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 ...

                                
                                  'Wych in hys tyme was wys & old,—
                                
                                  Took hem to the, as I ha told,
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                                  To fyn only (to speke in pleyn)
                                
                                  That he, as lord & souereyn,
                                
                                  May, whan hym lyst, as thow shalt lere,
                                
                                  Whan that tyme doth yt [[yt doth St.]]  requere,
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                                  The keyës closyd vnder sel, [Stowe folio 58a] 
                                
                                  He may to the vnbyndë wel;
                                
                                  The swerd also, by tytle of lawe,
                                
                                  Makë that thow shalt yt drawe [folio 47b] 
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                                  Out off the skauberk, fer nor [[ne St.]]  ner,
                                
                                  Lych as thow hast off hym power, [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  Sogett alway to hys sentence [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  And as the caas graunteth lycence. [[St. & C.]] 
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                                  Hys power he may commytte [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  To the, ffro wych thow mayst nat flytte. [[St. & C.]] 
                                
                                  ffor as I shal to the devyse,
                                
                                  Yiff thow dydyst other wyse
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                                  Thow sholdest offende ful gretly,
                                
                                  Pereyl off deth except only,
                                
                                  Wych ys a cause evydent
                                
                                  That thow mayst wel (& nat be shent,)
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                                  The swerd ydrawe, (tak hed her-to,)
                                
                                  And the keyes vnbynde also.
                                
                                  ffor nede & gret necessyte
                                
                                  Lycence [[Stowe]]  grauntyd vnto the
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                                  Plentevously, & ek vsage, [[Stowe]] 
                                
                                  Consydryd with the surplusage,
                                
                                  Pre-supposyd ther be no whyht
                                
                                  To whom the offyce sholde of ryht
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                                  Appertene off duete.
                                
                                  I menë thus,—tak hede [[hed C., hede St.]]  & se;
                                
                                  Marke yt wel in thyn entent,—
                                
                                  That he be [[be thar C., be St.]]  nat ther present
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                                  Wych halt the swerd (now vnderstond,) [prose cap xxxvi] 
                                
                                  Bare & nakyd in hys hond,
                                
                                  And the keyes vnbounde also,
                                
                                  Off ryht, as he ouhtë do,
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                                  Thys he that haueth pleyn power,
                                
                                  (Who kan looke with eyen cler,)

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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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