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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 ...

heede // Trewly, lady, and I seye mankynde thus dyswarre off ther herberwe, that they hadde no place, in ther grete necessyte off Reffuge, to Dyverte to / yt 16766 were but lytyll [Stowe folio 296a] Wondre though I were dyspurveyed off hope In my sowle, wher I shulde eny Consolacion or Comfort ffynde // But, ffor-as-mych as thow allone, And al Only, art yoven ffor a Synguler Reffuge vn-to Wrechchys, and Art made ther protectour and dyffence, And, Affter the grete oppressioun off her, art made ther 16772 Restynge place, to abyden Inne in Equyte / wherby I ffynde a Path and a weye, to whom, in al mescheff and necessyte, I shall fflen and dyuerte vn-to // ffor thow art, as I sayde Rathe, Thylke Arche off Noe, vn-to the which, and in the which, in tyme off grete Deluge, alle the worlde ffley vnto, and were savyd ther-Inne, alle 16778 they that by grace myght Entren, as wel thes Rude beestes, as Men that were Resounable / Right so, blyssed lady, thow art de verray Arke Off Mankyndes savacion, vnto the which, Rightful and vnrightful fflen to ffor helpe // And thow art ffygured also by thylke Tree which that Danyel spak off, vnder which alle the beestes off the Erthe hadde here dwellynge place, 16785 and vp-on whos branchys Restyde alle the bryddes off the heyr. And vender this Tree was the pasture and the ffoode off alle levynge Creatures / Trewly, O blyssed lady, me semyth verrayly Thow art the sylue same Tree, vnto which alle Resonable Creaturys fflen vnto ffor to ffynde socour and helpe. And sothly, Lady, 16791 with supportacion off thy mercy, me semyth that amonge so manye I shulde nat ben Excludyd // ffor all| be-yt-so that I be nat hable nor worthy to be Reknyd amonge the Clene bryddes off hevene, which sytten vpon the hyh braunchys of Contemplacion / yett, goode 16796 blyssed lady / [Stowe folio 296b] Dysdeyne nat, thouh I be Rude And Bestyall thurgh Synne, that I may Sytten lowe vp-on the Erthe, by mekenesse and humylyte to amende me vnder the agreable Bowes and braunchys off thy Cus| tommable grace, ther to be shadwyd and shrowdyd 16801 with thy mercy // And sythyn that euery Creature ffynt ffoode and spyrytual Reffeccion in the // Lady,
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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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