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 ...

'On every thyng, and ech demaunde, Lyk as my ffygures me comaunde.'
Pilgrym: [[St., om. C.]]
"Tel fforth to me euerydel, Wher-off serveth that tuel." Line 20766
Geomancy: [[St., om. C.]]
'I looke thorgh (off hool entent) Vp-ward to the ffyrmament, To han, vn-to my questïoun, A maner dysposicïoun, Line 20770 Or that I my ffygur sue, How the hevene doth influe.
Pilgryme: [[St., om. C.]]
"Now I telle the Outterly, That thow art ryht vnhappy, Line 20774 And dygne (to myn oppynyoun) Off shame and off confusïoun, That, so myche off thy ffolye Trustest in astrologye, Line 20778 Wenyng, at thy [[the St.]] comaundëment, [folio 269a] ffor to make the ffyrmament As thow lyst, ryht at thyn hond, ffor to descende vp-on the sond, Line 20782 By influence avale a-doun By causë off thy questïoun; Wenynge ta fond [[to a found St.]] Out a weye That the hevene thé sholde obeye. Line 20786
"In thyn hed ys no resoun, Clernesse nor dyscrecïoun; Thy crafft and thow be [[be, om. St.]] peryllous To symple ffolkys vertuous, Line 20790 To brynge hem in mysgouernaunce. I praye god, saue me fro meschaunce, And ffro thy gret Inyquyte! Go hens, that I no mor thé se! Line 20794 I drede me gretly in my thouht, That I am in pereyl brouht; Namly in thys dredful se, I trowë sothly that I be Line 20798 ffalle on a pereyl doutëles,
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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,
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