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 ...

'Thow gest as now no mor of me: [[C. & St.]] Tak thys now in especyal. [[C. & St.]]
'As for Answere to the, fynal, [[C. & St.]] Line 6120 Lo, her ys al, in wordys pleyn:— [[C. & St.]] Go now, & retourne home ageyn To Nature (in conclusïoun), To [[And St.]] mak to hyre relacïoun, As she that ys (shortly to fyne,) A symple scoler clepd off myne; And also (yiff thow lyst to lere,) But off Grace my chaumberere. Line 6128
'And syker, I wyll that yt be wyst, I wyl do what-euere me lyst, Wherso yt plesë outher greve, And take off hyre no maner leve; Line 6132 And don what euere lyketh me, [Stowe folio 111b] Only for loue off Charyte; What euere hyre lyst, that shal be do: My wyl ys that yt shal be so. Line 6136 ffor what-so that hyr lyst devyse, In al my bestë ffeythfull wyse I shal consente (& tarye nouht,) To al that euere she wyl ha wrouht, Line 6140 In specyal & in general.'
And whan that he hadde herknyd al, [prose cap lxxxix] Thys Aristotile gan abraide, And humblely to hyre he seyde: Line 6144
Aristotle meked hym selffe. [[in Jn. Stowe's hand, at side: in St.]]
'Sothly,' quod he, 'I se ryht wel Yt may avaylle neueradel (ffor ouht that I kan espye,) Line 6147 With yow to holden chaumpartye, [[Champartye St.]] Or Argue al the longë day: Yt ys best that I go my way. Do what yow lyst, ffer or ner, [Camb. MS. reads: Dooth what euere ye wole; good leeue ye haue, p. 50.] [folio 91b] [[C. & St.]] Your myght ys grete, and your power; [[C. & St.]] Line 6152 What-so ye lyst, ye may well don.' [[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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