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 ...

                                
                                  'Ye shal be men, & ellys nauht [[nought St.]] 
                                
                                  And yiff the trouthë [[trouthe St.]]  be wel souht,
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                                  Whan that I am fro yow gon,
                                
                                  Ye may avaunte (& that a-noon,)
                                
                                  That ye be (thys, no fable)
                                
                                  Bestys & vnresownable,
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                                  Dyspurveyed of al Resoun,  [Camb. MS. reads: ye be but as doumbe bestes, and as coltes that ben clothed. With-oute me ye shul neuere haue wurshipe, be ye neuere so grete lordes, p. 14.] 
                                
                                  And voyde of al dyscreccioun;  [folio 33b]  [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  For yiff ye wantë shortly me,  [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  Yee may neuere in no degre [[St. & C.]] 
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                                  (Though yee euere do youre peyne,) [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  Worshipe, off youre sylff atteyne [Stowe folio 41a] 
                                
                                  Nor clymbë to no gret honour [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  But yiff ye han of me socour;  [[St. & C.]] 
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                                  Thogh ye be lordys of estat,
                                
                                  Proud of your port, & eke ellat,
                                
                                  Lytel to yow, al may avaylle
                                
                                  With-outë me, yt ys no faylle,
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                                  ffor to make your Iugementys,
                                
                                  Syllogysmes, or Argumentys,
                                
                                  Or of Wysdam any thyng;
                                
                                  With-outë me, thys no lesyng,
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                                  Ye shal ha no conclusyon,
                                
                                  But fynally confusyon.
                                
                                  ¶ ffor wych I castë me to telle
                                
                                  How ye shal ha, yiff ye lyst dwelle,
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                                  The loue of me on euery syde:
                                
                                  Ye most ay be, & so abyde,
                                
                                  That ye in yow ha sobyrnesse,
                                
                                  And voydë fro yow dronkenesse
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                                  And hyr suster glotonye,
                                
                                  Wraththë, Ire & ffelonye;
                                
                                  ffor wher-so-euere that they be,
                                
                                  They makë me a-way to fle;
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                                  ffor wher they make her mansyoun,
                                
                                  I leve that habytacyoun.
                                
                                  Venus thenys doth me chase,

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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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