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 ...

                                  
                                    'To lerne yt, & for-gete yt nouht.
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                                    Thynketh, ye folkys that be wyse,
                                  
                                    That yt doth nat ynowh suffyse
                                  
                                    A man, in Groos (as ye shal lere,)
                                  
                                    To gadre hys synnës all yffere;
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                                    But, lyk the pot, he most hem breke, [Stowe folio 78b] 
                                  
                                    And no thyng in the asshes reke.
                                  
                                    I mene as thus: conceyveth al,
                                  
                                    Thogh that a pot be brokë smal
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                                    On sherdys & on pecys ek,
                                  
                                    Yet al yt ys nat worth a lek,
                                  
                                    But euery sherd be cerchyd [[serchyd St.]]  wel
                                  
                                    Touchynge hys ordure euerydel,
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                                    And yscrapyd clene a-way,
                                  
                                    Ye mot hem breke in gret affray,
                                  
                                    That felthë noon ther-in abyde;
                                  
                                    ffor wych ye mostë wel provyde
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                                    With sobbynge & with syhës depe
                                  
                                    And saltë terys that ye wepe,
                                  
                                    And other peynys sharpe & smerte;
                                  
                                    Thynkynge thus with-Inne your herte;
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                                    'Thow dyst offende on swych a day,
                                  
                                    Where yt Sonday or Monday;
                                  
                                    Than dystow thylkë gretë synne;
                                  
                                    And swych an hour thow dyst begynne,
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                                    Havyng off God no dred nor fere.
                                  
                                    Thys was gret; that was grettere.
                                  
                                    And thus thow dyst, thylkë tyme,
                                  
                                    Wher yt at Eve, wher yt at pryme,
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                                    And to don evel, were [[were St., wher C.]]  offtë blythe,
                                  
                                    And that thow dyst so offtë sythe.
                                  
                                    And rekne by & by yffere
                                  
                                    The cyrcumstauncys & the manere;
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                                    Torne & cast ek, vp so doun,
                                  
                                    Wher that thy Temptacïoun
                                  
                                    Was gret or smal; acounte al thys, [Stowe folio 79a]  [folio 64b] 
                                  
                                    And thynkë [[thynke St., thynk C.]]  whan thow dyst amys,
                                  
                                    Yiff a-forn thy great offence [[C. & St.]] 
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                                    Thow madest any résystence, [[C. & St.]] 
                                  
                                    And wher thow wrastlyst any thyng [[C. & St.]]

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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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