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 ...

                                
                                  1Deffendyd myghtyly also [folio 30b] 
                                
                                  Hys hous, lyk as he sholdë do,
                                
                                  Ageyn the sturdy Emperour,
                                
                                  By dyllygence and grete labour;
                                  Line 1856 
                                
                                  Tolde hym that he shuldë kepe
                                
                                  Oonly hys Temperall Lordshepe,1 [[1_1  [Stowe folio 37a] ]] 
                                
                                  Hys paleys & hys mansyouns, [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  Hys cytes, castelles & hys touns; [[St. & C.]] 
                                  Line 1860 
                                
                                  The Revennues ther-off ytake, [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  And ther-with-al, murye hym make; [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  Wych ouhte ynowh to hym suffyse,
                                
                                  And entermet hym in no wyse
                                  Line 1864 
                                
                                  Touchyng Cristys herytage;
                                
                                  And sayde, for al hys fellë rage,
                                
                                  That he woldë rather deye
                                
                                  Than suffre in any maner weye
                                  Line 1868 
                                
                                  Durynge hys tyme, short or long,
                                
                                  He [[Stowe]]  sholde ther-to done any wrong.
                                
                                  Thys [[Stowe]]  folk, to myn oppynyoun,
                                
                                  Vsede [[Stowe]]  ther hornys by Resoun,
                                  Line 1872 
                                
                                  As [[Stowe]]  I to the ha told ryht now.
                                
                                  And, by exaumple, so sholdyst thow
                                
                                  Bar thyn hornys for dyffence,
                                
                                  And suffre that no vyolence
                                  Line 1876 
                                
                                  Were ydon vn-to thy spouse
                                
                                  Wych ys so ffayr & vertuouse,
                                
                                  Weddyd to the by iuste weddyng:
                                
                                  I take [[Stowe]]  record of the ryng,
                                  Line 1880 
                                
                                  On [[Stowe]]  thy fynger that thow dost vse;
                                
                                  Therfor thow mayst the nat excuse
                                
                                  Off the yerde nor the wond
                                
                                  Wych thow beryst in thyn hond,
                                  Line 1884 
                                
                                  To seyn manly to Pharao,
                                
                                  (As of ryht thow sholdest do,)
                                
                                  To suffre thy folkys to go fre,
                                
                                  As they ouht of lyberte;
                                  Line 1888 
                                
                                  Nat to greue hem, nor oppresse, [folio 31a] 
                                
                                  Nor constreyne hem by duresse.
                                
                                  ¶ Than sholdestow (yt ys no les,)
                                
                                  Be trewely callyd Moyses,

                                  Line 1892

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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.
Canvas: Page 50
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,; 1899-1904.

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