrymes, thys a lawe, That, as brother vn-to brother, Euerych sholde a-byden other. Line 300 Thys sholde ben a trewe vsage Off folkys [[Stowe MS.]] in ther pylgrymage. [folio 6b]
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The pilgrimage of the life of man, English by John Lydgate, A. D. 1426, from the French of Guillaume de Deguileville, A. D. 1330, 1335. The text ed. by F. J. Furnivall ... With introduction, notes, glossary and indexes by Katharine B. Locock ...
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Guillaume, de Deguileville, 14th cent.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,
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