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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To gracë dieu quod I ryht tho, [Stowe folio 219b] "Ma dame, in soth yt stondeth so, Line 12516 Your exaumples by rehersaylle May to me fful lyte avaylle, ffor they be nat (who lookë wel) Vn-to purpos neueradel. Line 12520
"ffor the planetys hih in heuene, In ther mevyng, allë seuene, How so they in her cours be let, Yet ther Termys ben yset, Line 12524 And ther boundys, (in certeyn,) What tyme they shal resorte ageyn, By terme and [[and by St.]] lymytacïoun, With-oute any transgressïoun; Line 12528
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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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