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 ...

'Yiff he desyre to haue ynowh, [Camb. MS. reads: If it wole ynowh, it shal fynde with-inne that that may saule it, and fille it and suffice it, p. 49.] [folio 90b] [[C. & St.]] Line 6080 He shal ther ffyndë (Trustë me) [[C. & St.]] Suffysauncë to hys sawlë, [[C. & St.]] Hym to fulfyllen at hys Ese, [[C. & St.]] And hys desyrys to appese. [[C. & St.]] Line 6084 And, as I rehersë shal, Her ys noon offence at al, Nouther vn-to yong nor old.
'And for thys cause that I ha told, Line 6088 The hous ys lasse, with-outë wene, Than thylkë thyng yt doth contene; And lasse (for short conclusïoun,) Ys the habytacyoun Line 6092 Than the good (I dar wel telle) Wych with-Inne the hows doth dwelle.
'And I suppose (tak also hed,) That vn-to the, by lyklyhed Line 6096 I haddë don, in my werkynge, Som thyng wych wer nat syttynge, Off wych thow wer nat plesyd wel. And ek (to Reknen euerydel,) Line 6100 That I ha told the in substaunce, Thogh yt wer nat to thy plesaunce, [Stowe folio 111a] I ouhte off Reson, nor off skyl, Answeryng no-thyng but at my wyl, Line 6104 Off ryht nouht, (as semeth me,) Nor take no maner hed to [[heed off St.]] the Off no-thyng that thow hast me souht.
'And, par cas, yiff I hadde wrouht Line 6108 Some vnkouth thyng that wer notáble By Aventure, or profytáble Mor than any other whyht, Wych wer merveillous to syht, Line 6112 I ouhtë nat, as thynketh me, Off no wyht apechyd be; Consydred how (in sothfastnesse) That I am namyd a "maystresse," [folio 91a] [[C. & St.]] Line 6116 Wych ouhte suffysen vn-to the: [[C. & St.]]
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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 ...
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Guillaume, de Deguileville, 14th cent.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,
1899-1904.

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