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 ...

Resoun ageyn: [prose cap xix] 

                                    And thanne Reson effte ageyn,
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                                    (Lych as I shal yow devyse,)
                                  
                                    Gan to spekyn in thys wyse:
                                  
                                    'Syrs, taketh hed,' a-noon quod she,
                                  
                                    'Som whyle, as semeth vn-to me,
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                                    Yt ys wysdom, ryht, & no wrong,
                                  
                                    To feynë foly euere a-mong,
                                  
                                    Thogh ye now, also God me saue,
                                  
                                    Ben yclypyd & yshaue
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                                    Vp-on your hedys euerychon,
                                  
                                    Wych thyng ys dempte of many on
                                  
                                    fful gret vnwyt & gret ffolye
                                  
                                    Off malys & malencolye;
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                                    They demë so malycyously, [folio 33a] 
                                  
                                    But trewly so do nat I. [[C. & St.]] 
                                  
                                    ffor as in myn oppynyon [[C. & St.]] 
                                  
                                    I deme yt [[ [Stowe folio 40a] ]]  gret dyscreccion,
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                                    And ful gret wyt that ye ha do,
                                  
                                    And for that skyle taketh hede ther-to.
                                  
                                    ¶ To be yourës, of entent,
                                  
                                    Hooly to yow I me present
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                                    As your paramoire entere;
                                  
                                    And who-so-euere (as ye shal lere,)
                                  
                                    Gruchche, or haue envye ther-to,
                                  
                                    Al-way forth I wyl be so.
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                                    ffor trusteth wel, that I am she
                                  
                                    By whom that ye yknowë be
                                  
                                    ffrom other bestys—lo her ys al—
                                  
                                    And seueryd in especyal.
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                                    ¶ And pleynly, ek, I kan yow telle,
                                  
                                    Al the whyl that I dwelle
                                  
                                    With yow, A-mongys hyh & lowe,
                                  
                                    ffor verray men ye shal be knowe,
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                                    Thorgh wysdom & thorgh prouydence,
                                  
                                    And haue A verray dyfference
                                  
                                    ffrom other bestys to dyscerne
                                  
                                    How ye shal your sylff gouerne.
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                                    Al the whyle that ye me holde
                                  
                                    With yow tabyde, as I tolde,

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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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