And whan ȝe be þe perile paste,
Kepe ȝow wel fro deþes flo,
Fro costage, and be no more agaste.
Eche man be war, er hym be wo.
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¶ Þe flesch haþ many frele frendis,
Richesse, strengþe, fayrenesse, and hele;
Whan it is mysvsed, þe soule it schendis.
Richesse, rauenere of worldis wele,
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Take fro þe nedy, to þe nedeles dele,
And wylde recheles as a roo.
Er ȝoure synnes ȝoure soules apele,
Eche man be war, er hym be woo.
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XV. The descryuyng of mannes membres.
[Digby 102, leaf 114.] [19 stanzas of 8, abab, abab.]
(1)
Where-of is mad al mankynde?
Of seuene þynges, and it be souȝt:
Erþe and water, fyre and wynde,
Þerof is þe body wrouȝt;
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Þe soule of þre, þat haþ þe mynde,
Of lyf, felyng, and of þouȝt.
Þe soule fro þe body vnbende,
Whan on of þese lakkeþ ouȝt.
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(2)
¶ The heued, y likne to a kyng,
For he is lord souereyn of al,
Haþ foure to his gouernyng:
Mouþ and nose, and eyen wiþ-al,
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Eryn fayre to his heryng,
To serue þe brayn is pryncypal
Chef of counseil ymagenyng,
To caste before, er after fal.
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