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 ...

'And nat departe out off thy siht Al the whyle that thow gost ryht, Line 11028 And holdest forth the evene way; But offtë sithe (yt ys no nay) Ther shal a-twen vs (who espyes,) Arysë two fful vnkouth [[vnkouthe St.]] skyes, Line 11032 Wonder blak off ther colours, Off smoky mystës & vapours, That somwhylë, off dyrknesse And off the owgly ffoul thyknesse, Line 11036 Off sondry chaunges that shal be, Thow shalt lese the syht off me.
'And somtyme, ful glad off chere, Thow shalt se me ffressh & cler, Line 11040 Affter the weye that thow dost holde, Lyk to-forn, as I the tolde. ffor thow holdest the weyë ryht, Thow shalt se me cler & bryht. Line 11044
'And fynally, yiff thow go wrong, I wyl me hyden (euere among,) [Stowe folio 195a] Out off thy syht, & shrowden me That thow shalt me nowher se. Line 11048
'Wherfor, off me whan thow hast nede, Sek me no ferther (as I rede) Her nor ther, vp-on no syde, But wher thy syluen dost abyde. Line 11052 Yiff thow me seke ther duëly, Thow shalt me fynden ay redy.
'Now, on thy Iourne, forth the spede Syth to tarye thow hast no nede.' Line 11056
Ye pilgrime. [[In Stowe's hand.]]
Off hyre answere I wex al sad, [[sadde . . .badde St.]] Yet forth I wente, as she me bad, [[sadde . . .badde St.]] Remewynge me [[me St., om. C.]] fro that place, Me recomaundynge to hyr grace; Line 11060 And praydë god ful Enterly Me to conveyë sykerly, [folio 170b] Wyth-outen any dysturbaunce, And me to sauen fro myschaunce, Line 11064 To be my guyde, & wysshen me
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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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