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 ...

                                
                                  'And voydeth me out of that place,
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                                  As yt ys sayd & told ful wel—
                                
                                  Who lyst loken euerydel,—
                                
                                  With-outen any maner glose,
                                
                                  In the Romaunce of the Roose.
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                                  ¶ Wherfor I pray yow euerychon,
                                
                                  ffor to kepe yow, on by on,  [folio 34a] 
                                
                                  ffro thys vyces that I ha told,
                                
                                  And from al other, yong and old;
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                                  ffor my loue that ye hem fflee,  [[C. & St.]] 
                                
                                  Yiff ye lysten han frenshepe of me.  [[C. & St.]] 
                                
                                  ¶ ffor, but ye yow fro vyces kepe,
                                
                                  Ye shal lesë the frenshepe
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                                  Platly of me, as I yow tolde.
                                
                                  And ffynally, I nat ne holde
                                
                                  Hym for my frend, (knowe thys ryht wel,)
                                
                                  That yiveth hys body euerydel
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                                  Vn-to vyces, euere in oon.
                                
                                  ¶ And two wordys, or that ye gon,  [prose cap xx] 
                                
                                  Shortly to yow, & nat ne spare,
                                
                                  Openly I wyl declare
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                                  Tookne of your crowne, cloos with-Inne,
                                
                                  And at the cercle fyrst begynne.
                                
                                  I mene the closure fer with-oute
                                
                                  That ys cerclyd round a-boute
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                                  As A castel or strong doungoun,
                                
                                  Or lyk a gardyn, wych envyroun
                                
                                  Ys closyd with a myghty wal;
                                
                                  The wych (who consydreth al,)
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                                  With-Inne ys ope, to sygnefye,
                                
                                  That ye to God sholde hool aplye
                                
                                  Your hertys, to hym so enterly
                                
                                  That noon affeccion worldly,
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                                  Nor erthly thyng, ha noon entre.
                                
                                  ffor, lerneth thys shortly of me:
                                
                                  Your Cercle round aboute the hed
                                
                                  Sholde kepe (yt ys no dred,)
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                                  Off your hertys the closure,
                                
                                  To voyde away al worldly cure
                                
                                  Out of your affeccyon,

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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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