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 sholdest neuere haue erryd so, Line 12608 But that thow sholdest (trustë me) fful wel ageyn receyved be; And with al thys, only by grace, [Stowe folio 221a] Restoryd to thy ffyrstë place: Line 12612 Ther-to thow sholdest ha no let, Thy terme, thy [[and St.]] boundys, ben so set, And markys ffor thy savacyoun Only by crystys passïoun: Line 12616 Truste me wel, and thus yt ys, [folio 192b] They wyl nat suffre the gon Amys, Whyl thow thè holdest by resoun Wyth-Inne thy lymytacïoun, Line 12620 Nat to Erryn, nyh [[nyht C., nyghe St.]] nor ffer; But so ne may nat lucyfer, ffor he muste abyde and dwelle With-oute Retournë, styll in helle; Line 12624 He may haue noon other graunt. And thys Exaumple ys suffysaunt Off the planetys told off me, In thy passáge tenformen the. Line 12628
'And fferther-morë, the to guye Touchynge also the boterflye, Off wych Exaumple, in thyn Avys, Thow settyst ther-off but lytel prys; Line 12632 But yiff thy wyt, off Resoun seth, The .iiij. wynges with wych he ffleth, And hys ffeet ek (tak hed ther-to) Make hym on the whel to go Line 12636 At leyser, hym sylff to spede. By wych exaumple (as I rede) Thow shalt hym folwe in sondry wyse; And ffyrst off allë, the avyse Line 12640 How thys whel hath (yt ys no doute,) .iiij. [[Foure St.]] spokys strechchyd oute, Vp-on wych, ffor thy beste, Thow mayst wel thyn syluen reste, [Stowe folio 221b] And by esë, soffte and soffte Line 12643 Clymben tyl thow kome aloffte.
'Thys spokys .iiij. [[Foure St.]] off most vertu
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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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