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 most yvsyd nyht & day; And by thys ylkë samë weye, Gladly ffolkys I conveye, Line 11604 Swych as louë paramours, To ward the voode, to gadre fflours, Soote rosys & vyolettys, Line 11607 Ther-off to make hem chapel [[Chapel- St., Chapl- C.]] ettys, And other fflourys to her plesaunce. [Stowe folio 204b]
'And in thys weye I teche hem daunce; And also, ffor ther lady sake, Endyte lettrys, & songys make Line 11612 Vp-on the gladë somerys dayes, Balladys, Roundelays, vyrelayes. I teche hem ek, (lyk ther ententys,) To pleye on sondry Instrumentys, Line 11616 On harpe, lut, [[luyt St.]] & on gyterne, And to revelle at tavérne, Wyth al [[alle St.]] merthe & mellodye, On rebube [[Rebube St.]] and on symphonye; Line 11620 To spendë al the day in ffablys, Pleye at the ches, pley at the tablys, At treygobet [[and at Treygobett St.]] & tregetrye, In karyyng & in Iogolory: Line 11624 And to al swych maner play, Thys the verray ryhtë way.'
The pylgrym:
"Trew[ë]ly, to my plesaunce, ffor your noble dalyaunce Line 11628 I wolde (off good entencïoun) Knowë your condycyoun; Youre Name also, yiff that ye [Stowe folio 204b] [folio 178b] Lyst goodly to telle hem me." [[St. & C.]] Line 11632
The damysele: [[St. & C.]]
'Yiff thow wylt abyde a throwe, [[St. & C.]] My name and al, [[alle St., om. wel.]] thow shalt wel knowe: I am a poopet, [[Poepet St.]] in sothnesse, Douhter to Dame Ydelnesse, Line 11636 Set her, [[here St.]] by hyr ordynaunce. [Stowe folio 205a] And al my joye & my plesaunce Ys, by hyr wyl that her [[here St.]] me sette,
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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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