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 ...

                                
                                  They most of hertë be al on,
                                  Line 1928 
                                
                                  Tweyne in on, & on in tweyne,
                                
                                  Both in Ioye & ek in peyne;
                                
                                  And so to-gydre ay perseuere,
                                
                                  Tyl that deth make hem dysseuere.
                                  Line 1932 
                                
                                  Seyde [[Stowe]]  ek to hem, 'look that ye
                                
                                  In [[Stowe]]  trouthë, & in stablete [[Stabyltee St.]] 
                                
                                  Yee [[Stowe]]  loue to-gydre as ye sholde,
                                
                                  Whether ye be yong or olde;
                                  Line 1936 
                                
                                  And that your trouthe on outher syde
                                
                                  Perpetuelly in on a-byde,
                                
                                  To your last, that yt endure:
                                
                                  ¶ And that ye shal to me Assure
                                  Line 1940 
                                
                                  Both be feyth & ek by oth;
                                
                                  And beth wel war, for leff or loth,
                                
                                  That ye, for no varyaunce,
                                
                                  Ne brekë nat your ássuraunce;
                                  Line 1944 
                                
                                  ffor yiff ye don, 2ye be forsworn;
                                
                                  And ek I warnë yow to-forn,
                                
                                  Yiff that ye don2 [[2_2 om. [Stowe folio 39a] ]]  in dede or thouht,
                                
                                  fful lytel shal a-vaylle, or nouht,
                                  Line 1948 
                                
                                  Than vn-to yow your vyage,
                                
                                  Your labour, nor your pylgrymage.
                                
                                  Yt wer wel bet, to myn entent,
                                
                                  That ech of yow allonë went,
                                  Line 1952 
                                
                                  Sool by hym sylff, and nat trespace,
                                
                                  Than be founde on [[in St.]]  any place [folio 32a] 
                                
                                  Vntrewë to hys companye;
                                
                                  ffor, gret forfet & folye
                                  Line 1956 
                                
                                  Yt ys, a man for to be founde
                                
                                  Vntrewe to hym that he ys bounde.
                                
                                  ¶ But yiff your wyl of both yffeere
                                
                                  Be parfyt, hool, & ek entere
                                  Line 1960 
                                
                                  To gon to-gydre, (lat now se,)
                                
                                  On pylgrymage to that cyte,
                                
                                  Whyder to gon I caste also,
                                
                                  Ye most suerne her, [[sweren here St.]]  bothë two,
                                  Line 1964 
                                
                                  On euery part, for old or newe,
                                
                                  That ech to other shal be trewe,
                                
                                  So tenduren, al your lyff,

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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 52
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,; 1899-1904.

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