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 ...

                                
                                  Off pylgrymes of grete Renovn,
                                
                                  Off men & wommen both yfere,
                                
                                  Whos martyrdom (as ye schal here,)
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                                  Was ful grevous to endure.
                                
                                  ffor somme of hem (I yow ensure,)
                                
                                  Wern out of here Skynnes flawe;
                                
                                  And sommë, by ful mortal lawe,
                                  Line 380 
                                
                                  Wer hew (as bokys kan Remembre,)
                                
                                  Asonder, partyd euery membre,
                                
                                  Crucefyed, of blood al Red;
                                
                                  And many other lost hys hed.
                                  Line 384 
                                
                                  Of somme, the bowelys wer out Rent,
                                
                                  And somme on hotë colys brent,
                                
                                  ffretyng salt cast in among, [folio 8a] 
                                
                                  ffor to make ther peynys strong
                                  Line 388 
                                
                                  Myd the ffyry flawmys reed.
                                
                                  Somme boylyd in oylle and led,
                                
                                  And sorë bet, that yt was wonder;
                                
                                  Somme, sawyd evene assonder;
                                  Line 392 
                                
                                  Somme, with wyldë hors ydrawe,
                                
                                  In dyffence of crystys lawe,
                                
                                  Thorgh-out the ffeld, her & yonder,
                                
                                  Tyl ther Ioyntës wente a-sonder:
                                  Line 396 
                                
                                  Nerff and bon assonder Rent,
                                
                                  And ther Entraylles aforn hem brent.
                                
                                  The ffelouns wern on hem so felle,
                                
                                  That yt ys pyte for to telle;
                                  Line 400 
                                
                                  And ther ys no man now a [[on St.]]  lyve
                                
                                  That kan the peynys halff descryve;
                                
                                  Nor a sermon ther-off make,
                                
                                  What [[That St.]]  they suffrede ffor the sake
                                  Line 404 
                                
                                  Off Cryst Ihesu vn-to the deth,
                                
                                  ffor love, [[love St., lave C.]]  tyl they yald vp the breth,
                                
                                  Myd ther mortal peynys smerte.
                                
                                  ffor ther ys noon so hard on hert,
                                  Line 408 
                                
                                  So despytous, nor so ffelon,
                                
                                  That he [ne] wolde ha compassyon,
                                
                                  Ben agrysed off pytee;
                                
                                  And specyally ffor to se
                                  Line 412 
                                
                                  That they suffrede for no synne,

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DE GUILLEVILLE'S PILGRIMAGE OF THE LIFE OF MAN (englisht by Lydgate in 1426, from the 2nd recension of De Guille|ville's Pèlerinage de vie humaine, A. D. 1355, pr. about 1500).

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Title: 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 ...
Author: Guillaume, de Deguileville, 14th cent.
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,; 1899-1904.

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