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 ...

                                
                                  'Yiff thow take hed to my speche,
                                
                                  Touchyng thyn hornys bothë two,
                                
                                  Thy staff ek, with the pyk also.
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                                  ¶ Whylom her ther dydë dwelle
                                
                                  Thornyd best wych lyeth in helle,
                                
                                  Makynge here hys mansion [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  And longe held her [[here St.]]  pocessyon, [[St. & C.]] 
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                                  Lordshepe ek & gouernaunce,
                                
                                  Wych was gret dysplesaunce
                                
                                  To Grace Dieu, that he so sholde
                                
                                  Abyden her, as I the tolde.
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                                  And Tavoyden fro thys place
                                
                                  Thys hornyd best, and tenchase,
                                
                                  She callede the, lyk as I fynde,—
                                
                                  I trow thow haue yt wel in mynde,—
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                                  Gaff the hornys in sentence
                                
                                  With hym to stonden at diffence.
                                
                                  The staff also, wych I off telle,
                                
                                  Sche took to the, hym to expelle;
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                                  Armede the of entencioun
                                
                                  (Lyk tamyghty champyoun,) [[to a m.]] 
                                
                                  With thys hornys that I of spak,
                                
                                  On thys beste to takë wrak,
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                                  To make hym fro thys hous to fle,
                                
                                  By power that she gaff to the:
                                
                                  The vntrewe false enherytour,
                                
                                  That was her lord & gouernour,
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                                  And long tyme pocessyowner,
                                
                                  Tyl thow dydest thy dever, [Camb. MS. reads: Thow hurtledest him with thine hornes . . . And thow beete him with thi yerde whan thou madest him goon out of the place. The tweyne faire labelles hanginge at thine tweyne hornes thou conqueredest at the clensinge, and sweepinge, and poorginge of the place, and that was whan thou dediedest, and halwedest, and blissedest the place, p. 12.] 
                                
                                  As Grace Dieu the tauhte a-ryht,
                                
                                  To putte hym out by verray myght,
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                                  Thorgh hurtlyng of thyn hornys tweyne;
                                
                                  And dyst also thy bysy peyne,
                                
                                  With thy staff to make hym flee,
                                
                                  Maugre hys myght & hys powste.

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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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