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 ...

'Voyde hym fro replecyoun, And governe hym so, by Resoun, Off mete and drynk, only that he Ne do no superfluyte. Line 10072 Lat hym lytel Ete or drynke; Mak hym labour & ek swynke; Lytel slepe, & gret wakyng; Dyscyplynes [[Dyssyplyned St.]] & ek betyng, Line 10076 Yiff to hym in many wyse.
'And thus thow shalt hym best chastyse: Devout wepyng wyth orisouns, And hooly medytacyouns, Line 10080 Wyth Instrumentys off penaunce, Shal off thy causë do vengaunce, Best iustefyë [[Iustyse St.]] thy party; And they shal make the fynally Line 10084 (Wyth-outë contradiccïoun) To haue hym in subieccïoun; And, for thyn encres off glorye, Yiue the renoun & vyttórye Line 10088 Whyl thow so dost, nyght & day, [Stowe folio 178b] And he shal neuere dor [[dar St.]] seyn nay.
'And to fforther thyn entent, Lat vs tweynë, by assent, Line 10092 Gon vn-to an hyl off sond, Wych stant her al-most at the hond: [[at honde St.]] A soffte pas, lat vs go walke.'
Verba Peregrini [[St. in margin, om. C.]] :
And as we wentë & gon [[gonne St.]] talke, Line 10096 A sondy [[sodeyn St.]] hyl she gan me shewe; And thus she sayde, on wordys fewe:
[Grace Dieu]:
'Leffte vp thyn eye a-noon,' quod she, 'And ffyrst off al, be-holde & se [folio 156b] Line 10100 How that an Amptë, a best smal, [.i. Formica. St., om. C.] Wyth hertë, body, myght & al, To nouht elles doth entende, But on thys hyllë [[hylle St., hyl C.]] vp tascende, Line 10104 And, in hyr paas & clymbyng soffte, She ys bor doun, & let ful offte
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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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